Thursday again so time for another challenge at I Love Digi

And this time the challenge is to use a charm on your project - simple eh??  Our fabulous sponsors for this challenge is Sew Many Cards:

They are offering 5 digi's to the winner - how cool is that!
So on to my card for this challenge - I decided to use the sketch at Sketch Saturday which I have shown below:

My image for this challenge is by the fabulous Donna at Lil Diva stamps and you can see more of her fabulous images at Stitchy Bear Stamps.
So here is the card I made:

The image is called Sally and I love her.  I used my promarkers and watercolour pencils to colour her in and matted the image on to pale green card.  The two different green papers are from a K&Co pad called Roam and again are matted onto the same pale green card with a scalloped edge on each piece. 

I added a sentiment using a Happy Birthday stamp from Clarity Stamp and then added two small and one large rose to compliment the green.
I shall also enter this into the challenge at Stamp Something - Birthday somethings.
Please try and pay a visit to the other DT members as they have some awesome projects which will hopefully give you some inspiration too.
Good luck everyone.

Challenge #4 at I Love Digi

Hello all my blogging buddies,

Well, it's time for another challenge over at I Love Digi and this fortnight the challenge is a Recipe Challenge.  The Recipe we would like you to follow is 3 papers, 2 brads and 1 embelli.  Now remember the name of the challenge blog is I Love Digi, so you must use a digi image and it would be nice if you could use digi papers too.  If you have digi embellies, then so much the better but so long as you include something digi and follow the recipe you will be in with a chance of winning.
This fortnight our sponsor is the fabulous Bee Crafty Downloads and the prize on offer is three of their fantastic digi images.  You really should hop on over and take a look at their shop- sooooo many cuties!!

The DT were all given a Bee Crafty digi image to use and I was lucky enough to use this fabulous bunny and cake image and here is the card I made with it.

I coloured the image in using my promarkers and then chalked around the edge of the image with three different colour chalks. 

The papers I used are from Digiscraps 3 and are from a range called Butterfly Kisses.  I have backed all the papers on to dark purple card as is the image and the backing card is a pale lilac glitter card. 

My brads have been placed to the right of the image.......

..........and my embellishment is the rather large purple rose. 
I used a sketch from Friday Sketchers (#94) which I have shown below.:

I hope you all like my card and that you will pop along to my Team mates blogs - links in my sidebar) in order to see the fabulous inspirations that they have to show you this fortnight.  We look forward to seeing all your wonderful creations this fortnight over at I Love Digi.
I will also enter this card in the following challenges:
YNS - Purple
Cooking it up with Katie - Something New, something old, something sweet. (New - image, old - digital papers, something sweet - the cake he's holding)
Bee Crafty - Birthday
Colour create - Your choice of pastels - Easter or Spring (I went for pale purples and the Easter bunny - I know I'm pushing it a bit here but sometimes you've got to be a bit cheeky haven't you??)
Papertake Weekly - Open theme

I Love Digi - GDT Card

Hello all,
Well, I can't believe it is finally here - time for my first Guest Designer spot at I Love Digi.
You know before I started this blogging game I had never entertained the idea of Digi stamps let alone Digi papers and Digi sentiments - oh boy, am I glad I did.  My life has changed so much over the last 7 months and it is all thanks to blogging.
So without further ado, the challenge this week at I Love Digi is a sketch challenge with the added element of "A Card for Mum".
So first things first, here is the sketch you should work to this week:

You will notice that I have turned the sketch on it's side because this suited my image better.
Next job was to choose a digi image to use and I went for this one from In Style Stamps which is called Daisy and she is priced at $3.00.   I liked the fact that she was holding a flower - which obviously is for her Mum!

So here is the card I made using Daisy:

I decided to use Digi Papers from Digiscraps 3 and they are called Butterfly Kisses, I used two different papers both from the same collection.  Also the butterflies and the ribbon across the bottom were from Crafter's Companion - members downloads called Vintage Ribbons from March '09. 

I coloured my image using my Promarkers (just added some new ones to my stash courtesy of my Mum - thanks Mum), my watercolour pencils and a Tim Holtz Distress Ink called Tea Dye for her hair. 

I used pearlescent chalks in purple and pink to soften the edge of the image.  I then printed out a sentiment from my computer and added a border of butterflies to match the two on the card.

The only thing that isn't digital on this card is the purple card that I backed all my papers on to and that forms the backing for the whole card. 

We are very lucky to have Lexi from Lexi's Creations as our sponsor this week and you can see Lexi's creations at the Digital Ink Co store - well worth a visit.  So Thank you Lexi for sponsoring I Love Digi this week.

I Love Digi Challenge - DT Call

Morning all,
Before I do this post I must just wish Ali aka Dragonlady a very happy birthday!!!  Ali's blog is called Crafty Dragons and if you haven't visited already then you really should - she does some lovely stuff.  Hop on over and leave her some love and wish her a happy birthday.  Have a fab day Ali (especially as you have a day off work too!!!!! - Lucky Devil!)

Now for all of those folk out there who love to use digi images, papers, ribbons etc I just wanted to let you know about a new challenge blog on the block. 

It is called I Love Digi Challenge - and their first challenge will be on 18th February.  They are currently looking for talented crafters to form their very first Design Team.  Interested????  Then hop on over to I Love Digi Challenge, become a follower, grab the blinkie, spread the word and create something wonderful to submit to be in with a chance of becoming a member of their Design Team.