Bring on the Sunshine!!!

Good Morning Everyone and Happy Saturday.

I hope you are all well and have some time to relax over the weekend.

We have a busy couple of days with cricket matches so fingers crossed for some dry weather.

Today is the start of a new A Gem of a Challenge

We are trying really hard to encourage some good weather with a fabulous theme

Bring on the Sunshine !!

The prize for the winner will be.....

2 Individual Digi images

(NO SETS, PERSONALISED WATERMARK'S OR SENTIMENT SETS) 

of the winners choice from PINK GEM DESIGNS.....

It was nice to pull out some sunny paper and make a cheerful card. The cute Cartwheel Jodie was a joy to colour and I have used one of my favourite digi sentiments also from Pink Gem available here.

Items used :

Digi Stamp - Pink Gem Designs ~ Cartwheel Jodie coloured with Promarkers

Digi Sentiment - Pink Gem Designs ~ Sunshine and Smiles 

Papers - Doodlebug Design ( sorry don't know the name it was loose in my box)

Cheery Lynn Sweet William Die

Memory Box Meadow Leaf  Die

Nellie Snellen Multi Frame Die Star 

Distress Ink - tumbled glass (for sky)

Button from Stash

Over at  A Gem of a Challenge you will be able to see the wonderful sunny creations by the rest of this week's design team and also see who were the winners of the last challenge

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Charisma Cardz - Here comes summer!

Crafty Sentiments  - Buttons ( I have only used one - hope that is okay?)
I ♥ Promarkers - Anything Goes
Whimsy Stamps - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really appreciate it and love read any comments you may wish to make

Just to let you know that I will not be around so much next week as I hope to spend some time with my children. I will be catching up with my commenting in the evenings though as I don't want to miss what you have all been up to!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend

Bye for now

hugs

Monochrome at the Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge

Hello to you all my wonderful crafty friends.

I'm so pleased it's Friday. A lovely long weekend and my children are off school next week too. It will be nice to spend some time together, they have been so busy at school and college lately. I think we all need to recharge our batteries. If the weather improves that would be an added bonus but I think that be asking a bit too much!

Anyway, today is the start of a new Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge

This fortnight our theme is one of my favourites:

Monochrome

For this challenge we are sponsored by the wonderful

Saturated Canary

I love it when we are sponsored by Saturated Canary as we very lucky to be able to choose an image to use for the challenge.

I picked this cutie called Jelly Bug as she really reminds me of my youngest daughter who sometimes wears her hair up in the same way.

A really simple layout this time because I didn't want to distract too much from the image.

Items Used:

Digi Stamp - Saturated Canary Jelly Bug coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Papermania Blueberry Pie

Crafts Too Swirl Die

Sentiment - Craftwork Crafts

 Clear Dew Drops 

If you pop over to the Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge you will be able to see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team and see who were the winners of the last challenge

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Aud Sentiments - Friends
Twisted Tuesday Make it Girly, Twist Friends (Week 2)
Allsorts - True Blue
Delightful Challenges - Celebrate friendship

Divas by Design - Friendship
I ♥ Promarkers - Anything goes

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog again today I really do appreciate it so much and love to read any comments you may wish to make

Bye for now

hugs

Susie Ponders - GDT card for My Crafty Heart

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.

I hope you all having a good week, not too long now until the weekend.

I am here today to show you a card I have made using some gorgeous goodies from

My Crafty Heart

The cute stamp is by Sarah Kay called Susie Ponders.  I have teamed her up with one some pretty Bo Bunny papers.
 The delicate white flowers are Prima Marshmallow and the pink flowers are some pretty mesh flowers to which I have added some Meiflower pearls.
The wonderful Spellbinders Timeless Rectangles have come out again - I really love these!

Items Used:

Stamp - Susie Ponders - By Sarah Kay - MCH coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Bo Bunny Isabella - MCH

Spellbinders - Timeless Rectangles - MCH

Memory Box -  Floral Vine - MCH

Memory Box - Pippi Butterfly - MCH

Flowers - Prima Miss Godivas Marshmallow - MCH

Craftime Mesh Flowers - MCH

Meiflower Stick on Pearls - MCH

Sentiment - LOTV 

I have just spotted that the gorgeous Sarah Kay stamp I have used, along with some other cuties, is in My Crafty Heart's Sale at the moment!

Sadly, this is my final GDT card for My Crafty Heart, the last 8 weeks have really flown by and I have enjoyed every minute. Thank you once again Teresa for giving me the opportunity to use your gorgeous products, it has been such an honour. I will still be using them though as I love them all so much!!

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes

The squirrel and the fox - Here Come the Girls

I ♥ Promarkers - Anything Goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog again today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comment you may wish to make

Bye for now.

hugs

Winter Sports - Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends and a big warm welcome to my newest followers. I feel so honoured that you have chosen to look at my little corner of Blogland.

Today is the mid-way reminder and inspiration post for the Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Our fun theme this month is

Winter Sports

 We are sponsored by the fabulous Quixotic Paperie this month.

Prize is a £10 voucher to spend online.

I was really pleased when I saw the theme as it gave me a good excuse to ink up one of my cute Penny Black Stamps. I can't help but smile when I colour these hedgies!

