Make your own embellishments

Hello all,

              Today over at CRAFT we have a new challenge for you. We would like to see you 

Make Your Own Embellishments

We have three fabulous sponsors

Crimson Cloud    Digi Darla    Sassy Studio

A colleague at school lost her father recently at a fairly young age.

I use this gorgeous sentiment from Digi Darla to create my DT card this week.

The frame is made using two Marianne Creatables dies - Anya Large Ovals and a frame thaat came with two swirl dies.

The swirls are made using a doo hickey swirl, 

The roses are made from another Marianne die- and I am really pleased with the way they turned out.

The rest of the DT have made some stunning projects, please visit their blogs and leave them some love.

Happy crafting

Last GDT project

Good morning all,
Wow I can't believe that this is my last GDT project for Tuesday Alchemy. That means that we are at the end of September!

Every month Tuesday Alchemy have a ransom word challenge. 

You can use one two or al three words to inspire you.

The three words this time are

Blackboard, Gears and Tart

The fantastic Sponsors are 

Floppy Latte Designs  and  Craftycat957

I decided to choose the word Gears and chose this image from Floppy Latte called 'Vintage Bicycle'

As you can see I decided to make  a Christmas tag.

The papers are from a gorgeous set called Christmas memories and a Christmas blendables set both by Katie Pertiet over at Designer Digitals

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts

The bell is from ebay

The snow flakes were cut from a Marianne Creatables Die.

The ribbons are from Fantastic Ribbons.

I would like to enter this into .....

the Christmas card challenge

Make it Monday - Anything goes

Bearly Mine Challenge - Add a sentiment

I would like to say thanks to Tuesday Alchemy for the opportunity to work with such a talented team.

Please visit their individual blogs to check out their projects.

Happy cafting.

Friendship

Good friends,
Today over at INCY WINCY designs we have a new challenge for you.

Friends

I would like to say hello to all of my new friends all over the world I have made through crafting and blogging. The crafting community is really something very special!

But most of all I would like to dedicate this post to my best friend Lynn. We have had had so much fun over the 27 years of our friendship and have been there for each other through good and not so good times.

Our sponsors today are 

Mayzy Art Digital stamps  and Fantastic Ribbons

The image is Tire Swing Hayley

I just love this image which was a dream to colour with my beloved Promarkers.

I added glossy accents to her glasses.

The papers are from a gorgeous set by Mye De Leon called in the stillness and can be found here.

The die is cut using a spellbinders die

The gorgeous flowers are from Wild Orchids.

The pearl embellies were from Hobby Craft.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges
Make It Monday - anything goes
Ladybug Crafts - anything goes
Digi Galore - For a friend
Brown sugar - anything goes
Crafts and me - Roses
Natalie and Amy's Challenge Blog - Anything goes

I think our DT have excelled themselves once again. Their projects are amazing. 

Please drop by their blogs and leave them a comment. We all love to hear from you.

Happy crafting friends.

Happy Birthday Ryan!

Today is our gorgeous grandson's fourth birthday. So I would just like to say

Happy Birthday Ryan

and what could be better than a the new challenge at CRAFT

which is

Children

As always we have three amazing sponsors

Trimgym's Digistamps and Images

Stitchy Bear Stamps

Bugaboo Stamps

The DT had so many amazing images to play around with but I chose 

Sun Bonnet Fireman for Ryan's card from Bugaboo

I would like to enter this card into
Challenges for every one - anything goes
Stamp and doodle anything goes
Tammy's scrappin corner - anything goes

Papers from Nitwits Happy Bornday

Buttons from ebay

My friend's littlegirl is also fout two days after Ryan so I chose Sun Bonnet School also from Bugaboo for this handbag card.

I am entering this following card into the 
Whoopsi Daisy challenge - make it girlie
Cutie pie shaped card
Challenges for every one - anything goes
Stamp and doodle anything goes

The inside

They are both having parties on Saturday fortunately not in the same place!

Enjoy your day and this challenge.

My gorgeous talented teamies have produced some stunning projects please stop by their blogs to take a look.

Colour challenge

Good morning all, hope today finds you in good spirits.

Today over at Tuesday Alchemy there is a brand new challenge.

Color Recipe: Golden Brown, Mustard & Navy

This week there are two fantastic sponsors

Robyns Fetish Digital Stamps and Scrappers Delights

This was a real challenge for me as these are colours I don't normally work with, but it gave me the opportunity to use a scrappers delights image I had  some time ago and haven't used ( hanging head in shame)

The flowers were made using die cuts from Marianne Creatables.

The papers are from a Raspberry Road set called Pumpkin Hollow

The image is coloured with Promarkers.

Have fun with this challenge and stop by the DT blogs to see their awesome inspirational projects.

Let It Snow

Hi all, I hope it doesn't snow just yet but that is the name of the gorgeous Whimsy stamp I used for our new challenge over at INCY WINCY DESIGNS today.

