65 years young

 Howza bout that then!!! I'm still awake despite being up since goodness knows when. Well the snow eventually stopped falling at about lunchtime and it means we have about 4" now:((( The sky still looks full so I hope there isn't any more to come.

Anyhow, its given me some crafting time to make a card requested by a friend. I thought I'd go for the ever effective easel card as its for a special birthday.

The image is by Simple Expressions and I've stamped it in versafine vintage sepia. Told you I was a bit addicted to that ink pad at the moment, lol.

The DP are MME 'Wild Asparagus' as is the peachy ribbon. This ribbon, the curly gardenia (just lurve them) and the carnation buds are all from Crafty Emma's Store. The pearls are from The Hobby House.

I've created the leaves with my Martha Stewart pine punch. Everything else is from my stash.

I hope you like it and I'm entering it into the following challenges, x

Friday Sketchers #142 - sketch
http://fridaysketchersblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/sketch-142-sponsored-by-pink-cat-studio.html
Bearly Mine #4 - Ribbons and Pearls
http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/2011/02/challenge-4-ribbon-and-pearls.html
CES #24 - Spots and Stripes
http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/02/challenge-24-spots-stripes.html

Have a Heart

Ah! I think Tilda is desperate to give her heart to someone. Maybe by December she'll be in luck. Initially I made this card for the current Winter Wonderland challenge (another one to add to my Christmas box) which is 'To The One I Love', but I've incorporated the Friday Sketchers Challenge for this week.

I've coloured Tilda with copics as follows :-

skin - E21, 93 and Promarker Satin
hair - E50, 51, 53, 31
clothes - G21, 28, R32, 35, 37
shadows - W1, 3, 5

The DP are by Papermania 'Henbury Lane'. They are so yummy and I'm going to have to buy some more soon, lol.

The sentiment is by Simple Expressions.

I'm also entering this card in the current Daring Cardmakers challenge which is being sponsored by the ribbon reel Their challenge is to use 2 ribbons/trims, at least one button and at least 1 heart.

Also the current Cupcake Craft Challenge #129 and Oldie But A Goodie challenge #12 both want hearts added.

So, I hope you like it and here are all the challenge links below, x
http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/02/to-one-i-love.html
http://fridaysketchersblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/sketch-141-sponsored-by-7-kids-college_11.html
http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/2011/02/reeling-in-ribbon.html
http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/02/cupcake-129i-you.html
http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.com/2011/02/challenge-12.html

A heart can be for Christmas, not just for Valentines Day

Okay, so I know its a Christmas card and its only February but I'm trying to keep up with my Christmas challenges and be ahead of the game by the time December arrives....

I've just bought (in a sale) a set of Papermania clear stamps in the Henbury Lane range and realised I had the matching DP at home. How clever was that then!!!

The sentiment by Simple Expressions reads 'Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful'. Isn't that a lovely verse.

I've used my new L-Em punch to punch out the leaves.

The heart I've coloured with my copics. Phew, what a job that was trying to get the colour just how I wanted it. After a lot of colouring and blending and huffing and puffing I finally achieved my colour by using E27, R37, RV29 and a lot of blender pen. The leaves are coloured with YG63, 67.

I hope you like it and I'm entering it into the following challenges, x

Winter Wonderland - My Sentiments Exactly
http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/01/very-special-my-sentiments-exactly-with.html
Cute Card Thursday #149 - Sketch
http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/2011/01/challenge-149-sketch-by-lynn.html
CES #21 - Bold and Bright
http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/01/challenge-21-bold-bright.html
Pile It On #5 - Punch It
http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/01/pile-it-on-pio-5-punch-it.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PileItOn+%28Pile+It+On%29