Food for Thought at the Joanna Sheen Challenge

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Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope you are having a good weekend.
Thank you so much for you lovely comments on my recent cards, you are all so kind.

Today is the start of a new Joanna Sheen Challenge.
This week our theme is
Food for Thought
As always the wonderful prize for the lucky winner will be a £15 voucher to spend online at Joanna Sheen.

I have decoupaged a gorgeous image from a set by Joanna Sheen called TC Chiu  - Fruit and Flowers.
Unfortunately I found it hard to get a decent photo of this card. 
Here is the side view first as I think this is the better picture to reflect the true colours


Here you can see the full image, sorry about the glare on the shiny paper.

Items Used:
Decoupage - Joanna Sheen's TC Chiu  - Fruit and Flowers
Martha Stewart Vintage Floral PATP punch
Sentiment - Clearly Besotted Butterfly Wishes

If you take a look at the Joanna Sheen Challenge you will see the gorgeous creations made by this week's design team and see who were the winners of the last challenge.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
MAWTT - no (designer or digital) papers

Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my blog today, I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make.
I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend
bye for now
hugs


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Have a Happy Day- Dies to Die for DT card

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Hello again everyone, as promised I am back with my second card of the day.
Please scroll down if you would like to see my Pink Gem DT card.

So I'm here to share with you my card made with some gorgeous goodies from
Dies to Die for
This time I have made a simple centre stepper card to showcase this adorable Bildmalarna stamp and some gorgeous papers made by Whimsy, from a stunning pad called Floral Explosion.
I have used the delicate Nottingham Border die from Memory Box which I cut out twice and layered up the dark pink flowers.




Items Used all available from Dies to Die for
Stamp - Bildmalarna - LWF - Leaf coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment - Tina Wenke Sweet Wishes
Dies - Memory Box Isabella Butterfly
Memory Box Nottingham Border
I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges
The Colour Throwdown - colours ( see challenge blog)
Sweet Stampin' - Time for a Shaped card

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop and look at my blog once again today, your support and encouragement means so much to me.
I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend
bye for now
hugs



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Christmas is Coming at A Gem of a Challenge

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Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope you are well and having a good weekend.

I have 2 posts today. So here is my first for A Gem of a Challenge
This week the theme set by the lovely Christine is
Christmas is Coming

The prize for the winner will be.....
2 Individual Digi images
(NO SETS, PERSONALISED WATERMARK'S OR SENTIMENT SETS) 
of the winners choice from PINK GEM DESIGNS.....

I  have used the adorable Christmas Owls, I love their wonky eyes!


Items Used:
Digi Stamp - Pink Gem Designs Christmas Owls coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment - Pink Gem Designs 
Papers - Very old magazine freebies (Nitwits)
Cheery Lynn Holly Leaves Die
Memory Box Precious Snowflakes Die
Xcut corner rounder punch.
Stickles - Diamond
Pearls from stash

If your take a look at A Gem of a Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by Team Gem, including our 2 newest teamies - the fabulous Helen and Kevin. 

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

Flutterby Wednesdays - Any winged creature
I love Promarkers -Anything Goes
Brown Sugar Challenge - things with wings
Card Crafter's Circle - Cute Cards
Allsorts - Christmas Cheer

    Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my blog this morning, I'll be back soon with my Dies to Die for DT card
    Bye for now
    hugs

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    Sparkle and Shine at A Little Bit Crafty Challenge

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    Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
    I hope all is well with you and you have had a good week.

    My goodness, I can hardly believe that it's the 1st November. It really is crazy how quickly this year has gone.
    So, that means the start of a new A Little Bit Crafty Challenge.
    This month our theme is 
    Sparkle and Shine
    We have 3 wonderful sponsors this month:

    Pink Gem Designs
    Prize - 2 digi stamps

    Letraset
    Prize - Set of Metalic Markers

    MeiFlower
    Prize - £20 voucher

    The Design Team have all used gorgeous images from Pink Gem Designs.
    For my card I chose the stunning Poinsettia Heart. I really love this image, I think you could use it for a number of occasions - Christmas, a Winter's Wedding or as I have done a Winter's Birthday card.
    The image comes with the option to use the 'With Love' sentiment which I have used for the top of my card.







     Items Used :
    Digi Stamp - Pink Gem Designs Poinsettia Heart coloured with Promarkers
    Marianne Design Creatables - Frame Circle 
    Cheery Lynn Mini Pearl Circle
    Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug Swiss Dots
    Stickles - Stardust
    Gems and silver twine from stash

    If you take a look at the A Little Bit Crafty Challenge blog you will 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 my card into the following fabulous challenges:
    Top Tip Tuesday -  Seasons - Winter
    Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
    MAWTT - No (design or digital) papers


    Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my blog today, I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make
    bye for now
    hugs 

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    For the One I Love at Crafty Little Fairies

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    Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
    I hope you are well and having a good week, sending hugs to those in need of them.
    We have all had a lovely relaxing week so far, I really feel blessed to have such a wonderful family!

