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Thursday 31 October 2013

For the One I Love at Crafty Little Fairies

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope you are well and having a good week, sending hugs to those in need of them.
We have all had a lovely relaxing week so far, I really feel blessed to have such a wonderful family!

So, today is the start of a new Crafty Little Fairies Challenge
This week's challenge is
For the One I Love
This can be birthday, Christmas, friendship, anniversary etc
(please remember to use a stamped or digi image)
Our fabulous sponsor for this week is DREAMEES offering a £10 voucher


I used an image from a LOTV black and white Sketch Pad. I love these pads, the images colour up really well with my Promarkers. 


Items Used - LOTV Sketch Pad 2 coloured with Promarkers
Papers - Magazine freebie (Wild Rose Studio)
Spellbinders Large Circles and Labels 22
Nellie Snellen Multi Frame Dies - Heart
White heart organza ribbon, wooden button and twine from stash

If you take a look at the Crafty Little Fairies Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team and see who were the winners of our last challenge.
We also have a DT call at the moment so if you think you would like to join our friendly team please pop by and take a look.


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

LOTV Ideas to Inspire -  October Challenge Anything Goes
Deep Ocean - Button it Up!
Cutie Pie  Embelishment Bingo - Button/ ribbon/ die cuts
Divas by Design - Use some orange
I ♥ Promakers - Anything Goes
Crafting for all Seasons - Autumn Colours

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop and look at my card today, I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make
Bye for now
hugs





Tuesday 29 October 2013

GDT card for the Papertake Weekly Challenge

Hello again everyone, as promised I am back with my second card of the day.
Please scroll down if you would like to see my Passion for Promarkers card.

This is my final Guest Designer card for the fabulous Papertake Weekly Challenge, I cannot believe how quickly the last 3 months have gone!
I would like to say a massive thank you to the Design Team for letting me be part of your team, especially the wonderful Sharon. I have really enjoy it and hope I get the chance to be GDT again for them sometime.

So this week the theme is 
Sketchie Free For All
There is a new sketch for this week or you can use any other Papertake Weekly sketch that you can find on the challenge blog here
The fabulous sponsor for this week is

Prize - $20 voucher to spend online for the lucky winner.

This is the card I made for my very beautiful eldest daughter, it was her 18th Birthday a couple of weeks ago.
I made an easel card using one of  Dawny's older sketches #47 which seemed to work well with the fairly large image. I have had these pretty papers for a while and had been saving them for a special occasion!





Here is the sketch I used Sketch #47

Items Used:

Stamp - High Hopes Cat Trio coloured with Promarkers.
Sentiment - Die-Namics Polka Dot Greetings
Papers - Hobbyhouse 
La la Lands Heart Banner
Clearly Besotted Mini Love Hearts Die
Memory Box Parker Numbers
Tonic Studio Medium Flower Punch
Charm, gems, twine and ribbon from stash

If you take a look at the Papertake Weekly Challenge you will be able to see the wonderful creations made by the talented design team.


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

Crafty Catz - Spots and Stripes (spots are on the sentiment, hope this is okay?)
Moving along with the times - Shape up
Corrosive challenges - Tic tac toe- Metal or Charms/Image/Dies or punches
Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes
Oldie but Goodie - Charming - old items are papers, stamp and charm
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by once again, it really means a lot to me and I love to read any comments you may wish to make
bye for now
hugs


Shades of Grey at the Passion for Promarkers Challenge

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I do hope all is well with you and you are having a good week so far.
A warm welcome to my new followers too, thank you so much for joining me.

I have 2 posts today so I'd better get straight down to business.
Today is the start of a new Passion for Promarkers Challenge
This week our fun theme is 
Shades of Grey 
 (monochromatic grey colouring)

Our sponsor is the fabulous Bugaboo Stamps
Prize for the lucky winner is 7 digi stamps of the winners choice.

I recently purchased this wonderful image from Pollycraft (which has now sadly closed.) so when I saw the theme I knew he would be ideal. I made the faux screws with Card Candi coloured with Promarkers and a pencil line down the centre.


Items Used:
Digi Stamp - Pollycraft (now closed) coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment - Big Sentiments by Paula Pascual
Papers - Dovecraft Monochrome
Embossing Folders - Stars Crafts Too
- Chevrons Crafter's Companion.
Card Candi

If your pop over to the Passion for Promarkers Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of this week's design team

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

Pan Pastels - Shades of Grey
Created With Love Challenges - Anything Goes
Tammy's Scrappin Corner - Anything Goes
Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes

Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my blog this morning, I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make.
I'll be back a bit later with my GDT card for Papertake Weekly
Bye for now.
hugs


Sunday 27 October 2013

Funky Snow Girl

Good Afternoon to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope you are well and having a good weekend. 

