I TOOK MY SHOP OUT FOR THE DAY!!

Morning Blogland ... another beautiful day here in sunny Essex ..... I going to chill today and do some crafting for me for a change!

Yesterday I took my "Shop" on the road ... so to speak ... and visited a local Scrapbooking Crop where I met a bunch of lovely ladies ... they get together regularly (once a month) and craft all day (my idea of heaven!!)

My friend Jackie, who runs it, asked me if I would like to take my "shop" along ... so I did :) ... and hopefully I will be going back again next time .... had such a lovely day!!

Thought I'd show you some pics of my shop all set up and ready to go (unfortunately didn't get any as the day progressed as it was so busy and didn't get a chance)

Right .. I'm off to get settled in for a day of crafting hehehe

Catch up with you all soon :)

MOLLY IS BLOOMING AT DCD

Morning All

What a miserable day it is here in Essex :( pouring of rain!! Still that means I can stay indoors and get up to date on DT cards and plan my classes for this week :)

So ... Monday morning and another Challenge begins at DIE CUT DREAMS where the theme this time is :

A RECIPE

3 STAMPS

3 FLOWERS

and a BOW

I am very proud to be sponsoring the challenge this time around from my online shop CRAFTS 4 YOU and the winner of this challenge will receive one of my MOLLY BLOOMS stamps - Farmyard Molly :)

Check out the DT cards for inspiration they are gorgeous!!

Here's mine ...

This little cutie is called Sunflower Molly and I've coloured her with Promarkers.  I've stamped the background and the sentiment from a stamp set I bought probably 2 years ago and have never used LOL - I will be using it a lot more now!!

Ingredients for card :

Molly Blooms stamp - CRAFTS 4 YOU

Background and Sentiment stamps - My Sentiments Exactly!

Flowers - CRAFTS 4 YOU

Satin Ribbon - CRAFTS 4 YOU

Scallop shaped card - CRAFTS 4 YOU

Gems - CRAFTS 4 YOU

Nestabilities

Thank you for stopping by and hope you likey :)

Catch up with you soon

BANK HOLIDAY EVENT AT CRAFTS 4 YOU

Afternoon All

Not a very nice start weather wise to the Bank Holiday weekend ... well at least here in Essex anyway - cloudy and dull :( ... but perfect weather for crafting or craft shopping :)

so I thought I'd let you know that I have a Bank Holiday Event at my shop CRAFTS 4 YOU

CLICK HERE TO ENTER SITE

I am offering FREE P&P all weekend up until 6:00pm (GMT) Monday 30th May - so the perfect opportunity to stock up on those "Must Have" crafting goodies :)

Just Arrived from the USA beautiful BAKER'S TWINE

and also arrived yesterday

the simply gorgeous MOLLY BLOOMS stamp range

Right .. I'm off to do a spot of crafting ... which may just include either Baker's Twine or a Molly Bloom LOL - I'll catch up with you tomorrow for another challenge at Here Come the Boys

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by :)

A NEW DT POSITION!!

Morning Blogland :)

Another beautiful morning here in sunny Essex and I have some very good news to share with you - I am now a fully fledged member of the DIE CUT DREAMS CHALLENGE BLOG DT Woo Hoo!!! Thank you so much Susie for inviting me I am so looking forward to working with all the fabulous girlies over there :)

So ... this is my first card for the challenge - a new one starts today :) We want you all to follow Dawn's brilliant sketch and the winner gets to Guest Design on a forthcoming challenge!!

Check out the other DT cards they are awesome!!!

Here's mine ....

This is a card I made for my niece's birthday last week and she loves cats :) this little cutie is from Digi Stamp Boutique - Olivia and Archie - I bought the whole set (as you do) but they are available separately too and I coloured with promarkers for a change - my papers are from MME and I've added card candy to embellish.  The sentiment is one of mine and can by found at CRAFTS 4 YOU as can the card candy :)

I have entered it into the May Competition at DIGI STAMP BOUTIQUE

Hope you likey and I'll catch up with you all soon

EASELS GALORE

Afternoon Blogland!!

Just thought I'd pop by and show you a card I made for my class this week on Easel cards :)

I've had such fun making these cards - I've twisted, double twisted and done a circle one too LOL - I'll post the others in due course

This one is a single twisted easel ...

Blue is my favourite colour so really enjoyed colouring this one in .... I coloured with promarkers - this gorgeous "Gorjuss" girl is called LITTLE HEART and the stamped bow is part of the stamp set too and can be found at my shop CRAFTS 4 YOU as can the MINI DIE CUT SENTIMENTS and the BLUE PEARLS

Here's hoping my ladies enjoy making it on Wednesday and Friday!!

Catch up with you all soon :)

SASSY & SPARKLY

Evening Blogland!!

Well what a frustrating day!!! Blogger has been a pain in the ***** and has wiped my challenge post and my personal post I did yesterday - what a nightmare!!!

