Better late than never...

Good morning my fellow bloggers....well all I can say is that it's better late than never!! I can't believe how forgetful and mixed up I got last week with my timings for cards!! Last week was my second week at work on my new shift, Monday to Friday and it totally threw me!! I normally had a Thursday an Friday off so that was when I did most of my DT work....well I forgot!!

This week's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is to use more than one ribbon....easy peasy!!

Our sponsor this week is Crafty Ribbons who are offering this fab pack of ribbons as the prize to one lucky winner....


We also have out monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen...

...who is offering one lucky winner a £10 voucher for her online store.

For my card I have used papers from Echo Park - Hello summer, The stamp is a Mo Manning design from Penny Black called You are a Peach which I coloured with copics. I added a couple of ribbons and some flowers cut with my MFT flower trio die and then finished with some pearls and doodling...oh the sentiment is from Stampin Up.

Color me Creative - yellows
Fairy fun Friday - flowers
Fussy & Fancy - punches/dies
Bronte & Bella - flowers
Creatalicious - butterflies and flowers
Simon Says Stamp - sketch
Whimsy Stamps - punches/dies
Craft Your passion - punches/dies
Lexi's Creations - punches/dies
Penny Black and more - cute
Stamptacular - loaded with layers


Fi
x

My GDT card for Cupcake...

Morning Cupcake fans....I'm here with my next GDT card for Cupcake Craft Challenges. Today's challenge is "In the Deep End" - so that means you need to use something that would add 3D detail...gesso, glossy accents etc.

For my card I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Be You, the Gorjuss Girl has been coloured with copics. I doodled around the edges and the cloud, I used glossy accents to make raindrops and on the brolly...not sure if you can see that.

Papertake Weekly - April showers
Oldie but a Goodie - April showers
Crafting for all seasons - April showers
Crafts & me - 3D embellies
Simon Says Stamp - April showers
Sassy Cheryl's - anything goes
Fairy Fun Friday - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - spring flowers


Fi
x

Dies & Doodles at Sweet Stampin'...

Good morning my fellow bloggers....over at Sweet Stampin' there's a new challenge which is right up my street.."dies & doodles"...pop over and check it out!!

The sponsor this week is My Mums Craft Shop....



....who is giving one lucky winner picked at random a £10 voucher to spend at their online store.

We also have the monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen ....



.... who is also giving a £10 voucher to spend at their online store.

for my card I have used papers from MME - Happy Go Lucky, the stamp is Fifi Goes Shopping from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics and then shaded with polychromos. I used the following dies..MFT clouds, MFT scallop, MFT rolled roses(both sizes)...and also added my doodling around the edges.

Pixie Dust Studio - Up in the sky(clouds)
Truly Madly Crafty - handmade flowers
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - use your favourite tool(sizzix machine)
Fairy Fun Friday - anything goes
Twisted Tuesday - clouds



Fi
x

Springtime.....

Good morning Saturday bloggers....yes scheduled but my last weekend of working!! I'm on holiday from Wednesday and then I start on my new Monday-Friday shift and in my new role as a Senior HR Co-ordinator and I have a wee fab team reporting to me!!

Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is "Anything goes"...how easy can that be!! We have our monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen...




and we have a new weekly sponsor A Day for Daisies...


I have used this cure little digi - Ducks in a Row from A Day for Daisies, I coloured the image with copics. The papers are Springtime from Echo Park which have been layered onto bazzill card. I cut a scalloped border with my SU scallop punch and added a matching ribbon, button and pearls....forgot...there's glitter in there too!!

Deconstructed sketches - sketch
Paper Sundaes - photo inspiration
Stamptacular - button
Crafts & Me - spring
My Mum's Craft Shop - use a digi
Pixie Cottage - spring
Joanna Sheen - spring
Sassy Cheryl - think spring
Crafters Companion - spring
Dream Valley - easter
Moving Along with the Times - spring
Paperplay - spring
Crafty Catz - spring is in the air
Fairy Fun Friday - spring fling
Hotshot Crafts - ribbon
Simply Create Too - spring
Sweet 'n' Sassy - spring
My Craft Spot - spring scallops


Fi
x

another wee cupcake....

Hi folks....well it's been a lovely day here today and I have managed to get lots of washing done and hung out...hopefully it will be dry soon!! I am hoping that I will be able to get most of folded and put away without having to iron it.

