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Monday 31 October 2011

Cupcake craft challenge #166–DT card

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Hello again, I’m back as promised with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week the lovely Shelly has set the theme and she has chosen “take a leaf out of my book” which means we want you to use leaves as the main interest on the project, either the image or embellishments.  Here is my card:

CCC challenge 166 - take a leaf out of my book

CCC challenge 166 - take a leaf out of my book (close up)

I was lucky enough to be offered an image from our sponsor this week (who are tickled pink stamps) and I chose this one called ‘vintage Christmas Christina’ and coloured her with promarkers and flex markers.  I created the holly background with a see-d’s stamp and coloured them with promarkers.  The dotty paper is HOTP from the ‘forever Christmas cards’ paper stack.  The holly were cut out with a sizzlit die and I used pearls for the berries. 

As I mentioned our sponsor this week are tickled pink stamps and one lucky winner will receive either one rubber stamp or two digital images of their choice.

Tickled pink stamps 

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ sponsors and for October we have two!!  Firstly we have Polka Doodles and they are offering one lucky winner a copy of their ‘pretty sweet’ CD collection.  Our second sponsor is Scrap Affair and they are offering one lucky winner a 5 pack of promarkers.

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples as always, 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 like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Come and get it challenge – anything goes

Dream valley challenge – anything goes

OSAAT challenge – Christmas

Paper pretties challenge – embellish

Meljen’s challenge – Christmas

Paper crafting journey challenge – use a digi

Card makin’ mamas challenge – use die cuts/punches

Sweet stampin’ challenge – anything goes

Little Claire’s challenge – Christmas (3rd entry)

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Whatever you are up to tonight, whether you celebrate Halloween or not, have a wonderful evening and thanks for stopping by.

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CCC challenge 166 - take a leaf out of my book

Card ingredients:

Image: tickled pink stamps – ‘vintage Christmas Christina’ digi

Papers: HOTP – ‘forever Christmas cards’ paper stack, SU real red cardstock, hand-stamped holly background

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, sizzix sizzlit holly die, pearls from the hobby house, ribbon from the pretty little ribbon shop, pink petticoat sentiment ribbons, circle nesties

Stamp with fun #135–DT card

Happy Halloween to all my wonderful friends.  I hope you all had a good weekend despite the awful weather we had.  Autumn is definitely upon us now and we will notice the difference especially now the clocks have gone back.  Any plans for tonight?  My boys are older now so they are not really interested in dressing up or going trick or treating but are quite happy to eat any sweets that are left over after everyone has stopped by lol! 

I’m here to share my card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge and we have a super easy theme for you this week of “buttons”, so I’m sure we’ll have lots of entries!  Here is my card:

SWF #135 - buttons

SWF #135 - buttons (close up)

I have used an adorable image from saturated canary digis called ‘Christmas angel’ and I coloured her with a mix of promarkers and flex markers.  The papers are first edition from the ‘Christmas joy’ paper pad and in case you’re wondering where my buttons are – they are the cute little hearts in the centres of my snowflakes. 

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples to inspire you as always, so please pop over the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

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

Saturated canary challenge – 1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments (ribbon, buttons, snowflakes)

OSAAT challenge – Christmas

Digital Tuesday challenge – buttons and/or twine

Party time Tuesday challenge – anything goes

Creative craft world challenge – add a number or sentiment

Paper pretties challenge – embellish

Scrapbook sisters challenge – anything goes

Digi doodle challenge – anything goes

Meljen’s challenge – Christmas

Paper crafting journey challenge – use a digi

Simon says stamp challenge – anything goes

Card makin’ mamas challenge – cut it out (2nd entry)

Crafts 4 eternity challenge – magical mystical (my image )

Sew many cards challenge – use 2 different background papers

A gem of a challenge – cold & frosty

Secret crafter Saturday challenge – spooky or whimsical (my image is whimsical I think)

Sweet stampin’ challenge – anything goes (2nd entry)

I hope you can join in with our challenge this week and I cannot wait to see what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest followers - crafty math chick and Sylvia *waves hello* – thanks for joining my happy band of followers and I hope you will visit me soon!  I’ll be back later with my DT card for the cupcake craft challenge but until then thanks for stopping by.

