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DT Card for Joanna Sheen Challenge - Down in the Garden

1:06 AM |

Good Morning my wonderful friends and blogging buddies.

I hope you are all having a good weekend.

Today is the start of a new Joanna Sheen Challenge.

Our theme for the next 2 weeks is

Down in the Garden

so that could be

animals found in the garden, flowers, fruits or even fairies!

whatever fits the challenge.

As usual, the fabulous prize for the lucky winner is a £15 Joanna Sheen Gift voucher.

I was sent a set of Joanna Sheen's beautifully detailed Country Kitchen stamps to use. I decided to make a Criss Cross style card so I could use the recipe image included in the set.
This really is a detailed image and was great fun to colour.

Items Used:

Ink stamp - Joanna Sheen Country Kitchen Blackberry

coloured with Polychromo pencils

Martha Stewart PATP rings

Papermania Kraft Card

Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterflies

Papers- freebies from magazines

If you pop over to the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog your will be able to see the wonderful creations by the rest of the design team and also see who were the winners of the last challenge.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenge:

Simon Says Stamp Anything goes

ATCs and Cards with Attitude - anything goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog today, I really do appreciate your support and encouragement.

Bye for now

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DT card for Lili's Little Fairies - White with a hint of colour

4:17 AM |

Good morning, my lovely friends and blogging buddies.

I hope you are all well.

Today is the start of a new challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies. The theme for this week is

White with a hint of colour

So please use mainly white with a touch of colour and of course your Lili of the Valley image.
The wonderful prize for you this time a £10 voucher to spend on The Lili of the Valley Website.

I needed to make a new baby card for a friend who happens to love elephants so I knew I had the perfect image.

Items Used

Ink stamp ~ Lili of the Valley blowing bubbles coloured with Promakers

Spellbinders ~ Floral Ovals

Border Die ~ MFT Crochet Border

Crafts Too Hearts Embossing Folder

Papers ~ Dovecraft

Memory Box puffy clouds

Sentiment stamp - personal impressions

tonic studio flower punches

If you pop over to the Lili's Little Fairies blog you will be able to see some wonderful inspiration from the rest of the Design Team .

I would like to enter my card into the following fab challenges:

Inky Impressions - animals

In the Pink - Embossing

Totally Papercrafts - for a child

The Stamping Boutique - embossing

Bearly Mine - Add a sentiment

Shopping Our Stash - Fur or Feathers

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog today, I really do appreciate your support and encouragement

Bye for now

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DT card for Fab n Funky challenge 140 Starts with F

1:10 AM |

Good morning my wonderful friends and blogging buddies.

I do hope you are all well.

It Wednedsay already so that means the start of a new Fab n Funky Challenge. For this challenge our host is the lovely Emma who has picked the theme of

Starts with F

So just think of something that begins with F, put it on your card and then you can join in!

Our sponsors for this challenge are the wonderful Di's Digi Downloads and Stamp Art Design by Kathryne

As you can see I went for a fairy and some flowers , yes I know a bit predcitable aren't I!

I made a card with a little hidden tag,

And here's the tag!

Items used:

Digi stamp - A Day for Daisies ~ Blessing a flower coloured with Promarkers

Papers - First Edition New Leaf

Papermania Kraft card

Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish ( I love this!)

Nellie Snellen floral punches

Doily and pearls from stash

If you pop over the the Fab n Funky Challenge you will be able to see the wonderful creations by the rest of the design team and see who were the winners of the last challenge.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

A day for Daisies - Tag you're it!

Crafting for all seasons- Things with wings

Sparkles Monthly Challenges - Away with the fairies

Poodles Parlour Tag you're it!

Charisma cardz things with wings

Whoopsi Daisy things with wings

2 Sisters Challenge things with wings

Flutterby Wednesday - anything goes ( include a fairy or butterfly)

Cheery Lynn Designs - Keep it Krafty!

Right, I'm just off to check out what you have all been up to today.

Bye for now

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DT Card for Sketch n Stash Challenge 97 Jen's Sketch

4:31 AM |

Hello again everyone. I told you I'd be back !

This is my second post for today, if you would like to see my Card Mania DT card please scroll down to the previous post.

So, today is the start of a new Sketch n Stash Challenge and our sketch for you to follow for the next 2 weeks was created by the wonderful Jen

sponsored by............

Prize - $10 voucher

The design team were lucky to able to choose some images from Tiddlyinks. As I already have a couple of gorgeous girly images I went for something different. I really love this image and am bound to be using it again.

