In The Pink Boobie Love and a Give Away

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers today is the launch of our new challenge over at In The Pink and  our theme this week is add a ribbon for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Our sponsor this time is

  Prize a £10 voucher

I was delighted to make this card as this is something very close to my heart as 20 years ago this month I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer it was a horrible time however I came through it with the great support from a Brilliant Consultant , My family, Wonderful Friends and  Work Colleagues who were all amazing. It gave me a very different outlook on life and  I now try to live life to the full and concentrate on the things that mean the most to me. I'm thankful for every day.
For my Design Team card I used a Saturated Canary stamp called Boobie Love if I remember it was a freebie given by Saturated Canary several years ago to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness. I hope you like her.

Close Up

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Grey card  from my box

The grey and pink heart scrapbook paper is from Essential Crafts 

The digital stamp is Saturated Canary Boobie Love it was a freebie many years ago and the shop is now closed..

Die is Spellbinder Floral Ovals

Organza trim was from Joann's craft shop in Florida

Grey pearl trim was from Hobby Lobby in Florida

Heart Banner die is Penny Black the pink banner was given to me by a lovely crafty friend and the grey one I cut with my own die

The flowers are Wild Orchid crafts, Live and Love crafts and Boyes Stores

The pink ribbon was from my box and  the Breast Cancer Sparkly logo was from a charity badge

The sentiments are from a Tim Holtz  Ideology Sticker book Small Talk

Pink pearls my stash

NOW A GIVE AWAY

I have decided that I would love my card to go to someone who is currently battling or recovering from Breast Cancer. So if any of my lovely friends or followers know anyone who would appreciate this card to brighten their day, please either email me carole.pollard@ntlword.com or leave a comment here with the details of the person and their address I am happy to post world wide . If  I get more than one request I will draw a winner. You have till the end of October to contact me  xx

I hope you can also enter our challenge this time and sorry my post is long but this is something I really care a lot about. Love and  hugs Carole x

Snail Mail

Good morning to all my friends and  followers today is the launch of our weekly challenge over at Crafty Ribbons Challenge The theme for this weeks challenge is add Flowers and  Pearls and  you must also add ribbon or lace to your project to enter.So many forget and  cannot be considered.
There is always a very generous prize from the Crafty Ribbons Store for the winner. this week its Birthday Sentiment Ribbons
For my Design Team card I'm using a Saturated Canary digital stamp Snail Mail . When it was announced back in the summer they were closing the digital stamp shop I bought a few that I liked and this is one of them. Sadly there are loads I didn't get but maybe one day they will reopen.

Close up of the stamp

Card Recipe

6x6 Scalloped Kraft Card Jelly Bean Crafts

Papers are Hunky Dory and came free in a magazine

Stamp is Saturated Canary Snail Mail painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Lace and  Ribbon are both from Crafty Ribbons

Spellbinder Oval and Scalloped oval dies

Corner die, flower dies and leaf die are all Joycraft

Pearl trim and large pearl flowers are from The Hobby House 

Sentiment is Lili of the Valley vertical sentiments

Well I hope you can all pop over and  enter the challenge with the chance to make top three or win the fab ribbon prize .
Sorry everyone that I've not been around as much since Saturday for comments I've had a rotten flu bug and felt yuk till yesterday when things started to improve a bit its so unlike me as I rarely get colds and flu. Enjoy the rest of the week. Love and  hugs Carole x

Summer

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers today is the launch of another weekly challenge over at Crafty Ribbons Challenge and the theme this week is Summer I know you are all laughing now as we haven't seen much in the way of Summer weather here in the UK this year. As always there is a great prize from the Crafty Ribbons Store for the winner

PRIZE this week

 selection of grosgrain ribbon

For my design team card I used a great digi stamp from Saturated Canary called Smokin Hot I wish !! 

