Totally Gorjuss (DT) - Things with Wings

Hello friends and a warm welcome to my blog.  It's been a bit quiet here at SKK, but real life has kept me very busy. When I get home I am exhausted. If I could flop into my bed when I enter the door, that would be heaven!

Our challenge over at the Totally Gorjuss challenge blog this week is to create Things with Wings.  We can't wait to see what you come up with.  I have dusted off one of Elisabeth Bell's fairies. Her name is Dani and she is a lovely image to colour. I hope you like her as much as I do.

Our fabulous sponsor is Crafty Poodles.  They are a UK based store.  Do visit them for all your crafty needs.

Thanks so much for taking the time to pop around. I promise to return the favour.  Don't forget to visit the other Gorjusettes' blogs for some inspiration.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. I'll meet up with you again and the challenge blog.

hugs
Sharon x

Totally Gorjuss (DT) - Anything Goes

Oh wow, were we bowled over by the number of entries at the Totally Gorjuss challenge this past week!!! Thank you so much... we so enjoy visiting you and admiring your lovely creations. Congratulations to the winner! Woohoo... enjoy spending your prize.

 

Net has chosen a wonderful challenge for us for this coming week... ANYTHING GOES, so let your imagination run wild.  I would like to share an altered notebook I made for a very dear blogfriend and DT sister.  She received it this past week, so now I can share it with you all.  I so enjoy making these.

The image is one of Elisabeth Bells' and the sentiment is my own, which is computer generated.  The butterfly is from Kaiserkraft.  Paper, ribbon, lace and flowers from my stash.

 

Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is Joanna Sheen.  Do visit her store for all your crafty needs. The prize for this challenge is a voucher to spend as you please.  Remember, postage worldwide is FREE.

Thank you for popping by. Have a fabulous weekend.

hugs Sharon x

2 Bookmarks to Share

Hello friends... it's midweek...yay!!!!  In just over a month,  I go on leave...woohoooo!  I've been doing some shop..ping and am anxiously awaiting my purchases from overseas.  Nice Christmas prezzies from Me to Me... ;)

OK, so here we go with another 2 bookmarks I was asked to make and this evening before leaving the office, I was asked to make another one for a friend.... Can you please make me one, she asked, the holidays are almost here and I plan to read a lot you know !! hahaha  Now how can one say No to that !

I am really not complaining as it keeps me out of mischief and I'm doing something I love to do... It's giving me the opportunity to try new styles, so I really hope the people who ordered these (and YOU my lovely bloggy friends) are happy with the new designs.

Just loved using Willow writing Recipies again.  Haven't used her in while!  She really is a beautiful stamp by Elisabeth Bell. You can purchase her from Whiff of Joy.

And here's another Elisabeth Bell image, called Flower Power.  You can purchase her from Susanna's Custom Art and Design.  Another one that hasn't seen the light of day for quite some time.  These EB girlies are very popular with my small circle of bookmark addicts! (smile)

OK and now for a final pic of the back of each bookmark.

The plain white is for a message which still needs to be written and the other one was just covered with nice designer paper to match the front.

Thanks so much for popping by my blog today.  As always, I'd love for you to leave a comment as it really makes this blogging all the more worthwhile.  Just knowing that someone took the time to pop by is so very special.


Before I go, I must just share this cute little story... It just goes to show that if you're not a crafter, you really have no idea how much work is involved in putting these cards/bookmarks/projects, which we love to do, together.  A colleague bought one of my cards for her Granny and when she returned the box of cards which she'd chosen hers from, she said "Your cards are so beautiful, do you print those pictures from the internet? "  Uhhh, helloooo....that stopped me in my tracks a bit.  My initial reaction was "Hell NO!", but then I realised, how the heck is she supposed to know when she's not a crafter. To her it's just a pretty card with a nicely coloured picture.  Then I went on to explain that the images are stamps which you ink and stamp, then colour with VERY EXPENSIVE copic pens.  Everything is imported from overseas... blah blah blah, you know the drill.  Then the eyes widened as I heard the penny drop and I could see a hint of respect shine through her beautiful eyes.  It must be hard work then, she said... bless her!  hahaha, now isn't that a lovely story!  I am sure you have plenty of your own, feel free to share.

