Tilda & Co & Sketch Saturday
theme on tilda this week is Christmas, water coloured & glittered using the sketch for s/saturday. the embossed piece is shorter than it should be because as we all know the c/b folders are a tad short. anyway i think it looks ok with the shorter bit. quite like the purple shades for a diff chrisse cards too.

Sketch #5

Cutie Sunday
when i first saw this sketch i wondered how i was going to get a large jigsaw piece, ones i had were quite small. so played around with a puch and got there in the end. decided i didnt like the plain piece but didnt want to copy the samples then a light bulb went on so off i went to play on paint shop. result, a corner section of image i was using. different i know but challenge wise pleased with the result, dont know if i will find a use for this card though lol

Katharina's Sketch#8

Papertake Weekly Challenge
more stash & watercolouring, due the card being raised the scan isn;t showing the left of the picture properly, only the plain main card is looking rather pale but its the same as the right side

Christmas

My Time To Craft
new stamp i bought yesterday, thought its quite cute & made me smile :). not one for doing chrissie cards really, for some reason i dont enjoy doing them much but could make a few simple ones using this stamp. watercoloured again using scraps from stash

rak

The Two of Us

Cute Card Thursday
first attempt at using pens & water, quite pleased with the results. before have tried watercolour pencils which put me off, the pens i will use again for sure. more scraps from my stash.

Poppy Atc

atc for a 'poppy' swap. i do like this stamp and have used it a few times already. just kept it simple as the image fills the atc

Seasons ATCs

Tilda and Friends ATC
Spring- April Showers
used a bit more of the 'water' background on this atc, its a paper i have had for ages thinking i would never use it but i have used bits of it on the challenges. anyway paper pieced edwin to give him a funky rainyday outfit

14th Challenge

Friday Sketchers
well i took one look at this and thought 'how do i do that?' anyway played about a bit expecting to be chucking stuff in the bin, but no, turned out ok first time. think it would get flattened a bit in the post though. again used old stash bits

swap

Colour Challenge

Stamp Something
this week had to use pink/green/blue, again used up some old stash. coloured the flower in with pens to get the colour i wanted. the flower is raised which meant the scanner didn't close right down giving the layering (dark blue/white) an uneven look. in real life its straight.

Sketch #2

Penny Black this week was to use the sketch, had fun making this and used up quite a lot of bits from stash which i have had a while. bought the p/b stamp yesterday and a set of 'words/sayings' stamps too & used them both on this card


swap

SBS sisters & fellow craft bloggers

just a question for you all...........

what do you do with all the cards you make for the various challenges?

it began with a couple of challenge blogs and couple of cards a week, now the list is getting longer and the pile of cards is growing

some come in handy for birthdays etc, some for swaps, some i just want to keep 'cos i like them' lol
so what to do with the spares?

thanks in advance for any replies or ideas
x

No Pink

Penny Black Challenge
stuck to orange & yellow for this challenge, just added bit of red on hoggies cheeks
did punch the two outer edges of the card but it didnt look right so cut it down and it actually looks better in real life for being a smaller card
will add greeting when i use the card

swap

Fat Pages

i had beads on my mind, then i realised i had made a fat page instead of an atc. will use it for a swap i am involved in.











used odd & ends on this and really enjoyed colouring in this afternoon with the cds on really loud, there i was singing away, thankfully i am 3 floors up when crafting so people wandering
about down below wouldnt have heard me

Things That Grow

Cute Card Thursday
went for the obvious, flowers.
the sketch was one i came across blog hopping called Cutie Sunday

Down On The Farm

Penny Black Challenge
this stamp caught my eye and thought it could be used for birthdays. had a go at a new way of doing the ribbon, didnt come out too bad but was a bit faffy to do.
after i made the card i saw that the theme for this week on My Time To Craft was the colours i had used so doubles up for two challenges :)

wow oh wow!!!!

funkyfairyinspirations
you must go take a look at the fab blog candy on there, a years worth of goodies!!!!

do take a look at the challenge blog too its fab. here

last weeks work

birthday card for fellow member on a forum, no room for a greeting so wrote inside the card

















another birthday card for a fellow member on a forum, no room for a greeting so that is inside the card
















