For Family or Friends at Crafts and Me - Happy Anniversary

Morning again Peeps,

Here's no. 2, over at Crafts and Me our challenge set by the wonderful Amy is "For Friends and Family". We are being sponsored by  Digistamp Boutique and the Design Team were fortunte enough to be given an image each to use. I chose the love owls with an anniversary card in mind. I thought I could do this for my husband but as I got started I seem to have added alot of pink, so maybe he could send it to me instead, lol.

Design Papers - My Minds Eye

Martha Stewart Frond Punch

Flowers by Wild Orchid Crafts

Star Dust Stickles

Charm from Zoe Bunny Crafts

Letters/Ribbon from Stash

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Stamp Something - Digital stamp

Everybody Art - Things with Wings

Green, Embossing and Ribbon at Cooking It Up With Katie

Morning Peeps,

First post of the morning with two more to follow and first up is Green, Embossing and and Ribbon over at Cooking It Up With Katie.  I thought I hadn't captured it all until the last minute when I realised I had put the ribbon down the left hand side, lol, what am I like.  To tell the truth all this painting, the hall, stairs and landing, has left me no time at all.  I have lists as long as my arm of things to do and things I should of already done by now.  So without further ado, here's my card:-

We are being sponsored by Digital Delights and the Design Team have been fortunate enough to be have given an image each. She is coloured with copics and I have added some star dusk stickles to her petticoat, collar and bows, you know I love a bit of sparkle and for that matter I do love my flowers, so there are a few perched in the corned.  All edges and flowers are distressed with olive green distress ink and stickles added.

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

House of Sketches - Sketch

Feature Stamper atTuesday Morning Sketchers

Happy Tuesday Morning Peeps,

Woo Hoo, I won over at Tuesday Morning Sketches the over week on a judged week with a prize and the opportunity to be "a featured Stamper". Well today's the day you will see my card over at Tuesday Morning Sketches, just love their sketches, don't you, and this one is no exception, here's what I created:-

I have used a Hanglar Stamp, they are just gorgeous too.  I have done some hand stitching too you will notice and punched some holes.  I have coloured her using copics and distressed the edges of the paper with my making memories tool and inked with walnut stain.  The leaves are actually from the poinsetta die (Marianne Designs), which are embossed.  I just cut them out and added them around my arrangement.  I have also cut some sections of lace and layered it around the edges of the flowers.

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Charisma - Flowers

Rainbow Lady - Face

Paperplay - Flowers and sparkle

Oh La La- Colours of the Challenge Blog

BBQ Apron - Karen's Doodles and Craft Sale on Ebay

Good morning Peeps,

Unusual for me to post over the weekend, but I had to whip up a card for my Brother-in-law's birthday today, and this fab image is one of Karen's new doodles, he is just fab, don't you think?

I made the apron card with a pocket but wanted to add this super image, so I cut the image out using my nesties and popped it on the front of  the pocket. I had to print it a little smaller than I would of liked, which made the colouring/shading a little difficult, but I love the overall card..

I also wanted to let you know that I have had a craft sort out and listed many items on Ebay so if anyone is interested in having a look, here's the link.  Alot of the dies listed are Discontinued, I do have more to list, so please keep checking back, it's taking me a while.

The utentisils were cut using silver mirri card and quickutz dies.

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Rainbow Lady - Has to have a face on it

Dare U 2 Digistamp - Red/White/Blue

Simon Says Stamp - Male Card

Cupcake Craft - Summer Delights

The Pink Elephant - Bright Colours

Everybody Art - Summer

Papertake Weekly - Summer

Craftalicious Launch and Blog Hop and Blog Candy, Woo Hoo!

Hoppy Friday Everyone,

Boy are all the Craftalicious Design Team excited today, with TODAY being our L.A.U.N.C.H, Woooooooo Hooooooo! Now not only is it our launch with a prize for this week's challenge theme, but we also have a BLOG HOP too and, yes could there be any more, yep, Blog Candy from each of the Design Team!  Woo Hoo again!  So don't disappear as details of the blog hop are at the end of this post.

Our very first challenge over at Craftalicious Challenges is an easy and fun one, we want to see your creations based on the theme of "NEW". You can enterpret this as you like, New Baby, Wedding/Engagement, House, New stash, New Teacher, anything you can think of featuring "New". Our very first sponsor is "Sew Many cards" and the design team have been fortunate enough to have been given a digi to work with. Here's my card, isn't she cute?

I have used Bo Bunny Design Papers, Fiskars Sunflower Border Punch, Nestabilities, ribbon and bow from stash.  Magnolia/Prima/Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers with star dust glitter and a little diamond glaze for dew drops.  The leaves are quickutz and the sentiment is from Whiff of Joy.

I have entered my card into the following challenges:-

Create for fun - Sketch

Stamp Challenges - Use a digital stamp

The Secret Crafter - Buttons and Blooms

City Crafter - Button and Bow

Creative Card Crew - Pink and Green

Everybody Art - Summer (love)

By The Cute and Girly - Something new (love)

Cupcake Craft - Summer delights (love)

Stampin Sisters - Use a heart

Paperplay - Flowers and sparkle

Shabby Tea Room - Dear to my heart

You have two weeks to get all your entries in and the design team are really looking forward to visiting you all on our very first challenge.

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BLOG HOP

Now onto the Blog Hop.  You have to visit all the Design Team members in the order listed below, so if you have arrived from Tasha's blog then your on the right track.  If not, you need to start at the beginning at Craftalicious Challenges.

