Crafty Calendar Challenge - Egg-stra Special and a DT Call!

Good Morning! Hope your all having a lovely Easter weekend.

I am having a crafty day today. David is off so i am going to try and clear our some of my drawers of stash. My ribbon box is in a right old mess and my drawer with all my tools, such as knifes, pliers, pokey tools, rulers etc is also a bit of mess. Thing is when i start to tidy i seem to get distracted with stash i find and end up abandoning the tidy up to craft!

I am considering selling my Cricut Expression with all the cartridges and buying a Grand Calibur with the sale money. I am a bit worried i will miss my Cricut but i hardly use it and i know i will use the Calibur all the time. Any advice would be grateful!

Anyway back to business! Its time for another Crafty Calendar Challenge!

This challenge is all about creating something Egg-stra Special with optional extra of "more than one fold."

Anything egg related counts, doesnt have to be Easter related. You could give us a recipe card, dinosaur egg related, birds nest, chickens...you decide.

I decided to make a little treat bag with mini eggs in it!..yum..yes its now a empty treat bag! I only meant to eat one or two and when i put my hand back in to get another they were all gone! I dont know how that happened..lol!

Treat Bag Recipe

For the actual bag i used a small cello card display bag. Works perfect.

Image - Tilda in her egg coloured with Promakers and Flexmarkers.

Dies/punches - Scallop circle Nestie, Martha Stewart lattice punch, Marianne Design various flourishes.

Embellishments - Ribbon, tulle and button from stash and flowers from Wild Orchid Craft.

I am also going to enter into the following challenges;

CRAFT Challenge - Easter/spring

Fairy Tale - Anything Goes

Just Magnolia - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - I Want Candy! 

Just Inspirational Challenge - Picture inspiration.

I hope you can pop over to Crafty Calendar Challenge and show us your egg-stra special creations!

I hope you all enjoy climbing those hills tomorrow to roll your eggs! 

Happy Easter to you all!

Lynne x x

Tea Light Box - Tilda

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!

Lets Go Fly a Kite!

Today we had all kinds of weather! It started with wind and rain then at lunch time we had snow. It was too wet for it to lie thankfully! Late afternoon the sun came out for a while. I can cope with any weather but please not snow!!

Today i have made a card following the Friday Sketchers latest sketch. Its a fab one too, loved working with the sketch. I have used one of my hAnglar stamps. I used Promarkers and he was a dream to colour. The colours scheme came from the "Fab and Funky" challenge which is Chocolate and Blue. The paper i use was just a sheet i found in the pile of 12x12's i have and not sure where its from! I embossed the brown layer with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and the same with the white fame under the stamp. The stars, frame, circles and scallop corners were all cut using my Cricut cartridge, Plantin schoolbook. The ribbon is running through eyelets at each side of the frame. I have added a touch of Crackle Accents to the stars and scalloped corners for a change of texture. I added a couple of MME buttons to finish off.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges;

http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes with Ribbon

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

http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Chocolate and Blue

http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/ - Show some Embossing.

Thanks for having a look and hope you come back soon!

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!!

Feeling Blue?

Hiya, I am definitely feeling blue tonight...we have got more snow falling!! I am so fed up with it, hope it doesnt come to much and has gone by the morning. We still have a bit of snow still lying thats not melted from the last time.

Tonight i am entering this card into a lot of challenges so i will just list and link them all at the end.

The sketch i followed is from the Unscripted Sketches Challenge Blog. The challenge was "2010 Review" in which you are to choose a past sketch from the list. I picked this one......

My Tilda is coloured in used Promarkers, i love the sitting Tildas, they just look so cute sitting there with legs dangling! I have added glossy Accents and glitter to parts of her dress and bow. My roses were out my stash and i added the twine and leaves to them and added glitter. The paper I used in the background is a glittery one from the "Slice" paper pack. I really like the papers i got in that pack. I usually find i only like a some of the papers out a pack and then the rest get left to gather dust but i will use all the papers in this one!

My metal brad is one i have had for a long long time..i bought it on my very first craft supplies shopping spree but forgot all about it until i cleaned my drawer out! I did put a new brad in the centre of it as it had a white one in it and it didnt go with my cream card! My butterfly is punched from Vellum and rubbed to shape it slightly. My sentiment is cut from my Wild Card Cricut Cartridge and again coated with Glossy Accents and Glitter.

Here is the challenges i am entering into tonight...

Stamp Something - Glittery!

