Sketch and Stash Challenge

I made this card for a friend using the sketch over on Sketch and Stash challenge

BIRTHDAY CARD

I made this card originally for last week's Friday Sketcher's Challenge but didn't finish in time.  It's for one of my granddaughters who is 17 on Thursday.  It 's very pink and girly but is just the ticket for Jess.  The background card has come out rather purple but is really pink.  I have used my new Collector's Edition Forever  Friends CD and I am quite pleased with the result. 

I think I am going to have to get to grips with the camera as the scanner seems to drain out some of the colour.

Thank you for taking the time to come visit my site, hope you like what you see.

Hi everyone,

I've been missing in action so to speak.  I have arthritis and I've not been too well for the past coupleof weeks  but I am now feeling a good deal better I'm pleased to say.   Also I've needed to make a number of cards for my box.  I sell my cards at church each Sunday and also do a coffee morning once a month and this last month has seen various sections within my box become virtually empty.  This means I have not been able to enter any challenges as these cards do take longer to make.  The following are some of  the cards I have made,

Thank you for stopping by,  I love to read your comments.

Have you seen Bev's 2nd anniversary blog candy.

It's amazing, go have a look.

CARD CHALLENGES

I followed the sketch over on CPS Card Challenges

I used one of my new Lilli of the Valley stamps that I got at Ally Pally.  I have coloured it with Copics printed onto Craftwork Cards card which is fab.  I heard about it on one of the blogs I've visited recently but I can't remember which.  I chatted to Bev on the Hobby Crafts stall and she said she'd recently tried it and said how good it was too.  

The papers are from a Bearly Mine CD, the gold discs are punched from gold card.  Thank you for having a look, hope you like it.

I'm entering it into the following challenges:
CPS Card Challenges
Papertake Weekly

Sunshine Award

I'm sorry it's taken me so long to sort this out but I needed help to get the picture into the message (thanks Vix from Crafty Cardmakers).

I feel so pleased and honoured to been given this award from Chrissie of Simply One of a Kind.  Thank you Chrissie, it's my very first one.

Under the terms of the award I must now...

Pass it on to 6 bloggers

Put a link to your nominees within your post

Let your nominees know that you are passing this award along to them by leaving a comment on their blog. Link to the blog of the person who nominated you for this award

 Bev,   whose beautiful cards are such inpiration for me
Cats Whiskers, who was the second blog I visited regularly
Crafters Kitchen   Jak's site was the first site I visited regularly and I was blown away by the elegance of many of her designs.
Ikki, whose tutorials and use of Nesties showed me how versatile they are.  Thank you Ikki.
Vicky, my very first follower, yippee!
Finally, everyone who has visisted my blog and left such encouraging comments.

Thank you to all you ladies for your inspiration and for your warmth and friendliness.

No Mojo

My mojo seems to have gone walkabout lately and I haven't felt much like making a card and certainly not entering challenges but...... I am going to Ally Pally on Saturday and know I will come back completely rejuvenated ....so watch this space.