A little bit late

Hi everyone

I am slightly late with this post as the challenge over a CRAFT challenge blog actually started yesterday.  And the theme is this sketch

I love following a sketch and have done quite a few cards following sketches.  This is my attempt of following the sketch.

I have tried to keep the colour scheme to fairly neutral colours.  I do love the funky image which was supplied by 'The Stamping Boutique'.

Recipe

* card and backing papers from stash

* card candi and sentiment from Craftwork Cards

* digi image from 'The Stamping Boutique' coloured with my trustee Promarkers

I am entering this card into the following challenges

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Getting digi with it

One Stitch at a Time - Digi or don't

Elke XX

I have received a blog award

Hello everyone, I have just been given a blog award from the lovely Jacqui.  I have only ever had one other blog award and I am so thrilled to receive it.

Thank you sooooo much Jacqui.  I really appreciate it.

Jacqui runs The Poodles Parlour challenge blog and I am fortunate enough to be on the Design Team.

Accepting this award I have to Thank the person and link back to their blog.  DONE
Post the award on my blog. DONE
Pass the award onto 5 people with less than 200 followers.  Do I know 5 people with less than 200 followers.  Will now need to go and check.

Here they are:

1. Sylvia - Sylvia is my best friend and she deserves this award as she always there for me and she creates the most fantastic cards I have ever seen.  And furthermore she taught me how to blog, so without Sylvia I wouldnt be here now.
2. Clare - Clare is part of the craft group that I 'run' and she has the patient of a saint cutting out the most intricate decoupage and then making stunning cards with them.  Just go and have a look at her blog.
3.Aly - I have not actually met Aly yet, but I think its on the cards.  I have got to know Aly through Trimcraft and love all her creations.  They are just lovely.
4. Natalie - I have briefly met Natalie at a craft show in Hinckley and like Aly have got to know Natalie through Trimcraft.  Her creations are gorgeous.
and last but not least
5. Jacqui - Jacqui gave me the chance to be part of the the great DT over at the Poodles Parlour and I just love it.  Jacqui also creates her own digi images whick I love to use.  Thanks again Jacqui.

phew that wasnt easy.  Not many people around that dont have less than 200 followers, but I managed it.

Elke XX

Look what I have just made

for this weeks challenge over at 'The Poodles Parlour'.  The challenge is a Mothers Day Card and I have used a digi image by Lexi, I think she is absolutely gorgeous.

Hopefully my card is ok and I can go to work knowing that I have done an ok job of it.  I have taken two photos so you can see the verse properly.  Not that it has made any difference as my camera decided to play up over the last few days, so the photos are not that brilliant.

The verse actually says: A Mum holds their child's hand as they start to walk, but holds their heart forever with every happy thought.

Recipe
* card from stash
* backing papers are My Minds Eye Wild Asparagus and Dovecraft Textured Cardstock
* digi image from Lexi coloured with my trustee Promarkers
* sentiment and verse from Craftwork Cards
* ribbon, gems and cala lillies from stash

Hope you like it as much as I do and I do hope that we will see you over at 'The Poodles Parlour' really soon.

Elke XX

Hopefully I have got it right this time

This week on CRAFT Challenge the theme is 'No Designer Paper'.  As I made my own background for the last challenge I thought I would try something different.  I finally got some embossing folders out to use.  I used an embossed background instead of backing papers and made my own flowers.  I am really pleased with the outcome.

Recipe
* card and paper from PDA Card and Craft
* card candi and sentiment from Craftwork Cards
* digi image is from Meljen's Designs which I have coloured with my trustee Promarkers
* gems from stash



I have then quickly made this card as it fitted in with the theme and if I say so myself its really good.

Recipe
* everything is from my stash apart from the sentiment which is from Craftwork Cards

I hope we will see you over at CRAFT Challenge really soon and you enter some of the challenges.  The prizes we have fantastic.  So get your thinking caps on and join us.

Elke XX

Not got much time at the moment .....

..... as I am in the middle of a large wedding stationery order so I have just made a few very simple cards.  I thought I would share them with you.

Recipe
* cards from stash
* Dovecraft Sugar and Spice stamp set
* backing paper and gems from stash

I saw some cards very similar to these in my local Craft Central and thought they were quite stunning and thought I would have a go at making my own versions of them.

