Sketch Saturday 101

Another quick post tonight I'm afraid and another new stamp!! Don't you just love these Nikki Stamps, I have several of them now and love the sentiments that go with them too. These are new in at Stamps and Memories and Wendy has a great selection of them. This card only fits into Sketch Saturday, I can't find anything else to enter it into. I coloured this image last evening, experimenting with the neutral grey copics to give her black trousers. I think I am improving a little, still need lots of practice though. Another card that hasn't photographed well, this is shocking pink and black card!!

I have used Martini Nikki and Nikki word set two for the sentiment
Coloured with Copic Ciao and Sketch pens
DP is Basic Grey Bittersweet
Martha Stewart Daisy Punch
Nestibilities Scalloped Circles
Cuttlebug Swirl Folder
Lots of Crystal Glamour Dust
Card and gems from Stash

Hope you like her, back soon!!

Hugs Jo x

Yay, I'm back!!!

Don't hold your breath, but I think Mr Mojo may be returning!! An invite by Wendy of Stamps and Memories to visit for the evening and her cheeky comment below and lots of really encouraging emails from Marianne plus all the lovely comments that you have all left has finally done it!! I had a lovely evening with Wendy yesterday and decided to colour this gorgeous new image that I bought a couple of months ago, lots of chat and tea and she was coloured before I knew it!! I then raided Wendys stash and this is what I came up with!!

As it is my first card in a while, I thought it had better go in a lot of challenges, so here we go:

Sophistcat-Open challenge green, lilac + one,flowers

Crafty Cardmakers - Spring into spring

Crafty Catz - Spring

Allsorts - Spring is in the Air

Sketch Saturday

One stop craft - Let it shine

Secret Crafter - Spring has sprung

Sweet sketch Wednesday

Simon Says Challenge - Spring Easter

Papertake weekly

Stamp is Mimosa with flower basket by Bildmilarna, I just love these stamps

Dovecraft Sentiment

Coloured with Copic Markers

Nestibilities labels

Martha Stewart around the edge punch

Nellie Sneddon Small and large flower and embossing punch

Martha Stewart Branch punch

Papers are from the Alison Ellis Baby Girl Range available from Stamps and Memories

Pearls, Card and Ribbon from Stash

I hope you like her!!

I hope to catch up with you all soon, I am off from Friday until after Easter so am hoping to get some serious card making and blogging done.

Take care everyone, be back soon

Hugs Jo x

Warning Sunglasses needed!!

Oh no, a really bad blogger again!! My poor Mojo has left me and every card is a struggle at the moment, I really need to be inspired. I had a trip to Wendys on Saturday afternoon, we should have been at the Kintbury Sale but Wendy has been really poorly and had to cancel. The roads in Berkshire were atrocious, OK if you're on the M4 but we weren't. Anyway, I spent loads of cash and came home with lots of new stash!! As I am really fed up with this horrible weather and the fact that I have had to go back to work after Christmas, I thought bright and cheerful is the order of the day!! So beware folks!! I am using this card for the following challenges:

The Pink Elephant -Birthday

Crafty Catz - Bright and sparkly (My inspiration)

Sketch Saturday - Fabulous sketch, thank you

ABC challenge - L is for Layers

Stamp is one of my favourite designers, Leigh Hannan, Impression Obsession

Sentiment is Alesa Baker, Enjoy your day, Impression Obsession

Coloured with Copic Markers

and Spica Glitter Pens

Papers are Alison Ellis, Neon Candy Range

Nestibilities labels four and Ribbon Tags

Swirl Cuttle bug folder

Martha Stewart Scallop border punch

Nellie flower punch

All of the above are available at Stamps and Memories

Ribbon, gems and card from stash

Hope you like it

Hugs Jo x

Happy Christmas Charlotte!!

