Cards For Men challenge 18...

Morning everyone,

Today sees the start of the new challenge over at Cards For Men, the theme for this challenge is “long summer days” we have the lovely Phindy sponsoring the challenge here is a bit about her…

 Phindy's Place Digi Stamps is where you can find hundreds of beautifully drawn and detailed images for all your handmade card, scrapbook and paper crafting projects.  Digi stamping is a new endeavor for children's book illustrator Philomena O'Neill and she enjoys drawing charming line images for crafters to color and embellish for their own creative efforts.  Philomena likes to think of this as a collaboration between two artists.  Please stop by at Phindy's Place, you are going to find images you love!

The prize is a $10 gift certificate.

 This is the card I have made using one of Phindys lovely images called “sharing”.

I have coloured the image with polychormos pencils and blended it with sansador, cut out and layered with nestabilities . All of the card is from my stash, the DP is from arctic frog, the netting and brads are also from my stash and the sentiment is from Pink Gem Designs 

Hope to see you pop over and join in with us make sure to check out the rest of the DTs gorgeous cards...

Pink Gem new release...

Hi Everyone,


Hope your all having a great Bank Holiday weekend (it's a holiday here in the UK)...We're away again in the caravan for the weekend,I have managed to get myself some new papers today so look out over the next week for them....Here is a card I made before we came away it's one of the new releases over at Pink Gem Designs, called Penguin Friends.......

The image is coloured with Polychromos pencils blended with sansador and I have glittered the fronts of the cutie penguins....All the papers are from my scrap box so I'm sorry I can't tell you the name....

The ribbon is also from my stash and the sentiment is from Pink Gem Designs again......Before I go I wanted to show you a picture I took last night at sunset,hope you like it ,it was beautiful...

Enjoy the rest of the holiday what ever your doing...I'll try to visit some of you tomorrow but the laptop needs charging now...Take care....

Pink Gem DT Card............

Morning Everyone,
Wow have I been busy these last few days that's why I've not been about much with any cards...I have been decorating my Mum and Dad's lounge for them,but why is it when you've decorated one room the others all suddenly need doing,so I ended up doing the lounge,kitchen,bathroom and toilet ...I still have the hall and up the stairs to do but that has to wait until Hubby is around as 2 years ago I decided to decorate up our stairs when no else was at home and well it all started good I went up the ladder with my tin of paint and started to paint right at the top everything was going so well until I couldn't reach any further and decided that I needed to move the ladder over so I looked down and that's when the problems started I have never felt so shaky or scared I couldn't get down I only had one hand to hang onto the ladder as the other was holding the paint tin,so you can image I'm stuck up the ladder in the house on my own with no way of getting hold of anyone and even if I could have the doors were all locked so they wouldn't have got in... to cut a long story short two hours later I had managed to talk myself into coming down one rung at a time that's why it took so long and my poor legs and arms ached for over a week,so no more going up ladder's for me...Anyway enough of my rambles Janet over at Pink Gem Designs has just released some new Christmas stamps and here is the card I made with one of them,they are all gorgeous pop over and take a look...I would like to enter it in to the Winter Wonderland Challenge which is Walking in a Winter wonderland.....

This is Chloe with Penguin ...I have coloured her with my polychromos pencils blended with sansador,the front of the robin I have glittered all of the fur on Chloe's hat,coat and boots I have put polar white flower soft to make it look like fur...I then cut it out with my nesties and used antique linen around the edge...The DP is tis the season from Bo bunny I've used both sides....

The other card and ribbon is from my stash....The sentiment is also from Pink Gem Designs...The snowflakes are punched out with a papermania punch twice layered up and a gem put into the middle....Hope you like it...So make sure you pop over to Pink Gem Designs as there is also 10% off of all promarkers but only until the end of August so you'd better hurry..... Katy goes back to school next friday the 3rd so things should hopefully get back to normal and I'll get a bit more craft time....Take care...

Morning.........

Morning Everyone,
Hope you have all had a lovely weekend...we had a busy one,went into Oxford to get everything for Katy for going back to school,wow that's cleared us out it get's more expensive every year and especially this year with her starting GCSE's...Then yesterday some friends came to visit they were visiting relatives in the area and came to see us..The weather was lovely up until yesterday evening and then it has rained non stop...We had a very sad thing happen last evening one of my elderly neighbours died very suddenly,it was so so sad to see the family my heart went out to them and I'm thinking of them all today...I made this card on Friday...

