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Fetch A Sketch Midway Extra

2012-02-27T09:00:00.001Z

It's time for a bit more Fetch A Sketch!

This is the card I've made for our midway extra post that we do between new sketches. You'll remember that Ruth & I have challenged each other to use a different Cosmo Cricket digi download paper pack this fortnight. Ruth's pick is this week and she chose 'Circa 1934' so we've been having a play with that download with the sketch...

I rotated the sketch for my card and used a circle punch to punch out the letters. The floral embellishments are all layered up under the words & I've added some teeny tiny brads by Queen & Co.

We've had fun doing something a little different for this challenge and we also hope you've been enjoying using the sketch! See you over at Fetch A Sketch!

Funky Hand Download SALE!

2012-02-26T17:12:00.000Z

Which means you can get your hands on every download available half price! That's an AMAZING saving!

Flying High with Funky Hand!

2012-02-22T09:00:00.000Z

It's time for me to share my Get Funky challenge card with you...

This month's challenge is all about things that fly - so that birds, butterflies, planes etc etc! I've used the butterfly digi image from the 'Flutterby Flowers' download combined with some funky heart paper from the 'I Heart You' download. I've added some gorgeous lace ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, some Paperchase heart stickers and some Queen & Co tiny brads. I've glued the butterfly just along the spine so that the wings pop up...

I hope you can play along with us over at Get Funky this month - I always look forward to seeing what you all create!

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 18.

2012-02-20T09:00:00.002Z

It's new challenge time over at Fetch A Sketch and it's my turn to share a sketch with you...

This fortnight Ruth & I have done something a little different & have challenged each other to use some papers from some digital download packs. We are both big fans of digital download paper packs (we usually get ours from the Jessica Sprague website) and so we decided to challenge each other to use a different Cosmo Cricket paper pack along with the sketch. I chose the Early Bird paper pack and this is what we are using this week...

The papers are so gorgeous on their own I didn't feel they needed much more embellishing than a few tiny brads. The flower is cut from one of the papers too & I've decoupaged it slightly - popping out the centre circle on 3d foam.

The winner of this fortnight's challenge will win a selection of papers printed from the downloads we've used so it's well worth getting involved! I hope to see you over at Fetch A Sketch!

Little Boy Blue!

2012-02-13T09:00:00.000Z

I've made another card using our current sketch at Fetch A Sketch. Here's my card...

And here's a reminder of the sketch...

I've used an image from The Digi Garden and coloured it with Promarkers. The background paper is the packaging from some bling from Poundland, with some bling added to it!

I've had fun using Ruth's sketch this fortnight - I hope to see you over at Fetch A Sketch playing along with us too!

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 17!

2012-02-06T09:00:00.000Z

It's new sketch time over at Fetch A Sketch again! It's Ruth's turn to host this fortnight and she's come up with a great sketch...

And here's my card...

I think that I might have been a bit inspired by the weather we've been having here in the UK!

The image is by The Digi Garden & I've coloured it with Promarkers. The lovely tree paper is by Funky Hand. The bling is from Poundland and so I thought it was ok to get a bit carried away with it! ;)

I hope you can come and play along with us over at Fetch A Sketch!

I Heart You!

2012-02-05T22:29:00.000Z

There's a new download over at Funky Hand called 'I Heart You'....just in time for Valentine's Day!

It's packed with gorgeous craft backing papers, an alphabet, digi stamps & sentiments which have a heart theme in lovely pastel colours. It's perfect for Valentine's cards (see below!) but it's also versatile enough to be used throughout the year! Make sure you pop over to Funky Hand to check it out for yourself!

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 16 Take Two!

2012-01-30T09:00:00.006Z

It's the midway point of challenge 16 over at Fetch A Sketch. It's really fun to have the challenge of making two different projects per sketch. I always try to do two very different cards! It's also interesting to design projects using your own self designed sketch - things NEVER turn out the way you imagine they will when you first draw your sketch! Here's a reminder of the sketch we're using this fortnight (designed by me!)...

Here's my 2nd card...

I've used the snowflake papers by Delicious Doodles to make my flower & some Funky Hand alpha-bits for the sentiment. I've seen lots of cards with doilies on in blogland so I thought I'd try it too!

You can see my first 'take' on the challenge here!

