Triplets

Once in a while I find some extra time for blogging and today is one of them! Actually what happened is  yesterday, feeling so tired with all the training, I plopped on bed at about 7.30p.m. and in half an hour I was already asleep, sleeping till this morning and waking up just a bit earlier than usual! .. and that is how I found the extra time! 

So after replying to some emails and did a few commenting, I thought I would share this baby card I made but hadn't found the time to upload till now!

 

Sorry about the disastrous image, I hadn't realised how it was until now that I am uploading it. 

The teddy image that I used is from Hooked On Crafts and I just stamped it three times as I couldn't find an image to use for a triplets card!! Not very common ha ha :) 

Entering my card in these challenges today

The Corrosive Challenge 190 - NEW BEGINNINGS

Hobbycutz 31 - SOMETHING NEW

Redy-Teddy-Go January - NEW BEGINNINGS

Crafty Calendar January -  LET'S CELEBRATE

A Little Bit Crafty January - CELEBRATE

Heck of a Challenge January - NEW

Thank you for looking

xxx

 

Christmas no red or green

Hello, good morning everybody, hope you had a good weekend. Mine was great! On Saturday evening we went out with friends for dinner at Ta' Marija Restaruant and then to Gianpula, an open-air night club where I danced all night long ha ha :) I love dancing, but hubby doesn't, so we very rarely go and soooo when we DO go, I make the most of it :P 

Well, it's Monday now, and today I have my DT Card for the new challenge at 

Hooked on Crafts.

Theme for this month is 

CHRISTMAS BUT NO RED OR GREEN

This was just the perfect time for me to use this gorgeous DP that I had from a freebie pack. For the image this time I used a freebie digi, the die-cut is Marianne Creatables and of course the gorgeous charm, the leaves and all the beautiful flowers are all from the Hooked on Crafts store.

I have coloured the image with promarkers, then added the fun snow again with my pen and finished it off with some glitter on their halos and on the snow as well. I love how it turned out.

The prize for the lucky winner this month is a $10 voucher from the store.

Challenges for my card

The Crafty Pad 194 - CHRISTMAS IS COMING

ABC Christmas - U for UP TO YOU

Crafty Ribbons 31 - CHRISTMAS

Totally Gorjuss 155 - THINGS WITH WINGS

Challenges 4 Everybody - ANYTHING GOES

Thank you for looking

xx

Halloween

It's a new month and so it's time for a new challenge at Hooked on Crafts. This month we thought of having a Halloween themed challenge for you since it will soon be Halloween.

Halloween cards are something else I don't do, besides vintage, so I just didn't know what to do again for my card. The silhouette image I got it off the internet, the centre die is Marianne Creatables and border punch is Fiskars. Lovely flowers are of course from Hooked on Crafts Online Store.

Look at the gorgeous prize for the lucky winner this month. There's leaves, charms, flowers, doilies and a pack of crystal leaf stem embellishments as well. There is going to be one lucky lady next month!!

And these are my challenges for my card...

The Corrosive Challenge Blog 159 - SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES

The Crafty Pad 19 - FLOWERS

Totally Gorjuss 151 - PUNCH AND DIE

Fab ' n' Funky 140- STARTS WITH F (flowers on my card)

Thank you for looking.

I hope you can come and play with us.

xx

Cards for Men

Hello good morning everyone. Both me and hubby are back to work today. I had such a lovely time on our time off so am not looking forward at all to go to work today... Hope it won't be a long one too.. after such a long time away I will surely find quite a load!!! Anyway, in a few more days we will be starting a new month so this also means that it's time for a new challenge at

Hooked on Crafts. 

The theme for this month is 

CARDS FOR MEN

For my card this time I decided to make a baby boy card as they always come in so handy. The sweet teddy stamp on my card is from Hooked on Crafts, centre dies are Nestabilities, lovely bib die is from Whimsy Stamps and border punch is Fiskars. 

The prize for this month is a fantastic $10 voucher to spend in the store.

I hope you can join us this month.

Thank you for looking.

Hugs

xx

Let's Celebrate

Hello good morning everyone... A new week and soon a new month .. Yes two more days and we will be starting a new month which means that it's time for a new challenge at

Hooked On Crafts. 

The theme for this month is another easy one

LET'S CELEBRATE

... so birthdays, babies, weddings etc anything to do with celebrations will be good.