Now I really have taken up enough of your time... I am going to bed...  sleep tight.  Happy crafting, hugs Sharon x

Willow Dancing

It is ages since I've used Elisabeth Bell's gorgeous Willow Dancing...  Alicia chose this image for the bookmark I was asked to make for Demi's Dance Teacher.  Hope she likes it !  She wanted nice bright colours and I thought Willow would look stunning in red...

And it fits so snugly over the corner of the page.  I am so enjoying making these... quick and easy. They are turning out to be such practical gifts!

Thanks for popping by and thanks to everyone who has been leaving such lovely, sweet comments. I appreciate each and every one.

Earlier this evening I made my DT project for the Totally Gorjuss challenge on Saturday, so please pop around to see it.  I had such FUN making it and can't wait to share it with you all !

hugs Sharon x

Totally Gorjuss (DT) - Nothing Square About Me

What a wonderful Saturday it is... As my regular followers will know, I have been a Guest Gorjusette for a short while now and when the very kind Net asked if I'd like to become a fully classified Gorjusette of course I said YES!!!! 

Right!  So, as you can gather I'm a very happy bunny indeed... Now if you pop along to the Totally Gorjuss challenge blog, we have a wonderful challenge for you - Nothing Square About Me... let your imaginations run WILD!!!!  I received a brand new set of nesties in the post this week and the largest nestie was big enough to use as a card, so here it is... hope you like it?

Shew, last week's challenge was a real challenge for me... you know I just love my girlie cards.  Well, I've given the sweet Maggies the weekend off as little Daisy was just dying to come out to play.  Ain't she a honey?  She's one of Elisabeth Bell's designs. The nesties are spellbinders Label 17.  I am so impressed with this design that I am sure I'll be using it often.  As the card is rather small, I've kep my embellishments to the bare minimum - just added a gorgeous organza ribbon, popped a rhinestone in the centre and 3 pearls. Sweet and simple it is!  (btw this card was sold within a second of showing it to a friend!)

A huge thanks to our wonderful sponsor: Simon Says Stamps.  Do pay them a visit for all your crafting needs. Thanks to everyone who enters our challenges, we love visiting you!

Can't wait to see what you come up with.  Happy crafting, hugs Sharon x

It's Shades of Sunshine at the Paperlane

Hello again friends... It's Shades of Sunshine at the Paperlane's challenge blog, where you get to use those delightful Molly Bloom stamps, which I love so much.

I was fortunate to win the last challenge and thought I'd enter the second one as well, for the fun of it seeing that I have quite a few Molly's in my stash!  I'm hoping to meet other Molly Bloom friends along the way... Here's my interpretation...

As I am lacking a few background/accessory Molly Bloom stamps, I have perched Farmyard Molly onto Magnolia's Spring Fence... and then I used the lovely flowers from the Molly Bloom Summer Fun collection to complete this lovely summer picture.  In the corner I used a sun from the Elisabeth Bell's range of stamps.  All that masking, I tell you... there's no stopping me now !!!

Added a bit of glaze to those lovely MB flowers to make them pop a bit.  Additional embellies are a range of different flowers from my stash and a little bow in the right hand corner to create the right balance.

Thanks so much for popping by to visit me today and leaving a comment, I so enjoy reading them.  If you have any Molly Bloom stamps, why not join in the fun at The Paperlane...

Tons of hugs, Sharon x

Oh Happy Day....

Happy Thursday my lovely friends... In South Africa we have a public holiday today... hence my heading Oh Happy Day...lol  I just love public holidays, as it gives me an extra day to craft and play, apart from the weekends.  As working girls we treasure these days, don't we ?

A very warm welcome to my new Creative Friends who have joined my followers list... so pleased to see some new faces. I'll be popping around to visit you all soon.

I was skype-ing with some lovely friends last night, happily colouring in this image which you'll see on my card, thinking that I'd be entering it into the TOMIC colour challenge which is Pink, White and Brown... Once I had coloured the image I showed it to my lovely friend Paola and she asks "What challenge are you entering that one into Shazi?", so I tell her "The TOMIC challenge silly!"... uhhh, it's then that she reminds me that it is NOT a Magnolia image... oh my HAT, did I gasp and fume... How on earth could I have been so stupid ???  So... there I had to go sifting through the whole of blogland to find a suitable challenge to enter this cute little card with an Elisabeth Bell image into.  Have you ever done something similar ?  Please say "yes", then I won't feel so bad !! hehehe

I've really waffled on long enough, but just had to share that story with you all. So, here's my little card in question.  Let me tell you, I just LOVED making this one... can you tell ? And what do you think of my little watering can prop ???  Ain't it adorable ?