Pink Gem Designs has just released some gorgeous new Christmas images so I just wanted to show you a card that I made with the adorable  Funky Snow Girl 
I have followed a sketch from In the Pink Challenge - one of my favourite challenges. I rotated the sketch to enable me to have my snowflakes in the top corner.


Items Used:
Digi Stamp - Pink Gem Designs Funky Snow Girl  coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers
Papers - Papermania Mistleto Kisses (very old!)
Memory Box Precious Snowflakes
Sentiment - Craftwork cards
Stickles - Stardust
Polar White Flower Soft
Gems and charm from stash.


I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
Graph'It Markers - Alternative Xmas Colours
In the Pink  - Fabulous sketch which I rotated.

Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my blog today, I know I always say it but I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make
For those of you in the UK, I hope you all take care in the storms that we have forecast tonight and tomorrow morning.
bye for now
hugs 


Saturday 26 October 2013

Donkey and Friends

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope you are well and that you are having a good weekend.
We are all happy here as the colleges and schools have started their half-term holiday - yippee!!  I am sure you know how much I love having the children at home. We have nothing special planned, it's just nice to have a break from routine and spend some time together.

I'm here to share my DT card for Dies to Die For.
I used an adorable Crissy Armstrong Stamp by Whimsy with some beautiful My Minds Eye papers that are currently in the sale.
My flowers are made with the help of the wonderful  Die-namics Blueprints 3, I cut into them and shaped them slightly then added a Die-Namics Mini Rolled Rose to the centres.
For the corners I have used the Memory Box Ivy Tendrils die decorated with the fabulous Floral Delights.


Items used:


Thank you so much for stopping to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comment you may wish to make.
I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend
bye for now
hugs




Wednesday 23 October 2013

Cards for Men at the Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope you are having a good week. Sending hugs to those in need of them especially to my friends over in Australia effected by the devastating bushfires.

My card today is part of the mid way reminder for the Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge.
This time our fun theme is
Cards for Men!
Our sponsor is 
Prize for the lucky winner is a £10 voucher.

So onto my card, a fairly CAS design this time.
The cute image was a freebie from Digi-Stamp Boutique about 2 years ago. I don't think is available any more but they have loads of other wonderful images to buy.
My papers were a freebie too from a magazine.



Items Used:
Digi Stamp - Digi-Stamp Boutique  coloured with Promarkers
Papers - Forever Friends (free with a magazine)
Memory Box Country Landscape die
Sentiment - Craftwork cards
Stardust Stickles 

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:

Digi Stamp Boutique - October Customer Challenge
Polka Doodles - Christmas is Coming

Thank you for taking the time to stop and have a look at my blog today. I really appreciate it and love to read any comment you may wish to make
bye for now
hugs



Tuesday 22 October 2013

GDT card for Papertake Weekly Challenge

Good Afternoon to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope your week is going okay.

I honestly cannot believe how quickly the last 3 months have gone, this is my penultimate GDT card for the Papertake Weekly Challenge!
This week the theme is
Oh Christmas Tree
Please feature a Christmas Tree somewhere on your project

The sponsor for this challenge is a fab new digi company called  Digital Stamps.

So onto my card. I used my newest LOTV stamp, I adore James Bear and was so pleased when I saw the gorgeous new images.


Items Used:
Papers - First Edition Nordic Christmas
Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug snowflake dots
Crystal Glamour Dust 
Xcut corner rounder punch
Ribbon, twine and eyelets from stash



If you take a look at the Papertake Weekly Challenge, you will be able to see the wonderful creations made by the Design Team

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
Polkadoodles - Christmas Is Coming
C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas
Moving Along With The Times - Christmas Cuties
LOTV Ideas to Inspire - Anything Goes


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



Monday 21 October 2013

DT card for Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge


Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope you all are well and that you had a good weekend. Sending hugs to those in need of them.

Today is the start of a new Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge
This time we are using sketch #20
The optional theme chosen by the lovely Doreen is Stitching (real or faux)
Our sponsor for this challenge is the wonderful Pink Gem Designs.

The DT were able to choose an image from Pink Gem, I picked the adorable Horace with Flowers.




Here is the sketch for you to follow, a nice simple one!

