The Sugar Bowl Challenge~

Hi All~

Hope you have all had a great day today, weather started off dull, and although the sun has finally come out, it has brought a gale force wind with it...What's that about!!

I have entered my latest card into The Sugar Bowl Challenge, I love Sugar Nellie stamps so this is one of my favorite Challenge Blogs.
The theme is pink black and white, so I think this card I have made is fine for this.

I bought this Manga Girl stamp a few weeks ago and have not used her 'till now, I think she is lovely.

The Sugar Bowl Challenge is here:
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/challenge-36-lilians-sketch.html

Also entered into The Passion for Pro-Markers challenge, as this card was coloured with pro's.

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/06/week-55-theme.html

Speak to you all later, Debbiexx

A Pair of Gorgeous Girls~

Hi All~

Today has been a busy day for me.
I have been to work and have done lots of clearing out.
I decided to have a good clear out of my stash upstairs, stuff like gifts not given and clothes not worn etc, and I am taking them to my local charity shop tomorrow.
I have also made a start on clearing some stuff out of my craft room, but I did not get very far, It will take longer than a couple of hours to get that job finished!!

Tonight I have made a couple of easy cards, both are GG, but they are both Die cut decoupage and not stamped, so nice and easy to make.
I have chosen my lovely Speciality Paper by K&Co, I think they are called Handmade, they are all double sided and are very nice to work with.
I have tried to make these cards look different from each other, although I have used a MS punch on both, but have chosen to tear paper on one card and add stickles round the edge. The other I have used Tim Holtz Tattered Rose ink round the edges, and tried to keep it a bit more clean lined. I love the red textured 'mat' shiney board used, I have this in a few different colours and it looks great punched.
I like these decoupage GG they are such fun to use, mind you I have noticed all the images are very dark in colour, wish a few of them were a bit brighter, but thats just me!
Debbiexx

Edwin in the Sun~

Hi All~

Back to work for me today after a week off.
It's good to get back, I always loose my routine a bit, and it takes a few days to get back into your swing of things, however I have had chance this afternoon to finish a card I started before I went to bed.

This is a Magnolia stamp of Edwin that I bought a few weeks ago, I have only used him once, but I do like him alot, perfect for a summer card (as I have made) or a boy's Birthday card.
I have chosen Green, and those of you who know me will know Green is my favorite colour..All my cards would be green if I did not stop myself!!
I have chosen the sketch from Card Patterns, and have entered him into a couple more challenges (all details below):

I have chosen some Basic Grey paper that has cycles on, and a spotty green paper too. The lovely sentiments are very summery.
Both the images used are Magnolia, and I have used my nesties to cut out the gate, matted up and finished with a few gems.
The images are all coloured with a mix of Copic's and Pro-Markers.

http://magnoliadownunderchallenges.blogspot.com/2010/06/magnolia-down-under-challenge-49.html

http://magnoliastamplovers.blogspot.com/2010/06/challenge-12-fathers-day.html

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2010/06/fun-fun-fun.html

http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/2010/06/paper-sundaes-turns-twenty-one.html

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/challenge-29.html

http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/2010/06/sketch-67.html

Debbiexx

Black and White and a hint of Red~

Hi All~

Not managed to post the last few days, been busy...Sunbathing amongst other things!
But obviously that does not mean today, I might have been able to swim, but not sunbathe!!

Todays card is a bit of a mixed up one, not sure what I was thinking really, but anyway it's done now.
I love this black and white paper with the flowers on, but by the time I had decorated it, it had almost disappeared, which is a shame as it is really nice.
The little girl image is from a set of stamps by Kanban, I have stamped her on paper to piece her clothes, like doing this and it fit in with a challenge over at
Fab n'Funky. The colour theme was set by Craft Creations.
I am going to try to do a couple more cards tonight, but don't know if I will get time to post again today. Back to work for me tomorrow after a weeks holiday.

http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2010/06/challenge-26-piece-that-paper.html

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/2010/06/challenge-70-black-white-and-splash-of.html

Debbiexx

Fairy Dust Tilda~

Hi All~

I don't know if "Fairy Dust" is the "real" name of this Tilda, but thats what I am calling her ~ She is so cute..
This DP is from my K&Co collection, the sheet was like a huge strip of borders, so I just sliced it into the three pieces needed.
I have used my Nestabilities to cut round Tilda and matted her up. I have chosen three brads for the ends of the borders, I have used a rub on "Wish" sentiment for the button shaped large pink brad and then popped on two lovely spotty blue brads.
Out of the same papers, I have made three flowers and added some spirals of paper and a pink heart pin. I hope you like her as much as I do!

I have enjoyed this beautiful weather today, so wanted to make a really sunny card.
When I spotted the challenge over at Colour Create, I thought, yes I will do that, it was Pink and Blue. I also entered the following challenges too:
Charisma Cards with flowers, Rosie D with Fairytale and Sugar Bowl with this great sketch.
Join in below:

http://rosiedeeschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/05/challenge-72-fairytales.html

http://colourcreatechallenge.blogspot.com/2010/06/challenge-46-baby-pink-and-pastel-blue.html

http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/2010/06/challenge-22-flowers.html

http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/challenge-36-lilians-sketch.html

Debbiexx

What a nutter I am!!

Don't know what happened here, I posted a card which ended up before the Scrapbook page I posted earlier, I haven't got a clue what I did wrong...Never mind, I have put it on now so hard luck. SORRY!! Ha Ha

Debbiexx

Another Scrapbook Page~

Hi All~

Hope you have all had a good day, the weather here has been gorgeous.
Unfortunatly the news for our area hasn't been. Our thoughts go out to all the local people who have lost a relative or friend today...

Before I get down to popping my latest card on my blog, I thought It might be nice to share another of my Scrapbook Layouts with you, hope you like it. Scrapbooking is my first love, and although I have found a new passion for rubber stamping, Scrapbooking is what I love to do best..
These again are photo's from my daughter and her boyfriends recent trip to Egypt.
Because Eve (My daughter) knows what items I like to use in my Layouts, she always looks out of things to bring back, and in this case it was a page from a local newspaper. I decided to make flowers from the paper, and I used my Woodware large flower punch and inked up the edges with Tim Holtz old paper ink, I have finished them with a flower centre, again from a Woodware punch and added a gem to the middles. I have used a MS punch for the border and the gorgeous DP is K&Co.

Found a challenge that asked for Newspaper, so this will fit! It's Craft Challenge:
http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/06/craft-53-newsprint.html

Debbiexx