Get Well at the Passion for Promarkers Challenge

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are well and having a good week. 

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

Our theme for this week chosen by the lovely Kelly is 

Get Well

For this challenge we are sponsored by 

Polkadoodles (please see challenge blog for details of the prize)

I have use an adorable LOTV image with some gorgeous LOTV papers, I love these soft colours.

Stamp - LOTV -  Never Too Old for a Hug coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Papers - LOTV - Beach Bliss

Sentiment - Whimsy Stamps SC Designs Everyday Moments

Spellbinders Circles and Lacy Circle

Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush (on wings and stars)

If you take a look at the Passion for Promarkers Challenge you will see the gorgeous creations made by the rest of this week's design team.

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

DT Card for Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are well and had a good weekend.

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

This time we are using sketch #34

Our sponsors for this challenge are

Crafty Devils - Prize £10 voucher

and

Crafty Individuals - Please see here for details of the fabulous prize

So, I decided to make a card suitable for a Springtime birthday using an adorable Penny Black Stamp, I always enjoy colouring these.

Here is the sketch :

Items Used:

Stamp - Penny Black Playtime coloured with Promarkers

Sentiment - LOTV For You Circular Sentiments

Papers - Wildrose Studio 

Dies - La la lands heart banner

Die-namics Upsy Daisy

Die-namics Stitched Circle Stax

If you take a look at 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:

Penny Black and More - Blossoms and Blooms

Thank you 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

Cute and Cuddly at A Gem of a Challenge

Hello again everyone.

As promised I am back with my second card of the day because today is the start of a new

 A Gem of a Challenge

For the next 2 weeks our fun theme is 

Cute and Cuddly 

The prize for the winner is 2 Individual Digi images

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

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

I have made this card for my wonderful hubby. We will celebrate our 22nd Wedding Anniversary next Friday (I was a young bride!)  We have been through so much together in that time and I honestly feel so lucky and couldn't ask for a better husband, friend and dad to our children.

Anyway, enough of that, I had better get on with  my card. I have used the adorable Ozzie with Heart. I have cut a heart aperture for him to sit on and added Wink of Stella Clear Glitter to the heart the hearts.

Items Used:

 Digi Stamp - Pink Gem Designs Ozzie with Heart.

Papers - LOTV Perfect Pair

Sentiment - LOTV Handwritten Phrases

Sizzix Framelits Hearts

Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush

Pearls and wooden heart from stash.

If you take a look at  A Gem of a Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of Team Gem including our newest team member, the fabulous Marianne!

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
Sisterhood of Crafters  Things with Wings
Creative Moments -  Anything goes/Spring
Addicted to Stamps - Make your Mark

Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my card once again today. Your support and encouragement means so much and I love to read any comments you may wish to make.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend.

bye for now

Hugs

Love is Sweet - Dies to Die for DT card

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are well and having a good weekend.
I have 2 cards to share today so I am here bright and early with my first one.

As always on a Saturday I am lucky that I am able to share a card made with some gorgeous goodies from Dies to Die for.

The sweet image is  CC Designs. The pretty papers are Teresa Collins Save the Date pad, one of the sheets contains some fabulous sentiments one of which I have used on my card. The gorgeous Mesh Hearts Border is a Cheery Lynn die and the Heart Banner is by La la lands

Items Used:

Stamp - CC Designs - Roberto's Rascals - Valentine  coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Teresa Collins Save The Date 6 x 6 Paper Pad

Bazzill Cardstock - Sea Salt

Bazzill Cardstock - Vintage

Dies - Cheery Lynn - Mesh Hearts (Horizonal) Borders

La La Land Heart Banner

Die-Namics Stitched Square Stax

Thank you 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.

I'll be back a bit later with my Pink Gem Challenge DT card.

bye for now,

hugs

Beautiful Bluebells

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you all had a good Easter weekend. My children have all returned to school and college this morning, I am already missing them, the house is just too quiet.

Anyway, recently I was lucky to see a field full of stunning Bluebells, so lovely it almost took my breath away. Inspired by this I wanted to make a card featuring these beautiful flowers but with just one problem, I don't own any Bluebell stamps! Then I remembered that the gorgeous Fresh Flowers stamp set I recent bought from Clearly Besotted Stamps includes a Lily of the Valley image which looks fairly similar - hopefully ?!

As you can see, I have gone for a CAS design this time not wanting to distract from the image, using the fabulous sketch from this week's Sketch Saturday challenge.

