Cards for Every Occasion

Last Post for Die Cut Dreams

2012-01-30T08:40:00.000Z

Good morning my blogging friends.

So, here we are at the start of another week so that must mean it is time for a new challenge at Die Cut Dreams.

Sadly though this will be the last ever challenge at Die Cut Dreams.

Susie has decided that the time is right to close her online shop and the Die Cut Dreams challenge blog so that she can spend more time with her family and doing her crafting rather than die cutting for so many hours a day. You will still be able to find her die cuts on sale on Ebay here as and when she has time to do some cutting.

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Thank you once again to all those who entered our last challenge. Please remember to stop by the Die Cut Dreams challenge blog to see if you were one of our lucky winners.

So, onto the new and final challenge and this time the theme is:

PINK AND RED AND A HEART(S)

So time to get your thinking hats on and get crafting.

Here is my project for this fortnight's challenge:

I have used the Sugar Nellie image called Apple Pip (I do love this series of images) and coloured her in with my promarkers and flexmarkers. She is placed on one of Susie's fabulous Die Cuts and the sentiment is one I made myself on the computer.

The gorgeous ribbon is one I bought before I found the fabulous Crafty Ribbons and the flowers are all from my stash. I will pop back later and add in the details of the papers (cos I can't remember which pad they are from - I think they are Basic Grey but will have to check!!) I'll also add some more piccys later too.

The heart charm is again from my stash.

Well peeps, I can't wait to see what you all come up with over the next two weeks. It would be lovely to see how many entries we could get for this challenge so why not pass the word and let everyone know it's the last one and that we'd like to go out with a bang!!

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Our sponsor for this last challenge is the lovely Mel at Crimson Cloud

The prize on offer is the choice of 3 packs of Die cuts from the Crimson Cloud store.

Please pop over and see all the yummy crafty goodies Mel has to offer @ Crimson Cloud

Back later to add me challenges in too!

Critters at Christmas

2012-01-29T16:07:00.000Z

Well it is Sunday afternoon and my weekend is nearly over!! Boohooo!

Still, there's just enough time for me to post my next Christmas Card as part of the Christmas Card Club.

This time it was Pinky's turn to choose the challenge and she chose Critters.

That meant any type of critter apparently so I went for this cheeky chappy!

This is an image from Charmed Cards and Crafts. When you buy their images you get black and white ones and ready coloured images too. Great when you are short of time.

I teamed him up with some free papers from Cardmaking and Papercraft, added a die cut fancy shape which I coloured and glittered. I have added glitter to his hat and scarf but it doesn't show up very well.

I added two pieces of fabulous grosgrain ribbon from, of course, Crafty Ribbons and finally a little die cut sentiment which I've had for a while now and just never used.

So there you go then.

Challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenges - Make it square

Dream Valley Challenges - Animals

Tilda's Valentine challenge!

2012-01-29T14:36:00.000Z

Hello bloggy friends.

I hope this Sunday finds you well and happy?

Well, as it is Sunday that means there is another new challenge over at the Totally Tilda challenge blog.

Firstly though, I would just like to say thank you for all your wonderful entries on the last challenge.

It always makes it hard to choose a winner/top 3 but that's part of the fun!

Also, just before I get on to the new challenge I would just like to say a big warm hello to Helene who has joined our team. I have worked with Helene before at Die Cut Dreams and let me tell you here work is awesome. Looking forward to seeing your fabulous creations Helene!

So what are we going to tempt you with this time??

Well the new challenge is:

PINK AND RED VALENTINE

(You must use pink and red as the main colours on your card. You can use splashes of other colours but to be in with a chance of winning the prize your main colour theme must be pink and red!)

Speaking of prizes, we are sponsored this time by the lovely Nikki

From now on I will be showing you a complete card to mark the beginning of the new challenge at Totally Tilda and then I will be making a new card for the Midway Reminder. So, now you get two for the price of one!! What a bargain!

So here is the project I made for the new challenge:

I was walking through Hobbycraft one day and spotted these red wooden hearts, just had to have one. I have added some Magnolia papers (such fabulous quality papers to use!) to one half of the heart and added Cupid Tilda on top using silicone glue.

I also added three pink flat backed pearls top right.

On the red side of the heart I have used a Magnolia Doohickey doily (expensive but beautiful) and then added a pink flourish on top of the doily.

The sentiment is from the last Magnolia club kit.

I then added a lace flower and popped a white rose with pink centre into the middle of it.

I'm quite pleased with how this came out, not my usual sort of thing but I'm glad I gave it a go.

Challenges:

The Corrosive Challenge - I heart You

Allsorts - One or More hearts

Charisma Cardz - Pretty in Pink

Cupcake Craft Challenges - All you need is love

Crafting for all Seasons - My first DT card!

2012-01-25T14:00:00.001Z

Well, here we go with another new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons.

Thank you so much for all your lovely wonderful creations for our last challenge.

Remember to stop by the challenge blog and see if you were amongst our winners.

So the new challenge is:

BLUE AND WHITE

For this challenge we are thrilled to be sponsored by:

Di's Digital Downloads

Prize: $10 gift card

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Pink Cat Studio

Prize: 5 Digital Images

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Saturated Canary

Prize: 2 digital images

For my card I have used an image called Tweet on Branch by Pink Cat Studio

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So, here you go then:

The image is printed on to white card and then cut out with my Nestabilities.

I have used my Flexmarkers to colour the image and blue chalk around the edge of the Nestabilitie.

I followed an old sketch from Sketch n Stash. They have a sketch catalogue where you can choose from all the sketches they have used in the past - invaluable!!

The papers I have used are all from a Papermania pad called Venetian Skies.

I have used a shiny sparkling trim across each of the corners and added lace along the edges.

I finished off with a little blue bow and some blue gems.

I'm really pleased with how this turned out and I hope you like it too.

I shall be putting the DT links on my DT page as soon as I have a minute. Until then why not pop over to the challenge blog and have a look at what the fabulous DT members have made for your inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Please leave me a comment before you go, that way I know you popped in!

They really do mean the world to me.

TTFN

Challenges:

Paper MakeUp Stamps - Digi makeover challenge - Winter Blues

Daisy Doodles - Anything Goes

Nettie G's Digital Gems - Whispers of the Spring to Come (Use pastel colours only)
Truly, Madly Crafty - Anything goes

Dream Valley - Animals

A Very Blue Christmas

2012-01-23T13:22:00.000Z

Now obviously I don't mean a sad Christmas 'cos that just wouldn't be right now would it??

No, I mean the colour of my Christmas Card. You think I'm bonkers right?? (On second thoughts, don't answer that one!!) LOL

Well, I haven't lost me marbles, no I have joined a lovely group of ladies at the Christmas Card Club. We have our own challenges every couple of weeks and the aim is to make all our Christmas Cards well ahead of schedule for next Christmas. Believe me, after my tardy attempts at sending them out last Christmas I am determined not to get caught out again.

So, the first challenge I got to join in with was set by Keryn. She wanted us to think thin!! (No silly, not weightwatchers - although that might not be a bad idea at the moment me thinks! LOL)

No, Keryn wanted us to make a card that would be thin enough to post without incurring extra postage charges. So that meant no flowers or decoupage or anything that would "fatten" the envelope.

So, here is the card I made:

I have used images and papers from an Ooh La La CD called Quick Makes for Christmas and you can find it here.

I just adore blue and white Christmas cards (nearly as much as black and white) and to me it just screamed "add some glitter, add some glitter!" - so I did - lots of it!!

(Hey Mandy, you'd be proud of me hunni - just look at all this glitter!!)

I used my quickie glue pen and white glamour dust because I think it gives the best sparkle.

If you look at the white side of the card you will see some stamping behind the main image. This was an old wooden stamp I've had for ages, stamped in embossing ink and then chalked over. I think I'd use Perfect Pearls next time.

I have added a little die cut sentiment to finish it off and I'm really pleased with how it came out. Please let me know what you think.

If you want to see what everyone else did there are links to the rest of the Club Members on the CCC link at the top of the page. (If you can't find them just yet don't worry they will be there as soon as I get a minute)

Challenges:

Crafty Boots Challenge - Inspired by a Song - Blue Christmas (Elvis Presley)

House of Gilli - Winter

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Song Title (as above)

Seeing Double at Ooh La La!

2012-01-23T11:24:00.004Z

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:
SEEING DOUBLE!

(So we want to see you use the same image more than once!)

Here is the card I made for this challenge:

I have used images and DP from the brand new Shoes in Bloom 2 CD which you can buy here. All the embellishments are from my stash.
I know you are asking where the other image is, well it is (or should I say they are) inside:

This was one of several cards I made for the release show for this new CD on Create and Craft on 23rd December. Stupid me - forgot to record it so I don't know if they were shown or not!! DOH!

So there you go then. 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.

Challenges:

Party Time Tuesdays - Happy Birthday

Marks Finest Papers - Happy Birthday

Midway Reminder Totally Tilda

2012-01-22T08:30:00.001Z

Hello peeps,

Well I just popped in to remind you that you have about a week left to submit your entries for our latest challenge at Totally Tilda.

Don't forget the challenge this time is:
TILDA WITH A NON-DOMESTICATED ANIMAL
(So sorry that means no animal that you could keep as a pet!!)

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Here's the card I made for the midway reminder:

I've used one of Susie's Die Cuts and and ink pad to change the colour to suit the rest of my card.

I did the same thing to the leaves down the left hand side.

Tilda is coloured with my Flexmarkers and the stamps in the background are from a Hobby Art clear stamp set.

The flowers are all from my stash, the glittery twirly thing is a pipe cleaner, sprayed with glue and rolled in glitter - quite pleased with how it turned out. That lovely pin is from the Funkie Junkie's etsy shop here.

That fabulous sentiment is from a bunch of sentiments that my lovely buddy Susie sent me - thanks hunni!

The picket fence is a Whiff of Joy die - cut out of TH Core dination card and cut in half.

So there you go friends. I do hope you find the time to join us for this challenge. I do so love to see your fabulous creations.

Challenges:

I Love promarkers - Anything Goes
Magnolia-licious Highlites - Anything Goes
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Now, just before I go I have a couple of bits of news to tell you!

First, I joined some lovely ladies in a Christmas Card club. I am not going to get caught out again not having made enough Christmas Cards come the festive season, oh no. I shall have plenty to go at and I am so pleased that I got the chance to join them.

