Daisy May Challenge

Hi there everyone and today we see a new challenge at Cute Daisy May , but first, last weeks challenge and we had a lot of beautiful creations, you certainly did us proud and thank you for sharing them with us.

Onto this weeks and the challenge is, one for the boys, I made this card for my brother who loves to fish but never catches a thing, well a tiddler now and then lol.


I used the image from sheet 102 you can find Here it was coloured with water colours and the paper was Bo Bunny and distressed with Tim Holtz.

We'd love to see what you do! remember you don't have to have a Daisy May image but we’d love to see what you can do with Linnie’s images if you have some, but if you don’t anything that has got to do boys will be fine.
I shall be back later to enter some challenges.
Hugs

Hi all
Just a quick post tonight as hubby is not too well and I am going to sit on the bed and watch a DVD with him.

Onto my card I came across Squiggle Stamps the other night and just had to have some of their digital images they are all so cute and whimsical.

Now I am saving for some Lily of the Valley Stamps as I have got my eye on those too, so many beautiful stamps out there at the moment we are all spoilt for choice and included in the prize for Squiggle Stamps is a selection of 4 Lilliputs Stamps ohhh love those too.

The image I used is called Sun Flower Girl now don't ask why I coloured them blue as I have no idea what was going through my mind the other night, the image was perfect for my Spring cards, then a bonus I found they had a challenge blog too, which you can find here.

Recipe
Paper - Basic Grey
Medium - Copic
Inks - Tim Holtz
Shine - Shakura Gel Pen
Flower and Lace - Souk
Sentiment - Computer

The inside to match the front.





The challenges I have entered this card into are :

Sassy Susie's Challenge - Spring Garden,

Squiggle Stamps - Spring

Charisma Cards - Spring has Sprung

Colour Create - Pastels with Easter or Spring Theme

I will see you all tomorrow

Hugs

Prairie Fairy and Guest Designer for Crafty Ann's

Good Morning all and this morning I have two cards to show you, the first one is for my DT spot over at Prairie Fairy, great challenge this week and the second is for my Guest Designer Spot for Crafty Ann’s and still as excited to be asked.

Prairie Fairy

So first Prairie Fairy and thank you to all who entered last week, we loved looking at your creations and they were all so beautifully, so pop over to Prairie Fairy to see who won last weeks challenge.
Onto the challenge for this week and the theme is to create an easel card, for mine I used the image called Egg Hunt, which you can find here, how cute is she!!!









Now there is a mistake with my card and can you spot it? I did not have time to put right my mistake, as I had to upload it for the challenge.

Don’t forget to check out the other fantastic creations by my sister DT fairys you will be amazed with what they came up with.

Recipe
Image - Prairie Fairy
Papers – Blue Bo Bunny, Other Basic Grey
Medium – Copic and Copic Glitter
Blue Swirl – RAK
Punch – Martha Stewart
Ink – Colour Box
Sentiment – Computer
Flowers Pearls – Stash





Crafty Ann’s


Ann over at Crafty Ann’s challenge blog asked me to be a guest designer for the month of March, and I can not believe this is my last creation for her, I shall miss crafting for Ann as I enjoyed working with her lovely images and papers. I also loved looking at your creations for the last challenge as they were all so beautifully

Onto this fortnights challenge which has the theme of, a card, gift or memento for a someone special to you, I made the flowers for my mom and you can find these flowers HERE at Crafty Ann’s digi shop they are called 3D Short and Long Petal and 3D Daisy / Gerbera, plus you also get the leafs too, please check out the other selection of images, you will not be disappointed they are all gorgeous.

I coloured the flowers with Copic then cut them all out and inked all the edges in the same colour as the flowers, I then added the shine with glossy accents and left to dry overnight, using spacers and brads to finish them off, finally securing them to wire with contact adhesive.

I saved one flower to make this photo frame for a friend, it is made with coloured cardboard with a square aperture cut out of the middle, the lilac paper inside is also from Crafty Ann’s digi shop too, I just added sentiment and pearls to finish it off.

The paper and flower can easily be removed and a picture will slot in to replace them but I think my friend will keep it like this.

To take part in the challenges you don't have to use any digital images or papers designed by Crafty Ann's but please go and have a look, also check out the work of the talented DT’s while your there, you will not be disappointed their work is beautiful, I am so honoured to have been creating with them for this month, thank you Ann and all the DT ladies.


