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Friday 30 December 2011

There's a new challenge blog in town especially for the kiddies!!!

Just a quick post from me this morning to let you know that Polka Doodles have started a new challenge blog aimed at crafty kids!! Should you have a little one who loves to craft as much as you then this is definately the place to be! Why not hop on over to the challenge blog and check it out for yourself as there's a brand new challenge up starting today. Please also let all your friends and family know as Nikky always has such lovely prizes up for grabs and we're also looking for guest designers to join us. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

Wednesday 28 December 2011

Some Exciting news from Polka Doodles!!!

Following the success of Polka Doodles' collaboration with Practical Publishing in producing the Christmas magazine kit this year we were absolutely overwhelmed by YOU requesting us to bring you a regular Project Magazine - so here we are! Nikky has worked in publishing on and off since she was 18, all those many many moons ago so producing her own magazine is something she's always had on her wishlist. Knowing the ropes and how to make it happen has always meant she was just arm's length from doing this and now at last she has managed to get the whole kit and caboodle together to bring it to you at last!

AND we are totally excited about it. BIGTIME!!!!!!!

We were going to make this a subscription club with a bi-yearly signup but quite honestly in these current hard times Nikky didn't think it was fair to do that to our lovely customers. After all, why should we take all your cash up front when it's easy enough for us to take pre-orders each month instead? So this is what we shall do, to make it easier on your pockets. Quite simply, you will need to order by a set time which will be published when you purchase and then the kit will be despatched to you within the following few weeks. This will not be a monthly kit, but we are intending it will be each 7-8 weeks.
And best of all, Nikky will get to share her wonderfully talented Design Team with you all!! And one of them is ME wooohoooo!!!!!!!!! Nikky says we are absolutely brilliant and never get enough credit for the marvellous projects we make, so this is her chance to help us showcase our work and give you a little inspiration along the way. Each issue of the Chronicle will include at least 12 full step by step tutorial projects with loads of hints and tips and special club discounts and offers along the way too,

SO that's the jist of it - and I have been virtually BURSTING to tell you all this news which has been in the planning stages for some time now! So I truly hope we can tempt you to signup - we might not be the cheapest club but I honestly believe it will be the most inspiring club you can join, and we are trying our hardest to give you the maximum value we can. Until someone comes along and copies us, that is ; )

Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxxx

Wednesday 21 December 2011

The Paper Shelter DT - The lace look

Good Morning all my wonderful followers!! Can you believe two weeks have passed already since we had our bloghop? Also only four more sleeps before the old man with the red suit visits us, WOW, where has this year gone? Anyhooo, enough waffling from me as I'm sure you're dying to know who the winner from the hop is. The lucky lady is COOPS!! Congrats Hun, if you would kindly email The Paper Shelter to sort out your prize.

My card for our new challenge which starts today is using one of our newer digis called "Winter Princess" and she is available from the webshop here. Isn't she just fab?

I decided to us a MS punch around the page as I think it looks lacey enough to fit the theme. The gorgeous dp is also from The Paper Shelter and came with the image. The snowflake is a Marianne die.
As always the image has been coloured in with Copics and I've used flowersoft around her cape, on her boots and on the bird's hat. All the snow I have drowned in glamour dust so there's no shortage of sparkle here lol. I'll be entering my card into the following challenges :
Addicted to stamps - Snowflakes
Colour Create - Blue, silver, white
Creative Inspiration - Anything goes
Digital Tuesday - Winter wonderland
Fussy and fancy - Monochromatic and sparkle
Mad for markers - Christmas
My Mum's craft shop - Anything goes#
Hope you'll find the time in between all the festivities to join in with our challenge over at The Paper Shelter. Thanks for stopping by. I would also just like to take this opportunity to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas as I'm not too sure I'll be blogging much until after. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

Friday 16 December 2011

Polka Doodles DT - Looking through the window!

Good Morning Luvlies!! Woohooo it's Friday! Hope you've all had a good week and looking forward to the weekend. Today's card is for our final challenge of the year over at Polka Doodles. Gosh that sounds scarey! Our theme is "Through the window" so we wanna see you bring out the acetate.

