JCBC Week #25 --- Simone's sketch

Our new challenge at Just Christmas and Birthday Cards is to follow a sketch made by Simone. It is a great sketch which provided me with a few confused moments. You know my cards are never too elaborate and for Simone's sketch I had to think much more than I'm used to. :D

But Thank You! Simone for making me think outside my (tight) box.

Here's the sketch:

And this is my card...

The image is a stamp print I have from Karin (thank you!), coloured with watercolour pencils and 'dotted' with white Sakura glaze.
The sentiment stamp is from a See D's Christmas set.
Green DPs are a download from my
friend Tracey (Fred She Said).
Other DPs are a free download from Shabby Princess - some really nice digi-papers and scrapbook kits in there.
Flower, ribbon and brad - from stash.

I couldn't make a birthday card too but if I manage to produce one in the next few days I will update this post. :)

Please check out our JCBC Challenge Blog to see all the DT's creations and, why not, to enter the challenge. This week's prize is a cute Alota Rubber stamp.

Thanks for looking and I wish you all a very fine week ahead.

My DT contributions for this week

Quick, quick...

Before the week is completely over, I have to show you the cards I made for "Just Christmas and Birthday Cards" and for "Stamping with Jany" - I am a DT member on both.

On JCBC we are on Week/Challenge #24 and we had to work with a sketch made by our lovely Tanja. She has also generously donated an adorable Magnolia stamp for this week's prize.

Have a look at the sketch...

Isn't it just great? It was great to work with it, I am not sure I've made it the right justice but
I really had fun following the sketch.

Christmas card

Background paper is from Dovecraft - one of their older Christmas packs
The poinsettia stamp is from Anita's Christmas Classics set - stamped it three times and layered the flower. The middle layer (the lighter coloured one) has some clear gloss on it and that's why it looks lighter in the photo. In real life has the same red as the other layers.
The rest of the stuff is from around the house. :)

Birthday card

This is a very quick card, as I am sure you can all tell by looking at it. :D
I had the heat embossed daisy for a long time just waiting patiently in a box and I thought it might make a nice center image for Tanja's layout.
The stamp is from Papermania - it's a big ornamental stamp and I've cut out the flower in the middle and the surrounding circle.
Layered them on turquoise and orange cardstock
and finished the ensemble with a gem.
Punched out the other circles, used some flowers, gems, a bit of ribbon and
a sentiment from Penny Black.
All the DP are free downloads printed at home. :)

My old camera is (again) not feeling very well so I had to scan the cards. Sorry for bad images.

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For Stamping with Jany's new MIMI mini-kit (TAC products) presentation - which is on the 3rd week now - I followed one of her sketches. Apart from sending us (the DT members) the mini kit, JAny also makes sketches for us to work with. But we can use other sketches if we so wish.

The sketch I followed this week (Jany's sketch) is this:

I tried to respect it as close as I could. :)

My card

Another scanned image, a bit blurry on the background because of the popped up images.
Jany's mini kit consists of:

• 6X6 Mimi paper
• 6X6 Mimi cardstock
• A2 US White cardstock with stamped images (4 each of cute little skunks)

• Lime Scrappers Floss

The papers are very very beautiful and the skunk stamps are absolutely adorable. :) Please have a look at the other cards the DT members made - Linda, Jill and Jany.

Thank you for stopping by. Hope you are all having a great and sunny weekend.

Lovely Awards --- Thank You!

This week I've been awarded three times. I feel so unworthy because I am never a faithful blogger and my activity here is almost restricted to weekends only, which doesn't allow me to post and comment as much as I wish to. I cannot find the proper words to express my gratitude for the wonderful ladies who thought of me and offered me these awards. So I will only say a big, big THANK YOU!

• The first award comes from Inger - I love her creations and her blog [it has some great music :D ]

First, I'm sending it back to Inger :)
Then, I am passing it on to all my blog followers and to each and everyone of you who ever left a comment in my blog. You know who you are :) so please accept the award and pass it on to your supporters.

• The next award was given to me by one of my own - a Romanian crafter, Meda. I've come upon her blog very recently and was so excited to find it. I also fell in love with her Cuttlebug talents and creativity. Check her out, there's some great stuff in there. :)

"The PREMIO DARDOS AWARD" acknowledges the value of every blogger, showed in their effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literacy and personal values everyday.
The Rules Are:
1. Accept the Award, post it on your blog along with the name of the person
that gave it to you and their blog link.
2. Past the Award to 15 other blogs that are worthy of this acknowledgement.
Remember to contact them to let them know that they have been chosen for this award.

Now I'm in a tight corner, because it's so difficult to choose only 15 when I would like to give the award to probably 150 blogs I've seen and loved. To not send it along at all, for fear of leaving anyone out, would be uncivilized I guess.
Boy, this is tough...

OK, here we are:

I am offering the Premio Dardos Award to all my DT "co-workers" :) from Just Christmas and Birthday Cards - we are such a great mix, with each of us coming from another spot on this world's map. I love it that we are a cultural diversity, 10 different personalities in our own but with so many common ground between us.
Love you all girls and bless the day (and the person) who put us all together.

The award goes to:

- Karin

- Linda

- Tanja

- Rheannon

- Amanda

- Kristin

- Simone

- Janina

- Gry-Heidi

• Now to the third award I've been given. Angie is the lovely lady who has thrown this heart in my direction. She's crafting all sorts of stuff - crads, crochet, knitting, dollshouses, cross stitch - you can tell she's one talented and very busy lady. :D

I haven't seen any specific rules for this one but Angie has pass it on to 5 other blogs so I'll just do the same.

My picks of love-spreaders are:

Donalda

Mel

Laura

Chris

Tracey


Thanks again to all of you who awarded me. It is much appreciated and I am forever grateful for your kindness and support.