Totally Gorjuss (DT) - I Remember...

Welcome friends to another challenge with the Totally Gorjuss team... we have a fabulous one for you this week... It's I Remember....  Create a card or project that brings back memories for you.  Now how easy is that ?

My purchases from Funky Kits arrived in the post a few weeks ago and this delightful stamp was amongst my new stock.  It's a Sugar Nellie one, called Cute and Cuddly.  I just had to ink and colour it straightaway.  These toys took me back a few years when I found out I was pregnant with my daughter Kendall.  I recall purchasing just about every fluffy toy I could find.  Remember the Care Bears, weren't they adorable? I almost had every colour.  Her cot was adorned with all the Care Bears inside, just waiting to welcome her home.  Hmmmm... lovely warm, fuzzy memories.  I am sure you have loads tucked away.  The Gorjussettes and I would love you to share your memories with us.

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Fantastic Ribbon.  Do pay them a visit, they have a stunning range of ribbons for your every need.

Happy crafting, hugs Sharon xx

Totally Gorjuss (GDT) - Ribbons and Lace

Yay it's weekend.  Hope it's a good one for all of us... Welcome to another challenge at Totally Gorjuss and have we got an awesome challenge for you this week... Ribbons and Lace is the call of the day and I just loved this one!  Our wonderful sponsor is Fantastic Ribbons, which I'm sure many of you know of in blogland, so you'll know it's worth taking part in this one.

I hope my card and the rest of the DT's creations will inspire you to get out that lovely lace and ribbon you have stashed away in your cupboards or drawers...

Don't you just love that lace?  It's an ecru colour and I only have a small piece left... can't quite recall where I purchased it from... oh dear!!!  My ribbon was purchased from a local shop, Creative Talents in Bellville, Western Cape.  The lovely sentiment is a gift from my friend Sandra and the flowers are from my stash.  I am showcasing Beautiful Tilda for the first time.  Kendall picked her, as she wasn't one that I would have selected... I thought there were many others in the Butterfly Dreams collection that were much nicer!  Oh well, we all have our personal tastes I suppose...lol  

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I look forward to popping around to view your stunning creations.

Thank you for popping around and leaving a comment, I so enjoy reading them.  hugs Sharon x

Totally Gorjuss (GDT) - Fluffy

Hello dear friends... It is a beautiful day in Cape Town this morning.  I believe it's going to be a very warm day, but it's still nice and fresh right now (07:23).

I have some good news that I've been wanting to share with you... I've been invited to join the wonderful team  on the Totally Gorjuss Challenge Blog as a Guest Gorjusette for a 6-monthterm and naturally... I accepted... woohooo!!!  I can't tell you how thrilled I am.

As my regular followers will know, I just love my girly cards and I now have the opportunity to showcase all the lovely girly stamps that I have in my stash, amongst them some of my very first Gorjuss Girls stamps, which you can purchase from Funky Kits.  I'll be showcasing them later on. 

The challenge this week over at the Totally Gorjuss challenge blog is for you to put something Fluffy on your creation.  I don't have any fluffy bits and pieces amongst my stash, but I'm sure this little birdie on this gorgeous Sugar Nellie stamp qualifies as something Fluffy...LOL.  She's from the Home Grown collection at Funky Kits, called Country Style. 

There was no name on the blue spotted paper, so I can unfortunately not share that with you.  The heart designer paper is from my W&M collection of papers.  The image was coloured using Copics. I stamped her onto Opale Wove White Shimmer cardstock, which is fabulous for colouring with Copics.  I cut her out with a Nellie Snellen die.  Got to use my new EK Success flower punch again... love it. Added some card candy in the centre, purchased from Crafty Emma's Store and added a little pearl in the centre for class.  The sentiment is from a local South African company, Great Impressions, which I purchased from Merrypak. The lovely blue lace and flowers from my stash.

I bought 2 new pairs of winter jarmies last weekend at Woollies and the 1 pair had a lengthy piece of gorgeous ribbon tied around it, as one would wrap up a gift.  Never one to waste anything, I kept it and as you can see, I had the opportunity to use it on this card. It's amazing how you look at things differently with your crafter's eye!

