Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch #106

Wedding Chapel

Congratulations

Merry Christmas
 with Polly Penguin

Wow where did that week go too?  Here it is Wednesday again and that means it's another

Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  I went to post my card for the week and realised that I hadn't even made it let alone ordered my image from our sponsor.  I sometimes have my cards made in advance and thought I had already made this weeks sketch.  I have heaps of DigiStamp Boutique images so grabbed one off my computer very quickly.  Later on I was looking at all of Sally-Ann's wonderful new June images and noticed that she had a freebie for June so I grabbed that to make my second card.   I tried to make my image look like a Christmas Decoration.   You can find this freebie here. 
We had some amazing cards and images this week using our sketch and congratulations to all our winners.


Sketch #106

This is a great sketch to work with.

This week our Sponsor is Sally Ann from

DigiStamp Boutique

Sally-Ann is our regular monthly sponsor, she has some amazing images over at

DigiStamp Boutique so drop by and see the new images for June and there is always a monthly freebie which you can get here.

Sally-Ann is offering our lucky winner this week
6 Digi Images

 of the Winner Choice.

Visit Sally-Ann at DigiStamp Boutique for some amazing images, and inspirations that will tickle your taste buds.   You can find her here:

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I just love DigiStamp Boutique images to work with they are just so easy to colour.

Our awesome Diva's have created some wonderful cards for you this week so don't forget to drop by and check them out here and don't forget to give everyone a little love as they love to receive comments just like you!!!

Card Recipes:

Wedding Chapel Congratulations

Base: White SU

Paper: Gold by Rosie's Studio, Cream Board that shimmers.

Design Paper: Paper Chic Grant Archival Item #1609

Image: Wedding Chapel from DigiStamp Boutique

Colour Medium: Copics, atyou Spica Black, Silver and Gold from Copics

Tools: Cuttlebug, Divine Swirls Embossing Folder, Classic Circle and Scalloped Nestie, glue dots, pop dots, chipboard

Embellishments: Share organza ribbon, gold ribbon, gold flower ribbon and pearls from my stash.



Framed Image

Polly Penguin Merry Christmas

Base: White SU

Board: Red Bazzill silver paper from Rosie's Studio's

Design Paper: Paper Chic  Grant Archival Image
 Image: Polly Penguin Freebie from DigiStamp Boutique

Colour Medium: Copics, Silver Gel Pen

Tools: Cuttlebug, Classic Circles, and Scalloped Nestie, glass finish, Martha Stewart white glitter for the snow.

Embellishments: Ribbon, Silver Thread, Silver Glitter Paper, Circle Punch, Christmas Decoration button.

Isn't she just so cute?

I tried to make this card like the Christmas bobble that is hanging on the holly in the image.

I've just realised that I've used the same design paper on both of my cards, one is gold cream and white the other red white and silver how dum can I be???

Challenges:
Challenge #97 Pollycraft Ribbons & Flowers
ABC W is for Weddings

Wishing everyone an amazing week of crafting and a fun week.

Hugs

Going Green Flash Your Freebies

Going Green

Good morning everyone this is a really quick posting this today and I have so much to do. I can't wait for summer we had a wonderful day on Saturday and on Sunday is rained all day and all night as well. To depress me even more I spoke to my sister in Australia last night she's on the Gold Coast it's the middle of winter there sunny at 26 c not too bad for a winter's day.

This card has been posted rather late, as this is the second stage of Pollycrafts Flash your Freebie Green. I have also used another wonderful sketch from Dawny at Papertake Weekly Sketch #45.

Card Instructions:

Card: White SU for base, Bottle Green and Apple Green Craft Creations. Papers: Scraps and Diamond paper from Cuddly Buddly. Image: Pollycraft Flash your freebie Tortoise Hugs. Colour Medium: Copics and Black and White Embossing Pen and a Gold Gel Pen. Tools: Cuttlebug, Classic Squares. Embellishments: Ribbon from my stash.

Hope everyone has a great week.

Merry Christmas Pollycraft 900+ Followers

Merry Christmas

Good afternoon, here it is Saturday afternoon already the weekend is half way over. We've been up and been to two Soccer games and both of our boys had a win this morning which was nice.

Woo Hoo!!!! my first Christmas card for the year.LOL Over at Pollycraft Designs Paula is giving away 4 yes 4 of her wonderful images as having over 900+ Followers. I adore Paula's images especially her Lily Bean Fairies I still have another to create out of that series. Paula has ask us to create something with one of her Freebies that she has given away and there has been over 40 of them and if you do that you will be emailed another Freebie so hurry up and make a card NOW.

