Cupcake craft challenge #175–DT card

Good evening dear friends.  I apologise for my late post today but we had a new computer on the weekend and unfortunately I still don’t have half of what I need on it yet, so it’s going to be slow going for a little while until I re-discover and download everything I’m used to. 

I’m here with my card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge and this week the lovely Louise has set the theme and she has chosen “born on a winter’s day” so that means we'd like to see your wintery themed birthday cards.  Here is my card:

I used a super image from wee stamps called “winter fairy” and I coloured her with promarkers and flex markers.  I added flower soft to all her fluffy bits and also to the ground for snow.  The papers are SU from the ‘designer paper patterns stack – subtles collection’ and the card is ‘not quite navy’ and ‘crumb cake’, both again by SU. 

Our sponsor this week is My Mum’s Craft Shop 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 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:

Moving along with the times challenge – spots and stripes

Paper pretties challenge – blue, white and silver

Simon says stamp challenge – spots and/or stripes

Phindy’s challenge – tic tac toe(ribbon/pearls/flowers)

Totally papercrafts challenge – spots and stripes

2 sisters challenge – metal

Catch the bug challenge – birthday

Mark’s finest papers challenge – use a border punch

One stop craft challenge – spots & ribbon (I’ve used spotty ribbon hope it’s ok)

Sentimental Sunday challenge – ribbon & sentiment

I hope you can join in with our challenge this week and can’t wait to see what you create.  I haven’t felt very well all weekend so I’m completely behind with all my DT cards but hopefully I’ll catch up over the next few days so I’ll be a bit late with my cards this week.  I really appreciate your lovely comments and look forward to receiving them. Have a great evening and thanks so much for stopping by today.

Card ingredients:

Image: wee stamps – ‘winter fairy’ digi

Papers: SU – ‘designer paper patterns stack – subtles collection’, not quite navy & crumb cake cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, decorative corner & flowers from wild orchid crafts, SU scallop border punch, ribbon from fantastic ribbons, personal impressions sentiment stamp, pearls from the hobby house, circle nesties

Stamp with fun #131–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  Wow I cannot believe we’re already into October, what happened to September?  It will be Christmas before we realise it, although it’s hard to imagine with all the tropical temperatures we’ve had over the last few days. 

I’m here this morning with my card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge and this week our theme is Halloween, which is super easy, right?  Here is my card:

I have used a super sweet image from Wee Stamps called ‘Hazel’ and coloured her with promarkers,  The papers are authentique from the ‘6x6 bundle collection: glowing’ and the smaller Halloween icons including the sentiment are from DigiStamp Boutique from the ‘Halloween doodles’ set. 

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:

Come and get it challenge – Halloween

OSAAT challenge – use a digi

Stampin’ sisters in Christ challenge – include fruit (my pumpkin)

 Little darlings challenge – fall or Halloween

My mum’s craft shop challenge – dress up (2nd entry)

Penny’s paper crafty challenge – anything goes

Cute card Thursday challenge – animal crackers (?dragon/bat)

Little miss muffet challenge – animals and monsters

Moving along with the times challenge – spooky Halloween cards

Meljen’s challenge – use a square and a circle

Simon says stamp challenge – anything goes

Frosted designs challenge – fussy cutting (if my cutting isn’t fussy enough please disregard me)

Raise the bar challenge – hat’s off

Really reasonable ribbon challenge – Halloween

CES challenge – totally gorjuss/pretty girls

Mark’s finest papers challenge – use polka dots (my paper)

Secret crafter Saturday challenge – Halloween

The sweet stop challenge – sketch

Crafty calendar challenge – spooky

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge and I cannot wait to see what you create.  I’ll be back later with my card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge but until then thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: wee stamps – ‘Hazel’, DigiStamp Boutique – ‘Halloween doodles’

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

Tools: promarkers, lace from wild orchid crafts, papermania adhesive stones, circle nesties

Stamp with fun #113–DT card

Good morning dear friends and a happy bank holiday Monday.  I am extra excited as I have a whole week off from work this week *yay*, although my kids are not as impressed as me, as they’d rather have the house to themselves lol!  Anyway I plan to do lots of crafting and try to get ahead with DT cards and orders so that I’m not constantly chasing my tail haha!  Let’s hope the weather improves a little,  as this weekend has been really wet and wild here. 

Onto my card!  Over at stamp with fun challenge this week we have a lovely theme for you “in the garden”, so we basically want to see things you would find in the garden – easy right?  Here is my card:

I have used a new digi from Wee Stamps called ‘sweet blossom’ and coloured her with my promarkers.  The gorgeous papers are first edition from the ‘daydream’ paper pack.  I added stickles to the flowers and also to the buttons, which are super sparkly IRL. 

