Friday Sketches Challenge 53

I love this sketch (by Heidi) as it could be as minimal or as elaborate as you like. The DT have made some lovely cards as always. I decided ‘minimal’ used the following card Papers and tools, stamped a very cute image and this is what I came up with

Light Blue folded Card 5”x5”
Royal Blue Card piece 4 ½” x 4 ½”
Blue Flowered Paper from Papermania Venetian Skies 4”x4”
Nestabilities
Spellbinders Labels Three Largest die (royal Blue card)
Spellbinders small Ovals Largest die (cream card)
Spellbinders circles smallest die (Light Blue card)
Sizzix Circles #2 smallest cut (royal blue card)
Tiny With Love Peeloff (coloured blue with permanent ink marker)
2 Blue plastic Star buttons from early learning centre

Stamped image (using Adirondack Black ink) is Henry Celebrating Mouse (Party Animals) from Whiff Of Joy purchased from The Craft Barn coloured using copics ( C3, Y08, RV10, RV21 B32) and crystal stickles for icing on Cake, layered oval onto card using 3d foam pads.

I had fun with this card and have decorated inside as well using the PM venetian skies papers
We’ve had glorious weather here starting off the Bank Holiday weekend whatever your plans hope you have a good one!

Thank you for looking

Sorry Its been so long....

...Since I have added anything to my blog, life seemed to have run away with me and crafting got put on hold, and then I had lots of swaps i needed to get finished so I am afraid the blog got left however I have been checking on all the blogs I follow and looking at all your wonderful creations, and hopefully now I am on top of all my swaps, things will get back to some kind of normal!!

Here is a card I did make for last weeks Friday Sketchers (sketch 51 by Carole) I didn't get chance to enter it into the challenge but thought I would share it with all of you anyway

The papers are Basic grey and the stamped image is one of my favorites from Sugar Nellie 'Daisy' and I have coloured her with copics.

Thanks for stopping by hopefully I will back with something else to share with you in a few days.

Take care all hugs Lou xx

Some more blog candy over at Crafty Garden

I have no idea how i missed this blog but now that i have found it (through candy giveaway) I will be a regular visitor I just love Jackie's style and her doggies are sooooo cute go check out Crafty Garden

Linda's Crafty Creations - Blog Candy

Linda was one of the first people to leave comments on my cards so of course I had to have a peek at her blog well then I became addicted, and am now a regular stalker. Linda uses Prisma w/c pencils and her cards are just perfect....you should check out this blog not only is there some fab candy to win by the time you have finished looking through the wonderful cards you will be drooling and bursting with inspiration! (just check out those cute crochet flowers, Linda makes those herself!!!)
Hope you all had a good Weekend xLoux

A 'Mans' card for the Sugar Bowl

Well when I saw this stamp over at Sugar Nellie ( Funky Kits) I knew I had to have it, with a hubby, son and father mad about fishing, this is just perfect for them and then this week the challenge at The Sugar Bowl is to make a card for 'The most difficult of the species' 'MEN' any age and any occasion so here's what I did (sorry the picture is rubbish if anyone has any ideas on what i can do to improve them please please let me know) used a mixture of Basic Grey Papers (boxer) water coloured the stamped image and used a 'die cut' Dad - Hope you are all having a fab weekend Thanks for stopping by xxx
(arghhh messed up on leaving correct link over on Sugar Bowl sorry!!)

WOW Check out this Blogoversary Candy!!!

Two wonderful blog candys to tell you about the top one is Bev's from http://bevscrafts.blogspot.com/ and the one below is from Debbie from http://passionforcrafts.blogspot.com/

Another wonderful blog i have found through the candy Jar! Bev is celebrating her blogoversary with over 200,000 hits and over 600 followers the stats say it all it is a fab blog with tons of inspiration - lets just say I am drooling AGAIN!!! Look at all this wonderful candy wouldn't that just make your day, week and month to win that lot (must be the chocies that has done it for me lol)

Another fabulous blogoversary candy giveaway over at Passion For Crafts Debbie is offering this wonderful candy to celebrate her 1 year of blogging- this is a blog I usually look in on every so often as Debbie makes wonderful cards congratulations to her for having so many hits in one year and best wishes for the future - I cannot believe all the wonderful goodies here so here's me with my fingers toes and eyes crossed lol

No cards or anything crafty this week I did do a few decoupage cards using the 'Flippin Men' sheets but forgot to take pictures!!! duh what can I say the holidays have numbed my poor little brain cell!!! Oh well kids back to school tomorrow so hopefully will get chance to participate in a few challenges, a few more sugar nellie stamps have arrived so looking forward to having a play with them!

Hope you have all had a great week and weekend, and just because i am not posting anything on here I am still lurking and reading all of your blogs and looking at all your fab creations and of course .... drooling