Cupcake craft challenge #127–DT card

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Hello again everyone, I’m back again as promised (you can’t get rid of me that easily lol).  I have another DT card to show you, this time for the cupcake craft challenge.  This week the lovely Faye (aka fluffy) has set the theme and she has chosen “old macdonald had a farm” so we want to see something on your card/project that you would find on a farm.  I’m sure you’ll agree that this is a brilliant theme!  Here is my card:

I have used a gorgeous freebie digi image from Pronty which I received just for signing up for their newsletter.  I thought this little shepherdess image minding her cutie sheep was very apt for our challenge this week.  The pink colour of her dress isn’t quite so vivid IRL but again my photography skills have let me down – definitely need to look for a class I think lol! 

Our sponsor this week is Crafty Emma’s store and the lucky winner will receive a sentiment and ribbon bundle.

 

  

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ prizes up for grabs too.  Blue Jelly Stampin’ (our very own Victoria) is offering a one lucky winner, chosen at random, some Stampin’ Up! stash including a selection of 12x12 SU papers, rhinestones and a brilliant Techniques booklet.  We also have Polka doodles who are offering one lucky winner, chosen at random, the scrummy Sundae of Seasons CD Rom and thirdly we have The Paper Shelter who are offering one lucky winner, chosen at random a $10 Gift Certificate to spend in store.  See the challenge blog for pics.

The rest of the design team have created amazing cards and projects for your inspiration so please pop over and take a peek.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

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

Pear tree designs challenge – flowers

Crafty cardmakers challenge – floral

Paperminutes challenge – flowers

Papertake challenge – sketch

Top tip Tuesday challenge – fab flowers

The pixie cottage challenge – sketch and/or flowers

Scrapbook sisters challenge – add a little friend (she has 3 little friends)

Digi doodle challenge – swirls

Moving along with the times challenge – spring (my image)

Simon says stamp challenge – animal antics

Crafty catz challenge – flowers

Basic grey challenge – flower power

Stamp, scrap & doodle challenge – get punchy

Totally gorjuss challenge – as you like it

Right-e-o that’s all from me today.  I hope you will have a chance to enter our challenge and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I’d like to say hello to my newest follower “poodlechops43” (sorry I don’t know your “real” name) I really appreciate your support.  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: Pronty – shepherdess freebie digi image

Papers: basic grey – hopscotch paper pad, elzybells kraft card stock

Tools: promarkers, ek success retro flower punch, nellie’s choice stamen punch, ek success flourish punch, personal impressions sentiment, Papermania adhesive stones and pearls, circle nesties

Stamp with fun #96–DT card

Good morning crafters.  It’s Monday morning again (why do they always come around so fast?) and my first day back at work after my sick leave due to my back pain.  I’m sure today will go really fast, as I will have lots to catch up on,  and I will be shattered tonight!  Anyway enough of my rambling – I’m here this morning to share with you my DT card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge.  This week we have a gorgeous sketch by Tina46 to use – here is the sketch:

and here is my card:

As you can see I have replaced the heart shape with a circle on my card, as unfortunately I don’t have a heart die cut at the moment (although it’s on my wish list).  I embossed the circle with a heart embossing folder, so it’s the next best thing lol!  I have used a super cute image from Claudia & Co and it is by Lori Boyd designs.  Again my photography skills are a bit lacking, sorry!

We have a sponsor this week – Cute Stamps and Cards  and they are offering one lucky winner a set of Marianne Creatables dies (I am so jealous).

 

The rest of the design team have created amazing cards once again this week and we also have a new DT member joining us – Jessi, so why not pop over and say hello!  We really appreciate all your lovely comments.

I can also enter my card into the following challenges:

A spoonfull of sugar challenge – valentine

Everybody art challenge – my favourite things (digi images, nesties, promarkers)

Claudia & company challenge – recipe – 2 papers, 3 buttons, 1 image, 1 decorative trim (my ribbon)

Stampavie and more challenge -  love

Crafty sentiments challenge – my favourite things (digi images, nesties, promarkers)

Meljen’s challenge – create something with hearts

Some odd girl challenge –

scallops galore (my circle nestie)

Do you stack up? challenge – patterns (my papers) second entry

Southern girls challenge – dry embossing

Fairy fun challenge – for a sweetheart

Mami doodles challenge – the magic of love

Simply create challenge – give your heart away

2 sisters challenge – girls just wanna have fun

Craft your days away challenge – love

Mark’s finest papers challenge – valentine card

Corrosive challenge – button it up

Stamptacular challenge – whateva!

