Thursday 31 January 2013

The Paper Players




Hello Everyone

I hope we are all well.... And the UK weather has improved ... We are still bathing in warm sunshine here in Gibraltar....21degs today.... Pickie not to good as sun is so bright.......
The Paper Players Challenge this week is a nice  easy Sketch..... So here is my take on it....
The stamp i have used is a gorgeous Penny Black.... I have stamp it quite a few times and at the moment i have made Three different cards with this set.... I think this is a good idea hopefully  i will keep it up.....i have had this stamp set over 12 months and not inked it .... I am making up for it now ... I love it....

Card Recipe
Penny Black cling Stamp.....
Promarkers for Colouring....
Papers LOTV.....
SU Embossing folder.....
Seam Binding ....
Message Clearly Besotted......
Craftwork Cards card blank QVC......
Nestie Dies....
Thanks for looking .....
Hugs Sylvie xxxx

Tuesday 29 January 2013

I Love Promarkers Challenge

Hello Everyone Gorgeous day here in Gibraltar 19 degs ....so warm....
 I Love Promarkers this week is Anything Goes ...so here is my card using a Penny Black Stamp i bought yonks ago ...i love the outcome....there are two stamps to this set.....Trimcraft Papers....Nesties ....SU. Border Punch.....Promarkers for colouring....two shades of Pink ...and one Green....Seam Binding....Ppaermania Pearl Brad.....Message Anna Griffin.....Pearls ..The Hobby House....
I am going to see Les Miserables tonight for the second time ...Brilliant film if you haven`t seem it ....
1would also like to enter my card into  Wordplay Saturday Monthly Challenge this month is Anything Goes......
Inky Chics Blogspot....Theme is Bingo.... I have chosen ...Pearls ...Ribbon...Image....
Enjoy the rest of your Day
Hugs Sylvie xxxx

Monday 28 January 2013

Less is More

Morning Everyone Gorgeous today in Gibraltar....18 degs forecast.... Less is More    this week is a Sketch......so here is my orrering.... the Photo looks a bit funny one side ...but ok when you look at the card Lol.....
Card Recipe
SU.Kraft card and Papers...
Watzingmouse Message....
Die-Namics Hexagon Dies...
Button and Twine from Stash...
Enjoy your Day....
Hugs Sylvie .....
Hello to my new followers...Thanks for choosing me ......

Saturday 26 January 2013

Christmas Card Club


Hello All
I hope we are all well...... And those who live in the uk .... Hope the weather is improving... Still very good in Gib 18 degs today.... Debbie and i went to do our monthly craft fair... I did vert well sold 13 cards ... So i was very pleased .... The home made cake's are  fabulous ..... And we all have a really good chat....it is a great four  hours.......a  bit chilly in the church..... but fabulous and warm when we got outside....
Our little xmas club has just started for  this year.... Where us girlies make a Christmas card every two weeks.... We all take turns in choosing the Theme .... We are a nice Bunch ... So if anyone would like to join us you are very welcome .... All names are on my side bar......
It is Carols  choice which is.... No Patterned Paper.......so i have used my Gorgeous Hero Arts Stamp ......love it ....Brilliance three coloured ink pad....Message Stampin Up....Martha Stewart Snowflake  Border Punch.....Die-Namics Snowflake Die ....Pearls... Hobby House.
I would also like to enter my card into Hazels Crafty Hazelnuts Challenge
and also  Rudolphs Day
 Thanks for looking ....
Hugs Sylvie xxx

Saturday 19 January 2013

Penny Black at Allsorts

Hello All I hope yur weather is not to bad...Early hours of this morning we had a terrible storm....The windows were rattling ...two pots on the balcony wall fell and smashed...all the soil everwhere....very very... windy... it has brightened up now and the sun is out....Penny Black @ Allsorts
http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com/2013/01/january-challenge.html   Theme this Month  is Love is in The Air    so this is what i have come up with.....
Card Recipe
Clearly Besotted Rose Stamp....
Coloured with Promarkers ...then cut out and Versamarked the flower and clear embossed ...love the result....
SU.Card...Paper...& Embossing Folder....
Red Seed Beads....
Message Hero Arts & Clearly Besotted....
Thanks for looking ....Hello to my new followers.....
As i am near to my 300 Mark will sort out some Candy for you all as a Thankyou.....
Hugs Sylvie xxx

Monday 14 January 2013

Daring Cardmakers

Hello Again
This is a Birthday i have made for my Grand Daughter  Gemma whose birthday is on the 22nd of this month....so must get it posted as she lives and works in Qatar....I was looking through Ebay and came across this stamp with Gemma on.... for a £1....a Bargain......Backing Papers LOTV... Border Punch Martha Stewart...Hero Arts Cupcake Stamp....Glamour Dust....SU.Embossing Folder...Pleated Ribbon  from The Ribbon Reel ....Memory Box Corner Bow Die....
Daring Cardmakers Challenge this week want to see a Frill on our cards.... so here is my Offering....Thanks for looking.....
Hugs Sylvie xxx