Items Used:
Digi Stamp - Pink Gem Designs Horace with Flowers coloured with Promarkers
Marianne Design Craftables - Circle,Flower and leaf stitch die
Crafters Companion Florabunda Embossalicious Embossing Folder
LOTV  Sentiment Tags
Buttons and ribbon 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:
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Ribbon
Just for Fun - buttons and Bows
Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with ribbon
Allsorts - ribbons and bows

Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my blog today and for all your kind comments on my recent cards too. Your support and encouragement really means so much to me.
Bye for now
hugs




Saturday 19 October 2013

You're So Special - Dies to Die for DT card

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope you are well and having a good weekend.

I am very happy to say that Saturday is now my regular day to show you what I have made with some wonderful goodies from Dies to Die for as Tracy has asked me to stay on the Design Team! It really is such an honour for me, I can hardly believe how lucky I am.

So onto my card. The adorable image is a My Favourite Things Stamp, the fabulous sentiment was included in the set too. I think she is such a cutie, I love her hair.
The large flower was made with the  Die-namics Rolled Mum die and I used the Marianne Design Creatables - Flower Set for the 2 smaller ones with some  Enamel dots for the centres ( I love these!)
The image and sentiment has been edged with the wonderful Die-namics Bracket Border die.



Items Used:

Stamp and sentiment - My Favourite Things - You're So Special to Me Stamp Set coloured with Promarkers
Papers - from Bulk Buy 12 x 12 Random Mixed Papers (a fabulous mix of papers!)
Enamel Dots - MME Mistletoe Magic



I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges
Addicted to Stamps and More - Make your Mark
4 Crafty Chicks - Multiple Layers
MilkCoffee Challenge - Spots and Dots

Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my blog today.  I know I always say it but I honestly am so  grateful for your support and encouragement.
I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend
bye for now
hugs



Thursday 17 October 2013

Christmas in October at Crafty Little Fairies

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope you are well and having a good week. Sending big hugs to those who need or want them!

Thank you so much for your wonderful comments on my recent cards, I truly value each and every one of them.

Today is the start of a new Crafty Little Fairies Challenge.
This week our theme is
Christmas in October

We have THREE sponsors this week so THREE lucky winners
They are:

and
and

I had so much fun making this card. As you probably know, I love making Christmas cards and I love LOTV stamps so the perfect combination!


Items Used:
Stamp - LOTV Nativity Angels coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers
Papers - First Edition Silent Night
Sentiment - Paula Pascual  Christmas Messages

Tiny Pom Pom Trim from The Ribbon Girl
Tiny Gems for stash
Stickles - Stardust

If you pop along to the  Crafty Little Fairies Challenge blog 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:
LOTV Ideas to Inspire - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More- Christmas is coming
Ribbon Girl - October lovely Lili Challenge
CHNC Challenge Extra October -  Anything 'Christmas' Goes
Holly Jolly - A Christmas Carol - Away in a Manger
Simon Say Wednesday Challenge - Christmas/ Happy Holiday


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




Tuesday 15 October 2013

GDT card for Papertake Weekly Challenge

Hello once again everyone.
I'm back again! To see my Ready Teddy Go blog hop card please click here

So my final card of the day is for the Papertake Weekly Challenge.

This week the theme is 
Happy Halloween Hues
use colours associated with Halloween or Autumn 

The sponsor for this challenge is the wonderful Ribbon Girl
They will be giving a £10 voucher to the lucky winner


I am sure you will not be surprised to see that I have opted not to make a Halloween card.
I have had this cute Wild Rose Studio stamp for ages, I am ashamed to say this is the first time I have used it! 


Items Used:
Stamp - Wild Rose Studio Tilly with gift coloured with Promarkers
Papers - Papermania Spring Burst (very old!)
Memory Box Simple Banner
Sentiment - LOTV Sentiment Tags
Button and brad from stash

If you pop along to the Papertake Weekly Challenge blog you will be able to see the wonderful creations made by the design team and see who was the winner of the last challenge.



Send a Smile 4 Kids - Bright colours for kids
Penny Black and More - anything Goes
Stamping Sensations - All Creatures Great and Small
Papercraft Journey- Halloween Colours
Charisma Cardz - Animals
Dream Valley - buttons 
Scribble and Scrap - Always Anything Goes.
Simon Says Challenge - Use a rubber or clear stamp.

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


Autumn Colours at Ready Teddy Go Challenge and Blog Hop


Hello again everyone.
This is my second post of the day.
If you would like to see my Passion for Promarkers Challenge card please scroll down.

It's the mid-way reminder for the Ready Teddy Go challenge and we have a new blog hop to celebrate our 2nd birthday too!

Firstly for our October challenge the theme is
Autumn Colours

We're being sponsored by the lovely StampFairy who gave the Design Team some fabulous images to use.
Here's my card, I love cute Barry Bear.