Items Used:

Stamp - Clearly Besotted Fresh Flowers coloured with Promarkers and white gel pen

Sentiment - Clearly Besotted It's your Birthday (masked off the 'Happy')

Dies - Happy Word Die - Clearly Besotted Stamps

Die-Namics Pierced Rectangle Stax

Doodlebug Sprinkles Lily White

Less Is More -  Makes Me smile - Bluebells are so beautiful, I love the colour, they make me think of Springtime which is my favourite season and I always smile when I see them!  However, I am not sure if there is enough 'white' space on my card so please delete if necessary!
Sketch Saturday  - Fabulous Sketch
Clearly Besotted - Spring!
MAWTT - Include the word Happy!

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

Elsie with Roses - Dies to Die for DT card

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope all is well with you and that you are having a good Easter weekend. My Son is playing in his first cricket match of the season so we are hoping the weather stays fine.

Today is my day to share my card made with some gorgeous goodies from Dies to Die for.

I have had fun making an easel card to feature a totally adorable Wild Rose Studio stamp, this is Elsie with Flowers. The gorgeous papers are from Bo Bunny, I love the colours of these. The sentiment is from Die-Namics Polka Dot Greeting, this fabulous set comes with a choice of greeting and backgrounds and is so useful. The pretty peach scalloped layer had been cut with a Tonic Studio Nesting Die

I have used a Marianne Design Die for the rolled roses and a La-La Land Die for the stitched border.

To show the sentiment

Items Used:

Stamp - Wild Rose Studio Elsie with Roses coloured with Promarkers

Sentiment - Die-Namics Polka Dot Greetings

Papers - Bo Bunny Pin Cushion

Bazzill Cardstock Peach Puff

Dies - Tonic Studio Scalloped Square Nesting Die

La-La Land Stitched Scalloped Border

Die-Namics Pierced Oval Stax

Marianne Design Creatables - English Rose

Impression Obsession Butterfly Set

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

Creative Inspirations - Lots of Layers

I ♥ Promarkers - Cats and Dogs

Fab 'n' Funky - Flower Power

Sweet Stampin' - Lots of Layers

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop and look at my blog once again today. Your support and encouragement means so much to me and appreciate each and every one of your comments.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Bye for now

hugs

Up and Away at the Crafty Little Fairies Challenge

Good Morning my lovely craft friends.

I hope you are well and having a good week. I can't believe how quickly the school holidays have gone but we have been making the most of it and enjoying the good weather.

Today is the start of a new Crafty Little Fairies Challenge

This week our fun theme is

Up and Away

For this challenge we are sponsored by

DELICIOUS DOODLES

Prize = 4 digis of winner's choice

My adorable image is a digi stamp from the fabulous Tiddly Inks

I seem to have gone for a monochrome look, it wasn't intentional but I wanted to use some fab Doodlebug papers that I have had in my stash for a while and a green landscape just would have looked wrong!

I have added looks of Wink of Stella Clear Glitter to the balloons, they do look lovely and sparkly in real life, not sure if you can see it on my photo?

Items Used:

Digi Stamp and sentiment - Tiddly Inks Flying High Anna Belle coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Doodlebug Designs

Dies - Clearly Besotted Tree Landscape

Memory Box Puffy Clouds

Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush

If you take a look at the Crafty Little Fairies 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:

Crafty Catz  - Animals (3rd Entry! I seem to be going through an animal phase at the moment!)

Kit and Clowder - Something Blue (my blue is aqua I think it may look green in my photo!)

Bunny Zoe Crafts - Monochrome

ABC Challenge - J Just as you like it (anything goes)

I ♥ Promarkers - Cats and/or Dogs

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Animal Antics

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

All Creatures Great and Small at the Passion for Promarkers Challenge

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope all is good with you, if not I'm sending you big hugs and wishing you well.

Today is the start of a new Passion for Promarkers Challenge

This week our theme picked by the lovely Jane is

All Creatures Great and Small

For this challenge we are sponsored by the wonderful DigiStamp Boutique

Prize for the very lucky winner - £10 voucher

I made this card for my Dad, he is a retired newsagent and he loves dogs so I knew I had the perfect DigiStamp Boutique from Murphy Set 1 

Murphy has mostly been coloured with Flexmarkers, I find the brush nibs easier to use when colouring fur. I have layered up his newspaper (although you cannot see it on my photo).

