Cupcake craft challenge #131–DT project

Hello again everyone, as promised I’m back with my project for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week the lovely Delphine has set the theme and she has chosen “anything but square”.  I decided to make my son a bookmark as he has started to read the Percy Jackson books and is really enjoying them but at the moment is using a piece of paper to keep his page (aww poor love).  Here is my bookmark:

I bought the fab digi image from Tiddly Inks and coloured him with my promarkers (the digi also comes with some extra book images too).  I thought it looked a bit like my son (well the floppy hair at least) but my son doesn’t think so lol!  I inked all the edges with a tim holtz ink pad just to soften the papers a little. 

We are lucky enough to have two sponsors this week – Lili of the Valley are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store. 

and Tickled Pink stamps are offering a prize of either 1 rubber stamp or two digi images of the winner’s choice from their store. 

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ prize and for February we are sponsored by Crafts U Love and they are offering a £10.00 voucher to their online store.

The rest of the DT have created gorgeous and very non-square projects for your inspiration this week, so please pop over and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

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

Stampin’ royalty challenge – sketch (oops just realised you can only enter 3 other challenges – oh well)

Corrosive challenge – distressing (I inked all my edges)

Anything goes challenge – distressing (inked the edges of my papers)

Delightful challenges – use your scraps

CCEE stampers challenge – distressing (as above)

Digi doodle challenge – spots/dots (my papers)

Easy craft projects challenge – something for the boys

Whoopsi daisy challenge – let’s get all cute (my image is cute I think)

Do you stack up? challenge – anything goes (second entry)

Dream valley challenge – anything goes (second entry)

Ok so that’s all from me for today.  I hope you have a wonderful Monday.  I hope you can call back tomorrow to see my DT card for this week’s PFP challenge.  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: tiddly inks – ‘schoolboy’

Papers: MME – ‘Hattie’ paper pad, SU soft suede cardstock

Tools: promarkers, oval nesties, twine from the ribbon girl, crop-a-dile and eyelet from kit, SU choc chip ribbon

Stamp with fun #100–DT card

Good morning dear friends  Where did the weekend go and for that matter where did February go, I cannot believe that tomorrow it will be 1st March!!  At least the weather was a bit brighter this weekend, and we even saw lots of sunshine here, even though it was still chilly.   I hope your weekend was good, even if the weather wasn’t so good where you were.  I’m here to share with you my DT card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge and we have a lovely sketch to use this week:

 

and here is my card:

I have finally used my “new” LOTV image called ‘garden of wishes’ which I have had stamped out on my desk since I bought her!  I love this image as I think she looks so peaceful and dreamy.  As the papers I used were quite bold I decided to colour her in more soft muted colours. 

We are sponsored by Cute Stamps and Cards and they are offering some lovely prizes this week.

          

The rest of the DT have created amazing cards for your inspiration 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 would also like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Stamptacular challenge – you’ve been framed (my nesties)

Dream valley challenge – anything goes

Crafty cardmakers challenge – fairies & at least 2 punches

Creative card crew challenge – fantasy

Top tip Tuesday challenge – bling it on (stickles and pearls)

Crafts and me challenge – spread your wings

Crafty creations challenge – at the bottom of my garden lives….(fairies I hope!)

Creative cottage challenge – fab florals

Fab ‘n’ funky challenge – 1 image, 2 embellishments (flowers and pearls) and 3 papers

Flutterby Wednesday challenge – open theme

Colour create challenge – colours of fruit

Paper pretties challenge – use glitter (stickles on her wings)

Crafty purple frog challenge – a touch of magic

Lili of the valley challenge – use circles

Do you stack up? challenge – anything goes

Simply create challenge – the power of flowers

Stamp something challenge – something with flowers

Challenge up your life challenge – fairytales

Crazy 4 challenges challenge – use flowers

Sweet stampin’ challenge – oh so girly

I hope you will be able to enter our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I have a couple of new followers to say hi to – Maureen Frew, Tracy Payne, Jen Nelson, Christine Lonsdale and Debbie – thank you so much for choosing to follow me, I hope you will call by often.  I will be back later with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge but until then have a great morning. 

Card ingredients:

Image: LOTV – ‘garden of wishes’

Papers: MME – ‘Gertie’ paper pad, plain card from clear & simple stamps 

Tools: promarkers, sizzlit corner die, circle nesties, sentiment stamp from LOTV, ek success retro flower punches, pearls from the hobby house, stickles, white gel pen

Charisma cardz challenge #8–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  This week is just flying by, I can’t believe it’s Thursday already but at least it’s time for another charisma cardz challenge.  This week Allison has set the theme and she has chosen “black,white and 1 other”.  I decided to go for something bright and cheerful so choose yellow as my extra colour.  Here is my card:

This card is a dinky 4x4 size but it’s just perfect for little notecards or even Easter cards.  I have used one of Sally-Ann’s newly released images over at DigiStamp Boutique and it’s part of the spring animals collection.  There are six different, all equally super cute, images in the collection and the set is on a special offer of just £4.20 at the moment – grab yours now whilst its at such an amazing price.  For once I also decorated the inside of my card to match the outside but I forgot to take a picture d’oh! 