Secondly, I noticed a DT call a couple of weeks ago and so decided to apply and guess what????? I have been asked to join the Design Team for Crafting for all Seasons!! Wooohooo! How cool is that? So look out for my first DT card for them next Wednesday!

Love is Red And Black

2012-01-19T09:00:00.002Z

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? I hope you all had fun with our blog hop and enjoyed seeing our creations.

Please stop by the Crafty Ribbons Challenge blog and see if you were one of our handpicked top 3 or our Random Winner!. You will also find a complete list of all the candy winners from our individual blogs.

Talking of which - my winner is:

Crafty Chris

Congratulations hunni. Please contact me with your postal address so that I can get your ribbons in the post to you.

So, onto our new challenge.

This time the challenge is:

LOVE IS RED AND BLACK!

This is the prize for this challenge:

So here is my project for this challenge:

I have used one of my wickedly neglected Anya stamps and have also used the sketch at Anyone for Anya? as the basis for my card.

The base was blue but I have used black ink to change the colour to fit the theme.

Anya is coloured with Flexmarkers and Promarkers.

The lush dotty ribbon across the middle and the bow is of course from Crafty Ribbons and you can find the complete range here.

The little black flower is from a pack of Prima flowers which I purchased from Bunny Zoe's Crafts a while back. The base DP is from a pack of half die cut shapes which I have used two of and stuck them together to make the square. Can you see the join??? LOL

The flourishes are all Marianne Creatables, the little gems are from my stash and the ticket is from Lynne's Sentiments 4 You range (sadly now closed), to which I have added TH Distress Ink (Firebrick Red).

So there you have it folks.

I do hope you find the time to join in with our challenge this fortnight and can't wait to see your fabulous creations.

Challenges:

Crafty Creations - Valentine's Theme

Audsentiments - Use the word love (hope the French version counts)

Creative Card Crew - Seeing Red (hope there's enough!)

Dream Valley - Anything goes

Sympathy Time - DCD DT card

2012-01-17T16:57:00.000Z

Ooops, so sorry I forgot to post my Die Cut Dreams DT card. So another week begins and that must mean it is time for a new challenge at Die Cut Dreams. Thank you once again to all those who entered our last challenge. Please remember to stop by the Die Cut Dreams challenge blog to see if you were one of our lucky winners.

So, onto the new challenge and this time the theme is:

SYMPATHY

Let's face it, they are the sort of cards that nobody wants to make but always need at some point!

So time to get your thinking hats on and get crafting.

Here is my project for this fortnight's challenge:

This card is made using only two stamps, both available at Clarity Stamps. The little corner stamp is placed in each of the four corners on the base card, I used a VersaMagic Chalk ink pad in Eggplant.

Then the same stamp is placed in each of the four corners on a smaller piece of white card, which is matted on to a slightly larger piece of aubergine coloured card.

The Thinking of You stamp is then stamped in the middle of the smaller piece of card. Then, very carefully, using second generation ink stamped again but slightly lower and to the left of the first inking thus giving a shadow effect. You can only achieve this effect with clear stamps because you can see through them to where they are being placed.

Well peeps, I can't wait to see what you all come up with over the next two weeks. Have fun!

G'day Tilda Lovers!!

2012-01-15T14:16:00.000Z

Hello bloggy friends.

I hope this Sunday finds you well and happy?

Well, as it is Sunday that means there is another new challenge over at the Totally Tilda challenge blog.

Firstly though, I would just like to say thank you for all your wonderful entries on the last challenge.

It always makes it hard to choose a winner/top 3 but that's part of the fun!

So what are we going to tempt you with this time??

Well the new challenge is:

TILDA WITH A NON-DOMESTICATED ANIMAL

(That means no cats or dogs my friends!!)

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We are sponsored for the challenge by Shop Bron and they are offering our lucky winner the Koala Tilda stamp that we have all used for our creations.

Koala Tilda is exclusive to Shopbron!

So here is the card I made for the new challenge:

This darling little Tilda is a limited edition stamp called (bet you can't guess?????) - Yup, Koala Tilda!

Tilda and her cute little Koala bear are coloured with my promarkers and Flexmarkers and I have used a brown chalk around the edge of the white card to soften the edges a little.

The fabulous ribbon and bow are made with Satin edged organza which is from Crafty Ribbons and you can see more of that here.

The flowers I have had in my stash for simply ages. The sentiment is computer generated and those little flat backed pearls are also from my stash. The backing papers are from a bunch that my blogging mummy sent me early last year, thanks sweetie!

Challenges:

Magnolia-licious - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Use Something New (Tilda Stamp)

Crafty Creations - Something New

Fairytale - Something New

Card Making Mama's - Use something new

Sentimental Sunday's - Ribbon and a sentiment

New Beginnings at Ooh La La

2012-01-09T08:31:00.000Z

So, onto the next challenge and this time it is:

NEW BEGINNINGS

Here is the card I made for this challenge:

I have used images and DP from the Boyz to Men CD which you can buy here. This CD, likes the others in the OLL range has a section on CD that helps you to make quick cards.

In this instance the section is all about Easel cards and all the papers, embellishments etc are all there ready for you to make a quick but fabulous card.

The little black gems 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.
Challenges:
By the Cute and Girly - New Beginnings
Craft Your Days Away - New Beginnings
Crafty Catz - A New Beginning
Dream Valley - Anything goes

New Year, New Beginnings and a Blog Hop!!

2012-01-05T09:00:00.004Z

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!

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Can you believe Christmas is over and we are into January?? Me neither.

However, as we are now into January that means it’s time for the sales and Crafty Ribbons started their mega sale on the 3rd January where there are lots of fabulous ribbons at fantastic prices so to celebrate we’re having a blog hop with lots of prizes available.
This is the prize for the main blog hop winner:

Just think how many gorgeous ribbons you can buy with that, especially whilst the sale is on!!!
Of course, we also have our new challenge and this time,Gina is hosting.....

NEW BEGINNINGS

...And here is the prize for the challenge winner:

CONTENTS MAY VARY

We'll draw a random winner for both the blog hop and challenge and we’ll have the top 3 as usual. You can get all the details and lots more ideas from the Design Team over at the main site.

Here's what I made:

I have used a Whiff of Joy stamp called Willow Holding Baby which you can buy here.

See that gorgeous ribbon down the left hand side - well that's one of the new range of ribbons that will be available very soon at Crafty Ribbons.

The image is coloured with my Flexmarkers. These pens are just fabulous to work with and I absolutely love them to bits.

The flowers and pins are from my stash and the sentiment is a wooden stamp I have had for ages.

Now comes the exciting bit........

We are having a Blog Hop that will run alongside this current challenge. If you get lost along the way, just pop back to the challenge blog and you will find the full list of blogs in Hop Order.
At each stop there'll be a word to collect and a candy draw.
I've got these gorgeous ribbons to give away

To be in with a chance of winning this you just need to leave a comment at the end of this post. Let me know what you think of my card and saying you're joining us on the blog hop...

At each stop there will be a word which you should collect. Once you have collected all 12 words re-arrange them to make a phrase and then leave that phrase in a comment on the challenge blog (we will have comment moderation on so you won't be able to cheat!!)

So, you should have arrived here from the fabulous Pinky’s Blog My word is A. The blog hop will run until 6pm on 18th January 2012 and the winner and the winners of each of the Design Teams Candy will be announced with the start of the New Challenge on the 19th January

Your next stop is the uber talented Bonnie. If you lose your way you can go back to Crafty Ribbons Challenge to get the full list. Good luck everyone.

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Challenges:
Card Crafters Circle - Anything Goes
Dutch Dare Card Challenges - New Beginnings

Want to add to your Promarkers???

2012-01-02T21:29:00.000Z

Well, if you do then you best hop on over to Jules blog to join in the fun.

The best thing about this candy is that not only do you stand to win 20 promarkers, but you get to choose exactly which colours you would like!

That's right, courtesy of the wonderful peeps at Handy Hippo you get to choose the colours you would like so that you can add to your collection instead of duplicating it!

So what you waiting for then??? Hop on over to Jules blog and join in the fun.

WOW! The new challenge at Die Cut Dreams

2012-01-02T10:30:00.001Z

Good morning my blogging friends. Firstly let me wish you all a very Happy New Year! Here's to 2012 being the best year yet!

So, here we are at the start of another week so that must mean it is time for a new challenge at Die Cut Dreams. Thank you once again to all those who entered our last challenge. Please remember to stop by the Die Cut Dreams challenge blog to see if you were one of our lucky winners.

So, onto the new challenge and this time the theme is:

WHITE ON WHITE

(NO COLOUR AT ALL - NOT EVEN SKIN OR HAIR!!)

(If your entry contains ANY colour at all it will be deleted to be fair to everyone)***************

So time to get your thinking hats on and get crafting.

Here is my project for this fortnight's challenge:

I used my nesties to make the frame for the poem and the bigger frame behind it.

The poem is one of Barbara's Clarity Stamps.

The three little flowers are made with my Tonic punches, the flourishes and butterfly are Marianne Design Creatables. I finished the corners off with white flat backed pearls.

I'm really pleased with how this came out and I hope you like it too.

If you've never done White on White cards before, why not give it a go - it really isn't as daunting as you may think once you get going!

Have fun!

Challenges:

Sentimental Sundays - Anything Goes

Sparkles Forum - Anything but a Christmas Card

Sir Stampalot - Monochromatic (Hope this counts!)

Hiding in my Craft Room - Freestyle

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes

A Just for Challenges card!!!

2011-12-31T12:12:00.000Z

OMG!

It is soooo long since I made a card purely to enter in to challenges, I can't believe it!

Okay, so I made it for a DT card but got part of it wrong so now I can use it purely to enter into challenges.

So, here is the card in question:

I have used a Mo Manning image called Christmas Fairy Holly - I just love this image. The only colour on it is her skin and hair for which I used my Flexmarkers.

The dress and wings are just glittered with Glamour Dust.

The sentiment is one that Lynne made at Sentiments 4 You. Unfortunately you can no longer get these digis as Lynne has decided to call time on her Sentiments 4 You. (Maybe one day eh Lynne??)

The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons and the lace flower I made myself.

The snowflakes are handpunched and then glittered, again with Glamour Dust. Those little white bows are some I bought from Teri at Delicious Doodles, thanks hun!

