My Lovely Followers

Tuesday 30 November 2010

Some Odd Girl Hol-ODD-day Blog Hop!

Welcome to the first Some Odd Girl Hol-ODD-day Blog Hop!  We're having this hop to not only show some love for all our Oddies this holiday season but to have a hop that includes them!  So take a hop through our list and make sure to leave comments at every stop because the Odd Girls have some prizes to give away to celebrate, but you have to complete the list to be entered. 

holoddayhopsml

We started at the Some Odd Girl Blog and are ending up at Kristy's blog and I am SURE along the way you'll see some amazing projects!  You should have arrived from Mary's blog, if not start at the beginning to complete the hop.

Here is the order of the hop:

  1. DeniseYOU ARE HERE! 
  2. Jan 

For my card I have used a newly released image called “Pressie Mae” and she is soooo gorgeous.  I have to say I have a soft spot for Mae – I wish I had her hair lol!  I  have coloured her with promarkers and added some sparkle to her dress with a sakura stardust pen.  Here is my card:

cards4 002

cards4 003

Your next stop in the hop is Robin's blog.  I hope you enjoy the Some Odd Girl Hol-ODDD-day blog hop and thanks for hoppin by!

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

OSAAT challenge – bling it up (stardust pen on her dress and pearls/gems)

Pear tree designs challenge – sketch + gems

Whoopsi daisy challenge – let’s get all girlie

Karber challenge – sparkle (using a digi) (again stardust pen on dress and pearls/gems)

Crafts and me challenge – snowflakes

Creative cottage challenge – untraditional Christmas colours

Cute card Thursday challenge – blast from the past (I went for #37 snowflakes)

Daring cardmakers challenge – Christmas with spots and stripes

Fussy and fancy challenge – Christmas without red and green

Totally papercrafts challenge – untraditional Christmas

2 sisters challenge – non traditional Christmas colours

One stop craft challenge – Christmas cuties

Top tip Tuesday challenge – anything goes

My signature

cards4 002

Card ingredients:

Image: SOG – ‘pressie Mae’

Papers: dovecraft – fancy Christmas paper pack, green card from the papermill shop, SU whisper white card

Tools: promarkers, sakura stardust pen, dovecraft snowflake punch, pearls from the hobby house, adhesive stones from Joanna Sheen, personal impressions sentiment

My son’s birthday card

Good morning everyone.  As I don’t have a passion for promarkers challenge card for you today (as our challenge runs for two weeks) I thought I would share a card I made for my son’s birthday, which was Sunday – I can’t believe my baby is 14 years old!!!!!  This is the card that his brother gave to him.  Actually this card could fit the challenge over at PFP as the digi image is new and all the papers are very old lol!  The image is so cool and its from Lori Boyd Designs – her images are so much fun and there is something for everyone.  Here is my card:

cards3 004

cards3 001

The cool dudes hairstyle is something similar to my sons but that’s where the similarity ends.  He is not at all sporty or outdoorsy – he just lives for his x-box, like most kids his age. 

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

Corrosive challenge – things that move (his skateboard)

Stamptacular challenge – fall-ing for you – use fall colours

The crazy challenge – on the go i.e. anything you like

Little paper shop challenge – funky edge (my punched edge)

Totally stampalicious challenge – anything goes

Paper play challenge – stars

Alphabet challenge – e is for embossing

Friday sketchers challenge – sketch

Lots to do challenge – embossing

Craft your days away challenge – texture (my embossing)

Claudia and company challenge – brown, cream + 1 other colour (my colour is red)

Party time Tuesday challenge – anything goes birthday

Scrap creations challenge – anything goes

Top tip Tuesday challenge – anything goes

I hope you have a wonderful Tuesday and don’t forget you have another week to enter the passion for promarkers “old & new” challenge.  There are fantastic prizes up for grabs and you can enter as many times as you like.  I will be back later with my project for the Some Odd Girl Hol-ODD-day blog hop.  Thanks for stopping by today.  

My signature

cards3 004

Card ingredients:

Image: Lori Boyd Designs – lollipop – Ethan

Papers: embossed panel is bazzill card, patterned paper (double sided) is from my stash (sorry no name), SU soft suede card

Tools: promarkers, mini star punch from stash, SU oval all punches, SU scalloped edge punch, sentiment created on pc, CB swiss dots embossing folder

 

Monday 29 November 2010

Cupcake craft challenge #118 – DT card

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO SEE MY STAMP WITH FUN DT CARD

Hello again, I’m back with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week our theme has been set by the lovely Kathrin and she has chosen “light it up” i.e. she wants to see a candle somewhere on your project.  I did toy with the idea of decorating a real candle but then came across this really cute image from Heather Ellis and so decided to make an easel card instead.  Here is my card:

CCC challenge 119 - light it up

CCC challenge 119 - light it up (close up 2)

CCC challenge 119 - light it up (close up)

CCC challenge 119 - light it up (side view)

Sorry there are so many pics but easel cards are so difficult to photograph aren’t they (especially for me with my useless photography skills lol).  This is actually a dinky 4 x 4 card but it looks so cute IRL. 

