Challenge #101 ~ Japanese Cutie for Aud Sentiments Challenge

Hi, it's time for another challenge at Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog. This fortnight the theme is to make a card with a sentiment for a girl - young or old
Our sponsor is The Paper Shelter - lots of delightful images to play with.
Here is my card using  Japanese Cute Doll (it includes the image and paper)

Recipe:
SU
SU Bashful Blue cardstock
Brown cardstock from stash
Image is Japanese Cute Doll (this includes the backing paper)
Sentiment from
Crane is cut from a piece of Marianne
Copic Markers
D/S tape Roller
Foam dots
Memento black inpad
Pearls from stash

I am entering my card into the following challenges:
Crafty Girls Challenges - Challenge 12 ~ Anything Goes
DLART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Challenge #127 ~ image of a girl or lady
Seize the Birthday - Challenge - Anything Goes Birthday
7 Kids Challenge Blog -Challenge #94 ~ Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Simon Says Anything Goes with Pearls

Our sponsor details are as follows:

For this challenge we are so excited to have The Paper Shelter as our sponsor. They are giving the winner a $20 Gift Certificate to use in their store. Thanks so much!

The DT have made some lovely creations this week and we would love to see you pop in and leave a comment on our blogs and we look forward to popping in and getting a closer look at your creations too! Don't forget you need to put your sentiment on the front of your card. This week it's for a girl - young or old!!
Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Hugs,
Sandy

Vintage Man and Bike

It was my day at the Community Craft where I teach. I hadn't had time to prepare anything and my 1 student, lol. hadn't finished the card we started last week so we spent time fixing that and before I left home, I had printed out some images and tags for her to choose from and we made our cards up as we went. They both turned out different, with hers just using the image and music background to make a basic card and mine with the extra little panel and flourish stamp.
Here is what I came up with........

Recipe:
Brown cardstock from stash
Black cardstock from stash
SU Sahara Sand
Image was a freebie on one of the vintage freebie sites on the net (found it through Free Digital Stamps site)
Music background was made using SU large background stamp - Musical Score
Flourish is from Kaisercraft clear set  called Flourishes
Sentiment is SU - It's Your Day set of 2
SU Early Espresso inkpad
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Gathered Twigs
Oval Punch

I am entering my card into the following challenges:
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Challenge #25 ~ Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays - Challenge #161 ~ Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Challenge Feb25-March 3 ~ Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Challenge #184 ~ Anything Goes
CardMania - Challenge #41 ~ Use a Sentiment

Time for a quick coffee, give the dogs a bit of food, half an hour of television and then off to bed. I have a fitness class in the morning and then craft in the afternoon. and choir tomorrow night. A full day, so need to get some sleep!!!
Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Hugs,
Sandy

MIM#180 I didn't forget Your Birthday!

The weekend is over and it's time for another Linky Party to begin at Make It Monday. I've had a busy 24 hours or so with posts so I would love it if you scrolled down and checked out the last two posts and if you liked you could leave a comment or two, lol.
Congratulations to Mansi as our featured artist from last week's entries and also to Susan as the winning commenter. Enjoy your prize!
This week our sponsor is the wonderful Kenny K and the DT have made some marvellous projects to share. We would love to see you popping in to our blogs to check them out!
I got to play with this fab image called What if and I chose to use it to make a Belated Birthday card. It's a versatile image and would look great with a speech bubble!!!
Here's my card for today

Recipe:
SU Kiwi Kiss (I think ~ I've lost the packaging as I've only got a couple of sheets left)
SU Black cardstock
DP from Kaisercraft's Pickled Pear 12x12 paper pack
Image is What if from Kenny K
Sentiment is from Close to My Heart set - Card Chatter ~ Birthday Occasions ~
(the inside says I'm just extending the celebration!)
Nestie Dies- Standard Circles, large & small
Copic Marker
D/S tape roller
Foam Dots
Pearls from stash

I am entering the following challenges:
Allsorts Challenge - Week  247 ~ Ladies Day
Feeling Crafty Challenge - Challenge #25 ~ Dies and/or Punches (wishing Emma a speedy recovery!)
Sister Act Card Challenge - Challenge #45 ~ Anything Goes

Our sponsor details are as follows:

We thank our sponsor this week........

Digi and rubber stamps from KennyK are a fun and edgy way to add the perfect dose of attitude and style to all of your creations! 

The creator, the artist, the man: KennyK is a NYC-born professional illustrator who has brought his funky-but-slick, urban-influenced look to the cardmaking and papercrafts world.  His signature style can be seen throughout his various collections of sexy pinup babes, sweet 'n sassy girls, cool rockin' dudes, kid’s stuff, retro characters and more at KennyKDownloads.com.

