Anyone for Anya and Friends? - A Sketch for You

Morning!! It's another beautiful crisp day out.. so 'crisp' that the dogs eyebrows froze over while out with hubby for a walk this morning, lol. We're at -4.5C at the moment so I'm sensing another crafty day.. or it could be another "stop the kids from killing one another out of boredom" day!!

There are some changes afoot over on the Anyone for Anya? challenge blog, all will be revealed later .. but for now the new challenge is up and we have a great sketch for you to follow. 

My papers are Cosmo Cricket "Mitten Weather" - aren't they just gorgeous??!! I'm really enjoying all the christmas papers this year. I coloured Anya with copic sketch markers and used my trustee star dust stickles for the fur on her clothes. All of my flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and they have been inked with Antique Linen - they've also been stickled to death, just how I like them :D

Copics:

Coat/Boots: BG13, 15, 18

Scarf/Tights: R24, 27, 19

Hair: E44, 43, 42

Skin: E51, 21, 00, 000 & E02{cheeks}

Shading: W1, 3

We are sponsored this week by Harlekino and the prize is this beautiful stamp

Well that's it from me for now. I may be back later with a late Music Saves My Soul choice - if we're going ahead with it this week ;) 

Have a wonderful Sunday

Stay warm!!

Sandie

xXx

Anyone for Anya? is having Girlie Fun :)

Morning!! It's another white, crisp morning here  - love it!! I am going to a crop today and I am soooooooo looking forward it to it, it's been such a busy week - I need a little time away :D 

Anyway, over on Anyone for Anya this week there is a girlie fun challenge. So break out that pink paper, surround yourself in shiny things and girlify your project!! 

The image I used for this card is from the Grandparents set that I snagged @ 50% off from The Greeting Farm. Cute, cute, cute!! 

My uber Pinky papers are Annalee by Prima and I slipped a doily, which I inked with Fired Brick, in behind.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts and the butterfly is puched out from my MS Classic Butterfly punch.

The prize this week is being sponsored by Hellen Hobby Groothandel- and that prize is a set of Nestabilites :D :D I would love to win these myself!! 

Copics Used:

Pinks: R85, 83, 81

Greens: G00, 000

Skin: E51, 21, 02,00, 000

Hair: E44, 43, 42, 

I've entered this into the Sparkly Birthday Challenge over on Splendid Stamping. 

Thanks for stopping by, have a great Sunday!!

Sandie

xXx

Anyone for Anya - and the one that *almost* got away ;)

Good morning!! I have 2 DT cards to share today. This week on Anyone for Anya we would like you to use Kraft card on your project. 

For my card I used a Kraft journalling ticket, tucked in behind my patterned papers. I used another image from the Sisters set I bought recently - these are just too cute for words.

 My papers are BG Jovial and I've used the MS Garden Trellis punch on the top and bottom of my top layer.  To embellish I used some Prima e.line crystal swirls, sheer & grosgrain ribbon, pearl spray & self adhesive pearls. The sentiment is by Lili of the Valley.

Our sponsor this week is Hobbystempels

And the prize is a set of sentiment stamps from The Greeting Farm!

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Stampin' for the Weekend

I was so tired after my trip to the NEC that I totally forgot to do my blog post last Friday... ooops!! Better late than never?? lol.

 

For this fortnight's challenge on Stampin' for the Weekend we have a sketch with a twist, and the twist is that you need to use a butterfly somewhere on your card/layout/altered item. 

 

We are being sponsored by our regular monthly sponsor

 

and the prize is a $25 voucher to spend in their store.

 

Again, I used BG Jovial. My sentiment is from Waltzing Mouse Stamps and I stamped it using Fired Brick distress inks. This set is compatible with the heart nestabilities.  I distressed all the edges of my papers with my scissors and lightly inked them. My butterfly is punched out from the MS Glassene punch and the lace is from Craft Brulee. 

Thanks for popping in this morning. Please do pay my teamies a visit, they work so hard to create inspirational projects for you all. 

 

I will be back a little later today for the Waltzing Mouse release day festivities - don't forget 7PM GMT the new sets will be revealed :)

Until then - have a great Sunday!! 

Sandie

xXx

 

Anyone for Anya - A sketch for you!

Good morning and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! The kiddos have been counting down the days and are uber excited that it's finally here. We go trick or treating this evening and I have no doubt that I will be asked a gazillion times before then if it's time yet. 

Anyhooo, on to my card. This week on Anyone for Anya? we have a fabby sketch for you to follow, as we do on each last Sunday of the month. 

