Friday, 17 May 2013

3 - 2 - 1

Over at Crafty Catz today the wonderful Carol has chosen a theme of  3 - 2 - 1 so that's 3 of something, 2 of something and 1 of something, the somethings are down to you as long as we see 3 - 2 - 1.  Great fun and the uber talented DT have worked their magic for you so don't forget to check them out.

We have a fabulous sponsor too;


The prize Is 3 PACKS OF DIECUTS


Crimson Cloud

So for my card I kept it very C&S this week, my 3 are my embellishments, ribbon, pearl heart and button, my 2 are the colours Orange & Grey and my 1 is my image which is Delightful Flowers from Crafty Sentiments Designs, coloured with copics and spectrum noirs.



















I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss #183 ~ Bingo ~ Flowers (image and on ribbon), buttons, pearls
Crazy 4 Challenges #185 ~ Photo Inspiration ~ I took my colours from the photo
Love to Create #65 ~ Flowers
Incy Wincy Designs ~ Animal Antics
Tuesday Throwdown #147 ~ Smell the roses
Crafty Creations #222 ~ KISS
TFL


Wednesday, 15 May 2013

Get In Shape!

With a shaped card that is! lol Thats the challenge this week over at Divas By Design and we have a fabulous sponsor in the shape of 

Shape EZ

So on to my card, well I was in need of a baby card so turned to my trusty Cricut and found a cute babies bottle on the Doodlecharm cartridge then I found the baby on the New Arrival cartridge which I cut from white card and coloured with Spectrum Noirs.  The ticket die cut and sentiment is from a set but I can't remember whose :-( sorry.  wasn't sure at first if I could use such a sentiment but it just made me smile so I went with it (also checked with my mum and mad her laugh so can't be bad! lol)  Although it is a simple card I'm rather pleased with it.




















I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity #123 ~ Tic Tac Toe ~ Pink, Scraps (pink card), Child theme
TFL

Saturday, 11 May 2013

Bath Time

I've been enjoying my weekend off and playing in my craft room (done some chores too!) and decided to have a play with another of The Paper Shelter images that I won recently.  My inspiration for this card came from the background paper which is First Editions Dreamcatcher.  I paper pieced the bath and coloured the rest of the image with my copics then added copious amounts of Glitz It glitter glue and Stickles, used some silver mirriboard for the die cut corners, some ribbon, flowers and pearl heart from my stash, then finished off with a little peeloff sentiment.  Hope you like it.




















Here is a close up of the image with all that glitz going on, took this one with the flash to give a better idea of all the sparkle
















I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Sentimental Sundays #153 ~ Paper Piecing
Digi Makeover #87 ~ Favourite colour ~ purple
One Stop Craft Challenge #  ~ Add glitter
TFL


Friday, 10 May 2013

Anything Goes over at Crafty Catz


Yes that's right. Anything Goes is this weeks challenge over at Crafty Catz picked by the wonderful Sassy and this weeks sponsors are 

KENNY K
 


PRIZE
5 digi images of winners choice



So I thought this time I'd make something that wasn't a card and I decided to make a folding gift wallet for cds, as I need to send some to my mum.  I used 'Rock Chic' from KennyK coloured with copics, papers are all from PM Happy Days pad, the 'Mum' is cut on the Cricut and I have used a corner die,  


















the sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps Fast Lane and I've added some glitter card around the sentiment,  












and the inside also has the corner die cuts using a glitter card.  The wallet is then held closed using some small magnets.








I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Created with Love #40 ~ Mothers Day
Love To Create #64 ~ For Mum/Special Lady
Tuesday Throwdown #146 ~ My Mother, My Friend
TFL xx


Time to go hoppin'

Yep! It's Friday 10 May and that means release day at Crafty Sentiments Designs and excitingly its a blog hop too with the chance of a prize!  All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is to leave a comment on the 8th /9th /10th on the Inspirational blog, become a follower if you're not already and also visit and leave a comment on all participating blogs on the 10th.

The hop starts and finishes at the Crafty Sentiments Inspirational Blog and passes through lots of amazing blogs along the way.  There is a full list of participating DT blogs on the Inspirational Blog in case you get lost along the way.

Right onto my card, well you should have arrived here from Cathy's  blog and for my card I have used the adorable image 'Primrose the Mermaid' I have coloured her with copics and paper pieced her tail with some textured holographic shiny paper.  I used an aperture card and placed some swirly embossed acetate in front of the image to give an impression of water, wasn't sure if it would work but I actually like the way it turned out.  I added some swirly die cut corners, branches and found a VERY old resin type sticker.




