This challenge is the last one for our wonderful Guest Designer for January. :( Make sure you pop by the Fetch A Sketch blog to see what Maria has made!

Funky Blues!

2012-01-27T09:00:00.019Z

It's my turn to share my Get Funky card with you and this month's challenge, set by Lou, is 'January Blues'. Here's my funky blue card...

I've used the present digi image from Twelve Crafters Crafting & the blue background spotty paper from the Rainbow Polkadots download. You can find out more about how I've made the card on the Get Funky blog here! See you there! :)

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 16!

2012-01-23T09:00:00.001Z

I'm not quite sure how we're on to sketch 16 already, but here we are!!! I've designed this fortnight's offering...

I hope you like it! ;)

Here's my card...

As you can see I've rotated the sketch and, in a bid to use up my scraps, I've used some Christmas papers! The trees are in fact the centre of the snowflakes from this paper set and I also squished one up to make the cloud as well! Once again I've tried a bit of doodling....not so sure about this attempt! The tree trunks are coloured with simple colouring pencils.

I hope top see you over at Fetch A Sketch - I do love to see what you create with our sketches!

Love is in the air!

2012-01-22T22:35:00.000Z

Well it is over at Simply Create Too! I thought I'd join in with their Love themed challenge...

Everything you see here is Funky Hand....the papers are all from the new Funky Kraft Stash download & the little 'love' heart is from Craft The Year Away - it's one of the digi stamps and this is it in it's smallest form as it can also be resized to any size you want on the A4 workspace! I've embellished with a few pearls & embroidery thread & added a little bit of doodling.

Some more Fetch A Sketch!

2012-01-16T09:00:00.001Z

Here's my second take on the Fetch A Sketch challenge for this fortnight...

As you know, Ruth has designed this great sketch for us to play with...

For my card I've used the cute 'Poppy & Henry' image from Crafty Sentiments combined with 'Love Me Do' papers by My Mind's Eye. I've coloured the image with Promarkers and added some Heidi Grace Metal Dots. The piece of paper with the 'birds in the hot air balloon' on is the scrap left after I'd punched the circles out - I thought I'd leave in the scalloped edge rather than trim it straight!

Make sure you pop over to the Fetch A Sketch blog to see what Ruth, our Guest Designer Maria & all the other entrants have been making!

Funky Hand Blog Hop!!!

2012-01-14T09:00:00.001Z

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 TWO new downloads over at Funky Hand. They're called 'Funky Kraft Stash' and 'Steam Funk' (how cool are those names?!).

You can get your hands on both of these downloads NOW over at the Funky Hand website. Funky Kraft Stash is a beautiful collection of kraft type papers with a twist of subtle pattern thrown in - just gorgeous. Steam Funk is a Funky Hand take on the steam punk style and it has a lovely distressed vintage feel.

Each of the design team members taking part in the hop are sharing a project they've made using one or other of the downloads - 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 both of the downloads!!! 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 12 Midnight GMT on Sunday 15th January.

So onto the project I'm sharing with you. I've made a set of notelets with the Steam Funk papers & Alpha-bits...

I reduced four of the papers from the download to A5 size in Photoshop - which gave me four different papers on one sheet (I love to save on ink!). Remember this is something you can do very easily with any of the papers contained in the Papercraft Factory CD series as well - just play around with them in the workspace area. My card blanks & envelopes were just a little short of A5 which gave me enough left to put some scraps together for the 'Hi' card (no waste!). I printed the Alpha-bits on to kraft card - you all know how much I love these and these latest one's are no exception! I've kept the embellishing simple with some purple staples, some ribbon and some teeny tiny gems. I know these notelets aren't exactly very steam punk or grungy but I wanted to show you that the download can be used in other ways too!

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

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

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 15.

2012-01-09T09:00:00.000Z

It's new sketch time over at Fetch A Sketch today - the weeks really do fly by! Here's the sketch Ruth has designed for us this fortnight...

And here's my card...

I've combined the Bird House image by Crafty Sentiments with some lovely papers from My Mind's Eye (I'm still working through my stash rather than buying any new stuff - this is the 'Love Me Do' collection from a few years back). I've used my Stampin' Up 1cm circle punch and I have to say it cuts through thick double sided paper so easily! I've coloured the image with Promarkers and added some of my favourite Heidi Grace Metal Dots to the corners. You may think I've neglected the left side element of the sketch but it is there! I've used some brown embroidery thread along the fold! ;)

Make sure you pop over to the Fetch A Sketch blog - Ruth has made a lovely card and we have a Guest Designer again this month who you are going to love!

