SARAH KAY - Time for Tea

Hi everyone,


This time I have a card made using one of my favourite Sarah Kay images.  I just love Sarah Kay images!  I coloured up this one some time ago and dug it out to make a nice simple card.  Hey I think I pulled it off without adding lots of this and that this time too.  I love thel ayering and embellishing, but this time I just wanted something simple but effective.  This is about as simple as I get! Haha

The lace is from Ribbon Girl.  This was a lovely gift from a friend and I found another scrap in my stash.

The embellishments and cheesecloth came from  Live and Love Crafts and I delved into my stash for anything else.


Thanks for looking,

Judy x

SARAH KAY MULTI-FOLD CARD

Morning all,


Here we have an easel card which I made using this gorgeous Sarah Kay stamp which I coloured with Copics.  This is teamed with Cheery Lynn dies.  I am not sure what this shape is called to be honest, it sort of formed its shape itself along the way, but it is probably a type of Multi-fold card maybe?  You will see I had fun making the flowers from Cheery Lynn dies too. 

Cheery Lyn Dies
Sarah Kay stamped image
Items from stash.

Thanks for looking today,

Judy x

SARAH KAY EASEL CARD

Morning all,








Here we have an easel card which I made using a Sarah Kay Topper.  To be honest these I do not like anywhere near as much as the stamped images.  But once I had added the Frantage etc I was quite happy with it.

Cheery Lyn Dies
Frantage and flowers from Live and Love Crafts
Items from stash.

Thanks for looking today,

Judy x

SWEET STAMPING CHALLENGE - Christmas in July

Hi everyone

I am delighted to be back with another Design Team card to share which I made for the Challenge at  Sweet Stamping   The  theme to this Challenge is entitled  'Christmas in July.    I have opted to make another Shaped card using my Go Kreate dies.  It is a one sheet card with a small easel at the back.  I couldnot resist using this gorgeous Sarah Kay image.  I do think this one could be used for such a lot of occasions, including Christmas.

There is a a lovely sponsor: 

Challenge Theme:  - CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Sponsor: My Creative Classroom & Flat Friends

Sarah Kay image coloured with Copics 

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and Live and Love Crafts

Go Kreate, Magnolia and Cheery Lynn dies

Items from stash

Please do pop over and take a look at the very talented Design Team's work here.  It is a lovely Challenge, it would be great if you could join in.

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

SWEET STAMPIN' CHALLENGE - Summer fun

Hi everyone

I am delighted to be back with another Design Team card to share which I made for the Challenge at  Sweet Stamping   The  theme to this Challenge is entitled  'Summer Fun'.    I have opted to make another Shaped card using my Go Kreate dies.  It is a one sheet card with a small easel at the back.    So, 'Summer Fun' - well I had no hesitation in digging out one of my favourite Sarah Kay images.  I say favourite, I just love all Sarah Kay images.  This one just seems to jump out at me though.  She is called 'Elodie in the Garden' and I have coloured with Copics.

There is a a lovely sponsor: 

Challenge Theme: Summer Fun

Weekly: Hobbykutz - £7.50 voucher

Sarah Kay image coloured with Copics 

Gorgeous papers from Kraftyhands (Kew)

Go Kreate, Spellbinder and Cheery Lynn dies

Items from stash

Please do pop over and take a look at the very talented Design Team's work here.  It is a lovely Challenge, it would be great if you could join in.

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

ROSES AT CHEERY LYNN

Hi all,

I really do apologise for my absence, I have been, and still am really busy at the moment but I will be back in full force again soon.

I have a card to share with you tonight which I made a little while ago and would like to enter into the lovely challenge at Cheery Lynn.

I loved making this card using a mixture of Cheery Lynn dies and this fabulous Sarah Kay image which has been coloured by a friend of mine.  You will see there is a pocket in both central sections where a tag has been slotted inside.  The flowers are from Wild orchid Crafts, I have machine stitched the edges and the papers are Tilda ones. 

