Happy Birthday Bunny

I am selling at the first of 2 craft fairs this weekend. Today's is only a morning one so I will be back this afternoon to link this card and catch up with some blogging.

I was lucky enough to win this sweet stamp on the LOTV ideas to inspire blog and amazingly he got inked and coloured within a couple of days. I am doing well with my newest stamps at the moment. 

Image - LOTV Armful of Daisies

Medium - Copics

Papers - First Edition Floral Pavilion and a scrap from another pack

Dies - Go Kreate for card blank, MB party latterns, Spelbinder heart circle

Lace and pearls from stash

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Challenges

Lili of the Valley Birthday card 

Bearly Mine Spring 

Totally Papercrafts Pastels

  Crafting from the heart Cute and cuddly 

Creative card crew Animals 

Papertake Anything goes 

Divas by Design Anything goes 

Simon Says Happy Birthday 

In the pink Anything but square

Beautiful Botanics

I love the Craftwork Cards Christmas Post pack so much that I decided I must buy the Botanics pack and was so pleased to find it at the Thetford show last Sunday. The quality of these products is brilliant and the designs are fabulous.

I made 2 shaped cards, also from Craftwork Cards. Everthing on the cards is from the pack except the pearls, ink for the edges and the die cut birds. I have been wanting a flying bird die for ages. I love my Memory Box one but the birds are tiny and sometimes I want bigger birds. The bigger bird dies I have aren't flying and you know how it is when you really want something. I hadn't been able to find any online but at the show I was browsing the All Occasion stand and found just what I wanted, 4 small flying birds.

Challenges

ALBC The birds and the bees 

Time Out Photo inspirations
Penny's Feathered Friends
Papertake Anything goes

A new stamp

Here I am back as promised with my DT card for Crafty Little Fairies where our challenge is shabby chic/vintage. We are sponsored by

so I hope you will join us this week.

I love this theme and it was just the theme to use a new stamp I bought on Sunday. Yes, bought Sunday and used on Monday. I either seem to use new ones straight away or they wait for ages to be coloured. Isn't she adorable, just couldn't resist her and I am really loving the pastel shades I used too.

Image - Bridie Aly's Inky Fingers

Medium - Copics, Sakura Rose Star pen

Papers - Prima Delight

Tag - Melissa Frances

Lace - Crafty Ribbons

Doily - Dovecraft

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Punch - MS birds on a wire

Die - Spellbinders labels

Other - wooden bird from Hobbycraft, painted with acrylic paint and covered with frantage and heat embossed, DI Tattered Rose and Stickles around edge of image

Challenges

The Shabby Team Room Pretty in pink (photo inspiration)  

The Cutie Pie Cute with dies and punches

Crafting for all seasons Dies and punches

Creative Inspirations Lovely lace 

Divas by design Anything goes

Papertake Anything goes

Vintage butterflies

These gorgeous new ribbons were recently launched at Crafty Ribbons and this is one of the samples I made for the show stand. It is also my DT card for today's challenge of anything goes with ribbon at Crafty Ribbons. I kpet the card simple to show off the ribbons. I used an embossing folder, 3 of the new ribbons and a Joy butterfly die and a magazine butterfly die. Both have been inked and I added some tiny pearls from Meiflower.

Challenges

Allsorts Use those dies
Papertake Anything goes

I will be back shortly with my Crafty Little Fairies card.

Feeling rubbish

This is the fourth stamp from the Little Claire set I featured yesterday with a great sentiment which really amused my hubby when he saw my card.

Image - Little Claire

Medium - Copics

Papers - Papermania Henbury Lane

Ribbon - Crafty Ribbons

Cherry Blossom - Wild Orchid

Dies - Spellbinders labels

Challenges

Allsorts Use those dies
One Crazy Stamper Anything goes

My cold is much better now so still a bit snuffly. Had a lovely time at the craft show on Sunday with Lynsey, got several things off my wishlist and several other things too. Didn't want to spend too much as I need some money for Ally Pally on Saturday week. I have been intrigued by zentangle for a while and bought a workbook to have a go as I love doodling so watch this blog for some zentangle cards hopefully coming soon once I am more confident.

Let's Recycle

 Today sees the launch of a fun set of stamps with a recycling theme from Little Claire. I wanted to make something different for one of my samples so I used a bag with a large logo either side and decorated one side to show what you can do.  This is the back of the bag.

