Robin Redbreast

Yes it's another Crafter's Companion sample today, made some time ago. I used papers from the Snowman CD, a robin topper, MS PATP set, Sizzix swirl corner die, Crealie swirl die and some Wild Orchid roses.

Primrose Fairy

Another Crafter's Companion sample from their recent launch of Flower Fairy Reddy Decoupage. I tried something different for this one and wove ribbon to match the colours of the Primrose Fairy. I added some leaves from Joanna Sheen and some daffodils from Wild Orchid. Unfortunately the daffodils stick up rather a long way and they looked a bit squashed on TV! Still the card looked lovely.

Happy New Year

This is the last of my SWALK samples which I never got round to blogging before. Papers, sentiment and faux ribbon and slider are from the CD. The stamped image is coloured with Spectrum Noirs. I used Woodware and Fiskars punches for the stars and a Sizzix die for the balloons.

I love Mince Pies

I'm sharing another recent sample for Crafter's Companions with you today. This was part of the recent SWALK Winter Cheer range using papers from the CD and one of the cute stamps sets. All coloured with Spectrum Noirs.

Totally Gorjuss Squiggle Penguins

It's those Squiggle penguins again but this time I have used them for the sketch challenge at Totally Gorjuss where we are sponsored by Joanna Sheen. I've used last year's Papermania papers and an MS simple scalloped punch. The sentiment is Craftwork cards with a lovely charm added. The snowflakes are epoxy stickers I bought in America.

U R A Star

This was one of the samples I made recently for Crafter's Companion. We were asked to make card using the new Darice embossing folders and Kraft Core Core'dinatins. I used backing paper from the Popcorn Pals CD.  The stars were made using Sizzix dies and the Core'dinatiosn was all sanded. I added some foam letters and ribbon from Crafter's Companion Christmas selection.

Purple Wedding

I was asked to make a Wedding card in purple and black. Well black just didn't look right so I used this deep purple paper from Craftwork Cards with some lilac and gold paper. The image is a die cut from LOTV. The flowers were pink so I coloured them with Promarkers. Added some lace, a large flower from Crafty Emmas, MS punched hearts and purple roses. The corners were cut with a Sizzix die and I used the punched out hearts too. The bride's dress was purple and the couple loved the card.

Disney pals in NYC

I've had a little break from Christmas cards doing some layouts for my scrapbooks. Scrapbooking is much more difficult than cardmaking I find, but so satisfying and I do feel I am getting better at it, trying out different techniques.  My first efforts are not much better than my first cards I made.

We went to New York a coup of years ago and as we love Disney had to visit the Disney shop in Fifth Avenue. These images made me smile so I knew I had to create a layout with them. I used Black Magic Core'dinations for the background, sanding it to show the blue through. I cut the diamond paper to give it a zigzag edge and used the diamonds I cut off on the other side of the page, adding a bit of doodling. I used a Marianne die for the star circle. The lovely ribbon was wrapped round a pair of PJs I had last Christmas. As soon as I saw it my first thought was that will be good for a scrapbook page or two so expect to see that used again as I have lots of Florida Disney pages to make.

Dancing in the Snow

Good Morning everyone, a rather gloomy day here in Norfolk. It's the 1st of November and that means a new challenge at Crafter’s Companion and our challenge this month is Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow. I had an 8" card to make for an order using The Snowman so I used one of the digis from the Walking in the Air CD as I could make the image nice and big for the card. I coloured the image with Spectrum Noirs. Papers are from the SWALK Winter Cheer CD. I used the MS simple scalloped border punch, Marianne snowflake dies and MS snowflake punch, all cut from glitter card. To finish I added some ribbon, sentiment from The Range and a snowflake charm tied with Baker's Twine.

Challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge Cold and frosty

The Cutie Pie Challenge Use a charm

Marianne's Design Divas Dying to Diecut

Dream Valley Anything Goes

This would be a great challenge to combine with the Go Dotty Challenge over at Squiggle Stamps where there is a fantastic prize of £20 to spend at Squiggle Stamps online store.