So - here it is again LOL

the start of a new challenge at DO IT WITH DIGIS where the theme this time is :

SASSY & SPARKLY

so we would like to see some sass in your cards with some sparkle added for good measure

Check out the DT cards for inspiration they are gorgeous as always :)

Here's mine ...

I decided to go a bit "70's" with this one LOL but I'm loving the combo!!

I coloured this little minx with copics and mounted her on nesties, then added card candy and ribbon to embellish, both the CARD CANDY and RIBBON can be found at CRAFTS 4 YOU

Well let's hope that Blogger has finished playing games now and we can all post in peace!!

Be back tomorrow with another DT card for DCD Christmas

Catch you all then :)

TILDA IS WITH HER PET .... AWH!!!

Morning All

Hope you are all having a great weekend - I intend to spend today doing some catching up on DT cards - have been so busy lately with the website that I haven't just had a "play" for a while - so Sunday lunch and crafting ... seems like the perfect day to me!!

So ... another challenge begins today over at TOTALLY TILDA where this time the theme is :

TILDA WITH HER PET - we want to see Tilda with her pet CAT or DOG

just check out the other girl's creations for inspiration they are fab!!!

I know you are all gonna laugh at me ... but whenever there is a birthday in our house - our Westie Skye always sends a card - yes I know I'm mad but I'm sure there are quite a few of you out there in blogland that do the same LOL!!!

I made this card for our daughter who was 21 a few weeks back :)

I just love this image of Tilda cuddling her doggie - I've sat her on the watering can and coloured her with copics.  You may be surprised ... NOT ... when I tell you that most of the bits and pieces I've used can found found at my online shop CRAFTS 4 YOU LOL!! It's just so tempting when the goodies arrive for me to squirrel some of them away and use them he he :)

Here's what I've used ....

CARD CANDY

PRIMA DP - FAIRY FLORA

SENTIMENTS 4 YOU CLEAR STAMP SET - OVALS WITH WORDING

I would like to enter ...

JUST MAGNOLIA/HANGLAR STANGLAR  - ANYTHING GOES

SWEET STAMPIN - CHILDHOOD MEMORIES (remembering when my 21 year old was my little girl)

Have a great day whatever you are doing and catch up with you soon :)

MAY DAY MADNESS AT CRAFTS 4 YOU!!!

Evening All!!

Said I'd be back again ... and here I am :)

Just to let you all know I am having a ...

MAY DAY MADNESS event at my online store

CRAFTS 4 YOU

from midnight tonight 1st May

until

midnight tomorrow 2nd May

there will be 10% off of everything on my website

all you need to do is enter the code MAYDAYMADNESS at the checkout

Simple!!!!!

I've got all sorts of goodies for sale ... pop on over and check them all out

Hope you have a great May Day ... whatever Madness you get up to LOL :)

Catch up with you all soon

HERE COME THE BOYS!!!!

Good Morning All

and what a beautiful morning is it here in Sunny Essex :) hope you all enjoy your Bank Holiday whatever you are doing

Well... how exciting .... today sees the launch of HERE COME THE BOYS challenge blog - I'm so excited to be a part of it!!! Sharon and Wendy asked me to be on their DT and it didn't take long for me to say yes LOL!! Blogland needs a good "Boys" challenge and here it is ... so I hope you will join us

We are sponsored this first time around by SHARON from her fabulous shop EWE 2 CAN CRAFT

and ... I can tell you there are some fabulous themes coming up!!

the first theme is:

ANYTHING GOES!!

Nice and easy huh? Pop on over and check out the DT cards they are brilliant

Here's mine .....

This little cutie is from Nellies Choice and is called BRAVE CAPTAIN and I've coloured him with copics.  I've cut the "coins" out of some Pirate DP I had, the charm is from EWE 2 CAN CRAFT,

The sentiment is one of mine and is from my new range of clear stamps that consist of 4 blank shapes with approx 10 sentiments that fit inside

 this one is the "Ticket" set and can be found at my shop CRAFTS 4 YOU - when stamped out it fits perfectly inside the EK Success Tickets punch (which are on order and should be in store soon)

Well .. I hope you likey and I will be back later with a reminder for Totally Tilda

so ... have a good day until later

I CAN SEE CLEARLY!!

Morning Blogland

Sorry I'm a bit late in posting my challenge card - but had to do the weekly shop first :( boring!!!!

Anyway .... I'm here now and today sees the start of another challenge at DO IT WITH DIGIS

This time around the theme is :

I CAN SEE CLEARLY

we want to see acetate or some sort of aperture on your creation

Pop on over and check out the DT cards for inspiration :)

This time around we are sponsored by WHIMSIE DOODLES and we all got to work with their images - so thank you very much for that :)

Here's mine .....

I actually  made my card base the acetate, I used a thick acetate so it doesn't fall over, the image is called BABY CIRCUS LION and i've coloured him with copics, mounted him on nesties and added a few embellies - the adhesive dots are called "nailheads" and are brilliant for just "finishing off" and you can find them at my online store CRAFTS 4 YOU

Hope you like and thanks for stopping by .. appreciate it :)