For my card I have used the gorgeous Fairy Flutterfly stamp and added some Diamond Dust in the window. The dp is from the Candy Doodles cd, isn't it just gorgeous? The black butterflies are punched and I've layered some flat back pearls onto them.
The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Here is a close up of the sweet fairy that I have coloured in with Copics. Hope you will find the time to join in this fun challenge with us over at Polka Doodles. Have a lovely weekend. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

Wednesday 14 December 2011

Crafts and Me DT - Christmas

Good Afternoon All!! Golly I'm running so late with my posts. Isn't this time of year just so hectic or is it just me? Anyhoo let me not waffle on and get cracking with my post. Today is the start of a new theme over at Crafts and Me and this week we would like to see your Christmas cards.I have used the gorgeous May digi for my card, just to show how versatile she can be. She can be purchased from the online store here. The dp I have used is by Magnolia. The snowflake is a Marianne die, sentiment from LOTV, ribbon and lace from my stash and the flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.
I have coloured her in using a combination of Spectrum Noirs and Copics and then smothered her wings with glamour dust. Thank you so much for stopping by. Hope you'll be able to join us this week over at Crafts and Me. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

Elphine House Australia DT - White on white

Good Morning Folks! Can you believe we're only 11 days away from Christmas? How scarey, where has the year gone? Anyway onto today's card and we have a new challenge theme over at Elphine House Australia. This time we'd like to see White on white, how much fun is that?!For my card I decided to use this darling little Laura flower girl who is available to purchase here, I think she's one of my fave's. I have used coredinations cardstock for all the layers including the die cuts. The butterfly, swirl and flower are Magnolia doohickeys and the border is a memory box die. The pearls are from my stash.
My image has been coloured in with Copics as always and I've added some stardust stickles to the flowers. I'll be entering my card into the following challenges :
Allsorts - It takes two
Crafty Catz - Anything goes
Cupcake Craft - Don't look at the light
Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes
Penny Black and More - Happy Birthday
Totally Papercrafts - Anything but Christmas
Thanks for stopping by. I do hope you'll be able to join us this time over at Elphine House Australia and don't forget YOU CAN USE ANY ELISABETH BELL IMAGE. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

Friday 9 December 2011

Just Magnolia DT - I'm dreaming of a white Christmas!!

Good Morning fellow Maggie lovers!! This week over at Just Magnolia the lovely Julie has chosen our theme of "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas" and she wants to see loads of white and / or snowflakes.Thought I would try something different for a change so I followed the tutorial on how to make this star by the very talented Debbie in the latest Magnolia Ink Magazine and am quite pleased with how it turned out. The dps I have used are all by Magnolia. The snowflake is a Marianne die, the swirl is a doohickey die, the lace doily is from Joanna Sheen, the sentiment from LOTV and the poinsettia is from Wild Orchid Crafts.
I have coloured this darling little Tilda in with a combination of Spectrum Noirs and Copics. I'll be entering my card into the following challenges :
Aud Sentiments - Winter holiday sentiments
Bling it on - Christmas
Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes
Deep Ocean - Let it snow
Divas by design - Anything goes
Magnolia Down Under - Make a Christmas decoration
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Sweet Stampin' - Is it snowing
Please do pop over to the Just Magnolia challenge blog for some fabby inspiration by my very talented teamies and join in the fun with us this week as we have lovely sponsors as always. Thanks for stopping by. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

Wednesday 7 December 2011

The Paper Shelter DT - IT'S A BLOG HOP CELEBRATION!!!!

Good Morning fellow crafters and welcome to The Paper Shelter Blog Hop. Our hop is a very exciting one for all of us at it is in celebration of our 1st Birthday!!!! If you have landed here from LIV'S BLOG then you're heading in the right direction - if not then you'll want to head on back to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog to start again, as you'll not want to miss out on this one! Our Design Team have worked very hard and are showcasing the gorgeous images available from The Paper Shelter Website and each blog on the hop is offering one lucky commenter a digi of their choice as well as the main prize, details of which are on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot.