So, there you have it, my very white, glittery card for the following challenges:

Prairie Fairy Friday - Things with sparkly wings

DP2 Challenge - Fave Mo Manning card of 2011

Audsentiments - Anything Goes

Bee-Crafty - It's Christmas

By the Cute and Girly - Let it Snow

Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes

Crafting for all Seasons - Fairies

Crafts and Me - Bumper Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Flutterby Wednesdays - Open challenge

Midway Reminder - Totally Tilda Challenge

2011-12-25T07:30:00.002Z

Hello peeps,

Well I just popped in to remind you that you have about three weeks left to submit your entries for our latest challenge at Totally Tilda.

Don't forget the challenge this time is:
THANK YOU
The challenge is running for four weeks due to the Festive Period so you've got plenty of time.

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Normally I would have shown you a sneaky peek of my card last week but I have been so busy I just never got around to it. So today I'm showing you my creation - no sneaks just the whole kit and caboodle!! So here you go then, my card for this challenge:

Tilda is coloured with my promarkers and Flexmarkers (I just got the latest four sets of Flexmarkers and I am so pleased with them!)

The flowers and pipe cleaner are all from my stash and that lovely polka dot ribbon is from - of course - Crafty Ribbons - available in some gorgeous colours you can see them here.

The little thank you sentiment is one of the lovely Lynne's from Sentiments 4 You. I have coloured around the edge of the ticket with one of the new Metallic Markers from Letraset. They are so gorgeous, you just have to try them.

So there you go then, my thank you card.

I would just like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very

MERRY CHRISTMAS

AND A

HAPPY NEW YEAR

I hope Santa brought you everything your heart desired.

I love promarkers - Anything goes

Stampin for the Weekend - Anything Goes
Secret Crafter - Anything Goes

Getting sketchy at Crafty Ribbons

2011-12-22T08:41:00.000Z

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:

SKETCH

That's right folks, our hosts for this challenge are Tessa and Anke and they have devised a sketch for you to follow. Remember you can turn it however you like so long as we can still see the sketch.

So, first things first - the prize on offer for this challenge.

This time it will be one of "Bev's Bags"

(contents may vary from the picture).

Bev's Bags are fantastic value and so choc full of ribbony goodness, you won't be disappointed, trust me!

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So here is my project for this challenge:

My image is a Sarah Kay stamp - isn't she gorgeous. (Big thanks to a certain friend - you know who you are!!). She is coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers and I have chalked around the edge of the image in colours to match my theme.

The image is matted onto some Tim Holtz Core dinations card and I have distressed the edges.

All the flowers are from my stash. The flourish and the doily are both Marianne creatables dies.

The papers I have used are from a papermania pad called Excuisite.

The fabulous Thank You ribbon is one of a new range at Crafty Ribbons and is available here.

I hope you will find the time to join us over the festive season and I will take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and the Happiest of New Year's

Challenges:

I love promarkers - Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz - Anything goes

Craft Your Passion Challenges - Holiday Havoc Blog Hop

2011-12-17T06:01:00.001Z

Welcome People from wherever you are!

This is a long, long post, so best grab a cuppa before you start, you could be here for a while!! LOL

I always enjoy being part of a fabulous blog hop and when I saw this one I just had to join in. So here goes then!

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Welcome to Craft Your Passion Challenges "Holiday Havoc 2011" Blog Hop!!

We are very excited about holidays and wanted to add to the chaos and havoc.
What better way to do that, than to have a BLOG HOP!!!

If you have hopped over from Jacqui's blog, then you are in the right place. If you just happened to stop by and would like to join our hop from the beginning, please go to Craft Your Passion Challenges and follow along for a chance to win some AMAZING blog candy along the way and PRIZES at the end.

All Craft Your Passion DT members are going to be playing along in the hop with some very special guest designers.

Each designer along the way is featuring a project that showcases a digital image from at least one of our amazing Blog Hop Sponsors.
What’s more exciting is you can participate too by creating a project and linking it up over at Craft Your Passion Challenges for a chance to win one of several prizes.

But, there’s a twist. Be sure to visit all the stops and leave a comment (we will be checking). Once you have finished the hop, we would like you to create a HOLIDAY project using at least one digital stamp and enter it with our Linky tool.

While you are hopping, be sure to check out the blog candy the designer's have to offer you. You don't want to miss out on any of it!
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So here are the two projects I made:
My first project features an image from one of my most favourite Digital Artists, Jodie at Bugaboo.
This is called Little Penguin Winter bench and you can find it here:

I coloured the image with Prismacolour Pencils and Promarkers. I had a go at putting some sky in the background, not sure if it worked really though. The poinsettia is a Marianne Creatables die, I just love this die. I added some glitter on the embossed lines.

The two sentiment stamps are Kanban stamps and come as part of a Reindeer set, as are the snowflake stamps, and all are stamped and embossed. The baubles are something I have had in my stash for simply ages.

The fabulous lush velvet ribbon is from, yes you guessed it, Crafty Ribbons and you can see the full range here.
So, that was my first project and here is my second:

The image is from Crafty Sentiments, another of the fabulous sponsors of this Holiday Havoc blog hop.
Once again the lush velvet ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons (see here). I added a glittered stocking which is a Jolie's boutique sticker and again I've had this for ever!!

I coloured the image with my promarkers and then stamped some snowflakes on to the stocking and covered it with glitter.

The sentiment is from the lovely Lynne at Sentiments 4 You.

Next stop by Roro's blog, to see what she has in store for you today.

Remember, once you have hopped to all the stops and left your comments (we will be checking), it's your turn to show us your "Holiday Havoc" project.
Make sure to include a digital stamp somewhere on your project, and link up your project over at Craft Your Passion Challenges by Midnight CST December 23 to be eligible for the prizes. Winners will be announced on our Monday, December 26th Challenge post.

Craft Your Passion Challenges

Jan

Jacqui

Sue

Craft Your Passion Challenges

Phew, I think I'd best go and sit down for a while now to recover.

Have fun everyone.

Final GDT spot for Polka Doodles

2011-12-16T12:54:00.000Z

Hello all.

A very happy Friday morning to you.

Well it is time for my final venture as GDT for Polka Doodles, thanks for all your lovely comments on my Easel Drawer Box Card.

Well this time the challenge over at Polka Doodles is:

THROUGH THE WINDOW

Include a Window or Aperture to Look Into

So here is my card:

I have used images and papers from the Pretty Sweet CD and followed a tutorial from Splitcoaststampers but have adapted the aperture shape.

All the stamped images are made using Clarity Stamps, Split Tree, leaves to dress the tree and the flock of birds. The grass is done using the side of a tree stamp.

I hope you can see the 3D effect ok, it is difficult to take the pics without blurring the images.

I'd like to thank the girls at Polka Doodles for having me as one of their GDT's and for making me think outside the box, I have had a ball, thanks girls.

Challenges:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Fancy Folds

Did you see the news???

2011-12-15T17:33:00.001Z

Well, just in case you didn't, I just thought I'd pop in and tell you all that the new Lili of the Valley challenge blog will be posting their first challenge on 5th January 2012.

It is called Lili's Little Fairies and will have the same blog address and the same rules will apply, that is it will still be a Lili of the Valley only challenge.

There will still be weekly challenges which, as I said will start on 5th January 2012.

In the meantime they have some fabulous candy up for grabs.

So why not get on over there, find out what you have to do and be ready for 5th January 2012.

There are some great prizes so you won't be disappointed.

TTFN

Anything But a Card - OLL DT

2011-12-12T08:20:00.010Z

So, onto the next challenge and this time it is:
ANYTHING BUT A CARD!

These are made from the new release CD at Ooh La La Creations called Festive Funnies. There is a folder on there with bags and boxes in and that's where these are from.
So here you go then, first we have:

This is a little bag template (not happy about the way the colours have come out really, was just getting used to a new printer!!)

The tag and motif embellishments are all from the same CD.

This is the back of the bag.

ust to prove that you can make things other than for Christmas, this little box is also on the CD.

I just printed it out (again - not happy with the colour) and added a lovely butterfly to the lid.

These templates are so easy to use and versatile too. If you need small boxes and bags then these are just perfect. I guess you could always take the templates into an editing programme and make them a little bigger if you wanted to but I haven't tried this - not sure what it would do to the pixelation!!

Midway Reminder - Totally Tilda - White on White

2011-12-11T03:40:00.001Z

Hello peeps,

Well I just popped in to remind you that you have about a week left to submit your entries for our latest challenge at Totally Tilda.

Don't forget the challenge this time is:
WHITE ON WHITE
With Embossing and Glitter
(That means no colour anywhere except skin and hair - not even any shading on clothes etc)

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Now you know that I always show you a sneaky peek of my card the day the challenge goes live don't you? So today is the day I can show you the whole thing! Bet you're excited now aren't you?? LOL

Just kidding, I'm not really that big headed, honest. So here you go then, my card for this challenge:

So the base card is .....WHITE! (obviously) and across the middle I have put a piece of white lace.

On top of that I have used one of Susie's fabulous Snowflake Die Cuts and embossed it and then glittered it.

I have used my Prismacolour pencils for the skin tones and hair. For Tilda's dress, wings and halo I have used white glitter.

That fabulous poinsettia (a Marianne creatables die) is cut from bright white card and the embossed lines on the petals have been glittered using my quickie glue pen and glamour dust, I finished it off by added four little white pearls in the centre.

The three little flowers are cut with Tonic Petal pairs punches and glittered.

The flowers are from my stash (white baby's breath - just love these) and the twirly thing is made from a white pipe cleaner and the leaves are handpunched, again from bright white card.

And lastly I added one of Lynne's lovely sentiments from Sentiments 4 You and covered it all over with glamour dust.

Well at least I think I achieved the "with glitter" part of the challenge - don't you??? LOL

Can't wait to see your fabulous WOW creations, we have had some beautiful ones up to now, so what you waiting for - off you go and get creating!

TTFN
Challenges:
Just Magnolia - Dreaming of a White Christmas
Winter Wonderland - Let it Snow, let it snow, let it snow
(I know there is only one snowflake but it is huge!!)
The Paper Variety - Falalalala (Dreaming of a White Christmas)
The Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes
The ABC Challenge - E for Embossing
Sweet Stamping - Things with wings
Simon Says - Photomontage inspiration (I went with the white)
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Christmas in Traditional Colours at Crafty Ribbons

2011-12-08T08:30:00.043Z

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.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

MULBERRY CRAFTS

Here is a little bit about them:

MuberryCraftsUK online shop is a Home-Based business run by Bev .This time the challenge is:

At the moment we are focussing on providing miniature flowers made from genuine mulberry paper for crafts use - although we have a small selection of non -paper crafts too. Why mulberry paper? Because they are robust, realistic look and last longer than ordinary paper and it provides a sustainable income for people in the cottage industry. In due course we will be introducing more of other craft materials which is not related to mulberry paper.

