Little Girls - Swing Time

Hope you all have had a good weekend, sorry I haven't been around much, I'm having a new bathroom put in and its surprising how disruptive it has been. It poured with rain most of yesterday and I wanted to craft and most of the things that were in the bathroom have been put in front of the things I wanted to craft with. Still I managed it in the end. The bathrooms almost finished so things can get back to normal. I have used my new embossing folder (I love this, think I shall be using it lots) and a lotv stamp, its one of the first that I bought and I haven't used it for ages. It reminds my of when my sisters and I were little, trying to take the dog on the swing, trouble was the seat wasn't that wide!!!

Ingredients:

image - lotv 'little girls - swing time'

embossing folder - couture creations 'tied together'

papers - first edition 'sweet owl',  bazzil card/silver mirri

ribbon - from stash

pearls (part of blog candy won from Teresa, thanks Teresa)

sentiment - craftwork cards

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Shopping Our Stash - challenge #69 'embossing it'

In the Pink - challenge #4 'embossing'

MAWTT - 'girly, girly, prim and proper'

Simon Says Stamps - 'emboss it'

Craft Room Challenge - 'childhood memories'

Totally PaperCrafts - challenge #135 'for a child'
C.R.A.F.T. - challenge #173 'children;

Stamptacular Sunday - challenge #182 'bling it on' (I hope pearls count as bling)

Super Striker

Hope everyone had a good weekend, it was fairly quite here yesterday so I had a bit of time to craft. I decided to make a male card for a change, as I hadn't made one for a while and it was an excuse to use another stamp that hadn't seen any ink. I've got a few male birthdays coming up so I decided not to add a sentiment until I decide what I am going to do with it.

Ingredients:

image - lotv 'super striker'

papers - 'nitwits'

button from stash

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

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

Here Come The Boys - challenge #36 'recipe'

Divas by Design - challenge #52 'for a child'

Cards for Men - challenge #19 'going digital' (digital papers)

Shopping our Stash - challenge #68 '3,2,1' (3 papers, 2 buttons, 1 image)

My Mums Craft Shop - challenge #74 'buttons'

By The Cute and Girly - boys/men September challenge

Stamptacular Sunday - challenge #81 'less is more'

Jellypark Challenge - 'all about the children'
Natalie and Amy - challenge #1 'anything goes'

Merry Christmas Penguins

Hi, hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend. I've just finished work for today, just tomorrow morning to go and then I can relax. Quite a few challenges are asking for Christmas cards at the moment and I have been looking for an excuse to use one of the other LOTV stamps that fell into my basket the other day. I found my card quite hard to photograph today  (too little light in the back garden and too much in the front). This image is quite large so I was struggling with a layout until I remembered some cards that I bought from Hunkydory.

Ingredients:

image - lotv 'merry christmas penguins'

cuttlebug embossing folder - 'polka dots'/'snow dots'

marianne poinsettia die 

spellbinders nestabilities

micro beads

bazzill bling

stickles - 'frosted lace' (+loose glitter)

coloured with promarker/flexmarkers

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

Lili's Little Fairies - embellishment bingo (flowers, gems, glitter)

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - WOW

J & C Creations - September Challenge - 'cute christmas'

Cute Card Thursday - challenge #234 'christmas in september'

Papertake Weekly Challenge - 'things that make you go awwww'

LEJ Designs - challenge #20 'winter wishes'

Sparkles Christmas - challenge #20 'sparkle and bling'

CSAYL - challenge #28 'snowy'

Forever Friends - challenge #44 'embossing'
Willow Sketchie Challenge - (sketch or) 'things with wings'
Anything Goes - challenge #75 'early christmas'
Creative Harmony Challenge - 'almost white' (hope this isn't too white Linda)

Golden Wedding

Hi everyone, hope you are all well. I would like to say hello to my new followers and apologise for not having been around much last week. I will try and catch up with you all later. Bit of a change in the weather today, after such a fabulous weekend. I took my grandsons to Legoland on Sunday and the weather was glorious - the boys even went in the splash pools and fountains. My card today is one that I made for a friends wedding. Her colour scheme was gold so I made her card to match. This was the first time that I have tried inking the embossing folder, before embossing the card, I was quite happy with the result and it made the embossing look totally different. As I didn't have any wedding stamps when I made the card I used a LOTV die cut square mounted on gold card.

