Get Childish with Di's Digi Challenge

It's been another really busy week at work so I am really glad it's the weekend.  Today the new challenge at Di's Digi Designs is "Child(ren)".  I made a card for a really small child - a baby lol.  I love this image which is called "Babesaurus".  I coloured it with ProMarkers & finished it off with a teddy embellishment, pearls & a button.  We are sponsored by Crafty Ribbons this week & I hope you will be able to join us.

The challenges:

Dutch Dare - For the Boys

Crafty Sentiments - One Image, 2 Papers, 3 Embellishments

Crafts & Me - Dies or Punches

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet - Blue & Yellow

Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes

Flowers, Flowers, Flowers...

This week's challenge at Sentimental Sundays is...have you guessed it yet..."Flowers" (with a sentiment).  There are so many different types of flowers & ways to use them that I'm hoping lots of you will join us. We have a wonderful sponsor this week "From the Heart" & the DT were lucky enough to chose an image from them, it was a hard decision but I chose this cute one called "Kitten Flowerpot".  I coloured the image with ProMarkers, used my Cheery Lynn doily die & finished off with Glamour Dust, ribbon, button & greeting.  I was looking for inspiration & I remembered one of my favourite Jellypark cards & cased that lol

The challenges:

I Love ProMarkers - Four Legged Friends

Fab 'n' Funky - Flower Power

C.R.A.F.T. - Recipe

Allsorts - Animals

Link Up for Pink - Photo Inspiration 

Crafty Ribbons - Button Up

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Buttons & Bows

Broken Box Stock - Happy Birthday 

I hope you're having a great weekend.  I'm really excited cos I'm going to Kent today with my youngest son Stuart to see Craig (oldest son) & Zoe (DIL) & grandchildren Ryan, Abigail & Bethany (so I will be scheduling this card - hopefully it's worked).  Stuart is probably more excited than me cos he hasn't seen them since their wedding in July.

Time to Get in Shape!

Well, my New Years Resolution this year is to get fitter & tone up (I bike to work so I do get some exercise), the main reason being cos we've booked a holiday & I want to look half decent in a bikini, (mind you Mark (hubby) will be the only one who's going to see me lol) & do you know what... I'm really enjoying  it, I get up early to do exercises before work & boy I don't half enjoy my breakfast after lol - well when I say "enjoying" perhaps that is not the right word cos sometimes it is VERY difficult to drag myself out of bed but I do feel better afterwards :D  

The reason for mention this is this week's challenge at Jellypark Friends is "Get in Shape" (use shapes on your creations).  I've made a bookmark with some Craftwork Cards Kraft card & used my MFT hexagon die & a corner punch.  The image I used is Claire's newest charity image (Claire is Jellypark's very talented illustrator) & 100% of the money raised selling this will go to The Sick Children's Trust.  Isn't he adorable?  I paper pieced his hat & onesie & coloured his face with ProMarkers.  I finished the bookmark with my fence border punch (Martha Stewart) & some ribbon.  I hope you will check out all the Jellypark charity & other wonderful images.  

The challenges:

Crafty Sentiments - Fancy Folds or Not Square

Stamp n Doodle - Anything Goes

Penny's - Anything Goes

Through the Craftroom Door - (always) Anything Goes

Milk Coffee - Make It Cute
Hotshot Craft - Anything But a Card
Crafty Catz - Dies & Punches

I hope you've had a great week, 5 o'clock can't come soon enough for me lol & enjoy your weekend :o)

100th Challenge at The Paper Shelter!

