Blog Candy & Some Fab News!

Pink Gem Designs are giving away some lucky crafter 6 fab stamps of their choice & you have until 18th January to enter.

My FAB news is that I've been chosen to be one of the Stampin' for the Weekend's Design Team, how cool is that! I can't wait to get creating for them & it means I get to use all my new crafty stuff too :)

Lexi's Creations 4th Challenge :)

I hope you all had a fab Christmas & that Santa brought you all you wished for. I got lots of lovely crafty goodies :)

It is the 4th Challenge at Lexi's Creations (how quickly the time goes, scary) & this time the theme is "Pastels & Joanna Sheen is the sponsor :) The DT have used Lexi's gorgeous image "Hot Choc Scruffles". I coloured him with Prismas & chalks, added some Glamour Dust to the marshmallows, the papers are various from my stash & I used my new foliage & flower punches from Cuddly Buddly (c/o Santa lol).

The sketch is from Crafting Life's Pieces & I'm entering my card for these challenges too:
Charisma Cardz - Anything but Christmas
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
Our Creative Corner - Celebrate Food or Drink
Rosie-D's - You Chose
Crafty Creations - No Rules

1 Card = 10 Challenges :)

What an incredibly busy day I've had trying to get everything sorted ready for Christmas, I'm getting there, which is lucky cos I have to work all day tomorrow 9 - 6.30 (it shouldn't be allowed on Christmas Eve lol).

This is the card I made for my son Craig & his partner Zoe. I made another Easel card & used the Christmas Meerkat image from Sandra Dry. The papers are various from my stash & I added a padded star, some sticker parcels, puffy stuff & lots of glitter.

Here are the 10 Challenges:
C.R.A.F.T. - Free For All
Crafty Creations - Happy Holidays!
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
Dare U 2 Digi Stamp - Last Minute Christmas Cards
Digital Tuesday - Let it Snow!
Kaboodle Doodles - Sparkling Winter
Magical Crafts - Special Birthday or Christmas Card
Our Creative Corner - Let it Snow!
SophistiCat - Christmas Theme, Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Holiday Somethings

Challenge 3 at Lexi's Creations :)

Wow the weeks are flying by. Challenge 3 at Lexi's Creations is to use purple (or shades of), bling & ribbon. My card is made with Lexi's Biker Brooke image. Our sponsor this week is Toucan Scraps & the papers are from them (with added glitter). The flowers are punched, inked & glittered & I finished off with a greeting, gems & organza ribbon. Lexi's images are all 99p now so why not check them out :)

I'm entering this card for 3 Challenges:
Kraftin' Kimmie - Sparkle
Papertake - Red & Green Must Not be Seen (I don't think it has to be Christmas card)
Die Cut Dreams - Glitter Me Silly

Stampin' for the Weekend

Stampin for the Weekend are having a DT call & as I would love to be part of their team I thought I'd give it a go. This is my first easel card & I think I shall be making many more as they are very simple but look really cool :) I used papers from Designer Digitals, the Anya image is coloured in with Prismacolors & I added glitter & puffy stuff (can't remember what it is called but it's by Woodware lol). The finishing touches are some shiny cord, bauble greeting & festive flowers with gem.



I'm entering this card for 3 challenges:
2Redbananas - Stay Warm
All That Scraps - Snowflakes
Cute Daisy May - Twinkle

Candy Alert :-)

But you will have to be quick - I'm hoping I made it in time. Karen has some fab candy to give away here & she has some fab images to purchase on her other blog, check them out!

Stamp with Us Recipe

I must admit I often find recipe challenges a little bit tricky (& I think some other people do too) that is why the Stamp With Us team are dropping them from their challenges, so this is their last recipe challenge which is to use 2 patterned papers, 3 brads & 1 stamp. The papers are from Designer Digitals, the gorgeous stamp is from Lil of the Valley & is called "Fairies - Bouquet" & is coloured in with Prismas & I sprayed her with Crafter's Companion silver spray & glitter which gives her a gorgeous twinkle (but I don't think you can see this very well in the photo). I punched some flowers out of white paper, inked & glittered them & added some brads to the centres.

This card fits 2 other challenges too:
Charisma Cardz - I'm Dreaming of Summertime!
Creative Inspirations - Sketch

A Different Card

I've had a lovely day off today my friend came round this afternoon & we watched It's a Wonderful Life (we watch it every year now, it's become a tradition) & drank tea & ate mince pies. The trouble is as I've said (many times) before there just aren't enough hours in days off or weekends so I haven't done half of what I wanted to do but I have had a great day none-the-less :)


Anyway onto the card which different from my usual style but I do like to diversify now & again lol. This was made for my Aunty who is going through a rough time at the moment. The papers are from Designs by Krista, I used another flower design from Mel & the flowers have been coloured, glazed & glamour dusted. I finished off with a flourish stamp, ribbon & computer generated greeting.

I'm entering this card for 4 challenges:
Sketch Saturday - (can you guess lol) Sketch
ABC - Indigo Blue
Etsy Inspired - Triangle Scarf
Pile It On - Flowers & Flourishes

Hubby's Christmas Card (**V**)

This is the card I made for my hubby Mark for Christmas the gorgeous image is by Sally-Ann from her Digi Stamp Boutique. The paper is Designer Digital & I added extra snowflake stickers & die cuts, the card is finished off with a festive ribbon, flower, computer generated greeting & some gems.

This card was made for 6 challenges:
Bee Crafty - Add Some Sparkle
Creative Card Crew - Christmas
Kaboodle Doodles - Snowflakes
My Time to Craft - Winter Pals
SophistiCat - Snowflakes & Sparkle
Cutie Sunday - Sketch

NB. Oopsie, it's just been pointed out that I did the mistletoe red lol I have now changed the gems to pearls ;)