Daisy

Good evening, hope you are all well. My post is a bit late this evening as my grandson is staying with me and he has monopolised the computer all day, this however, has given me time to craft. I have used a sugar nellie stamp 'Daisy' for my card today, I think this is such a beautiful image, I hope I have done her justice.

Ingredients:

image - sugar nellie 'daisy'

papers - first edition 'summer breeze'

flowers & seam binding -WOC

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

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

I love Promarkers - challenge #130 'gardens'

2 Sisters - challenge #105 'in the garden;

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - challenge #27 'summer'

SJ Crafts - monthly challenge #8 'summer time'

Lollipop Crafts - challenge #87 'anything goes'

Forever Friends - challenge #43 'anything goes'

Craft Your Days Away - challenge #52 'farewell challenge' " anything goes"

Mistletoe and Mice

Good afternoon everyone, hope you are all having a lovely weekend. The sun is shining, I've finished work and I am now off until next Saturday, hurrah!!! My card today has been inspired by a few that I have seen on blogs that I follow and a challenge at ABC  Christmas Challenge which is too use paper piercing.  I have done decoupage before and the principle is similar, the hardest part was finding a suitable image and papers with a smallish pattern.

Ingredients:

image - stampavie 'mistletoe and mice'

papers - dovecraft 'back to basics Christmas'

marianne creatable die - 'mistletoe LR0189'

cheery lynn die - 'holly corner'

pearls - mei flower

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

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

ABC Christmas Challenge - 'p for paper piercing'

Crafters Companion - challenge #27 'best friends' 

Totally PaperCrafts - challenge #130 'inspired by a song' (It Must Have Been the Mistletoe)

A Gem of A Challenge - challenge #53 'animals or teddies'

Whimsey Stamps Inspirations - challenge #50 'lots of layers'

My Time to Craft - challenge #185 'Christmas in August'

Simon Says Stamp Challenge  'animal antics'

Penny Black & More @Allsorts - August challenge  'whiskers and/or wings
J & C Creations - challenge #3 'anything goes'
Crafty Catz - challenge #146 'animals'

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'

Bee Happy

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend, its been lovely here today, the sun is shining and its very warm.
My card today makes me think of summer, lying in the grass listening to the bees buzzing in the flowers

Ingredients:

image - penny black 'bee costume'

sentiment - 'elzybells'

papers - echo park download 'country park'

gems - bazzill bling

glitter - stickles 'crystal'

joy craft die/card candi - flowers

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

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

Penny Black & More @ Allsorts - August challenge 'whiskers and/or wings'

Digi Doodle Shops Best - challenge #120 - 'things with wings'

Sweet Stampin'  Challenge - 'things with wings'

That Craft Place Challenge - 'things with wings'

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - 'lets play bingo' (middle line - die cut, free (gems) glitter

Scrapbook Sisters - Card Challenge #93 'things with wings'

Clearly Inspired - challenge #57 'things with wings'
J & C Creations - challenge #3 'anything goes'

Mouse Bounce

Good evening, hope you are all enjoying the weekend. Isn't Jessica Ennis amazing, Congratulations to her and to all our other athletes. The challenge at House Mouse is 'Olympics' and this has inspired today's card. Please forgive me if the images aren't quite straight I had one eye on the telly.

Ingredients:

image - house mouse 'mouse bounce'

papers/sentiment - forever friends 'best of british'

charm - keyring (brought in tesco's)

twine - papermania

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

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

HMFMC - challenge #125 'Olympics' (trampolining)

Craft Your Days Away - challenge #51 'Olympic dreams'

Jellypark Challenges - 'Olympic Fever'

Cute Card Thursday - challenge #228 'clean and simple'

The Squirrel and The Fox -challenge #23 'make it sporty'

SJ Crafts Monthly Challenge - challenge #7 'the Olympics!!!'

Pixie Dust Studio Pixie Challenge - 'pixie wins gold'

A Girlie Christmas

Evening everyone, hope you are all well. Hasn't the Olympics been exciting the last couple of days. Just a quick post this evening as I haven't been in from work long and I still have dinner to cook. I made most of this card yesterday, but the glitter glue and glossy accents weren't dry enough to assemble the card. The layout has been inspired by the sketch at Sketch n Stash. I also decorated the inside of my card

Ingredients

image - penny black 'let it snow'

papers - dcwv 'rose tinted christmas'

sentiment - computer generated

marianne creatable - snowflake die

ribbon/brad from stash

scarf charm - ebay
glossy accents
stickles 'pink'

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

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

Sketch n Stash - challenge #93 'Angie's sketch

ABC Christmas Challenge - 'O for open it up'

Crafty Hazelnuts - challenge #83 'tie a ribbon'
The Cutie Pie Challenge - challenge #23 'Christmas in July

Tip Top Tuesday - challenge #82 'focus on the ribbon'

Totally PaperCrafts -challenge #128 'monochrome' 

MMCS - challenge #68  'ice cream flavours' (raspberry ripple)

Marianne's Design Divas - 'anything goes'
Crafty Catz - challenge #144 'pink'

Picked for You

Good evening, hope you are all well. I am back at work now and its like I've never been away Weather seems to be back to normal, sunshine and showers. I have made another card with a Penny Black Stamp today, (I coloured a few at the weekend) and this time I have used the sketch at Sketch Saturday. The frame has been made using two nestability dies scalloped circles and inverted scalloped circles, I saw this idea on Dawny P's blog a while back and have been die-ing to use it.

Ingredients:

image - penny black 'just for you'

papers - first edition 'spring drop'

nestabilities

memory box die - flowers

cheery lynn -fanciful flourish

pearls - mei flower

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

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

Sketch Saturday - week #218 'sketch'

Totally Gorjuss - challenge #142 'pearls'

Penny Black Saturday - July challenge 'summertime'

Joanna Sheen Challenge - 'animal crackers'