Penny Black meets Sketch Saturday

Hello and a happy sunday to all of you!

I made this card last night using the sketch from sketch saturday. Love this penny black image, it is called "message from above". So fun to color.

The designer paper is a brand new one I just got yesterday from Bo Bunny and the sentiment is from SU. Card stock is all from SU - melon mambo, basic black and kiwi kiss. I used a scallop rectangle nestabilies shape to frame the image and then adhered that to melon mambo card stock. To finish off the card I added some stickles glitter to the flower centers and a prima flower with a button from SU.

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog. Hope you like the card.

Ellie.

Some awards - Yippie!

I just now discovered that I received not one,but two awards over the last couple of weeks.

The first one is the Bambie award and I received it from my new friend Lora, she is just the sweetest and so helpful with the digital tuesday challenge blog! Thanks so much Lora, what a cute award!!

In order to accept the award I have to pass it on to 7 people. Since it was so hard for me to choose just 7, I am going to give this award to the past and present Design Team Members for Digital Stamp Oasis.

Cathy from Crafty Thoughts
Erin from Scrap, Stamp and be Merry
Jenn from Handmade by Jenn
Laura from Creations on the island
Liz from Right Brain Madness
Lorraine from Lorraine's Loft
Lynda from Lynda's Scrappy Place
Megan from Peacock Paperie
Michelle from Designing with Michelle
Paula from Paula's Ponderings
Shary from The other side of me
Tammy from Stamp Happy
Tricia from Simply Stamping

Thank you ladies for all the wonderful cards you created using the images by the Digital Stamp Oasis!!

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The second award I received from the talented Liz from Right Brain Madness. It is the Kreative Blogger award. I feel so honored. Thanks so much Liz!!

To accept the award I had to do a few things:

*Thank the person who nominated me for this award.

*Copy the logo and place it on my blog.

*Link the person who nominated me for this award.

*Name seven things about me that people might find interesting.

*Post links to the seven blogs that I nominate.

*Leave comments of all seven blogs letting them know I nominated them.

Here are 7 things about me

1. I followed my then boyfriend/now husband across the ocean after knowing him for only 8 months, we'be been happily married for almost 11 years.
2. English is my second language. (So I have an excuse for any typos and mistakes I make LOL!).
3. When I was a teenager I used to write poems.
4. I love reading novels that take place in midevial england or france.
5. I don't like to cook.
6. I don't watch Horror or science fiction movies.
7. I never rode a roller coaster and never will.

Again, I am not going to choose 7, but 9 bloggers, they are all highly talented paper crafters that I have the honor to "work" with at the Digital Tuesday Challenge.

Amy from Amy's creative pursuits
Anjou from Dreaming in Color
Jenn from Handmade by Jenn
Lora from Lora's card
Maria from Joyful Stamper
Martha from Creating is Fun
Michelle from Designing with Michelle
Paula from Paula's Ponderings
Shelly from Jaspere's little corner

Digital Tuesday Challenge with a Mojo Sketch!

Hello and a happy tuesday!!!

It is time for another fun challenge over at the Digital Tuesday Challenge blog. Our hostess Jenn chose such a fun challenge ...hop to it! Use an image that hops.

I went with this adorable image from the Digital Stamp Oasis - Rebecca Rabbit with easter cart. Yes, this image has originally easter eggs in the cart but I just covered them with flower brads.

Ok, back to the card. The sketch is from last week's mojo monday challenge. Such a fun sketch to work with!

Image was printed on whisper white card stock and colored with copics. The beautiful Designer Paper is SU's new Cottage Wall. I am so in love with this paper!!! You can read the full recipe below.

I hope you get some time to play in this week's digital tuesday challenge, Dustin Pike is our sponsor again and giving away 3 of his cute digis. All you have to do is make a card with an image that hops and link it with mr. linky on the challenge blog.

Recipe:
Stamps: digi- Rebecca Rabbit with easter cart (digital stamp oasis), Upsy Daisy (SU)
Ink: HP inkjet, purely pomegranate, copics
Paper: whisper white, old olive, pale plum, Cottage Wall DP (all SU)
Accessories: grosgrain ribbon, flower brads, stickles, scallop circle nestabilities, large oval punch (SU), branch punch (MS), spring bouquet flower punch (SU), pearls

Penny Black Challenge and Cute Card Thursday

Hello all!

Hope you're having a great weekend so far. We've been enjoying the beautiful weather we had today, and got a couple more things for the school start on monday. I can't believe summer break is over. Where does time go??!! I know I'll have to start working on halloween treat bags for school SOON if I want to get them done in time.

Today's card is for this week's Penny Black saturday challenge and they want to see some stitching on our projects. I love my janome sew mini, but don't use it enough. Maybe I'll start again, because I love the look and feel of sewing on cards. The card also fits this week's cute card thursday challenge which is Lazy Days.

I used one of my new Penny Black stamps "Asking the flowers". Image was colored with copics and a little bit of glitter was added to the flower centers. Papers are all by Stampin Up.

Thank you so much for coming by today, hope you like the card.


Recipe:
Stamps: Penny Black, Stampin Up
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, basic gray, copics
Paper: Whisper White, basic gray, cottage wall designer paper (all SU)
Accessories: ribbon, stickles glitter, janome mini sewing machine, word window punch, ticket corner punch, photo corner punch