1st card for 2011

Thanks for stopping by, its ages since I uploaded any cards but I have promised myself that I will try to enter at least one challenge a week this year, (is this a NewYear Resolution I wonder?).  I'm not very good at keeping these so we shall have to see.  I hope you like what you see and thanks again for stopping by.

I made this card to go in my 'for sale box' but unfortunately it has not scanned well at all.  I know I should photograph it to get a better picture but I couldn't be botherered.  I am full of cold or something which I have had for a couple of months now and although the doctor gave me antibioticts last week the are not working so another visit will no doubt need to be made. 

Anyway I wanted to enter the challenges for 'new beginnings' at various places but especially LOTV which ends tomorrow, so I hope everyone will forgive me.  I can assure you that the babygrow and hat are pink to go with the rest of the card and not blue as the picture would suggest.  I actually quite liked it when it was done but am really not sure now I see it on the screen.

Oh, well the LOTV challenge is closed so I'll see what else I can find and will edit accordingly.

Sallie

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL

We spent a lovely Christmas Day with our daughter and her family.  Her 2 children are our youngest grandchildren, Abi is 5 and Xander 2 1/2.  Abi has now got to the stage where all she wants to do is rip the paper of everything whilst Xander is happy opening one present and playing with it.  Abi found this very frustrating as she kept having to slow down so she hadn't opened all her presents before Xander got beyond his first. But in the end we had a lovely day.

Fortunately we had done everyone elses presents some time ago but I couldn't decide what to get my husband and then the snow arrived which kept me housebound so in the end I panicked and ordered some stuff from Amazon only part of which arrived before Christmas the rest arrived today.  My husband had much the same experience but being able to go out he got something locally.

Anyway I hope you all had a super Christmas and that you will have a bright and happy New Year

Thanks so much for stopping by and hopefully I will show you more of my cards in 2011.

Sallie

LILY OF THE VALLEY/RIBBON GIRL GIVEAWAY

Ribbon Girl are giving away this fabulous candy, why not pop across and enterhere

New Prisma Pencils

I bought myself some Prisma Pencils recently originally to use to shade when using my Copics.  I thought I  would give then a go at colouring the whole image which I found very satisfying.  It takes longer to do than with the Copics but the shading is easier to do.  I don't think the little girl's cardigan is showing up too well, it is a pale lavender.  The image in 'real life' is very pretty.  I think this is such a sweet image and just the way children behave.

The image I used is the one I won from Mo's recent Blog Hop which is a great favourite.  I thought I would use this image and colour up as the summer season but whilst colouring it I realised that the flowers are daffodils so it can be either a spring or summer interpretation whichever you like.  The sketch I used is the one from Truly Scrumptious which is easy and very effectice I think.  So I am entering it in both Mo's Digital Pencil and in the Truly Scrumptious challenges.

Hope you like it and thanks for calling by.

Sallie

I've Won

I am so excited I have won an image from Mo's Digital Pencil in the recent blog hop.  I have'nt won anything before and it's a great feeling.  There are so many of Mo's images that I like it's been very hard to choose, but in the end I chose 'My Friend' which a little girl looking under a gate at the dog peeking out.  I loved it the first time I saw it on someone else's blog.  It's one of those images that make you say 'ah how sweet' but without being too sugary sweet.  When I get the time I will let everyone see what I have made.

Sallie

new cards

Hi there,

It's just ages since I last posted but I've not been idle, just busy.  I've wipped around blogland regularly leaving an odd comment along the way. Anyway I think it's time I put some new pictures on my blog.

This is a digi image I bought from Sketching Stamper and I love it.  I have always loved fuschias and this is a dream to colour.  She has a number of gorgeous images available do go and have a look.

This is another digi, this time from Just Inklined and again they have some fantastic images available, not just flowers but all sorts.  I saw this image coloured on  Jak Heath's

 blog and loved it and I'm pleased with how mine turned out.  I made it for my daughter's birthday last week.

This is a stamp from Stamps Away which I bought some time ago thinking it would be good for men's cards and also for Get Well cards and this has proved to be true.  I have been trying out using ink to colour my backgrounds and I am very pleased with this one, I think it really makes the image 'pop'.  I don't think it shows up very well at all in the photo though.  Photographing my cards is also something new for me and I'm going to need a lot of practice I can see but this is 'fun' right well maybe but not yet.

Hope you like what you see and I would just love it if you left me a comment.  It would be nice if there was a counter or something to let you know how many times your blog has been looked at, perhaps there already is one and I just don't know about it. 

I am going to try to upload at least on a weekly basis but the weeks go by so quickly and Christmas is coming and I have  customers who buy my cards and then there are my own which makes a lot of cards to make, hey ho I do enjoy making cards and get a real kick out of it when someone buys a card they like, it makes my day.

Sallie

NEW CARDS

Hi everyone,

I have been busy making cards to sell at our church's summer fair and for the coffee morning that I visit once a month and have not had time to do any challenges recently.  We also went on holiday for a week on a river cruise in Germany.  So I thought I would show you some of the cards I have made.

I made this card awhile back for my granddaughter's 5th birthday in May.

This last one is one of Mo's digi images.  I just adore her she makes me smile every time I see her.  I think she has gone to a good home and I'm sure there will be more to follow as I love her so much.

 I seem to spend loads of time looking at other peoples blogs, everyone is so talented and I am in awe.  I will try to keep a bit more up to date but who knows Christmas is coming and many more cards will need to be made.