I am showcasing two cards today as I was a silly billy and made a card with the second image which is actually no longer available but I thought I'd show it to you anyway!
The first card is using one of our latest digis called "Santa cute helper" and is available in store here.
The dp I have used is from Magnolia. The trees are a Marianne die and I've edged them with a snow writer and glamour dust. The snowflake die is also by Marianne, the ribbon is from my stash and the flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts. I also used flowersoft on the trims of her clothing and her hat.
Here is the close up of the sweet image coloured in with a combination of Spectrum Noirs and Copics.

This is the second card but sadly THE IMAGE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. The dp I used for this one is from The Paper Shelter.
The swirl is a doohickey die and the snowflakes are all Marianne dies. The huge pearl brad in the centre of the snowflake is from Wild Orchid Crafts.
Once again the image has been coloured in with a combination of Spectrum Noirs and Copics and on all the trims I have used flowersoft. I'll be entering my cards into the following challenges :

Bling it On - Christmas
Bunny Zoes - Anything Christmas with pearls
Colour Create - Red, white & green
Craft your days away - buttons or bows
Crafty Catz - Colours of Christmas with the option of sparkle
Creative Inspirations - Snow much fun
Deep Ocean - Let it snow
Fussy and Fancy - Photo Inspiration
Mad for markers - Christmas Challenge
Mariannes Design Divas - Sparkle and shine
My Mum's craft shop - Traditional Christmas
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Simon Says - Photo Inspiration

From here you will need to hop on over to PAOLA'S BLOG. Don't forget to leave your comment for a chance of winning your choice of one of the fab digis available in store.

Hop! Hop! Hop!

Good luck and hope you're enjoying it so far. Thanks for stopping by. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

Tuesday 6 December 2011

Crafts and Me Stamps DT

Afternoon Folks!! Hope your week is going well so far. Just a quick post from me this afternoon to share with you a card I made with one of the gorgeous digis available and Crafts & Me. She is by Sara Burrier and called Gpepper Tree, available here. I decided to go relatively CAS with this card using only a MS border punch, some flat backed pearls which I stuck down in the form of swirls and a large flower from Wild Orchid Crafts.
As always I have coloured the image in with Copics and added glamour dust to her wings. Thanks for stopping by. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

Thursday 1 December 2011

I have a WINNER from the Joanna Sheen blog Hop!!

Good Evening Folks!! Apologies for keeping you waiting for the announcement of the winner but I eventually have one and the lucky person is .........................





Are you ready? Could it be you?









It's you, gorgeous lady!! Please email me within 7 days with your postal addy so that I can get the ribbons sent off to you Hun.

Thank you so much to everybody that took the time to hop along with us and leave such lovely comments. We really do appreciate each and every one. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

Crafters Companion DT - New Beginnings

Morning again fellow crafters! Can you believe I'm on post number 3 for today?! Looks like I'm on a roll, don't stop me now hehe. This card is for our monthly challenge over at Crafters Companion and this month we would like to see your creations have something to do with "New Beginnings".I decided to use these gorgeous little elephants from the Humphrey range. The dp is printed off the cd rom and matted onto coredinations cardstock. The ribbon and pearls are from my stash.
Have coloured in my image with Spectrum Noirs. Thanks for stopping by yet again. I do hope you'll make time this month to join in with our fabby challenge over at Crafters Companion as Sara is, as always, offering a whopping £30 voucher to the lucky winner. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

Joanna Sheen DT- Our very first challenge!!!!

