Inky Impressions 2nd Design Team Call

I have enjoyed being on the 1st Inky Impressions Design Team so much that I have decided to have a go at the 2nd DT too. Nicole (the owner) and the DT are all such a great bunch of girls that I'd love to work with them again. So here are my two projects to apply for the team.

My first is a card that I made with one of my new stamps. This stamp is called Angelica's Bunny Hugs.


I have coloured her with promarkers and a little bit of clear star pen. I then layered her onto some blue bazill cs. The papers are from DCWV pad and it is called Summer stack. I have stitched around the papers with pink thread in a zigzag stitch. The blooms, pearls, ribbon and charm are all from my stash.

My second project is one I made a while back but I was really pleased how it turned out as acetate is quite tricky to use sometimes.





It's a little treat box. You can see what is in the box as the middle is acetate. I used LiLi's chicks for this one. Again she has been coloured with promarkers and I have cut her out leaving a little border. All the papers and card are from Stampin Up.

So there are my two projects. Good luck to all who have entered. x

Cute Card Thursday

A nice Summery theme for the A Cute Card Thursday challenge this week and it is

Let's Get Fruity

Here is my card

I have used an image by our prize sponsor today,Digital Delights. The image is called "Birthday Ridley". I've coloured it in with promarkers and a little sakura glaze and clear star pens. The papers are all from a DCWV Summer pad. I cut out the fruit embellies from one of the papers and added a brad to the middles. The papers have been layered onto an orange bazill cs.

So one lucky winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend at the Digital Delights online shop.

All details are here on the CCT blog.

A Spoon Full Of Sugar

This week the A Spoon Full Of Sugar challenge is a sketch by Caryn.


And here is my card using the sketch


I have used one of my new Inky Impression stamps and she is called LiLi's Secret.I have stamped her onto a nestie circle and coloured her with promarkers. I also used a red sakura pen to colour in her tiny nails and ear rings. I then sponge inked around the circle with a brown distress ink. I then layered the circle onto a scalloped circle made with blue bazill and my cricut. The papers are from a pad by Papermania. I have stitched around the papers with a pink thread and a zigzag stitch. The sentiment is also from Inky Impressions and you can find it here.The flower, charm, ribbon and brads are all from my stash.

Our sponsor this week is one of our fab DT and that is Nikki. She has a great online shop and has donated a cute Santa stamp and some gorgeous charms. Pic is on the ASOS blog.

Happy Birthday Tonya

Today is my Inky Impressions team mate Tonya's birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TONYA!!

I hope you have a great day with lots of pressies.

I made Tonya a card using this week's sketch challenge on Splitcoaststampers. Hope you like it Tonya.

Here is the sketch

And here is my card

Of course the images are from Inky Impressions, they are called LiLi chicks and Angelica's heart socks. They have been coloured with promarkers. The papers are all from a digikit called Sweet Springtime. I have layered the papers onto a light green bazill. The ribbon, blooms and swirl are all from my stash.

Cute Card Thursday

First day of the summer holidays for me, wonder how much I'll get done now???
So onto this week's Cute Card Thursday challenge and the theme is

Eye Eye

We would like to see some eyelets on your project.

The image is from Whippersnapper, isn't it cute? I've coloured them with promarkers and a little bit of highlighting with a white pen. I cut them out leaving a bit of a border and then adhered them with 3D pads. The papers are from a digikit and are by Nitwit Collections. This kit is called "Tailwags". I have layered the papers onto brown Bazill bling cs. Blooms and brads are from my stash.

This week the prize is a £10 voucher donated by Elaine of Quixotic Paperie to spend in her online shop. You can see all the goodies here.

Inky Impressions DT 2

Just wanted to give you an update on the Inky Impressions DT call 2. All the details are on the Inky Impressions Challenge blog here.

But there has now been a change on how to enter. Due to time constrictions you now don't have to send in a card using the colour challenge.

Here is what Nicole says....

(Due to time restraints we are no longer requiring you to follow the color challenge previously given (Chocolate Chip, Purely Pomegranate, Kiwi Kiss and Blue Bayou). For those of you who have already posted your entries using the color challenge, we truly appreciate your added effort.)

To enter the Inky Impressions DT call…..create a post on your blog with the title Inky Impressions 2nd Design Team Call and include one of your favorite cards and one of your favorite projects, using images that require coloring. Your coloring ability is very important.

As I said all the important stuff is on the challenge blog.