Recipe
Images of Paper, Flowers and Leafs – Crafty Ann’s Digi Shop
Medium – Copic
Inks – Flower Box
Spacers, Pearls and Brads - Hobby House
Cardboard, Wire and Adhesive – Stash
Sentiment – Computer


I have entered the following challenges:

Daring Cardmakers - Egg shapes or chocolate or both!

Stamp with fun – Easter

digital tuesday challenge – Spring

Creative Card Crew - Going Dotty

Colour Create Challenge Blog – Pastel Colours with Option of Easter or Spring

Saturday Challenge - Secret Crafter – Spring

Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog – Anything but a Card


By The Cute And Girly – Spring in is the Air

Paper Cutz Challenge - Easter (No bunnies or chicks)

Stampin for the Weekend - Easter

I look forward to seeing your creations for both these challenges, thank you for popping by my place I really look forward to your visits and I shall be round to see you all later.
Hugs

Polly Crafts DT Call

Hi All I have another card for you, this one I created for Polly Craft as they are having a DT call as they are extending their little Pollycraft family.

They give you a choice of two images to work with and I went with Codi, she’s so cute and looks like a groove chick to me, you have until the 26th March to get your entry in.


I followed the papers through to the inside as you know I love doing the insides too.

I have entered it into the following challenges and I hope this was ok since it was a DT call.

One Stop Craft - Let it Shine

Papertake - Sketch

Creative Card Crew - Going Dotty

All for now and I shall see you all later, thanks for popping by my place again as I love to see you and do appriciate your comments.

Wedding Card and some Challenges

Good Afternoon ladies and I hope your all having a lovely day.

Today I have another wedding card to show you, all go with wedding cards this week, the image is a die cut from K and Co which I glittered and use diamond glimmer glaze on to give it a bit of sparkle, it also has a touch of pink in the sparkly bits which is perfect as her bridesmaid is wearing a raspberry dress.

I know it does not matter what colour the card is but I thought it would give it a nice personnel touch with the added pink. I also sprayed the paper with diamond glaze and inked all the edges, to finish the card I added flowers, pins, pearls and a little boot.



The inside I just added a sentiment and some wedding bells to finish.

I have entered it into the following challenges.

Die Cut Dreams - New Beginnings

One Stop Craft - Let it Shine

Thank for popping by my place and I shall see you all later.

Hugs

Cute Daisy May Challenge is Fairies

Hi there everyone and today we see a new challenge at Cute Daisy May , but first last weeks challenge and we had a lot of beautiful creations, you certainly did us proud and thank you for sharing them with us.

Onto this weeks challenge and Linnie picked the challenge for this week and it’s FAIRIES! her favourite.




The image I used is from sheet 180 which you can find Here and the papers are Bo Bunny and has been distressed with Tim Holtz inks and Daisy has been jelled and glittered, the ribbon was recycled from a present.
We'd love to see what you do! remember you don't have to have a Daisy May image but we’d love to see what you can do with Daisy May if you have some, but if you don’t anything cute and girly will be fine.


I have entered it into the following challenge

Stamp Somthing – Distressing

One Stop Craft – Let it Shine

Polly Crafts - Sparkley things

See you all later.

Hugs

Prairie Fairy's New Challenge

Good Morning all
I hope you are all ready to get creative as it’s time for Prairie Fairy Friday again, thank you to all who entered last week, we loved looking at your creations and wow was their some stunners out there.


This week Robert has come up with colour combinations for you to pick from, Blue-Orange or Green-Red or Yellow-Purple, well I hope there is something there for you to work with and here is my contribution.







I do have a confession to make when I wrote this down in my book I wrote Green and Yellow and never checked my email from Roberta again till now agggg I have just seen the real combination, good job I put red on my toadstool lol.

I used the image called a little friend which you can find here, now this was a free image from Roberta and as far as I know it still is, but Roberta will put me right if I am wrong.

The butterfly was a RAK from my blogging friend Rhonda from Bumblebee Creations, than you Rhonda, it was perfect for this card.