Images - 3 stamps from new Little Claire recycling set

Medium - Copics

Papers - free with Scrapbook magazine

Dies - Marianne wheelbarrow and watering can, Memory Box gate, meadow and willow dragonflies with sanded Core'dinations

Punch - MS large trellis border

Tag and wellie pic from another tag - Papermania Home to Roost

Other - pearls

Challenges

Allsorts Use those dies 

Crafty Catz Anything goes 

Delightful Add a critter (chicken on bin)

Another favourite stamp

This is probably my favourite ever Lili of the Valley stamp and I haven't used her for a while. I am trying to use some of my older stamps as well as new ones. I have resisted buying any of the new Annabel stamps until Ally Pally show on 12 April. I am really looking forward to that and LOTV will be my first stop.

Image - LOTV Fairy on Tiptoe

Medium - Copics

Paper - Raspberry Road Antebellum from LOTV

Doily - Dovecraft Curiosity Corner

Lace - from Facebook

Flowers - Wild Orchid

Other - Stcikles, baker's twine, charm, Viva Decor pearl pen

Challenges

Lili of the Valley Bingo (flowers, lace, doily) 

Craft Mojo Spring flowers 

Creative Moments Things with wings 

The Paper Shelter Spring delights

  Creative Knockouts Texturize it 

Cute Card Thursday Floral delights

  A Creative Romance Spring flowers 

Stampin' for the weekend Spring colours 

The Squirrel and The Fox Inspired by a book (Flower Fairies)

My therapist was ill last week so my massage was rescheduled for today so I am looking forward to a back massage, haircut, lunch out and then shopping at Waitrose (another £10 off a £30 shop). 

Will catch some of you later, enjoy your day.

Star Dancer

I was lucky enough to win the last Little Miss Muffet challenge and my prize was $10 worth of digis. This is Shania, one of the Polka Dot Pals I chose. I made a couple of  cards with lots of embellies yesterday but decided to go CAS with this one. She has been coloured with Copics, the papers are Papermania Happy Days, die is Memory Box precious stars and I use a Woodware star punch and crimper.

Challenges

Little Miss Muffet Anything Goes 

Without Words And relax (hobbies and leisure) 

Paper Crafting Journey Anything Goes 

Sister Act Anything Goes

I hope all you Mums have a lovely day. I visited mine last Thursday but will ring her today as I am going to the Sincerely Yours papercraft show at Thetford today and meeting my friend Lynsey. This evening we are out for a meal with friends and their family.

Posh Poppy

I was delighted to be asked to be a guest designer again at A Gem of a Challenge and this week the challenge is ribbon and lace. A perfect combination for this new beautiful digi.

Image - Posh Poppy Pink Gem Digi

Medium - Copics

Papers - Woodland Wishes from LOTV (Christmas papers!)

Ribbon and lace - Crafty Ribbons

Punch - MS boder

Bunting die - Memory Box

Other - Viva Decor Pearl Pen

Challenges

ABC H is for hair 

Bizzy Becs Children or babies 

Bunny Zoe Monochrome 

Feeling Crafty Digi and bling (bling being the pearl dots) 

Incy Wincy Ribbon, lace and pearls
Totally Papercrafts Think Pink

Apologies if I haven't visited you recently but I am currently full of cold, didn't feel great on Thursday and yesterday I just streamed. Hope it goes as quick as it came.

She's a Star

It's my turn to host the challenge this week at Winter Wonderland and the theme is one of my favourites kraft. You can use kraft card as I have or kraft colours. We are sponsored by

with a prize of 3 digis.

Image - Kenny K Citystar

Medium - Copics

Papers - Echo Park Keepin' Cozy

Ribbon - Crafty Ribbons

Die - Marianne iceskates

Other - stickles, foam snowflakes from America

Challenges

Craftyhazelnut's extra anything goes

Craftyhazelnut All wrapped up

Fab n Funky Christmas 

Addictedto stamps and more Holiday

Chicks

Thursday means a new challenge at Crafty Little Fairies and this week we want you to add a tag. Our fabulous sponsor is

I bought some new files to sort out all my stamps and when I was filing them I cam across this Sarah Kay stamp. She is one of my first stamps and hasn't been used for about 3 years I would think. Perfect for Easter and a joy to colour. I sold her on Saturday to a lady who remembered having Sarah Kay bed linen and curtains. She bought it to give to somebody but said she may end up keeping it herself.