I would like to enter this into the following:

Cheery Lynn Challenge - Roses (my roses are on the papers)

Thanks for looking tonight,

Judy x

TEA ANYONE? AND A TOUCH OF SHABBY

Morning everyone,

First of all just a reminder that I have a 3 year Blogaversary candy on the go.  All you need to do is leave me a comment on the Candy post to be in with a chance to win several prizes.  It would be a great shame if any of my  followers, both old and new were to miss out and I welcome new followers too.  Blogger is playing sillies at the moment but you can follow me on Bloglovin or the Google Circles.  You can find the candy post here http://inkypinkydelights.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/blogaversary-candy.html

Secondly, a huge thankyou to you all for such lovely comments I am receiving and a very warm welcome to all my new followers.  I had so many lovely comments the other day, it fair brought a tear to my eye.  THANKYOU to each and every one of you.

I just have a quick posting today with a card to share which I made some time ago using one of my favourite Sarah Kay images.

  

Thanks for looking and a very Happy Monday to you all,

Judy x

TICKLED PINK

Hi again

It is like buses all coming at once today.  If you would like to see my other post today just scroll down.  I have not entered challenges this year yet so I thought it was time I did so.

This card I would like to enter into the Cheery Lynn Challenge - Tickled Pink

I love these Cheery Lynn frames and flowers. In fact I am loving making the flowers too.  The photo is not easy to see but I have inked the flowers so they are tinged with pink.  I have used pieces of a Cheery Lynn Flourish die-cut too.

I love this Sarah Kay image which I have coloured with Coplics.

Thanks again for looking,

Judy x

SWEET STAMPIN' CHALLENGE - IN STITCHES

Happy  Saturday Morning everyone,

I am delighted to be back with another Design Team card to share which I made for the Challenge at  Sweet Stamping   The  theme to this Challenge is entitled  'In Stitches.'. I dug out another of my favourite Sarah Kay images and coloured it with Copics

There are two lovely sponsors: 

Challenge Theme: In Stitches

Monthly: Cuddly Buddly - £10 voucher

Weekly: Di's Digi's & My Crafty Heart £10 voucher

Paper and embellishments  from Live and Love Crafts

Image: Sarah Kay coloured with Copics

Machine Stitching
Items from stash

Please do pop over and take a look at the very talented Design Team's work here.  It is a lovely Challenge, it would be great if you could join in.

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

SWEET STAMPIN' CHALLENGE- GIRLY - NO PINK

Happy  Saturday Morning everyone,

I am delighted to be back with another Design Team card to share which I made for the Challenge at  Sweet Stamping   The  theme to this Challenge is entitled  'Girly - No Pink....'. I dug out one of my favourite Sarah Kay images and coloured it with Copics

There are two lovely sponsors: 
Challenge Theme: Girly but NO pink

Monthly: Cuddly Buddly - £10 voucher

Weekly: The Ribbon Girl £10 voucher

Paper from Live and Love Crafts

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts and Live and Love Crafts

Image: Sarah Kay coloured with Copics

Machine Stitching

Please do pop over and take a look at the very talented Design Team's work here.  It is a lovely Challenge, it would be great if you could join in.

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

SWEET STAMPIN CHALLENGE - Last Minute Christmas

Happy  Saturday Morning everyone,

I am delighted to be back with another Challenge at  Sweet Stamping    The  theme to this Challenge is entitled  'Last Minute Christmas'.  I bet a lot of you are nodding your heads here in agreement thinkingk 'that is me'.  Well I thought this lovely Sarah Kay image (coloured by a friend of mine) was perfect for this challenge.  Posting last minute cards.   I went for the shabby Chic style again (love this!) and used up things from my stash.

There are two lovely sponsors: 

Challenge Theme: Last minute Christmas

Monthly: The Ribbon Girl

Weekly: Cuddly Buddly - £10 Voucher

Please do pop over and take a look at the very talented Design Team's work here.  It is a lovely Challenge, it would be great if you could join in.

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

SWEET STAMPIN CHALLENGE - Tags

Happy  Saturday Morning everyone,

I am delighted to be back with another Challenge at  Sweet Stamping    The  theme to this Challenge is entitled  'Tags'.  I opted to make my version of a 'Tag Card'  It is not really evident from the first photo what I am trying to achieve, but I think the second photo showing the reverse side shows it better.

There are two lovely sponsors: 

Challenge Theme: Tags (make one or use one on a card)

Monthly: The Ribbon Girl

Weekly:The Stamp Fairy

 Reverse side:

Sarah Kay Image coloured with CopicsMachine Stitching
Cheery Lynn Die-cuts
Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and Live and Love Crafts
Nitwit Papers
Everything else from my stash 
 
Please do pop over and take a look at the very talented Design Team's work here.  It is a lovely Challenge, it would be great if you could join in.