Christmas in Traditional Colours

So here is my project for this challenge:

I have used one of the fabulous Bugaboo images and this one is called Fancy Sunbonnet Winter.

These images are a dream to colour and I have used my Prismacolour Pencils to colour this one. I have added white glamour dust to the brim of her had and the cuffs on her sleeves (although it doesn't really show up very well on these pics!)

I have added a piece of DP which was in a freebie pack from one of the Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine. The three little poinsettias are from my stash and I have had them for simply ages!!

I also added a gem branch too, although again it doesn't show up well on here. That lush ribbon at the top and the bottom is, of course, from Crafty Ribbons and you can find this particular range here.

Can't wait to see what you all come up with for this challenge, have fun.

Challenges:

Bee Crafty - It's Christmas

Audsentiments - More Winter Holiday Sentiments

(hope the ribbon sentiment counts)

The Pink Elephant - Snowflakes and Sparkle

The Saturday Challenge - Photo Inspiration (I used the colours)

Party Time Tuesdays - Holiday Sentiment (again, hope the ribbon counts)

Make a Date at Die Cut Dreams

2011-12-05T08:38:00.001Z

Good morning my blogging friends. Here we are at the start of another week so that must mean it is time for a new challenge at Die Cut Dreams. Thank you once again to all those who entered our last challenge. Please remember to stop by the Die Cut Dreams challenge blog to see if you were one of our lucky winners.

So, onto the new challenge and this time the theme is:

MAKE A 2012 CALENDAR OR A JAN 2012 CALENDAR PAGE

So time to get your thinking hats on and get crafting.

Here is my project for this fortnight's challenge:

I chose to make a complete calendar. First off I printed all the monthly calendar pages from the Watercolour Memories CD from Ooh La La which you can find here.

Then I cut them to exactly the same size. When you print them off there is a black line at the top and the bottom. I cut them off at the bottom line and used the top line as a marker to put perforations on each page.

(This way they can be ripped off at the end of each month)

Then I cut a back cover and front cover from plain white thick card and cut this to the same shape as the calendar. The front cover was again perforated at the same line as the monthly pages. Each page was added to the next using very strong double sided tape. Then I added a piece of ruched ribbon to hang it with.

I decorated the front cover using a piece of DP first and then using some chipboard letters stamped them with the ink colour I had decided on and then clear embossed them to give them some shine.

The little flowers are made with Tonic punches and I used a sheet from their Print, Punch and Cut CD Petal Pairs which you can find here.

I added a butterfly, again inked up in the colour of my choice and clear embossed. The leaves are hand punched.

So there you go then, my 2012 Calendar - I hope you like it.

If you want to see more inspiration then please pop over to the Die Cut Dreams Challenge Blog where you will see some fantastic calendar projects.

Well peeps, I can't wait to see what you all come up with over the next two weeks. Have fun!

TTFN xx

Totally Tilda new challenge and a sneaky peek!

2011-12-04T15:22:00.000Z

Hello bloggy friends.

I hope this Sunday finds you well and happy?

Well, as it is Sunday that means there is another new challenge over at the Totally Tilda challenge blog.

Firstly though, I would just like to say thank you for all your wonderful entries on the last challenge.

It always makes it hard to choose a winner/top 3 but that's part of the fun!

So what are we going to tempt you with this time??

Well the new challenge is:

WHITE ON WHITE!!

Plus embossing and glitter

(This means skin tones and hair colour ONLY! You musn't even use any shading).

Please read the rules before entering - it's not nice to have to remove entries that don't comply with the rules but it has to be fair for everyone - I'm sure you would agree.

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I know this sounds like a really hard challenge, but if you pop on over to the Totally Tilda challenge blog and have a look at all the fabulous cards the Design Team have made you will see that it is actually not that difficult.

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You will know by now that I only give you a sneaky peak at my card this week but if you hop on over to the challenge blog you will be able to see what my fabulous Design Team buddies have to inspire you.

So here is a sneaky peak at what I will be showing you next week on the Midway Reminder.

Can ya tell wot it is yit??

See ya back here next Sunday for the full reveal.

Have fun peeps!

Winner and an apology.

2011-12-03T17:14:00.000Z

Well, actually the apology comes first.

I should have drawn my winner for the My Memories Suite Digital Scrapbooking Giveaway last weekend but I have been so busy with one thing or another it went clean out of my head!

So without further ado....

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PAMELA!

Well done hunni, I think you must have been kissing the blarney stone or something just lately. You really have had some luck haven't you??? LOL

Anyway Pam can you get in touch with me so that I can sort out your prize.

Welcome to the world of Digital Scrapbooking.

May you have hours of fun.

hugs

Polka Doodles - GDT project #2

2011-12-02T11:00:00.004Z

Hello all.

A very happy Friday morning to you.

Well it is time for my second venture as GDT for Polka Doodles, thanks for all your lovely comments on my Rudy Christmas Card.

Well this time the challenge over at Polka Doodles is:

SOMETHING FOR A CHILD

(WITH A HIDDEN ELEMENT TO FIND)

So, using the Pretty Sweet CD this is what I came up with:

It's a drawer box Easel card. The tutorial for the drawer box can be found here. Once I got my head around the dimensions it call came together quite easily.

The papers, which I have used to cover the box and the ready coloured image are all from, as I said the Pretty Sweet CD, don't you just love those patchwork papers?? The paper on the draw is also from the same CD. I have attached a handle to the draw for ease of opening.

The image is cut out with my nestabilities and I have added a gorgeous organza swiss polka dot ribbon available here at Crafty Ribbons. The sentiment is one of the lovely Lynne's at Sentiments 4 You. I have added a hint of colour using my Flexmarkers. The little gems are from my stash.

And this sentiment is one from the Pretty Sweet CD. These sentiments come ready sized for different sized circle punches and are just so fabulous. I have added a circle of gems to the sentiment and raised it up on sticky pads to make it my stopper for the easel.

And here is where the hidden element is! Obviously when the time comes this little drawer will be filled with goodies - I know just the perfect little girl I'm gonna send it to as well!

So there you go peeps, my drawer box easel card. Hope you liked it.

Challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - Birthday

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Samuel Taylor's Challenge - Anything Goes

Some Odd Girl - Easel Card

Ooh La La - Lots of Sparkle!

2011-11-28T17:09:00.000Z

So, onto the next challenge and this time it is:

LOTS OF SPARKLE!

Here is the card I made for this challenge:

I have used images and DP from the Quick Makes for Christmas CD which you can buy here. All the embellishments are from my stash. I have added red glitter to the berries, gold glitter to the seed pods and glamour dust to the flourishes on the corners. I then added three red gems top right and bottom left. It does really sparkle IRL but it never shows up on my pics very well.
Here is a close up of where I put the glitter - I think you can see it better on here:

My Memories Suite and a Giveaway!!

2011-11-27T14:05:00.000Z

Hi all,

Well, recently I was contacted by Liz at My Memories and asked to host a giveaway on my blog.

Now I have to tell you all I was more than a little hesitant as there are some very odd people in the world and I was a bit dubious as to the authenticity of the email. Having looked at the website though and having downloaded the software I am happy to say that I now feel very confident in being able to offer you all a fabulous discount offer at My Memories and also the chance to win the opportunity to download the My Memories Suite 2 for free!

So what do you have to do I hear you shout??

Well, pop on over to the My Memories website and have a look at what they have to offer.

Then when you've had a mooch around, come back here, and leave me a comment telling me what your favourite digital paper or pack was on the My Memories website.

Here is my code to enable you to save on the My Memories Suite 2 digital scrapbooking software.

STMMMS35832.

Now the code above will give you a $10 discount on The My Memories Suite 2 at My Memories, just quote the code at the checkout to receive your discount. If you do go ahead and buy the My Memories Suite 2 you will also received a $10 voucher towards any of the downloads available on the site.

So, what can you do with this software???

Well here are just a couple of projects I've made after downloading and playing with the software for only a matter of half an hour or so.

This digital scrapbooking software is very user friendly and so easy to navigate and quite possibly the best digital scrapbooking software I have come across in quite a while.

And here is another one:

So what are you waiting for. Get on over to the My Memories website, have a good look around and then come back and leave me a comment telling me what your favourite digital pack was.

If you pop over to the My Memories Facebook page or visit them on Twitter or even visit their blog- you will be able to gain extra entries to the contest.

I will draw a winner on 27 November.

Good luck!

Commission Card and DT application!

2011-11-27T12:17:00.000Z

Hi all,

Well, just saw this in time really. Kenny K has been having a DT call so I thought I'd give it a go and apply.

I have loved these images for ages now and would dearly love the chance to get to use them more often.

So there are two cards here but it is the first one I shall be entering for the DT call.

This card was made as a commission card for a friend of my DH's.

I had already made her the 65 invitations for the party and this was the follow up card for the Birthday Girl.

Now this image, Club Kid, says 16 year old female teenager to me - what do you think??

So here is the card (A4 size):

The image is coloured with promarkers and prismacolour pencils. (You can see I put it in a box which I also decorated but forgot to take any pics of! DOH!)

The papers are from Funky Fairy.

The letters are chipboard, which I have inked and clear embossed three times to make them really glossy and shiny. (They are IRL honest!)

The flowers are from my stash and the leaves are hand punched.

The ribbon is from Hobbycraft and the pins were bought from Nikki at Bunny Zoe's Crafts.

This second card was made for my daughter's birthday. She was forever on the computer updating her iPod and I just thought this image, Download Diva fitted her perfectly.

You will see it is very CAS as she just doesn't do flowers and bows! Sooo not cool! LOL.

I have added red streaks in her hair because DD had red highlights at the time.

So there you go then. I hope you like my cards. They both went down really well with the recipients I'm pleased to say.

Midway Reminder - Totally Tilda #36

2011-11-27T08:30:00.001Z

Hello peeps,

Well I just popped in to remind you that you have about a week left to submit your entries for our latest challenge at Totally Tilda.