Image - Sarah Kay

Medium - Copics

Papers - various oddments

Feather die - Doohickey with sanded Core'dinations

Tag - Michales Recollections

Ric rac - Crafty Ribbons

Sentiment - PC generated

Challenges

My Mum's Craft Shop Spring/Easter 

Sparkles Easter Parade 

Whimsy Easter 

Hobbycutz Girly but no pink

Crafting from the heart Spots or stripes

Penny farthing

I had this Dreamees stamp for Christmas and have been longing to use it and finally here it is. I stamped it with Memento Rich Cocoa onto some lovely linen card. The papers are First edition Man Made and I added some baker's twine and a die cut penny farthing using a Marianne die and sanded Core'dinations.

Challenges

Papertake Sketch 88 

ALBC Are we there yet? 

Allsorts All about the boy 

TTCD Anything goes

Christmas Garland

Really need to get more Christmas cards made and now that my last fair before Mother's Day is over and I have a good stock of Easter cards for the next 2 in a couple of weeks I feel able to get some more Christmas ones done.

Image - Sugar Nellie Christmas Garland

Medium - Copics

Papers - Whimsy Christmas Time

Snowflake - Memory Box die

Doodling - Fineliner pen

Sentiment - from stash

Challenges

Christmas challenges with sketches fab sketch
Craftyhazelnut All wrapped up 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas extra Anything Goes 

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Brr it's cold outside 

Sweet Stampin' Doodle 

ABC Christmas F is for friends and family 

A Creative Romance Seeing double

Love this stamp

Please scroll down for my candy winner.

This is one of my favourite baby stamps which I usually colour in pale colours but I decided to give her a more vibrant dress for a change.

Image - Elisabeth Bell for Whiff of Joy

Medium - Copics

Papers - Timh Holtz vintage shabby

Ribbon - Dovecraft

Die - Memory Box

Other - raffia lace, charm and baker's twine

Challenges

In the Pink Kiddie's corner (or babies) 

Bizzy Becs Children or babies 

Sister Act Anything Goes

I am off out today, back massage and pick up my new glasses the shopping at Waitrose as they have sent me 2 £10 off vouchers when you spend £30 on shopping. As we both have Waitrose loyalty cards we will be having free coffee too as you can have a free cup every day with your card. We only shop there occasionally as it is over the other side of the city from us but it is worth getting the cards for free coffee. Surprisingly the food is no more expensive there and lovely quality.

Candy winner

Thanks to everyone who entered my candy. Unfortunately some of you only left a comment and did not enter via the link on the candy page. I used random org to select a winner from all those who entered the link and the winner is

True Random Number GeneratorMin: Max: 

Result:

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That's you Carol S, please email me with your address and I will get it posted to you.
Look out for more candy soon

March candy

This post will stay at the top until 23 March.

To enter my current candy please click on the candy page at the top of my blog and enter via the link.

If you would like to leave me a comment here that would be much appreciated however the winner will be drawn from those who have entered the link on my candy page.

Spring flowers

Yesterday's craft fair was really good and I met some lovely people and sold very well, including this card. I tried a new gift idea which I can't share with you yet as it was a DT make. I only made two and sold them both so need to make some more of those.

It is ages since I made one of these fold back cards and I really like it so expect to see a few more. Like easel cards though they are not the easiest of cards to photograph. I kept the embellishments to a minimum as it just didn't need any more.

Here's the detail of the lovely image.

Image - LOTV

Medium - Copics

Paper - Country Companions

Die - Memory Box dragonfly, Spellbinders

Other - DI scattered straw

Challenges

Crafty Sentiments Spring 

Papertake Mum 

Addicted to stamps and more Make your mark 

Divas by design Flower power 

Craft Mojo Sring flowers 

Crafty Blogger's Network Nature 

My Mum's Craft Shop Spring/Easter

Southern Girls Floral Frenzy

Football

This is a card I made for a friend's Birthday and as you can tell he loves football and supports Norwich City hence the yellow and green. I used a Personal Impressions stamp I have had for years, coloured with Copics, added a football cut from some card I have also had for years, and some raffia lace.

Challenges

Fab 'n' Funky Boys to men

I am selling at a big craft and gift fair this morning which is in aid of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust so I will catch up with some blogging later.

