No designer papers

Here's my first DT card for Totally Gorjuss and it's the challenge of no designer papers. This is a great reason to get out those embossing folders I don't use often enough. I used C'ordinations whitewash card stock from Crafter's Companion, D'vine swirls and Bubbles Cuttlebug embossing folders ad sanded them down to show the blue cardstock. The image is from Little Claire. The ribbon was on a Birthday cake, sentiment from Craftwork Cards. I hope you'll play along this week as we are sponsored by Simon Says.

A little Mistletoe

This week at Winter Wonderland Lynsey has challenged us to use a little mistletoe so here is my DT card using a sweet Pink Gem Teddy Bear. We have a fantastic prize of a £10 voucher to spend at -

so you are definitely going to want to enter this week.

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

Kaboodle Doodles Cute and cuddly animals

Creative Craft Embossing

Crafty Catz Furry Friends

I'm off to a Sincerely Yours craft show at Thetford on Sunday, meeting up with Lynsey there. Not quite up to Ally Pally or NEC standard but as I was on hol in America couldn't make either of those. Probably just as well this is a small show after the stash I got on hol.

Get well soon teddy

Another bright card for my second one today. Lisa stamped this sweet LOTV image for me months ago and I've finally got round to using it. It's just perfect for a poorly child. The papers are Country Diary and are free with this month's C&PC mag. The Sizzix corners were a new buy in America. Flowers are Wild Orchid cherry blossom with roses from Michaels. Challenges: Cupcake Doctors and nurses Simon Says Card for a child Sketch N Stash Fab sketch which I rotated. I just had to move the sentiment slightly as it wouldn't fit otherwise.

Gone fishing

Another card made with an LOTV square. As there was a lot of whit space around the image I die cut it with a Nellie die. Papers are K&Co Hopscotch. I love these bright papers, just right for male cards. The border is also K&Co. I used one of my new punches which is Michaels own make. For those of you who have been to the US and shopped at Michaels I have exciting news. They hope to open in the UK at some stage, could be a couple of years time though. However they are going to extend their website to sell in the UK. How great will that be.

Challenges:
Aud Sentiments Anything goes
Bunny Zoe One for the boys
DYSU Scallops

Divas by Design

Sadly some challenges have finished but there's a bright new one heading our way on Wednesday 4th May. They have some great candy on offer and a DT call until 20th April. You are definitely going to want to enter these fortnightly challenges so check out this link, enter the candy and ad it to your Wednesday challenge list. They have a great name too, Divas by Design.

I would love to join their DT so need to show 3 of my favourite pieces of work. This is always so difficult but I've decided to choose 3 from this year and have chosen these.

Digistamp Giveaway

There's a new giveaway at Digistamp Boutique which closes 30 April. You could win this sweet image, Olivia and a £5 voucher. So what are you waiting for, hop over and enter.

Two little girls

Had a lovely day crafting with Lynsey today. We both got a DT card made plus some stock. This is one I made using one of the cute LOTV squares. Papers are some of the last of my Pink Parfait pack and the MS punch is a new one in bought in the US. Flowers are Wild Orchid with MS punched fern leaves. I'm still playing catch up with my commenting so apologies if I haven't been to visit you yet.

Challenges:

ABC Sugar and spice By the Cute and girly Cute and girly Craft your Days Away Spots and stripes Incy Wincy Flower frenzy My Partner in Crafting Crime Layer it up (at least 3 layers)(I have 10)

Happy 3rd Birthday Grace

Today is my friend Lynsey's daughter's 3rd Birthday and here is the card I made for Grace who takes after her mum in loving pink. The sweet image is one I won recently from Heather Ellis. Papers are K&Co, flowers are Prima and the ballet shoe charm is from the Hobby House. I have been very busy the last two days with housework and ironing in the mornings and cardmaking in the afternoons for Crafter's Companion for a Create and Craft TV show on 19th April. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow when Lynsey is coming over a day's cardmaking. The rest of the ironing will just have to wait.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges: A Spoon full of Sugar All creatures great and small Ladybug Crafts Ink Celebration Paperplay Critters galore CES Monochromatic

Candy winner and some exciting news

As you will know if you read yesterday's post I am just back from holiday in Florida. While I was away I had some exciting news as I was asked to join the DT at Totally Gorjuss for 6 months. You'll see my first card for them this Saturday.