I would like to enter it into the following challenges.....

Just Magnolia - sentiment

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

I used distress inks to colour Tilda then I cut her out with my nesties and matted and layered her...

I used some magnolia papers and distressed the edges with Tim Holtz's tool then used sepia ink around the edges and added some glitter...

The flowers are from Mulberry Crafts and the lace and heart gems are from  my stash...the leaves are cut out with a nellie snellen punch...The sentiment is from an inkadinkadoo set.....I'm off now to my Mum and Dad's as I'm decorating their lounge for them so see you all later..Take care....

Pink Gem Designs DT Card...

Hi Everyone,

Back with my Pink Gem Designs DT card, i got to play with one of the fab christmas stamps "snow baby" here it is...   

I would like to enter into the following challenges...

-Friday Sketchers - Sketch

-Creative Card Crew - Sparkle & Shine

A Spoonful of Sugar - christmas

My image is coloured with polychromos pencils and blended with sansodor.

I followed the sketch from Friday sketchers, the silver mirri i cut to make a mat for the image to sit on, the white card behind has been put through the snowflake embossing folder by papermania and then layered onto silver mirri. The snowflakes were cut with shapabilities die which was a birthday present from a very dear friend, she knows who she is.. They have been layered and glittered and a small gem put into the centre, the ribbon and green card is from my stash and the sentiment is from a sheet bought from my local craft shop, but there was no name to say who's it is. Unfortunately the photographs don't show the card at it's best! off now to try and catch up with some commenting! see you all tomorrow...

Truly Scrumptious Challenge 39...

Morning everyone,

Today is the start of challenge 39 "buttons, bows & brads" over at Truly Scrumptious the sponsor for this challenge is Sew Many Cards 

 Here's a little bit of information about Angela and her store:

My name is Angela and I own Sew Many Cards. I have a husband, an almost 10 year old daughter, a two year old son, and a dog/puppy: Hershey. The images of Sew Many Cards came from a dream that my husband had of a group of animals that were "SEWN Together" with patches and stitching, hence the name, which he also came up with. You will find that every image in the Sew Many Cards collection has patches and stitching, even the ones that are not animals. I love to draw and almost every image is either an inspiration from my family or a request from my great customers and design team, so please ask if you need something specific or would like to request something be made. You can contact me at angela@sewmanycards.com

The lucky winner of our challenge will get to choose five images from the store as their prize.

Here is my card...

As I was away on holiday last week my card unfortunately was not made with one of Angela's fabulous images...

I have used one of the new releases over at Kenny K called "Develish Donna" I have coloured her with polychromos pencils blended with sansador, her wings gloves and stocking tops have been glittered, but it doesn't show up very well in the picture, the glitter is "Glamour Dust". I have used "Glossy Accents" on her lips and tear to make them shine, but again it doesn't show up very well in the picture! The blue spotty paper is "doodle bug" from my stash which i bought from Sparkle dreams Solance owns the shop and it's a specialist Magnolia shop aswell... All the other card, brads, string and button is from my stash also, the sentiment is from a kanban stamp set cut out with nesties. Don't know how much i'm going to get done today as i have the builders in again, need to finish off my Pink Gem Designs DT card, so will be back later to post that.  

Cards for Men challenge 17.....

Morning everyone,

Where did all the holiday go?? back home now and today sees the start of challenge 17 over at cards for men the theme for this challenge is decoupage.

I'm pleased to say that Donna's Den of Crafts is sponsoring this challenge and the prize is a £10 gift voucher to spend in the shop.

Here is my card i've used a wild rose studio stamp which i stamped out 3 times and then cut and decoupaged as you can see from the second photo...

 

DP is Marrakech by basic Grey

corners punched with EK Success photo corner punch

Ric rak from my stash

Brown,green,blue and orange card from stash

Green card has had border punched with EK success Cheese punch and layered onto blue card

sentiment ...computer generated

Hope you'll all join in with us can't wait to see what you all make!!

Also need to announce the last winner from day 6 of the holiday snaps comments... the winner picked at random by Katy is Charlene - please email me with your address so i can send you your prize as soon as possible.