I am just loving this little stamp from LOTV...she is so adorable. My friend Donna asked me to make her a card to give to her auntie as it's a big birthday for her at the weekend....hope she likes it.

I coloured the image with copics, the papers are First Edition - New Leaf which I layered onto kraft, I distressed the edges and added some stitching. The flowers have been cut with matching card and kraft using my MFT flower trio die and I gave them some doodled petals and stuck a pearl in the center....a few of my favourite things on this card!!

Sunday sketch & stamp - sketch
Lili's Little Fairies - butterflies and fairies
Color Throwdown - colour recipe
Crafty Sentiments - wings
Ladybug - anything goes
Totally Stampalicious - flowers
Paper sundaes - feminine flair
Allsorts - say it with flowers
Fairy fun Friday - distress it
Fussy and Fancy - fairies
Totally Papercrafts - favourite things(kraft, distressing, stitching)



Fi
x

I am a busy bee....

Well good morning bloggers and once again my scheduled post but not because I am working today...it's round 2...I'm off to the SECC again!! Donna my friend was definitely not going as she didn't need anything but I think when I told her about my buys on Thursday...she feels she is missing out!! so I will be en route as you are reading this...will I will be if you are reading this now!!

Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is lots of layers, now I just love layers so this was right up my street.

We have 2 sponsors this week, firstly Sew Sweet who is giving one lucky winner a £10 voucher.

We also have The Stamp Fairy who are giving a $10 voucher.



And we have our monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen who is also giving a £10 voucher.

phew...

For my card I have used Lenny Bee....isn't he just the cutest?? I coloured Lenny with copics, the papers are Country Drive from Echo park which I have layered. I also distressed the layers too and added stitching. The flower was cut with a sizzlits daisy die and I finished with the message from PI, oh and I also inked up the edges of each layer with some TH DI too....hope you likey!!


Fairy Fun Friday - distress it
Crafts & Me - things with wings
Fab 'n' Funky - yellow
Paper Shelter - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
The Pink elephant - layers
Totally Gorjuss - anything goes with a button



Fi
x

I'm back...

Hi folks...I'm back. I would just like to say a huge thanks for everyones lovely comments whilst Holly was in hospital, she was discharged late on Saturday afternoon and is on the mend.

So after last weeks events I missed my DT posts for the weekend so first of all the challenge this week over at Sweet Stampin' is "playing in the summer sun". I have used MME - Fly a Kite papers collection. The stamp is one of my favourite boy stamps from LOTV and I coloured him with copics. I added a couple of clouds which were cut using a MFT die-namics cloud die and I made the sun with a sizzix daisy and chopped off the ends of the petals, I added a little sizzix star.

The sponsor this week is Lili of the Valley who are offering one lucky winner...



We also have our monthly sponsor who is Prairie Fairie....

who are offering one lucky winner 5 digis from their online store.

Pop over and check out our new look blog and see what the rest of the DT have made...you could also win some candy if you some feedback with your thoughts on the new look!!

So the next DT post is missed was Paper Sundaes....the challenges this week over at Paper Sundaes is "let's get sentimental". I didn't have time to start a card for this so I don't have one to show you but pop over and check out the rest of the cards from the other sundae girls.

The sponsor this week is Whiff of Joy....

who are offering 2 beautiful stamps to one lucky winner.

Delicious Doodles - texture
Fairy Fun Friday - summer fun
Fussy & Fancy - card for a male
Inspire me Fridays - anything goes
LOTV - punch it up
Catch the Bug - anything goes
OSCC - anything goes
Sketch Saturday - sketch
Crafters Companion - here comes summer
Stamp & Create - summer


Fi
x

There's flowers in Dream Valley...

Morning campers....and the first of mt posts today. Today's challenge over at Dream Valley is "flowers"...how easy can that be?? you can make anything you like just as long as it fits our challenge and features flowers so pop over and see what the rest of the team have created!

Our sponsor this week is One Stop Card Crafts.

Who are offering one lucky winner a £10 gift certificate to spend in their online store.

I have used Cosmo Cricket - Garden Variety papers....I wanted to go bold and these papers sprung to mind. The image is from My Gafico which I coloured with copics. The flowers have been cut using my favourite die ever...I think - MFT flower trio die. I have entered the following challenges.

