Hello ....a little update!

Hello Everyone,

So, how are you all? I'm so sorry for neglecting you all and for my lack of blog posts.

The last 10 months has been hectic with a few changes in my personal life. My youngest daughter recently started a new job as a teaching assistant in a high school and she has moved out to live with her boyfriend. It's lovely to see her so happy and thankfully she is fairly local so I still see her often.

I have been keeping myself busy designing for a few craft magazine. I still cannot believe how lucky I am to do this, it really is a great honour.

Here are a couple of cards that I recently designed for this month's issue of Die-cutting Essentials Magazine using the stunning free gift. It was a joy to work with such a gorgeous die.

Hopefully I will be blogging much more regularly from now on. I am looking forward to having a big catch up with all your lovely blogs, it's going to be fabulous to see what you have all been up to!

Bye for now.

Sending hugs,

Hello ... an update and a couple of cards!

Hello everyone!

I hope you are all keeping well, I apologise for being absent for so long!

My eye surgery went well although it did take me much longer to recover that I had expected and my vision is still not as it should be so I am waiting to see what happens next .

I do have some great news to share -  my youngest daughter, Emily, did extremely well with her A levels and was able to get a place at her first choice of university ( Royal Holloway University of London) So her hard work, strength and determination over the last 2 years really paid off, I am so proud of her. She left to start the next exciting chapter of her life on Sunday. Needless to say I am missing her a great deal, we have always been very close. Happily, she  is settling in well and making lots of new friends.

Anyway, I now have a bit more time for blogging! Sadly, I needed to step down from all my Design Team work, except for DigiStamp Boutique, to concentrate on my family and various magazine commissions. Speaking of which, I was lucky enough to be asked by Papercraft Essentials Magazine  to design a set of cards featuring some beautiful floral images from DigiStamp Boutique. The magazine has been published now so I thought I would share a couple of them with you.

Sorry the photos aren't brilliant, I took them in a bit of a rush!

Items Used:

Digi-stamp - DigiStamp Boutique Mother's Day Set 3

Papers - Craftwork Cards, Daisy Ditsy & Dotty

Dies - Creative Dies Plus Stitched and Pierced Scalloped  Nesting Rectangle 

Die-Namics Stitched Scalloped border

Creative Expressions Cascading Butterflies

Tonic Studio Scalloped Square layering dies

Sentiments - Personal Impressions

Thanks so much for reading though my rambling blog post today, I hope you managed to stay awake!  I intend to have a really big catch up looking through your wonderful blogs at the weekend. If all goes to plan I will be posting fairly regularly again soon.

Bye for now

hugs,

Maddie - Happy Days, DigiStamp Boutique DT card

Good Morning everyone.

I hope you are all well and having an enjoyable weekend.

I am here today to share a card made with a cute image from DigiStamp Boutique.

This is Maddie, from the sweet Maddie, Happy Days set, the sentiment is included with the set.

Items Used:

Digi-stamp - DigiStamp Boutique  Maddie, Happy Days

coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Crafter's Companion

Dies- Die-namics stitched circle stax

Joanna Sheen star bunting

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop and look at my card today.

Next week I am due to have some urgent eye surgery.  I am really hoping it won't put me out of action for too long but I probably won't have another card to share for a couple of weeks or so.

Bye for now

hugs

Floral Thanks - DigiStamp Boutique DT card

Good Morning Everyone

I hope you are all well and having an enjoyable weekend.

I am here to share my DigiStamp Boutique DT card- a very quick thank you card that I made with an image from the

Flowers for Mum set and a sentiment from the fabulous large brush script sentiments

Items Used:

Digital stamps - DigiStamp Boutique Flowers for Mum set

and large brush script sentiments

Papers- Craftwork cards

Dies- Die-namics pierced oval stax

Tonic Studios Scalloped Rectangle Layering Dies

Creative Expressions

SueWilson Cascading Butterflies

Promarkers

Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my blog today, I really do appreciate it.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Bye for now

hugs

Cute Chick - DigiStamp Boutique DT card

Hello Everyone,

I hope you are all well and having a good weekend.

I am so happy to be here today to share a cute Easter card made with an adorable image from DigiStamp Boutique.

This image is from the Cute Sketchy Chicks Set which includes 5 images plus 5 sentiments a butterfly and flowers too

Items used:

Digital stamp and sentiment - DigiStamp Boutique  Cute Sketchy Chicks Set

coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Magazine freebies

Die-namics stitched mini scalloped circles

Tonic Studios Scalloped rectangle layering dies

Flower punch

Enamel dots

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop and look at my card today, I really do appreciate your continued support.