I was browsing The Greeting Farm site recently and spied a gorgeous set, Darling Sisters, on sale at only $7!! They were just too cute to leave sitting there, especially at that price so they came to live with me .. and they brought Grammie & Gramps with them, lol. ;)

The image I used is my favourite of the 3 in the set. They are all beautiful but this one is soooooo cute.

I used a 4" circle doily behind my image, spritzed it with Diamond Glimmer Mist and dried it off with my heat gun. The effect is really lovely, and much nicer than the pic shows. I also inked the edges with Forest Moss, added star dust stickles to the edges of all my papers and on the image - this card SPARKLES!! 

I will be back a little later today with my pick for Music Saves My Soul Saturday {a day late}. Hubster is away at a swap meet and I hope to get a little crafty time in, if the kids aren't wired to the moon with excitment and force me to get into the Halloween 'spirit', lol. 

Meanwhile, have a peeky over on the AFA? Blog at what my teamies have created this week. 

Catch ya soon

Sandie

xXx

Anyone for Anya? - Halloween!! .. and a little bit more :)

Hey all!! I've got a few projects to share with you today. 

Anyone for Anya want to see Halloween themed creations from you this week. I used the CUTEST little digi 'she devil'. I chose this image because my little one has a similar outfit for halloween... ;) The sentiment is from Waltzing Mouse.

Copics Used:

Skin: E21, 51, 00, 000 & 02{cheeks}

Dress & Shoes: R24, 27, 29, C9, 8, 5

Hair: E50, 51, 53

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Penny Black Weekend Challenge

Penny Black posted a challenge on Facebook this weekend. They want to see mini treat boxes made to a template. I didn't have any PB stamps small enough for these boxes -  the largest is 1.5" cubed and the smallest is 1" cubed... so I used some of Waltzing Mouse's halloween stamps.

I'm entering these into Simon Says Stamp & Show challenge - Anything but a Card
and Really Reasonable Ribbons Challenge - Halloween

And finally -  I made a pumpkin tag using The Crafty Alley's new October Kit - 

This tag was my daughter's idea.. as were the wiggly eyes. I used an abundance of stickles -  black, purple & orange on the black flower - which I had folded in half and secured with a halloween brad. The outline and 'goo' were also done with black stickles.

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Sandie

xXx

Anyone for Anya - Anything but a Card

Morning!! Well blogger let me down yesterday, I had this post scheduled but as we can see, it didn't publish!! Onwards and upwards .. and not much swearing under my breath... 

This week's challenge on Anyone for Anya is to make anything other than a card. I've had a bare chipboard doorhanger by K & Company for a couple of months and I'd promised my son I'd make him a hanger for his door so that's what I did :)

The papers are a mix of K & Company and Basic Grey. I coloured my Greeting Farm image using copic markers:

Skin: E21, 51, 00. 000 & 02(cheeks)

Hair: E50, 51, 53

Sweater: E07. 09

Jeans & Socks: B91, 93, 95

Controller: W3, 5, 7

"Gaming in Progress" was made up using Thickers, circle alpha stickers and my dymo label maker. I added some raffia and buttons to finish off. 

Challenges:

Simon Says Challenge - Recipe

Papertake Weekly - 3 of a kind (3 Buttons)

Have a great day  & happy crafting!

Sandie

Anyone for Anya? - Colour Combo

Hi everyone :) It's Sunday so that means a new challenge on Anyone for Anya?. This week we have a photo inspiration colour combo for you.. 

Purple, White & Grey (Silver)

 We have a wonderful prize, sponsored by our very own Carissa, of a Unity Stamp set and some gorgeous October Afternoon papers for one very lucky entrant.

I struggled with this one, I really did.. I just seemed to have a mental block about the colours, lol. Instead of a card I made a little wall hanging.

I used 80's Anya and coloured her using Copic markers AND Promarkers, then used my nesties to make the circle and scalloped circle and added a sentiment from Waltzing Mouse's new Frame It stamp set.  

I punched the holes and added silver eyelets with my crop-a-dile and threaded some lace through.  To embellish I added some white and 2-tone purple roses, and tiny white pearls. To add a bit of sprarkle I've added some stickles to Anya's skirt and the flowers. 

Hope you like! Please take a minute to visit my teamies' blogs to say hello. 

Have a great Sunday,

Sandie

xXx

Music Saves My Soul Saturday & Anyone for Anya? Challenge

Good morning. Something a little different to start off with today. Marcea from Marcea's Crafting Corner has resumed her Saturday music posting with a great name - Music Saves My Soul.