Don't forget the challenge this time is:
MASKING
If you're not sure exactly what Masking is then hop on over to our Liz's blog and have a look at her tutorial.

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Now you know that I always show you a sneaky peek of my card the day the challenge goes live don't you? So today is the day I can show you the whole thing! Bet you're excited now aren't you?? LOL

Just kidding, I'm not really that big headed, honest. So here you go then, my card for this challenge:

This is Happy Spring Tilda which I have coloured with my Prismacolour Pencils and masked her with Floral Background both of which you can buy at Sir Stampalot.

Down the right hand side you can see pink glitter butterflies within a band of blue glitter, a little trick I picked up at the Hobbycraft show at the NEC. I have used my new Martha Stewart PATP punch which I picked up at the same show.

All the flowers are from my stash as is the pin, the beaded crystal branch and the tiny gems and larger gems top and bottom of the card.

So there you go peeps. Off you go now and do some masking, you never know your luck - you could win that fabby voucher from Bunny Zoe's Crafts.

Good luck.

Crafty Ribbons - Tag You're It!

2011-11-24T08:30:00.002Z

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:

MAKE A TAG!

Once again we have a fabulous prize on offer and here it is:

Now if you haven't seen or felt these ribbons before then you are in for a real treat. They are totally lush!

So, why not enter your tag into our challenge to be in with a chance of winning these fabby ribbons.

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So here is my project for this challenge:

First off I used my Fleur De Lis rectangle nestabilitie to cut out the shape. Then I stamped three different shades of Distress Ink onto a wet surface and then sprayed with water. I dragged the die cut through the ink and then left it to dry. Then I embossed it with milled lavender distress embossing powder. (I haven't missed bits when I stamped it the reindeer has some lovely flowers on it!)

Next I used my newly purchased set of Reindeer stamps from Kanban (gorgeous set, well worth buying!). I stamped this with Versafine Black ink and then clear embossed it. I did the same with the big and three small snowflakes at the top.

I added a small bow and ribbon to tie it to my parcel and of course I used seam binding ribbon from Crafty Ribbons. You should see the range of colours this comes in - no.... really you should!!

Then I stamped my Dusky Concord Distress Ink pad all over (front and back) a piece of white lace and placed that across the bottom left hand corner of my tag. The roses are all from my stash and I hand punched the shiny leaves. That gorgeous pin is from the Funkie Junkie's Etsy Shop - if you love vintage you will love Linda's shop - believe me!

Finally that cute little ticket sentiment is from the lovely Lynne's blog Sentiments 4 You. If you are looking for something other than sentiments then why not pay a visit to Lynne's fabulous on-line shop Crafts 4 You.

Challenges:

Creative Craft Challenges - Free for All

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge - Anything Goes

Shopping our Stash - Christmas or Winter related

Sweet Stamps - Tag

Bows and Berries - Make a Tag

Hooked on Crafts - Something Punched (The whole shape is a Nestie Die Cut)

Get hippity with ippity - Embossing

My partner in crafting crime - Christmas Tags

Audsentiments - Any Christmas Sentiment

Die Cut Dreams - DT card

2011-11-21T08:22:00.000Z

So, onto the new challenge and this time the theme is:

THANK YOU WITH LOTS OF CIRCLES

So time to get your thinking hats on and get crafting.

Here is my project for this fortnight's challenge:

The image is a Sarah Kay image, sweet isn't she?

She has been coloured with my flexmarkers (am really loving these new pens - can't wait for the next sets to come out!). I have cut her out using my scallped circle nestabilities and chalked around the edge with purple chalk.

The circular doily die is a Marianne design die and the spotty flower is part of the same die set.

The sentiment is one of Lynne's from Sentiments 4 You. There are loads of fabulous sentiments on Lynne's site, you really should stop by and have a mooch!! I have embossed around the edge and added a Prima flower to the middle of the sentiment.

Well peeps, I can't wait to see what you all come up with over the next two weeks. Have fun!

Challenges:

Card Makin Mamas - Give thanks

Frosted Designs - Die Cuts

Jelly Park Friends - Thanks

Our Craft Lounge - Give thanks

Audsentiments - Thank You

Catch The Bug - Give thanks

My Sheri Crafts - Thanks

New challenge and a sneaky peaky!

2011-11-20T08:00:00.001Z

Hello bloggy friends.

I hope this Sunday finds you well and happy?

Well, as it is Sunday that means there is another new challenge over at the Totally Tilda challenge blog.

Firstly though, I would just like to say thank you for all your wonderful entries on the last challenge.

It always makes it hard to choose a winner/top 3 but that's part of the fun!

So what are we going to tempt you with this time??

Well the new challenge is:

MASKING!

Now just in case you don't know, when we say Masking, we mean we want you to use two images on the same creation. That means stamping one image on a scrap piece of paper (I use post-it notes and make sure you stamp up the sticky end). Then you stamp your image on your card, cover it over with the "mask" you made on your post-it note and then stamp your other image over the top. When you remove your "mask" you will find that you have two images that look as though they were made as one! (Well that's the plan anyway). Good luck.

If you want some pictorial guidance then why not pay a visit to Christine's blog as she has a tutorial that you can follow.

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So here is a sneaky peak at what I will be showing you next week on the Midway Reminder.

Can ya tell wot it is yit??

See ya back here next Sunday for the full reveal.

Have fun peeps!

Guest Designing for Polka Doodles

2011-11-18T12:57:00.001Z

Hello all, and welcome to the best day of the week!!

Yippppeeeee, it's Friday!

Have you seen the new badge in my sidebar????????

Well, those of you who follow Polka Doodles will know that they recently had a DT call.

I thought I would apply but sadly didn't get chosen for the Design Team.

(Sad face with tears!)

However.........

They did ask me to be a Guest Designer for three out of their next six challenges along with some other lucky Guest Designers.

So, today is my first challenge and that challenge is:

A Shaped Christmas Card..........

And here it is:

This is Rudy! Cute ain't he?????

I decided to print out the main image and some decoupage bits to make the card a bit more 3D.

Other than the ribbon, the whole card is made from images on the Paper Boutique 2 - Creative Christmas CD which you can buy here.

I also made one without the ribbon!

Personally, I prefer the one with the ribbon - what do you think??

And again a glimpse from the side to show the 3D effect!

Please call in at the Polka Doodles challenge blog and have a look at the rest of the Design Team's fabulous creations.

I will be back in a couple of weeks with my next project as a Guest Designer.

See you then!

Challenges:

Little Claire's - Shaped cards

A Quick Reminder and Outstanding Service!

2011-11-15T21:54:00.000Z

Hi peeps,

Just a quick reminder to let you all know that you only have a few days left to join in with our fabby Blog Hop over at Die Cut Dreams!

There is a fabulous prize on offer for the overall winner of the Blog Hop which has been donated by the lovely Susie at Die Cut Dreams.

You can also enter the current challenge to be in with a chance of winning a Guest Designer Spot and on top of all that there is candy to be won on some of the DT blogs.

So, what you waiting for???? Get on over and join in the fun, after all, you could win more than once!!

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Secondly, I have come across some fabulous people during my time blogging and sometimes I think these people deserve a big shout out for Great Service.

You all know that I love my ribbons from Crafty Ribbons and I have often told you what a fabulous service they offer - sometimes even giving free P&P just by answering a simple question.

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Well here is another fabby online shop which I think goes that extra mile for their customers.

I have recently started shopping online at Sir Stampalot!

I set up my account and started browsing. I ran out of time so logged out, determined to go back as soon as possible.

When I tried to log back in, I couldn't access my account! I was sure I was using the right password but it just wasn't having any of it. So I sent an email via the "Contact Us" button on the homepage.

Oh My Word, the speed of the reply from the lovely Janice knocked me sideways.

She checked my account, changed my password, emailed me the new one and then told me to try logging in and if successful, to change my password.

BINGO!!!

I placed my order and it arrived within a couple of days! So What?? I hear you say, nothing special there, most people have a good delivery service.

Quite right! BUT!! Yesterday lunchtime I placed an order - and here's the best bit - it arrived at my office this morning, at about 10:00 am. Now that is what I call Damn Good Service.

I always get an email as soon as my order has been despatched and bless her, Janice always writes, "Enjoy your goodies!"

Well Janice, thanks to your fantastic service and quick response to my email I can safely say I will be enjoying my goodies and will definitely be back to shop again......and again......and again........and again!!!

I think it is important to praise fantastic service, especially in this day and age.

So thank you Janice, for your help and your fantastic service!

I hope more people will stop by and have a browse through your store. I am sure that, like me, they will be bowled over!

Bingo! New challenge time at Ooh La La

2011-11-14T08:30:00.002Z

So, onto the next challenge and this time it is:
Well we have a Bingo Board for you this time. They are all the rage at the moment and I love them!
So here is the Board for you to choose from:

Here is the card I made for this challenge:

I went for the left hand column - Pearls.....

Ribbon.........

and buttons.

I have used images and DP from the Quick Makes for Christmas CD which you can buy here. All the embellishments are from my stash.

Challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - Christmas Traditions

Christmas Inspirations - Bows

Totally Tilda Midway Reminder - #35 Christmas (But NO Red, Green or Blue)

2011-11-13T07:30:00.001Z

Hello peeps,

Well I just popped in to remind you that you have about a week left to submit your entries for our latest challenge at Totally Tilda.

Don't forget the challenge this time is:
CHRISTMAS
(BUT NO RED, GREEN OR BLUE)

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Now you know that I always show you a sneaky peek of my card the day the challenge goes live don't you? So today is the day I can show you the whole thing! Bet you're excited now aren't you?? LOL

Just kidding, I'm not really that big headed, honest. So here you go then, my card for this challenge:

I think that this is quite possibly one of my most favourite Tildas. I have coloured her using both Prismacolour Pencils and Promarkers.

I tried a bit of distressing on this one, using some Tim Holtz C'ore dinations card and roughing up the edges. Don't normally do this but I'm quite pleased with how this one went.

So, because we can't use Red, Green or Blue on these cards, I chose to do the Holly in gold and silver. The ribbon (including the wide ribbon across the middle of the card - didn't see that did you? LOL), is of course from Crafty Ribbons. The charm, pin and twirly stick were from my stash. (I know that the twirly things are available to buy but I make my own from a pipe cleaner and I think it looks just as effective don't you??)