Bye for now

hugs

A Gem of a Challenge DT card

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are all well and having an enjoyable weekend.

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

This time the theme is

Furry Friends

The prize for one lucky winner is 

2 Individual Digi images OR 2 Card Topper Kits
OR one of each (no sets or sentiment sets)  

of the winners choice from   
PINK GEM DESIGNS.

My card features the adorable Bunny in plant pot.

Items Used:

Digital Stamp - Pink Gem Designs Bunny in Plant Pot

coloured with Promarkers and SN pencils

Sentiment - Clearly Besotted Stamps

Die-namics Stitched Mini Scalloped Rectangles

Lil'inker Designs Perky Posies Die Set

Papers - Dovecraft

 Life is continuing to be fairly hectic for me at the moment .I really appreciate you stopping by to look at my card and for sticking with me.
Bye for now
hugs

A bouquet for Mum, DigiStamp Boutique DT card

Hello my lovely crafty friends!

I hope you are well and having a good weekend.

Things are very hectic here at the moment so I have a fairly quick and simple card to share using one of the newest releases from DigiStamp Boutique.

This pretty image is called A bouquet for mum and includes 4 lovely sentiments one of which I have used on my card.

Items Used:

Digital Stamp and sentiment- DigiStamp Boutique, A bouquet for Mum

Coloured with Promarkers

Tonic Studios Scalloped Rectangles layering dies

small butterfly punch

small adhesive pearls

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop and look at my card today, I really do appreciate your continued support.

Bye for now

hugs

A Gem of a Challenge DT Card

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are all well and having an enjoyable weekend.

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

This time the theme is

3 Bs

use 3 or more things that begin with the letter B

The prize for one lucky winner is 

2 Individual Digi images OR 2 Card Topper Kits
OR one of each (no sets or sentiment sets)  

of the winners choice from   
PINK GEM DESIGNS.

For my card I have used the adorable Birthday Sheep.

My three or more Bs are Banner, Balloon, Birthday, Blue and Baa!

Items Used:

Digi-stamp - Pink Gem Designs Birthday Sheep

coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment - Personal Impressions
Papers - LOTV(no longer available sadly!)
Dies- Joanne Sheen Signature Dies, Star Bunting
Die-Namics Wonky Stitched Square

Thank you so much for stopping by to look at my card today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make.
I hope to be along to look at your wonderful blogs later this weekend, I have missed seeing what you have all been up to!

Bye for now
hugs

Add a Butterfly at a Gem of a Challenge

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are all well and having an enjoyable weekend.

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

This time the theme is

Add a butterfly

The prize for one lucky winner is 

2 Individual Digi images OR 2 Card Topper Kits
OR one of each (no sets or sentiment sets)  

of the winners choice from   
PINK GEM DESIGNS.

 I used the gorgeous Snowdrops image together with a sentiment from the Vintage Occasions Sentiments set to make a simple easel card.

For added interest, I layered up 2 of the snowdrops, you may be able to see them here!

Items Used:

Digital Stamp - Pink Gem Designs Snowdrops

coloured with Promarkers

Sentiment - Vintage Occasions Sentiments Black

Circle and Scalloped Circle Nesting Dies

Memory Box Devyn Butterfly Trio

Memory Box Emelia Butterfly Trio

Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my card today, I really do appreciate it.

Bye for now

hugs,

Celebrate Something New at a Gem of a Challenge

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and that 2017 brings you much happiness.

Today is the start of a new 

A Gem of a Challenge.

This time I have chosen the theme of

Celebrate Something New

The prize for the lucky winner is

 2 Individual Digi images OR 2 Card Topper Kits OR one of each 
(no sets or sentiment sets) 

of the winners choice from PINKGEM DESIGNS.....

For my card I have used the adorable Baby Boy Edwin digi-stamp

Items Used
Digi-stamp - Pink Gem Designs Baby Boy Edwin
coloured with Promarkers
Dies-  Die-Namics Mini Scalloped Stitched Circles
Die-Namics Circle Stax
Memory Box Precious Stars
Go-Kreate Large Frames Frilly #10
Sentiment - Clearly Besotted Stamps


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

I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Bye for now
hugs

Arctic Fun - DigiStamp Boutique DT card

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are well and having a good weekend.

