Sketch-Saturday - Week - 161

It's Sketch challenge time for me and I'm loving it, not sure if I always do the right thing. never mind if we don't try we never learn.

This is may card for the challenge over on Sketch Saturday Week 161 Challenge and the Sponsor this week is Craft Barn and i just the love them. Postage is always super quick and well packed. I have used papers from my Crafts-Too paper stack and ble card from my little !!! stash. The imgae is my super cute Penny Black fishing hedgehogs which I have been using for some mens cards. Ribbon for my side tabs and homemade brads to blend in with the colours.

Fetch A Sketch Challenge

Well two of the lovely girls over on the Funky Hands team have started a challenge blog of their own. So over on Fetch A Sketch the first challenge has been set, so I have taken the plunge and had a go.

I have used my Funky Hands CD - Dreams come True - Colour way- kidding around. Dusting around the edges with distressed inks (Bungled Sage, Worn Lipstick, Fired Brick). My little Penny Black Hedgehog has been coloured in with promarkers. Oh not forgetting my handmade brad's from a piece of left over paper to match in with the spots (I'm loving these, so simple and look great).

Funky Hands Challenge - Sketch

Over on Funky Hands challenge this month Anice has created a Sketch for everyone to follow.

As the weather was soooo hot yesterday, and I started the day with a bad head and by the afternoon i just wanted to go back to my bed. So today being a little cooler I made my way out to the cabin to play for a few hours after doing the house work while the kids were at school. I have made my challenge card. The papers used on this card are from Funky Hands CD - Dreams come True - colour way was Award winning.

I have used the digi images also available on the CD and finished of with a bit of purple ribbon, a dusting of distress inks (dusty concord) around the edges.

What have I been up to !!!

Well sorry last week was very quiet on my blog but had lots of other tasks/jobs to do. I had a night out at one of our local Brownie groups, at which we made some super door hangers. I spent several days cutting out Sizzix people along with their hair and outfits. Gosh I didn't realise how much time it takes, out came the scraps box and trying to get the max out of things.

Next task was to create some things which the children at Ally's (my youngest) school could make for fathers day. They have a little tuck shop which each class takes turns running. These items were for them to sell on their little stall, I understand from a reliable source (Ally) that everything sold.

I cut out and prepared 20 DAD hangers. As we only had a 45 min slot in which to get things made. I did most of the back work just leaving the overlay letters and decoration for the children to add. The children also made an envelope to pop this super hanger in making it a little surprise. I cut and prepared 20 cards; ten of each. Again make most of it up just leaving the children to glue and decorate with their own ideas. I'm sorry but wasn't able to photograph all the finished items as ~I forgot my camera so the one pictured was the one Ally and I put together as samples.

GONE FISHING

I have use a Penny black stamp to create this card.

The papers are Crafts Too from a super little pack of colours I have just purchased.

The image has been cut out using a nestie, coloured with promarkers.

A little ribbon has been added down the sidealong

with a fish charm to go with the gone fishing theme.

The little sign post is a stamp from my tilda collection.

Not forgetting finished of with the Happy Birthday stamp from LOTV .

and punched out with my SU oval punches.

I have entered this in the following challenges

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - 3rd Birthday

Cupcake craft Challenge -Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy

Papertake weekly Challenge- Dads and Lads

Penny Black at Allsorts - June Challenge

Edited to correct the links and spacing, sorry have lots of problems. Hugs Fi xx

ME to YOU card

I have made this card using papers and decoupage from the Me to You range that Papermania (Docrafts) have brought out. I just love these cute bears, not forgetting to mention the super papers. The scalloped circle was cut using one of my nesties, the edges are dusted with my distress ink (Dusty Concord). I have entered this in to the

Docrafts Sketch challenge

Southern Girls Challange - anything goes

Sketch challenge - June 2011 - A Square Dance

Well as my super friend Lou gave me a dig in the ribs with this challenge,

knowing I love my inchies. This is my first sketch challenge and I hope it fits. Over at Kathy's Waffle sketch File this month it's Square dance I have used my Funky Hands CD for the backing papers and the little ribbon strips. The inchies are stamped using my Big and Juicy ink pad. I made the little backing with my brayer and the same Big and Juicy ink pad. The images and backing are edged with my black ink pad to allow them to stand out a little. Dusty Concord distress ink around the edge on base card and Spiced Marmalade on the ribbon strips. Finish with some little flowers and a few gems. On this one I have used my Black 'Clearly Better' ink pad. I used a different set which I have stamped on some super pearly card which I purchased from the Simply Yours show at Lincoln the other week. I'm loving it, such super colours. I bought some more colours today at Doncaster Stamp magic show. I used a little black ribbon, just adding a little Happy Birthday disc from the same inches pack. Few square gems around the edge to go with the square theme. Last thing was to mount it on to my base card (black) with just the side edges showing