Have a Mice Christmas

Have been out all day today, haircut and colour, so the hair is looking good today! Went to the Bank, did a little shopping and then home to check up what is happening. I couldn't believe my eyes when I checked the competition over at Little Claire's blog where they wanted names for their new Cutie Patootie stamps. They chose my names, Bert and Mary so I have won a set of the 6 new stamps. How fantastic is that! I've never won a naming competition before.

Right, onto my card today which is an 8" card using the sweet Gillian Roberts mice coloured with Promarkers. I used papers from my 12" stash, Papermania glitter strip, ribbon, Woodward punched leaves, Crealie die cut leaves, Prima poinsettia, card candi and pearls.

Challenges:

Quixotic Paperie Great sketch

Cupcake Take a leaf out of my book

Sweet Stampin' Anything Goes

Dream Valley Anything Goes

Simon Says Anything Goes

Dutch Dare Pearls and swirls

Big boots

Isn't it lovely and light here this morning with the clocks going back. Won't be so good when it gets dark earlier this evening though. It means a nice early start for me today. Washing done and ready to hang out then shower and off to visit some friends to deliver some ordered Christmas cards.

I've used this gorgeous Simply Sassy girl for my card today. She is coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers with loads of glitter on the fur. I used DI Broken China around the image. Aren't her boots fab. I tried a couple of different things for this card, rather than using all blue, I used some Dovecraft pink and blue paper for the backing paper and then everything else blue on top. The blue papers are DCWV Winter stack. I used the last of a piece of lace I bought at Ally Pally and after adding the strip add a small piece left which I used at the top rather like bunting. I always wrap my lac around and stick with tape before layering but as I only had this small piece left used PVA glue and it stuck it perfectly. I used an MS simple scalloped border punch and the old faithful snowflake punch with glitter card.

Challenges:

Cupcake Denim and lace

Totally Papercrafts Glitter it

Crafty Purple Frog Sparkle

Crafts and Me Winter Blues

Remembrance Sunday

This is my second DT card today. Please scroll down for my Squiggles card.

We have a lovely challenge of I remember over at Totally Gorjuss. Please tell us why you chose a particular image for your creation. As my dear Grandma died on Remembrance Day several years ago I went with a Remembrance Day theme and chose this gorgeous poppy image from The Stamping Boutique. The papers are Echo Park Victoria Garden. I added some velvet ribbon, a seam binding bow and pearls to keep it stylish and simple. We are sponsored this week by Fantastic Ribbons so expect a fantastic prize.

Challenges:

One Stop Craft No sentiments

Sparkles Forum Remembrance Sunday

Go Dotty

Hello and welcome to Squiggle Saturday. The challenge blog has had a bit of a change and from now on all the DT will be making cards for the fortnightly challenge rather than posting on different days. The challenge is go dotty and I use done of the cute new penguin images coloured with Promarkers, I used Wild Rose papers again, just love the colours on these papers. Although it is a Christmas pack you could use these designs all year, if there any left of course. I also used a dotty punch from Michaels.and added some pearls. We'd love you to join in the fun at Squiggle Stamps. You can use any image you like but if you use a Squiggle image available here then you get 2 entries.

I've scheduled this post as I am out all day sorting out my cardmaking classes for January and delivering some cards to a shop to sell but hope to be back later with my Totally Gorjuss card.

Snow Baby

This is my second post for today and this one is using a stamp I haven't used for ages. The image is from the very talented Elisabeth Bell for Whiff of Joy. I've used a mix of Papermania Enchanted and Wild Rose papers. The snowflakes were made with a Marianne die and MS punch. Roses are from Wild Orchid. The sentiment is from a Humphrey's Corner stamp set.

Challenges:

Elisabeth Bell's World Pink, purple, pearls and pretties

Ladybug Crafts Ink Oh Baby

Passion for Promarkers Card/project for a child

CES New beginnings

Whiff of Joy Great sketch

Card Makin' Mamams Cut it out

Simon Says Anything Goes

The sun is shining here after a gloomy wet day yesterday so time to get the washing going, some h/w and ironing and then back to the craftroom. Have a great weekend.

