Thanks A Latte

*waves frantically*

Back from my holiday! Actually got home last Tuesday but I was exhausted the first couple of days and then I got my new car on the road on Friday (after passing my test three days before I went on holiday!) and spent the weekend getting the hang of driving it (I learned in a diesel and the clutch isn't as forgiving on a petrol, lol!) and getting sorted with various things I needed to sort for it! But now I can relax a bit and get some crafting done!

I used Fiskars stamps for this card, from the Latte Love stamp set. Coloured of course with my promarkers. I cut the card base and banner on my cameo. Popped the white stamped layer up on foam pads and the banner on pads too. And finally added a few gems to finish.

I'm submitting this for:

- Retro Sketches #180 - Sketch
- Passion For ProMarkers #313 - Use a Sentiment
- Craft Your Passions #278 - Anything Goes

Thank You For Your Hospitality

It's really a good job I had such a productive weekend because the last couple of days have been very unproductive - on all fronts, not just the craft front, oops!

The rest of the week is going to be fairly busy, we're going on holiday next week and I have a lot of stuff to sort out for that, hopefully I will still find time to get something done, but I wanted to get something done today even if I don't for the rest of the week (month really, because we're away for two weeks)

I used an image from Digi Darla, coloured with my promarkers and popped it behind the window. The window, curtain and sentiment banner were all cut on my cameo. The papers are from My Minds Eye, with a bit of ribbon from my stash.

I'm submitting this for:

- Craft Your Passions #274 - Anything Goes
- Creative Corner Challenge - Turquoise and Brown
- Brown Sugar Challenge #158 - Anything Goes
- Papertake Weekly Challenge - Spots and Stripes
- Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Anything But a Birthday

Thank You Poppies

This is the second time in a month I've used this image from Aurora Wings, it's such a lovely image, I just love it!

I coloured it of course with my promarkers and stamped the sentiment from a freebie stamp I had from a magazine.

The papers I used were from First Editions J'Adore paper pack layered on dark red card. I cut the butterfly on my cameo and kept the other embellishments very light with just three little gems.

I am reminded more than ever, this last month or two how amazing my friends all are. I owe them all so much more than I can really put into words. But I'll be sending this to a friend who did something just... really amazing for me this week. It's not nearly enough, but it's all I can do at the moment.

I'm submitting this for:

- Crafting From the Heart #69 - Anything Goes
- Passion for ProMarkers #306 - Flowers
- Top Tip Tuesday - Bingo (I filled the middle line - Gems / Sentiment / Flowers)
- Creative Inspirations #323 - Flowers
- Chocolate, Coffee and Cards #96 - Flower in your Image
- Allsorts Challenge #321 - Add a Butterfly

Thanks a Latte

I made this card for my driving instructor. It may be tempting fate, but hopefully, i'll be giving him it next month, when I (*crosses all appendages*) do my driving test (again! and pass this time! *double crosses everything*)

I used my fiskers latte love stamp set again and papers from Michael's Recollections, Charming paper pack and a couple of scraps from a different pack. I cut the frame on my cameo and added a couple of little arrow paper clips and a few gems to finish.

I'm submitting this for:
- C.R.A.F.T Challenge #319 - Thank You!
- Try it On Tuesday - In The Frame
- Crafting From The Heart #68 - Anything Goes
- Stamps & Fun = Creativity #258 - Arrows

Thanks A Latte

A quick CAS card this afternoon. Die cut the circle and under laid it with a computer generated sentiment. I used a digi from momentoes in time, I accented in orange with a little colour on the digi, some twin and a few gems to finish.

I'm submitting this for: - Less is More #173 - Die Cuts
- Retro Sketches #116 - Sketch
- The Cheerful Stamp Pad #87 - Use A Sentiment

Thank You

A quick thank you card today, done using papers left over from a couple of other projects. The image is from Becky's place, coloured with promarkers and the sentiment is computer generated.

I'm submitting this for:
- Moving Along with the Times - Thank You
- Crafty Catz Challenge #212 - Thank You
- Dynamic Duos #85 - Rich Yellow and Vibrant Green
- Digi Sketch Challenge - Say it with Flowers

Thank You

A quick thank you card using the new Unscripted Sketches sketch #196.

I cut a kraft card base and used papers from Jillibean Soups apple cheddar soup.

The butterflies were punched with woodware punches from scraps of the same jillybean soup papers and I used my mft and spellbinders dies to cut the squares and the fishtale. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and I added gems and twine to embellish.

I'm also submitting this too:
- Sentimental Sundays #139 - Thank You
- There She Goes Clear Stamps #192 - Woodgrain
- Moving Along With the Times - Punch it Out

PSST - I HAVE BLOG CANDY!

Thank You Deer Friend

A final quick card for the day, I used paper from fancy pants designs the good life pack and an image from pink cat studios coloured with promarkers: sandstone, caramel, shale, blush, pastel pink and soft peach. The sentiment is computer generated (Blooming Grove Bold) and I added a few pearls to finish.

