Party Elephant

Good morning and welcome to my blog.  It's Wednesday which means it's another

 Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  Congratulations to our winner and top 3 cards great work everyone I loved looking at all your creativity and how you worked our sketch.

We have a new sketch this fortnight by Sally.

Sketch #92

Here's a look at my card, this was one of the quickest cards I've ever made I think and it's a rather cute image.

This week our sponsor is Mary Ellen the owner and artist of Dearie Dolls Digi images.

Dearie Dolls 

Bio:  

Mary Ellen's Dearie Digis are inspired by the wooden dolls she and her husband Kip made together for 25 years. She likes to tell a little story with each illustration. Some of her favorite subjects are snowmen and children.

Don't forget to check out Mary Ellen's website for her wonderful free images.

http://freedeariedollwsdigistamps.blogspot.com/

Most of Mary Ellen's images are free to use.  They are so delightful and you could spend hours looking through the images that she has on her blog.  She has colored and uncolored images to choose from.

Mary Ellen also has a Etsy shop- Dearie Dolls by me where she has some very cute images for sale be sure to stop and take a peek.

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the design team have created over at 
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 with Dearie Dolls images.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. Lemon Shortbread Challenge # 18 Anything Goes *
2. One Stitch At A Time Challenge # 264 Anything Goes Layer It Up *
3. Crafty Friends Challenge #34 Inspired by a song *
Elephant Ears by Jimmy Wayne 
4. Creative Moments Challenge # 96 Anything Goes Summer *
 5. Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #310 Baby Boys Birthday Card *
6. Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #283 Anything Goes
7. Ruby's Rainbow Challenge #132 Hip To Be Square *
8. Glitter 'N' Sparkle Challenge #193 Anything Goes *
9. Dream Valley Challenge #134 Summer Colours *
10. Colour Crazy Craft Challenge Week 15 Week As Candy *


Card Recipe:

1. Base: White SU

2. Coloured Card: 

3. Design Paper: Very old paper from Rosies Studios

4. Image: Party Elephant with Balloon by Dearie Dolls

5. Colour Medium: Copics plus a black and white embossing pens and a silver gel pen.

6. Sentiment: From Cuddly Buddly

7. Tools used.

8. Glossy Accents for the Elephants Balloon.

9. Dies that I used.

10. Embellishments

11. This inside and back of the card.

Take care wishing you a wonderful week and happy crafting.

Sketchy Tulip Flower Frame

Good morning and welcome to my blog, thank you so much for joining me this week.  Firstly congratulations to our winner Nessy over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 I loved looking at your wonderful creations.

This week we have another great sketch by Sally, I wasn't sure what or how I was going to create my card this week but I'm pleased with the final outcome.

Sketch #91

A quick peep of the the outside and inside of my card using our sponsor's image Sketchy Tulip Flower From by 

DigiStamp Boutique.

This week our sponsor is Sally-Ann Hancock from 

DigiStamp Boutique. Don't forget to pop over to her shop and see what's new and interesting to purchase you won't be disappointed. 

Here's a photo I took from Tulips growing in our garden after it had rain one day and that's what inspired my card this week when I saw this image over at DigiStamp Boutique.

 Digi Stamp Boutique

Bio:

All images/designs are created and copyright owned by Sally-Ann Hancock.  My work means the world to me - it allows my passion to draw and create, to fit with my family life too, often the inspiration for my designs.  Hope you enjoy my images as much as I enjoy creating them.

Sally-Ann is offering our lucky winner 
Prize:   £10 voucher

to purchase images from her online store.

  You'll be spoilt for choice as there are so many to choose from and new images being added every month.

Check out her online store

http://digistampboutique.co.uk/catalog/

And her Challenge Blog

http://digistampboutique.blogspot.co.uk/

Don't forget to drop by the rest of the girls over at 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and see what they've created with Sally-Ann's images. 

Challenges I'm Entering

1. Lemon Shortbread Challenge # 17 Anything Goes *

2. Everybody Art Challenge #392 Not Cute *

3. Cards und More Challenge #160 Special Occasion *

4. One Stitch At A Time Challenge #263 Anything Goes Stitching Real or Faux *

5. Crafty Friends Challenge #33 Based on a Book *

Tulip Fever

by Deborah Moggach

6. Southern Girls Challenge Layers *

7. Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #165 Monochrome *

8. Brown Sugar Challenge # 201 Use A New Technique  Winner

Used Vellum for the Butterfly 

9. Colour Crazy Craft Challenge #14 *

Colours used Pink, Grey, Mauve and Green

10. Chocolate Coffee & Cards Challenge #110 Bingo *

Pearls, Glitter, Ribbon

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White SU

2. Coloured Card: Bazzil Grey Elephant Ears

3. Design Papers: Kaisercraft 6x6 pad Violet Crush

4. Silver Foil Paper by Rosies Studios

5. Image: Sketchy Tulip Flower Frame by DigiStamp Boutique

6. Colour Medium: Copics

7. Tools Used 

8. Dies Used

The Butterfly

9. Organza silver grey ribbon, silver gems, pink flat backed pearl, and silver brad all from my stash.

10. Inside and the back of my card.

Take card wishing you a wonderful week, drive safe and happy crafting.