A bit of a sketch.....

I saw this sketch  

that Beckie had done

for Ruby Rock It

over on her facebook page. 

And I thought I would give it a go.

Not sure now it has all the elements it is meant to have.

But I am pleased with the end card. 

The ribbon with the charm hanging on it , 

was meant to tie across as the 

bigger butterfly and semi circle

opened out.... 

but it gave the card a bit topple problem...

So I  ended up sticking it down onto the card. 

Hope you are fine

Love Teen x

squares & sparkles

Happy Fathers Days
to all the Lucky Daddies out there.

A couple of cards made last night,
couldn't sleep, Andrew was
on a night shift.


This one was to be for
Passions for Promarkers.
The sketch wanted a circle in
the centre but I never
noticed and I had printed a
frame on the sheet when I printed
my digital image.
I didn't want to trim it down
and loose the details.

So I am entering it in
One Stop Craft Challenge
who want one for the boys.
This is a pixie dust download.

I am also entering it in Allsort's sketch.
I must admit, I looked at it, and
thought it was just for Penny Black stamps...
need to read things better!


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And so this second one is for
Passion for Promarkers.
It is Debbi's last sketch and it is also
one for the boys.
With my Pixie Dust flirty Edward....
*sigh*

I am entering it at Pixie Dust
who want Red, Black, white and /or silver.


Those follow Twilighters out there will know
that my Edward only sparkles in the sunshine
so I am also cheekily entering it in
A spoonful of sugar who want
us to enjoy the sunshine....
I would so enjoy the sunshine if I had
me an Edward sparkling beside me.


A naughty Puppy to finish with.
Andrew had both girls out for their
morning walk today.
They run around on a bit of open ground
which has some back garden fences
enclosing one side.
Poppy has a friend Oscar,
a young chocolate lab
who lives in one the houses.
They always touch noses and say hello.
Bella found a hole in the fence
so wondered on in....
and followed Oscar into his house.
His Dad came out and returned Bella.

*sigh*

Her latest thing is stealing cushions
and taking them outside to lie on.....
What am I going to do with her?

Crafty Pad # 23 sketch.

Sunday again so soon.....
that means its Crafty Pad time!

This week we have a nice easy sketch:)
You may twist and turn it and add other embellis too if you wish. :)

Any entries using a Crafty Pad stamp will
have their name entered into the draw TWICE.:)

Any entries NOT USING a Crafty Pad stamp
will have their name entered into the draw ONCE. :)

The winner will get to choose a single stamp from The Crafty Pad. :) :)

June Doing the Race for Life stamp is exempt from the prize.

Us Dt girls have chosen Belinda this week.
I have turned the sketch around so
I could pop a wee tag in with a hidden message.

The papers are papermania and I used my
much neglected whisper pens this time.

The flower is punched from scraps
and the daisy border is also a crafty pad stamp.

Some changes on the DT team,
sadly saying goodbye to Dawn who
has done amazing DT pieces
and hello to Maxine.

much love tina xxx

spring & xmas

Two cards..........two seasons.....

This one is a spring theme card as asked for on Secret Crafter's Saturday Challenge
using Dawny P's Sketch on Paper take weekly,
which has a new challenge tomorrow
so I am getting this one done by the skin of my teeth!


I have used my alcohol inks again, getting a bit more used to them.
I am quiet please with how this turned out.
It is much better than my last attempt.
I think I put too much on the seems of her jeans.....
Any tips?
Still haven't read up on them , need to do that soon.
Don't have green ink yet, so used water colour pencils and a touch of sukura pens.

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From Spring To Xmas.

And I must say I am glad the snow, well more the ice
has almost gone here, I dont enjoy it when the roads are icey....

This sketch is another one By the Lovely Dawny P.....from Willow Sketchie....
But I didn't read the small print and you need to use one of the products from Willow Designs.
I did see the making sure it wasn't flat. Hedgie is on 3d pads
and just as I was gonna do the doodle bits ......
I saw the use one of our products bit.....POOP! And since I dont have any of their products yet it will just have to one I enjoyed making.
It is a beautiful sketch.

You are a a lovely sketcher Mrs Dawny P!!!
Anyway....My Time to Craft are going for Gold....and thats some thing I did get right!

