Handmade With Love.....

Hugs and Kisses!!

2012-02-17T09:48:00.001Z

Good Morning, Friday again! Well yesterday i had my hospital app at the day unit and my consultant has decided to step my steroids down a tiny bit as my side effects and the secondary problems the high dose is causing are just getting worse and worse! Not sure i will see much of a difference at the moment but its a step in the right direction. I just hope my blood count can hold up as the steroids are reduced. I am totally exhausted and fed with no sleep and constant muscle cramps and everything else that it throws at me! As for the high and lows of emotions from the steroids.....even the kids know when its time to run and hide!!

I have been putting this card together for a few days..yes days!! I think this is the longest time to create one card!

I used my favourite Belles 'n Whistles stamp called "Beary Big Hugs" which i coloured using my distress inks.

Easel Card Recipe

Image - Beary Big Hug, Belles'n Whistles

Paper/Card - Papermania Capsule Collection (pinks), Tim Holtz Core-dinations, White Cardstock

Dies/Punches - Cheery Lynn's Designs - Fanciful Flourish & Cricut Wild Card Cartridge for the Hearts

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Embellishments - Lace, Ribbon, Heart Charm, Gems etc all from my stash.

Sentiments - Personal Impressions.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges!

Belles 'n Whistles Challenge - Love and Hearts!

Elisabeth Bell World Challenges - Hearts, Hearts, Hearts!

Cheery Lynn's Weekly Challenge - Pretty In Pink!

Paper Pretties Monday Challenge - Use Flowers

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes!!

Creatalicious Challenge - Lace!

Crafty Creations -Warm and Cuddly Teddies!

That it from me just now. I am going try and get some crafting time in today. I find the colouring my images, whether with distress inks or my Promarkers, so relaxing...Just what the doctor ordered!! Any excuse for some crafting time!

Thank You very much for taking the time to pop by.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Close To My Heart....

2012-02-13T03:46:00.001Z

Morning! Well its very early morning. 3.30am and as usual i am wide awake.

I wanted to post this card i made today. I have fell in love with these new digi's "Wryn and Friends" from Tiddly Inks! They are just adorable, i had trouble choosing which ones to buy first!

This image is called "Wryn - Close to My Heart and the sentiment is from the Wryn - Extra and Sentiments.

The sketch i used is from Deconstructed Sketches...really do love the sketches over there..and great inspiration too!

Card Recipe

Image - Wryn - Close to my Heart from Tiddly Inks

DP's/Card - My Minds Eye - Maddison Avenue and Blush pads, Tim Holtz & Ranger Distresses Collection Core-dinations (where would we be without all the matching cardstock!)

Embellishments - Ribbon, lace, pearls and charm, which i put together myself, are all odds and ends that are lying around among my stash!

Sentiment - Tiddly Inks - Wryn's Extras and Sentiments

I woulds like to enter my card into the following challenges.

Tiddly Inks Challenge - Valentines

The Deconstructed Sketch Challenge - Sketch

Dream Valley Challenges - Valentine

The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge - Valentines Day!

Fairy Tale Challenge - Love Love Love....

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - With All my Heart!

Thats all for now! I am off to try and catch a hour sleep as i have the hospital tomorrow and will be falling asleep during my appoinment. The day care area i go to is so relaxing so falling asleep wouldn't be hard as the chairs are reclining and i am there quite a while as i have to have blood taken and wait for it to come back from the labs to determine the next steps in my treatment and change in medication. Fingers crossed that things are stable tomorrow...My water retention has improved over the last 24 hours so really pleased about that.

Thanks for popping by and taking time to look around!

Hugs, Lynne x

Elphine House Australia Challenge - Hearts!!!

2012-02-09T04:09:00.001Z

Just popping by to let you know that our next Elphine House Australia Challenge has now started!

The Theme this time is ...

"Hearts"

This can be any type of card you like, not just a valentines card! As long there are hearts on there then thats perfect for our challenge!

The winner will win 2 Elphine House Australia stamps of their choice!

The only rule we have is to you use ANY Elisabeth Bell image you have....

It doesnt have to be a Elphine House Australia Stamp but if you have one we would love to see what you created with it!

©Elisabeth Bell

My Card Recipe

Image - Elphine House Australia - "Its a Girl" - New Release! Coloured with Distress Inks.

Papers - Tim Holtz Core-dinations,

Papermania Capsule collection by Jesse Edwards

Embossing folder - Tri-boss (Hearts)

Dies/Punches - Sizzix Heart, Cricut Potpourri Basket, Spellbinders Edgeabilities (Classic Ric-Rak)

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Misc - Love Heart Beads/Pin, Heart charm, ribbons, pearls from my own stash.

Glossy Accents and glitter and Sentiment (unknown).

I would also like to enter my card into these fab challenges too;

Wild Orchid Crafts - Love is......?

My Time To Craft - A is for Adorable!

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes!

I hope you can pop over the the Elphine House Challenge Blog to check out the other DT girls cards and join in with us!

I am off now to try and sleep now as its 3.55am but i think it might just be another of those nights when i cant sleep no matter what.

Take care!

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Love and Marriage!

2012-02-06T01:39:00.003Z

Hi, Well its been a while since i posted. Before i go onto the challenge details i just want to say thank you for the lovely emails i have received wishing me well and a quick recovery!

I was in hospital again for another week this time. I was climbing the walls but we seem to have my blood count heading in the right direction and stable. The down side is that the very treatment that is keeping everything settled is causing so many other problems. I cant win! I have to attend the Day Care Unit twice weekly for the time being for blood test and a review by my Consultant. The care i have been given so far is just first class. The nurses that work on the ward i was on just never stopped and nothing was too much trouble. They deserve double the salary, that for sure!

Over at Crafty Calendar we have just kicked off the next challenge. The theme is..

Love and Marriage with the OPTIONAL EXTRA of Lace and Pearls!

This month we have a brand new sponsor for you....the very talented Heather Ellis

The winner will win 3 images of your choice from Heather Ellis's Etsy store or Website.

Here is my card using one of Heather Ellis's Pure Innocence Digital Stamps

You can find her here along with so many more cute digi's. There really is something for all occasions!

Card Recipe

I used the sketch from The Crafts Meow!

Image - Heather Ellis, Pure Innocence Digital Stamp (022) coloured with Promarkers

Papers - My Minds Eye, Tim Holtz Core-dinations Card Stock

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Die Cut - Marianne Design Swirl, Spellbinders Nestabilites beaded oval.

Lace, seam binding, ribbon and gems from stash.

I am also entering my card into the following challenges;

The Crafts Meow - Sketch

2 Sisters Challenge - Red, Pink and White

Allsorts Challenge - Free and Easy

Hiding in My Craft Room - Red, Pink and White

One Stop Craft Challenge - For The One I Love.

That all from me tonight! Off to try and get a sleep!

Thanks for popping by!

Crafty Calendar Challenge - New News!

2012-01-07T04:15:00.001Z

Happy New Year! This is my first post of the year as its been a busy few weeks. Hope you all had a lovely Christmas. We had a great time but Carrie was ill from Christmas Eve and it lasted for over a week. I thought she was never going to get better! It was such a shame, once she had opened all her presents she just lay up and hardly touched a thing for days! Her stocking was untouched, The Little Mix cd that she "had to have" lay in its case and her dolls hardly got a look in. When Carrie gets ill, she really gets ill because of her being on the immune suppressants. She just doesn't have anything to fight it off. She is much better now and almost back to her normal self.

Anyway onto why i am here. Its time for the new challenge over at Crafty Calendar to start.

This month we are looking for your

"NEW NEWS" -New baby, job, home...anything new!

We have decided to add a optional extra in with our challenge theme. This months its.....

BUTTONS AND BOWS...this is your choice, not essential to join in.

Here is my DT card

Our sponsor is Crafty Sentiments this month and we were all offered images to use. I chose this adorable image. You can find Bobby Bear HERE. Here is a closer look at him, how adorable. The winner of the challenge will win 4 digital images from the store.

Card Recipe

Image - Crafty Sentiments Bobby Bear coloured with promarkers

Sketch - Seems a little sketchy challenge blog

Papers - My Minds Eye and Pale Pink Cardstock, embossed using the D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder.

Dies- Cheery Lynn's Fanciful Flourish Die

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Embellishments - Charms, ribbon, pearls, button from stash.

I would also like to enter my card into the following challenges,

Seems a Little Sketchy challenge - Sketch!

Dutch Dare Card Challenge - New Beginnings

Crafty Ribbons - New beginnings

Fairy Tale challenge - Something new

Cute Card Thursday - Whats New?

Thats it from me. Off to try and get a few hours sleep before the kids are up!

Thanks for taking time to stop by!

Elphine House Australia Challenge - Around We Go!

2011-12-28T17:35:00.001Z

Welcome to the last challenge of 2011 from Elphine House Australia!

I hope you all have a lovely Christmas! Today the weather here is awful, we have strong winds and rain. Just miserable. Its certainly a day for crafting!

So onto the challenge. Over at EHA the challenge this time is "Around we go". We are looking for projects with circles somewhere on there. Whether it a round card, or round mats and backgrounds, circular sentiments...you decide. As always you can use any Elisabeth Bell image from any Company. There are hundreds of EB fans out there so pop by and join in our last challenge of the year!!

For my project i have made a circular calendar using one of my favourite images of all time..."Dasiy". I coloured her using Distress Inks. You can buy her here at the Elphine House Australia Store.

Here she is close up.

I used My Minds Eye paper for the top circle layer and the die circles are my Marianne design die. This was a very quick make but worked out great. The ribbon and gems were from my stash and the calendar is from Hobbycraft.

I would like to enter my calendar into the following challenges also,

My Mums Craft Shop - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - Tied Bows

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thats it from me tonight. I wish you all lots of love and wishes for 2012! I do hope you can pop by and join in our challenge!

Hugs,

Elphine House Australia Challenge - White on White!

2011-12-14T16:37:00.000Z

Good Evening...how cold is it out there?? The wind is like ice and the rain makes it worse! At least the snow has gone! Well for now it has but we are due more soon i heard.

Anyway onto the Elphine House Challenge details. This time round its all about...

WHITE ON WHITE!

I love playing with white on white cards. They make fab wedding cards and Christmas cards as well as every other occasion.

Here is my "white on white" creation with one of my favourite image from Elphine House Australia called Laura, Flower Girl. She is just gorgeous.

My Card Recipe..

Image - Laura, Flower Girl from Elphine House Australia.

Cardstock - White plain card.

Dies/Punches - Cheery Lynne flourish die and Marianne Design Circle Die.

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug floral folder.

Flowers from Wild Orchid Craft.

Ribbon, gems and charm from my stash.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges also;

Crazy Amigo Challenge - Embossing.

Paper Creations Ink - Bling it up!

Paper Pretties - Ribbon.

Thanks for popping by. Hope you can join in with our challenge at the Elphine House Australia blog.

Have a great night!

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Cold and Frosty!

2011-12-03T21:00:00.001Z

Just a quick one today, Well thats us had our first snow fall in Central Scotland. Sitting watching X Factor and the snow falling, hoping its not going to lie! The roads are quite wet from the rain today so fingers crossed it will just melt away

Anyway, Its time for the new challenge from Crafty Calendar. This month the theme its Cold and Frosty.

Our sponsor is the talented Ruth from A Passion for Stamps! You must check out her store, lots of fab images.

Recipe for my card:

Image ; Nellie Snellen - Hokey Pokey coloured with distress inks.

