Awe...just too cute...

Happy Sunday and my second post today...and believe it or not the sun is now splitting the trees, it's supposed to come first thing in the morning...not at night!!

So I received an email from somebody that goes to the same fat camp as me asking if I could make a card to give to her new baby grandaughter...I hope she likes it!!

I have used papers from Echo Park - Bundle of Joy, the image is from Cuddly Buddly which I coloured with promarkers this time, I added some glamour dust glitter to the flowers and the flowerpot....quite hard to see in the photo but they are there!! The flowers have all been made with die-namics rolled roses, the button is also from die-namics and the flourish is from Magnolia.  I added pearls to the centres of the flowers too...I also added some lace and a ribbon...the ribbon is actually fastened around the card to keep it closed...oh and I also stiched each of the layers too...hope you likey!!

supplies:

papers - Echo Park Bundle of Joy

image - Cuddly Buddly Eline Baby in flowerpot

pens - promarkers

lace - The ribbon Girl

ribbon - The ribbon Girl

pearls - The Hobby House

dies - various die-namics rolled roses, Magnolia flourish and die-namics - buttons

challenges:

Crafty Catz - lace and buttons

Stampin' for the Weekend - cute

In the Pink - anything goes

I ♥ Promarkers - all stitched up
Passion for Promarkers - all that glitters

Bearly Mine - dies/punches

Deep ocean - for a girl

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

My Mum's Craft Shop - dies, dies, dies
The Hobby House - anything goes

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Want some cake...

Hello Saturday bloggers and another miserable day here in Sunny Scotland...lol!!  It feels like winter is back...maybe it never really went away though!!

So today I have this wee card for you...finished it off last night...now pinks isn't normally a colour I go for however that doesn't mean I don't like pink like some people (no names mentioned) so I thought it would be a wee change.

The papers have been my stash forever and are from Crate Paper Bliss Collection, the stamp is from LOTV which I coloured with copics, I added some stickles to the icing and the fairy wings although it's hard to see in the photo, the flower has been cut using my die-namics rolled daisy die (not my favourite die but thought it would be a change too), I also added a a ribbon bow fastened with a teeny button and charm...finished with some itsy bitsy pearls...can you see them??

supplies:

paper - Crate Paper Bliss

stamp - LOTV

pens - copics

ribbon - The ribbon Girl

charm - The Hobby House

pearls - The Hobby House

die - die-namics rolled daisy

button - stash

stickles - stash

challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - things with wings

One Stop Craft Challenge - add some glitter

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Stampin' for the Weekend - button it

Divas by Design - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - things with wings

Deep ocean - sparkle (stickles)

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

The Ribbon Girl - add a button

Fi

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More snowflakes...

Good morning sweet stampers and the first of my scheduled posts today.  

Today's challenge over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin' is snowflakes....you can never have enough snowflakes.

Our sponsor this month is Funky Kits who are giving 2 Gorjuss Girl stamps from Personal Impressions.

For my card I have used Daisyboardabella and coloured her with copics.  The papers are Fancy Pants - Hot Chocolate which are so scrummy and I have nearly ran out!!  I layered the papers onto kraft card and distressed the edges.  I also punched out some snowflakes in kraft to match, I added some pearls to the centres of them and also glitzed them up with stickles.  I added a huge button and twine and a charm with a couple of little tags to finish off...but wait...have you spotted that snowflake doily??  The lovely Faye sent me some of those MFT snowflake doily die cuts as the die is out of stock and I have been trying to get it for a while...thank you my fluffiness!!

supplies:

papers - Fancy Pants Hot Chocolate - stash

stamp - Stamping Bella Daisyboardabella

tags - LOTV

copics - My Mum's Craft Shop

twine - stash

button - Stampin Up

charm - stash

pearls - My Mum's Craft Shop

stickles - My Mum's Craft Shop

challenges:

Crafty hazelnuts - christmas without snow

Stampin for the Weekend - something metal

Mema's Crafts - hey doily

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - anything goes

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Papertake Weekly GDT card..

Good morning Christmas bloggers...hope you all had a lovely Christmas and did Santa bring you lots of crafting goodies?? I would just like to thank all of you who leave me comments, it's much appreciated and i promise to catch up with my commenting now that Christmas is almost over.

Today is my last card as Guest Designer over at Papertake Weekly, it has been fun and thank you Dawny for asking me to join your team this month. Today's challenge is the sketch below or you can choose one of the challenges from throughout the year....I have opted for the sketch as it is a fab one!!


for my card I have used papers from Authentic - Free Bird collection...just my colours!! The stamp is Fantasy from Penny Black. I added some extra coloured spots to the tree, inked up the edge of the card and then added some glitter....hope you like.