I also made the top 3 at Sparkles Forum Christmas challenge

and I won the challenge last Saturday at A Gem of a Challenge.

Now the news you have been waiting for. Thanks to everyone who entered my little candy and welcome to me new followers. I do hope you'll stay. Thanks also to everyone who left me a comment whilst I was away. I'll have some more candy next month for you.

The winner of this candy is

Congratulations Aussie Loz, please e-mail me your address so I can post it to you.

Candy Time

This post will stay at the top until 10 April. Please scroll down for other posts.

Time to give away a little candy. You could win a pack of LOTV cute squares of love and romance, a Spellbinder tulip embossing folder and a pack of Papermania flowers.

All you have to do is:

• Be a follower of my blog
• Post a pic on your sidebar with a link back to my blog
• Enter via the blue frog below

Closing date 10 April.

DID YOU MISS ME?

Hi everyone, have you missed me? You may have wondered why I haven't been entering any challenges nor visiting you and leaving comments. I did leave some scheduled posts and my little candy. I have been away on holiday in sunny Florida and only got back home yesterday afternoon. We had a fabulous time. Now it's back to reality but luckily the sun is shining so I can hang out some of the washing.

I didn't think I bought much craft stuff this time but when I put it all together when I got home I can see there is more than I thought. The pretty box, which is empty, is for my ribbons. I also got a few goodies for another candy which will be coming shortly.

If you haven't already entered my candy then do it now because it closes tonight. I'm off to do some food shopping now. It's gonna take me a while to catch up with you all but I'll do my best this week. I've got some DT work for Crafter's Companion to do and of course piles of ironing, oh joy.

Easter chicks

Time for another challenge at Stampin’ for the Weekend and this time the challenge is Easter. I have used this adorable image from Digistamp Boutique for my DT card. I made the shaped card and layers with Go Kreate and Nestie dies. The papers is K&Co Daisy. I didn't feel it needed much embellishment so just added some tiny buttons and a bow from the Honey and Hugs range. I would ike to enter this into the April competition at Digistamp Boutique.

Fairyopolis

When I made the Fairyopolis samples for the Crafter's Companion launch I never got round to showing you these 3 samples so here they are today. These fairies are so pretty and the papers are such gorgeous colours. The CD contains so many toppers, decoupage and pyrimage too. The top card image and sentiment are from one of the stamp sets, the middle one is a topper and the bottom one an A5 Pryimage.

Birthday Teddy

I've used a Pyrimage image of Popcorn and Souffle for this month's DT card for Crafter’s Companion where the challenge is brown and aqua. I know this is a popular colour combo so hope to see lots of you playing along. Remember you don't have to use a CC image but we would love it if you do. I have used Clare Curd papers, MS PATP double loop punch and yes, you've guessed it some card candy to finish off this A5 card.

Teddy Bears' Christmas

Time for a DT card for this week's challenge at Winter Wonderland. Denise has chosen Teddy Bear's Christmas as her theme, one which suits me perfectly. The image is from Pollycraft, papers are Forever Friends Cosy Christmas. I added glitter flocking to the image and glossy accents to the baubles. The sentiment is part of a K&Co border, holly leaves are from a Sizzix die and that card candy has come out again. There's a great prize from Sassy Studio Designs so get out those teddies and come and play with us this week. Don't forget to enter my candy (post at the top of my blog),

More decoupaged Poppets

I thought I would share two more of these cute decoupaged Poppets with you today (see earlier posts). More TV samples.

Christening Card

A card a friend asked me to make for a little girl being christened yesterday. This image from LOTV is such a sweet one and needs very little colouring. I went with lilac as a change from pink using these gorgeous papers from Papermania called Boysenberry. Flowers from Wild Orchid with punched leaves.

Decoupaged Poppets

If you saw my post on Thursday you will have seen a couple of the decoupaged duck samples from Create and Craft TV. Today I thought I would share two of the lovely decoupage Poppets with you. Papers again from the SWALK CDs.The top card has punched flowers and gems and the embellies on the bottom one are from an old pack from Lakeland which matched the image so well.