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is Saturated Canary Smokin Hot painted with Copic and Promarker pens

Papers are Cosmo Cricket Flurries

Card is Tim Holtz

Lace is Chantilly Cotton Lace Marie 

Ribbon is Summer Festival Ribbon Ice Cream both are from Crafty Ribbons

Dies are Spellbinder Floral Oval

Joy craft leaf die

Ice cream buttons and resin shells are from Whitby Crafts

Letters are from a Tim Holtz pad

Wooden speech bubbles are from Joann's in Florida

Some distress ink around the die and  on the shells

Well I hope when I publish this it does inspire some lovely warm summer weather for us all . Its a great challenge so I hope you can find the time to take a look enjoy the rest of the week everyone love and  hugs Carole x

I'm entering this into In the Pink Challenge Lace

Button It Up

Good Morning to all my lovely friends and followers I hope that everyone is well and  having a great week.Today is the launch of our new challenge over at Crafty Ribbons Challenge and  the theme this week is Button It Up so time to get those old button tins out and  create something amazing. Plus there is always a great prize for the winner to spend in the Crafty Ribbons Shop.

For my Design Team card I used a Saturated Canary Stamp called Thank You. I bought it with a couple of others last year and have just got round to using it. I need to get a few more favourites as I'v heard the Digi Stamp Store is closing in August.

Card Recipe

6x6 Blank Card

Papers are from a 12x12 Docrafts pad I was given a while ago

Stamp is Thank You from Saturated Canary painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Lace, buttons and organza Ribbon are from the Crafty Ribbons Store 

Flowers are all Wild Orchid Crafts

Spellbinder Oval and Scalloped Oval dies

The Button embossing folder is from a very old Cuttlebug border set.

Pearl String The Hobby House

Pink card is Tim Holtz

Sentiment stamp is from Hobby Craft

I've not used a Saturated Canary stamp for ages and  forgot how much I enjoy colouring them. I hope you can enter our challenge this week.  Love and hugs Carole x

I'm entering this  into In the Pink Challenge Baby /Child

Frosty Christmas

Good morning everyone and  I hope that you are all enjoying a great week . Today is the launch of another of our 12 weeks of Christmas Challenges over at Crafty Ribbons Challenge the theme this week is Frosty Christmas .
The prize this week is a great voucher to spend in the store

PRIZE 

For my Frosty card I used a Saturated Canary image called Snowman (Sorry Jackie !!) 

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Papers are LOTV Timeless Victorian

Sentiment is Saturated Canary painted with Copic and  Promarker Pens

Silver Eyelash Trim, Bauble Ornament Button and Let it Snow ribbon are all from Crafty Ribbons Store

Spellbinder Circle die

Die cut snowflake edging is from a pack I bought precut from ebay a couple of years ago

Silver tree is from a haberdashery shop in Whitby

Grey pearls my stash

Shimmer fabric over the paper is from Boyes Stores

Wink of Stella on the image 

It been a great fun challenge doing The 12 weeks of Christmas and a bit scary its coming to an end and Christmas is so close. I hope you can enter the challenge this time Enjoy your week and weekend Love and  hugs Carole x 

Little Angel

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers. Today sees the launch of another Twelve Days of Christmas Challenges over at Crafty Ribbons Challenge The theme this week is Christmas to Die For you must use a Christmas Die and a Ribbon . I've used a Saturated Canary digi stamp I bought last year and had not used before for my DT card. She's called Little Angel I just love her. I really struggled to get a decent photograph my camera didn't like those metallic flowers one bit hence the white background.

Card Recipe

6x6 Blank Card

The stamp is Saturated Canary Little Angel painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils sprinkled with Shabby Blue Frantage  and some Wink of Stella on the wings and halo.

Papers are Pion Wintertime in Swedish Lapland Northern Lights 6x6 sheet. The paper edges are inked with walnut stain Distress Ink

The ribbon is Christmas Words Silver from Crafty Ribbons Shop I made a scrunched border with it by attaching it to a strip of double sided tape attached to a narrow piece of card.

Snowflake are Xcut and Marianne dies. The smaller Marianne ones are covered in Shabby Blue Frantage from Live and love Crafts

White and Silver Berries are Wild Orchid Crafts

The metallic dark silver flowers and leaves are from Ross Papercraft Show sorry no make on them. In a clear bag !!

Acorn was in my stash 

Wooden sentiments are from a box I bought at Hobbycraft

Grey pearls Kanban

I hope you can find time to visit the challenge this week and add one of the fabulous Christmas cards you are all making. Have an enjoyable rest of the week and a great weekend. I hope you've all got some nice things planned. Hugs Carole x