Designer papers/card - Bo Bunny Snowfall, Teal and white cardstock.

Dies and Punches - Spellbinders ricrac edgeabilities, Marianne design die for frame and small snowflake. Large snowflake from Cricut potpourri cartridge.

Ribbon, gems, brad from my stash and i made the charm myself.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch..I love this one!!

One Stop Craft Challenge - Let it snow

Sweet Stampin challenge - Snowflakes etc

Fairy Tale Challenge - Christmas

Totally papercrafts - Let it snow

That all for now! Have a great Sunday..Its now pure white outside...go away snow!

First Attempt and New Promarker Storage!

2011-11-20T15:29:00.001Z

Good Afternoon! I have just stopped in to share my very first attempt and colouring with Distress inks with you. I am really quite pleased with the results. I had tried previously but stopped after i had done the skin as my card was awful. I got my new Fabriano pad in the post yesterday so spent the day colouring. This thought was the very first try..just shows that anyone can do it!!

My Belles n Whistles stamps called "Patches and Braids" is new too. I had a bit of a shopping spree last week! She is so she cute and is a great image for all occasions i think. Looking close at my colouring i can see bits of shading that are not that great but overall i was happy with it. Practice makes perfect and oh my god, colouring with the inks is very addictive!

Card Recipe

Image - Belles n Whistles, Patches n Braids coloured with distress inks

Papers/cardstock - MME Lost and Found, Portobello Road and blue and white Cardstock.

Dies and Punches - Various Marianne design dies and TimHoltz "On The Edge".

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Embellishments - Charm, gems ribbon from stash.

Sentiment - Personal Impressions

I also got myself a new storage system for my Promarkers while on my shopping spree. Check this out...

It looks impressive with them all set out like that. Its so easy just to Only thing it it only holds 60 pens and i have over 100 so for now i have some in the wicker box beside my Flexmarkers. I am going to buy another rack the same but having the two of them will take up some room so going to need to get a shelf put up for them. I didnt realise i actually had so many. I dont think i have that many Promarkers left to get but i am in love with the Flexmarkers at the moment.
EDIT - Lots of people asking where i got the storage from. It was on Ebay. They do lots of sizes. Its a lady who's husband made her it because she couldnt find a storage system she liked and because its so fab they have started to sell them. Just Fab!

Back to my card... I would to enter it into the following challenges;

The Sweet Shop - Sketch

Paper Sundaes - Beautiful Bows

One Stop Craft - Colour challenge - Blue

Totally Gorjuss - Swirly whirly!

One Stitch At a Time - Anything Goes

Thats me for now. I have got another card to share later tonight but for now i better get helping with dinner!

Hugs

Elphine House Australia Challenge - Sketch!

2011-11-16T01:03:00.001Z

Good morning. Its time for another challenge from Elphine House Australia.

We have got a fab sketch to follow this time...here it is!

For my card i used my Elphine House Australia stamp called "Laura, flower girl. She is just gorgeous! There is now quite a collection of wedding stamps available from Elphine House Australia and very one of them are adorable.

Here is the card recipe;

Image - Elphine House Australia Stamp, Laura-flowers girl coloured with Promarkers.

Papers - Papermania Creative Tones and blue and brown cardstock.

Die cuts - Tim Holtz On the Edge die and Marianne Swirl die.

Embellishments - Lace, gems, charms are all from stash.

Sentiment -Forever Friends Black and Gold

Here is a up close view of that adorable image from EHA

I would also like to enter into these challenges also;

Cards and More - Blue Pearl

Addicted to Stamps Challenge - Pearls and Lace

Craft Your Days Away - Embellishment Bingo! (Lace, charm, gems )

Stamp With Fun - Lace, 3 DP, 3 Flowers and Swirl.

Well thats me for now. I am off to check out the new Cricut Craftroom that has just been launched. I have never bought the Design Studio and glad i didnt, this just looks much like what the DS did. I love that we can now buy digital images and receive them right away. I dont use my Cricut Expression as much as i should but this will make it much better and more versatile.

Hope you can pop by the Elphine House Australia blog and join in with our sketch challenge!

Take Care,

Elphine House Australia Challenge - Get Well!!

2011-11-04T00:55:00.001Z

I cant believe its been two weeks since our "Welcome Back Daisy in Fall" challenge.

I have been trying to get this posted from yesterday but had a few problems with Blogger...dont know if it was just me or is others having problems??

Anyway the new Elphine House Australia challenge is up and going and this time the theme is...

Get Well

I bet we all know someone that has flu or a bad cold, sore throat or the winter sickness bug. Why not cheer them up with a card or a gift..or anything handmade project you like.

You can use ANY ELISABETH BELL IMAGE...it doesnt have to be a Elphine House Australia stamp but if you have one we would love to see what you do with it!

On my card i used Nursing Boo Boo, who i love and you can get her here.

I have found my new and latest addition to my "cant be without" tool! When i was at the Hobbycraft show i was watching a demo from the girls at Inkylicious and they were using there Ink Dusters brushes. You can use them to cover large areas of your card but also is great for just edging just like a blending tool does but it is way much easier and gives a really even coating. With my blending tool i sometimes get areas where the ink is uneven...i have been using the Ink Dusters since getting them and its been perfect everytime. Will never go back and have ordered more. I would say that these were one of the "hot" selling items at the show last week. Everyone that saw the demo were picking them up! I used them to ink the edges on this card.

Card Recipe ;

Image ; Nursing Boo Boo from Elphine House Australia

Card/Papers ; White & pink cardstock and Fanciful Pink Dots form Paper Adventures

Pink and Yellow checked one from Papermania Sweet Nothings - all machine stitched.

Large flourish - Little Claires flourish die

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Lace and ribbon - Hobbycraft

Charm and chain - Totally Beads

Gems - e-bay

I would also like to enter the following challenges ;

Crafting Lifes Pieces - Sketch

Anything Goes Challenge - Stitching

Desert Island Crafts - 3 things off list - Bling, Stitching and Lace

Craft Your Passion - Bingo - Flowers, Free, bling.

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Use a Charm

The Ribbon Carousel challenge - Anything Goes (using something off a spool)

Well thats it for me tonight. I hope you can join in with us at Elphine House Australia challenge blog and i look forward to your Get Well creations.

My Memories Givaway and discount!!

2011-10-30T16:54:00.000Z

FANCY WINNING YOUR VERY OWN COPY OF "MY MEMORIES SCRAPBOOKING SUITE" AND DISCOUNTS FROM THE STORE....READ ON....

Hi, Hope your all having a lovely weekend. I am here today to show you what i have been up to this week.
I was asked to review My Memories Digital Scrapbooking Suite. Now those of you who know me will know i have never been into scrapbooking whether it be digital or not, but i tell you what...i am totally surprised and now hooked.
This software is absolutely brilliant. Easy to use with so many features. There are also many ways in which to use this software, its not just good for scrapbooking but also, cards either digital or printing seperate elements out and using them on your cards, photobooks, calenders, add movies to projects, turn your creations into DVD's..the list goes on!!!
One of the things i loved about it is that you can make your very own fabby blog headers and making layouts using my favourite hand stamped and hand coloured images. I use a different photo editing application to get the images ready to use but this was also easier than i thought and only took 5 mins. Maybe i will do a tutorial on this one day as i know we would all love having our favourite stamped images up on our blog headers. I also found it great for creating watermarks, editing photos for displaying on our blogs and even to design sketches for cards. These are the things that i will use a lot! Oh i also made little design for my stickers that i use on my cards.

I have made a few projects using the software. Below is a layout i created myself from a blank page which i had great fun doing but adding all the embellishments, papers and elements which is just a case of dragging and dropping and adding a Elphine House Australia image, Laura; Flower girl.

Then i had a go at creating my own blog headers. These were also simple and again used my own images from Elphine House Australia along with all the lovely embellishments already on the software. What i find great is that you dont need to buy anything else to get started. There are a huge amount of embellishments, papers and backgrounds. Some are set into themes such as babies, birthdays etc. You can also use digi papers and upload other digi goodies to use along side the software.

There is also a massive amount of freebies to download in the My Memories Store but also has full designer packs from prices that are so cheap. You can get them from $0.99 which is 61p!

Right onto the details! I have been given a copy of My Memories Scrapbooking Suite to give away to one of my followers.

To enter for this you just have to follow these simple rules;

1. Firstly be a follower of my blog. I will have lots of freebie giveaway

2. Head over to the My Memories Digital Scrapbooking kits. and come back and leave me a comment letting me what kit you liked the best so i can check them out also. This comment will get you into the draw.

3. If you want a second entry then head over to the My Memories facebook page and "Like! them.

Please leave a separate comment for this so you will have double the chance of winning!

I will be closing the draw on Sunday 13th November at 8pm. Any comments after this wont be counted and i will announce the winner that night.

If your not the lucky winner or you cant wait till the 13th to see if your a winner then i have a promo code that will get you $10 of the My Memories software suite which makes it a fabby price of £24.78 in British Pounds. You can also use this promo code to get $10 off in store for new kits, making them even more of a bargain!

Here is the special promo code to use for the above offers ;

STMMMS83427

Just put this into the coupon section at the checkout.

Good Luck in the draw and i hope you find the My Memories software as exciting as i did!

Thanks for joining in and remember to get your comment added..you have nothing to loose!!

What a Star!

2011-10-22T17:54:00.000+01:00

At last its Saturday! This week has been a long week for me. The kids are off school and the weather is rotten and wet. We have had a lazy day today, i seem to be just going on circles and not getting anywhere fast!

Anyway i better get on with sharing my card with you as i am making the dinner at the same time and dont fancy having it burnt!

I have been playing with another Saturated Canary digi stamp called "Nevaeh! Krista's images are just fab. I coloured her with Promakers. The sketch is from Stamps & Fun = Creativity. Its a fab sketch and i have just angled some of the layers but can still see the sketch clearly.

My papers are Papermania capsule, Boysenberry. My flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, lace from Hobbycraft and my sentiment was computer generated and all the other embellishments are from out my stash.

I would like to enter my card into these following challenges;

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Sketch

Passion for Promarkers - Stars

Tip Top Tuesday - Layer it up

Sweet Stamps - Lots of Layers

Totally Papercrafts - Layer upon Layer

Paper Playtime - Sentiment and Buttons and Bows

Thanks for taking the time to look at my card! I really do appreciate all the lovely comments!

Elphine House Austarlia - Welcome back Daisy/Fall Challenge!

2011-10-19T12:28:00.000+01:00

Good Morning! A quick post to let you know that there is a new challenge over at

Elphine House Australia.

The challenge theme this time is "Fall Colours".

We decided that with the release of Daisy we would all use Daisy to show her off and were wondering if any of you have Daisy from the first release or one of Elisabeth Bells other sitting girls. There are quite a few such as the EB digital image of Rapunzel, Sweet Art Ebony's Girl sitting with Teddy or Strawberry Tea. Thats just the ones i can think off hand. You can use any Elisabeth Bell image for our challenge so lets see how many little sitting girls we can find.

You can find Daisy to buy over at the Elphine House Australia Store!

You wil also find us on facebook where you can show us your creation using your Elphine House Australia Stamps

For my card i used Bo Bunny papers and MME Lost and found papers. I coloured Dasiy with Promarkers and inked the edges with Old Paper Distress ink.

My flowers are from WOC, Lace, ribbon, beads etc are from my stash.

