WALTZING ..... WITH MY KNEES - AS IF!!!! MIDWAY DT CARD FOR LADY ANNE'S STAMP CHALLENGE NO 10

Hello there my blog friendlies and how are you on this bright and breezy morning (I haven't a clue what it is like really 'cos I 'scheduled' this post and therefore I am still in me pit with me eyes closed!!!)   However, this is a card for Lady Anne's Stamp Challenge No 10.  We were asked to make two DT cards this month because there are two sponsors and this one is for a mid-challenge reminder, as such.

 

I love this image by Rick St Dennis and was so chuffed to be able to colour it in for this DT card.  Think I might have gone a tad over-bling n feathery but I felt it was needed to go with the main colours of purple, pink and black! 

 

I did the mask in both black and mirri then put the mirri behind the black, slightly off centre, so that you can see the shine underneath.  I added several purple gems to the mask and the Venetian dies for bling.  My feathers were my last little addition.

 

 Ingredients

8" x 8" square card

Digi Image - Waltz by Rick St Dennis

First Edition Papers - Dreamcatcher

Purple card and Mirri from my stash

Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities Circle die

Spellbinders Curved Rectangles

Spellbinders Venetian Motifs and Accents Dies

Memory Box Kaleidoscope Butterfly

Copics

WOC flowers

Feathers, gems and Stardust Stickles

 

I hope you like my card and if you can leave a comment I will be well chuffed.

 

I visited a few blogs yesterday and there are so many beautiful creations - I think this weather must be helping you all with your mojos!

 

Huge big hugs to you all out there and I do hope you are enjoying the sunshine, but if not, I trust you are managing to keep cool!

 

SUE

 

I would like to enter my card into the following 10 challenges -

 

Anything Goes Challenge No 97 - http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/anything-goes-97.html

Created with Love Challenge No 50 - http://createdwithlovechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/cwlc-50-anything-goes.html

Digi Sketch Challenge - http://digisketchchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/new-challenge-layer-it-up.html

Ladybug Crafts Challenge - http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/birthday-greetings-from-lci.html

Love to Create Challenge No 74 - http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-74-fairy-tale-or-fantasy.html

MarkerPOP Challenge No 26 - http://blog.markerpop.com/2013/07/08/markerpop-challenge-26/

My Craft Creations 8/7 - 20/7 - http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.co.uk/p/anything-goes-challenge.html

Pink Elephant Challenge No 208 - http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/the-pink-elephant-challenge-tpe208.html

Sweet Stamp Challenge No 126 - http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-126-anything-goes.html

Wild Orchid Crafts Challenge No 81 - http://wildorchidchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/week-81blues-andor-purples.html



PLANET SUSIE'S STARSHIP - DT CARD FOR "ONE STITCH AT A TIME"

Hi there fellow bloggers - welcome to my little planet!!  Thank you so much for stopping by and checking me out - so to speak!!!   

I have a couple of cards ready to show this week because they are DT cards.  This card is my first as a DT member for One Stitch at a Time and, if you think about it, it certainly typifies me as Planet Susie!!! Please check out the Challenge site and also the cards made by my teamies - they are bloomin' creative.

This challenge (No 172) has a theme "Use a Digi" and if you use an image from StitchyBear Digi Outlet via the blog  (http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-172.html) - the prize is $20 worth of digi images.  You can still win $3 worth of images if you use a digi from another company.  Don't forget these are weekly challenges.

The starship is the main image and there were some lovely background papers to choose from but I loved the look of planet earth!

You know how much I love my floral bits and I sooo wanted to have some space flowers on here so I used some stars and some snowflake dies plus some great foliage dies to make up these wacky flowers.    I do have a friend who loves anything Startrek so this would suit her down to the ground!!!  I would add a birthday sentiment to this one if I decide to send it to her though - lol!
 

I cut out the starship and then mounted it onto my background using a little spring that I made from some jewellery wire.  It really does bounce around on the front of my card! Yay.

I used purples, blues, greys and silver on this card - mainly because I wanted to have some nice little relatives posing on the front - bless - and they needed to blend into my background - ooops now I'm chuckling at myself 'cos I've gorn orf on one.

 

 Ingredients

8" x 8" square card
Digi Image/Background Papers - Coosty Creations at StitchyBear Digi Outlet
Other digi images from Bing colouring pages
Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities Circle die
Spellbinders Shapeabilities Gold Corner Set One
Sentiment from Ginger's House Blog

I hope you like my unusual card, I must admit I enjoyed making this one 'cos it tweaked me brain!  Give a little wave to my relations on the front won't you!

