Mojo Monday........Week #38 & I'm Finally Doing My First Sketch Of The Week.....

Julee over at Poetic Artistry has set a new Mojo Monday Sketch challenge, and it's now Friday and i'm finally after an incredibly hectic week getting round to creating cards & posting... i can't believe i've not posted all week.... pathetic.....i know.....but the good thing is i don't have work for nine days so card making and blogging galore...........MMMMMMMMM

Well here is my first card of the week, and i used Julee's sketch only Alvin is a little off center so i'm not sure it will count but here goes......

I got the old Cricut out for this one.... i've not used it since xmas and with fourty cartridges i really should make more of an effort.... i created this card for a friend of a friend, her little boy is a year old next week and she wanted a hand crafted card.....

Ingredients: Papers HOTP ~ Bazzill CS ~ Magnolia Stamp ~ Cricut & New Arrival Cartridge ~ Assorted Ink Pads ~ Inktense Pencils ~ Tiny Blue Ric Rac LSH ~ MM Eyelets...

Caardvarks Challenge - XOXO Lovefest - Anniversary

It's time for the third February Challenge over at Caardvarks As you probably know, they are posting a challenge each Friday during the month of February. Now, it's all about Anniversary cards. They want us to Show some Anniversary love.. And there is a fantastic prize Caardvarks Star Card Kit along with some Queen Kat stamps, i thought i'd give it ago, if you'd like to go over and take a look for yourself there is a link on the left hand side of my blog under Challenge Yourself.... I made an Anniversary card for a friend who has friends who have been married for 25 Years WOW ...........I wanted to fit the box i made for this card into the same picture so decided to scan this one in...... Not sure if it's worked so well....

Forever

Ingredients

HOTP Classic Papers

Prima Flowers

Ribbon (Little Silver Hat Sub Kit)

Cricut & Stamped Cartridge

Happy Anniversary Stamp

Colorbox Chalk Eyes Ink Pad - Charcoal

Lots Of Bling - Tiny Gems

Making Memories Metal Word - Forever

Papertake Challenge - Spring In Your Step........

This weeks challenge over at Papertake is 'Spring in your step!'its to make a card (or other item!) with a spring theme! Easter and Mother's Day both fall early this year and with daffs out in the garden already it is a good theme! there is also a fantastic prize up for grabs! Their new sponsor Sally at Aunty's Store has kindly offered a set of her gorgeous bunny stamps! and they are sooooooo cute here is the link if you'd like to give it a go....... http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ I got this fantastic digi kit from Lily Pad this week called Rainy Day and i luuuuuuv the colours so decided to try and just use the kit.....well and some rub-ons and gems.........

Spring

Ingredients

Rainy Day Digi Kit - Lily Pad
http://www.the-lilypad.com/store/home.php

Doodlebug Rub-on's All Mixed Up Lily White

Sticky Gems

Colorbox Chalk Queue Ink Pads - Blueberries & Chocolate

Papertake Challenge - Stripes - I Decided On Paper Piecing It's Been Soooo Long.....

I decided to take a break from stamping today and go back to my other passion Paper Piecing....... I love the fact that you can take scraps of card and paper and create the most beautiful images and any body can do it..... i'm lucky enough to have the whole set of HOTP Paper Piecing Books i've had them for years now and i'm constantly referring back to them they are soooooo yummy...but there are free templates every where these days i've found some of the best in PaperCraft Inspirations i subscribe to it and Jo Kill produces the most gorgeous creations using paper piecing, there is the cutest groom paper piecing i've ever seen in the magazine this month, you can get lots of templates on line at http://www.papercraftinspirationsmagazine.co.uk/page/papercraft if you've not given it a go then i can highly recommend it....

Any way the challenge over at Papertake this week is to use stripes and it inspired me to create this card using stripes and paper piecing.... What do you think? Is she cute????????? the challenge is still running and will be until a new one is posted on Monday so if you want to give it a bash there is still time. You'll find the link to Papertake on the left hand side of my blog under Challenge Yourself....

Teddy Bear Hugs & Butterfly Kisses On Your Birthday...

Ingredients

Digi Papers - Two Peas In A Bucket - Printed On To Card Stock Both Sides Scored Into A tent Fold 6 x 6 Inch Card

Sizzix Pocket Die

Scrap Of Denim Backed Onto Card

Bazzill Card Stock - Brown

Queen & Co Flowers & Brads

Prima Flowers

Assorted Chalks

Sakura White Paint Pen

Black Water Colour Pen (0.01 Nib)

Wire Butterfly ( I Can't Tell You Where It's From They Were A Gift..)

Daring Card Makers Challenge - Red & White

I went back to work after being off ill for nine months this week, i had completed the challenges i wanted to enter but as usual hadn't bargained on feeling so tired.......... so i'm posting my DCM challenge card late.............

If Friends Were Flowers

Ingredients

Pink Petticoat Doodle-icious & It's A Rainbow

Ribbons (Little Silver Hat - Feb Subscription - Last One Sadly)

Two Red Beads

White Paint Pen

Daring Card Makers Challenge - Foiled - My Book Inspired Creation.....