Anyone for pie

With this card I challenged myself to only use products from a Hobby House pack which I won about 8 months ago and I must say it was easy.So from the baker's twine to the sweet Elisabeth Bell topper it all came from the pack. There are pinks, beiges and blues and lots of different papers, ribbons and embellishments to choose from. I started with the image and chose some of the things which matched the colours.

Challenges

The Hobby House Buttons 

Elisabeth Bell's World Birthdays 

Oldie but a goodie Bunting 

Papertake Mum/special girl 

Allsorts Pretty in pink

Cosy

I love the new images Janet has released at Pink Gem and bought some a few days ago. It was hard to choose which to buy but this is one of them.

Image - Pink Gem Poppy Onesie

Medium - Copics

Papers - MME

Sentment - Kraftyhands bought at show

Velvet ribbon - Crafty Ribbons

Flowers - Prima

Other - brad, stickles, wooden cherries coloured with Copics

Challenges

A Gem Female Birthday 

Addicted to stamps and more Make your mark 

Simon Says Stamp Glitter it (Stickles on her boot slippers) 

TTCD Anything goes 

Bizzy Becs Children or babies

Balancing act

This little cutie comes out every Easter as I just love it. 

Image - Pollycraft

Medium - Copics

Paper - Purple Cottage Charms from Whimsy

Doily - Dovecraft Curiosity Corner

Lace - Crafty Ribbons

Die - Szzix grass

Sentiment - PC generated

Challenges

Little Miss Muffet Doilies and lace 

The Ribbon Girl Green
Whimsy Easer 

My Mum's Craft Shop Spring/Easter 

Sparkles Easter Parade

Crafty Calendar Animal antics

Inky Chicks Lace up your card

Not just Pretty but Gorjuss in Pink

I really didn't need any more stamps at the moment but when I saw the new Gorjuss Girls from Docrafts I couldn't resist this one. Isn't she adorable. There were lots of curly bits around the oval frame but it made her very big for a 6" card so I just used the oval. I decided to get messy with a bit of frantage too which I haven't used for a little while.   I really loved making this card. I make some and think mmmmm it is ok or quite nice but this is one of the ones I am very pleased with.

Image - Docrafts Gorjuss Girl Ladybird

Medium - Copics

Papers and sentiment - oddments 

Punch - MS large flower border

Die - Doohickey feathers with sanded Core'dinations

Bow - Papermania

Doily - Dovecraft Curiosity Corner (these are gorgeous vintage shades)

Pearls - The Hobby House

Challenges

Allsorts Pretty in pink 

The Shabby Tea Room Anything Goes 

Addicted to stamps and more Anything goes 

As you like it Favourite colouring medium (I love Copics as they blend so well and have such a huge range of colours) 

Cute Card Thursday Girls, girls, girls 

Stampin' for the weekend Anything goes 

A Gem Female Birthday 

Bunny Zoe Monochrome 

Stamping Sensations Pretty in pink

Vintage Stamping Just for you (cards you would like to receive)

Live Your Life

I made this card for a friend and I know she has opened it so I can show it on here. I love this vintage style and has such fun putting this card together. I seem to be in a peach mode again, no idea why.

Sentiment - Inkylicious

Paper - Prima Lyric

Lace - bought from Facebook sale

Butterfly - Prima

Postcard - Pink Gem digi

Ribbon flowers and pearls - Meiflower

Wooden birdcage - bought in America

Die - Memory Box butterflies

Stitch stamp and distressing tool  - Tim Holtz

Other - shabby white frantage

Challenges

TTCD Anything goes 

Simon Says stamp Mother's Day/special girl 

Aud Sentiments Anything goes 

Charisma Birthday girls 

Bunny Zoe Monochrome
Vintage Stamping Just for you (cards you would like to receive)

Candy ends soon, see post above.

Awwwwwww

I don't know about you but sometimes the hardest part of posting is deciding on a blog post title. This hedgie is so cute I just went with awwwwww!

