Sketch Saturday #78

Sorry I am late with my Sketch Saturday post today but my daughter Chloe is home for the weekend and so I am making the most of my time with her.

Jo has created another great sketch for us this week

This weeks Sketch is sponsored by the lovely Elaine from...

A great place to stock up on all of your crafting goodies and Until midnight on Monday 23rd November, there is 10% off all Prima, My Mind's Eye, Cosmo Cricket and Basic Grey products in store!
Here is the wonderful prize you could win this week!This beautiful 'Fashionista' stamp by Elisabeth Bell...
I have struggled with this weeks sketch...so if it is inspiration or ideas that you are looking for then please go and check out all of the other DT cards and also the stunning card made by our talented Guest Designer this month Bev.

Card Recipe
Stamp:'Tilda Singing Carols' by Magnolia.
Colouring Medium: Memento ink & Copic Sketch Markers.
Papers: By Cosmo Cricket & Ladybug & Friends.
Tools: Spellbinders Megabilities 'Curved Rectangles', Tim Holtz paper distresser, 'FaLaLa' die by Sizzix and musical note punch by Woodware.
Flowers: From Poppicrafts recoloured to match with Copics and I sploged some glue and gold glamour dust on...a little to much. LOL
Misc: Ribbons, Gold stick on pearls and musical note charm are from my stash.

Have a great Weekend!

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Week #76 ~ Winter Wonderland & Countdown to Christmas Blog Hop!

Hi everyone and a happy Saturday to you all...we have a great challenge for you this week at PBSC and we are also having a fun blog hop with a difference and prizes galore.....more details of this later in the post.....but first on to this weeks challenge....Winter Wonderland...we would like to see your take on this theme!

This weeks challenge prize is this fab Cuttlebug embossing folder donated by our own DT member the lovely Carole

.....So here is my take on the 'Winter Wonderland' theme....

I have created a snow scene...I have used my Martha Stewart punch around the page 'Snowflake' punches to create the border around the card. The giant snowflake was cut on my Cricut machine and glittered with 'Twinklets' & 'Glamour Dust' and I punched lots of small snowflakes and glittered them in the same way.

Card Recipe
Stamps: 'Let it Snow' (1524K) & 'Each Friend' (3261F) sentiment stamp both by Penny Black.
Colouring Medium: Memento ink & Copic Sketch Markers.
Card: ColorCore cardstock from Create4Fun.
Paper: 'Rooftop' by Basic Grey from the Eskimo Kisses collection available ast Create4Fun.
Tools: Spellbinders 'Circle' & 'Scalloped Circle' dies, Cuttle bug 'Ice Crystals' folder 'Snowflake' Border & Corner punch, 'Snowflake' punch all by Martha Stewart and the giant snowflake was created using the Cricut 'Joys of the Season' cartridge all items available from Create4Fun.
Misc: Twinklets & Glamour dust.

Right now on to the fun part.......

Countdown to Christmas Blog Hop

Everyone that enters this weeks PBSC challenge can also take part in our fun Countdown to Christmas Blog Hop...there are loads of fabulous prizes on offer and all you have to do to win is solve this little conundrum

Can you guess this well known Christmas Song?
---O--- T-- --- N---- -----E--

a little clue......one of Santa's helpers

...it has five words and we have given you another little clue by filling in some of the letters but to collect the rest of the letters you need to visit each member of the Design Team including our lovely Guest Designer for this month Debby......solve the puzzle and then e-mail your answer to Kath....kathinwesthill@btinternet.com Entries will close at midnight GMT on Friday 27th November
TO BE ELIGIBLE TO WIN A PRIZE...YOU NEED TO ENTER A CARD IN THIS WEEKS CHALLENGE
and all the lucky winners will be announced on Penny Black Saturday next Saturday and I can't believe how generous our sponsors have been....fabulous prizes up for grabs......2 CD's from Funky Hand.....4...yes 4 lifetime 15% off discount vouchers from PB Stamps.....a Penny Black stamp from 1-2-3 Stitch......digi download from Pollycraft.....10% voucher from Valentines......$25 voucher from Simon Says Stamps....10 rolls of ribbon from FR Ribbons.....bumper pack of stuff from Simply Create

So here are my 2 letters .... D & I....now all you have to do is hop around and visit all of my fellow DT members the links are in my sidebar and our guest designer for this month Debby to collect the rest of the letters .,,,, Also to say thanks to all of of our challengers for joining in with the Hop each DT member is offering a little candy of their own....

I am offering this 'Caroling Trio' Slapstick stamp by Penny Black & a 6x6 'Eskimo Kisses' pad by Basic Grey...to enter for my candy just leave a link to your blog below using Mr Linky or if you don't have a blog just leave your name and you can use the URL from my blog.