Items Used - 

Stamp - Penny Black - Hedgy shuffle coloured with Promarkers

Embossing folders - Crafts Too Stars and Cuttlebug Snowflakes

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Marianne Designs Snowflakes

Memory Box Frosty Border

Glamour Dust 

Ribbon and Gems from Stash.

If you take a look at the Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - May Challenge Anything Goes
My Time to Craft - Christmas in May

Eureka Stamps - All white or no design paper
Dream Valley - animals

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog again today. I really do appreciate it and love the read any comments you may wish to make

Bye for now

hugs 

It's Anything Goes at Passion for Promarkers

Good Morning to you all my fabulous blogging friends.

Today is the start of a new Passion for Promarkers Challenge.

It is a very special challenge this week as it's our 4th Anniversary, therefore, we have a really easy theme

Anything Goes

 To be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (i.e. pro, flex, tria, aqua, metallic or neon markers) 

WOW!! We have some fantastic prizes up for grabs for our lucky winners:

Letraset

are offering one lucky winner a pack of their Limited Edition Spring/Summer Promarker 12 pack

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Whimsy Stamps/Michele R Designs

are offering one lucky winner a prize of $10.00 worth of digi papers

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Saturated Canary

are offering one lucky winner 2 digi images of their choice

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Bearly Mine Designs

are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store

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Dies to Die For

are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store

This is the card I made for my hubby for your Wedding Anniversary a couple of weeks ago.

 I chose this cute image because it reminds me of our first date, it was pouring with rain so we cuddled under a blue umbrella!!!

Items Used:

Stamp - Wild Rose Studio ~ Raining Roses coloured with Promakers and Flexmarkers

Papers - Pink Petticoat Pretty Little Hearts

Martha Stewart Heart Lace Border punch

Sentiment - Flourishes - love sweet love

Spellbinders - Floral Ovals - MCH

Memory Box Precious Hearts - MCH

Stickles - Stardust - MCH

If you pop over to the Passion for Promarkers Challenge you will see the amazing creations made by the rest of the design team. I hope lots of you will take part to have a chance of winning on of the fabulous prizes on offer.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Allsorts  - True Blue

Charisma Cardz - No Digis

Oldie but Goodie - Inspired by a song - Together Forever by Rick Astley! (was in the charts around the time we met too!) old item Martha Stewart punch

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create  - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog again today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make

Bye for now

hugs 

DT card for Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge

Good Morning my wonderful crafty friends

I hope you had a good weekend.

Today is the start on a new Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge.

We are onto sketch number 10 and I have chosen the optional them of ribbon and/or lace.

For this challenge we are sponsored by the wonderful

Pink Gem Designs

The DT had great fun in choosing a digi stamp from Pink Gem Designs. I picked one of Janet's newer images, the adorable Little Gem with Rose.

Here is the sketch for you to follow, as you can see I have rotated it to fit my image

Items Used

Digi Stamp - Pink Gem Designs - Little Gem with Rose

Papers - Doodlebug Designs

Embossing folder -Crafter's Companion Floral Frenzy
Lace, ribbon and button from stash

If you pop along to the Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team and see who were the winners of the last challenge.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Fab 'n Funky - Your Favourite Embellishment - Ribbon (that's why I chose it for the theme!!)
4 Crafty Chicks - Birthday.
Crafts and Me - Use a digi.
Crafting Musketeers - Anything goes.
dream Valley -Animals
Southern Girls - Going Spotty Dot
Card Mania - Spots and/or Stripes

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and always love to read any comments you may wish to make.

Bye for now

hugs 

Girls, Girls, Girls at the Joanna Sheen Challenge

Good morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.

I hope you are all having a good weekend.

Yesterday was my son's 16th Birthday. At 6ft 3" tall he is definitely not my 'little' boy any more! I have to say that I'm blessed to have the most easy going, kind natured and good humoured Son anyone could wish for. I am so proud of him as I am of all my children. 

Anyway, today is the start of a new Joanna Sheen Challenge

This time our theme is one of my favourites

Girls, Girls, Girls !!

The prize for the lucky winner will be a £15 voucher to spend online at Joanna Sheen.

I was sent the cute Daisy and Friends CD which is full of sweet images ready to print off.

After much deliberation, I chose this sweet girl as she reminds my of my beautiful youngest daughter.

Items Used

Digi Stamps - from Daisy and Friends CD- Rom coloured with promarkers

Papers - LOTV Nitwits Promises

Senitment - LITV Vintage Sentiment Occasions

Memory Box Fabulous Phlox - MCH coloured with Promarkers

Memory Box Pippi Butterfly - MCH

Cheery Lynn Flourish Leaf Strip

Pearls and lace from Stash

If you pop over to the Joanna Sheen Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of this week's design team and see who were the winners of the last challenge.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - flower power
Creatalicious Challenges -For the girls
Crafty Catz 3,2,1 (3 papers, 2 flowers and 1 butterfly)
Send a Smile for Kids - Pastel colours for kids
Songbird Challenges - Bloom and Grow
Clear it Out  - anything goes with 2+ patterned papers
Polka Doodles - Spring Colours / Pastels
The Ribbon Girl - colour challenge, lilac and lavender

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate your support and love the read any comments you may wish to make.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend

Bye for now

Hugs