ONE FOR THE BOYS

Hello Again

Second posting of the day
Trawling through blogland at some of my favourite challenges and came up with these 3.

I love my Charmed Cards and Craft digi downloads and don't use them nearly enough - but after finding Dotties World challenge I'm making use of them, colouring, of course, with promarkers and using my stampin up goodies from my all day workshop the other week - all in all a good combination I think??

The challenges I am entering are:

Color Throwdown - Cocoa, Saffron, Olive, Tangerine and Sky Blue

Dare U 2 Digi - One for the Boys

Dotties Wonderful World - Digi Image and Easel Card

HOT "N" SPICY

Hello Everyone :o)

Another cloudy day ........... another crafting day!!

Challenges a plenty for this card - Sweet Tilda - she is definately in my top 3!! I love her!!. Decided to combine her with 6 challenges I found. I coloured her with the usual - promarkers - and distressed the DP's and cardstock with both inks and a sanding block and then added flowers and dragonflies - not my usual colour scheme but I really enjoyed combining the spicy colours and I think it works - let me know what you think - thanks for looking :o) xx

The challenges I am entering are :

Fab n Funky - It's a little sketchy

Cooking it up with Katie - Wings, Petals and Pink

Creative Inspirations - Distressed

Just Magnolia - Hot n Spicy

Totally Gorjuss - Wings

Magnolia Down Under - Flowers

JUST HANGING AROUND

Good evening!!

What a miserable day :o( - so perfect for crafting!!!

I am quite proud of my achievements today - I made an anniversary card for my friend and her husband, a 60th birthday card and my third christmas card - below.  I can't show you the others just yet as I haven't given them out - and they can't see them on here before they actually open them for real - so I'll be back with those later in the week.

Anyway .... back to my christmas card.  When I saw the challenge on Winter Wonderland - Sweeties I knew I had to do this card - I've had this tilda for a while and was wondering how to use her ...... hanging on candy canes of course!!!!  The candy canes were cut from my Cricut (Christmas Cheer cartridge).  I coloured her in with promarkers so i'm entering I Love Promarkers - Sketch & Promarkers as well.

Hope you like it and thanks for looking :o) xx

SUPER HERO!!

Hi There!!

Well .... after cleaning out the gloom that is my garage today in readiness for my new kitchen being delivered next week, I decided that I wanted to make a bright and cheery card. As usual my favourite challenges didn't let me down and I found 6 challenges to adapt.  The Digi image is from Charmed Cards and Crafts - "George", coloured, of course, with promarkers - no DP - which makes a refreshing change, the red,blue and yellow "strips" are from a stampin up scallop border punch and the sentiment was printed on the computer.  Thanks for looking

Here's my card :o)

The Challenges are:

Inspirational Card Sketches - Sketch

My Time to Craft - Vivid Cards

I Love Digi - For My Dad

Cute Card Thursday - No Designer Paper

Allsorts - Tag or Label

Dotties Wonderful World - Thanks a Bunch and Digi Image

SANTA'S LITTLE HELPER

Good Evening All :o)

Well ..... I've had a lovely day - hubby is off work on holiday and we had lunch with family by the seafront and then this evening I decided to make my second christmas card!!! As usual I've linked it to my favourite christmas challenges along with a couple of my other favourites .... magnolias and promarkers!!

The challenges I am entering are :

Crafty Angels - Teal and Brown

Passion for Promarkers - Anniversary Week - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland - Sketch

Bah Humbug - Ribbon

Susie & Vikki's Christmas Club - Anything Christmas

I hope you like it - thanks for looking :o) xx

CUTE N GIRLY

Hi Everyone!!!

Sorry it's been a week since my last post but work commitments and not being well has stopped me blogging. Unfortunately migraines and computers just dont mix lol !!

Anyway i'm here now and i'd like to share with you a card I made for a friend of mine who was 60 on Saturday - and she chose to come to our shop and see Lindsay Mason demo Click Here for some pictures

Soooo ............ I thought if i'm going to share it with you I might as well enter it for some challenges ......

The challenges I am entering are :-

A Spoonful of Sugar - Cute and Girly

Color Throw down - Pink & Aqua

Totally Gorjuss - Bling it On

I hope you like it .... I think Cally did :o) xx

ONE FOR THE BOYS

 I can't quite believe it 4 posts in one day!!

 I am certainly on a roll - I think I'm making up for lost time last week when I didn't get any done. Anyway, for a change, this one is for the boys. It fits 4 challenges and here it is :o)

I used a Charmed Cards and Craft Digi Image - Mikey, coloured with promarkers

The challenges I'm entering are :

Cards For Men - Outdoors

Sophisticats - Blue, Brown and Cream

Our Creative Corner - Lets Hear it for the Boys

Dotties World - Sketch and Image

I hope you like my 4 cards today I have had soooo much fun - thanks for looking :o)

LET IT SNOW

Well ... I said I would be back ..... and here I am - again - 3rd post of the day, on a roll!!!

Sitting here thinking its May, its pouring of rain - I know - I'll make a Christmas Card lol!!

 This is my first towards this year - but having the Christmas challenges to enter will give me a kick start towards the mountain I have to make.

I have used a Pink Gem digi download, coloured her with Promarkers and some Kelly Pannaci design papers.

 

Merry Christmas !!!!

Thanks for looking :o)

The Challenges I am entering are :

Pink Gem - Pink, Green and Burgundy

Mojo Monday - Sketch

Winter Wonderland - Snow

STRAWBERRIES & CREAM

Hello Again!!

