Vee's Sketch Pad...a new venture....

Hi there, I have just set up a new blog called Vee's Sketch Pad. This is a brand new venture for me and I hope you will all join in and have some fun using my layouts. Remember this is all new to me and I'm sure they're will be a few hitches but I'll do my best to keep it running smoothly.

Don't be shy, if you would like to leave a comment about anything on the site, or let me know about things you would like to see as well as sketches, I would appreciate your input.

Please remember THIS IS NOT A CHALLENGE BLOG . I may at some point in the coming weeks offer a little prize or a little Candy, more details are on the blog. So why not pop over to Vee's Sketch Pad and have a look at my first Sketch for you to play with.

Thanks for popping in and I hope you have a lovely day.

CHARISMA CHALLENGE # 32...ROXY'S SKETCH

Good morning all my DT card this week is following a fab sketch by the lovely Roxy. I had great fun doing this card although I had about three different images before I settled on this one. Hope you like it, here's the recipe:-

DP and Brad Papermania

Embossing cuttlebug swiss dots

Sentiment HOTP

Image is PB coloured with Copics

Ribbon and flowers from stash

Charm is an old earring that just happened to be the right colour.

This weeks sponsor is the the Cutting Cafe, offering a great prize to one lucky winner picked at random, so why not pop over and see the other DT's amazing creations. Looking forward to all your fab cards again this week.

FRIDAY SKETCHERS AND SECRET CRAFTER....

Hi there, I managed to make one card tonight , I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers ....and Secret Crafter Saturday want to see... Cute Bugs..... Well I thought this little guy from Dustin Pike was as cute as you'll get. I coloured him with Copics ( as usual...)and then gave his wings and raindrops some stickles to make them sparkle.The papers are from Craft Inspirations and I did some faux stitching round the edges ( too lazy to set up my sewing machine...) and distressed them a little with Mediterranean blue Brilliance ink pad. The sentiment is from Daisy and Dandelion and the flowers are from Poppicraft. I quite like this one I think it's the colour combo.... blue and green always go well together. I really like this sketch and I'm running Christmas designs through my head using it, so at some point in the next few days you may see me use it again. Thanks a lot for popping in.

A FUN CARD FOR SKETCH SATURDAY.....

Hello again, another card for a girl in work this time it's a new home card. The couple are moving to a flat so i couldn't put a house on the card. I've had this decoupage for years and used it only a few times so I thought it fitted this one. My dear funny hubby came up with this caption I thought it was really good so I added it to create a bit of fun on the card. I love the elephants expression ...........

Here's the recipe....

Papermania DP from years ago...I was digging deep to match the colours on the decoupage..

Ribbon is also Papermania

Flowers are Poppicraft

Key Charm is from Craft Creations

I'm entering this card into the Sketch Saturday Challenge as this is the sketch that I used. Well I'm off to bed now work in the morning, Though I won't be able to switch my brain off for ages, always happens on Sunday nights....lol.. Where does the weekend go?

FF Baby Girl.....

Good morning everyone. Two cards today that I did for my Nephew and his Partner and my SIL and her Husband...the new Parents and Grandparents.... to celebrate the birth of my Great Niece Olivia Marie. I haven't seen her properly yet just photos but she looks so gorgeous.

Here's what I used for the cards ........

Papers by K & Co, and Lakeland.

Images are by Forever Friends coloured with Copics.

Flowers are a mixture of Poppicraft and Prima.

Papermania Brads and Adhesive Pearls

Strawberry Charm and flower centers from Hobby House.

Ribbon and lace from my stash.

Oval Nesties, and Circles cut on my Craft Robo

I am entering the card for Olivia into the Stamp Someting Challenge. This week they are looking for charms on your cards.

I really enjoyed making these cards, there's just something so nice about making Baby cards.....

Have lovely day.....

HERB meets Charisma week #31 and Papertake..

Good morning everyone it's nice and sunny here today and I've got my Grandson's coming in a few minutes so I'll make this a quick post. My DT card this week is following the fab sketch set by Sally.