We have two sponsors this week.  Firstly we have DigiStamp Boutique who are offering 6 digi images to one lucky winner.

Our second sponsor is Ai Factory and they are offering a surprise prize (it’s only a surprise cos I don’t know what it is at the moment lol!).

The rest of the design team have created amazing cards once again this week, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out or you can click on their names in my sidebar to visit their personal blogs.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

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

Incy wincy designs challenge – use punches or dies

Freshly brewed challenge – ribbons and bows

Crafts and me challenge – time to spread your wings

Creative craft world challenge – use a square

Little red wagon challenge – animals (hope my little chick counts)

The pixie cottage challenge – sketch and/or something cute

Scrapbook sisters challenge – lace and pearls (my doily is lacy and my black pearls)

Really reasonable ribbon challenge – spring theme

Mark’s finest papers challenge – black, white & 1 other

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I’d like to say hello to my new followers Helen and Sarah, thank you so much for following me, I hope you will visit often.   Have a wonderful day, whatever you are up to, and thanks for stopping by today.

 

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – spring chick (from the spring animals collection)

Papers: dovecraft – back to basics paper pad, plain card from clear & simple stamps 

Tools: promarkers, ribbon from fantastic ribbons, doily from Joanna Sheen, pearls from the hobby house, circle nesties

Passion for promarkers #88–DT card

Happy Tuesday everyone.  I hope you are enjoying the half-term holidays so far, although the weather here is typical for the school holidays (very wet and wild).  My boys don’t really mind as they spend most of their days killing various monsters and vampires on the x-box (they are 14 and 16).  Unfortunately I’ve used up all my annual leave so I have to work this week, but on the plus side the roads are very quiet and parking in work is a breeze!! 

So onto the real reason you are here this morning – a card!!  As it’s Tuesday that means we have a brand new challenge over at passion for promarkers challenge.  This week the lovely Sarah has set the theme and she has chosen the dreaded “one for the boys” theme.  I know most people hate making cards for the boys and men in their lives but with 3 men/boys in my house it’s something I’ve become used to.  As luck would have it I needed a card for my nephew’s birthday, which is today (Happy 22nd Birthday Jonathan) so my card is for him.  Here is my card:

I bought this digi image especially for my nephew (you know what they are like at 22 lol!) from Kenny K and it’s called ‘cheers dude’.  I really like these dovecraft papers, even though they are really old, but I’m almost out of them now.  I think they are just perfect for male themed cards.  Add my trademark stars and there you have it lol! 

Our sponsor this week is Angel Crafts and the lucky winner will receive a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store. 

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

OSAAT challenge – anything but square (my card is A5 in size)

Stamptacular challenge – S.O.S. (I made it for my nephew)

Whoopsi daisy challenge – someone special (again for my nephew)

Craft your passion challenge – male card or project

Cards for men challenge – 1 image, 2 papers and 3 embellishments (3 pearls)

Incy wincy designs challenge – use punches or dies (the stars are die cut)

Karen’s doodles challenge – masculine

Totally stampalicious challenge – brown, green and blue (there is a hint of green on the words paper)

Pixie dust studio challenge – don’t be square (my card is A5 in size)

Sew many cards challenge – sketch

Crafty catz challenge – one for the men

Easy craft projects challenge – something for the boys

Fairy fun challenge – all in the fine print

Southern girls challenge – blue and chocolate

I hope you enjoy your Tuesday and that 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.  Thanks for stopping by today.

Card ingredients:

Image: Kenny K – ‘cheers dude’ digi

Papers: dovecraft – for him paper pack, SU soft suede cardstock

Tools: promarkers, quickutz star cookie cutters, sentiment created on the pc, pearls from the hobby house

Cupcake craft challenge #130–DT card

Hello again, I’m back as promised with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week the lovely fluffy herself Faye has set the theme and she has chosen something very close to her heart “cake and ice-cream”!!  So we want to see all your yummy food images and papers this week.  The DT were lucky enough to be offered images to use from our sponsor so I jumped at the chance.  Here is my card:

I have used an image from Bugaboo stamps called ‘cupcake tower’ and coloured it with my promarkers.  I thought I would also use some fruity paper to continue with the food theme! 

Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo Stamps (in case you hadn’t already guessed lol!) and they are offering one lucky winner 7 (yes 7) digis of their choice!!  I am so jealous. 