Die cut dreams challenge – lots of hearts but no sentiment

Lexi’s creations challenge – valentines

Wild orchid challenge – love is

So that’s it for now but don’t forget to call back later to see my DT card for the cupcake craft challenge.  Have a brilliant day and thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: Lori Boyd designs – puddle jumper Mary Jane

Papers: both papers from stash, SU whisper white card, red card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, circle nesties, cuttlebug heart embossing folder, buttons, twine and ribbon from the ribbon girl 

Marcea’s ‘music saves my soul’

Happy Sunday friends, I hope you are all enjoying the weekend so far.  The weather here is bitterly cold but it’s lovely and sunny, so it’s not all bad.  After a break of a few weeks I’m finally able to join in with Marcea’s ‘music saves my soul’ once again.  I love being part of her song share and it’s wonderful to discover a brand new song.  This week I have decided to go for a new(ish) song and although I’m not a big fan of dance-type music every now and again I discover a song I love.  I’m sure Marcea will love my choice this week as she is the queen of dance tracks!!  My choice for this week is Rihanna’s ‘only girl (in the world)’. 

I hope you enjoy my song this week and I look forward to seeing what everyone else chooses.  I would like to say hello to my newest follower Claire and thanks for the blog award hun – I’ll be adding it to my blog very soon.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thanks for stopping by. 

Winter wonderland–first DT card!!

Good morning friends, I’m excited as today I get to share my first DT card with you for the winter wonderland challenge.  I am honoured to be part of this friendly and talented team and hope I can live up to expectations.  The challenge this week is “my sentiments exactly” and we want your sentiment to be the main focal point on your card.  Don’t forget that at the moment you can choose to make any card you like, it doesn’t have to be a Christmas card.  Here is my card:

The DT were lucky enough to be given sentiments to use by one of our sponsors this week  and I chose this gorgeous swirly one.  I love the different fonts and that you can add a touch of colour if you like.  My poor promarkers have been sulking all day as I didn’t use them very much.  However to make up for neglecting them I did colour my sheer organza ribbon with my turquoise promarker to match my card.  I have to say that I really struggle with sentiment only cards but at least I like the colour scheme I’ve chosen for this card. 

We have two sponsors this week, firstly we have Simon Says Stamp and the lucky winner will receive a $15.00 gift voucher to spend in their online store. 

Our second sponsor is a new sponsor for us at winter wonderland and they are called Sentiments 4 You and it is one of Lynne’s lovely sentiments that I have used on my card.  The lucky winner will receive a $10.00 gift voucher to spend in their online store.  Please pop over and check out their shop as they have so many beautiful sentiments to choose from. 

The rest of the DT have created gorgeous samples for your inspiration.  Both Marianne’s team (which I’m part of) and Kate’s team and sharing cards with you this week, after this week we will be sharing our cards with you on alternate weeks.  Please pop over to the challenge blog and check out their beautiful cards. 

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

Challenge up your life challenge – clean and simple

Craftyhazelnut’s Christmas challenge – let’s see some bling (stardust pen and pearls)

Christmas cards all year round challenge – anything goes

OSAAT challenge – as you like it

Kaboodle challenge – bling it up (stardust pen and pearls)

Mojo Monday challenge – sketch (which I rotated)

Wild orchid challenge – let’s get sentimental

Creative craft challenge – monochromatic madness

Crafts and me challenge – monochrome

Creative belli challenge – the letter P (pearls, patterned paper)

Fab ‘n’ funky challenge – delight in your digi

Digi doodle challenge – swirls (swirly paper and on image)

Do you stack up? challenge – patterns (my paper)

I hope you have a wonderful Friday and that you will have a chance to enter our challenge this week.  Hello to my newest follower Steph, I really appreciate you taking the time to visit my blog.  Thanks for stopping by today.

Card ingredients:

Image: none, sentiment by sentiments 4 you

Papers: bo bunny – ‘holiday cheer frost’ double sided paper (I used both sides), plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: marianne creatables snowflake die, sakura stardust pen, pearls from the hobby house, organza ribbon from stash, labels 8 nesties

Passion for promarkers #84 – DT card

Good morning friends, I’m here this morning to share my DT card for this week’s passion for promarkers challenge.  This week Gro has set the theme and she has chosen “let it shine” so we want to see your glitters, gems etc. and get your cards sparkling!  It was my parents anniversary last week so I used this theme for their card.  I recently bought some 8x8 cards from Crafty Emma’s store and this is the first one I’ve made using this size of card.  Here is my card:

I don’t know what happened to my photograph but the green IRL isn’t such a lime green but I couldn’t get it any better (blame it on the photographer I say lol!).  I have used a digi image from DigiStamp Boutique which is part of the January offer of the month called ‘Pippa & Sonny with rose’.  This is just one of three images in the set and it is available at a brilliant price at the moment.  Sally-Ann has also released more gorgeous images this month so why not pop over and check them out.  As you can see in the close up photo I added stickles to their rose and also to the three flowers in the arrangement.  I never seem to be able to make my flowers look as gorgeous as some of you lovely crafters out there.  I have to say though that my parents loved their card, so that’s all that matters isn’t it?