Items Used:

Digi Stamp - DigiStamp Boutique Murphy Set 1 coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Papers - Bo Bunny C'est La Vie and Echo Park Dots and Stripes

Dies - Joanna Sheen Signature Dies Star Banner

Die-Namics Stitched Circle Stax

Spellbinders Labels 22

Clearly Besotted Tag Along Die Collection

Sentiment - computer generated

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:

Time Out Challenge - Birthday - optional twist masculine
Crafty Catz - Animals
Polkadoodles -Animal Magic
DigiStamp Boutique - April Customer Challenge

Thank you 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

DT Card for Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends

I hope all is well with you, 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 # 33.

For this challenge we are sponsored by

 Inky Impressions, Prize - £10 voucher

and the fabulous Buttons for Brains  - Liz will give a £10 voucher to a lucky winner!

So, onto my card. I have made a Springtime themed Birthday card using an adorable LOTV stamp.

Items Used:

Stamp - LOTV Butterfly Meadow coloured with Promarkers

Sentiment - LOTV Sentiment tags

Papers - Daisy Bucket - Playful Petals - Libby

Dies - Marianne Design Craftables - Circle, Flower and leaf stitch die

Marianne Design Craftables - Border Stitch die

Whimsy Corner Die Set
Die-Namics Stitched Circle Stax
Pink button twine (from The Ribbon Girl)



Here is the sketch for you to follow.

If you take a look at 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

Penny Black and More - Blossoms and Blooms
Divas by Design -  Easter/Spring
I ♥ Promarkers - Bounty of Buttons
LOTV Monthly Challenge - Birthday Card to celebrate their 10th Birthday
Crafty Catz  - Animals
Sweet Stampin' - flowers
The Ribbon Girl - Lovely Lili Challenge Anything Goes (used Pink Button Twine but no ribbon, hope this is allowed?)

Thank you 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

Bildmalarna Alva Music - Dies to Die for DT Card

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends

I hope you are well and having a good weekend.

Sorry I haven't posted a card since Monday. It's been a hectic but enjoyable week with the children at home. The weather has been lovely the last couple of days too which is an added bonus.

Anyway, I am here today to share a card made with some gorgeous goodies from Dies to Die for.

I have used a sweet Bilmalarna Stamp together with some gorgeous Bildmalarna papers from the stunning Soft Collection paper pad. The flowers have been made with Cheery Lynn Rose Dies and the leaves are from the Cheery Lynn Flourish Leaf Strip. The wonderful Bird Cage die is also from Cheery Lynn.

Items Used:

Stamp - Bildmalarna Alva Music coloured with Promarkers

Sentiment - Whimsy Stamps SC Designs Everyday Moments

Papers - Bildmalarna Soft collection 6x6 paper pad

Bazzill Kraft Cardstock

Dies - Die-Namics Pierced Rectangles STAX

Cheery Lynn Bird Cage

Cheery Lynn Medium Rose

Cheery Lynn Large Rose

Cheery Lynn Flourish Leaf Strip

Memory Box Classic Tags

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

Cheery Lynn Designs - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Spring has Sprung
MAWTT - Easter/Spring

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop and look at my card today. Your support and encouragement means so much to me.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend.

bye for now

big hugs to you all

Gentlemen Only at the Without Words Challenge!

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends

I hope you are well, sending hugs to those in need of them.

Today is the start of a new Without Words Challenge

Our theme is 

Gentleman Only

We would like to be seeing birthday cards for the guys, young or old, so long as it is for a male birthday.

We are so happy to be sponsored by Crafters Companion again with a £10 store voucher for the winner

I have used a fabulous LOTV image, some glossy accents have been added to James' Beer Glass which you cannot see in my photo.

Items Used:

Stamp - LOTV Cheers Bear coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Sentiment - Clearly Besotted It's Your Birthday

Memory Box Piestra Die

Memory Box Simple Banner Die

Craftwork Cards Kraft Card Blank

If you take a look at the Without Words Challenge blog you will see the amazing 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:

Allsorts - No Flowers!

Crafting Cafe - One for the Boys

Cute Card Thursday - All Boy
2 Sisters - Teddy Bears
Open-Minded Challenges -Animal Antics
I ♥ Promarkers - CAS
Craft Your Passion - No Designer Papers
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Happy Birthday

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.

Since I don't have any DT cards scheduled for the rest of this week so I am not sure what day I'll be posting on my blog, however, I will still be along every day to look at all of your fabulous creations!
bye for now
hugs

Winnie peeking out the window - Dies to Die for DT card

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are well and having a good weekend.

