Papertake Weekly Anything goes

Hi again still wet and windy here,

great excuse to craft.

This time at Papertake weekly

it's Anything goes week

and the optional extra is to use

a shape card.

We are sponsored this week by

Lili of the valley

so there will be great prizes up for grabs.

This gave me the chance to play with my

XXl circle dies from Go create.

I have seen some wonderful circle

cards in blog land, i had to get the

large dies so i could make my own.

( I needed them)..lol

We have no sooner got into September and 

i have gone all Autumny (if that's a word).

I have used this cute fairy from LOTV and

stamped her onto water colour paper

and painted her with inktence pencils and a brush.

The papers are from MME i think it is their 

Bloom and grow set, can't find the front cover.

Sentiment is from Cuddly Buddly.

Flowers are the Poppies from Wild Orchid crafts.

Ribbon from stash.

Used Wild Honey ink to distress the edges.

Thanks for Stopping by today

take care

Happy Birthday Jack

Hi again i'm back with this weeks 

Papertake Weekly Challenge

We have a fabulous sketch from our very talented 

Dawny P to follow and this week

we are sponsored by

Simon Says Stamp.

A bit of a different card for me this week

It's my sons birthday end of this week

and gosh he's 14.

He loves graffiti art and he is always

doodling his name in tag form.

So i decided to add some 

graffiti style letters on his card.

I looked through images on the Internet and 

came across this style, printed off the 

alphabet then with a light box traced it onto 

super smooth card  ready to colour with my

Polychromos pencils.

I noticed a lot of the art is multicoloured

and i love Red, Orange and Yellow together

and they are suitable for a guy.

I turned the sketch upside down i thought it 

would work better for me that way

The papers are from Raspberry Road.

The stamp is from a retro transport 

stamp set from Kanban crafts.

The buttons were all a pale yellow so i

coloured them with permanent marker pens

to make them match, and added contrasting wool.

I think i'm safe showing it to you all before he 

sees it he never looks on my page 

"It's all about cards, it's boring"

is what he said the one and only time he looked.

If it's got nothing to do with XBox,

BMX, skateboarding or camper vans

he's not interested.

Thanks for looking 

Take care

Die's to die for at Papertake

Hi again i'm back with this weeks 

Papertake Weekly Challenge.

this week the challenge is

die's to Die for

we want to see lots of die cut things

(not punches)

and up for grabs as a prize for the 

winner is a £10 voucher from

yes you guessed it

die's to DIE for.

I have used this super cute digi stamp from

Wee stamps available from Cuddly Buddly.

Used a mixture of Flex, pro, copic markers

and Polychromos pencils to colour her in.

Used a X cut die cut shape for the image.

Roses are made using  Marianne Creatables

wavy rose and leaf dies. 

I also used a Marianne die for the flower and a 

circle die to cut out the sentiment , which is 

also from Cuddly Buddly.

Papers are a mixture from Papermania and a 

magazine freebie.

Inked the edges with warn lipstick distress ink,

and added star dust glitter glue.

Thanks for stopping by

Take care

I've made a stepper card

Hi again back with my Papertake card, 

and i have finally had a go at a stepper card.

I can hear you all saying "aah bless." How long have

these cards been around? and i'm only just

getting round to making one.

Never mind i get there in the end.. LOL.

I must say though i had great fun making it

and will definitely make another.

This week at Papertake the challenge is

Bingo

eyes down and choose a row.

It can be in any direction and there are

Free boxes for you to choose what you want.

We are sponsored this week by the fabulous 
Ribbon Girl

I have gone for the top row

Free (ribbon), Pearls, Blooms.

I have used a SWALK stamp from Crafters Companion,

i have used my new Flexmarkers to colour her in

apart from the hair i used my promarkers.

The papers are from Raspberry road.

Sentiment from Lili of the valley.

I made a ribbon banner out of paper scraps.

Flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts.

Pearls from stash.

 I used silver stickles on banner and

Dried marigold distress ink on image and tag.