Items used

Digi Stamp ~ Tiddlyinks Best Friends coloured with Promarkers

Papers ~ DCWV stack 6

Sentiment tag ~ LOTV

Distress Ink - Antique Linen.

Martha Stewart Lace Heart Border Punch

If you pop over to the Sketch n Stash Challenge you will be able to see the wonderful cards made by the rest of the wonderful design team and see who were the winners of the last challenge

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Tiddlyinks ~ make it like Asa ( inspired by the theme and the dog in the image)

Allsorts ~ Inspired by a song ( I will always love you by Celine Dion )

Crafty pad - Inspired by a song , as above

Brown Sugar - anything goes

Love to create - anything goes

Paper Makeup Stamps - Anything goes (use a digi stamp)

Eureka Stamps - animals

DCC and Friends - character crazy

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog today, I really do appreciate your support and encouragement

Bye for now

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DT card for Card Mania Challenge - Handmade flowers

11:25 PM |

Good Morning my lovely friends and wonderful blogging buddies.

I hope you all had a good weekend.

Today is the start of a new Card Mania Challenge and for the next 2 weeks the theme is

Handmade Flowers

Our sponsor for this challenge is the wonderful A Day for Daisies who will be giving the lucky winner a prize of $12 gift voucher to spend online.

The design team were so lucky to be able to choose an image from A Day for Daisies for the challenge. They have sooooo many gorgeous ones that it took me ages to decide. In the end I choose one that I have seen used recently to make such stunning cards. I made this card for my lovely sister-in-law.

I used a memory box die to make my flowers, they are coloured with distress inks.

Items Used:

Digi Stamp ~ A day for daisies - flowers in my hair coloured with Promarkers

Kanban Stamp - Spring Meadow (used around edges)

Papers - Papermania Lucy Cromwell

Sentiment - LOTV vintage labels

Memory Box dies - Honeyblossom Sprig and Fancy Blossoms
Border die - MFT crochet border
Viva Decor Pearl Pen - Ice White from MCH

If you pop over to the Card Mania Challenge you will be able to see the stunning creations made by the rest of the design team using some gorgeous images.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenge

MAWTT - Girly Girly

The Squirrel and the Fox - Celebrate the Occasion

Divas by Design - Lovely Layers

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - something handmande (flowers)

Di's Digi Designs - use more than 1 die or punch

Squiggles and Giggles - Die cuts and punches

Right, that's all for now but I'll be back later with my DT card for the Sketch n Stash Challenge.

Bye for now

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DT card for Stampin' for the Weekend - Feeling Floral

2:28 AM |

Good Morning to you all my wonderful friends and blogging buddies

I hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend, I know I am!

Today sees the start of a new Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge and the theme for the next 3 weeks is one of my favourites

Feeling Floral

So that's a nice easy one, we would just like to see some flowers somewhere on your creation.

We are being sponsored by In 2 Stamps with a prize for our lucky winner.

Here is my card, I used on of my favourite floral stamps.

Item used:

Ink Stamp ~ Sheena Douglas Poppies and Daisies coloured with Promarkers

Paper ~ very old magazine freebie (again!)

Flowers ~ Woodware and Nellie snellen punches

Leaves ~ Martha Stewart branch leaf punch

Sentiment ~ craftwork cards

Spellbinders circles and lacy circles

If you pop over to the Stampin' for the Weekend blog you will be able to see the stunning creations make by the rest of the design team and you will also be able to see who were the winners of the last challenge.

I would like to enter my card into the following fab challenges

Addicted to stamps ~ Bingo (Circle /Free so I choose embossing/birthday)

Simon Says Stamp - emboss it

Crazy Challenge - spots or stripes

Fat pages and Cards with Attitude - anything goes

Oldie but a Goodie - show us your ribbon (old items paper and ink stamp)

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog today, I really do appreciate your support and encouragement.

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend

Bye for now

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DT card for Lili's Little Fairies - Flower Power

4:19 AM | Labels: Lili of the Valley

Good afternoon my wonderful friends and blogging buddies.

I'm sorry I haven't posted a card since Sunday. I have been rather busy making DT cards and loving every minute.

So today is the start of a new Lili's Little Fairies Challenge and the theme this week is

Flower Power

We would like to see lots of flowers on your creations

Our Sponsors this week are the very generous Jenny and Denise from J & C Creations they are offering a fabulous £10 voucher to be spent on their website.