I would also like to enter this card into these challenges also;

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Sketch and Stash - Sketch and new lace and stamp

Paper Sundaes - Fall or Halloween (i obviously went with the Fall option)

Thanks for looking and i hope you can join in with our challenge at Elphine House Australia and spread the word to any of your friends who also love Elisabeth Bells Images about our challenges, there are much more EB fans out there, i know it!!

Feeling Blue?

2011-10-18T00:59:00.000+01:00

I hope you are all having a lovely day. I am so mixed up with the days., I have had it Sunday all day! Our schools are off for the week ...AGAIN! Dont get me wrong, i love having the kids about. There is no alarms, no pulling Sean out of bed, no trying for ages to get Carrie up therefore a relaxing morning.

I am still not great with water retention, i had to have the day in my PJ's as my jeans wouldnt go over the calf of my legs. I am usually a size 10 but there is not way they jeans were going anywhere. Really felt fed up and feeling rotten. Thankfully the kids were here to keep me company and on my toes. Roll on my appointment for the Kidney Physician.

Anyway enough about me and onto my card. I was over the moon last week to find that Krista Smith has opened her Digi Shop on Etsy and her images are amazing. I have got myself a few to start with my my wish list is long! I have a teen birthday coming up so i will be heading there for my image!

Here is my card for the SC challenge;

The challenge over at Saturated Canary is to have stitching on your project so i got the old sewing machine out and gave it a go. Last time my stitching was all over the place but with practice my lines are getting straighter. I am still having the problem of some stitches are missed. I think its to do with the tension..anyone any suggestions??? I coloured my image, called Poppy the Circus Girl, with Promarkers. I love her expression! Reminds me of my Carrie when she is all dressed up in her fancy dress outfits and looks at me as if to say "what you looking at?!" She also goes about with her hamster on her too so its like just like her!

My papers are ones i have had for a really long time, Papermania, creative tones. I have the blue pad and black pad and not used the much, i dont know why, they look great once layered up.

The made the oversized handmade flower by running a stitch along one side of the wide ribbon and then gathering it all in and stitching the ends together. I thought it looks like Poppy's flower in her hair and but when Carrie came and looked she said it was also like her skirt! She is quite right but no matter what you might think its more like, i like how it brings a element of the image onto my card.

The ribbon, gems, button and handmade pins are just found among my stash. The bunting has been embossed with my Cuttlebug embossing folders and inked in blue and all the edges have been inked with Stormy Sky distress inks.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

Saturated Canary Challenge - Stitching

Charisma Cardz - in Stitches

Cupcake Challenge - Buttons and Bows

The Squirrel and the fox - One for the girls

Thanks as always for having a look, i really do appreciate your kind comments!

Look who is back..its DAISY!!!!

2011-10-13T00:43:00.001+01:00

Well i am so excited to be posting this card, not so much the card but the stamp! Yes, Daisy is back and after a few years of constantly being outbid on e-bay, i have her!

As some of you will remember Daisy, who was illustrated by Elisabeth Bell, started of as a Sugar Nellie stamp.

She was very popular but was discontinued and since then crafter's have been searching for her.....Well search no more, she is back and can be bought from Elphine House Australia! If she is not in the store yet she will be very very soon so keep checking so you dont miss out. She will be going like hotcakes!

Isnt she just adorable! I could colour her all day long! I am thinking you might see a lot of her on my blog from now on. I coloured her with promarkers and inked the edges with Stormy Sky distress ink.

The sketch i followed is from The Sweet Shop. I love their sketches and use them lots!

My papers are yes, you guessed my favourite faithful pad Vintage Shabby by Tim Holtz, i hate to cut lovely papers but they too nice to keep in my drawer. My flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, gems, ribbon, bakers twine are from my stash. I made the two pins that are sitting in the knot myself. The vines.leaves are from my Cricut Potpourri cartridge.

Below is my little Daisy up close and personal! Isnt she a cutie! If you think the same and want her here is the link the the Elphine House Australia store.

Over at My Mums Craft Shop the challenge is to be inspired by a song, well as soon as i got the stamp in the door this song has been stuck in my head..you will be glad you cant hear my awful singing but the words are;

Daisy, Daisy give me your answer do.

I'm half crazy all for the love of you.

It won't be a stylish marriage,

I can't afford a carriage.

But you'll look sweet,

Upon the seat, Of a bicycle made for two!!

Just a reminder that we also have got our Elphine House Australia Challenge Blog up and running and our current challenge is called "Tasty Treats"

You can use ANY Elisabeth Bell image at all for our challenge so go on and have some fun and the chance to win a 2 brand new stamp of your choice from Elphine House Australia!!

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

Belles and Whistles - Your Favorite Elisabeth Bell image. (This has to be my fav so far!)

My Mums Craft Shop - Inspired by Song - Daisy, Daisy!

The Sweet Shop - Sketch

I Brake for Challenges - Girl Power

Crafty Creations Challenges - 3 papers, 2 embellishments (pins and flowers) and 1 image

Craft Your Passion Challenge - A card for all occasions.

Thats all for me tonight. Thanks for taking the time to read my post and remember to pop over to the Elphine House Australia store to check out all the new Elisabeth Bell stamps they have for you!

Goodnight!

Sleepy Sundays!

2011-10-09T22:54:00.000+01:00

Hi, Hope you had a lovely weekend! Its a was the typical Sunday night here in my house. Ryan "found" homework that has to in tomorrow, not just any old homework but really hard Mandarin translation for which he needed a Mandarin Dictionary! Dont we all have a spare one on our book shelf!! There is always a bit of drama in my house on a Sunday night!

Anyway i am here to show a card i made using one of Jens Digi Stamps. Jen kindly gave me some of her digis to play with but because i am not keeping great i hardly seem to get round to making some cards just for fun..so at last here is one i made last night.

I used Teddy Sleeping on Pillow and coloured him using Promarkers. This image is just fab! He looks as tired out as i feel!! My sentiment reads "Do Not Disturb...Its My Day!"

My card base is made from Kraft card stock and the paper is from Forever Friends. The lace and Ribbon are out my stash and the handmade ribbon flower was made by running a stitch along one side of the ribbon and gathering it in and tying the ends together then add a button in the middle. The vines are cut from my Potpourri Cricut Cartridge. Again the pearls are from my stash.

I would like to enter the following challenges ;

Allsorts Challenge - Bear With Us

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle -Round/Circles

Raise the Bar - Furry Friends

The Stamp Man Challenge - Circle it

Wags and Whiskers -Handmade (Handmade Flower)

Sentimental Sundays - Anything Goes + Sentiment

Thats it from me tonight. Thanks to Jen for the Digi Stamps and i will show another one in the next week.

Have a good week...Take Care.

Elphine House Australia Challenge - Tasty Treats!

2011-10-05T08:14:00.001+01:00

Good Morning! What a horrible day. The weather here in Scotland is raining and cold and just to make the day even more misserable i have the dentist today for my Root Canal Treatment...i hate dentists, i am terrified and would rather have my eyes poked with needles than have to go..but i have made my mind up that i am going to be brave and just go and get it over with...watch this space!

Anyway, Its that time again for another Elphine House Australia Challenge!!

The theme this time is............

"Tasty Treats"

This might be a teat bag, a recipe card, a choc gift box or just a card with a "tasty" image on there!

You can use ANY Elisabeth Bell image at all.... doesn't need to be a EHA stamp but if you have one then we would love to see what you have done with it!

For the challenge this time i have made a recipe Birthday Card. I followed the sketch from Crafting Lifes Pieces Challenge but the layer behind the image i put the recipe on and made it so it just lifts out.

This image is called "Daisy Hugging Dolly" and i coloured her with Promarkers.

The papers are Tim Holtz Vintage Shabby. the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the sentiment was computer generated and ribbon, lace and gems are just out my stash.

I would like to enter my Recipe Card into the following challenges also;

Crafting Lifes Pieces - Sketch

My Partner in Crafting Crime - Sweet Treats

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes plus Ribbon

Papertake weekly - Anything Goes + optional of something punched - (Happy Birthday Girls!)

Paper Sundaes - Lots of Layers

Thats all from me just now. Remember if you have ANY ELISABETH BELL IMAGES at all then you can enter our challenge over at our Elphine House Australia Challenge Blog!

Thanks for popping by and for the lovely comments that are always much appreciated!

I am off to get ready to go to the dentist!
Lynne xx

Crafty Calendar's Spooky Birthday!

2011-10-01T08:00:00.000+01:00

Good Morning and Happy October! I am now starting to slightly panic its going to be Christmas before i realise! I have only got 2 xmas cards done so lets hope the next few months dont go so fast!!

Today its the start of a new Crafty Calendar Challenge. Its also the challenges 2nd Birthday so we have lots and lots of prizes to give away. Pop over and have a look, all you need to do to win one of the prizes is to enter the challenge.

The theme for this months challenge is ..."Spooky"

Lets see all those scary and spooky Halloween projects!

Our sponsor for this challenge is the amazing Wild Orchid Crafts

(prize still be be confirmed)!

Now onto my card. This one such a simple card following the sketch on Papertake Weekly.
My papers are from We r memories and American crafts plain card stock. I loved the colour of the orange as it wasnt too fluorescent like some i had in my drawer!
Tilda is coloured using promarkers. The edges of the layers have been inked with Black Soot.

I would like to enter the following challenges!

Papertake Weekly - sketch
Shopping our Stash - Black, white + one other commlour (black, white and orange)
stampin B's Designs - Halloween
Art Impression Stamps - Halloween

Thanks for having a look and for the lovely comments!
Lynne x x

Christmas Tilda!

2011-09-30T23:55:00.000+01:00

Hi, Its Friday again!.. i cant keep up with the days at the moment! I am here tonight to post this card i make following the amazing sketch and inspirational picture from TOMIC. I bought this stamp a while back on e-bay..(what would we do with out e-bay!??) and shame on me i have never inked it up until now. I coloured her with Promarkers and used Glossy Accents and Martha Stewart Glitter.

The papers is from Anna Griffin which has really nice soft colours which would do Christmas and weddings.

I have stitched all the layers with my sewing machine..Wonky i know...lets just go with saying it adds character to the card, distressed with my stressy tool, inked with "Old Paper" Distress ink!!

The rosette flowers i made myself which were again inked with "Old Paper". I used a eyelet in the middle to finish them off and .

The lace, ribbon and pearls are just out my stash .

Here are the challenges that i would like to enter this card into;

TOMIC - Sketch and Inspirational picture

Magnolia Stamps Lovers - Distressed

Christmas Card Challenges - Handmade Flowers

Papercraft Star - Lace

Hooked on Craft Challenge - Ribbon and Lace

Addicted to Stamps - Stitching.

Thanks ver much for poppin by and i will be back in the morning with a brand new challenge and a special surprise from Craft Calender!

Have a lovely night!

Elphine House Australia DT card - Scrap it Challenge!

2011-09-24T23:18:00.000+01:00

Hi, At long last my internet service is back! That was awful having it down for that long. How did we survive before internet! God knows! Its much like mobile phones, if feel strange if i go out and leave my phone at home. Ok to be honest i don't think i would leave without it and if i did i would go back for it!!

Anyway onto why i am here....the new Elphine House Australia challenge. I am late with this post with my internet being down so the challenge started on Wednesday 21st.

This time round the theme is ....

"Scrap it"

We are looking for all your creations using all those scraps that you have collected.

You can use any Elisabeth Bell image at all but if you have one of the new Elphine House Australia then we would love to see what you have made with them!

For my creation this time i used a old chocolate box that had drawers in it so i took out the drawers and i have made it into a little promarker box for my most used promakers.