A Funky Thank You!

2012-01-08T09:00:00.000Z

This month over at Get Funky we've been making and sharing 'Thank You' projects. Here's the card I made for the challenge...

I've used this month's Funky Freebie in two different sizes...

I've layered the letters up with 3d foam. The flower is from the Shabby Saturday Download and I've just added a button, some ribbon and doodled stitches. I have to say it's been very refreshing using pastels instead of all the reds & greens of Christmas!

Fetching a sketch for the New Year!

2012-01-02T09:00:00.003Z

Happy New Year!!! :)

My first post of the year is, rather fittingly, a Fetch A Sketch one! Starting up the challenge blog with Ruth has to be one of my most fun & exciting crafty accomplishments from the year just gone! We have lots of great sketches (and some great sponsors too!) coming up in 2012! I can't wait!

Here's my 2nd take on the current sketch...

I've used the flowers from the Shabby Saturday download from Funky Hand and layered them up with some Poundland bling! The rest is all hand doodled by me....I think I got a bit too carried away with the leaves but I'm quite happy with how the border turned out! I doodled all the borders on my Christmas cards this year (I forgot to take a picture in all the rush) and I think it's true what they say...practise does make you better at things! ;)

Make sure you take some time this new year to fetch some sketches with us! It'll be fun! ;)

Time to Fetch A Sketch!

2011-12-28T09:00:00.007Z

Here's the newest sketch I've designed for the Fetch A Sketch challenge blog...

We're being sponsored by Funky Hand this fortnight and there's an ace prize on offer! I'm not telling you what - you'll have to pop over to Fetch A Sketch to see! ;)

I've used some Funky Hand papers from the Happy Happy Birthday CD to make my card...

I don't think there's any need for me to explain how to make the flowers - we've all seen Kirstie do it on the tele! ;) I've keep things simple on this card to make the flowers stand out & I've only added some simple pearl decoration.

We'd love for you to come and have a play with us over at Fetch A Sketch - we love seeing what you make!

2011-12-27T15:25:00.000Z

I've been a bad blogger - just been super busy with Christmas, family stuff and a trip to Liverpool to see Macca live in concert! :)

Just had to pop in to tell you about this though...

Yes you read that right! 50%!!! You'd be mad to miss it!

I shall be back tomorrow with a slightly later than planned (due to the festivities) new sketch for Fetch A Sketch.

Rockin' the Fetch A Sketch Challenge Take Two!

2011-12-19T09:00:00.001Z

Here's another take on the Fetch A Sketch challenge. You'll remember my Christmas card from last week using the newest sketch and this is the Birthday version...

I've gone for the same papers from HOTP & have again used the Hippy Rocker Guitar image from Bonibleaux Designs/Dude Time Doodles. I've also used their Barbed Wire image and pieces of their Birthday sentiment (all printed on to Safemat). Just a bit of doodling with black pen to finish. I've enjoyed this sketch by Ruth, it's a fun one to play with, so make sure you come & join us over at the Fetch A Sketch blog!

Rockin' the Fetch A Sketch Challenge!

2011-12-12T09:00:00.003Z

It's new sketch time over at Fetch A Sketch! Ruth is in charge this fortnight and has once again come up with a brilliant sketch...

Here's my 'rockin' card...

Complete with hand written song lyrics AND no mistakes! ;) I've used the Hippy Rocker Guitar digi image from Bonibleaux Designs/Dude Time Doodles and coloured it with Promarkers. This card is destined for my cousin who has a guitar just like it! All the other elements are from a freebie Hot Of The Press paper pad I got from a magazine. The holly bit is actually a letter 'C' (with holly decoration) topper sneakily concealed behind the other circle! ;)

I hope you can come and join us over at Fetch A Sketch - we love seeing what you create!

Get Funky at Christmas & Beyond!

2011-12-11T09:00:00.002Z

The challenge over at Get Funky this month has been to make a traditional Christmas project (using greens, reds & gold & silver etc) and a non Christmas project using some of your Christmas papers. I've made two Christmas cards using digi images & papers from the Twelve Crafters Crafting CD...

