Shopping Willow

Morning Peeps,


I know I start off every week by saying how great it is that it's Friday, but believe me I really am so glad it's Friday this week. Not been a good week in my house. One of my Daughter's best mates is on life support with suspected meningitis and we have all been very upset and praying for a miracle. I also have the builders in knocking down a wall in my bathroom, replacing the ceiling and re-tiling and decorating. It will be nice when it's finished, but all in all were in a mess and I can't say I am in the mood for crafting. Nevertheless, I have forced myself to produce the following card:-

I have used Whiff Of Joy Shopping Willow availabe right HERE from Crafts and Me. Although it states Out of Stock on the site there is a note to say to contact Teresa as the WOJ stamps cannot be sold online but they ARE in stock. Just email Teresa. I stamped the bags out a few times on different papers and cut them out to give them a little dimension. Willow has been coloured with copics. The papers are a bit of a mix between Basic Grey and My Minds Eye. I have used a Martha Stewart border punch and the doilie, ribbon and flowers are all from my depleting stash.

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

The Pixie Cottage - Fab Sketch

Crafty Angels - One for the Girls

Totally Gorjuss - Pink and Green
City Crafter - Pink
Stampavie - Pink

Anything But A Card - Crafts and Me

Last one today Peeps,

Wow, I have really enjoyed creating this 4 Drawer Easel for my design team project at Crafts and Me, but I so needed the bank holiday to help, lol.

The image I have used is "Love is Gone" by Sweetpea stamps availabe right HERE, from Teresa at Crafts and Me.  She is one of my favourite sweetpea stamps and I have coloured her with my copics.  I have a couple of family birthdays coming up and this little box will make an ideal gift....... if I can bring myself to part with it that is......

The papers are the Bo Bunny limited edition Glitter papers, totally gorgeous.

The flowers are a combination of prima, wild orchid and stash.  I have also used two different sizes of paper doilies, one sprayed with glimmer mist and one left white.  I have added a couple of butterflies cut out of paper and a stamped magnolia butterfly.  I have also used my airdry clay, again available from Crafts and Me as well as the mould.  So easy to use just pop it in the mould, leave and then pop out and colour as required.  I left this one white but covered it in star dust glitter for some additional sparkle.  The lace is from my stash.

I did the wings originally in fantasy film but got carried away with my sparkling glitter, lol.  I added lots of star dust stickles to the flowers so this project is sparkly all over, just how I like it.

I have entered this project into the following challenges:-

Sir Stamp alot - Butterflies and Blossoms

Lili of the Valley - Here comes Summer

Crafty Angels - One for the Girls

Everybody Art - Make A Gift

Papertake Weekly - Shiny and Sparkly

Creative Inspirations - Fairies

Rosie Loves To Dance

Me again Peeps,

2nd posting of the day. It's Wednesday and time for another Karen's Doodles challenge and this week it's a sketch. You have two weeks and you must remember to use a Karen's Doodles image, available HERE. So, plenty of time peeps to get those creative juices flowing and where better to start than the design team. Please hop over to take a look and be inspired to create.

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

My time to craft - Too cute

City Crafter - Pink

Delightful Sketches - Punches

Dare u to Digistamp - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Pink & Green

 

On Your Holy Communion

Morning Peeps,

Well we're half way through the week, yayyyyyyyy! This is my first post of the day but be sure to check back as I have 3 in total today, I've been a busy girl!

Right, today's card is my design team card for Cooking It Up With Katie. And this fortnight's recipe is; Charming, Male and use only 3 colours. I think I have achieved that.

I have used a Karen's Doodles image, available right HERE. They are all so cute. Were coming into the season of Holy Communions so thouht I would use this image to make my male card and I also think he's charming!

I have entered this card into the following challenge:-

The Sweet Stop - Sketch

Dare you to Digistamp - Anything Goes

Stamping for the weekend - Card for a male

Cupcake Craft - Buttons

Creative Craft - Blue & Brown

Fairy of the Night

Evening Peeps,

Gosh I almost forgot to post this card. I used the bank holiday to get all organised and in fact it has put me all out with what I am doing and what the days of the week are, I must be getting old, lol. Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday!

Well my card today is of Ching-Chou Kuik's Fairy of the Night, Sweet Pea Stamp, available right here from Crafts & Me. I have for a change tried to keep this card simple, not an easy task for me, but nevertheless, I love the outcome, quite dramatic. I have had that felt for ages and finally found the opportunity to use it and the black looks stunning with the orange.

Hope you like it, I have to nip off now to take my son to a football game he is reffing. There is no rest for me I can assure you. This is my third night in a row and I am struggling. Those pitches are really windy!

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Stamp Challenge - Sketch

Incy Wincy - Anything goes

 

Anything But A Card - Karen's Doodles

Good morning Peeps,

Well, what a lovely thought, half way through the week already and I have a feeling it's going to go really fast. Hubby is on nights and so I seem to be chaperoning my son to his Reffing games last night, football training tomorrow and another reffing game on Thursday, so not much time for me at all, just a chauffeur!

Well today my luvies at Karen's Doodles the challenge is "Anything But A Card", and I urge you to pop over to the UK Challenge Blog as the Design Team have come up with some corkers to get your creative juices flowing.

Now my Anything but a card is a bag of cookies, no longer filled with cookies, I hasten to add. My son made short work of those, lol!

I chose Bigsby with Christmas Cookies from Karen's Doodles and coloured this image with copics, isn't he just so cute.  The cookie bag was cut with my Cricut using an SVG file.  I used my nesties to cut out the circle and layered this with acetate.  I then cut out a scalloped frame, again using my nesties and positioned over the acetate to frame it.  I then enjoyed decorating it.

I have entered this cookie bag into the following challenge:-

One stop craft challenge - Anything But A Card

April With Hearts

Happy Bank Holiday Everyone,

It's a shame it's been a wet one in the UK, but I guess we should all be used to it by now, lol.

I have finally got round to making a card using "April with Hearts", which is a Pixie Cottage stamp. I won her a couple of months ago on the Pixie Cottage Challenge Blog and have been eager to ink her up since her arrival, but design team cards have come first and I haven't had enough time until now. Isn't she gorgeous!

I have coloured her using copics and added some flowersoft to some of the flowers and the grass and I love the effect.

Materials Used:-

April with Hearts - Pixie Cottage Stamp

May Your Day Be Special - Magnolia Stamp

Martha Stewart Art Deco and Frond Punches

Marianne Design Swirls Die

Mesh from Zoe Bunny Crafts

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

PomPoms from Craftystash

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Pixie Cottage - Sketch

Corrosive - Celebrate

Crafty Catz - spots

Cutie Stampers - Flowers

Creative Beli - Birthday (my poor new stamp)