The sentiment is from the lovely Lynne at Sentiments 4 You. I sponged the background and then added some gold glitter around the edge of the ticket. So peeps, there you have it, what do you think?
Please leave me a little comment so I know you stopped by.
Challenges:
By the Cute and Girly - Christmas Girls
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Christmas
Papertake Weekly - First Christmas
Party Time Tuesdays - Bling it On (Anything sparkly)

And just quickly before I go, remember that Susie's fabby store
DIE CUT DREAMS
is now officially open once again.
Why not pop in and see what's there, trust me you won't be disappointed!

ABC time - (Anything But a Card!) at Crafty Ribbons

2011-11-10T18:03:00.000Z

Well it is a very soggy morning here in the Midlands so what better way to spend it that creating Anything But a Card for our next challenge over at Crafty Ribbons?

Thank you once again for all your fantastic entries into our Bingo challenge! There were some truly awesome entries again and I am soooo glad I didn't have to pick the top 3 this time.

Hop on over to the Crafty Ribbons challenge blog and see who the top 3 were and who Mr Random.org picked for the winner.

So, as I said in the title this time we want to see:

ANYTHING BUT A CARD

Now, not only do Crafty Ribbons have a fabulous selection of ribbons but they also have a stunning array of wonderful buttons too. So when Ali asked if we would mind decorating some button boxes I thought they would fit this challenge perfectly.

Here is the prize for this challenge:

The winner will be able to choose one of the above, cool eh?

Any of you who went to the NEC last week and visited the Crafty Ribbons stand will surely have noticed Mandy's fabulous Easel Box card and Ali's stunning cupcakes on the stand as well as some of the other beautifully decorated button boxes. Just goes to show how many different ways you can use Ribbon and Button boxes.

So here is my little selection of button boxes:

Now there are a couple here that I really love and a couple that I'm not so keen on but I won't say which are which, I'll let you decide.

So individually then:

This one is stamped all over with a Clarity Snowflake stamp in embossing ink and then sprinkled with fine gold glitter and heat embossed. The image is a wooden stamp I've had for ages, again stamped in embossing ink and sprinkled with detail gold embossing powder. The two little ribbon folds are made using Crafty Ribbons and I have added a little metal flower to the top one and three little white roses to the bottom one.

This second one has been sprayed all over with three different colours of glimmer mist and cosmic shimmer. Then I added a gold ribbon and made a flower for the top. This flower is made following one of the fabulous tutorials on the Crafty Ribbons website - why not pop over and give one of them a try - they are well written and really easy to follow.

For this next one I used my Tim Holtz Ink Applicator to stamp two different colours all over the box and the drawer inside. Then I used some little bats, spiders and cat stamps from a My Favourite Things Halloween stamp set all over the box and the draw. On the sides of the box I have added three little buttons available at Crafty Ribbons which spell out the word BOO! Then on top of the box I have added one of the ribbon flowers - the tutorial on the website is actually for a ribbon brooch but I just haven't added the pin bit underneath. Again that fabulous Halloween ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons, just two of several lovely colours.

I used the same technique as the Halloween box on this next one and used blue/green colours thinking about the colours of the sea. Then I used two fish stamps available from Clarity Stamp and dotted them around. Then I added some sparkly velvet ribbon again in sea colours and a double button on the draw of the box.

The last one is again sponged in pale pink/lilac colours and I have added a tape measure ribbon at each end of the box outer and using some cardboard letters added the word "Pins" to the top of the box as I think any sewer would find these little boxes useful for keeping their pins/needles in. Again I have used sparkly velvet ribbon along the sides of the box.

So there you have it, my projects for Anything But a Card!

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my little boxes, please let me know what you thought.

Die Cut Dreams - Challenge #102 and a Blog Hop!!

2011-11-07T08:00:00.002Z

Hello everyone.

Monday again and that means time for another new challenge at Die Cut Dreams.

Now this fortnight is a bit special for us here at Die Cut Dreams because not only do we have our beloved Boss Lady Susie Sugar back with us after her house move, the Die Cut Dreams shop has re-opened and the Challenge blog has also surpassed 700 followers - how cool is that??

Thank you to each and everyone of you that follows Die Cut Dreams - we just couldn't do it without you!

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So to celebrate we are having a BLOG HOP.

You should have arrived here from the wonderful Susie's blog but if not please go back to the Challenge blog and start from there.

So in order to qualify for the main prize which is:

"A Pizza Box full of Mixed Theme & Mixed Shape Die cut Dreams Designer Die cuts worth over £25 !!!"

you will need to stop by each of the Design Team members blogs and leave a comment on their challenge creation. As an added bonus some of the Design Team are also offering Candy on their blogs but you won't know which blogs the candy is on until after the Hop when we announce the winners.

If you just want to enter the challenge then that's fine.
The prize will be a Guest Designer spot for challenge #104.

So onto the challenge

The theme this time is:

Recipe 2 Brads, 3 Gems, 4 Flowers

And here is my card:

This is another of those gorgeous Sugar Nellie stamps and this one is called Candy Pip. She is coloured with a mix of promarkers, flexmarkers and prismacolour pencils. The backing papers are from my stash as are the flowers, pin and pipe cleaner swirl.

The ribbon is a velvet saddle stitch ribbon available at Crafty Ribbons. The two little purple hearts are brads which I inserted through the ribbon. The sentiment is from a sheet of die cut sentiments and I just added a bit of matching colour with my promarkers.

Remember to leave me a comment before you go just in case I have candy on my blog.

Don't forget you have several choices, you can enter the challenge, do the hop and leave a comment on each DT member's blog in which case you could win several times or you could just do the hop, it's up to you.

From here you will need to go to the talented Christine's blog.

Have fun on the hop which lasts for the next two weeks along with the current challenge.

Winners will be announced on the Die Cut Dreams blog when we post the next challenge.

Trash to Treasure Art Giveaway

2011-11-06T14:27:00.000Z

Hi peeps,

Just a quick post to let you know about some fabulous blogaversary candy on Lynn's blog.

There are some amazing goodies here - you really need to get on over there and have a look.

Here is just one picture from Lynn's blog:

.... and there is so much more.

Better still there is a BONUS giveaway and I would really love to win that, who wouldn't??

So when you have a few minutes to spare pop over to Lynn's blog and sign up.

The candy is open until 18th November.

Teaser Time for Totally Tilda!

2011-11-06T08:00:00.001Z

Hello all,

Well it is Sunday once again and that must mean it is time for another challenge over at Totally Tilda.

Please stop by the Totally Tilda challenge blog to see if you were our lucky hand-picked winner or one of our hand-picked top 3.

The theme this fortnight is:

CHRISTMAS

(BUT NO RED, GREEN OR BLUE!)

So you know by now that I only give you a teaser of my card on the day the challenge goes live, you'll have to wait until next week to see the whole thing.

So here's all you're getting:

Any ideas??

See you all next week with the finished article.

I do hope you get time to join in with this fortnight's challenge.

Have fun!

A stitch in time at Ooh La La

2011-10-31T09:00:00.002Z

So, onto the next challenge and this time it is:

STITCHING!

Here is the card I made for this challenge:

I have used a quick card topper from the Festive Funnies CD which you can buy here.

The two ribbons are of course from Crafty Ribbons.

My stitching is on the ruffled ribbon as you have to sew it to ruffle it.

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.
Challenges:
The Ribbon Girl - Jingle all the way to Christmas
365 cards - starry skies
A Gem of a Challenge - Cold and Frosty
Little Claire's - Christmas

Midway Reminder - Totally Tilda

2011-10-30T08:10:00.000Z

Hello peeps,

Well I just popped in to remind you that you have about a week left to submit your entries for our latest challenge at Totally Tilda.

Don't forget the challenge this time is:

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Now you know that I always show you a sneaky peek of my card the day the challenge goes live don't you? So today is the day I can show you the whole thing! Bet you're excited now aren't you?? LOL

Just kidding, I'm not really that big headed, honest. So here you go then, my card for this challenge:

The image is coloured with promarkers and the background is chalked (although you can't see it very well in the pic it looks better IRL!). The bow is made from two shades of seam binding ribbon from Crafty Ribbons. The backing paper is from a set called botanicals. The flowers are from my stash and I have punched the leaves on different shades of paper and added some ink in places too.
The sentiment is from Lynne at Sentiments 4 you

So I'll be back later to add in some extra piccies. Can't wait to see more of your Autumn Leaves creations.
Have fun.

Challenges:
Craft your days away - Autumn/Fall
Pattie's Creations - Halloween or Fall colours
Stamping with the Dragon - Fun things to do in the Fall
Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Leaves/Beautiful fall pallette
The Paper Shelter -Anything Goes
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Party time Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Edgeabilities Anyone??

2011-10-29T21:18:00.002+01:00

Hi guys,

Just a quick post to ask if anyone wants to buy some Edgeabilities.Hi girlies

I have three sets of Edgeabilities to sell as I doubled up on a recent order without realising.

The sets are:

Classic Scallop

(Sold)

Classic Bracket

(sold)

Classic Triple Scallop

(sold)

They are all brand new, still in their original packaging and I would like £11 for each set.

If anyone is interested, contact me by email or leave me a comment on here and I'll get back to you.

Cheers

Poodles Parlour - GDT

2011-10-28T11:59:00.001+01:00

Hi peeps,

You remember the Feline Thankful Blog Party??? Well I won a guest DT spot at The Poodles Parlour!! Cool eh?

So their theme this week is:

LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS!

Now, I'm not a huge fan of male cards but needs must and I suppose it is only fair that they get a quick look in now and then eh?? LOL

So here is the card I made for their challenge:

The main image is from Karen's Doodles who just happen to be the sponsor for this challenge.

The little image on the bottom part of the easel is one of Jacqui's own images, cute ain't it??

The images are coloured with my Prismacolour pencils and the DP is from my stash.

The sentiments are computer generated - as soon as I saw the images Jacqui sent me I knew exactly what I was going to do. Hope you like it.

I hope you get chance to pop over and join in with the challenge at the Poodles Parlour this fortnight and thank you Jacqui for letting me Guest Design for you on this challenge.

The challenge runs from today 26th October until 9th November

Eyes Down, Look In!! - Crafty Ribbons DT Card

2011-10-27T18:23:00.001+01:00

Hi all,

Well, Thursday rolls around once more and that means a new challenge over at Crafty Ribbons. Thanks for all your fabulous entries into our Ribbon and Lace challenge, boy did I have a hard time choosing just three from that lot!! LOL Anyway, pop over to the challenge blog and have a look who I chose as my top 3 and who Mr Random Org picked as his winner!

