Stamp with Fun #127–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  Another weekend has flown by and it’s back to work already (groan) and this week sees the start of school for most children in England & Wales I think.  However my boy’s school have a staggered start so my eldest son goes back on Wednesday and my youngest not until Thursday, which is really silly in my opinion – the boys think it brilliant of course! 

I’m here this morning with my DT card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge and this week our theme is very apt – “autumn” as the summer season has definitely come to an end here in South Wales.  Here is my card:

I have used a super cute Lilliput image from CC designs called ‘rainy day’ and coloured her with my promarkers and flex markers.  The papers are basic grey from the ‘cappella’ paper pad and the flowers are wild orchid crafts.  I have to say that I rarely use green but when I do I really like it. 

The rest of the design team have created gorgeous creations 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:

Order of the opus gluei challenge – roses or rosettes

Stampin’ sisters in Christ challenge – nothing bright only muted or earth colours

Stamptacular challenge – the sky’s the limit/anything goes

Whoopsi daisy challenge – let’s bling it (pearls)

My mum’s craft shop challenge – 1-2-3 (1 image, 2 roses, 3 papers)

Crafty catz challenge – monochromatic

Catch the bug challenge – anything goes

Mark’s finest papers challenge – bring on the bling (pearls)

Secret crafter Saturday challenge – colours of autumn

Sweet stampin’ challenge – anything but birthday + optional sketch (which I’ve rotated)

I hope you will have a chance to enter our challenge this week and I really look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations.  I will be back later with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge so ‘see’ you later.  Thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: cc designs – lilliput ‘rainy day’

Papers: basic grey – ‘cappella’ paper pad, SU basic black cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, roses from wild orchid crafts, SU basic pearls, white gel pen

Winter wonderland challenge–DT card

Happy Friday dear friends – it’s almost the weekend *yay*.  Hope you’ve had a great week so far.  Work has been crazy busy and we’ve all been rushing around like headless chickens!  Can’t wait for the weekend for a small lie-in and time to chill (and craft of course!). 

I’m here this morning to share my card for this week’s winter wonderland challenge.  The lovely Lynsey has set the theme and she has chosen “for a special friend/friends”.  I have a few ‘special’ friends that I post Christmas cards too each year so this was a perfect challenge for me.  Here is my card:

I decided to try a different, albeit simple, fold for a change to the regular square card.  I don’t know it’s official name but I think it may be known as a fold-back card?  I literally took the front of my square card and folded it in half.  The super cute image is another August newbie from DigiStamp Boutique and is part of the ‘Zoe and Henry Xmas Set 1’, which is currently one of the offers of the month.  You can find it in the shop here along with the other offer of the month too. 

Our sponsor this week is Pollycraft and they are offering one lucky winner 5 digi images of their choice from their online store. 

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples as usual, 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:

I love promarkers challenge – anything goes (3rd entry)

Scrap creations challenge – decorate the inside of your card

Crafty creations challenge – use 3 or more different dies/punches (oval all punches, scallop border punch, snowflake punch)

Divas by design challenge – Christmas in August (2nd entry)

Let’s craft and create challenge – blast from the past (#8 it’s Christmas. #20 dies to die for, #25 go digi)

Stampavie and more challenge – Christmas in summer

Cute card Thursday challenge – a pinch and a punch

Totally gorjuss challenge – as you like it

By the cute and girly challenge – all things bright and beautiful

Crafter’s companion challenge – Christmas wishes

Christmas crafting challenge – Christmas sparkle (stickles on bobbles and gems)

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 thanks for stopping by today.

 

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘Zoe & Henry Xmas set 1’

Papers: dovecraft – ‘back to basics Christmas’ paper pack, bazzill bling cardstock, SU whisper white cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, SU whisper white ribbon, SU oval all punches, MS snowflake punch, circle nesties, sentiment on front created on pc, sentiment inside personal impressions stamp, SU scallop border punch, SU basic rhinestones

Bee Crafty #54–DT card

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Please scroll down to see my Charisma Cardz DT card

Hello again friends.  I have another DT card to share with you this morning, this time for the monthly Bee Crafty challenge.  This month we have a brilliant theme of “fantastic frames and beautiful borders”, which I think is pretty self explanatory!  Here is my card:

I have used a super cute image called ‘whimsical girl and snowman’ and it is available in the Bee Crafty shop at the amazing price of just 99p!  The gorgeous papers are wild rose studio from the ‘wintry Christmas’ paper pack.  I used lots of layers to create ‘frames’, a die cut scalloped nestie to frame the image and just a simple scallop border to finish. 

As always the prize for one lucky winner is 2 digi images from the Bee Crafty store and there are so many cute images to choose from the winner will be spoilt for choice.

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples as always, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out. 

