Second Challenge at Teddy Bo - Seeing Double

SEEING DOUBLE

We're looking for a craft with 2 items that match featuring on it
and of course our favourite little bears Teddy Bo or Teddy Bea.

So this is the second challenge at Teddy Bo......I suddenly had a flash of inspiration and created this card last night.  I did have a bit of help from Mike who helped with the caption!  Double Teddy Bospresso!

I just love these bears they are so adorable.

I have made an easel card and the backing paper is Bo Bunny - Lush Red Circles, double sided paper - a bargain in the January Sales from Hobbycraft which makes it even better.

The image is coloured with copics and the sentiment printed on my PC.

I am also entering this into the challenge at  Teddy Stampers where the theme is Anything Goes!

Thanks for looking and I just want to say a big Hello to all me lovely new followers. Hope you are all enjoying your Saturday whatever you are doing.  I'm off for a swim now so will see you all later.

Hugs Sally xxx

Plum Crazy with Stitching Challenge # 12 Ladybug Crafts Ink

This was a challenge for me.....I haven't attempted proper stitching on any cards yet and this one is no different so I went for the faux variety........just didn't manage to get it quite straight!   for the image I used "Magnum add on" coloured with Copics. Sentiment from Craftwork Cards. The balloon is glazed with Glossy Accents.
Plum cardstock with a white gel pen to do the faux stitching......think I need more practice with this!!
I am entering the card into the challenge at Lady Bug Crafts Ink.

Thanks for looking.

Hugs Sally xxx

My Sentiment Exactly - First DT Card for Winter Wonderland.

Well Good Morning everyone and Happy Friday!  It certainly is Happy for me as I am taking some days off next week to use up my holiday entitlement.

So this is my first card as part of the DT over at Winter Wonderland where we have a great challenge entitled "My Sentiment Exactly" I am feeling quite nervous about my debut, hope you like my card!
Our sponsors this week are Simon Says Stamp and Sentiments 4 You

For my card I have used 

• White square scallop card - Craftwork Cards
• Cuttlebug Snowflake Embossing Folder
• Sizzling Red Hot Textured Cardstock - Papermania 
• Sentiment - Sentiments for You
• Scallop Circle Nestabilities to cut the circle for the sentiment
• Cricut Machine - George and the Basic Shapes Cartride for the letters J and Y

 Thanks for looking.
Hope you have fun if you join the challenge this week.
Hugs Sally xxx

Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 135

What a great challenge at Penny Black this week which is January Sales.

I did get a few bargains in the sales especially at Sir Stampalot where they had some of the Transparent Penny Black sets on sale. One set I got is called Teddy & Company and I have used one of the cute teddy images to create this card.
I have coloured the image with Copics.
The paper is Forever Friends Springtime stack and is double sided which is my latest purchase.

Card candy and the sentiment are from Craftwork Cards

Thanks for looking.  Have a good day.

Hugs Sally xxx

Some Great News....

Happy Saturday!! Hope you have all had a good week.I have some great news.......
It was my intention to try and join a DT team in 2011. Well not long into the Year and the lovely team at  Winter Wonderland have chosen me to join them. I am very excited to be part of the team and am looking forward to working with them all.  So this is just a short post to share the news.  For those of you haven't taken part in any of their challenges before then here is a perfect chance to be prepared for Christmas as the challenges are all Christmas themed.(there is a break from now until February where you can use images other than Christmas) We would love to see you joining in.
Why not pop over and join in the fun this week where the challenge is to create a design using just Pink and Purple (except for hair, skin and fur).
See you all soon.
Hugs Sally xxx

A Card for Two Challenges

The Ribbon Girl has a colour challenge which is Pink and Green.  This is not a colour combination that I would usually use but I think they work well together.  The layout is from Sketch Saturday

The image I used is coloured in with Copics and is a Cupcake Cutie from Ladybug Crafts Ink

The paper, buttons and sentiment are all from my stash.....I try to keep using a few bits as I go along.
Thanks for looking and a big Hello to my new followers.
Hugs Sally xxx

Penny Black Challenge Week 134

Just a really quick post to say there is a Challenge Buffet over at Penny Black Saturday Challenge where you have to pick items from the buffet to create your card. The choice is 

  

The four items that I chose are Patterned Paper, Ribbon, 3 Gems and 3 Flowers.   Really enjoyed this challenge.  My design is very simple but I quite like the way it turned out. I am also entering this card into the Wags n Whiskers Challenge which this week is With Love

Thanks for looking.

