DOODLE PANTRY DESIGN TEAM CALL

Laurie of Doodle Pantry, has the cutest digistamps that are so great to use on papercraft projects! She has called for applications to fill 6 spots on her Design Team and I have decided to apply. I used her "Hello Turtle" digistamp on my application card, and this is it! It is what I call a "back-to-front" card with the image on the inside and the "envelope" being part of the card itself. The sentiment on the outside reads " Just popped out to say "HELLO". Once folded closed, the card is secured with a matching lime green ribbon. I hope Laurie loves what I have created as much as I loved creating it.

MIDNIGHT MADNESS SKETCH CHALLENGE #67

OOO - I just love these sketch challenges! For this week's challenge I used one of my own pencil sketches, that I called "Embrace". I used patterned papers for the background, and then hand-sewed the sequins around the oval, as well as the sequin flowers and buckle. This card came together in a flash, as the background papers started off a whole chain of inspiration. I think it works rather well, although the lighting when I photographed it seems to make the digi very much lighter than it actually is.

FAIRY KNOLL CHALLENGE CARD

The Fairy Knoll group sketch challenge was a stretch for me - the first card I made was totally ruined by the wrong glue I used and the final product turned out to be a soggy mess! Fortunately this second card turned out MUCH MUCH prettier than the soggy mess! Here it is! Phew I thought I had the wrong sketch I worked on but apparently not - what a relief!

MICHELLE PERKETT STUDIOS CHALLENGE CARD

My card for this challenge "ANYTHING GOES" is a Back to School card, using mary Margaret, a little schoolgirl with holding an apple for the teacher. The digistamp is soso cute, just love her, and I added a little button that looked like an old-fashioned school house. The three pencils I made myself and the sentiment "School is Cool" is a bought one, the colours and design of which was the inspiration for the layout and colours of the card.

priscillastyles MIDNIGHT MADNESS SKETCH CHALLENGE #66

I just love these sketch challenges and I found an image that perfectly fitted this fabulous sketch! Although we don't celebrate Halloween in South Africa in such a big way at all, I used the pumpkins digistamp which was a freebie, and regrettably this was one of the ones from which I omitted to take the artist's details.

HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY : NICHOLAS

Today, my first blog is not A, B or C - I'm just a proud mum celebrating the 21 birthday of our oldest son, Nicholas. He is such a joy to us, a wonderful example and role model to his two younger brothers, Blayne and KelLan, and a level headed boy who knows what he wants out of life and how to get there. He is permanently employed in the shipping industry in the operations section of a large international company here in Durban, South Africa, and is currently furthering his studies at the S A Maritime Institute.

Happy 21st Birthday, my darling boy, you make your mum's heart swell and bring a tear to my eye. I love you lots, Nic, and may your future bring you health, happiness and God's richest blessings!

SOME ODD GIRLS - "Something Punny" Challenge

I participated in the "something Punny" challenge on the SOME ODD GIRLS Challenge Blog, and this is the card I made, using their latest freebie. This little guy, called "Toby and his Dog" is so cute and I felt that he needed to be colopured without shading, more like cartoon-style, and I used the striped background paper and the simple blocks of solid colour to achieve this. Hope you like it!