I love 80's music.. I was a teen child in the 80's and always loved music of any genre, depending on my mood at the time. I guess some things never change.... who wants to guess my mood today?? ;) 

To play along please post the picture of 'Music Saves My Soul' to your sidebar and link it to Marcea's blog to help spread the word. Then share your music video on your blog and link it up and Marcea will send a little candy to her favourite song each week. Fun or what??!! 

Now then, on to my Anyone for Anya? DT card and this week we want to see MONOCHROMATIC creations - which means different tones/shades of the one colour. 

The first thing that popped into my head when I read the challenge was Basic Grey Capella. Perfect!! I matted it with tan coloured cardstock. The border work was done with MS's Doily Lace Punch. 

I coloured my image with copics sketch markers - 

Skin: E21, 51, 00, 000, 02(blush)

Shoes, Coat & Hat: E44, 43, 42, E35(buttons)

Scarf & Flower: E50, 51, 53

Hair: E35, 33, 31

and I distressed the background with Brushed Cordoroy ink.

The yummy lace is one of ebay bargains - and that reminds me, I need to restock :D To embellish I added Wild Orchid flowers, 3mm self adhesive pearls and a Tim Holtz adage ticket. 

This week we are sponsored by Crafty Sentiments

and the prize is a fabby Christmas digi image. Be sure to hop over to the BLOG to check out both the prize and my teamies' wonderful work. 

Have a grrrreat Sunday!

Sandie

xXx

Anyone for Anya? - Colour Combo

Good morning :) 

This week on Anyone for Anya? we have a colour combo challenge for you.

We are sponsored by Jacobi

 

and this is the wonderful prize up for grabs....

I wish I could enter :'( . What a fabulous prize!!! 

For my card I used a mix of Basic Grey papers, including the relatively new Olivia which are just too cute for words. I used the Martha Stewart Zig Zag punch to do the border work. My image has been coloured with copic markers and for embellishing I used buttons, jute, T!m Holtz filmstrip ribbon, scrappers floss and of course - some pearls. 

To be in with a chance of winning the prize above all you have to do is create a card, tag, atc, layout, etc using a Greeting Farm OR CC Designs image and link up using the Inlinkz feature. Please remember to link back to the Anyone for Anya? challenge blog. 

Thanks for dropping in! Don't forget to visit my teamies :)

Have a wonderful Sunday

Sandie

xXx

Anyone for Anya? - Sketch by Dawny P

Morning!! Apologies for the delay in announcing my blog hop winner - I was totally wiped out last night after hosting a tea party for 4yr old girls. Within 10 mins they were in my little one's bedroom and there were dresses and tiaras flying everywhere!! I never realised that girls could go through a house like tazmanian devils, haha!! It was such a fun day - but the clean up afterwards was not fun :)

Anyhooo.. the winner of my blog hop candy, as chosen by Random. Org is....

Helen!!

Please use the Contact Me on the sidebar so that I can get your candy out to you!! Enjoy :D

Now, on to this week's challenge and it is a fabulous sketch by DawnyP. We are being sponsored by Squiggle Stamps and the winner will receive a £15 store voucher.

My sweet image is from the Miss Anya Dressy trio and she's been coloured using copic markers. The papers are from BG's Olivia collection. I made my borders using MS Doily lace punch and I've added some lucious white lace for Anya to sit on :)

My flowers are, as always, from Wild Orchid Crafts and the pearl swirl is by Prima. The cute Sun charm was in my stash, not sure where I got it though. 

Copics

Skin - E21, E51, E00, E000, E02(cheeks)

Hat & Top - R20, R30, R32

Skirt & Bow - BG18, BG72

Hair - E50, E51, E53

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day and happy crafting :)

Sandie

xXx

Anyone For Anya? - Birthday Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to the Anyone for Anya? Birthday Blog Hop. The AFA? Blog is one year old and we are celebrating!! If you've come here from Sabina's blog then you are on the right track, if not you need to start back at Carisa's blog and follow the hop.

Each of the team are offering a little candy on their blogs but you must enter our challenge this week to be eligible to win any of the prizes. Once you have entered the challenge just leave your name below and I will pick my winner next Saturday @10pm GMT.

For my card I used a cute digi called Cupcake Anya. She is coloured using copic markers and i've added Star Dust stickles in various places around the card. I love sparkle!! lol. 

The papers are from K&Company's classic collection. I made the corners by cutting a 2" square diagonally and then punching them with my MS Cornice punch. My sentiment is a Studio G. The little pearls and lace are from my stash - I really wish I could remember where I got the beautiful lace as this was my very last piece :'( and I neeeeeeeeeeeed to get some more!!