Heart bubble stickers by Paperchase.

My non Christmas project also uses Twelve Crafters Crafting...

For more details on my cards, some more inspired ideas from the rest of the Design Team & also all the details on how to enter the challenge please hop over to the Get Funky blog!

A Christmas Typewriter!

2011-12-05T09:00:00.002Z

The Boyf wasn't too impressed with the use of the typewriter image on this card (or the one last week)..."a typewriter isn't exactly very Christmassy is it?" I on the other hand thought it was quite cute and clever! ;)

This is my second offering for the Fetch A Sketch sketch I designed for this fortnight (you still have until Sunday 11th to enter)...

My card uses the aforementioned typewriter digi image from Tiddly Inks (manipulated to the right size in Digital Scrapbook Artist and with a sentiment added), ribbon by Love Elsie, robin stamp from my stash coloured with Promarkers and a snowflake stamp on the Kraft background stamped using 'Old Paper' Distress Ink (which is very hard to see in the photo!). I just added a bit of doodling to finish!

I do hope you can come along and play with us at Fetch A Sketch!

I'd like to enter this for the Tiddly Inks challenge too!

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 12.

2011-11-28T19:39:00.002Z

It's new sketch time over at Fetch A Sketch....the weeks go by so quick! I've designed this fortnight's sketch...

I hope you have fun with this one!

Here's my card...

As you can see I've rotated the sketch. I've used the typewriter digi image from our sponsors for this challenge Tiddly Inks. I played around with the size in Digital Scrapbook Artist & added in the type. The little bird is a seperate stamp from my stash & is coloured with Promarkers. The paper is Funky Hand and the ribbon is Love Elsie.

I do hope you can come along and play with us over at Fetch A Sketch this fortnight!

I'd like to include this in the Tiddly Inks challenge!

Now here's one you won't want to miss!!!

2011-11-25T15:23:00.001Z

You better get over there quick!

Make It Sparkle!

2011-11-21T21:21:00.001Z

Just popping in to share a super quick Christmas card with you...

The tree card template is on the Funky Hand CD Twelve Crafters Crafting and you just have to pick the patterned paper you want to have the trees appear in and then print! I choose some spotty red paper, printed on to water colour card & then have sparkled it all up with some silver glitter....perfect for the challenge over at Chrimbo Crackers at the moment! :)

Craft Barn Goodies!

2011-11-21T20:49:00.000Z

Have you seen the amazing blog candy over at The Craft Barn blog???

I hope I win! ;)

Superstar Sketch!

2011-11-21T09:00:00.032Z

It's the midway point of sketch 11 over at Fetch A Sketch. You'll remember that Ruth has given us a 'star' of a sketch to play with...

And here's my card...

I've used the cute super boy image from The Digi Garden coloured with Promarkers. The papers are from my stash, the green baker's twine is from The Ribbon Girl, the kraft card base is Papermania and the sentiment is Funky Hand. Remember the winner of challenge 11 wins 5 digi's from The Digi Garden!!!

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 11

2011-11-14T09:00:00.001Z

How are we possibly on to challenge 11 already?!! I don't know, but we are! :) Ruth has come up with a cracker of a sketch this time...

And here's my card...

I've used the cute little fairy image from our sponsors for this fortnight...

The image & sentiment are coloured with Promarkers. The spotty paper & sentiment are by Funky Hand & I drew the star free hand & cut it out before inking it with Distress Ink. I have to apologise about the grainy picture...I just can't get used to taking pictures in artificial light!

Make sure you pop on over to Fetch A Sketch to enter and make sure you check out the lovely project made by our Guest Designer for this month, Debbie!

A partridge, a few pears & a tree!

2011-11-13T09:00:00.001Z

It's time for me to share my Get Funky card with you. I'm the last Funkette to share my Autumnal project this month, but there's still time to enter. You can find all the details here! Here's my card....

I've used a basic brown card base, some floral paper from the Tea's Up! download, and the image is from the Twelve Crafters Crafting CD. I printed the image on to water colour card & inked the background with Spiced Marmalade & Walnut Stain Distress Inks. The image itself is coloured with Promarkers. Just a few of the usual embellishments to finish....thread, button, leaf pin. And not forgetting my favourite Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher staples!

Three Tags.