Well ... 2nd posting of the day and I can't promise its going to be my last lol!! I seem to be on a roll today so may well be back later with another. Anyway - I really wanted to do Passion for Promarkers challenge this week because I have had this paper for a while and its absolutely perfect!! I've combined it with a few other challenges - as you do - so here it is .........

 

I've used a Mo Manning digi image and coloured her with promarkers, the paper, as I said, i've had for ages but its from DCWV and the "charm" I made myself from a free stamp I got with Craft Stamper magazine - wording is from an Inkadinkadoo stamp set "thoughts for the day"

Thanks for looking :o) xx

Here are the challenges :

Passion for Promarkers - Strawberries and Cream

Mo's Digital Challenge - Flowers & Image

I Love Digi - Charming

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Dare U 2 Digi - Anything Goes

BIRTHDAY CAKE

Good Morning All!!

Well ... after my stampin up day I'm all ready to carry on making cards so its very lucky that it's my niece's birthday on Wednesday and I can combine making her cards and entering challenges - Bliss!!!

This is Noble Tilda - i've had her a while but this is the first time i've used her, sitting on her birthday cake - the rest is from the Henbury Lane collection by Papermania - I've even used nestie shapes around the butterflies on one of the papers - they are gorgeous!!

The challenges I'm entering are:

Fab n Funky - Metal Mania

Just Magnolia - One for the Girls

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Cute Card Thursday - Someone Special

Allsorts Challenge - Birthdays

Hope you like it - thanks for looking :o)

ALL DAY WORKSHOP WITH JACKIE

Hello everyone!!

What a brilliant day I've had. I have spent the whole day crafting with my crafty friends and had a whale of a time. We did an all day workshop using Stampin Up products with Jackie Click Here to visit Jackie's blog where you can find details of all her workshops.

We all made some great cards - here are some pictures of us working and the cards we made.

BRING ON THE NEXT ONE!!!

FLOWERS

Good evening all!!

Had a good day today - enjoyed teaching my 1:1 Cricut Class and am back to taking part in my challenges - I made this card for a colouring techniques demo I did at In2crafting where I work, the object being to show as many techniques as possible. This one is one of my favourites - using Tombow brush markers to colour direct to the stamp and then spritz the stamp with water to give a watercolour effect - the result is different each time as it depends on how much water you use. Some of the Penny Black stamps are perfect for this as the block effect lends itself perfectly to colouring.

Hope you like it and thanks for looking :o)

The challenge I am entering is Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Flowers

MAY SKETCH CHALLENGE

Morning All!!

Goodness me it seems like ages since I posted anything but I have been sooooo busy!!! I have had 4 YES 4!! Cricut Classes this week, I have been sorting out the In2crafting May Challenge and on top of that have decorated two rooms...... phew I need a rest!! I have sooo missed my challenges but just haven't had time and can't wait to get back to doing some more next week, - so I thought I'd do a quick post before I go off to get ready to do another Cricut Class.

Here is my Design Team card for the challenge. I have used Joanna Sheen's Precious Petals CD Rom and used circle nestabilies to cut the images into a pyramage. I haven't used CD's for age and really enjoyed doing this

Hope you like it :o)

Thanks for looking :o)

TILDA IN PINK

Good Evening!

Well - I've had a little rest after this afternoon's blog-a-thong and decided to have a little look around blogland challenges (seeing as I hadn't done any this week ..... yet) and come across a couple of challenges which this card fits into nicely.  I made this card for one of my bestest friends - she loves Magnolia stamps and so do I so it was a pleasure to make it for her.

The Challenges are

Incy Wincy Designs - Anything Goes

Die Cut Dreams - Tilda in Pink

Hope you like it :o) xx

SOOOOOO BUSY!!!

Hi everyone!!

 It seems like ages since I posted anything and I have'nt even had a chance to enter any challenges this week :o( - it started off with me not being well ... again.... and then today I have been busy uploading a tutorial for my other blog In2crafting - so I thought I'd share the cards I made with you and then you can pop over to my other blog and see how its all done.  Hopefully I'll be back to challenges soon - I miss them!!!!

Hope you like what I've done  Click Here for Nestabilies Shaped / Easel Card Tutorial 

This was made using "Curved Rectangles" Nestabilities set

and this one was made using "Labels Two"

This is my Easel Card using Circle Scallops

Let me know what you think - thanks for looking :o) xx

MONOCHROME BROWN

Hello!!

My second and final posting (maybe lol) of the day.  I was checking my favourite challenges and decided to make this card to fit 6 of them - I do love a challenge!!

It's such good fun trying to tie them all together and when it all works you know the last 2 hours was worth it!

The challenges I am entering are:

Cards for Men - Monochrome

Mo's Digital Challenge - Masculine

I Love Digi - Thank You

Crafty Catz - Spots

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

and last but DEFINITELY not least

Totally Gorjuss - Stitching

The image is one of my new downloads from Mo's Digital Images, and I have made the sentiment in word and punched it out using a 1.5" punch the rest is bits and bobs from my stash - I must admit I did cheat on the stitching and used a template

I really hope I covered all the criteria

Thanks for looking :o) xx

LET'S SWING

Hi Everyone!!

Sorry I haven't posted since last Wednesday but had a busy week.  I was at the hospital .... again.... on Thursday and was working on Friday and then yesterday I was busy working on my "work" blog where i've added a new feature - Click Here to have a look

Now down to business - Challenges!!!!

Once again I made this card with three challenges in mind

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Lets Get Punchy

A Spoonful of Sugar - 3D something

I stamped my image twice and cut out to "decoupage" it and raised the flowers and sentiments all on 3D foam pads, and with the punching theme in mind used a Martha Stewart border punch

Hope you like it, thanks for looking :o) xx