Special challenge, special post for a special lady!

Hello blog lovers everywhere.

A while ago I joined the Design Team at Crafting for all Seasons.

I didn't stay very long due to circumstances changing but I loved being a part of the team, allbeit briefly.

They are a lovely bunch of ladies who were led and inspired by one very special lady.

Dawn Austin

Now most of you will know that on February 5th this year Dawn sadly lost her battle with breast cancer and blogland lost a lovely lady and a special friend.

So to celebrate Dawn's inspiration and the Crafting For All Seasons blog birthday Carol has organised a very special challenge.

To read all the fantastic details and to see the host of wonderful creations made by the Design Team past and present hop on over to Crafting for all Seasons.

Carol asked me if I would like to join in and of course it took me a nano second to say yes.

So here is the card I made for Dawn's special challenge:

I am sure it would have given her a wee chuckle! I hope so anyway.

Of course the wonderful image is from Bugaboo who are one of the wonderful sponsors of the Crafting for all Seasons challenge blog.

The image is coloured with Copics and pencils and I have used one of my lovely die cuts from Susie Sugar.

I wanted to keep the card fairly simple so cut out the image and added it to the die cut with silicone to give it a bit of depth.

I have chalked around the edge of the white die cut with my Pan Pastels.

The gorgeous ribbon is, of course, from Crafty Ribbons.

The little flowers I have had in my stash for ages

I put the sentiment into a text box and added a 3D effect before printing it off.

The background paper is from the Nitwits Collection by Lili of the Valley called Bonnets and Bow Ties.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my card and that you will stop by the Crafting for all Seasons challenge blog and perhaps even take part, it would be lovely to see this challenge in particular beat the number of entries it has ever received.

Seeing Red!

Hello bloggy friends.

Well, it is Monday again and that means it is time for another fabulous challenge at Ooh La La Creations.  Firstly, please let me say a big thank you for all the entries that we had for the last challenge.  Please stop by the Ooh La La Challenge Blog to see who our lucky winners were.  Remember, there is no Random Org here, the Design Team take it in turns to pick their favourite and two runners up - so if you won it's because we loved your creation!!

So, onto the next challenge and this time it is hosted by Wendy.

Wendy chose the theme of:

SEEING RED

So you can make anything you like so long as there is loads of Red in it.

Here is the card I made for this challenge:

I have used images and DP from the Shoes in Bloom 2 CD which you can buy here.  All the embellishments are from my stash.

Please remember to stop by the rest of the Design Team and see their fabulous creations (links on the DT tab at the top of this page).  They have all worked really hard to offer you some inspiration, so please remember to leave them some love if you pay a visit.

Pink Princess Tilda - MW Reminder

Hello folks,

Just popped in to remind you that you have about a week left to enter the current challenge over at Totally Tilda.

This time the challenge is:

PINK PRINCESS TILDA

Our very own Pink Princess, the lovely Susie Sugar chooses this theme at this time every year to celebrate her birthday! and I look forward to it every year.

So your creation MUST feature a Tilda wearing either a crown or Tiara and the main colour must be predominantly PINK. Easy right?

And don't forget we are sponsored by the lovely Nikki:

and the prize is:

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So here is my Midway creation for you:

I used the lovely Tilda catching stars and coloured her with my Polychromo Pencils.

I stamped her onto a round die cut - ironically one of Susie's own Die Cuts! Lol.  The outer edged is chalked with my Pan Pastels but very faintly so you may not be able to see it.  

The gorgeous little butterflies are made with my new Memory Box die and the sentiment ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons. The backing paper is from a Me to You Double sided paper pack called Spring Chic which I won from my lovely friend Asha, thank you lovely!

The little piece of Tuille is from That Craft Place FB shop. What a little gold mine that place is, but be warned, don't visit without your Credit Card!! LOL

The gorgeous flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and my stash.

So there you have it lovely peeps, my midway reminder for our Pink Princess challenge at Totally Tilda.

Hurry now!!