2011-11-10T20:37:00.000Z

Continuing the Christmas theme, here's some tags I made using the Twelve Crafters Crafting CD by Funky Hand...

The CD has a tag template so you just have to select the paper you want and layer the images on too, print off & cut out! I also printed off another set of the coloured images so that I could layer them up with 3d foam. The words were created in the Papercraft Factory system too!

One Crafter Crafting!

2011-11-09T16:18:00.002Z

So previously I mentioned that I'd been working on samples for the new Funky Hand CD called Twelve Crafters Crafting - the CD was live on Create & Craft TV today so I thought I'd take the next few blog posts to share a few of the samples. Today's offering is my 3rd ever wordbook...

You may remember from the sneak peeks the design team did on the blog hop, that we all had one of the twelve paper collections to work with. The collection I had was 'All I want' and I've made the wordbook using this. Each page is decorated differently...

That cute little rudolph is on the CD too! (Please note: the rudolph on the CD has legs... I had a little accident with some scissors on my poor little chap!)

One of my favourite papers on the CD is the one with all the Christmas words...

And you can print it in any of the twelve colour collections too!

I've included a note to Santa...

And left a space for my crafty wish list! ;)

I'm adding this as my entry to the Crimbo Crackers challenge....where you could win a copy of Twelve Crafters Crafting! Remember, you can also get your hands on the CD here & I'll be back with some more Christmas makes soon!

EDIT: So I only went & missed the deadline for Crimbo Crackers by four hours! Oh well....there's a new challenge coming up on there tomorrow! :)

Fetch A Sketch Snowflake Make.

2011-11-07T09:00:00.000Z

It's time for another Fetch A Sketch card! As you know we're using my sketch this fortnight (Ruth and I alternate who draws the sketch). Here's a reminder of it...

And here's my card for this week...

I've gone with a pretty straight forward interpretation of the sketch this time. The snowflake is from the paper set by Delicious Doodles which you can find here. The mini snowflake is metal and is fastened with a mini brad. The heart brad in the centre of the snowflake is by Queen & Co. The card base is a handmade paper one, courtesy of Ruth....thank you!

That's another Christmas card done! :)

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 10

2011-10-31T09:00:00.013Z

It's new sketch time over at Fetch A Sketch! I've designed this fortnight's offering...

I hope you like it!

I've opted for a simple Christmas make this time as even I have to admit that it's now time I got cracking on some!

I've used the holly image and the snowflake paper from Delicious Doodles. I've coloured the image with Aquamarkers...I really don't think I've got to grips with these yet though.

Whilst I pootled around the Funky Hand blog hop over the weekend I noticed a lot of sparkley twine being used by my fellow design team members....could this be a new trend I've spotted? So I thought I'd pop some on my card too!

I do hope you can come along and play with us over at Fetch A Sketch...I love popping by all your blogs to see what you've made!

Funky Hand Blog Hop!!!

2011-10-29T09:00:00.049+01:00

Hello there and 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 Paula's blog but if you're lost, or haven't a clue what I'm talking about, then head back to Anice's blog to find your way or to find out what all the fuss is about!

We're celebrating the release of the brand new Papercraft Factory CD...Twelve Crafter's Crafting (how ace is that name?!). You can pre-order it now from the website ... official launch on 5th November. Each of the people along the hop are showcasing one of the twelve paper collections from the Christmas themed CD....so you should be getting a good preview of what the CD has to offer! On top of the paper collections there are masses of digi stamps, templates and all the usual fantastic features like the wordbook creator.

So, I've been having a play with the 'All I Want' paper collection which is a very traditional combination or reds, browns, greys and blacks. Here's what I have to show you today...here's the 'before' picture...

And the 'after' picture...

I've found that this particular collection goes so well with kraft card and I also made the pouches with pearlescent paper which I found to be super effective as well! For this card I've used some leftover pieces from a wordbook (got to use up all those scraps!) which gives the papers a nice coloured border. The pouches are so simple to do. I followed the instructions here. They're so cute and can be made in any size...perfect for those little Xmas treats!

The next stop on the hop from here is Katina's blog. Remember to qualify for entry to win a copy of the Twelve Crafter's Crafting CD you need to leave a comment on EVERY blog on the way, collect a letter from each blog and rearrange them to make a phrase. Your winning guess needs to be left on Anice's blog before 12 Midnight on Sunday 30th October.