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

SWEET STAMPIN' CHALLENGE - Shaped Cards (No square or rectangle cards)

Happy  Saturday Morning everyone,

I am delighted to be back with another Challenge at  Sweet Stamping    The  theme to this Challenge is entitled  'Shaped Cards'.  Well this is just up my street, you know how I love the fancy folds, so this is what I came up with.

There are two lovely sponsors: 

Challenge Theme: Shaped Cards (No Square/Rectangle)

Monthly: The Ribbon Girl

Weekly: The Hobby House

Sarah Kay Image coloured with Copics 
Machine Stitching
Flowers from Ribbon Girl
Embossing folder that came with my e-Bosser
Everything else from my stash 
 
Please do pop over and take a look at the very talented Design Team's work here.  It is a lovely Challenge, it would be great if you could join in.

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

SWEET STAMPIN CHALLENGE - Monster Birthday

Happy  Saturday Morning everyone,

I am delighted to be back with another Challenge at  Sweet Stamping    The  theme to this Challenge is entitled  'Monster Birthday'.   Well, I had to get my thinking cap on for this one.  As you know Monsters are right out of my comfort zone.  Then I remembered the Lil Ol Grumpy image I had in my stash so I used this to make the bunting on the inside of the card.

There are two lovely sponsors: 

Challenge Theme: Monster Birthday

Monthly: The Ribbon Girl

Weekly: Sir Stampalot - Stamps

Sarah Kay Image coloured with CopicsMachine Stitching

Everything else from my stash 
 
Please do pop over and take a look at the very talented Design Team's work here.  It is a lovely Challenge, it would be great if you could join in.

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

CHRISTMAS CARD AND CO-ORDINATING CARD GIFT BAG

I am back again with my second posting today.

Well, you know what I am like, I got a bit carried away with the Sketch for the challenge at The Shabby Tearoom  

Well, I enjoyed making the card gift bag so much that I found myself making another one but this time a Christmas one.

 


Again it is going to be photo heavy.  It is easier than trying to describe what I did.  

This time I used a lovely Sarah Kay image which has been coloured by a friend of mine.  The papers are Crea Diem and Maja from Live and Love Crafts.

The Lace tree which is on the inside of the card, and also on the front of the bag is made of strips of pre-gathered lace.  I got this idea from Amelia  
I am in awe of Amelia's work, and when I emailed and asked if I could take inspiration from her tree and have a go myself I got a lovely reply.  Do pop over and take a look at Amelia's Blog, it is full of lovely creations.

Again the Sketch has been followed to the inside of the card but this time I have moved the image to the centre of the bag as it just was not going right at all.  So, this I would also like to enter into the Challenge at The Shabby Tearoom

Again, thank you for looking, and a happy weekend to you all too.

Judy x 

CHRISTMAS CARDS ALL YEAR ROUND CHALLENGE - GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS

Hi everyone

Today sees the start to a new Challenge at CCAYR, which is entitled 'Getting Ready for Christmas'  You will see I have been playing around with my Cheery Lynn die-cuts again, and I just love this Sarah Kay image which has been coloured by a friend of mine.  Yes even the flowers and leaves are Cheery Lynn die-cuts.  The front and side borders are from a lovely Cheery Lynn frame die.  Don't they give that lovely lacy effect instead of using real lace?

 

Sarah Kay image
Cheery Lynn Die-cuts
Items from stash
Machine Stitching

I would like to enter this into the challenges at Cheery Lynn - Lace
and Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 

Do pop over to the Challenge Blog at CCAYR,  and take a look at the talented Design Team's  lovely creations.  I do hope you can join in with this lovely Challenge. 

Thank you so much for looking,

Judy x

AUTUMN HARVEST - SHABBY CHIC TOP FOLD SURPRISE MULTI POCKET CARD

Hi everyone,

This time I am sharing a card which I hope fits the theme of 'Autumn' linked to the Papermill Design Team Call which I would like to apply.