Items Used:
Papers - First Edition New Leaf
Sentiment - Clearly Besotted A Little Sentimental


Now for our Team Bear blog hop running from today until 29th October

The wonderful prize is a cardmaking kit from The Hobby House! - See challenge blog for full details


So, all you need to do is leave a comment on each blog and on the challenge blog. Also, make sure you are a follower of the challenge blog.

To help you along the way, the hop is in the following order:

Sally

Claire

Debbie

Helen

Jacky

Sue that's me!

Sylvie

Wendy


So from here your next stop is the lovely Sylvie. I hope you have fun with the hop for the chance to win a fabulous prize. The winner will be announced on 31st October

Thanks for stopping by.
I'll be back a bit later with my final post of the day.
bye for now
hugs



We're Spooky at the Passion for Promarkers Challenge!


Good morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope you are well and having a good week so far.

Today is very a busy one on my blog, I have 3 cards to share including one with a blog hop.
I wanted to space them out a little bit so will make an early start with this one.

Today is the start of a new Passion for Promarkers Challenge
This week our theme is
Spooky
For this challenge we are sponsored by the wonderful DigiStamp Boutique
Prize for the lucky winner is £10 to spend online.


Well, as you probably know I am not really too keen on spooky things. Therefore I have gone for a cute spook! I was lucky to win this fab image from Little Miss Muffet last year so it was good to have the chance to use it.
This is a shadow box style card. I have drawn spiders webs on the acetate with a white gel pen and hand cut a bat which I attached with a strip of acetate to try to make it look like it is flying. 
Sorry the photos are not too good, it was hard to get a good picture because of the reflection and you don't really want to see the photographer do you!


Items Used:
Digi Stamp - Little Miss Muffet Monster Kip coloured with Promarkers
Paper- Doodlebug Designs
White Gel Pen
Acetate


If you take a look at the Passion for Promarkers Challenge you will see the wonderful spooky creations made by this week's Design Team
I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

My Mums craft shop - Halloween
Card Makin' Mamas -  Trick or Treat
Ladybug Crafts - Halloween and/or die cuts
MAWTT -  Spooktastic times
Crafty Catz - Halloween
Sweet Stampin' -Halloween
Little Miss Muffet - It's a Doodle (have doodled the spiders webs on the acetate, not sure if this counts so feel free to delete my entry if necessary!)


Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my blog, I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make.
I'll be back soon with my Ready Teddy Go DT card and a fabulous blog hop.
bye for now
hugs





Saturday 12 October 2013

Christmas Shadow Box - Dies to Die for DT card

Hello again Everyone.
 I hope you are having a good weekend.

I'm pleased to be back today to show you what I have made using some wonderful goodies from
Dies to Die For

I have had great fun making a Shadow Box card with the amazing La La Lands Shadow Box Kit.
I was so impressed by this kit. You get everything you need, including the frames, holly leaves and the background trees with layers. It's made from high quality paperboard and was very easy to assemble.
It's a natural light wood colour which I really like but it would be easy to paint up if you wanted to.
I have placed sweet Marci with Christmas Ornament inside the box, the sentiment I used came with the stamp and fit perfectly onto the oval provided with the kit.



side view to show the layers



Items Used:





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

Deep Ocean - Christmas is round the corner
Lisa B designs - Traditional colours
Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything but a Square
Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything goes
Crafts Too - Christmas Festivities - Twist make a scene
Created with Love - Any Holiday ( Christmas )

Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my blog once again today. Your support and encouragement means so much to me.
I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend
bye for now
hugs

It's a 3,2,1 Recipe at A Gem of a Challenge

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope you are well and having a good weekend. 

Today is the start of A Gem of a Challenge
This week the theme set by the lovely Debs is

3,2,1 Recipe

  3 papers, 2 types of embellishments and 1 image


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.....


I chose to use one Pink Gem Design's newer images, the adorable Barclay with Presents
My two embellishments are buttons and die cut mittens.


Close up of the cute image


Items Used:
Digi Stamp - Pink Gem Designs ~ Barclay with Presents coloured with Promarkers
Papers - Dovecraft Back to Basics Christmas
Sentiment - LOTV Christmas Sentiment Tags
Polar White Flowersoft
Stickles - Stardust
Wooden Buttons from stash

If you take a look at A Gem of a Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by this week's design team and our fabulous guest designer too


I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
Divas by Design - 3 or more layers
Winter Wonderland - Wrap it Up

Thank you for taking the time to look at my card this morning. I really do appreciate it.
I will be back a bit later with my DT card for Dies to Die for.
Bye for now
hugs



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