Milestone Birthdays at the Passion for Promarkers Challenge

Good Morning my lovely friends.

I hope you are well and having a good week. Sending hugs to those in need of them.

Thank you so much for your lovely comments on my last card, you are all too kind and your support means so much to me.

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

Our theme this week set by the lovely Jane is 

Milestone Birthdays

For this challenge we are sponsored by

 Letraset - Prize pack of Flexmarkers

and

A Day for Daisies - Prize $12 Voucher

Fortunately, I needed to make a 40th Birthday card so I used a stylish image from DigiStamp Boutique.

I must apologise for my poor quality photos, my colouring looks really flat although in real life the dress and hair are shaded. Maybe I should start borrowing my hubby's camera!

I have used Wink of Stella glitter on her eye shadow and the champagne.

Side view shows the colours better!

Items Used:
Digital Stamp - DigiStamp Boutique Party Rach coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers
Papers - Bo Bunny Double Dot
Whimsy Corner Die
Die-Namics Circle Stax
Sentiment - computer generated
Pearls and Gems from stash

If you take a look at 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:

Ladybug Crafts - Favourite Colours (this is one of my favourites as you can tell by looking at my blog design!)
Crafting with Dragonflies - Create a centre step or side step card
I ♥ Promarkers - Fancy Folds
My Sheri Crafts - Shaped Cards
Hobby Cutz - Fancy Folds

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

hugs

Beach Hut - DigiStamp Boutique DT card

Hello my lovely crafty friends.

I hope all is well with you, sending hugs to those in need of them.

Today I am sharing a simple centre stepper card I made to showcase the wonderful Beach Hut image from DigiStamp Boutique which is available HERE and it's on special offer at the moment too!

This such a versatile image which comes with 2 fabulous sentiments, one of which I have used on my card.

Digi-stamp and sentiment - DigiStamp Boutique Beach Hut  coloured with Promarkers

Papers - LOTV Beach Bliss

Dies - Memory Box Oceana Border

Die-Namics Pierced Rectangle Stax

Die-Namics Sea Charms

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

613 Avenue Create~ Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz~ Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky - Feels Like Summer

Little Red Wagon - Vacation

Whimsy Inspiration  - Summertime

Thank you 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

hugs 

Whimsy Stamps New Release Blog Hop Day 1

Hello again everyone.
I am extremely excited to tell you that this month I have the huge honour of being a Guest Designer for Whimsy Stamps new release!  I am delighted to be part of the blog hop today.
Here are all the details:

Welcome to Day 1 of the ...
Whimsy Stamps July rubber stamp and die release!

Over the next 3 days we will reveal the new July 2014 Whimsy Stamps products. Whimsy is releasing 14 new red rubber stamps/stamp sets and 4 coordinating die/die sets this week, and they will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and selected Whimsy Stamps retailers on Wednesday.

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $15 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! The lucky winner will be drawn from the comments left on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment at every stop along the hop to be entered into the draw.

Today we are excited to show you the brand new Elisabeth Bell, Time for Tea Designs and Raindrop Echo Designs stamps and dies being released this month. For a full reveal of these stamps, check out the Whimsy blog!

So,onto my card

I have made a centre step card to showcase an adorable new stamp from Elisabeth Bell - "Little Jack and Bobbin Summer Watermelon". The sentiment is from a fab new set by Raindrop Echo Designs - "On the Grill"

I have used my Whimsy Corner Dies to cut some colourful funky foam.

I have coloured the image with Promarkers and the sky with Distress Inks

The watermelon paper is Carta Bella Summer Lovin' and the green paper is Bo Bunny Double Dot.

So now it's time for you to continue today's hop, your next stop is the wonderful Debbie Eastman.  Don’t forget to leave a comment at every stop along the hop to be entered into the draw to win a $15 gift certificate:

Danni Bindel
Linda Levoir (GDT)
Shelby Thomas
Ann-Marie Sinfield
Sue Hughes (GDT) - that's me!
Debbie Eastman
Bev Rochester

Iris Wiechmann
Shannah Bartle

Be sure to visit the Whimsy blog again tomorrow for the second day of sneak peeks.

Thanks so much for visiting me today. Happy hopping!
Bye for now
hugs

Pippa Loves to Plant - Dies to Die for DT card

Hello again everyone.

I'm back with my second card of the day. Please scroll down if you would like to see my Pink Gem DT card.

