Cute Card Thursday - Sketch!

This week over on Cute Card Thursday it is sketch week with a difference. Instead of us giving you a new sketch we want to see you reuse either one of our sketches, one from another sketch challenge blog or one of your own.

For my card I have used our sketch from Challenge #157....

And here is my card...

For my card I have used a stamp by Alota Stamps called Best Boy Friends available HERE which I have coloured with Copics using the following colours...

Skin - E000/E00/E11/R20

Hair - E51/E53/E47/E49

Clothing - G21/YR04/YR07/B93/B95/B97/B39/W7

The papers are all Fancy Pants Like Father Like Son available HERE which I have layered with some c0-ordinating Bazzill Cardstock in black and aqua. I have added some SU Linen Thread, some silver bling, Melissa Frances rub-on and a Craftwork Cards sentiment.

Be sure to check out our challenge and share with us some of your favourite places to find sketches.

Georgia's Creations

Just a quick post to show you the fabulous cards that Georgia has made this week. Georgia is only 6 (7 in May) and her colouring is amazing. For Christmas her Nana & Pops (David's Parents) got her a pack of the ProMarkers....and she loves them and treats them like a prized possesion. She had seen me use my Cuttlebug to punch some swirls, so decided that she needed some on her card. I cut the images out on the top card and also stamped the sentiment, but she designed her layout without any help. The second card is all her own work....I did nothing.

I am pretty impressed...are you?

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #36

There is another fab sketch this week over on Sketch Saturday. For my card I have used one of the new Magnolia Love Collection, sat on to of the new Alota cupcake stamp. All images have been coloured with Distress Inks using the following colours...
Tattered Rose (Skin & Cupcake Icing)
Walnut Stain (Hair, Jumper, Shoes & Cupcake)
Worn Lipstick (Dungarees & Cheeks)
Fired Brick (Hearts on Cupcake)
Weathered Wood (Shadows)
The papers are all by Basic Grey "Bittersweet", and I have added some Stampin' Up Choc Chip Taffeta, and also a sentiment from the "Crazy for Cupcakes" set.

Loads of snow here today, think we have had about four inches or so to date.....David came home early and we took Georgia over the park with her Sledge and went down the little hills...then onto a snowball fight, and finally they made a "snow family" in the garden. We came in cold, happy and ready for dinner.

Tilda & Friends ATC Challenge "Warm & Cosy"

This week over on the Tilda & Friends ATC Challenge Blog we have a theme of "warm & cosy"...and isn't it appropriate for the current weather here in the UK.....so windy and chilly. For my ATC I have used a scrap of patterned paper from my stash...I think it was K&Co. The images are all by Alota Rubber Stamps and have been coloured with ProMarkers using the following colours...
Ivory/Blush (Skin)
Cocoa (Hair)
Cornflower (Dungarees)
Ruby (T-Shirt & Socks)
Cinnamon (Couch)
Vanilla (Lace on back of Couch)
Warm Grey 1/2 (Cat)
With a sentiment using my ATB tape writer.

Why now take a break from your card making and join in with us this week. You can even use your finished ATC on a card or gift tag.

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #17

Here is a card from me using this weeks sketch over on Sketch Saturday Blog. I have used an image by Alota Stamps, coloured with my ProMarkers (sorry can't recall the colours as I coloured it weeks ago). The papers are all K&Co "Berry Sweet", I used my circle nestabilities , plus flowers from Prima. Also added some randow bling to the corners and the flowers on the stamped image and Sakura clear glitter gel pen to the Prima Flowers....a girl can never have too much sparkle.

Got a fab email this morning from Karin in Sweden...my Winter Club Kit is winging it's way to me and should arrive early this week.....and she is going to order me the Summer Club Kit that is now showing on the website.....they always add something right after she has placed an order for me. She has been amazing though.....a one in a millionm, so a hug THANK YOU to Michelle who introduced me to her from in Sweden, and to Karin for being so amazingly patient with me and my email requests.

Yesterday I spent to whole day cleaning.....I kid you not. I have a visitor coming to stay with me on Friday Night, and desperately needed to clean up. It was the perfect excuse to get some jobs done that have needed doing for a while....and now I have 5 sacks of clothing to give to the school (they collect it and receive money from a company...all helps the school), I am ashamed to say thay there were even clothes in there that I never wore....naughty me. So I have been for a quick visit to Ikea to buy a couple of bedside cabinets and also Tesco's for new towels for my newly fitted out bathroom...well technically it's no longer a bathroom as it has no bath...so a Shower Room. This evening I will be finishing it off, and we have to tackle Georgia's bedroom....I told her I wanted it to be as tidy as mine this morning and all I got was a "ahhhhhh"....LOL

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 23 "Bright Colours"

This week the challenge over on Cute Card Thursday is "Bright Colours". So despite having the first sunny day here since we arrived on Saturday, I have still managed to whip this card up using stamped images that I bought with me. For this card I have used one of my new Alota stamps...it looks like this pair are having fun playing dress up. The papers are Autumn Leaves, and I cannot for the life of me remember what range they are from....you can almost guarantee that as soon as I have finished this post and have logged off and gone back to the caravan.....the range with suddenly just pop into my head. The other items are Prima flowers, Autumn Leaves stamps (ticket) and ChatterBox "Artsy.licious" , Doodlebug rub-ons and some random bling from my stash. So this is the last of my "caravan creations"...LOL.

Today I had the opportunity to meet up with the lovely Annie (DT member of Cute Card Thursday and Tilda & Friends ATC Challenge Blogs), we had a lovely chat over coffee in Looe, and all too quickly it was time to say goodbye as her Hubby was ready to leave, and my tribe were finished crabbing and ready to take advantage of the sun and head down to the beach....let's hope we can do it again next year...but for longer next time. Georgia and I both came away with a lovely card and a stack of stamped images....Georgia had even won a set of mini stamps for taking part in the Tilda & Friends ATC challenge....she was a happy bunny.