Tuesday on a Friday!

No sunshine today, but I am looking forward to another day of card making once I've rushed through the housework!

I don't use sketches very often as I just can't make them shine the way some of you talented girls do! However, I thought I'd have a go with this little beauty from the Sketch Saturday Crew.

Say 'hello' to 'Tuesday' from TGF! Isn't she cute?
I decided to break out some gorgeous Basic Grey paper and used up a few scraps in the process.

The little tabs are cut with my Cuttlebug. One says 'Happy birthday' and the other 'Princess' and not 'fitness' as my hubby thought when he looked over my shoulder yesterday!

Hope you've all got a great weekend planned, we have a busy one ahead.

My Mom-in-law is celebrating her 70th birthday with a Barn Dance in the church hall on Saturday. I think I'm most looking forward to seeing how freaked out my hubby will be by the whole experience!

Happy crafting everyone!

One fairy, and a bear with a blanket!

Unusually, I have two cards to share today...

The first one is a sweet Lilli of the Valley Fairy that I coloured with Promarkers. I added lots of Stickles and Diamond Glaze, but neither is showing up that well on this picture. I brushed a little gold Veracolour over those lovely Cuttlebugged swirls, but again while it looks lovely in real life it hasn't photographed well.

I just love colouring these images as they are so easy and you can get great effects with very little effort. This is all down to how beautifully they are drawn by those very talented LOTV artists and owes nothing to my colouring skills!

Now just to prove that I am not completely addicted to LOTV, my second card features a Popcorn the Bear image that I stamped on a visit to my friend Vicky a few weeks ago. While on the subject of the lovely Vicky, please drop by her blog to see the fabulous card that she posted yesterday as her DT card for the Crafty Cardmakers Challenge. It's a stunner, and one which just took my breath away when I saw it!

I made this second card for a friend who is retiring tomorrow. She collects and makes bears, so hopefully she will appreciate little Popcorn, his blanket, and his sparkly daisy. My mojo was lacking 'oomph' this morning so I decided to use this inspirational little sketch from Sketch Saturday to help things along... thank you so much girls, it did the job nicely!

Happy crafting everyone!