candy winner for first blogaversary

Hi there - Just done the random.org thing for my candy winner - it came up with number 2 - and so my bundle is going off to ............

Terriavidreader in USA.

If you could email me your details - I'll get the goodies off to you ASAP!

Hugs

Rachel xxx

DT for SALS: Sketch 30

Morning all! Well all should be back to normal today - girls back at school - running this morning and girls at dancing after school - Oh I do like routine!!! I know where I am! Fingers crossed all goes to plan.

My candy winner will be drawn later today too - thankyou so much everyone for your kind words and encouragement throughout the first year of blogging! Check back later to see if you win!

Onto my post today - its for seemsalittlesketchy where the new sketch looks like this:

We're sponsored by Sassy Studios -here - and the prize for the winner of this challenge will be provided by them. I have used the image called Lager Pinup to make my card that is for my Nephew Bryan who lives in the central belt of Scotland. He must be mid to late twenties now - you lose track don't you?

I think he'll approve! The image is coloured with promarkers and I've used tumbled glass DI around the outside of the image.

I'd like to enter my card for the following challenges:

panpasteluk Anything goes
glitternsparklechallengeblog: Anything goes
IDICrobynsfetishchallengeblog: Anything goes
2sisterschallengeblog: Anything goes
totallygorjuss: Anything goes with ribbon
craftycatzweeklychallenge Anything goes
stampinfortheweekend: Anything goes
dccfriendschallenges: Button up

Thanks for dropping by today and remember to check back later to see if you got lucky!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

GDT for Christmas Card Challenges

Hello there - good morning to you lovelies out in blogland! I hope you are well and having a good weekend. Today sees the first of 4 Sundays of cards for me as a GDT member of the christmascardchallenges. Thanks for having me on board for January!

My brief for this week - and yours should you choose to take the challenge - is to rip it, tear it, sand it.

This is what I made:

I've used coordinations card stock and embossed it with a me to you folder then sanded to reveal the core colour. Then I've ripped and torn to create rough edges on my mat. The rest involves claritystamp verse and spellbinders dies plus two ribbons. 



I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

CHNCcraftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge: AG wihout santa
Willow Sketchiewillowsketchiechallenge: Anything goes
cardmaniacardmaniachallenges: winter wonderland
creative momentscreativemomentsbloggersnetwork: AG
Card crafters Circle:cardcrafterscircle No business like snow business.

Thanks for dropping by and I hope to see you again soon - remember its the last day for my candy today - I'll draw a winner on Monday 7th at around midday!

Hugs one and all!

Rachel xx

A copy card

Hi there folks in blogland - I've been cheating today - I've made a card that is amost identical to the one that my good friend Anne (here) sent me for Christmas - its such a stunner - and I managed to get hold of the stamp the other day - so I had to have a go. Now this stamp may well be coming up quite a lot over the next year - its such a corker - if you haven't seen it before its from stampendous - if you have - you'll know what I mean - thanks for the inspiration Anne - you're a star!!!!

Oh I just adore it - what an amazing stamp! I've stamped directly onto the card using archival ink - then stamped onto stamping card - and used DI tumbled glass to add the blue in the background and the centre. I've coloured in the windows and holly using promarkers and added glitter to the roofs and snowy field - that's not showing up too well but its there. Finally I've added liquid pearls randomly to diagonally opposed corners. The central oval and holly have been decopaged ontop.

I'm not entering this card into any challenges - its too much of a copy - from a friend's inspired card - so thanks again Anne - I really do love it xxx

See you again soon and thanks for visiting!

Hugs

Rachel xx

tim's tags of 2013 - January

Evening all! Well its been another full day - managed to do mine and my mums shopping and go to an exercise class - Penny's hair has been put right too - as the photos below show:

Not sure why the second one has come up in black and white - but you get the idea - I think she looks very cute and cheeky and is totally forgiven - we had a few tears though as I'm sure you can imagine!

Onto today - I've decided to join in with Tim's tags this year - and here's Tims then mine:

I've enjoyed doing this - used a couture embossing folder and DI scattered straw, wild honey, faded jeans and walnut stain. Also Distress stain antique paper. I've used momento metallic inks to colour the cogs that I cut with spellbinders dies into grunge paper - the words are William Blake and the stamp from clarity. The brad and watch charm were from my lovely mum for christmas - I think the charm is creative expressions. The hand is paperartsy.

I'd like to enter my Tag into
Tim's 12 tags of 2013http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2013-january/
Sunday stamper:pinkleart writing
2 sisters CB2sisterschallengeblog: ABAC
Kaboodle Doodles:kaboodledoodles AG
Ladybug Craftsladybugcrafts: ABAC
ABACanythingbutacard: AG

Thanks for visiting - and I hope to see you again soon.Just signed up to do the creative chemistry online course run by Tim Holtz - looking forward to learning lots of new techniques!!!! Very excited xx

Big Hugs

Rachel xx

Daisy's card

Evening all! I hope you are all well and happy? I've had a wonderful day with my two little girls - we've been toy shopping and had lunch at pizza hut - and then spent the afternoon in the attic making tags from this years Christmas cards - Penny was using the big shot and Lucy the Grand Calibur - I have all of my dies on magnetic sheets on the wall and they just kept wandering along and changing their dies - and I got on with some DT work!!!! Fabulous - such a lovely and peaceful day! We're off to my mums tomorrow and have got the hairdresser coming - Penny decided to take the scissors to her hair a few days ago - bless her! We need to get it sorted before she goes back to school on Monday - she's a sausage!

Anyway before I show you tonights card - I need to tell you about this at Crafty Sentiments:

Check it out here- can't wait to have a look myself!

Anyway - onto today's card - its for the daughter of my friend Danielle. She's called Daisy and will be 1 soon:

The image is, of course, from LOTV and has been coloured with promarkers. The daisy's are from WOC - and the name stamps are from Claritystamp. The papers are first edition and the message stamp is LOTV. the bee charm was from my stash. I've cut the image with a new spellbinder die (to me) - its called romantic rectangles.

I'd like to enter the card into the following challenges:

WOCwildorchidchallenge: Anything goes
SSSsimonsaysstampschallenge: Something new - spellbinders die and the stamp - plus daisy is pretty new at 1 year old!
Whoopsi daisycutedaisymay: Celebrate.

Hope to have something to share with you tomorrow - but it may be Friday before I get chance - thanks for visiting!

Hugs

Rachel xx

Aunty Brenda's Card

Evening all! I hope you all had fun last night but didn't overdo things too much? I saw the New Year in for the first time in years! The fireworks in London looked amazing didn't they? I remember being there on the embankment at the Millenium - but I can't remember it looking anything like that!!!!!

I've got a card to share with you today that's for my aunty Brenda's birthday - she's going to be 80 next Monday and I couldn't resist using this image on her card - from Mo Manning.

I've gone for a blue and yellow colour scheme colouring with my trusty old promarkers - I've also used the set of grand fancy circles dies from spellbinders which are an absolute dream. The flowers are from WOC.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Cards Galorecardsgalorechallenges: Anything goes
My mums Craftshopmymumscraftshop: Anything goes
Bearly Minebearlymine-challenges: Something old (promarkers) something new (grand dies)
Papertake weeklypapertakeweekly: Anything goes
artisticinspirationscrafts: Anything goes/celebrations
PMSpapermakeupstamps: Anything goes.

Thanks so much for dropping by - remember I've got candy - my blogaversary coincides with my aunties birthday!!!!! Hope to see you again soon!

Hugs

Rachel xx