Our sponsor this week is the character cafe and one lucky winner will receive a $10.00 voucher to spend in their online store. 

the character cafe logo

We also have our monthly cupcake madness prize and it’s the last chance for November to be in with a chance to win the $9.00 voucher courtesy of some odd girl.  If you’ve entered two or more challenges this month you will be entered in the draw to win the voucher. 

some odd girl logo

The rest of the design team have created gorgeous samples once again this week, please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate the lovely comments you leave for us.

I can also enter my card into the following challenges:

Crafty Ho’s challenge – photo inspiration of a snowman

Order of the opus gluei challenge – frosted things (my snowman)

I love promarkers challenge – anything goes, with sparkle if you like

ABC challenge – x is for xmas

Crafty creations challenge – Christmas cards

The pixie cottage challenge – sketch and/or let is snow

Scrapbook sisters challenge – let it snow

Digi doodle challenge – red and green

Moving along with the times challenge – more than one fold

Sew many cards challenge – red and green

Simon says stamp challenge – let it snow

Easy craft projects challenge – snow

Stamping for the weekend challenge – winter

Just us girls challenge – 3d element on your project (my ribbon bow/snowflake)

One stop craft challenge – Christmas cuties

Mark’s finest papers challenge – add a bow

I hope you will have a chance to enter our challenge this week.  I can’t wait to see what you create and look forward to visiting your blogs.  Have a wonderful Monday and thanks for stopping by.

My signature 

CCC challenge 119 - light it up

Card ingredients:

Image: Heather Ellis – Mr snowman

Papers: dovecraft – jolly happy Christmas paper pack, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, ribbon from fantastic ribbons, dovecraft snowflake punch, pearls from the hobby house, sentiment from craftwork cards, SU oval all punches, SU and woodware circle punches, corner rounder punch

Stamp with fun #87 – DT project

Good morning everyone, I hope you have all been safe and warm this weekend as I think most of the country has seen some snow at some point.  We had quite a bit on Friday evening and it’s been so freezing cold that the pavements and side roads are like sheets of ice.  I am so relieved that I have a week off from work this week and don’t even have to try and venture out if I don’t want to *phew*.  Here is a picture taken Friday evening from my front door:

Nov 26th 2010 (3)

I’m back this morning with my DT project for the stamp with fun challenge.  Our theme this week is “advent” and you can interpret it however you like.  I was going to make one of those gorgeous little advent easel cards but unfortunately didn’t have a chance to get any matchboxes and ran out of time to make some.  I decided instead to make some sour cream containers as I thought they could be hung off the Christmas tree with a little treat inside and opened each day.   I actually didn’t use an image on my projects and only had to use my promarkers to colour the border around the sentiment (shock I know!):

SWF #87 - advent 

SWF #87 - advent (5)  SWF #87 - advent (4)

The containers were actually made from the inners of toilet rolls (which I covered with patterned paper) and here is a picture to show you the “before”.

SWF #87 - advent (6)

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples once again this week, so why not pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

I can also enter my projects into the following challenges:

The crazy challenge – staples (I stapled both ends of my containers)

The crafty pad challenge – snowflakes (my patterned paper has snowflakes on it)

A spoonfull of sugar challenge – anything goes

Creative card crew challenge – treat boxes and goodie bags

Papertake challenge – cut it out (I used my circle nesties)

Crafts and me challenge – snowflakes (again my paper)

Fab ‘n’ funky challenge – go with the flow

For fun challenge – anything goes

Quixotic challenge – no square or rectangles

Let’s craft and create challenge – anything goes

Paper pretties challenge –clean and simple

CRAFT challenge – Christmas present

Crafty sentiments challenge – Christmas

Digi doodle challenge – red and green

Hanna & friends challenge – advent calendar

Sew many cards challenge – red and green

Crafty catz challenge – Christmas

Fun with shapes and more challenge – anything but a card

Mami doodles challenge – make a handmade/altered gift item

Paper cutz challenge – anything goes

Die cut dreams Christmas club challenge – use a die-cut (my nesties)

Bunny Zoe’s challenge – anything Christmas but not a card

The shabby tea room challenge – get in shape (no square or rectangles)

Ok that’s it for now but I will be back a little later with my DT card for the cupcake craft challenge.  Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

My signature

SWF #87 - advent

Ingredients:

