FATHER'S DAY :O)

Hello Blogland!!

Well .... I've made a start on the father's day cards I have to make (5 in all!!!) and I thought why not combine them with some challenges lol.  Not surprisingly there are lot of male themed challenges around this week so I wasn't short of ones to choose from.

This is a digi image from Mo Manning and I coloured him with promarkers using colours from one of the challenges. I love easel cards at the moment so that was great. The DP is from the Hampstead range by Papermania. (By the way the card is from my daughter to her dad, she is 20 and still calls him daddy - how sweet!!)

The Challenges I am entering are:

Cards for Men - Fathers Day

Creative Craft Challenges - For the Man in your Life

Color Throwdown - So Saffron, Cool Carribean, Pumpkin Pie

Mo's Digital Challenge - Image and Easel Card

Totally Gorjuss - One for the Boys

Thanks for looking, hope you like it :o)

Lots of Love

MY KITCHEN IS IN!!!

Hey everyone!!

Just a quick posting this morning to keep you updated on my new kitchen - IT'S IN!!!!

After a week of no water, dust..dust and more dust the kitchen is finally in - I still have to have the walls plastered next week and tiling around the sink done - but everything is back in cupboards - what do you think ????

I am soooo pleased with it - cant wait for it to be finished off now

BUT ..... the best news is I have a craft area back .... YAY!!!!

I can now make cards and enter challenges again (well once I have finished painting lol)

Looks a bit different to last week ...

Cant wait to start!!!

Lots of love and see you soon xx

CAT IN A BRA :O)

Hey everyone!!

Well...... I thought I wouldn't be able to enter any challenges this week what with my kitchen being fitted but after having a look around my favourite challenges I found two that I could enter this card for .... yay!!!. I made this card for my niece's birthday a while ago but have never posted it. I absolutely love this stamp - it's probably one of my favourite Penny Black stamps, I have painted it with distress inks and added some glitter, used some gems, flowers and some doodling around the edges.

Hope you like it :o)

The challenges I am entering are :

Crafty Angels - Favourite Stamp

Creative Cottage - Going Pink 

NO CHALLENGES FOR A WEEK :O(

Hi Everyone in Blogland

Just a quick post, I thought I'd let you know that there will be no new cards or challenges for me this week - I have a new kitchen being fitted - which is great - but at the moment I have no water and a craft area that resembles a dump site!!!  I had to clear out all the bit and pieces from my kitchen yesterday and put them somewhere and it just happens to be where I craft - I've got withdrawal symptons already lol!!  I might just be able to reach some images I stamped out a while ago and colour those in but that will be it :o( - Still look on the bright side ..... my kitchen will be wonderful!!!!

Here's how it looks as of half an hour ago.....

.......and this is where I usually craft

as you can see not a chance of crafting at the moment!!

- i'll be back later in the week with an update

Lots of Love xxx

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY DI!!

Good Morning Blogland

Just a quick post before I go to work :o(

I was sooooo excited to be voted in the top 3 at Winter Wonderland yesterday - that 2 Top 3's in one week - how lucky am I :o)!!

I was just having a quick look around my favourite challenges -as you do lol - and thought I would show you this card I made for my friend Di and her hubby for their wedding anniversary on Thursday - I used a digi image from Digi Stamp Boutique, coloured with promarkers and some new Basic Grey DP - Kioshi, Water Lily

Hope you like it :o)

The challenge I am entering it for is:

Polka Doodles - Modern/Retro Anniversary

ON TOP OF THE BOOKS

Hello Again!!

Second posting of the day - I just couldn't resist using my "books" stamp with Sweetheart Tilda sitting pretty on top!! It fits perfectly with three challenges I found

Hope you like it

Thanks for looking :o) xx

The Challenges I'm entering are :

Passion For Promarkers - Promarkers and Theme - "Books"

Creative Card Crew - Pink & Green

Sunday Sketch & Stamp - Sem's farewell sketch

FLOWERS FOR YOU

Good Morning Blogland!!

Hope you all had a good Bank Holiday weekend - weather was a bit of a wash out ... but hey .... great for crafting!!

Thought I'd start the day with a challenge or two :o)

I've followed a sketch, used faux stitching, a bit of embossing, a colour theme, and a Lili of the Valley stamped image and .... for once ..... NOT coloured with promarkers but used my Lyra Polycolour pencils and used the blender pencil to blend the edges - it made a real change!!

