Sketch Saturday- Girlfriends and some BIG news!

Hello my crafty friends! 

Today I have a bit of personal news to share with you! From the end of this month I am going to be taking a little break from crafting but for a very good reason!!! On Monday, I will be 34 weeks pregnant (yes, I kept that quiet didn't I?!!) We are expecting our very own little bundle of joy in November!!! 

However, I have been beavering away with cards and have plenty in the bank for which I will be scheduling lots of posts so that way you won't miss me!! Though I am taking a break from MMCS, I do have Sketch Saturday cards scheduled til the end of the year and some additional cards too which I will be doing scheduled posts for.

Onto the crafting...I've got a fabbie stamp to show you today for Sketch Saturday...

This fabulous stamp is one of the Art Impressions Girlfriends range- perfect for ladies of a certain age! I've made a couple of cards for my Mum to give to her friends and she loves these images. I've coloured them with copics and paper pieced their swimming costumes. These papers are Pebbles Seen and Noted. Finished off with a Paper Smooches sentiment and some nailheads and ribbon.

Your close up!

Jen's sketch!

This week's sponsors are Wings and Willows- thanks guys! 

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Art Impressions, Paper Smooches); Copics; Assorted cardstock; Papers (Pebbles); Ribbon; Nailheads

My Mum's Craft Shop- Glitter or snow

Hey folks! This week we are having a GLITTER OR SNOW week over at My Mum's Craft Shop.

For a quick and easy card, I have used the Wee Stamps topper from the Holly Time collection. I've used lashings of Stickles (hope you can see it!) on the topper and my snowflakes. These papers are Docrafts Christmas In the Country. To decorate I've used the Snowflake Trio and Jumbo Snowflake Dienamics.

Crafty stash used: Topper (Hobby House); Papers (Docrafts); Dienamics; Stickles; Pearls

Sketch Saturday- Meljens Christmas Donkey

Hooray! It's the weekend! How are you all doing? Today I have a Meljen Designs card to show you for Sketch Saturday...

I think this image is called Christmas Donkey- how cute is he? I got him cos he reminded me of Eeyore! So I coloured him with copics. These papers are Basic Grey Aspen Frost. The 2 snowflakes are from the Snowflake Trio Dienamics. Finished off with gems and sentiment.

Close up! 

Here is Jen's fab sketch

This week we are sponsored by Bunny Zoe Crafts!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Meljen Designs); Copics; Papers (Basic Grey); Assorted cardstock; Dienamics; Gems; Sentiment (Craftwork Cards)

Thanks for stopping by x

My Mum's Craft Shop- Sandy and her sombrero

I've got another Uptown Girl to show you for My Mum's Craft Shop- don't forget these are selling out fast already so if you want to get your mitts on Sandy, you'd better get to the store pronto!

I coloured Sandy and Her Sombrero with copics. The papers I've used are American Crafts Shoreline which I've noticed have now sold out (sorry folks!) The waves have been made using the Catch A Wave Dienamic and the sentiment that accompanies Sandy has been cut out using the Say What? speech bubble Dienamic. I used my Papertrey Ink In The Meadow Snowdrifts die but you could easily substitute it with the Snowdrifts Dienamic.

Here's your close up. How trendy n cool does she look?!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; Papers (American Crafts); Assorted cardstock; Dies (Dienamics; PTI); Pearls

Sketch Saturday- Cali Girl!

Hellooooo! It's Sketch Saturday time! Today I have one of my fav Saturated Canary images to share with you...

It's Cali Girl coloured with copics. I love this image soooo much! The papers are American Crafts. The sentiment is an old MFT one. The flipflops are made using a PTI die.

I'd like to enter this into:

A creative romance- dies/punches

Chocolate Coffee and cards- anything goes

Cute Card Thursday- hip to be square

Crafting By Design- anything goes

Sisterhood of crafters- use a digi

Close up! How much would I love to look like that on the beach?!

Here is Jen's fab sketch for this week.

This week we are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Sat Canary, MFT); Copics; Nesties; Papers (Am Crafts); Die (PTI); Chipboard; Gems

My Mum's Craft Shop- something round

This week over at My Mum's Craft Shop we are having a "something round" week...

I've made a round card blank using my grand nesties. These papers are MME Notable. The wee camera and sentiment are from Paper Smooches Perpetual Bliss. I coloured the camera with copics and added a diecut heart and gem. The sentiment is diecut using my fav Fishtail Flags Stax Dienamics.

Finally added some twine, SU button and brads.

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Paper Smooches); Copics; Papers (MME); Assorted cardstock; Dies (PTI, Dienamics); Twine, Button (SU); Brads, Gem

Sketch Saturday- Anja Styles

Hey peeps! How's it going? Today for my Sketch Saturday DT I decided to use my very first Greeting Farm stamp- Anja Styles!...

I love the size of these stamps- huuuuuge! So great for doing some decent colouring! Anja is coloured with copics and I paper pieced her skirt and the bow on her bag. These papers are MME Cambridge Court. I added a cute bow using the Beautiful Bows Dienamic and the lettering is the High Rise Alphabet Dienamic.

I'd like to enter this into:

Rogue Redhead Designs- Fashionista

Totally Gorjuss- anything goes

Alphabet Challenge- one word sentiment

Close up!

Here is Debra's fab sketch for you to use.

This week we are sponsored by the wonderful Whimsy and Stars Studio!

Crafty stash used: Stamp (The Greeting Farm); Copics; Papers (MME); Assorted cardstock; Dienamics

My Mum's Craft Shop- Uptownie Opal The Optimist

Woo hoo! Kitty has got new Uptownies in stock plus a restock of some of the older designs!!!!!!! Woooooo! Get yourself over there before they sell out!

In celebration of this, I've made a card using Opal the Optimist...

I've coloured Opal using copics. These summery papers are Echo Park Beautiful Life. Opal is mounted on the Dienamics Heart Doily and then the accompanying sentiment is stamped on a Fishtail Flags Stax. Finally finished with some PTI ribbon and twine.

I'd like to enter this into:

4 Krafty Girls- anything goes

Crafty Ribbons- anything goes with a ribbon

Papertake Weekly- anything goes

Blogabella- use circle

Here's your close up! Such a pretty dress!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; Papers (Echo Park); Assorted cardstock; Dienamics; Ribbon & twine (PTI); Button; Hot fix crystals

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge- Boys Only

Hello all! Hope you're having a fantastic weekend. Can't believe it's 1st September!!!!!! Golly- the summer's gone quick! This month over at My Mum's Craft Shop blog we are hosting a BOYS ONLY challenge. 

As usual the fabbie DT have come up with some amazing inspiration for you so dust off those masculine stamps...

I've used this fabulously massive stamp from Woodware called Huge Golf. Kitty's got a variety of these massive text stamps covering all occasions and they are fab for a relatively quick and easy card with big impact. I stamped the main text straight onto my card blank, did some copic colouring and then paper pieced using MME Oxford Lane. The main stamp comes along with 5 mini text stamps so I stamped one of those close to the main text. Finally finished with a Fresh Cut Grass Dienamic.

Must apologise for horrendously rubbish photo. Just couldn't get the light right!

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