Penny Black Saturday 42 ~ THINK SPRING & Sketch Saturday 44

Morning everyone, hope your all well and had a good week.

I want to say a Big Thank You to everyone for the lovely comments and emails you sent me over the last week... its so lovely to have such lovely blogging friends and all you kind words are so much appreciated... It's not been an easy week and although I've managed to help my mum sort out a few thing, I know this week is not going to be much better as there's so much to do and deal with... but your support is helping me get through things - so Thank You So Much

Well as its Saturday and time for another

'Penny Black Saturday Challenge'

~ THINK SPRING ~

This week we'd like to see you work with a Spring Theme.... lots of bright and gorgoeus colours came to mind for me when I thought of this theme, and I just had to use my favourite Kay Miller Deisgns - paper download.... and this cute little Chick that I am ashamed to say was inked up for the first time and is now over a year old... shame on me !!!

We have another fabulous prize this week, so pop over and take a peek.

The Design Team have all created fantastic work again this week.

Im looking forward to seeing your gorgoeus creations this week, but apologise now if I dont manage to get round to you all... what with everything going on.

Papers: Kay Miller Designs ~ Hey Girlfriend

Image: Penny Black ~

Medium ~ Pro Markers

Flowers & Buttons ~ Poppicrafts, Roses & Rafia ~ Hobby Craft

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Sketch Saturday ~ 44

Jo has created another fabulous sketch for you all this week ~ and I can honesty say I really wasn't sure what I was going to do with this one.... but Im sure you'll agree it is a great ...

This week's prize is sponsored by

and what a fabulous prize it is too.... I just love these WOJ images...

The Design Team have worked all created some Magic again this week... and we'd like to say a massive thanks to the fabulous Dawn for joining us as Guest DT for the past two weeks, Im sure you'll agree her work is truley wonderful ~ Thanks Dawn xx

Well after much thought ~ here's what I came up with....

Papers: SU Pink Cardstock, Basic Grey ~ Bittersweet
Image: Magnolia
Flowers, Spacers ~ Poppicrafts (where else, lol) Lace, brads ~ Stash

Have a Great Day and Thanks For Stopping By
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Sad News !!!

Hi everyone

I just wanted to let you all know I won't around much for the next week and so sorry I haven't been about much this week to comment on all your wonderful cards.

Sadly my dear Grandad passed away last night and it has hit our family very hard.. he hasn't been well for a while and I'm happy he is at peace now but it doesn't make it any easier on us all and we will miss him dearly.

The coming week is going to be a difficult one and I'll be spend some time with my parents who are coming down to stay to sort thing out.

Have a good weekend

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Sketch Saturday 42 ~ Sponsored by The Cutting Cafe

Hi everyone, hope your all having a lovely weekend, well I'm finally here with my card for

Sketch Saturday

Thanks to everyone who joined last week with Ria's gorgeous sketch, hope your had as fun fun as I did.

Well Jo has done it again and created another fabulous sketch for you all this week.

There's another fabulous prize this week from

They're giving away 3 of their gorgeous downlaods, so why not pop over and take a peek.

My fellow DT buddies have all created fabulous work again this week.

Well I thought I'd never get my card finished last night... it took me forever and Im still not entirely happy.. I think someone has nabbed my MOJO, so please give it back... I'm getting so frustrated and really want to enjoy the finished result....

I started with these gorgoeus Dovercraft papers that I haven't used for ages and wanted to try something different... but I'm not happy... I think its the colouring, the pinks a bit dark... I love my Pro Markers but I really need some helpful tips...

I managed to decorate the inside of this one

Enjoy the rest of the weekend

Thanks for stopping by

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Penny Black 40 ~ Sketch

Hi everyone, hope you've all had a good week. Wow what a fabulous response to our Recipe Challenge.. I guess you had fun, and from what I managed to see you all created wonderful work again... so thanks to everyone for joining in the fun.

We have a fabulous prize this week ~ from our new sponsors:

and the lovely Heidi has kindly donated a $25 gift coupon ~ click here to visit their online store. They have a fabulous selection of PennyBlacks and great postage for mailing to the UK.

And our lovely DT Domi is also on their Design Team.

Well this week we have a challenge for you.

Sketch ~ By Me

Ok now I know Im not the best artist... so I hope you won't be disappointed

Thanks to my good friend and the very talented JO for creating my Pink Sketch, so your not all looking at a piece of paper with my hand drawn sketch ~ thanks hun xxx

Well Im not entirely happy with my card, and have not been feeling great this week with a touch of flu and having to still go to work :( I've not really been in the mood to craft, but of course I didn't want to miss out on taking part on my own sketch. So here it is ...... and I must admit it does look better in real life... my photo skills really need some work.. roll on the daylight, hopefully that'll help !!!

Dont forget to pop over and see all the gorgeous creations again this week by the fabulous Design Team ~ they truely are a talented bunch of wonderful ladies....

Well I think I've gone a bit overboard with the flowers this week ~ and you wouldn't believe the amount of times I chanced this card and finally came up with this... I had to stop myself from changing it even after I posted it... I was that unhappy !!! I don't know if it the BG papers that don't match the PB image, that I don't like...or theres too much PINK !! but Im afraid I ran out of energy and patience .... so it'll do for this week Im afraid.

Well I'm off to work again today, so will pop over and see you all over the weekend.