I'm also going to enter this into the challenge over at Crafters Companion.

This month the theme is 

Glitter and Glitz

I have used glitter on my banner and pearls. 

Thanks for stopping by today

Take care

Grow your own

Hi again, guess what the suns shining

hurray i've managed to get some washing done.

The basket was starting to overflow, although

they have forecast really bad weather 

tomorrow for the north west, so i have done two

loads and i'm only half way through the pile.

It's Papertake weekly time again

and this weeks challenge is to 

Grow Your Own

We want to see handmade flowers on your

wonderful creations and this week

we are sponsored by the fabulous 

Whiff of Joy.

I have used a fab Fizzy Moon stamp

that i picked up at the craft shop the other day

and i actually got my copics out to colour.

I love the way it has turned out i coloured it

a bit differently to normal, i dabbed the 

ink on instead of colouring and i 

think my shading looks better doing it this way.

The sentiment came with the stamp set.

Flowers are made using Raspberry road papers and

Paper Artsy grunge type flower and leaf die.

The ribbon is a market find.

 The image is cut with a new die from X cut,

 you even get a magnetic sheet with the set

to store the dies on which is brill.

Oh well my tummy's starting to rumble 

i think it's time for lunch.

Thanks for stopping by

Take care

Teddy Bea cupcake pincushion

Hi all hope you are well.

It's Papertake time again and this week is

Anything Goes.

with the option of using metal

eg. corner, charm etc.
Which is sponsored by 
Lili of the Valley and
Wild Orchid Crafts.

As you might know i have been teaching myself

to crochet, and trawling through the  web i

  found some fabulous creations. Cupcakes 

seem to be very popular, i then saw the 

 crochet creations by the wonderful Tab, she is so clever

she crochet booties, teddies and some 

delish cupcakes which i used as my inspiration.

I then trawled the Internet for patterns and 

came across a fab site here that has lots of free patterns

for just about anything.

so using bits from different patterns 

and 5 cupcake experiments later i made this.

I am so chuffed with it.

I then used jump rings to
add a tag made with a teddy Bea image

and coloured it with polychromos pencils

to match the cupcake.
Used coordinated pins and added
three metal charms,
a butterfly, flower and a handmade for you charm.

It's perfect now as a little gift for someone,
although i don't know who yet, all my rellie's 
might get them for christmas.lol.

Thanks for stopping by

take care 

Papertake challenge Sketch 58

Hi all i'm back with this weeks Papertake 

weekly challenge

it's sketch time.

and we are sponsored this week by 

Simon Says Stamp.

Finally used my Strawberry Tilda, she's been sat in the 

packet unopened for a while...tut tut.

That's not like me i usually open new stamps straight

away, but i have been crocheting more just lately

and had not got round to opening it.
Then it got buried under some papers,
and forgotten about ..oops  well

you get the picture.

I have used these fab papers from Raspberry Road

from the Wild Strawberry set.

I used my new Marianne creatables die

to make a jam pot cover, though i'm not happy

about where i have put the sentiment, 

it makes the red check paper look lopsided, i only

noticed it when i took the picture's after 

and i couldn't be bothered to start again.

I coloured the image with Polychromos pencils.

Sentiment is from LOTV,  and i have used 

a Martha Stewart Heart border punch.

Well thanks for looking ,i'm off to have 

some lunch then it's back into the garden i have 

a mountain of soil to spread out ready for grassing.

Take Care

Lets Get Cute

 Hi all it's Papertake time again

and this weeks challenge is

Getting Cute

as you might have guessed 

we want to see all those cute cards

which will be easy, as there are so many cute images 

out there.

We are sponsored this week by 

Digital Delights.

I have dug out my Sarah Kay images 

that i had actually coloured a long time ago with

Copics and have been sat in a box waiting to be used.

As the theme is cute i had to go

with my favourite colour Pink.

Papers are from Raspberry Road.