Nice surprise yesterday

Clean and Simple

The challenge set by the lovely Denise this week at Winter Wonderland is clean and simple. Now regular followers will know that I don't do CAS. I don't think less is more, I think more is better. However I had these snowy scene die cutsI bought last year from Lili of the Valley and made some simple 5" square cards to sell in packs. I embossed some white Centura pearl with snowflakes and added some blue spotted ribbon. Simples. We had a lovely lot of entries last week and as I know many of you do enjoy making CAS cards hope you will come and play. I would like to enter this into the die cut challenge at Bah Humbug and no designer papers at One Stop Craft and Crafty Sentiments.

One image, 2 cards

 

I'm still working on lots of Christmas cards and here are 2 very different cards using the same sweet Sugar Nellie fairy. For this first card I used the Sugar Bowl sketch where the option is CAS. Now you will know that I don't do CAS but as there was only one paper in this sketch the card is pretty clean and simple for me. The paper is appropriately Papermania Enchanted, flower is from Crafty Emmas, Crealie diecut swirls.

The second card is an 8" square card so lots of scope for embellies. I love the colours of these papers from Papermania and Wild Rose. The image is coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers, as is the image above. Lots of glitter on her hat. I used an MS border punch and Marianne snowflake dies. I made a tag using a new stamp free with C&PC mag which arrived yesterday and a Nestie die. A couple of heart buttons and some jingle bell charms finish it off.

Challenges:

Charisma Anything Goes

Sketch and Stash Great sketch (papers, old & new, old charms, new sentiment stamp)

Die Cut Dreams So Charming

Whoopsi Daisy Fairy Magic

Simon Says Anything Goes

Marianne's Design Divas Dying to diecut

I love Promarkers Tags

Crafty Ribbons Bingo (Glitter, punch/dies, lace)

Dancing in the snow

Good morning, and a sunny morning it is too after yesterday's horrible rainy day. I popped into Hobbycraft yesterday and found some new Kraft card blanks and envelopes which at £3.99 for 30 was a good price I thought so have used one here. They seem to be gettig more products in for serious crafters and also had some items on special offer and as I had a £4 voucher if you spend £20 also bought a set of Nesties labels 2 which I have wanted for a while so got the card blanks for free.

I have so many new images to use it is hard to know which to use first. Also putting some stamps away the other day I came across some old favourites which haven't been used for far too long. Anyway today my card features one of the newer Lili of the Valley girls. She has been coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers with a bit of Sakura gold star pen and lots of lovely glitter. I used my MS PATP snowflake set and then added the punched out snowflakes to the design. The snowflake has been made with gold glitter card and a Marianne die. There's a lot going on in this card with buttons, pins, ribbon and lace. My favourite sort of card which also has distressed edges and sanded Core'dinations.

Challenges:

ABC Christmas V is for Vintage

Scrapbook Sisters Anything Goes

Simon Says Anything Goes

Creative Craft Fancy Edges

Marianne's Design Divas Dying to Diecut

Crafts 4 Eternity At least 1 metal embellishment (mine's pins)

Secret Crafter Wrap Up Warm

Lili of the Valley Bingo (Pins, buttons, ribbon & lace)

Snuggled up in love

The weather has changed today, after several lovely sunny days it is pouring with rain. Nowhere near as much rain as some of you in the UK are having though. Awful floods so I hope you are all safe and dry.

My card today is for an order and I was asked for an A5 card. The beauty of digis is of course that you can resize them so I could make this cute Meljens image nice and big for the card. Image coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I used DI Victorian Velevt around the image, papers are Marianne Merry Little Christmas, sentiment Craftwork Cards. I added some lovely burgundy lace, Prima poinsettias and some gold holly leaves I found in my Christmas stash.

Challenges:

Colour Create Burgundy, gold, green and cream

DYSU Trees

Secret Crafter Wrap up warm

Creative Card Crew Fallin' in love

I know most of you are busy making Christmas cards so don't forget to enter our Christmas cheer challenge over at Squiggle Stamps where you could win a £10 voucher. There are some gorgeous new Christmas images or maybe you will spend it on some of the lovely older digis or rubber. You can enter using any image and remember, you have to be in it to win it.

I've had a lucky week, getting Top 3 at Send a Smile 4 Kids, Ladybug Crafts Ink and Crafty Sentiments.