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

Addicted to stamps challenge – photo inspiration

Stamps & fun = creativity challenge – dots and stripes

Anything goes challenge – inspired by TV/film (The snowman)

Creative card crew challenge – anything goes

I love promarkers challenge – anything goes

Crafty creations challenge – use 3 different dies or punches (snowflake punch, border punch, swirl punch, square nesties die)

Divas by design challenge – Christmas in August

Let’s craft and create challenge – blast from the past (#8 it’s Christmas, #20 dies to die for and #25 go digi)

Little red wagon challenge – border punches (scalloped border)

My mum’s craft shop challenge – 123 (1 image, 2 snowflakes/swirls/pearls, 3 papers)

Scrapbook sisters challenge – anything goes

Your next stamp challenge – song inspiration (frosty the snowman)

Crafts 4 eternity challenge – Christmas

Jellypark friends challenge – gettin’ punchy

Christmas crafting challenge – Christmas sparkle (my pearls)

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this month and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Don’t forget you can enter as many times as you like during the month but you must use a digi image, although it doesn’t have to be a Bee Crafty image.  I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: bee crafty – ‘whimsical girl and snowman’

Papers: wild rose studio – ‘wintry Christmas’ paper pack, SU cardstock

Tools: promarkers, personal impressions sentiment, ek success flourish punch, MS snowflake punch, pearls from the hobby house, white gel pen, square nesties, SU scallop border punch

Charisma cardz #35–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you are having a great week so far.  It so helps having a shorter week doesn’t it – I wish I could work 4 days every week (or not at all lol!). 

It’s time for a brand new challenge over at charisma cardz challenge and although it’s officially team Carly’s challenge I thought I would play along anyway!!  The challenge is everyone favourite of “anything goes”, so we expect to see lots of gorgeous entries.  Here is my card:

I was asked to make this card by a friend of my mother’s and it is A5 in size.  I have used the fantastic ‘Paul texting’ image from Mo’s digital pencil and coloured it with my promarkers and flex markers.  Every edge is distressed to within an inch of their lives, which I think really works for a boys card.  I even decorated the inside but I stupidly forgot to take a picture d’oh!! 

Our first sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp who are offering a $20 voucher (excl p&p) to one lucky winner and our second sponsor is Pink Cat Studio who are offering 5 digi stamps of the winner’s choice. 

Team Carly have done a brilliant job as always (as well as a couple of Team Gem) 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:

The crafty pad challenge – distressing/tearing

A spoonfull of sugar challenge – party time

Creative card crew challenge – anything goes

I love promarkers challenge – anything goes

Cardmadfairy’s digi days challenge – buttons

Paper cutz challenge – wish upon a star

2 sisters challenge – boys and their toys

Challenge up your life challenge – something for men

Crazy 4 challenges challenge – male themed cards

I hope you can play along with our challenge and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Before I go I would like to welcome my newest follower Daisyrand *waves hello* – welcome to my little corner of blogland, I hope you can visit me often.  I’ll be back a little later with my DT card for this month’s Bee Crafty challenge.  Until then have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.     

Card ingredients:

Image: Mo’s digital pencil – ‘Paul texting’

Papers: sandylion ‘pirate’ range, SU black cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers , quickutz star cookie cutter, button from stash, SU circle punch for edge, sentiment created on the pc, scissors for distressing edges, baker’s twine from the ribbon girl 

Passion for promarkers #115–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  Well the bank holiday certainly flew by but at least we have a shorter working week now *yay*.  I cannot believe that the next holiday will be Christmas (excuse my swearing lol!).  I’m not even that organised for the boys to go back to school yet – I’ve only bought them pens so far so I’d better get my act together this week.  I’m lucky as they don’t go back until Wednesday and Thursday next week, so I have a bit of extra time yet. 

I’m here this morning with my DT card for this week’s passion for promarkers challenge and I have to say we have a very special challenge for you this week.  We are being sponsored by Letraset and as their Flex Markers are due to be released very soon they are offering one lucky winner 2 x 6 pen sets of flex markers of their choice.  Therefore to coincide with this we decided our challenge this week would be ‘flexible’ i.e. “anything goes”.  Don’t forget to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your promarkers, aqua markers, tria markers or even flex markers if you are lucky enough to have them.  Here is my card:

I have used a super cute image from DigiStamp Boutique called ‘off to school Eva’ which is just perfect for this time of year (there is also a ‘boy’ version called ‘off to school Ben’ which is equally as adorable).  I thought the colour scheme was really fresh and I really love gingham, so the perfect combination I think.  The fun letters were found whilst hunting around in my stash, although I was looking for ABC letters, but I’m happy with these as I think look cute.

As I mentioned Letraset are our sponsor this week and the prize is 2 x 6 pen sets of Flex Markers for one lucky winner. 

