Happy Birthday Jules

Yesterday was Julie's birthday and this is the card I sent her, I did make a matching box but forgot to take a piccie of that.....doh!!! The lovely Magnolia image was given to me as a RAK from Jill, I have coloured her with distress inks and added glamour dust to her wings. The papers are all SU which I always buy through Jules. I've added glimmer mist to the flowers and swirl, sentiment is SU, as is the oval shapes.

Just a quickie post today, hope your all enjoying your weekend so far.
luv 'n' hugs xx vicki xx

SFTW - challenge #5 Double or Nothing....

Gosh these Friday's sure are coming around quickly aren't they. Can you believe that we are already on week 5 of our challenges over at Stampin for the Weekend.

This week we have two wonderful prizes up for grabs, the first is from Daisy May Designs and the lucky winner will have the choice of 5 digital sheets, which has been so kindly donated by Linnie.

The second prize has again been kindly donated by Janet over at Pink Gem Designs. The lucky winner will receive this cute Fairy stamp.

The very lovely Nancy is our Guest Designer again this week. She has done such a fantastic job these last two weeks, not only has she created such wonderful cards but she has also visited everyone's blogs who entered last week and left such lovely comments. Thank you very much Nancy for being part of our team for these two weeks, it has been a pleasure to have you as a GDT member, I hope you have enjoyed yourself.

And now to this weeks challenge which is entitled "Double or Nothing". Kimmi & Donna have come up with two fantastic sketches for you to make your cards with. We shall leave the decision up to you as to which one or both you decide to go with.

Donna's sketch

Kimmi's sketch

For this weeks challenge I have used Kimmi's sketch. And as you can see, just a lil bit of distressing has gone on.......lol!!! I've coloured the WOJ Melinda image with distress inks, used glamour dust for her wings. The papers are K & Co, I've used my SU distressing tool around the edges, then applied some chalk ink. The roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts, lace, string of pearls and charm from my stash, the sentiment is Stampin Up.

Don't forget to pop by and check out my lovely fellow DT members creations, they have come up with some beauties again this week. I hope you'll be able to join us for this weeks challenge over at SFTW, I shall look forward to seeing what you create using the above sketches and you never know it could be you who'll win those lovely prizes. Hope you all have a lovely weekend, luv 'n' hugs xx vicki xx

Friday Sketchers challenge card

Here is my card for this weeks sketch challenge over at Friday Sketchers. I love these papers from MME, it's the "magnolia" range..... I've used Distress Inks (again...lol) to colour the lovely Melinda image together with glamour dust for her wings and bottom of her jeans. Flowers are a mix of Prima, Poppicrafts and Roses are from Wild Orchid.

Thanks for popping by my lil oasis,
luv 'n' hugs to you all xx vicki xx

Just Magnolia Week 11 - Sketch challenge

Bev has come up with a fab sketch to follow for this weeks challenge over at the Just Magnolia challenge blog, so I thought I would has a lil go seeing as it's been a few weeks since I last joined in
I've used mainly SU goodies for this card, the papers, sentiment and even Tilda has been coloured with my SU inkpads her wings have been glamour dusted. Flowers are Prima and the roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I bought a job lot of paper doilies from E-Bay a while back.

thanks for popping by my lil oasis, luv 'n' hugs to you all
xx vicki xx

SFTW - Challenge #4 "Pocket Full of ......."

Helloooooo and a happy Friday to you all. Gosh it's week 4 already of our challenge over at Stampin for the Weekend, can't believe how quick these weeks are flying by.

We have another very generous prize from our sponsors this week, Paper Makeup Stamps have very kindly donated these lovely stamps. So why not join in, you never know you could be a winner...lol!!!!

We have a new Guest Design Team member, the very lovely Nancy is joining us this week, check out her wonderful creations over at her blog. Thank you Nancy, it's lovely to have you as our GDT.

So onto this weeks challenge which is entitled "A pocket full of ....." we'd love to see your interpretation of this title, you can choose to make a pocket card, add a pocket on your card or whichever you feel happy with as long as there is a pocket of some description somewhere...

Below is what I came up with, I made a lil pocket on the actual card, then made a wallet for stamped images. The papers are all K & Co, the edges have been torn and inked, plus I've got me sewing machine out again....wooo hooo!! still don;t know how to use it properly though...lol!!! Tilda has been coloured with distress inks, the sentiments are SU, lots of lace from my local market, flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, string of pearls also from my local market.
For the wallet I used the leftovers from the card, again the sentiment is SU. I have sent this card to a very special blogging friend, who always cheers me up with her lovely e-mails, thank you Zoe for being such a lovely friend....
I think we all enjoyed this weeks challenge, the rest of my lovely fellow DT members have come up with some gorgeous creations, you can check them out by visiting their blogs or visiting SFTW, all links are on my sidebar. I hope you are able to join us with your versions of "A pocket full of..." would be lovely to see what you come up with.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend,
luv 'n' hugs xx vicki xx