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'