  So this time I am sharing my DT card using gorgeous goodies from  Dies to Die for.

I think it's fair to say that most of us in the UK are fed up with all the rain we are having at the moment so I have made a pretty summery card to remind us of sunnier days.

The gorgeous stamp is by Stamping Bella, the lovely friendship sentiment is included. As this is a nice big stamp I made a centre stepper card using some pretty papers from My Minds Eye. The beautiful Spring Border is from Memory Box and the butterflies are by Impression Obsession.

Sorry about the rubbish photos, I blame the bad weather!

Items Used:

 Stamp - Stamping Bella Uptown Girls - Pippa Loves to Plant coloured with Promarkers

Papers - My Mind's Eye Cut & Paste Adorbs

Bazzill  Kraft Cardstock

Dies - Memory Box Spring Border

Impression Obsession Butterfly Set

Die-Namics Pierced Rectangles

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
Creative Inspirations - stamping

Once again, I would like to say a big thank you for stopping by and looking at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comment you may wish to make

Bye for now

hugs

Friends are Forever - Dies to Die for GDT card

Hello to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope you are having a good weekend.
A big warm welcome to my newest followers too, thank you so much for your support, it really means a lot to me.

I am here today with my next Guest Designer card made with some gorgeous goodies from

Dies to Die for

I have made a centre stepper card to showcase a delightful stamp by Bildmalarna. The gorgeous papers are also by Bildmalarna, they are such a lovely colour and the designs on them are so pretty.
The butterfly, from Cheery Lynn, is one of my favourites it's from the wonderfully named Exotic Butterflies set.
I have used Bazzill Kraft card for my layering and the sentiment is from a really useful set by Tina Wenke

Side view

Items Used:

Stamps - Image -Bildmalarna - LWF - Umbrella 

Sentiment - Tina Wenke Sweet Wishes

Papers - Bildmalarna Flowers of Spring 

Bazzill Kraft Cardstock

Dies - Memory Box Spring Border

Cheery Lynn Small Exotic Butterflies

Image has been coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

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

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Hanna and Friends - Best Friends
Polka doodles - more than one fold

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

Use Ribbon at the Joanna Sheen Challenge

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends

I hope you are having a good weekend. The weather here hasn't been too bad so far, hopefully it will stay dry for my Son's cricket match later.

Today is the start of a new Joanna Sheen Challenge.

This week our theme is a nice easy one

Ribbons

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

I made a centre stepper card, I love this design and it seemed to work well with my image - the fabulous Joanna Sheen Country Kitchen Blackberry Stamp

Items Used:

 Joanna Sheen Country Kitchen Blackberry Stamp coloured with Promarkers

     Ribbon - Cottage Check - Antique Gold

Papers - Papermania Cranberry and Apple

Memory Box Lavish Branch

Whimsy Corner Die Set

Button and Twine from stash

If you take a look at the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog you will see the wonderful creations made by 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:

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbons -  Anything Goes with ribbon

Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes
My Sheri Crafts - Fall Colours

Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my blog today. Your support and encouragement really means a lot to me and I love the read any comments you may wish to make

I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend

bye for now

hugs

Colours of your flag 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. I would like to send really big hugs to those in need of them.

Today is the start of a new Passion for Promarkers Challenge

This week we have a fun theme, we would like you to use the 

Colours of your country's flag

For this challenge we are sponsored by Polkadoodles

 I decided to make a centre step card, one of my favourite card designs. 

I love this Sarah Kay image and it was a nice change for me to colour her in different shades to what I would normally use.

I love this sentiment

Items Used:

Stamp - Sarah Kay Zoe gazing at a butterfly coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

White gel pen (for flowers on hat)

Stamp - C'art Us Butterflies coloured with Promakers

Papers - Maya Designs Life in the Country - I LOVE these!! ( from Dies to Die For)

Sentiment - LOTV Inspirational Sentiments

Spellbinders Labels 18

Nellie Snellen Floral Punches

Ribbon from stash

If you take a look at 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:

Paper crafting journey - anything but square

Cupcake crafting - anything but square
Creative Inspirations - Red White and Blue
Fab 'n' Funky - anything but square
Penny Black and More - dies and punches
Great Impressions- anything goes 
Lisa B designs - Red, White and Blue
Allsorts - Favourite Things - I have loads on here : centre step card, Sarah Kay image, punched flowers, butterflies, Maya Design papers and of course my Promarkers!!
  

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

Bye for now

hugs