Sketch Saturday #268

Good morning Sketch Saturday fans!

It's time for our new sketch and it's a lovely Clean and Simple sketch for you. Here is my interpretation.

I needed a 70th birthday card for a commission order for someone who loves steam trains. Good old Google images came good again! Teamed with Stampin' Up! paper and button it makes for a very elegant 'man card'!

Here is Jen's fab sketch for you to work with

So come on, let's see your gorgeous creations!

LaLa!

Good morning sketch fans! 
Wow don't these Saturday mornings come around quick?!

Ok I have my card for our new challenge at Sketch Saturday, but I must apologise for the photo not being my usual style! I made the card for a commission, gave it to the customer, but forgot to photograph it! So I asked the customer to send me a picture and she very kindly did! 

Now as you can imagine, this was a very specific commission lol! Anyway, image is from Google images, the letters are from Sizzix Catty Corner, the numbers are Die-Namics and the papers and ribbon are just from my stash.

Our sketch

And our sponsor

In case you haven't seen, I have several Lili of The Valley and a few other stamps for sale here. Please do pop on over to have a browse :)

Ok, it's going to be a very busy day today at work as it's Grand National Day...I would, if I gambled, put my money on Seabass...ran a good race last year so let's see how he performs this year!

Have a fab weekend and see you soon! :)

Get well music

Good evening!

I have a get well card here for a commission, with the theme of banjos and music.

The image is from Google images and I turned it sepia in Irfanview. The papers are from my stash, and I finished with some die cut notes and Card Candi.

Challenges
Paper Craft Crew - #35

Nana Vic's Challenges - Anything Goes
The Crafty Blogger's Network - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Anything Goes

In case your interested, I have some Lili of The Valley and other stamps for sale...please have a peek on the page on my top bar and get in touch if you would like to buy any!

Goodnight!

Fireman Sam!

Good evening!

I've got a card here I have made for my Nephew's Birthday next week. Apparently he is crazy into Fireman Sam these days so I thought I would use that for his card! 

I found a colouring page on Google and coloured it with Promarkers. I kept the colouring fairly 'cartoony' without too much shading etc. 

The sentiment was created in WordArt and the number is from DieNamics.

Challenges

Willow Sketchie - Happy Birthday and sketch

Cards For Men - Transport

Thanks for stopping by! :)

A Crossword Birthday

Good evening all!

I hope you're well? I have had a very busy couple of days making some commission cards for tomorrow, and getting ready for a special charity lunch where I will have my cards on sale...I'm hoping for a good day! :)

So here is one of my cards for now...

The requirements were newspapers and crosswords...ard to make into a female card! Hope the flowers do the trick. The images are from Google and the flowers are from Wild Orchid. I distressed the edges with Tattered Rose Distress Ink. The background paper was some freebie from my stash, as is the lace.

Challenges

I Spy Sketches - #40

My Mum's Craft Shop - Sentiments
The Crafty Pad - Anything Goes
The Cutie Pie - Distress Your Cards

Right...off to pack the car ready for tomorrow! :)
Night!
Lizy x

Chess Birthday

Good evening to you!

I am a bit annoyed with myself...I made loads of cards at Jen's last Saturday, but I have hardly blogged any of them due to having been so busy this week! Ah well...maybe later!

For now, I'm going to show you a commission card I've just made

I was asked to make a chess themed card, as you can probably guess! The chess pieces are from Just Inklined, the backing paper is from good old Google Images and I finished it with some baker's twine.

Challenges

Freshly Made Sketches - #59

Anything Goes - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Male Card

Ok that's it...time for bed!

Night!

Lizy x

Footballer Jack (or Michael)

Hey everyone!

This is another commission card which is for a 16 year old boy who loves football.

The image is Footballer Jack from Pollycraft, coloured with Promarkers. The paper is Google images, Sizzix Take It Easy letters and Die-Namics numbers.

Challenges

Cards For Men - Sketch

Charisma Cardz - Don't Be Square

Creative Stamp Friends - Man Cards

One Stop Crafts - Anything Goes

Ok that's it for now...I'm off to take the doggy and Keiran for a walk and lunch in Lytham with our friend Elaine! :)

Lizy x

A Classical 70th Birthday!

Good evening!

I'm here with another 'man card', another commission.

This was so simple yet It took me ages to come up with lol! Google images for the music, Distress Inks, baker's twine and Die-Namics dies.

Challenges
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - #176
Creative Stamp Friends - Cards For Men
My Time To Craft - Just Sepia

Time for bed, night!
Lizy x

Concorde!