I decided to make a card using this fun image from Lili of the Valley, which I think clearly shows a celebration and coloured the image with my promarkers, finishing it off with lots of glitter on the champagne glasses. The papers are from an Authentique paper pack, border punch is Martha Stewart..

and of course the gorgeous white mulberry roses, the white mulberry water lily flowers, the other small roses and leaves are all from Hooked on Crafts as is the 'Congratulations' clear stamp.

This is the fabulous prize for the lucky winner this month so be sure to link up a card or two for your chance to win.

I am entering my card in these challenges today.

Totally Gorjuss 142 - PEARLS

Crafty Catz 143 - ALL THAT GLITTERS

Willow Sketchie - ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

The Stamp Man - ANYTHING GOES CELEBRATIONS

Lili's Little Fairies - A TOUCH OF ROMANCE

Thank you for looking

xx

A Christmas Card

Good morning, a very exciting day for me today at work ... a new role and no uniform woo hoo ... so exciting :D  Anyway, today also starts this month's new challenge at Hooked on Crafts but it's also Day 3 of 10 Days of Previews of this month's new stamps at Crafty Sentiments .... Yes you guessed.. I made a card for two DTs. .. First time doing this but I thought it was perfect .. the new stamps at Crafty Sentiments are Christmas related and the theme at Hooked on Crafts Challenge for this month is CHRISTMAS IN JULY !!! :D so pleased too as now I have another Christmas card done... can never have enough of these :D

So something about my card now .. The image being previewed today is Sammy Thank You, from Crafty Sentiments of course, and I have coloured him with my promarkers. Papers are digi ones, snowflake is Spellbinders die, flourish die is JoyCrafts  ....

... and of course the gorgeous pink mulberry flowers and the fun snowman charm are all from Hooked on Crafts. I don't normally do flowers for a Christmas card, but I thought these fit perfectly with the papers on my card.

The prize for the winner this month at Hooked On Crafts Challenge is a $10 voucher to spend at the store.... 

...  so a perfect time to get another Christmas card done with this great prize.. and also don't forget to have a look here to see what my other teamies have done with the new Crafty Sentiments stamps.. these will be available for sale next week on the 11th of July!

Some challenges now of course

Bearly-Mine 41 - ANYTHING GOES

Creative Inspirations Wednesday 169 - ANYTHING GOES

Charisma Cardz 25 - ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Catz 139 - SHOW US YOUR METAL

AUD Sentiments 57 - BINGO ('Happy', Flowers, Bling)

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge 192 - CHRISTMAS

Thank you for looking

xxx

All that Gliters

A few more days and it's a new month.. time does really fly by when you are so busy.. and of course a new month means a new challenge at Hooked on Crafts. This time the theme is 

ALL THAT GLITTERS

For my card this time I decided to use one of my Lili of the Valley stamps and made a Wedding Card as these always come in so handy and also as I wanted to use these beautiful  White Mulberry Daffodils  that I had.... 

... which of course are all from Hooked on Crafts.... as is the gorgeous Butterfly Pin, the beautiful silver  Berry Head Stamens and the Crystal Leaf Stem embellishment as well.

I coloured image with my promarkers and then finished it off by adding lots of glitter on her dress and on the flowers.

This is the fabulous prize for the lucky winner this month... so be sure to add some glitter on your cards this time so to be able to come and join the challenge for your chance to win.

I am entering my card in these challenges today.

Lili's Little Fairies - ANYTHING BUT A SQUARE

Bearly-Mine 36 - ANYTHING GOES

Creative Inspirations Wednesdays 164 - ANYTHING GOES

Crafts And Me - FABULOUS FLOWERS

Hot Shot Crafts 8 - DIE CUTS

Fab 'n' Funky 122 - A NEW BEGINNING (in the image)

MAWTT - CELEBRATE but not birthdays

Thank you for looking.

xx

Simon Says Stamp's Challenge Blog Celebrates their 3rd Birthday!

My second post for the day and I am honoured today as I'm the Designer in the Spotlight at Simon Says Challenge for the month of May woo hoo, not something that happens often, I am super excited about this :D

Soooo it happens that it's also Simon's Says Stamp 3rd Birthday and in honour of this

there is going to be a party with lots of extra prizes and a special sale as well.

First Prize

a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Superstore

and then three more prizes for the next 3 numbers drawn will each win the Simon Says Stamp Card Kit of the Month of May 2012 You Can Do Anything

But that is not all, as EVERYONE will get a gift this week too of a 10% discount off all purchases during this week up to Friday !! Check out the challenge blog for all details on how you can get the discount.

