Cupcake craft challenge #176–DT card

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Please scroll down to see my Stamp with Fun DT card

Hello again dear friends, I’m back as promised to share my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week the lovely Maarit has set the theme and she has chosen “all you need is love”, so any occasion where love is the reason i.e. Valentine’s day, wedding, anniversary etc.  As I mentioned in my previous post it was my parents anniversary on the weekend and their friends asked me to make a card for them so it was perfect timing for me.  Here is my card:

I used a digi from Karen’s Doodles called ‘sweep me off my feet’ and coloured it with a combination of promarkers and flex markers.  The papers are SU! and the flowers and corner are from wild orchid crafts.  The sentiment was created on the pc.  The finished card is 8x8 in size.

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

 

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples 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.

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

Corrosive challenge – I (heart) you

Stamptacular challenge – seeing spots (embossed panel)

Cute card Thursday challenge – music and dance

Do you stack up? challenge – patterned paper

Sassy studio designs challenge – use frosty colours

The poodles parlour challenge – Valentine/love

Simply create too challenge – love is in the air

Crafter’s companion challenge – love is in the air

Sentimental Sunday challenge – seeing spots (embossed panel)

Creative craft challenge – the colour blue

I hope you will be able to enter our challenge this week and I cannot wait to see what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest follower Brittany *waves hello* – I hope you enjoy your visits and will pop by often.

Update on my sister – she went for her biopsy result last Thursday and thankfully everything was clear.  They will follow her up again in 6 weeks time and then she’ll have another MRI scan in 6 months time to check nothing has changed.  It is such a weight off our minds and it was such a relief for her. 

I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by.

Ingredients:

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

Papers: SU! – ‘paper designer series stack – subtles collection’, white card from craftwork cards, SU not quite navy cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, flowers and metal corner from wild orchid crafts, pearls from the hobby house, sentiment created on pc, oval nesties, go create circle and scallop circle dies, A4 paper crimper from crafter on FB, cuttlebug ‘swiss dots’ embossing folder

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:

and here is the 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.

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

Cupcake craft challenge #143–DT project

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

Please scroll down for my Stamp with Fun DT card

Hello again friends, as promised I’m back with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  The lovely Delphine has set the theme this week and she has chosen “bookworm” so we want to see an image with a book on it, someone reading a book or a bookmark.  I decided to use an image of books (and a bookworm) and make a bookmark.  Here it is:

The fun image is from Karen’s doodles and is called ‘reading is fun’ and I coloured him with my promarkers.  I also coloured my white ribbon with my meadow green promarker so that it would match my project.  The papers are from Echo Park ‘springtime’ paper pack (I won a sample pack from the Claudia & company challenge a few weeks ago and it is lush! ).  

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

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

The rest of the cupcakes have made amazing samples as usual 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 bookmark into the following challenges:

I’ll be back later to add these!

Ok, so that’s my lot for today.  I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge and I cannot wait to see your gorgeous creations.  Whatever you’re up today I hope you have a wonderful day (even if it’s just at work like me!).  Thanks for stopping by.

Bookmark ingredients:

Image: Karen’s doodles – ‘reading is fun’

Papers: echo park – ‘springtime’, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, SU oval all punches & label punch, SU white ribbon, button from stash, crop-a-dile, sentiment created on pc

Stamp with fun #109–DT card

Hello dear friends, I hope you are enjoying the bank holiday weekend so far.  I know this is an early post from me but I will be posting an extra special cupcake craft challenge post later…..so you must come back and find out the surprise lol! 

I am here at this ungodly hour to share my DT card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge and this week our theme is ‘ribbon OR lace’.  I had to make a birthday card for my FIL, whose birthday was yesterday, so combined the two!  Now I can assure you that I have added a ribbon but stupidly covered most of it with my buttons lol!  Here is my card:

I used this fab image from Karen’s doodles called ‘my fix it grandpa’ as my FIL is a keen DIY-er and loves pottering about.  He is a very handy man to know!!  I used very manly colours of blue and brown and kept the embellishments to a minimum.  As I mentioned my barely visible ribbon (which has a star pattern on it) is almost covered with my die cut buttons d’oh! 

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

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

Cutie Sunday challenge – spots (on my paper)

Papertake challenge – sketch

The lollipop ladies challenge – ribbons

Cute card Thursday challenge – use a sketch from blogland (I used papertake challenge sketch)

Digi doodle challenge – anything goes

Moving along with the times challenge – anything goes

Paper cutz challenge – anything goes

Totally gorjuss challenge – 123 (1 image, 2 buttons, 3 papers)

Bunny Zoe’s challenge – one for the boys

Here comes the boys challenge – anything goes

So I hope you will be able to enter our challenge and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest followers scrappychick aka Cyndi, Deb.x and Wendy Bridges, thanks girls I really appreciate your support of my blog.  I will pop over and return the favour soon I promise.  I also cannot believe I am now at 800 followers, it is something that I can honestly say I never thought I would achieve and I want to let you know that all your comments and support are truly appreciated – so a big thank you from the bottom of my heart.  Ok enough of the soppy stuff lol!  I’ll be back at 6am with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  Thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: Karen’s doodles – ‘my fix it grandpa’

papers: dotty paper – basic grey ‘oh baby, boy’, distressed paper – junkitz ‘boy denim’, brown paper – basic grey ‘basics kraft pad’, SU crumb cake cardstock

Tools: promarkers, die-namics die cut buttons, baker’s twine from really reasonable ribbon, sentiment created on pc, card blank from QVC, ribbon from stash

Stamp with fun #102–DT card

Good morning everyone – I hope everyone had a good weekend.  Thank you for all the lovely get well wishes you left for me yesterday, they were really appreciated! 