Wow! Can you believe it's The Paper Shelter's 100th challenge & our challenge is "Celebrations" (of course) & if you play along there is the chance to win 1 of 5 gift certificates worth $20 dollars each (yes, there's 5 chances to win, how cool is that!).  I kept my birthday card CAS & used TPS's fab "Birthday Cupcake" image which I edged with Glamour Dust.  The greeting is stamped & I finished off with some die cut bunting.  I hope you will be able to join in the fun :D

The challenges:

Card Makin Mamas - It's Birthday Time

Digital Tuesday - Pink & White

Creative Card Crew - Birthday

Paper Playtime - Use a Sentiment Stamp

Paper Makeup - Anything Goes

Digi Darla - Food & Drink 
Crafting by Design - Anything Goes

I hope you're having a great week :)  Mine started really well - Sunday night my son Craig, DIL Zoe & our 3 adorable grandchildren stopped by on their way to Butlins for a holiday so I was able to spend a few hours with them before I went to work on Monday morning  :D 

Lace & Pearls

Thank goodness for weekends :D  I am absolutely worn out from work this week - don't you just love Friday night when you finish work & you have the whole weekend ahead.  As it is Saturday it means a new Di's Digi Challenge & this week it is "Lace & Pearls".  I used one of Di's gorgeous coloured images (really helpful when you're having a busy week & not much time/energy for crafting) called "Izzy With Little Bird".  The papers were free with a magazine & I did some machine stitching.  I finished the card with rolled flowers, padded fabric flower, punched ink & glittered butterfly, greeting, lace, pearls & I made a flower with lace a pearl & some beads.  Our fab sponsor this time is "My Time Made Easy", I hope you can find time to join us :o)

The challenges:

TotallyPaperCrafts - Pets

Paperminutes - Butterflies in Springtime

Bunny Zoe's - Flowers & Pearls

Milk Coffee - Make it Cute

Forever Friends - Anything Goes

Delightful - Frilly

Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking :D  Have a wonderful weekend.

Love Is In The Air!

This week's challenge at Sentimental Sundays is "Love is in the Air" & we are sponsored by Simply Betty Stamps.  The design team were lucky enough to chose an image from SBS & I chose "I Love Chocolate Rio" & coloured her with ProMarkers & I was looking for some valentines papers I found these ones from Just Jaimee with some fab elements too & thought they were perfect :D  I finshed off with a die cut border & some Bakers Twine.  I hope you can join us this week & you don't have to make a Valentine's card it can be anything to do with LOVE (**V**)

Lot's of challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Hearts/Valentines

Totally Papercraft - Valentines or Love

Totally Gorjuss - Love!

Simon Says Stamp - Have a Heart

One Stop Craft - Love is in the Air

Fab 'n' Funky - Valentines/Hearts

Digital Tuesday - Hearts

Cute Card Thursday - Love Struck!!

Crafty Catz - Love is in the Air

Allsorts - Valentines

Card Caravan - Hearts

Papercrafting Journey - Love

Milk Coffee - Valentines

Moving Along With The Times - Only Girls Allowed

Sweet Pea Stampers - Use a Digital Image

Broken Box Stock - Be My Valentine

Card Makin Mamas - Love
PanPastel - Love & Romance 
The Squirrel & The Fox - Love  
Simply Challenged - Anything Goes

I hope you're having a great weekend & managing to fit some crafting in.  Lucky for me MIL is cooking Sunday dinner so that will give me time this morning (when I would usually be slaving over a hot stove lol) while hubby is playing footy to do some crafty stuff (though I really need to sort out my "crafty mess"!)

Wanna Be Part of a Fabulous Team?...

New Releases at Jellypark :o)

It's Friday so that means wonderful new releases at Jellypark :D  For my card I used "Heart Dress & Handbag" image which I coloured in with ProMarkers.  I used my Craftwork Cards kraft card again (I love this) & finished off the card with some stamped shows & punched tags.  The other new release is called "Sending to U my Love" & is perfect for Valentine's Day :D  This fortnight's challenge at Jellypark Friends also starts today and is called "So Sweet" so I hope you will join us & show us your Sweet Treats!

