Celebrate Mothers Day with Crafty Sentiments

Good morning, today over at Crafty Sentiments we are asking you to join us in celebrating Mothers Day.  There is a fabulous prize this week too ...

Isn't that a gorgeous stamp?

So for my card I have used the cute Rosie picking pears, coloured with copics and spectrums, papers are MME, the bunting and pears are cut on the cricut and the butterflies are from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Totally Gorjuss #228 ~ Mum
Crafts 4 Eternity #168 ~ Anything Goes
OSAAT #205 ~ For a woman in your life
Creative Card Crew #58 ~ Animals
TFL

SPOILER ALERT! DON'T LOOK MUM!

I'm posting this early on my blog to take part in some challenges and I'm working all weekend, (late Saturday, sleepin and long day Sunday!) so Mum if you are here look away now!  I was having a look at the tutorials on SCS and found one for a Triangular Tri-fold card and thought I'd give it a go!  It was actually easier than I thought it would be and I like the finished effect.

For my card I have used papers from Bearly Mine Designs Spring Daffodils, such pretty papers. The sentiment on the front is a digi from Crafty Sentiments Design and the sentiment inside is pc generated.  I have used the fabulous 'Super Mum' image from Kenny K and a banner die from Joanna Sheen, a few little gems have been added and that as they say is that!  I kept it fairly flat as it's going in the post.

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

Created with Love #78 ~ Girly

My Time To Craft #240 ~ Mother's Day/Special Lady

Bearly Mine Challenges #March Challenge ~ One for the girls

Papertake Weekly ~ For Mum (or a girlie)

Tuesday Throwdown #187 ~ TicTacToe ~ Ribbon, digi image, bling

KennyK's Krafty Krew #168 ~ Anything Goes with a twist ~ Bow

TFL

Crafty Catz #223 ~ Bling It Up

Good morning, it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week it's the turn of our wonderful Kim to choose the theme and she has picked 'Bling it Up'.  We have a great sponsor this week too ...

Marianne Designs

 PRIZE for March

So my card for this weeks challenge uses an old favourite image that goes back to my early days of blogging and he hasn't been out of my pc in quite some time!  The image is George from the Dottie and George images available at Charmed Cards and Crafts.  This time I have used him in precoloured form as it fitted with how I wanted my card to look.  I teamed it up with gold glitter card and black cs which I embossed with a musical notes folder.  The stars were cut from the gold glitter card using my Cricut and I finished off by adding some sakura stardust to the rhinestones on his outfit and some gems, one is on his chain round his neck.  The sentiment comes with the image.  I must say I did enjoy visiting with George and really must do it again soon! lol

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

OSAAT #204 ~ Use a digi

Love to Create #107 ~ C&S

Fab n Funky #208 ~ Boys to Men

TFL

Crafty Sentiments are having a Blog Hop

Hi there and welcome to the Crafty Sentiments Hop 'Meeting Molly' - we shall be sharing with you some brand new stamps AND giving you the chance to win some!!  We also have a couple of 3 month GDT spots up for grabs -All you need to do is join our fab hop you have until the 23rd to hop along .Please remember to leave a comment on everyones blog and finally finish on the Inspirational blog , let us know you have hopped and tell us your favourite stamp - if of course you could choose just one - Have fun - you should have hopped here from  Kelly's blog 

Here is my card/project using the brand new stamp 'BIRTHDAY GIRL' isn't her outfit just the cutest.  I have coloured her using copics and spectrums.  The glittery background paper is from First Editions New Leaf pad and I've teamed it up with Kraft cs.  The label diecut is also from Crafty Sentiments Designs.  I added some glittery flowers, punched butterflies and a butterfly from my stash.

So that's what I got up to!  Now don't forget to hop somemore tomorrow and the place to start will be Mikha's blog.  Have fun.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Stampin' for the Weekend ~ Anything Goes
The Crazy Challenge #167 ~ Flower Frenzy
Created with Love #78 ~ Girly
Papertake Weekly ~ For Mum or Girly
TFL

Boys and their Toys with Crafty Catz

Good morning one and all!  It's Friday so time for a brand new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week our lovely Nick has chosen the theme of 'Boys and their Toys' and we have a fabulous sponsor in the shape of ... 

DIGI STAMPS 4 JOY

PRIZE  5 DIGI IMAGES OF WINNERS CHOICE

The DT were given some wonderful images to play with so don't forget to check out what my fabulous teamies got up to.  I used the Monster Truck and went for a C&S monochromatic card.  Coloured with my spectrums and matted onto black cs, sentiment stamped direct to card base and finished off with some black gems.

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

Sentimental Sunday #197 ~ Cards for a boy/man

OSAAT #203 ~ For a boy

Love to Create #106 ~ Anything Goes

TFL

Lets see your Magnolias with Divas By Design

Good morning, yes this week over at Divas by Design we want to see your Magnolia stamps and images and we are sponsored by ... 