I have used Santa and I just love this Santa he is one of my very favourite Santa's I've seen and this was one of Paula's freebies late last year.

Card Recipe

Card Base: White SU Card.

Papers and Card: Silver Craft Creations and Red Bazzill

Image: Santa which was a Freebie from Pollycraft Designs last year.

Colour Medium: Copic Markers and White Embossing Pen

Sentiment: PC generated using Santa's Sleigh.

Embellishments: Ribbon Red and White Spot and Gems from my stash.

Tools: Cuttlebug, Snowflake Embossing Folder.

I do hope everyone enjoys the rest of your weekend and in some parts of the world it's just starting.

Hugs

It's Summer

It's Summer and time to have fun!

Good afternoon everyone it's now Sunday afternoon here in New Zealand, it's meant to be Winter and it isn't that cold I'm in a T-Shirt and jeans and it's rained all night. So I thought about it long and hard NOT and came to the conclusion that it's a good time for me to be blogging rather than doing the washing. I'm entering this card into three challenges today

Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge #54 and

Dare U2 Digistamp Challenge #40 Blooms & Butterflies

Stamp Something Challenge Something Summer

Here's my care recipe for the above sketch from Arlana at SSW.

Recipe:

Base: White SU card stock

Papers: Yellow and Green papers from Craft Creations

Patterned Paper: Blue patterned paper Rosie's Studio and the Yellow Gingham paper is from Scrapbook Pages.

Image: Is FROG from Tales from Pollycraft this was a Friday Freebie and I love Frog's and couldn't wait to use it.

Image Coloured: Coloured with Copic Markers

Tools: Sewing Machine

Embellishments: Ribbon, Button, Flowers and Butterflies from my stash.

I do hope everyone has a great week I have my eldest son singing tomorrow night in a mass Choir of all our local schools and a New Zealand singer so I'm really looking forward to seeing it.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch #49 'Lilybean Fairy #5'

Lilybean Fairy #5

Good afternoon, what a beautiful afternoon it is, still very warm for the middle of May but I don't want to say that out loud because then it will change and start getting colder. We had a very busy weekend, I finished my card on Saturday evening and was to tired to even take a photo let lone do the posting and yesterday we do to go away for the day and I was up at 5.30am to leave home for 6.30am so a very early morning start for a Sunday morning and last night I was just too tired to even look at the computer let alone make a posting otherwise I would have made heaps of mistakes.LOL. Another wonderful sketch from Arlana at Sweet Sketch Wednesday and here's my take on it. I'm really pleased how my card turned out and I adore the new papers I found. I had to colour the image for my papers.

Card Recipe:

• White SU card for the base
• Purple and Lime Craft Creations Paper
• Patterned paper is Pavlova Papers Mauve Scroll and the reverse side is Pastel Stripes on the other side and the other is also a Pavlova Paper it is Lime Scroll and Dots on the reverse side which I didn't use.
• Image is another of Lilybean Fairies from Pollycraft Designs this is the 5 th one in the series I still have one to go.
• Image coloured with Copic Markers
• Ribbon, flower and gems from my stash

Thanks so much for dropping by and I hope everyone has a great week.

Take care

Lilybean Fairy #4 Secret Crafter #82 and The Crafty Calendar Challenge #8

'Lilybean Fairy' #4

Good morning another Wednesday morning here in New Zealand and I can't say the sun is shinny we're having a few showers of rain, it's the middle of Autumn and still very warm. Thank you for all they lovely remarks about my husband yesterday and yes we had a lovely lunch as well. One of the guess speakers at his conference was from Disney World what an amazing guy he had worked at Disneyland for 31 years and started at the bottom and worked his way up. I really enjoyed him and didn't fall asleep. LOL

Today I am entering my card into two challenges the first being Secret Crafter Challenge #82 being 3 Embellishments, 2 papers and 1 image. The second Challenge is The Crafty Calendar Challenge #8 The Great Outdoors. Here's my card recipe.

Card Recipe:

• Base of card white SU
• Crimson and Apple Green papers from Magnolia Papers
• Crimson and Pink paper and Crimson Pink and Apple Green floral paper all from magnolia kit a matching set.
• Image is another one of Pollycraft images from the set of 6 of 'Lilybean Fairies" I still have another 2 images in the set to colour.
• Coloured with Copic Markers
• Kindy Glitz on the wings
• Embellishments: Flowers, Brad, gem stones and ribbon from my stash. I love the double sides ribbon it matches this card so well.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look at my card and I hope you all have fun for the rest of the week and a great weekend.