Hope you like it :o) xx

The Challenges I am entering are :

Crafty Angels - Sketch

Quixotic Paperie - Emboss It!!

Colour Create - Soft Green and Light Aqua

Polka Doodles - Sew and Sew

ONE FOR THE BOYS

Hello Again

Second posting of the day
Trawling through blogland at some of my favourite challenges and came up with these 3.

I love my Charmed Cards and Craft digi downloads and don't use them nearly enough - but after finding Dotties World challenge I'm making use of them, colouring, of course, with promarkers and using my stampin up goodies from my all day workshop the other week - all in all a good combination I think??

The challenges I am entering are:

Color Throwdown - Cocoa, Saffron, Olive, Tangerine and Sky Blue

Dare U 2 Digi - One for the Boys

Dotties Wonderful World - Digi Image and Easel Card

HOT "N" SPICY

Hello Everyone :o)

Another cloudy day ........... another crafting day!!

Challenges a plenty for this card - Sweet Tilda - she is definately in my top 3!! I love her!!. Decided to combine her with 6 challenges I found. I coloured her with the usual - promarkers - and distressed the DP's and cardstock with both inks and a sanding block and then added flowers and dragonflies - not my usual colour scheme but I really enjoyed combining the spicy colours and I think it works - let me know what you think - thanks for looking :o) xx

The challenges I am entering are :

Fab n Funky - It's a little sketchy

Cooking it up with Katie - Wings, Petals and Pink

Creative Inspirations - Distressed

Just Magnolia - Hot n Spicy

Totally Gorjuss - Wings

Magnolia Down Under - Flowers

JUST HANGING AROUND

Good evening!!

What a miserable day :o( - so perfect for crafting!!!

I am quite proud of my achievements today - I made an anniversary card for my friend and her husband, a 60th birthday card and my third christmas card - below.  I can't show you the others just yet as I haven't given them out - and they can't see them on here before they actually open them for real - so I'll be back with those later in the week.

Anyway .... back to my christmas card.  When I saw the challenge on Winter Wonderland - Sweeties I knew I had to do this card - I've had this tilda for a while and was wondering how to use her ...... hanging on candy canes of course!!!!  The candy canes were cut from my Cricut (Christmas Cheer cartridge).  I coloured her in with promarkers so i'm entering I Love Promarkers - Sketch & Promarkers as well.

Hope you like it and thanks for looking :o) xx

SUPER HERO!!

Hi There!!

Well .... after cleaning out the gloom that is my garage today in readiness for my new kitchen being delivered next week, I decided that I wanted to make a bright and cheery card. As usual my favourite challenges didn't let me down and I found 6 challenges to adapt.  The Digi image is from Charmed Cards and Crafts - "George", coloured, of course, with promarkers - no DP - which makes a refreshing change, the red,blue and yellow "strips" are from a stampin up scallop border punch and the sentiment was printed on the computer.  Thanks for looking

Here's my card :o)

The Challenges are:

Inspirational Card Sketches - Sketch

My Time to Craft - Vivid Cards

I Love Digi - For My Dad

Cute Card Thursday - No Designer Paper

Allsorts - Tag or Label

Dotties Wonderful World - Thanks a Bunch and Digi Image

SANTA'S LITTLE HELPER

Good Evening All :o)

Well ..... I've had a lovely day - hubby is off work on holiday and we had lunch with family by the seafront and then this evening I decided to make my second christmas card!!! As usual I've linked it to my favourite christmas challenges along with a couple of my other favourites .... magnolias and promarkers!!

The challenges I am entering are :

Crafty Angels - Teal and Brown

Passion for Promarkers - Anniversary Week - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland - Sketch

Bah Humbug - Ribbon

Susie & Vikki's Christmas Club - Anything Christmas

I hope you like it - thanks for looking :o) xx

CUTE N GIRLY

Hi Everyone!!!

Sorry it's been a week since my last post but work commitments and not being well has stopped me blogging. Unfortunately migraines and computers just dont mix lol !!

Anyway i'm here now and i'd like to share with you a card I made for a friend of mine who was 60 on Saturday - and she chose to come to our shop and see Lindsay Mason demo Click Here for some pictures

Soooo ............ I thought if i'm going to share it with you I might as well enter it for some challenges ......

The challenges I am entering are :-

A Spoonful of Sugar - Cute and Girly

Color Throw down - Pink & Aqua

Totally Gorjuss - Bling it On

I hope you like it .... I think Cally did :o) xx

ONE FOR THE BOYS

 I can't quite believe it 4 posts in one day!!

