TILDA'S ALL FRUITY!

Morning Blogland

Off shopping with my daughter this morning but before I go I need to tell you that there is a new challenge starting over at TOTALLY TILDA ... this time the theme is

FRUITY TILDA ...

You must use a Magnolia Tilda stamp on your card and at least one fruit image

This can be in any form i.e. on the paper, a charm or embellishment, Tilda holding fruit

Any form as long at least one fruit features on your creation with Tilda

Consider it one of your "Five a day!!" he he he

We are Sponsored this time by

BEST CARDMAKING DOWNLOADS

 and the lovely Nicky gave all the DT some beautiful digi papers to work with - thank you Nicky :)

Here's my card :)

I've used the cherry paper and matching stripe, cut the cherry paper with a nestie and mounted it on a circle doiley, coloured my Tilda with copics and added glossy accents to the cherries in her basket, and embellished with flowers and a cherry charm :)

I would like to enter:

Magnolia Down Under - Flower Power

Enjoy your Sunday everyone whatever you do and thanks for stopping by

IT'S ALL SKETCHY IN PINK/BLUE!!

Afternoon All

So sorry I'm late in posting my DCD CHRISTMAS CLUB challenge card today but I've had a really good excuse .... I been ooohing and awwwing over my brand new great nephew - visited him today and had lots of cuddles - scroll down to the end of this post to see him - he is sooooooo gorgeous!!!

Anyway ... on to the challenge .... this time the lovely Karen has provided us with a sketch to work from

and we would also like to see a colour combo of PINK & BLUE please - check out all the fantastic DT creations for inspiration RIGHT HERE!!

Here's mine

I've used a Penny Black slaptstick stamp which has the greeting with it as well, i've coloured with copics and followed Karen's sketch layout - when Karen said to use Pink/Blue I knew I had to use this paper - love it because it's so vibrant :)

Now ... as promised .... here is the gorgeous Toby with his not so gorgeous LOL Great Auntie Lynne :)

Isn't he just adorable!!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend :)

I AM SAILING!!

Good Morning All

Well .... as the saying goes .... "It's been a funny old week" .... started off with a major migraine which completely knocked me out for 2 or 3 days, which then left me behind with preparations for this week's class - but I caught up in the end and I'm now ready for the onslaught LOL

So before all my ladies arrive I need to tell you that we have a new challenge over at FAIRY FUN FRIDAY - this time we want you to be INSPIRED BY A SONG - my fellow Princesses have come up with some fabulous designs both cards and scrapbook pages - you really need to head on over a take a look :)

When I saw this challenge I knew exactly which one of Roberta's fab images I was going to use and which song it would represent ... A fab oldie but classic "SAILING by ROD STEWART"

This image is HOISTING SAILS which is one of my faves, i've coloured with promarkers and cut out using a nestie, the sentiment is one of mine and can be found as part of a set of 6 in either DIGI FORMAT or MY NEW CLEAR STAMP RANGE at SENTIMENTS 4 YOU

Thanks for stopping by :)

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?? ..... PART 2

Morning Blogland

What a fantastic day I had yesterday - I went to the Craft Show at Towerlands in Braintree and has such a great girly day out!! We did workshops with Nancy Watt and Stephanie Weightman off of Create & Craft, I saw loads of "Crafty" people I knew and bought myself some lovely "stash" which I can't wait to play with!!!!

Right ... before I do go and "PLAY" hehe just thought I'd remind you that you still have a week to enter our challenge at TOTALLY TILDA where the theme this time is HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW

Here's my Part 2 :)

I love this Tilda swing and haven't used it in ages so knew I had to for this challenge!!, I've coloured with copics and cut out so I could mount on foam pads, the background is from PINK PETTICOAT - check them out as they have a great range of "paper collections" and I've printed my sentiment straight onto it - the sentiment is one of mine and can be found as part of a set of 6 called In the Garden at SENTIMENTS 4 YOU, the butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch.