Now, I have to be honest. For some reason I had the theme writen down as shaped cards so it was just lucky for me that the shaped card that I had made had plenty of flowers on it!

I made a circle stepper card using a fab tutorial that I found here. I used one of my old favourite images. The flowers are made with punches.

Items Used:

Ink Stamp ~ Lili of the Valley Rosie Posy coloured with Promakers

Sentiments ~ Lili of the Valley Sentiment Tags and Vintage Labels

Paper ~ not sure as they were in my scraps box, might be Memory Box?

Memory Box dies ~ Spring Border and Honeyblossom Sprig

Tonic Studio floral punches

If you pop over to the Lili's Little Fairies Challenge blog you will be able to see the wonderful cards made by the rest of the design team and see who were the winners of the last challenge

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

challenges for everybody - anything goes

Whoopsi Daisy - make it Girly

Cutie Pie - shaped cards

Penny's Paper-Crafty - shaped cards

Little Miss Muffet - anything but a square

CRAFT challenge - Children

Allsorts - purple passion

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog today, I really do appreciate it.

Bye for now

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Yellow Roses

1:52 AM |

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends, I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend.

I just wanted to show you a card that I made yesterday to say thank you to someone special.
I saw that Digi doodle shop is sadly closing down which is a shame. Anyway, I went over to buy a couple of images at a bargain price.

I love roses and this image is one of the best I have seen of them so I was really pleased to find it. I had yellow roses in my wedding bouquet and every year my hubby buys me some on our Anniversary - how romantic ♥. So, of course, I wanted to colour my roses in yellow. I am a bit diasppointed though that my sage green looks more like lime green in my photo by anyway enough of my waffle here it is:

Items Used:

Digi stamp ~ Digi Doodle Shop Roses coloured with Promakers and Flexmarkers

Papers ~ K and Co (very old) and Raspberry Road(magazine freebie)

Sentiment Stamp ~ Craftwork cards

Shaped card blank for The Glitterpot

Tonic Studio daisy border punch

Xcut Corner punch

Cheery Lynn die ~ small exotic butterflies

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
Passion for Promarkers - green and yellow
Kaboodle Doodles - flowers
Whimsy Inspirations - Anything goes
My heart Pieces - Anything goes
Digi Doodle shop - anything goes - final challenge :o(
Dis Digi Downloads - Use more than one punch/die

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog today, I really do appreciate it.
I hope you have a good day
Bye for now
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DT card for Lili's Little Fairies Embellishment Bingo

3:35 AM | Labels: Lili of the Valley

Good Morning my wonderful friends and blogging buddies

I'm so excited!! Today it is my pleasure to show you my first card as part of the Design Team for Lili's Little Fairies.

I could hardly believe my luck when Jacqui picked me together with 5 other lovely ladies to join her wonderful Design Team. I'm sure you know by now how much I love Lili of the Valley images. It really is like a dream come true for me!!

The theme for this week is Embellishment Bingo whitso that gives everyone the chance to join in I'm sure.

Our Sponsors this week are the very generous Andrea and Mary from The Ribbon Girl they are offering a fabulous Aqua Kit for the winner

I couldn't wait to ink up the newest edition to my Lili of the Valley family. I LOVE this image so much and think it will be making an appearance a lot in the next couple of months.

Sorry, I just had to show you a close up of the adorable image!

Here is the bingo card for you to use. You just choose a row in any direction, and of course your choice of LOTV image.

As you can see I choose flowers, gems and glitter

Items Used:

Image ~ Lili of the Valley Teddy with Penguin coloured with Promarkers

Papers ~ Lili of the Valley Frosty Christmas

Memory Box die ~ Winterland Tree

Marianne Designs Small Poinsettias

Martha Stewart Branch Leaf punch

Sizzex Embossing folder ( sorry can't remember the name of it)

Polar White flower soft

Glamour Dust ~ crystal

Viva Decor Pearl Pen - Ice White from MCH

If you pop over to the Lili's Little Fairies Challenge you will be in for a treat, the design team have made some wonderful inspiring creations.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Nutcrafters - Countdown to Christmas

Tuesday Throwdown - You're a Gem

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Things that make you go Awwwww!

Penny Black and more - Early Christmas Makes

Cute card Thursday Christmas in September

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog today, I really do appreciate your support and encouragement.