Snowy couple

After my grungy and distressed card posted this morning comes a card with nice clean lines. The image is from Crafty Sentiments coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I had forgotten I had this Marianne icicle die until I saw somebody else use it and it fitted this sketch perfectly along with the faithful MS punched snowflakes. The corner was made with a Sizzix die and the letters came from an old scrapbooking kit.

Challenges;

Sweet Sketch Wednesday Another great sketch

Crafty Sentiments Snowmen

Marianne's Design Divas Dying to diecut

2 ways with 1 embossing folder

2 more samples for Crafter's Companion, this time with a new Darice embossing folder and some new Core'dinations. I wanted to create 2 completely different looks with the same basic card design. The top card features the Kraft Core'dinations and has been severely distressed, torn and sanded. This would make a great male Birthday card. The bottom one has a much more feminine look using the new Pastels Core'dination which has just been lightly sanded. I used Baker's Twine for the top bunting and ribbon for the bottom one and added some Prima flowers.

I would like to enter the top card into the spooky hues challenge at Papertake and Sundae Bar at Paper Sundaes (black, distressing, sparkle (with the gems)). Both cards are for the embossing challenge at Charisma.

Happy Birthday Crafter's Companion

Just a quick post from me as I have been out all day. Crafter's Companion is 6 years old and they are celebrating all week with special offers and loads of TV programmes on Create and Craft. Last week I was very busy working on lots of samples for these programmes and here is just one of the  cards I made with the monochromatic Reddy decoupage. I used black Centura pearl card for the card blank and added some Crealie die cut swirls, Prima flowers and pearls.

Believe in fairies

Time for another challenge at Totally Gorjuss and this week our challenge is pastel Christmas sponsored by Lili of the Valley. I'm so pleased with the way this card turned out that I want to send it to myself, lol! The image is a Nellie Snellen one coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers, Sakura clear star pen and lots of glitter.. I used DI Frayed Burlap around the images and some gorgeous Tim Holtz 12 x 12 papers which I have distressed. The sentiment is from a Humphrey's Corner stamp set, punched star from Core'dinations with MS punched snowflakes.

Challenges:

Passion for Promarkers Stars

Moving along with the times Vintage

The Corrosive Challenge Flying Things

Crafting when we can Almost Christmas

Flutterby Wednesday Open

Let them eat cake

This is my second post for today. Please scroll down for a baby card.

The stamp is one of the new Sugar Nellie Fairy Glen girlies and I was very lucky to win her in the SN bloghop. I've coloured her with Promarkers and Flexmarkers and teamed her with Dovecraft Piece of Cake papers. I've used my MS Cherish punch and some lace from The Hobby House. Sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.

Challenges:

Ladybug Crafts Ink Circles, pink and brown

My Mum's Craft Shop Food and drink

Scrapbook Sisters Circles

Simon Says Inspired by a nursery rhyme or fairy tale (Pat a Cake)
I'm also entering this into the Sugar Nellie Facebook challenge.

Time to get some dinner cooking and hopefully get another ordered card made later. Have a good weekend everyone. I'm selling cards at Hingham Craft Fair on Sunday so hope that goes well.

Rock a bye baby

Here I am a little later than usual as I decided to be good and get all my chores out of the way first. Hubby is at home today and we had a bit of a cleaning frenzy this morning starting before 8am. I've also done some hand washing and 2 loads of machine washing so I deserve some crafting and blogging time now don't you think. This card is for an order and will have a named sentiment on but as I don't want it to be seen on Facebook will add that now. I just adore this image and have used it several times. It has been coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. The papers are Papermania Boysenberry. The gorgeous rose ribbon is from the Hobby House. Flowers and leaves from Wild Orchid and Crafty Emma's. I would like to enter this into the vintage challenge at Moving along with the times and inspired by nursery rhymes/fairy tales at Simon Says (Rock a bye baby).

Meldoy distressed and torn

I recently bought some more Pollycraft digis and Melody was one of them. She is coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers with some Sakura clear star for highlighting.  I had a play around with distressing and tearing for this one. The blue card is Core'dinations which I embossed with snowflakes and sanded. Paper is Papermania Enchanted. I added some Papermania glitter strips, MS punched snowflakes and a Pollycraft sentiment coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers.