I decided to go for a Christmas theme and used WOJ Herb by My fav artist Elisabeth Bell.

I am also entering this card into the Papertake weekly challenge and they want you to make a card with on of the four seasons. So obviously mine is Winter..

Here's the recipe.....DP Papermania, Snowflakes Sizzix Die cuts, Sentiment is Dovecraft and also the ribbon. I really enjoyed using this sketch and I think it's great for Christmas cards. So why not pop over to the Charisma blog and find out what the fab prize is this week and grab some inspiration from the DT cards. Have a lovely day.......

90th birthday cards...

Just managed to get these two cards finished in time. They are for my friend Dorothy for a 90th birthday. Both cards are for the same person so had to be completely different.

This is what I used for the pink card.

DP Papermania Raspberry Champagne

Card stock champagne pearl from Craft Creations

Image WOJ

Flowers and ribbon from stash

The Blue card. I used the sketch from this weeks Dutch Dare challenge.

Blue flower DP is Papermania from ages ago, and the dottie papers is Craft Creations

Tatty bear image

Sentiment is computer generated and the gorgeous paper roses were in my Candy box from the lovely Sassy.

Numbers and ribbon from stash. Don't know why but everything is now on double line spacing, very annoying!!!

Just a quick HELLO!!!! to Jessie if she is reading this, thanks for visiting my blog and I hope you enjoy browsing around.

A fabulous Award.....

Hello everyone!! I 've received this fab award from my really good friend Carly. I've known Carly since I was asked to join her DT at Charisma Cardz and since then we have become really good friends. I'm so honoured to receive this Carly thank you so much, it's so nice to be included in your Circle of Friends. So right back at you Carly and please accept it from me with huge thanks and HUGS.

I'm passing the Award to my special friend Elaine. We started making cards together many years ago and she has always been there to help and encourage me in anything I do. We also started blogging together and constantly pass ideas and inspiration to each other. Elaine has a really original style and is so very talented. Pop over and see her blog you'll love her creations.

I'm also passing this to a very new found friend Jan, who has recently joined the DT at Charisma cards and has been great fun to craft with , she has a wonderful blog and makes fantastic cards and is such an inspiration too. She always makes me smile and takes the time to visit my blog and and leaves such lovely comments. Thanks for being fab friends girls.

I could really pass this on to loads of friends who are all special to me, and have had such an affect on my crafting, by giving me guidance and support and hints and tips and freely sharing their expertise and talent with us all. My Circle of Friends has grown enormously since I started to blog and I'm sending this award to you all. Feel free to pick it up with my thanks to you all for the lovely comments and happy hours I spend visiting you all.

A LITTLE FROGGY DOODLE....

I've been drawing and doodling today, not something I do very often but I was just in the mood today and this little frog is the result. He is loosely based on a ceramic frog I have in my garden but he's a bit more grotesque looking... so I decided to pretty him up a little...lol. I gave him big cute eyes and big spots and a cute grin. He's coloured with Copics. I started off with a pencil drawing then I fine tuned it and went over it with a fine liner. Scanned the image and reduced the size until I was happy that it would fit my oval nesties.

Hope you like him.... I'd love to hear your comments good or bad as I've never done this before, usually when I draw it's more sketchy than this.

Twins Christenting Card...

Hello everyone hope you're all enjoying the weekend. Here is the Twins card at last....I forgot to put it on here last night. This is the recipe.... Decoupage images from Le Suh, DP from Craft Creations, flowers Poppicraft, flower centers from The Hobby House and ribbon and peeloffs from my stash. Oh and the punch is Fiskars. My Son asked me to do this one as he is going to the Christenting tomorrow and couldn't find a Twins card anywhere.

I've been out shoe shopping all day and got nothing....again., so I've not done any cards today. I'm going out tonight too..... so the cards will have to wait till tomorrow. I need to start on Christmas cards again, not done any this week. Thanks for popping in.