Coming soon at Crafts and Me

Hi Peeps,

I know my postings have been sparodic of late but I have had a lot going on in the background.  My most recent being my lovely sister being taken ill on holiday last week  She twisted her knee a couple of days before travelling on holiday to Scotland, (10 hours drive for us Southerners in the UK).  Anyway to cut a long story short, she collapsed and was turning blue, so the paramedics were called and thankfully she wasn't too far from the hospital.  Her twist in her knee had travelled to her lung causing a blood clot so massive that it almost covered her entire lung.  She and us are very lucky she is still with us as most people who go unconscious are not able to be resusitated. She spent a couple of days in a High Dependency Unit and thankfully is now home. :)

I have made a card using one of the new soon to be released images from Crafts and Me.  Isn't she a beauty.  I also made some of the flowers using some of the new punches coming to Crafts and Me, once Teresa has had the chance to re-stock.

She is coloured with copics, 

Dress: BG78, BG75, BG72, BG000

Pink R85, R83, R81

Hair E47, E49, E35, E50

Skin E00, E01, E000, E11

This card is available for Sale in my Ebay HERE

Have a good weekend.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-
Alphabet Challenge - P for Pocket
Avadares - Make it sparkle
Paper crafting Journey - Anything goes
Sarah Hurley - Something magical
My Mums craft shop - Anything Goes
Deep ocean - Things with wings

Stamp Something at Crafts and Me

Morning Peeps,

I know I'm back, 3rd post in as many days and the week hasn't finished yet.  Today at Crafts and Me it's my turn to choose the theme and in my true traditional style I have chosen something really easy peasy..... just "Stamp Something".  So no holds barred, if it's a stamped image then it counts. 

For my DT card I have used the new Sara Burrier "Daydreamer" available HERE at Crafts and Me.

Materials Used:-

Image "Daydreamer" availalble from Crafts and Me HERE

Dienamic butterfly die available HERE

Medium - Copics

Background - Broken China Distress Ink

Papers are Bearly Mine Designs

Stitching using a sewing machine

Gesso/Acrylic white paint

Martha Stewart Frond Punch

Flowers by Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearls and Muslin cloth from stash

Sentiment from Whimsey Stamps

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Craft Room Challenge - Anything Goes

Everybody Art -Distress

Scrap Creations - Birthday

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Craft your passion - Anything Goes

Kaboodle Doodle - Mystical Creatures

Creations by Gill M - Green/Pink plus flowers

Wags n Whiskers - Stitching

Charisma - Something that flies

Wings at Crafts and Me

I'm back................. I know not me again, rest assured I won't be back until Sunday for a guest design position.

Today is Crafts and Me Challenges day, and by the way did you all know that Teresa has released the Jasmine Becket-Griffith Stamps in store on Monday. Wait don't go until you've seen this post..... best get on with it whilst I've got your attention, lol.

The theme this week chosen by Amy is, "Wings and Things" and am I sneek peaking a new beauty soon to be released in store. This is "Turn to Hased" by Sara Burrier. She went down a storm at the recent Stamperama Show so you best keep a look out for the release date on the Crafts and Me Blog HERE. Become a follower, then you won't miss anything. Better still sign up for the newsletter, which incidentally is free, and you'll get 10% off new releases.  That's surely got to be worth it especially with all these new releases on the horizon.

A beautiful fairy and this is a beautiful wedding card. So versatile I think I hear you say.

I have coloured her using copics and prisma pencils.  I did this a while back for the show so I don't have a list of the markers/pencils, sorry.

The love heart paper is from Nitwits, "With this ring". Not a brilliant picture but I'm sure you can just make it out.

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Digital Tuesday - Something digital (paper) and die cut (leaves)

Oldie but a goodie - Add a heart (3 pearl hearts in opposite corners)

The crazy challenge - weddings/anniversarys

Cupcake craft - Use a heart (3 pearl hearts in opposite corners)

Incy Wincy - 2 colouring mediums (copics/prismas)

Magical Mondays - Mythical and Love (wedding card)

Stamp Fairy - white with a little bit of colour

Stamps R Us - Valentine/Love (wedding)

Creative Cowgirls - Hearts

Lets ink it up - Romance

Sparkles Forum - Fairies

Stampin sisters in christ - Keep in simple

ECP - Love

One stop craft - Love is in the air

Wee memories - life/living, funny/love

Fairy knoll - hearts

Totally Papercrafts - clean and simple

Creative Inspirations - Plain and simple

Have a good week and I'll see you on Sunday.