Off now to try and get back into the swing of things see if i have bought my mojo back from Norfolk with me and make a card! see you later...

Holiday Snaps Day 6...

Hi everyone,


The weather has been absolutely awful today so we just decided to go in the car and have a last ride round to have a look at all the different places and scenery found a great little butchers and farm shop so lots if lovely Norfolk produce to take home! Today sees the last day of my holiday snaps we are doing a mixture of both holidays... the winner of day 5 holiday snaps picked at random by Katy is

Lisa – please email me your address so I can send you your prize when I get home.

Don’t forget to leave your comments to be in with a chance of winning a small prize!!

View from Dunster, Somerset

Seal pup at Horsey beach, Norfolk

Jack on Horsey beach, Norfolk

"What are you looking at?!"

Really sad that it's the last day of the holiday going home tomorrow, congratulations to all of the random winners of the holidays snaps prizes, i will send you your prizes as soon as i can!!

Holiday Snaps Day 5...

Hi everyone,


We haven’t done much today as the weather hasn’t been brilliant so we have had a lovely lazy day, I have managed to read a fantastic book called “before you fall” by Lauren Oliver, if you get the chance would really recommend reading it, I couldn’t put it down once I’d started it. Sorry if I have confused some of you with the pictures but if you remember 2 weeks ago we were on holiday down in Somerset and I was going to show you holiday pictures then, but we couldn’t get any internet at all but we are actually this week staying at Waxham in Norfolk so I thought I would show you pictures from both holidays on alternate days and today is Somerset! The winner from day 4 of the holiday snaps is...

Aussie Loz - Please email me with your address so I can send you your prize when I get home!

The family next door!!

The kids next door!!

The train that went behind the site...

Thought I'd show you the caravan and awning...

The other side of the caravan...

Be back tomorrow with the last day of our holiday snaps! don't forget to leave your comments and you could win a small prize!

Holiday Snaps Day 4...

Evening everyone,


We have had another fantastic day, the weather has been brilliant, even got a little sunburnt! We went to wroxham this morning and then decided on the way back to go to the beach again so glad we did as you’ll see from the pictures! The winner of day 3 holiday snaps prize picked at random by Katy is...
CHERYL - Please email me withe your address so i can send you your prize when i get home!

These are our pictures from today...

Katy's attempt at photography! (I think it's brilliant)

Can't believe how close i got to it!!

Sunbathing!

Who's the daddy!?

Be back tomorrow with some more pictures... leave a comment to be in with a chance of winning a small prize!

Holiday Snaps 3...

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all well, the weather here has been a bit iffy, it rained most of the night, but brightened up late morning so went to North Walsham to have a look round...Thank you for joining in with my holiday snaps candy and leaving all the lovely comments.....The winner from yesterday chosen at random by Katy was.......

SusieLou - Please email me with your address so i can send you your prize when i get home.

We are going back to some pics from our hols down in somerset........

Our alarm clock!!

High street at Dunster - Somerset

Yarn market - Dunster, Somerset.

Leave your comments to be in with a chance of winning a prize!!

see you tomorrow with some more pictures!!

Holiday Snaps Day 2...

Hi Everyone,

We have had another great day on holiday, the weather is gorgeous, the sun is shining and it’s really warm! Had a lovely lie in and then spent some time on the beach, the winner of yesterdays small prize chosen at random by Katy was....

NIKBEE – please email me your address, and as soon as we get home I’ll post it to you.

Here are some pictures from today...

How inviting is this!? The beach at Horsey - Norfolk

The beach at Horsey - Norfolk

The beach at Horsey - Norfolk

A seal in the sea at Horsey beach - Norfolk

It was amazing to see the seals, hope i'm not confusing you, we are actually in Norfolk, the pictures from yesterday were from our holiday 2 weeks ago in Somerset!! Don't forget to leave your comments and Katy will pick another winner tomorrow!!

Holiday Snaps Day 1...

Evening All,

Had a lovely first day of our holiday, the weather is lovely even though it did rain all night! Must admit that we have got some children on the site who are a real pain seem to think that our pitch is also their pitch! Can’t blame the children though it’s the parents, I just don’t want them in my awning when we are trying to eat, and the parents are nowhere in sight. Here are some of the pictures from our last holiday that i was going to post whilst we were there but we couldn’t get any internet, don’t forget to leave all of your comments and Katy will pick a random winner from each day to win a small prize! So good luck everyone, I will be back tomorrow with some more pictures.