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SWF #135 - buttons

Card ingredients:

Image: saturated canary digis – ‘Christmas angel’

Papers: first edition – ‘Christmas joy’ paper pad, elzybells kraft cardstock (nearly all gone!!)

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, nesties labels 8, dovecraft snowflake punch, buttons from stash, ribbon from fantastic ribbons, freebie sentiment stamp from magazine

Winner of mini-candy No. 2

Hello dear friends.  I’m just doing a very quick post to let you know the lucky winner of my mini candy no.2.  I used random.org to choose the winner and here is the winning number:

mini candy no. 2 winner

No. 7

and that is

** HELEN **

Congratulations Helen.  Please can you email me and I will arrange for you to receive your prize from DigiStamp Boutique .

Thank you to everyone who entered my second candy.  Please call back later in the week as I will be starting mini-candy no. 3!!

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Sunday 30 October 2011

Mini Candy No. 2!

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Good morning dear friends. I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend so far. I’ve not had any internet connection since Friday until now, so I apologise if I’ve missed any emails or messages, but I will get around to answering any questions ASAP. It’s awful how reliant we are on the internet these days isn’t it – I can’t manage a day without it before I become a crazy woman lol!

Anyway enough of my rambling. I’m here this morning with the second of my mini candy prizes and this week I am offering a £10.00 gift voucher to spend in my favourite digi shop DigiStamp Boutique.

DigiStamp Boutique logo

Sally-Ann has so many super cute images to choose from and there is always something for every occasion. Even if you are not my lucky winner I strongly urge you check out the shop and I’m sure you won’t be able to resist a little something falling into your basket haha!

As before please can you add a pic of the DSB logo in your sidebar with a link back to this post and add your name to Mr Linky below. One entry only please to be fair to everyone. I will end the draw next Sunday at 12 midday and announce the winner shortly after. Good luck!

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Friday 28 October 2011

Winter wonderland–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you’ve had a good week so far, mine hasn’t been great but I can’t go into details – suffice to say I’ll be glad when it’s over!!  I’m here this morning to share my DT card for this week’s winter wonderland challenge and I have the honour of setting the theme this week.  I decided to challenge myself and choose a theme that is the complete opposite of most of my cards – therefore the theme this week is “clean & simple Christmas card”.  Here is my card:

WW #19 - CAS Christmas card

WW #19 - Christmas card (close up)

I have used a super cute image from DigiStamp Boutique called ‘Hattie & Buddy’ and coloured it with promarkers and flex markers.  I haven’t used any patterned paper only plain cardstock for matting and I crimped the base card for a bit of added interest.  I only added some twine and a punched snowflake and I was done.  I have to say that I really like this card, even though it is so different to my normal cards, but it does look ten times better IRL – honest!

Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp and one lucky winner will receive a $15.00 gift voucher to spend in their online store (p&p not included).

SimonSaysStampBlinkie1

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 would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Digital Tuesday challenge – buttons and/or twine

Party time Tuesday challenge – anything goes

Scrap creations challenge – digi image/paper

Crafty sentiments challenge – no designer paper

Simon says stamp challenge – anything goes

Cardmadfairy’s digi days challenge – friendship

Crafty Ann’s challenge – clean and simple

Fun with shapes and more challenge – animal Christmas

Jingle belles challenge – creatures

I hope you will be able to join in with my challenge this week and I cannot wait to see all your gorgeous creations.  I would like to welcome my newest followers Cliona-larkin and LittleSunday *waves hello* – thanks so much for following me, I really appreciate all my followers so much. 

By the way don’t forget to check out my ‘mini candy’ at the top of my blog for your chance to win a £10.00 gift  voucher for DigiStamp Boutique but don’t wait too long as it ends this Sunday at midday.  I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by today.

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WW #19 - CAS Christmas card

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘Hattie & Buddy’

Papers: none, pink and light brown cardstock both from SU

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, personal impressions sentiment, brown twine from the ribbon girl, pink twine from the pretty little ribbon shop, dovecraft snowflake punch, gem from stash, paper crimper

Tuesday 25 October 2011

Passion for promarkers #123–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I trust you all had a good Monday – mine was great - work whizzed by for me, which is always a good thing.  I had to take my son to the doctors for a routine check up and then called in to see my parents but it was so wet and windy here that as soon as I came home I snuggled in my PJ’s and didn’t set foot outside the door again – a perfect evening in my book lol!  I hope you managed to avoid the terrible downpours we seem to be having at the moment. 