Everything i used was scrap. I had a few left over lengths of the same lace so i used that along the top. The papers were just ones i found in the scrap box, dont know where they came from. The images on the front were also in the scrap box as they both had little mishaps somewhere on them so i cut the off to just use their heads! The flowers were also ones that i had used on cards that i wasnt happy with so i stripped them off the flowers and charms etc to use again. The metal handle was off a set of cardboard drawers that i used to keep my flowers in but they had started to fall apart so i took all the handles off them! Nothing gets put in the bin until i have stripped it off all the reusable bits!!

As you can see i have used a different Elphine House Australia stamp on each side. A great way to use all of your favourite stamps together.

You can see lots of creations using Elphine House Australia on the brand new Elphine House Gallery website where you can meet the Design Team members and their creations!

I hope you can join in with our challenge. Its open until Tuesday 4th September at 9pm and the next challenge will be set the next day at 9am. Come and let us see what you can make with your scraps.

Thanks for dropping in!

Christmas time - Hokey Pokey!

2011-09-13T04:28:00.005+01:00

Good morning! Well its another sleepless night so here i am at 3.22am to share my very first Christmas card of 2011!! What else would you do at this time of the night..well morning!

I ordered this cutie last week after seeing her in a on-line shop. She's a Dawn's Clear Stamps called "Hokey Pokey" and a dream to colour. I coloured her using Promakers and used my glossy accents and glamour dust.

The paper was one i have had for a long time and have not got a clue where it even came from.

My snowflakes are from my Cricut Pot Pourri Cartridge and this time i used my Crafters Companion spray and stick then sprinkled with the glamour dust...In fact the glamour dust is glittering all over the card and was also all over me and everything in a 2 meter radius.. It was worth the mess though! The charm and ribbon was taken of a old card that i putting in the bin and the charm was out a Christmas cracker from 2 years ago!! The sentiment is one from a free set of stamps out a magazine.

Here is the links to the challenges i am entering with my card;

ABC Christmas Challenge - R is for Recycling/rhinestones and ribbon

Christmas Challenges {with sketches} - Sketch - Too Late..silly me!

Christmas Inspirations - Glitter

Stamp Something - Anything goes last challenge :-(

Thanks for reading!!

Hugs

Tilda - The Rose

2011-09-09T22:44:00.003+01:00

Good evening! I am just going to get a quick post done as i have done this card for the "Frame It" challenge at Magnolia Down Under and i forgot to post it this morning and i only have 30 mins left to get it entered!

I love this stamp, one of my fav Tilda images. I have coloured her with promarkers.

The frame was made from using Nellie Snellen corner die and then i have covered it with Crackle Accents and i touch of glamour dust.

The papers are Tm Holtz Vintage Shabby pad and ii have machine stitched the layers.

My flowers are from WOC and the charm is two bead charms and a butterfly added together. The sentiment is from Forever Friends Gold and Black set.

I would like to enter the following challenges;

Magnolia Down Under - Frame it

Simply Magnolia - Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz - Inspired by a song..."The Rose"

I love Promarkers - Metal embellishment/ charm

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Thanks for dropping by and have a lovely weekend!

Elphine House Australia Challenge - Its Cuddle Time!

2011-09-07T08:31:00.000+01:00

Good Morning! Its 8am here in Scotland which means the new Elphine House Australia challenge! is well under way! I meant to have this post scheduled but i saved it last night and got distracted and forgot to publish!

Our new challenge theme is...

"Its Cuddle Time"

We would love to see anything cuddly! It could be a teddy, an animal or even a baby. We all love a cuddle dont we! There are so many options with this challenge. You can use any Elisabeth Bell image, It doesnt need to be a Elphine House Australia stamp..although if you have any we would love to see what you have done with them!

For my card i have decided to use "Evania - Nursing Boo Boo" which you will find along with all the other stamps in the Elphine House Australia store. It was so hard to get a proper photo of the card with it having a acetate base.

My card base is obviously Acetate and i had good fun creating this card. The image is coloured with Promarkers, the flowers are WOC, and the lace, ribbon and gems etc are from my stash. There is also NO designer papers in sight! I always use a DP somewhere on my cards so it was strange not getting my papers out. I am going to enter the Creative Belli Blog challenge which is Acetate/vellum but this challenge is to get you using something old and forgotten about. My old and forgotten item is the sprays with the clear beads on them that i have in my bow. I have had these lying about since i recycled something and took them all out for me to use...that was about 2 years ago! Its great what a tidy out finds!

I hope you can come join us at the Elphine House Blog for our challenge. Remember you can use any Elisabeth Bell image. You can also combine challenges so with your Elisabeth Bell image you can also enter into Elisabeth Bells World and the Belles and Whistles Challenge.

I would like to enter the following challenges;

Totally Gorgeous - Sketch

Creative Belli - Acetate/vellum

Sweet Stamps - Lace

Try it on Tuesday - Monochrome

Fairy Tale - Flowers and Lace

Thanks for dropping by and hope you can join in our challenge!

Beary Big Hugs!

2011-08-31T09:22:00.006+01:00

Good Morning! Just popped on to post this card before i head out to Edinburgh for the day.

Cant decide quite what the weathers going to do so i better take a jacket and umbrella just in case! You know what Scottish weather is like!

Okay onto my card. I have used my very favourite image..Beary Big Hugs from Belles and whistles. I have coloured her with my promarkers.

The papers are from the Tim Holtz Vintage Shabby paper pad which i love so its hard to cut into them! Every scrap gets kept from these papers!

The sketch for the Belles and Whistles challenge is fab and the twist is to use your fav shape on it. I have made a rosette from Kraft card stock and punched a circle of my papers and topped with a button. My flowers are from WOC and the vines cut from my Pot-Pourri Cricut Cart. The lace and gems are from my stash.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges;

Belles and Whistles - Sketch with a twist

Elisabeth Bells World -3 in a row (my row is diagonal and used Gems, Lace and Buttons

Passion for Promarkers - Anything Goes

Marks finest papers - Lace

Creative card Crew - Anything Goes

Hope you have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by!

Elphine House Australia Challenge - "Scream for Ice-cream"

2011-08-24T00:59:00.005+01:00

Morning! Here we are again with another challenge for Elphine House Australia!

The challenge this week is called "You scream, I scream, we all love Ice-cream!"

We are just looking for any Elisabeth Bell image and have ice cream somewhere in your project.

I used "Tell Tail Ice cream" image on my card. In fact i think most of the DT used this adorable image! I coloured it with Promarkers. My papers were just odd bits that were lying about in my drawer. My flowers are a Cuttlebug flowers set die which i layered up and added a little swirl.

I would like to enter my card into this challenge - ;

Sketchy Colours - Shades of Blue!

Must go and get some sleep!

Take Care

Daisy - Scattering Love! Brand New Stamps from EHA!

2011-08-23T19:17:00.005+01:00

Hope you are having a good start to the week so far!

Just a quick post tonight with another new stamp from Elphine House Australia! She is called "Daisy; Scattering Love" - How adorable is she??

Theres more new stamps over in the store at EHA. I am glad i dont have to choose just one or two....love so many of them!

These papers are from First Edition and to be honest i wasnt sure of these when i first put my card together. Once i got all my bits and pieces on it kind of grown on me.

As always my flowers are from WOC and i handmade my charm and Lace and pearls from stash.

I would like to enter into these following challenges!

Sketch and Stash - Sketch and new stamps and new DP's

Papercutz - Down on the farm (Chicken)

Paper Play - recipe - 3 embellishments (bow with button, charm and pearls), 2 DP's and Lace.

I will be back in the morning with the next challenge from our Elphine House Australia Blog!

We accept any Elisabeth Bell image join is with us so pop on over and have a look!

Have a great night!

Wedding Bell's! Brand New Elphine House Austraila Stamp!

2011-08-16T10:40:00.004+01:00

Good Morning! Well it is for me and every other Scottish mum! lol The kids are now back at school!! Sean is off to his new high school, Ryan is a 3rd year and Carrie is a big P3! They looked so smart leaving this morning! I cant believe they are all growing up so fast..they years just fly by!

Anyway onto my card for today! This image is a brand new Elisabeth Bell images from Elphine House Australia which is on sale right now...Go on all you EB fans that "need" this stamp!!

It is called "Kathy Bride and Little Kitty!"

Its a gorgeous image and was great to colour, i used my Promarkers. I was not sure about this card once i finished it but kind of like it now. I loved this sketch from I love Promarkers, one i will use again. It was hard to get a good photo of it without it looking like the papers had faded! My papers are from MME Lost and Found collection. I bought a ton of these papers and love them all. I have inked the edges lightly with "Old Paper" Distress inks.

I am still a bit addicted to making my own bead charms and made this one with pearl and clear beads dangling at different lengths.

There has been another 5 new stamps released along side this one. You can find them all here along with the rest of the stamps available at Elphine House Australia. They are all so adorable you will find it hard to choose which ones to buy first!

I am entering this card into the following challenges;

Belles and Whistles - Anything goes

I love Promarkers - Sketch

Critter Sketch challenge - Wedding

Little Claires challenge - Wedding/Anniversary theme

Fussy and Fancy - Celebrate!! (Wedding)

Thanks for taking time to read and remember to pop over the EHA Blog for our "Fun in the Sun" challenge and we also are on facebook! Come and have a look around!

Have a great day!

Elphine House Australia Challenge - "Fun in the Sun"

2011-08-10T00:01:00.003+01:00

Morning! Well as you read this i will be away for my last weeks break in the caravan before the kids get back to school on Tuesday! I think these were the quickest 6 weeks school holidays ever! I have really enjoyed the long lies, lazy days and not having to clock watch for anything!

Today is the third challenge from Elphine House Australia!

The theme this time is...

"Fun in the Sun"

We are looking for all those summer days images and colours...remember you can use any Elisabeth Bell image but if you have one of the adorable Elphine House stamps then we would really love to see what you can do with them!!

For my card i have use one of my fav colour combos of pink and yellow.

The images is called Flowers for You and is available to buy at the EHA store.

You can see lots of amazing inspiration from the rest of the design team over on the EHA blog but also on the EHA Store Design Team Studio.

I look forward to coming back my holiday to see what you have all created!

Thanks for taking your time to read and leave such lovely comments!

Crafty calender Challenge - Hot Colours!

2011-08-06T13:16:00.004+01:00

Well another month passed, where does the months go!?

Today is the start of another new challenge and this month its hot colours. We want to see all the hot colours for this hot month,...well meant to be hot month!

This month our sponsor is the fabulous..

The Beary Scrap

The shop is fab and well worth a look around! The prize is a massive $20 gift certificate!

I am entering my card into the following challenges;

Fun with shapes and more - Twine

Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes

Truly Scrumptious - Buttons and Bows

Sweet Sketch - Sketch followed.

Just a short post today. Carrie is having her birthday party today so we have a bouncy castle in the garden and going to have fun and games. I have got the paracetamol at the ready!

Thanks for looking

Elphine House Australia - Brand New Challenge - "Lace It Up"

2011-07-13T00:01:00.004+01:00

Hi, I am here to tell you all about the exciting new challenge from

Elphine House Australia.

This is a brand new bi-weekly challenge that is posted

every other Wednesday at 9 am Australia time.

The first challenge is called “Lace it up”

We want to see all your creation with Lace on them somewhere.

We accept any Elisabeth Bell image including EB digi stamps for the challenge but if you have a new EB from Elphine House Australia then we would love to see what you have created with them!