Now, on to the sweet stuff... I have put together a selection of 6x6 papers from Basic Grey & Making Memories and some delicious Wild Ochid Crafts flowers. I will aslo add a selection of 10 stamped Greeting Farm images (not in pic) - the winner can email me to say if they use watercolours or copics/promarkers so that I can use the right card and ink :)

Your next, and final, stop along this hop is Yvonne 

 Thanks so much for hopping with us today. Good luck with the candy draws and we are looking forward to seeing all your wondeful entries.

Have a wonderful Sunday
Sandie
xXx 

Anyone for Anya? - Colour Challenge

Good morning. Well at this stage I'm either a die hard camping fan or I am counting down the hours until I get home to my warm comfy bed and my LAPTOP!!! 

Our challenge this week on Anyone for Anya? is a colour challenge based on the picture below.

I downloaded this super cute image, called HG Classy, from the Greeting Farm and coloured her with copics. I cut her out using my octogon nesties and shaded the background with Spun Sugar distress inks. The sentiment is from Waltzing Mouse's Afternoon Tea stamp set.

My papers are BG Kioshi and I've used white, pink and purple cardstock. The ribbon and pearls are from my stash. As always I've added Wild Orchid flowers.

Don't forget to pop over the other DT ladies blogs' to see their wonderful creations!

Have a great Sunday

Sandie

xXx

Anyone for Anya? - Christmas in August

Good morning. I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday. We are off out in a bit while the rain has stopped. At this point we're all in dire need of some fresh air. - guess I'll be getting plenty of that from Tuesday on as we're going camping ..eeek!! 

This week on Anyone for Anya? we have a Christmas in August theme, just to be a little different, lol. 

We are being sponsored by Karen's Doodles and the prize is 2 fabby digi images. 

My Santa is CC. Designs digi and I've coloured him using copic markers and added Polar white flower soft to the 'fur' on his outfit. I outlined him to make him 'pop' off of the paper. I've using circle nesties to cut out the circle and shaded the background with bundled sage distress ink.

My papers are one of my all time favourites - Basic Grey Figgy Pudding. I'm still hoarding a pack and am using up scraps sparingly from the last pack I cut into, lol.

I got my ribbon from Fanstastic Ribbons - excellent value @ 20 rolls for £25 AND there is so much choice!! I've linked it up for reference only.. I can't be held responsible for any impromptu spending sprees!!

My fabulous poinsettia and leaves are from a jar of Prima Floral Embellishments. I just added a white button threaded with scrappers floss to the centre.

Be sure to check out the Anyone for Anya? blog to see what my very talented teamies' have created for Christmas in August.

Happy Crafting

Sandie

xXx

Anyone for Anya? - Stitch It!

Good morning! I hope you are all enjoying your weekend. It's another wet day here, I think a movie and popcorn will be in the plans for this afternoon.

This week's challenge over on Anyone for Anya? is:

Stitch It - you can faux or real stitching on your card.

We are being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp

And the prize is a $15.00 gift voucher 

For my card I used one of the fabulous CC Designs images and coloured her using copic markers. The sentiment is also CC Designs. My papers are Kaisercraft Gypsy Sisters and they're been inked with Brushed Cordoroy distress ink. As always I've added plenty of Wild Orchid Flowers and some pearls from my stash.

Be sure to hop over to the Anyone for Anya blog to check out all the wonderful DT creations and don't forget to link up to be in with a chance of winning the prize!

Anyone for Anya? - Sketch

Good morning and happy Sunday!! This week over on Anyone for Anya? we have a fabulous sketch by Dawny P. 

For my card I used these gorgeous MME papers that came free on a craft magazine last week. I distressed and inked them and added loads of stickles around the image and on the flowers. My image was coloured using distress inks - I almost had to blow dust off of them it's been so long since I used them!!

And here is my take on the sketch...

The sentiment is a Studio G stamp. I finished it off by adding some white ribbon and pearls from my stash.

Thanks for popping by, be sure to check out the Anya for Anya? blog for the prize and to see the DT's wonderful creations. 

Pocket Full of Posies & Crafty Angels

Morning!! I hope you are all having a great Monday :) Today I have 2 cards to share with you.. 

First up is my DT card for Crafty Angels. Our theme this week is to use Red & Black on our projects. I really wasn't sure if I had ANY red papers but in my hunt through my paper stash I found some Basic Grey pads that contained reds.. phew!!