The rest of the DT have created gorgeous (and very yummy) cards for your inspiration this week, so please pop over and check them out.  You can also visit their personal blogs by clicking on their names in my sidebar.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ prize and for February our sponsor is Crafts U Love and they are offering one lucky winner a £15.00 voucher to spend in their online store.

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

Digital Tuesday challenge – die cuts

Papertake challenge – putting on the glitz (lots of bling)

The pixie cottage challenge – sketch and/or embossing

Meljen’s challenge – happy birthday with sentiment

Digi doodle challenge – anything goes

Dutch dare challenge – sparkle, glitter and bling

Fussy and fancy challenge – sweet treats

Simply create challenge – bold and bright (my colours)

Stamp something challenge – something funky (my image)

Crazy 4 challenges challenge – use dies

One stop craft challenge – birthday card + include a cake

Ok, so that’s it for me today.  I hope you will have a chance to enter our ‘cake and ice-cream’ challenge and I look forward to seeing all your yummy cards.  Have a wonderful Monday and thanks for stopping by today.

Card ingredients:

Image: bugaboo stamps - ‘ cupcake tower’

Papers: MME –' ‘tickled pink’ paper pad, SU tempting turquoise cardstock

Tools: promarkers, pink gem sentiment, SU basic rhinestones, circle nesties

Stamp with fun #99–DT card

Good morning crafty friends.  I hope you had a wonderful weekend.  The weather wasn’t too bad but I didn’t venture outside at all, I preferred to stay indoors and craft and watch TV with the boys.  Sadly though another Monday rolls in but on the plus side that also means it’s time for the stamp with fun challenge.  This week we have a recipe for you to use “3 papers, 3 flowers and 1 ribbon” which is nice and simple so I don’t want any excuses for not joining in lol!  Here is my card:

I have used an image from DigiStamp Boutique which is part of the February offer of the month and it is called ‘Fairy Grace’.  You have to be quick though as you only have a week left to get it at the amazing offer price.  There are 4 images in total (including the one I’ve used today) and they are all super cute and very girly.  I used flower buttons instead of real buttons as it fitted in with the sketch. 

We have a lovely prize up for grabs this week courtesy of our very own Agnes and she is offering one lucky winner this gorgeous Wags ‘n’ Whiskers stamp.

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 enjoy seeing the lovely cards you enter each week. 

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

Corrosive challenge – magical creatures (fairy)

Pile it on challenge – childhood dreams (who didn’t want to be a fairy princess)

Everybody art challenge – 3 papers, 3 flowers & option ribbon

Flourishes timeless Tuesday challenge – add 3 patterns (my papers)

Paper pretties challenge – card for a child

4 crafty chicks challenge – use a fairy, butterfly or angel

Crafts and me challenge – things with wings

Creative craft world challenge – use a square

Meljen’s challenge – happy birthday with sentiment

Do you stack up? challenge – lots of dots (on my paper)

Simply create challenge – bold and bright (my colours)

Totally papercrafts challenge – do it with digis

Sketch Saturday challenge – sketch

Tellen’s place challenge – birthday

A gem of a challenge – buttons, beads, brads and bows (I’ve used buttons and bows)

I hope you will be able to enter our challenge and I look forward to visiting your blogs.  I’ll be back in a little while with my DT card for the cupcake craft challenge but until then thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘Fairy Grace’

Papers: dovecraft – back to basics II paper pad, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, personal impressions sentiment, ribbon from fantastic ribbons, dovecraft buttons (back to basics II), sakura stardust pen

An award

I unexpectedly received this award last week from the lovely Rachael (thank you so much for thinking of me and my blog hun). 

There are a few rules that come with this award:

1) You have been tagged, do you want to accept? 'Of course!' then create a post on your blog and post the love blog photo.

2) Link back to the person who gave you the award and say if you accept.

3) Choose 3-5 of your favourite blogs to tag, link these in your post too and tell the lucky people they have been tagged. As the aim of this award is to bring unknown good blogs to light, please don't tag somebody with 3000 followers.

This is the part that I really struggle with as there as so many brilliant crafters out there but after much thought I managed to narrow it down to the following bloggers that I love to visit.

Coops (Nic) – Coops cluttered corner (the most dedicated blogger I know, she seems to visit everyone’s blogs and her cards are stunning too!)

Fiona – Lil daffodil (another dedicated crafter whose cards are beautiful)

Delphine – Delphine’s place (a relatively new friend but I love her CAS style of cards and she is super friendly!  Gorgeous blog template too haha!)

Sari – Sari’s cards (another new friend but her vintage style cards are simply stunning)

Jacqui – The poodles doodles (a lovely new friend.  I love visiting her blog and seeing her hand drawn images)

I hope you will check out my tagged blogs and once again a big thank you to Rachael for this most appreciated award. 