So onto our new challenge:

BINGO!

I am sure most of you will know the drill with this one but just in case you don't here's how it works.

Look at the grid below and choose a line, vertical, horizontal or diagonal and make sure you include those elements on your project. You could of course go the whole hog and use everything but you don't have to!

Our fabulous sponsor for this challenge is:

Mulberry Crafts

and this is the gorgeous prize:

So onto my card then.

I did actually choose to use everything!

Here you go:

The image is Jelly Pip from Sugar Nellie and she is coloured with Promarkers. I added some glitter to her waistcoat and used glitter brads on the die cut. She is mounted on to one of my fabulous Die Cuts from Susie's Die Cut Dreams Shop (which will be open again very very soon - look out for further details on my blog soon). The die cut was a pale pink so I used a bright pink ink pad to change the colour.

The flower and the leaf are handmade following a tutorial at Crafty Ribbons. Why not stop by and have a look, there are some fab tutorials there.

The pink polka dot ribbon is from ... yes you guessed it... Crafty Ribbons, one I've had for a while.

The roses are from my stash. The punched leaves are inked and clear embossed. The background paper is embossed and I have brushed it with pink Perfect Pearls.

The die cut ticket sentiment is from Lynne at Sentiments 4 You and I have added some little green gems to that. The lace down the left hand side is from Linda The Funkie Junkie's Etsy shop. The pink button is from my stash.

So there you go then, I think I got everything on the grid, but as I said you don't have to.

So please try and find the time to enter the challenge - I mean you wouldn't want to miss out on all those fabby flowers now would you.

Back later to add some challenges.

Challenges:

Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes

creative craft world - add a sentiment

Let's Ink It Up - Think Pink

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Die Cut Dreams #101 - DT Card

2011-10-24T08:30:00.001+01:00

So, onto the new challenge and this time the theme is:

SO CHARMING

(Use a charm/s on your creation)

So time to get your thinking hats on and get crafting.

Here is my project for this fortnight's challenge:

I used that beautiful Sugar Nellie image called Cherry Pip that I won from Elaine's blog a while ago.

I love her so much that I just had to go and buy the others in the collection so look out for those in the coming weeks. I also decided that I would give this "no lines" technique a go too - and I gotta say I'm quite pleased with the results. I keep seeing techniques on the Make it Crafty and Make it Colourful blogs but never get round to entering them in the challenges in time - maybe one day!!! Lol.

The image is coloured with my promarkers and I used my nestabilities to make the die cut. The papers are Papermania Henbury Lane (must get some more of these soon!) and that huge big sunflower was from Corry in Canada (thanks hun!) The Centre was blue and white but I coloured over it with a dark purple promarker so it fitted with my colour scheme.

The three little charms are from my stash as are the purple and yellow flowers. The yellow organza ribbon (which you can barely see now I look at it!!) is of course from Crafty Ribbons. The stamp in the bottom right hand corner is from Clarity Stamp, one of Barbara's Clever Corners.

Well peeps, I can't wait to see what you all come up with over the next two weeks. Have fun!

Challenges:

I Love Promarkers - Ain't It Cute

The Pixie Cottage - Sweet as Candy

4 Crafty Chicks - Marker it Up!

Little Miss Muffet - Girly Girl

Totally Tilda - Challenge #34

2011-10-23T08:00:00.006+01:00

Hello all,

Well it is Sunday once again and that must mean it is time for another challenge over at Totally Tilda.

Please stop by the Totally Tilda challenge blog to see if you were our lucky hand-picked winner or one of our hand-picked top 3.

The theme this fortnight is:

AUTUMN LEAVES

(use leaves on your creation)

We are sponsored for this challenge by the lovely Nikki at Bunny Zoe's Crafts

and the prize on offer is:

More good news:

You may remember that Lynne wasn't too well recently and decided to withdraw from all her DT's. Well I am pleased to report that Lynne is now much better and has decided that because she missed inking up those fabby Tildas so much - she has decided to come back!! Wooohoooo.

Pop on over to the Totally Tilda challenge blog and have a look at her fabby first creation.

Welcome home Lynne!!

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So you know by now that I only give you a teaser of my card on the day the challenge goes live, you'll have to wait until next week to see the whole thing.

So here's all you're getting:

Any ideas??

See you all next week with the finished article.

I do hope you get time to join in with this fortnight's challenge.

Have fun!

Ooh La La #98 - Let It Snow

2011-10-17T09:00:00.001+01:00

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:

LET IT SNOW!

Here is the card I made for this challenge:

I have used images and DP from the Snow People Choir folder on the Joyeux Noel CD which you can buy here. The wordy ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons and is also now available in grosgrain as well as satin.

All the other embellishments are from my stash.

Midway Reminder - Halloween at Totally Tilda

2011-10-16T09:30:00.001+01:00

Hello peeps,

Well I just popped in to remind you that you have about a week left to submit your entries for our latest challenge at Totally Tilda.

Don't forget the challenge this time is:
HALLOWEEN TILDA

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Now you know that I always show you a sneaky peek of my card the day the challenge goes live don't you? So today is the day I can show you the whole thing! Bet you're excited now aren't you?? LOL

Just kidding, I'm not really that big headed, honest. So here you go then, my card for this challenge:

So, the backing paper and wordy DP down the left hand side is from a Summer Driggs collection called Happy Halloween. My image is called Broom Tilda (don't you just love that name??), colouried with promarkers. I placed her on one of Susie's fabby die cuts - Oh yes, I said I'd let you all know when Die Cut Dreams was up and running again didn't I?? Well, not long to wait now - the shop will re-open in early November - watch this space for more information!!

Right, back to me card.......

The "Boo" was made from three chipboard letters which were purple - I stamped them all over with black ink and then used clear embossing powder to make them shiny. There are three coats of embossing powder and they really feel like glass - you'd never know they were chipboard. Hopefully you can see them better in the piccy below.

Now, my spiders, pumpkins, lickle cat, bats and Happy Halloween banner are from a Cuttlebug Folder called creepy crawlies. I don't have it personally but a dear sweet friend sent me some for my card. (thanks mummy - love ya!!)

The two ticket sentiments are from the lovely Lynne at Sentiments 4 You.

The gorgeous orange batty ribbon and the three pieces of orange spider's web ribbon are - of course - from Crafty Ribbons and you can see their full range of fabulous Halloween Ribbons and buttons here.

So there you have it peeps, my Halloween Tilda card. Hope you get time to join in the current challenge - click here for all the details.

Challenges:

Alphabet Challenge - S for Soon Be Halloween

By the Cute and Girly - Anything Goes

Card Makin' Mamas - Halloween

Craft Your Days Away - Halloween colours

Crafting for all seasons - Fall flowers/pumpkins

Creative Card Crew - Spooky Fun

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Halloween

Fussy and Fancy - Fall or Halloween

Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Fall Colours

My time to Craft - Black and Orange

One Stop Craft Challenge - Halloween

Pile it On - 2 or more ribbons

Polka Doodles - Bows and ribbons

Quirky Crafts - Something spooky OR recipe

Sarah Hurley Challenge - Halloween horrors

Simon Says - Halloween or Goth

The ABC challenge - B for Boo

Pink and Girly and a few challenges.

2011-10-13T18:42:00.001+01:00

Hi all,

A quick post tonight to show you a commission card I have just finished.

The brief was, very pink, very girly, cute and glittery, first birthday and the name to be included. Should be A4 in size!

Well, I just couldn't fit pink and girly with an image suitable for a first birthday so just went with the pink and girly theme.

I've never made a card this big before but I really enjoyed it, so here it is:

The image is from Tiddlyinks and is called Fairy Fae, isn't she beautiful?

So she is coloured with my promarkers and the card is backed onto a piece of pink card. I used a corner punch to decorate the four corners, (although you can only actually see two of them properly!) and then added glitter in the punched out bits.

I used a combination of pink glitter and glamour dust on her wings. I used my new Grand Calibur to add some die cuts, then added some pink and white flowers. The two pink papers are from a Funky Fairy collection called Pink (sadly now no longer in existence)

The sentiment and name is done on the computer and backed onto the same pink card. I added a die cut butterfly and a piece of fabby lace from The Funkie Junkie's Etsy shop.

I can tell you that the person who asked for the card was extremely happy with it and was quite close to tears!! Success!!

Challenges:

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Bingo Board (flowers, punch out, lace)

JustYolie, JustCreate - Link up for pink party

Digistamps 4 Joy - Think Pink

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Birthday Celebrations

365 Cards - Ad inspired

The Stamping Boutique - Someone special

Tuesday Throwdown - Think Pink

Challenge #4 - Crafty Ribbons DT Card

2011-10-13T17:36:00.000+01:00

Ok folks so time once again for a new challenge at Crafty Ribbons.

Thank you so much for all your fabulous entries into our last challenge, please stop by the Challenge blog and see who our lucky winner and our top 3 were.

So this time it is my turn to host the challenge and the theme this time is:

RIBBON AND LACE

We are so lucky to be sponsored this time by Krista at

Saturated Canary.

I'm not sure if any of you have seen Krista's images but they have been around in blogland for a while now and they are just so lovely.
The winner will receive two digis from the Saturated Canary Shop.
Krista has also just started her own challenge blog here.
The Design Team were really lucky and got to choose an image to play with for this challenge so please take a minute to visit the rest of the DT blogs (links in the sidebar) and see what fabulous creations they have to offer.

The image I chose was Pearl, a Mermaid and you can buy her here.

So here is my card:

The image is coloured with my Prismacolour pencils and I used my Sakura Gelly Glaze pen for the water droplets on her hair. I love how her hair has turned out!

That lush Crafty Ribbons ribbon at the top of the card is a dark sea green glittery velvet ribbon and is just so gorgeous. It is one of a variety of velvet ribbons in a fabulous array of colours and you can see the whole selection here.

The fabulous lace is from The Funkie Junkie's etsy store. Again if you haven't visited Linda's shop you really should use this link and pay a visit. If you like the vintage/shabby chic look you will love Linda's store.

The sentiment is from Lynne at Sentiments 4 You.

