Let's Tie A Bow

Hi Folks

Hope you are all well.  I am off to see a Queen Tribute Band tonight with some friends.  As it is my birthday tomorrow they are treating me.  Then tomorrow night I am out for dinner with my family.  A lovely birthday treat and looking forward to my weekend.

Today sees the start of a new challenge over at Winter Wonderland.  Our theme for this week is:

Tie A Bow

Here is my inspiration project using a cute image from our sponsor, Digi Stamp Boutique.

 

I decided to go for a bright, cheery colour scheme for this card combining orange and yellow.  The image was coloured in promarkers and cut out using my circle die.  All of the other bits and bobs were from my stash.

Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is:

Digi Stamp Boutique

with a prize of a £10 voucher for the winner

Just pop over to Winter Wonderland for full challenge details.  There is some lovely inspiration from my talented teamies too.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
TO BE UPDATED

Paper Piecing digi flower stamp

Hi Folks

Thank you for popping by my little home in blogland.  A quick post from me today as I am running behind and heading off for work in a few minutes.  Today I would like to share with you my first blog project for Little Claire's Designs.  

I have used a lovely digi stamp called Digi Boxed Flowers.  As you can see I decided to go with paper piecing which is quite easy to do with digi stamps.  For full details of how I created this card just pop over to Little Claire's Designs.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Crafty Boots - Use a sentiment
Creative Moments - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - White plus one (purple)
Allsorts - The colour purple
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes
Digi Choosday - Anything goes
TTCRD - Anything goes
Crafting by Designs - Thinking of you

Lots of Layers at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges

Hi Folks

Sorry I haven't been about much lately.  I have been putting the finishing touches to the second lot of wedding invites I am doing.  This time they are for a friend's niece.  But thank you to everyone who has popped by my blog and left me a comment.  It is much appreciated.  Hopefully, back to normal for a little while until the next stage of wedding stationery is due.

On a crafting note, today sees the start of a new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges.  Our theme for this week is:

Lots of Layers

We have two great sponsors joining us this week:

Lacy Sunshine - prize of a $20 gift certificate

The Paper Shelter - prize of a $10 gift certificate

Here is my inspiration project using a super image from The Paper Shelter.

I coloured the image using promarkers and then cut out using one of my dies.  This was then matted onto purple card.  The backing papers are from papermania.  For embellishments I used some ribbon, feathers, pins, flower, sentiment and gems.  I also added some liquid pearls around the image.

Thanks for popping by and looking forward to seeing all your entries.  Just pop over to Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges for full challenge details.  Don't forget to check out the super inspiration from my talented teamies.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Bunny Zoes - For the girls
Disdigidesigns - Lots of embellishments
Crafty Boots - Use a sentiment
Creative Moments - Anything goes
Crafting for all Seasons - Dies and/or punches
Whimsy Stamps - Use a sentiment
Sister Act - Anything goes
Allsorts - The colour purple
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes
OSAAT - Anything goes birthday
Robyns Fetish - Teenage girl birthday card
Eureka Stamps - Birthday cards
Craft Your Passion - Anything goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes
Passion for Promarkers - Alphabet (P is for purple)
Papertake - Take your pick (cool colours)
Digi Choosday - Anything goes
TTCRD - Anything goes
The Paper Shelter - Digital

Spots and Stripes

Hi Everyone

Yippee, it's my day off today so going to make the most of it in my crafty room.  Will be taking the mother-in-law to physio again but that is not until 4.00pm.  Just can't believe how well she is doing after her replacement knee op.  She is determined to be able to do some dancing at my daughter's wedding in June.

Anyway, today sees the start of a new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges.  Our theme for this week is

Spots and Stripes

We have two great sponsors joining us this week:

Inky Impressions - prize of a $10 gift certificate to the winner

Paper Creator - prize of a £10 store credit to the winner

Here is my inspiration project using a cute image from Paper Creator.

The image is precoloured and I simply cut it out using one of my dies and added some pearls around the outside.  The papers were in my scraps box and I used kraft card for all the matting.  The corners and sentiment are die cut and I added some stickles to the sentiment for added sparkle.  A ribbon, bow and sparkly dazzler finished the card.

Thanks for popping by and looking forward to seeing all your entries.  Just pop over to Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges for full challenge details.  Don't forget to check out the super inspiration from my talented teamies.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
HIMCR - Super scraps Saturday
Inky Impressions - Cute and cuddly
Crafting by Designs - Bingo (pearls, die cuts, ribbon)
Crafting for all Seasons - Dies and/or punches

What's Your Favourite Technique

Hi Folks

Just popping by today to share some inspiration for our current challenge over at The Crafting Cafe.  Our theme for this month is:

Show Us Your Favourite Technique

The winner of the challenge will receive some crafting goodies from our very own DT member Sammy.

