Button it at the Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge!

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.

 I know a few of  my blogging buddies are not so good at the moment for one reason or another so I would like to send you all comforting hugs.

Today is the start of a new Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge

This time our theme is 

Button it!

Our sponsors for this challenge are

Bugaboo Stamps 

and also Scrappiness designs who have lots of fab digital paper kits at their store here.

I made this card for my Nephew using a cute Bugaboo image and some very old papers. I was inspired by the fabulous sketch over at Seize the Birthday. As my papers are very colourful I have gone for minimal embellishments.

Items used

Digi stamp - Turtle-birthday coloured with Promarkers

Papers - DCWV Stack 6

Spellbinders large circle and large scalloped circle

Sentiment - Craftwork cards

buttons from stash

If you take a look on the Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team and see who were the lucky winners of the last challenge

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

Seize the Birthday - challenge #16 - FAB sketch

Clear it Out - Anything goes with 2 or more patterned papers 
Whimsy Inspires -  Anything Goes
Bugaboo Challenge - Anything Goes
Delightful Challenge - Stash it! ( very old papers and buttons)

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

Take care

bye for now

hugs to you all

Little Friends - My Crafty Heart GDT card

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends

I hope you are all having a good week so far.

 Today I am here to show you a card that I made with some gorgeous goodies from

My Crafty Heart

I have used a digi stamp that I was very lucky to win from Elisabeth Bell's blog hop. My Craft Heart stocks some other gorgeous Elisabeth Bell rubber stamps that you can see here. 

I felt like making a colourful card again so I have used the gorgeous Prima Believe papers.

The flowers on the Memory Box Hollyhock Stem and the wings on the beautiful dragonfly have been coloured with Promarkers. The pearl dots on the Dragonfly's body have been made with the wonderful Viva Pearl Pen - I love this because you can make the pearls into any size you need.

Items Used:

Digi Stamp - Elisabeth Bell Little Friends coloured with Promarkers

Papers -  Prima Believe - MCH

Memory Box - Vintage Birdcage 

Memory Box - Hollyhock Stem - MCH

Memory Box - Meadow Butterfly - MCH

Viva Decor Pearl Pen Ice White - MCH

Lace - Melissa Frances  Crocheted Vintage Beige Lace. - MCH

Resin flower 

Sentiment - lotv - vintage labels occasions

Vintage Florals Corner stamp - lotv

Over at  My Crafty Heart there are lots of new goodies including some of the new Summer MB dies and some gorgeous Impression Obsession dies.

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

Pretty Little Ribbon shop - Lace

Elisabeth Bells World - April showers bring May Flowers.

Jellypark - Girly

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes - optional to use 2 stamps

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

bye for now

hugs

Passion for Promakers Challenge - Happy Birthday

Good Morning my wonderful crafty friends.

I hope you are all well and that you had a good weekend. We were very lucky with the weather, makes a nice change for a bank holiday.

Today is the start of a new Passion for Promarkers Challenge

This week our theme chosen by the lovely Pinky is 

Happy Birthday  

Please remember you must use your Letraset products (i.e. promarkers, flex markers, aqua markers, tria markers, metallic markers or neon markers) and of course follow the theme.

For this challenge we are sponsored by

Lili of the Valley

Prize for the lucky winner is a £10 voucher to spend online.

So what better reason for me to use one of my newest stamps from LOTV which I bought recently with a gift voucher that I was very lucky to win from the wonderful Vicky.

Items Used

Stamp - LOTV It Takes Two coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Papers - First Edition Sweet Owl

Embossing folder - Papermania Happy Birthday

Spellbinders labels one and scalloped labels one

Sentiment - LOTV Senitment Tags

Memory Box Party Lanterns availble at MCH

Wooden button from stash

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

Inky Impressions - Spots and or Stripes

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - lots of  Pink

I ♥ Promarkers - Put a button on it!

Thank you 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 make

Bye for now

hugs

DT card for Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge #113

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.

I hope you are well and if you are in the UK I hope you are enjoying the extra long weekend.

We have been lucky to have some sunny weather here which has been an added bonus.

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

We are onto Sketch # 9 and our optional theme chosen by the lovely Sarah-Jane is Things with Wings.

For this challenge we are sponsored by the wonderful

A Day for Daisies

We were very lucky on the design team to be able to choose an image from A Day for Daisies for this challenge. I choose this gorgeous owl, it really was a joy to colour. I have kept my embellishments to a minimum this time.

Here is the sketch, as you can see I rotated it to fit my image

Items Used

Digi Stamp - A Day for Daisies Owl Sister coloured with promarkers

Papers - First Edition New Leaf

Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles

Sentiment - Flourishes

Nellie Snellen small and medium Flower punches

Embossing folder - Crafters Companion Floral Frenzy

Ribbon, twine and wooden button from stash

If you take a look on the Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge blog 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:

I ♥ Promarkers - button it!
Crafty Ribbons - anything goes (with ribbon)

Ribbon girl - add a button
Glitter n Sparkle - Anything goes
Lisa B Designs - things with wings
Simon Says Stamp - Happy Mail

Right, that's all from me for now.