Looking forward to seeing your gorgoeus creations.

I'll be back later today or tomorrow with my Sketch Saturday card

Have a great day everyone

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Penny Black 39 ~ Recipe & SS 41 (Ria's DT Week)

Morning everyone, hope you've all had a good week...

Well its Saturday again and time for another

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Wow another fabulous response to last weeks challenge, I guess you all enjoyed our 'Something To Eat' challenge and what yummy cards you all made...

So this weeks we have an nice easy one for you:

Recipe: 3 Brads, 2 Ribbons, 1 Flower

And we have another fabulous gorgeous prize for you this week,

kindly donated by our very own Kath:

I had to make a really quick card this week as its been such a busy week, so I hope its ok......

The Design Team have worked their magic again this week and created some fabulous inspiration for you ~ so pop over and take a peek.

Looking forward to seeing you gorgeous creations again this week

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Well its another its time for another

Sketch Saturday

and its DT week and it the very talented Ria's turn, and she has created a fabulous sketch for you all this week. I had so much fun with this one and even manage to get my card made early... for a change..

Ria has a gorgeous prize this week kindly donated by

Funky Fairy's Papercrafts

I'm a big fan of these gorgeous papers, they have such a great selection of papers.

And here's Ria's fabulous sketch this week:

We'd like to welcome Shary as our guest designer who is joining us for the next two weeks ~ if you have not visited Shary's blog before then you are sure missing a treat ~ so what are you waiting for.

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So for my card, I used one on the gorgeous WOJ images ~ Maid Charlotte, I just love this new image and had so much fun making this card ~ it's a shame my picture isn't so good.

I did manage to decorate the inside of this one..

The Design Team have all created some fabulous work again this week so be sure to pop over and see them too..

Well Im off to work today and have a really busy weekend ahead,

so will pop over and see you all next week.

Have a great weekend

Thanks for stopping by

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Penny Black 38 ~ Something To Eat & Sketch Saturday 40

Morning everyone, hope your all well and had a good week. Thank you so much to everyone for your well wishes... I am getting better, slow but surely... and although I can't do a lot of blogging or crafting at the moment, I really appreciate you stopping by and all your lovely comments ~ thank you.

Well its time for another

Penny Black Saturday Challenge ~ Something To Eat

Thanks to everyone who join us last week, and what gorgeous cards you all made. Im looking forward to seeing what you come up with this week.

I made an Easter Card for my nephew, so have kept it rather plain... so no flowers, no ribbon for me this week... hope its not too boring..

I didn't plan on using pretty much the same layout as last week, so Im sorry .... it just happened that way after I had cut out the image on my nesties, and as the image is rather large I wasnt sure what else to do... and to be honest I was feeling rather tired when I was making this one, so left it as it was.

We have another fabbie prize this week so why not pop over and and take a peek and also check out all the fabulous work again this week from the Design Team.

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Sketch Saturday 40

It's time for another of Jo's fabulous sketch's, and for all you lovers of layers ~ well this ones for you.... Thanks to everyone who joined in last week and hope you'll join us again this week.

Im just sorry I haven't been able to visit you all, it been a struggle this week.

This weeks sponsor is The Craft Barn and onw lucky winner with receive these beautiful stamps from Paper Artsy Minis collection....

Well for this weeks card I used some more of my new Basic Grey ~ Bittersweet papers along with this little cutie.... WOJ Henry. When I first saw this weeks sketch ~ I freeked thinking OMG what am I going to do with this one... well after a lot of thinking and changing, I came up with this...

I'm not very happy with the picture as it doesn't show, just how beautiful these papers are, if only I could take my picture in daylight...

Dont forget to pop over and check all the fabulous cards from the DT this week, and Susan who has been out Guest Designer for the past 2 weeks.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by

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PTW ~ Dawny's Sketch 9

Hi everyone, hope you all had a good day. Well I've taken today off work to rest for another day... so I managed to get a little crafting done, and you'll be so proud of me PBSC & SS girls as I've managed to make my DT cards already for next weeks challenges and almost finished the week after to ... I know !! now pick ourselves up girls... I've not lost my mind...

I also managed to make a card for this weeks Papertake Weekly Challenge, I can't believe it's been such a long time since I joined in, sorry girls !! And can you believe I've managed to join in a challenge on the day it is launched... maybe I should lay down now....

But how could I resist one of Dawny's fabulous sketches...

And here it is:

So I got out another one of my new stamps from WOJ ~ Maid Charolette, isn't she a darling !! She's been coloured with Pro Markers (what else, lol) and I couldn't resist a litte Rafia... just can't stop using this, it reminds me of my floristry days when I'd make my Contemporary Arrangements and added all sorts of materials, with different textures... oh I had so much fun with all those yummy goodies !! But not as much as my cards !!

Anyway I got a bit carried away with the flowers, so I hope you can still see the sketch.

The papers I found again at the weekend in my stash and are a download from Kay Miller Designs ~ Hey Girlfriend just love these, they are so fresh and always make me smile... just like Charlotte..

Well as you can see I'm still managing to do the inside my cards ~ nothing fancy though...

Well thats enough from me tonight, thanks for a fabulous challenge girls ~ I had lots of fun.

If you want to join Dawny's fabulous Sketch you can find it HERE, and check out all the gorgeous work from the DT, they always create such wonderful work and are always such an inspiration.

Have a great week, TFL xx

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