Top 10 2Sketches4you card

Wow! to my greatest surprise, I made the top ten in the Ultimate card showdown over at 2Sketches4you All of the other girl's cards were absolutely amazing - if you haven't checked them out, you can here

Kazan created a brilliant sketch for the top 10 this week;


and after (a lot) of hard thinking, created this;




I used; Scenic Route and MM papers, a vintage map page, vintage lace, MM flowers, Papermania and Doodlebug brads, Basic Grey buttons, circle punches, hand stitching, inking, felt, dressmakers pins, Melissa Frances sentiment.

Thank you for looking and thank you Kazan and Laura and the panel of judges, this really has been a fun contest and the amount of talent is just awesome!

Make a Child Smile

Sue set a very special dare over at Daring Cardmakers this week;


I dare you to make a cheery card for a sick child and send it to one of the children featured on Post Pals to brighten their day.

Here is the card I made to send to one of the older children;



>I used; Kaisercraft papers, Core'dinations cardstock, Sizzix star die, Deluxe and Royal & Langnickel rub ons, cardboard box, Papermania eyelet and Queen and Co brad.

This really is an amazing dare this week, don't forget to check out the rest of the DT cards here

You can read all about Postpals here

TFL :)

Dad cards (and Christmas in June)

I love rummaging at sales to collect bits and bobs to use on cards and found some fab maps last week at a charity sale;



and used them to make Father's Day cards for my Dad;

(I love this wartime poster's sentiment)

I used; wartime poster downloaded from the interweb and coloured in PS, 1950s map of London, Papermania fence die and eyelet, May Arts ribbon, Kraft envelope, Deluxe and October Afternoon rub ons, Bazzill brad, inking and Ikea string

and one for J's Dad;

I used; Bo Bunny paper and ribbon, Inspire Me woodgrain paper, Sizzix die, felt, vintage map, Doodlebug letters, Deluxe and October Afternoon rub ons, Papermania fence die, inking and sanding

and made a few Christmas cards;

Top 20 Sketch card

I really couldn't believe that I made it to the next round in 2sketches4you's Ultimate Card showdown, It is such an honour to be chosen as there are amazing designers participating.

This is the fantastic sketch by Laura that we had to work from this week;

and here is my card;

I used; October Afternoon papers, an old cardboard box, hand stitching, Poppicrafts ribbon, Creative Impressions photo hanger, Bazzill brad, inking, note paper and a Martha Stewart punch.

TFL :)

Missing you...

Lythan set the brilliant Dare over at Daring Cardmakers this week;

Make a card that shares your love with someone - it could be missing you, thinking of you, across the miles...


Here is my card;

I used; Inspire Me papers, MM flower, Poppicrafts ribbon, Melissa Frances rub on, Kraft envelope, notepaper, Martha Stewart punch, Bazzill brads, stitching and inking

The rest of the Design Team have made some gorgeous cards, you can check them all out here!

Kathy (the enabler) pointed me in the direction of a new shop to check out, they do have some lovely bits and bobs and I *may* have purchased some :D These two cards are based on the challenges over at The Next Level


I Used; Bo Bunny papers, Hello Kitty Flower die, letter stickers, brads and MM flower from Sparkledreams, Poppicraft ribbon, October Afternoon music paper, doily, gems and inking.


I used; Inspire me woodgrain paper, May arts ribbon, October Afternoon papers and journaling spot, MM letter stickers, Martha Stewart punch, Bazzill brads and button.

Top 30 sketch card...

Kazan set a fantastic special sketch this week for the top 30 finalists over at 2sketches4you;



and here is my take on it;

October Afternoon papers, Image from FairyDavis, Poppicraft blooms, Melissa Frances rub on, Bazzill brads, Papermania gems and eyelet, Basic Grey buttons, Ikea string, Bo Bunny ribbon, Paper doily, Inking and hand stitching.

I am still completely amazed that one of my cards was chosento join the top 30, thank you Kazan and Laura and all the judges!

Sizzling Hot!

This week's dare;

Hi it's Keryn here this week and in New Zealand we're in the middle of winter. Not snow like some of you get but we think it's cold all the same. I want to see card creations using only sizzling hot yellow based colours like red, orange and yellow to send some heat out to us through the web.