Creative Inspirations Paint - anything goes
The Crafty Pad - anything but Christmas
The Secret Crafter - anything goes
Delicious Doodles - anything goes
Stampin for the Weekend - anything goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes
Scrapbook sisters - anything goes
Aud's Sentiments - anything goes
Charisma Cardz - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes


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Happy Mother's Day

Hi all and welcome to the first of my Sunday posts. I will be deep in work when you read this but hopefully I won't be toooooo busy!! This weeks challenge over at Dream Valley Challenges is "Mother's Day". Here in the UK Mother's Day is 3rd April..think it's later in the US....so perfect time to get those cards made.

Our sponsor this week is Digi's with Attitude who giving one lucky winner the choice of a couple digi images from their store.

For my card I have used Crate Papers - Pink Plum collection. The stamp is from LOTV which I have coloured with copicsa nd then added some glitter. The flowers I made with my sizzix 3D die. I have entered the challenges below.

LOTV - sketch
Crafty Creations - mother's day
Creative Craft World - mother's day
Stampin for the Weekend - mother's day
Crafty Catz - mother's day
Paper Cutz - anything goes
The Stamp Man - mother's day/floral
Craft Your Days Away - mother's day


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Paper Sundaes DT card

Hello all you Sundae bloggers and once again my scheduled post however I am on holiday for 5 days after today....woo hoo...guess what I'' be doing when I'm off?? That's right...lots of cards. todays challenge over at Paper sundaes is "masculine3 colours"...now it doesn't have to be a masculine card but as long it has masculine colours.

Our sponsor is once again Simon Says Stamp who is offering a $15 gift certificate to somebody picked at random.

For my card I have used Basic Grey - archaic papers which have been in my stash for ages and I think are perfect colours for a man. The image is Edwin on his bike which I coloured with promarkers...I am not totally happy with the colouring but I think it looks alright against this paper. I have entered the following:

Sketch & Stash - sketch
Crafty Catz - one for the boys/men
Stampin b's - monochromatic
Stampavie - monochromatic
Stampin for the Weekend - monochrome
Phindy's Place - monochromatic
Totally Gorjuss - check it out
OSCC - birthday


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Happy birthday...

I folks...well I couldn't wait any longer...I had to use one of the simply sassy stamps I already had for this card. The postie has not brought my new stamps!!!! I also couldn't decide whether to enter the GDT call for the Simply Sassy...so as you can see I have decided....although it's only for 2 months I thought I would give it a bash. For this card I have used BG - Marjolaine papers which I totally love just now. The image is Party Frills - Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy which I have coloured with promarkers. I had a few of these coloured from a few weeks ago as I had entered the Simply Sassy DT Call and was trying to perfect my colouring. I also added some stitching (still a bit wonky!!)and embossing, punch the ovals and finished off with those cute little flowers which are new from Wild Orchid Crafts..oh yes I also added some sequins and beads for the centres of the flowers on the embossed oval....hand sewn!! I have entered the following challenges.

Simply Sassy GDT Call
I ♥ Promarkers - punches
Paperplay - cutie Patootie
Dutch Dare - all stitched up
Some Odd Girl - embossing
Stampin' for the Weekend - new & blue
Stamp Something - anything goes
Totally Papercrafts - happy birthday
Prairie Fairy Friday - happy birthday


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Cutie christmas..

Hi everybody, hope you are all warm and cosy!! Well the snow came back yesterday and it's been so freezy and icy and the snow has to come back again tomorrow!! Oh no!! Well I have only managed this card today as I have had to do housework and stuff as I had to work my day off yesterday to make up for the day I had off when the snow was at it's worst but I did get my Tesco shopping delivered before I went to work...yay...food again!! Onto the card....I bought this stamp at the SECC in October and believe it or not this is the first time I have used it and it's so cute...the pink on her dress looks a bit too pink but IRL it is more red. The stamp is of course from LOTV and coloured with copics and the Papers are Echo Park - Wintertime. I punched some stars for this card as I felt they went better with the image rather than snowflakes. Keep watching over the weekend too, to see if I make the final round of the Simply Sassy competition, I am keeping my fingers crossed...don't think I will win as there are some stunning creations but it's all fun taking part.