What does Autumn mean to me?  Well Autumn leaves of course, but then I thought everyone would do that but the very fond memories I have of Autumn as a child are helping my Mum do the Flowers at the local Village Church for the Harvest Festival.  As  a little girl, we always used to have to attend the Harvest Festival Service and then all the produce and flowers were auctioned off in our local Village Hall.  As children we always loved this as they geared it around the children as well.  I could go on about this but will save you from that! Haha   

 I have made this card for a friend's birthday.  She is a really keen Gardener and I know will just love it. I opted to make a top fold card in the shape of a chest of drawers (for the Potting Shed) (you may remember me doing one for a male a little while ago).  This time I have  included a surprise pocket at the reverse of the card where I have included second pocket which holds a Vintage Postcard in front of the pocket.   I am popping some Sweet Pea seeds into the pocket. (Sell by date is way ahead - 2015! for these seeds)  I know she loves Sweet Peas. 

You know how I love Sarah Kay stamps, well when I saw these Sarah Kay toppers on EBay I just had to have them.  I think I actually do prefer the stamps, but having added Frantage I think this just fits the theme so well.  I wonder what you think?

The edges of the die-cuts are inked with Tim Holtz Antique Linen ink, and embossed with Frantage.

Materials used:

Cheery Lynn dies (including the flower)
DCWV papers
Frantage (Shabby White)
Tim Holtz Antique Linen
Pearls, lace and anything else from stash

I would like to enter this card into the DT Call at Papermill

If you are stil awake thanks for stopping by and looking, and also a huge thank you too for all the lovely comments I am receiving these days.  These really do make my day!

Judy x

SWEET STAMPING CHALLENGE - 'Got the Blues'

Happy  Saturday Morning everyone,

I am delighted to be back with another Challenge at  Sweet Stamping    The  theme to this Challenge is entitled  'Got the Blues'.

I loved making this shape of card and I am in love with this gorgeous Sarah Kay image which  I coloured with Copics.

There are two lovely sponsors: 

Challenge Theme: Got the Blues (lots of Blue!)

Monthly: The Ribbon Girl

Weekly: Cuddly Buddly - £10 Voucher

Sarah Kay Image coloured with Copics Machine Stitching

Everything else from my stash 
 
Please do pop over and take a look at the very talented Design Team's work here.  It is a lovely Challenge, it would be great if you could join in.

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

SWEET STAMPING CHALLENGE - Kraft

Happy  Saturday Morning everyone,

I am delighted to be back with another Challenge at  Sweet Stamping    The  theme to this Challenge is entitled  'Kraft'.


I opted to make another Horizontal Multi-fold card using this lovely Sarah Kay stamp.  I coloured the image with Copics.  The right hand side I have included a criss cross style pocket.
There are two lovely sponsors: 

Challenge Theme: Use Kraft Card

Monthly: The Ribbon Girl

Weekly: Cuddly Buddly - £10 Voucher

 

Papers from Live and Love Crafts
Flowers from Live and Love Crafts and Wild Orchid Crafts

Everything else from my stash 
 
Please do pop over and take a look at the very talented Design Team's work here.  It is a lovely Challenge, it would be great if you could join in.

As always, thanks for looking, and have a great day!

Judy x

GDT AT CHEERY LYNN - DOUBLE ZIG ZAG CARD

Hi and Good Morning everyone,

I am here today sharing another card as Guest Designer for Cheery Lynn for the month of August.   

I opted to make a Double Zigzag Card card following a lovely Tutorial which can be found
HERE    I love this shape and will definitely use it again.  Doesn't it show the gorgeous die-cuts and Pion papers off lovely!  The Sarah Kay image is centralised and framed on the inside using the Felicity Doily Die.  The card is edged with the fabulous Dancing Doiley Borders  and I am in love with these gorgeous 'Darling Daisies'  I opted to give the band a ribbon closure as the card is so bulky and embellished the front using the Daisy Strip to form the flower and Tropical leaves.  You can tell I had such fun making this.

The first photo shows the card fully closed:

The second photo shows the card open:

The third photo shows the card semi open/closed:

And finally a close up of the side panel:

 
Cheery Lynn  dies used:  

Felicity Doily Die - DL239
Dancing Doily Lace Border - DL134
Darling Daisies - A196 
Daisy Strip B259 
Tropical Leaves - B119 

Papers from Live and Love Crafts
Sarah Kay image coloured wityh Copics
Items from stash

I do hope you find time to pop over to the Cheery Lynn Blog 
where there is lots of very talented inspiration to be had, plus a fabulous Challenge too.

Thank you for looking,

Judy x