Here is a close up of the swirly embossing and  the sparkly paper.














So now it's time to hop over to Susan 's blog.  I hop you have enjoyed all of our previews over the past 3 days, and I'm sure you'll all agree what a stunning and adorable set of new stamps these are.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Allsorts #205 ~ Add some Sparkle 
Totally Gorjuss #182 ~ Anything Goes with Swirls

Ok everyone, thanks for stopping by and happy hopping xx

Thursday, 9 May 2013

Preview Day 2

Yay today is day 2 of previewing the amazing new collection of stamps from Crafty Sentiments Designs.  They will ALL be available from midnight on Friday 10 May, how exciting, you are going to love them all!  I do! Ok so today we get to share with you 'Jasmin Swim with Me', 'Annabel Sail with Me' and 'Summer Time'.  I have used Annable Sail with Me, coloured with copics and spectrums, papers are First Editions Family Ties, bunting cut with Cricut, other dies are x-cut (recent purchase) and I finished off with some gems, flowers and die cut sentiment and a triple bow made from bakers twine.  
She just looks so happy! Well if you want to see what the rest of our super talented DT have been up to with todays previews you will need to  pop over to the Crafty Sentiments Inspirational Blog. You will not be disappointed.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

One Stop Craft Challenge #227 ~ Flower Power
2 Sisters #142 ~ Bingo Bash ~ gems, Image, sentiment and Punches/die cuts, sentiment, flowers
Crafty Creations #221 ~ something old something new ~ New- image and dies, old - flowers and sentiment die
Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out the Inspirational Blog for some amazing works of art.  See you back here tomorrow for an exciting blog hop and more new stamps xx

Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Preview Day 1

Yay today is the first day of previewing the amazing new collection of stamps from Crafty Sentiments Designs.  They will ALL be available from midnight on Friday 10 May, how exciting, you are going to love them all!  I do! Ok so today we get to share with you 'Annabel Mermaids Hair', 'Jasmin Lets Swing' and 'Tobey Me and My Cat'.  I have used the adorable 'Tobey Me and My Cat' coloured with my copics,papers are MME One Bright Day, sentiment is stamped onto a Crafty Cutters Vintage Label die cut which is available from Crafty Sentiments Designs and I have added some eyelets and bakers twine and finished off with 3 little buttons.


















Isn't he adorable?  Well if you want to see what the rest of our super talented DT have been up to with todays previews you will need to  pop over to the Crafty Sentiments Inspirational Blog. You will not be disappointed.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Delicious Doodles #34 ~ Something for the boys
Stampin' for the weekend ~ Punches/die cuts
OSAAT #162 ~ Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes + optional use 2 stamps (I did)
Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out the Inspirational Blog for some amazing works of art.  See you back here tomorrow for another preview xx


Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Use a sentiment

Good morning, wow I don't know about you but I had a really busy weekend, unfortunately I had to work, (Fri, Sat, Sun & Mon) but got the day off today! I hope you had a more enjoyable bank holiday weekend and got to enjoy some sun :-)  

Being as it is now Tuesday that means a new challenge over at Crafty Sentiments and this week Cathy would like to see you use a sentiment, did you know that Crafty Sentiments Designs has some great sentiment sets? well they do! and I used one of the Ticket sentiments for my card, along with the stamp (or rather top portion of the stamp!) Annabel Sweet Treat.  I have coloured with my copics, my papers are First Edition Family Ties and some green and Kraft cs.  Then I decided to make a matching lolly embellishment using my bakers twine,like the way it turned out and finished off with some die cuts and gems.




















I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Fussy and Fancy #88 ~ Anything Goes
Allsorts #205 ~ Add some sparkle
2 Sisters #142  ~ Bingo Bash ~ Emboss, Pattern Paper, punches/dies
OSAAT #162 ~ Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody #19 ~ Anything Goes

Now before I go there are a couple of other things I'd like to share with you.  Firstly over at the Crafty Sentiments Inspirational Blog there is some mystery candy on offer so pop over and check it out, its really easy to take part!  And be sure to keep checking out the Inspirational blog over the next couple of days as we will be showcasing the wonderful new stamps from Crafty Sentiments Designs which will be released on May 10 at Midnight so there is lots to see and on Friday we will be having a blog hop which of course means a chance of winning a fabulous prize!

Thanks for stopping by xx