Spring Flower Hair

Good morning and welcome to my blog, I can't believe it's the beginning of June already this year is just flying by.

Congratulations to our last weeks winner and to our top 3 cards great work everyone.

It's a very wet and windy Wednesday morning here in New Zealand and it means it another Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  This week we have another lovely sketch and I love it because it really show cases those wonderful design papers we all use and love.

Sketch #56

Either a Hexagon or a Circle

 Here's my card using our sponsors image

from A Day For Daisies 

Sparing Flower Hair

Our sponsor this week is A Day For Daisies and I'm alway very excited when I see that Tammy is our sponsor as I adore working with her amazing images.

Bio:

A Day For Daisies began as a small token to a constant need to create. Pairing a love of whimsical illustration, with a tidy graphic design background, Tammy S Thompson, produced her first stamp designs, introducing irresistibly sweet stamps to crafters around the globe. Drawing inspiration from the beautiful world around us, she strives to express the happiness and gratitude she feels in each stamp design she creates.

Presently, A Day For Daisies has grown to over 3,000 Digital Stamps with a quickly expanding line of Best Loved Clear Polymer. A Day For Daisies has been published and awarded over the years for innovative and unique designs created to inspire the crafting community. With a whole team behind her now, she remains passionate about illustration, obsessed with quality, and dedicated to her customers. A Day For Daisies thanks you for your ideas, comments, and creativity!

Our lucky winner this week will receive a

$12.00 Gift Certificate to use 

in A Day For Daisies online store 

http://adayfordaisies.com/stamps/

and blog

http://www.adayfordaisies.blogspot.co.nz/

Don't forget to drop by Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and see what our wonderful design team created using A Day For Daisies images.

Challenges I'm Entering:

A Day For Daisies Challenge #122 Use 3 Patterned Papers

Crafty Catz Challenge #281 Spring Time

Inky Chicks Challenge # 51 Pearls

Cuttlebug Mania Bling

Creative Moments Challenge #69 Anything Goes/Inside Out

Allsorts Challenge #313 Vintage

Brown Sugar Challenge #148 Ribbon & Flowers

Tip Top Tuesday It's All About Hair Colour Challenge

Allways Something Creative Challenge #100 Anything Goes

Lacy Sunshine Challenge #59 Tic Tac Toe

Flowers, Stitches, Hand Coloured Image

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White SU

2. Coloured Card: Bazill Witch Hazel

3. Design Paper: Kaisercraft English Rose Collection

4. Image: Spring Flower Hair by A Day For Daisies

 5. Colour Medium: Copics 27 used to colour this image

6. Tools Used:

7. Embellishments: All embellishments are from my stash.

 8. Finishing Touch: Inside and Back of my card.

Take care everyone wishing you all a lovely week and happy crafting.

Mary Boo's Candy Cane

Good morning and welcome to my blog, well our Autumn (Fall) has finely struck, we've had such wonderful weather up until now.  In the last three days it hasn't stopped raining and last night the temperatures finely dropped and it was about 6 Celsius.  In other parts of New Zealand where they get it colder than us they had snow.  Some areas got a little bit, but in the South Island in Queenstown and Wanaka they got a blanket of snow and some of the ski slops are nearly ready for a bumper season of skiing.

Today is Wednesday which means we have another wonderful Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  Congratulations to our winner and to our top 3 cards.  Great work everyone.

This week as it's the last Wednesday of the month we are revisiting one of our older sketches a blast from the past it's sketch #234 which we used on 27th November 2013.  You can check the posting of mine here.

Sketch #234

 Here's my card using our sponsors image from Lacy Sunshine and the image that I've used is 
Mary Boo's Candy Cane

Here's my blast from the past used on 27 November 2013.

We used it again on 24th September 2014

Today I very proud to say that this week our sponsor is 
Lacy Sunshine. 

Bio:

Heather Valentin  is  creative ,  award winning,  modern-day  fantasy and  whimsical  artist who has displayed a dynamic and vibrant energy while painting professionally for over 18 years. 

  

She  began to express herself creatively through movement at a very young age. 

For many years she studied dance, being drawn to forms that allowed creative self expression, all the while feeling this constant urge to create with her hands. The canvas is now her dance floor where colour, beauty and drama are expressed through her every pencil sketch and  brush stroke. Her  subjects vary from fairies, fantasy, mermaids, vampires, dragons, wildlife, abstract and more. She is one who is inspired in a single moment. Her  dreams, moods and the the unfolding beauty of the world around her is what charts her dance for the day. She is most alive when sketching and painting, creating timeless pieces that reflect her heart and soul. Drawing breathes life into her soul- it enables her to reach out and touch lives. This gives her a place in the world one character and painting at a time.

