Love, Love, Love!!!

Hi, I have been trying to get on here to get this card posted for a few days but i seem to get distracted with one thing or another!!

This card was initially made for the Just Magnolia and hAnglar Challenge which is Going Dotty. I decided to combine it with a valentines theme because there are so many "love" or "Valentines" challenges out there this week.

My hAnglar image is coloured in with Promarkers. She is so cute holding onto her heart! The spotty paper is from Claire Curds "the big one" paper pack that i have had for such a long time and still have not got through it all! I ran a running stitch up the length of ribbon and then pulled to gather it in. I decided to set the sentiment in between a few hearts which i glazed with Glossy Accents and sprinkled with Glamour Dust. The flowers, charms and gems are from my stash and the swirl under the flowers is cit from my story Book Cartridge

Here is th elong list of challenges i am entering this into this week!

http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/ - Going Dotty!

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ - Love is in the air!

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes
http://simplycreatechallenges.blogspot.com/ - Give your Heart Away!

http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/ -Use Punches
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Bling on the love
http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/ - Love/valentines

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Hearts a Flutter!
http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Punch it

http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/ - Show some love!

Thanks as always for visiting and leaving such lovely comments!!

Glitter and Glitz!

I have been offline for a few weeks now with broadband issues but all back up and running now so here i am back to enter a few challenges.

The image i used is a LOTV one and coloured with Promarkers. The white areas on her dress is filled with DecoArt Paper Effects and sprinkled with Glamour dust. The snowflales are from my Cricut Potpourri Cartridge and again covered with the Paper effects and Glamour Dust. The punch is a Martha Stewart which bought a the Hobby Craft Show in Glasgow along with a hundred other new bits and pieces that i "needed"!! The white mat is embossed with the Snowflakes Embossing folder and Cuttlebug. I finished off with a few gems, ribbon and xmas charm. I love this colour just now, just fresh and clean so have made most my family and friends cards in this colour combo.

Here is the challenges i have entered.

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Glitter and Glitz

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Let it snow

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

http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/ - Christmas Card

http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/ - Anything Christmas

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Xmas with no red or green

Thanks very much for looking!

Animal Crackers!

This is a card i made tonight for a few different challenges. The challenge at Creative Inspirations was to create a card thats anything other than a square or rectangle so i made this scalloped circle card. I cut the card base using my Cricut wild card cartridge as well as the 2 circle layers. The paper is from Bo Bunny. I really like pink and brown at the moment. The image of the rabbit is a LOTV stamp. It is meant to have a balloon in his hand but i just wanted the rabbit this time! The rabbit image fits with Pear Tree Designs challenge and also A Spoonful of Sugar challenge where animals is the theme for both. Passion for Promarkers challenge is "Sweet Treat" so the little cup cake is a perfect treat for that challenge! The flowers are punched and layered and finished with pearls. The challenge at CES is "Floral Frenzy" so the flowers and the floral paper fit with it great. This will be my first time entering at CES, its just a new challenge blog and looks great! I wanted to do something different with the ribbon on this card so i pleated it along the length of the card and put a bow at the side of the image and embellished with a couple of pins. I have also played along with the challenge over at Die Cut Dreams where they are looking for Pearls and Pins. I was going to add a sentiment to the card but i decided to leave it blank for now until i have a use for it!

Heres the links to the challenges i entered;

http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything except square or rectangle!

http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Floral Frenzy

http://peartreedesigns.blogspot.com/ - Animals

http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Animals

http://diecutdreams.blogspot.com/ - Pearls and Pins

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Sweet Treats!

Thanks for having a look and have a good night! (Well its now actually morning!)

Winter Wonderland - Tag it!

Well, 2 posts in one day, thats not usual! As i was having a look around my blog list i noticed that Winter Wonderlands new challenge is to make a Christmas tag. I couldnt resist so the ironing pile has been dumped back into the cupboard and out came the craft mat! If i keep doing that we will actually have nothing to wear!

Tags is something i never have really been into so i kept it quite simple. I cut the tag using my Cricut with the Plantin schoolbook cartridge. The "Merry Christmas" was cut using my Cricut wild card cartridge and the snowflake from the potpourri basket cartridge. I embossed the white top layer with the cuttlebug snowflakes folder. The sentiment and snowflake are coated with Glossy Accents and MS glitter, i use these two products all the time, couldnt do without them! I layered up the snowflake to add some depth. The little charm was given to me from my friend and it is actually from last years Christmas crackers!! As my kids keep telling me.. Re-use and Recycle! It is also just made from scraps of cardstock that i keep. I hate to waste anything these days! The challenge at Creative Inspirations is "recycle" so will enter into that challenge too!

Here is the links the the Challenge Blogs i have entered;

http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Tag It!

http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/2010/08/challenge-40.html - Recycled Element.

I was about to say goodnight but its officially good morning now, fingers crossed i sleep tonight! 

Thanks for having a peek!

Mojo is back!!

Hi, Well been busy today..no, not housework .. Just crafting! I decided to enter a few challenges with one card again. As much as Chocolate brown is just not my favourite colour,  it worked out better than i thought it would!! The Chocolate colour theme and Tilda stamp was for the Totally Tilda challenge. The sketch i followed is from Papertake Weekly challenge, like this sketch! I am also going to enter my card into the Creative Inspirations challenge and The stamp Man Challenge as they have let loose and the theme is "Anything Goes" for both! The spotty paper is from "The big one" by Clare Curd which i have had in my stash since it was released and still not even nearly finished it all! I embossed the white layer with my Cuttlebug floral folder. The flowers were cut from my Cricut using the Plantin Schoolbook cart and the leaves are from the Story book cart. I used some gems and ribbon from my stash to finish it off. 

Here is the challenges i have entered my card into!

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

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

http://totallytilda.blogspot.com/ - Chocolate and Tilda Stamp.

http://thestampmanchallenges.blogspot.com/- Anything goes!

Thanks again for having a look!