Our wonderful team of Gorjusettes have made some stunning creations for your inspiration, so please pop around to the Totally Gorjuss challenge blog and play along with us this week.  Challenges take place every Saturday, so come along and join in the FUN.  The sponsor this week is Crafter's Companion.  If you have not visited their website before, you're in for a real treat.  There is something to suit everyone's taste.  Happy browsing...  Good luck with the challenge, we look forward to viewing your creations.

hugs Sharon x

Ribbon Hair Tilda...

Howdy folks... I sent an invitation to all my contacts to let them know that I am now on Skype and this evening I had the immense pleasure of speaking with my long-standing blogfriend Sandra in the UK.  When she received my invitation to Skype, she didn't have a webcam and went out early this morning to purchase one... awww... what a honey.  It was SUCH fun seeing her on video and hearing her voice for the first time... I tell you, this technology thing brings the world a whole lot closer.  Inbetween my chats this evening with Paola and Sandra, I managed to make a card for a few challenges that are on the go.

I have great pleasure in showcasing one of my new Tilda's for you, she's Ribbon Hair Tilda, which I purchased from the One Crazy Stamper store in Canada.  I've coloured her with Copics.  The card candy used in the centre of my new EK Success flower punch, was purchased from Crafty Emma's Store in the UK.  The EK Success flower punch was purchased through Niki Zipp of Paperchain in SA.  I am also showcasing it here for the first time. I've seen it on so many blogs and when I sent an SOS through to our RSA group asking our vendors if they knew where I could purchase it, Niki responded that she had it in her store. Thanks Niki, I just love it!

I am entering this little card into the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - Used their Sketch
7 Kids College Fund - Seeing Spots (use Polka dots)
One Crazy Stamper - Flowers
By The Cute and Girly - Cute and Girly
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (option to use something New - my Tilda is new, my flower punch is new)

Thanks for popping by today.  If you feel like leaving a comment, that would be great, as I so enjoy reading them.  Take care, hugs Sharon

All Sorts & Totally Gorjuss Challenges

Hello my dear friends... thank you to each and every one of you who have visited me over the past few days.  Your lovely comments have made me smile again and I thank you for your good wishes for my father. Each day he seems to be getting better! 

I thought I would combine 2 challenges today, the first from All Sorts Challenge, their recipe asks for a creation with Hearts & Flowers and I had the perfect paper for this one, see below.  Please visit their blog, their DT have created some awesome projects, which is hugely inspiring.  As I have some new Gorjuss Girl stamps, I can now early double points (hehe) when taking part in the Totally Gorjuss challenges, so I couldn't wait to ink and colour this gorgeous girl. Their recipe asks that you create Dimension in your project.  I'll explain as I share my creation with you.

Base: A lovely navy cardstock. I must really get some more darker coloured cardstock as they just give more depth to your card, don't you agree?
DP:  A stunning piece of pink Design Paper with Flowers and Hearts on it, helloooo.... am I lucky or what, fits perfectly with the theme.
Image: Gorjuss Girl with Teddy coloured in with Copics. I purchased some stunning paper from Paola's Scrapnook as well as a Momento Inkpad for stamping my images.  It really makes the world of difference when colouring in with the Copics, the colours just blend much better than on the usual white card I was using before.  Thanks to everyone for commenting on my colouring, now you know why it's looking so great!  If you have the right tools, you can create wonders!
Embellies: Once again from Paola's Scrapnook, a lovely heart charm to keep in tune with the theme and pink spotted organza ribbon.  The pearl hatpin I purchased from a lovely scrappy shop at Parow Centre and I am definitely going to purchase some more. They just add a bit of class to one's creation, don't you think?  I do not have a heart shaped cutter, so the hearts were drawn and cut out by myself - please don't look too closely and see how wonky they are ;).  I matted them onto white cardstock and then used double sided tape for dimension.
 

A view of the inside of the card. Once again to complement the outside, I used lovely pink card matted onto white card.  I further embellished by adding 2 more hearts and a pink flower on the top.  Doesn't it make you feel like writing a nice message for a friend?  Sorry it is so blurry, just can't get it right. Maybe I should check the settings on my camera.

 

Thanks so much for visiting, if you like this little creation, I'd love for you to leave a comment.  Enjoy what's left of your Sunday, tons of hugs, Sharon x