Decoupaged ducks

If you were watching the Crafter's Companion programme on Create and Craft TV on Sunday morning you will have seen these very cute ducks from Reddy Decoupage. I really enjoyed making these samples and thought I would share a couple of them with you today. We were asked to keep the card designs fairly simple and with such beautiful decoupage it was easy to produce lovely cards with very little embellishment. Papers are from the SWALK CDs.

A bear and some butterflies

This is my third post today. Please scroll down for Squiggle Daisy and some candy news.

This cute bear is another of my new LOTV stamps. I know he was released some time ago but he has been on my wish list since he was released and he finally found a home with me. I followed Bev's fab sketch at Lili of the Valley. The papers are from a new pack from Dovecraft, which I spotted amongst some new purchases when I visited Lynsey last week. She kindly gave me one of each so I'm not sure of the name of them, Tea House I think. I used a new Sizzix embossing folder (note to self, use embossing folders more). I think the pink card looks so pretty embossed. Flowers were punched with EK Success punches with added card candy. I have rediscovered this and it seems to be on most of my cards at the moment. The little tag sentiment is also from Craftwork Cards. The image is coloured with Promarkers and I added some spots to the butterflies with a Sakura souffle pen and glossy accents to the bear's glasses.

I would also like to enter this into the following challenges:
Sarah Hurley Embossing
Paper Play Embossing
Teddy Stampers Embossing
Incy Wincy Embossing
Paper Sundaes Embossing
Passion for Promarkers In the Garden
Little Claire Pink and Green

I was so pleased to win top 3 for Little Claire's last challenge.



I'll be back later today or tomorrow with a little candy.

Candy

There are two lovely ladies who have some fab candy on offer. The first is Victoria who is celebrating her 3rd blogaversary.

The second is Emma who is raising money for Yorkshire Air Ambulance in memory of her Dad. Emma has some lovely prizes on offer and to enter you just need to donate £1 to the Air Ambulance.

Click on the names to take you to the relevant posts. I'll be back later with a little candy from me.

Spring has sprung

Good morning and what a beautiful morning it is. It's so lovely to see the Spring flowers out in the garden. Hubby even gave the grass it's first cut yesterday. Here's a little sweetie from Squiggle Stamps I haven't inked up in a while.

Challenges:
Squiggle Spring
Wags 'n Whiskers Spring
Kaboodle Doodles Yellow, blue, pink, green
Stamp with Fun Spring
A Spoon Full of Sugar Ribbon, pearls/rhinestones and flowers

Image - Squiggle
Medium - Letraset Promarkers, Sakura rosestar pen
Papers - Papermania Honey and Hugs
Tools - Nellie Die, MS border and flower punch, X cut small flower punch
Embellishments – gems, ribbon and brad from stash

Shaped easel card

I thought it would be fun to try a shaped easel card with my new Go Kreate dies. I used a cute Whiff of Joy image and some beautiful Henbury Lane paper with Prima flowers and pearls. The sentiment and card candy are from Craftwork Cards. She is coloured with Promarkers and I used a Sakura clearstar pen for a bit of bling.

I would like to enter this card into the challenge of anything but a square at A Gem of a Challenge and anything goes at Whiff of Joy.

Blowin' in the Wind

The last Mother's Day card from I think which features some very cute Penny Black mice. They are part of a clear stamp set and I put the 3 little stamps together to make this scene. A number of you have asked about the little dots I add to some images. They are made with a stamp called Field of Sky from Stamp in the Hand. I also added some tiny black gems to the image and some slightly larger ones to the corners. Papers are Papermania Boysenberry. I used the MS simple scallop punch and in place of one of the rectangles in the fab sketch from A Spoon Full of Sugar I added 2 large black flowers. Image and sentiment cut with oval Nesties.

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Creations Mother's Day
Charisma To die for
Crafty Catz Mother's Day
Craft Your Days Away For Mum
Penny Black Spring is Sprung
CES Inspired by a song (Blowin' in the Wind)
Card Making Mamas Animals
Stamp Something Something Sweet
2 Sisters Furry Friends

It's a beautiful day here today so off out for a walk this afternoon. Catch you later.