Oh my gosh, I didn't realise how long it has been since I blogged, I'm really sorry folks!!! I just don't seem to have anytime to do anything these days. I came home early today as I have the lovely cold virus that is going about and feel absolute rubbish, a nice way to spend your birthday!! Yes, tomorrow is the big day when I enter my 50th year, what a thought!!! Can I go backwards now? Please . . . . . At least I have the day off and will be able to do a bit of catching up with writing my Christmas Cards and wrapping, that's if I don't fall over the conservatory in the process!!! Yes it has been delivered but is now spread about the house!!! It is everywhere. I have told hubby that I'm not eating my Christmas lunch off of window frames!! How many of you would put up with this?!!

Anyway enough of my complaining, I have made this card for Charlotte for Christmas and it fits in with five challenges.

Sketch Saturday

Allsorts challenge which is purple

A Spoonful of Sugar which is monochrome

Simon Says Challenge which is a charm

Cute Card Thursday which is Swirly Girly

Stamp is Bear and Robin by Gillian Roberts from Stampevie

Coloured with Copic Markers

Papers are DCVW
Martha Stewart Loop punch

Hobby craft Snowflake punch

Polar Flower Soft fixed with Glossy Accents on the snowflakes

Crystal Glamour Dust on Teddys hat and snow

Card, brads, gems, spacers, charm and ribbon from stash

Hope you like it

Jo x

One Card, three challenges

This is the most glittery card I have ever made!!! If ony you could all see the real thing!! I just love glamour dust!!! I have been missing out so much having only just discovered it.

Love, love, love it!!

This little cutie is going into three challenges:

High Hopes challenge this week is Snowflakes

I have used the sketch from Sketch Saturday

Sophisticats is buttons and ribbon

I hope you like her!!

I have used one of the fab High Hopes Snowladies stamps, they are all so gorgeous and coloured her with my Copic markers with lots of glamour dust to add just a tadge of sparkle!!

Paper is from the Christmas Blue Collection from Dovecraft

Labels Four Nesties

Hobbycraft Snowflake punch

Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch

Ribbon, Buttons and card from stash

Back later

Jo x

A whole week's gone by!!!

Oh dear, where has the week gone, am so sorry I just haven't made contact with the craft room for nearly a whole week and then it has taken me two evenings to make this card!! Not good!! Well our week, old conservatory has finally come down, wall has been knocked down, bricks and building materials have arrived. And all been carried through the house as we have no back access to the garden anymore, all one thousand bricks by wheelbarrow. Good job I'm a patient wife!!! And guess what, Hubby has got himself another job!!! Good news, be it only temporary until Christmas, but what about my nice new conservatory (summer craft room)?? I suppose the bricks will be there for a long while now, oh well, I can always put some plant pots on them in the summer!! So folks, watch this space ...................

Anyway this card that I have made and am actually going to use, fits in with a few challenges. I've totally lost track so hope I'm in time for these!!

Sketch Saturday challenge 74

Crafty Catz challenge 5 Buttons and Brads

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 83 Candy Corns

SophistiCats week 8 Pink, Brown and Flowers

Magnolia Tins and Tilda with Lolly Stamps

Sentiment from Woodware set

Black Tuxedo Momento Ink pad

Coloured with Copic Ciao, Sketch and Spica Pens

Deckled edge rectangle Nestibilities

Martha Stewart Doily and Leaf Punch

Flowers are Hobbycraft and Prima

Papers are Papermania

Glitter, Card, brads, buttons and pearls from stash.

Now off to visit all your lovely blogs

Jo x

Sketch Saturday 73

Wow, what a hectic day yesterday!! Spent the day with Wendy and Karen at the Stamps and Memories Christmas Extravaganza in Kintbury, exhausted or what!! But can you believe, that after all that, we went back to Wendy's and made a card just for the sake of it, trying out Wendy's stamp and my new nesties!!! Mine is below, have kept it nice and simple this week just about qualifies for the sketch but as this paper is really busy, I thought it best not to overcrowd it. So Wend, where is yours?!!!!!!!!