Our sponsor this week is Crafty Emma’s store and the lucky winner will receive 5 promarkers of their choice. 

The rest of the DT have created gorgeous cards once again this week, so why not pop over and check them out.  We really appreciate the lovely comments you leave for us. 

I can also enter my card into the following challenges:

The crafty pad challenge – something girly

Quirky crafts challenge – in the spring garden & use pink/green

Whoopsi daisy challenge – valentine & love

For fun challenge – glitter

Aud sentiments challenge – love theme

Moving along with the times challenge – sketch and flowers

Simon says stamp challenge –

bingo (I used flowers, gems & punch/die cuts)

Do it with digis challenge – pink and girly

Do you stack up? challenge – pink

Totally papercrafts challenge – add a heart (I hope my little heart on the image is ok)

Craft your days away challenge – love

Secret crafter Saturday challenge –

it’s a couple thing

Bunny Zoe’s challenge – love is in the air

Pile it on challenge – love is in the air

Kaboodle challenge – bling it up (gems, stickles)

Ooh la la creations challenge – 3 of a kind (my 3 flowers and 3 papers)

Wild orchid challenge – let’s get sentimental

The beary sweet challenge – love and friendship

Right-e-o that’s all from me today.  I’m still recovering after my physiotherapy yesterday (I think torture would be a more apt name) but all in all my back is getting better woohoo!  As they say ‘no pain, no gain’.  I hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday.  Btw hello *waves"* to all my new followers, I can’t believe how many I have got in the last week or so – I am so chuffed you have decided to “stalk me” lol!  Thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘Pippa & Sonny with rose’

Papers: papermania ‘rose garden’ paper pack, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, circle nesties, papermania adhesive stones, pink gem sentiment, lace and flowers from wild orchid crafts, stickles, MS cherish border punch, sizzlit corner die (architectural accent #1)

Cupcake craft challenge #126 – DT card

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Hello again friends, as promised I’m back with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week’s theme has been set by Donna and she has chosen ‘food for thought’, so we would like to see all your cards and projects featuring food!!  The DT were lucky enough to be given images by our sponsor this week and here is my card:

The image is by Heather Ellis and is from the ‘pure innocence’ range.  I coloured the image with my promarkers but don’t look too closely at her arm as I had a bit of an issue with the colours bleeding lol!  I don’t normally have any problems with the colours bleeding when I use SU whisper white card so it must have just been a one off. 

As I mentioned our sponsor this week is Heather Ellis and the lucky winner will receive 3 digi images from her shop.  As you can see from my card Heather’s images are so sweet and there are lots to choose from.

The rest of the design team have created gorgeous samples for your inspiration, so please pop over and check them out.  We appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ prizes up for grabs too.  Blue Jelly Stampin’ (our very own Victoria) is offering a one lucky winner, chosen at random, some Stampin’ Up! stash including a selection of 12x12 SU papers, rhinestones and a brilliant Techniques booklet.  We also have Polka doodles who are offering one lucky winner, chosen at random, the scrummy Sundae of Seasons CD Rom and thirdly we have The Paper Shelter who are offering one lucky winner, chosen at random a $10 Gift Certificate to spend in store.  See the challenge blog for pics. 

I also want to mention that yesterday we launched our ‘What’s the challenge?  You decide’ competition where we are asking for your suggestions for challenge themes and the lucky winner, chosen at random, will win a guest designer spot for the week of their challenge.  Sounds like fun doesn’t it.  We have already had lots of interesting themes suggested.  You can check out the original post here to leave your suggestion.  The competition is open until 30th January 2011. 