Wow! What a gorgeous morning it is here in Huddersfield! The sun is very bright...beautiful!

I'm here to show a card I have made for a commission...

The image is from Google images and I printed it twice and decoupaged the second image for some dimension. The embossed panel was done using a Stampin' Up! EF and then I chalked the edges with Dovecraft chalks.

Challenges
Tuesday Morning Sketches - #168
Hooked On Craft - Cards For Men
One Stop Crafts - Anything Goes

I'm off to see one of my best buddies this afternoon, might go for a walk in this gorgeous sunshine!
Enjoy your Sunday!
Lizy x

Bon Voyage! Sketch Saturday #230 with The Stamp Fairy

Good morning Sketch Saturday fans!

Are you ready for another crafty morning? Well this week we are being sponsored by the fabulous Stamp Fairy!

We have another one of Jen's fab sketches here...

And I made this...

I made this for a lady who is going travelling around the UK and Europe in a campervan for the next 2 years...how awesome!! 
Anyway, the image is from Little Claire's, coloured with Promarkers and finished with a little Glossy Accents to make windows. The map background was from good old Google images, and the ribbon was in my stash.

Challenges
I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz - Clean & Simple

Enjoy the sketch and enjoy the crafting! :)
Lizy x

Bingo! 90th Birthday!

Good evening!

Well I have had a very hectic day today......work this morning, shopping with my Dutch friend Simone this afternoon before she headed off back to Holland, an hour to get a 'star' costume for Keiran's Nativity play, and then putting the finishing touches to a large card commission I had!

16 cards in all!!

Anyway, back to the point of this post! This is a 90th birthday card I was asked to make for a bingo lover!

I got the fab sentiment from Diane (thank you!) and the bingo card from Google images. The rest is from my slowly decreasing stash! ;)

*Challenges *

Birthday Sundaes - Birthday Card

Willow Sketchie - Anything Goes (I also 'sort of' used Miria's sketch from 13th Oct)

Charismas Cardz - Spots (ribbon)

Hope you like......of to bed to get a good night's sleep for my last market before Christmas tomorrow!

By for now! :)

Lizy x

Let's Have a Party!

Good morning all! And it really is a lovely morning! :)

Well Mandi and Chrissie over at Less Is More really have given us a challenge this week!

COCKTAILS!
Now I don't have any cocktail style stamps so I headed over to Google Images and here's what I found!

I hope you like it :) I just put it into a Word doc and added text :)
I will try and come up with something else later in the week :)
Lizy x

My first Kenny K card!

Good evening all!

I have made this card today for a friend's daughter, and I have thoroughly enjoyed making it! I was only asked for it last night so it was a bit of a rush order, but still...I'm very happy with it! It is my first card using a Kenny K image. I have always loved the images but just never got round to buying or using any. Now, I can tell you, that that is definitely going to change!

I apologise for the photo.......I still haven't got a new one and so still can't see the pictures on the lcd screen properly and I hadn't realised there was a smudge on the lens.......hence the blur in the middle of the photos. I can't re-take the photos as the card has been delivered to it's sender!

I coloured it with Promarkers and highlighted with glitter and glossy accents. The music sheet is a Google image printed onto vellum and the music notes are also Google images, flooded with glossy accents. As you can see, 'Boogie Down' is mounted onto a cd. The sentiment is Black Chancery.

I hope you like this card as much as I do! :)

Challenges......

Pollycraft - Sketch

Passion For Promarkers - Alter Something that is not square ( the cd - I hope!)

Crafty Emmas - Totally Gorjuss/Pretty Girls

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes with Ribbon twist

Birthday Sundaes - Ribbon Birthdays

Digi Stamps For Joy - Think Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness

Thanks for looking everyone! :)

Lizy x

Birthday Fishes!

Hey again!
Here is the card I have made for Jen for her Birthday on Wednesday......don't worry......she's seen it!

I forgot to take the photo's before I wrote in it! Anyway, anyone who knows Jen knows that she is an avid scuba diver, so I decided to make a card based around that theme! The idea is that the scene inside the card is being viewed through the goggles of the diver, hence the frame of the goggles being inside the card. The coral reef is a freebie from Meljen Designs and coloured with Promarkers, and the goggles and fish are from Google images. I covered the fish with Glossy Accents and sprinkled with a little Butterfly Trails glitter for some underwater sparkle! The lettering was cut out using my Craft Robo and coloured with the old Promarkers too!

Jen liked it.....hope you do too! I am entering it into A Spoonfull of Sugar's Splish Splash challenge.
Lizy x