Bye for now

Hugs

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DT card for Fab n Funky challenge #138 Harvest Festival

1:26 AM |

Good Morning my wonderful friends and blogging buddies

Well, it Wednesday today so that means the start of a new Fab n Funky Challenge and this time the lovely Vicky has chosen the brilliant theme of
Harvest Festival

We are sponsored this week by the wonderful Digi Doodle Shop who are offering a prize of $10.00 to spend in their Shop! Unfortunately they are closing down soon, however, they now have a closing down sale so you will get loads for your money!

The design team were so lucky to be able to choose an image from the Digi Doodle, it took me ages to decide as they have so many gorgeous ones.
Anyway, here is my card:

Items Used

Digi stamp ~ Wheat and Willows by digi Doodle shop coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Prima botantical (freebie with a magazine)

Memory Box dies - floral vine and meadow leaf

Martha Stewart Double Monarch butterfly punch

Senitment ~ Craftwork cards

Lace and pearls from stash

If you pop over to the Fab n Funky blog you will be able to see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team and also see who were the winners of the last challenge

I would like to enter this card into the following fabulous challenges:

The pretty little ribbon shop - Lace and pearls

Crafty Sentiments - Leaves

Whoopsi Daisy - buttons or bows

Lexis Creations - Autumn colours

Right, time for me to see what you have all been up to today.

Bye for now

Hugs

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DT card for Sketch n Stash Challenge 96

4:46 AM |

Hello again everyone, I said I'd be back!

This is my second post for today for my Card Mania DT card please click here

So today is also the start of a new Sketch and Stash Challenge and here is the sketch for you to follow for the next 2 weeks. This was designed by the lovely Jill before she left the design team.

For this challenge we are sponsored by the wonderful Mei Flower who are giving a £20 voucher to the lucky winner.

I thought it was about time I attempted a boy's card as I haven't made one for a while!

I layered up the balloon and the bees and created a cloudy background using my Distress Inks

Items Used:

Ink Stamp ~ Penny Black Imagine coloured with Promakers

Papers ~ First Edition Up and Away

Sentiment ~ Personal Impressions Everyday Words

Twine, gems and sunshine charm from stash

For some fabulous inspiration from the rest of the design team and to see who were the winners of the last challenge please pop over to the Sketch n Stash Challenge blog.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

One stop craft shop - No floral embellishment

A Gem of a challenge - A boy thing

Here come the boys - Teddy bears

Cutie Pie- no flowers

Heck of a Challenge - anything goes

By the cute and girly - Boys/men

Love to Create - Add ribbon or twine

Right, that's it from me for now, thanks again for taking the time to look at my blog today, it means a lot. I'm off now to try and catch up with my commenting, I do love to see what you have all been up to.

Bye for now

Hugs

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DT card for Card Mania Challenge - Beary Sweet

11:32 PM |

Hello my lovely friends and blogging buddies

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. We had gorgeous weather here which made a welcome change.

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

Beary Sweet

So, you may have guessed it - we would like to see a bear somewhere on your creation.

For this challenge we are sponsored by the wonderful Stamp Art Design by Katherine

and the lucky winner will be able to choose 4 digi-stamps from her online store at Whimsy stamps

I was so lucky to be able to use one of her cute images to make my card:

Items Used:

Image and sentiment~ Little bear garden delight by Katherine coloured with Promakers

Papers ~ First Edition Boho Chic

Flowers - Spellbinders rose creations coloured coloured with Tattered Rose Distress ink

Memory Box die Meadow Leaf

Memory Box die mini scalloped border

Cheery Lynn die small Exotic butterflies

If you pop over to the Card Mania Challenge you will be able to see all of the gorgeous creations made by the rest of the design team and also see who were the winners of the last challenge.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Allsorts - Layers

Divas By Design - Friendship

Southern Girls - It's all about the flora

The Squirrel and the Fox - anything goes

Pile it on - Patterned paper

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my card this morning, I'll be back with another DT card shortly.

Bye for now

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DT card for Stampin' for the Weekend - Starting Christmas Early

3:00 AM |

Hello my wonderful friends and blogging buddies

Firstly, I would like to say a really massive thank you for all of your kind comments on my recent cards, you are so kind.

Today is the start on a new Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge and the theme for the next 2 weeks is

Starting Christmas Early

Sponsoring the challenge is the wonderful Simon says stamp who will be giving a massive $25 to the winner!

So, it didn't take me long to decide to ink up my all time favourite snowman. I really do love this image, I can't help but smile when I colour him. My only problem will be trying to remember who I sent him to last year!!