Thank you for any comments you may leave, can I ask again that you visit the One Stitch at a Time Challenge to have a look - and please enter the challenge!!!  Also I would love you to check out my teamies' blogs with their DT cards.  They are so lovely.

Loads of big hugs to you 'cos I have been waffling just a tad - please keep well and if you are feeling under the weather, I hope you get better soon.

SUE

I would like to enter my card into the following 9 challenges

613 Avenue Create Challenge No 28 - http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/anything-goes-challenge-28.html
Addicted to Stamps Challenge No 60 - http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-60.html
Challenges 4 Everybody No 24 - http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-24-anything-goes.html
Card Crafter's Circle Challenge No 83 - http://cardcrafterscircle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-83-lilac-lavender-purple.html
Creative Corner Challenges No 27 - http://creativecornerchallenges.blogspot.de/2013/07/27-anything-goes.html
Creative Fingers Challenge - http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/creative-fingers-welcomes.html
Sister Act Card Challenge No 15 - http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-15.html
Southern Girls Challenge No 73 - http://www.southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-73-no-spoolin.html
Through the Purple Haze Challenge No 1a - http://www.throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/1a-anything-goes-for-those-who-dont.html

CCC - CLARE'S CHALLENGE "PASTEL COLOURS PLUS A CIRCLE"

Hello blog friends and followers - welcome to my new follower Mandy, thank you for joining my blog and I hope you enjoy my warblings and my cards.

I have my second card for the CCC today, this challenge is to make a Christmas card using pastel colours and to incorporate a circle in the design.  I made my first ever pastel coloured Christmas card last year - yay - and must admit I am a convert. 

The image I used is in the shape of a Christmas wreath so this set me off on my circle design.

Ingredients

 

8" x 8"  blank card

First Edition - Christmas Joy card

 Image from Bing Colouring Pages

Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities Small Scallop

Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities Fancy Circle

Central Border, Charm, Ribbon from stash

Marianne Creatables Icicle Border Die

Martha Stewart Snowflake Border punch

Copics and Promarkers

 

I hope you like this one, must admit it is weird making Christmas cards in this heat eh??? 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today, if you can, please leave me a comment or three.  I love reading the banter on here, I would say that cardmaking keeps me sane, but we all know that isn't true don't we girls!!!

 

Big hugs to all my bloggy friends out there.

 

Hope you have enjoyed the weekend.

 

SUE

 

I would like to enter my card into the following 5 challenges -

 

Challenges 4 Everybody No 24 - http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-24-anything-goes.html

Crafting When We Can Challenge No 48 - http://craftingwhenwecanchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-48-christmas-in-july.html

Great Impressions July Challenge - http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/july-challenge-and-june-winners.html

Lacy Sunshine Challenge No 12 - http://lacysunshinechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-12-anything-goes-must-include.html

Paper Crafting Journey - Christmas in July Challenge - http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/christmas-in-july-challenge.html

LADY ANNE'S STAMP CHALLENGE NO 10 : BLUE (BUT NOT SAD) BUTTERFLIES

Hi there fellow blogsters, I do hope you are enjoying the warm weather - must admit I can't get used to seeing the yellow blob in the sky more than once in a week!  lol. 

I have a second slightly late card to show you today and this is one I made for my other DT spot at Lady Anne's Stamp Anything Goes Challenge.  This image is by Floppy Latte - isn't that a great name???? 

I've never coloured a butterfly before so I thought I would keep it simple and use just three blue Copics.  I coloured two images and then fussy cut the second butterfly  to pop on the top of the card.  I was telling Graham how I was cutting it out and that it's aerials were really thin so I was being extra careful.  He looked at me in that special way they have - you know the one they all get when they think "What on earth is she on about?"  Anyway I just pointed the aerials out - it was then he said "Do you mean antennae?"   Ooops, mind you I did think it sounded a bit weird - but only a bit.  That was it then, it just set me off laughing - anyway an hour later I managed to stick the butterfly and it's aerials antennae to the card.

We have two sponsors for this month's Challenge - Floppy Latte and Rick St. Dennis.  The challenge runs until the beginning of August so do have a go because, as it is Stamp Anything Goes, the world is your lobster!!

Ingredients

8.25" x 5.75"  blank card

Papers from Create and Craft

Main image from "Floppy Latte's Digital Designs"

Spellbinders Gold Labels Four

Flowers and Leaves from WOC

Flowery beads (pearls and crystals)  on wire from stash

Copics and Promarkers

 

The lacy bit on the bottom of the card is part of the piece of paper!  I quite liked the look it gave and carefully cut it out from the piece of A4 - there were some flowers at the end so I chopped these orf!!!

