Finally................a card!!!!

Well I have been feeling a little better today with longer gaps between coughing so thought I would have a little play with my new stamp! This card is for the Basic Grey Challenge and Papertake Weekly Challenge. Basic grey was to use this sketch for inspiration: and the PTW challenge was called "seeing spots" and was to use circles or dots or spots or dots on spots or circles in dots......you get the gist! The Basic Grey backing paper is called Phoam from the Phresh & Phunky range and the dotty paper is by Heidi Grace. The image is Sugar Nellie "Talking to the birds". This is my first Sugar Nellie stamp as I have to admit I haven't been too keen on them in the past but I do love the new Leanne Ellis designs and can't wait for more to come! The ribbon is from my stash as are the mini gold gems. The flower was a lovely pastel pink but I inked it brown to coordinate with the backing card.

I hope you like this as it is a little different from my normal cards, maybe all this nose blowing has cleared the brain and paved the way for some new inspiration!?!?!?!?

First Challenge of 2009 Papertake Weekly

I am trying to get back into the challenge mode and out of Christmas mode! I need quite a few cards for Jan & Feb so will have to get to it! My first challenge of the year is Papertake Weekly and it was to complete a card using this scrumdiddlyumptious sketch from the super talented Dawny P !

To ease me back into non Christmas cards I reached for the trusty Doodlebug and eased my way into the cutting, sticking, stamping and colouring! (well that's all it boils down too... but it sounds a little childish when you say it like that! LOL). I also have to express my concern that I feel a bit left behind using water colouring pencils to colour my images, but I can't seem to get on with copics/promarkers!!! So I suppose I'll have to stick with what I'm comfortable with for the moment and then move on when I have passed my pen phobia!

I have used a Forever Friends stamp and added some DB glitter to the flowers. The papers are all doodlebug as well as the dotty flower, the smaller ones are from my prima stash. They are all secured by a super scrumptious sugar coated doodlebug brad. The greeting is from my stash and the little dots around the pale blue panel are done with......you guessed it Doodlebug glitter!

I'm So Excited.......& I Just Can't Hide It......

..............i'm about to loose control and I think I like it!!!!!!!!!!! I have just seen that I was this weeks winner of the FANDABULOUS Moonlight stamps over at Papertake Weekly . Thank you so much I love the stamps and can't wait to play with them! I recon it was Dawny's 1st sketch that brought me luck so here's a Mrs Wonka thank you for Papertake Weekly, Moonlight Stamps and Dawny! Any other blog readers are welcome to a chunk as well.............