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
Hugs




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DT card for Lili's Little Fairies - Flower Power

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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
hugs

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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
Hugs



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DT card for Lili's Little Fairies Embellishment Bingo

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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

View bingo.jpg in slide show

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
Hugs




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