You will find lots of inspiration for the challenge on the Elphine House Australia Blog! The design team have got some amazing projects to show you!

Elphine House Australia also have a facebook page. Here you will get all the most up to date news and information about new releases etc. You dont want to miss out on any of the new EB stamps from Elphine House Australia, they are just gorgeous!

My card was created using the “Yummy Pudding” stamp coloured with promarkers. I have used Lost and Found MME papers and Kraft card stock. I have used WOC flowers and my lace was from Hobbycraft. My gems and bead charms are form my stash.

I hope you can find time to enter our new challenge. You have 2 whole weeks to enter so that gives you a chance to get your creative juices flowing!!

Thanks for reading!

Flowers for You - Elphine House Australia!!

2011-07-08T22:16:00.004+01:00

Hi, hope everyone is having a lovely night. I have been trying to get this posted all day but i had one of those days where nothing i had planned got done at all.

Tonight i have a card with another adorable image from Elphine House Australia by Elisabeth Bell. She is called "Flowers for You" and i have coloured her with promarkers. I honestly cant choose my favourite stamps out of this collection, every one of them is just gorgeous!

You can see them all here and get inspiration from our DT and buy them from here, all at Elphine House Australia!

On my card i have used Papermania Capsule , Boysenberry paper pack, layering 3 different designs. I followed the sketch from Elisabeth Bells World. Great sketch this month! My flowers and seam binding are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The rest of the embellishments are from my stash. The sentiment is from a set of Molly Bloom stamps.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;

Elisabeth Bells World - Sketch!

Belles and Whistles Challenge - Flowers and Pearls

Charisma Cardz - All about Flowers

Fab n Funky - Purple Haze!

Thanks very much for taking time to have a look at my card!

Remember that over on the Elphine House Australia Blog you will get all the latest news about EHA and also we are excited to be starting our new bi-weekly challenges starting 13th July and you are able to use any Elisabeth Bell image but if you have a stamp from EHA then we would love to see what your creating with them!

Have a great weekend!

Better Late than Never...Crafty Calender challenge!

2011-07-04T16:11:00.004+01:00

Sorry this is days late, i should have had it posted in Saturday morning. I have had one of those weeks where nothing happens as it should and along with that i am not feeling great at all. Still retaining water and look like i have someone else's legs!

Anyway let me tell you about the new challenge at Crafty Calender. The theme this month is

Under the Sea!!

What a fab theme for the gorgeous weather we are having right now. (I am sitting in the garden as i post this and its burning hot!)

This month our sponsor is a store that i couldnt live without... Its Wild Orchid Crafts.

The prize is a pile of coloured flowers and a few packets of pearls. Something that us crafters are always in need off!!!

For my card i have used WRMemory keepers & Lot and Found MME papers and Kraft cardstock.

My Tilda image is coloured with Promarkers. I have used my Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, bakers twine and seam binding. The charm i used is has a story behind it. Its actually a recycled earring which i thought mimicked the underwater bubbles. We have just had a large warehouse open near our home so we went to have a look and there were lots of great bargains. I came across a missive box that was full of jewellery. I had a rake and found so many things i could take apart to use as charms and embellishments. Even pearl necklaces that could be taken apart to use the beads. The jewellery was all from Argos, Boots and a few other named shops and i assume it was old stock. This was my new stock! Each item was under 50p so this was my bargain of the month!

Anyway back to my card, the leaves are from my Cricut Wild Card Cart and the anchor from my Pot pourri cart. My gems from my stash.

I would like to enter into the following challenges;

Just magnolia - Anything Goes

Simply magnolia - Anything Goes

Totally Papercraft - Bingo (diagonal - Gems, Flowers and Punch/diecuts)

Bling It On - Anything Goes

Allsorts - Free and Easy

Well thats all for now. Please pop by the Crafty Calender Challenge and enter your Under the Sea creations to win that fab prize form Wild Orchid Crafts!

Thanks for reading!

Elphine House Australia DT card - Mummys Basket of Apples

2011-06-25T01:47:00.004+01:00

Here we are at Saturday again, last week at this time i was sitting in the caravan relaxing while the kids were down the beach looking for crabs! If only we can turn back time!! Today its raining here but its not cold at all.

I am here to show you my latest card showing one of the new Elisabeth Bell stamps from Elphine House Australia.

You can see and buy all of these adorable stamps over at the EHA website and check out all the inspiration at the Design Team page, you wont be disappointed!

For my card i have used We r Memory Keepers papers and MME lost and found along with Kraft cardstock. My image is coloured with Promarkers. I have used bakers twine and flowers from Wild Orchid Craft. The buttons are MME and my leaves are cut using my Cricut.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;

Sketch and Stash - Sketch + brand new stamp!

I love Promarkers - Anything Goes

My Mums Craft Shop - One for the boys

Tuesday Throwdown - Masculine card

Thanks for looking and please remember to pop over to the Elphine House Website to get your hands on the cute stamps and also keep watching out for news and updates and inspiration on the Elphine House Australia Blog.

Hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Elphine House Australia DT Card - Nursing Boo Boo!

2011-06-10T18:22:00.006+01:00

Good Morning! Friday again...where does the weeks go! Today i have another card using a Elphine House Australia stamp by Elisabeth Bell to show you. This is called Nursing Boo Boo and you can find her here at EHA to buy. I was going to just make a easel card but before i knew it i had a drawer on it too!!

Here is up close of the image!

You will find lots more inspiration from the EHA design team in the Design Team Studio at EHA.

For my card i used MME DP, inked with Spun Sugar distress ink. Nursing Boo Boo image was coloured with promarkers. I used the blending pen a lot in this image to get the effect i wanted, especially on her wings.

For the punched detail i used my Martha Stewart Punch Around The Page. I used WOC flowers and made my own bead charm. The ribbon, gems etc are from my stash and the flourish is a Marianne Design Die.

I would like to enter the card into the following challenges;

Elisabeth Bells World - Easel cards

Creative card crew - Wings

Stampavie and More- More than 1 fold

Passion for Promarkers - Pink and Brown

Craft Us Crazy Challenge - Fathers Day/Masculine Colours

2011-06-09T18:12:00.002+01:00

Hi there, This is a late post and just a short one as i am not keeping so well this week. I am on doctors orders to have my feet up due to swelling legs, feet and abdomen. The most obvious cause is my Kidney disease so got blood tests tomorrow. fingers crossed all is ok!

Anyway on with the details for the new Craft Us Crzy Challenge!

The theme this time round is.......

...Fathers Day and/or Masculine Colours

This weeks sponsor is ... Laurettas Digital Stamps

The winner of of the challenge will be given 4 images of your choice.

For my card i used one of my Hanglar images. He is coloured with Promarkers.

The papers are MME lost and found and Kraft card. All the edges are inked with Old Paper distress ink.

I have used Bakers twine from WOC and a Tim Holtz ticket again inked in the same ink as DPs.

I used MME buttons and a little bronzed button on the twine.

I am going to enter my card into Lovely Hanglar Only Challenge which has a great a sketch this week to follow!

Thanks for looking and please pop over to the Craft Us Crazy Challenge to join in the fun!

Crafty Calender challenge - Things with Wings!

2011-06-04T13:54:00.004+01:00

Good afternoon. Sorry i am running a bit late with my post today but its been one of those mornings!

Today is the start of a new challenge at Crafty Calender. Laura has chosen the theme this month and decided on......Things with Wings!!

This month we are sponsored by Whimsy Stamps and as well as the fab prize of 5 images they also donated images for the DT to use so a big thanks to Whimsy Stamps for their sponsorship!

For my card i used "Mary the Magnolia Fairy" which you can by from Whimsy Stamps here. I really like this image. Its one you can use for all occasions. She was coloured with promarkers and her wings were glazed with Crackle Accents. The small cracks in the gloss looks like the veins in wings!

My papers are out my scrap box of papers which is getting out of control and why must use some up! The blue and pink floral one is Wild Rose Studio. Flowers and seam binding from WOC and charm, gems and butterfly from my stash.

I hope you find time to pop over to the Crafty Calender Challenge to check out more inspiration from the rest of the design team.

I would also like to enter the following challenges;

Charisma Cardz - something that flies

A spoonful of Sugar - Flower Power

I love Promarkers - Sparkly Bling

Truly Scrumptious - Summer Sparkle

My mums Craft Shop Challenge - Things with Wings

Have a lovely weekend!

Simply Create Challenge DT card - Fathers Day

2011-06-03T16:34:00.005+01:00

Its Friday at last! Looking forward to a quiet weekend and hope the weather is just like today. Its so warm, the kids have been out playing since they got home from school and i got a few jobs done.

Its now time for a new challenge over at Simply Create. This time we are looking for projects with the word "Dad" or "Father" on it somewhere.

Remember it doesnt need to be a card, you can make anything you fancy!

I decided to make a criss cross card for this challenge. I love these and they are so quick and simple to make. I used my favourite papers, Lost and Found by MME. They have a distressed look already but i inked the edges over with "Old Paper" distress ink to darken the edges a bit more. I used one of my hanglar stamps. He is coloured with Promakers. My "Dad" wording is a charm i bought recently. As the letters were was silver i used my glue pad and Smoky quartz Martha Stewart glass glitter to change them to match my card.

I used MME buttons and fibre along with my brown ribbon. The ticket is a Tim Holtz one which i inked with the same ink.

The insert of the card has been distressed with Old Paper ink too and then used the same ink to put flourished round the very edge. It was too plain without it.

I cant wait to see what you all create this week and with Fathers Day on its way this month its the perfect way to get your cards organised!

I am going to enter the following challenges with my card;

Samuel Taylors Crafts - Male. The Prize here is a fab scrapbook kit!

Fussy and Fancy Friday - Man or Boy.

Just Magnolia/hanglar - anything goes.

The Stamp Man - Boys and Men.

Thanks for reading and remember to pop over to Simply Create to see the other inspiration and join in the challenge!

Elphine House Australia DT card - Tail of Ice Cream!!

2011-05-31T18:40:00.004+01:00

Hi, I hope you are all having a lovely day! I am just popping by to show my latest DT card from Elphine House Australia to show you. This gorgeous Elisabeth Bell image is called "Tail of Ice Cream" and you can buy him here!

I had great fun with this image. I usually find masculine cards quite hard but this one just fell right into place as soon as i sat down to make it. I have coloured the image with my Promarkers. The DP is from the MME Lost and Found collection. The stars were just a couple of punches i have and I used a few grommlets and brown ribbon from my stash. The edges have been sanded and inked with distress inks. I made the sentiment on Word and printed off.

You can see this and many more creations showcasing the new stamps that are available for order now over at Elphine House DT Studio.

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges;

Stamptacular Sunday - Bugs or Boys

Stamp Something - Use a sentiment

Craft Your Passion - What a Guy

Thanks for looking and for the lovely comments you always leave, they are very much appreciated!

Take Care,

Elphine House Australia DT Card!!!

2011-05-26T17:59:00.003+01:00

Hi, Here it is....my first DT card for Elphine House Australia showcasing the new Elisabeth Bell stamps. I love all of Elisabeth Bells images out there and she just keeps them coming! These new stamps can not be missed. I have had the best time creating with them, i feel like one lucky girl being chosen to be on this DT so a massive thanks to Helen and Lew at EHA!

This image is called "Yummy Pudding", how adorable is she!? You can buy her here at Elphine House Australia. I could just eat her myself!!

I have coloured her with my promarkers and she was a dream to colour.