Our generous sponsor this week is 

Care2Stamp

And our challenge is....... 

Monochromatic Green

I loved this challenge because green is one of my favourite colours and because this stamp is soooo adorable.

The papers are from the Raspberry Road collection- Christmas Chic.

The wooden snowflakes were a pressie from my bezie mate and were coloured with Pine disress ink.

The ribbon is from fantastic ribbons.

The doly was cut uing a cheery lynn die 

the buttons were from Dunelm's craft department and the sentiment is a lily of the valley stamp.

Have a fab day and enjoy the challrnge.

Please pop over to my team mates' blogs and leave them a comment.

Autumn

Good morning all on a beautiful Autumn morning (so far).

It's time for another challenge over at  CRAFT this week.

This week our theme is Autumn

Digital Delights    Eye Candie Creations  Trimgym's digital stamps

My card for this week's challenge is made using 'fall boy' from Digital Delights

The papers are from Nitwits Autum collection and a freebie pach from Design House Digital by KateTeague -no longer available.

The clip is from ebay

buttons and rafia ribbon from stash.

Enjoy the challenge and please check out the DT mrmbers blogs.

All you need is love

Good morning all,

                        Well here we are into the second week of September and as it's Tuesday I have my second GDT project for Tuesday Alchemy.

I just can't believe that I am half way through my GDT spot.

Today the challenge is ................

Peace Love and Happiness

and the fantastic sponsors are

Sassy Studio Designs   and   LEJ Designs

With a challenge like that I had no choice but to use one of my favourite Sassy images

'Hippie Chick'

The image is coloured with Promarkers

The papers are from Nitwit DEsigns and Raspberry Road Designs

The heart die is made using a Cheery Lynn die

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts

The butterfly and gems are from my stash

The sentiment was made on my PC

The DT have created some truly stunning projects so please drop by their blogs and leave them some love.

Enjoy your day and the challenge.

Love and ........

Make a bookmark over at Incy Wincy

Good morning all,

 A quick post from me today - have had a hectic weekend. Middle daughter in hospital then sent home, niece visiting from Hampshire, other surprise visitors. Talk about not knowing if you are coming or going.

Over at INCY WINCY today we would like you to Make a Bookmark.

Our fabulous sponsor is Heather Ellis over at Pure Innocence.

Here is my bookmark using one of the cute stamps Heather sent us to play with

The papers are from another gorgeous Katie Pertiet set called Coastal available here

cord is from Hobby Craft.

Please visit my fellow team members, their work is gorgeous.

Have a great day

Count Dracula's Castle

Good morning all,
 It hardly seems like a week since our last challenge over at CRAFT, but here we are with a new challenge  and today we have a ..........

Photo inspiration challenge for you.

We have several amazing sponsors for you.

Some Odd Girl      Digi Doodle Shop     

Truly Madly Crafty      Flonz Rubber Stamps   

For my card I used an image by Sassy Studios who sponsored our Star of the Month.

The image was chosen by a friend at work who commissioned a 50th birthday card for her husband who's birthday is on Halloween.

The image is coloured with Promarkers

The papers are from card making downloads

The charms were from ebay

metal corners from Wild orchids ( I sanded them to take the shine off them so they looked older.

The sentiment was made on my computer using chiller font.

I am entering this into the following challenges
Natalie and Amy - anything goes
Creative Craft challenge - all about the boys

Hope he likes it when the time comes his wife loved the design when I showed it to her.

Enjoy the challenge

Anything goes at Tuesday Alchemy

Good morning all, I am sooo excited because for the month of September I am the Guest Designer over at

This week's challenge is a nice and simple one

Anything Goes

There are two great sponsors this week 

Fabric .com    &    Broken Box Designs

My GDT project is a book box.

All of our three girls are having one of these as a Christmas card this year.

I have yet to add the verse inside the box and there will be a small bracelet or necklace in each of them.

The image is from the Pixie Corner set by Scrappers Delight

The gorgeous papers are from the Christmas Chic set from Raspberry Road Designs.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts

The snow flakes are punched and covered with angel whispers glitter.

The image is coloured with Promarkers.

I am entering this into the following challenges
Make it Monday - anything goes
Tuesday throwdown - book related 
Anything goes - Early Christmas
Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Anything goes

Please visit the Tuesday Alchemy Blog, there are some awesome projects by the DT.

Have a great day

Back to School

Good morning all ,
Back to School is the title of the new challenge over at INCY WINCY and for me it is literally that. I go back to work after the long summer holiday. Honestly I don't know where the time has gone the days fly by when I am at home.

Our super sponsor this week is 

Digital Delights

For my DT project this week I decided to make a little sticky note pad.

Th cute image is Schoalr Myrtle

The papers are from the Nitwit collection Live to learn

The post its were from our local supermarket.

bakers twine from create and craft and the button was from ebay.

Have fun with this challenge and let your creativity shine.

Have a great day.