Our Creative Corner - A Thank You Recipe (Blue, Cream, Metal and Vellum)

Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Blues Challenge

Allsorts Challenge - Thank You

Unscripted Sketches - 2010 Review (Past Sketch)

Totally Tilda - Ribbons and Roses

Just Magnolia & hAnglar - Anything Goes

Thanks for having a look.

Hope you all have a good night!

Black and white!

Hi There,

I hope you have all enjoyed the snow. We now have the deepest snow here since 1964, according to our council anyway! Its actually so deep my 6 year old cant really go out to play in it because its up to her bottom  in places so wellie boots are just not doing the job!! we are also snowed in and the schools are shut till Monday at least. There goes my Christmas shopping tomorrow and not sure about doing it online because roads and motorways have been closed on and off and we have not even post never mind large lorries with parcels! We are meant to have another 20cms tonight again, I am now getting a bit fed up with it.

So here is my card that i made the other day. The sketch is from the Just Magnolia Challenge. My Tilda was coloured with promarkers. As you can see i decided to try and do her all in "black and white." Had fun messing with all the grey shades, its not exactly how i wanted her to look but was running out of time. The colour scheme came from the Allsorts challenge which is Monochrome. The paper i used, the black one, has lots of lovely flocking on it. This card was hard to get a good photo off, the white just kept bouncing back at the camera. Its not a cheap camera i use, maybe its just me not using it properly. I decided to add Pearl Paper Effects, glitter and gems onto the corners. This fits with the Paper Sundaes challenge of "Adorn Those Corners". The Die Cut Dreams Christmas Clubs challenge is to use Die Cuts and i used plenty on this card with the Nesties and the swirls and flower from my Cricut Machine. The Craft Your Days Away Challenge is to add texture to your card. The flocking on the paper, embossing and lace counts for this. I am also going to play along with Tip Top Tuesday which is anything goes.

Heres the challenge blog links!

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

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/ - Monochrome

http://dcdchristmasclub.blogspot.com/ - Die Cuts

http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/ - Adorn Those Corners

http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/ - Texture

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

Thank you for having a look and your kind comments!

Pink Tilda!

This is my card that i made for the Just Magnolia challenge which is a sketch by Dawny. I love her sketches, just right up my street and a dream to work with! The pink paper i used is a cut off from a paper that i had in my stash and the spotted one was i got in the sale at Hobbycraft for 25p, it has nothing on to say who is from. The image was coloured by promarkers. The square is embossed with the swirls folder using my cuttlebug. The ribbons, flowers, pins and pearls are from my stash and the sentiment is a Forever Friends stamp. 

The other challenges i am playing along with are the Totally Gorjuss Challenge and Our Creative corner challenge. The challenge at Our creative Corner was to use as many embellishments as you can. I used lots of pearls, 2 pins, lots of ribbon and flowers. I hope this is plenty!

Heres are the links to the three challenge blogs i have entered;

  http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/ - A Sketch by Dawny

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

http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/ - Embellishments - The More the Better!

Thanks for taking time out to look at my cards and leaving such nice comments!

Seeing Double!

This is just a quick post to my card for a few challenges that are about this week. The first challenge i am playing along with is the Just Magnolia Challenge. The challenge over there is 2x2 (2 of everything!) As you can see i have used 2 flowers and leafs twice, 2 sets of 2 gems, 2 DP's, and 2 charms. The charms are recycled from older cards that i have not given to anyone! It was harder than i thought using 2 of everything! The papers are from Bo Bunny and are scraps pieces that i had left over from other cards i made. I also used scrap cardstock from my scrap box that sits at my feet as i craft away. The Passion for Promarkers challenge is Recycled so i hope that all my scraps and old charms count! The colour theme of pink is fitting with two other challenges, I love Promarkers and Lets Craft and create. The image is coloured with Promarkers and the image of Tilda is fitting with the challenge over at Crafty Catz. The sentiment was cut from my Cricut Wild Card Cart and i sparkled it up a bit with glossy accents and glitter. I have also entered the card into the challenge at Craftalicious as the challenge is "Anything Goes".

This is the list of links to the Challenge blogs that i have played along with today;

http://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/ - Think Pink

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

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Tilda Week

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/ - Think Pink

http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/ - 2x2!

http://www.promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Recycled

Thanks For Looking!

     

Sparkling Tilda!

 Hi, Its good to be back online! I was on holiday for a long weekend and when i got back my internet was down, anyway sorted now and can now get stuck into some of the great challenges that are about this week.