The challenges:

One Stop Craft - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everyone - Anything Goes

The Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes

MyGrafico - Anything Goes

LEJ Designs - Anything Goes

I hope you've had a great week.  For me the weekend can't come soon enough lol :D

Notebooks

I love notebooks & I always have them full of lists: things to do, wish lists etc :D  so when I saw these blank notebooks in Poundland I thought they would be perfect to alter.  As you can see I kept them REALLY simple but I love this "Sophie in the Country" image from The Paper Shelter & didn't think they needed anything else, just a bit of ribbon - Less is (sometimes) More lol. The Kraft card is from Craftwork Cards. This week's challenge at The Paper Shelter is "Alter Something or a Card with at least 3 folds".  As always we have our gift certificate up for grabs at our challenges. It's worth $30 and it can be yours is if you play with a TPS image and are  drawn by Mr Random. Playing with another brand gives you the chance of winning three digis of your choice, so it's a win, win situation :D

The challenges:
Less is More - Kraft & Kreme 
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes  
Papertake - Anything Goes 
Pretty Little Ribbon - Anything Goes

Here they are before

I hope you're having a wonderful week.  I'm so glad to have a day off today as we started having snow again yesterday & it was freezing biking to/from work.  I think I'll stay in the warm today & try & do some crafting :^)
 

Celebrating the New

This week the  challenge at Sentimental Sundays is "Celebrating  the New" & I've made a New Baby card using this cute image from Jellypark called "New Baby With Teddy" which I coloured with Prismacolor pencils (again!).  I used my new Die-Namics hexagon die for the border & finished the card a doily, banner, punched heart & stamped greeting.  We have 2 wonderful sponsors this week: MilkCoffee & Whimsy Stamps.  There's lots more inspiration from our (ginormous) design team :D so why not check them out & join in the fun. 

The challenges:

A Gem of A Challenge - Gingham or Checks

Moving Along with the Times - Punch It Out

One Stop Craft - Anything Goes

Allsorts - Let's Get Cute

Alphabet - Zig Zags

Stemplesonne - Sketch

Valentine's Day/Love

Hooray for the weekend!  Today see's the start of another Di's Digi Challenge & this time the theme is "Valentine's Day/Love".  I made a gift box using this cute "Maurice With Love" digi & coloured it in with Prismacolor pencils.  I added a bit of Glamour Dust & some pearls mounted it on a doily & finished off the corners with flowers & pearls.  The DP is from Pink Petticoat.  Our fab sponsor for this challenge is "Marker Pop".  Hopefully you will be able to join us & make something for someone you love :o)

The challenges:

Crafty Creations - Anything but a Card

PMS Digi Makeover - Hearts

Bearly Mine - Hearts Galore

Sarah Hurley - Anything but a Card

Little Miss Muffet - Hearts & Flowers 

MilkCoffee - Valentines 
Sweet Stampin' - Love is all Around

Have an amazing weekend whatever your up to!

Check out the New Sentimental Sundays DT :D

I've been on the Sentimental Sundays design team for over 2 years now & I love it!  They are such a wonderful group of girls & so talented & now we've been joined by 8 new members (yes 8, our team is massive lol) & I'm sure they will love being part of the team as much as I do.  Our challenge this week is "Thank You" & I've made another CAS card.  The tree base is a digi from Pink Petticoat & I added flower buttons & did some machine stitching.  The DP is "So Cute" from Prima & the greeting is stamped.  Our fab sponsor this time is Sweet & Sassy Stamps :D

The challenges:

Card Making Mamas - Clean & Simple

My Mums Craft Shop - Anything Goes 

Creative Creations - Keep it Simple

Digistamps4joy - Anything Goes

Happy Campers - Flowers - Use Something Digital

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

I hope you're all having a wonderful weekend.  We had an amazing day yesterday visiting our son, dil & precious grandchildren.  Today was spent shopping & catching with housework & I did manage to to do a little bit of crafting - the weekend has flow by  though (they always do unfortunately).  Oooh & luckily all the snow has gone so it will be safe for my bike ride to work tomorrow :D yay!

Button Up!