Good luck!!!

Tilda & Friends ATC Challenge

This week's theme for the Tilda & Friends ATC Challenge is

Life's a Beach

Here is my ATC

I stamped the Magnolia image onto a blank ATC and then coloured her with promarkers. I then sponged inked around her using a turquoise ink for the bottom to make the sea and a blue ink to make the sky. The sentiment is made with a tape writer and the little jelly stickers are from my stash.

The DT have made some great little beach ATCs and you can see them all on the blog here.

A Spoon Full Of Sugar

This week's theme is

Swirls

Here's my swirly card

I've used a new Alota stamp for this card and it is called Cindy Bug and you can find it here on the Alota website.I have coloured it with promarkers and a little clear star sakura pen. The papers and blooms are from this month's Sarah's cardmaking kit, which unfortunately is stopping this month. Such a shame!

We have a very generous prize this week.


Our sponsor this week is Tracy from Squiggle Stamps. Squiggle Stamps are new stamp company - launched June 2009. Their premiere collection of general occasion images are available now with the arrival of the very cute Oscar & Daisy due very soon! All stamps are untrimmed red rubber - giving you the option to attach to a mounting cushion or simply re-trim and attach to an acrylic block using adhesive.

As well as the two cute Daisy stamps Tracy is very generously giving the lucky winner a selection of 6x6 MM Abby papers, pebble stickers, assorted ribbon, trimming, flowers & gems. Thank you Tracy for this awesome prize!




And a gorgeous card from our new GD and that is Julie.

Hope you all have a good week.x

Inky Impressions DT call 2

The Inky Impressions DT Call 2 is now up on the blog .

If you read my post a few posts down you'll know what I mean.

Nicole is now asking for applicants to apply for the Inky Impressions DT call 2.

You can find all the details here on the Inky Impressions Challenge blog.

Good luck!!

Cute Card Thursday

This week's theme is a great theme! Your chance to make a start on those Christmas cards. If you are like me it's always a last minute rush but in joining in with this week's challenge it will give you a head start.
The theme is

Christmas in July

I have used a brand new digi image from Digital Stamp Oasis. You can get it for free on Ellie's blog here but only for a limited time.I've coloured the image with promarkers and added a little clear star pen to the snow. I then layered it onto the blue bazill. The papers are from a pad by Dovecraft called Winter Wonderland. Everything else is from my stash.

There is a great prize this week for one lucky winner from Scrapz, pic is on the blog.

Inky Impressions challenge #6

It's week 6 of the Inky Impression challenges and this time it was my turn to make a challenge card. The theme is

A Stitch In Time

Here is my card

I have used an Inky Impression stamp called LiLi with chicks. I have coloured her with promarkers and cut her out and then used 3D pads to adhere her. The papers are from Stampin Up and I layered them onto green bazill. I then zigzag stitched around the edges. The embellies are all from my stash.

The other Inspirational Inkettes have made some gorgeous projects using stitching you can see them all here on the Inky Impressions challenge blog.

Tilda & Friends ATC Challenge

This week the theme for the Tilda & Friends ATC challenge is a recipe

1 character
2 DP
3 embellishments

Here is mine



I've used two papers from a DCWV summer pad. I tore the bottom paper into strips for a water effect. I then inked around the edges with a blue ink. The image is from CC designs and is called Seashell Trevor. He has been coloured with promarkers. I then adhered him onto the ATC with 3D pads. The gem brads are from SU. The little crab charm is from my stash and the sentiment is made with a tape writer.

You can see all the other DT's gorgeous ATCs over on the blog here.

Inky Impressions DT Call 2

It is time for Nicole (the owner of Inky Impressions) to start the call for the next Design Team. She will be making the call sometime next week. But... don't worry you will have 2-3 weeks after that to get your projects in. This will give international stampers the chance to buy some Inky Impression stamps to use on their projects.
But.... please don't worry as you don't have to use an Inky Impression stamp if you don't want to.

I've had great fun being on the Inky Impressions design team and really enjoyed working with the stamps. So cute!!

The DT call details announcement will be made on the Inky Impressions blog here next week.

Good luck!!!

