Take Care of Yourself - Challenge 131 Sketch Challenge

Brrr, another cold day but at least the rain has kept away. Today we have a new challenge starting at Aud Sentiments and the theme this fortnight is a Sketch Challenge. Our sponsor is the very popular Sassy Studio Designs.
The DT had a couple of images to choose from and here is the card I made with mine.

Recipe:
SU Early Espresso cardstock for the cardbase
SU blue cardstock (lost the packaging)
White cardstock from stash
DP from DCWV 12x12 paper stack - Latte stack
DP from Grace Taylor 12x12 paper stack
Image is from Sassy Studio Designs - Get Well Soon Sassy
Sentiment is from SU set -
Copic Markers
Nestie Die - Deckled Rectangles - large
Punches - SU window punch and decorative label punch
D/S tape roller
Foam Dots
Pearls from stash
Memento black inkpad

Please join us for the challenge this fortnight and check out the free sentiments on the blog too. We would love to see your creations and how you use the sketch. I adhered to it fairly strictly but there is a lot of room for doing your own thing as well.We just need to see the basics of the sketch and also that important sentiment......so have fun and show us your stuff!!!!
Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Hugs, Sandy

Challenge 21.... A Get Well Card with Sassy Studios

Hi everyone, it is another cold day here in Adelaide, no rain yet but the sky has been threatening all day. I didn't feel 100% this morning but still went off to my PT session. She was kind on me and let me lie down on the bench press and do weights that way instead of getting up and down for the half hour. We did interval training and various weights - still came away with a headache, but I took a couple of tablets when I got home and it has settled down for which I am grateful.
Today brings a new challenge at Crafty Girls Challenges Blog and I do hope you will find time to link up one of your creations. We had 352 entries for the challenge that has just finished. If you get time to do some blog hopping, there were lots of fabulous cards to check out!!!
Our sponsor for this challenge is Sassy Studio Designs and I got to design my card using this fabulous image.
Here's my card.......

Recipe:
SU Tempting Turquoise cardstock for the square basecard and diecut and punched tag
Purple cardstock from stash (had this quite a while now, lol, and slowly getting through the pack of 100 sheets)
Textured White Linen cardstock from Quill for the image and sentiment
DP is from Merci 6x6 mini stack (also a long time stash item!)
Image is Get Well Sassy from Sassy Studio Designs
Sentiment is from SU - Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Nestie Die - Adorning Squares
Punches - SU Word Window and complimentary tag punch (can't remember the name of this one)
Copic Markers
Memento Black Inkpad
D/S tape roller
Foam Dots

I'm off to do a bit more colouring as I have another couple of cards to finish off before the weekend and I have a busy day tomorrow so need to fit it in sometime today or tomorrow night. Hope your day has been a good one. Don't forget to pop over to the challenge blog and enter the challenge. We would love to see you there.
Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Hugs,
Sandy
 

Little Teddy in bed Get Well Card

Wow, it's March!!! and that is exactly what time is doing at present! I had the two youngest grandchildren today and as usual Layla was quite keen to get her brother fed and off to bed just after lunch so she could sit down and make a card. I keep forgetting to take a photo but she chose a little teddy dressed as a magician. She chose one teddy and I gave her the whole sheet of plastic which has about 12 different teddy bears on it and by the time she left the craft room to go and sit at the little table she had changed her mind 3 times. I think I actually asked her if she wanted to do the magician in the first place!
Well I'm on a bit of a teddy bear kick too at the moment as this is my second card in a row with one on. Last night's card was a Christmas one and this one is a Get Well Card.
I've only done the front of the card so far as I've been busy tonight with a couple of DT images - got one card finished and have two more on the go!!!
Anyway, here is the card..... the card is a very pale blue and didn't scan that well. I distressed the edges of the image as well.

Recipe:
SU Bashful Blue cardstock from my scrap mountain
SU DP- stripey one (also a scrap so can't remember which pack it was out of)
Spotted DP is from My Mind's Eye
Image is from a Kanban clear set of stamps
Sentiment is from a boxed set by Hero Arts called Friendly Greeting
Copic markers
Black Memento inkpad
Punches - large oval and scalloped oval

I am entering this into the following challenges:
(back later with some)

If you've stopped by I would love it if you would leave a comment so I can pop over and visit you too.
Hope you are looking forward to the weekend, Have a good one,
Take Care,
Sandy

Get Well with Stitchy Bear at the Perfect Sentiment

Wow, that week has gone by fast and it's time for another challenge at The Perfect Sentiment PSC68.
This time we are being asked to make a CAS Get Well card and don't forget the important part to use a Sentiment on the front of your card.
We are being sponsored by Stitchy Bear Designs and I got to use this fun digi.

Here's my card.......

Front of card

  Inside of card

Recipe:
Brown card from stash for cardbase
SU Certainly Celery
DP from  Craftworks 12x12 paper pack
Nestie Die - Label
Photo corner punch
Bling from stash
Image is called Hot Soup from Stitchy Bear Designs
Copic Markers
DS tape roller
Sentiment from SU stamp set -

I am entering this into the following challenges:
(back later)

Our Sponsor

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Okay time for you to play, looking forward to some wonderful entries, and hope to pop into your blog to visit and leave a comment.
Thanks for stopping by,
Hugs,
Sandy

Little girl and her dog - A Get Well card

Hello once again, it's still hot here and we have fires raging now in 3 states and with more hot weather coming it is not looking good for many people. The fire fighters and volunteers do a fantastic job.
I've stayed home today and just did one load of washing. LOL, it's made a difference since our youngest son moved out. Quite a bit less in the washing basket!
Here's my card for today.....

