Sketch Saturday #51 another Hanglar Wedding

Hi folks!

It's Saturday and time for another one of Jo's fabulous sketches on Sketch Saturday.  This week we are sponsored by All That Scraps, I wish I could enter there is a smashing prize up for grabs.  Our sparkly new Guest Designer for the next two weeks is Janneke.  Janneke and the rest of the team have come up with beautiful designs to inspire you.

For my card I have used DCWV papers; my Fiskars swirly embossing folder; my Martha Stewart doily border punch; my Nestabilities to cut the circles, rectangles and scallops; my Woodware leaf branch punch; a mixture of Prima flowers and paper roses and finally my Quickutz Phoebe, skinni mini, alphabet for the monograms.  The cute wedding couple are a Hanglar & Stanglar stamp and I have coloured them with distress inks.

This card is a commission for my friend who received my previous Hanglar Anniversary card....and it has turned out curiously similar ;o)

Hope you enjoy your weekend!

Ciao for now!

Sandra x

Sketch Saturday #48, an Anniversary card

Hi folks!!

I love this weeks sketch over on Sketch Saturday, such a pleasure to work with. A huge thanks to Jo for giving us such great sketches to use every week. It's the last Saturday of the month and so The Craft Barn are sponsoring us. There are two stamps up for grabs. One of them is 'Huggles' which I drew for the Kadoodle range. There is lots of fabulous inspiration from the DT and also a beautiful card made by our Guest DT Diane *thanks* for being such a star Diane :o)

I made this card a little while ago as I knew I would be busy this weekend. It's the twins birthday party today and we've got 19 kids coming to their Peter Pan & Tinkerbell bouncy castle party.

Anyway, back to the card.... I love the base layer of this card, it's a DCWV embossed white card blank which I chalked. I've used my Nestabilities, Martha Stewart border punch, Prima flowers, Woodware punches, self adhesive pearls, Velvet ribbon and Go Kreate alphabet dies. The image is the gorgeous Hanglar and Stanglar wedding couple which I have coloured with distress inks.

I was asked to make this card by my friend Lee. He has already given it to his wife, and I'm thrilled to report that she loves it so much she's framing it!!

Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

Ciao for now!
Sandra xx

Chocolate-Coffee-Cream anyone...?

Hi folks!

What delicious colours have been chosen for this weeks challenge over on Colour Create, Chocolate-Coffee-Cream, good enough to be devoured! For this card I also followed the sketch offered by Friday Sketchers but I have turned it upside down as I wanted the character to sit on the ribbon, which also meant using an oval frame rather than solid shape.

The sepia roses paper is from the DCWV wedding stack and the ribbon from American crafts. Little Tilda had been coloured with Antique Linen and Black Soot distress inks and I have added a little chalk to her cheeks. I have used my QK swirls/flourish die to cut through an adhesive sheet which I then covered with Making Memories brown glitter. I made the flower by layering Prima flowers (inked on the edges) and punched flowers (the larger one inked the small one covered in glitter) The sentiment is a stamp from Hot Off The Press and I have finished the card with a few flower gems.

Have you got any fun plans for today? It's looking pretty dull and dreary outside for this Easter Monday :o( All those planned bbq's!!! Come on sunshine!! where are you!!

Ciao for now!

Sandra xx

A Multi Challenge Card

Hi folks!
For this card I have followed the sketch over on Friday Sketchers and incorporated the theme of 'Spring has Sprung' which can be found on The Saturday Challenge blog. I thought this little Hanglar girl would be perfect for the theme, and so the card evolved. It Also had a lot of Glitter and is quite 'blingy' so I thought it would be perfect for this weeks 'All that Glitters' challenge over on The Pink Elephant.

The papers are DCWV, from Nana's kids stack. The design had some really cute little pink ladybirds on it. The papers are glittered and quite sparkly but I couldn't catch that on the photo. I used my Nestabilities to cut the oval and scallop. I then embossed the oval with my Cuttlebug.
The flowers are Prima with some added punched flowers in the middle and finished off with a brad. The flourishes off the flowers are a Quickutz revolution die.

I coloured the little Hanglar with mixed media. For the flesh and green tones I used Promarkers, her cheeks are chalked, the pink tones are koi watercolours but I felt they looked a bit flat so I covered with translucent glitter. All except for the pink heart and the black dots to which I added glossy accents. The Key is coloured with a silver galaxy marker and I made the highlights with a white uni-ball signo pen.

I finished the card off with a Papermania butterfly (freebie from magazine) and some pink gems.

You should have seen the state of my craft table when I had all that lot out!! :oO

Have fun crafting!

Hugs

Sandra xx

Sketch Saturday #32

HaPpY nEw yEaR folks!!

Hope you all had a cracking time seeing the New Year in. I was making my Sketch Saturday DT card when the Big Ben Dongs were going, start as you mean to go on, that's what I say.

I thought I'd use some some nice fresh colours for this card. Had a play with my new Koi watercolours. What do you think? I think I need more practice, but it made a nice change from my prismas. The papers and textured card are DCWV. I have also used some pale pink glitter board. I have used my Cuttlebug to emboss a layer. The flowers are Prima, I have added glitter and a large brad to each. The characters are Precious Moments (a kit from QVC that sold out very quickly and they haven't managed to get back) It hasn't come out great in the photo but I've used glitter on some of the clothing and hair accents. I have also used a Sakura glaze pen over the eyes.

I hope you are able to join in with this weeks challenge. It's a great opportunity to play with your new crafting goodies. If you'd like to share I'd love to hear what Father Christmas brought you Crafty-wise.... you can use it as a confession session if you like ;o) I received my Koi watercolours, the accessories kit for my Design Runner, WRMK Magnetic Cutting mat set, K&Co Mira kit, K&Co Fabric shoulder bag, Papermania alpha stickers (set of 10)and a voucher to spend at The Craft Barn....can't wait to spend that one!! As you can see I've been very spoilt this year.

Don't forget to have a look at the wonderful creations made by my fellow DT members.. they're a talented bunch!!

Just been reminded by Jeanette, and her wonderful blog, that it's Emma who is hosting this week as it's her birthday. I'm sure you'll join me in wishing Emma all the best. There is also a goody bag up for grabs provided by the lovely Emma who is also a sponsor.

Hugs

Sandra xx