Charisma cardz/SWF challenge – DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you are all surviving the dreadful weather we’re having at the moment.  I hate the rain at the best of times but it’s starting to get on my nerves already lol!  I know that lots of other parts of the country really need rain, but it is definitely one thing we don’t need in the South Wales valleys haha!

Over at charisma cardz challenge it’s time for a brand new challenge and for Team Gemma to share their creations.  The theme has been chosen by the lovely Natalie and she would like to see your “blue, black and white” creations.  I also used the gorgeous sketch from this week’s stamp with fun challenge (I am extremely late with my card – sorry!).   Here is my card:

and here is the sketch:

I have used an image from Some Odd Girl called ‘geeky Mae’ and coloured her with promarkers and flex markers.  The papers are from the docrafts forever friends ‘new arrival’ designstax and the black card is from eBay.  The papers are a really soft pastel blue IRL but for some reason they are showing up as a blue-ish grey in the photos!  I embossed the white card with an embossing folder and added some black gems but otherwise kept the layout really simple. 

We have three sponsors this week, firstly we have DigiStamp Boutique who are offering one lucky winner 6 digi images of their choice.  Our second sponsor is Crafty Emma’s store and one lucky winner will receive a £10.00 voucher to spend in her online store and our third sponsor is the stamping boutique who are offering 5 digis of the winner’s choice.  Certainly lots of fab reasons to join in the fun this week.

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

Stampin’ sisters in Christ challenge – soft pastels

Stamptacular challenge – loaded with layers

Creative card crew challenge – use ribbon

Digital Tuesday challenge – winter blues (I used blue papers/promarkers)

Flourishes timeless Tuesday challenge – BINGO (blue, ribbon and bling)

Scrap creations challenge – it’s a girl thing

Simon says stamp challenge – anything goes

Really reasonable ribbon challenge – black, white + 1 accent colour (+ ribbon)

Bunny Zoe’s challenge – ribbon or twine

The crazy challenge – feminine/girly

I hope you can join in with both challenges and I cannot wait to see what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest follower Sharon (aka shazronnie – fab name by the way!) *waves hello* – thanks for joining my happy band of followers and I hope you will visit me often.  I hope you have a wonderful Thursday and don;t get caught in too many rain showers!  Thanks so much for stopping by today.

 

Card ingredients:

Image: some odd girl – ‘geeky Mae’

Papers: docrafts forever friends ‘new arrival’ designstax, black card from eBay, white digi stamping card from craftwork cards

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, ribbon from fantastic ribbons, personal impressions sentiment stamp, black gems from MeiFlower, craft concepts ‘in stitches’ embossing folder

Cupcake craft challenge #189–DT card

Oh dear, I’m a little later than normal sharing my card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge, I just don’t know where the week has gone!!  Our theme this week has been set by the lovely Maarit and she has chosen “material girl” (I bet you’re all singing Madonna’s song now lol!)  Maarit wants you to use some form of material on your creations week so let’s see how adventurous you can be!  I decided to be quite reserved (‘cos I couldn’t think of anything else) and I used felt!  Here is my card:

I’m sorry my pictures are so bad, but I really struggled to get a decent one!  I decided to go CAS on the layout and didn’t use any patterned paper at all – I know shock horror!  The image is a super cute penny black stamp called ‘ladybug & hedgehog’ and I coloured it with promarkers.  I used kraft card from dies to die for and two different embossing folders.  The flower and chevrons were both cut out of felt, also from dies to die for.  I didn’t add a sentiment as I thought it could be suitable for lots of different occasions. 

We have two sponsors this week, first we have Digi Doodle Shop and they are offering one lucky winner a $10.00 gift certificate to spend in their online store.  Our second sponsor is Quixotic Paperie and they are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store.

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

Addicted to stamps challenge – cakes and/or stitching

Paper sundaes challenge – let’s get cute

Kaboodle challenge – emboss it

The pink elephant challenge – hello sunshine (use yellow)

Deep ocean challenge – use punches/dies

Crafts and me challenge – embossing

Fab n funky challenge – no D.P.