Challenges:

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

JellyPark Challenge - Girly Girl

Tilda's Town - Something old (the roses) something new (My butterfly die)

Crafts 4 Eternity - Tic Tac Toe (right hand column, Pink, 3 of something (butterflies) and bling(gems on the butterflies and gold embossed crown)

No Designer Papers at Crafty Ribbons

Happy Thursday morning to you lovely peeps!

Time once again for a new challenge at Crafty Ribbons.

Thanks for all your fabulous creations on our last challenge, you really are a crafty lot aren't you?

Please stop by the Crafty Ribbons Challenge blog and see if you were one of our handpicked top 3 or our Random Winner!

So, onto our new challenge.

This time the challenge is hosted by Cebelica and she has chosen

NO DESIGNER PAPERS

as her theme.

So here is my project for this challenge:

For this card I have cut three different sized frames with my Silhouette Cameo.

The borders of the frames are separate so I used my brayer to colour the main pieces and then put the frames back into place and left them white.

The sentiment is a Clarity Stamp available here.

I have used an Versamagic Chalk ink pad in Eggplant for the sentiment and the brayering.

The gorgeous ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons - although I am not sure they still stock it.

However, if you are looking for ribbon with a difference why not stop by and see just what they do have.  Trust me you won't be disappointed.

Challenges:

Clarity Stamp Challenge - It's all in the sentiment

Candy Winner - Woohooo!!!

Hi guys,

Well hasn't it been a fabulous bank holiday weekend weather wise??

So unusual for the UK don't you think?

Anyhoo, what did I pop in for now.......?

Oh yes, to announce the winner of my little candy.

Thank you to all my new lovely followers, please stay with me even if you didn't win because there will be another candy coming up real soon!!

So who won I hear you shout??

Well the winner is:

And that is......

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It's you......

SUE!!

Well done hunni.

Can you drop me an email with your mailing address and I'll try and get your parcel in the post as soon as I have heard from you.

If I don't hear by Friday I will draw another winner.

So, see you all soon.

hugs

Here comes the Candy Man, ooops sorry Lady!

Hello my lovelies.

Well, firstly let me say hello to my new followers.  Welcome and I hope you enjoy having a mooch around my little part of blogland.

Wow, I can't quite believe I am nearly at 400 followers.  It doesn't seem like five minutes ago I wondered whether I would ever reach 50!! LOL

So, let's get down to business shall we?

Time for another little candy.

Here is what is on offer this time.

So, here is what is included.

A letraset Marker case (holds 24 markers)

Five Letraset Metallic Markers

Mulberry Flowers

Fabric Butterfly

Branch of clear gems

Two little packs of ribbon

QuickKutz tag die

Bag of Card Candi.

So, what are the rules?

Well, just the usual really, please be a follower of my blog (but not just for the candy)

No candy only blogs please (I will delete these)

Please add a little piccy to your sidebar to spread the news.

Candy will be open until Sunday 5th May

Winner will be announced on Monday 6th May.

Christmas Card Time

Hi all,

I hope the weather has picked up for all the Brits this Bank Holiday weekend!

It has been raining here most of the day but thankfully has stopped now so perhaps it will just get better and better as the weekend goes on eh?? Fingers crossed.

So another Sunday rolls around and that means time for another challenge at our Christmas Card Club.

This time the host is our lovely Zoe.

Zoe has chosen:

Clean and Simple - A One Layer Card

I don't do many of these but I think I should as it is one of the quickest cards I have made.

I have long been a fan of the lovely Barbara Grey and this card has been made using one of her techniques.

So I inked up stamp (well half of it) - available at Clarity Stamp and then ran the brayer over it.

Then brayered it into position on the card.

Turned the card around and stamped the image again with first generation ink the right way up.

Then using Adirondack "Stream" I used the sponge to add some water to the reflection.

Then stamped the sentiment at the top of the card.

Just added some sponged green around the edges of the card and Voila!!

I'm quite pleased with it I think.

What do you all think?

Challenges:

Clarity Stamp Challenge - It's all in the sentiment

Crafty Hazlenut's Christmas Challenge 2 - Anything Goes

CHNC - Use a Sentiment

TTFN 

xxxx