The DCM challenge this week is to create a card using tin foil, yep kitchen tin foil, don't worry you'll find a use for it.....

My card was inspired by a book i just read and cried most of the way through...... i know pathetic...but i just couldn't help it... any way as it's Valentines in a couple of weeks i thought I'd combine this challenge with my hubbies card (he'll kill me.......LOL) since reading the book, I've been adding P.S I Love You to all of our little notes, icky you may think but after twenty two years together i think it still needs saying......

Any way if you'd like to join the Foiled Challenge there is a link to Daring Card Makers on the left hand side of my blog.... Under Challenge Yourself .................... Go On.............

You can't really tell from the photograph but i used thinner chip board covered it with Kitchen Foil then ran it through my Cuttlebug with the script embossing folder it really does look effective.....i embossed one heart and debossed the other....i have to say it looks so much better in real life.......... really it does

PS. I Love You.....Mark

Ingredients

6x6 Card (Tent Fold)

Sizzix Heart Die (Red)

Thin Chip Board

Kitchen Foil

Rich Red Card Stock Bazzill

Silver Wire

Sandylion Paper - Ice

Doodlebug All Mixed Up Large Rub-on's

Magnolia Love Letter Stamp

Selection Prisma Pencils - Gamsol

Colorbox Chalkeye's Ink Pad - Charcoal - Red

Cuttlebug - Script Embossing Folder

Card Positioning Systems #48

This is my first challenge with CPS so i hope i've done the right thing................... knowing me i havn't! here's how i read it, my own interpretation of this card sketch.....

As you can see i ended up making two, i really enjoyed this challenge, i hope you like them too.....

Valentine Be Mine

Ingredients

6 x 6 Inch Card

Chip Board Hearts

2.5 Inch Moss Green Organza (It came on some flowers from a friend two years ago...LOL)

Making Memories Brads

Sticky Back Gems

Red Velvet Ribbon (Little Silver Hat Sub Kit)

College Press Paper - Doubletake - Sugar Plum Dot's / Stripes

Black Water Colour Pen

Colorbox Chalkeyes Ink Pads - Charcoal & Rich Red

My Heart Is Yours

Ingredients

6 x 6 Inch Card

Chip Board Hearts

Rich Red Oil Pastel & Gamsol

Black Making Memories Card Stock

Derwent Silver Pencil

Colorbox Chalkeyes Ink Pad Charcoal

Glitter Organza Black (Little Silver Hat Sub Kit)

Sakura White Paint Pen

HOTP Classic Sara Papers

Daring Card Makers Challenge - Hide & Seek

What a great challenge from DCM this week "Hide & Seek" create a card with a hidden message or component, it is my nephew Kadan's birthday on Tuesday so i created a card for a three year old little boy, and this challenge was perfect as Kadan now has a card that is fun, i used Doodlebug rub-on's to add Boy - 3 Today and Kadan, the panel moves from side to side to revel the word Boy and Kadan's name...

Birthday Boy

Ingredients

Making Memories Coast Line Card Stock (Lime Green - Orange - Turq Stripe)

Ellison All Star Willy/Woody Doo-It Die

Green 3mm Ribbon

Four Square Brads

Birthday Die

A5 Tent Fold Card

Doodlebug Rub-on's (All Mixed Up Beetle Black)

Lime Green Elastic

Arty Girlz Challenge - Buttons.....

The Challenge set this week by Artygirlz is to use buttons, i've had such a busy week, with card making i only managed a quick one, hope you like it..

Bundle Of Joy

Ingredients

Accucut Baby Romper Jumbo Die

Making Memories Blue Gingham Card Stock

A3 Plain Ivory Card Stock

Making Memories Pin (Pastel)

Making Memories Vellum Tag

Making Memories Rub-on's Baby

Blue Picot Trim - Little Silver Hat

Blue Buttons

Making Memories Blue Cotton

Scrummy Stash Cafe Scraps Challenge.........

Scraps Challenge (There's A Link In MY Challenge List - Give It A Go)

Ingredients

Welcome To The World

Scraps Of Thick Mulberry Paper

Scraps Thick Orange Card

Scraps Blue Paper Ribbon

Scraps HOTP Baby Papers

Scraps White Card

1 Full A4 Sheet Of White Card (To Make The Card)

3 Blue Paper Clips

Chalk Eyes Blue Ink Pad

I've included a photograph of my scraps prior to making this card, i knew what i was going to do and i thought no one will believe it was scraps so i took a photograph...

I loved this challenge, i've got lots and lots of scraps, i just can't throw anything out!!!!!!!

Daring Cardmakers Weekly Challenge...

Lynne's Dare 'NEW'

Little One

Ingredients:

Accucut Die-cuts Baby Shoe x 2 - Baby Feet

Mini Buttons

Gingham Ribbon

Making Memories Rub-on's - Brads

Bazzil Card Stock

Sizzix Book Plate Die-cut

Gingham Paper - DCWV

Color Box Chalkeye's Ink Pads