We are all happy here as my children are now off school and college for the next 2 weeks.

My card today is made using some gorgeous goodies from Dies to Die for.

I have used a delightful stamp from Stamping Bella, this is Winnie Peeking out the window with the sentiment which is included.

 Once again, I have used the wonderful Tonic Studio Nesting Dies to cut around the image and layered up some truly stunning double-sided papers by Maja Design. 

The sentiment banner has been cut using the fabulous La-La Land Folding Banner Die. I have used a Die-Namics die for the rolled roses and the leaves are cut from a Memory Box die.

Items Used :

Stamp - Stamping Bella Uptown Girls - Winnie Peeking out the window coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics 8 April and 9 April

Bazzill Kraft Cardstock

Dies - La-La Land Folding Banners

Die-Namics Mini Rolled Rose

Tonic Studios Scalloped Square Nesting Die Set

Tonic Studio Square Nesting Die Set

Memory Box Lavish Branch

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything goes
Divas By Design - Anything goes

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.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend.

hugs 

Vintage / Shabby Chic at Crafty Little Fairies Challenge

Hello my lovely crafty friends.

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

Today is the start of a new Crafty Little Fairies Challenge

Our theme this week is

Vintage / Shabby Chic

For this challenge we are sponsored by 

The Ribbon Girl.

The prize for the lucky winner is a £10 voucher.

Now, I must admit. I love vintage style cards but I really struggle with making them. I decided to use a stamp that I was lucky to win from a Little Miss Muffet Stamps blog hop last year with some gorgeous papers and stamps that were free with a craft magazine.

Items Used:

Stamp - Little Miss Muffet - the Smell of Roses coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Papers and detailing stamps - Prima Fairy Belle (free with craft mag)

Sentiment - Wild Rose Studio

Spellbinders Floral Oval 

Die-Namics Mini Rolled Roses Die

Lace and bird from stash

If you take a look at the Crafty Little Fairies Challenge you will see some wonderful creations by the rest of this week's design team.

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

Little Miss Muffet Challenges  - Anything Goes

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

DT card for A Little Bit Crafty Challenge

Hello again Everyone.

As promised I'm back again because today is the start of a new

A Little Bit Crafty Challenge

This month our theme is

The Birds and the Bees

We have 3 fabulous sponsors 

Little Claire 

Crafty Individuals

Angel Crafts
- please see challenge blog for details of the prizes

So, onto my card. I have used another adorable image from DigiStamp Boutique and made an Easter card.

Items Used:

Digi Stamp - DigiStamp Boutique For you Quacky coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Pebbles Family Ties

Die-namics Pierced Circle Stax

Die-namics Flower and Leaf Trio

Sentiment - Computer Generated (using Hey Pretty Girl Font)

Doodlebug Sprinkles

If you take a look at A Little Bit Crafty 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:

DigiStamp Boutique- April Customer Competition.
Brown Sugar  - Easter
Digi Haven - Things with Wings
Stampin' for the Weekend - Spring colours

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop and look at my blog once again today. I really love to read any comment you may wish to make.

Bye for now

hugs 

Give us a Laugh at the Passion for Promarkers Challenge

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

My goodness, I really am finding it hard to believe it's the first day of April already! 

So, I have 2 cards to share today. My first is for a new Passion for Promarkers Challenge

This week the lovely Donna has picked a really fun theme:

Give us a Laugh !

Use a Funny Image/Sentiment

Our sponsor is Sassy Studio Designs with a prize of 4 digi-stamps for the winner.

So onto my card featuring a wonderful digi-stamp from Mos Digital Pencil which was a joy to colour.

I have added some Wink of Stella Clear Glitter to the balloons and cake, not sure if you can see it on my photo though.

Items Used:

Digi Stamp - Mos Digital Pencil Bronte Birthday coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Bo Bunny Double Dot and MME (I think!)

Sentiment - Clearly Besotted Stamps - It's Your Birthday

Paper Smooches Balloons Dies

Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush

Button and twine from stash

If you take a look at the Passion for Promarkers Challenge, you will see the fabulous fun creations made by the rest of this week's design team

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

Creative Card Crew - animals
Crafty Catz -  Anything Goes

Open-Minded Challenges - Animal Antics 

I ♥ Promarkers - anything goes
Sieze the Birthday - Anything Goes Birthday - optional  buttons and rhinestones
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - anything goes with buttons

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop and look at my first card of the day. I will be back later with my A Little Bit Crafty DT card.

bye for now

hugs