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

Birthday Blog Hop at The Paper Shelter!

Good Morning fellow crafters and welcome to The Paper Shelter Blog Hop. Our hop is a very exciting one for all of us at it is in celebration of our 2nd Birthday!!!! If you have landed here from Bente then you're heading in the right direction - if not then you'll want to head on back to The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog to start again, as you'll not want to miss out on this one! Our Design Team have worked very hard and are showcasing the gorgeous images available from The Paper Shelter Website and each blog on the hop is offering one lucky commenter a digi of their choice as well as the main prize, details of which are on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot.

For my card I did a bit of decoupage using "There's a Penguin in my Cocoa" digital image & as the challenge theme for the Blog Hop is "Two of a Kind" because it is our 2nd Birthday (which I almost forgot) I used 2 brackets (there is also 2 presents too).  I finished the card with Glamour Dust, greeting & pompom.

Sorry for the rubbish photo

I'm entering my card to these challenges:

The Cupcake Craftroom - Anything Goes for Christmas

Ladybug Crafts - Christmas/Winter

Natalie & Amy - Winter Wishes

Sparkles - Christmas is Coming
Crafts & Me - Anything Goes (with optional extra)
Papertake - Anything Goes (ditto) 
Critter - Christmas Anything Goes 

From here you will need to hop on over to see Wendy & don't forget to leave your comment for a chance of winning your choice of one of the fab digis available in store.

Hop! Hop! Hop!  Good luck and hope you're enjoying it so far & having a great week. 

Sorry I haven't been around much but I haven't had a lot of free time & the little I have had has been getting ready for the few craft fayres I've been doing lately (luckily the last one is Friday night so hopefully things can get a bit back to normal (& maybe I can get sorted for Christmas, I've still got quite a few pressies to get & I haven't even thought about writing cards :S).  I was going to put the tree up last Sunday but it's going to have to wait until this weekend (I love Christmas & can't wait to get trimmed up!)

Non-Traditional Christmas Colours

Oopsie late again (but only a lil bit) - today's Sentimental Sundays challenge is "Non-Traditional Christmas Colours".  This was easy as these digi papers by Zoe Pearn (from The Sweet Shoppe) which are some of my favs so I used the colours from them.  We are lucky to be sponsored by the wonderful Saturated Canary & I used their "Christmas Angel" digi image which I coloured with chalk & Glamour Dust & finishing off with gems, ribbons & punched tag.  I hope you can join us (& if you're like me behind with your Christmas cards, it's the chance to get another one done :D & if not it's a chance to get started on next years ;) ).

The challenges:

Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's - Make it Girly

Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes with Glitter

Incy Wincy - Magical/Mythical

Fussy & Fancy - I Love Christmas

Digital Tuesday - Girly

Allsorts - Advent

C.R.A.F.T. - Inspiration Picture

Charisma Cardz - Christmas with a Twist

Thanks for looking & I hope you've had a lovely weekend. I was hoping to put the tree up today but I just haven't had time & I'm back to work tomorrow after a wonderful week off & I can really say I'm dreading it :(  so hopefully I can get it done Wednesday on my day off.

Stars are Brightly Shining

The new challenge at Jellypark Friends is "Stars are Brightly Shining", which means I can make another Christmas card - hurrah!  You can probably guess that I love snowmen & I adore this one & coloured it with ProMarkers & used a pearlescent card blank finishing off with sequins, greeting, gems, pearls, pompom & of course stars (punched).  There are fantastic New Releases at Jellypark today too & I hope you will check them out :D

The challenges:

Digi Makeover - Christmas

Lexi's Creations - Christmas

Crafty Boots - Anything Goes

ABC - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's - Winter

I Love ProMarkers - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Glitter & Sparkle

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations - Merry Christmas

I can't believe it is the last day of our week off :( Today we are in Norwich for some Christmas shopping (wish me luck) & later meeting our son & his girlfriend for something to eat :D  Hope you've all had a fab week & are looking forward to a nice weekend.

Chistmas IS Coming!

& don't I know it I am sooo behind with everything (including this post).  The challenge at The Paper Shelter Is "Christmas is Coming" & I used my favourite snowman (I adore this lil fella & use him lots).  I coloured him with Prismacolor pencils & added some Stickles glitter glue, I kept it fairly simple (lack of time) finishing off with some ribbon, a die cut snowflake, button, twine & punched tag. (sorry the photo is rubbish but haven't had time to get a better one). Me & hubby are off work this week & hoping to get all the Christmas pressies sorted (well maybe not all lol) & so I have no time for crafting as I'm spending time with him & trying to catch up with other stuff we don't have time for when we're at work. So I've gotta be quick.

As always our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter, and as it their 2nd Birthday in soon we shall be holding a special event with both teams so keep your eyes open for that, it will be on the 3rd December. Anyway The Paper Shelter have a fabulous prize to give away and that is a voucher for $30.  So I hope you can join us.

The challenges:

Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes 

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - To Die 4

Little Claire's - Christmas

Crafts & Me - Ribbon or Trim

The Crafty Pad - Add Some Glitter

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles - Any Die Will Do

I hope you're all having a wonderful week :) 

Get Well with Sentimental Sundays

This week's challenge at Sentimental Sundays is (as the title suggests) "Get Well".  I made a CAS card, mainly cos of time restraints again.  I love these "Distinguished" papers from The Paper Shelter & I inked the edges with Distress Ink (Walnut Stain), I punched & border & finished off with some gems.  The greeting is from Whimsy Stamps (I think).  I have pierced some holes around the edges but you can't really see in the photo (it was going to be sewn but my sewing machine decided not to work).

The challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - Plain & Simple

Penny's - Anything Goes

Papelitos - Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz - Keep Your Cool

ATC's & Cards with Attitude - Anything Goes/Autumn/Winter 

Emergency Crafters - Get Well Soon 

I hope you're all having a great weekend.  I am - yesterday I was watching my wonderful hubby play his 750th game for Great Yarmouth Town FC & I was bursting with pride lol.  I'm hoping to catch up with some crafting today (hubbys playing in a cup game for the team he is manager for on Sundays).

It's a Bookmark :)

I made this cute bookmark with this gorgeous new image from Jellypark called "Rose Bunny".  I paper pieced her dress & coloured the rest of her in with ProMarkers, the papers are digi & I finished off with a rainbow ribbon.  There is a new challenge at Jellypark Friends today too which is "I'm Hungry!" & if you had time to join us that would be fab.  

The challenges:

Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings - Anything but a Card (with ribbon)

Papertake Weekly - Flower Power

PaperPlay - Paper Piecing

Craft Punked - Anything Goes

I hope you've had a good week or maybe like me you've had a totally exhausting week & are soo glad the weekend is here either way have a fabulous weekend!

Easily Does It!

I hope you're all having a great week, I am so glad today is my day off as we have been sooo short staffed at work & I don't think I could have made it through another day at the pace we have been having to work lol.  As it is Wednesday there is a new challenge at The Paper Shelter & this week it is "Easily Does It", to make an easel card with a Christmas theme (thank goodness as I really need to make more Christmas cards).  I used this cute TPS image called "Are You Ready My Friend?" & went round the edges with my Quickie glue pen & some Glamour Dust.  The papers were free with this month's Papercraft Essentials magazine ( the one with my card on the front ;o) ) & I finished off with some pompom trim, flower & shaker sentiment.  If you play with a Paper Shelter image/design you have the chance of winning a gift voucher worth a whopping $30! All to spend in The Paper Shelter store & even if you don't use TPS images there is still the chance to win 3 of their fabulous images :)

The challenges:

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - Shaped or Fancy Folds 

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Anything Goes

Sparkle Creations - Christmas (option Snowman)

Crafty Sentiments - Christmas

LEJ - Seasons Greetings

Crafty Bloggers Network - Christmas Anything Goes
Krafty Hands - Christmas in November

Thanks for looking & I hope you can join us :o)

Arrrrgggghh....

Why are there not enough hours in the day/days in the week/weeks in a month etc...  In January I said to myself I will be super organised this year & start making my Christmas cards now, which I did.  Why then by November do I only have about 11 made (& I've sold most of them so goodness only knows what I will be giving to my nearest & dearest lol - CAS all the way I think!).  I did start to get ahead with my DT  stuff recently but that's all slipped again :( I was at a craft fayre all day yesterday which went really well :D but I have 3 more before Christmas & have to find time to replenish my jewellery stock (why do I have to go to work!, ooh yeah just remembered to pay for my crafty bits to use lol).

Hence I'm late posting my card for this week's Di's Digi Challenge, which this time is "Fall Colours".  I coloured the cute image with ProMarkers & finished off with some die cuts, flowers, greeting & gems.  I hope you will have time to join us :)

The challenges:

Forever Friends - Anything Goes 

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations - Birthday

Raise the Bar - Birthday Theme

I rest my case - it is already Sunday lunchtime & hubby will be back from footy soon, luckily dinner is all under control lol.  I hope you all have a fabulous Sunday & that it doesn't go too quickly.

 

Dimensions at Sentimental Sundays

Yes, this week the challenge at Sentimental Sundays is "Dimensions" & our sponsor is Doodle Pantry :D  I kept my card really simple this time & used an idea I got from Liz at Pink Petticoat which is handy for using up scraps of papers.  I hope you're all having a great weekend.  I am feeling a bit rough (nothing much, just a bit of a cold, hopefully it won't get worse) & spent yesterday sorting my beads & findings out & doing a bit of jewellery making & today I have a special birthday card to make & we are going to try a new restaurant out for lunch (nothing posh lol but it was recommended to me by a friend so thought we'd give it a go), beats cooking any day!

The challenges:

Creative Inspirations - Let's Celebrate

C.R.A.F.T. - Birthday

Penny's - Birthdays

Paper Crafting Journey - Ribbon or Twine

ATC's & Cards With Attitude - Add a Sentiment/Anything Goes

Raise the Bar - Anything Goes
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking & I hope you will be able to join us.  Have a great Sunday!

Back to Nature

This week the challenge at Jellypark Friends is "Back to Nature" & I used this cute "Squirrel - I'm Nuts About You" digital stamp which I coloured with ProMarkers.  I used some Kraft card & muslin fabric, the sentiment & flowers all come with the image :).

The challenges:

Kaboodle Doodles - Fall Themed

Card Makin Mamas - Anything Goes

Pixie Dust Studio - Looking For Leaves

I Love ProMarkers - Cute

Stamp n Doodle - Let's Add Some Material

Crafting For All Seasons - Falling Leaves

Inky Impressions - Lots of Layers

 As it's Friday there are 2 fabulous new digital images released at Jellypark & I thought I'd try & used the Giraffe image as a pattern to make a felt toy/decoration & I was quite pleased with how it turned out :)

I'm really glad it's Friday, 5'oclock can't come soon enough for me!  I hope you've all had a good week & enjoy the weekend.