Vintage Heaven

This fortnight at My Partner in Crafting Crime it's Vintage time. We also have our first Guest Designer Angie Hunt taking part in our challenge and in our Interrogation Room.

I've been wanting to create a sign for my room for ages now and this was the perfect time to get it done. I used the Vintage Market Alphabet from Tim Holtz as well as the elegant flourish die too. The paper is also from his book and i've distressed it with Old Paper. The edging, swirl and wording have all been coated with Picket Fence crackle paint. The metal bits are also from Mr. Holtz's Ideeologogy colletion. Yes I'm an addict!

For my card I used the Basic Grey pad Capella. I paper pieced her coat and hat and added a few pearls for her buttons. She's coloured in with Promarkers and then the edges are chalked. I got to try out my new Sizzix swirls and I have to say i'm in love. The pearly lace is something Mam's had in the shop for years that i've taken proud ownership of.

I'm entering this into the following Challenges:

The Shabby Tea Room Week 25 - Something Old Something New

The Artistic Stamper Creative Team Blog - Something Old Something New

My something old is the pearly lace, think it's going on five years now

and the something new are the Basic Grey papers and Sizzix swirls.

Simon Says Stamp and Show....Your Layers.

Don't think I could have put anymore layers onto this. LOL!!!

Creatilicious - Vintage (snap!! :-D)

Crafty Emma's Store Challenge Blog Challenge 1 - Anything Goes.

Now hop over to My Partner in Crafting Crime and get those entries in! :-D

Sweet Sketch Wednesday No. 64

Well hello darlings! Feeling much better this week thankfully. Some retail therapy helped out a lot with the recovery ;-) I've a few things to get through this week so bear with me it could be a long one. First off the most important thing about today, it's Sweet Sketch Wednesday. YAY!!! The great Arlana has provided us with this fantastic sketch.

Our lovely sponsor this week is the lovely Heather from Digi Stamp Characters. She is offering one lucky winner three FREE images. Yum! Go have a goo for yourselves.

I got to create two cards this week using two uber cute images.

The first one is a cutie. I wanted to create a baby card that wasn't for a boy or a girl and could be used for either but I think it ended up looking decidedly male. Oh well, live and learn right?

Papers used here are the trusty Victoria & Albert collection. Finally got to use my new MS Scroll lace punch, gotta love ebay! Added an embossed gold, flattened, bead-cap as my embellie, gonna finish my secret card tonight and get it up here, the aforementioned bead-cap thing will make sense then. LOL!!!

The second card has an adorable little mouse. I love her! Coloured her in with Promarkers and added some chalk on her ears. Another MS punch used here, thanks Mam!!! The flowers are from a My Minds Eye pad and the coredinations i've had for ages and never used but really like it now so it may be featuring quite heavily in the near future. ;-)

Check out the Design Teams work this week, a lot of us did two so you'll have oodles of eye candy to inspire you. I really love our DT, we are one of a kind. Nancy from Mulberry Station gave me this fab award this week.

The very kind Jenny at My Inky Hands also gave me this award so guess what I'm gonna do?? Bend the rules a wee bit! :-D

Ok so here are the rules: 

1. Thank the person who sent it to you 

In my case it's two so thank you Jenny and Nancy you made my week! 

2. Put it on your blog - Check!

3. List 3 things about yourself  - 

A - I am a fully qualified sound engineer.

B - I have a secret addiction to making floral embellishments

C - I grew vegetables successfully for the first time this summer. Pic below shows some peas, lettuce, carrots and the big red strawberries. :-D

4. Post a favourite picture: 

This is me with my little man on his first trip to Avondale way back in 2007. 

It was Autumn and the colours were amazing. 

Had to put the second picture in to show the colours.

Got these printed onto Canvas for the Grandparents for Christmas. Tears were shed. :-)

5. List 5 people to give this award to. In this case i'm doubling. :-P

Robin

Shirley

Elaine

Deanne

Stacy 

Genevieve

Jackie

Linda

Jeannie

Melissa

I wish I could give it to you all me dears.

Wow that was a lot of linking!

If you're still with me after that mammoth post thank you! 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday No. 63

Ola! What a week I'm having and we're only half way through. Internet went down again, rang Eircom and they said the broadband box it too old to work anymore, so spent the morning on the phone with them and they said they'd send out a new one but it would take 2-3 days to get here. I hung up and it started working again. Funny.

Then I set up the laptop as I'm a bit ill today and dropped it, the charger is all wonky on it now... To top things off have a horrible dose of food poisoning, hopefully nearing the end of it now though. Had an interrupted night and a delivery guy at the door told me I looked rough. Nice of him I know, but it's shockingly true. I couldn't even open the package because that would have involved bending over to carry it and I can't do that yet without feeling the urge to throw up some more.

Anyway enough gruesome talk and onto this weeks fantastic Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge. Arlana has given us another beauty to work with.

It's the third Wednesday of the month so that means it's Digi Stamp Boutique week. The always generous Sally-Ann is giving our lucky winner TEN images of their choice! Now that's my idea of a a great prize!!! 

Hop over there now for a goo at all the loveliness.

This week I went Christmassy again and used Rocky Robin.

Had to use this image as it reminded me of my card buddy Robin!

Coloured him with promarkers and added some flocking on his hat and the icing on the pudding. Also added some glitter for the snow underfoot. Used the Silent Night papers again, in love with these at the moment, may have to get another pad ;-) My fantastic team mates have come up with some stunners this week too. Check them out at Sweet Sketch Wednesday . 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday No. 62

It's Wednesday again and here's what our fantastic Arlana at Sweet Sketch Wednesday has come up with for us all to play with this week.

Our very generous sponsor this week is Kathy from Pixie Dust Studio. Kathy is giving our lucky winner two digi images of their choice from her fantastic store. Check it out!

This week I got to use my friend Robin's copics on this image. Have to say i'm in love and my credit card might be feeling some pain at some stage this week. I used the Copics on the bear and promarkers for everything else. I had this little cutie playing on grass which I chalked in but I actually think he's supposed to be at sea. Oh well. I used a star gromlet as my element this week and added a glitter brad to the centre to match the other three glitter brads at the top.

The DT have amazed me as always, hop over to Sweet Sketch Wednesday to check them out!

Sweet Sketch Wednesday No. 61

Busy week again and the long weekend has thrown me all together, keep thinking it's Tuesday but it's actually Wednesday so that means it's Sweet Sketch Wednesday time! This week Arlana gave us this stunning little creation to work with.

Our fantastic sponsor this week is Diane from Di's Digital Downloads. Diane is giving the lucky winner 5 images this week. How cool is that!?! They are all so beautiful, I found it very hard to chose. Be sure to pop by for a look.

I got to use these two cuties kissing and yes it's Christmas card your eyes are not deceiving you! :-D

I used the new Silent Night papers from Papermania and coloured it in with Promarkers. The flowers were from the trusty stash and the pearl brads were actually white and I just coloured the tops with the Moss green promarker to match the image. This also works on plain pearls and diamante's and white or ivory ribbon so you'll always have an embellishment to match now. Woohoo!!

I added glitter on Mr. Mouse's hat and on Mrs. Mouse I used some flocking. I added some flocking to the ground too to resemble snow. There's a teeny bit of glitter pen to outline the 'snow'. I also used chalks on their ears and cheeks. It just sits better on the promarkers than trying to put red on grey. Well for me it does anyway. 

The Design Team this week have totally outdone themselves, the cards are all fantastic as always! There's a few more Christmassy ones there too so I'm not barking mad after all! Check it out at Sweet Sketch Wednesday and join us for some sketchy fun!

Au revoir for now! :-D