A Little Yummy

Things have been a bit hectic so I've not been able to post or visit much lately. Still got loads to do so I'll wish you all a very Happy Christmas now in case this is my last post before the day. Here's a little of what I've been up to. We had a fundraising cook and bake sale at church this evening. I made some chocolate truffles and these are the boxes I made to put them in. Each box holds 9 truffles. All papers are from various digi kits. The "a little yummy/something" stamps are by Stampin Up and perfect for this kind of thing.

Monochrome Card

I had another go with last week Friday's sketch, this time using Coredinations Whitewash cardstock. Although I don't like this card as much as I like the first one I do like the subtle difference you get by embossing or debossing. Snowman and sentiment by TAC, Spellbinders' snowflakes, Kaiser pearls. I'm entering this in the Spoon Full of Sugar challenge to make a monochrome card. TFL and have a good weekend.

Friday Sketchers

Finally had a chance to join in Friday Sketchers - it's been a while. This week's sketch is very simple which is great when you need to make quite a few cards. When I buy digi scrapbooking kits I usually just use the papers but on this card the frame and the sentiment are both elements from the kit. The main image is an old favourite by TAC, I seem to use these stamps every year. Water colour pencils to colour.

On my second card I started out to do the Papertake sketch but my image is the wrong shape and it's ended up nothing like the sketch. CC Designs digi image is mostly coloured with copics and the papers are from another set from the Sweet Shoppe. I think the designer's name on both kits is Kristin Cronin Barrow but don't hold me to that.

Milly Again

Not too much to say today. I really like this Milly Mouse image and thought I'd have another go with her, using my fav papers from the Sweet Shoppe. The second card uses MME papers and a Woodware stamp which I've paper pieced. I've also used the Papertake sketch from a couple of weeks ago. Have a good weekend all.

Rejoice

I had only made about 20 or so Christmas cards but I took them to church last weekend and rather unexpectedly they all sold so I'll have to get busy if I'm not going to be giving shop ones this year. Here's my first one. The sentiment and background stamp are by Paper Inspirations and the little mouse singing her heart out is from the Digi Boutique. I recently discovered that I can use my water colour pencils on digi images by blending them with Sansador and a paper stump - no runny, blurry printer lines at all. Would I have started my collection of Copics if I had known this before I wonder? Anyway I've used both on this card, the red bits are copics and the rest is water colour pencils. Ribbon and pearls are from Hobbycraft.

A Few Christmas Cards

Had a day off yesterday and managed to add a few cards to my Christmas stack. I had hoped to make more than four but I just seem to spend forever moving bits of paper round on a card. I'm very happy with the first one, not so sure about the second. They're both made with a digi kit called Victorian Christmas by Aimee Asher. On the second card the mix of patterned papers is a bit busy to me but I guess the overall effect is quite Victorian.

The next two cards are quite simple and straightforward. The cute images are coloured with brush markers and are from The Angel Company, sentiments on all the cards are by Paper Inspirations. Papers by Zoe Pearn. Hope you like and thanks for looking.

Sweet Sixteen

One of my nieces will be sixteen this month and this is the card I've made her. I'm actually a bit behind cos this has got to go to Australia and it won't get there in time. Bad Aunty :( I've had my first go at an easel card and am pleased with the results. They're just coming into summer down under hence the bright and cheerful colour scheme. Hope she likes it.

Just noticed that this week's Cute Card challenge is to make a card for a teen so I'm entering.

Workshop Cards

Yesterday evening I went to a workshop at S&D Cards & Crafts. The first time I'd been to one there so I didn't really know what to expect but I had a good time and made these two cards. The first one is my favourite it's interesting the different looks you can get with one image. They're both very sparkly. The stamp is by Woodware.

An Award

I've received this award from my name sake and fellow Londoner Julie. Thanks so much and sorry for taking such a long time to acknowledge it.

For this award, you have to answer each question with one word only- here are my answers:

1. Where is your cell phone? Handbag

2. Your hair? Twists

3. Your mother? Jamaica

4.Your father? Jamaica

5. Your favourite food? Rice

6. Your dream last night? Forgotten

7. Your favourite drink? Water

8. Your dream/goal? Dedicated craft space

9. What room are you in? Office

10. Your hobby? Crafting

11. Your fear? Hmm?

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Here

13. Where were you last night? Workshop

14. Something that you aren't? Extrovert

15. Muffins? Occasionally

16. Wish list item? eBook Reader

17. Where did you grow up? Chiswick

18. Last thing you did? Prayed

19. What are you wearing? Fleece

20. Your TV? off

21. Your Pets? None

22. Friends? Good

23. Your life? Happy

24. Your mood? Cheerful

25. Missing Someone? Kinda

26. Vehicle? Vectra

27. Something your not wearing? Jeans

28. Your favourite store? Borders

29. Your favourite color? None

30. When was the last time you laughed? Today

31. Last time you cried? Forgotten

32. Your best friend? Dizzy

33. One place that I go to over and over? Church

34. Facebook? Barely

35. Favourite place to eat? Home.

I'm passing this on to Jackie, Christine, Amanda, Suzie Q, and Kerry.

Colour Create - Blue Silver and White

Here's my entry for the Colour Create challenge. It's a pretty simple card, can't remember when I last made one with so much plain white space! The main idea is copied from a box of cards I saw in Tesco. Theirs said Noel and was very elegant with the letters in black and white patterned papers. I've used silver mirri and Coredinations whitewash cardstock. The letters were cut on my brand spanking new Cricut :) then embossed with the swiss dots folder. The snowflake is a combination of Sizzix and Wizard dies. A little card candy to finish it off.