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

Sentimental Sunday challenge – back to school

Pile it on challenge – girls just wanna have fun

Stampin’ sisters in Christ challenge – choose 3 items (button, ribbon and popped up image)

The shabby tea room challenge – inspired by the colour of your birthstone (mine is ruby)

Creative belli challenge – gingham

Penny’s paper crafty challenge – back to school

Crafty purple frog challenge – red hot

Crafty sentiments challenge – ribbons and bows

Digi doodle challenge – anything goes

Paper play challenge – back to school

Sassy studio designs challenge – back to school

Fairy tale challenge – back to school

Stamp something challenge – back to school somethings

Totally papercrafts challenge – back to school

Allsorts challenge – back to school

Our creative corner challenge – black, red, grey & white

The sweet stop challenge – sketch

I expect to see lots of gorgeous creations as it’s an ‘anything goes’ challenge and I hope you will have the time to enter.  I would like to welcome my newest follower Maarit *waves hello* – thanks for following me and I hope you will visit me often.  Have a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘off to school Ava’

Papers: echo park ‘dots & stripes – metropolitan collection’ (grey paper), papermania – ‘cranberry & apple’ capsule collection (red dotty paper), SU black cardstock, SU whisper white cardstock

Tools: promarkers, ek success retro flower punch, SU gingham ribbon, letter tiles and buttons from stash, cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder

Cupcake craft challenge #157–DT project

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Please scroll down to see my Stamp with Fun DT card

Hello again dear friends.  I’m back to share with you my DT project for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week I have the honour of choosing the theme and I decided to go for something completely out of my comfort zone and so my theme is “alter it”.  I want you to take something plain and boring and turn it into something beautiful lol! 

I found a plain 6x6 piece of chipboard that came in the back of a paper pad and decided to make something out of that.  Here is the finished project – a stylish shopping list that you can put on your fridge:

I used a very apt image from whiff of joy stamps called ‘shopping Willow’ and I coloured her with promarkers.  I cut her out and added 3d foam to raise her from the paper.  The papers are echo park from the ‘springtime’ paper pad and the flowers from wild orchid crafts.  I also altered the plain notepad and pencil by covering them with patterned paper and the pink seam binding was actually white but I altered it with an ink pad.  So that it will go onto the fridge I added some sticky metallic to the back of the chipboard piece (the same stuff that you can use to store your nesties safely in place). 

Our sponsor this week is pink gem designs and they are offering one lucky winner 4 digi images from their online store. 

 

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ sponsors, and for August we have 3 as it is our birthday month.  Firstly we have Crafts U Love who are offering a £15.00 voucher to spend in their online store, secondly we have Mo’s Digital Pencil who are offering a $10.00 gift code to use in their online store and thirdly we have Sew Sweet who are offering a £10.00 gift voucher to spend in their online store.  So definitely lots of yummy reasons to play along this month.

The rest of the design team have created gorgeous projects as usual, 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 project into the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps challenge – photo inspiration

Pile it on challenge – girls just wanna have fun

Stamptacular challenge – DIVAtacular

Creative craft challenge – anything but a card

Truly scrumptious challenge – rocked up pink

Dutch dare challenge – anything but a card

Paper crafting journey challenge – anything goes

Sew many cards challenge – edge punches

Totally gorjuss challenge – as you like it

I hope you can enter my challenge this week and I’m really looking forward to seeing all your altered projects this week.  Maybe I can pick up a few more ideas along the way.  I hope you will have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by, it really means the world to me! 

Card ingredients:

Image: whiff of joy stamps – ‘shopping Willow’

Papers: echo park –’springtime’ paper pack

Tools: promarkers, carnations and white seam binding from wild orchid crafts, sentiment created on the pc, pencil and notebook from stash, fiskars sunburst border punch, colorbox cats eye ink pad (used on edges)

Stamp with fun #126–DT card

Good Bank Holiday Monday dear friends.  It’s so fantastic to have an extra day off from work isn’t it!  We’ve got no plans today so I guess I’ll just have to craft lol!  I hope you’ve had a great weekend and if you’re out and about today have a brilliant time.  Of course if you’re staying home and crafting, like I am, then you’re bound to have a good day!! 

I’m here this morning with a brand new challenge over at stamp with fun challenge.   This week we have a gorgeous sketch by Andrea-Emmi41 to use.  Here is my card:

and here is the sketch:

I have used one of the new August images from DigiStamp Boutique called ‘lil pop girl with flowers’ and it’s part of the offer of the month from the set called ‘lil pops collection 1’.  They are so cute and although they are quite small, not too bad to colour, especially if you have the fine nibs for your promarkers.  You can get them at a special price at the moment so check them out in the shop here.    There is also a second offer of the month which has 3 gorgeous Christmas images, so plenty of reasons to check out the shop. 

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:

Pile it on challenge – girls just wanna have fun

A spoonfull of sugar challenge – happy birthday

Digital Tuesday challenge – cute and girly

Digi doodle challenge – anything goes

Paper crafting journey challenge – anything goes

Card makin’ mamas challenge – pink

Jellypark friends challenge – gettin’ punchy

Basic grey challenge – anything goes

Mark’s finest papers challenge – use lace

Totally gorjuss challenge – as you like it

Crafty calendar challenge – hot colours

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  It is such a fantastic sketch, with lots of layers, which I love, so I will definitely be saving it for another day.  I’ll be back later with my DT project for this week’s cupcake craft challenge but until then thanks for stopping by. 

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘lil pops girl with flowers’

Papers: basic grey – ‘sultry’ paper pad, SU crumb cake cardstock

Tools: promarkers, lace from wild orchid crafts, ek success retro flower punch, craftwork cards card candi, personal impressions sentiment