The theme for this week is of course ANYTHING BIRTHDAY and this is what I did.

The image that I used is a Penny Johnson clear stamp, A Gift For You, I coloured it with my promarkers, the papers are from an Authentique paper pad Uncommon, the Leaf and Border Punch are Martha Stewart, circle and lacey circle die are Nestabilities, while the sentiment is from a Hero Arts Birthday clear stamp set.

Some gorgeous flowers on my card as well, these are from Hooked on Crafts.

Please check out the fantastic birthday inspiration from all the Simon Says DT
GD Dora -> That's ME :D
Lols
Chris
Jo
Domi
Debby
Heather
Christine
Mandy
Dawny P
Melissa
Marcea
Becca
Joy

Some challenges for my card now

AUD Sentiments - ANYTHING GOES

Joanna Sheen - FLOWER POWER

Papertake Weekly - ANYTHING GOES

Just Tracy's May Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

The Secret Crafter Saturday 183 - CUTE n FLUFFY

Thank you for looking 

xx

FLOWERS

Hello good morning everyone, hope you had a nice weekend... and a warm welcome too to my newest follower. Thank you so much, hope you will enjoy coming again. 

It's a new challenge starting today at Hooked on Crafts and the theme for this month is 

FLOWERS

What an easy theme I think.. Since it will soon be Mother's Day I decided to do a Mother's Day card using a Woodware clear stamp that I had bought from the NEC in March. I inked it with one of my Tim Holtz distress inks and then inked around the edges as well. The paper was a magazine freebie, the butterfly is a 3D sticker and of course the gorgeous mulberry paper roses, leaves and paper lace doily are from Hooked on Crafts ... as is this beautiful trinket pin.

I love how it turned out .. something different from what I normally do.. no colouring today!

The prize for the winner this month is a fab $10 voucher from the store.

I am entering my card in these challenges today.

Joanna Sheen - FLOWER POWER

Corrosive 148 - TIM HOLTZ

Dream Valley 31 - FOR A SPECIAL LADY

Simon Says Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

Creative Inspirations Wednesday 160 - ANYTHING GOES

Thank you for looking...

and don't forget to have a look at my TIP on how you can make your own textured card.

xxx

Use a Digi

emm umm not really the ideal picture to post today Easter Day but it's the image I had chosen for today's new challenge at One Stitch At A Time  he he yay, I love it :D great for colouring too :p .. sooo my card for today I made it for the new challenge at OSAAT and the theme for this week is 

USE A DIGI

I have used this fabulous image, Wind Swept and is one of the gorgeous digi images from Barb Jensen.

I coloured image with my promarkers and decided to keep my card fairly simple today.. thought that whatever I did, nothing else would be noticed with this fabulous image.. so I just used a beige coloured paper that I had and then stamped all over with my Inkadinkadoo stamp set. The sentiment is a clear stamp from Hooked On Crafts.

Our sponsor this week for entries using a SBDS image is 

and for those not using a SBDS image is a voucher from the Stitchy Store.

Ok so some challenges now

MAWTT 143- VA VA VOOM
Joanna Sheen April - IT'S A MAN'S WORLD
Crafty Catz 127 - CAS
Crafty Ribbons 16 - BLACK and WHITE + 1
Divas by Design 29 - ANYTHING GOES + hop
Papertake Weekly - ANYTHING GOES
Craft Your Passion 104 - DOTS and/or STRIPES
One Crazy Stamper April - BOY/MEN

We're now off for Easter Lunch with family, mum included. She doesn't like to go out, but since my brother is here from Australia she is coming this time yay :D

Thank you for looking. 
Hugs
xx

Easter

Hello everyone, it's Monday and just a few days away from Easter Day. My boys are both on holiday now and me can't wait for next Friday for a nice long weekend away from the office yay love it :D 

So being the beginning of another month it's time for a new challenge at

Hooked On Crafts

The theme for this month is EASTER

and this is what I did.

For my card I used some digi papers, the centre die is Marianne Creatables and the bottom one is from Memory Box die .. which I presume you know from where I got it :D

 After I made my card I did think it was more Spring than Easter. I had won a fantastic voucher from Stamp and Create some time ago and this stamp was one of the things I had got .. and of course it was still uninked and she was looking at me waiting for me to colour her .. well I just couldn't resist any longer and thought it would fit nicely for this theme... I have coloured her with my promarkers and then added some glitter on her

... and also on the flowers, which are all from Hooked on Crafts.. as are the leaves and the beautiful handmade butterfly beaded charm.

