Well that's the last of the holiday's over for this year only Christmas to look forward to now...We had a lovely break and rest but the weather was awful,never mind at least it was nice and warm and cosy in the caravan....I know I still have the picture to show you of my lovely new crafty things I got from the Glitter Pot will do that tomorrow couldn't get a good one last week..Anyway onto the challenges....Today is my first card for Crafter's Companion Challenge we have a lovely sketch by Jacqui for you to follow with the optional extra of "One for the Girls"....
I used one of the new SWALK stamps,thy are so sweet..I've coloured with copics for this one...
The card,gems and ribbon are from my stash..The flowers are all from Mulberry crafts and the leaves are punched out...The DP is from the SWALK 2 CD as is the sentiment
Please pop over to the Challenge and checkout my fellow team members gorgeous cards and join in with us...Sara has kindly given a £30 voucher for the Crafters Companion website a lovely prize to win.....
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Now on to Challenge 2 over at Sparkle Dreams Challenge...Firstly we would like to say a big thank you to everyone who joined us for our first challenge we would also like to let you know that we have decided to move from monthly to fortnightly so this challenge will end on Nov 14th..We have a lovely sketch for you to follow from Solance with the optional extra of "Autumn colours and leaves".....
I've used one of the gorgeous Apples and Cherries Magnolia stamps for both of my cards .....These are available to buy from Sparkle Dreams....
The first one has the twins coloured with polychromos pencils blended with sansador....The DP is MME laundry Line
The flowers again are from Mulberry Crafts..Leaves are punched out with my McGill punch...The ribbon is from my stash...The sentiment is from a set but unfortunatly I can't find the packet to tell you who they are by,I will keep looking and edit later....
For my second card I've used Tilda and Edwin together again coloured with polychromos pencils and cut out with my nesties....The DP has no name on sorry but I know I got it from A Maze of Memories....The flowers again Mulberry Crafts...Gems from my stash...the sentiment is again from the same set as before I just thought it was perfect for the image.....
Please try and join in with us for challenge 2 as we love seeing all the fabulous card you all make and visiting your blog.........
Wow... if your still with me after an extra long post well done...I'll catch you all later,I'm off to jump in the shower now....


16 comments:
Gorgeous cards Mandy. I love the colours on the first one and the images on the last two are lovely.
Nikki x
Wow mandy have you been busy, all stunning, beautiful image flowers and papers on all three.
Chris x
Fabulous cards Mandy, sorry to hear that the weather wasnt as good but never mind Im sure the holiday was worth it anyway. With love and hugs Shirleyxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Mandy,
These are beautiful cards. I lov eyour colours and images. Great work.
Hugs,
Fiona x
Oh my word Mandy!! You are crazy talented girl!! LOVE the coloring on the top card and what can I say about the darling Mag?!! I love the beautiful flowers and colors too!! :) HUGS & TFS!!
Two super cards Mandy, how to choose a favourite, I rather think it has to be the first and that very sweet image.
B x
WOWZER!! girl you have been busy.. these are all lovely!! Very beautiful work..
Hugs, Linda
Hi Mandy, Gorgeous cards! They are all lovely but my fav has to the last one. I adore the sweet Magnolia image and the flowers are stunning.
Lisa x
Oh my word you are definitely spoiling us with inspiration today Mandy these are absolutely gorgeous!!
Pinky
How funny we used the same image for our CC card and it looks gorgeous here with those fab flowers. Must check out that new challenge below CC. Marianne x
I never thought of punching the stems out in colours other than green! (Now that has to be a d'uh momnet!) Love your cards!
Thanks for sharing! :o)
Aww, they're all fabulous Mandy! I love how you arrange your flowers
All your cards are so beautiful, wonderful papers, great layouts.
Hugs
Melodie
Gorgeous cards Mandy, they are so fab I can't choose a favourite.
luv
Debby
Wowwww Mandy these cards are absolutely first class, what fantastic colouring, the design and papers are wonderful I love them all.
Hugs
Lorraine x
How many gorgeous cards can you cram into one post?! xxx
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