Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope you are well and if you are in the UK I hope you are enjoying the extra long weekend.
We have been lucky to have some sunny weather here which has been an added bonus.
Today is the start of a new Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge.
We are onto Sketch # 9 and our optional theme chosen by the lovely Sarah-Jane is Things with Wings.
For this challenge we are sponsored by the wonderful
We were very lucky on the design team to be able to choose an image from A Day for Daisies for this challenge. I choose this gorgeous owl, it really was a joy to colour. I have kept my embellishments to a minimum this time.
Here is the sketch, as you can see I rotated it to fit my image
Items Used
Digi Stamp - A Day for Daisies Owl Sister coloured with promarkers
Papers - First Edition New Leaf
Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles
Sentiment - Flourishes
Nellie Snellen small and medium Flower punches
Embossing folder - Crafters Companion Floral Frenzy
Ribbon, twine and wooden button from stash
If you take a look on the Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge blog you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team and see who were the winners of the last challenge
I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
Crafty Ribbons - anything goes (with ribbon)
Ribbon girl - add a button
Glitter n Sparkle - Anything goes
Lisa B Designs - things with wings
Simon Says Stamp - Happy Mail
Glitter n Sparkle - Anything goes
Lisa B Designs - things with wings
Simon Says Stamp - Happy Mail
Right, that's all from me for now.
Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make
I hope you all have a good day.
bye for now
hugs
100 comments:
This is adorable Sue!
This is gorgeous Sue. The image is so cute and I love the colours and design.
Have a lovely bank holiday
Lorraine x
Sue, that is gorgeous & I'm so pleased to see an owl - I LOVE owls. :) Thanks for continuing to support the Lisa B Designs challenge.
Absolutely gorgeous Sue, love the owl and the embossing folder. Marlene
What a lovely card and very pretty colours :o)
Jackie xx
So sweet and cute, lovely Sue. xxx
Lovely card Sue, gorgeous image and beautifully coloured. Love the design and those papers which I bought the other week and yet to use, have a lovely day, kate x
great card, love that image! x
Gorgeous card Sue :-) the image is very cute and the layout and distressing are fab too :-)
thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp and Crafty Ribbons Challenges
luv
Lols x x x
Oh wow Sue, loving this adorable Owl! Gorgeous card hunny Hugs Sxx
Love your ever so cute card Sue, lovely colours and adore the image. Carolxx
Love that image Sue and your colouring and LO are fabulous.
Joan x
Such a lovely card Sue love your gorgeous image and colours
jacqui x
Brilliant sketch love the image and details Ginny x
beautiful card Sue - just love the cute image but the thing that makes this for me is the colour - I just adore that soft green you've used - beautiful xx Have a wonderful day xx
Great take on the sketch and awesome cute card..xx
Lovely sketch and love what you created, lovely image, hugs, Marion
Gorgeous card Sue, beautiful colours and colouring and the owl is so cute. Hugs Lozzy xx
Gorgeous card Sue, I like the sweet owl image the papers and the bow.
Kevin xx
The layout and the papers are just totally gorgeous! hugs! Mojca
Yet another adorable card, with such a sweet little image. xx
Gorgeous card Sue, I love the colours together. Hope you are having a lovely bank holiday weekend xx
Your card looks fabulous, Sue. You always put colours together so beautifully x
There just seems to be something special about owls somehow and you have used this little guy to make a great card Sue. Love Christine xx
Beautiful card Sue! Love the pretty background and the ribbon treatment is so sweet!
This is so endearing Sue. Great papers and just enough embellies.
Hugs
Cathy
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Hi Sue, that little owl image is so precious. Love the mint green and brown combo, so pretty.
Hugs
Sue
Hi Sue
Gorgeous card.... Love the cute owl....
Hugs Sylvie xxx
gorgeous card Sue, and the colours look lovely
Fabulous card, love the image (I love owls) and gorgeous colours. Hugs, Claire x
Beautiful card. The image is very cute and you have left it as the star of the show.