The prize for the winner this month is this gorgeous set of flowers and embellishments.. and o look there are the butterfly charms as well... definitely worth having a go!!!

I am entering my card in some challenges now

Stamp and Create April - SPRING

Totally Tilda Challenge 43 - TILDA HOLDING A BUNCH OF FLOWERS

Simon Says Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

One Stop Crafts 176 - EASTER

Totally Papercrafts - EASTER

Craft Your Passion 104 - DOTS AND/OR STRIPES

The Cutie Pie Challenge 15 - FAVE CUTE STAMP

Incy Wincy Designs 140 - EASTER or PASTEL COLOURS

Corrosive 146 - HEAVY METAL

Thank you for looking today

xx

Green

I'm so excited today.. On Monday it's a Public Holiday here in Malta so we are today off for a short weekend break in a hotel here .. yay :D.. so my post today before I go off to prepare everything ... and it's time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin

This week the theme is GREEN for ST Patrick's Day today

but of course you can just use green ... 

mmmm can't say 'like I did' as I notice I used so much yellow seeing it again now! 

We are this week sponsored by Emerald Fairies and lucky girls we were given one of their gorgeous digis to play with woot woot :D I had so much fun making this card, loved colouring it. The beautiful papers are from a paper pack which I had brought with me from USA two years ago. The one on top is all glittery and they are both so thick and beautiful.... it seems the more beautiful the goodies are the more I want to keep them !! Well now I am really trying to use my stash... and so loving it too :D  

All the beautiful flowers and leaves are from Hooked on Crafts. Check them out, you won't be disappointed.

Besides Emerald Fairies we also have our monthly sponsor and this month it's 

Joanna Sheen with a £10 gift voucher

 

Challenges for my card.

Fussy and Fancy 58 - FAIRIES

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - A BIT o' GREEN

Fab 'n' Funky 112 - THE LUCK OF THE IRISH (I used green)

Flutter By Wednesdays 194 - CARD FOR A CHILD

Use It Tuesday 27 - GREEN

Digital Tuesday 151 -THINK SPRING

Ladybug Crafts Ink - ANYTHING GOES

Cupcake Craft Challenge 183 - GOING DOTTY

Hotshot Crafts 5 - RIBBON

Kaboodle Doodles 110 - SHOW US SOME GREEN

Joanna Sheen March Challenge - SPRING IS IN THE AIR

Crafty Calendar March - SPRING CLEAN

And a Candy Alert now at Jak's .. just couldn't resist joining in. Look at all the goodies. 

You have until Sunday I think. ... I'm keeping my fingers crossed :D

 

Thank you for looking today.

Hugs

xx

Hooked On Crafts

Hello good morning, it's Monday already, the start of another week and it's such an exciting day for me today.. not because it's Monday.. nooo but because I am posting my first card as a new DT Member at Hooked on Crafts Challenge Blog woo hoo :D

The theme for this month's challenge is

MORE THAN ONE FOLD

I decided to do a Joy Fold Card.. 

.. such a long time since I did one of these cards and this is also my second time that I am doing this type of card. 

The cute turtle clear stamp is from Hooked on Crafts 

.. as are all the gorgeous mulberry paper flowers, the pink carnations, pink chrysantemums, pink rosebuds and the leaves as well. So beautiful I think. The fun dragonflies are again from the sweet Karen, while the papers are from a My Mind's Eye paperpack which was free with the Cardmaking and Papercrafts magazine quite some time ago.

I printed off the sentiment on the computer .. with the inside reading 'I'm A Little Slow' :D thought it was perfect for the cute turtle.

The prize for the winner this month is a lovely gift voucher from the store and the challenge closes on the 31st of March.. so lots of time .. no excuses not to enter.

I am today entering my card in these challenges:

PanPastel UK 8 - USE A STAMPED IMAGE

Stamptacular Sunday 14 - TEXT ME

Birthday Sundaes 46 - BIRTHDAY CARD WITH SENTIMENT

Hotshot Crafts 5 - RIBBON

Simon Says Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

Creative Inspirations Wednesdays 152 - ANYTHING GOES

Fussy and Fancy 57 - MORE THAN WORDS

CES Challenges 75 - FLOWER FRENZY
Let's Ink It Up March - SHOW US YOUR FLOWERS

Thank you so much for looking today.

xx