I would like to enter :

7 Kids Challenge - Calling All Squares

Charisma Cardz - Spring has Sprung

Allsorts - Inspired by Nature

Totally Gorjuss - Check it Out

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thanks for stopping by :)

MATCHING PAIR!!

Good Morning Blogland

This is a scheduled post ... so hopefully it will work LOL

I'm off to Towerlands in Braintree today for the Stitch and Craft, Craft Fair - must say looking forward to a girly day out and some "must have that" spending LOL

Anyway .... another week, another Saturday, another challenge at

DCD CHRISTMAS CLUB

This week we want you to MAKE A CARD WITH A MATCHING TAG ... I had such fun doing this one as I've discovered a new technique I love - still need a lot of practise - but I just love it! Stamping on Kraft Card and colouring with my polycolour pencils - such a different look :)

Here's my card & tag

This is Santa's little helper sitting on her candy cane :) As I said I've coloured with polycolours pencils but instead of using odorless white spirit to blend (because it just stains the kraft card) I used my splender blender pencil to blend and polish.  The sentiment is one of mine and is part of a set of 6 which is available as either a stamp set or digi download ... head on over to SENTIMENTS 4 YOU to check them out :)

Thanks for stopping by

Catch up with you all later :)

Mmmmmmm YUMMY CAKE!!!

Evening Blogland

Well ... what a busy day I've had ... but before I chill out for the evening I thought I'd show you one of the cards I did on my class today ... We were working with digi images .... as you know I'm a big fan of digis and hope I passed on some knowledge :)

This image was a freebie from DI'S DIGI DOWNLOADS and I've coloured with promarkers, the sentiment is one of a new set of 6 - Sweet Treats - which can be found at SENTIMENTS 4 YOU

Hope you like it and check back tomorrow for more cards :)

TAKE A SKETCH .... ADD A DIGI ....

Good Morning All!!!

Well what a busy week I've had, time really flies by and I can't believe two weeks have passed and it's time for another challenge over at DO IT WITH DIGIS - what great LURVE entries we had last week :)

This week we want to see you follow a Sketch and, of course, use a digi image!!

Here's the sketch

You can resize the elements or rotate it but just stick to the layout :)

We are sponsored this week by the lovely and very talented Roberta from Prairie Fairy

Roberta is offering the winner 5 digis!!!

and for anyone who uses my sentiments from SENTIMENTS 4 YOU a winner will be picked to spend $10.00 in my digi store

Here's my card :)

We were all very lucky to be able to play with Roberta's images and I used this little cutie HOLIDAY GILLY which is part of a set, coloured her with promarkers this time (I think they thought I'd abandoned them LOL), the lace border is a Martha Stewart deep edge punch and the sentiment is one of mine which is available in either Digi format or a set of stamps - you can find it HERE

I would like to enter :

Creative Card Crew - Friendship

Papertake Weekly - Putting on the Glitz

Digital Tuesday - Use a Die Cut (and Digi) (My sentiment was cut out with a nestie)

Delightful Challenges - Get Punchy (flowers & card candy - punches ... sentiment cut out with a nestie

Hope you likey and thanks for stopping by :)

Catch up with you all soon

NEWS!! NEWS!! NEWS!!

Good Morning Blogland

My good friend Mandy let me know something this morning ... a free digi image to be had .... I followed her link and WOW I'm came across the most amazing site WEE STAMPS this lady has some amazing digis and she is giving away a freebie just until 12:00 NOON TODAY so you need to get yourself over there!!!  All you need to do is become her follower - which is no hardship at all - and then post about her new venture on your blog - she will then email you your freebie :)

Here's the little cutie you will get!!

I was lost as soon as I saw the ladybug!!!

I'm also gonna pop her link on my sidebar cos I will definitely be going back for more :)

Off to do my class now

Catch up with you all later

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE

Evening All

Had a busy few days lately so sorry I haven't been around - it was my hubby's birthday on Monday (Valentines Day),  and spent Monday and today getting ready for my classes this week - and I thought I'd share with you the card I made for him :)

I love this fun image - its called BUDDIES and the background matches it WESTERN BACKGROUNDS

 both are from Di at Di's Digi Downloads - her images are just fab - pop on over and take a look :)

I've coloured with copics, and embellised with card candy and a charm :)

The sentiment is one of mine and can be found at SENTIMENTS 4 YOU in either digi format or

NOW AS CLEAR STAMPS!!