Heather's  artist portfolio  has  expanded to include such  clients  as   Pepsi, Outback Steakhouse, Nabisco, Zephryhils  and can now be found  at Laguna Art, Third Stone Art Gallery and Sausalito Art Galleries, along with commercial and private collections across the globe. 

Her latest foray is to immortalize her popular drawn characters Eleanor and Pickles in a children's book of their own.

If your haven't visited Lacy Sunshine blog yet here is the link there are so many amazing images to purchase and colour.

http://lacysunshine.weebly.com

This week our lucky winner will receive 

3 Images

 of the winners choice from Lacy Sunshine.

Don't forget to check out what the rest of our talented design team have created this week using Lacy Sunshine images over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.

Challenge's I'm Entering:

Lacy Sunshine Challenge #59 Tic Tac Toe (3 in a row)

Die Cuts, Lacy Sunshine Image, Gems & Or Pearls

Incy Wincy Challenge All or Nothing Lots of Layers or No Layers

Winter Wonderland Challenge Festive Food

Scribble and Scrap Challenge #45 Anything Goes

A Gem Of A Challenge #145 Flowers

Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Anything Goes With A Twist Make It Girlie

Crafty Catz Challenge #280 Kids

Inky Chicks Challenge #51 Pearls

Cuttlebug Mania Challenge Bling

Creative Moments Challenge #69 Anything Goes/Inside Out

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White Linen card

2. Design Paper: Idylic by Kaisercraft

3. Coloured Card: Kasiercraft Aqua

4. Image: Mary Boo's Candy Cane by Lacy Sunshine

5. Colour Medium: Copics, White Gel Pen

I couldn't believe how many copics I used for this one image.

6. Tools: Cuttlebug, Spellbinders Petite Oval and Floral Ovals, Stickles, Pop Dots, Glue Dots and Real Tacky Glue for gluing the flowers.

7. Embellishments: Assortment of flowers from my stash.

8. Embellishments: Deep Aqua flat back pearls, silver and white net and an assortment of about 20 different flowers from my stash.

9. Finishing Touch: Inside my card and the back of the the card.

Take care everyone wishing you all a wonderful week and happy crafting.

Birthday Nell

Good morning and welcome to my blog.  Today is Wednesday already which means we have another wonderful

 Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 Challenge.

Congratulations to our winner and to our Top 3 cards awesome work everyone there were so many beautiful cards and all your talents amaze me each week with what you produce.

This week we have another great sketch which really shows off our precious design papers we choose with love and don't want to use sometimes, I've even caught myself looking, touching and feeling them and putting them away for a rainy day and not using them how sad it that ladies?

This week we have another great sketch

Sketch #55

Here's a glimpse of inside of my card using our sponsor 

DigiStamp Boutique image Birthday Nell isn't it cute. 

This week our sponsor is 

Sally-Ann Hancock the owner of 

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.

This weeks prize is a

  £10 voucher 

to spend in the DigiStamp Boutique online store

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

or enter your card in the DigiStamp Boutique monthly challange

 http://digistampboutique.blogspot.co.nz/

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the design team have created for us this week using Sally-Ann's wonderful images from DigiStamp Boutique over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.

Challenges I'm Entering:

DigiStamp Boutique May Monthly Challenge

Sentimental Sunday Challenge #259 Funny or Cute Sentiments

Glitter and Sparkle Challenge #137 Use Some Ribbon

Crafty Sentiments Challenge Anything Goes

QKR Stampede Challenge#139 Balloons

Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge Anything Goes With A Twist Add Some Pink

Sister Act Card Challenge #106 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #80 Anything Goes

Tip Top Tuesday Challenge Animals

Incy Wincy Challenge Exotic Animals

Card Recipe:

1. Base: Cream Bazzill

2. Coloured Card: Navy Blue, Blue and Baby Pink Kaisercraft Card.

3. Design Paper: American Craft Paper

4. Image: Birthday Nell by DigiStamp Boutique

5. Colour Medium: Copics, White and Black liquid embossing pens 

6. Tools: Cuttlebug, Spellbinders Squares, Label, bunting by Couture Creations, Pop Dots, Glue Dots, Glossy Accents, Liquid Pearls and Stickles Star Dust.

7. Embellishments: Bunting by Couture Creations.

8. Sentiment: Happy Birthday created by PC using Papyrus font.

9. Gems, Pearl Brad, Navy Blue ribbon and flowers from my stash.

10. Finishing Touches: Inside my card and the back of the card.

Take care everyone wishing you all a wonderful week and happy crafting.