    So, today is the start of a new Crafty Little Fairies Challenge
    This week's challenge is
    For the One I Love
    This can be birthday, Christmas, friendship, anniversary etc
    (please remember to use a stamped or digi image)
    Our fabulous sponsor for this week is DREAMEES offering a £10 voucher


    I used an image from a LOTV black and white Sketch Pad. I love these pads, the images colour up really well with my Promarkers. 


    Items Used - LOTV Sketch Pad 2 coloured with Promarkers
    Papers - Magazine freebie (Wild Rose Studio)
    Spellbinders Large Circles and Labels 22
    Nellie Snellen Multi Frame Dies - Heart
    White heart organza ribbon, wooden button and twine from stash

    If you take a look at the Crafty Little Fairies Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team and see who were the winners of our last challenge.
    We also have a DT call at the moment so if you think you would like to join our friendly team please pop by and take a look.


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

    LOTV Ideas to Inspire -  October Challenge Anything Goes
    Deep Ocean - Button it Up!
    C is for Challenge - Buttons
    Cutie Pie  Embelishment Bingo - Button/ ribbon/ die cuts
    Divas by Design - Use some orange
    I ♥ Promakers - Anything Goes
    Crafting for all Seasons - Autumn Colours

    Thank you so much for taking the time to stop and look at my card today, I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make
    Bye for now
    hugs





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    GDT card for the Papertake Weekly Challenge

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    Hello again everyone, as promised I am back with my second card of the day.
    Please scroll down if you would like to see my Passion for Promarkers card.

    This is my final Guest Designer card for the fabulous Papertake Weekly Challenge, I cannot believe how quickly the last 3 months have gone!
    I would like to say a massive thank you to the Design Team for letting me be part of your team, especially the wonderful Sharon. I have really enjoy it and hope I get the chance to be GDT again for them sometime.

    So this week the theme is 
    Sketchie Free For All
    There is a new sketch for this week or you can use any other Papertake Weekly sketch that you can find on the challenge blog here
    The fabulous sponsor for this week is

    Prize - $20 voucher to spend online for the lucky winner.

    This is the card I made for my very beautiful eldest daughter, it was her 18th Birthday a couple of weeks ago.
    I made an easel card using one of  Dawny's older sketches #47 which seemed to work well with the fairly large image. I have had these pretty papers for a while and had been saving them for a special occasion!





    Here is the sketch I used Sketch #47

    Items Used:

    Stamp - High Hopes Cat Trio coloured with Promarkers.
    Sentiment - Die-Namics Polka Dot Greetings
    Papers - Hobbyhouse 
    La la Lands Heart Banner
    Clearly Besotted Mini Love Hearts Die
    Memory Box Parker Numbers
    Tonic Studio Medium Flower Punch
    Charm, gems, twine and ribbon from stash

    If you take a look at the Papertake Weekly Challenge you will be able to see the wonderful creations made by the talented design team.


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

    Crafty Catz - Spots and Stripes (spots are on the sentiment, hope this is okay?)
    Moving along with the times - Shape up
    Corrosive challenges - Tic tac toe- Metal or Charms/Image/Dies or punches
    Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes
    Oldie but Goodie - Charming - old items are papers, stamp and charm
    Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

    Thank you for stopping by once again, it really means a lot to me and I love to read any comments you may wish to make
    bye for now
    hugs


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    Shades of Grey at the Passion for Promarkers Challenge

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    Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
    I do hope all is well with you and you are having a good week so far.
    A warm welcome to my new followers too, thank you so much for joining me.

    I have 2 posts today so I'd better get straight down to business.
    Today is the start of a new Passion for Promarkers Challenge
    This week our fun theme is 
    Shades of Grey 
     (monochromatic grey colouring)

    Our sponsor is the fabulous Bugaboo Stamps
    Prize for the lucky winner is 7 digi stamps of the winners choice.

    I recently purchased this wonderful image from Pollycraft (which has now sadly closed.) so when I saw the theme I knew he would be ideal. I made the faux screws with Card Candi coloured with Promarkers and a pencil line down the centre.


    Items Used:
    Digi Stamp - Pollycraft (now closed) coloured with Promarkers
    Sentiment - Big Sentiments by Paula Pascual
    Papers - Dovecraft Monochrome
    Embossing Folders - Stars Crafts Too
    - Chevrons Crafter's Companion.
    Card Candi

    If your pop over to the Passion for Promarkers Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of this week's design team

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

    Pan Pastels - Shades of Grey
    Created With Love Challenges - Anything Goes
    Tammy's Scrappin Corner - Anything Goes
    Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes

    Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my blog this morning, I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make.
    I'll be back a bit later with my GDT card for Papertake Weekly
    Bye for now.
    hugs


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