Good Morning folks!! Well today is a very exciting day for us at Joanna Sheen Towers lol. It's the start of our very first challenge woohooo!!! Hope you'll all join us as Joanna is very generously offering the winner a £30 voucher to spend in store! Now who would wanna miss out on that chance eh?!! Our challenge for the month is an easy peasy one - "Christmas Wishes".For my card I have used some gorgeous House Mouse decoupage called "Deck the Halls", available here. For those of you that know me, you'll know that I'm not a huge decoupage fan as I prefer my colouring in but I must say I thoroughly enjoyed making this sweet card as I just luuurrvvveee House Mouse. I also decided on plain and simple to show off the image. I embossed some white coredinations cardstock and the snowflake is a Marianne die. The huge pearl brad in the centre is from Wild Orchid Crafts.
Here is a close up of the little sweeties. I used some stardust stickles on their hats and for the snow on the ground I used a snow writer with some glamour dust so no shortage of sparkle here lol. I'll be back a little later to announce my winner of the ribbons from the blog hop. Thanks so much for stopping by and please do hop on over to the Challenge Blog to see the fantabulous creations by my fellow teamies. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

The Paper Shelter DT - Announcing a fabby blog hop you'll not wanna miss!!!

Morning fellow crafters!!! Just a quick post from me this morning as I wanted to share some very exciting news with all of you! A week from today, the 7th of December, The Paper Shelter will be having a mahoosive blog hop in celebration of our first birthday so please mark you diaries as you'll really not wanna miss out, there a prizes galore! I would really luv it if you could spread the word. Feel free to grab the blinkie from my sidebar to display on your blogs. Thanks in advance. Have a great day. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

Wednesday 30 November 2011

Crafts and Me DT - Pearls and swirls

Morning my lovely followers!! Hope your week has been good so far. Well today sees the start of a brand new challenge over at Crafts and Me and this week it was my turn to host the challenge so I chose the theme of "Pearls and Swirls", two of my favourite things.
For my card I have used the gorgeous Miss Mirabelle which is available in store here. My dp is by Bo Bunny, the weathered clock is a Tim Holtz die, the swirl is a doohickey die, the butterflies are a MS punch, the pearls are from my stash and the flowers from Hobbycrafts and Wild Orchid Crafts.
I have coloured her in using my Copics as always and I added some glossy accents to her glasses but sadly it's not showing up in the picture. I'll be entering my card into the following challenges:
Creative Craft - Free for all
Divas by design - Anything goes
Fab 'n Funky - Anything goes
Samuel Taylors - Anything goes
Sweet Stampin' - Punches and dies
Thanks for stopping by, hope my card has inspired you to want to join us this week over at Crafts and Me. Please do pop over to see the fantabulous inspiration by my very talented fellow teamies. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

Elphine House Australia DT - Photo Inspiration

Good Morning Everyone!! WOW, looks like I've lost two weeks lol! Can't believe it's already time for a new challenge over at Elphine House and this week the lovely Lynda has chosen for us to use a photo as inspiration for our cards.I decided to use the beautiful Daisy again, I just luv her! She's just so versatile don't you think? I chose to pick up the colours from the inspirational photo and use those for my card today. The dp I've used is DCWV (I think) backed onto coredinations cardstock. The butterflies are a MS punch and I've added teeny tiny pearls to them which I got from my darling friend Paola again, thanks girlfriend. The ribbon is from my stash and the flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.
As always my image has been coloured in with Copics and I've added some stardust stickles to all the little flowers. I'll be entering my card into the following challenges :
Craft you days away - Buttons OR bows
Creative Craft - Free for all
Deep Ocean - "C" (Cute image)
Moving along with the times - Ribbons and bows
Thanks for stopping by. I do hope you'll be able to join in the challenge this fortnight over at Elphine House and don't forget YOU CAN USE ANY ELISABETH BELL stamp to enter. I'll be back a little later with my Crafts & Me card. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

