Friday 29 April 2016

E for Embossing Folders

My second post of the day is for Alphabet Challenge, where this week we are up to the letter E and our lovely teamie Silvi has chosen:

E for Embossing Folders


I decided to use a few of my embossing folders to emboss different colours of vellum then cut them out in circles, I used a Bugaboo digi, coloured with Copics, I doodled a frame around my card arranged my circles and added a sentiment.

City Crafter Challenge - Balloons
Creative Card Crew - Embossing
Cutie Pie Challenge - Cute Woodland Friends
Julia Spiri Challenge - For a Child



White Christmas

Good Morning Peeps,

Well my first card for you today is for our new challenge over at Winter Wonderland where this week our challenge is brought to you by our lovely Alison with her challenge of:

White on White

and this just matches the scene outside my window as I write this, I can't believe that this time last week it was so warm and we could sit outside while Alan was cutting the grass, we can't see the grass today for the snow!!!  Anyway a good day for crafting.

Our sponsor this week is:
with a prize of a £10 voucher


 Background die - Tonic
 Poinsettia Die - Spellbinders
Lots of Glamour Dust
and a pearl

Challenges Entered:

Holly Jolly Christmas - Use a die-cut
Cute Card Thursday - No patterned papers



Wednesday 27 April 2016

Bright Christmas

Good Morning Peeps,

It's Wednesday and so it's time for a new challenge over on Fab'n'Funky where as it is the last Wednesday of the month we have our usual Christmas Challenge, our host this week is our lovely Buffy and she has challenged us to make it a:

Bright Christmas

Our sponsor this week is:

with a prize of a £10 voucher

 


 
For my card I used a Post Card image and papers by Graphic 45, I added ribbon, small bauble charms and a sentiment by LOTV.

Hope to see you joining in our challenge this week.

Saturday 23 April 2016

Get Well Soon

Good Morning All,

What a lovely week we have had, I have finished reading two books this week sitting out in the sunshine. it's beautiful again this morning but there was a frost earlier and it's degrees cooler, think I will be crafting inside not sitting outside today.

We have a new challenge for you starting today at My Time to Craft where this week our challenge is:

Get Well Soon


My image is from Becky's Place coloured with Copics, the gingham paper is from my stash and I added some ribbon and sentiment.

Hope you can join in with our challenge this week and hop over and see the inspiration from the Design Team.


Friday 15 April 2016

Blue Christmas

Good Morning Peeps,

It's Friday so almost the weekend, hope you all have something good planned, we have a visitor for the next week, our son's lovely cocker spaniel while they are away sunning themselves in the Canary Islands, so I hope the weather is good for them and for us so we don't have too many muddy paws.

We have a new challenge today over on Winter Wonderland where this week Plony is our host with a challenge of:

Make a Pink or Blue Card
(but don't forget it must be Christmas)

Our sponsor this week is:

with a prize of £8 voucher to spend in store

The Design Team were lucky to be given images to play with


Colouring Medium - Copics
Papers - Joy Crafts, Do-crafts
Poinsettia Die - Spellbinders
Lace, Sentiment, Glamour Dust, Pearls, Angel Hair
Challenges Entered:

Paper Creator Crafts - Polka Dots or Gingham (Monthly)
A Snowflakes Promise - Anything Goes
Sparkle and Sprinkle - Use loose glitter

 

Wednesday 13 April 2016

Girly and Pretty

Good Morning Peeps,

Another Wednesday so another challenge over on Fab'n'Funky where this week our challenge is brought to us by teamie Monika with a theme of:

Girly and Pretty

We have a great new sponsor for you this week:



with a prize of a $12 voucher to spend in store

The Design Team were able to choose images to use on their creations.


Colouring Medium - Copics
Papers - First Edition and stash
Flowers - Wild Orchid
Leaf Die - Cheery Lynn
Sentiment, Ribbon

Please take a look at the challenge blog for some lovely inspiration from the Design Team and hope to see you joining in our challenge this week.

Challenges Entered:

Melonheadz and Friends - Girly
 The Crazy Challenge - Spring is here
Chocolate Coffee Cards - Spring is in the Air
 Patties Creations - Easter or Spring
QKRStampede - Spring has Sprung



Saturday 9 April 2016

Me and my Dog

Good Morning Peeps,

Weekend once again and the start of the late Easter Holidays for my granddaughters, schools finished yesterday for two weeks so hopefully we will get some days out if the weather is fine.

We have a new challenge for you today over on My Time to Craft where the challenge for the next fortnight is:

People and their Pets


I used a Sassy Cheryl pre-coloured image, the papers are First Edition and from my stash, flowers from Wild Orchid, leaves die by Joanna Sheen, ribbon and a sentiment.

I do hope you can join in with our challenge this week and take a look at the challenge blog to see the great creations by the Design Team.

Challenges Entered:

Creative Corner Challenge - Flower Power
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Flowers with ribbon
Crafty Creations - For a Young Girl
Tuesday Throwdown - Furry Friends



Sunday 3 April 2016

Bows

Good Afternoon

Hope you are all having a lovely Sunday whatever you are doing.  It's quite warm here and the sun is shining we have been out in the garden this morning.

I finished a card that I was making on Saturday with a new image I bought from Jeremiah Ketner on Etsy, never seen these images before and there are some real beauties, so as it was not a DT card thought I would put it on to share with you today.




Colouring Medium - Copics, Copic Glitter Pen
Paper - Stampin Up
Doily Die - Tonic
Leaf Die - Memory Box
Flowers, Ribbon, Sentiment

Challenges Entered:

Di's Digis - For the Girls
In the Pink - Dies/Punches
Little Miss Muffet - Anything Goes
Crafting for All Seasons - Dies/Punches
Craft-Dee-Bowz - Anything Goes with a hand made bow
Glitter'n'Sparkle - Use a punch/die


Friday 1 April 2016

Cats

I can't believe it but this is my third (and last)  DT post today, this time for Alphabet Challenge, we are up to the letter C and this week it's my choice of theme and I have chosen:

C for Cats


Card Recipe:

Image - Inky Impressions
Colouring Medium - Copics
Papers - My Mind's Eye
Ribbon, Sentiment

Please take a look at the challenge blog for some lovely projects by my teamies, and maybe join in our challenge this week.
 



Cocktail Bubbles

Here I am again with my second post of the day, as it is the first of the month we have a new challenge for you over on Sparkles.

Our challenge this month is brought to you by our leader Caz with a challenge of:

Clean and Simple

Our sponsor for this month is:


Di's Digi 


For my card I printed a pre-coloured image from Pink Gems, printed sentiment and added some ribbon.

Challenges Entered:

Creative Card Crew - Clean and Simple

Santa Claus

Good Morning Peeps

I have a Christmas card to share with you today, I am delighted to have been invited to join the fabulous Design Teams on the Winter Wonderland Challenge and this is my first card for the team.  The challenge this week is to use:

Embossing (Wet or Dry)

We have a fabulous sponsor this week:

 
With a prize of 3 digi's from their online store

The Design Team were lucky to have digi's from our sponsor to play with and I chose:

Santa - available here


Colouring Medium - Copics
Embossed Panel - Star of Wonder Embossing Folder
BP - Stash
Christmas Tree Die - Marianne
Leaf Die - Memory Box
Sentiment - LOTV
Ribbon, Glamour Dust, Snowflake Charms

Challenges entered:

Jingle Belles - Santa Baby


We would love to see you joining in our challenge this week.