Front of card

inside of card

Recipe:
SU Brocade Blue cardstock for the basecard and mattes
SU Elegant Eggplant cardstock
Image is a freebie with a magazine, and it comes from Lily of the Valley
Sentiment is from SU set Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Memento Black inkpad
Punches - 1 1/4" & 13/8"
Nestie Die - Curved Rectangles
DP is from Authentique - Free Bird Series ~ 6x6 Nest Blush & Delight
Bling from stash

I am entering the following challenges:
Creative Creations Challenges - Challenge #1 ~ Anything Goes
Lexi"s Creations - Challenge 81 ~ Anything Goes

Well I'm off to bed, it is much cooler outside, so I've had the front door open and the screen locked to get some cool air through the house. That means that it should stay cool until about lunchtime and I can hold off  switching the air conditioner on.
Thanks for stopping by and also for comments that you've left. Much appreciated.
Take Care,
Sandy

MIM #110 - Better get Better

It's Monday, and that means the start of a new linky party at Make It Monday.
Thanks to all of you that make it a great place to visit and see what other people are making.
Congrats go to Karen C  for having your card featured this week and also to  Faye for being the winning commenter.
This week we again have the marvelous Bugaboo Stamps as our Sponsor and I was lucky enough to be able to choose this fab image to play with. She is called Nurse Margaret - as seen on tv and you can find her here.

Here is what I've made with her. I used a template I found a couple of years ago in the Hobby Journaal (Dutch Magazine) for this fab hospital bed. It has another little shaped piece at the back to support the card.

Recipe:
SU Crumb Cake cardstock
White Card
Image from Bugaboo Stamps called
Sentiment also from Bugaboo 
Circle Punch
Scalloped Circle Punch
Handmade flowers
Leaves are from a Fiskars Punch
Better get Better sentiment from SU
Copic Markers

I am entering this into the following challenges:
Challenges 4 Everybody - Challenge #4 ~ Anything Goes
Sentimental Sundays - Challenge  #123 ~ Anything Goes
Craftymess Challenge Bog - 19th Challenge ~ Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts - Challenge #137 ~ Let's see those Shapes

We are very excited to have again our fun sponsors Bugaboo Stamps!  Everyone loves these fun and sweet digis!

http://www.bugaboostamps.com/

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing!  From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week! 

 If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps   atTotally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT   for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug. 

Bugaboo Stamps are offering a very generous prize of winner's choice of 7 single digis!

My POTW is this cute card - Isn't this sweet and made for a special little boy too by Karen over at Kaleidoscopic Sparkles and you can see it and read about it here

 

Okay, it's your turn to get inspired and start linking up your wonderful papercraft creations. Don't forget to add a link to MIM  so your entry will be valid.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Take Care,

Sandy

Get Well Soon

Hi everyone, it's two more weeks today till our son's wedding and it's been another warm day but not as bad as yesterday. We even had a few drops of rain around about
5 p.m. although it dried up quickly. I haven't done much today. I went off to church this morning and it was family service so the choir didn't sing so got to sit in the congregation for the whole service. Home again, made some lunch and then had a bit of a nap, always feel horrible after sleeping during the day, but I was tired. Our daughter and her boyfriend came over to wish our dog a Happy Birthday, her dog and mine are sisters so Monica came as well to see her sister, LOL. Missy is now 6 years old.
Well, you know me, another late night, so here is my card to share,
The basecard is SU Wisteria Wonder and the DP is from My Mind's Eye. I adhered the DP to panels of SU Very Vanilla. The diecut is from a Nellie Snellen die and also cut in Very Vanilla. The image is from Phindy's Place and I coloured it with Copic Markers. To finish off I added 3 flowers and a button with a bit of linen crochet thread through it. I haven't done the inside yet.
I would like to enter this into the following challenges"

Phindy's Place Challenge Blog - Challenge #94 - Get Well Cards
Challenge Up Your Life - Challenge #63: Gute Besserung/Get well soon
2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Challenge #80 Anything Goes

I hear Life's been a bit of a Pill

Hi all, an early post as I am stuck at home with my cold and can't go to craft this afternoon.
I thought I would try another card for the challenge over at Less Is More - Week 36
Another week and another challenge, the theme for which is - COCKTAIL
Mandi and Chrissie said let your imagination run, so I did.
I've based my card on a "Pill Cocktail". I googled for pill containers and came up with this image which I printed out onto card and coloured with Copics. I also embossed a border around 4 sides of the front. It doesn't show very well. I then came up with the sentiment and typed into a Word document and printed out as well. On the inside of the card I have adhered a white topnote diecut and the words "Hope you're feeling Better real Soon".
Thanks for looking,
Take Care
Sandy

Because I Care

Greetings from Adelaide, welcome to everyone that is popping in to find out what I've made today. Welcome also to new follower Anne-Marie who has become my 25th follower, I started off with 1 and thought that would be about it, so am happy to see that people sometimes find cards that interest them.
Had a quiet day today, cut a few bits and pieces with the cuttlebug and stamped a couple of images and made this one for today's post.
Image and sentiment are from SU set "Because I Care" Base card is a light purple from stash, the die cut is a pale greeny/blue with a piece of white card behind it, I stamped parts of the hydrangea stamp onto this as a background using a Marvy Marker and also distressed the edges with the same colour. Image is also stamped with the same blue.I used a blender pen to drag the ink from the image to colour it in. Ribbon came from stash also, a mixed packet of purple ribbons. I love the little scalloped edge!. A bit of pearl bling in the corner and voila it is finished.
Take care,
Sandy

Get well Teddy

I stamped this bear yesterday and put the card together this morning. It is on a white base card, I've just used a postal pack behind it to define the edges of the card,
Thanks for looking,
Sandy