Ingredients:

image - lotv

cuttlebug embossing folders

gold card/ribbon from stash

sentiment - lotv

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

J & C Creations  August Challenge - 'something a little bit different'

One Stop Craft - challenge #198 'no floral embellishment' 

Crafters Companion - challenge #28 'gold'

Forever Friends September Challenge- 'ribbon'

Forever Friends - challenge #44 'embossing'

Allsorts Challenge - week #171 'layers'

The Poodles Parlour - 'here comes the girls'

Cute Card Thursday - challenge #233 'autumn gold'

Taking A Rest

Good afternoon everyone, hope you are all enjoying the weekend, weather isn't too brilliant today so I have spent some time crafting. I would also like to say hello to my new followers, thank you for following me. Sorry I haven't been around much this week, but it has been really busy at work, and I have spent some time  getting the girls ready to go back to school.  I was very naughty, I couldn't resist - I bought a couple of the new christmas stamps from Lili of the Valley. oops (a paper pad fell into my basket as well) well it was free postage. I have made today's card using one of my new stamps and paper, I have used frosted lace stickles for the snow because I like the icy texture that it gives. I have also followed the sketch at Friday Sketch Challenge.

Ingredients:

image - lotv 'teddy and robin'

papers - lotv 'krafty christmas'

kraft card - docraft

sentiment - lotv 'christmas sentiment tags'

stickles - frosted lace'

snowflakes from stash

ribbon - hobbycraft

coloured with promarkets and flexmarkers

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

Friday Sketch - challenge #25 Cordine's sketch

Winter Wonderland - 'walking in a winter wonderland (he's stopped for a little rest and a gossip)

Penny Black & More - September challenge 'early christmas makes'

Joanna Sheen Challenge - 'going dotty'

Here Come The Boys - challenge #35 'teddy bears'

Sparkles Christmas - challenge #20 'sparkle and bling'

I Love Promarkers - challenge #132 'anything goes'

LEJ Designs - challenge #18 'anything goes'

Bearly Mine - challenge #50 'anything that glitters'
Secret Crafter - challenge #201 'animal antics'

Carol Singing

Good afternoon everyone, hope your are enjoying your weekend. I had the last two bank holidays off work so I have to work tomorrow. Wish the weather would make up its mind, yesterday we had rain and a humongous thunderstorm, today the sun is shining but it is really muggy. I've made a christmas card today and combined the challenges at ABC Christmas Challenge and Winter Wonderland Challenge. I made my quilted paper on the computer using nitwits paper, I inserted them into a word document, shrunk them to size and joined them together.

Ingredients:

image - lotv 'carol singers'

papers - nitwits

mariane creatable die - 'poinsettia'/'lantern'/'holly' leaves

cheery lynn die - 'holly corner'

flower soft

glitter - stickles 'frosted lace'

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

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

ABC Christmas Challenge - 'Q is for quilting'

Winter Wonderland Challenge - 'red and green should be seen'

My Time to Craft -  challenge #185 'christmas in august'

Fab 'n' Funky - challenge #135 'use leaves somewhere...'

Willow Sketchie Challenge - 'christmas in august'

Challenge Up Your Life - challenge #76 'christmas in summer'
Stamping for Pleasure - 'August Rudolf Day'

Little Ballerina

Good afternoon, hope you are all well, the sun is still shining here, but at least it is a bit cooler. This will only be a quick post as I am trying to blog whilst my grandson is in the garden, as he is still monopolising the computer. Its my niece's birthday in a few weeks and I thought this card might suit her as she loves dancing. I enjoyed the paper piercing so much on the mistletoe and mice card that I decided to have another go.

Ingredients;

image - lotv 'dainty dancing'

papers - nitwits

flowers - WOC & stash

ribbon - stash

gems - bazzill bling

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

Lili's Little Fairies - 'oh so girlie'

The Paper Shelter - challenge #78 'anything goes'

Creative Craft Challenge - 'monochromatic birthday'

Oldie but a Goodie Challenge- 'paper piercing' (stamp, ribbon, flowers)

Charisma Cardz - challenge #32 'monochrome'

Divas by Design - challenge #49 'anything goes'

Wags 'n' Whiskers - challenge #86 'favourite colour combo' (purples are my favourite colour)

Stamptacular Sunday - challenge #176 'lets hear it for the girls'

Fifty Shades of ......Pink

Good evening everyone hope you are all well. I would like to say hi to my new followers, thank you for taking the time to come and look at my blog.  I rushed home from work today to finish this card, it has been made for a new challenge called 'In the Pink', it also fits in with a couple of other challenges. I was originally going for a pastel pink look, but I didn't realise how bright the glitter was and these papers seemed to fit better.

