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Good morning to you all, my lovely friends and blogging buddies.

Well, it's Wednesday again so that means it's the start of a new Fab n Funky Challenge and this time the lovely Shirley has chosen our theme of

Our second sponsor this week is the wonderful Joanna Sheen. They are giving one lucky winner - chosen at random a £10 voucher to spend in store.  So you will have 2 chances to win!!

Hello Again,

Whoops!!  - I've been happily commenting on your gorgeous creations this morning and forgotten to publish this card. (This is my second post for today for my Card Mania DT card please scroll down.)

It's time for new Sketch n Stash Challenge and this time our Sketch was been designed by the lovely Daniele.

The fabulous prize on offer this time is 2 sets of stamps donated by Crafty Individuals (please see challenge blog for pictures of the gorgeous stamps)

So here is my card following the sketch using my new Prima papers and using one of my favourite stamps which I stamped in grey ink for a softer look




I would like to enter this card into the following fabulous challenges:
Fashionable Stamping Challenges - anything floral/ handmade flowers
Die-ing for a Challenge  - Anything Goes (using at least one product avaible from DTDF - Papers and MB Madera corner)
The Cupcake Challenge - flowers ( I hope the flowers on the tree count - if not please feel free to delete!)







I hope you enjoy the rest of the day and thanks so much for looking at my blog today, I really do appreciate it.
Bye for now
Hugs

Good Morning my wonderful friends and blogging buddies.

I hope you are all well and enjoying the bank holiday weekend, the last one now until Christmas!

Today sees the start of a new Card Mania Challenge and our theme for the next two weeks is

We are sponsored this time by the wonderful Meljens Designs  who will be giving a prize of 4 digis to our lucky winner.
The design team were given some fabulous images to play with, here's my card made with the happiest looking boat I have ever seen!!


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
One Stitch at a time - use a digi
I ♥ Promakers - Transport
Crafty Cardmakers - Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside!
Daring Cardmakers - beside the seaside
Ohh La La - All at sea
Nutcrafters - favourite colour combination (Aqua and white)

Thanks so much for taking the time to look at my blog today, I'll be back later with my Sketch n Stash DT card.
Bye for now
Hugs

Good Morning my lovely friends and blogging buddies. Thank you so much for your encouraging comments on my recent cards, it means so much.

Today is the start of a new Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge and this time the theme is

We are being Sponsored by The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop who is offering one lucky winner a wonderful prize.
So here is the birthday card which I made for my youngest daughter, Emily.
She is learning to play the piano at the moment, the mum of one of her friends is teaching her. Her ambition is to be a music teacher. So, when I saw Teresa (my crafty heart ) use this beautiful image I knew straight away that it would be perfect for her.
                            

Good morning to you all, my lovely friends and blogging buddies.

Good Morning my lovely friends and blogging buddies and a big hello to all of my new followers too.

I hope you are all well and enjoying some sunshine where you are.

I decided to have a little break from making Design Team cards and made a summery card for a friend who's birthday is next week. I wonder if the sun will still be shining!
I have in fact made a card very similar to this a few months ago , however, this was before I was a member of Blogland so you won't have seen it before.

I love the Teddy Bo and Teddy Bea images. They are cute but not too cute if you know what i mean? I think this makes them suitable for all ages.

Hello again my blogging buddies

Whoops, there's me happily commenting all of your your gorgeous creations and then I remembered that I hadn't added this one.  It's been one of those days!!

This is my second post today, if you would like to see my Card Mania DT card please click here

Hello my lovely blogging friends and followers. I do hope you are well.

There is a new challenge starting today called Card Mania Challenge and I am delighted to be part of the design team. The theme for the first challenge is a nice easy one and everyone's favourite:

We are sponsered this time by the wonderful Sassy Studio Designs who are offering a prize of 4 digis to the winner. The design team were very lucky to have some of their gorgeous images to play with.  As you can see I have gone for a summery theme.

Good Morning to you all, my lovely blogging buddies.

I hope you are all well and had a good weekend, thank you so much for your lovely kind comments yesterday, you really are the best!