Thursday 24 November 2011

Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog Hop

Hiya everyone and welcome to the
Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog Hop!!!
Our blog hop is to celebrate the launch of the Brand New Joanna Sheen challenge blog!!!
If you have landed here from SANDRA'S blog then you are hopping in the right direction - If not then you need to pop over to the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog to begin.
Our DT have had a great time creating with loads of fab Joanna Sheen images for our first challenge which starts on Thursday 1st December.
As there is a week before our first challenge starts we have decided to do a blog hop where we have some scrummy prizes up for grabs!!!
Each DT member has a fab prize of pretty ribbons to be won so there are 9 – Yes… 9 chances to win!!!
All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is become a follower of the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog here and then leave a comment on every member of the DT’s blogs on their blog hop post.
On 30th November each DT member will pick a winner by random.org from their comments and announce their winner on their blog on the 1st December when the 1st challenge goes live so don't forget to check back on all the blogs to see if you're one of our lucky winners.
From here you need to go to SUZANNE'S blog to continue the hop!!! Don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to be entered into the draw!
Hop, hop, hop!!!!
Good luck!!!
Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxxx



Wednesday 23 November 2011

The Paper Shelter DT - Christmas Sparkle (Red, green & gold)

Morning Luvlies!! Hope you're all well. Can't believe a fortnight has already passed and it's time for another challenge over at The Paper Shelter. This week we have the awesome theme of Christmas Sparkle using red, green and gold.Again I was rushed for time but fortunately with all the images available you get pre-coloured as well as black and white so I printed off the pre-coloured image and put together this little card. Isn't it just one of the sweetest images for Christmas? She is called Santa Cute Helper and is available to purchase here. The flowers and big pearl brad are all from Wild Orchid Crafts and the snowflakes are a Marianne die.
Thanks for stopping by today. I do hope you'll hop on over to the challenge blog and join in the fun with us this week. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxx

Tuesday 22 November 2011

Crafts & Me DT - New digi release

Good Morning All!! Just a quick post from me this morning as I would like to share with you one of the brand new digi images that will be available from Crafts & Me on the 1st of December. Isn't she just another beauty to add to the already gorgeous collection?! She is called Christmas Miracle.The dp I have used is from my stash and for the life of me I can't remember which pad it's from, I think it could possibly be We are memory keepers, but don't hold me to that hehe. It is so beautifully glittered but as always doesn't show up as well in the pics. The binding ribbon is from The Ribbon girls and the flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.
As always I have coloured my image in with Copics and used glamour dust on her wings. Don't forget that Crafts & Me have brand new digi releases on the 1st of every month so please check out the website here. Thanks for stopping by. Hope you have a lovely day. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

Friday 18 November 2011

Polka Doodles DT - Shaped Christmas

Good Morning!! Hope you've all had a great week! Mine's been a bit manic as usual so I'm glad it's weekend and time to unwind. Today's card is for our fab challenge over at Polka Doodles and this week we'd like to see some shaped Christmas cards.Found this gorgeous snowman on the Sundae of Seasons cd rom which is available here and due to time restraints was unable to colour him in but fortunately I was able to print him off in colour although I did add some snow writer and glamour dust for a bit of depth.
Here is a closer view of him, isn't he just delightful? The beautiful dps are printed from the Magical Winter Part 1 cd rom which is available here and I think they match up just perfectly. I then used a snowflake Marianne die and added a few blooms from Wild Orchid Crafts. Hope you'll pop over to the Polka Doodles Challenge Blog and join in the fun with us. Thanks for stopping by. Hope you have a fabby weekend all. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxx

Thursday 17 November 2011

There's a new challenge blog in town!!!!


Woohooo!!!! As you can see by the blinkie I have been asked by the lovely Paula to join the fabby Joanna Sheen design team and it took me all of a split second to say yes so thanks so much Paula for asking me and believing in me too.

The new challenges will begin on the 1st of December so why not pop over to the blog here and become a follower in the meantime. We have scheduled a blog hop for the 24th of November where you could win yourself some awesome prizes so please be sure to check back, you wouldn't wanna miss out on a freebie would you lol?!