I've gotta keep this quick cos I'm not feeling great at mo (off work with a tummy bug).

This week's challenge at Jellypark Friends is "Button Up".  This fab image I used is called "Boy No 1 Medal" & I coloured him with ProMarkers & added a die cut banner, punched star & of course some buttons.  There are 2 new releases at Jellypark today which are absolutely wonderful & I hope you will check them out & have time to join in the challenge too :)

The challenges:

I Love ProMarkers - Anything Goes

Fussy & Fancy - Circles

Crafting by Designs - Polka Dots

4 Crafty Chicks - Buttons

I hope you're all having a great week :D Hopefully I will feel better for tomorrow cos we're going to Kent to see our son, DIL & 3 lil grandchildren (& it's a 7 hour round trip - that's if the roads are clear).

Everyone's Favourite at The Paper Shelter

Yes, this week's challenge at The Paper Shelter is "Anything Goes" & I used another one of my favourite images (they are nearly all my favourites lol), this one is called "Coffee Break" (which is exactly what I'm going to have when I've finished blogging this as my hands are freeezing!).  The papers are from MME Howdy Dowdy paper stack & I used my Martha Stewart border punch & finished off with a doily & lots of flowers (couldn't decide what sentiment to use so I didn't use any).  As always we have our gift certificate up for grabs at our challenges. It's worth $30 and it can be yours is if you play with a TPS image and is drawn by Mr Random. Playing with another brand gives you the chance of winning three digis of your choice, so it's a win, win situation :D

The challenges:

Creative Card Crew - Girly

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes (with option of flowers)

Allsorts - Flower Power

Created with Love - Anything Goes

Card Mania - Oh So Girly

sorry for the rubbish photos, it's not good photographing weather

I hope you're having a good week & keeping warm.

Sentimental Sundays is Back!

Yep, the Sentimental Sundays challenge is back after it's Christmas & New Year break & we have some wonderful new Design Team members too :D  The new challenge is "Negative Spaces" (check out the fab DT's designs for lots of examples - that's what I did lol).  My card is very simple, we are sponsored by Chickydoodle & were lucky enough to be given some gorgeous washy tape to work with (this is what I used under my heart).  I used a Nestibilities heart die & some Kraft card - simples!

The challenges:
Simply Create Too - Anything Goes
Avadares - Valentine's Day/Love
Simon Says Stamp - Use Washi Tape
Card Makin Mamas - Clean & Simple
Scrappy Frogs - Try Something New (Ive never done this before)

the inside

I hope you're having a wonderful weekend & find time for some crafting :0)

Brrrrrr...It's Cold Outside

I hope you've all had a wonderful week, mine has been very busy so I'm really glad it's the weekend :D  We have had lots of snow so I had to walk to work yesterday instead of using my trusty bike  & it took ages but it was nice & quiet at 7.30 am (not so quiet or nice when I finished at 5 pm though). So you see Di's Digi Challenge "Winter" theme this week is very apt .  I used another of Di's fabulous coloured images (I love these for quickness + the colouring much nicer than mine), this one is called "Owls Carol".  I finished my card with ribbon, embroidered greeting & I used my new Lil' Inker Designs bow die with glitter card.  This week our wonderful sponsor is The Cutting Cafe & hope you will be able to join us :D 

This was the view from the window of our office at work

The challenges:

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

Papertake - Baby it's Cold Outside

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Anything Goes (Christmas)

Stamp & Doodle - Anything Goes 

ABC Christmas - Animals

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Baby it's Cold Outside

C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas in January 

Make a Wish

I'm so glad it's Friday, it has been such a busy week, I hope you've all had a great week & are looking forward to the weekend.  I'm hoping to have a sort through my crafty stash & sort some to sell on eBay (to earn pennies to buy more crafty stuff!) & get some crafting done with my new Christmas goodies :D

Friday means new releases at Jellypark & this cute image I've used is called "Fairy With Wand", I coloured her with Prismacolor pencils & added some Glamour Dust to her wings, the papers were a freebie with a mag.  I made some rolled flowers & finished off with gems, a greeting & some stamping.  The Jellypark Friends challenge is "Winter Animals" & I hope you will find time to join us :o)

The challenges:

Delightful - Add Hearts

Card Makin Mamas - Anything Goes

Cards Galore - Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Inky Impressions - Add a Sentiment

Lady Anne's - Use a Stamp

Penny's - Anything Goes

Flutter By - Open (with a fairy, angel or butterfly)

Flower Extravaganza!