Kenny K are offering our lucky winner 

3 digis 

of their choice!!

POTW time is a favourite part of my Make It Monday post and I've again picked two entries to showcase. It you didn't get to stop by and check them out before, here's a second chance.
The first one is a wonderful creation by Doreen of Doreens Dream and you can find it here on her blog.
Fabulous layout and gorgeous colours and textures.

 

The second one I would like to feature is this beauty from Pia from Pias Papir og Perler and you can see it here on her blog. I love the colours, the use of the washi tape and the fab diecuts. Gorgeous!!!

I'm off to check on little Isaac and get some washing done as we had a busy social weekend and no time for laundry, lol. We would love to see your creations this week. Remember to be in the runnning for the prize all you have to do is link up an entry and do some blog hopping to some of the other entries' blogs and make a comment mentioning you saw them on MIM. The DT would love to see you popping in as well.

Have a good week.

Thanks for stopping by,

Take Care,

Hugs,

Sandy

Last GD card for Sentimental Sundays Challenge#195 - Create your own background

I've enjoyed my Guest Designer spot at Sentimental Sundays and had lots of fun creating the cards to share.
This week the sponsor is Oak Pond Creations.  This is my second post for today, so scroll down and check out my other post and I would love to hear from you too.
Today we had an engagement party to go to so I didn't go to church as I didn't think going dressed up in my finery would have looked good under my choir top( a bit too much, I think) and we didn't have time to come home in between to get dressed before going to the party. It was a lovely day weather wise and it was held in the courtyard of the school of our friend's fiancee. It all went well - they had a barbeque and then had an icecream van come in for an hour and serve icecream cones, gelatto and coffee. Hubby helped them to pack up at the end of the party and I was getting a bit anxious to get home so I could change and then head to the shop to pick up the low fat milk that our youngest son and I are using on our 8 week food and fitness challenge. Supermarkets open late on Sundays so didn't have time to pop out early morning to get it.
The sponsor this week is Oak Pond Creations and the theme is to make your own background. I chose to make mine using a large background stamp from Stampin' Up.
Here is the card...... I knew what I wanted to do but was a bit stumped for the background and ended up buying myself a stencil with  stars within circles to try out and maybe use a sentiment like - You're a knockout but I had gone along to my friend Shirley's to craft  on Friday and she had this fabulous woodgrain background stamp and it was perfect! I stamped that and hung my gloves on the wall and then finished it off at home with the other elements that I had envisioned.

Recipe:
SU Crumb cake cardstock
Beige textured cardstock from stash
Image is boxing gloves from Oak Pond Creations
Background stamp from SU (thanks for sharing with me Shirley!)
Other images, boxer, tickets are internet finds ( I love this vintage boxer!)
Sentiment is from Technique Tuesday clear stamp set - Incredible by Ali Edwards
Oval Punch
Copic Markers
Memento Black inkpad
SU Baked Brown Sugar inkpad
Brad from my friend Shirley's stash
Pearls from my stash
D/S tape roller
Foam Dots

I am entering the following challenges:
My Sheri Crafts - Challenge #127 ~ Vintage Guy
A little bit Crafty - February challenge ~ Man Up!
Crafty Girls Challenge - Challenge 12 ~ Anything Goes

It's getting late evening here in Adelaide and I'm a bit tired so will finish off. Before I go I would encourage you to pop by the challenge blog and check out the wonderful, inspiring cards from the DT and join in the challenge. We would love to see what you create.
Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Hugs,
Sandy

Challenge #60 Anything Goes with Optional Twist - Use your country's colours

Hi everyone, it's going to be another busy post weekend with two cards today and then Make It Monday tomorrow. Love to "see" you popping in and checking out the next couple of cards, one later tonight and the other in the morning.

Today's card is for 613 Avenue Create as we have a new challenge starting with the twist of using your country's colours within the project.
We are sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs and Limited Runs Digital Stamps. I'm using a Sassy image.
Here is my card,

Recipe:
SU Night of Navy cardstock
SU Real Red Cardstock for mattes
DP from cre8tiv - Move to the Beat paper pad
Image is Boom Box Sassy from Sassy Studio Designs
Sentiment is  from Technique Tuesday clear set - Incredible by Ali Edwards
SU Bashful Blue inkpad for sponging
Copic Markers
D/S tape roller
Bling from stash

Our sponsor details are as follows.......

So now it's over to you - we would love you to stop by the DT blogs and leave a comment and look forward to seeing some fabulous entries this week.

