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.


Here's a close up of those adorable penguins, look at them all huddled together in the background!

Items Used:
Items available from Joanna Sheen :
Jayne Netley Mayhew decoupage - Winter Collection
 Dotty Sheer Ribbon
Memory Box - Frostyville border
Glamour Dust
Cuttlebug Swiss dots embossing folder

Other items used:
Martha stewart PATP - vintage floral
Papermania frosty vellum
Crystal gems for Mei flower
Charm from stash


If you look at the Joanna Sheen challenge blog you will be able to see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team


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

Sparkles Christmas Challenge  sparkle and bling
Saturday Challenge - Animal Antics
Crafty Mess - Animals with a blue theme
Penny's Paper Craft Challenge - Sparkle and Shine
Bearly Mine Challenge - Anything that glitters
Crafty Sentiements - lets sparkle!
Winter Wonderland- walking in a Winter Wonderland

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog today, your support and encouragement really means a lot to me.
Bye for now
Hugs







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DT Card for Ladybug Crafts first challenge - Anything Goes

12:16 AM |


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

I hope you are all well and enjoying the weekend so far.

Well, I'm pleased to tell you that today is the start Ladybug Crafts brand new challenge and I am so thrilled to be part of Sam's new Design Team.  Our theme to get you all started is everyone's favourite
Anything Goes
This will be a monthly challenge, so plenty of time to play along and you can enter 3 times too!!

The prize for the first challenge is a £15.00 voucher to spend on anything from the Ladybug Crafts website.- Lucky you!!!

I was sent a gorgeous image from Sam to use on my card together with some wonderful green flowers which  are available to buy in her online shop
So here's my card.



Close up so you  can see the detailed image more clearly


Items used:
Ink stamp - La Blanche Bird Watch coloured with Promarkers and pencils 
Flowers - Mulberry Street Roses
Papers - Prima Annalee
Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish
Tonic studio flower punches
Distress Ink - Tattered Rose (for punched flowers)
Memory Box Meridian border
Craftwork cards sentiment


If you take a look on the Ladybug Crafts blog you be able to see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the Design Team. I really do hope that loads of you will be able to take part in our first challenge and I'm looking forward to seeing what you make.

I would like to enter this card into to following fabulous challenges:
Craft Challenge - shaped cards
MAWTT - Flying High ( this one is just about to fly - hope that's ok!)
Southern Girls - Flowers
Polka Doodles - Flowers
Poodles Parlour - things with wings
Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes
Allsorts - Anything but Square

Right, that's all from me for now. Thanks so much for taking the time to look at my card and I hope you all have a fabby day.
Hugs



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DT card for Fab n Funky Challenge 136 Birthday card with a Sketch

1:26 AM |


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

Birthday Card with a Sketch
For this challenge will are very lucky to have 2 sponsors . The first one is Stamp Art Design by Kathryne who is a new sponsor for us with the wonderful  prize which is the choice of 5 digi stamps from Kathy's shop at Whimsy Stamps.
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!!

So here's my card. I added lots of stickles glitter to her wings, the hearts and the butterfly but, again, it is hard to see it on my photo. I also stamped some delicate leaves and flowers around the edges of the paper.


As you can tell this is a criss-cross style card. Here is a picture showing the insert:


and here is a picture of Shirley's sketch to follow for this challenge



Items used:
Ink Stamp - WOJ Melinda Blowing kisses coloured with Promakers
Small flower and leaf stamps - Kanban Spring Meadow
Paper - Papermania Beautiful range
Flowers - Memory box - Fancy Blossoms
Spellbinders Floral Ovals
Xcut leafy lace border punch
Butterfly- Cheery Lynn Exotic butterfly(small)
Dienamics Fanciful Flourish
Stickles Glitter glue - stardust


If you take a look on the Fab n Funky Challenge blog you will be able to see all the wonderful cards made 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 this card into the following fab challenges:


Bearly Mine - anything that Glitters
Everybody Art Challenge- anything goes
Paper and Such Designs - Wings and things
Lisa B Designs - Anything Goes
Deep Ocean - things with wings
Creative Inspiration - Bingo ( Glitter/Flowers/ribbon)
I ♥ Promakers - Anything Goes

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


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DT card for Sketch n Sketch Challenge 95 Daniele's Sketch

5:11 AM |

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


Items Used:
Ink stamp - Kanban Spring Garden
Papers - Prima Tea Thyme
Memory Box Die- Madera Corner
Martha Stewart Doily Lace border punch

If you pop over to the Sketch n Stash Challenge blog you will see all the wonderful cards made by the rest of the design team and be able to find out who the winner of the last challenge were.



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!)



While I'm here, I just wanted to remind you all that the lovely Sam from Ladybug Crafts has announced that her new challenge will start on the 1st September and if you hop over to the blog you will see that she is doing a little draw for a gorgeous La Blanche stamp. 




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







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