A Dottie Sketch!

This week over on Dottie's World we have a sketch challenge. I haven't done a sketch for ages so I really enjoyed this one!

"Hello Happy Sunday! Nicole here hosting this week's challenge.I have an easy challenge this week; a sketch. I hope you have as much fun playing with it as I did making it! Just add a charmed download and you can play along with us this week."

I decided to use some pretty spring like colours to get away from the gloomy and snow that is still falling here!

A Spoon Full of Sugar sketch!

I am plodding away through my to-do list and to be honest-thoroughly enjoying it. I haven't had a chance to play along with many other challenges for a long time and it really feels like the "me time" I need.

I made this card for the sketch challenge over at A Spoon Full of Sugar...notice I am being a good girl and using up some of the images I had stamped and coloured in preparation! I loved working with this sketch, so much fun stitching the little buttons on!

Right, what's next?

Sketch Saturday and Penny Black!

I had a Twin Boys First Birthday card to make and I was really struggling with what to do. Rummaging around, I found some Penny Black images I received in an image swap a little while back so I just had to try them out.

I made the card using inspiration from this week's challenge over at Sketch Saturday. I struggled to meet the sketch completely so I move my three little brads to one side!

I LOVED colouring this image and I hope Harry and George like it!

There is some super blog candy on offer over at Sketch Saturday too as they are celebration their birthday-pop over and join in.

Dottie's World and Sketch Saturday

For "my slot" on Dotties World today I decided to make a card for this week's sketch on Sketch Saturday. My card was made in dribs and drabs because my week has just been so hectic...but I got there........eventually.

I used Oh so Pretty Dottie from the Back 2 Front download collection. The colours were inspired by the cheery Urban Rhapsody paper by K & Co. I might still need to attack my card with glittler pen or some glossy accents...I haven't decided yet.

Happy New Year!!

Well, it's here 2009...how time flies. Wishing all blog hoppers who happen to pass this way a very healthy, happy and crafty New Year! It was a quiet night for us, got the kiddies to bed,had a nice meal, followed by snacks, a bottle of bubbly and a large box of Thorntons choccies!!!

Amelia woke up with the noise of all the fireworks, so we had a nice sleepy little cuddle, wished each other a Happy New Year and settled her back into bed....but she was still up before 6am!!

Hmm...A very sleepy start to the the year!

No more waffle,, let show my first card for the year....the fabby charmed download Scruff number 1!!

I used some of my wonderful new K&Co papers (after I eventually decided which one to use first!) and got to work. I used Sketch # 19 from Sketch Saturday for inspiration and also decided to have my first attempt at inking my Cuttlebug Embossing folders as inspired by a challenge over on Paper Craft Planet.

I want to try out a few different techniques this year.....will be back later, hopefully with another card and a list of resolutions, both crafty and otherwise! Have you made yours?