Magnolia-licious

You really must check out the gorgeous work by the Divas, it really is stunning!  For my card I have used this sweet image with the spoon and I have gone for a bit of a vintagey feel, which I'm still trying to master! lol  The gorgeous papers are from a pad I got recently called Adrift by Santoro of London from Trimcraft and this one has glittered butterflies on it.  I have distressed the edges and inked the smaller pieces, also inked round the die cut mount of the image, sentiment is a TGF stamp and I added ribbon, flowers and gold metal leaves from my stash which really shine when they catch the light.

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

Stampin' for the weekend ~ Sparkle and Shine

Sketch Saturday #300

Love to Create #106 ~ Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly ~ Bingo ~ Die cuts, free, glitter

Emerald Faeries #53 ~ Girly Pretty in pink

TFL

Green is the colour ... over at Crafty Senitments

Good morning, yes over at Crafty Sentiments this week Caz has set us the challenge of  St Patricks Day or use lots of Green on our projects and the fabulous prize for this week is ...

I have used the adorable image 'Eating Strawberries' available in the Crafty Sentiments Designs Store, which I have coloured with my copics and spectrums, the backing paper is from M&MBI paper pad and Ive teamed it up with some green & red cs.  The flowers cut from the green cs as cut on the circut and the little red stitches are die cut. The sentiment is as Crafty Sentiments Designs stamp which has been stamped onto a die cut label which is also available from Crafty Sentiments Designs.  Finished off the card with some bakers twine and a strawberry charm from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
The Paper Shelter #148 ~ Anything Goes
Crafty Creations #258 ~ Happy Birthday
Friday Sketch #64
Fussy and Fancy Friday #109 ~ Birthdays
Totally Paper Crafts #209 ~ Female Birthday
TFL

Paper Piecing with the Crafty Catz

Good morning well it's my turn to choose the theme for the challenge over at Crafty Catz this week and I chose 'Paper Piecing', I love the effect but really don't do it often enough.  We have a fabulous sponsor this week too ...

BUGABOO

prize...7 images of winners choice

The DT got to use some fabulous images from our sponsor and I chose the wonderful Gus Buddha, this card is for my dad's birthday (in May I'm getting organised! lol) and its a bit of a family joke!  I coloured Gus with spectrums and paper pieced the temple using papers from my new Neroli pad all the other papers are from the pad too (I actually managed 5 different pieces!)  I raised Gus on some foam pads for a little dimension and then decorated the inside too, to finish off the sentiment.

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

OSAAT #202 ~ Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody #39 ~ Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Creations #258 ~ Happy Birthday

TFL

Crafty Catz #220 ~ Anything Goes

Good Morning and Happy Friday, I hope you all have something nice planned for your weekend.  Today I'm on a long day and sleep in at work followed by an early on Saturday but I'm planning on some craft time Saturday afternoon and again on Sunday as yesterday I took delivery of a Cricut Expression that I won on Ebay! So I am looking forward to playing! lol  Anyway I digress as it's Friday that means it's time for a brand new challenge over at Crafty Catz and it's one you all love, it's 'Anything Goes' and you should see the wonderful makes the Crafty Catz.  Our sponsors this week are ...

BUNNYZOE'S CRAFT

   

and

stamping boutique

Prize 3 digi images

Fabulous prizes and the DT got to use some of the fabulous images from Stamping Boutique.  I have used the Owl Family image, coloured with spectrums. Papers are MME Wild Asparagus and some brown cs. The sentiment was cut on my old Cricut Personal Cutter which is most definietly on its way out, hence the new one! I finished off with some red gems, die cut branches and a flower.

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

Sweet Stampin' ~ Humour

Sketch Saturday #298

Crafty Cardmakers and More #110 ~ Come fly with me

The Paper Shelter #147 ~ Animal Magic

TFL

Make It Sparkle with the Divas

Good morning its time for a wonderful new challenge over at Divas By Design and this week its 'Make It Sparkle' and we all love a bit of sparkle don't we?!  There is a fabulous Craft Bag up for grabs too for the lucky winner.

For my project I have made another page for my calendar.  I used the fabulous Freida Flapper from Kenny K and she was a delight to colour in using my copics and spectrums.  I teamed her up with some gorgeous new paper I got whilst on my hols last week its First Edition 'Neroli' and the patterned piece I have used has a gem effect on it, the blue mat is also from the pad and the red background is actually a spare envelope!  I have added lots of sparkle to my image using sakura stardust pens and then I finished off with some gems from my stash and the calendar page, love how this turned out.

And here is a close up taken with the flash to give you an idea of the sparkle.

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

Allsorts #247 ~ Ladies Day

OSAAT #201 ~ Girly

KennyK's Krafty Krew #166 ~ Distressed Edges

Love To Create #104 ~ Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown #184 ~ Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you over at Divas by Design playing along with our challenge xx

Lets see a little LOVE with Crafty Sentiments

We have a fabulous new challenge for you over at Crafty Sentiments and this week Caz has chosen the theme of 'LOVE' and this weeks prize is 

And in order to be in with extra chances of winning all you need to do is ... If you use a CS image please put #3 after your name, #3 if a follower of our Inspirational blog and #6 if you have done both, so that means you have up to 6 chances..