Today is the start of another Sketch 'n' Stash challenge and this time our fabulous sketch has been designed by the lovely Julie

Good Morning my lovely blogging friends and a really warm welcome to all of my new followers, thank you for being there

As you may have already seen on the Joanna Sheen blog today, I have some very exciting news to tell you. Paula has asked me join the fabulous Joanna Sheen Challenge design team!! I could hardly believe it when she asked me,  it really was a shock. I feel truly honoured to be part of such a wonderful and talented team. I have been so lucky lately.

So, onto today's card. I had intended to make another Christmas card yesterday but as you can see I had a change of plan. There are so many birthdays coming up next month so I decided I'd better get one of them made instead.

I noticed a fab sketch on Shelly's Images Blog so I used that for my inspiration. Of course I had to use another of my favourite Lili of the Valley images, you know how much I love them by now, and luckily lots of my friends do too!! So, it developed into a very pink and girly card.

I would like to enter the following challenges:
Lilis Little Fairies - Monochrome
Shelly's Terrifically Thrilling Thursday Challenge - sketch
Incy Wincy Designs - make a girly creation
Allsorts - Going around in circles
In the Pink - 50 shades of....pink!
Ribbon Girl - Bingo ( ribbon/pearls/image)
Addicted to Stamps - Pearls and lace

I hope you all have a lovely Sunday
Bye for now
Hugs

Good morning my lovely blogging buddies

I hope you are all well and hopefully enjoying some good weather

Thanks so much for your wonderful comments about my peach roses on my last card. Some of you asked how they were made, well . if you look on Craftyloops blog here you will see a fabulous tutorial. Lee really is the Queen of making flowers and she explains how they were made so clearly.

I have some more good news to share today. I have been such a lucky girl lately. I have been selected to join the Stampin' for the Weekend Design Team. I feel thrilled to be part of such a great team and a fabulous challenge.

So onto my DT card. The theme for this fortnight is one of my favourites:

Good Morning my lovely blogging buddies and a big warm welcome to all my new followers.

Frist I'd like to say a massive thank you for all of your kind comments on my last card, it really does mean a lot to me.

Well, it Wednesday so that means the start of another Fab n Funky Challenge and this week our host is the lovely Jackie and she has chosen the brilliant theme of

So, for my card I decided to have another go at making my own roses using my wonderful Spellbinders Rose Creations die. I used distress inks to colour the petals and the same ink to colour the circle before stamping on the sentiment

Good Morning my lovely blogging friends

I hope you are all well.  Like many of you, I have really enjoyed watching the Olympics this weekend. The GB team have done us proud.

Yesterday I made my first Christmas card of this year - at last! I had all good intentions to start much earlier in the year but just didn't get round to it. I have to admit that I do love making Christmas cards though, I love the colours and the sparkle.

So to start me off I choose one of my favourite Christmas stamps and you may have guessed .. it's by Lili of the Valley. No surprise I'm sure as you know I love all of their images. Also, I couldn't wait to use my new Memory Box die too!
I added loads of glamour dust to the snowflakes, it's a shame you can't see how sparkly it looks on the photo.

Good Morning all my blogging buddies.

I do hope you are all well, are your enjoying the Olympics? Wasn't it fabulous to see team GB do so well yesterday.

Today, sadly, is my last card as guest designer for Beccy's Place. I have really enjoyed making cards with her gorgeous images.
This last one is called Raspberry House and I'd say it is probably my favourite.

Good Morning my blogging buddies and a big hello and thank you to all my new followers.

Today is the start of a new Fab 'n' Funky Challenge and this time our host it the lovely Rachel who has chosen the great theme of

We have a fabulous new sponsor  Flonzcraft who are stamp manufacturers based in New Zealand.
Flonzcraft are offering a fantastic prize of a $20 voucher to spend in store- with free shipping!!

The design team were lucky enough to have some of their stamps to use for the challenge and let me tell you they have some gorgeous images to choose from.

I picked a beautiful stamp called Drop Tree and I decided to make an easel calendar, I don't think I've ever made one so far in advance before.