LOTV - sketch
ABC christmas Challenge - A for angels - 30th December
Cute Card Thursday - one for the kids
Crafty Catz - your choice( I have chosen challenge #60 - christmas)
Stampin' for the Weekend - christmas
Allsorts - last minute christmas
Craft Your Days Away - punch it out
Stamptacular - winter scene
ABC DT Challenge - non traditional colour


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Merry Christmas...

I have been quiet the past couple of days as I haven't been feeling well...still don't feel 100% but being a mother you just have to get on with it!! I have made this card using Bo Bunny Winter Joy papers, the snowflakes were punched with the Martha Stewart punches, the tags are from Stampin' Up tiny tags which I stamped and punched, the message was stamped but I masked off the full message as it was too big to fit and the image is from All That scraps and coloured with copics. To finish off I added glitter to the snowflakes and the trims on Darby's boots, jacket and hat.

Friday Sketchers - sketch

Stampin' for the Weekend - winter

Fussy and Fancy - christmas with no red or green

Totally Papercrafts - snow/snowflakes

Paper Cutz - christmas

Paperplay - let it snow

Delightful sketches - baby it's cold outside

Colour Create - robin egg blue, sea foam green and cream

Simon Says Stamp - sparkle

Pollycraft - glittery christmas


Fi
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Paper Sundaes DT card

Hello my Sunday bloggers and my scheduled post...I was on holiday yesterday to catch up on some stuff but back to work today. The challenge this week over at Paper Sundaes is to use something from your stash. For my card I used Scenic Route papers which I bought last month, I punched out the swirly vine and inked up the edges to make it look like the leaves were turning for autumn, I added 2 little felt flowers which were cut from the MFT die-namics rolled flower die..I also added a couple of spiral things...can't remember what you call those in real life!! The pearls and message I have had in my stash....almost forgot..the image is from Karen's Doodles which I coloured this time with promarkers. Our sponsor this week is Karen's Doodles...woo hoo, Karen has lots of beautiful images...you will be spoilt for choice!! I have entered my card in the following challenges....

I ♥ Promarkers - pearls and swirls

Simon Says Stamp - autumn

Crafty Calendar - autumn birthday

Craftalicious - autumn

Stampin' for the Weekend - autumn

Sweet Stampin - punch it out

Pixie Dust Studio - swirly swirls


Fi
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Merry Christmas...

Well after my post yesterday saying that it was raining...it actually turned out to be really hot and looks like it's going to be nice and sunny today. For my card today I have used my new Bo Bunny winter Joy papers...these are absolutely gorgeous in real life but haven't been able to get the matching ribbons yet...the image is from Sassy Cheryl's and I coloured the snowman with copics and added some glitter. I distressed the edges of the layers to give it a shabby look...well my interpretation of a shabby look. I didn't think I needed to add any embellishments as I think it looks ok as there is a few different papers. I have entered the following challenges.

Friday Sketchers - sketch

Cupcake Craft Challenge - digital

Sir Stampalot - distressed

Stampin' for the Weekend - shabby

Totally Gorjuss - Christmas in August

Craftalicious - purple and green



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My Beautiful Sweet Pea and Paper Sundaes DT Card

Welcome to another Sunday and my scheduled post...and the challenge this week over at Paper Sundaes is Crystal's sketch. This week we are sponsored by Paper Jewels, they have masses of fabby products in their store.

For my card I have followed Crystal's sketch and I know you are thinking...here we go again another one of those cards but I love this image and personally I think it works well with these papers and I just love the butterfly which I have layered to give a 3d look. First I distressed the edge of the card with ink....the papers are Crate papers - Brook collection and the image is a sweet pea and coloured with copics. I added 2 swirly/rolled flowers which were die cut using my new dy-namics die and a message then added some glitter to the flowers and around the edge of the card. I have also entered this card in the following challenges:

Sweet Pea Stampers - Anything goes for August candy

Creative Card Crew - sparkle & shine

Fab 'n' Funky - flower power

Stamp & Create - flowers

Charisma Cardz - die cuts ( mine is the rolled flowers)

Stampin' for the Weekend - anything goes

Paper Cutz - anything goes

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - blue and green


Fi
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Happy Happy Birthday!!

Well it seems like the summer has gone away as it's been raining constantly since the kids went on holiday from school....anyway I'm still so chuffed cos I won some candy and I have my spotlight thing over at Digital Delights on Wednesday - yay! so onto this card - I have used the papers fom Stampin'Up Sweet Pea collection which are fab, I then stamped Anya and coloured her with copics, I used a glaze sakura pen on her sunnys, I added buttons, ribbon, I added glitter to the embossed circle and a birthday message with a diamonte and of course my fabby flowers - even though I say so myself...I just love them...I made them with the sizzix 3d flower die...don't you love them??