Sea Front - Blue Anchor Bay, Somerset.

Jack on the beach - Blue Anchor Bay, Somerset

Dunster Castle - Dunster,Somerset.

Jack After A Day On The Beach!

A Gem of a Challenge...Challenge 7....

Morning all,

Time for challenge 7 over at A Gem of a Challenge, this month Jenny has done a lovely sketch for you all to follow with the optional extra of using material on your card i.e. ribbon, lace, felt etc. So please come over and join in with us here is my card using one of the new releases Snow Love...

Coloured with polychromos pencils blended with sansador

Paper is jingle stripes by Magenta

Mirri card present from my cousin,pink,white and green glitter card is from my stash

ribbon and gem dew drops also from my stash

snowflakes punched out with a X-Cut and woodware snowflake punches

sentiment is from pink gem

white border punched out with MS border punch

 i'm on holiday now and the mobile broadband is working so i will post some pictures of our hols later! please leave your comments under the holiday pictures each day and katy will pick at random a winner to receive a small prize! 

See you later with the first picture! 

I'm back...

Hi Everyone,

I'm back, finally got phone and internet after nearly 2 weeks, can you believe it, we're off on holiday again tomorrow all this week without it and can't use it next week. I'm going to spend time this afternoon trying to catch up with all of you, I'm hoping that the mobile broadband works next week, i forgot to ask the site we are staying on if it would! this is my card that should have been posted last week for the new stamp release over at Pink Gem Designs... this is goth Kaya. 

Coloured with polychromos pencil blended with sansador

                                                  Mirri card present from my cousin

red textured card present from my cousin,black and blue card from stash

buttons and red ribbon from stash,black ribbon from a present,buckle from stash

corners punched with Ek success punch.

Take care, catch up with you all as soon as i can.

Truly scrumptious challenge 38....

Morning Everyone,

Hope you're all okay, today see's my first DT card for Truly Scrumptious, we have a fab sketch for you to follow with the added extra of "Golden Oldie" And our sponsor for this week is Digital Delights from Louby Lou and the lucky winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend in the digital download store.

  Still no sign of our phone or internet, looks like the 6th at the earliest. Can I say a big thank you to Janet, Donna and Sharon and all the DT teams for bearing with me at the moment until I get the internet back up and another big thank you to all of you for still coming and visting and leaving all your lovely comments, as soon as I'm back to normal I will come and visit each and everyone of you!

Image is first stamp I ever brought it's by funstamps

Red,yellow and green card is from my stash

lace from sparkle dreams

flowers from hobbycraft and Mulberry crafts

DP is Mellissa Francis called Emily from my stash

sentiment from a P.I set

Gem dew drops from my stash

Green card punched with a punch around the page from MS

Please pop over to Truly Scrumptious and join in with the fun, can't wait to see what you all create!

Take care...

cards for men challenge 16...

Hi Everyone,
As some of you are aware I've got real problems with internet the moment so my posts will be short and far between... Here is my card for cards for men challenge 16, As the title says, we're 'Off on an adventure' so we want to see wonderful images but equally you could apply the theme to 'Moving Home', 'Leaving work', 'Retirement' or any of life's great adventures. This challenge is being sponsored by...

 

The winner will get the following 5 digi images as their prize...

Here is a little bit about squiggle stamps...
Squiggle Stamps carry a unique range of cute, quirky and whimsical stamps designed by a talented team of illustrators. Our images are available as both Rubber and Digital Stamps with new designs added regularly. We are lucky to have a wonderful Design Team and you can see all their fabulous creations and take part in monthly prize challenges on the blog at http://www.squigglestamps.blogspot.com/

DP is Cosmo cricket Handsome henry

red textured card is a present from my cousin punched out with a woodware star punch, the button and thread is from my stash

All other card is from my stash

the sentiment is from an Hero Arts set

The green card has been punched out with an EK Success zigzag punch

The gems are from my stash

The two orange checked strips are the reverse of the DP layered onto brown card... Please pop over and join in with the fun!!  Take care...