The letter you need from me is...

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

Thanks for 'hopping' by!

Cheers & Crimbo Crackers!

2011-10-26T09:00:00.002+01:00

Just popping in to share this quick but large card...this is an 8x8inch! The image (pre-coloured) and the paper are Funky Hand from the Happy Happy Birthday CD. I love how with Papercraft Factory the images can be tiny or massive with no loss of clarity....genius!

I also wanted to point you in the direction of a brand new challenge blog, Crimbo Crackers. It's being started by my Fetch A Sketch co-owner Ruth (I seriously don't know where she steals her time from, but I want some!). If you're anything like me it's just what you need right about now to get your Christmas cards ready to go!

An envelope convert!

2011-10-25T19:45:00.000+01:00

Although I make cards I rarely make envelopes... it's just not my thing...well, until now!

The Happy Happy Birthday CD by Funky Hand has a envelope template on it and it's surprisingly easy to do! All this needed was a few extra embellishments from the same CD, some Alpha-Bits and it was done!

Speaking of Funky Hand....much is going on 'behind the scenes' with Anice's Funky Elves (that's us on the design team!). We are working away on samples using the brand new Christmas CD. All very TOP SECRET so shhhhh....BUT there will be a chance to feast your eyes on some sneak peeks AND the chance to win a copy of the new CD this coming Saturday as we're having a BLOG HOP! It all kicks off over at Anice's blog at 9am GMT (Saturday 29th October). Hope to see you then!

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 9 Extra!

2011-10-24T09:00:00.000+01:00

It's the midway point over at Fetch A Sketch so it's time for some more makes from Ruth and I! Head over to the challenge blog to see what Ruth has made, see what prize is on offer and to get a reminder of the sketch for this fortnight!

Here's my 2nd card for this challenge...

I really enjoyed using Ruth's sketch again and I've opted for another halloween image from Bonibleaux Designs. I've used the Witchy Poo Hat.

I covered the hat with black glitter & coloured the band & buckle with Promarkers. The orange background is done with 'Spiced Marmalade' Distress Ink & a blending tool. The sentiment is from this set and I coloured it with lime green Promarker.

I also used... Sassafras grid paper, Jillibean Soup black papers, Ribbon Girl twine, Craftwork Cards scalloped square & brads.

There's still plenty of time to come and play along with us - the challenge closes Sunday 30th October at 12 Noon GMT.

Time to Get Funky!

2011-10-21T19:32:00.000+01:00

Just popping in to tell you that Funky Hand have a sale on this weekend!

Head over to Anice's blog first for all the details.....and then over to the shop!

(Funky wordbook above made with the Happy Happy Birthday CD!)

You're Spook-tacular!

2011-10-17T09:00:00.001+01:00

It's challenge 9 time over at Fetch A Sketch - it only seems like yesterday that Ruth and I started on this adventure of having our own challenge blog! We were super delighted to have such a lot of you play along for the last challenge! Welcome to all you new peeps who've come to join in the fun! My card this week is (obviously) Halloween again. It's not something I really 'celebrate' as such, but I do like how refreshing it is to make some different & spooky paper projects.

We have Bonibleaux Designs/Dude Time Doodles sponsoring us this week and you can get your hands on some awesome Halloween themed images (including the pumpkin above) over at the store here. And this fortnight's sketch is designed by Ruth and is another fabby one to use!

Please remember that we're happy for you to flip or rotate the sketch and add in any extra embellishments or sentiments that you wish. You can also make any kind of project.

I've rotated the sketch for my card and used the 'Jack O'Lantern' image coloured with Promarkers. I inked the area around the pumpkin with 'Shabby Shutters' Tim Holtz Distress Ink using a blending tool. The sentiment is from the set here, and I coloured it with matching orange Promarkers before cutting it up. I've used Sassafras paper, a Reminisce Die Cut Sticker, Craftwork Cards scalloped circle, Ribbon Girl Twine & sequins.

I hope you can come along and play with us over at Fetch A Sketch... and have a 'spook-tacular' day!

Some Spooktacular Extra Fetch A Sketch!

2011-10-10T16:31:00.000+01:00

It's midway point over at Fetch A Sketch and so I have an extra card to show you...