I am here today to share my last Christmas card of the year using an adorable image from 

DigiStamp Boutique.

Items Used:

Digital Stamp - DigiStamp Boutique Arctic Fun Set 2

coloured with Promarkers
Papers - Echo Park
Dies - Marianne Design Snowflakes
Tonic Studios Scalloped Circle Layers
Die-Namics Wonky Stitched Squares
Stardust Stickles


This will probably be my last post before the festive break so I would like to take this opportunity
 to wish you all a very

Merry Christmas

And A

Happy New Year!

Thank you so much for your continued support and kindness, it means so much.

Best Wishes,
hugs,

Anything Christmas Goes at A Gem of A Challenge

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope all is well with you and that you are having a good weekend.

Today is the start of a new

A Gem of a Challenge
This time the challenge lasts for 4 weeks and the theme is
❄Anything Christmas Goes❅

The prize for the lucky winner is

 2 Individual Digi images OR 2 Card Topper Kits OR one of each 
(no sets or sentiment sets) 

of the winners choice from PINKGEM DESIGNS.....

For my card I used the adorable Penguins with Snowman.

Items Used:
Digital Stamp - Pink Gem Designs, Penguins with Snowman
coloured with Promarkers
Papers - Sorry I can't remember, I think it may be Galeria Papieru!
Dies - Memory Box Precious Snowflakes
Die-Namics Blueprints 20
Sentiment- Woodware Christmas Trees
Stardust Stickles

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

Passion for Promarkers -  Mega Christmas Challenge - Use dies and/or punches

I ♥ Promarkers - Snowman

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop and look at my card today, I really do appreciate it.
I am planning on having a big catch up looking at all of your wonderful blogs this evening!

Bye for now,

hugs,

Singing Carols - DigiStamp Boutiue DT card

Hello my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are well and having a good weekend.

Today I am here to share another cute Christmas card made with an adorable recently released image from DigiStamp Boutique. 

Items Used:

Digital Stamp - DigiStamp Boutique - Singing Carols

Coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Echo Park

Dies- Tonic Studios Scalloped Circles and Squares

Memory Box Twilight Snowflakes

Stardust Stickles

Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my card today and for all your previous comments, I really do appreciate your continued support.

Bye for now,

hugs,

Happy Penguins - DigiStamp Boutique DT card

Good Morning my lovely crafting friends.

I hope you are well and having a good weekend.

Today I am here to share another Christmas card made with the adorable
Happy Penguins from DigiStamp boutique, the sentiment is included with the image.

Items Used:

Digital Stamp and sentiment - DigiStamp Boutique Happy Penguins

coloured with Promarkers

Papers - old stash think they may be Carta Bella?

Die-Namics Blueprints 20

Impression Obsession Snowflakes Die

Stardust Stickles

White Gel pen

I'm so sorry if I haven't been around to visit your blogs for a few days, things are quite hectic here at the moment. 

I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Bye for now.

Hugs,

Use Ribbon and Bling at Pink Gems Designs Challenge

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope all is well with you and that you are having a good weekend.

I am so happy to back designing for the fabulous Pink Gem Designs, thank you so much to Christine, Janet and the rest of the team for their support and understanding and allowing me to have such a long break!

So, today is the start of a new

A Gem of a Challenge
This time the theme is
Use Ribbon and Bling

The prize for the lucky winner is

 2 Individual Digi images OR 2 Card Topper Kits OR one of each 
(no sets or sentiment sets) 

of the winners choice from PINKGEM DESIGNS.....

For my card I have used the adorable Snowflake Wonder. In case you are wondering my ribbon is tucked under the lower edge of the image!

Items Used:

Digital Stamp - Pink Gem Designs Snowflake Wonder 

coloured with Promarkers
Memory Box Merry Christmas Banner
Law Fawn Stitched Scallop borders
Papers - Crafter's Companion Signature Collection Contemporary Christmas 
Xcut small snowflake punch
silver gems
ribbon


Thank you all so much for taking the time to stop and look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and always love to read any comments you may wish to make. I will try my best to get around to visiting all your fabulous blogs soon.

Bye for now,
hugs,

Sketchy Penguins - DigiStamp Boutique DT card

Hello my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are well and having a good weekend.

I am here today to share a Christmas card made with the adorable

Sketchy penguins from DigiStamp Boutique.