I'm submitting this for:
- Less Is More #103 - Friends
- One Stop Craft Shop #212 - Thank You

CAS Thank You

I used an image from beccy's place on this card, coloured wih promarkers: pear green, marsh green, olive green, mustard and gold. A strip of paper from raspberry road and card from the paper company, adding a sentiment from stampin' up and gems from anitas.

I'm submitting this for:
- CAS-ual Fridays #84 - Thank You
- CAS Colours and Sketches #6 - Crumb Cake, Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green
- 365 Cards #5 - Back to Nature

With Thanks

I used papers I got in cardmaking and papercraft magazine and an image from pollycraft. Most of it I coloured using pencils, except her skin, which I used promarkers for: almond, blush and soft peach.

The sentiment was a freebie a while ago and I've since forgotten which magazine it came from and I embellished with a few pearls.

I'm submitting this for:
- FlutterBy Wednesday's #219 - Open Challenge
- Moving Along With the Times - Thank You
- Paper Pal Arts #149 - sketch
- Paper Make Up Stamps: Digi Makeover Challenge #68 - Anything Goes

Thanks So Much

I used a left over bit of DP from my card earlier today, from crafts on the net - and stamped into it using the typewriter stamp from stampendous - I was attempting to give the typewriter a distressed look, without actually having any distressed inks, so I stamped the image in black ink, then again over the top in white versamark, more black, then finally in brown... it actually sort of worked I think, although the effect is much more obvious in person than on the picture... *frowns @ camera*

The sentiment is from stampin' up and I added button with a bit of twine as the only embellishment.

I am submitting this for:
- Retro Sketches #30 - Sketch
- Daring Cardmakers - A Great Big Thank You
- Party Time Tuesdays #87 - Anything Goes

Botanical Thanks

I'm going away this evening for a girly weekend with some friends, but I couldn't resist squeezing in one more card before I have to abandon my craft stash for 4 days.

I used papers from the Prima Botanical Collection layered on brown and a freebie image from Beccy's Place, coloured with promarkers: lavender, lilac, amethyst, lime green, pear green, marsh green and mustard. I added the different sizes pearls in white and the sentiment from stampendous.

I'm submitting this for:
- Freshly Made Sketches #51 - Sketch
- Little Miss Muffet #43 - Writing (DP has script on it)
- Digi Haven - Anything Goes

Thanks

The collage is from Sherry K Designs, backed on black card and mounted on dimension pads. The sentiment comes from stampendous and I embellished with ribbon and gems.

The card was made for this weeks "Less is More" #82, which is a recipe challenge to use 3, 2 and 1 of something. I've used three bits of ribbon, 2 gems and a 1 word sentiment.

I'm also submitting it for The Play Date Cafe #146 - Black and White with a splash of lime.

Thank You So Much!

For this card I used some old papers from Papermania's Hampstead collection that were left over from previous projects. I layered it on black card and used a sentiment that came from crafts beautiful magazine this month in red ink and finished with a few black gems.

I'm submitting this for:
- Freshly Made Sketches #47 - Sketch by Jennifer T. (see below)
- Creative Craft Challenges - Just a Sentiment
- Creative Inspirations #175 - Anything Goes

"Less is More" Week 79 - Blue & Green

This weeks "Less is More" challenge #79 is to use Blue&Green together on a card.

I used stamps from Hero Arts (the flower and sentiment) and the bird from Stepping Stones Designs with ink from papermania and finished it off with a blue gem.

Didn't take very long once I decided what I was doing, but that took a while, because I'm so out of practice after so long with very little crafting and I'm only about... 90% happy with it, but it's okay and shall be going as a thank you to a friend who lizard-sat while we were on holiday :)

Thanks So Much

I got it in my head last night that I just had to do this... it's a set of six thank you cards, in a matching box. I used new leaf papers and the circle digi's are from birds cards, coloured in promarkers - amber, honeycomb and pear green. The stamped sentiment is craftwork cards.

Thank You Card

I used Hero Arts stamps for this card, three shades of blue ink to stamp the flowers and sentiment, layered on yellow card and with a few gems to give it a little sparkle :)

I'm entering the following challenges with this card:
- Just Us Girls #137 - Blue, White and Yellow
- Creative Inspirations #164 - Anything Goes
- Totally Stampalicious - Thank You Card

With Thanks

For this card, I layered black and white card, embossing the white card and brushing with glitter glue to add a bit of sparkle.

I added the black and white polka dot ribbon from sew sweet, used my x-cut dies to cut some flowers from a scrap bit of yellow design paper and black card. Stamped the sentiment - it was a freebie, but I can't remember where from - and finished with a few black gems.

I am submitting this for the following challenges:
- Cute Card Thursday #217 - A Touch of Sparkle
- The Crafty Pad #171 - Bingo (Ribbon, Flowers, Bling)
- The Cheerful Stamper - #43 - Black and White with a Dash of Yellow