So for this week I have made another page for my calendar, hopefully by the end of the year I will have been able to share all the pages! lol  Anyway I used the cute image 'Will You' which is available in the Crafty Sentiments Designs Store, coloured with a mix of copics and spectrums, some scraps of cs and some old paper, added some gems, pearls hearts, punched flowers and die cut leaves, finished off with the calendar page and hey presto February!  Don't forget to check out what the rest of our super talented DT ladies have been up to.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
The Paper Shelter #146 ~ punches & dies
Love to Create #104 ~ Anything Goes

TFL

Crafty Catz #219 Cream, Green + 1 other

Hi there, well here we are it's Friday, I've had a fabulous holiday this week and travel back home tomorrow and back to work on Sunday!  So it's time to share with you this weeks new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week our wonderful Christine has chosen the theme of Cream, Green + 1 other colour.  Now I have to admit I was initially a little stumped as to what to do here but then I thought about the cute new image from Crafty Sentiments Design called Dayna and thought the image might look cute coloured cream and my project was born from there.  So before I show you what I made I wanted to tell you about the wonderful sponsor this week and it's 

ALOTA STAMPS

So I decided to make a treat box using the cute image Dayna, I coloured using spectrums and added 3d glaze to the balloon, I added a stamped tag sentiment to the balloon and my backing paper was a First Edition paper and I finished off with some green gems and then added some chocolate bars!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Love to Create #103 Make it sparkle with bling

Creative Card Crew #55 ~ KISS (keep it simple & sweet)

Crafty Creations Challenges #257 Keep it simple

TFL and I hope you find the time to play along with us.

Crafty Sentiments New Release Preview Day 1

How exciting it's new release time over at Crafty Sentiments Designs and we have some fabulous new stamps in the Lollipop Dreams Collection to show you over the next 3 days.  So check out the Crafty Sentiments Inspiration Blog to see lots of wonderful samples of these gorgeous new stamps.  Today it is the turn of 'Meeting Firends' and 'Prom'.  For my project I have used the cute 'Meeting Friends' isn't she just a darling! and she will be available to buy, along with the other new stamps on 22 February

I have coloured her using copics and spectrums and I used a Joanna Sheen bunting die cut on the top and pinned her as a decoration in the top of a calorie free cupcake.  I used a tutorial from here  and here to make my cupcake and base from.  The base is decorated with liquid pearls and peeloff sentiments. The ribbon is decorated with shiny flower sequins stitched in place with purple seed beads.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Delicious Doodles #75 ~ Ribbon and Bling

Stampin' for the weekend ~ Flower Power

Quirky Crafts #4 Pile it high, layer it up and 3d it

Love to Create #103 ~ Make it Sparkle with bling

Papertake Weekly ~ Lovely Layers

ABC ~ F is for flowers

TFL

Crafty Catz # 218 ~ Lady in Red

Good morning and happy Friday and Happy Valentines Day!  Time for a wonderful new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week the fantastic theme of Lady In Red has been chosen by our wonderful leader Carol.  We have 2 great sponsors for you too ... 

RICK ST DENNIS 

PRIZE......3 IMAGES OF WINNERS CHOICE

and 

MEI FLOWER CRAFT

Either a £20 worth of goodies
or a £20 voucher to spend in our online store.
(unfortunately they no longer post to the USA)

Fabulous don't you agree, well the DT all had the chance to play along with a Rick St Dennis image, how fun and I chose Jazz Singer.  I have used spectrums to colour her and added black glitter to the pattern on her red dress and some sakura clear glitter pen to her hair.  I decided to keep this pretty simple to let the image speak for itself so kept with the red/black/sparkle theme by finishing off with a wonder Joanna Sheen die cut.

The close up shows the sparkle in her hair and glitter on her dress better.

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

Incy Wincy Designs ~ Sassy & Sexy

Love To Create #102 ~ colour challenge use red and or pink

Everybody Art #265 ~ Partytime

TFL

With Love at Divas By Design

Good morning it's time for a new challenge over at Divas By Design and this week the theme is 'With Love' and our fabulous sponsor is ... 

For my card I have used a beary cute couple the image is called 'The Gentle Touch' and is a digi stamp from Crafty Sentiments Design, aren't they just so sweet?  Coloured with spectrums and mounted on a die cut doily, the banner die cut is a Joanna Sheen, a good friend sent me some wonderful die cuts for my birthday recently and this is one of them and now I so NEED the die! lol I coloured it with copics to match the the yellow of the roses in the pretty paper from Bearly Mine Designs and I added some little to gems to the ends of the banner, finished off with the stamped sentiment and some flowers and wire from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks #180 ~ Flags and or Banners
Emerald Faeries #52 ~ Lets see those banners

Buttons & Bows with Crafty Sentiments

This week over at Crafty Sentiments our theme has been chosen by Caz and she wants to see buttons and or bows, so plenty of scope there.  The prize for this week is fabulous too ... 

For my card I have used one of the recent releases 'Dayna' who you can find over at Crafty Sentiments Designs.  Coloured with spectrums and I decoupaged the balloon, the paper is Bearly Mine Designs teamed with Kraft cs.  The sentiment is 2 stamps from 'Sentimentals' from Crafters Companion and I finished off with a bow shaped wooden button and some gem strands.

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