Materials:

Digi-stamp - DigiStamp Boutique Sketchy penguins

coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Crafter's Companion Signature Collection Contemporary Christmas 

Sentiment - Clearly Besotted Stamps

Dies - Die-Namics Wonky Stitched Rectangles Stax

Memory Box Twilight Snowflakes

Stardust Stickles

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.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Bye for now

hugs

Merry and Bright - DigiStamp Boutique DT Card

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are well and having a good weekend.

Thank you so much for your comments on my previous card, your kindness and support means so much.

I am here today to share a card that I made with an adorable new image from DigiStamp Boutique. The sentiment is included with the image.

Items Used:

Digistamp - DigiStamp Boutique Merry and Bright

coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Echo Park I love Christmas

Dies - Go Kreate Large Frames Frilly #10

Die-Namics Mini Scallop Stitched Circle Stax

Die-Namics Stitched Circle Stax

Stardust Stickles

White and Gold gel pens.

Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my card today, I really do appreciate it.

I will be back later to have a look at all of your fabulous creations.

Bye for now

hugs,

Oreo and Penguins - DigiStamp Boutique DT card

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are all well and having a good weekend.

Firstly, I would like to start by saying thank you for all the positive and kind comments I received on my last cards. To be honest I was quite nervous returning to blogland but I didn't need to worry - you have all made me feel so welcome! 

Today I am here to share a cute Christmas card I made using an adorable DigiStamp Boutique image.

Items Used:

Digi-stamp - DigiStamp Boutique Oreo and Penguins 

Sentiment - DigiStamp Boutique Sketchy Snowman

Coloured with Promarkers

Papers - An old pad from LOTV sadly no longer available 

Memory Box Bristol Snowflake

Die-namics Stitched Mini Scalloped rectangles

Tonic Studio Scalloped Square Layers

Stardust Stickles

Silver Adhesive Gems

Thank you so much for stopping by to look at my card. I plan to have a good catch by looking at all of your fabulous blogs later this evening.

Bye for now

hugs,

Hello!

Hello my lovely crafty friends!

I hope you are all keeping well and enjoying life.

First of all I would like to thank those of you who have sent kind wishes to me and my family.

After a few very difficult months I am extremely pleased to say that my daughter is making an excellent recovery. Her strength and determination is amazing and we are so proud of her.

So, thankfully I now have some spare time for crafting. However, I have decided to spend less time blogging so that I can concentrate on the magazine commissions that I am very lucky to be  asked to do. The design teams that I have been part of have been incredibly understanding and I hope to be back to designing regularly for DigiStamp Boutique and Pink Gem Designs soon.

I thought I would share a couple of cards that I made recently for Papercraft Essentials Magazines.

I may share some more magazine commission cards with you soon but I really don't want to bore you with them or for you to think I am boasting at all, I just wanted to update my blog and to let you know what is going on!

Materials:

Digi-stamps - DigiStamp Boutique Thank you cats and Love you cats

coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Echo Park and Lawn Fawn

Dies- Die-Namics Stitched Mini Scalloped Rectangles

Die-Namics Stacking Stars

Die-Namics Wonky Stitched Rectangles

Sentiments- Clearly Besotted Stamps

Thank you so much for stopping by to look at my blog today. I hope to be back really soon.

Bye for now

hugs

Hello :) DT card for Passion for Promarkers Challenge

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends!

Firstly, I  would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has been in touch and sent good wishes to my family and me. I am sorry I haven't had time to reply to you all personally.

Although it has been a difficult few weeks, I am pleased to say that my daughter is continuing to make a steady recovery for which we are very grateful. This also means I am starting to find a bit more time to craft!

So, today I am here to share a card for the

Passion for Promarkers Challenge

This week I picked the theme of 

Use Dies and/or Punches

Our wonderful sponsor is

Dies to Die for

Prize - £15 voucher

For my card I have used a gorgeous image from DigiStamp Boutique. I have layered up some of the flowers and the vase.

Items Used:

Digi-stamp - DigiStamp Boutique Blooming Lovely set

coloured with Promarkers

Sentiment - DigiStamp Boutique Mother's Day set

Papers - Pebbles Garden Party

Die-Namics Cross Stitched Rectangles

Martha Stewart Butterfly punch

7" square scalloped edge card blank

small adhesive pearls.

Thank you all so much for taking the time to stop and look at my blog today. I am not sure how regularly I will be posting as things are still quite difficult here but hopefully I will be back fairly soon.

Take care,

sending hugs,