The DP are a mix of WRM keepers and Pink Pettycoat. Some of the edges have been inked with Spun Sugar distress ink. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The sentiment is from Forever Friends Black and Gold clear stamps. I have made another of my bead charms with pink loveheart beads. I have had "thing" for these at the moment, cant help myself! The ribbon, gems etc from my stash.

Here is a closer look at the "Yummy Pudding" image.

I will be posting another EHA DT card tomorrow so please pop by and have a look! Remember to pop over the Elphine House Australia and have browse, there is too much to choose from!

You can also see more creations from the other DT girls over at the DT studio on the EHA website.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;

Creative craft world - 3 or more flowers.

Paper Pretties - Birthday Card.

Papertake weekly - Pretty Pastels.

Paper Playtime - Add a charm.

Thanks for having a look!

Craft us Crazy DT Card - Love or Remembrance!

2011-05-25T19:28:00.005+01:00

Good Afternoon!

Where has this day gone to! I feel like i just got up and got the kids to school then before i knew it they were needing picked up again! Think someone has stole a few hours from me!

Anyway on with the new challenge details over at Craft Us Crazy!

First i must say as always a big thanks for all the entries for the last challenge. What a amazing turn out and again the work put into these projects is just fab!

Now for the details of this weeks challenge. The theme this time is....

Love or Remembrance!

This weeks sponsor is the Stamp fairy! The store has lots of fab images to choose from and also you can find some freebies to get you started!

The prize they are offering is $9 gift certificate to spend in store.

Now onto my card. I have chose a one of my Magnolia stamps this time round. Tilda is coloured in with Promarkers. The sentiment reads "Somebody Loves You". This was a freebie from Birds Cards. The papers are some of my favourites from MME. The bead charm i made myself and is now my favourite things to add to my cards. I have been collecting all different coloured beads, pins and chain to make one of them for each card..Well most of my cards! The flowers are from Wild Orchid Craft and ribbon, pearls etc from my stash.

I must not forget about our monthly sponsor! This month is its Stitchy Bear Stamps.

They will be giving a prize to one of our top 3 over the month so come on and get crafting!

I hope you can pop by and have a look at the inspiration from the design team, they are a talented bunch!

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

Stampavie and More - Pink

I love Promarkers - Pearls

Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Paper Play challenge - Blossoms and Blooms

Thanks for looking!

Pati's Kisses!

2011-05-22T07:25:00.003+01:00

Hi, Just a quick post to get this card posted that i made the other day and forgot to post it!!!

It was made for the Belles and Whistles challenge which is "Shaping up for May".

The image i used is one of Elisabeth Bells Digi images. Dont you just love this one, reminds me of my daughter and her special teddy..too cute. She is coloured with my promarkers and inked round the edges with distress inks.

The colour combo of Brown, Cream and white is the colours for the Colour Create challenge. I am right into browns at the minute..i bet by the time Autumn comes around i will be sick of these colours!

Here is the recipe;

Cardstock - Brown, Cream, white and Kraft

DP - Clare Curds The Big One, Papermania

Colour mediums - Promakers and Distress Inks

Flowers - Prima

Leaves/Vines - Cricut Potpourri Cart

Sentiment - Forever Friends Black and Gold Clear Stamp Set

Pearls - Hazels crafts (Ebay store)

Lace - Hobbycraft

Here is the challenges i am entering this card into;

Belles and Whistles challenge - Shape up for May.

Colour create - Brown, cream and white.

Papertake weekly - Flowers.

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes.

Thanks very much for looking and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Take Care,

Simply Create DT Card - Special Day!

2011-05-21T20:35:00.003+01:00

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend. The weather is not so good tonight, the rain is thudding of the ground and the wind is getting up too. I heard on the news that we are expected to have bad gale force wind over night.

I am here to tell you about the new challenge over at Simply Create!

This time the theme is .....Special Day!

This can be anything you want...wedding, special birthday, baby cards...you decide!

For my card i have used a image from Digi Doodle Shop. Its called Jr Bride and groom. Think they are so cute! I decided to stick to black and white with a little touch of pink, one of my fav combos for wedding cards, well this month anyway!!

I hope you can pop over to the Challenge blog and join in with our challenge which is open for two weeks so go get crafting!

Have fun!

Craft Us Crazy Challenge - Something New and your favourite Embellishment!!

2011-05-11T21:43:00.000+01:00

Good morning! Here we are again, time for a new challenge at Craft Us Crazy! Where did the last 2 weeks go!? Once again our last challenge had a massive amount of entries and the standard of work is just amazing! Well Done you talented lot!!

Now for the new challenge! This time around we want to see....

....Your favourite Embellishment and/or Something new!

This might be a new stamp or papers, or a new baby, new home...You decide! Also let us see your old faithful embellishments that you cant do without!

As always we have brought you an amazing sponsor or two!

For the first we have Digital Delights. You must pop over and have a snoop around the store, you will be spoilt for choice!

The prize is 3 digital stamps of your choice!

For the second week of our challenge we also have The Pixie Cottage! The Pixie cottage details and inspiration will be posted on the Craft us Crazy blog on the 19 May! Keep a eye our for that!

Here is my card for the challenge. As you can see i have went with a New baby and have also used all my favourite embellishments too! Flowers, charm on a chain, buttons, and swirls! I have used "Little Dumpling" image from Digital Delights . What a cutie he is!

I have paper pieced the baby's shoes, nappy and bib. You can see this more clear in the picture below. The rest of him was coloured with promarkers. All the papers are from Nitwits, In the Meadow Solids and In the Meadow Too. I had got some of these papers free with a magazine but i bought a set once i used them all. I love the textured look on these. My flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the swirl is my Marianne design die and the rest is from my stash. Oh and the sentiment was computer generated and printed off.

As well as our 2 sponsors above we have our Monthly Sponsor, The Cutting Cafe, who is donating a prize for 1 of the top 3 over the month of May and also has been so kind to give the DT amazing image files to use. These projects are spread out over the month so watch out for them on the Craft Us Crazy Blog.

Well i think thats all for now! Please pop over to see the rest of the design teams creations and join in with our challenge for a chance of a fab prize!

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

A Spoonful of Sugar - Sketch

Stamp Something - Use a digi

Tuesday Throwdown - Die Cuts (Scalloped circle nestie die and MD swirl die)

Sentiment Sunday - Anything goes with a sentiment

The Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking and good luck with the challenge!

Exciting News!!!

2011-05-09T00:43:00.007+01:00

I cant quite believe i am writing this... i have been chosen to be on the Design Team over at Elphine House Australia!! EHA are now turning the amazingly talented Elisabeth Bell's new images into stamps!

I really love Elisabeth Bells art work and to be chosen to be on this fab design team is just a dream come true! The new stamps are just amazing and i cant wait to get my hands on them! You can now purchase them on the Elphine House Australia website and follow all the news on the EHA blog.

Thank you to everyone at EHA for choosing me to be part of the team!

Crafty Calender challenge - Teddy Bears!

2011-05-07T11:56:00.004+01:00

Good Morning! Its a absolutely beautiful morning here in Scotland. I think its a day to do nothing at all but heading to a caravan shop with my friend first, just for a browse.

I am here to bring you the new challenge over at Crafty Calender.

Before i go into the challenge details i want to tell you all some news. Starting with the sad news.

Liz, who has been on the CC DT, is stepping down. She has been such a inspiration to me since i joined the team and i cant image how many hundreds she has inspired over the years she has been here. So... Thank You Liz, for all your hard work and amazing creations you have brought to the challenge! It would be great if you could pop over to her blog and leave some love!!

The next news is that Lisa has decided she step down from running the challenge so i have decided to take over the running of the challenge. (bit nervous about that!)

Anyway the Lisa is not leaving us altogether as she is staying on the design team which we are all so happy about. (especially me, as i might need her help!)

Thin that's all the news for now so onto the challenge!

The sponsor this month is The Stamp Fairy!

The theme for this challenge has been set by Caroline.

Its her Dads birthday this month and as he gets called Ted she has decided to go with ..Teddy Bears!

Now onto my card. I have used the super cute Teddy Bea on my card. I love this image as there is a set of extra accessories that you can use with it. She is coloured with Promarkers. The papers are MME. The sentiment which reads "Come on...under my umbrella" was computer generated and printed off. Love how you can have much more personal sentiments making them yourself. All the pearls, ribbon etc are from my stash. Oh..the flowers are of course Wild Orchid crafts.

I am going to enter the following challenges;

Teddy Bo - Easel card

I love Promarkers - Song Title (Rihanna..under my umbrella ella ella.."!)

I hope you can head over to the Crafty Calender challenge blog and see the rest of the teams inspiration and join in with our challenge!

Thanks!

Simply Create DT card - Mums Sayings!

2011-05-06T04:59:00.007+01:00

Good morning, well the lovely sunny weather was gone today and replaced with rain! Its horrible and i have been freezing all day, i couldnt get my hands to warm up at all.

Onto why i am here! Today is the start of another challenge at Simply Create!!

Before i tell you the details for this challenge i must say thanks to everyone that entered the Metal challenge, the standard is so high! Remember to keep a eye out for the top 3 picks!

Right, now onto this weeks challenge. This time the theme is......."A mum saying" this could be something your mum says to you or a verse for mum.

Now a little about my card. The image is obviously a fabby Elisabeth Bell Digi image called "i love you this much". She is just gorgeous! I am loving everything Elisabeth Bell right now. The papers are from Papermania capsule pad. The flowers are WOC and i made the sentiment myself on the computer. Gems, charms ribbon etc are from my stash.

Hope you can pop over to have a look at the inspiration from the other DT members and join our challenge!

Here are the challenges i would like to enter with this card;

Elisabeth Bells world - Mothers day

The sweet shop - Sketch

Do You Stack Up - Purple

By the cute and girly - Anything Goes

Lets Craft and create - Say it with Flowers

Fairy tale - Mothers day

My mums craft shop - Cute and Girly

Clear it out - Ribbon/trim

Thats all for now so thanks for reading!!

Lynne x x

A Pen Friend!!

2011-05-03T23:42:00.003+01:00

Well its been another nice day here in Scotland. Not just as warm as the past few days but still sunny and dry! The kids are back to school tomorrow and i must say...thank god!!

Tonight i have made a card with one of my favourite images from Elisabeth Bell. I must admit i love all her images, they are all so sweet and a joy to colour. Over on the Belles and Whistles Challenge blog they have a sketch to follow. Its a great sketch to leave plain or dress it right up, i have dressed it up a bit but you cans till see the sketch clearly.

I have left the comfort zone a bit tonight! I have distressed all the edges of the card stock and DP's. I am not big on distressing, i do like the look but i felt mine always looked like a dog had chewed it! Anyway once i put the card together i really liked it and i am not so afraid of my distress tool now!

The image was coloured with Promarkers and little bits of Glossy Accents and glitter added here and there. The papers are "Lush" from MME and doily from Ribbon Box. The charm is made from scratch using beads, pins and chain made at different lengths. I think it works well and a nice change from my usual charms.

I printed the sentiment which says "A note for my friend.." and the rest of the supplies are from my stash.

I am entering this card into the following challenges;

Belles and Whistles Challenge - Sketch

Paper Sundaes - Favourite hair colour combo (i used Promarkers - Sandstone, Caramel and the blending pen also a inktense pencil in shaded areas - willow)

Totally Gorjuss - 123 - i used 1 image, 2 ribbons (cream and brown) and 3 DP's.

