A Day in May - Dies to Die for DT card

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are well and having a good weekend.

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

I decided to showcase some Pion papers from the stunning A Day in May collection. The colours and designs on these papers are so beautiful and delicate. The vintage image and tag are cut from the same papers.

I have used the gorgeous Whimsy Lace Doily Corner die,  which I cut 4 times and joined to create a pretty doily effect.

I hand stitched my layers, this was inspired by the lovely and extremely talented Linda who's cards are stunning!

Items Used:

Papers -Pion Design - A Day In May - Borders 6 x 6

Pion Design - A Day In May - Writings

Pion Design - A Day In May - Images 6 x 6

Bazzill Basics Kraft Cardstock

Whimsy Stamps - Shapeology Dies Lace Doily Corner 1 - showing as out of stock by will be available early next week!!

Whimsy Stamps - SC Design Collection Everyday Moments

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Sketchie free for all. I used this week's sketch #91 which I have rotated.
Through The Craft Room Door  - Always Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - anything goes

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

I really do appreciate your continued support and encouragement.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend.

bye for now

hugs

For a Child at a A Gem of a Challenge

Good morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are well and having a good weekend.

Today is the start of a new

A Gem of a Challenge

For the next 2 weeks our fun theme is
For a Child

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 another centre-stepper card, my favourite shaped card as you can probably tell!
The image is the adorable Cupcake Bella and the fabulous sentiment is also from Pink Gem Designs available here

Items Used

Digi-Stamp - Pink Gem Designs Cupcake Bella  coloured with Promarkers

Sentiment - Pink Gem Designs Happy Cake Day Calendar

Die-Namics Pierce Rectangle Stax

Die-Namics Circle Stax

Papers - Old Magazine Freebies

Ribbon - From a charity shop many years ago!

If you take a look at A Gem of a 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:

Fab'n'Funky Challenge - Shaped Cards

Sister Act Challenge - 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.

I hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend.

bye for now

hugs

Blue and Yellow at the Passion for Promarkers Challenge

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are having a good week. I would like to send hugs to some of you who I know are in need of them at the moment and to let you know I am thinking of you.

Today is the start of a new Passion for Promarkers Challenge

This week I have chosen the theme - a nice summery colour combination of

Use Yellow and Blue

For this challenge we are sponsored by the fabulous DigiStamp Boutique who will give a £10 voucher to the lucky winner

I have had this sweet Sugar Nellie image for a while , this is the first time I have got round to colouring her.

For some reason the button in the middle of the flower looks off centre but I promise you it's not, it's just the camera angle and it's really annoying me!!

Items Used:

Digi Stamp - Sugar Nellie Best Day Ever coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Pebbles Family Ties

Tonic Studio Scalloped Square Nesting Die Set 

Die-Namics Stitched Circle Stax

Memory Box Corner Bow

Flower punch (think it may be Woodware?)

Sentiment - LOTV sentiment tags

Polka Dot Buttons from stash

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

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

Sugar Bowl Challenge - Anything Goes - last challenge :(

Sweet Stampin' - Say it with Flowers

Darnell's NBUS Challenge# Celebration - never-before-used-schtuff friendship theme

Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my card today. I really do appreciate and love to read any comments you may with to make.

Bye for now

hugs

Colourful Party Balloons

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

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

I am here today to show you a very colourful card made with some gorgeous goodies from Dies to Die for.

 This time I have had lots of fun playing with some wonderful new ink pads. 

 I have used the MFT Party Balloons stamp set. The yellow and pink balloons I stamped using some Hero Art Shadow Inks. These inks are really great for solid images, the coverage is fabulous and the colours are gorgeous. For the purple balloon I used a MFT Hybrid Ink pad, again this stamped beautifully. 

The starry background was created with the same ink using a Memory Box Stencil.

The fabulous folded sentiment banner is a La-La Land die and the gorgeous Bubblegum coloured card was cut to size using a die from Die-Namics Blueprints 13.

The pink Doodlebug Sprinkles are a good colour match to the pink balloon but unfortunately they seem to clash a bit on my picture!

Items Used:

Stamps MFT - Party Balloons Stamp Set

MFT Sentiments Birthday Greetings Set

Inks - Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Bubblegum Mid Tone

Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Butter Bar Mid Tone

My Favorite Things Hybrid Ink Pad - Grape Jelly

Dies - Die-Namics Blueprints 13

La-La Lands Folding Banners Die

Die-namics Party Balloons

Other items - Bazzill Cardstock - Bubblegum 8.5 x 11

Memory Box - STENCILS- Starry Nights

Doodlebug Sprinkles

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday challenge - Stencil It
Creative Inspirations - Bright and Bold Colours
Seize the Birthday - Anything Birthday goes (optional extra Summertime)

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

Shoreline Treasures - Dies to Die for DT card

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are well and having a good weekend.

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

I have had fun making shadow box style card (there is a tutorial for these here) to feature some stunning Pion papers from the gorgeous Shoreline Treasures collection.

 The main image and sentiment were cut from the Bottom of the Sea sheet, and the beautiful butterflies from the Borders sheet. I have inked the edges of the papers and flowers with Weathered Wood Distress Ink which is the perfect colour match.