Fairy Fun Friday - April showers bring May flowers
Charisma Cardz - April showers bring May flowers
Inspire me Fridays - anything goes
Crafty Calendar - April showers
ABC DT Challenge - april showers bring May flowers

Fi
x

Spring is in the air....

Good afternoon my fellow bloggers and my scheduled post. I'm afraid due to my pc still not working and having to use Michael's laptop for limited usage...I have posted the above card for both of my DT's today....didn't realise I had done that until both challenges were almost live and now I am at work so I have edited this post. This weeks challenge over at Paper Sundaes is "spring blossoms"...you can make anything you like as long as there's a spring blossom look to it. Our sponsor this week is the one and only Lili of the Valley....woo hoo! One lucky winner will receive a £10 gift voucher to spend in their online store!! The challenge over at Dream Valley this week is "things with wings"...easy peasy as long as your project has something with wings on it then fine!! Our sponsor this week is One Stop Crafts who have a wonderful selection of online products and one lucky winner will receive a £10 voucher. For my card I have used spring papers from the Nitwits collection. I cut the flowers with my MFT flower die-namic die. The image is Fairy on tiptoes from Lili of the Valley which I have coloured with copics. LOTV - spring Colour Create - pastels Delightful sketches - flowers Pixie dust Studio - wings Fairy Fun Friday - spring Fi x

Hippie Chick in red...

Well taking photos at night time does not them any justice!! It does look better IRL. My new papers arrived today so I just had to use them and although they have hearts on them...I think they are fine for birthdays too. My niece's birthday is next month and she will love this. The papers are Bo Bunny - Crush and of course the stamp is Hippie chick from the Simply Sassy range at Sugar Nellie...you can buy them here. I coloured the image with copics and added some glitter and gems. I punched the heart out and layered it onto the card. I also made the little lacey flower...although it's hard to see in the photo..it has a big red gem in the middle.

The Sugar Bowl - sketch/birthday
Copic Creations - something new(papers)
Simons Says Stamp - 3 from the bingo card(gems,flower,punched heart)
Delightful sketches - celebrations
Totally Papercrafts - add a heart
Fairy Fun Friday - anything goes
Paper Play - back to black
The Crafty Pad - something new(papers)
Pile it On - anything goes
One Stitch at a time - something new(papers)



Fi
x

Snowman Christmas..

Hello all on this very wet, miserable day... I am still not feeling 100% but have been kind of picking away at this over the past few days but wasn't sure what I wanted to do with the papers and then I spotted the sketch over at Sweet Stampin...perfect!! The papers are from Echo Park - wintertime, the image is from LOTV which has been coloured with promarkers this time, I punched the snowflakes from Martha Stewart punches, aded the lace, ribbon, button and charm which were in my stash and those tiny tags were stamped and punched with the Stampin' Up Tiny Tag set...so cute....thanks Hazel for letting me borrow them!! I added some glitter to finish off. Hope it's not too busy!!

Sweet Stampin - sketch

CES - lace

OSCC - snow people

Die Cut Dreams - anything goes

Allsorts - ribbon, lace and charm

Fairy fun Friday - buttons and bows

2 sisters - snowflakes

I ♥ promarkers - snowmen

LOTV - glitter and glitz

Simon Says Stamp - sparkle

Totally Gorjuss - not so traditional


fi
x

Sweet little fairy...

Well since the fireworks are going off like mad and our pooch is scared and wants to hide in my craft room...I thought I would join her..so made this while we were in there!! The papers are Fine and Dandy from My Mind's Eye, and the image is from LOTV. Debs sent me this stamped image ages ago..thanks Debs but I have just got round to using it now. I coloured this little fairy with copics and added some glitter....not sure if you can see that. I made the flowers with the MFT rolled flower die, and the added the bow, button and message..hope you like it and I have entered this card in the following challenges.

LOTV - one for the girls

Crafters companion - sketch

Stamps R Us - buttons & bows

Little Paper shop - buttons & bows

Lexi's creations - anything goes

Paperplay - circles

Paper Cutz - anything that flies

Raise the Bar - curves

Fairy fun Friday - make your own flowers

A Spoon Full of Sugar - relish to embellish


Fi
x