Hope you like them as much as I do.

Elke XX

I made a bit of a mess

I think I need to explain my mix up.

My last card for GDT for CRAFT challeges is not quite right.  The brief was a Valentines card not one without Designer paper.  Not sure how I managed to get it completely wrapped round my neck, but I think the card scrapes through for the Valentines challenge but now I will have to get my thinking cap on again on how to make my next card different to the one I made for this week.  What a right mess up!!!!!!!

Elke XX

CRAFT challenge

Well its a week ago when I posted my first GDT card over at CRAFT challenge and its time again for another card.  I have been so busy trying to think what to do, as the challenge is 'No Designer Papers'.  Well after having had my thinking cap on for a while I thought I would stamp my own background, so I masked a border with some low tack masking tape and stamped a few images all over the page to create the illusion that I have used a backing paper and ink dusted some colour on aswell.  See what you think.

Well now that you have seen my creation, what do you think???

Recipe
* card from PDA Card and Craft
* stamps were a magazine freebie
* digi images are from Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps coloured with my trustee Promarkers
*  brown paper, flowers and brads from stash
* I have also used Glossy accents on Teds nose, egg and star biscuit and stickles on the spilled sugar

Get yourself over to the CRAFT challenge blog and join us with our new challenge.

Elke XX

Over at the Poodles Parlour .....

..... our challenge this week is 'Anything Goes'.  We had some fab Kenny K images to choose from and my favourite is called 'Miss Thang'.  I like her as she has got some attitude.

Recipe

* card and card candi from Craftwork Cards

* backing paper from Quite Contrary Summer Paper pack and Dovecraft Textured Cardstock

* digi image from Kenny K coloured with my trustee Promarkers

* flowers and brad from stash

* sentiment from Quite Contrary Summer Paper pack

Why dont you stop by at the 'The Poodles Parlour' and join us in our new challenge.

I am entering this into the following challenge

Fab'n'Funky Challenges - Use a digi image

Hope to see you over there soon.

Elke 

My first card in a while

Well in September I was offered a GDT spot on the CRAFT challenge blog, I asked for this to be deferred until after Christmas as I was moving house and knew my craft stuff would be a while before I could get it all unpacked.  Well the time has come for me to do my month as GDT.  My first challenge was to follow a colour combo which included pink, red and orange and after great deliberation I chose the digi image called 'Hippy Chick' from Sassy Studio Designs.  I thought she would be perfect to use with the colour combo.  Now for the big reveal:

Recipe
* card from Craftwork Cards
* backing papers from Quite Contrary Summer Papers and Kate Knight Totally Tropical
* digi image from Sassy Design Studio coloured with my trustee Promarkers
* flowers, ribbon, brad and gems from stash

I just hope I have followed their rules and the card is ok.  I love the bright colours, just right to cheer me up after a few months of ill health and bad news.

Hope you like my colour combo hippy chick.

I am entering this into the following challenge
Fab'n'Funky Challenges - Use a digi image

Elke XX

Look what I have found

I found this on Facebook and thought I would share this with you.

This is very apt as I have learned lessons the hard way and not just once in the last few years.  From now on I will let my head rule rather than my heart.  I think trust will need to be earned.

Elke XX

PS will upload my cards in a bit.

Just a quick update

I was really productive last night and made a few cards, but wont be able to upload them until later on tonight as I am housesitting at my best friend Sylvias house while she is having new windows fitted.  Have brought my laptop with me, but its playing up again and I have a feeling that it will have to be sent off again to be looked at as it keeps freezing and the screen keeps going black.

Sylvia and her hubby could not get time off work so I took a days leave to do her a favour.  I have to use up my annual leave before I finish in March so this was a good time to take a day.  Still got 6 days to take, got some planned already.  I have to get my passport renewed and with being an 'alien' I have to go to London to the 'alien embassy' to get my passport sorted.  Have got my day in London sorted out already.  The embassy is not far from Harrods so I will pop in there and see all the things I cant afford.  I will also take a nice stroll through Hyde Park, its just lovely there especially if the weather is nice.

Well I better start my knitting that I have brought with me.  Gonna make one of those fancy scarfs.  We bought the wool on Saturday.

Speak to you later.

Elke XX