Image - Penny Black

Medium - Copics

Papers - MME Howdy Doody

Lace - from Facebook sale

Flowers - Prima

Pearls - Meiflower

Sentiment stamp - Personal Impression

Challenges

Bunny Zoe Monochrome 

Crafty Calendar Animal Antics 

Simon Says Mother's Day/special girl 

Natalie and Amy Flowers 

Penny Black Lace and pearls 

Penny Black and more at Allsorts So sweet 

Fab 'n' Funky Animals 

Sister Act Anything goes

Christening

I am often asked for Christening cards and find it quite difficult to know what to put on them so when I found a religious set of Inkadinkadoo stamps in America knew the bible image would be perfect. I coloured te image with Copics as always. I bought the MB window a little while ago and thought it a bit plain so when I saw the arch window to use with it on offer at Oyster stamps snapped it up. I added some Wild Orchid flowers, lace, pearls and stamped Stamposarus sentiment edged with DI Scattered Straw. 

Challenges

Bunny Zoe Monochrome 

Natalie and Amy Flowers

Still a week left to enter my candy, see post above.

In the Garden

Challenge time again at Little Claire and this time we are looking for tags. You can choose to make a tag or add a tag, the choice is yours. You don't have to use a Little Claire image but we love it when you do.

Image - Little Claire In the Garden

Medium - Copics

Papers - Papermania Henbury Lane

Dies - Joy bird table, Cheery Lynn butterflies

Punch - MS birds on a wire border

Pearls - Meiflower

Other - DI Frayed Burlap

And the prize this month is this bundle of goodies

4 x 6x6 Red Dots on White Paper

4 x 6x6 Pink Meadow Narrow Stripes Paper

4 x 6x6 Green & Blue Stripes Paper

4 x 6x6 How Sweet it is Dble Sided Paper

1 sheet of 24 Circular Sentiment Greetings

5 x Assorted A4 Design Sheets

8 x Assorted Concertina Tag Cards

1 x You’re so Tweet Stamp

1 x Me to You Teapot Stamp

1 x Me to You Assorted Ribbons

Challenges

Crafty Blogger's Network Nature

Have you entered my candy yet, see candy page?

I will be back shortly with a card.

Pink Christmas

Here I am back with my second post today.

Our challenge at Winter Wonderland this week is Girls, Girls, Girls and we are sponsored by Pink Gem and Delicious Doodles. The DT were lucky enough to be given a choice of Pink Gem digis to use. 

Image - Pink Gem Chloe with Snowman

Medium - Copics

Papers - Woodland Wishes from LOTV

Dies - Marianne poinsettias with sanded Core'dinations

Other - pearls, stickles, Viva Decor pearl pen

Challenges

Bearly Mine One for the girls 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas extra Anything goes

Feeling Crafty Digi and bling 

Sir Stampalot Pretty in pink
Totally Gorjuss Pink and green
Kaboodle Doodles Anything but a square
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Brrr it's cold outside
Totally papercrafts Shaped cards
Have you entered my candy, see candy page?

Simply Golf

I love these Woodware stamps, they stamp so beautifully and you can colour or paper piece them so I have done one of each. I kept them very simple just doodling round the edges to match the stamp. The papers on the top one are Carta Bella Well Travelled and the bottom one is coloured with Copics.

Challenges for the bottom card

Without Words And relax 

Bunny Zoe Monochrome 

Crafty Sentiments Lots of green 

Allsorts Sport

Inky Chicks Monochrome

I will be back at 9 with my Winter Wonderland card.

Sitting Pretty

I am back with my second DT card today, this one for Crafty Little Fairies where our challenge is the very popular things with wings. We have 2 fab sponsors

and

I have used a gorgeous Sugar Nellie fairy coloured with Copics. The papers are First Edition Floral Pavalion. These stamps are so large you really don't need many embellishments. I used a MB die with tiny buttons and a bow and added my favourite Viva Decor pearl pen and stickles.

Challenges

Stampin' for the weekend Sparkle and shine 

Sweet Stampin' Inspired by a song, film or book (Film - Fairy Tale a True Story) 

Crafts and Me Anything Goes 

Penny Black and more at Allsorts So sweet 

Vintage Stamping Just for you (cards you would like, any Sugar Nellie would be good for me) 

Without Words And Relax
The Paper Shelter Away with the fairies
Simon Says Mother's Day/special girl

Have you entered my candy, see candy page?

Pirates!

New challenge time at Crafty Ribbons and our challenge is ribbons and bows. I have used 2 of the gorgeous fun new pirate ribbons which perfectly complement the cute pre-coloured digi from Pink Gem and the Papermania Ahoy There.

Challenges

Bizzy Becs Children or babies

I'll be back shortly with my Crafty Little Fairies card.