Image: freebie sentiments from bizzy becs store blog

Papers: Daisy & Dandelion – a winter’s tale paper pack

Tools: promarkers, circle nesties, SU white ribbon, stapler & staples from stash

Thursday 25 November 2010

Charisma cardz challenge #47 – DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you are all ok this morning…..I wonder how many of you are snowed in?  We haven’t seen any of the white stuff yet but it’s been forecast for the weekend and I don’t mind as I have a week off work next week *yay*.  I am here today to share my DT card for this week’s charisma cardz challenge.  We have a lovely, easy challenge this week, which has been set by Carol and she has chosen “one for the girls”, how fantastic is that?  I was inspired by the some odd girl challenge to try making a window card, which I’ve never done before…..so here is my card (sorry there are a few pics today):

charisma cardz #47 - one for the girls

charisma cardz #47 - one for the girls (1)

charisma cardz #47 - one for the girls (2)

charisma cardz #47 - one for the girls (3)

I have used a gorgeous image from Some Odd Girl called “snowy Mae”.  I love their quirky images and they are just a dream to colour.  The card is quite simple and when I have time I will probably add a sentiment on the inside and cover the other white side with matching paper but I didn’t have chance to do it now.  I have also used my brand new Christmas ticket sentiment stamp set and matching die cut from Whimsy Stamps.  The delivery was super quick and the postage was very reasonable considering it had to come from USA.  I will definitely be ordering from there again. 

We have three brilliant sponsors this week – DigiStamp Boutique is offering one lucky winner 6 digis.

DigiStamp Boutique logo

We also have Some Odd Girl sponsoring us and they are offering one lucky winner 3 digis of their choice.

 some odd girl logo

Our third generous sponsor is Pizzazz Aplenty and they are offering one lucky winner this amazing prize:

pizzazz aplenty logo

 image

Please check out the rest of the DT cards as they are all amazing (and totally girlie) as always.  We really appreciate all your lovely comments that you leave for us. 

I am also entering my card into the following challenges:

Pile it on challenge – winter means……(wrapping up warm)

Easy craft projects challenge – snow (my paper is supposed to represent snow falling)

Fussy and fancy challenge – Christmas but no red or green

Stamping for the weekend challenge – winter

Totally papercrafts challenge – snow and snowflakes

2 sisters challenge – snowflakes

Crazy 4 challenges challenge – add a circle

Die cut dreams Christmas club challenge – Christmas anything goes

Totally gorjuss challenge – non traditional Christmas colours

Mark’s finest papers challenge – use circles on your project

A spoonfull of sugar challenge – anything goes

Digital Tuesday challenge – let it snow

I love promarkers challenge – anything goes

Papertake challenge – cut it out (I punched my snowflakes and used my nesties)

ABC Christmas challenge – x is for xmas

Crafts and me challenge – snowflakes

Crafty creations challenge – Christmas cards

Creative cottage challenge – untraditional Christmas colours

Fab ‘n’ funky challenge – go with the flow

For fun challenge – anything goes

Scrapbook sisters challenge – let it snow

Let’s craft and create challenge – anything goes

Everybody art challenge – use shapes (I’ve got circle and snowflake shapes)

Some odd girl challenge – window card

Wow, lots of similar challenges around this week – it will take me an age to link them all up lol!  I hope you will have a chance to enter our challenge this week and I can’t wait to see what you create.  Have a wonderful day.  Thanks for stopping by. 

My signature

charisma cardz #47 - one for the girls

Card ingredients:

Image: some odd girl – ‘snowy Mae’

Papers: making memories – Emma paper pack, purple card from the papermill shop, SU whisper white card

 Tools: promarkers, circle nesties, dovecraft and MS snowflake punches, pearls from the hobby house, sentiment & die cut from whimsy stamps

Tuesday 23 November 2010

Passion for promarkers #79 – DT card

** WELCOME TO THE PASSION FOR PROMARKERS BLOG HOP **

Over at Passion for promarkers challenge this week we are celebrating the change of design teams with a blog hop.  I’m sure you are as excited as I am as there are lots of lovely goodies up for grabs!!  We also have a few new faces on the design team so I hope you will leave them a nice comment to welcome them. 

Firstly if you’ve arrived at my blog from Debs blog you are in the right place, if not return to the passion for promarkers challenge blog and start your hop again.  Our blog hop challenge will last for 2 weeks so you have plenty of time to enter your card (or cards) and hop around the whole design team. 

Our challenge theme for the next two weeks is “old & new” i.e. a brand new stamp/digi with old papers etc.  Please can you tell us your old and new items in your post.  Don’t forget to use your promarkers or aqua markers to be included in our prize draw.  Here is my card (I’ve used a new image and new papers and old sentiment, pearls and ric-rac ribbon):

PFP challenge 79 - old & new

PFP challenge 79 - old & new (close up)

As you’ve read on the challenge blog the design team are also offering some candy of their own, so please leave me a comment on this post and I will randomly draw a winner for a promarker prize courtesy of Letraset

You also have a “mystery word” to find and my contribution is the letter “S”.  Make a note of my letter and then proceed to Emma for the next part of the hop.  If you get lost on the hop at all just return to the challenge blog for full directions. 