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples as always, so please pop over the 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:

Cupcake inspirations challenge – photo inspiration (I was inspired by the flowers)

A spoonfull of sugar challenge – things with wings (hope my tiny butterflies count!!)

Claudia & company challenge – girl’s birthday

I love promarkers challenge – pearls

Ladybug crafts ink challenge – animals (she’s holding a small bear)

Scrap creations challenge – use at least 3 different papers

Tip top Tuesday challenge – use at least 2 stamps – digi or rubber (image is digi/sentiment is rubber)

Fab ‘n’ funky challenge – cute and cuddly

Let’s craft and create challenge – dies to die for (circle nesties)

Paper pretties challenge – birthday cards

Crafty purple frog challenge – things of beauty (my image)

Do you stack up? challenge – animals (small bear on my image)

Fun with shapes and more challenge – sparkle (I’ve used stickles)

Fussy and fancy challenge – 3 papers, 2 embellishments and 1 ribbon

Sew many cards challenge – circles

Stamp, scrap & doodle challenge – sketch

Crafter’s companion challenge – girl’s birthday

Crafty calendar challenge – teddy bears (small bear on image)

I hope you will have a chance to enter our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest followers *waves hello* Lil and Francy – thanks for your support and I’ll visit you soon.  I’ll be back later with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your bank holiday. 

Card ingredients:

Image: wee stamps – ‘sweet blossom’

Papers: first edition – ‘daydream’ paper pack, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, ek success medium retro flower punch, circle nesties, SU basic pearls, leaf trim from really reasonable ribbon, buttons from stash, stickles, circle nesties

Passion for promarkers #101–DT card

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Good morning dear friends, I have a special passion for promarkers challenge post for you today.  We are so excited as today is our 2nd anniversary and to celebrate we have a lovely theme and also some amazing prizes from our super generous sponsors.  It is also the time for our design teams to trade places, so it’s a sad goodbye to team 1 and a big welcome to team 2.  Sadly one of members of team 2 was unable to return so we have  a brand new member to unveil and that is Lisa from Wishcraft Cards.  Please leave some love for Lisa as she is a little nervous. 

Our theme this week is aptly “all the 2’s” so we want to see everything multiplied by 2 i.e. 2 images, 2 papers, 2 colours etc.  As always to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your promarkers or aqua markers.  Here is my card:

I even decorated the inside!

The “2’s” on my card are – 2 papers, 2 main colours (with brown as an accent colour), 2 flowers, 2 ribbons, 2 pearls and 2 sentiments – that’s a lot of 2’s!!  I used a brand new digi (for me anyway) from Wee Stamps and she is called ‘spring bringer’ and she is just so adorable.  The gorgeous papers are glittered ( although it’s hard to tell in my pics) and they are also brand new.  They are from the stunning first edition ‘summer breeze’ paper pad.  It is brilliant value for money as there are 64 sheets in each pad (I got mine from Crafty Emma’s store). 

Now onto the amazing prizes up for grabs this week.  We have 8 sponsors in total so lots of goodies up for grabs:

* Letraset are offering 2 x stamping kits

* Crafty Emma’s store are offering a £15.00 gift voucher to her online store

* Some Odd Girl stamps are offering 3 digis of the winner’s choice

* Bearly Mine Designs are offering a £10.00 gift voucher to their online store

* Whiff of Joy stamps are offering a Nora & Ben ‘forever friends’ stamp

* The Emerald Faerie Garden are offering 4 digis of the winner’s choice

* Joanna Sheen is offering a £10.00 voucher for her online store

* Pink Gem Designs is offering 4 digis of the winner’s choice

As we will be very busy choosing all our winners we unfortunately won’t be picking a top 5 passionista, but don’t worry it’s only for this week. 

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

Whoopsi daisy challenge – birthday

Stamps & fun = creativity challenge – flower power

Flutterby Wednesday challenge – open theme (optional sketch which I didn’t use)

Paper pretties challenge – flowers

Truly scrumptious challenge – anything goes

CCEE stampers challenge – use flowers

CRAFT challenge – happy birthday

Shelly’s images challenge – anything goes

Crafty catz challenge – anything goes

Easy craft projects challenge – pretty pastel colours

2 sisters challenge – use a digi

CES challenge – embellish it

One stop craft challenge – fairy tales

Sweet stampin’ challenge – sketch and/or in the garden

Crafter’s companion challenge – girl’s birthay

I hope you will be able to join in with our special anniversary challenge this week and I cannot wait to see what you create.  Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by today.

Card ingredients:

Image: wee stamps – ‘spring bringer’

Papers: first edition – ‘summer breeze’ paper pad, SU chocolate chip cardstock

Tools: promarkers, ek success medium retro flower punch, sentiment from crafts 4 you, doily from stash, pearls from the hobby house, circle nesties, white gel pen, ribbons from stash