Tilda & Co this week was bugs
don't know if butterflies come under the heading of bugs but they were all i had in. do like how tilda is looking up at the butterfly

















this was for the penny black 'snow' last week but didn't upload in time as i feel there is something missing from it yet don't want to add anymore as i like the simple finish.
the hoggie is on the inside of the card after making a window in the front of the card

















this is a swap card, the diamond fold, my stitched topper was bigger than the diamond but i think it turned out ok. had a few goes at this fold but wasn't too happy with the results, this was the best one so then added my stitched topper. each layer is seperate and used foam pads to layer up














this was made for a red & white swap which i have just posted off as we near the end of this month but it should get there in time

mmmmm......there is a line down the right hand side of the card this must be something to do with the scan as it wasn't on the card

missing mojo

had a very lazy holdiay, ate too much lol
did some stitching though, 36 in all so plenty to fall back on there.
think i left my mojo in the sun though as i have not been wanting to craft since i came back. did tidy up my craft space at the weekend as i thought it might get me back into it, but no i just sit in a tidy space with a blank as what to do.
pushed myself to come up here today but the cards are so rubbish!!!!! reminds of when i first started lol.
might add them later but for now i am giving up!!!!

byeeeeeee

last post for a couple of weeks, going on our jolly hols later today, sun, sun & more sun :)
taking some paper embroidery with me to keep me busy while hanging around the airport, its that or reading and i am not much of a reader, generally only read when on hols laying on a sunbed

something monochromatic

Stamp Something
bugged, scraps & tilda, this is a card i made for a swap
lots of pink & touch of yellow on tilda's jumper

this is last weeks challenge but added late

More Than One

Cute Card Thursday & SBS17
long gate fold card which continues inside is the sbs17 challenge
bugged the left side, paper/stamping inside, topper/stamping on the outside. found this one a bit of a struggle to come up with the 'longer' area to cover.
CCT birthday card for this weeks challenge, as always will add the greeting when i use the card, will probably stamp it onto a bit of white card and add it to the left side of card.

buttons & buckles

My Time To Craft
another dottie and following on with the bright bold 'hot' colours
used up some odds & ends on this card from my stash

used for birthday

More Than One

our creative corner & papertake weekly
used the sketch from occ the theme from papertake which is 'hot hot hot' this week. out of my comfort zone the bold colours but pleased with the result, again used dottie, she is cute

More Than One

2 sketchs 4 you & funky fairy's

used the sketch from 2s4y and the 'food' theme from ff
have been umming and arrring about dottie for a few weeks so took the plunge after emailing becky about them, cheers becky :)
they are small to colour in but found it relaxing

sketch

Papertake Weekly Challenge
bought 3 penny black stamps last weekend this is one of them. then i came across the new penny black stamp challenge blog, so my total of 4 pb stamps will come in handy and i will prob buy some more too.
i have resisted buying them before as i was rubbish at stamping but think i am getting better at it now.
anyway back to job in hand, added ribbons for the centre strip running down the back the colour on the ribbon goes well with the tutu's

3 different embelishments

Cute Card Thursday
made a 4x4 fat page added brad/tag, flower & footprint

first penny black stamp

Penny Black Saturday
first challenge on this new blog was to use the first pb stamp you bought. easy one for me as i only bought it recently.
coloured in with whisper pens

used for birthday card

christmas

Cute Card Thursday

not really a christmas card fan, dont like doing them for some reason lol
anyway i did enjoy making this one, a lot of time went into it as one of our daughters is a penguin fan so made it for her.
used prisma pencils & sansador then stitched, mounted, added ribbon with a little of the bug embossing folder. have left room at the top for a greeting which i will add later on in the year when the christmas stuff comes out of hiding

blog challenges

My Time To Craft
originally was going to use eyelets for the ribbon but couldn't find my hammer, added brads instead. have left room at top left for greeting which will be added later when i use the card











Funky Fairys Challenge
buttons & beads
the bow on the picci looks a bit too big but in real life tis ok.
the stitching/beading was already done waiting to be used so didnt take too long to put the card together
took inspiration from a new sketch blog too 2 Sketches 4 You
but didnt have time to add it to the blog before the deadline. two great sketches to start off with though i only used one of them. like the other and will prob use it too

Fat Pages

Stamp Something - sketch something.
using the sketch ended up making the fat page a bit squashed up so used ribbons which made it less chaotic










Friday Sketchers - sketch 4.
could have done with a bit wider ribbon but it was the only one i had in the colour i wanted










Cute Card Thursday - patterned paper.
used some scrap paper from my stash added couple of brads. noticed oneof the tags was a bit wonky after i had posted so went off to readjust it lol









Tilda & Co - non-card week.
waste peel off on backgroundpaper, quite effective & different. added ribbon to finish it off