 

I do hope you like my card and take part in this Challenge.  Thank you for leaving me any comments.  I know there are holidays and things to be taken at this time of year - ooooh I've just nipped back to Majorca for a second or three - so any time spent looking at my blog is especially appreciated.

 

Big hugs to you

 

SUE

 

I would like to enter my card into the following 10 challenges -

 

Allsorts Challenge No 214 - http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/week-214-favourite-things.html - Favourite things - Digi Images, Diecuts, Flowers and Copics/Promarkers

C is for Challenge No 1 - http://cisforchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-1.html

Imagination Crafts Challenge No 1 - http://imagination-craftschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/imagination-crafts-challenge-1-anything.html

Ladybug Crafts July Challenge - http://ladybugcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/july-challenge-favourite-embellishments.html - Favourite Emb. - Flowers and more flowers!!

Little Bit Crafty (Paula Holifield) - http://paulaholifieldcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/albc-die-ing-for-it.html

Love to Scrap Challenge No 8 - http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-8-winner-top-3.html

Make it Monday Challenge No 148 - http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/mim148-with-milk-coffee-stamps.html

MarkerPOP Challenge No 26 - http://blog.markerpop.com/2013/07/08/markerpop-challenge-26/

Paper Nest Dolls Challenge No 8 - http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/pndc-8-floral-frenzy.html

Through the Craftroom Door - http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/2013/07/ttcrd-june-9th-15th-july-challenge.html







LADY ANNE'S CHALLENGE 4 - THEME IS MONOCHROME.

Hello there my most favourite blogsters, welcome to my Planet!  I have an extra special welcome to my new followers - I reached 90 - yes 90 followers this weekend.  I am so totally chuffed that you think I am worth following, especially when you know I am totally barking.  I will do another Candy prize when I reach 100 followers.

This card is being posted a tad late (as is the next one I will be posting - oooops!).  This is purely because I was a little poorly (AGAIN) last week - I had to sit upright in bed to sleep, now that would have frightened any burglar!  Coo I am sick of being so young!  As if!!!!!!  Hate to think what I'll be like in me dotage!  lol.  

The theme on Lady Anne's Challenge No 4 this month is Monochrome and we have been sponsored by 'Fred She Said Images' the prize being offered is a $10 gift voucher for their shop.  They have great images to choose from.  I chose this lovely little digi called "Smelling the Cherry Blossoms" and thought that I would colour her in various shades of brown.  This challenge runs through until 5 August, and I do hope you have the time to enter.

Ingredients

7.5" x 7.5" square blank card

Papers from a huuuuge pad of 12x12" with no cover!!

Main image from "Fred She Said Store"

Spellbinders Circle Die

Spellbinders Small Scalloped Circle (Large)

Flowers and Leaves from WOC

Border is a Punch from Martha Stewart

Copics and 1 Promarker

Stickles Gold Glitter Glue

 

I hope you like my card and if you have time to leave a comment, that would be muchly appreciated.  Why not pop over to check out the Challenge and my teamies creations.  They are great.

 

Big hugs to all of you, trusting you are all well and are having time to craft a little.

 

SUE

 

I would like to enter my cards into the following Challenges -

 

Addicted to Stamps Challenge No 60 - http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-60.html

Allsorts Challenge No 214 - http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/week-214-favourite-things.html   Favourite things : Flowers, Digi Stamps, Copics/Promarkers

Challenges 4 Everybody No 24 - http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-24-anything-goes.html

CMC Copic Challenge No 72 - http://scrapbitzcopics.ning.com/group/cmccopicchallengegroup

Gem of a challenge No 87 - http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-87.html

Great Impressions July Challenge - http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/july-challenge-and-june-winners.html

Lacy Sunshine Challenge No 12 - http://lacysunshinechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-12-anything-goes-must-include.html

No Matter Which Challenge No 11 - http://nomatterwhichchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-11.html

One Stop Craft Challenge No 223 - http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/challenge-233-anything-goes.html

Totally Gorjuss Challenge No 191 - http://www.totallygorjuss.blogspot.ca/2013/07/challenge-191-anything-goes-with-circles.html



CCC - LORRAINE'S CHALLENGE "A CHRISTMAS SCENE"

Hello peeps out there - I am posting my card for the Christmas Card Club today, Lorraine chose this theme but can't post herself 'cos she is under the weather at the moment - I'm sending a virtual hug your way!   Isn't it a lovely theme - it is open to so many interpretations, which I just lurve.

This post is a tad full of piccies because I wanted you to see it from all sides. I first saw a TeePee card on my friend Suzie's blog and squirrelled the idea away at the back of my mind.  It is really 1.5 square cards glued together in a particular way.  Mine is 6" square and I think the following pics will be self-explanatory.  Oh and because there are soooo many pics, I have postponed the pics of me 'n' the hubster in Cornwall.  You will have to wait patiently Jenny and Sue J.

