Some weekend crafting

Morning all. Have you had a nice weekend so far?? I hope so!! :)

I did a bit of crafting yesterday, and created a card for a couple of challenges. I also received some good news early this morning, but I will tell you about that another time:)

So here is my pretty card:



(Sorry, I battled to photograph my card a bit today!)

The image, sentiment and patterned paper were both a gift from a very special crafty friend!!

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

~ The Outlawz - Twisted Thursday Challenge: Things with Wings
~ Cute Card Thursday - Happy Birthday
~ Dutch Dare - Dots & Stripes
~ Do You Stack Up - Favorite Color (I was so happy to see that I was the winner of 4 Meljen images from their last challenge, happy me!!)
~ Papercrafting Journey - Pretty Pastels
~ Papertake Weekly - For the Girls

My card is also based on the latest sketch from Deconstructed Jen, I am LOVING the sketches from this site!!!


Enjoy the rest of your weekend. See you back here tomorrow with my Project Life photos!!

Some Odd Girl Sketch Challenge & a few Others!!

Yay, yay, its Friday!! I hope you have all had a good week so far!!

So last night I got a coloring bee in my bonnet, I think it was after seeing all the new Some Odd Girl digi releases this week, and I knew I had to ink up one of my Oddies. I have been battling a bit with the black ink in my printer, so I struggled with the outlines smudging, luckily it wasn't too bad!

So......do you want to see what I came up with?!?



This cute lil gal is called School Mae, and this is the first time I have inked her up!!

I am entering this card in the sketch challenge over at Some Odd Girl, here is the sketch my card is based on:


I AM ALSO ENTERING THE FOLLOWING CHALLENGES:

~ CRAFTING FOR ALL SEASONS - Green and Yellow
~ THE OUTLAWZ - Greetings Challenge: Green
~ PAPERTAKE WEEKLY - Anything Goes
~ DUTCH DARE - Recipe Challenge: 1 Digi, Sentiment, Ribbon, 3 PP, 4 Embellies
~ DO YOU STACK UP - Go Green
~ PAPERCRAFTING JOURNEY - Anything Goes
~ PAPER ISSUES - Go Green or go Home

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. To those that take the time to leave a comment, a big "THANK-YOU", it really makes my day!!

Have a wonderful weekend!! :)

I am Guest Designing at Paper Crafting Journey!!

Hello!! Today I have the honour of being the GD over at Paper Crafting Journey!! I am so happy to have been given this opportunity. PCJ is a great challenge blog, and I play there often.

The challenge they have running for this week is a sketch challenge. I must say I was slightly out of my comfort zone with this one, I don't often do this shape card!!


Here is what I came up:



The image I used on my card is by Hero Arts, and the sentiment is by AnnaBelle Stamps

Thanks so much for visiting me again today. Why not go and check out this fun challenge over at Paper Crafting Journey, I can't wait to see what you come up with!! :)

A Card for a Few Challenges!!

Just a quick post tonight. I am trying to help Caide with his project that is due on Friday. He has quite a lot on this week, and Bryce is leaving to go on tour on Wednesday. I created this card for a couple of challenges, I wasn't too sure about it initially, but it really has grown on me!!!




I am entering it in the following challenges:

~ WILLOW SKETCHIE - Sketch (My friend Pauline is on the DT here!!)
~ PAPER CRAFTING JOURNEY - Anything Goes
~ PAPER SUNDAES - Show us your Magnolia's
~ SIMPLY MAGNOLIA - Love is in the Air (My friend Sharon is on the DT here!!)
~ MAGNOLIA DOWN UNDER - Texture
~ JUST MAGNOLIA - Bingo (I chose Buttons, Flowers, Charms)

Thanks so much for dropping by today, hope you have had a good Monday, and that my readers from the US are safe and sound. Thanks for taking the time to leave me a comment, it really does make my day!!!! :)

Another gorgeous Some Odd Girl!!

It was my birthday yesterday and I got so spoilt with lots of yummy crafting goodies, so of course I HAD to play last night. I even treated myself to a new Odd Girl, "Garden Mae", I am in love with these digi stamps!! You can purchase this and many other gorgeous stamps HERE.





This is just a super quick post because we are on our way down the coast for the weekend so spend time with my family. It is going to be lovely!!!

I am entering my card in the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Getting Cute
Paper Crafting Journey - Sketch and Go Girly
Charisma Cardz - Sunshine Colours (I think my card qualifies LOL)
Bunny Zoes - Fun in the Sun (they are also having a Guest DT member call, I am going to apply, I wander if they have had a South African Guest Gal before?!?)

Hope you all have a lovely weekend. See you on Monday!! :)

Loads of Challenges

Hello. Wow, it was nice to do a bit of crafting yesterday, I really needed it, as I find my crafting very therapeutic. It allows me to "escape", and that is exactly what I needed after the last week. Thanks so much for the messages of support I received on my last post, it means so much to me!!! The family is holding up, and getting a little stronger each day. From tomorrow we will have to start trying to get back into routine and start getting used to life without Anne. It was wonderful to have my Mom here this week to help me get through this time and be here for the kids. Thanks so much for being there for me Mom, I LOVE you with all my heart!!

So onto my card. I have entered it into a number of challenges which I will list below. I so enjoyed colouring this image, and I got to play with some of my new Copics which I got from Paola. She gives great service, so for anyone in SA who is looking to start buying some Copics, contact her and she will be able to help you out!! This image was stamped for me by another dear friend Sharon, thanks so much Sharon, I am making good use of the images you stamped for me!!





Here are the challenges I am entering my card for:

Just Magnolia - Anything Goes + Lace
Cute Card Thursday - Embellish it (I used Glossy Accents)
Colour Create Challenge - Purple, Blue & Silver
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Wee Memories - Free for All
Sketch Saturday - Latest Sketch
Wags 'n Whiskers - Stitches
Sugar Creek Hallow - Paper Flowers, Vintage Lace & Bling
Catch the Bug Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Anita Be Stampin - Layer it on Me

Thanks so much for taking the time to spend some time at my blog, I really am so glad you did!! For those that leave comments, "thanks" so much, I LOVE reading them :)