A New Little Someone...

My endeavor to create and blog more frequently is going well so far ... I am aware it is only a few days into the year however!

Here is a card for my friend who is going to have a little baby girl any day now - I am very excited!  I used the sketch for this week's Viva La Verve challenge by Teresa Kline.  I love her work and this sketch is awesome - I may have to use this one again soon :)

The light that I have is a bit rubbish, so until the sun comes out I'm afraid you'll have to put up with slightly crappy photographs!  I was quite pleased with how this card turned out - I hope my friend likes it too :)

Thanks for stopping by :)

Supplies
Card:     Paper Mill Direct - White, Black, Pink Sorbet; Best Of K&Co
Stamps: Verve - Hope Blooms; Stamping All Day - Baby Feet
Ink:        VersaColor - Old Rose, Peony
Other:    Spellbinders - Fleur De Lis Motifs, Classic Circles Large and Small, Classic Scallop, Classic Edges
             Two;WOW! Embossing Powder - Pastel Pink, Tickled Pink; Crafty Ribbons - Fancy Edge Taffeta 
             Pink; thread; pearls

Sketchbook Saturday #87...

Hello again, only me!

Sketchbook Saturday is a sketch challenge that I have been wanting to participate in for a long time but somehow never got around to it?!  It is hosted by the fabulous Chupa - she never fails to inspire!

This week the sketch is;

And here is my take on it;

I think it's quite obvious that I was as inspired as Chupa was by this set of cards - aren't they gorgeous?!!  This will be going to my darling other half next month - unless I make a Valentines card that I prefer, then he'll get that one! :)

Thanks for stopping by guys :)

Supplies
Card:      Paper Mill Direct - White, Black, Bright Red
Stamps: Hero Arts - Valentines Flourishes
Ink:        Ranger - Perfect Medium; VersaColor - Black, Silver
Other:    Spellbinders - Classic Scallop; WOW! EP - Ebony; Cosmic Shimmer ep - Red Aurora;
             Craft Concepts ef - Grunge Stripes; silver thread; silver magic cord; rhinestones

Let It Snow...

Hello there!

How is everyone this morning?!  Good I hope :)  

I am going to get into the swing of things early this year and posting regularly is right up there on my to-do list.  Over the past few years I either seemed to have a lot of time or no time at all - this was due in part to work and other boring life commitments, but also to falling out of the habit of photographing and actually posting about the cards I made.  This year I am determined that it will be different and I am planning (with all the good intentions that January brings!) to make a considerably stepped up effort to come here more often!  I hope you don't get bored of seeing me so often!

Anyway, that's my little waffle over - on to the more interesting part, hopefully!  :)

Here's a little card I made for two challenges - WOW! Embossing Challenge where the theme is Ice & Snow and CASology where the cue word is 'Winter'.

I don't know if it shows up very well in this photograph, but the snowflakes are fabulously sparkly!  As is usual, this card looks better in real life but I hope you can get the general gist of it?!

Thanks for dropping in :)

Supplies
Card:      Paper Mill Direct - White
Stamps: Papermania - Let It Snow
Ink:        VersaColor - Lapis Lazuli
Other:    WOW! embossing powder - White Pearl; Spellbinders - Create A Flake 3; Swiss Dots ef; glitter 
             glue; rhinestones and pearls

A time for thanks

Hey guys!

How are you all doing?  As Christmas has been and gone, now is the time to say thank you to all those who kindly sent gifts.

Here are my thank you's;

For my Sister

For my Mum

For my Dad

For my In-Laws

For my Brother

For my Nan

I hope these cards have been as gratefully received as my fabulous gifts were :)

As always, thanks for stopping by :)

Supplies
If you would like to know what I used for a particular card then please feel free to email me and I will happily oblige - it would make rather a long list to name everything!  :)

Viva La Verve - Determined!

Hello!

I hope you've all had a fabulous Christmas and have some good plans for New Years Eve tomorrow :)

It's been a quiet, but very nice Christmas here.  Just myself and my other half and a few good friends - what more can a girl ask for?!!  The other good thing about having a quiet Christmas is that I have had the opportunity to make good use of my new work space - no more sitting on the floor for me!