Lexis Creation - Friendship

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Tip Top Tuesday - Open challenge

Thats all for now! Hope you enjoy the rest of the week. Thanks for reading and for all the much appreciated comments.

Craft US Crazy Challenge DT Card - Flowers or Mothers Day!

2011-04-28T18:57:00.007+01:00

Hi, Sorry i am running a bit late with this post....intended to go out for a hours early this morning and never made until 5.30! If you want to know how to waste a day dittering around craft shops i'm the person to ask!

Anyway i am here to tell you about the new Craft Us Crazy challenge that started today! The theme this time round is Mothers Day or Flowers. I know us here in the Uk have already celebrated mothers day so you can just get those flowers out and show us what you can do!

Before i tell you about the prizes this month i must give a special mention to the 4 of our DT that have left us for new adventures! We say a fond farewell to ;

Frea K

Savahanna V

Julie T

Guylaine S

I have really enjoyed working with these ladies, what a talented bunch!

Now onto the challenge prizes and sponsors!

we have 2 sponsors this month...firstly we have Meljen designs

The prize on offer is 4 Digital Images!

and we also have Your Next Stamp sponsoring us and a $10 gift certificate!

Now onto my card. Meljens generously donated a image to the DT for us to use for the challenge. I decided on this baby image and use it as a "mums First Mothers Day" card. The image was coloured with promarkers. The papers were just loose ones that i had lying in my drawer waiting to be used! The flowers are WOC, Sizzix Die for the Swirls, Seam binding also from WOC and the rest my supplies are out my stash. The sentiment was computer generated.

I must not forget to mention the Monthly Sponspr this month which is The Cutting cafe!

The top 3 from each challenge this month will be put into a draw and one of them will win a fab prize from The Cutting Cafe!

I would like to enter the following challenges with this card;

Cupcake crafts - Fluffy Bunnies

My Mums craft Shop - Flowers

My Time to Craft - Perfect Pets

Thanks for reading and hope you can jump over to our challenge to join in! Also have a peek at the other inspiration from our Design Team..they are such a talented bunch!

Call Me!!

2011-04-26T20:07:00.007+01:00

Hi, What another beautiful day it was here in Scotland again! This weather is just amazing..hope it lasts! Well as you might notice if you have been here before i have had a little blog makeover! Not sure about this background yet so it might change again but loving the 3 columns to work with. Saves scrolling down forever to find things!

I have a card to share that i made the other night. Over at the Sugar Bowl the challenge this time is a sketch along with the theme of Buttons so had to enter.

I have used a Simply Sassy stamp called "Call Me" and coloured her with my promarkers.

The papers are from a Papermania Capsule pad that i bought not long ago. Its got lovely basic papers in it such as spots, stripes and checked. The fancy frame is from my Cricut Pot pourri cartridge.

My flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the leaves are again from the pot pourri and inked with yellow ink the tie in with the yellow in the image.

The sentiment reads "miss taking to you" and is from the wild card cartridge. The ribbon, glittery gems, buttons and hat pin are all from my stash.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

The Sugar Bowl - Sketch and buttons.

Stamp Something - With Flowers,Buttons and sparkle.

Stamptacular challenge - Pile It On - More than 5 layers.

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Some Buttons.

Thanks for looking and you kind comments! Enjoy your night!

Simply Create Challenge DT Card - Metal Challenge!

2011-04-22T17:40:00.001+01:00

Morning, Today is the start of another new challenge from Simply Create! Where has the last 2 weeks went??

The theme for this challenge is ....METAL!

The challenge is sponsored by the amazing Dude Time Doodles from Bonibleaux Designs!

They are giving the winner of the challenge a fab prize of a $10 gift certificate!!

All the design team were lucky enough to have been given a choice of images to use for our projects. Unfortunately my printer decided it was going to play up so i have had to use a image that i had for now but i will bring you a card with a Bonibleaux design image as soon as i can!

Onto my card. As most of you know, masculine cards are just not my favourite thing to do but i wanted to keep it a masculine theme as the other DT girls were using the Dude Time Doodles images. It was a challenge but got there in the end!

I used one of my hanglar and stanglar stamps that i got from ebay a while back and coloured it with promarkers. The paper is Lost and Found but MME. For the challenge i have used a metal chain which is attached to the fabric sentiment, eyelets and gromlets. I followed the sketch from I love to stamps April sketch challenge. I have shown it below.

I hope you can join us over at Simply Create to see what the other girls have created and hope you can find the time to enter our "Metal" challenge.

I am also going to enter the following challenges with this card;

I Love to Stamp - Aprils Sketch for you to try
StampInsanity - Metal
Simon Says Stamp - Embossing

Thanks for looking and again for all the lovely comments you all kindly leave!

Tea Light Box - Tilda

2011-04-17T05:00:00.000+01:00

Good morning! This is just a quick post to get my little tea light box that i made while away in the caravan posted. I kind of made it up as i went and it worked out well. I have a friends birthday coming up who loves Black, Pink and White.

The paper is from Theresa Collins and is double sided. I used both sides on this box. I am nearly finished that design so must buy more. Her papers are all beautiful. The Tilda image is coloured with Promarkers and a prisma pencil for some shading. The inside has a tag tucked inside the pocket on the left hand side and has "Happy Birthday To You" on the tag. I forgot to take a photo of that! The flowers are from WOC and swirls are a Marianne Design Die. The ribbons and charm are from my stash.

I would like to enter into the following challenges;

Colour Create - Black Pink and White

Stampavie and more - Black

Just Magnolia - Happy Birthday

Must try and get a hour or two sleep in, the birds are singing already! Thanks for looking and leaving such kind comments!

Craft us Crazy Challenge - Thinking of you sentiment/animals!

2011-04-16T16:32:00.000+01:00

Hi, hope you are all having a lovely weekend so far! I am so sorry that this post is late but i was away for 5 days in the caravan and had a post schedules but its gone missing in cyber space!

Anyway there is a new challenge up at Craft Us Crazy this week! The theme this time round is...

Thinking of You sentiment and/or animals

We have got Robyns Fetish sponsoring us for this challenge and donating a fab prize of 5 digital stamps or 4 digital stamps and 1 paper set! The DT were also generously provided with a image to use from the store..you must pop over ans have a look here!

We also have our Monthly sponsor too.... The Stamp Fairy!

The prize for one person, drawn from the Top 3 from both challenges this month, will win a $12 gift certificate!

What fab prizes! Anyway onto my DT card for the challenge. As i said before we were given a fab image to use from Robyns fetish and i have used "Bunny With Parasol". Such a adorable image!

I used my MS punch around the page set to create the topper part of the card and also the border along the bottom. The paper is one i have had in my stash for a while so not at all sure what its called. The flowers are from WOC as always and the swirl is my Marianne Design die. My image is coloured with Promarkers and have added a little glossy accents here and there. The sentiment is a personal expressions clear stamp from a set and the rest of the materials used are from my stash.

I would like to enter the card into the following challenges;

Creative Card Crew - Spring

Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes

Fun With Shapes - Animals

Crafts and Me - Ribbon

That me for now. I will back later with a card i made while on holiday. Please remember to pop over to Craft Us Crazy and join in with our challenge, you might just win one of the amazing prizes!

Craft Us Crazy - Stamp Fairy Project!!

2011-04-11T05:13:00.002+01:00

Good Morning! As you read this i will be on my way for a few days in the caravan with David and the kids. I am really looking forward to getting away just for a change of scenery and recharging of the batteries....they are on low power right now!! I am all packed, including all my crafty stash and cuttlebug in tow, ready to leave first thing! I will be back on Friday at some point to catch up!

Today i am here with my Craft Us Crazy monthly project. This month we are sponsored by......

....The Stamp Fairy! The DT were all generously offered a image to use. I have chosen "Donna Sunbonnets" which you will find here. There are so many beautiful images to choose from and there is something for everyone in the store.

Here is what i made to show off`the fabby image i was given!..........

Remember you still have time to enter the challenge over at Craft Us Crazy. It finishes on Wednesday night so get creating those Easter or Spring projects! The Stamp fairy are donating a amazing prize of $12. This will be won by putting all Top 3 for both challenges into a hat and drawing one!

We also have the first prize for this challenge which is from Peggy Loves Vintage. They are giving away 5 cutouts from their store. The value of this prize is $17.50!!

What are you waiting for then...go get crafting and you could be the winner of either of these prizes!!

Have a lovely week and see you soon!

Simply Create Challenge..Its All about Eggs!

2011-04-08T10:00:00.069+01:00

Today brings the new challenge over at Simply Create! What amazing DIY projects we seen last week, so much talent out there!

This fortnights challenge is....All About Eggs!! You can interpret this theme any way you wish. we love to see all kind of projects from LO, cards, altered items...you name it!!

Here is my DT card...

I decided to make a tent type card with lots of layers on it. The papers are MME Lost and Found. I really love these papers, this one is full on Bling!

I used a hAnglar stamp and coloured with Promarkers. I also added Glossy Accents and Glamour Dust to the egg she is holding. The fence and vines/leaves are from my Cricut Pot-pourri cartridge and inked with Tea Dye Distress ink very lightly. The eggs on the front are just clip art coloured and cut and the sentiment was computer generated. My flowers are as always from WOC.

In the photo below you can see the layers a bit better. Its not anything like the idea in my head when i started but i like it just the same!

I have not been about much this week as i have not been well. I had a sickness bug along with the flu and now i have Sinusitis! I have been put on Steroids and Antibiotics so i am hoping they kick in soon as the pain in my head and face is driving me to distraction...what a horrible pain it causes!

Anyway here is some challenges i am going to enter with my card today;

http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/ - Glitter

http://creativecraftworld.blogspot.com/ - Easter

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/ - Easter

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes + Something new (new papers and flowers!)

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

http://mypartnerincraftingcrime.blogspot.com/ - Layer it up

http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Easter

http://www.stampsruschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Easter

Thanks for looking and i am looking forward to seeing all the "All about Eggs" projects over at Simply Create!

Crafty Calender Challenge!

2011-04-02T09:08:00.000+01:00

Morning, Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend. Today brings the new challenge at Crafty Calender!

The theme this month was chosen by Liz....

"April Showers Brings Forth May Flowers"

This month we have another super sponsor....Its the talented Lynne at Sentiments 4 You!

She very kindly gave the DT sentiments to use for the challenge and joins us a the Guest Designer this month. She is also offering the winner a super prize of $10 to spend in her store! Wow!

I cant wait to to see what amazing entries we get this month.

Now onto my DT card. I chose the super cute Wee Stamp "Sweet Blossom". I love these images, just adorable! The papers are We R Memory Keepers, WOC flowers, Seam Binding from WOC also. The sentiment was obviously from the talented Sentiments 4 You. Everything else is from my stash.

I would like to enter into the following challenges;

http://wildorchidchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Sketch.

http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/ - Floral.

http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.com/ - Dies and punches plus ribbon.

http://bythecuteandgirly.blogspot.com/ - Cute and Girly.

http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Use a Digi!.

Thanks for having a look and hope you can join us over at Crafty Calender for our challenge! The DT have again created beautiful cards that will inspire you, so pop over for a peek and i am sure you will agree!

Have a great weekend!

Craft Us Crazy Challenge...Easter/Spring Theme!

2011-03-31T05:00:00.005+01:00

Today is the start of another challenge at Craft us Crazy!!

Before i tell you all about the new challenge i want to say thanks very much for everyone who entered the Celebration/Cupcakes challenge! The entries were all fab!