My mum’s craft shop challenge – the great outdoors

Penny black Saturday challenge – no patterned paper

Crafter’s companion challenge – four legged friends

The challenge ends on Sunday at 8pm so you still have plenty of time to get your entries in.  I’m sure you can come up with something much more exciting and imaginative than I did and I really look forward to seeing what material you have used on your creations.  I’m off to do the boys packed lunch ready for school and then will be hitting the sack!!  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: penny black rubber stamp – ‘ladybug & hedgehog’

Papers: none, kraft card from dies to die for, white digi stamping card from craftwork cards

Tools: promarkers, die-namics chevron die and butterflies die, magnolia doohickeys flower die, yellow felt from dies to die for, gems from stash, cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder and daisy pattern embossing folder, letraset black fine liner pen for faux stitching

Passion for promarkers #146–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope the weather is better where you are than it is here as it’s wet and wild and staying that way all week if the forecasters are to be believed.  However that’s why crafting is the perfect hobby in this weather as you can stay indoors nice and snug and wile away the hours in your crafting area. 

I’m here this morning to share my card for this week’s passion for promarkers challenge and this week the lovely Nic has set the theme of “cut it out”, so basically we want to see all your die cuts.  I’m sure it will be a popular theme.  Here is my card:

I have used a gorgeous digi image from Crafts and Me called Aliah and coloured her with promarkers.  The dies I’ve used are die-namics ‘by the numbers’ dies, spellbinders ‘fleur de lis accents’, circle nesties and magnolia doohickeys swirl from the ‘leaf & swirl’ set.  The beautiful flower was cut from a rose ribbon.  The finished card is 8x8 in size and I made it for my mother’s birthday.

Our sponsor this week is Joanna Sheen and one lucky winner will receive a £10.00 voucher to spend in her online store.

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

Creative craft world challenge – use black

Sassy studio designs challenge – flowers and flourishes

Fussy and fancy challenge – punches and dies

2 sisters challenge – use a digi

Crazy 4 challenges challenge – use black cardstock

Little Claire’s challenge – doing the rounds

Order of the opus gluei challenge – use flourishes

Stamptacular challenge – loaded with layers

Love to create challenge – anything goes

Paper playtime challenge – birthday card including sentiment

Also I have some exciting news!   We are currently looking for 4 new members to join our team over at PFP – so if you’re interested check out our post on the challenge blog at 10.00am for all the details and the linky you need to use to enter.

I hope you can join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Have a fantastic day and thanks so much for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: crafts and me – ‘Aliah’ digi

Papers: SU designer paper series patterns stack ‘subtles’ (purple paper), echo park ‘victoria gardens’ paper pad (yellow paper), black card from eBay

Tools: promarkers, rose ribbon from crafts u love, pearls from the hobby house, die-namics ‘by the numbers’ die set, magnolia doohickeys ‘leaf & swirl’ die set, spellbinders ‘fleur de lis accents’ shapeabilities, circle nestabilities, MS frond punch

Passion for Promarkers #145–DT card

Good evening dear friends.  I’m sorry for the late post today but time got away from me and I didn’t have time to schedule my post.  I hope you’ve all had a good start to the week – work is crazy as always and I can see this week flying by as fast as last week!!

I’m here to share my DT card for this week’s passion for promarkers challenge and the lovely Michele has chosen the theme of “pink, pearls and lace”, which I think will be really popular.  Here is my card:

I have used a gorgeous image from DigiStamp Boutique from the “Daisy – set 1” collection.  There are three images in total, each as fantastic as this one.  I coloured Daisy with promarkers and once again chalked a cloudy background for her.  The pretty papers are echo park ‘country drive’ and the card is from the papermill shop.  Instead of “real” lace I used a lace effect paper doily. 

Our sponsor this week is DigiStamp Boutique and one lucky winner will receive 6 digi images of their choice.  There are so many gorgeous images in the shop that the winner will have a tough decision narrowing it down to just 6 lol!

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 the lovely comments you leave for us.

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

A gem of a challenge – gorgeous sketch

Cute card Thursday challenge – spring flowers

Paper sundaes challenge – anything goes

Sentimental Sunday challenge – frame it

Paper playtime challenge – birthday card + sentiment

Crafty sentiments challenge – use a digi

Aud sentiments challenge – spring/summer colours

CCEE stampers challenge – 3 embellishments (pearls, flowers, doily)

Paper crafting journey challenge – 3 or more patterned papers

Card makin’ mamas challenge – make it girlie (2nd entry)

It’s my hubby’s birthday tomorrow so we’re all going out to the cinema and probably grab a pizza as a treat for him.  I am committing the ultimate sin and giving him a shop bought birthday card (I know!!) but in my defence he isn’t really that bothered about cards and I didn’t have a lot of time to make one so thought why stress myself out when he doesn’t care anyway lol!

