Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge and discount!

Introducing... my first card as a DT member for the brand new
Peachy Keen Challenge Blog.

Here is this week's sketch for you to play along with.



Don't have any Peachy Keen stamps yet? Don't worry, just grab your favourite stamps and have FUN!!!
(Why not take advantage of the massive 20% discount on offer to get your PK stamps). ;0)

Here is my card.....


I used the 'Funny Flowers' stamp set for this card.
They are big stamps, 2" x 2.5" (5cm x 6cm), so my card is quite big.
It's an a5 card. (8.5" x 11" folded in half).
I coloured these gorgeous flowers with Copics.
The flourishes are made from my EK Success punch.
The sentiment is by Papermania.
The CS is Bazzil. (It's nearly always use Bazzil, 'coz I love it).

To play along, post your entry in the comments on the PK Challenge blog with a link to your card,
(until we get Mr. Linky to behave). While you are there, you will see the fabulous samples made by the other DT members.

If you sign up as a follower today, you will be entered into the prize draw and there will be THREE lucky winners!
PLUS! Don't forget the 20% discount! Further details on the Peachy Keen blog.
This offer is open until midnight CST. (6am Wed. here in the UK).

Good luck! Viv xxx

Wonderful news to share!

I'm thrilled I can now share my news and am able to tell you, that I have been chosen as a member of the Peachy Keen Challenge Blog Design Team.

Peachy Keen challenge blog is brand new and starts on the 30th June.

To get the show on the road, so to speak, anyone signing up as a follower, will be entered into a draw for a $15 voucher to be used in the Peachy Keen Store.

There will be not one, but THREE lucky winners!!
PLUS....for Tuesday only, there will be a special code.... for followers only..., to claim 20% off any purchase in the store. The code is BLOGSAVE20.. (copy it exactly as you see it).

This promotion is open to the UK too. You don't have long, so pop on over to Peachy Keen and sign up.

Don't forget to call back and see the DT samples on Tuesday. ;0)

SASSC21 with bling!

Welcome to this week's Stamps and Smiles Fresh Batch Thurday Challenge.

Here is the sketch for you to play along with. (Provided by the brilliant Mercy Kerin)!

There is no time limit on our challenges and you don't have to have SAS stamps to play along.

If you upload your project before next week's challenge, you will be in with a chance of winning a SAS goodie bag, so get your entry in early!

Please use the Mr Linky to add your project.

Don't forget to pop over the Fresh Batch blog to see all the other wonderful DT samples.

You won't be disappointed.
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Here's my sample with the little bit of bling I've added.

Not 'blinged' a card in ages!

Recipe
Image ......'Hello Spring' set

greeting....'Cuppy Love' set.

Bazzil CS

SU Bashful Blue DS paper

Copics

SU wide grosgrain ribbon

Cuttlebug 's Swiss Dots embossing

Pearls and buckle from stash

Thanks for dropping in.

Always pleased to have you visit me and hopefully leave me comment, so I know you've been.

Have a great weekend!!!

A big thank you from Mum

(Slideshow now on my sidebar) ;0)

Here's Mum in her new home showing off all her gorgeous cards. Here they are, please excuse my rubbish photography skills! She doesn't look 90 does she!

She can't get over how she's got all these cards from people that don't know her, bless her. (She called the internet the hairnet at one point)! She has asked me to pass on her grateful thanks for taking the trouble of making and sending her these lovely cards. They will live in her memory box next week. She'll have shown them off for 3 weeks then!!! LOL

I've made a slideshow of all her cards. (Don't know how to add it to this post, so it's above it).

Iwould like to send my sincere thanks individually to.......

Barbara,
Carol (not got a blog….yet)!
Dizzy Di,
Ila,
Issy,
Jackie,
Lorraine,
Natalie,
Pam,
Pauline,
Sandra,
Sassy Sue,
Sonia,
Tammy,
Tracey,

There are still two or three yet to arrive and I'll add them when they do. ;0)
Thank you most sincerely my lovely blogging buddies. You are amazing.

((Big)) hugs Viv xxx

I'm in the red!!!

Can't sleep (It's 3am here)! 'coz it's too humid, so made this instead.

Got the urge after making the last one. :0)

Flowers are from the 'Embrace Life' set.

Coloured with Copics.

The sentiment is from the Stamps and Smiles Happy Birthday Cupcake set.

SU DP and pearls from my stash.

Tomorrow, or later today really, I'll be uploading the wonderful cards my wonderful blogging friends sent to Mum, plus a photo of her with them.

See you later!!! Thanks for dropping in. Viv xxx

I'm feeling blue!!

Yep! Blue is the word for this card! Ha Ha.

I wanted something fairly plain and simple. LOVE the Embrace Life flower. (It cost me an arm and a leg to get it off Ebay)!!! Coloured with Copic Ciao markers in B00, B02 and B05. Moulded with my trusty modelling tool and siliconed into place on top of the Sizzix Top Note diecut. (Blushed with Bashful Blue). The base card is Bazzil Swiss Dots.

I'll be back tonight with pictures of Mum with her wonderful cards from you lovely people!Jennifer....... Mum says your card has arrived. Just needed yours to arrive to complete the total.

Back later!!

Thanks for dropping by!

Viv xx

Copic Buzz's first challenge!

I'm a member of Paper Craft Planet and I've joined a new Copic group called Copic Buzz.
Their first challenge is 'Skin tones'.
For my project, I chose 'Daisy', a Sugar Nellie stamp I got from Funky Kits.

I think she's gorgeous and so lovely to colour.
For her skin I used E000, E00 and E02.
For her hair I used Y21,YR 23 and E35
Her jeans were coloured with B24 and B97 and the grass is coloured with YG 67.
The CS is Bazzil and the main card is bright pink, not salmon as it appears on here.
The flowers are Bazzil Bitty Blossoms and I used my Nestie labels 1 to frame her.
I used my Swiss Dots cuttlebug embossing folder and figured out how to cover a bigger are without flattening the dots. Whoo hoo! (I blushed the edges with a SU Bashful Blue ink pad).
The ribbon was gifted to me by Jennifer Meyer, bless her.

Looking forward to the next one now!!
Thanks for dropping by. Have a great weekend!

Please leave me a comment to let me know you've been.

Viv xx