Hugs Sally xxx

Teddy Bo First Challenge

The totally adorable Teddy Bo Challenge is here.  The first Challeneg is Anything Goes as long as you use a Teddy Bo image.  The digital images are on special offer until 16th January - buy 3 and get a 4th image free!  Check them out here they are really cute.

For my card I have used Teddy Bea with a Love Letter - perfect for Valentines.
Coloured with Copics and Promarkers with of course stickles for my favourite bit of sparkle.

The background paper is from a Forever Friends stack.

The heart is from my stash.
Sentiment is from Penny Black, small hearts cut with Nestabilities.
Thanks for looking and hope you have fun choosing your images and creating your cards.

Thanks for looking
Hugs Sally xxx

Another Free Gift

Craft Stamper is a fairly new magazine to me but I really like the free stamp with the latest edition.  I took inspiration from the cards that had been made using the stamp and came up with this simple card.  Sorry the picture isn't very good.

 Thanks for looking

Hugs Sally xxx

Great Free Gift with Simply Cards and Papercraft

What a great free gift with the latest edition of Simply Cards and Papercraft, two great stamps from Molly Bloom.
The images are coloured with Promarkers.
Paper is from DCWV, Coredinations and K & Co.
Sentiment and Card candy from Craftwork Cards.

Thanks for looking.
Hope you have a good day.
Hugs Sally xxx

Quick Decoupage Cards

So only half an hour to go until Dancing on Ice 2011......  I have to say I love this program and am looking forward to this years show.

Decoupage was one thing that I used to do a lot of when I first started making cards.  Since I have got into rubber stamping I always feel like its cheating to make cards like this.  I saw some of the new designs that Trimcarft have brought out and decided they would make some really quick cards.

The first one is from the "Basil & Buttercup" Decoupage Pad

The second one is from "Fairy Cupcakes" Decoupage Pad 

and finally one from "The Mackenzies" Decoupage Pad

Thanks for looking.  Whatever you are up to enjoy your evening and hope the week is a good one.

Hugs Sally xxx

Lili of the Valley Cards for the Boys

I made these three cards a while ago so thought I would share them with you.  They are all made using stamps from Lili of the Valley.


The first one is using the stamp "Lazy Afternoon", coloured with Promarkers.

The second one is using Boys - Biscuits and Milk Stamp, again it is coloured with Promarkers

Finally this stamp is called Hanging Around.....

Thanks for looking.


I am working on some Valentines cards at the moment so will hopefully have those to share in a day or two. 
Enjoy the rest of your day.
Hugs Sally xxx

I Won........ Ladybug Crafts Ink

Good morning everyone, hope your Saturday is going well so far.
Just wanted to say that I had a lovely surprise last night when I checked the New Challenge over at Ladybug Crafts Ink and saw that I had been picked as the winner of the Song Title Challenge  :)


Also they are having a blog hop so be sure to join in on 11th January.

I will be back later to share some cards.
Hugs Sally xxx

Saturday Challenge - Buttons and Bows

I have made this card using another stamp from Ladybug Crafts Ink and it is called Wagon Full of Cupcakes.
I am entering it into the challenge at Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge which this week is Buttons and Bows.
The image is coloured with Copics. The cupcakes have stickles and Glossy Accents as highlights.
The Background Paper is from Forever Friends.
The Buttons are from Papermania and the ribbon is from my stash. Sentiment from Craftwork cards.

Hope you have all had a good day.
We have been into town and Mike has bought a new toy.......... an iPad  which he is getting set up at the moment. I am hoping it will be a joint toy for us both Lol!!!!
Enjoy your evening.
I may be back later with a couple more cards if not I will catch up with you all soon.
Thanks for looking.
Hugs Sally xxx

Christmas Mailbox

Instead of making a traditional card for my parents for Christmas I made them a Mailbox and but a note tied up with ribbon inside.

I used a template from My Time Made Easy  which you can see by clicking on the link. There are some great projects and the template was easy to use.

If I remember correctly the holly paper was from a Forever Friends paper pack.

I added stickles - Frosted Lace for the snow.  Even this just had to have a bit of sparkle!!! Maybe I should try and make a card that doesn't have any glitter this year.....now that would be a challenge.

Thanks for looking.

Hugs Sally xxx

Thank You

Happy New Year to you all and especially to my new followers.

Hope you have all had a good day whatever you have been doing.

The challenge at Winter Wonderland is Thank You and also at Allsorts Challenge Blog

I got this Penny Black stamp from Hobby Craft the other day in the sale for a bargain price of £2.99.   I have coloured the image with Promarkers.

Background paper is from my stash.  Thank You ribbon is from Dovecraft and the flower brads from my stash

Thanks for looking.

See you all again soon.

Hugs Sally xxx