27.03.2009

My new favourite stamp!!

Every time I try out a new stamp for the first time it instantly takes the place of my “favourite stamp”. As I buy more and more I love each one with a new passion!! That’s not to say I don’t love my old ones (when I say old, I mean the ones I bought last week and the week before!!) but there’s something about the latest one that just fills me with glee!!! This is my said latest aquisition, “Post box” by Sugar Nellie. It’s the same one as I’m giving away in my blog candy (thank heavens I bought two – otherwise I’d be away photoshopping that photo now!!). She’s lovely isn’t she? I have coloured her with my promarkers – love these so much – and added stickles here and there (round the edge of the image and on the flowers – you can’t see it though!!). This is my take on the sketch over at Sketch Saturday but I am also putting it into the challenge at Charisma cards which is “Favourite things”. It qualifies on two counts – favourite stamp (see above) and favourite thing – GLITTER of course!
We’re having a dinner party tonight for some friends and being the wuss that I am, I am repeating the exact menu I did for the Valentine’s meal I cooked!! It was all prepared in advance and took very little time to actually cook! Plus, which is a bonus, everyone liked it! lol. Must go and make my Lamb and Chorizo with tzatziki dressing starter! (ooh, get me!).
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24.03.2009

Friday Sketchers – more pink!!

This is one the best sketches I think I have ever followed. It is from this weeks challenge over at Friday Sketchers. At first glance it looked a bit tricky to me but when I started, the whole thing just fell into place so well. This is the last of the SU! papers from my prize from a few weeks back. I have loved them so much that I am now hosting a party (21st April – if you’re near the Wirral you’re welcome to come along!) so I can buy some more stuff. I could be converted to SU! The Gorguss girl has been cut out and popped. I am so pleased with this card which I have made for my niece Ellie whose birthday is in June – how organised is that?!

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24.03.2009

Pink is my favourite today!


So I have managed to combine 2 great challenges with this card. The first is for A Passion For Papertrey whose current challenge is monochrome. I still have some of the GORGEOUS papers and ribbon left which was given to me by the equally GORGEOUS Steph so have gone for my favourite colour – PINK! Which leads me nicely on to The Secret Crafter Challenge which is “Favourite Colour”. I did ruminate on this for a wee while as I have colour phases – have been enjoying orange of late – but when it came down to it, PINK is the ONE!

The papers are PTI Raspberry Fizz and I ADORE them. I will cry when I have used up the last of it. The flowers are also PTI stamps which I had left over from a previous card – it’s great when you find a use for something you had previously discarded. The ribbon slide was buried in my stash and I have added little frosted blings to the centre of the flowers. The little floral trim down the sides is actually hiding some rather dubious stitching but I don’t want to talk about that!!

Hope you’re all well on this bleak afternoon. I am loving all the comments in my blog candy post about your favourite crafting items. I have even discovered a few things I never knew about!!

Happy crafting everyone.

Hugs,
Caryn xxx

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