Items used:

Ink stamp - Penny black ~ Snowy coloured with Promakers and lots of Glamour dust on his hat

Memory Box - Frostyville border (cut for corner shape) and Frosty border

Marianne Designs Snowflakes

Spellbinder - Circles and Lacy circles

Papers - Papermania Noel

Tonic border punch - Daisy

Sentiment - Craftwork cards

Viva Decor Pearl Pen - Ice White from MCH

If you pop over to the Stampin' for the Weekend blog you will be able to see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the Design Team and see who were the winners of the last challenge.

I would like to enter this card into the following fabulous challenge:

Penny Black and more - Early Christmas makes

Simon Says stamp - put a stamp on it

Anything Goes - Early Christmas

Created with love - Christmas

Addicted to Stamps - lots of bling!

Right, time for me to check out what you have all been up to today.

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Hugs

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GDT card for Lilies Little Fairies Challenge - Black Magic

2:44 AM |

Good Morning my lovely friends and blogging buddies

I was soooo excited to be picked as a guest designer for Lilies Little Fairies Challenge. I'm sure you must all know by know how much I LOVE all of the Lili of the Valley images so this is such an honour for me.

The theme for this week is Black Magic so with your Lili of the Valley image we would like to see you use either a touch or a lot of black.

As you can see, I have used quite a lot of black on my card. It isn't usually a colour I use much of so it made a nice change. I decided to use one of my older stamps which I haven't used for ages together with my new LOTV sentiment tags, I love these and think I will be using them a lot!

Items Used:

Ink Stamp - LOTV Thomas - Big Bunch of Flowers coloured with Promarkers

Sentiment Stamp - LOTV Sentiment tags

Papers - Doodlebug designs

Memory box - Cherry Blossom

Marianne Designs flower leaves

Spellbinders- Labels 8, ovals and scalloped ovals

So if you check out the Lilies Little Fairies Challenge Blog, you will be able to see the wonderful creations made by the talented design team and see who were the winners of the last challenge and I hope you will join in the challenge too.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Dream Valley - something old , something new ( old stamp, new sentiment tags)

MMCS - Anything Goes

Natalie and Amy - anything goes

Crafts and Me - Add a flower

Craft your Passion - flowers in the image

No Matter Which - Die cuts and/or Punches

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog today and for your support and encouragement, it really means so much to me.

I hope you have a good day.

Bye for now

Hugs

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DT card for Fab n Funky Challenge 137 Colours of Autumn

1:07 AM |

Good Morning my lovely friends and blogging buddies

It's Wednesday again already and that means the start of another new Fab n Funky challenge
For this week the lovely Pat had selected the theme of

The Colours of Autumn

Our Sponsor this week is Colour Me Creative Classroom Who are offering a fabulous prize of an "All about Hair" online colouring class

I don't seem to have many Autumn type images so although I have used Autumn colours the image is really more on the Summery side. However, since the weather now seems to be more like Summer than Autumn I'm quite glad that I decided to use this sweet stamp that I have had for ages and it was quite nice hello to her again!

Items Used:

Ink Stamp : WOJ Willow with flower basket coloured with Promarkers

Papers - First Edition New Leaf

Martha Stewart PATP Vintage Floral

Tonic Studio flower punches

Craftwork cards sentiment

If you take a look on the Fab n Funky Challenge blog you will be able to see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the Design Team and also see who were the winners of the last challenge.

I would like to enter this card into the following wonderful challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Oldie but Goodie - 1 image, 2 papers, 3 flowers (old item - stamp)

Crafty Catz - 3 embellishments, 2 papers,1 image

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop and look at my blog today, I really do appreciate it.

Bye for now

Hugs

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DT card for Joanna Sheen Challenge - Going Dotty!

1:30 AM |

Good Morning my lovely friends and blogging buddies.
I hope you are all having a good weekend.

Today is the start of a new Joanna Sheen Challenge and for the next two weeks the theme is

Going Dotty!

So, this is my first card as part of the wonderful Design Team who have made me feel so welcome.

I was sent some gorgeous Jayne Netly Mayhew Decoupage sheets from her Winter Collection and some lovely spotty ribbon. As you may know, I enjoy using decoupage on my cards. What you may not know is that I LOVE penguins so this card was so much fun for me to make!

Sorry the picture isn't too brilliant, I added lots of glamour dust all round the edges of the layers and on the die cut border. Also there is a layer of glittery vellum , it is just a shame it doesn't show up on my photo.