Take care

Hugs

Lilybean Fairy # 3

Lilybean Fairy # 3

Good morning it's another beautiful morning here in New Zealand the sun is shinning, it's a little cool and you know it's Autumn. The wonderful Autumn colours of the trees and the leaves are falling on the ground. I look over to a beautiful tree we have out of my kitchen window and it 's the shades of burnt orange the same as my card. We have about 500 trees around me on our property and all of them are different this time of year. My card today is for Colour Create Challenge # 43 Burnt Orange, Black and Cream these colours are completely out of my comfort zone but I've really enjoyed making this card. Having only boys you would think I would be use to these colours.LOL

Card Recipe:

• Base cream SU card stock
• Black paper from Craft Creations
• Burnt Orange Bazzill Basics Paper (Saltillo) colour
• Patterned paper be loved "Beautiful Branches by My Mind's Eye. After I bought the paper I noticed little love hearts on the paper which matched the hearts in Lilybean's hat and hand.
• Lilybean Fairy is #3 in the series by Pollycraft Designs and Lilybean has been coloured with Copic Markers and Versa Colour Ink
• Cream Lace and Pearls and Burnt Orange ribbon are from my stash
• Cuttlebug and Nestabilities Square

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and this Sunday in New Zealand is "Mother's Day"

Hugs to everyone

Lilybean Fairy #2 I love Digi Challenge #5

Lilybean Fairy #2

Good morning here it is Friday morning already, boy it comes around quickly and as you get older I think it comes quicker. I made this card last night for a new challenge I found on someones blog and it's I Love Digi do I what!!! ??? I love digi images and papers so thought this challenge would be just right for me. Then I had to search my computer and my scraps for papers to match my image. One of these days I do it the other way round, find the papers first then colour my image.LOL I'll learn. Here's my take on Dawny's sketch.

Card Recipe:

• White SU card for the base
• Blue paper from Summertime Designs she has some amazing papers
• Patterned Umbrella paper is from The Creative Cottage Come Rain or Shine Kit
• The yellow gingham paper I down loaded some time ago but didn't name it in my computer, all I can tell you is there is about 16 colours in the set and it's called Gingham Paper Set. If anyone knows can you please tell me know so that put the name in my postings.
• The image is another of the Lilybean Fairies from Pollycraft there are 6 images in the set and this one is coloured with Copic Markers.
• Sponged with Yellow Versa Ink
• Gems and Flowers from my stash.

Thank you for looking at my posting and have a great weekend.

Hugs

Lilybean Fairy

Lilybean Fairy

Good morning another lovely day here in New Zealand, I do hope that everyone in the UK and Europe are OK, especially with the ash coming down. I know what it's like about 15 years ago in New Zealand when one of our Mountain's erupted and we are between 4 - 5 hours drive away, but our cars still go ash on them whilst parked in our driveways. Flights out of New Zealand are only to America, Australia and the Asia Pacific at present nothing any further.

Today my card is for two challenges the first for Stamp Something Challenge being Layered and the other is for Sunday Sketch & Stamp challenge # 26 and it's their 1st Birthday. My card is a take on Sketch # 17 of Arianne which I love. So Happy Birthday Sunday Sketch & Stamp.

Card Recipe:

• Base of card is White SU Card Stock
• Purple paper from Craft Creations
• Patterned papers the Teal and Purple paper is an old paper I've stashed from Karen Foster Design Titled Starry Night and the other Purple and Mauve paper is from Rosie's Design.
• The image is from Pollycraft Designs titled Lilybean Fairies and this one is Primrose Flower Fairy these images are so cute you will be seeing more of them.
• Coloured with Copic markers
• Sentiment PC generated using Papyrus Font
• Embellishments ribbon and gems from my stash
• Cuttlebug and Nestabilities Tag.

Thank you for looking and reading my posting. Take care and have a great weekend.

Hugs

ABC Challenge G is for Green

"G IS FOR GREEN"

Welcome and thank you for coming over to my neck of the woods and looking a my "Bold Green Dragon" G is for Green. I know that little boys just love Dragons at this age especially Dragon Birthday Cakes iced with Green icing I know one of my boys did.

Here's my card Recipe

• White SU board for the base
• Apple green and olive green Bazzill. Forest Green Handmade Mulberry Paper for the matting of the Dragon and the Sentiment.
• Design paper is unknown left at my place by a friend
• The Image is from Pollycraft Designs and the Dragon's name is Feathers
• Feathers has been coloured with Copic markers, White and Blue Gel Pens
• Ribbon and brads from my stash
• Sentiment is PC generated using Lucida Handwriting
• I used my Cuttlebug, Square Nesties and glue dots

Thanks for coming by and having a look at my card wishing you all a great weekend.

Hugs Kathie

xox