I can also enter my card into the following challenges:

The crafty pad challenge – something girly

Cutie Sunday challenge – anything goes

OSAAT challenge – as you like it

For fun challenge – glitter (stardust pen on cupcake)

Let’s craft and create challenge – a stitch in time (faux stitching on pink card)

Digi doodle challenge – anything goes

Glitterbabe’s challenge – anything goes with pink and sparkle

Do it with digis challenge – pink and girly

Do you stack up? challenge – pink

Paper cutz challenge – it’s your choice

Simply create challenge – use your punches

Stamp something challenge – cute somethings

Basic grey challenge – flower power (my paper)

Sketch Saturday challenge – sketch

Wee memories challenge – free your creativity

Ok, so that’s all from me today.  I’ll be back tomorrow with my DT card for this week’s PFP challenge.  Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: Heather Ellis – pure innocence 030

Papers: BG – ‘hopscotch’ paper pad. plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, pearls from the hobby house, sakura stardust pen, craft concepts ‘in stitches’ embossing folder, sentiment created on pc, white gel pen, circle nesties, MS cherish border punch

Stamp with fun #95 – DT card

Good morning everyone, I’m here to share my DT card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge.  This week’s theme is “blue & brown” which in my mind automatically means a male card to me.  As luck would have it I needed a card for my brother-in-law so I decided to combine the two!  I used a cute image from Pollycraft called ‘Maurice – ready for business’ and obviously coloured him with my promarkers.  Here is my card:

Now Maurice doesn’t look anything like my B-I-L but I just thought he was a really cute image and perfect for those difficult men cards!  For once I’m actually quite happy with my colouring on this card (which makes a change lol!). 

We have a sponsor this week for our challenge – One Stop Card Crafts and the lucky winner will receive a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store. 

The rest of the design team have created amazing 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:

Aly’s Sunday challenge – for the guys

Cutie Sunday challenge – anything goes

OSAAT challenge – as you like it

Creative card crew challenge – for men

Papertake challenge – ribbons and pearls

Delightful challenge – celebration

Penny’s paper crafty challenge – anything goes

Digi doodle challenge – anything goes

Paper cutz challenge – it’s your choice

Simply create challenge – use your punches

Allsorts challenge – male/boy

Sweet stampin’ challenge – clear as mud i.e. brown + 1 other (mine is blue)

Wee memories challenge – free your creativity

I actually followed the sketch over at Moving along with the times challenge but I didn’t realise there was an additional option of flowers – oh well! 

I’m off to physiotherapy again this morning and although my back is still painful it is easing so hopefully I will be whizzing around again in no time!  I’ll be back later with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: pollycraft – ‘Maurice – ready for business’

Papers: BG ‘basics kraft’ paper pad, Papermania ‘blueberry pie’ paper pack, SU choc chip cardstock

Tools: promarkers, Queen & co pearls, oval nesties, SU oval all punches, quickutz star cookie cutters, sentiment created on pc, SU choc chip grosgrain ribbon

Candy winner re-drawn!

Hi everyone, I hope you are having a good Saturday so far.  I’m just popping on for a very quick post.  Unfortunately the previous winner of my mini-candy hasn’t contacted me so I have re-drawn for another winner.  The prize you may remember was a super cute Simply Sassy stamp called “Bella bunting” from Funky Kits.  I again have used random.org and the lucky winner this time is:

** FIONA **  

Congratulations Fiona, I know you visit my blog most days (and leave me lovely comments) so I know you will see this post .  Please email me and I’ll get your stamp sent off to you on Monday.  I may be back later with my entry for Marcea’s MSMS.  Thanks for stopping by.

Charisma cardz challenge #3 (and some exciting news!)

Good morning friends.  I back to share my DT card for the charisma cardz challenge, sorry I know it’s late yet again but only by a day lol!  The theme this week is ‘magic numbers’ so you need to have a number somewhere on your card.  As luck would have it I needed an 18th birthday card for my husband’s nephew so it was perfect timing.  I decided to use an old WOJ image ‘Charlie 007‘ as he is so useful for any type of celebration.  Here is my card:

I decided to colour his suit in this aqua/teal colour so that he would match the paper – I didn’t think a chocolate suit would look very nice!  I love this paper pad – it’s new to me, I saw it on another crafter’s blog and had to have it.  It’s MME ‘true blue’ paper pad and I got it from Crafty Emma’s store.  I already had the pink version but I think I love this one just as much as that one. 

We have two sponsors this week – which means more chances to win!  Firstly we have Lili of the Valley who are offering a £10.00 voucher for their online store. 

Our second sponsor is Some Odd Girl and they are offering one lucky winner 3 digis from their online store. 