Last day today to enter the candy HERE

Believe Me It's Sparkletastic

Morning Peeps,

Can't believe it's Wednesday already, yayyyyyy for bank holiday Monday's and let's have more of them.  Over at Crafts and Me it's time for another challenge and this fortnight it has been set by  teamie, "Amy", and the theme is Sparkle and Gems. Wow, couldn't have chosen better myself Amy, lol.

I have used one of the exclusive new Crafts and Me Stamps designed by Sara Burrier which can be found right HERE. My photography certainly doesn't do this card justice at all and you will just have to believe me when I say this is sparkletastic, with mega gold stickles and diamond stickles on the wings and a few crystals.

Materials Used:-

Stamp by Crafts and Me

Tim Holz paper & Bearly Mine Paper

Fiskars Border Punch

Martha Stewart Frond Punch

Blooms by Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts

Gold  & Diamond Stickles Glitter Glue

Crystals from Stash

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Crafty Catz - Orange, Brown and Blue

Crafty Cardmakers - Glitter & Sparkle

Pollycraft - Nature (Bee, Flowers & Leaves)

All Sorts - Garden/Park Inspiration (Bee, Flowers and Leaves)

Wee Memories - In the Forest (Bee & Leaves)

Rainbow Lady - Sparkly & Shine

It's Purple and Green at Craft's and Me

Good Morning Peeps,

Hopefully if this post has scheduled correctly I will be chilling in the Cotswolds, ahhhhhhh fabulous!  Today's challenge over at Crafts and Me has been chosen by our very own purple Frog "Amy" and Amy has chosen a colour theme, not too far off one of my favourite combo's, "Purple and Green".  Now, lilac and mint is one of my favourites and this combo is just a shade or two darker, so I personally love it.  We are being sponsored by Mary Dew Lee from Serendipity Stamps , these are gorgeous and I don't think you'll want to miss out so please pop over the see the beautiful creations the design time have produced HERE and we look forward to visiting all your blogs to see your interpretations of Green and Purple.  Here's my card using one of the new Crafts and Me very own brand of stamps designed by Sara Burrier, she is called "Romeo Oh Romeo" and you can purchase her from HERE.

The background paper was a freebie from Scrapbook Magazine and the green paper is from basic grey.

I have distressed all the edges using walnut stain distress ink and added diamond stickles. I added old paper distress ink around the image.  The image itself has been coloured with copics.  I was going to have a play with painting with my distress inks and creating a background but I couldn't find my watercolour brush :(  I do have some time schedule for a craft tidy up but the last time I did this I couldn't find anything for week's, lol!

A bit of a dimensional view for you.

I have used a Marianne Design Die for the swirls coming out of the flower bloom, which incidentally is from Wild Orchid Crafts.  I have also used two doilies and spritzed with glimmer mist, edged with walnut stain distress ink and added some diamond stickles.  I have also used those gorgeous metal corners, I got these from one of the craft fairs from a stall right in the corner and will have to try and find them again at the next Stameprama.  The leaves are from the gorgeous martha stewart front punch. 

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Create 4 Fun - Sketch
Dutch Dare - Anything Goes
Just Hannah & Friends - Favourite Movie (Shirley Temple)
Paperplay - Anything Goes
Cupcake Craft - Distressing
All Sorts - Dressing Up

Hope is in the Fairy inside you

Evening Peeps,

A bit late with this posting, I was trying to get this card done last night but I was working on it from 7pm to 10:15 and then the light wasn't good and I had another post to write and time and energy for that matter just ran away with me.  Anyhow I'm here now and I do hope the photography does this card justice and my time, lol!  The image used, which is called the Love Fairy Blessing,  is one of the new "Crafts and Me" range of their very own stamps and this one is by Sara Burrier and I'm sure you will agree is Gorgeous with a capital "G".

I have coloured her using copics and used distress ink broken china for the background.  I used my sewing machine again to stitch the large panel, woo hoo, I even tackled a more complex stitch.  Are you impressed?  I am, lol, probably not easy to see but it has a small zig zag and then every couple it has a big one! 

I distressed all the edges and added distress ink walnut stain and diamond stickles.  Flowers are from wild orchid crafts accompanied with a martha stewart frond punch for the leaves.  The sentiment is from TLC and says, "Hope is the Fairy inside you".

Don't forget to pop over to the Crafts and Me Store to see all the new "Crafts and Me" stamps featuring the artists Sara Burrier, Hannah Lynn and Molly Harrison.  And at the moment Crafts and Me are offering 10% off until 1st August for Readers, so hop on over!

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Everybody Art - Sketch

Basic Grey - Stitching (stripey paper on right handside is basic grey)

Create for fun - Flowers

Crazy for challenges - Photo Inspiration (spots (ribbon) and stripes (paper on right) )

Simon Says - Dotty

Paper Play - Anything Goes

Creative Friday - Thing with Wings