Craftalicious Challenge Blog
Jan
Carly
Tasha
Tracy
Diana
Gina
Mandy
Return to the Craftalicious Site and email your completed sentence

Leave a comment on each of the design team cards and very importantly COLLECT a word.   All the words on the design team blogs will equate to a sentence, the word you are looking for could be in a different colour, mentioned once or several times, or may just say "this is my word", you will have to check on each blog.  You will then need to email  your sentence to the email address on the sidebar of the main Craftalicious Challenge site to be entered for the prizes.  Each design team member will have a little blog candy for you too which will be chosen by random org and here is my blog candy:-

Keeping in the lines of love/marriage my blog candy consists of:-

Two packs pink/blue Making Memories woven ribbon

An assortment of cabbage flowers in; fushia pink, baby pink, red, lemon, lilac,

rose coloured mini roses, cream bows with flower centre (approx 35 bows/flowers)

5 Exclusive Wedding Dress Die Cuts

5 Exclusive Groom Jacket Die Cuts

5 of each of  the words "Bride" and "Groom" (another Exclusive)

1 pack of Jolee white wedding gloves

The Blog Hop will run for ONE week.  Most of all we want you to enjoy the challenges and blog hop and have fun.

The prizes for the main blog hop will be as follows:-

2 Digital Stamps from Stitchy Stamps
2 Brand New Single Fhiona Stamps
A Crafters Companion Double CD
A Joanna Sheen Poppy Fairy Garden Collections Stamp

So come and join in the fun with the Craftalicious Challenge Girls.  Next on the hop is Diana, so hop on over to Diana to see what gorgeous creation she has made for you, find your word, and don't forget to leave a comment for the blog candy too.

Anyone for Lemonade - Belles & Whistles

Morning Peeps and a Happy Friday to you all, and if your in the UK it's going to be a glorious 24 degress, woo hoo!

Well, I don't know about you but I am completely whacked! I have had this week off work to do some decorating and I am shattered. I have satinwood painted 7 doors, yes 7, the skirting boards and banister and my little arms are aching from holding the paint pot! There has been no access to my craft room, why is it that everyone see's my craft room as the dumping ground. Good job I was organised with my card for this week prior to the bomb hitting.

My hands are like prunes from washing the paint off. For some reason at the end of Day 1 I thought it would be a good idea to squeeze my little roller out in the sink, ummmmmm, it was like I was wearing white gloves up to my elbows and ummmmmm satinwood paint, whoops, this doesn't come off with a bit of fairy, oh no, so I went to turn the tap off, whoops, tap now covered. This went on for a while until I found the turps. Anyway for some strange reason I had forgotton all about this last night, on Day 2, and I did it all over again, lol. It's a good job my painting is better than my clearing up. Anyway enough of boring you, here's my card for today. She is from Belles and Whistles and is called "Anyone for Lemonade", available from Teresa at Crafts and Me. I love these stamps.

The Design papers are Basic Grey, distressed with my making memories tool and inked with Walnut Stain distress ink.  I then added star dust stickles. The image is coloured using my gorgeous copic markers, just love these.  I made the flowers using several different punches and again added walnut stain distress ink and stickles and a little button to two of the centres.  The leaves are cut with Quickutz and again distressed and stickled.  I have added little flat back pearls from  my stash which I have coloured using my copic pen.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

The Sweet Stop - Sketch

Creative Card Crew - Pink and Green

Everybody Art - Summer

Simon Says Stamp - Pink or Blue with Green and Brown

The Secret Crafter - Buttons and Blooms

Cupcake Craft - Summer Delights

Belles and Whistles - Make Your Own Flowers

Oh I say, I do love to Tango!

Morning Peeps,

Let's hope the sun shines today in the UK. Yesterday was a horrible drizzly day but according to the forercast the rest of the week is supposed to nice and sunny. Would be nice for me as I am off work this week but then saying that were meant to be painting the hall, stairs and landing. Not good if it is a hot one, but then again, everyone needs to take a break, don't they, lol.

Well today is Wednesday and time for another challenge over at Karen's Doodles UK Challenge blog. This week's theme is....... "Distressing". Not everyone's favourite but personally I love it!

I chose Tango and if you haven't already heard Karen has opened a new online store, instant downloads and all the images are easy to view, and Karen has just added a brilliant range of images with Men in mind, ideal for Father's Day. So if you haven't already had a peak, hop on over especially as there is a SALE on of 20% off.  Click HERE.

Now, onto today's card. I chose the image, "Tango". Thought this would be lovely as an anniversary card for Hubby. Not that he knows that yet and I have made it in good time as it isn't our anniversary until 19th July, so well done me!

The design papers are all basic grey, I distressed the edges and added walnut stain and of course my gorgeous star dust stickles.  I have added lace and doily from my stash and again the doily has been distressed with walnut ink and stickles. The flowers have had a makeover as well, lol.  I inked the edges, added some puff paint, glitter the works!  The leaves are quickutz and again they went through my little production line of distressing.  I added a stamp in each of the corners and that little embellishment key.  The key is one of my favourites.  It's airdry clay available from Crafts and Me.  You simply pop it in the mould, leave on the window sill and that's it.  I wanted to keep it white, with a little sparkle, but you could paint, ink, colour, whatever you would like to it. 

The image is coloured using copic markers.

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Basic Grey - Sketch (used basic grey papers)

Daring Cardmakers - Happy Anniversary

Kaboodledoodles - 3 papers, 2 embellishments (flowers/key), 1 image