The aperture was cut using a circle die included in Die-Namics Blueprints 12,  I love how it cuts a line of stitching around the edge of the circle. The pretty corner swirl is by Die-namites and the flowers are made with a Cheery Lynn die called Sweet Christine

Side view to show the dimension

Items Used:

Papers - Shoreline Treasures - Bottom of the Sea 6 x 6

Shoreline Treasures - Borders

Shoreline Treasures - White Blossom

Dies - Die-namites - Butterfly Corner

Die-Namics Blueprints 12
Die-Namics Stitched Circle Stax

Cheery Lynn - Sweet Christine

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Weathered Wood

Thank you to everyone who sent me such lovely messages for my birthday yesterday. I had a wonderful day and a fabulous birthday tea in the evening with my children and hubby spoiling me and making me feel special.
I will try to catch up with all my commenting later today.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend
bye for now
hugs

Spots and Stripes at the Crafty Little Fairies Challenge

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are well and having a good week.

Today is the start of a new Crafty Little Fairies Challenge

This month our fun theme is

Spots and Stripes

We are thrilled to have FIVE fabulous sponsors this month:

THE RIBBON GIRL

MARIANNE DESIGN

Iva Nova Chest

HANDY HIPPO

CRAFTY RIBBONS

I have used a fabulous image from DigiStamp Boutique from the Cheeky Monkey Set to make my a Father's Day card for my Dad.

 The hammock has been paper pieced and I also printed it again directly onto the blue paper to layer up.

Items Used:

Digi Stamp - DigiStamp Boutique Cheeky Monkey Set coloured with Promarkers

Sentiment - Kaisercraft Mini Clear Stamps

Papers - Do-Crafts Wellington

Dies - Die-Namics Stacking Starts

Die-Namics Blueprints 14

XCut Corner Rounder Punch

Wooden Stars from stash

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

Allsorts - For the Guys
Sweet Stampin - Father's Day/Special Man/Boy
DigiStamp Boutique - June Customer Competition

Sketch Saturday -  Week 312 free choice - I used Sketch #285

Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my blog today. I really do appreciate you support and encouragement and love to read any comments you may with to make.

Bye for now

hugs

Mythical Creatures at the Passion for Promarkers 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 Passion for Promarkers Challenge.

This week our theme is

Mythical Creatures

For this challenge we are sponsored by A Day for Daisies

Prize - $12 voucher

The DT were very lucky to be able to select an image from the sponsor, I chose the gorgeous Morning Dew Fairy, she was a joy to colour.

Sorry there are so many photos. I always have trouble getting a good picture of easel cards.

Close up of the gorgeous image

 To show the sentiment and embossing

Items Used:

Digi Stamp - A Day for Daisies Morning Dew Fairy coloured with Promarkers

Sentiment - Clearly Besotted Stamps Pretty Petals Plus

Embossing Folder - Crafter's Companion Swirl Corner

Pearls from Stash

If you take a look at the Passion for Promarkers Challenge, you will see the stunning 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 - Anything Goes
Card Mania - Flowers

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes

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

Femme Fatale at the Without Words Challenge

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are well and that you had a good weekend.

So, I'm back again. I think you will be fed up with me by the end of the week!

Today is the start of a new Without Words Challenge.

This week out theme is 

Femme Fatale 

- We would like to see birthday cards for females

For this challenge we are sponsored by the brilliant

QUIXOTIC PAPERIE

Please remember, for your entry to be considered for the prize, you will need to follow our very simple Without Words rules.

So, onto my card. I have coloured the beautiful Rosetta from Wee Stamps, I think she is so pretty.

Items Used:

Digi-Stamp - Wee Stamps Rosetta  coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Papers - First Edition Blank Canvas

Dies -  Tonic Studio Scalloped Square Nesting Die

Cheery Lynn Mini Pearl Circle Mega Die

Memory Box Delaney Butterfly

Craftwork Cards Sentiment and Shaped Card Blank

If you take a look at the Without Words Challenge you will see the stunning 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:
We Do Doobadoo Challenge- Different Shapes
Inkspirational - word inspiration - Bloom
A Creative Romance -  Girly Creations

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

bye for now

hugs

Child's Play at A Little Bit Crafty Challenge

Good Morning my lovely crafty friends.

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

So, here we are at the beginning of a new month - June already. That means the start of a new

A Little Bit Crafty Challenge

This month our fun theme is

Child's Play

For this challenge we are sponsored by:

Toodles and binks 

Jellypark 

Woodware

Please see the challenge blog for details of the prizes.

I used a wonderful Mo Manning digi-stamp. Her images are always so much fun to colour.

Items Used:

Digi Stamp - Mo Manning Gimme a Bee, coloured with Promarkers

Papers - MME Lush 2 Fuchsia

Sentiment - Paper Smooches Sentiments Sampler

Die-Namics Stacking Stars

Die-Namics Fishtail Flags Stax

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:

Digi Choosday Challenge -  Spots & Stripes
Little Claire's - Spots and Stripes
Addicted to Stamps and More - Colouring
Send a Smile for Kids -  Anything Goes
Mos digital - Graduation/New Beginnings (celebrate Graduation?)

Thank you 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