Morning...

... just quick post today before making the most of my two days off with the boys - cinema yesterday, coffee with friends and a party today, will be glad to get back to work for a rest -NOT!!  I'd much rather be at home :-) maybe one day when hubby wins the lottery - ah a girls gotta dream :-).

Okey doke, here's the latest card I've made I loved the sketch in Sketch Saturdays challenge - nice c&s, and I wanted to link it to Pink Gems spots & stripes challenge, so here's what I have come up with:

The image is pink gem chloe with daffodils, coloured with promarkers.  I have coloured her twice and layed her.  The sentiment is craftwork cards.  The papers I think are dovecraft.

I would like to enter this into:

Sketch Saturday #297
Pink Gem (A gem of a challenge) - spots & stripes
my mums craft shop - spots & stripes

Thanks for looking

Ali
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Evening...

... ooh its a bit mental here tonight, finished work at 6 had tea and then had to set about making cakes for my eldest who's class is having a cake sale - now I need to get them iced. 

While the cakes where cooling I finished off this make:

Apologies for the dodgy lighting!!  I hope you get an idea of the colours.  Okey doke, we have a meljens design image coloured with promarkers and liquid pearls and pink stickles added, matted onto green card.  Not sure of the dp sorry - I  have added a heart doily, flowers with card candy in the centre from my stash.  I forgot to take a picture of the inside but I've just quickly added an insert saying "your my cup of tea".

I would like to enter this into:

Meljens design  & challenges - I heart you.
Papertake weekly - with a heart.

Right off to ice those cakes and then a soak in the bath... aah... relax!!!

Thanks for looking

Ali
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Its nearly rugby time....

... yay!! But before I go and settle down to watch it I'll just quickly post this make:

Janine brought this artist to my attention via Facebook, and I was lucky enough to win an image from her Etsy shop.  I have kept the card quite c&s.  The image has been coloured with promarkers and a blue polychromo pencil to try and achieve extra shading.  The sentiment, doily paper and kraft are all from my stash (think the paper was a freebie with a magazine).

I would like to enter this into:

Allsorts challenge - beginning with B - (blue & brown)
Papertake weekly - anything goes

Thanks for looking

Ali
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Happy Sunday...

... everyone - hope the weather has improved where you are - its been a lovely bright day today - still chilly but just seeing blue sky cheers me up :-).

Just a quick post before the second half of the rugby starts - I love watching the six nations!!

At last  card for a girl - lol - after so many boys cards, this is for my sister in law who turns 50 at the end of the month - she doesnt know about my blog so she wont mind me broadcasting her age, lol:

I've kept this quite c&s, I love this image she looks so sophisticated like my s-i-l (my youngest said it looks like her!!), when I grow up I'd like to be like her lol.  Anyway, back to the card.  The image is coloured with promarkers with a pearl added to her top.  You can see more shading on the card in real life - it looks a bit flat there :-(.  The image is matted onto cream pearliesed card - not sure of the make of dp.  Now I always have a trauma with bows and it just wasnt happening - and then I tried a double bow and flippin' eck it only worked!!  Then just some bluey pearls from my stash.  I was going to put her age on - but I think I'll save that for the inside!!

I would like to enter this into:

Totally papercraft - c&s
Passion for promarkers - anything goes.

Thanks for looking

Ali
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Evening all..

... eugh its blowing a gale here and trying its hardest to pour down, glad I'm all snug inside (unlike poor hubby who has gone to work for the night :-( )  Anyhoo, I'm playing catch up as not been in much today, still making it to the gym although it's a struggle as I'm easily demotivated and it doesnt seem to be getting any easier, and then Tom was at a football party which went on a bit longer than expected.

Enough of my waffling - I'll just get round to posting one of my latest makes as I've seen loads of love challenges and might as well pop it in a few:

I loved this image as soon as I saw it I was going to send it to my eldest for valentines as we have a bit of a thing for Zombies at the moment - but he saw me working on it and when I told him what my original plan was - he advised me that eugh thats just weird - so its just going in my card box lol.

The image is a Whimsie Doodles freebie that I have coloured with promarkers and matted onto red and black card - the dp was from a free magazine paper pack from a while ago, again matted onto red and black card.  The black raffia has been 'upcycled' (ooh check me out) as it was tied round a gift bag - I have then die cut a heart and put holes in it to look like a button and tied raffia through it.

I would like to enter it into the following challenges:

Passion for promarkers - anything goes
Allsorts - love is in the air
Di's digi challenge - love/valentines
Gem of a challenge - All you need is love
I love promarkers - Love is in the air

Right off to make a coffee and round up the boys to see if there's anything on tv.

Thanks for looking

Ali
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