Challenges:

The Paper Variety - Ocean/Nautical

Bunny Zoe's - Lace it Up

Crafty Cardmakers - Anything Goes

Sneaky Peak Time at Totally Tilda

2011-10-11T08:28:00.000+01:00

Hello all,

Ooops, bit late with this post, sorry folks. Well Sunday saw another challenge kick off over at Totally Tilda.

Please stop by the Totally Tilda challenge blog to see if you were our lucky hand-picked winner or one of our hand-picked top 3.

The theme this fortnight is:

HALLOWEEN TILDA

So you know by now that I only give you a teaser of my card on the day the challenge goes live, you'll have to wait until next week to see the whole thing.

So here's all you're getting:

Any ideas??

See you all on Sunday with the finished article.

I do hope you get time to join in with this fortnight's challenge.

Have fun!

Challenge #100 at DCD - DT Card

2011-10-10T08:15:00.000+01:00

Hi all,

Monday again and that means it is time once again for a new challenge.

Remember to stop by the challenge blog and see if you were our lucky winner or one of our top 3. Remember, all our winners are handpicked - no Random winners here!!

So what's the new challenge I hear you cry!!

This time we would like you to use a poem on your creation. You can use whatever images you like so long as the main focus of your project is a poem.

So here is the card I made for this challenge:

The flower is made from a Stamp and Punch set which I won some time ago on Lisa Foster's blog, thanks girlfriend. I know it has taken me a while but I got there in the end!! LOL

The poem is a Clarity Stamp which I have had in my stash for simply ages and you can buy it here.

Here is a close up of the flower:

So, off you go and get creating peeps. Can't wait to see all your beautiful poetry.

Have fun.

Challenges:

Sentimental Sundays - Anything Goes

Stampin Sister's In Christ - Anything Goes

One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Glitter Geeks - Flower Power

Polka Doodles - Handmade Flower (hope this counts)

Ooh La La #90 - Sympathy

2011-10-03T09:00:00.001+01:00

So, onto the next challenge and this time it is:
SYMPATHY

Not a card we choose to make but one we sometimes have to.

Here is the card I made for this challenge:

I have used images and DP from the Fleur D'imagination CD which you can buy here. This folder is called Butterfly Cross and is one of my most favourite folders on the CD. The ribbon is black wired tafetta from Crafty Ribbons and the black gems are from my stash. Those two little fancy corners are stamped with a Clarity Stamp, one of my favourite stamps that Barbara sells.

Midway Reminder - Totally Tilda #32

2011-10-02T15:36:00.000+01:00

Hello peeps,

Well I just popped in to remind you that you have about a week left to submit your entries for our latest challenge at Totally Tilda.

Don't forget the challenge this time is:
DECORATE A CHIPBOARD BEER MAT (COASTER)
OR A MINI ALBUM

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Now you know that I always show you a sneaky peek of my card the day the challenge goes live don't you? So today is the day I can show you the whole thing! Bet you're excited now aren't you?? LOL

Just kidding, I'm not really that big headed, honest.

So here you go then, my creation for this challenge:

This is the Front cover:

This little chipboard mini (and I do mean mini!) is from Die Cut Dreams which will be re-opening in November so watch this space for more news about that one!

Now for the inside pages:

The butterfly is from Clarity Stamp and the little flowers around the edge are from a Tapestry Stamp set.

This is one of Lynne's fabulous circle sentiments from Sentiments 4 You

Three little tag labels from a Hot off the Press paper pad.

Magnolia cupcake stamp, coloured with promarkers and added pink glitter for the icing.

A freebie stamp from a set in a Cardmaking magazine, coloured with promarkers.

Flower from my stash.

And finally the back cover, Tilda Leaning again coloured with Promarkers and the beady thing is from my stash.

All tied together (apart from the metal ring) with a ribbon from Crafty Ribbons.

So, you've got just about a week left so wotcha still here for??

Get off and get creating - can't wait to see what you all come up with.

TTFN

Boo-tiful Halloween - Crafty Ribbons DT Card

2011-09-29T08:30:00.002+01:00

Hi Peeps.

Well it is Thursday once again and that means it is time for our new challenge over at Crafty Ribbons. Remember to hop on over and see if you were amongst our chosen winner/top 3 entries.

So for the next challenge we want to see your Boo-tiful Halloween projects.

This is not limited to cards, it can be any type of project and you can combine it with other challenges too.

The prize on offer is once again a fabulous selection of ribbons from Crafty Ribbons courtesy of the lovely Ali and Tony.

Here is a piccy of the fabby prize this time:

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Now onto my project for this challenge and here it is:

The background is all done on my Craft Artist Platinum.

The image is a CC Designs image which is coloured with my Prismacolour pencils. I have chalked around the edge of the image with grey and purple chalks and have added glitter to her wings (although I'm not sure you can really see it!!)

The spiders web ribbon and the cat/bat ribbon are both available at Crafty Ribbons along with a fabulous array of other Halloween themed ribbons and ribbons to suit just about every occasion you can imagine!!

Seriously, if you have never been to Crafty Ribbons then you really should pay them a visit, apart from gorgeous ribbons you will also find a brilliant stock of beautiful buttons and on top of that there is the opportunity to win a prize every Friday with their Freebie Friday. So watcha waiting for - get on over and get your order in - trust me - you won't be disappointed!!

Challenges:

Little Darlings Challenges - Fall/Halloween

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - Anything goes

Simon Says - Anything Goes

We have a winner!!!

2011-09-26T13:57:00.000+01:00

Hi folks,

Well, as promised I have drawn the winner of my little candy today.

So without further ado:

Using Random.Org

The winner is:

True Random Number Generator

Min: 1

Max: 18

Result:

Congratulations Mel Sanford

Can you contact me by Friday 30th September with your address and I will get your goodies out to you.

Thanks everyone for taking part.

Stay tuned as there will be another candy coming up soon.

hugs

Die Cut Dreams #99 - DT Card

2011-09-26T08:30:00.001+01:00

So, onto the new challenge and this time the theme is:

BROWN PINK AND CREAM

So time to get your thinking hats on and get crafting.

Here is my project for this fortnight's challenge:

This is a new stamp to me from Whiff of Joy, isn't she purty???

The image is coloured with prismacolour pencils and promarkers.

The flowers are all from my stash. The lacy pink paper is cut from a full page but I just liked the lacy bit.

The fabby ribbon is, of course, from Crafty Ribbons. And the sentiment is from Lynne at Sentiments 4 You

So there you have it. I'm really pleased with how this turned out, especially the colouring.

Well peeps, I can't wait to see what you all come up with over the next two weeks. Have fun!

Totally Tilda - Challenge #32

2011-09-25T17:10:00.003+01:00

Hello all,

Well it is Sunday once again and that must mean it is time for another challenge over at Totally Tilda.

Please stop by the Totally Tilda challenge blog to see if you were our lucky hand-picked winner or one of our hand-picked top 3.

The theme this fortnight is:

DECORATE A BEER MAT (COASTER)

A MINI ALBUM

So you know by now that I only give you a teaser of my card on the day the challenge goes live, you'll have to wait until next week to see the whole thing.

So here's all you're getting:

Any ideas??

See you all next week with the finished article.

I do hope you get time to join in with this fortnight's challenge.

Have fun!

It's Candy Time!!

2011-09-25T15:51:00.000+01:00

Now a few weeks ago I promised you some Candy didn't I? I bet you thought I'd forgotten didn't you?

Well No, I didn't forget, I've just been so busy finishing off a commission job and some other DT work that I haven't had time to post it yet.

So, today is the day.

First things first - I broke through the 300 followers barrier. Thanks to all those of you who follow me, I am truly blown away!

Now you will know that I have recently had the great pleasure of joining the Design Team at Crafty Ribbons. Ooh I was so chuffed to be asked, I have always loved Crafty Ribbons, having first discovered them at the Hobbycrafts Show at the NEC. Well from that point on I was hooked.

Now, the lovely Ali and Tony from Crafty Ribbons are such generous people that they have given each DT member a little bag of ribbons to give away as candy on their blogs. Most of my fellow teamies have already done their Candy posts so this week I thought I would add the ribbon candy to the little candy I was already doing.

Now here is a piccy of the bag of ribbons:

I was going to empty it out and show you what was in there but then I thought, NO! Let's leave it as a surprise. Let me tell you that you will not be disappointed! No siree! All I will tell you is that it weighs an impressive 70g!

So, what else is in this little candy then:

Well, that's the piccy above and here is a list of what's there:

Two packs of Peel & Stick clear gems

A pack of self adhesive chipboard butterflies

A Pack of self adhesive chipboard flip flops

A pack of glittered hearts

A pack of Crystal Effects letters

A pack of Crystal stickers in mixed colours

A Sheena Douglas Rubber stamp (unmounted) called Busy Doing Nothing

A handful of mixed 6 x 6 papers

A selection of charms. (Not pictured)

A selection of buttons.(Not pictured)

So are there any rules with this candy?

Well there are only two things I would like you to do and that is to become a follower over at the Crafty Ribbons Challenge blog - that way you won't miss any of the fun, and post a link for my candy on your blog, (sidebar is fine). Obviously it would be nice if you were a follower but please don't become a follower just because I have candy and then leave straight after - I would rather you became a follower because you like what you see on my blog.

The candy will close at midnight (GMT) on 25th September.

So that's it, leave your name with Mr Linky and remember to come back on 26th September when I will announce the winner.

The Daily Marker's Giveaway

2011-09-24T09:18:00.001+01:00

Hi all,

Just a quick post to say a huge congratulations to Kathy over at the Daily Marker. She is celebrating a huge (possibly 7 page spread) article in a Magazine.

Her article is a Masterclass in using Vellum and has cards which will suit every level of crafter.

To celebrate she is having a HUMUNGOUS giveaway on her blog!

Here is what is on offer:

Well, I did say it was huge didn't I??

All you have to do is be a follower, post a link in your sidebar and then link up with Mr Froggy.

So whatcha waiting for???

You have until 4th November to sign up!!

Ooh La La #89 - Use punches/dies

2011-09-19T09:00:00.001+01:00

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:

USE PUNCHES/DIES

Here is the card I made for this challenge:

I have used images and DP from the Shoes in Bloom CD which you can buy here.

I have matted the image onto a Fancy Fleur De Lys rectangle nestabilitie using one of the backing papers from the same Summer Flowers folder on the Shoes in Bloom CD.

The flower is made from a Magnolia Doohickey and the sentiment is stamped onto a circle cut out with a 2" circle punch.