Glitz & Glam

Just before Christmas the lovely Lisa and terrific Tracy sadly left our little design team here at An Oldie But A Goodie which means we are now two people down.  For this reason, Francesca has decided to put out a call for new DT members.  So, if you ever fancied working on a DT or if you already do and are looking for another, please get in touch.  Full details on the Oldie But A Goodie Blog.

Now onto other business and the current challenge, chosen by Claire as;

Glitz & Glam

Remember as well as following the theme in this challenge, you must use something older than 6 months and tell us what it is.

I chose an older stamp of mine by Victoria Case for this one.  I so love this image, and it's ages since I last used her.  She is combined with Basic Grey Little Black Dress papers and some lovely Wild Orchid Craft flowers.  All of these items are over 6 months old.

Now the DT have excelled themselves with this challenge, there are some great creations over on the main blog.  Go check them out then join us in our current challenge.

The prize this time around is a surprise box of crafty goodies.

Challenges;
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Brilliant sketch 189
Crafts & Me - Something new - ribbon specially bought for this card.
Diva's By Design - Make It Girly
Winter Wonderland - Vintage
Card Crafters Circle - Layers
My Mums Craft Shop - Anything Goes/Lots of layers
Avenue 613 - Kraft
Paper Playtime - Brown

Finally, snow update - think the snow factory was running overtime last night - we have awoken to several inches today, with school buses cancelled and many schools in the area closed.  Luckily for us, Colin doesn't have an exam today so it will be a quiet day in with his books, I hope!  Jx

Vicky's 18th

Quick posting of Vicky's 18th Birthday card. Happy Birthday Vicky!

Image Femme Fatale by Victoria Case for SCAD
Papers Doodlebug
Flower from Marianne die.

Challenges;
Allsorts - Flowers - cut using my Marianne dies
Crafty Emmas - Charmed
I Love Promarkers - Anything goes
Sunday Sketch & Stamp - Their sketch, Jx

Her Name Was Lola

I'm showing my age now, but I did like this song by Barry Manilow, and it introduces my new Victoria Case stamp, also called Lola very nicely!

So she's coloured with Promarkers & the papers are Doodlebug. Combined with that I've added some lace & card candi.

This card follows the layout in this weeks Simon Say's Stamp Challenge. Jx

Happy Mother's Day

It's the lovely Mrs Cleaver again by Victoria Case - again on a Mother's Day card - just for a change!

This time I've paired her up with some digi backing paper from "Bearly Mine Designs." Now it's the first time I've printed digi paper & I have to say I'm very impressed. So much so that I think I'll be popping over to their shop ever so soon to make a purchase. But hey, this is one of those great stores where you can try before you buy, and the paper on the card above was a lovely freebie!

So apologies Bearly Mine DT for not reading all the challenge rules last week and only following your sketch. This week however I'm using your lovely paper too in the Bearly Mine Challenge! Jx

Mother's Day

Sorry folks, it's Mrs Cleaver again!

This time she's in pink and combined with Papermania Colossal paper & some pink ribbon. I'm entering her into the following challenges;

Stampin For The Weekend - Mother's Day (30/3)
Allsorts - For A Special Lady.
Jx

Mrs Cleaver

This stamp arrived 2 days ago, & I've coloured Mrs Cleaver in a number of shades - I think you will be seeing a lot of her! She's by Victoria Case & I got her from Quixoticpaperie. Thought she was perfect for Mother's Day cards this year - well to start with, then I have a feeling she'll move on to Birthdays!

So she's coloured with Promarkers and mounted on card and Papermania Colossal paper.

She's entering the following challenges;

Crafty Ann's Challenge No 36 - Sketch
Bearly Mine - Mother's Day
Penny's Paper Crafts - From the kitchen - closes 23rd Mar
Papertake Challenge - It's a Mom Thing