Ingredients;

image - lotv 'dandelion clock'

papers - first edition 'love letters'

raffia lace - ebay

flowers - wild orchid crafts/stash
glitter - stickles 'pink'

coloured with promarkets and flexmarkers

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

In The Pink - challenge #1 'fifty shade of .... pink'

Lili's Little Fairies - 'monochrome'

Divas By Design - challenge 47 'for a female'

Sweet Stamping Challenge - 'things with wings'

Stampin' for the Weekend - challenge 15 'monochromatic'

Bearly-Mine - challenge #48 'fly fly away'

Let It Snow, Let It Snow

Evening all, hope you have all had a good weekend, I've not been home long as I have spent the day at Chessington with the girls. The weather wasn't too bad, sunnyish with a couple of heavy showers - at least they passed over quickly. I made a Christmas Card yesterday as I wanted to use my new die ( I think I might have got a bit carried away using it!!!) and I love this image little James bear playing in the snow...

Ingredients:

papers - nitwits 'little mittens'

image - lotv - 'james the bear - in the snow'

memory box die - 'frostyville corner'

stickles 'crystal'

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

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

Winter Wonderland - 'Christmas Teddy'

Lili's Little Fairies - 'Time to Play'

ABC Christmas Challenge - 'L is for Lyrics' - 'Let it Snow, Let it Snow'

Crimbo Crackers - challenge #18  'Anything Goes'

One Stop Craft - challenge # 118 'Christmas in June'

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - 'June Embellishment Challenge #6 Glitter'

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - 'use die cuts/or puches'

Divas by Design - challenge #40 'To Die For'

Allsorts Challenge - week #160 ' Any Die Will Do'

'In the Garden'

Hello everyone, hope you are all well, almost the weekend, can't wait. My card today has been made with the challenge at Lili's Little Fairies in mind. The theme this week is in the garden and I thought that this stamp was perfect. I have tried to make a garden scene using die cuts. I have used the fence before but not the others. The branch was made using part of a Cheery Lynn die. I have mounted the dp, the image and cut the diecuts with kraft card..

Ingredients:

papers - nitwits

image - lotv 'milly, me and my dog'

marianne creatable dies - fence, bird, bird house

joy craft die - daisies

cheery lynn die - flourish

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

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

Lili's Little Fairies - 'in the garden'

Craft-room Challenge - 'furry four legged family'

Divas by Design - challenge #39 'summer theme'

Cute Card Thursday - challenge #221 'punch drunk'

MAWTT - 'lets get crafty'

Totally Papercrafts  Friday Challenge - 'its raining cats and dogs'

Crafters Companions - challenge #25 'time to embellish'

Totally Gorjuss - challenge #135 'sunshine'

Frosty the Snowman

Good evening hope everyone is having a good weekend, as usual for a bank holiday weekend it is raining.
I have got lots of things planned next week as the girls are off school, so I am not going to have much time for
crafting.  I made my card to fit the sketch at 'sketch and stash' but missed the deadline. Never mind I am sure I will find a few others to enter it into!!!

Ingredients:

papers - dovecraft 'winter wonderland'

image - lotv 'Mr Snowman'

sentiment - lotv

cuttlebug embossing folder

snowflake - marianne creatable die

ric rac from stash 

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

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

Lili's Little Fairies - 'anything goes'

ABC Christmas Challenge - K is for keep it simple

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - challenge #17 'monochromatic'

Jingle Belles - 'fa-la-la-la' christmas song (frosty the snowman)

Christmas Stamping - challenge #13 'monochromatic'

Gone Fishing/Father's Day

Good afternoon everyone, hope you are all well. It had still been sunny here until about ten minutes ago, when the clouds opened, it is now chucking it down and there is thunder and lightning. It has been very muggy today so hopefully it will now cool down.  My card today is for the Lili's Little Fairies Challenge, who want to see anything but a square,  and I think I am going to make it by the skin of my teeth.  I bought some Kanban cards a little while ago, and they are really different - round, hexagonal - great for this challenge and as I haven't made a male card for a little while I thought I would make a father's day card.

