CCEE and Cupcake Craft Challenge 09:48

GOOD MORNING MONDAY. Well last week of school this week then SEVEN weeks off so not sure how much crafting, or blogging I shall get done. I have managed to get a card done this morning already. I am waiting for the firemen (phwoar) to come round to give me a fire safety check ready for me to child mind so thought I'd get to it while waiting. The challenge comes from CCEE Stampers and the brief is to use footprints on your creation. So here is my card. Hope you like it.
I have also managed to complete the Cupcake craft challenge whose brief is to use blossoms and butterflies. Two fantastic challenges to get me in the mood for a monday morning.
Thanks for looking, Shell

Delightful Sketches 15:01

Good afternoon bloggers. This is the first time I have come across the delightful sketches challenge blog and it looks a good one. Mind you, don't we all just love a sketch challenge. This is their second week and they also give away a fantastic freebie on a friday too!!!!! I was planning on using the freebie but I decide to use the sketch to do the boys teachers thank you card instead.
Here is their sketch And my card
Thanks for looking, Shell

Copic Colour Challenge 12:00

Good morning all,IT'S WEDNESDAY.........and we have another fantastic colour challenge for you and the most gorgeous prize is up for grabs.

the fantastic prize on offer is .......
How gorgeous is the prize. I wish I could join in and enter but DT aren't allowed....gggrrr. Well, to be in with a chance of winning this fabulous prize all you have to do is creat something using the following copic colours.
Here is my creation. I kept it quite plain as I didn't want to draw attention of the cute image.
Thanks for looking, Shell

Everybody Art 08:16

Good Morning bloggers. I 'think' my mojo may be returning and I think it is down to the fantastic peeps over on the stamplicious yahoo group. They have some wonderful people on there that are just more than willing to help and they certainly seem to be helping with my colouring techniques with my copic. Hence, where the colouring technique for this image came from and I LOVE IT....so thank you Katie for the tutorial. Last night I completed my card for the Everybody Art Challenge but couldn't get a very good photo so saved it for this morning. The Everybody Art people supplied us with a fantastic sketch this week, the only thing I had problems with was the half circle in the background as I had nothing the correct size to go round which is why my seems a bit off circular!!!!

So here is the sketch
and here is my entry to the challenge
Image Whiff of Joy coloured with copics. Papers are actually red, The flowers on paper were originally pink so went over them in red copic.
Thanks for looking, Shell

Spoonfull of sugar and stampilicious 14:10

Good afternoon bloggers, I am trying to get into the swing of things HONEST. I have manged to make 1 card but combine 2 challenges. The first challenge was from Spoonful of Sugar. Their challenge is to to see Hearts on your creations. The other challenge I have entered this card into is your the Stampilicious yahoo group friday sketch challenge.
Hope you like it,
Stamps are Penny Black, 2 different stamps are used for the main image. Sentiment also Penny Black Papers are HOTP
Thanks for looking, Shell

Just Magnolia 19:47

Today I really stretched my boundaries. I managed to take part in the JUST MAGNOLIA challenge and i managed to make something other than a card!!!!! The challenge was to 'SO CHARMING'. I don't have many charms but I did recently get some gorgeous strawberry charms from Elaine at Quixotic Paperie and I used my farmer Tilda and made a little gift bag.
Hope you like it.
BACK VIEW.
SIDE VIEW
Thanks for looking, Shell

MOTIVET BLOG CANDY!!!!!!!! 10:13

For all of you with blogs! Do you want to win Motivet's new stamps?

Go take a peek HERE
Thanks for looking, Shell

Charisma cardz Challenge 11:20

Good morning all. Well what has happened to the sunshine? It is absolutely throwing it down here. I suppose I should be grateful, it means I managed to get a card done for a challenge. I have made this card for the Charisma Cardz Challenge. They asked this week for us to use buttons. I have never been a fan with buttons, I don;t know why, I have always founds them a 'WHY?' I was hoping to add some pink flowers onto this card and use the black buttons on the centre but I never had the correct pink :( There is a button on the happy birthday label too but you can't see that very well on the picture, it just looks like I have put ribbon through the label. I have coloured the image with copics, and only used warm greys apart from the pink dotted on the flowers in the basket.
Thanks for looking, Shell

Copic Colour Challenge 12:00

Bad blogger, Bad blogger. I still don't seem to have had my mojo returned and I am struggling like anything to get any cards done at all, so I apologise :o( I have, however managed to get my Copic Challenge card done this week. The sponsor this week is a new company called Squiggle Stamps. Just take a peek in their shop - I promise you will LOVE their designs! This is what you could be winning this week:

Here are the colours you get to play with and my attempt.......
Thanks for looking, Shell

Copic Colour Challenge 12:00

Another wednesday so that must mean another copic challenge!! This week, the prize on offer is from Charmed Cards and Crafts and they are offering a digi download of your choice from their fab online shop. So, what colours do you have to play with this week?
Remember though, if you don't have these specific shades, just use your nearest ones. If you need some inspiration, please pop over and visit the blog and look at the DT examples. They are fantastic. Here is my DT card for this challenge