This is the 'front' of my card with the main Christmas Scene image on it.

The other two sides - 

At a slightly different angle - 

The next two pics show the card in it's flat state!  I used a small Velcro fastener to close the card, there are many different ways of making a fastener but there is so much heavy paper on this one, I wanted to make sure it stayed put!

You can't see the amount of glitter on the snowy plantpots or on the snowflakes but, believe me, I went a little bit berserk with my Star Dust.

This is the inside of the card

Ingredients

2.5  x 6" square blank cards

MME Signature Christmas heavyweight paper

Image from La Pashe - The Best of Just Inklined CD

First Edition Christmas Village heavyweight paper

Spellbinders Circle Die

Spellbinders Small Scalloped Circle (Large)

Spellbinders Fanciful Holiday

Spellbinders Snowflake Pendant 2012

Spellbinders Holiday Tree 2012

Spellbinders Create a Flake Four

Marianne Creatables Poinsettia

Memory Box Snowflake Ornament

Memory Box Floral Vine

Memory Box Snowflake Tree

IO Dies Snowflake

and a Cuddly Toy!!!

I love all of the above dies but never thought I would use so many on one card!  I do hope you like this one and have the time to leave a comment or two or even three.  Thank you for visiting my blog, I intend to catch up with your blogs very shortly.

Hugs to you all out there in blogland.

SUE

 

I would like to enter my card into the following Challenges -

 

Always Playing with Paper - Merry Monday Challenge - http://alwaysplayingwithpaper.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/merry-monday-month-long-anything-goes.html

Card Mania CMC No 24 - http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.ro/2013/07/cmc24-christmas-in-july.html

Crafty Boots Challenge - http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/anything-but-square.html

Crafty Calendar Challenge - June - http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/crafty-calendar-june-challenge-things.html

Creative Creations Challenge No 13 - http://www.creativecreationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/13-shaped-cards-no-squares-or-rectangles.html

Cupcake Craft Challenge No 249 - http://www.cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/cupcake-249-anything-but-square.html

Joanna Sheen Challenge - http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/dont-be-square.html

Paper Crafting Journey Challenge - http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/anything-but-square-card.html

Squirrel and the Fox Challenge No 47 - http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/challenge-47-christmas-in-july.html

Stamp and Create Challenge - http://stampandcreateblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/july-challenge-christmas-in-july.html

SHOW US YER TWINCHIES - SUMMER AT THE SEASIDE(1)

Well hello ladies and blog friends!  A very good evening to all my followers, you are all wonderful - especially my new followers, I do hope you know what waffles you are letting yourselves in for!  I have a qualification in waffling, rambling and warbling on and on and on!

NEWS FLASH - WAHEY HAPPY DANCE IN MOTION!

I might not have posted for a while, but I have been making cards for my DT Challenge blogs and they will be on my blog in July.  Talking of DT challenges I have some excellent news - I am now on the DT for One Stitch at a Time, they have weekly Challenges so I do hope to see you over there!  I really am pleased about this,  there have been some lovely Challenges on there!  Looking forward to their future posts.

Here I am today posting two little Twinchies, this lovely Challenge was closing ........ but Sylv has taken it over - yay!!!!!!   I know my entries have been left a little late but it is open until 30th June so you still have time to do a little 'Summer at the Seaside' Twinchie.    Please help keep this challenge going, it is lovely and it would be such a shame if it closes down.  You can find them here - http://twinchie-twinchiehotmaillive.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/its-big-hello-from-me-show-us-your.html

Here is my first entry - 

I saw the two surfboards and thought of the time Graham and I went to Perranporth in Cornwall on his Lambretta - yup we were Mods - stop guffawing Sue (Ollie's Mam)!  Anyway he tried his hand at surfing, wearing all the gear of course, but the pic I have of him in his wet-suit makes him look like a tadpole on stilts - lol!!!  Bless him 6' 3" and 12 stone of muscle - well knots in cotton.  Coo I can still see him now.  His scooter did have about 40 mirrors on it at one point but they were pinched when we parked in a cinema car-park - boo hoo!   I'm not sure whether to post two pics of us in Cornwall outside the caravan we had hired.  Let me know what you think - if you are in favour I will post the pics for you to chuckle at.

Anyway I will close this and do a separate post for my next Twinchie - no waffles though, just a Twinchie - well perhaps a little waffle (Jenny L is catching up on the waffle stakes)!!!

Hugs to you and thank you for any comments you might like to leave on my blog.

SUE xx