Ingredients:

card - kanban

papers - docraft

image/sentiment - lily of the valley 'gone fishing'

charm - ebay

bakers twine - papermania

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

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

Lili's Little Fairies - 'anything but a square'

Here Comes the Boys - challenge  #28 'anything goes'

One Stop Craft - challenge  #184 'for the boys'

Totally Gorguss - challenge  #133 'something new' (cards/bakers twine)

Crafty Katz - challenge  #134 'card for a man'
2 Sisters Challenge Blog - challenge #93 'bring on the boys'
Tuesday Throwdown - challenge #100 - 'masculine'
Divas by Design - challenge #37 'anything goes'
Simon Says Stamp - 'anything goes'

Christmas Crackers

Hope everyone is having a good weekend, its been a bit overcast and grey and not very warm, but at least its not raining.
My card this evening has been inspired by a couple of challenges - Winter Wonderland where the theme is 'embossing' and Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge who want to see 'A touch of the blues'. I have also used the sketch at Sketch Saturday .

Ingredients:

pearlescent card  embossed with polka dots/stars

image - lotv 'james bear christmas cracker'

stickles - 'stardust'

ric rac from stash

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

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

Winter Wonderland - 'embossing'

CHNC - challenge #73 'a touch of the blues'

Sketch Saturday - week #208

Lili's Little Fairies - 'bear essentials'

I Love Promarkers - challenge #117 'anything goes'

Emerald  Faeris - challenge #24 'embossing'

Cute Card Thursday - challenge #217 'a touch of sparkle'
Pan Pastel - challenge 19 'pastel colours'

That Craft Place Challenge - 'monochromatic'

Patchwork Present

Good evening everybody, hope you have all had a good week and not worked too hard. I haven;t had much time for crafting this week, but I have finally managed to make a card. I have been inspired by Lili's Little Fairies challenge to make a bear themed card.

I choose to make an easel card which I didn't find very easy to photograph, so I've added another to show the detail a bit better, unfortunately the light isn't very good at the moment either.

Ingredients:

papers - nitwits

image/sentiment - lotv 'patchwork parcel'

doily/butterflies - marianne creatable

martha stewart border punch

flowers -woc/hobbycraft

seam binding - woc

coloured with procmarkers and flexmarkers

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

Lili's Little Fairies - 'bear essentials'

Joanna Sheen Challenge- 'happy birthday'

Divas by Design - challenge #35 'we are tickled pink'

I Love Promarkers - challenge #117 'anything goes'

The Paper Shelter - challenge #64 'birthday cards with sentiment'

Whimsey Inspirations Challenge - #39 'anything goes'

Crafty Catz Weekly - challenge #133 'lets here it for the girls'

LEJ Designs - challenge  #3 'lots of layers'

C.R.A.F.T. - challenge  #155 'easel card'

Fishing Buddies

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend, Bank Holiday tomorrow, but I've got to work. I've managed to find time over the weekend to make another Christmas Card - my collection is growing, at this rate I might have enough ready and wont need to panic make at the last minute. My card has been inspired by the ABC Christmas challenge where the theme is 'icy', the snowflake doily and the ice have been painted with glamour dust glitter paint and they are a lot more sparkly in real life. I decided to stay with the white theme and emboss the greeting with white embossing powder which doesn't really show up in the photograph.

Ingredients:

papers - white card embossed with cuttlebug 'swiss dots/snowdots

papermania 'snow flurry'

image - lotv 'fishing buddies'

sentiment - lotv

marianne creatable die - snowflake doily

stickles gilitter - 'icicle/frosted lace'

glamour dust glitter paint - 'iridescent'

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

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

ABC  Christmas Challenge - 'I is for icy inspiration'

Lili's Little Fairies - 'anything goes'

MMCS - challenge #55 'embossing'

Passion for Promarkers - challenge #147 'bright  & light'

Craft Room - 'Emboss It'

Jingle Belles - 'embossing around the christmas tree'

Christmas Stamping All Year Long - challenge #9 'glittery'

Pan Pastels - challenge #17 'anything goes'

Papertake Weekly - 'anything goes'
Stampin for the Weekend - 'at least 4 layers'