For this card i used a layout i used before for a challenge and loves it, so simple! The colour theme matched 2 different challenges, Stampin Bs and Fab n funky. I am not a fan of black white and red but i actually think it has turned out ok! The image of Tilda is coloured with promarkers and i have used glossy accents and glamour dust to sparkle her outfit up. The swirls were from a sizzix die i have had for ages, it actually is a flower with a swirl stem but i have cut off the flowers head and jut used the swirls. Again i have used glossy accents and glamour dust to sparkle. I added some pearls to the swirls.

As you can see from the picture below i have made the top layer so it opens up to show the hidden a tag inside. I used a brad to hold it shut by just catching the edge of the card stock under the side of the brad.

Here is the link to the challenges i have played along with this week.

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/ - Pearls and Swirls.

http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Black White + One other colour.

http://stampinbsdesignteam.blogspot.com/ - Red, Black and White.

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Hidden Extra.

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

http://totallytilda.blogspot.com/ - Glitter and Sparkle.

Thanks for looking and also for leaving all the lovely comments!

Christmas Tilda.

Hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday. Heres what i made today for the CES Challenge which is to make a Christmas Easel card. I have also played along with Just Magnolias Sketch for this week. Its a lovely sketch   to work with. The papers i used is DCWV Rose Tinted Christmas that i had left over from last year. I think i will buy some more this year cos some of the papers are great for girly xmas cards. 

 I coloured my Candy Cane Tilda using promarkers. I have embossed the circle and the bottom of the easel card using my cuttlebug and snowflake folder. The snowflakes are cut from my potpourri cartridge. This is one of my favourite cuts on this cartridge, just that bit different from my other snowflake dies is have.

The sentiment is from a pack of xmas sentiments that i bought a few weeks back. As usual i have added a few gems to finish off. 

Again my picture quality aint that great, sorry! 

Heres the link to the challenges i have entered today.

http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/ - What eva!

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

http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Christmas Easel card.

Thanks very much  for looking and taking the time to comment! Its great to see what people think of my cards.

Also a quick note to say thanks to my new followers, again it means a lot.

Tilda in Lilac and Lace!

Just a quick post today to show my latest card that i have put together for some challenges. The challenge over at Totally Tilda is "Lilac and Lace" and the Just magnolia special monthly challenge is "Anything Goes".

I used my Jam Tilda stamp and coloured her with Promarkers. The paper is from Best Creation. This paper is lovely because it is very slightly embossed and full of glitter so i am playing along with the challenge at Craft Your Days Away which is "Girly n Glitter". I just cant resist a really girly card!  I embossed the circle with my cuttlebug folder and the swirls are cut from a sizzix die i have. The flowers i made myself from scratch. I love making them, then covering the petals in Glossy Accents and MS white glitter. The other challenge i am playing along with is Stamping B's. The theme is to use a charm so i used a little butterfly one.

The sentiment i used is just from ym stash, i think it may be a Forever Friends sentiment but not totally sure!

The lace, ribbon and gems are from my stash and just finish the card of nicely.

Heres the links to the challenge blogs i played along with today,

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

http://totallytilda.blogspot.com/ - Lilac and Lace

http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/ - Girly n Glitter

http://stampinbsdesignteam.blogspot.com/ - Use a charm

Thanks for looking and hope you had a great weekend!

Pink, Pink and more Pink!

Hi, What a beautiful day it is here, the kids are out having a water fight and i have managed to grab the laptop while they are out! As with most boys their ages, 11 and 13, once they get onto the computer thats me lost it for hours! 

Here is my latest creation. The sketch i followed is Dawys sketch for the Just magnolia challenge. I loved this sketch. I have used my Tilda Stamp and coloured her with promarkers. I only really started stamping a lot over the past few months so i have not got a massive selection of stamps yet but I am sure that will change once i have been to the Hobby Craft show in October! I am really looking forward to it, a day in heaven!!

I have also entered my card into the Satuarday challenge which is "What a little girls made of" hence the pink, pink and more pink. The paper is Papermania Honey and Hugs. I got this little stack in a sale a few months back and forgot all about it! The swirls are cut from my Story Book Cartridge using Gemstones cardstock. I have used some Gems and card Candy inside the Prima Flowers. The sentiment was just one that was in a pack of clear stamps from Papermania. 

Heres links to the two challenges;

 http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/2010/08/week-68-sketch-by-dawny.html - A sketch by Dawny.

http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2010/08/challenge-96.html - What are Little girls 

Made Of.

Thanks for having a look!