I hope you can join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Enjoy the rest of your evening and thanks so much for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘Daisy – set 1’

Papers: echo park – ‘country drive’ paper pad, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, pearls from the hobby house, sentiment from craftwork cards, doily from Joanna Sheen, ek success retro flower punch, SU oval all punches, chalk for cloudy background

Cupcake craft challenge #188

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

Please scroll down to see my Stamp with Fun DT card

Good morning dear friends.  There is no card from me for this week at cupcake craft challenge as it’s the turn of Team B to share their gorgeous creations.  However I thought I’d let you know that the lovely Sari has chosen the theme of “in the deep end” so she would like your creations to include some kind of structure; glossy accents, glitter snow, gesso, etc.

We have two sponsors this week – firstly we have Digital Delights who are offering one lucky winner a $5.00 gift certificate to spend in their online store.

 

Our second sponsor is Sew Sweet and they are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 gift voucher to spend in their online store.

Team B have created gorgeous cards for your inspiration so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate the lovely comments you leave for us each week. 

Even though I’ve not made a card this week I will still be commenting as normal and I cannot wait to see what you create using Sari’s theme.  Have a fantastic Monday and thanks for stopping by.

Stamp with fun #157–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  Another Monday has rolled around too quickly for my liking lol!  I wish we could work 2 days and have a 5 day weekend haha!  I don’t think the government or my bank manager would be very happy with that idea lol!

I’m here this morning to share my DT card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge.  Our theme this week is a really easy one and we expect lots of gorgeous entries – “favourite colours” – just let us know in your post what your favourite colours are!  Now I know some of you have an aversion to pink but I really like using it so my favourite colours are pink and kraft and here is my card:

I have also used one of my all time favourite sugar nellie stamps image called ‘just a girl’ and I’ve coloured her with promarkers.  I also decided to paper piece her dress for a change.  The pretty papers are from the forever friends ‘new arrival’ 6x6 designstax and the kraft card is from dies to die for.  The lace is from eBay and the butterflies were cut out with a die-namics die. 

The rest of the design team have created amazing cards as always, 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:

The sugar bowl challenge – sketch and option stripes/plaid

Joanna sheen challenge – for someone special (card is for a friend who is going through a tough time at the moment)

Crafts and me challenge – 3d embellishments

The pixie cottage challenge – sketch and/or paper piecing

CES challenge – paper piece it

Drunken stampers challenge – you’re a krafty one

Totally gorjuss challenge – bling

Penny black and more challenge – oh so cute

 Pretty little ribbon shop challenge – to die for

Stamptacular challenge – freebie week

I hope you can join in with our challenge this week and I cannot wait to see what you create.  I’ll be back later with the details of the brand new challenge over at cupcake craft challenge, although I don’t have a card to share this week as it’s the turn of Team B to showcase their work.  Whatever you’re up to today have a wonderful time and thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: sugar nellie stamps – ‘just a girl’ rubber stamp

Papers: forever friends – ‘new arrival’ 6x6 designstax, kraft card from dies to die for

Tools: promarkers, lace from eBay, die-namics butterfly die, circle nesties, sentiment created on the pc, adhesive gems from MeiFlower, chalk for clouds, SU scalloped border punch

Winter wonderland challenge–DT card

Hello dear friends!  I hope you’ve all had a great weekend so far.  I can’t believe the weekend is almost over though – where does the time go? 

I’m sharing my DT card for this week’s winter wonderland challenge (although I am a tad late oops!) and the lovely Lynsey has set the theme this week and she has chosen “pretty in pink”.  We want to see all your pink creations and don’t forget it has to be Christmas themed to be eligible.  Here is my card:

I used a super cute freebie image from Mo’s Digital Pencil called ‘snowy day’ and coloured it with promarkers.  I have been dying to use this image for ages and now I have I will definitely be using it again and it was lovely colour and really easy to cut out.  I embossed a piece of white card with my swiss dots embossing folder and just added a strip of doodlebug paper to break it up.  Quite a simple card but I’m quite pleased with the finished result. 