Recipe

Image – Prairie Fairy
Medium – Water Colours and Copic
Glitter – Stickles
Bling – Kaban
Papers, Ribbon – Bo Bunny
Faux Stitching – Copic
Butter Fly – Rhonda
Sentiment – Computer
Shine – Shakura Gell Pen

I have entered it into the following challenges:

One Stop Craft Challenge - Spots and Dots

Cupcake Craft Challenges - Going Green

Creative Card Crew - Going Dotty

Simon Says Challenge - Splash of Green

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything" that pertains to Ireland

Ooh-la-la-Creations - Anything Goes

I do hope you will come and play with us as I would love to pop round your place and leave you a lovely comment, thank you for popping by my place I really look forward to your visits and I shall be round to see you all later.

Hugs

Wedding Card and some Challenges

Hi Everyone
Well this week I have not had time to blog at all, I have only in the past day or so got back from Abu Dab then I had a commissioned card to finish for my friends daughters wedding on the 5th, plus another two wedding cards to finish, so its been all go since then.

I also have my husbands cousin arriving on Saturday, her self and her hubby are on a cruises that tours the Middle East and they get to stop at Bahrain for 8 hours so I will pick them up and give the a quick tour of Bahrain then back to our place for lunch
This also gives them a chance to see Brian as they have not seen him for near 2 years, then I take them back to the ship.

Onto my wedding card and box.




I say box because when I went to put it in the envelope it would not fit because of the flowers duh, I think the box looks much better than the envelope in my opinion.

I used one of Linnies images that she created for her challenge blog Cute Daisy May, the paper is Elegance from K and Co and I inked all the edges in silver to match the silver detail in the image and the sentiment writing that was computer generated.

The inside verse is also computer generated in silver

The box to match is trimmed with Bo Bunny ribbon.

Other details
Medium – Copic
Punch – MS
Pearls – Hobby House
Pin, Flowers - Souk
Charm – Die Cut Dreams
Ink – Color Box
Shimmer – Tattered Angels
Glitter – Copic pens
Leafs - Boss Kut
Corner Punch – Paper Shapers

I have entered it into the following challenges:

Die Cut Dreams – Use two Punch’s

Secret Crafter – Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday – Anniversaries. I hope my card counts as a celebration of marriage.

SophistiCat Challenge Blog - New Beginings

Paper Cutz Challenge - Anything goes

I do hope she likes this for her daughter and future son inlaw, as the ones she found in the shop she did not like very much.

Thanks for popping by again and I off to visit you now.

Hugs

Guest Designer for Susie and Vikki’s Christmas Club

Good Morning ladies and today I have been lucky enough to be picked as a guest designer for Susie and Vikki’s Christmas Club Challenge, thank you ladies for giving me this opportunity to showcase my card along side your beautiful work, so excited, can you tell.

So onto my card and this week the theme for the challenge over at Susie and Vikki’s Christmas Club is Presents and Gifts,

I used the image called Delivery Boy Santa from Squigglyfly Digi Shop, my new purchase this week, you must check out there images they have some fantastic ones. I just love this image with all the presents he is holding, so you can expect to see this again.


I love doing the insides of cards too and on this one the sentiment is computer generated.

Recipe:

Paper – Basic Grey
Medium – Copic, H20’s and Watercolours
Green paper, Brad, Ribbon – Bo Bunny
Ticket – Lisa Designs
Flower – K and Co
Ink for the edges – Tim Holtz
Bling – Kaban
Glitter – Stickles
Faux Stiching - Copic Liner Pen

I do hope you will come and play with us as I would love to pop round your place and leave you a lovely comment.

I have entered this card into the following challenges:

One Stop Craft – Spots and Dots, I have them on the brad and presents

Secret Crafter - Anything Goes

Bah Humbug - Cool Combo's

It’s my hubbys Birthday Day today and I have to pop out now to the shop as I have ordered him a double chocolate cake with fresh cream and strawberries, I am hoping he will be able to manage a little slice as it’s a special day and his favourite cake.

I have just thought if can not eat it all I will have to finish it, ohhh darn what a task, the things I do for love hehehe.

Thank you for popping by my place I really look forward to your visits and I shall be round to see you all later, after the cake :-)

Hugs

Prairie Fairy and Guest Designer for Crafty Ann's

Good Morning all and this morning I have two cards to show you, the first one is for my DT spot over at Prairie Fairy, great challenge this week and the second is for my Guest Designer Spot for Crafty Ann’s whoo so excited to be asked.

