Fetch a Sketch Midway Make!

I'm back with another card using the current sketch over at Fetch A Sketch...

I designed this one so I hope you're liking it!  If you do have a play with it remember to add your link to the Fetch A Sketch blog so we can come and have a look - and you may even win one of our sponsor prizes too!  This fortnight we are sponsored by the Digi Doodle shop and I've used their 'Flower Bouquet' image in my card...

I've paper pieced the image on to kraft card using papers from the Wedding Wordbook download by Funky Hand.  The punched circles & the background are also from that download and I coloured the leaves and the flower basket with Promarkers.  I added some doodling & pearls to finish.

See you over at Fetch A Sketch!

A Funky Spring Blog Hop!

Hello there! Welcome to another stop on the Funky Hand Blog Hop! I'm so pleased to have you 'hopping' by! You should have reached me from Lou's wonderful blog but if you're lost, or haven't a clue what I'm talking about, then head on over to Anice's blog to find your way or to find out what all the fuss is about!

We're celebrating the release of a brand new download over at Funky Hand.  It's called 'Spring Has Sprung' and is so fresh and lovely!  It's got papers in pastel colours with patterns like flowers, butterflies, stripes & checks (to name just a few!), all with the usual funky and fun twist you always get from Funky Hand!

 

 You can get your hands on this download on Sunday (25th March) over at the Funky Hand website.

Each of the design team members taking part in the hop are sharing something they've made using the download - let me tell you, it's well worth a visit to each & every one of them as the projects are STUNNING!  And that's without the added bonus of the chance to WIN the download!!!  To qualify for a chance you need to make sure you leave a comment on EVERY blog along the hop, collect a letter from each of these blogs and then rearrange them to make a word. Your winning guess needs to be left as a comment on Anice's blog before 9am GMT on Monday 26th March. Plus if you hop on over to the Funky Hand Facebook page you get another chance to win too!

So onto the projects I'm sharing with you. I've made a picture and three cards all from just one A4 sheet of paper from the CD - I've used my favourite (and it's hard to have a favourite they're so fab) tree paper from the download to make...

an 8x8 inch picture...

 
two cards...

 

and a further card using up the scrap strips of paper I had left...

I loved the paper so much that I wanted to show it off with only some minimal embellishments.

So, back to the hop!  The letter you need from me is...

L

Got that noted down?  Left me a comment?  Then off you 'hop' to Debs' lovely blog!

Celebrating Spring & Mothers!

We're celebrating Spring over at Get Funky this month - the challenge is to make something inspired by a celebration you have in spring - be it Easter, birthdays (mine is this week! ;)) or anniversaries etc.  I've opted to share my Mother's Day card with you (which was yesterday here in the UK!)...

I've used the fantastic Funky Freebie (yes it's free!) as the basis of my card.  I've combined the paper with some lilac chipboard letters from my stash - not a colour I use very often but I thought it sat well with the paper.  I've finished off with some bling...

Is that sun I spy in that photo?! - Spring must be here! ;)

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 20!

We've got a brand new sketch up over at Fetch A Sketch - designed by me!  Here it is...

I really hope you have fun playing with this one - can't wait to see what you make!  I made this...

I've used the 'Hoot Owl' image by our sponsors for this fortnight, The Digi Doodle Shop.  I've paper pieced the owl with papers from the Funky Hand Wedding Wordbook download....

The backing paper is the current Funky Freebie (more on that later today!) and every cloud should have a silver......pearl, don't you think? ;)

Cloud foam embellie by American Crafts.

Some Extra Fetch A Sketch!

It's time for me to share another project using this fortnight's Fetch A Sketch sketch.  Here's my second card...



And here's a reminder of the sketch we're using at the moment...

I've used some lovely paper from the 'Kidding Around' section of the Dreams Come True CD by Funky Hand.  They are one of two sponsors we have on board this fortnight, the other being My Creative Classroom.  I've embellished with a lovely wooden butterfly which I bought the other week - my first crafty spend in about a year!  It came in a pack of a load of wooden shapes so you're sure to be seeing more of these on future cards!  I've added some shimmer dots & the lovely little heart stickers are by Paperchase - I use these often & will be sad when the pack is all used up!

See you over at Fetch A Sketch!

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 19!

Wow - challenge 19 already?!!  Ruth has done an brill sketch for us this time...



Here's my card...

I've used the pre-coloured 'Party' digi stamp from Funky Hand's Happy Happy Birthday CD, chopped it up into squares, and combined it with a MAMBI photo sleeve that's been lying neglected in my stash for years! I liked the simple grided nature of Ruth's sketch so I decided to keep my card simple too! 

 I think you're going to have fun with this sketch - I can't wait to see what you make!  See you over at Fetch A Sketch!

Lavender Hearts.

Back before Christmas (this shows what a poor blogger I am!) I went to a craft evening and made these lavender filled fabric & felt hearts...

They're a little bit wonky but I was happy for a first attempt!

I love trying something crafty that I haven't done before! :)