I hope you're having a wonderful week.  It is great getting back into my crafting I have really missed it (it is such a stress reliever & how work is at the moment I really need it lol).

This week's challenge at The Paper Shelter is "Flower Extravaganza" as always our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30 to spend on their website  but even if you dont you will still receive 3 digi images of your choice.  For my card I used this cute image called "100% Cute" & the papers are from their "Retro Mania" paper pack.  The greeting is a S.W.A.L.K stamp & I finished the card with gems, flowers, buttons & gems.  I hope you can join us!

The challenges:

Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes

Craftymess - Show Some Sparkle/Bling 

Dream Valley - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everyone - Anything Goes

Use it Tuesday - Make It Sparkle (I've had the gems, buttons & flowers for ages)

Artistic Inspirations - Add a Bit of Sparkle/Anything Goes

Creative Creations - Anything Goes

Inky Chicks - Anything Goes

Getting Back to Normal...

when I say normal I mean getting back to crafting, it seems ages since I've done any proper crafting though I must admit after the craft fayres & business of Christmas & New Year I just haven't had the time & it has been quite nice to have a break, I'm now really starting to miss it though so hopefully I can fit a lot more crafting in than of late :D  I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas & New Year.

I'm not quite back to normal cos I am late getting my DT project in for Di's Digi Challenge which started yesterday (I keep losing track of time/dates lol)  & it was a tricky one for me "Try Something New" cos I've been crafting what seems like forever I have tried most things that I fancied but I have made a little hand sewn book with some gorgeous My Minds Eye double sided papers & I used Di's "Izzy With Little Bird" coloured image (yes coloured, did you know Di also does coloured images? Perfect if like me you're often short of time).  I finished the book with a punched border, lace, buttons & stamped sentiment.  I also made a matching bookmark as I liked the papers so much :)  I hope you can join us & our fabulous sponsor is Crafty Sentiments.

 The challenges: 

My Mum's Craft Shop - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Freshly Brewed - Anything Goes

By the Cute & Girly - Cute & Girly

Willow Sketchie - Anything Goes or Sketch

Sweet & Sassy - Something New

Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything Goes

Catch the Bug - January Anything Goes

2 Sisters - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking I hope you're having a great weekend & have a great week!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

This week's challenge at Sentimental Sundays is "Focus on the Sentiment" & here's a photo of some CAS cards I had to make cos I ran out of time (this is going to be a short post too as I'm STILL not organised - can you believe it lol) but I would like this opportunity to wish all you lovely crafty bloggers a VERY:

Opps nearly forgot my photo:

(the sentiments are all from Pink Petticoat)

The Paper Shelter Blog Hop Winners...

Drum Roll.....

Thank you to everyone who took part in The Paper Shelter's birthday celebration blog hop & without further ado here is the list of winners:

