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Support Our Soldiers.

2010-10-15T08:18:00.001+01:00

This will remain as top post for a while. To see recent posts, please scroll down. I am collecting cards for the UK Soldiers in Afghanistan. If you have any cards lying around that you may not use or that may be suitable, and would like to donate them, please email me at michelle.bayliss@gmail.com and I will send you my address Many thanks Shell

Copic Colour challenge + Cupcake Challenge

2009-10-28T12:00:00.001Z

First an apology for not blogging too much. I have been so bogged down with doing the cards for troops that it overtook me. unfortunately now though, I am sick of the sight of Christmas cards….lol.

So we are round to Wednesday again and the last week of October!!!!!! Wednesday can only mean one thing. Time to grab your copics and have a go with the Copic colour challenge. The colours this week are:

And here is my card, I used the sketch from the Cupcake challenge also for this one.

Recipe: Images: In Style Stamps Chrismas Tree Chick

Papers: Papermania Home For christmas Tools: Woodware Snow flake punch

Ribbon from stash

Pink Gem

2009-10-21T12:22:00.001+01:00

Good morning all. Not sure where the week has gone to again!!!!! Half term already next week ARRGGHHH.

Todays card is for a newly found blog, PINK GEM. Don’t know how I only just found it as I love Pink Gem stamps. There is a fabulous prize up for grabs so hop over and have a look.

This is the card closed Card Open

and of course this card will be joining the pile and making the total up to 79 to send to the troops in Afghanistan.

Forever Friends

2009-10-19T17:50:00.001+01:00

Over on the Forever Friends blog today, the challenge is simply ‘CHRISTMAS’. Great for me as it means another card to go in the pile for the troops out at Afghanistan.

Closed card

open card

Mojo Monday

2009-10-18T09:52:00.001+01:00

Blimey, Sunday already. I nearly missed the cut off for the Mojo Monday challenge. It has been sat on the desk done since wednesday but I have been so busy doing cards to send the troops in Afghanistan it nearly got missed out.

Here is my take on the sketch, and of course this is being added to the pile that is off to the troops.

Copic Colour Challenge

2009-10-14T12:00:00.002+01:00

Good morning all. Well, Wednesday is upon us again. Half way through another week.

Copic colour challenge colours this week are:

And if you manage to join in this week you have the change of winning 'Henry Ice Skating' which is the prize on offer this week, kindly supplied by Whiff Of Joy.

Here is what i came up with

Image is one I received in a swap

Papers are Papermania

Flowers Prima

Gems Paper Cellar

Sentiment HOTP Rub-ons

All colours used: E33, E35, E37, E50, E51, E53, B02, BG05, G07, YG17, R27, R46

I don’t have G02 so substituted with G07.

Mojo Monday

2009-10-05T11:39:00.005+01:00

ARGH!!! I thought I had posted this and now the new Mojo Monday challenge is due up today. So, this is a quick post for Mojo Monday week 106

Image: Great impressions

Sentiment: Cuddly bubbly

Cuttlebug folder: Snowflakes

Ribbon from stash

Friday Sketchers

2009-10-03T10:57:00.003+01:00

Good morning all. Very windy and chilly here this morning, great for the washing, not so good for me…bbrrr.

Today’s completed challenge is from the Friday sketchers. Their sketch is supplied from Tanja this week, and it is fantastic. I love it.

Images: Sugar Nellie. 2 different images masked and put together and coloured in copic.

Papers and die-cuts: My Minds Eye

Close up of the coloured image

This is to try and show you how I have layered the pieces and not just stuck them all on flat. Also to try and show that I added glitter to the snowflakes on the accent paper.

Thanks for looking

Whiff Of Joy

2009-10-01T11:00:00.001+01:00

Good morning all, chilly and overcast here today. HAPPY OCTOBER ALL. At least i can think, well it’s October, it’s bound to be getting chilly. It has occurred to me also how the nights are drawing in already.

Onto something brighter though….this weeks Whiff of Joy challenge.

Image and sentiment: WHIFF OF JOY (FALL KIT) and coloured in COPIC

Papers: HOT OFF THE PRESS

Flowers and leaves: PRIMA

Ribbon from stash

Close up of Bling, not bad from a non bling girl but I seem to be converted

Close up of coloured image (and some bling)

Copic Colour challenge

2009-09-30T12:00:00.000+01:00

Hello Bloggers. Welcome to the last day of September!!!!! Only 86 days til Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AARGGHHH. To take your mind of all thise Christmas presents you have to get, why not pop over to the Copic Colour challenge and have a go at this weeks colours and have a look at the amazing DT work over there.

Here are the colours and what I came up with.

Image WHIFF OF JOY

Papers PAPERMANIA

Gems from Stash

Christmas and Birthdays

2009-09-29T14:22:00.001+01:00

Todays completed challenge is for the Just Birthday and Christmas cards blog. They have provided a sketch for you to follow and I loved this one.

Here is my card:

Image…..unknown, received in an image swap. Coloured in copics.

Papers Dovecraft

Cuttlebug and snowflakes folder used.

Fluffy stuff used on sheep.

Close up of image…………

Candy alert

2009-09-29T14:10:00.000+01:00

Over On Bev's blog, she has the most fantastic candy to give away

Christmas Stamping

2009-09-28T13:10:00.001+01:00

WOOHOO card #2 of the day and I really enjoyed this one. The sketch over on Christmas stamping is always fantastic and this week the added extra is to create a Christmas scene using at least two different stamp sets or stamps.

Here is my card for the challenge.

Santa Image: High Hopes coloured in copic.