So onto the challenge. For this challenge we have the wonderful Peggy Loves Vintage! who are giving away 5 cut outs of the winners choice! what a great prize!

To win this you will have to create a..........

EASTER OR SPRING THEMED CARD!

We also have our monthly sponsor who is The Stamp Fairy!

The top 3 from both of the months challenges will be put into a draw and have a chance to win....$12 Gift Certificate!! The DT were also very kindly given images from the Stamp Fairy also so keep a look out for inspiration over at Craft Us crazy over the month!!

This is my creation for this challenge using a Peggy Loves Vintage image that the DT were so kindly given to use. Thank You!!

I used my Marianne design corner dies on this card. Love when you do it on a smaller piece of paper it looks more like it has been punched round the page. No DP...i had used a lilac paper that had colours from the image on it but it just didnt look right..just a bit too much! I think the duck stands out so much more with no DP. I think these flowers are from The Works. I had ran out of Lilac WOC ones but these did the job ok. The charm is a umbrella which i thought went with ducks brolly!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges also;
http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Easter!
http://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/ - Easter!
http://creativecraftworld.blogspot.com/ - Easter!
http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Spring!

Thank you for looking and cant wait to see your entries at craft us crazy!

Simply Create DT card - Do It Yourself!!

2011-03-25T17:23:00.000Z

Good Afternoon! Today i have my first Simply Create Design team card to share with you. What a amazing welcome the newbies have received from the SC girls... thank you girls, your all just lovely!!

The challenge for this fortnight is....Do It Yourself!!!! Now this is open for you to interpret as you wish, no right or wrong on Simply Create!

For my card i have used DIY flowers, charms, buttons and hand stitching. This is what the flowers, button and charm started of as...

I used thick embossing powder for the button. I had made it pink but it ended up far to bright for the card so out came the white embossing powder and i covered the pink up and it actually made it look much more raised by the time i had done a zillion layers of white to cover every bit of pink!!! I used ruffled ribbon to surround the button and a piece of white ribbon to thread through and knot. The charm is just a cardboard heart with layers of silver embossing powder on and then the gems set into it. The chain was added using a jump ring into a tiny hole i made in the heart. The flowers are scalloped ovals with the scallop edge cut off and twirled round a quilling tool and then shaped into shape. For the stitching i used my We R Memory Keepers Sew easy and then hand stitched the floss through.

The image i used is from Wee Stamps and this one is called Wee Suzie! She is so cute and there are so many other cuties where this one came from! I have nearly bought them all, i just love them....and the artist is from Edinburgh which is very close to where i stay! I have coloured her with Promarkers. The papers are from Pink Pettycoat and the spotty one from Craftwork Cards. Both free from Magazines.

The swirl is a Marianne design die. Ribbon and Gems are from my stash.

I hope you can take the time to hop over to Simply Create and have a look at the SC design team cards...Wow, they are all fab and all show what DIY means to them! I look forward to seeing all your DIY creations. The challenge is open for 2 weeks so gives plenty of time!

I am going to enter my card into the following challenges!

http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Diamonds are...

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/ - 3 DP, 2 Ribbons (i have one on border and the ruffled one on the button) and 1 image.

http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Flowers, rhinestones and ribbon.

http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/ - Button Challenge

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ - In Stitches! (criss cross stitches by hand)

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/ - Going Dotty

http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes!

http://doyoustackup.blogspot.com/ - Shine On (gems, glamour dust and metal shimmery charm)

http://colourcreatechallenge.blogspot.com - Pastel colours

Some Exciting News!!

2011-03-23T23:46:00.001Z

Good evening!! I wanted to pop by to share some good news i got a few days back. I have been asked to join the Simply Create Design Team!! I am so excited....cant wait to get started! What a lovely welcome i have received from the DT members, they are just so friendly! Thank You to all of you!

If you have a spare few mins you must all pop over there to check out the Monochrome challenge that finishes on the 25th. The DT have made some amazing cards. The new DT members will join in with the next challenge which starts on Friday.

Hope to see you all there!!

Just for Mum!

2011-03-19T19:03:00.000Z

Hi there, I hope you are all having a lovely weekend. Its been a lovely day here, still quite cold but the sun looked the part!! Maybe spring is here now!

Today i have a card to share. The sketch is from the Sugar Bowl and i have used a Simply Sassy stamp called "Fairy Tale". This was one the six stamps i won from the Sugar Bowl Challenge a few weeks back (Thank you again!) I coloured her in with promarkers, loved colouring her hair. The paper is from Pink Pettycoat. I couldnt decide on ribbon or just some fibres so ended up using them both! The flowers are form WOC and the vines/leaves are from my Pot-pourri Cricut Cartridge and inked them with Sugar Spun Distress ink. The charm, metal circle, pearls and pins are all from my stash. The sentiment is a Personal Impressions and stamped onto a small tag which is also inked with Spun Sugar.

There are so many challenges out this week with the theme of Mothers Day so there are a lots of challenges to enter today! Here they are;

http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/ - Sketch

http://diecutdreams.blogspot.com/ - Mothers Day.

http://trulyscrumptiouschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Tag It (Sentiment is on tag)

http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/ - To Die For

http://doyoustackup.blogspot.com/ - Add a Bow

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Embossing (swirls embossing folder on circle and border)

http://papercutzchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/ - Mothers Day

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Mothers Day

http://ecpchallenges.blogspot.com/ - For Mum

http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/ - For Mum

Thats them all.. .Now for the linking up!I hope you have a lovely weekend and thanks for looking!

Take Care,

Craft Us Crazy Challenge - Cupcakes/Celebration!!

2011-03-17T06:00:00.004Z

Good Morning! Its Thursday already and that means its time for a new challenge over at

Craft Us Crazy!!

The new challenge theme is......Cupcakes/Celebration!!!

Our sponsor for this challenge is the fab Limited Runs Digi's! The prize is 3 digi images of your choice!

As well as our challenge sponsor we have a monthly sponsor too. This month its.....Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps.

The top 3 from both March challenges will be put into a draw and the winner will win a $10 gift certificate from this super sponsor! We were also generously given images from Stitchy Bear Digis which you will see on the challenge blog, Here, or on my blog earlier in the week, Here.

So onto my DT card. Limited Runs Digis were so generous to give us all a cupcake image to use for this challenge. I used "One Candle Cupcake". You can find it HERE.

Since it was cupcake as well as celebration theme i decided to make a recipe card. The other image i used here is a Belles and Whistles stamp called "Cupcake". I love this image and couldnt resist using her on my card.

The recipe is for cupcakes and i have printed it onto white card and layered it with Lilac then made a pocket in the inside of my card. My sentiment reads "Celebrate....With Cake"

I hope you can join in with our challenge and just have fun! The creations that we get each week are just amazing. If you can please pop over to the rest of the Design Team s blogs, they are all so super talented!

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges;

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ - From the kitchen (hope my recipe card counts, well you bake in the kitchen!)

http://creativecraftworld.blogspot.com/ - Bling, Glitter etc

http://blingitonchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking and hope you can pop over to join in our challenge!

Craft Us Crazy Sponsor - Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps!

2011-03-15T23:35:00.000Z

Hi, What a horrible rainy day it is here! Its not stopped all day, all the little flowers that were coming up were all flattened by the snow the other day, now they they are weighed down with the rain. Poor things have no chance!

Anyway...there is only until Wednesday night to get your project in for our Nature Challenge over at Craft Us Crazy.

This month we are sponsored by "Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps". The DT were kindly offered a image from the store to use. I chose this one from the Kellys Kids range. There is so many cute images to choose from, you can see them all HERE in the Stitchy Bears Digi Stamp store.

I have used promarkers to colour the image. The papers are Bo Bunny i think and flowers are WOC. The swirls are from Marianne Design Dies.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges also;

http://wildorchidchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Die cuts and Punches
http://doyoustackup.blogspot.com/ - Layers
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2011/03/trio-tastic.html - Trio Tastic

Thats all for now so thanks for looking and remember to get those nature projects entered into our challenge!

A Recipe Card - Yum!!

2011-03-12T18:25:00.001Z

Hi, We have more snow today, there was a good amount fell overnight but its turning into slush now because we have had some rain. Just hoping that's it all. Really shouldn't be complaining about a bit of snow when we see what's going on in Japan. Its just awful.

Today i am here with a Recipe card. This is the challenge over at Elisabeth Bells World. The DT have got some amazing samples on show.

I bought this stamp at the SECC at the beginning of the month. Just love it, so cute! She is coloured with Promarkers. The Sketch is followed from Fussy and Fancy Friday and the colours were used to fit with the Belles and Whistles challenge which is just about to finish today i think!

The fancy corners were made with my Nellie Snellon Dies. The papers are Bo Bunny i think, i have cut of the bottom corer with the name on! The ruffled ribbon was another find at the SECC. It was from Ribbon Box and i comes ruffled like in the picture, its stretches forever too! Will be buying more of that from the on-line shop. The flowers are WOC and the swirl is a Marianne Design die.

The Sentiment and the recipe itself were computer generated and printed onto white card then onto a pink mat. I added quite a few little pink gems to finish the card off.

Here is the challenges i would like to enter with this recipe card;

http://bnwchallenges.blogspot.com/ - White, Pink and Red

http://elisabethbellsworldchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - A Recipe Card

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Sketch

http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/ - Easel Card

http://stampinbsdesignteam.blogspot.com/ - Bling

Thanks for looking and for the lovely comments. Have a great weekend and fingers crossed there is no more snow!!

Pom Pom all in Purple!

2011-03-08T15:59:00.000Z

Hi, This is a flying visit today as i have the doctors soon. I wanted to post my LOV challenge card before i forget. This week the challenge was a sketch by Bev and as usual it was a really nice one.

I used the little Pom Pom fairy image and coloured her with Promarkers. Her wings are covered in Crackle Accents to make it look like veins in the wings. I decided to go without DP's this time and just embossed the white layers . The border punch is a MS one. The flowers are cut from my cuttlebug and then i have layered a flower from my Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge and gave them the glossy accents and Glamour dust treatment that i seem to have a thing about at the moment!!

The sentiment is also from LOTV from the pack of calender/date stamps. Some of the white is inked up using Dusky Concord Distress Inks. The ribbon, trim, gems and charm are just from my stash...had to dig to find a different charm than usual!

The challenges i am entering this card into are;

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Sketch by Bev

http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/ - Show Some Metal

http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.com/ - Ribbons and Charms

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Jewels

Thanks for having a look.

Take Care

Teddy Bo!

2011-03-06T14:22:00.000Z

I am just popping by to post my Teddy Bo card for this weeks challenge and managed to combine with a few more too. Its a colour challenge this time..Duck Egg Blue and Brown. I love this colour combo!

I have coloured my image with promarkers. I love this image, its so cute! The sketch i followed is this weeks Totally Gorjuss challenge. It was a great sketch to play with.

I have used my Martha Stewart POTP punch. I used lace out my stash on my border, i am running out so must go get more of that one! The spotty paper is from papermania "The Big One" by Claire Curd. I have had this pad for such a long time and it is never ending! The flower and pearls are from my stash. The sentiment is a Personal Impressions one that i got not long ago, its has a matching set with relations/ages etc. Its good to have a whole set that covers everything in the same font.

Heres the links to the challenges that i am entering today;

http://teddybochallenge.blogspot.com/ - Duck Egg Blue and Brown

http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/ - Pearls and Lace

http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/ - Sketch

Hope you enjoy whats left of the weekend!

Thanks for visiting!