Here is my inspiration project.

Two techniques that I love using (time permitting) is stamping and embossing.  I used a stamp set from Clearly Besotted Stamps for the sentiment and the flowers.  After colouring in with my promarkers I fussy cut the flowers and stems.  The background was embossed with my large dotty embossing folder.  I cut an aperture so you could see the sentiment and added a die cut around.  Some pearls on the die cut and pearl flourishes finished the card.

Although this is quite a simple card it seemed to take ages to come together.  But I do like the end result.

Thanks for popping by and don't forget to check out the challenge at The Crafting Cafe.  Would love to see your favourite technique.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Penny Black and More - Anything goes but not a digi
Stamping Sensations - Anything goes
Sister Act - Anything goes
Polka Doodles - All things kraft
Simply Create Too - Anything goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes
Robyns Fetish - Square cards
Scribble and Scrap - Anything goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes
Not Just Cards - Anything goes
Crafty Boots - Use a sentiment
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes
Passion for Promarkers - Perfect pearls
TTCRD - Anything goes
Crafty Sentiments - Bling it on
Top Tip Tuesday - Rubber stamps
Creative Card Crew - Birthday with sentiment

Cute at Crafting Musketeers

Hi Folks

Welcome to my little space in blogland.  I am hoping to get in my crafty room today as I have some wedding invitations to finish off for a friend.  Hope you all have a good day whatever you are doing.

I am stopping by today to share some inspiration for our current challenge over at Crafting Musketeers.  Our theme for this month is:

Cute

The cuter the better so get creative.

Our sponsor for this month is the wonderful Cuddly Buddly with a prize of a £10 gift voucher to their store.

Here is my inspiration project using an image and papers from our sponsor.

This is such a cute image and I coloured it using my promarkers. I then cut it out into a heart shape, distressed the edges and added some liquid pearls before mounting onto some light pink card.  For embellishements I used some roses, lace and a butterfly from my stash.

Thanks for popping by and why not check out the challenge over at Crafting Musketeers.  You will also find some super inspiration from my talented teamies.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Cosmic Strawberry - Colour challenge

Natalie and Amy - All about the love
Paper Creators - Love is in the air
Dragonfly Dreams - Love is in the air
Whoopsi Daisy - Pretty in pink
Digi Choosday - In the pink
In The Pink - Love is in the air
Fussy and Fancy - It's all about the love
Sentimental Sundays - Happy Valentines Day
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes
Scribble and Scrap - Anything goes
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - Love is in the air
Patties Creations - Valentines love
Wags N Whiskers - For someone you love
We Do Doobadoo - Hearts and flowers
Digi Choosday - Love is in the air
Crafting by Designs - Love is in the air
Inky Impressions - Valentines/Love
Deep Ocean - Love is all around
Sassy Studio - Happy Valentines Day
4 Crafty Chicks - Valentines
Cute Card Thursday - Perfectly pink
QKR Stampede - Lovely lace
Thats Crafty - Be my Valentine

Love at Little Claire's

Hi Folks

Welcome everyone on Valentines Day.  Hubby got me some flowers, chocolates and a lovely bottle of Prosecco.  Will enjoy my choccies and bubbly this evening when I get in from work.

Just popping by today to let you all know that a new stamping challenge starts today over at Little Claire's.  The theme for this month is:

Love

Here is my inspiration project using Buttons and Bows stamp set and Little Claire's Sentiment stamps.

I wanted to try something a bit different by way of a Valentines card.  I stamped the heart image 8 times onto white card.  I then used one of the sentiment stamps for the centre.  Ribbon was then added to create little squares.  Some heart shaped buttons finished the card.  I also added some stickles around the outside of the card.

I did consider colouring the hearts but decided against it as I liked the clean look.

Hope you will pop over to Little Claire's and join in the challenge.  There is a fab prize this month on offer to the winner:

Little Claire 'Swirly Birds' Clear Stamp Set

Little Claire 'Silhouette Wedding' Stamp

Three Craft Creations 12 x 12 papers

Ribbon Selection

Thanks for popping by.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Great Impressions - Love
Penny Black and More - Anything goes
Stamping Sensations - Anything goes
Crafty Boots - Hearts and Valentines
Without Words - Je T'Aime
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes
Crafting for all Seasons - Have a heart
Crafty Sentiments - Use some red
Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything goes
The Stamping Boutique - Hearts

For A Child at Winter Wonderland

Hi Folks

Welcome and hope you have had a good week.  Looking forward to the weekend but I am working on Saturday so a short one for me.  Hoping to finish off a friend's wedding invitations on Sunday.