I just want to let you know the wonderful prizes up for grabs for our blog hop challenge:

Letraset are offering a full set of 40 Aqua Markers to one lucky winner *woohoo*.

letraset promarker logo

APM5Set-Pr

Wendy at The Secret Crafter is offering a Basic Grey ‘Oliver’ paper pad

Secret crafter

Oliver

Emma at Crafty Emma’s Store is offering a 12 pack of Aqua Markers

Crafty Emma's store

c_293826

Sally-Ann from DigiStamp Boutique is offering 6 digi images from her shop

DigiStamp Boutique logo

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge and also have fun taking part in our blog hop.  Don’t forget you need to “hop” on over to Emma now and leave her a comment and collect your next “mystery” letter.  Have fun and good luck!

Before I go I can also enter my card into the following challenges:

Critter sketch challenge – food

Crafts and me challenge – glitter (stickles on cake)

Little red wagon challenge – let’s see those banners fly (I have banners on my paper)

Lili of the valley challenge – glitter & glitz (stickles on cake)

Rainbow lady’s challenge – edge it

Theme Thursday challenge – faces

The treehouse challenge – go glitter

Wee memories challenge – a little pink

Crafter’s companion challenge – one for the girls and/or sketch

Sketch Saturday challenge – sketch

I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks so much for making it all the way through my post.  Thanks for stopping by.

My signature

PFP challenge 79 - old & new

Card ingredients:

Image: lili of the valley – ‘Rosie with cake’

Papers: my minds eye – tickled pink paper pad, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, stickles, pearls from the hobby house, making memories ric-rac ribbon, craftwork cards sentiment, SU oval all punch, SU scallop edge punch

Monday 22 November 2010

Cupcake craft challenge #118 – DT card

** This is my second post for today **

Please scroll down to see my Stamp with Fun DT card

Hello again I’m back again to share with you my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week our delightfully fluffy boss Faye has set the theme and she has chosen “a card inspired by fairytales or favourite panto”.  What a brilliant theme ‘eh?  I decided to choose Little Red Riding Hood and used a gorgeous image from Digital Delights.  Here is my card:

CCC challenge 118 - fairies & fairytales 

CCC challenge 118 - fairies & fairytales (close up)

Our sponsor this week is digital delights and the lucky winner will receive a $10.00 voucher to spend in their online store.  I was lucky enough to be given one of their images for my card this week – so you can see you will be spoilt for choice. 

Digital Delights flattened_edited-1

Don’t forget this is also your last chance to enter our cupcake madness for November, so if you’ve only managed to enter one challenge this week you can still be in the draw for the prize if you enter this week’s challenge.  Our sponsor this month is Some Odd Girl and they are offering the winner a $9.00 voucher to spend in their online store.  Again they have such adorable images you won’t know what to choose. 

some odd girl logo

The rest of the DT have created gorgeous samples once again this week, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

I can also enter my card into the following challenges:

Quirky crafts challenge – black, white + 1 other & use at least 1 punch

Sentimental Sunday challenge – thoroughly thankful

Stampin’ sisters in Christ challenge – show your thankfulness

Creative card crew challenge – let’s give thanks

Crafts and me challenge – glitter

For fun challenge – show your thanks

Paper pretties challenge – thank you

Aud sentiments challenge – thanksgiving/thank you

Crafty purple frog challenge – flowers

Crafty sentiments challenge – red & black

Digi doodle challenge – anything goes

Meljen’s challenge – sparkle and shine (stickles on my flowers)

Sassy studio designs challenge – thank you

Shelly’s images challenge  – thankful for

Simon says stamp challenge – sparkle

The treehouse challenge – go glitter

Daring cardmakers challenge – 3 of something (panels and flowers)

The townscrapper challenge – brads and/or eyelets

Polka doodles challenge – give thanks

Raise the bar challenge – grateful

Stamp something challenge – something with thanks

CES challenge – lovely lace

Cute card Thursday challenge – sketch

I hope you have a wonderful Monday.  I can’t wait to see all your fairytale/panto cards this week.  Thanks for stopping by.

My signature

CCC challenge 118 - fairies & fairytales

Card ingredients:

Image: digital delights – red riding hood

Papers: basic grey – curio paper pad, bazzill bling cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flowers & lace from wild orchid crafts, sentiment by personal impressions, SU tag punch, MS frond punch, stickles, brad from stash