PDD Friday - Whiff of Joy/Papertake Weekly/BG Challenge - Stampin' for the Weekend

What a manic week!! Finally, the kids are all back in school :) But of course now it's school runs and lunches and uniforms and traffic and 3 different schools.... lol.

I did, however, get to catch up with some challenges this week!! Apologies in advance, this is a LOOOOOONG post... :$

Stampin' for the Weekend

This week the challenge on Stampin' for the Weekend is a wonderful sketch by Donna. Our sponsor is Simon Says and the prize being offered by Heidi is a $25 gift certificate for the store!!

Be sure to play along to be in with a chance of winning this wonderful prize, and do check out the other DT members blogs to see what they all came up with.


Ingredients:
Image: Gorjuss Girl
Papers: PM Nostalgia Warm
Distress Inks, Stickles (wings), Brads, Ribbon
Flowers: Prima
Nestability circles & scalloped circle, Cuttlebug

Pez-A-Doodle Designs meets PaperPlay Challenges

This is my DT card for Pezzy's Playgroup this week and I'm also entering it as my DT card on PaperPlay Challenges which was set by Kate and her challenge was 'No Pattern/Design Paper'. I decided to go for a clean & simple style and my card is totally make from cardstock. I ran the orange card through the cuttlebug to emboss the spiderweb pattern and added cute little spider skittlebugs. I added black stickles to the orange card title and also around the purple card. The ribbon is from my stash. Don't forget to check out all of other DT members blogs, we have some wonderfully talented ladies :)

Whiff of Joy / Papertake Weekly / Basic Grey Challenges

• Challenge #47 asks for a colour combo of Teal & Orange. This is the 2nd week in a row I've used these colours for a challenge and I still can't get over how great they are together!! I love it :)
• Basic Grey Inspiration Challenge ( I used the colours: orange, teal, white)
  
  
  
  
  
• Papertake Weekly has sketch #23 to follow:

Katharina is also having a GDT Call so I've decided to enter this card and cross my fingers (and toes) that I might just get picked!! You can enter as often as you like as long as they are NEW cards and you MUST use at least one WOJ stamp :)

Ingredients:
Image: Whiff of Joy Willow
Papers: BG Marrakech, MME Penny Lane
Flowers: Prima & mini roses
Distress inks, Glimmer Mist (copper)
Sentiment: Whiff of Joy Summer Kit.

Today I get the pleasure of giving my home some TLC, it's been sorely neglected all week long and it's beginning to show. I still hope to sneak a *little* bit of crafting time in there too ;)
TFL!!

Some Challenges...

Seeing as we had such a wet day yesterday I managed to get 2 challenges done and another almost done, it just needs to be finished off. It really helped that most of the challenges this week are sketches, so I really only had to think about papers/embellies :D

Whiff of Joy #46



Sketch by Bev

I used the sweet "Sitting Fall Willow" from my kit, coloured her with distress inks. and shaded the background with Antique Linen. Then using my craft knife I cut out around her feet/legs before using the curved rectangle nesties so that she was sitting on the end. The sentiment is also from the kit and I cut it out using the oval nesties, then mounted it onto a scalloped oval.


My papers are Bloom & Grow and I paired them with brown core'dinations. I used the MS Doily punch to make the scallops on Bev's sketch. The ribbon is from a kit that I bought but I can't remember the brand.. and it's driving me nuts!! lol.


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Friday Sketchers meets Anyone for Anya

Friday Sketchers has this wonderful sketch by Heidi:

The challenge over on Anyone for Anya is Buttons, Bows & Brads. I used Flutter Anya, isn's she just too sweet??!! I coloured her in using distress inks. The brads are PM Pearl 'Pinks', the flowers and buttons are from my stash. The little sentiment is a Studio G.

Just Magnolia Challenge - Sketch

It's another wet day here so I just might get to catch up on some challenges. I made this card for the Just Magnolia challenge - Week 21, which is a fabulous sketch by Mina.

For my card I used one of the Tilda images from the Fall Kit and coloured her with copic markers. Then for the necklace and bracelet I added tiny little black gems. The sentiment is also from Magnolia.


I followed through to the inside and used a gorgeous little Studio G flourish stamp with distress ink. I just love how these 2 products work together.



Ingredients:
Image: Magnolia (Tilda) from Fall Kit 09
Sentiment: Magnolia
Papers: Basic Grey Porcelain & PM Cardstock
Ribbon, adhesive pears, button & scrappers floss from my stash
Copic markers, Distress Inks, Studio G flourish