A Spoon Full Of Sugar

Gotta get back into the swing of things now, it's hard when you've been away and had a fab time!!! For the next 7 weeks or so I will be sooo busy, we are moving out of our house at the end of August and moving into a new house on the 1st September, with the new school year starting on the 2nd September!! The two youngest are going to a new school and my eldest boy is going to be boarding through the week and coming home at the weekends. Still haven't sorted out his journey yet. And.. my eldest daughter is leaving us in September to start Uni in the UK. A sad time for me.
Anyway enough waffling here is my Spoon Full Of Sugar card for this week. The challenge is a sketch designed by Debbie.

Here is the sketch


And here is my card

I have used Basic Grey Lily Kate papers and layered them all onto some blue Bazill cardstock. I then stitched around the edges with white cotton in a zigzag stitch. The image is a digi image from CC Designs and is called Swiss Pixies, Gretel. I have used promarkers to colour her and I again layered her onto the Bazill. The flowers and spacers are from my stash.

This week the prize for one lucky winner is a Space Ian stamp kindly donated by Bryony of Silly Monkey Crafts.A pic is on the ASOS blog.

Cute Card Thursday

Hello sorry this card is a bit late but I've just got back from my trip.
The theme for the Cute Card Thursday challenge blog was

Thank you miss

I have made a card for my daughter to give her teacher at the end of this term as it will be her last at this school. We are moving late August and she will be starting a new school in September.



The papers are from a pad by GCD and are called "Schooled". The images are from Magnolia and I have coloured them with promarkers. I have used the Cricut to make the ABC. I used the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. The little message on the blackboard is just some black card and I have wrote on it with a white pen.

Off for a few days

Just to say I am going on a little trip for a few days so no cards for a little while. I will put up my Cute Card Thursday challenge card when I get back.
Have a great weekend!!!

SCS sketch challenge

I made a card for the Splitcoaststampers sketch challenge today using one of my Inky Impressions stamps.
Here is the sketch.


And here is my take on the sketch



I have used Angelica's heart socks from Inky Impressions for the this one.She has been coloured with promarkers and cut out and adhered with 3D pads. I turned the sketch 90 degrees so I could fit the image in comfortably. All the papers are from SU and are called Fall Flowers and they have been layered onto a turquoise Bazill bling cardstock. The flowers, spacers and charms are all from my stash.

Tilda & Friends ATC Challenge

This week the Tilda & Friends ATC challenge is

No People

Here is my ATC

I have used two brand new Alota bug stamps for my ATC. The stamp soldier bug is part of a bigger stamp with other military bugs on it and you can see it here. The soldier bug is also part of a bigger stamp and that is here. I have coloured them with promarkers and then cut them out. The papers are from a DCWV pad called Summer, the pad has several 4th July papers in it. I then inked around the edges of the ATC with a navy ink.

You can see all the other DT's great ATCs on the blog here.

A Spoon Full Of Sugar

A Spoon Full of Sugar's theme this week is

Hearts

Here is my card

I have layered up the papers and distressed them all with a nail file.
The papers, flowers and ribbon are all from this month's Sarah's cardmaking kit. I have used a Leanne Ellis stamp from Funky Kits. I've paper pieced her dress and heart with the same papers and coloured the rest with promarkers. I cut out the aperture for the sentiment with a SU word window punch and the sentiment is also from SU. It is from the Warm Words set.

We have a guest designer this week and that is Shell , she has made a cute teddy card. The other DT members have made some gorgeous heart cards too , you can see them all over on the A Spoon Full Of Sugar challenge blog here.

The prize this week is from Daisy May Designs. One lucky winner will receive 5 sheets of digi images of their choice.

Cute Card Thursday

This week's theme for the Cute Card Thursday blog is

Stitch in time

Our sponsor this week is Sandra Dri digi designs so I have used one of her Rosabella fairy images to make my card.

I printed out the image and then coloured it with promarkers adding a little clear star pen to her wings. I then layered her onto some black bazill bling. All the papers are from a DCWV pad called Summer Stack. I stitched around the layers using a zig zag stitch. The embellies are all from my stash.

So the prize this week is 6 images of your choice from Sandra.

All the details can be found on the Cute Card Thursday blog here.

Tilda & Friends ATC Challenge

This week the Tilda & Friends ATC challenge is

Independence Day - Stars and Stripes

And here it is

I have used a paper from a Summer DCWV pad and edged it with some navy ink. I then cut out some stars from another of the papers and used 3D pads to adhere them. The image is of course a House Mouse image and I have coloured it with promarkers and adhered it with 3D pads.

We have a GD this week and that is Beth. The DT's ATCs are all fab and very different. If you would like to have a look and join in all the details are here.