Thanks for stopping by today and sharing in my excitement. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxx

Wednesday 16 November 2011

Elphine House Australia DT - Sketch

Morning again folks! Second post for the day, it's feast or famine with me at the moment lol! This card is for our new challenge over at Elphine House Australia and this fortnight we have a fabulous sketch for you to follow.
I decided to use the gorgeous Laura, flower girl for my card. Isn't she a little Sweetie? The dps I have used are by First Edition Papers, Dreamcatcher pad. They're so gorgeously sparkly and heavily embossed irl. The sentiment is from Polka Doodles, the lace from The Ribbon Girls, pearls from my stash and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.
Here is a close up of the sweetest little girl coloured in with my Copics and faux stitching added. I'll be entering my card into the following challenges :
CES - Roses and ribbons
Elisabeth Bell's World - Pink, purple, pearls & pretties
Mad for Markers - Anything goes
One Stop Craft - Ribbons and lace
Hope you'll be able to join us this fortnight over at Elphine House and don't forget YOU CAN USE ANY ELISABETH BELL IMAGE to join in the fun. So what are you waiting for, get on over there lol. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxx

Crafts and Me DT - Simple

Good Morning fellow crafters! Apologies for having been so quiet but I've really not been well. Thankfully I'm feeling loads better and hopefully on the road to recovery. Well today's card is for the fantabulous Crafts and Me and this week our theme is Simple, meaning minimum embellies. Not my favourite style of card as I find it most difficult to do, always looks unfinished to me but hey ho at least the focus is on the image now.I have used one of our newest releases as she is the gorgeous "Autumn" which is available here. The dp I have used is by Bo Bunny and sadly the photo doesn't do it much justice as it's really beautiful irl. I used some Tim Holtz di around the image for a more weathered look and the binding ribbon I got from Wild Orchid Crafts.
As always my image has been coloured in with my Copics and I've added glamour dust galore on her wings. I'll be entering my card into the following challenges :
Crafty Catz - Use a digital image
Creative Craft - Minimalistic
Paper Sundaes - Digital images
Hope you'll pop over and join us this week over at Crafts and Me and come and see the stunning works of my fellow dts. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxx

Tuesday 15 November 2011

How would you like to brush up on your colouring skills?

The fabulous and uber talented Nikky, owner of Polka Doodles, is holding two workshop days in January to help you achieve great colouring skills.


You won't wanna miss out on this one! Lotsa luv, hugs xxxx

Friday 11 November 2011

Just Magnolia DT - Colour combo : Black/grey & red & white

Good Morning!! Hope you've had a good week. I'm still not very well and still have no answers, maybe I'm losing my mind hehe! O well, no use complaining is there?! Best day of the week again, and time for another challenge over at Just Magnolia. This week the lovely Jan has chosen our theme of Black/grey and red & white. Thought this was the perfect opportunity to jump in with another Christmas card.I decided to use one of last year's images, I still luv it so! The dps I have used are all Magnolia matted onto coredinations cardstock and edged with Brushed Corduroy d.i. The trees are a Marianne die. The fence is a doohickey and the swirly flowery thingy, which is barely showing is a new Memory box die.
As always I have coloured my image in with Copics. I've also used flowersoft for the trims on her coat, stickles under her feet and then I stamped and embossed some snowflakes around the edges. I'll be entering my card into the following challenges :
Cute Card Thursday - Red for rememberance
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Christmas
Magnolia-licious Highlights - Inspirational photo
Marianne's Design Divas - Dying to die cut
Papertake Weekly - Christmas
Simon Says - Photo Inspiration
Stamping Scrapping - Christmas
Please do pop over to the Just Magnolia Challenge Blog to see what my very talented teamies have created this week and join in the fun with us. Thanks for stopping by. Hope you have a great weekend. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

Wednesday 9 November 2011

The Paper Shelter DT - All in Pink!

Morning all my fellow crafters!! Sorry I've been MIA but I am so ill at the moment, waiting to have an ultrasound on Monday as they suspect I have gallstones eeekkkkk!! Anyhoo enough of that and feeling sorry for myself so onto today's card which is for The Paper Shelter and this week we're wanting to see your creations all in pink.I decided to use the gorgeous image called "Autumn is coming" which is available to purchase from the store here. With me feeling so ill and being stuck in bed I sadly never had chance to colour up an image and luckily with all Paper Shelter images you purchase you receive a coloured up one too so I just printed this out and made up a card, simples.
Here is a close up of the gorgeous little girl and all I've done was add some flowers and pearls. Thanks for stopping by. I do hope you'll be able to join in the fun this week over at The Paper Shelter. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

Wednesday 2 November 2011

Crafts and Me DT - Let the music move you!