The image is by Tiddly Inks and is called 'Batty Bugg' and you can find her in the Bargain Basement here! I've coloured her with Promarkers and layered her on to My Mind's Eye 'Quite Contrary' paper. I've added the obligatory twine and some bubble stickers (the circles are MOD Design & the sentiment is Studio G). I've rotated the sketch and I have to admit to adding to it a little bit with the sentiment! As a reminder here's the sketch...

Pop on over to Fetch A Sketch to play along...you could win $10 Gift Certificate for Tiddly Inks!!!

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 8.

2011-10-03T09:00:00.002+01:00

It's my turn to host the challenge over at Fetch A Sketch and here's the sketch I've drawn...

I hope you like it! :)

Here's my card...

American Crafts Spring & Summer Ribbon 'Caterpillar'; Heidi Grace raised button stickers; Promarkers; My Mind's Eye 'Quite Contrary' paper.

You can find the image I've used here - it's called 'Christmas Pixie' and is by our ace sponsors for this fortnight, Tiddly Inks! As usual there's a prize on offer so head on over to the Fetch A Sketch blog to find out what it is!

Some Extra Sketch Inspiration!

2011-09-26T17:17:00.001+01:00

I'm a little late posting this today so apologies if you've been over here looking for my Fetch A Sketch card when it wasn't here!

I've gone all spooky this time!

And here's a reminder of the sketch...

I've used elements from the Sundae of Seaons CD by Polkadoodles. They're our sponsors for this challenge - head over here to see what prize is on offer! :) Once again I've used some Divine Twine from The Ribbon Girl and I need to thank Ruth for the square sequins - thank you!

Thanks for stopping by & I hope you can come and play along with us over at Fetch A Sketch!

Greens and Browns.

2011-09-25T20:43:00.000+01:00

Couldn't resist playing along with The Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge...

Bazzill card; Craftwork cards scallop square; K&Co frame; Funky Hand Alphabits; Heidi Grace Metal Dots; The Ribbon Girl Divine Twine.

Ok, I added in a touch of pink to the 'greens & browns' they asked for! ;)

The card has a top fold & I punched a hole so I could tie the Divine Twine around the card...

I used the punched out paper piece to make this embellishment...

The little bird leg made a cute little trunk for this metal dot tree! :) It made me happy!

What also made me happy was this! My card (blogged about here) featured on The Ribbon Girl customer creations gallery!!! :)

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 7

2011-09-19T09:00:00.007+01:00

Ruth's drawn an ace sketch again this week - you're going to want to play along with this one! Here it is...

And here's my card...

I've used the pre-coloured tree images from the Sundae of Seasons CD by Polkadoodles; printed on to card, cut out & stuck on to the base card - some with glue, and some with 3d foam for dimension. The sentiment is a combination of words & snowflakes from Polkadoodles' Christmas Doodles stamp set - stamped in simple black with some added bits coloured with magenta Promarker! I've also doodled a few pink bits on each of the trees too!

If you enter Fetch A Sketch this fortnight you could win some fantastic prizes that have kindly been donated to us by Nikky of Polkadoodles! Check out all the details on how to enter here!

Daring Cardmakers Candle Challenge.

2011-09-18T14:59:00.000+01:00

Daring Cardmakers have teamed up with Funky Hand this week to set a challenge which is...

How many candles?

I thought this was a good chance to share one of the projects I made for the launch of Happy Happy Birthday! It really is a fabulous CD & the rest of the Design Team & I just can't put it down! I've used the pre-coloured image so this card really was a quick and easy one! I still can't get enough of using baker's twine either - thank you Ribbon Girl for such great service! :)

Love Hearts

2011-09-16T18:27:00.000+01:00

I've been meaning to share this card for a while...

I submitted this card for this publication...

AND it was accepted!!! Soooooo exciting!!!! :)

My card uses a fab sketch by Lucy! Such a talented lady & her sketch was a joy to use. Thank you Lucy! And thank you Paper Crafts!

Funky Hand Birthday Fun Challenge!

2011-09-15T09:00:00.000+01:00

So as promised I'm back with my make for the Get Funky challenge for this month. I'm the host for the very first time and in honour of the brand new CD Happy Happy Birthday I've gone for...

Birthday Fun!!!

And for another first I've made a wordbook!

I thoroughly enjoyed making this & it was far easier than I had expected! It is also very effective & has been much admired already! I shall definitely be making a lot more of these! I've used the Pressie Time collection from the Happy Happy Birthday CD...