Today sees the start of a new challenge over at Winter Wonderland.  Our theme for this week is:

For a child

You can create any project you like and you don't have to stick to it being christmas themed at the moment.

Here is my inspiration project using an image from Pink Gem designs called Fairy Grace.

I coloured the image with my promarkers before adding some glamour dust glitter to her wings.  I used one of my X Cut dies to cut out the image and create a background mat.  The gingham paper was distressed around the edge with some distress ink.  A punched butterfly, die cut flower, ribbon, pearls and sentiment finished the card.

Our sponsor over at Winter Wonderland is:

Pink Gem Designs

with a prize of two digi images to the winner

Looking forward to seeing your entries to the challenge.  Just pop over to Winter Wonderland for full challenge details.  Don't forget to check out the lovely inspiration from my talented teamies.

I would like to enter the following challenges:
Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Use a stamp or digi
Whoopsi Daisy - Pretty in pink
Digi Choosday - In the pink
Creative Card Crew - Glitter
Catch The Bug - Anything goes
Crafty Calendar - Anything goes
Pile It On - Use a bow
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything goes
Incy Wincy - Use a punch or die cut
Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes
Bunny Zoes - For the girls
TTCRD - Anything goes
Creative Inspirations - Anything goes
Butterfly Challenge - Butterfly and ribbon
Cute Card Thursday - Perfectly pink
Little Miss Muffet - Anything goes
Brown Sugar - Use a bow and die cut
Simply Create Too - Anything goes

Embossing with Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges

Hi Folks

Welcome back to my little area of blogland. 

Today sees the start of a new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges.  Our theme for this week is:

Embossing

You can create any project you like as long as you use some embossing somewhere, whether that be heat or dry embossing.

We have a super sponsor for this week and that is Sparkle N Sprinkle with a prize of 3 digi images or sets for the lucky winner.

Here is my inspiration project using a lovely digi set from our sponsor.

This owl image is so cute and I coloured him using promarkers.  I embossed the background card and added a little distress ink before mounting onto red card.  For embellishments I used a gem heart, some roses and pearls.  The sentiment is from the digi stamp set.

Thanks for popping by and looking forward to seeing all your entries.  Just pop over to Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges for full challenge details.  Don't forget to check out the super inspiration from my talented teamies while you are there.  

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Simply Create Too - Valentines/Use hearts
Natalie and Amy - All about the love
Disdigidesigns - Include a heart
Pan Pastel - Love is in the air
Lacy Sunshine - Have a heart
Jellypark - Love is in the air
Paper Creators - Love is in the air
Melonheadz - Hearts/Love
Crafty Boots - Hearts and Valentines
OLLCB - Love
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - Owl love you
Crafts 4 Eternity - With love
Fussy and Fancy - It's all about love
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - Love is in the air
Patties Creations - Valentines/Love
Sweet Stampin - Add a heart
Wags N Whiskers - For someone you love
Robyns Fetish - Valentines
OSAAT - Anything goes with love
Eureka Stamps - All is love
Passion for Promarkers - To someone I love
Digi Choosday - Love is in the air
Crafty Sentiments - Use some red
Crafting by Designs - Love is in the air
Inky Impressions - Valentines/Love
Deep Ocean - Love is all around

Love and Romance at Little Claire's

Hi Folks

Hope everyone's week is going as planned.  It is my day off today so will be heading into my crafty room this morning.  This afternoon I am taking my Mother-In-Law to the hospital for her physio appointment.  She is doing really well after her replacement knee operation.  She is managing to get around using her crutches and doing a little bit more each day.

Today sees the start of our second digi challenge over at Little Claire.  Our theme for this month is:

Love and Romance

Here is my inspiration project using a lovely image called Silhouette Wedding.

I used mirror card for all the matting.  For the background I embossed the bottom half using my flourish embossing folder.  For the top of the card I used my ivy corner die.  I added some roses and lace across the centre of the card.  Some distress ink around the edges helped to soften the look and I added a gem heart to the image topper.

The image I have used can be found here.  

The prize for this months challenge is 5 digi images of the winners choice from Little Claire.  