Oh Wow! this is gorgeous Sue! I love the colour combo and the sweet owl image… and the pretty papers… and the ribbon/twine and flowers… everything has come together beautifully! :-)
Hope you're having a lovely weekend!
Big hugs
Sue xx
He's adorable Sue such a lovely card
Anne
Hi Sue, Gorgeous card....sweet image...and such pretty papers...Joolsx
Absolutely gorgeous Sue and I so love the distressed edges and colour combo.
Hugs
DesÃre
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Beautiful owl Sue, particularly love the colour combo and layout- going to have a go at this one. Hope the cricket went OK - Our cricket obsessed youngest had his first matches of the season this weekend too. Thankfully now he can drive we don't have to travel throughout Dorset every week!!
Beautifully coloured image and love the design. Thank you for joining us at I♥Promarkers good luck Ginny x
Hi Sue,
well another of your fabulous creations. I too love that image, it's so different from most, I've seen.
Love the browns and green together. Fab colouring in as usual.
Have a wonderful crafty day.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.
Beautiful adorable card Sue, love the colours and design.
Hugs Julie xxx
hey Sue... this is a gorgeous card... I love the simplicity of the image but its how you've put all the elements together that makes it so pretty... the colours & papers & distressing works perfectly :)
love n hugz Angie xXx
Cute image and perfect paper to go with it. NancyD
Absolutely gorgeous Sue, I just love these ADFD images too, they are gorgeous! Lovely soft colours here, the papers and distressing go so well together. Beautiful!
This is another fabulous card Sue, lovely colour combination and gorgeous image.
Pauline
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beautiful and like this sketch too, may have to have a go
Hugs Kate xx
How adorable your owl is Sue! Lovely colours and those rectangle dies are fab, aren't they! Enjoy your evening, big hugs, Ira xox
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This is gorgeous Sue,love the colors!!
XXX Heidy
That was such a great image to work from and you really have done it justice with your beautiful card, that little owl is just the cutest ever! Hugs, Anne x
aw sues this is adorable...perfect in evry way... love it very much hunnie hugs sassyxxxxxxxxxx
this is gorgeous Sue. the image is so beautiful. Fab colours too.
Love it
Big hugs
Doreen xx
Hi Sue, how cute is that owl and love the papers.
Hope you enjoyed your bank holiday.
Hugs Sue W.
Oh, I like this one a lot Sue, it's a gorgeous card with a fabby image!
Warm hugs
Maarit
oooh this is adorable, x carol
Too cute Sue and such an adorable image. Beaultiful and pretty design and your colouirng is fab :) ♥ x ♥
Aww! Sue, this is so gorgeous. Love the adorable image and pretty design.
Donna x
Sue, your owl is darling and your card is beautiful! Love the coloring, the colors, the take on the sketch, and your choice of embellishments! Love the distressing, too! :^)
Hugs, Penny
Hi Sue.....lovely card, fab layout & a gorgeous colour combo! Hope you've had a lovely weekend!
Hugs Jo x
Sue, this is such a fabulous card. I LOVE the colour scheme, and the way you have echoed the colours using two different materials to tie the bow. Just gorgeous! Hope you have had a great bank holiday weekend. Love Maddy x
Beautiful! I have the same papers and didn't know what on earth to do with those - thanks for the inspiration! :)
Lovely card, Sue, Great little image.
What a gorgeous owl Sue, fabulous colouring and such a great sketch..
Luv CHRISSYxx
Beautiful card Sue, such a sweet image, Love the colours & papers... Hugs May x x x
Simply gorgeous hun...and I so love your pretty layout too...:o)
biggest of hugs Vicky xx
Gorgeous card, love that owl and soft colours
Stunning Sue love it!! huggles Sue xxxxxxxx
gorgeous card Sue, cute image and beautiful colours & great design
pam
Oh how cute! I hope you've had a great BH weekend!
love Mags B x
Gorgeous Sue. Think I might have to use that sketch this week!