Shirley -   Gvendalen - http://oceanofimaginations.blogspot.co.uk/
Marcea -  Chris - http://easilyamused-chrisv.blogspot.co.uk/
Julie - Sonia http://passionidicarta-sonia.blogspot.it/
Liv - Shelby - http://shelbycolorofhappy.blogspot.no/
Carol - Julie Woolston - http://craftyjulie57.blogspot.co.uk/
Shannon - Caroline - http://cardoline.blogspot.com/
Lorraine - Cebelica - http://crafty-little-bee.blogspot.co.uk/
Ann Marie - Diane L - http://loyaz1.blogspot.co.uk/
Patty Sue - Amanda Reed http://cardscatsandcopics.blogspot.com/
Debs - Lorianna - http://loriannascorner.blogspot.com/
Shari - #7 Ea Christiansen - http://made-by-x-babe.blogspot.co.uk/
Angelique -  Linday - http://lindasimpsoncraftypieceofheaven.blogspot.nl/
Eileen - Kym - http://kyms-crafty-cards.blogspot.co.uk/
Bente - Berit Synnøve - http://beritshobbykrok.blogspot.no
Tracey V -  Jayne - http://artfeltcreations247.blogspot.co.uk/
Wendy - Judit - http://juditcrafts.blogspot.com/
Lucy - Desire Fourie - http://desiref.blogspot.se/
Marie - Crystal  - http://crystalscraftycorner.blogspot.co.uk/

If you are a lucky winner to claim your prize you will need to click on the email elf in the left hand bar of TPS Challenge Blog and it will give you the email address you need to contact to receive your prize.

More of the Same...

I really wanted to make something for the Sentimental Sundays "Christmas Tag" challenge as i missed last week but as I said in my post below there are just not enough in hours in the day at the moment so I'm afraid so it another CAS card & I used the new Jellypark "Tag With Ribbon" digi as it is so versatile & coloured it with ProMarkers, added a sticker, used Galaxy Gold Brilliance ink pad to ink the edges & finished with Glamour Dust.  The sentiment again is from Pink Petticoat.  This week we are sponsored by the wonderful Meljen's Designs.

The challenges:

Card Makin' Mamas - Happy Holidays

Fussy & Fancy - Tags & Banners

Hiding in my Craft Room - Go digital

Crafty Hazelnut - Christmas Birthday or Anything Goes

Card & Scrap - Anything Goes

I'm having a really busy weekend trying to get sorted for Christmas as I'm working all week & we are away next weekend (seeing the grandchildren & taking their pressies - can't wait) & working Christmas eve :(  Hope your weekend is fabulous!

New Releases at Jellypark!

Today there are 2 fabulous new releases at Jellypark:  Tag With Ribbon (which I've used for my card) & Flower Shop.  I kept my card CAS again (time restraints & all) & just used one sheet of DP, a greeting & a sticker attached to my tag.  The Jellypark Friends challenge starting today is "Tag It" & I hope you'll find time to join us.

The challenges:

Emerald Faeries - Christmas

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

Deep Ocean - So This is Christmas

Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes

Crafts & Me - Why so Blue? (no blue allowed)

Papercraft Star - Christmas Tree

The Perfect Sentiment - Anything Goes with Christmas

Hope you've had nice week.  Sorry this is short & sweet, not much spare time at the moment but it should be better after Christmas & I can get back to normal (well as normal as possible ;)

Christmas Gift Box

I can't believe how close it is to Christmas & how unorganised I am (& it's not through want of trying, I started making my cards in January lol).  This weekend I'm definitely putting the tree up in fact I'm going in the loft to get it & the trimmings down when I've finished this post :D  Di's Digi Challenge this week is "Christmas Creation - Anything But a Card" & I made a lil gift box using my Ultimate Pro, I printed some Pink Petticoat papers on to thin card & added a ribbon & flower.  The image I used is "Christmas Cheers", which I chalked & added some Glamour Dust, gems & Aleene's Glitter Snow.  Now is the opportunity to make some Christmas decorations, gifts or packaging so I hope you will join us.

The challenges:

Sweet Stampin' - Dies & Punches

Critter - Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas

Sarah Hurley - Christmas!

Delightful - All About Christmas

Papercrafting Journey - Christmas Projects

PaperPlay - Christmas is Coming

Fairy Tale - Oh Christmas Tree

I hope you're all more organised than me & having a lovely weekend.  Once I've got the tree up we are going to watch a Christmas movie (after Strictly of course) :D