Prairie Fairy Challenge

So onto this weeks challenge for Prairie Fairy and this week Roberta has asked us to have tissue paper on our creation, well I had no idea what to do with tissue paper and after a lot of deliberation I decide on making some flowers and leafs for my card, not as easy as I thought and after my third attempt and very messy hands, with all the ink, I came up with these flowers with added pearls for the centre.



I am quiet pleased with the result, so if your stuck with what to do with the tissue paper challenge this week why not have a go at making your own flowers.

The image I used on my card this week is called Prima ballerina which you can find here plus many more beautiful images created by Roberta and the sentiment was done on the computer, the papers are my usual Bo Bunny and the tiny bit of lace is from another card.

Don’t forget to check out the other fantastic creations by my sister DT fairys you will be amazed with what they came up with.

I have entered into the following challenges:

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Flowers
A Spoonful of Sugar - Recycled


Crafty Ann’s Challenge

Ann over at Crafty Ann’s challenge blog as me to be a guest designer for the month of March, whoo I was so excited that she picked me, I jumped at the chance to work with her lovely images and papers.

This fortnights challenge is a Colour challenge - you must include lilac, pink and lemon on your project, I decided to do a card and a tag, I used Crafty Ann’s digi cupcake image, I coloured them with water colours and added glitter done with copic glitter pens, the lilac paper is also from Crafty Ann’s digi shop and you can find both the image and paper HERE and a lots more selection to pick from, you will not be disappointed they are gorgeous.





To take part in the challenges you don't have to use any digital images or papers designed by Crafty Ann's but please go and have a look, also check out the work of the talented DT’s while your there, you will not be disappointed their work is beautiful, I am so honoured to be working with them for this month.


Creative Card Crew - Celebration

Cute Card Thursday - Celebrations
I look forward to seeing your creations for both these challenges, thank you for popping by my place I really look forward to your visits and I shall be round to see you all later.

Hugs

Kiss me Card

Hi to everyone, this is just a quick post tonight, I did this card early tonight, it's for my DH Birthday on Saturday.
As a lot of you know my hubby is quiet ill but no matter how ill he is feeling he always ask's how I am, and I just say I am fine and then say kiss me, so when I was over at Squigglyfly digi shop I spotted this image and just had to have it and it's been making me giggle all day so I hope DH has a giggle at this too.

Now I expext him to say when I ask for a kiss where's the ice lol, but laid over a block of ice I don't think so brrrr JUST KISS ME.



I have entered it the following challenges: Die Cut Dreams with no flowers allowed and Squigglyfly with make a card with a scene, I hope this counts
Well I hope you have a giggle at this too.

Thank you for popping by my place, see you later.

Another Christmas Card

Good Morning all my blogging friends and I hope the sun is shining for you, as it is here for me.

I managed another Christmas card this morning, as I did promise myself at least one a week for my collection, so I am quiet happy as it’s only Tuesday but I must get my hubby’s Birthday card done next, as his BD is looming and I found a great image from Squigglyfly for that, but you will have to wait till middle of the week to see it.

I wanted to enter a few challenges with my Christmas card and there is a perfect sketch over at Winter Wonderland which I loved using, the image is from PinkCat Studio and is just right for a celebration which is the theme over at Creative Card Crew.
Over at Susie and Vikki Christmas Club their theme this week is Hot Chocolate, well blow me down with a feather I do not have any Christmas images with hot chocolate, so I decide my cat is hot hot hot and the bag she is delivering has chocolates in it hence hot chocolate, so I hope I qualify with my way out thinking lol.
I added some faux stiching, which happens to be the theme over at Bah Humbug for this week.




I also added faux stitcing to the inside.

Well I think that covers it all for today and thanks for popping by my place and I shall see you all soon, as I shall be popping over to your place to see what you have been up to.

Hugs

Few challenges and some GDT news

Hi Everyone and I hope your all having a good day and the sun is shining at your place, I have had no time to blog this week or get round your blogs to see your creations but hubby is feeling a wee bit better today so I hope to do the rounds and catch up with all my blogging friends in the next couple of days.To start this Monday morning, we begin with Cute Daisy May and their is a new challenge posted, thank you to all who took part in last weeks challenge, we loved going round your blogs and there was some amazing entries ladies.

