A La Card Monkey Challenge 72....Christmas

This is my card for this week's A La Card Monkey Challenge which is a sketch plus the theme of Christmas.  The stamp set is retired SU Scandinavian Season.  I used SU Deck the Halls dsp which is also retired.  I stamped the images in ink combined with heat and stick powder sprinkled with glitter.

Unfortunately the glitter doesn't show up very well in the photo.  The sketch was originally A5 portrait but I've made it into a square card so as to give me more room to add my different elements.

Once again thank you for all the wonderful comments that are being left on my blog.  Very much appreciated.
Edited to add A La Card Monkey's link.  Sorry girls, I thought I had done it.

Three in One!!!

Here is my latest card using the colours in this week's  Create With Connie and Mary challenge.  I combined this challenge with 4 Crafty Chicks and The Paper Players challenges for this week.

I'm hoping I have the balance of these strong colours right for my card.  The flourishes I made using Stampin' Up pearls.   The flower out of Happiness Shared is water coloured using markers.  I'm afraid that my water colouring isn't the best it could be, but after trying twice, I decided this was the best attempt.  That must mean the others were pretty bad hey?  rofl

Thank you so much for all the wonderful comments that are left on my blog.  I love them all.

Have a wonderful afternoon.

Sunny Challenges 005/11 Marina Mist

This week on the Sunny Challenges blog, we had to use a sketch and also Marina Mist had to be somewhere on the card.  Well this is what I've come up with.  I'm quite fond of the Beau Chateau dsp and as you know, I love ribbon and bows.  So I combined them all. lol

The butterfly is from the stamp set Creative Elements which I think is a beautiful set.

I'm hoping to get back into my cards....for some reason, haven't been able to settle down to them this week.  Here's hoping this a temporary thing.

Hope you all have a wonderful afternoon.

Thanks for visiting.

Little Girls Like Pink!

Well maybe not all little girls but the one this card is for certainly does and also butterflies.  The sketch is this week's The Sweet Stop Sketch #123.  The reason for the 3d Sarah Kay image is simple....I was challenged by a UK friend of mine to use a 3d or peel off (out of my very neglected/not used anymore stash) with my Stampin' Up stash.  I selected the lesser evil, the 3d image.  I have hundreds of peel offs which I very rarely use...they are just sitting in the cupboard.  The same goes for all the 3d's I have...all just sitting in the cupboard.

Fortunately, Blushing Bride goes beautifully with this pretty little Sarah Kay 3d.  My colour coach indicated that Early Espresso and Pear Pizazz were a good choice with Blushing Bride so I included them both.

Mmmmm that is dsp that I've used but you can't see the little dots very well in photo.  Pity because I chose it specifically to go with the little girl's dress.  The flowers are out of my stash and fits another challenge the same friend issued....to use fabric/paper flowers on a card.  So I've met both challenges.

Thanks Kerrie.  I hope I've passed with flying colours!!! lol

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today and hopefully I'll be back tomorrow with another card....stamping etc this time. rofl

I hope all our US friends are safe or trying to keep safe.  Thinking of you all.

Enjoy your afternoon everyone.  I'm off to make some Melting Moments.

A La Card Monkey Challenge 71...All About Autumn

This week I'm one of the guest designers on A La Card Monkey challenge blog.  My challenge was to make a card following this sketch with the theme of Autumn.

Well here is my card!  I used three stamp sets on the image panel....Lovely as a Tree, French Foliage and Autumn Days.  The colours are Baja Breeze, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso and River Rock.

I hope you like my card and please join the challenge.

I've been missing in action for the last couple of days working so there haven't been any cards made at all.  Hope to get back into it tomorrow (Sunday).

Have a wonderful afternoon everyone.

I'm a Princess!!

Wow, I've been chosen as The Monkey Princess for this week over on A La Card Monkey  with this card.

I really enjoyed making this card.  Thanks to the ladies over on A La Card Monkey and thanks to Jean for challenging me to enter.

A La Card Monkey Challenge 69

It was Jean's turn this time to get me to do a challenge.  This is the card I've made for the A La Card Monkey challenge for this week which is a Sympathy or Thinking of You card using the sketch provided.  I really do like this Springtime Vintage dsp and I feel the Strength and Hope set goes very well with it.
Hope you like my card.

Enjoy the rest of your day everyone.

Mojo Monday Challenge 204

This is my card for the Mojo Monday Challenge this week. I said to Jean that we should try this sketch and once again our cards are completely different. lol  Jean's card is on her blog.  At first this card gave me quite a bit of grief, yes, I know hard to believe when it's so simple but what I wanted to put in the middle just wouldn't work.  So this is what I ended up with.  I feel quite happy about this card now where as before I stamped on the twill and just used the world circle as the centre, it was going in the bin.

My Dad loves fishing and boats so this card is for him on the 4th September, our Father's Day here in Australia.

Hope everyone has had a fabulous day.  Thanks for visiting my blog.

Create With Connie and Mary Challenge 162

Here is my card for the Create with Connie and Mary challenge this week.  I received my Convention Bundle last week and so I used the gorgeous new dsp Beau Château. The stamp set is Elements of Style and the greeting is from Bring on the Cake.  I also used some of the fabric which was included in the bundle.

Thanks for visiting my blog and hope everyone has a wonderful day.

Ray Of Sunshine!!

Woo Hoo, I've been chosen as the Ray of Sunshine for challenge 002/11.  I do get so excited if any of my cards get chosen for a challenge winner....gives one a real boost. lol

Thanks so much to the ladies over at Sunny Challenges and Creations.