I have been unable to join in with the Viva La Verve sketches over the past few months, but I am DETERMINED to do my utmost to complete every sketch challenge this year - this is my personal challenge anyway!  :)  With this resolution in mind I have already created my card for week one! I'm hoping that this is how the rest of the year will go on, we will have to see :)

VLV has been shaken up a bit and it is no longer just a sketch challenge, but there is an inspiration board that can be used alongside the sketch, or not, it is optional.  I have decided to use both the sketch and the inspiration board - I hope it shows!

 

 

And here is my take;

This card actually turned out more yellow than I expected - I was aiming more for the orange and turquoise, but there you go, these things happen! 

As always, thank you for dropping by and enjoy your New Year celebrations ;)

Supplies
Card:     Paper Mill Direct - Pale Turquoise, Orange, Primrose Yellow, Teal, White;  K&Co Best Of
Stamps: Verve - Thank You So Much complimentary stamp
Ink:        VersaColor - Black
Other:    Spellbinders - Fleur De Lis Motifs, Scalloped Cirlces, Classic Circles; Craft Concepts ef -
              Grunge Circles; Tonic corner punch; WOW Embossing Powder - Ebony; Crafty Ribbons -
              Sunshine seam binding; thread, pearls

Merry Christmas!

It arrived so quickly this year - it's Christmas once again!

I would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas :) I don't have a pretty image to post today and I have been somewhat MIA of late - life has thrown a whole bunch of stuff at us over the past few months - but we're still here fighting strong! But this is a feel good message!

I would like for anyone who reads this to have an absolutely fabulous day today - eat and drink too much, laugh until your sides hurt and treasure all your loved ones, may it be spending the day with them or from afar :)

I shall try and make sure my next post isn't too far away and has a pretty picture in!! That's why we're all here after all!

Merry Christmas everyone! :)

Siân

Viva La Verve and WOW! Overload!!!!

Hey!
 
I know, I know, it's been a long time!  I've been snowed under with work just lately, but I'm hoping to be able to get more card time in now :)
 
I'm going to keep the chatter brief because there's a few pictures to look at today.
 
Ok, I have all of FIVE of my cards for this months' Viva La Verve.  As it was my birthday last week, I had a whole bunch of thank you cards to make.  This happily coincides with the challenge over at WOW! Embossing Powder this month which is 'Anything Goes - Thank You'.  Well...I've got a whole bunch of entries!!
 
As per usual, I'm cutting it really close for both deadlines, so without further ado - here are my cards!
 
Week 1

 

 
 
Week 2
 

 

 
Week 3

 

Week 4

 

WOW! Entry

Week 5

 

WOW! Entry

So there you have it - a bunch of thank you cards (which I hope will be well received!) and six challenge entries - phew!

I hope you have enjoyed this gallery post - have a good evening and thank you for dropping by :)

Supplies

Card One
Card:     White, Black, Teal, Pale Turquoise
Stamps: Verve - Bloom and Grow; Papermania - V&A Cornfield
Ink:        Versamark - Black
Other:    Spellbinders - Circles small and large dies; Universal embossing folders - Venus and
              Cottage Floral; WOW! embossing powder - Ebony; pearls

Card Two
Card:     White, Pale Turquoise; K&Co. Best Of
Stamps: Verve - Sunny Days
Ink:        SU! - Classic Black; Distress Inks - Victorian Velvet, Wild Honey
Other:    Spellbinders - Scallop Circles, Dahlia;  pearls, thread

Card Three
Card:     White, Black, Orange
Stamps: Verve - Bloom and Grow
Ink:        SU! - Classic Black; Distress Ink - Spiced Marmalade
Other:    Spellbinders - Scallop Circles large; Circles large; Crafty Ribbons - Orange and Black
              saddle stitch; pearls

Card Four
Card:     White, Black, Bright Red, Daffodil, Orange
Stamps: Verve - Bloom and Grow
Ink:        Ranger - Perfect Medium; Distress Inks - Wild Honey, Spiced Maralade, Barn Door
Other:    Spellbinders - Fleur De Lis Motifs, Circles; pearls

Card Five
Card:     White, Black, Lime
Stamps: Verve - Sunny Days; WMS - Big Day Essentials
Ink:        Versamark - Black; Ranger - Perfect Medium
Other:    Spellbinders -  Anenome Flower Topper; Verve - Leafy Sprig Die; WOW! embossing
              powder - Clear Matt Dull; pearls, rhinestones