 I am certainly on a roll - I think I'm making up for lost time last week when I didn't get any done. Anyway, for a change, this one is for the boys. It fits 4 challenges and here it is :o)

I used a Charmed Cards and Craft Digi Image - Mikey, coloured with promarkers

The challenges I'm entering are :

Cards For Men - Outdoors

Sophisticats - Blue, Brown and Cream

Our Creative Corner - Lets Hear it for the Boys

Dotties World - Sketch and Image

I hope you like my 4 cards today I have had soooo much fun - thanks for looking :o)

LET IT SNOW

Well ... I said I would be back ..... and here I am - again - 3rd post of the day, on a roll!!!

Sitting here thinking its May, its pouring of rain - I know - I'll make a Christmas Card lol!!

 This is my first towards this year - but having the Christmas challenges to enter will give me a kick start towards the mountain I have to make.

I have used a Pink Gem digi download, coloured her with Promarkers and some Kelly Pannaci design papers.

 

Merry Christmas !!!!

Thanks for looking :o)

The Challenges I am entering are :

Pink Gem - Pink, Green and Burgundy

Mojo Monday - Sketch

Winter Wonderland - Snow

STRAWBERRIES & CREAM

Hello Again!!

Well ... 2nd posting of the day and I can't promise its going to be my last lol!! I seem to be on a roll today so may well be back later with another. Anyway - I really wanted to do Passion for Promarkers challenge this week because I have had this paper for a while and its absolutely perfect!! I've combined it with a few other challenges - as you do - so here it is .........

 

I've used a Mo Manning digi image and coloured her with promarkers, the paper, as I said, i've had for ages but its from DCWV and the "charm" I made myself from a free stamp I got with Craft Stamper magazine - wording is from an Inkadinkadoo stamp set "thoughts for the day"

Thanks for looking :o) xx

Here are the challenges :

Passion for Promarkers - Strawberries and Cream

Mo's Digital Challenge - Flowers & Image

I Love Digi - Charming

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Dare U 2 Digi - Anything Goes

BIRTHDAY CAKE

Good Morning All!!

Well ... after my stampin up day I'm all ready to carry on making cards so its very lucky that it's my niece's birthday on Wednesday and I can combine making her cards and entering challenges - Bliss!!!

This is Noble Tilda - i've had her a while but this is the first time i've used her, sitting on her birthday cake - the rest is from the Henbury Lane collection by Papermania - I've even used nestie shapes around the butterflies on one of the papers - they are gorgeous!!

The challenges I'm entering are:

Fab n Funky - Metal Mania

Just Magnolia - One for the Girls

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Cute Card Thursday - Someone Special

Allsorts Challenge - Birthdays

Hope you like it - thanks for looking :o)

ALL DAY WORKSHOP WITH JACKIE

Hello everyone!!

What a brilliant day I've had. I have spent the whole day crafting with my crafty friends and had a whale of a time. We did an all day workshop using Stampin Up products with Jackie Click Here to visit Jackie's blog where you can find details of all her workshops.

We all made some great cards - here are some pictures of us working and the cards we made.

BRING ON THE NEXT ONE!!!

FLOWERS

Good evening all!!

Had a good day today - enjoyed teaching my 1:1 Cricut Class and am back to taking part in my challenges - I made this card for a colouring techniques demo I did at In2crafting where I work, the object being to show as many techniques as possible. This one is one of my favourites - using Tombow brush markers to colour direct to the stamp and then spritz the stamp with water to give a watercolour effect - the result is different each time as it depends on how much water you use. Some of the Penny Black stamps are perfect for this as the block effect lends itself perfectly to colouring.

Hope you like it and thanks for looking :o)

The challenge I am entering is Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Flowers

MAY SKETCH CHALLENGE

Morning All!!

Goodness me it seems like ages since I posted anything but I have been sooooo busy!!! I have had 4 YES 4!! Cricut Classes this week, I have been sorting out the In2crafting May Challenge and on top of that have decorated two rooms...... phew I need a rest!! I have sooo missed my challenges but just haven't had time and can't wait to get back to doing some more next week, - so I thought I'd do a quick post before I go off to get ready to do another Cricut Class.

Here is my Design Team card for the challenge. I have used Joanna Sheen's Precious Petals CD Rom and used circle nestabilies to cut the images into a pyramage. I haven't used CD's for age and really enjoyed doing this

Hope you like it :o)

Thanks for looking :o)