This week our lovely DT member Max came up with the theme of Mothers Day and I decided to have my sentiment saying Just For You with Daisy holding some flowers and has it happens Cupcake Craft is looking for flowers in their challenge.
Totally Paper Crafts challenge also happens to be Mothers Day and Simon Says Stamp is also Mothers Day /Girly and Girly is also the theme for Stamp Something so I have entered my card into these challenges too.

I shall add the sentiment at later to the inside.


So we'd love to see what you do - please come and play. Each week a winner will receive free images of their choice from Linnie.

I now have two pieces of news the first is Ann over at Crafty Ann’s as asked me to be a guest designer for the month of March and I just jumped at the chance to work with Ann’s lovely images I am also so honoured to be working with such talented DT ladies.

Second piece of news I won a challenge over at Susie’s and Vikki’s Christmas Club Challenge and they asked me to be a guest designer for their next challenge on Saturday and of course I jumped at the chance to say yes to this too, as these two very talented ladies inspire me all the time and I feel so honoured they picked me.

Thank you for popping by my place I do appreciate it and I do look forward to reading your comments and I will be round to comment on your blogs as soon as I can.
Hugs

Challenged Myself Today

Hi all
I had bit of a dilemma this morning as hubby was not too good and had to stay in bed and rest I was going to clean the house but the hoover would wake him then I decided to iron but the steam makes too much noise so I thought I would dust but we have a sand storm at the moment so there’s no point because as soon as you start the darn dust comes back, well now I have got all the excuses out of the way of why I can not do the boring house stuff lol. I retreated to my craft room and I set my self a challenge to do a Christmas card towards my stash not only this but to combine all three Christmas challenge blogs themes I wanted to enter into one, not as easy as I thought it would be.


First I needed a sketch to follow (I love a sketch makes life so much easier) and when I spied the sketch by Carole over at Friday Sketchers I just loved it, I did flip it round.


The next challenge was over at Susie and Vicki Christmas Club and there theme is Girly Christmas and I knew I had an image of this cute girl by Digital Doodling which fits perfect I think, don’t you?

I coloured her with Copic and Ho2’s in green and added winter stickles on the coat trims and muff oh all the snowflakes as well, then added green bling for the coat buttons.
The paper is by Basic Grey and all the edges have been distressed with Timmy ink called Pine Needles plus they are all different shades of green which leads me to the next challenge over at Winter Wonderland, which is monochromatic tones.
The flower I made from a flower Nesstie (can not remember the name of the die) I then distressed all the edges with the same ink and sand papered, all the edges have had the stickles treatment and then sprayed with Glimmer Mist and added a pearl to finish. I did the same with the Christmas Trees and added a pearl to the top, which leads me onto the next challenge over at Bah Humbug with the theme of Trees.

The inside I wanted to follow the theme with matching paper, pearls and trees.

I could not post it till now as I had to wait for the flowers to dry before I could mould them into to shape and add them to the card.

Wow I do rabbit on a bit sometimes but I am very happy with this card and it’s another one for my stash, the only thing is, the one’s I really like I never want to give away lol.

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Thank you for popping by my place and after a cup of tea and piece of chocolate cake I will be round to see you all.

Hugs

New Cute Daisy May Challenge

Hi there everyone and today we see a new challenge for Cute Daisy May and we had
a lot of beautiful creations for last weeks challenge, you certainly liked your flowers, thanks for sharing them with us.
This week we have a super sketch drawn by the fabulous and talented Pinky!
Its a lovely sketch and a dream to work with, please pop by here blog and see her amazing creations you will not be disappointed.

The image I used is from sheet 71 which you can find Here I used the colours from the Basic Grey Challenge which are Maroon, Lemon and Pink and also the papers are Basic Grey. I coloured her with water colour pencils mainly in Pink and added Pink flowers so I could enter the One Stop Craft Challenge which is Optimistically Pink and the sentiment is Thank You and done on the computer, I have also entered it into Creative Inspirations Challenge which wants to see a Thank you on your creation.

I hope you will come play with us at Cute Daisy May this week and for some creative inspiration why not check out the other DT cards they are wonderful.

Thank you for popping by my place again and I look forward to seeing your creations.

Hugs