As it’s Tuesday it’s time for a brand new challenge over at passion for promarkers challenge.  This week I had the honour of setting the theme and I chose “for a child” and I don’t mind what you make as long as it’s age appropriate for a child.  Here is my card:

PFP challenge 123 - for a child

PFP challenge 123 - for a child (close up)

Now even though it is a baby card I think it can still be classed as a card for a child!!  Well it’s my challenge so I’m accepting baby card entries this week lol!  I made this card for a friend in work who’s daughter has just had her first baby – a little boy named Sonny.  My friend wanted a card that could also be framed as a keepsake and so I bought this adorable sugar nellie stamps digi image especially.  Isn’t it just the most beautiful baby image ever!  Even though it doesn’t look like it’s coloured that much I seemed to tinker with the colouring for ages but I’m quite happy with the finished image. I used both promarkers and flex markers to colour it.  I kept the card relatively flat (in case it was framed) and the layout is fairly uncluttered, which is unusual for me. 

Our sponsor this week is Letraset and one lucky winner will receive one of their brilliant promarker stamping kits.

Letraset Logo

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples once again this week, so please pop over and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us.  Speaking of the design team I would like to send my congratulations to my fellow teamie Emma (and her partner Steve) on the new arrival of their beautiful baby daughter Olivia Roni.  Well done Emma!! 

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

The sugar bowl challenge – sketch + option clean & simple (although I did rotate the sketch)

I love promarkers challenge – cute

Let’s craft and create challenge – one for the kids

Shelly’s images challenge – show us what you got

CAS-ual Friday challenge – use any medium to colour your image

Crafty Ann’s challenge – clean & simple

CES challenge – new beginnings

Our creative corner challenge – fabulous faces

St. Luke’s charity cards challenge – let’s hear it for the boys

Creative inspirations challenge – monochromatic

I hope you will be able to join in with my challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest followers, Bo, Rachael (aka Angel-23), Linda Simpson and Marleen *waves hello* – thanks for following me and I hope you’ll visit again soon. 

By the way don’t forget to check out my ‘mini candy’ at the top of my blog for your chance to win a £10.00 gift  voucher for DigiStamp Boutique. I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by today.

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PFP challenge 123 - for a child

Card ingredients:

Image: sugar nellie stamps – ‘bambino’ digi image

Papers: wild rose studio I think, although found it loose in my stash, card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, magnolia doo-hickeys flourish die, birth details printed on pc, sentiment around edge – personal impressions clear stamp, SU basic stones, nesties labels one small

Monday 24 October 2011

Cupcake craft challenge #165–DT card

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

Please scroll down to see my Stamp with Fun DT card

Hello again friends.  I’m back as promised with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week the lovely Sari has set the theme and she has chosen “denim & lace”.  You can use the colour of denim or an actual piece of denim (as some of the DT have on their creations).  I decided to use the colour of denim and you can see my card here:

CCC challenge 165 - denim & lace

CCC challenge 165 - denim & lace (close up)

I have used a super cute image from Saturated Canary digis called ‘hippie love’ and I coloured her with promarkers and flex markers.  I used denim effect paper by basic grey but I’m not sure what it’s called and the other papers were off cuts in my stash.  I added some faux stitching and distressed all my edges.

Our sponsor this week is Crafty Emma’s Store and one lucky winner will receive a £10.00 voucher to spend in her online store. 

Crafty Emma's store new logo

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ sponsors and for October we have two!!  Firstly we have Polka Doodles and they are offering one lucky winner a copy of their ‘pretty sweet’ CD collection.  Our second sponsor is Scrap Affair and they are offering one lucky winner a 5 pack of promarkers. 

The rest of the design team 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 would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Pile it on challenge – be happy (she looks really happy to me)

I love promarkers challenge – cute

Fab ‘n’ funky challenge – distressed or torn

4 crafty chicks challenge – marker it up

Pixie dust studio challenge – happy birthday

Saturated canary challenge – stitching

Crafty catz challenge – birthday

Paper cutz challenge – in the pink (hope it’s ok that I’ve used blue too)

Totally papercrafts challenge – layer upon layer

Bizzy becs challenge – distress your edges

Bunny Zoe’s challenge – lace it up

By the cute and girly challenge – anything goes

I hope you will be able to enter our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by – your lovely comments really brighten by day!

