Challenges for the Weekend

Good evening folks... here's wishing you all a super weekend.  We finally have cool weather in Cape Town and I was freezing my butt off today, so Autumn is definitely on its way. We usually start unpacking the cardigans after the Easter weekend and start wearing closed shoes.  Whilst the rest of you are looking forward to Spring and Summer, we'll be posting pics of the storms which are still to come our way!

As most of you who follow me know, I work fulltime, so my crafting time is limited to evenings only (and sometimes after a hard day's work, it's the last thing one feels like doing... the mind wants to, but somehow the body just doesn't want to comply). So... I have quite a bit of catching up to do.  Made 2 cards this evening but can only post this one, as the other challenge was for last week (silly me!).  Here's my little number for the Cute Card Thursday challenge, which asks for Dimensions and the Paper Take Weekly challenge which provided the sketch.

The image was stamped for me by a fellow South African. I think it may be a Penny Black, maybe someone can just confirm. I have a whole page of them, so you'll be seeing them on a few of my new cards. Coloured in with copics and added some glitter seeing that she looks as if she's about to hit the night spot!!!  The base of my card is bazzill and the DP with hearts comes from Paola's shop, the other is a double sided paper from the valentine paper range.  The lovely heart buttons were sent to me by Jacque in the USA - I love them and am using them sparingly!  The sentiment is a stamp from my collection.  The pearls are from Charmaine's shop in De La Rey.  She just got them in yesterday and I went to purchase some last night.

I really like this little card, it makes me smile.  I hope it does the same for you and look forward to reading your comments, should you wish to leave one... happy crafting, hugs Sharon

TGIF - 2 Challenges in 1

Greetings everyone... TGIF... here's wishing you all a fabulous weekend - wow, is it my imagination or did this week pass by quickly?  Like myself, I am sure all the Working Ladies are pleased this day has come as we can now relax and catch up with all the fabulous challenges on the go.  I thought I would start early and have managed to combine 2 challenges with this card.  I've followed the Sketch as set out by the Paper Take Weekly Challenge team and over at the  My Time To Craft Blog they asked you to use a Frame on your card.  This is my first time with the MTTC Blog, so I hope they like my little creation.

I've used the Manga Girl for the first time ever and love this little one with her cute boots. Coloured in with Copics and used my white gel pen to create highlights. The brown DP with the  big pink dots is from EK Success (bought from Paola) and the striped DP is from Making Memories (The Scrapbook Shop). Both matted onto pink card to give definition. The DP for the frame is a South African product called Cinnamon Spot by Tracy Schimper. The flowers are from my old stash and the pin with pearls is a new feature I enjoy using, bought from Paola.  The sprinkles in the corners are what I won in the Annabelle Bling Challenge Blog a while ago. They are really stunning... so I'm using them very sparingly...lol

I added some glitter glue to the flowers.  You can see it nicely from this angle. I am really pleased with this card and think I will keep it for myself to send to some special.  Thanks for visiting my little corner and I hope to see you back again soon... please leave a comment if you wish, as it always makes me happy to read them.  Will catch up with you later, Sharon

Paper Take Weekly Challenge # 32

Hello friends... thank you so much to my new followers who have really made my day by joining. Welcome!  We're getting closer and closer to that Blog Candy now...

Before I retire for the evening, I came across this lovely sketch at Paper Take Weekly.  I just had to make a card and seeing that I have quite a few images that I've coloured in, it went quite quickly. I think I will be using this sketch again soon...

Paper: Base of card is a lovely pale blue, matted a chocolate brown on top of that to create a nice mounted border for my DP
DP: From the pack I purchased at CNA - isn't it coming in handy now?
Image:  One of the lovely Tilda's coloured in with my Copics
Embellies: Flower, ribbon and pearls from my stash
Sentiment: Typed myself

Surely you must agree?  Isn't that a lovely sketch. Better hurry now and visit PTW's blog so that you can enter too...

Once again taken from another angle, to give you a peek of the inside.  I just love this colour combination and hope you do too!   It would be great if you could leave a comment, as I really enjoy reading them and then I can visit you too.  Take care... chat later in the week.  Cheerio Sharon