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

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 the lovely comments you leave for us.

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

Mo’s digital pencil challenge – I see spots

Paper sundaes challenge – anything goes

Pile it on challenge – pop it up (my image is on 3d foam pads)

Stamptacular challenge – freebie week

Top tip Tuesday challenge – spotty dotty

My mum’s craft shop challenge – it’s a celebration

Card makin’ mamas challenge – make it girlie

Totally gorjuss challenge – bling

Little Claire’s challenge – doing the rounds

St. Luke’s charity cards challenge – glitter/bling (2nd entry)

I hope you can join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend. I’m going to catch up with some recorded programmes on Sky+ – what did we do before we had that lol!  Whatever you’re up to have a fab night and thanks for stopping by.

 

Card ingredients:

Image: Mo’s digital pencil – ‘snowy day’ freebie digi

Papers: doodlebug – ‘pretty pink asterisks’ 12x12 sheet, pink card from the papermill shop, white digital stamping card from craftwork cards

Tools: promarkers, dovecraft snowflake punch, gems from MeiFlower, sentiment created on pc, die-namics first place award ribbon die, circle nesties, cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder

Charisma cardz challenge–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I cannot believe it’s Thursday already, the week is flying by, although I’m not complaining!!  Work is super busy at the moment and the day just whizzes by, which is fantastic, although I do think I’m wishing my life away lol!

It’s time for a brand new challenge over at charisma cardz challenge and it’s Team Gem’s week to share their cards.  The lovely Joyce has set the theme this week and she has chosen “fancy folds”.  Now as I was a bit tight for time I played it safe and made an easel card although I do find them extremely difficult to photograph and I forgot to take a ‘side-on’ view!  Here is my card:

 

I have used a super gorgeous new image from DigiStamp Boutique called ‘Hoop Rosie’ from the April offer of the month set called ‘funtime Rosie’ which is available for a special price until the end of the month.  There are 3 images in the set and all are equally as cute as this one.  I coloured the image with promarkers and had a go at doing a cloud background with chalks.  I will try using my promarkers in the future but it was really quick using the chalks (and my finger tip!).  I have to say I am really chuffed with the clouds as it was only my second time of doing it.  The pretty pastel papers are my mind’s eye from the “dwell” 6x6 paper pad.

We have two sponsors this week.  Firstly we have Some Odd Girl who are offering one lucky winner 3 digi images of their choice. 

Our second sponsor is Digi Doodle Shop and 2 winners will receive a $5.00 voucher to spend in their online store. 

The rest of the design have created gorgeous fancy fold cards (and much more imaginative than me lol) 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:

Sketch and stash challenge – fantastic sketch by Kevin (I used a new image and neglected papers)

One stop craft challenge – pastels and die-cuts

Sweet stampin’ challenge – dies and/or doodles

Stampin’ sisters in Christ challenge – make a joy-ful card

Love to create challenge – birthday

Crafty sentiments challenge – spring and pastel colours

Digital Tuesday challenge – birthdays

Top tip Tuesday challenge – spotty dotty (my papers)

Flutterby Wednesday challenge – birthday card

My mum’s craft shop challenge – it’s a celebration

I hope you can join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing all your fancy folds.  I would like to welcome my newest follower Nat *waves hello* – thanks for becoming a follower and I hope you will visit me often.  Enjoy your day and thanks so much for stopping by today.

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘hoop Rosie’ from the “funtime Rosie” offer of the month set

Papers: my mind’s eye – ‘dwell’ paper pad, black card from eBay

Tools: Promarkers, circle nesties, pearls from the hobby house, die-namics butterfly dies, sakura stardust pen, personal impressions clear sentiment stamp, chalk for cloud background

Passion for Promarkers #144–DT card

Happy Tuesday dear friends.  Oh dear it’s back to work for me today *groan* but on the plus side it’s a shorter working week *yay*.  Another plus is that it’s time for a brand new challenge over at passion for promarkers challenge.  This week the lovely Maya has set the theme and she has chosen “white on white”, such a pretty theme isn’t it.  We only want to see your image coloured, all your papers/card must be white but we will allow lightly inked edges!  The only problem with WOW cards is photographing them (and you know that’s not my strongest area anyway lol!).  Here is my card:

I have used a beautiful stamp from Crafts and Me called ‘city girl’ and coloured her with promarkers.  It is a brand new stamp and even though I stamped it about 4 times I couldn’t get a perfect impression.  I even tried blotting the stamp with cellotape to try and remove any residue – any ideas for next time I use it!  I went a bit mad with all the dies I used including Marianne creatables rolled roses, die-namics butterflies and die-namics border die.  The embossing folder is from sizzix and is called ‘folksy fun’.  I inked the edges with a cats eye chalk ink pad and added some white pearls to finish. 

Our sponsor this week is Letraset and one lucky winner will receive a Promarker Stamping Kit.

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

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

I’m rushing to do the post before work so will add this later!

I hope you can join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by today.

Card ingredients:

Image: crafts and me – ‘city girl’

Papers: none, white digital stamping card from craftwork cards

Tools: promarkers, white pearls from the hobby house, Marianne creatables rolled roses, die-namics butterflies die, die-namics monarch border, memory box elegant scrollwork die (which I chopped down), rectangle nesties, cats eye chalk inkpad, sizzix embossing folder ‘folksy fun’

Cupcake craft challenge #187–DT card

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

Please scroll down to see my Stamp with Fun DT card

Hello again dear friends.  I hope you’re all having a good day, although the weather is typical for a bank holiday Monday isn’t it?  It is absolutely chucking it down here – nice weather for ducks lol! 

I’m back to share my card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge and the lovely Jane has set the theme and she has chosen “spring is in the air” (just don’t look out the window when you imagine this theme haha!)  It is my auntie’s birthday today so I used this challenge to make her card – Happy Birthday Auntie Celia!  Here is my card:

 

I used a super cute digi image from cc designs called ‘Rosalie with roses’ and I coloured her with promarkers.  The papers are again a mix – the striped paper is SU from the subtles pattern paper designer stack and the flowery paper is basic grey from the ‘hello luscious’ paper pad.  To add to the spring feel I added some flowers and butterflies.

We have two sponsors this week – firstly we have My Creative Classroom who are offering one seat on any Creative Classroom Course in the next year.

Our second sponsor is Paper Pretties and they are offering one lucky winner 6 images of their choice.

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

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

Fairy fun challenge – anything goes

Fairy tale challenge – everything goes

Raise the bar challenge – cutesy Easter/spring cards

A gem of a challenge – aquamarine inspiration photo

Stamp, scrap and doodle challenge – things with wings (punched butterflies)

Bunny Zoe’s challenge – ribbon or twine

Bizzy Becs creatalicious challenge – sketch

Little Claire’s challenge – spring/Easter

St. Luke’s charity cards challenge – bling

Addicted to stamps challenge – spring/Easter

It’s not part of the challenge but I also decorated a brown sack to match my card (as very last minute I realised I didn’t have a gift bag for my auntie’s gift.  It’s very simple but it looks pretty next to the card:

     

I would like to enter my gift bag into the following challenges:

Paper sundaes challenge – sundae bar (my 2 items are kraft and die-cuts)

The squirrel and the fox challenge – things with wings

Lexi’s creations challenge – focus on the sentiment

Stamps and fun = creativity challenge – butterflies

Crafty catz challenge – CAS

Catch the bug challenge – anything goe

Drunken stampers challenge – you’re a krafty one (my gift bag is kraft)

Stamp, scrap and doodle challenge – things with wings

I hope you can join in with our challenge this week and I cannot wait to see what you create.  Enjoy the remainder of your bank holiday, if you’re lucky enough to have one, unfortunately it’s back to work tomorrow, but at least it’s a short week!!  Thanks for stopping by today.

Card ingredients:

Image: cc designs – ‘Rosalie with roses’

Papers: SU – ‘subtles pattern designer paper stack’, basic grey – ‘hello luscious’ paper pad

Tools: promarkers, ek success retro flower punch, MS butterfly punch, SU oval all punches, sakura stardust pen, sentiment created on pc, doilies from Joanna sheen. gems from stash, ribbon from fantastic ribbons