I haven't put the text bit on yet, as I am gonna do that when I decide who will get it,
and I will leave that till never the time!!


I am trying to be more of a tidy crafter.....I really am!
With less time to craft now I am back to work,
I was hoping not to have to start off each crafting session
by clearing up my mess from the time before.

Not doing a great job but trying my best!!

Hope you all had a lovely weekend....
How did Monday come round so soon?!?!

weekend almost over

I am not sure why I chose that title.
Since Andrew's work pattern changed from being off every weekend
to now working some, our weekends don't always feel like weekends at all.

I used to work all sorts of shifts,
I hated working a late shift where you finished at 10 pm
and had to be back into the ward at 7am the next morning.
But I did love driving home after a night shift on a Monday morning
to go to bed when everyone else was having that Monday morning feeling.

I never slept properly, worries about sleeping in
and the evenings goings on in the busy ward often kept my mind in over drive.

Man I am waffling on these days....
too much going on in my mind,
stuff to be processed,
decisions to be made.

Anyway , in between tackling the mountain of washing that somebody
has left in our linen baskets....I did make two cards today.

This one is using the stamp the wonderful Sammi designed and MADE
and sent me for Chrimbo!
Thanks babe! you are a wonderful friend!

It is her Princess Amber and I have layered the wings using a shimmery vellum.
It is also brown and pink so fills the needs of Cute Card Thursday since they want to see something you got for Xmas.
I love pink and brown together.

This card is green and browns...I love them together too!
It is my take on the sketch on Sketch Saturday.
the green tag will have the person's name in it.
But I didn't want to post that on here!

and one more makes seven....ish....

Well yesterday I started to have a go at the sketch Saturday challenge....
but I managed to get distracted and carried away by a few of the pretty previous
sketch challenges and didn't do #19 which is this weeks one!!!

But here he is........


I have been looking for See D stamps with the Christmas stamp that was a simple "Joy"
and I found it on do crafts site half price!!!

They arrived today!

So had a wee play with them.....




The joy stamp is so simple but just so pretty....
Inside is a stamp with the meaning of Joy on it.


I love this Peace, Love & Joy stamp from one of the See D stamp sets.
The card is simple but pretty I think with the Black white and red on the pearly card



The backing papers are do crafts and the dove is a cuttle bug die.


I have decided to try and make a few Christmas cards each day and am not getting stressed about making many cards for particular people.....
Like I have done for the last few years.
This year I feel the need to keep it simple and enjoy making the cards for a change.

two stamps............six cards

After months of feeling absolutely awful....
waking up feeling pretty good today was a wonderful surprise!
Energy levels were not 100% but I felt pretty well!
I feel I am on the mend!

We often have our mate round for dinner on Saturday or Sunday,
so we usually have a bit of cooking and do.

My lovely hubby prepared all the veggies and and stuffing for Sunday Dinner,
I prepared the lamb to roast with garlic and herbs.
The house was tidy, the washing was out drying.......and a fantastic Raspberry and white chocolate cheese cake was setting in the fridge after we made it yeaterday!


And came out of the tin in one whole piece!!!!


I served it on a drizzle of home made Raspberry sauce with some Raspberrys and some slightly whiped double cream if you want the extra callories.....Like there wasn't enough on the plate!

It looked fab and tasted even better!!!

With all this done I thought I will go do a bit of crafting and make a couple Christmas cards.

I love these two stamps....

I bought them at Sally's shop Bee Crafty in Elgin, where I go to do my Tuesday Card Class.

The "let it snow" is a Do Crafts and the Scribbles snowman is Fun Stamps.

I had been looking at the Sketch Saturday site to have a go at their challenge,
I am relatively new to challenges and I had a wee I look back at previous sketches.
I loved the different layouts they had.

So I thought I would try some out, using the same two stamps on each one.
I managed six.....








I know pink and green seem popular in the shops for this years Christmas colours,
But I am still not sure about them together on a Christmas card.

But I think this one is my favourite!

I used lots of different techniques, in these cards, embossing, glitters, sukura pens, funky kits downloads, do crafts papers. pearly card, buttons, ribbons, jewels, cuttlebug embossing folder, mirror card, double sided sticky card, stuff from my stash.....all sorts!

You know what ....I never did this weeks sketch challenge!!!
But we only ate one piece of cheese cake each!!!