The rest of the DT have created gorgeous samples for your inspiration 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 card into the following challenges:

The crafty pad challenge – something new (my paper pad)

OSAAT challenge – new (paper pad)

Pile it on challenge – anything goes

Stampin’ sisters in Christ challenge – new (paper pad)

Cards for men challenge – let’s party

Totally stampalicious challenge – card for a man

Creative card crew challenge – for men

I love promarkers challenge – KISS (keep it sweet and simple)

Oldie but a goodie challenge – bright and cheerful (second entry)

Top tip Tuesday challenge – anything goes (third entry)

Delightful challenge – celebration

Penny’s paper crafty challenge – anything goes

Whiff of joy challenge – chocolate, teal and cream

Cute card Thursday challenge – recipe 1-2-3 (3 papers, 2 ovals, 1 circle)

Paperminutes challenge – sketch

Crafty Ann’s challenge – ring in the new but don’t ring out the old (new paper pad & old stamp)

Crafty catz challenge – use an old stamp

Fairy fun challenge – happy birthday

Paper cutz challenge – it’s your choice

Simply create challenge – use your punches

I’m going to add my ingredient list here and then tell you my super exciting news!

Card ingredients:

Image: whiff of joy – ‘Charlie 007’

Papers: MME – true blue paper pad, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, SU oval all punches, oval nesties, SU circle punch, making memories shimmer number stickers, pearls from the hobby house, sentiment created on the pc, sakura stardust pen (on his drink), white gel pen

Now onto my very exciting news.  A little while ago I applied to join the Winter Wonderland challenge Design Team and I am so honoured to announce that I have been selected to join Marianne’s team.  There will be two separate DT teams and we will all be making a card for next week’s challenge and then our team will making samples for the following week.  We will then make cards on alternative weeks.  I am so pleased to have been chosen and it will definitely help with the Christmas card production for 2011 lol! 

I hope you will follow me on my new journey and maybe join in with our challenges from time to time!  I will hopefully be back tomorrow as I plan to join in with Marcea’s music saves my soul this week as I have missed quite a few weeks now and I love to join in and listen to all your songs.  Thanks for stopping by today.

Passion for promarkers #83–catch up post!

Here I am again, with a very late post!  I’m sorry but until my back is better my posts are going to be a bit hit and miss – I hope you will bear with me lol!  Anyway I’m here to let you know the current theme over at passion for promarkers challenge.  Gina has set the theme this week (even though she is still having computer problems) and she has chosen “all you need is love” – how sweet haha!  You can make anything you like as long as it has a love theme.  Don’t forget to be in with a chance of winning our prize you must use your promarkers or aqua markers. 

Our sponsor this week is the lovely Sally-Ann at DigiStamp Boutique and the lucky winner will receive 6 digi’s of their choice from her shop.  There are so many gorgeous images (including new ones for January) that you will be spoilt for choice. 

The rest of the DT have created gorgeous cards once again this week so please pop over and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us and I personally would like to say a BIG thank you for all your get well messages, it’s fab to know that you are thinking of me

Now as I wasn’t able to make a card this week I decided to have a look in my archives for a card that I haven’t had a chance to post and I found this super cute valentine’s card that I made last year so I thought I would share it with you today!!

I don’t know why I took the photo at such an odd angle!!!  I have used a gorgeous image from Bee Crafty and obviously coloured it with my promarkers! 

I can also enter my card into the following challenges:

Pile it on challenge – anything goes

Lexi’s creations challenge – say it with love

Crafty cardmakers challenge – red and a die cut (my circle nestie)

Top tip Tuesday challenge – all sentimental (second entry)

I love promarkers challenge – keep it sweet & simple

Creative craft world challenge – cute and cuddly

Delightful challenges – celebration

The pixie cottage challenge – who do you love? and/or sketch

Penny’s paper crafty challenge – anything goes

Aud sentiments challenge – love theme

Digi doodle challenge – anything goes

Meljen’s challenge – pink and red

Phindy’s place challenge – valentine/for a loved one

Mark’s finest papers challenge – hearts

Craft your days away challenge – anything goes

Challenge up your life challenge – clean and simple

Secret crafter Saturday challenge – with love

Ok, I’m off to link them up.  I hope you have a great evening and I really appreciate your visits and all the lovely comments you leave for me – they really brighten my days.  A big hello ((waves)) to my new followers, I hope you will visit often and I hope to visit your blogs too.  I’ll be back tomorrow with my late(!) post for the charisma cardz challenge and some exciting news!!  Thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: Bee crafty – ‘whimsical girl – the kiss’

Papers – magazine freebie, card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, heart brad from stash, SU oval all punches, sentiment created on pc, circle nesties