Susan x
Hi Sue, I love your card what a lovely image you chose and coloured so beautifully, the lovely papers compliment it so perfectly too
Hugs Janet xx
Gorgeous, such a pretty image and lovely colours!
Helen x
Just beautiful Sue!!
I love your cute owl and that fabby bow (with its heart of course LOL!!).
I hope you have had a good bank holiday weekend.
Love Jules xx
This is a masterpiece! Love the wonderful sketch and all the fabulous details -- soft colors, distressing and marvelous design.
Fab card Sue! Love the sweet image and the soft colours you have used!
Hugs Lynsey x
This is so sweet Sue. A cute image and love the design.
Hugs Sharon x
This is very pretty Sue, love the image. Carol x
Stunning card sue.
I love it.
Thanks for sharing with us at craftyribbons and good luck
Hugs Kelly
HI Sue! oooooo! This is so BEAUTIFUL!!! I really love this image and the colors you chose to use on this! Gorgeous!!!
Big Hugs,
Elise
Good evening, Sue! SUCH a darling image - I have not seen it before, and your card makes it even more special - wonderful interpretation of the sketch, and lovely soft colors. You always do a great job in the distressing of your DP panels. Very pretty card, hugs, de
Such a gorgeous creation Sue! Love your take on this sketch and the shabby chic design is so lovely!! :) HUGS
This is beautiful, Sue. I love the image (my aunty loves owls, I'm always on the lookout for owl images!) Beautiful colour palette, and just the right amount of embellies :-) Donna xx
You picked a fabulous image Sue. LOVE owls and your card design is fantastic. Hugs!
Sue, you made another gorgeous card. Such a cute image and beautiful papers put together. the bow with heart shape button looks so nice. Absolutely fabulous card!
Hugs
Eret
Oh this is so gorgeous.
luv
Debby
Sue this is gorgeous! Love the image and the soft colours look really pretty! Love the embossed background too! Hugs Susan x
Gorgeous card, Sue! Love the cute owl, the flowers and the heart and all the pretty papers! So sweet! Hugs
Beautiful card, love the image and the bow feature, thank you for joining us at I♥ProMarkers this week
Ruth x
Beautiful color combo Sue! Sweet image and I love that button ribbon treatment!
so beautiful sue.really gorgeous colours and details and i love the owl :D
xx coops xx
Gorgeous! I don't know what it is about owls, but I just love owl images, and this one from ADFD is so beautiful! I like the design with the distressed edges and decorative bow!
totally gorgeous Sue
hugs
Hello, my talented friend! :o) Your owl card is so precious. I love the earthy color palette you used, which just looks so beautiful with the little cutie pie. The papers are so pretty and I love that you centered the bows with a heart. :o) Beautifully done as always, Sue.
Hugs and blessings!
All your cards are fabulous! I noticed you werent on DoCrafts lately but then saw your blog and am happy to see you are still creating!! Denise x
Just poppling back to say thank you for joining us at Simon Says Stamp challenge.
luv
Debby
Ooooo what a fabby owl, great papers and layout too, Luv Sam x
So many cards to catch up with Sue lol. This one's fabulous too,I adore that sweet image too :) Viv xx
Lovely card, I love the twine and the colors you've used
Thanks for popping by my blog
Hugs
Bridie
Another gorgeous creation Sue! I love the fab image, the colours are beautiful and I love the embellies too!
Kelly.x
Beautifully designed card Sue I do love the Owl image also those wonderful papers it looks so very nature inspired which I love so much.
hugs
lorraine x
This is beautiful Sue. Love your take on the sketch and the wonderful image; it has such a unique style. Pretty papers and embellishments.
Hugs, Dawn
Love this image Sue, he's gorgeous x
I love owls and this card is soooooo beautiful. I LOVE everything on it! Gorgeous papers and design. And your colouring is brilliant!
Hugs, Karina
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