- which you can see details of here and also today on Create and Craft TV at 9am & 4pm.

I just printed off each page in turn, then flipped them over & printed a coordinating patterned paper from the collection on the reverse - which as a bonus leaves you with some excellent extra scraps left over after you've cut out your pages! The pages are fixed together with twine & I've added lots of cut out stars to each page - which of course had to have a load of glitter added to make them extra sparkly! ;)

I do hope you can join in with this month's challenge! All the details on how to enter can be found here!

Fetch A Sketch Midway Extra!

2011-09-12T09:00:00.003+01:00

Here's my card for this week...

Jellypark Image; My Mind's Eye 'Quite Contrary' papers; Bo Bunny 'Spring Jewels' Bodacious Brad: Promarkers; Craftwork cards scalloped card.

Using the current sketch...

Which I flipped around & that I'm also proud to say lots of you seem to be enjoying using - as I designed it! :)

My card uses the cute Happy Birthday Tag image from Jellypark - our sponsors for this challenge. They are offering our winner £5 to spend in their shop!!! PLUS Ruth & I have added in some extra Letraset goodies for one other winner drawn at random!!! Make sure you head on over to Fetch A Sketch to check out the details! We've also been joined this month by our Guest Designer Fliss & some of the Jellypark Design Team - and what a talented lot they are! Again, check out the main blog to see what they've created for us. :)

Wish you were here?

2011-09-11T16:04:00.001+01:00

I can guarantee you'd be saying 'no' to that question if you could see the view from my window right now - absolutely pouring down!

Just thought I'd 'pop in' and share this seaside themed card with you today as it's my turn to share over at Get Funky! Paula set us the 'At The Seaside' challenge this month & it's been fun to do something a little different! My card uses the freebie paper & the little spades are from the Craft The Year Away CD. The Alphabits, which I've spoken about a lot before, are from the Tea's Up! Download.

AND, some exciting news to share...Funky Hand have just launched a brand spanking new CD!!! It's called 'Happy Happy Birthday' & I have to say it's just BRILLIANT! Get yourself over here and take a look for yourself! I shall be back very soon with some makes using the new CD as well details of the brand new Get Funky! challenge, which I am hosting, on the Funky Fifteenth!

Fetch A Sketch Week 6!

2011-09-05T09:00:00.066+01:00

Once again it's my turn to host the challenge over at Fetch A Sketch and here's the sketch that I've come up with...

This fortnight we have a fabulous sponsor....Jellypark!

Jellypark are offering a £5 Gift Certificate to our winner! AND, Ruth and I have come up with some extra freebies for another winner drawn at random...make sure you head on over to the Fetch A Sketch blog to see what the extra prizes are...I'll give you a massive clue...Letraset!!! :)

As usual Ruth & I have had a play with the sketch & we've been joined this time by our very talented Guest Designer for this month, Fliss! AND we've also had the pleasure of being joined by some of the Jellypark design team! So make sure you head on over to the Fetch A Sketch blog to see what they've made!

I've made a little picture this time, using an 8x8 inch canvas...

The little trees are Jellypark paper pieced onto pink & green 'Teeny Tiny Dots' paper by Crystal at Jessica Sprague, the blue spotty paper is also by Crystal & is called 'Funky Polkadots'. I've added some buttons & twill, a Scrapworks 'Hugz' embellishment and some Bo Bunny brads. I've coloured in some detail to the trees with a red Promarker.

I do hope you can come along and join in with us this time & that you enjoy my sketch!

Fetch A Sketch Midway Point!

2011-08-29T09:00:00.004+01:00

Three more little cards to share with you today...

all using the current sketch over at Fetch A Sketch...

I really have enjoyed using Ruth's sketch this fortnight & I'm sure it's one I'll be using again!

My card's are a slightly different take on the ones I made last week & I've used lots of Funky Hand products on them; all of the images you see are digi stamps from the Craft The Year Away CD & the spotty paper is from the Rainbow Polkadots Download. I've added some K&Co Adhesive Chipboard from the Rockstar range & some Heidi Grace Metal Accents...and not forgetting the Baker's Twine from The Ribbon Girl!

Funky Hand is sponsoring Fetch A Sketch this challenge & the prize on offer is amazing...

Come on over & join in the fun!