The last challenge of 2008 over on Magnolia Vs Stampavie, is a brilliant sketch and also to go with it a fabulous prize. I only saw this last night, as I have been desperately trying to play catch up and stalking my favourite blogs, now with the flu and christmas out of the way.

I have used Hot of the Press Friends Defintions paper for the bottom of the card, daisy punches with Bazzill dots cardstock and a pearl bead to make the flower, bazzill dots cardstock for the top half of the card and the tab, and ribbon from my stash. I have coloured the Tilda images with watercolour pencils. However not thinking clearly, I attached them to the bazzill dots, background card, before I water coloured them......which meant the surface was all raised and I couldn't get an even covering with the pencils and the water......oh well, will learn for next time.

This week's challenge 40, from Tilda and Co Challenge Blog is a Tabbed Sketch.

The background paper came free with Papercraft Essentials magazine, and matched perfectly the embossed snowflake rectangle. Tilda has been coloured with watercolour pencils and mounted onto a scalloped circle which has been made using a circle cutter compass and scallop edge scissors. The sentiment on the tab, is from Studio G. I have also used a few white snowflake embellishments mounted on foam pads.

Challenge 39, Arts Apart Metal - Tilda and Co Challenge Blog

Every now and then we see a little metal being used, but a lot of people don't use metal on there works of art, as they think its too "arty"
Nothing can never be too "arty" so get your metal ready and get creating
You can use anything on your work as long as it includes metal somewhere & at least one Magnolia Stamp.

I have used some sheet Aluminium which is gold coloured and the Keepsake Majestic Board to create the metal square and the inner shape. I then used a Dreamweaver embossed heart stencil to create the swirly embossing in the centre. The papers came free with Papercraft Essentials Magazine. Tilda has been coloured with water colour pencils, and I used a glitter pen to colour the "fluffy" parts of her outfit. A few snowflake embellishments mounted on foam pads, add extra decoration and also covered a few scratches on the aluminium.

This weeks Challenge over on A Spoon Full of Sugar blog is Christmas.

Well I dont have any stamps from the Sugar Nellie range with Christmas or even a winter theme, so you just know what that means...................(pound signs flashing before my eyes)......
Anyway the background paper came with Simply cards and papercraft magazine, which I must admit I really like - pink is quite unusual for a christmas theme and it has really grown on me. The sentiment also came free with the magazine. The snowflake embossed background was gifted to me, and I have enhanced it with some snowflake embellishments. Tilda has been coloured in water colours, and then she has been glamorized with white glitter. The ribbon again is from Poppicrafts.

This weeks challenge over on Tilda & Co Challenge Blog is Chocolate, Pink and White - hmmm Yummy!

The papers I have used for this weeks challenge are Doodlebug Chocolate Truffle and Neopolitian Stripe - both descriptions sounds so yummy, dont they?
Tilda and her chocolate cake have been coloured with water colour pencils. The scalloped border has been made using Keepsakes Romance board and I used a single hole punch to punch the holes in the border strip. The chocolate punch out circles have been used in the corners of the image topper. I used the trio of daisy punches to punch daisy flowers from the doodlebug papers and some scrap white paper. The button and ribbon have come from my stash. The sentiment on a stem is from craftwork cards.

This weeks challenge on Tilda and Co Challenge Blog is envelope art.

Well I thought I would be smart and print the background and recipe straight onto the envelope, however the printer was having none of it. After countless jams and refusing to print, I gave up and thought I had better do it the "hard" way. The background paper has come from Funky Fairy Inspirations blog (free download). I basically copied and pasted it in word and then type the recipe onto the background before printint it. Tilda and her cupcakes have been glittered and coloured with water colour pencils. The One of a Kind stamp comes from Cat's Life Press.

This week's challenge from Cute Card Thursday is Pretty In Pink - We would like to see lots of pink on your cards.

I have used a white gel pen to highlight some of the areas on Tilda after colouring with water colouring pencils - I thought it looked quite effective, particularly on the petticoats or underskirt. The large flower and ribbons are from Poppicrafts. I disected the flower as it was too big, so only used three of the petals. The sentiment is from Studio G (found a packet of clear stamps for 99p on the weekend), which I have edged with Glamour dust. The background paper and the little butterfly have come from my stash, the dry embossing on the pearl card was done using the Keepsake Majestic score board.

Tilda and Co Challenge 32* Cold as ice...

The sun is now drifting away very fast and soon it will be as cold as ice....
Using the colours Blue & white Only . Show us how cold your projects can feel this week.

I have coloured Tilda in using watercolour pencils and used some ribbon from Poppicrafts. I have left some areas on the image white - have to invest in some white glitter. The snowflakes have come from my stash - bought a huge tub a couple of years ago. The paper has come free with Papercraft Essentials Magazine.