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CCC challenge 165 - denim & lace

Card ingredients:

Image: saturated canary – ‘hippie love’ digi

Papers: basic grey (denim effect), un-named papers from stash, SU pink pirouette cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, ek success retro flower punch, personal impressions sentiment, lace from wild orchid crafts, gems from friend, scissors for distressing edges, letraset fine liner pen for faux stitching

Stamp with fun #134–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you had a brilliant weekend, but as I always say on a Monday morning, it went too fast!!  The boys are on their half-term holidays from school this week so at least I can have stress free mornings getting ready for work!  The only drawback with them being home is that they eat everything in sight and make such a mess!! 

I’m here this morning to share my card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge and we have a wonderful sketch by Andrea-Emmi41 for you to use.  Firstly here is my card:

SWF #134 - sketch

SWF #134 - sketch (close up)

and here is the sketch:

SWF #134 sketch

This card was made for an order that I had from a lady at work.  She only specified that she needed a 40th wedding anniversary card and that the couple liked dancing.  As soon as I saw this image at Karen’s Doodles shop I knew it would be perfect.  It was a bit touch an go for a while as the shop was down but thankfully it re-opened just in time!  The image is called ‘sweep me off my feet’ and I coloured it with promarkers and flex markers.  I used some gorgeous ribbon with tiny hearts on each side but unfortunately I covered most of it up with embellishments lol! 

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 the lovely comments you leave for us.

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

OSAAT challenge – emboss it

Creative craft world challenge – numbers (on my sentiment)

Fab ‘n’ funky challenge – distressed or torn

4 crafty chicks challenge – marker it up

Shelly’s images challenge – show us what you got

Crafts 4 eternity challenge – use at least 1 metal embellishment (my heart pin)

Totally papercrafts challenge – layer upon layer

Our creative corner challenge – fabulous faces

The pretty little ribbon shop challenge – anything goes (2nd entry)

Paper sundaes challenge – use at least 2 of black, sparkle, distressing, flowers (flowers, distressing and sparkle)

I hope you can join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest followers Zenita, Nina & Claire *waves hello* – thank you so much for following me – I hope you enjoy my creations and will call back again soon.  I’ll be back later with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge but until then thanks for stopping by.

Oh – don’t forget to check out my ‘mini candy’ at the top of my blog for your chance to win a £10.00 gift  voucher for DigiStamp Boutique.

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SWF #134 - sketch

Card ingredients:

Image: Karen’s Doodles – ‘sweep me off my feet’ digi

Papers: pink paislee – ‘365 degrees’ paper pad, SU real red cardstock, text paper downloaded from internet

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, ek success retro flower punch, sentiment created on pc, nesties labels one small, heart pin and ribbon from the ribbon girl, doily from Joanna Sheen, gems from fellow crafter, cuttlebug embossing folder from ‘Love Language’ combo set, cat’s eye chalk ink pad in warm red for distressing embossed panel, doily and flowers

Thursday 20 October 2011

Charisma cardz #42–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  It’s Thursday already and it’s the last day of school for my boys as they have an inset day ahead of the half term week next week.  At least there will be peace in the mornings next week as I won’t have to keep nagging my eldest son to get up!!

I’m here this morning to share my DT card for this week’s charisma cardz challenge.  This week the lovely Gemma has set the theme and she has chosen “embossing”.  As my ink has now finally been delivered I decided to use a new digi image from DigiStamp Boutique and made a Christmas card.  You can see it here:

charisma cardz #42 - embossing

charisma cardz #42 - embossing (close up)

I decided to try the “dotty” halo effect around my image but I don’t it looks as fantastic as some talented crafters out there in blogland, but at least now I can say I gave it a go!  The image is called “skating Hattie” and it is available in the store here and she is coloured with flex markers and promarkers.  The papers are from an old paper pad by DCWV called ‘the Christmas multi-stack’ and I used the swiss dots embossing folder on the white panels behind the image. 

Our sponsors this week are Meljen’s designs and they are offering one lucky winner 4 digi images of their choice and our second sponsor is all that scraps and one lucky winner will receive either one cc designs stamp set or 4 single stamps of their choice.