My Doohickey flower dies arrived a few days ago 

at last, i ordered them online from Crafts U Love

then i got an email saying they had run out of stock and i had to wait for the next delivery.

Anyway nearly a month later i've got them,

so i had to play.

Flourishes and sentiment tag

are from Marianne Creatables dies.

I have added gems to the flourishes.

Thanks for stopping by today 

and hope you join in and have a play.

Ha ha i'm a poet and i didn't know it.

Gosh that takes me back,

we used to say that when we were

kids.

ta ta

Feeling Hot Hot Hot!

Hi all hope your day has been a good one.

It did forecast rain for us today but guess what

the sun came out, i don't think these weather 

people really know what they are talking about.

But that's ok cause it's 

HOT! HOT! HOT!

Don't mind me i have been singing this song

all week since i made my card for this weeks

Papertake weekly challenge.

and yes you guessed the theme is 

HOT! HOT! HOT!

I promise i won't sing again!

This week we want to see cards with 

all those Hot Ho...t sorry nearly sang again

all those hot colours,

and this weeks sponsor is the Ribbon girl.

I have used one of the fab Teddy Bo images

Bea at the Beach, she is coloured with polychromos

pencils and sansodor.

Papers are from Raspberry Road Family ties set.

Used Spiced Marmalade distress ink.

Flowers are prima and i have added

Platinum stickles.

I have followed the sketch from this months 

Crafting Life's Pieces.

So i am going to enter it into their challenge.

That's all folks 

thanks for stopping by and 

enjoy the weather cause it's 

Hot! Hot! hot!........feeling Hot! Hot! hot!

Anything goes at Papertake

Good afternoon all, well it couldn't last, it
started raining here this afternoon although 
it saves me watering the garden later.


My sweet pea's have just started flowering so 
the house smells gorgeous,i have to pick them.
There is someone who lives near my mums 
who grows the most magnificent sweet peas
and they don't pick them, what a crime.
  We keep threatening to go round
in the night and pick them.Lol.


Well it's Papertake Weekly time again
and this week it's


Anything goes week
with the option of using buttons.


We are sponsored by the lovely girls
over at Lili of the valley
There is a £10 voucher up for grabs
so it's well worth entering.

I have used one of the new stamps that have recently
been released from LOTV
This cutie is called Millie just for you.
I have coloured her with Polychromos pencils
and sansodor.
Papers are Raspberry Road from the one fine day 
paper set.
Flowers are from wild orchid crafts.
Marianne Creatables flourish die.
Pins from stash.
Loving these colours they look so fresh and no
pink in sight, wow that's unusual for me.. LOL!


Oh well off to do some baking 
i can't keep up the cakes disappear as quick as i
can make them.

Thanks for stopping by today
Take care
ta ta

Papertake Sketch challenge

Hi all managed to get my list of

jobs for today done.

I'm back with my card for this weeks 

Papertake Weekly Challenge

It's a sketch challenge 

this week

The sketch is designed by Dawny P,

she is so talented and they are

great to follow,  especially when i have a 

mental block and struggle with a layout.

 I have been practicing my Crochet.

I bought a book last week from my local wool shop

that is full of patterns for making crochet flowers.

This one on my card is a string of flowers, you can 

make it as long as you like.

This was my second go i thought the shape

on this was much better ( i am still learning).

I'm getting better though i made a Pansy and a 

double flower that looks a bit like a water Lilly

last night, hold on a sec I'll go and take a picky for you.

Here you are.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them yet

i think they are a bit to big to go on cards,

i just love to make them.

Anyway back to my card

I have used one of the new Magnolia stamps

coloured with Polychromos pencils.

I have used one of spellbinders wonky squares

and inked the edges with antique linen

distress in, i also stamped the LOTV sentiment with

the same ink.

The papers are from Dovecraft's Sugar and Spice

paper pack.

Added some stickles glitter glue here and there.

Better get a move on it's Beth's sports day

at school this afternoon.

Thanks for looking

ta ta