My Candy will close at midnight on Friday 27th November and I will announce the winner here on Saturday 28th November at 8am GMT so don't forget to check back to see if you are the winner!

Thanks for stopping by...happy hopping....and good luck!

Whiff Of Joy Challenge #56

A Sketch by Gio

This weeks challenge over at WOJC is to follow this wonderful sketch by my DT buddy Gio.

Here is another sweet image by Whiff of Joy this one is 'Lizzie with Licorice' designed by Elizabeth Bell. I have coloured the image with Copic Sketch markers and added some sparkle to Lizzie's dress with Stickles.

The papers are a mix so I have listed them below in the card recipe and once again I have forgotten where I got the sentiment stamp...old age sure is coming on fast..LOL

Card Recipe
Stamp: 'Lizzie with Licorice' from Whiff of Joy Stamps.
Colouring Medium:Memento Ink & Copic Sketch Markers.
Card: ColorCore cardstock from Create4Fun
Papers: AG Dorothy Paper 'Peppermint Stripe' by Anna Griffin all other papers are from the 'Good Cheer' collection by October Afternoon.
Tools: Martha Stewart ' Heart Lace' border punch by Martha Stewart from Bunny Zoe's Crafts, Also 'Branch' punch by Martha Stewart.
Ribbon: Poppicrafts
Poinsettia: Prima
Misc: Bead spacer, stick on pearl and silver bell charm are all from my stash.


My apologies for not visiting anyone for the past week....I have had a lot on my mind.... but I look forward to visiting you all this week :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

We have a winner!

Wow! thank you so much for all the lovely congratulations, comments and well wishes...it was lovely to read them all...especially as I am having a rather tough time at the moment, but your comments have really lifted my spirits. You really are the most wonderful blogging buddies Mwah XxX

So onto the winner of my Blog Candy

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
541
Timestamp: 2009-11-17 07:42:53 UTC

.....and that is thread-bare

Whoo hoo! Congratulations...would you please email me to claim your candy and let me have your address and I will post your goodies out to you ASAP.

If the candy has not been claimed within 48 hours I will sadly have to draw another winner...so I really hope to hear from you soon.

Wow 200,000! HITS! ~ Blog Candy

This Blog Candy is now CLOSED .the winner will be announced at 12 noon 17/11/09....so don't forget to check back to see if you have been lucky!

Well I noticed late last week that my hit counter is now over 200,000!! which is just amazing!

When I first started my blog around 17 months ago I didn't know just how much fun it would be and I never dreamt that my little old blog would receive so many visitors. So to say a big thank you I have put together some celebratory candy with a festive theme!

The candy consists of:

1 set of 36 Copic Ciao marker pens (Set A includes skin colours)

1 12x12" pad 'Wonderful Winter' glittered papers by MME.

1 6x6" pad 'Eskimo Kisses' papers by Basic Grey.

1 Spellbinders 'Create a Flake 1'.

1 Spellbinders Impressabilities 'Snowflake'.

1 Spellbinders Borderabilities 'Lattice'.

1 Spellbinders Pierceabilities 'Ric Rac Scalloped Border'

1 EK Success 'Corner Rounder' punch.

1 Martha Stewart 'Gingerbread' border punch.

1 EK success 'Diamond Lace' border punch.

1 'The wonder' clear stamp set (10 stamps) by Penny Black

1 'Miss Anya Dressy' set (3 stamps) by The Greeting Farm.

1 'Mistletoe & Mice' stamp designed by Gillian Roberts for Stampavie.

1 'Henry Mouse sitting on Candy Cane' stamp by Whiff of Joy Stamps.

1 'Henry Mouse Hugging Heart' stamp by Whiff of Joy Stamps.

1 'Mimosa is Christmas' stamp by Bildmalarna.

1 'Tilda with Candy Cane' stamp by Magnolia.

1 'Santa Bench' Stamp by Magnolia

1 bottle (29.5g) 'Cristal' Glamour Dust.

1 pot (85g) of Twinklets 'Diamond Dust'

1 set of Prima 'Holiday Lights Poinsettias' Pearlescent.

20 1 yard lengths of various Christmas ribbons.

1 pack (24) 'Christmas Assortment' buttons by Doodlebug.

1 Pack 'Dew Drops'

14 various 'Christmas' silver metal charms.

So here's what to do if you want to enter for my blog candy...just leave a link here using Mr Linky and also link up my candy on your blog. The candy will run for 1 week it will close at midnight on Monday 16th November and I will draw the winner using Random Interger Generator and announce it right here at midday on Tuesday 17th November....so don't forget to check back to see if you have won.

