Think I've found it again...

....my crafting mojo that is! I have had another afternoon crafting and still want to do more. Really enjoying it so more cards will hopefully follow!

Firstly, some very exciting news...I was lucky enough to win a prize on the Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog as they had a HUGE birthday event last week. I won four digi stamps from Sassy Studio Designs and they are fab...took me a while to choose as there were loads of fab ones...cards definitely to follow! Thanks Winter Wonderland and Sassy Studio!

Secondly, my gorgeous new Humphrey CD from Crafters Companion came on Friday and I have finally had chance to have a play today. A couple of the cards that follow are using the decoupage or pyramage on the CD and I have loads ready to mount onto other cards so hopefully more will follow in the near future. It is so cute...and there seems to be something on there for every occasion...I kind of want to print them out and frame them they are that cute! Don't think hubby would be very amused!

Finally, I have been able to enter some challenges again today! So here are my entries. I have combined a lot of them today as the cards took me a little longer than usual....think I was enjoying myself too much!

My first card is for the Crafter's Companion challenge which is 'Here comes Summer'. I chose this gorgeous little image of Humphrey looking over the garden wall. The flowers reminded me of Summer and I followed those through with some gorgeous Prima papers I bought today. I thought it was a little bit too busy at first but I was quite happy with the final result. I would also like to enter this into the Papertake Weekly challenge which was a fabulous sketch. One I will definitely use again...in fact a later card is almost identical!

My second card is for the Sketch Saturday challenge which was a fab sketch, quite complex but I was really happy with the end result. I used another image from my Humphrey CD, it reminded me of two loving sisters or friends! I really enjoyed working with the pastel colours...I rarely use them but love this combination of lilac and lemon.

My third card is for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge which was to doodle on your card. I have drawn a bit of faux stitching around my image and sentiment. I forgot how much I enjoyed doodling so you may see it on some of my future cards again! I love this little image and thought I'd try and keep ahead with my Christmas cards! Had no time to make any last year with the wedding and everything!

My final card is for three different challenges. Firstly, I'd like to enter it into the Winter Wonderland challenge which is 'Christmas food'-hoping that this card is ok. Little Tilda is carrying a heart cookie and some candy canes and my background paper has some Gingerbread Men and Christmas Puddings on them! I thought I had loads of Christmas food embellishments, images, papers in my stash....but could I find anything! Hope this is enough for my card to be entered...pretty please! Secondly, I'd like to enter this card into the Cute Card Thursday challenge which is to embellish your main image. I have added a few gems on to give it a little sparkle and have also gone over the present, candy canes and cookie with my clear Sakura pen to give it a glossy finish. Finally, I'd like to enter this into the Just Magnolia challenge which is 'Anything Goes' as it is the first challenge of the month. I love using Magnolia images for Christmas cards so really pleased I could take this opportunity to make another one.

Phew...that is it for the moment. I will hopefully be posting some more cards later this evening....off to have tea now and look after my poorly hubby. He has a chest infection but is refusing to go to the doctors! What are men like ay!

Bye for now!

Hugs

Arline

xx