Craftalicious Challenge - birthdays

Stampin' for the Weekend - recipe

Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge - stitches, scallops & sparkle

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Crazy 4 challenges - buttons

Anyone for Anya - Be dazzled

Paper Sundaes - make your own flowers

Pollycraft - birthday

Lexi's creations - stitching


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Twas the night before Christmas....

A quickie before bed..well I have another to post too so 2 quickies.. I am going to try to make some crimbo cards most weeks so I don't have a rush at Christmas time. The papers I have used on this card are fom MME which I really like. I'm not sue what make this stamp is...lost the packet but it's a set I bought at the Paper Mill...stretchy snowmen and stretchy hats...you can make them fat and jolly or tall an skinny...so this one is kind of in between. I have entered in the following challenges:

Stampin' for the weekend - sketch/Christmas in July

Fussy and fancy - christmas

Paper cutz - Christmas

Winter Wonderland - Twas the night before christmas


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make a wish

I am having withdrawal symptoms so I needed to make this card for the challenges below. I saw the tutorial on youtube of how you make it...not sure what it's called. I had the papers and ribbon in my stash and the lovely Mandy sent me some Magnolia images.....this is the front.


This is the inside...well the first part....when the card is folded slits are made, then you feed through the white card and stamp your message on the white area....then...


Another inside is revealed and you can stamp further messages...I was well impressed when I saw this on youtube and I had to try it asap....it's like magic!!


Pollycraft - hidden message

Stampin for the weekend - summer(I have used summery colours)

Totally papercrafts - more than one fold


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You Rock!!

Well I hope you like this one...I needed to get back on track with what I know so here's another one of the new Mangas which I coloured with my copics...spent ages on the hair trying to get that rocker/punk look, I have used 2 different papers(although hey look the same in the pic) whih were in my stash, and I stamped individual alphabet letters to make up the wording..and I smudged it a little...but what the heck a man will never notice!! I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Papertake - sketch

Stampin' for the Weekend - card for a male

Cute Card Thursday - Boyz to Men

Totally Papercrafts - stitching(mine is fake)


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Ahoy mateys!!

Well this is my last week as Guest Designer for Stampin' for the Weekend. I have loved being involved in the last 2 challenges...so thanks Kimmi for asking me...it was a pleasure. This week we have 2 sponsors..woo hoo..firstly Michelle Perkett is offering 12 cards and 1 stamp from her store - http://www.etsy.com/shop/michelleperkett - pop over to her website and see what images she has on offer - beautiful!! Secondly Tracy from Spesch Designer Stamps is also offering a couple of digital images from her store - http://www.etsy.com/shop/speschdigistamps...these are adorable...a must have!! On to the theme this week - "Getting to know You" - which is to be based on your favourite book...I have based my easel card on Treasure Island....The backing papers and stickers I have had in my stash for ages but I have never use them cos they are so nice and I didn't want to cut them up..well now I have...the treasure map stamp is from whipper Snapper, the pirate, anchor and message were downloaded from Pollyraft..coloured with copics, the transparent stickers on the front were mounted onto card and cut out and stuck on with sticky fixers to give a 3D effect and then I added some Suze Weinberg's beadazzles to make it look like some spilt treasure.

I have also entered this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Creations - distressing

Fab 'n' funky - Get it all out

Sweet Stampin - in stitches

Allsorts - in stitches


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Ribbons and Bows - GDT

Well when Kimmi asked me to be Guest Designer for the month of April for Stampin' for the weekend…I was so excited. So this is my very first GDT challenge and I can’t wait to share this with you all...This weeks sponsor is Heidi from Simon Says Stamp who is offering the lucky winner a $25 voucher to use in the store…you should pop over to see what is on offer in the Simon Says Stamp Store…thousands of products including rubber stamps, fab flowers, card, eyelets, ribbons to mention but a few…you will be spoilt for choice….so onto this weeks challenge….the challenge for this week is ribbon and bows .....but if you feel adventurous then you should include the following recipe - 3 papers, 3 embellishments and 1 charm and of course a stamped image....this challenge will run for 3 weeks so good luck. For my card I have used backing papers are from Crate Paper - Paper Doll Collection, the flowers and button is from Doodlebug, the charmed message is Making Memories, the ribbon is Bo Bunny and I had the shoe charm in my stash...I thought it went well with he shoe image which is from The Artful Stamper...hope you like it.