I'm still here!

After a great party with a bunch of kids doing treasure hunts and painting T-shirts as well as the usual pass the parcel and musical chairs on Wednesday, I have collapsed in a heap and haven't made a single card! Or maybe it was the stress of having to make the birthday cakes that did it!
I have however provided one craft soirée and, after tonight's Téléthon (French charity) meeting, the number planned in the next 5 weeks has grown to 2 craft workshops and 2 craft fair weekends so I need to get cracking!

In a bit of blog-hopping relaxation I found Nikki's candy of 2 gorgeous High Hopes stamps, and as if her great cards weren't enough of a reason to hop over there!
And although it only seems like yesterday Susie at White Ribbon Cards was offering candy, she is generously offering more. Again great work to inspire you too.
And I must be the last person on the crafting planet to not know this blog: SusanBlueRobot. Susan is offering candy to celebrate 200000 hits, and that's only since April, but there were another 13000 on top when I just looked! If you have any kind of computerised cutter you MUST look at her site and give yourself plenty of time: It's amazing!

Sketch Saturday #19

This is very similar to another card I made recently for my godson but this time it is for my son's birthday today. He's getting in to his guitar so the image is well-suited. Excitement has been growing the last few weeks until he burst in to our room at 7am for the first lot of present opening ! As there is no school on Wednesdays here, the party is tomorrow so we are still on high tension.I followed the Sketch Saturday layout for his card with the image coloured with Whispers markers and Funky Fairy Boys papers. The image and stars are popped up on foam. I used silver peel-offs for the text which the flash has highlighted even more!

J'ai suivi le dessin de 'Sketch Saturday' pour ma carte de l'anniversaire de mon fils aujourd'hui.

Spoon Full of Sugar #19

This card was made using Camilla's sketch on A Spoon Full of Sugar: It looks flat in the pic but actually has the main image plus the extra presents popped up on foam. The 2 papers are my own designs available on Kerudoc Création 'Winter' CD (along with lots of other colours & designs) with SeeDs stamps, Cuttlebug embossing.

Arty Girlz #54 - Red

The Arty Girlz challenge this week is to use red on your card so, along with the card for the Ismaki challenge below, I made this card using red.
Ma carte avec rouge pour le challenge de Arty Girlz:

Funky Fairy 35

I made this card using the Funky Fairy sketch and pink FF shabby chic and basics papers and then just realised I hadn't followed the theme of non-trad Xmas: Ooops!

Ismaki #33

My card for the Ismaki challenge sketch #33:
Ma carte qui suit le sketch #33 de Ismaki:

Sunday Stampers - 'Bee Happy'

Can't believe we were walking on the beach in perfect calm this morning enjoying reflections on the water and seeing a heron, egrets, an oystercatcher and lots of other lovely birds and now it's all wind and rain!
A quick card for the Sunday Stamper challenge: Masked the large sunflower to stamp the other two (and now wish I'd placed a third in the centre) and layered the bee on cream card and then tissue paper, sticking just the body so the wings can 'fly' and then attaching the bee with a foam pad so he is hovering. Stamps from an under-used SeeDs 'Sunflower' set with 'Frayed Burlap' Distress Ink. Having rediscovered the stamps I also made these couple with the same set, black Brilliance inkpad and coloured with Whispers markers.

Kaboodle Doodle 5 and Saturday Sketchers 33

This week's Kaboodle Doodle challenge was to use the free download papers (thanks Andrea - I love the papers) so I combined them with sketch #33 from Sketch Saturday turned sideways to create this card. I love the lipstick colour and used watercolour pencils on the magnolia image to match. Also love the Maya Road ribbon but the flash has made that look a bit too bright.
Ma carte pour les challenges de Kaboodle Doodle - à utiliser des papiers gratuits - et du sketch #33 de Sketch Saturday. J'ai utilisé des aquarelles avec le tampon magnolia.

Friday Sketchers #21

Here's a quick card using the Friday Sketchers layout but flipped upside down. I've also substituted the stamped flower swirl for the text. Most of my cards are sold at some point and most people seem to prefer them blank for any occasion or sometimes I add text later.
Ma carte pour le challenge de 'Friday Sketchers' mais sans texte.

Ribbon box and Magnolia card

I joined in with a workshop on the Ascrappmoi forum yesterday and covered a shoe box to use keep my ribbon bits in. Then made a card with some leftover bits and a Magnolia image that I'd coloured with watercolour pencils a while ago.
Ma boite de atelier Coha sur forum Ascrappmoi hier. C'est à garder mes morceaux de rubans. Apres, j'ai fait une carte avec des chutes! Used: Making Memories Blooms and Buttons and mini brads on the box, small primas and pearl paint on the card. Letters and tags cut with Cuttlebug Harmony alphabet.