Digital Tuesday a sketch

Good morning, it's time for another digital Tuesday challenge. The entries last week for the bling challenge were amazing and I really enjoyed visiting everyone's blogs to see what they had made.
This weeks challenge is sponsored by Digital Delights by Louby Loo. Wendy has a great selection of digi's which you check out here and she is offering the winner of this weeks challenmge a $10 gift certificate to spend in her store.
Ellie is our hostess this week and she has made a sketch for us to follow.which you can flip, rotate etc and add as many embelies as you like.
Here's the card I made although I'm really not sure of it but it's the best your gonna get from me just now lol
Sorry about another terrible picture! The sentiment on the bottom is by Stampin UP! and says best wishes. It does show up well irl though.
The papers I used are downloads but I can't remember where I got this ones. The cute image is from Fred She Said which I have coloured with copics and used diamond stickles on her wings. I didn't stick her wings down so I could curl them a bit for some dimention.
Well what do you think? Is my mojo returning or is it still on holiday?

Lora x

Cute Daisy May and Squigglefly DT cards

Good morning, it's time for another Cute Daisy May challenge. This week Net has set the challenge of Floral Fantasy and we all know how much everyone loves their blooms so this will be an easy challenge for you all.
I was going to do loads of flowers but just couldn't get it to look right so I decided I would follow the sketch over at Stampin for the weekend and I added an extra flower in the top right corner. A spoonfull of Sugars challenge is also floral fantasy so I am entering it for that too. The papers I have used are more of the Summer Driggs ones from the same set I used on my last card, told you I love em. The flowers are a total mix, but I have to tell you that I got the little roses from Lorraine in my candy win, aren't they just cute lol.

Now onto this weeks Squigglefly challenge which has been set by Rhonda so you can see her teams card over on the Squigglefly blog, but remember to look at the rest of the DT cards on their own blogs too. And her challenge is Fall Colours, oranges, reds, yellows, dark greens etc you get the picture.
I was going to do a Autumn (or fall) card for this one but after looking at the Squigglefly images I have, I didn't really have anything that I could use (I will have to get over to Squigglefly and buy some!) so I used some of the colours and made a male card instead. Not the best kind of card to try make when your mojo has gone out the window but I tried lol. I followed the sketch at Sketch Saturday for this one.

I can't remember where the papers came from for this one and the buttons and ribbons are just from my stash.

That's it from me for now. I might be back later with a card but if not, I will be back tomorrow for Digital Tuesday.

Lora x

I think I may have found my mojo!

I think my mojo is returning :) I managed to make a card tonight for the Just magnolia challenge which is a sketch by Martine this week.
I got a lovely package in the post this morning which really got me motivated to make something. I won first prize in Lorraine's (Coldwaters) blog candy and it arrived this morning :) I had seen the pic on her blog of the prize but I was still in shock at the amount of lovely goodies she sent, along with a beautiful card too. Thank you so much Lorraine, you really made my day :)
So I got 2 DT cards made and the one I made for the challenge too, which I am happy about because I never thought I would get my DT cards done this week. Still got 3 DT cards to make for this week, and some for Aries Crafts who sponsor me, but hopefully I will get most of that done tomorrow.
So here's my card for Just Magnolia
The sketch has the option of just using an image or making a tag so I thought I would make a tag with my image on it, so I made the blue panel into a pocket to hold the tag then cut out my image and thought it didn't look right with the image stuck onto the tag because you wouldn't be able to see her legs, so I ended up sticking the tag onto the card and sticking Tilda on top.
The papers and tag I have used are freebie downloads from Summer Driggs, I think these are my favourite papers by Summer. I have used the papers from this set loads and I never get tired of using them.
I coloured Tilda with Copics but as most of them are running out, I couldn't use the colours I wanted so I had to use a brighter blue than I would have liked but never mind. I also used a Stampin Up white gel pen for highlights.
Flowers are punched from the same set of papers with the SU! 5 petal punch and my Dovecraft one and the tiny blue ones are Primas. The sentiment is also Stampin Up.
Everything else is from my stash. Oh except the little bead caps which are from Aries Crafts.
I don't often use small bead caps like these but I really like this ones. They are pretty and perfect for smaller flowers. Aries Crafts have loads of new stock in, including loads of Hero Arts Christmas Stamps. Speaking about Aries Crafts, I will have a surprise in a few weeks for Aries crafts customers, so if you have purchased anything from there lately, do let me know ;)
Before I go, I want to say a big thank you to everyone who left me comments and helped me find my mojo lol. All your support and encouragement means a lot to me. You are all just the best friends ever xx

Hugs Lora

Mojo M.I.A reward for anyone who finds it!

I came home from holiday without my mojo and it still hasn't came back :(
I finally made a card tonight for a few challenges but it was a disaster from start to finish.
All my copics are running out and I didn't have any of the colours I needed so I had to use copics and distress inks which I am rubbish at using, and when I finally got the card finished it was dark and I couldn't get a photo of it no matter how hard I tried so I ended up scanning it, and the scan was just as bad as all the photos I took!
Anyway here is is
I followed the sketch by Jacqui over at the Whiff Of Joy challenge and used a WOJ image I got in a rak a while back. As I said, she is coloured with copics and distress inks andI also used some stickles on her trousers and on her bracelet which you can't really see here.
The challenge at Daring Cardmakers is to add bling and sparkle so I think I have that covered with the glitter on my image, my spacers and I also glittered all the brads I used on the flowers and around the sentiment too.
Cute Card Thursdays challenge this week is Let's get fruity, hence the strawberry paper and there is also fruit on my girls clothes.
Papertake Weekly's theme this week is 4 Seasons. use colours or things that remind you of 1 of the seasons. Strawberries remind me of summer and so does the image.
And finally for Pile It on you have to do at least one other challenge and use at least 3 flowers which I have also done.
So that's 5 challenges covered I think :) I don't normally combin lots of challenges but I have missed so much challenges lately that I had to combine some to catch up a bit.
Incase anyone is interested, the papers are Cosmo Cricket and DCWV and the sentiment is from Stampin Up!
Right I'm off to link to all these challenges then off to bed.
Hopefully my mojo will be homesick and come back to me tomorrow.