I’m back this morning with my DT card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge and we have a wonderful sketch by Andrea-Emmi41 to use.  Here is the sketch:

and here is my card:

I made this card for my boss who is retiring at the end of the week but we’re all going out for a meal tonight and we will be giving her card and present to her then.  The card is 8x8 in size as the whole team in work will be signing the inside and we needed lots of room!  As soon as I saw this image, which is from Karen’s Doodles, I knew it would be perfect as I know that is how happy I’m going to be when I retire lol! 

This week we are sponsored by Bunny Zoe’s Crafts and the lucky winner will receive this adorable stamp.

  

The rest of the DT 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 also like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Aly’s Sunday challenge – anything goes

Anything goes challenge – die cuts (I used my new go-kreate die to cut the image)

Bee crafty’s challenge – spots and dots

Freshly brewed challenge – 3 or more patterned papers

Do you stack up? challenge – layers (2nd entry)

Simon says stamp challenge – anything goes

Southern girls challenge – use flowers

Alphabet challenge – s is for stripes

Little Claire’s challenge – flowers

Crafty calendar challenge – spring

Paperminutes challenge – women’s day

Fab ‘n’ funky challenge – make it girly

Crafty Ann’s challenge – sketch and/or spring (I think my papers/colours are very spring like)

Bee crafty challenge – spring florals (my papers)

By the cute and girly challenge – springtime

So that’s all from me for now but I’ll be back later with my DT card for the cupcake craft challenge.  Thanks for stopping by.

Card Ingredients:

Image: Karen’s Doodles – ‘happy feet woman’

Papers: making memories – ‘Emma’ paper pack, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, ek success retro flower punch, woodware circle punch, go-kreate XXL square frames – frilly #2

Passion for promarkers #62 – DT card

Hello and good morning everyone.  I’m sharing my DT card for the new passion for promarkers challenge today.  The lovely Sue C has set the challenge this week and she would like to see the colour green as the predominant colour on your creations.  Now green is probably not the most popular colour for us card-makers but I’m sure you’ll create some gorgeous cards once again this week and maybe use up some of your neglected stash.  Here is my card:

 

 

Our sponsor this week is Pink Gem Designs and the lucky winner will receive 1 of their gorgeous stamps.

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the DT cards as they are all stunning once again this week.  Please pop over and leave them a nice comment if you get the chance. 

I can also enter my card into the following challenges:

Cards for men challenge – 1 image, 2 papers and 3 embellishments (gems, ribbon and hearts)

Cutie Sunday challenge – swirls (on my paper)

Donna’s den of crafts challenge – green

Pollycraft challenge – love and marriage

Creative cottage challenge – touchy feely (my hearts are padded)

Creative inspirations challenge – chocolate and mint

Stampavie and more challenge – anything goes

Digi doodle challenge – anything goes

Hanna and friends challenge – sketch

I hope you will be able to enter our challenge and I look forward to visiting your blogs.  You can expect lots of wedding cards this week (and probably next week) as I have just finished an order for 6 cards, which were for the same couple, that was a challenge I can tell you!  Have a great Tuesday and thanks for stopping by. 

Card ingredients:

Image: Karen’s doodles – wedding dance

Papers: SU – cottage wall designer paper, SU soft suede card

Tools: promarkers, sentiment created on the pc, ribbon and hearts from stash, PM adhesive gems, circle nesties

Passion for promarkers #61 – DT card

Hello fellow crafters, It’s Tuesday, so that only means one thing – a new passion for promarkers challenge.  This week’s theme has been chosen by Michele and she would like to see some “distressing” on your cards.  But don’t forget to use your promarkers to be eligible for our prize draw.

My mother asked me to make a wedding card for her nephew (my cousin) so I thought I’d combine the two.  I hope she likes it as it’s the first time I’ve made a “distressed” wedding card!  Here is my card:

Our sponsor this week is Just Tracy’s and one lucky winner will receive an Oliver’s Orchard clear stamp set by Buzzcraft. 

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I can’t wait to see all your “distressed” creations.  Please pop over and check out the rest of the DT cards as they have created some gorgeous samples once again this week.  You are sure to be inspired :)

I can also enter my card into the following challenges:

OSAAT challenge – use a digi image

Stamptacular challenge – ice cream colours (pistachio and chocolate)

ABC challenge – you and me

Stampavie and more challenge – anything goes

For fun challenge – colour your image

Hanna and friends challenge – celebrating

Alphabet challenge – lace

Stamp something challenge – use something digital (my image)

The townscrapper challenge – anything goes (last challenge until after labour day)

Mami doodles challenge – anything goes

Crafty angels challenge – shabby chic

Scrap creations challenge – 3 embellishments (gems, lace and heart)

I hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by today.

   

Card ingredients:

Image: Karen’s doodles – here comes the bride

Papers: basic grey – cappella paper pad, SU soft suede card

Tools: promarkers, SU oval all punches, MS lattice heart punch, scissors for distressing edges, colorbox cat’s eye chalk ink pad for distressing image and lace, PM adhesive stones, lace from wild orchid crafts