Patchwork Balloons

Hi everyone, hope you are all well. My card this evening has been inspired by a couple of challenges.
I have use the sketch from Sketch Saturday, my colour scheme from A Gem of A Challenge - pink, blue & green  and I played bingo at Ready Teddy Go  - embossing, button & glitter (one of the papers is glittered)

Ingredients:

papers - first edition 'spring drop'

image - lotv 'patchwork bunch of balloons'

m-bossabilities embossing folder - 'patchwork'

buttons - from stash

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

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

Sketch Saturday - challenge # 205 'sketch'

A Gem of a Challenge - challenge #45 'pink, blue & green'

Ready -Teddy Go - challenge #10  'bingo'

Papertake Weekly - 'anything goes'

Simon Says Stamp - 'anything birthday goes'
Secret Crafter - challenge #183 'cute n fluffy'
Creative Inspirations - challenge #161 'animal antics'
My Mums Craft Shop - challenge #55 'embossing'
LEJ Designs - challenge #1 'anything goes'

Gone Fishing

Back to work today, and as normal following a weekend it hasn't rained. I have my own card to post today plus another one from Chloe.  I've  offered to help her set up her own blog so will wait and see what happens.
My card has been made following the sketch at Lili's Little Fairies, which I have rotated, I missed the float off the bottom of his fishing rod and added a fish charm.

Ingredients

papers- nitwits 'gone fishin'

image - lotv 'gone fishing'

ribbons and sentiment - nitwits 'gone fishin'

charm - ebay

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

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

Lili's Little Fairies - 'Jaque's sketch'

That Craft Place - 'one for the boys'

Here Comes the Boys - challenge # 26 'hobbies'

Cards for Men - challenge 9 'texture' (charm/ribbons)

My Mums Craft Shop - 'the great outdoors' 

Passion for Promarkers - 'cut it out' (nestabilities)
Sparkles Monthly Challenge - challenge #31 'men only'
Totally Gorjuss - challenge #128 'boys toys'

Simon Says Stamp - 'anything goes'

Chloe's First Card

Hi everyone, hope you have had a lovely weekend. I have managed to do some crafting and today was an ideal time to create. However, both my crafting and my blog have been hijacked by my daughter. She suddenly decided she wanted to do some colouring, so first I found her an image and then some pens. Then she decided she wanted to make the image into a card so my stash has been hijacked and now she wants her card published on my blog,  lol. I did suggest she start her own blog but she doesn't know how to.

'CHLOE 'S FIRST CARD'

Ingredients:

papers - forever friends

image - lotv 'patchwork butterfly' 

flowers - joycraft die  

butterfly - marianne creatable die

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

Chloe would like to enter her card into the following challenges:

One Stop Craft - week #180 - 'recipe' (1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellies)

Cute Card Thursday - challenge #214 'animal magic'

C.R.A.F.T. - challenge #152 'animals'

Secret Crafter - challenge #183 'cute n fluffy'

Karens Doodles - challenge #103 'something for the kids'

Deck the Halls

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend despite the weather.  Its raining here again, got soaked on my way home from work again.  The card I am sharing this evening has been made to fit the ready teddy go challenge which has a sketch to follow.

Ingredients;

papers - dovecraft

stamp - lotv 'James bear - deck the halls'

marrianne die - bauble

sentiment - lotv

nestabilities

ribbon and button from stash 

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

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

Ready Teddy Go - challenge #9  'its a little sketchy'

Winter Wonderland - buttons & bows

Totally Papercrafts - 'all buttoned up'

CES - challenge # 82 'button it'

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - challenge #69 'lots of layers'

MAWTT - 'Christmas'

Sparkles Christmas Challenge- #15 'colour me happy' (aqua)

Penny Black and More @ Allsorts - 'oh so cute'
Paper Sundaes - challenge #117 'lets get cute'

Wish Upon A Star

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Just a quick post this evening to share the  card I've made for Lili's Little Fairies challenge.

Ingredients:

papers - nitwits

stamp - LOTV 'wish upon a star'

martha stewart border punch 

nestabilities 'heart circles'

ribbon from stash

stickles

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

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

Lili's Little Fairies - 'diamonds & pearls'

Joanna Sheen Challenge - 'someone special'

Stamping for the Weekend -  challenge #8  'sparkle and shine'

ABC DT challenge - 'anything goes'

Paper Sundaes - challenge #116 'anything goes'
Bling It On - 'monochrome'
Nutcrafters - challenge #16 'anything goes'