Christmas Presents

I've had a lovely day out today and had a massage, haircut and lunch so feeling very relaxed. This week at Winter Wonderland Suzi is hosting her first challenge and has chosen embossing. A nice easy challenge for you. Now I know you are all busy making Mother's Day and Easter cards but don't forget to keep making those Christmas cards to save the rush later in the year. We are very lucky to have 2 sponsors this week, Stitchy Bear Stamps and Sentiments 4 You. I love my embossing folders but don't use them as much as I should so this was a great opportunity to use my Cuttlebug star embossing folder to match the stars on the Papermania paper. The image is Pollycraft and I used the Go Kreate dies again. I added some white card candy to finish.

I would also like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Cards for Men Fab sketch and DT call
Pollycraft Card for a teen
Creative Card Crew Show us some green
I love Promarkers Men's cards
The Pixie Cottage Green

Striving for perfection

I'm always striving to improve my colouring, particularly when you have such beautiful big dresses like the one in this Kraftin' Kimmie stamp Marie Antoinette. I find it difficult to leave some white and get it right. I think this is my best effort yet, which was helped by an article in January's Craft Stamper by Kim Costello.


I would like to enter this into the pearls and lace challenge at Totally Gorjuss and Anything Goes at Kraftin'Kimmie.

Image - Kraftin' Kimmie
Medium - Letraset Promarkers, Sakura clearstar and rosestar pens
Papers - Papercellar Victorian Burgundy and Papermania Blueberry Pie
Tools - MS Border punch
Flowers - Wild Orchid with silk leaves from Joanna Sheen
Embellishments – lace from stash, pearls from Crafty Emma's store

Teddy Bear's Picnic

Does anyone else have problems sometimes with pop ups being blocked on blogger? I set it to allow pop ups but sometimes it just bongs when I want to add an image or leave a comment. Then suddenly it works again. This morning I was visiting many of you and it just wouldn't let me leave a comment which is very frustrating so apologies if I haven't left a comment for a while. I've used one of my new LOTV stamps here. I just couldn't resist this cute teddy image.

Challenges:
Teddy Stampers Fab sketch
Simon Says Happy Birthday
Penny's From the kitchen

Image - Lili of the Valley
Medium - Letraset Promarkers
Papers - Forever friends Pink Parfait
Tools - MS border punch, Sizzix swirl, Circle Nestie
Flower - chipboard flower from the Range
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Other - card candy

Say cheese

I've had a lovely day out today with my friend Lynsey. We visited 2 great craft shops and had lunch. Lots of lovely crafty chat and a few purchases of course. Why don't we have any good craft shops in Norwich? So a quick post from me tonight as I want to see the last of Gok's programme tonight at 8pm.

This is my hubby's Birthday card which he loved. He's always been a keen photographer so this Pollycraft digi image is just perfect and was a great image to 3D. I decoupaged the face, camera, camera bag and strap and shoes and then added glossy accents to his glasses, camera lens and flash.

Challenges:
Papertake Triple Tastic (3 of something (buttons)
Moving along with the times Card for a male
CES Men only
Sweet Stampin Favourite movie (It's a wonderful life (well it is a wonderful life with my hubby))
Kaboodle Doodle Happy Birthday
Incy Wincy For the boys
Creatalicious Two tone

Image - Pollycraft
Medium - Letraset Promarkers
Papers - Dovecraft
Tools - MS Zigzag punch and Dovecraft star punch
Other – Glossy accents, Buttons from stash

It's launch day

Yes, 9pm tonight on Ideal World will see the release of the new Fairyopolis range of Flower Fairies from Crafter's Companion so I am sharing a last sneak peek with you. This is another stamped image with papers from the CD. The sentiment is also on the stamp set. I added some gems, ribbon, Sizzix cut swirls and flowers from Crafty Emma's shop and Wild Orchid.

This really is a lovely set of stamps and CD and I've enjoyed bringing you these sneak peeks.

Mother's Day Fairy

This is my third post today, this time with an LOTV fairy. I've loved this image for ages and when I bought a couple of the new stamps last week she flew into my basket too.

I would like to enter her into the following challenges:
Truly Scrumptious Fab sketch
Lili of the Valley Say it with Flowers
ABC P is for Pearls
Crafts 4 Eternity Scrummy colour combo of Purple, aqua, pale green
Cupcake Up in the air, option green

Image - Lili of the Valley
Medium - Letraset Promarkers, Sakura clearstar pen
Papers - Papermania Capsule Aqua
Tools - Label Nestie, MS doily punch, Marianne flower die
Pearls - The Hobby House
Sentiment - PC generated with faux stitching