Sketch & Stash Challenge and Saturday Challenge

This card that I have made I hope will cover two challenges. Sketch and Stash Challenge 3 which is the sketch I have based my card on. I've used my new Penny Black Rumble in the jungle stamp and the rest is from my stock, the ribbon is fur fabric to which I have attached pearl shapes.

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge number 17 is "At the Zoo" so I thought the cute little Penny Black Lion fit the bill there.

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The sketch for this week's challenge is quite fussy with lots of bits to it so I decided to stick to just cream and blue for my card. The decoupaged image and most of the other bits and bobs are from the Laura Ashley range of papers and embelishments, the panel behind the imge is cream card embossed using a cuttlebug folder then chalked with just a hint of glitter.

Winter Wonderland

We very, very rarely get snow in this little corner of Hampshire so you can imagine my surprise this morning when I awoke to a thick white blanket of snow covering everything (at least the garden looks nice when it's covered with snow!). I decided not to drive down to the beach with Bonnie this morning and instead went out into the New Forest, or more aptly the heathland just down the road. It looked magical and Bonnie loved it, she was rolling around and rubbing her nose in it, thoroughly enjoying herself. By the time we got home it looked as though she had white boots on where the snow had frozen onto her legs, she tried to bite it off without success so I ran some warm water into the sink and put her in it to wash off the ice and snow. Here are a few photos.

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Wow look at this ... day one of the new Penny Black challenge and I've made my card!! This week's challenge is to make a "Circle Card"

I first cut out a large circular card from white cardstock which I edged with pink ink, I then cut a smaller circle from patterned parchment, then a smaller scalloped circle from co-ordinating pink patterned paper (both from this month's Making Cards Magazine) and finally the white circle which I edged with green in then stamped the Penny Black image. The balloons and gift are coloured using Sakura pens and H2o's then decoupaged onto the main image. I finished off the card with sparkling flowers and a pink organza bow.

I have at last found out how to change the background of my blog, with a lot of help from my lovely daughter in law .... thanks Deb! Trouble is, I'm not sure that I like it, I may have to change it again whilst I can still remember how to!! What do you think of it?

A colleague of Rob (my OH) is retiring next month and he asked me to make a card. She is mad about otters so this is what I came up with, the image and backing papers are from the Jayne Netley Mayhew collection.

Ooops missed one of the awards off, here it is ..