Good Luck!

Whiff of Joy Challenge #55

Orange, Brown & Ivory

Hi everyone, I hope you are all having a good week so far.

It's Wednesday and time for the Whiff of Joy Challenge and this week it is a colour challenge. We would like to see you use the colours Orange, Brown and Ivory in your creations.

I struggled a bit with this one as they are not the colours I would normally use on a Christmas card but I think it has turned out quite well. The image is another of the cute Henry mouse stamps...this time he is stuffing his face with Christmas cookies! LOL and has been coloured with Copics. The gingham paper is a scrap I found in my bit box and I have used a punch and some die cut gingerbread people to create a border.

Recipe
Stamps: 'Henry Mouse Eating Large Cookie' from Whiff of Joy Stamps Sentiment stamp from a stamp set by Autumn leaves...I think?
Colouring Medium: Memento Ink & Copic Sketch Markers.
Card: ColorCore cardstock from Create4Fun
Paper: Scrap of gingham digi paper.
Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 6 & Labels 8 from Create4Fun. Cuttlebug Gingerbread Die.
Punches: Martha Stewart 'Branch' & 'Valentine Lace' border punch.
Flower: Pearlescent 'Holiday Lights Poinsettias' by Prima from Bunny Zoe's Crafts
Misc: Bead Spacer & gem are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by....Have a great day!

Penny Black Saturday Challenge & Sketch Saturday #76

Hi everyone and a Happy Saturday to you all. I hope you all have lots of fun things planned for the weekend....I had hoped to be at the NEC today but sadly I couldn't find anyone to look after Jack...oh well maybe next year.

There are two fabulous challenges to join in with today.....

Penny Black Saturday Challenge ~ A Song Title

A really fun challenge this week over at PBSC, we would like to see your creations based on a song title and the DT have come up with some gorgeous examples.

We are joined this week by our Guest Designer for November Debby who makes the most wonderful cards so you a certainly in for a treat each week!

Our sponsor this week is

who are offering a fabulous £10 Stampin Up voucher!

So here is my DT card for this week, I have based my card on the song...'Please Mr Postman' by the Beatles
I have used one of Penny Blacks New Christmas Stamps. The image has been coloured with Copics, and I stamped the Ted & Hedgie again and 3d them to add a bit of interest, the snow effect on the top of the Postbox is created with Flowersoft & Glamour Dust. The icicle border was created with a punch.

Recipe
Stamp: 'Hand Mailed' (4014K) by Penny Black from Create4Fun
Colouring Medium: Memento Ink & Copic Sketch Markers.
Card: ColorCore Cardstock from Create4Fun
Papers: October Afternoon & Basic Grey.
Tools: Martha Stewart 'Icicle' border punch, Spellbinders megabilities 'Labels 8 from Create4Fun.
Misc: 'Arctic White' Flowersoft, Glamour Dust, Stickles, Organza Ribbon, Snowflake & Snowflake Charm are all from my stash.

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Sketch Saturday #76 - My Sketch

It's DT week at Sketch Saturday this week and this time it is my turn to create the sketch.

I have to admit that I am not very gifted in the sketch department! LOL I would much rather follow sketches than design them and I really don't know how Jo does it every week!

We are joined this week by our Guest Designer for November Bev who always creates the most stunning cards and I am so thrilled that she has agreed to join us...thanks sweetie X

This weeks sketch is sponsored is Jenny from ...

A fabulous place to stock up on all of your crafting goodies! Jenny is kindly offering these two adorable Inky Impression stamps for this weeks lucky entrant.

So onto my DT card for this week. I just love this sweet image...you know how I love my mices! LOL

Once again the image has been coloured with Copics, I have used my Fiskars border punch to create the lacey border and I have stuck the waste down both sides of the card. The mistletoe is a die cut and I have added stick on pearls for the berries.

Recipe
Stamp: 'Mistletoe & Mice' Designed by Gillian F Roberts for Stampavie. From Bunny Zoe's Crafts but I have just checked and they are sold out :(
Colouring Medium: Memento Ink & Copic Sketch Markers.
Card: Plain White Cardstock.
Papers: MME from the 'Colouful Christmas' Collection from Bunny Zoe's Crafts
Tools: Fiskars 'Lace' border punch, Spellbinders 'Oval' & 'Scalloped Oval' from Create4Fun. Sizzlit 'Mistletoe' die.
Flowers: Poppicrafts.
Misc: Bead Spacers, gems, stick on pearls and satin ribbon are all from my stash.

These Saturday posts seem to be getting longer....so thanks for hanging in there!
Have a fabulous weekend everyone!