Hugs,

Sandy

MIM #179 With Love - A Valentine with Bugaboo

A new week and that means a New Linky Party begins at Make It Monday. We had over 200 hundred entries last week. All wonderful creations. I hope you managed to check some of them out! I was a bit late with my commenting due to a very painful shoulder. I just haven't been able to sit at the computer for very long at all. Yesterday  was the first time I drove the car since Friday and I still had a bit of trouble using my left arm to take the handbrake off and I can't fully extend it upwards without pain, but it is a lot better than it was Saturday and Sunday.
If you would like to you can scroll down and check out my previous post that I popped on late last night for Sentimental Sundays Guest Designer Spot. I would appreciate if you left a comment so I know you've been!

This week at Make It Monday, we are being sponsored by the ever popular, Bugaboo Stamps
and I chose this sweet  image of Bugaboo Brat - Izzy Flower to make my DT card with.
Congratulations to Tina as our featured artist from last week's entries and also to Pumpy as the winning commenter. I hope you enjoy your fab prize.
Here it is...... The card base was made using a Splitcoaststampers Tutorial and you can find it here

Recipe:
SU Basic Black cardstock for the cardbase
SU Real Red cardstock for the mattes, lettering and hearts.
White cardstock from stash
DP is from 6xc6 mini stack from merci (another one that doesn't put any names on their paper pads)
It doesn't show well in the picture - it is actually a light grey with white hearts!!!
Image is Bugaboo Brat - Izzy Flower from Bugaboo Stamps
The hearts are from a punch (not sure of the maker, I've had it a quite a long time)
Sentiment is made using a Sizzix Alphabet die - Baby face
Copic Markers
Heart washi tape from stash
D/S tape roller
Bling from stash


Time for some fun as I share a couple of the entries from last week.
My POTW entries are:
This one is from Lorraine at Over the Rainebeau and you can find it here on her blog. There are lots of other pics as well. She has a tag and an altered box and other projects as well as some freebie vintage images to share. Make sure you check it out!!!

 

The second one comes from Nicole at Nicole's Craft Nook. A delightful CAS card and you cand find it here

Just waiting for our grandson to come so will finish my post off now by encouraging you all to check out the DT blogs and leave some comments to let us know how we did this week and we would love to see you dropping off an entry or two at the Linky Party too! Don't forget, to be in the running for the sponsor's prize this week, all you have to do is do a bit of blog hopping to some of the other entrants blogs and leave a comment mentioning that you saw them on MIM. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Take Care,

Hugs,

Sandy

Challenge #194 "Pack a Punch" with Sentimental Sundays

I have been so sore the last couple of days, I've been going to a personal trainer for a few weeks and I had a lot of lower abdominal pain from doing scrunches!!! and by Thursday night I had a very painful shoulder and neck to add to the other pain. Not sure why that was hurting, maybe didn't lift the weights correctly? So the last few days I really haven't been able to do much. it's slowly improving. My tummy muscles are feeling a lot better, lol.
My DT commenting has suffered a bit and had to finish up some of them today before one challenge finished. I usually like to stay up to date every couple of days so there is not so much to do at the last minute. Life has a way of interfering.
A new challenge starts today at Sentimental Sundays and I am lucky enough to be one of the Guest Designers for this month. The Theme is "Pack a Punch" use a punch or diecut
The sponsor this week is the wonderful Doodle Pantry and I chose this fun image to play with.
Here is my card.....A fairly simple card using just some DP and a couple of different diecuts.

Recipe:
SU Basic Black cardstock
SU Bashful Blue cardstock
White card from stash
DP is from 6x6 mini stack from Merci ~ they don't have names, but it is a boy themed paper pack.
Image and sentiment are from the set  Toy Truck Ants from Doodle Pantry
Nestie Dies - Circles - Standard ~ large and small,
                   - Labels Twenty-Nine
Copic Markers
Foam Dots
D/S tape roller
Black Bling from stash

I am entering this into the following challenges:
CAS on Sunday - Challenge # 27 ~ Masculine Card
One Stitch At A Time - Challenge #200 ~ Use a digi
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Challenge #2 ~  Add a gem. or glitter or candy or any bling you fancy
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - February ~ must use patterned paper
Brown Sugar - Challenge #81 ~ Use a Die Cut or Punch


The team at Sentimental Sundays would love to see you dropping off an entry (or 3) this week so why not get busy and make something. Not a hard task to do this week and it can be a card for any occasion, just remember to add a sentiment on the front.
Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Hugs,
Sandy