The rest of the design team have created gorgeous samples once again, 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 like to enter my card into the following challenges:

 Ooh la la creations challenge – let it snow

Pollycraft challenge – girls, girls, girls

Top tip Tuesday challenge – layer it up

I love promarkers challenge – cute

Paper pretties challenge – black, white + 1 other colour (purple)

Christmas cards all year round challenge – use at least 1 Halloween colour (black/purple)

Little Claire’s challenge – Christmas

Stamptacular challenge – you choose

Whoopsi daisy challenge – free and easy

Stamps & fun = creativity challenge – sketch

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest follower Alison *waves hello* – thanks for following me hun, I hope you enjoy visiting me.  Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by today.

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charisma cardz #42 - embossing

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘skating Hattie’

Papers: DCWV – ‘the Christmas multi-stack’ paper pad, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: flex markers, promarkers, circle nesties, cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder, dovecraft snowflake punch, pearls from the hobby house, stickles

Tuesday 18 October 2011

Passion for promarkers #122–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you are all well and keeping warm and dry in the windy, wet weather we’re having at the moment.  I got soaked last night just putting my rubbish bags/recycling bins out in readiness for collection today.  I really don’t like the winter and am wishing my life away again until Spring lol! 

Anyway enough of my waffling!!  I’m here this morning to share my DT card for this week’s passion for promarkers challenge.  This week Lisa has set the theme and she has chosen “stars”, which can be on your image, papers or even use star embellishments, we don’t mind as long as we can see one star or more.  I was asked to make a card for a friend’s dad who loves golf, so I thought this challenge would be ideal for a masculine card.  Here is my card:

PFP challenge 122 - stars

PFP challenge 122 - stars (close up)

By the way I now have ink for my printer *yippee* – that was the longest 5 days of my life, although I did enjoy using rubber stamps that I had forgotten about.  I’m back to digi today as I have used an image from DigiStamp Boutique called “golf James” and coloured him with promarkers and flex markers.  The papers are my mind’s eye from the ‘true blue’ paper pad and the kraft card is by elzybells.  I have used gold star brads as I thought they suited the paper better than my usual silver.

Our sponsor this week is Crafter’s Companion and they are offering a fantastic prize of a £20.00 gift voucher to spend in their online store.

crafter's companion logo

The rest of the design team have created gorgeous starry cards, 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 like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday challenge – sketch

Bows and berries challenge – use at least 3 colours from orange, kraft, green, yellow and brown (I’ve used brown, yellow and kraft)

I love promarkers challenge – autumnal colours

Delightful challenge – colours of fall

Shelly’s images challenge – show us your layers

Stamping for the weekend challenge – colours of autumn

Sweet stampin’ challenge – masculine (2nd entry)

St. Luke’s charity cards challenge – let’s hear it for the boys

Fab ‘n’ funky challenge – fall colours

Do you stack up? challenge – use your scraps

Celebrate the occasion challenge – masculine card + use metal (my brads)

I hope you can enter our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest followers preparetostamp, Roma, Rejka *waves hello* – thanks for following me, I hope you can come back and visit me again soon.  Have a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by today.

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PFP challenge 122 - stars

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘golf James’

Papers: my mind’s eye – ‘true blue’ paper pad, Elzybells kraft cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, star brads and glitter dots from stash, personal impressions ‘happy birthday’ stamp, clear & simple stamps ‘dad’ stamp, see-d’s number stamps, circle nesties, stamping up oval all punches

Monday 17 October 2011

Cupcake craft challenge #164–DT card

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

Please scroll down to see my DT project for Stamp with Fun challenge

Hello again friends.  As promised I am back once more to share my card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week the lovely Rachel has set the theme and she has chosen “buttons & bows” which I’m sure will be a very popular challenge.  I had to make a card for an order so I incorporated the two.  Here is my card:

CCC challenge 164 - buttons & bows

CCC challenge 164  - buttons & bows (close up)

As you can tell from my card I am still waiting for my ink to be delivered (and I’m starting to get VERY impatient).  I hope it will arrive today or I will be one very unhappy crafter!!  I have used this gorgeous sugar nellie simply sassy image called ‘boho chic’ and coloured her with promarkers and flex markers.  The gorgeous papers are first edition from the ‘bird song’ paper pad. 

Our sponsor this week is digi doodle shop and they are offering one lucky winner a $10.00 voucher to spend in their online store.