Have a wonderful Sunday and thanks for stopping by today.

Winter wonderland challenge–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  Thank crunchie it’s Friday!!  I mustn’t complain as it’s been so busy in work this week that the week has flown by.  I’m sure you’re like me and are looking forward to a crafty weekend lol!  I’m here this morning to share with you my DT card for this week’s winter wonderland challenge.  Our challenge has been set by the lovely Marianne and the theme is “it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” so in other words we would like to see any type of Christmas card.  From this week on you must only submit Christmas themed projects to our challenges.  Here is my card:

I decided to use my Martha Stewart cherish punch around the page to create the base of my card and I think it looks really cute.  I embossed the white panel with a cuttlebug embossing folder and the super sweet image is by CC designs.  A touch of bling and my simple card is complete!

Our sponsor this week is Delicious Doodles and the lucky winner will receive 3 digi images of their choice.

 

The design team have created gorgeous Christmas cards this week, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  There are also links to their personal blogs in my sidebar.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

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

Totally stampalicious challenge – bling

Creative craft challenge – card for a teen (I think this would be perfect for a teen)

Digital Tuesday challenge – die cuts

Papertake challenge – putting on the glitz

Stampin’ royalty challenge – mark it up (I used promarkers)

Creative inspirations challenge – plain and simple

The pixie cottage challenge – sketch and/or embossing

Stampavie and more challenge – monochrome

Cute card Thursday challenge – shiny happy cards (my bling is very shiny)

Digi doodle challenge – anything goes

Dutch dare challenge – glitter, bling, sparkle

Paper play challenge – add shine (hope my bling counts)

Sassy studio designs challenge – punches

Shelly’s images challenge – show us what you got

Do you stack up? challenge – lots of dots (on her dress and in background)

Challenge up your life challenge – monochrome

Little Claire’s challenge – anything goes (third entry)

Ok, so that’s me done for today but I appreciate you paying me a visit.  Enjoy your Friday, whatever you’re up to.  I hope you can find the time to enter our challenge and I look forward to seeing all your Christmas cards.  Also a big hello *waves” to my new followers (Christel, yost531, Kat, Berenice and Nicoletta), I’m really chuffed that you are here.  Thanks for stopping by today.

Card ingredients:

Image: cc designs – ‘Darby winter’

Papers: None, blue card from the papermill shop, SU whisper white cardstock

Tools: promarkers, sakura stardust pen, SU basic rhinestones, personal impressions sentiment, oval nesties, MS cherish PATP punches, SU oval all punch, woodware punch used to cut sentiment (can’t remember what it’s called ? window slot?) cuttlebug snow dots embossing folder

Passion for promarkers #87–DT project

Happy Tuesday dear friends.  I hope you all had a lovely Valentine’s card and were spoilt by your other halves!!  I’m here today to share with you my DT project for this week’s passion for promarkers challenge.  This week Nic has set the theme and she has chosen the brilliant colour theme of “coffee and cream”.  Don’t forget you must use your promarkers or aqua markers to be included in our prize draw.  I decided for a change not to make a card and altered a cappuccino tin that I had in my cupboard.  Here is the before picture:

and here is the tin after I’ve altered it:

I used a gorgeous image by Whiff of Joy called ‘Willow with coffee to go’ and I found this fun coffee bean paper in my stash, which of course I had to use.  I embossed the kraft card and used my MS cherish punch for the border.  I am planning on filling the tin with coffee pods for my MIL’s coffee machine as it’s her birthday this week.

Our sponsor this week is DigiStamp Boutique and the lucky winner will receive 6 digi images of their choice.  As Sally-Ann has so many super cute images you will be spoilt for choice.

 

The rest of the DT have created amazing cards for your inspiration, so please pop over and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

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

Whoopsi daisy challenge – free and easy

Ooh la la creations challenge – for someone special

The shabby tea room challenge – keep warm (coffee)

Stamps & fun = creativity challenge = anything goes

Fab ‘n’ funky challenge – tempting texture (embossing)

CCEE stampers challenge – embossing

Simon says stamp challenge – anything but a card

Fussy and fancy challenge – sweet treats (coffee is a treat)

Challenge up your life challenge – monochrome

Well that’s my lot today so I’ll leave you in peace for today haha!  I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by. 

Card ingredients:

Image: Whiff of Joy – ‘Willow with coffee to go’

Papers: coffee bean paper from stash, kraft card from elzybells, cream card from the papermill shop, LOTV stamping card

Tools: promarkers, flowers from wild orchid crafts, oval and circle nesties, MS cherish border punch, creative expressions lattice embossing folder