Click on card for larger image

My friend Deidre introduced me to a new shop (Super Floral, 27 Transvaal Street, Paarden Eiland, Cape Town)  and this is where I found some stunning ribbon, flowers and this divine little watering can.  So... I decided to purchase 2, one in pink and one in white to use as props for my card.

I am entering my card into these 2 challenges:
 Simon Says Stamps - Bingo (I chose Flowers, Brads and Sentiment)
 Paper Sundaes - Girly Girl

Here are some more pics to share.

The image was kindly stamped for me by Paola - thanks so much!  She has been coloured in with Copics.  I've used some chalk for the blue sky.  The sentiment is from Sandra, thanks honey!  The base of my card is white and I've used bazzill cardstock to layer.  I would like to acknowledge Julie Glasgow from Colarado, USA who kindly emailed me when I asked how she got her edges so distressed.  We were using the same MM distress tool, but somehow my previous attempts didn't quite look as good as hers... ahhh, the secret is to use loads of pressure, which is what I did and it worked !  yayyyy!  Thanks Julie for this tip.

Oh what the heck, let me throw in another card with the white watering can this time, then I've really showed them both off to you all...LOL!!!

Thanks so much for popping by and leaving a comment, I really enjoy reading them. I have an extra long weekend, as I've taken tomorrow off too... yippeeeee!

Happy crafting, hugs Sharon x

Totally Gorjuss (GDT) - A Sketch

Hello friends... forgive me for not posting more regularly.  I just seem to be sticking with my GDT cards right now... I am sure it'll come right soon... 

We have a Sketch for you at the Totally Gorjuss challenge blog today and our DT have come up with some outstanding designs for your inspiration, so do pop along and pay us a visit.  We so enjoy viewing and commenting on your cards...

Here is the Sketch...

And here is my interpretation thereof...



I've used an Elisabeth Bell image and have opted not to colour it in this time.   Kendall needed a card for a Baby Shower at work and as the parents know that they are expecting  Baby Girl, I could use my favourite colour pink for this card.

I enjoyed decorating the inside as well.  Here's a little peek for you.  Gorgeous baby paper which one can cut into strips.  Our wonderful sponsor this week is Joanna Sheen. Do pay her a visit, there are awesome goodies to buy ;)

Thanks for popping by today.  I can't wait to see what creations you come up with for this challenge.  Good luck!

hugs Sharon x

The Outlawz (DT) Birthday Challenge

Good Morning everyone and welcome to another Birthday challenge at The Outlawz.  If you haven't joined this community group, please consider doing so... within 2 weeks the membership has grown to 190.  So nice to see some familiar South African faces too. 

As jy nie 'n blog het nie, kan jy nog steeds aansluit by die gewilde groep.  Jy sal sommer baie pret hê.  Dis 'n geleentheid vir jou om jou pragtige projekte met die hele blogland te deel. Jy sal nie spyt wees nie hoor.  Stuur maar vir my 'n epos as daar enige vrae is.

The challenge for you this week is to make a Birthday Card (it is the Birthday Challenge after all...lol) using Red as your primary colour.   Here is my DT card for your inspiration...

The image is a design of the super-talented Elisabeth Bell. I cannot remember with which set I received this, but I love this bouquet in the vase.  I coloured the image with my Faber Castell pencils this time, for a change.  The red spotted paper is from my W&M range of papers, love them!  The mustard spotted paper is what I've had for ages in my stash. Added some roses and included my pearl pins which I haven't used for a while.  The sentiment is from Happy Daze.

Added some dimension glaze to the image to make it pop a bit and to finish off some dewdrops and ribbon.

Thanks for popping around and leaving a comment, I really enjoy reading them and hope to see your card at The Outlawz.

Enjoy the rest of your week, I'll catch up with you all later. Sharon x

Have a Sunshine Day

Hello bloggers... I am so frustrated with myself... I was convinced that one of my DT cards had to have 2 ribbons on it and so I spent Sunday evening making this card... then when I went to upload it to the challenge group, I notice that I had it wrong....urghhhhh!  Feels like such a waste of time... I hate that, as time is so precious you know, for a working gal!

Well... I need to showcase it or else it will just gather dust...  Hope you like it...

The stamp is one of Elisabeth Bell's and the sentiment is from our local company, Great Impressions.

Thanks for popping by and for leaving a comment. hugs Sharon