Thank you so much 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 make

I hope you all have a good day.

bye for now

hugs

Things with Wings at the No Matter Which Challenge

Good Evening to you all my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are all having a good weekend. The weather hasn't been so nice today but it has stayed dry so my son got to play his first of three cricket matches this weekend.

Just popping by to tell you about the new

No Matter Which Challenge

This month our theme is

Things with Wings
Please remember you MUST use a rubber or digi stamped image as your main image

For this challenge we are sponsored by

My Creative Classroom

One lucky winner will receive a free seat to a class of their choice.

I made this card for my wonderful Mum-in-Law who's Birthday is next week. She loves watching the birds in the garden so I hope she will like this image. I could hardly believe my luck when I realised that my Memory Box Norrland Flower die matched so well with flowers in the image. I have add added some shading to them with distress inks but unfortunately you cannot really see it on my photo

Items used

Stamp- Tina Wenke Bird on Dogwood Branch coloured with Promarkers

Papers - LOTV Country Lady

Sentiment - LOTV Handwritten Phrases

Spellbinders labels 18

Spellbinders Floral ovals - available at MCH

Memory Box Lavish Branch 

Memory Box Norrland Flower

Distress Inks - Tattered Rose and Victorian Velvet

Seed beads from stash

If you take a look on the No Matter Which Challenge you will see the amazing creations make by the rest of the design team



I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
Natalie and Amy - Things with wings
Bearly Mine Challenges  Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments use a birthday sentiment
Creative Craft Challenges2 - All about Animals
Crafts and Me: floral frenzy
2 Sisters Challenge - Bingo   -  Punches or Dies/ Sentiment/Flowers
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Blooms and Blossoms
As you like it - favourite die or punch - (one of my favourites!) Spellbinders floral oval, just think is frames an image so beautifully

Right, that it from me for now. Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comment you may wish to make

I hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend

Bye for now

hugs

Add some Lace - Lili's Little Fairies Challenge

Good Morning to you all my lovely crafty friends

Today is a special day here at the Bearhouse as it's our Wedding Anniversary. 21 years have just flown by and my goodness so much has happened in that time. Don't worry, I won't get too soppy with you, I just feel so lucky to have someone so kind, caring and totally wonderful to share my life with. 

Anyway, today is the start of a new Lili's Little Fairies Challenge

our theme this week is a nice easy one

Lace

You can use real lace, paper lace or faux lace, so long as it is there on your card with your LOTV image.

The lovely prize for you this time is 2 stamps from STAMPOSAURUS

I have used one of my older Lili of the Valley stamps this time. I really love this image. 

Items Used

Image - LOTV Little Girl's Swing Time coloured with Promarkers

Papers -  Prima Birdsong

Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish

Nellie Snellen small and medium flower punches

Woodware small daisy punch

Distress Ink - Tattered Rose for edges of papers and flowers 

Martha Stewart heart doily punch

Pearls, seam binding and lace from stash

Sentiment - Woodware

If you take a look on the Lili's Little Fairies 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:
Love to Create - Punches and/or Dies
Perfect Sentiments Make it feminine
Creative Inspirations - Birthday
Ruby's Rainbow - Furry Friends
Penny's Challenge - Animals

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

Bye for now

hugs 

Sue

Kraft it!! at A little Bit Crafty Challenge

Good Morning Everyone and a warm welcome to my new followers. It's so lovely to have you there.

I'm so happy it's the 1st of May. This is one of my favourite months of the year. The air is fresh, the trees start to blossom and we have lots of friends and family birthdays coming up to keep us busy.

Today is the start of a new A Little Bit Crafty Challenge

This month our theme is

Kraft it!

We have 3 wonderful sponsors this time:

     

Sarah Hurley - Prize Curio Digi kit and a £10 voucher for digital items in her shop

Hobbycutz - Prize  £7.50 Voucher 

Clare Curd Crafts - Prize  £10 voucher 

So here is the card I made for -I'm sure you may have guessed - my dear Dad.

He supports Brighton Football team therefore Wellington bear is wearing the correct team colours of blue and white.

Items used

Stamp - Do-crafts Wellington. Coloured with Promarkers

Papers - DCWV Stack 6

Embossing folder -Craft Concepts Retro Circles

Sentiment - Woodware

Spellbinders - Labels 1 and Scalloped Labels 1

Memory Box Mini Scallop Border Die

Xcut Alphabet Die Slimline

Wooden stars from stash

If you take a look at A Little Bit Craft Challenge you will see the wonderful creations make buy 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:

Card Crafters Circle - masculine
Crafty Boots - Use a Stamped Character
Squirrel & the Fox - furry friends

Crafty Sentiments - The letter B ( blue, brown, bear, ball and birthday)

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog again today. It really means so much to me and I love to read any comments you may wish to make

Bye for now

hugs

Sue