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Open Minded Crafting - No pink and no red
Corrosive - Splash of colour
Scribble and Scrap - Anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Use a stamp or digi
Dragonfly Dreams - Love is in the air
Not Just Cards - Anything goes
Crafting by Designs - Anything goes
Creative Moments - Anything goes/Love
Crafting for all Seasons - Have a heart
Brown Sugar - Anything goes
Sister Act - Anything goes
Catch the Bug - Anything goes
Allsorts - Love is all around
Crafty Calendar - Anything goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything goes
Incy Wincy - Use a punch or die cut
Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes
Papertake - Hearts and flowers
TTCRD - Anything goes
Creative Inspirations - Anything goes

Hearts and Flowers at Kraftyhands

Hi Folks

Hope your week has gone okay.  I am so glad the weekend is here as my crafty space is calling.  I have managed to complete all my daughter's wedding invitations.  I promise that I will post them on here when I know that they have all been sent and received.  Now to start on the wedding invitations that I have been asked to make for a friend's niece.  I must be a sucker for punishment lol.

Anyway, today sees the start of a new challenge over at Kraftyhands.  Our theme for this month is:

Hearts and Flowers

Quite a topical one with Valentines Day around the corner so hope to see lots of entries.

Here is my inspiration project using images and papers from the Sowing the Seeds of Love CD from Kraftyhands.

I went for a vintage look by distressing the papers and image and adding some lace and ribbon.  The flowers were in my stash and I added some stickles to them for added sparkle.  Some gem hearts finished the card.

Thanks for popping by and don't forget to pop over to Kraftyhands and check out the challenge.  There are some gorgeous makes from my talented teamies to inspire you too.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Bunny Zoes - Hearts
Aud Sentiments - Valentine or love
Polkadoodles - Flower Power
Simply Create Too - Use hearts
Natalie and Amy - All about the love
Disdigidesigns - Include a heart
That Craft Place - Anything goes
Paper Creators - Love is in the air
Craft Your Passion - Anything goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes
Not Just Cards - Anything goes
OLLCB - Love
Papertake - Anything goes
Crafty Sentiments - Include a heart
TTCRD - Anything goes
Fab N Funky - Hearts and/or flowers
Crafting by Designs - Anything goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes
Creative Moments - Anything goes/love
Crafting for all Seasons - Have a heart
Brown Sugar - Anything goes
Sister Act - Anything goes
Crafts 4 Eternity - With love
Allsorts - Love is all around
We Do Doobadoo - Hearts and flowers
Crafty Calendar - Anything goes
Catch The Bug - Anything goes

Favourite Fold or Technique

Hi Folks

It has been a pretty chilly week here so far.  We had a light sprinkling of snow on Monday night but it all melted away on Tuesday.  Getting a bit fed up of scraping my car every morning though.  Roll on summer is all I can say lol.

Today sees the start of a new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges.  Our theme for this week is:

Use your favourite card fold or technique

You can create any project you like but make sure you tell us what your favourite is.

We have three sponsors joining us this week;

Bugaboo Stamps - prize of 7 digi images of the winners choice

Crafty Sentiments - prize of a £10 gift voucher

Di's Digi Stamps - prize of a $12 voucher

Here is my inspiration project using a great image from Bugaboo Stamps.

I used one of my favourite card folds which is an easel card.  I decided to be quite simple with this one.  The image was coloured using promarkers and then mounted onto some black card.  I embossed the white background using my dotty embossing folder.  Some card candi, a button and some twine finished the card.

Thanks for popping by and looking forward to seeing all your entries.  Just pop over to Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges to check out full challenge details.  There is also lots of inspiration for you from my talented teamies.

Sowing the Seeds of Love

Hi Folks

Hope you all had a good weekend.  I got lots done on my daughter's wedding invites and some DT work done so  productive weekend for me.

A quick post from me today to let you know that Kraftyhands are launching a new CD called Sowing the Seeds of Love.  The CD will be on the British Craft Network at 11.00am.  The CD contains lots of gorgeous images, card sets and papers.  

Here is one of my sample projects using toppers and papers from the CD.

I received a box of chocolates at Christmas so I decided to recycle and alter the box.  All of the toppers and papers are from the CD.  Additions from my own stash were the ribbon, flowers, metal butterfly and the butterflies using my butterfly punch.

I also decorated the inside and outer edge of the box.

Thanks for popping by and would love to know what you think.  And if you get a bit of time just check out the British Craft Network shows where the Kraftyhands guys bring loads of inspiration.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Crafting for all Seasons - Things with wings
Crafty Ribbons - Anything but a card
Fussy and Fancy - Things with wings
Creative Inspirations - Roses
4 Crafty Chicks - Anything goes
Polka Doodles - Flower power
HIMCR - Anything goes
Allsorts - Flower power
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes
Robyns Fetish - Anything goes
That Craft Place - Anything goes
Scribble and Scrap - Anything goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes
Not Just Cards - Anything goes