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Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch # 56

Welcome everyone I'm so excited, just to let you all know that I have been excepted on Sweet Sketch Wednesday Design Team. I've just got to get my head around it that I'm working in advance and not the week that has just been announced LOL.

Please grab a coffee and join us all at Sweet Sketch Wednesday Sketch #56 come and see all of the wonderful cards that the team have made for you this week using these great images from our Sponsor

Bugaboo Stamps

Jodie from Bugaboo is offering the lucky winner this week 7 Digital Stamps Valued at $21 wouldn't that be great? Here is another wonderful Sketch from our very own talented Arlana. I really don't know how Arlana comes up with these great designs. I know that it helps me design cards and lets my Mojo flow when I have great sketches like these to inspire me. So I can't wait to see your cards.

Card Recipe:

Base: White SU stock.

Papers: Black and Red from Craft Creations.

Board: Corrugated Cardboard Green from my stock.

Image: Summ Peek Ladybug Log by Jodie at Bugboo Stamps.

Colour Medium: Image coloured with Copic Markers and Black Embossing Pen.

Tools: Cuttlebug, Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Large Ovals.

Embellishments: Ribbon, Gems, Flowers and Ladybugs are out of my stash.

Thanks for joining me that week and please make a visit to Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

Hugs

Tilda with Strawberries

Tilda with Strawberries

It's now late Sunday afternoon and have just got back from taking the boys down to 10 Pin Bowling. Liam's Soccer (Football) Team decided to have a get together I think they call it Male Bonding. I could have been at home making cards and blogging instead of being my son's taxi driver!!!*** Oh well what we do for our children I love them to bits.

Here is another take of Arlana's sketch from SSW. I am entering this card into two Challenges, Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge #54 and Totally Gorjuss Challenge #35 Sugar and Spice.

Card Recipe:

Card Base: White SU Card

Paper: Aqua and Pink Papers from Craft Creations

Patterned Paper: Rosie's Studios, Pink Gingham Digital Download from Stetching Stamper, and the pale aqua is paper I have had for years it's handmade paper from India and Stitched with Aqua and Silver thread.

Image: Is a Magnolia Stamp Tilda with Strawberries.

Colour Medium: Copic Markers

Embellishments: Gems, Ribbon, Rose Bud and Flower from my stash.

I do hope everyone enjoys your week and enjoy all that sunshine. All I can think about that it's coming up for the shortest day on 21st June so that means we get more daylight hours and it won't be long before summer is on our doorstep again. Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs to everyone.

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 Challenge #54 'Happy Birthday Card'

Happy Birthday

Good morning here it is Friday already where has this week gone? too quickly for me I had so much to do!! Well when I saw this lovely sketch from Arlana I knew straight away what I was going to make, my dear friend was having a birthday the next day and we were having brunch and a girls get together. Started a 10am and I got away about 3.30pm that afternoon. She is a very close friend and also a Horticulturist and trained Florist and I know she likes Tulip's. But she doesn't do over the top cards with too many details.

Here's my take on Sketch # 54.

Card Recipe:

Base: White SU card stock

Papers: Purple Craft Creations Paper, Apple Green Magnolia Paper, Mauve Paper

Patterned Paper: Purple and White paper is from Rosies's Studio Serenity Series

Image: Single Tulip from the wonderful Chris Dark from Sketching Stamper

Coloured: Copic Markers, White Gel Pen

Embellishments: Ribbon, Gems and Charm from my stash

Tools: Cuttlebug and Textile Texture embossing folder.

Thanks for looking everyone and I hope you all have a wonderful warm sunny weekend as it's winter cold and frosty here in New Zealand it was -3 this morning.

Hugs

Sweet Sketch Wednesday "Happy Birthday"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY TEAM

Congratulations to everyone for your first birthday. I know I haven't been with you from the very beginning but since I did join into your challenges I've enjoyed every minute of it. Everyone is so helpful and have such lovely comments and you all make the effort to comment on every one's work. Thank you once again for letting me join into your challenges and wishing everyone a wonderful birthday and I hope that the next 52 weeks are as much fun and enjoyment for you and it is for me.
Well as you can see I haven't had a post for a few weeks, where has the time gone??? I've been so busy with my family, school and sports in the last few weeks I haven't had any time for myself but I've made the effort this week as I wanted to celebrate your birthday.

Card Recipe:

Card base: White SU card stock

Papers: Yellow and Purple papers are from Craft Creations, Floral and Striped papers are Cuddly Buddly Peppy Papers Purple and Lime Green .

Image: DigiStamp Boutique Coco with flowers

Coloured with Copic Markers

Tools: Cuttlebug, Spellbinders Nestabilities Circle, Scalloped Circle, Tags

Embellishment's: Ribbon, Flowers and Pearls from my stash.

Sentiment: PC generated Peggy Font

Many thanks for visiting and I hope everyone has a great week.

Hugs

Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge #50 'Happy Birthday'

'Happy Birthday'
Good morning here it is another Monday morning where has the week gone? I spoke to soon last week about the wonderful Autumn weather we have had, it was cold and dry on Saturday and Sunday is was cold and wet. I had two very disappointed boys on Saturday their Soccer was cancelled because the grounds were too wet to play on because of all the rain on the Friday. It was all my fault that it rained, I was only the messenger. Only one posting last week, I had a very busy week it seemed like I was in the car most of the week on motorways. Thursday night Liam had his school speech final, there were 14 chosen out of 65 that made the final. I was very proud of him he had worked hard and new his speech with out using his Que Cards. Better him than me I think I was more nervous than he was.LOL

This weeks sketch is another wonderful sketch form Arlana here's my take on it.

Card Recipe:

• White SU card for the base
• Orange Magnolia Paper, Aqua and Peacock Bazzill
• Orange Patterned paper from Magnolia
• Image is Connie Shopping from Digistamp Boutique
• Coloured with Copic Markers
• Sentiment PC generated using Peggy Font
• Ribbon and Gems from my stash

Hope everyone has a great week and thanks for stopping by to have a look at my creation.

Hugs

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

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #48 "Happy Birthday"

'Happy Birthday'

Good morning this is a very early posting for me today, I'm about to get the boys ready for school, my husband has already left to go into the city for his yearly conference which is held in Auckland at Sky City Tower once a year with over 2500 people and there are 1500 Sales people for his company. Today he is being recognised for being in the 25 in the country which is a milestone in it's self especially with today economic climate. He made the 25 about 3 years ago also another wonderful achievement I am so proud of him so I'm going as well to see him get presented and of course for lunch.LOL

Here's my take on another wonderful sketch from Arlana, a copy of the sketch below.

Card Recipe:

• White SU card base
• Lime green and Yellow Bazzill
• Striped paper is from Cuddly Buddly digi download Peppy Papers Purple and Lime
• Mauve Gingham paper is from Basic Backgrounds 'Grape Berry'
• Image is Cool Cat Hambo Stamp a free digi download from Digital Delights
• Image coloured with Copic Markers
• Sentiment is PC generated using Papyrus font
• Ribbon, flowers and gems from my stash
• Cuttlebug, Classic Circle and Classic Scalloped Circle from Nesabilities

Thank you so much for looking and have a great week.

Hugs

Kathie

xox

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