This is where the problem starts!!

I haven't a clue what the stamp is other than Stampevie and it's gorgeous,

I think the sentiment is from Papermania

Don't know what the DP is (from Wendy's stash!)

I have coloured with Copic Ciao and Spica Pens

Labels two nestabilities (I think!)

Card from Wendys Stash

Pearls from my stash!

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That's it for today folks!!

Jo x

Sketch Saturday 72 and Copic Colour Challenge 34

Another post for today, a very quick one at that as it is now the early hours of the morning!! I will post later and catch you with all of our news but for now here is my next card. How gorgeous is this one?!! Another fantastic image from High Hopes, yes one of my favourites!

Stamp is Holly by High Hopes

Sentiment by Cuddley Buddley

Papers Unknown

Coloured with Copic Ciao as follows:

Tunic, ribbons and bows R35 and R37

Shoes YG 91, YG 95

Holly YG 63 and YG 67, R37

Belt C1, C3 and C5

Hair E31, E33 and E35

Flesh E00, E21 and Y0000

Ribbons, card and flowers from stash

Hope you like this one, must go

Jo x

Have changed the piccie on this one too, taken in daylight so not so yellow looking.

Simon Says 24 hour card for Paige/girly challenge and Sketch Saturday challenge week 71

A busy day today, we are nearly celebrating paying off our mortgage, sometime this week and are being measured up for a replacement conservatory tomorrow. Yippee, a craft room with daylight!! Or should I refer to it as my weekend craftroom and keep the other one for the evenings. I can't wait, more room to spread my stash!! Anyway as today is World Cardmaking day, I told hubby that I was going to participate when we got home from shopping. This card covers two challenges. Sketch Saturday also requested pets as an extra and the Simon Says 24 hours challenge is a card for Paige, a young girl in the States that has lost an arm due to a boating accident, bless her. Check it out as there is a link to her story and this is where this card is going.

This stamp is Dog and Flower from the Wild Rose Studio as is the sentiment

Coloured with Copic Ciao Pens

Gorgeous Papers from Nannas nursery Baby collection

Labels One, round and deckled oblong Nestibilities

Martha Stewart Doily and Leaf Punch

Card, ribbon, flowers, brads, spacers and gems from Stash.

Hope you like it, may be back tomorrow!!

Jo x

Sketch Saturday Challenge 70

Another card, yes I'm on catch up!! This card has taken me all week to make would you believe!! It's a bit of a variation on this Saturday sketch but I think it just about qualifies!!

More of my new stamps and I just loved colouring these tins, how sad am I, but it's true!!

And it's another Tilda but ...........you can't see that she hasn't got a mouth!!

Stamps used are Tilda with Lolly and Tin Boxes by Magnolia

Coloured with Copic Ciao

Spica Clear Glitter Pen

These gorgeous papers are DCWV Nanas Nursery Baby Girl

Martha Stewart Leaf Punch

Glossy Accents

Pearls, Brad, Flowers and Card from Stash

Isn't she gorgeous, hope you like her!!

Jo x

Sketch Saturday

This week I have decided to have a go at the Saturday Sketch challenge, yes I know it's Wednesday but the bank holiday has thrown me all out!!!! I stamped up this image at the Copic Class a couple of weekends ago and thought it would fit this sketch quite nicely. I was rummaging in my papers drawer last week and came across this paper, it must be a couple of years old but thought I would use it as I love the colours. So here it is, I hope you like it.

I have used stamp by Stampevie, sorry don't know what it's called!!

Copic Ciao Pens to colour

Dovecraft Christmas Blues Paper

Nestabilities Labels 4

Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder and snowflake die

Let it snow stamp from Impression Obsession

Crystals and card from stash

Glossy Accents and Crystal Glitter

And of course my Sewing Machine!!

Bye for now, hopefully a trip to Wendy's soon!!

Jo x