 The cute image is by Wild Rose Studios, and it was such a joy to colour. I used the sketch from Lili of the Valley, but not a LOTV image so I don't qualify for the prize *sulks*.  The lace is one I've had for about 2yrs. I got it when Rusty Pickle's Princess Pirate range came out and have been hoarding it ever since, lol, but as this is the year of the stash for a lot of people - as in you have to use what you have before you can buy more - I am delving into the stockpiles.

 I finished off my card by adding just a few black gems and some Wild Orchid flowers. 

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Next up is my Pocket Full of Posies card. This week there is a sketch to follow

Remember you can flip, roatate or rescale the elements but we must be able to see the sketch and you must use flowers.

I am also entering into the Anyone for Anya? challenge which is a colour combo of Black, White & Pink. My card also happens to fit the challenge on the brand new Wild Orchid Challenge blog - Say it with Flowers.

My image is a limited edition 80's Anya. I've coloured her using copic markers and the used circle nesties to cut her out and to create the circle behind her. The pom pom trim is another from Rusty Pickle's Princess Pirate. The papers are called Tomboy Princess by Miss Elizabeth..... wonderful value at €1.65 for six sheets of 12x12's!!

The flowers are from Wild Orchid and again I've used black gems to finish off.

Thanks so much for popping by today. Please do visit my teamies to see their wonderful creations.

ABC Challenges - X for Xtra

Happy Wednesday!!

Our ABC challenge for this fortnight is X for Xtra. That means extra embellishments, dimension, tags, a hidden messgage.. the choice is yours!

For my extra I gave my card dimension with lots of flowers!! I used a sweet CC. Designs Pixie image and coloured her using copic markers. As always, the wings have been stickled for extra sparkle. My flowers are from Wild Orchid and are also stickled. 

My papers are BG Marrakech and the sentiment comes from In Circles Sentiments - they are so handy to have!! I inked around the sentiment with Brushed Cordoroy distress ink.

To finish off I added just a little bit of Prima bling. 

Challenges: 

Anyone for Anya - Fabulous Flowers

Cute Card Thursday - Sketch

ABC Challenges - W for Weather

Good morning!! It's a wet day here again today, I'm guessing Summer is our rain season now, lol!! 

This fortnight the theme on ABC Challenges is

W is for Weather.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Secret Crafter

I used the sketch on Sketch Saturday when making my card. I am also entering into the Anyone for Anya? challenge which is HOT, HOT, HOT. 

My image is from The Greeting Farm's Rain, Snow, Shine collection and I've coloured her using copic markers. My papers are BG Kioshi and they are mounted with PM cardstock. My gems are also PM. 

The sentiment is from a SeeD's pack that has never even been opened before.. it's amazing what having a clean up find, lol. I used both the circle and scalloped circle nestabilities to make the half circle for the sentiment. 

Thanks for popping by and have a great day!! Hopefully it's  a better day where you are :)

Cute Card Thursday & PaperPlay Challenges

Good morning!! Can you believe it's Thursday already. I have my littlest guy home from school today as it's mid-term here. I'm off to IKEA in a bit and then on to a crop in Dublin, where I will get to meet Mina!! Can't wait, I know it's gonna be a great day out.

Today on Cute Card Thursday our theme is METAL MANIA, so out came everything Tim Holtz idea-ology that I possess and I went a little bit metal manic, lol.

I used Magnolia's Edwin for this card and coloured him using distress inks. I stickled his wings, cut him out and 'sat' him on the card. The papers are BG Origins and are perfect for male cards. I just love all of the greens and browns.

 

To mount Edwin on the card I used 3D pop-dots

I am also entering this card into Sunday Sketch and Stamp Challenge as I followed their sketch.

PaperPlay Challenges

 

Over on Paper Play Challenges we have a fantabulous sketch for y'all to follow. The sketch was created by moi :D 

Here is my take on it... 

I used MME Bloom & Grow papers and the cutest Greeting Farm stamp called Lottie, from the Twinkle Tots collection. She is coloured using distress inks and I've added stickles to her hairbows and clothes.  I applied glossy accents to make the apples 3D. 

I've also stickled all of my flowers and added a daisy head pin from Whiff of Joy.

The tulle, pearls and flowers are from my stash.

I am entering this card into a couple of other challenges....

Anyone For Anya? with Flower Power

Fussy & Fancy Friday with Dazzle Me

Well that's it from me for today. Please do pop over to my teamies' blogs to leave them some love. I will be back tomorrow with 2 more DT cards :)

Have a great Thursday and HAPPY CRAFTING!
xXx