Hope you like and thanks for stopping by :)

Catch up with you all soon

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW???

Good Morning Blogland and Tilda Lovers!!

Another challenge has arrived at TOTALLY TILDA - thank you for all your gorgeous heart entries last time :)

This time we want to see GARDEN SCENES AND THEMES - pop on over to check out the DT cards for inspiration - they are fab as usual!!

This time we are sponsored by the lovely Nikki at BUNNY ZOE CRAFTS and .... she has 10% off of everything in her store until midnight Monday 14th February - how cool is that!!! get on over a grab yourself a bargain - her store is amazing!!!

Here's my card :)

This has to be one of my favourite Tildas ... I know I say that about them all LOL ... but I just love ladybugs and couldn't wait to use them on this challenge - I've also used the Magnolia watering can and coloured both with Copics, I've also used my vintage lace punch around the page from Martha Stewart - first time out - just love it!!! embellished with ladybug charms and stickers :) The sentiment is one of a set of 6 which can be found at my digi store SENTIMENTS 4 YOU (don't forget to enter the blog candy while you are there!!)

Hope you likey!!

Catch up with you all soon :)

I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS!! and MY NEW CLEAR STAMPS!!

Morning Blogland

Another week has passed and another week closer to Christmas LOL - and this week at DCD CHRISTMAS CLUB we are DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS

We want to see your lovely Christmas Creations in WHITE but you can use one other colour as well :)

I am sponsoring the challenge this week and the lucky winner will get a $10.00 gift certificate to spend in my digi shop SENTIMENTS 4 YOU

Make sure you take time to check out the DT cards they are fab!!!!

Here's mine

This is the first outing for Reindeer Tilda and I've coloured her with a range of cream/brown copics, the embossing folder is a Tim Holtz one from Sizzix which I have embossed using whitewash coredinations card and sanded back, the flowers are the Marianne Design Poinsetta range, the charm is from my friend Sharon's shop EWE 2 CAN CRAFT - pop on over she has a fantastic range of charms plus much, much more!!! the sentiment is one of mine I designed especially for the DCD DT to use on this challenge - same sentiment but in different colours to match the colour they used on their cards - if you would like details of this set please email me on lindasalmon826@btinternet.com :)

NOW ONTO MY NEWS!!!

MY CLEAR STAMP SETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO BUY AT SENTIMENTS 4 YOU

I am also offering for ONE WEEK ONLY!!! the chance to win 2 of them .... so pop on over and add your name to Mr Linky to be in with a chance of winning :)

Hope you like my card and I hope you like my stamp sets too ... I'm a just a little bit proud of them!!!!

Catch up with you all soon

IT'S ALL IN THE FINE PRINT

Afternoon All

Another week gone by - where does the time go - I'll tell you ... it flies by when you are trying to sort your stamp sets / workshops out LOL :)

Anyway it's new challenge time at FAIRY FUN FRIDAY and this time we want to see TEXT in your creations - if you have no idea what I mean (and I must admit I didn't at first LOL) then head on over to check out all the fabulous designs our Fairy Princesses have come up with - we have new Princesses including our Maddie who's our Junior Princess - and you will get all the inspiration you need :) It's not as difficult as you might think

Here's mine

I have used A HELPING HAND - I just love this image - and I've coloured with copics, I have used a text background paper which is all about the seaside, I've also embossed a script folder on coredinations card and sanded it back and finished off with a tag, ribbon bow and flowers :)

I would like to enter :

Fab n Funky - Tempting Texture

Totally Papercrafts - Friendship

One Stitch at a Time - Do it with a Digi - anything digi

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by :)

Check back tomorrow for another challenge card and more news about how to buy my stamps and a little surprise hehe

Until then ......