Allsorts Challenge 189

Hello All
I hope we are all well and that you are keeping warm... We are still lucky here in Gibraltar ... Still plenty of warm sunshine...but nippy out the sun......
Over at Allsorts Challenge they want a card with Dies & Punches on..... So here is my offering
Card Recipe
Crafters Companion   Die`sire Lace  border....Promarkers for Colouring....Dress Stamp  Impression Obsession...Die-Namics Fancy Flourish Die....Backing Papers MME.Blush....
Thanks for looking...
Hugs Sylvie xx

CraftyHazel Nuts Xmas Challenge

Hello All
I hope you are al well....bit chilly her in Gib today  sunny but nippy 15degs ....so i have been cardmaking nearly all day....lots of Birthday this month....
I started off by making this Xmas card... for CraftyHazelNut Challenge the theme is  Rudolph is Resting....  love this new stamp ...from Simon Says Stamps...a gorgeous little set...first seen a card made by Debby from Lime Doodles....and fell in love with it....it is called Furry Christmas...Promarkers for colouring....Bakers  Twine.....Pearls....Backing paper   Kanban.....
card embossed with Cuttlebug spotty folder....
Thanks for looking ....
hugs Sylvie xxx

Tuesday 8 January 2013

Craftyhazelnut Christmas Challenge


Hello Everyone
Two posts in one night .....Blogger really playing me up with uploading my Picture.....took this Photo   at Mid day it was so Bright and Sunny...so pickie not to good....Hazel at ............CraftyHazelnut Christmas Challenge want us to make a card without Santa on.....so i have used Stampin Up Cheers very Versatile set....which can be used for Birthdays and Christmas...Gorgeous Ribbon from Ally Pally...Versamagic Inks...Cuttlebug embossing Folder....Pearls from the Hobby House....
Thanks for looking
Hugs Sylvie xxx




Monday 7 January 2013

Less is More

Hello All hope we are all well....hows your weather....ours in Gib...is Fabulous...19 Degs... Friday we went up the coast to Fuengirola to see the Pantomine....Cinderella ...a little amateur Theatre...but they are sooo good....we go to see there shows about Four times a year....then on the way home on Saturday we did some Geo Caching and found Seven....never found that many in a day before....we have a better GPS now....

 I have been trying all day to upload my picture of my card...finally manage it ...i don`t know how.... less is More this weeks Theme is Black and White Plus a tad of another colour.... Card Recipe Cottage Cutz Cameo and Oval Frame.... SU.Embossing Folder.... Pink Pearls Hobby House.... Thanks for looking.... Hugs Sylvie xx

Thursday 3 January 2013

Belli Challenge 160

Hello Friends
I hope we are all well....weather still good here ...but windy today ...you can see on my Pickie Background how rough the sea is...all planes diverted to Malaga today because of cross winds...
I have just come across   Belli Challenge  where they want Winter/Snowmen.... they encourage you to you some old Stash....so  i dug an old stamp out .... I had forgotten i had... It is made by Stamps Happen ...Festive Snowmen.... Used so old scraps of cards to stamp on.... Promarkers for Colouring.... Sprinkling of Glamour Dust.... Snowy dotty embossing Folder..... Bakers Twine...Clearly Besotted message Stamp and stars.....SU.red card stock...
I still love making Christmas Cards.....so starting early Lol......
Thanks for looking... Hello to my new Followers.....
Hugs Sylviexxxx

FF.Monthly Challenge Birthday

Hello Everyone
Happy New Year ...lets hope 2013 is a good one ...
Weather here in Gib is still good...A little shower in the night ...but dried up now ...and the sun is still shining....
We had a great night in the Square for New Year...a fabulous Irish Group singing all the great songs we all know ...Modern and older...Midnight a Spectacular Fire work Display to Music....Fab....we had our bottle of Bubbly ....Shared it a round a bit ...the man standing in front of us ....When Roy took the Cork out ....was Showered with Champers.....
This is our 1st Challenge foe this year at Forever Friends Monthly  ...our theme is... Birthday....so come on and join in this Easy Challenge ....
     The Prizes this month are from  The Digi Garden
and for the FF.Favourite is Digis from Michelle Perkett
For my card i have used the Dentist from The Digi Garden.....My Grand Daughter is a Dental Nurse...so thought this would be sooo suitable for her ....

Card Recipe
Digi  from The Digi Garden......
LOTV Paper Pack....
Promarkers for colouring....
Whimsy Messages and Die ....
Seam Binding....
Card Candi Craft work Cards...
SU Pricking Template....
Thanks for looking
Enjoy your Day.....
Hugs Sylvie xxx