Tress: Stampin’ up

Sentiment: free with magazine

Papers: My Minds Eye

Close up of Image

Close up of sentiment and side gems

Cupcake Challenge

2009-09-28T10:01:00.001+01:00

Good morning all, well October is very nearly upon us. Where has the year gone? My first challenge of the week is for Cupcake challenge. The instructions this week is CUTE AS A BUG and here is my entry for it.

Images and sentiment from Great impressions

Bazzill cardstock.

Ribbon from stash

Close up of image to show how I have 3d’d the wings.

Thanks for looking.

Forever Friends

2009-09-24T14:36:00.001+01:00

Hello bloggers. What a lovely day it here today. The sun is out and it is quite warm. Today I have completed my Forever Friends challenge cards. This week they want you to use Fancy Folds in your creation.

Image Forever Friends

Coloured in Copic

Sentiment Hot Off The press

Papers Papermania

Gems Paper cellar

Side View

Top View

Close up of Image

Copic Colour challenge

2009-09-23T16:11:00.001+01:00

OK well that never worked. i did have this post scheduled but for some reason it never posted so here it is.

Over at the Copic colour challenge this week the colours set are:

I quite enjoyed this combination and I didn’t think I would when I first saw it, but I think it works well

Image and sentiment from Whiff of joy fall kit

papers are papermania

Flat backed pearls are papermania

Ribbon from stash

Flowers Primas

More Cute Daisy Mae Texture

2009-09-22T18:25:00.001+01:00

Good evening all. Just a quick one from me this evening. I had another go at the Cute Daisy Mae texture challenge.

Cute Daisy May

2009-09-21T13:36:00.001+01:00

Good Monday morning all. First challenge of the day from me comes from Cute Daisy May. This weeks they haven gone all touchy-feely! For my touchy feely I embossed the sentiment using my bubbles cuttlebug folder and I also added adhesive gems . I tried to get them to look like they were leaving a trail behind the broom but I think I failed on that score.

Image Sweet Daisy May

Sentiment inkadinkadoo

Coloured in Copic

Papers papermania

Ribbon from stash

Close up of coloured image. I also tried to chalk effect a moon in the corner but not sure that worked either…..

Colours used

E50, E53, E35, E37, G14, YG06, YR07, W1, W7, 100

Sunday Sketch and Stamp

2009-09-20T13:15:00.002+01:00

I think this my first visit to the Sunday Sketch and stamp blog but it will not be my last. They have a fantastic sketch over there at the moment and I had to have a play.

I was cleaning out my stash draw and i came across an envelope full of images. I must have got them in one of the many swaps I join in with but am not sure which one. So if you know who these images are by please tell me as I have no idea, and thank you to whoever sent them to me.

Image and sentiment unknown

Coloured in copic

Papers Basic Grey

Gems papermania

Dragonfly embellishment out of stash

Jar with top closed

Jar with top open

Crafty Cardmakers

2009-09-20T09:52:00.001+01:00

Good morning all. I have been a bit slack this week. My mojo is there but not as strong as i would like it :o(

Today I managed to get a card done for the crafty cardmakers challenge. It was close as well as it ends 21st September!!!!!

They have a lovely sketch for you to follow.

Here is my card for the challenge.

Image and sentiment Whiff of Joy fall kit.

Coloured in Copic

Papers are Basic Grey and Hot off the Press

Pearls are Papermania

Flowers are prima

Here is a close up of the coloured image.

Copic Colour Challenge

2009-09-16T12:00:00.002+01:00

Well Wednesday AGAIN. Where are the days going to.

The colours this week are

As soon as I got these colours out I thought of Autumn, which meant using my WOJ fall kit :)

Image and sentiment is from the Whiff Of Joy Fall kit

Coloured in copic numbers:

E35,E37,E50,551,E53,

G85,G94,Y38,YR16,

YR68

Brown DP is Papermania, originally had yellow

flowers on put coloured over with YR68

Orange DP is DCWV

Flowers and Leaves Prima.

and the inside All colours used

Forever Friends

2009-09-15T21:43:00.001+01:00

Over on Forever Friends this week the instruction is to use Black, White and any other colour. I have friends that have just had a little girl so i decided that i would use this challenge to create their card, so of course, with it being a girl, I used PINK

Image Forever Friend

coloured in Copic

DP My Minds Eye

Jewel Template Bazzill Basics

Gems Papermania

Dutch Dare

2009-09-15T17:07:00.001+01:00

Well, what can i say??? What a fantastic sketch over at Dutch Dare. They even give you measurements for the layers of DP!!!!!! How amazing is that??? I love it when things are simplified.

All papers and die cut image is My Minds Eye.

Gem template and Gems bazzill basics

The first time i have used the gem template and I absolutely love it. I only have one set of templates, at the moment…… I can see me having them all

Techno Stamper

2009-09-14T17:46:00.001+01:00

WOOHOO managed to get another card done. The sketch over at Techno Stamper is absolutely gorgeous, and the inspirational example even better. I loved the example so much that I pinched their ribbon idea off it. Fantastic!!!

Image is Stampin’ Up

Sentiment Whiff of joy

Design Papers Hot off the Press

Christmas Stamping All Year long

2009-09-14T11:22:00.001+01:00

Good morning all. We had a lovely sunny end of the week, and a lovely weekend now today it seems Autumn is back. It has dropped quite cold and it very overcast.

Today I have managed to get a card done for the Christmas Stamping all year long challenge

I realised when doing this card that I really need to get some more Christmas papers………ESPECIALLY RED !!!! I feel a shopping trip coming on. Why is it no matter how many papers you have you never have quite the correct paper at the time??

Image Great impressions

Sentiment background stamp great impressions

Coloured in Copic.

Mirror card.

Designer paperDovecraft

Snowflake cuttlebug folder

Circle nestabilities