Morning again Folks! Second post for the day, if you're here to see my Elphine House Australia dt card then please scroll down. This card is for the fabby Crafts and Me Challenge and this week the lovely Rose has chosen our theme of "Let the music move you".For my card I've used the gorgeous "Analinda" digi which is available to purchase here. The dp I have used is by DCWV matted onto coredinations cardstock. I've used a cuttlebug musical notes embossing folder onto coredinations and then sanded it ever so slightly. The swirl is my famous doohickey die and the ribbon and flowers are all from Wild Orchid Crafts.
As always I have used my Copics to colour in. I also just wanted to let you know that Crafts & Me release brand new digi images on the 1st of every month and I'm sure you'll not wanna miss them this time as they're absolutely gorgeous, have a look here. Thanks for stopping by and please do hop on over to the Crafts & Me Challenge Blog for some fantastic inspiration by my fellow teamies. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

Elphine House Australia DT - Get well wishes

Good Morning Lovlies! Can't believe we're half way through the week already WOW. Well onto todays card and it's for the fab Elphine House Challenge. This fortnight we'd luv to see you play along with our Get Well Wishes theme. Remember you can use ANY ELISABETH BELL image.I have used the sweet Evania nursing Boo Boo available to purchase here. The dps I have used were a freebie from one of the magazines and I've matted them all onto coredinations cardstock. The sentiment is by Marion Emberson Designs and the ribbon is from my stash.
I have coloured her in with Copics and again used the gorgeous Iridescent spray and sparkle by Crafters Companion for her wings. The teeny weeny pearls that I've added to her outfit were a gift from my darling friend Paola, thanks girlfriend! Thanks so much for stopping by and please don't forget to hop on over to the Elphine House Australia blog for some gorgeous inspiration by my fellow teamies. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxxx

Tuesday 1 November 2011

Crafters Companion DT - Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!

Morning again! Here I am with my second post for the day and this one is for the fabby Crafters Companion's Monthly Challenge. This month we would luv to see your interpretation of Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.I have used one of the gorgeous new SWALK stamps coupled with one of the backing papers from the marvellous new cd rom mounted onto coredinations cardstock. The pearls are from my stash and the Poinsettia is from Wild Orchid Crafts.
I have coloured this little sweetie in with a combination of Spectrum Noirs and Copics and used flowersoft on the trims of her coat and on her ear muffs. Thanks once again for stopping by. I do hope you'll make some time this month to join in with our fabby challenge over at Crafters Companion because as always the lovely Sara is very generously offering a £30 voucher to the winner. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxx

The Emerald Faeries Garden DT - Christmas Red

Good Morning fellow crafters! Hope you all had a good halloween and enjoyed your trick or treating last night. My boys came home with literally bucket fulls of sweets lol. Anyhooo onto todays card and it's a new challenge over at The Emerald Faeries Garden. This fortnight we'd like to see you use Christmas Red on your creation.For my card I've used the sweet Ally and Beeble available to purchase here. The dps I've used are from Nitwit. The ribbon is from my stash as is the little bell charm.
As always I have coloured my image in with Copics and used gold Spray & Sparkle by Crafters Companion on the wings. I'll be entering my card into the following challenges :
Pink Ink Sketch Challenge - Natalie's sketch
One Stop Craft Challenge - No sentiments
Simon Says - Anything goes
Sweet Stampin' - Anything goes
The Cutie Pie - Use a charm
The Ribbon Girl - Jingle all the way to Christmas
Thanks for stopping by. I do hope you'll be able to join us this fortnight over at The Emerald Faeries Garden. Lotsa luv, hugs xxxx