Wild Flower Beauty

Good morning and welcome to my blog.  I do hope that everyone that celebrated Mother's Day on Sunday had a lovely day with their families.

Today is Wednesday which means we have another wonderful 
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  Congratulations to our winner and to our Top 3 cards this week, great work to everyone that entered our challenge.

This week we have  another lovely sketch by our own Sally Dube, this is a wonderful sketch I just love it as it shows up those beautiful design papers and they aren't covered up it rotated the sketch by one turn to the left to accommodate my image .

Sketch #54

Here's my card using our sponsors image.

A peek of the inside of the card.

This week our sponsor is 

I just adore Sami Stamps and I know you will too.

Sami Stamps
Bio: 
  Hello! I’m so happy to be here as a Sponsor for Sweet Sketch Wednesday! Sami Stamps provides a variety of high quality Digital Stamps in both JPEG and PNG formats.  I hope you enjoy crafting with Sami Stamps as much as I enjoy illustrating them!

If you’re having fun here, please feel free to come check us out!

Click on a link to Visit our...   

BLOG ,  BLOG SHOP , CURRENT CHALLENGE  and our ETSY SHOP

Sami is offer our lucky winner

Prize:  $12.00 Gift Certificate
 to Sami Stamps Shop

Don't forget to drop by the rest of the design team and see what our Diva's have created for you this week over at 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.

Challenges I'm entering:

Crafting from the Heart Challenge #59 Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenge #261 Always Anything Goes

Digitally Sweet Challenge April Showers bring May Flowers

Creative Fingers Challenge #79 Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge #145 Layers

Sami Stamp Challenge #25 Anything Goes
Sisters of Craft Challenge May
Colouring Crazy Challenge Week 19 Anything Square
Scrapper's Delights Challenge #44 & Inspiration
Scribble and Scrap Challenge #44 Anything Goes

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White textured card

2. Kaisercard: Fern, Lilac and Wine

3 Design Papers: Kaisercraft Garden Arabesque Collection

4. Image: Wild Flower Beauty by Sami Stamps

5. Colour Medium: Copics

6. Tools: Gloss accents, pop dots, glue dots, liquid pearls.

7. Embellishments: Stick pen which I made and flat back cream heart pearls.

8. Finishing touches: Inside and the back of my card.

Take care everyone wishing you all a lovely week.

Flower Teapot

Good morning everyone and welcome to my blog.  Today being Wednesday which means it's another wonderful

 Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.

Here it is already the beginning of May oh where has the year gone?

This week I'm the hostess over at SSW2 so don't forget to drop by and see what the rest of the design team have created this week using wonderful Bugaboo Digi Stamps.

We have another lovely sketch by Sally

Sketch #53

Here's my card using this fun image from Bugaboo Digi Stamps

Flower Teapot.

This week our sponsor is 

Jodie Mackrell the owner of

Bugaboo Digi Stamps

Bugaboo Stamps

Bio:

Everything that you ever wanted to know about Bugaboo Stamps:  As if raising 5 children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the work of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. Bugaboo Stamps has become one of the leading companies in digital images. From seiously snarky to sugar sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!!  If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps at Totally Stampilicious.  And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for the weekly Challenges at Catch the Bug.

Store www.bugaboostamps.com

Challenge Blog:  http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com

Jodie is offer our very lucky winner 

Is this a brilliant prize?

Challenges I'm Entering:

Crafting from the Heart Challenge #58 Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenge #260 Anything Goes
Eureka Stamps Challenge #139 Feminine Cards
Digitally Sweet Challenge # 138 April Showers brings May Flowers
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge #90 Spring Has Sprung
Crafty Ribbons Challenge #118 Anything Goes with Ribbons
Glitter & Sparkle Challenge # 135 Anything Goes
Creative Fingers Challenge #78 Anything Goes 
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #308 Colour Challenge

Crafty Catz Challenge #277 Colour Challenge

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White SU card

2. Coloured Card: 

3. Design Papers:

4. Image: Flower Teapot by Bugaboo Digi Stamps

5. Colour Medium: Copics and Glossy Accents 

6. Tools: Cuttlebug, Spellbinders Classic Circles, Lacy Circles, pop dots, glue dots.

7. Embellishments: Aqua Blue Ribbon, Paper Lace Doily and Aqua gems all from my stash 

8. The finishing touches to my card inside and the back.

Take care everyone wishing you all a wonderful week and happy crafting.