I did struggle with this dare, not least being able to actually read the instructions and managed to add some addtional colours....

Paper is MME, Poppicraft ribbon and flower, Doodlebug brads, October Afternoon journalling spot, Bo Bunny and October Afternoon rib ons, inking and hand stitching.

TFL :)

Top 30, Kazan's sketch 28 and some cards!!

I was so thrilled to find out that I made the top 30 over at 2sketches4you. I really was surprised to be chosen, they had so many gorgeous entries - Huge congratulations to the rest of the top 30 - you can check out their fantastic creations here- Thank you Kazan and Laura and of course all of the 2sketches4you designers!

This is my card for this week's sketch; Kazan's sketch 28;

MME, October Afternoon and Bo Bunny Papers, Martha Stewart Punch, Bo Bunny ribbon, Note paper and kraft envelope, Melissa Frances rub on, Poppicrafts blooms, Rusty Pickle button.

and... I recieved a parcel ordered from Poppicrafts this week, they do have some of the most beautiful crafty stash, their ribbons and flowers are just super yummy! I made these with some of the bits and bobs that arrived;

October Afternoon papers, Core'dinations cardstock, Basic Grey brads, Tigerfrogg image, Ribbon, paper bloom and flower brad from Poppicrafts.


Core'dinations cardstock, Doodlebug and October Afternoon papers, Melissa Frances rub on, MM letters, Sassafras Lass bunny, Doodlebug brads, Poppicrafts ribbon and flowers

TFL :)

2 Sketches 4 You Ultimate Card Showdown

My card for 2 Sketches 4 You this week using Laura's sketch 27, they are offering some amazing blog candy in their ultimate card showdown competition, pop on over and check them out!

Bo Bunny and October Afternoon papers, October Afternoon journalling card, paper string, MME ribbon and rub on sentiment, Prima and Cuttlebug flowers, Doodlebug brads, Basic Grey Button, ribbon, felt, eyelets.

and a couple more that I made for previous fantastic sketches but didn't get around to blogging;

Whether the Weather....

My turn to dare this week and with all the fantastic weather we have been enjoying reently, I thought that it would be fun to have a meterological themed dare. Not too sure where my snowy card came from after all the sun that we have been enjoying but hey, you can never start making Christmas cards too early?

October Afternoon papers and rub ons, MM letter stickers and paper, East of India ribbon, Basic Grey letters, Cuttlebug and Punched snowflakes, Rusty Pickle button, Imaginice snowflake, staples and inking.

Don't forget to check out the other cards from the DT on the blog - they really are fantastic!

And a couple more that I haven't blogged from previous dares, the first from Kathy's brilliant water dare using lots of Core'dinations cardstock;


and this one from Jane's fantastic music dare;


TFL :)

Bits and Bobs

A few cards and bits and bobs to show;

The first is this week's team Dare over at Daring Cardmakers to use five of the same item on a card;

Papers - Bo Bunny Double Dot and Basic Grey Bittersweet, Punch - Martha Stewart, hand cut butterfly, Journalling card - October Afternoon, Rub On - Melissa Frances, Letter Stickers - MM, Flower - Prima, 5 Brads - Doodlebug.

and another fairly quick card made today;
Papers - Basic Grey Bittersweet, Corrugated card, Punch - Martha Stewart, Chipboard letters - Basic Grey, Brad - Doodlebug, Flowers - Prima, Ribbon - May Arts, Chipboard - Basic Grey Sultry, Love Sticker - Basic Grey Bittersweet, Notepaper, Buttons - Basic Grey and Rusty Pickle, Pearls - K & Co, Photo hanger - Creative Impressions.

We went to friends in Leamington at the WE to watch the footie and managed to leave the camera - good job that mobiles can now take piccies - not as good as a normal camera but not too bad either.

Josh and Jared both recently had parties to attend, Jared wanted to send a monster card so I made him a card and tag set to take;

Card;


Tag;


Card with tag;


and Josh wanted to give this card - one that was pubbed in a Papercraft Inspirations Cards for Men supplement;


TFL :)