Wonderful Windmill

There are still a couple of days left to take part in My Creative Sketches August challenge.

This was the sketch

And this is my version

I have a bit of a thing about windmills so I was in 7th heaven at the Open Air Museum in Arnhem, as there were loads there - this one was my favourite.  I used Sarah's Cards April kit - Lily Bee 'Buttercup'.

Other supplies -

EK Success double flower punch
Martha Stewart large medallion punch
Cheery Lynn swirl die
Doodlebug alphabet
Sarah's Cards adhesive gemstones

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The Husband Creche

Last month Jo gave this sketch to the Sketchy Scrappers on UKS to use for their monthly challenge.

I flipped the sketch over and did this layout -

The girls at the crop came up with the title of The Husband Creche as the photos are of DH who retreated with his laptop to the mezzanine floor at Meadow Barn whilst us ladies crafted downstairs in the main part of the barn.

Supplies used -

Pink Paislee 'Prairie Hill'
Sizzix framelit Star dies and EK Success star border punch
Title - mixture of Lily Bee and Basic Grey alphabet stickers

Buttons and Bows

The challenge this month at Penny Black Saturday Challenge is Buttons and Bows.

This is my first entry for this month and is also my card for Week 32 of the 52 cards challenge, which was a sketch challenge.

And is based on this sketch -

Supplies -

Paper from scraps bag - think it was a magazine freebie
Punch - Martha Stewart border punch
Butterfly punch - Docrafts
Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Image watercoloured with Derwent watercolour pencils

My month in numbers - August 2012

A bit of a late dash in with my numbers for August - if you don't know what I am rabbiting on about then check out Julie Kirk's My Month in Numbers.

I will start off with the most important numbers for the month which is my countdown to the Marillion convention in the Netherlands next March - only 184 days to go!!!!

And more importantly there are only 5 sleeps left till I see them in Cardiff can you tell that I am so excited!!!!!!!!

My main numbers for August relate to the Olympics - we went Olympic mad in our household and watched hours and hours of the tv coverage - I lost count towards the end but have guestimated that including the opening and closing ceremonies I clocked up over 200 hours of viewing.

We finished 3rd on the medal table with 29 Gold, 17 Silver and 19 Bronze medals - a total of 65.

Just a few photos of some of my many favourite moments

Another busy month of crafting - 7 layouts, 6 bracelets, 19 pairs of earrings, 8 cards, 2 Christmas cards and 6 post it note pad holders.

Once the Olympics were finished I spent 4 nights relaxing at Champney Springs with these 4 lovely ladies

It was a blissful 4 days and after 6 pampering treatments I felt really rejuvenated

So that is a round up of my August - now to start noting down September's numbers.

Dressed to the nines

I'm flying in by the seat of my pants with my entry for August's Scrapology challenge which was N is for Netting.

As always there was a sketch to use -

And this is my take on the sketch -

I used a Sarah's Cards kit - December 2011 Webster's Pages 'All About Me'.  The butterflies were die cut with Cheery Lynn dies and the flowers punched with an EK Success punch.  The journalling boxes were stamped with a Prima stamp and the lace is from The Ribbon Girl.

Photograph is of my parents with my niece Milly on the cruise they did last year on the Black Watch.

Now to get on and start work on this month's challenge - H is for hexagons

52 cards catch up Part 2

Still playing catch up with Natalie's 52 cards challenge, here are a couple more -

Week 30 - Numbers

Stamp - Penny Black
Paper - Basic Grey 'Cupcake'
Sentiment - Woodware
AC Thickers

Week 33 - digital element

Digital stamp - Digistamp Boutique
Paper - Wild Rose Studio
Stampin' Up oval punches
Personal Impressions sentiment

Only another 8 cards to get caught up!!!