Challenges:

Pollycraft Girls, girls, girls

Sunday sketch and stamp Great sketch

Creatalicious Distress your edges

I love Promarkers Ain't it cute

Fab n Funky Distressed or torn

How does your garden grow?

Good morning everyone. I have a Birthday card to share with you today for a change from Christmas cards. The image is Little Claire, papers Basic Grey Wisteria. The image has been coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers with a bit of sparkle for a Sakura clear star pen. I do love these pens and just bought a green one. They add a little bit of sparkle when you don't necessarily want to use glitter. I used one of my fave MS border punches and then covered most of it with the Prima flowers, lol!

Challenges:

I love Promarkers Ain't it cute

Allsorts Lavender and lace

The Ribbon Girl Lilac and green

Stamp R Us Nature's gifts

Simon Says Inspired by a nursery rhyme or fairy tale

(Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?)

Right, the washing is done, the sun is shining so off to get that on the line and do a few chores before some more crafting. Catch you later.

A gift from Squiggle Stamps

This is my second Christmas post today, this time featuring a brand new release from Squiggle Stamps. This is one of the Goth Kidz range released today. There are many more new Christmas digis including some very cute penguins. I've used a great sketch from A Gem of a Challenge using papers from Kars Xmas and DCWV Winter stack. I've coloured and glittered some Kars wooden snowflakes, added some baker's twine and pearls and a Craftwork Cards sentiment. I would also like to enter this into the masculine challenge at Sweet Stampin'.

Friends by the fire

Well I didn't get round to any cardmaking last night after all so am determined to make a few today and here's the first. I bought some die cuts from the Lili of the Valley stand at Ally Pally as there were some images which aren't yet available as stamps. At least I don't think this one is but it is sooooo cute isn't it. The papers are Wild Rose Milton Christmas, flower is Prima, border K&Co and corner made with a Sizzix die.

Challenges:

Sparkles Christmas Christmas Song - Mine is The Christmas Song(Chestnuts roasting on an open fire)

Dutch Dare Great sketch

Lili of the Valley Warm and Cozy

Christmas Stampin' all year long Seeing spots

Watch this space as I hope to be back with at least one more card later.

I love my dog

Well I don't love my dog as I don't have one but this little cutie does. You may have seen her on TV if you have been watching the SWALK launch on Create and Craft. This is a great sentiment too I think. The papers are from the new SWALK Winter Cheer CD and the image is coloured with Spectrum Noirs. I would like to enter this into the challenge of 1 ribbon, 2 shapes and glitter, (shapes are circle and rectangle), at CRAFT and for the girls at Send a Smile 4 Kids.

I posted a large parcel of cards off to Crafter's Companion today so I can now settle down and get some other cards made so should have something new to share tomorrow. I should also have a bit more time for blogging thank goodness.

Very pink, a candy winner and oops!!!

Another gorgeous day here today and what am I doing, making cards as I have so many to get done for Crafter's Companion. Hope the weather lasts as we are off out visiting tomorrow. I decided to take a break from my DT cards and make something else and here it is. My card features one of the gorgeous Sassy girls from Sugar Nellie coloured with Promarkers. I tried the ditty background for the first time as I have seen this quite a lot lately and thought it would be fun to try it. The papers were a Birthday pressie, Kars Country Rose and boy are they pink or what! I used an MS border punch, Marianne leaf die, X cut butterfly punch, Craftwork cards sentiment and various flowers. The fab sketch is from The Sugar Bowl and I would like to enter the monochrome challenge at The Crafty Pad and dying to diecut at Marianne's Design Divas.

Ans the moment you have all been waiting for which is the winner of my Birthday candy and it is.....

That's you Lynn (Delphinoid). Please e-mail me your address and I'll pop your goodies in the post to you. Don't despair if you haven;t won any candy from me yet. I'm off to America before Christmas and I'm sure to come back with something lovely to give away.

Lastly, look what happened to me Friday night. Reaching to get something from the back of a shelf in my craftroom and down came packs of embellies which burst open all over the floor. This is just a small part of it and of course some of the embellies are tiny and being such a tidy fanatic I had to pick them up and out them all back in the right sections of the containers. What a job that was and not to be recommended.