Digi doodle logo

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ sponsors and for October we have two!!  Firstly we have Polka Doodles and they are offering one lucky winner a copy of their ‘pretty sweet’ CD collection.  Our second sponsor is Scrap Affair and they are offering one lucky winner a 5 pack of promarkers. 

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples as always, 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 like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Stamptacular challenge – you choose

Whoopsi daisy challenge – free and easy

Divas by design challenge – button up

Little miss muffet challenge – girly girl

Meljen’s challenge – use ribbon

Shelly’s images challenge – show us your layers

Fairy fun challenge – sugar and spice and everything nice

Jellypark friends challenge – use pink and a ribbon

Raise the bar challenge – pink is in

Totally gorjuss challenge – bingo (bows, buttons and flowers)

Crafter’s companion challenge – pink and green

A gem of a challenge – sketch

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Have a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by – it really means the world to me.

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CCC challenge 164 - buttons & bows

Card ingredients:

Image: sugar nellie – simply sassy ‘boho chic’

Papers: first edition – ‘bird song’ paper pad, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, magnolia flower doohickey die, ribbon from fantastic ribbons, buttons and letter stickers from stash, personal impressions ‘happy birthday’ stamp, clear & simple stamps ‘daughter’ stamp, see-d’s number stamps, baker’s twine from the pretty little ribbon shop, circle nesties, stamping up oval all punches

Stamp with fun #133–DT project

Good morning dear friends, well I can’t believe that  another weekend has flown by and the new working week is upon us!!  At least that means it’s time for a brand new challenge over at stamp with fun challenge lol!  This week our theme is “gift” so you can interpret that however you like.  I decided to make a few more Halloween treat holders (which will probably be my last for this year).:

SWF #133 - gift (2)

SWF #133 - gift (3)

SWF #133 - gift (close up)

I decided to make boy versions this time and used this adorable image from c.c. designs sugar plums range called ‘mummy Trevor’.  I coloured him with promarkers and flex markers, although he didn’t need too much colouring!  Now I know I’ve used the same papers again, but I especially bought this paper pad for Halloween and I’m determined to get my money’s worth out of it lol!  The pad is by authentique and is called ‘6x6 bundle collection: glowing’ and the baker’s twine is from the pretty little ribbon shop.  I know the chocolate I used isn’t really Halloweeny but it was all I had available for my photos – I will swap it out for something spooky next time I go shopping!

The rest of the design team have created gorgeous samples 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 like to enter my treat holders into the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps challenge – Halloween

Cupcake inspirations challenge – inspiration photo

Cutie Sunday challenge – Halloween

Dream valley challenge – Halloween

Here comes the boys challenge – Halloween

OSAAT challenge – shape up

Quirky crafts challenge – something spooky or recipe

Stamptacular challenge – you choose

Whoopsi daisy challenge – free and easy

Crafts and me challenge – use orange

Let’s craft and create challenge – one for the kids

The lollipop ladies challenge – Halloween theme

Paper pretties challenge – inspired by Halloween

Penny’s paper crafty challenge – sketch and/or dark & spooky

Hanna & friends challenge – autumn/Halloween

Paper crafting journey challenge – black, white & orange

Simon says stamp challenge – Halloween/goth

Southern girls challenge – slugs, snails & puppy dogs tails

Alphabet challenge – s for soon be Halloween

Card makin’ mamas challenge – Halloween

Fussy and fancy challenge – fall or Halloween

Phindy’s place challenge – Halloween

The poodles parlour challenge – spooky Halloween

Challenge up your life challenge – Halloween

Craft your days away challenge – Halloween colours

One stop craft challenge – Halloween

Stamp magic challenge – Halloween

Sweet stampin’ challenge – masculine

Crafty calendar challenge – spooky

Wow still lots of Halloween themed challenges around!  I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest followers Lavender Rose & Bernie Simmons *waves hello* – thanks for following me and I hope you will visit me often.  I’ll be back later with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge but until then thanks for stopping by.

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SWF #133 - gift (2)

Ingredients:

Image: c.c. designs – sugar plums ‘mummy Trevor’

Papers: authentique – ‘6x6 bundle collection: glowing’, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, baker’s twine from the pretty little ribbon shop, corner rounder punch, chocolate from my fridge!