Hugs Lora x

Little Yellow Challenge- Anything but a card

I am so glad to be back blogging after nearly 2 weeks of not being able to go blog hopping!
I couldn't get internet while I was away to the caravan with Barry and the kids except last Saturday we found a library and got to check our emails.
I had no ID with me so they wouldn't let me use a computer but Barry had his driving license with him so he got to sign in as a guest and got half an hour on one of their computers. He had about 300 emails by this time and I had nearly 700 to go through so half an hour was no where near long enough to even check emails never mind go blog hopping lol.
But I'm back now and plan to do lots of bloghopping to see what you have all benn up to while I was away. I haven't had any time to make a card since I came home yesterday and I think my mojo is still on holiday. Hopefully he will return soon so I can get caught up with all my DT stuff and get some challenges done!
Speaking of challenges, the Little Yellow Challenge this week is to make anything but a card.
I made a quick little bag before I left to go on holiday. I had loads of DT stuff to make before I left so I wanted something quick and simple to do for this challenge as I didn't have much time to get it done, and this bag was really simple and quick to do.
Sorry about the fuzzy picture. I forgot to take a pic and had to take one last night indoors to send to Claire so she could put it on the challenge blog and this is the best I could get it because there was not a lot of light.
I have used some 12x12 paper I have had lying around for ages (not sure who it's by). I used my Fiskars border punch for the decorative edge and one of the Eastern Birds from the Little Yellow Company, coloured with Copics and inked around the image with lilac ink then cut out with my scalloped circle nestie. The purple lace is some from my stash which Barry bought me a while back.
It's great to see some more entries into the challenges and I look forward to seeing more this week ;) You don't have to use a LYC image if you don't have any. We just want to see you make anything except a card. You could go for an easy option like I did or something more challenging, it's up to you. The prize this week is a selection of items to alter as well as the oppurtunity to be a guest designer for us for the rest of August! so what you waiting for, get creating.

Lora x

Digital Tuesday - Bling

It's time for another Digital Tuesday Challenge!
Thank you to everyone who joined in with last weeks challenge. I'm sorry I didn't to come see your cards but I couldn't get internet access while I was away, but I will make up for that this week and make sure I visit everyone of you that enters :)
This weeks it's Carisa's turn to be hostess and she has set the challenge of bling. So all you got to do is make something, a card. lay out, alter something or whatever else you please using a digital images and bling it up. Glitterbabe this is your calling lol. If you know the fabulous Stef then you will know what I mean :)
Our sponsor this week is My Grafico, who kindly gave the DT a set of their digi stamps to use for the challenge. We choose the Slumber Party set and when you see how cute it is you will see why we all like it so much. My Grafico have loads and loads of gorgeous digi sets and have something for everyone. I must warn you though, if you love digi's then keep a tight hold on that credit card! You can view all their digi stamps here
So armed with the fab digi set, some stickles and a few other bling bits, here's what I made.


Isn't this set adorable? I really love it and can see me using it for a lot of little girl cards.
There is actually 3 girls in the set and I couldn't choose which one to use on my card, so I coloured them all and asked my 4 year old Chiara to pick one and this is the one she liked best. I was just going to use the nail polish but Chiara decided we were having the lippie too! Of course I had to add some stickles (diamond) to everything lol. It's on the nail polish and lipstick, the girls slippers and bows too. To continue with the bling theme, I used some spacers from my stash on my Prima flowers (from Aries Crafts) and added some pink gems in the middle but I don't think you can see them here because of the light when I took the pic.
The papers I used are Bo Bunny and Basic Grey.
Well what do you think?
I can't wait to see what you come up with for this challenge, I'm prepared to be blinged out this week by your creations!!

Hugs Lora

Sketch and Stash and Cute Daisy May

Today is my last day as guest designer for sketch and stash and I must say I have really enjoyed doing the sketches:)
There is no optional extra for the challenge this time, just follow the sketch.
Here's my take on the sketch.




It's a simple sketch but I liked using this one. The papers I have used are all from Bo Bunny and the Gorjuss girl image is one I have been hoarding because I didn't want to use it up lol.
My lace was a tiny piece in the bottom of my ribbon box that had been neglected.
Flowers as always are from Aries crafts except the two tone roses which I got when I went to visit Barry's mum 2 weeks ago.

My second card is for Cute Daisy May and the challenge is Early Christmas!!


I have used 2 of Linnie's daisy May downloads. Not the kind of images I would normaly go for but there is just something about these that I like.
The glittery dp is by Making Memories that I have had since last Christmas and the lovely flowers are Primas from Aries Crafts. I have added some stickles to both the images and also my flowers. Do you think there is maybe enough glitter on this card lol
Well that's it from me, I should be home later today to catch up with everyone.


Lora x