Truly Scrumptious Challenge 42.....

Morning Everyone,

Hope your all well....I'm back on the painkillers for my back and waiting for physio, the doctor said it will be a few weeks before it should start to get back to normal,but it's certainly easier so I'm hoping to do a bit more crafting....Today sees the start of challenge 42 over at Truly Scrumptious and we have a fab sketch for you to follow with the optional extra of snowflakes....

Our fabulous sponsor for this challenge is the lovely Christine Dark; Sketching Stamper. Christine is an incredibly talented artist and she is offering the winner six digi images of their choice.

Here's my card I wanted to have an old feel to it so I've used some papers from GCD called Paris Nights they are lovely, the ones I've used are flocked although the photo is not brilliant I'll see if I can take some better ones

The Tilda image was from a friend I coloured her with polychromos pencils blended with sansador,then cut out with my nesties and then I inked around the edge with antique linen distress ink...The red card,ribbon and small pearls around the outside are from my stash.....

The snowflakes are cut with a Marianne D die then layered together with a pearl brad through the middle...the flowers are all from Mulberry Crafts I've glimmer misted then glamour dusted them...and the sentiment is a cat's life press which I got from Crafty Emma's store fab store and fantastic delivery....Off now to try and do a couple of jobs round the house then I'm going to try and make a card...Please popover to the challenge check out my fellow teamies fabulous cards and join in with us....Take care...

Cards for Men Challenge 20....

Morning Everyone,
Hope you have all had a lovely weekend,the weather here hasn't been very nice,it was really cold and then it started raining yesterday evening and it still is now....This will be a quick post as I have a Doctors appointment for 9am to check and see how my back is,it's got more painful again since the painkillers finished.....Here is my card for challenge 20 over at Cards for Men we have the theme of AUTUMN for you all...Our sponsor for this challenge is......

Here is a little bit about them....

         Crafts and Me has everything for the card maker, with a wide range of rubber stamps from around the world. Teresa has just introduced her own range of rubber stamps from three international artists Hannah Lynn, Molly Harrison and Sara Burrier.

The prize is a fabulous stamp......

Here is my card......I would like to enter it into the following challenges....

Creative Card Crew - Autumn/Fall

Stamp something - Something with fall colours

Charisma Cardz - Anything goes

A Spoonful of Sugar - Anything goes

I have used Autumn Max from Pink Gem Designs coloured with polychromos pencils....

The DP is call Boo Hoo from MME all the other card is from my stash..

The ribbon,button and gem dew drops are also from my stash...the leaves have been punched out with a woodware punch...The sentiment is from a Hero Arts set....Anyways got to dash as I know we are going to get caught in the trafic going into town and Hubby is saying come on...Will catch you all later....

A New Challenge.....

Hi Everyone,

Right onto my news...As you have all probably noticed I've really fell in love with Magnolia stamps and a few weeks ago I found out that Solance sold them at Sparkle Dreams,anyway to cut a long story short,Solance has decided to run a Challenge and asked me if I would like to join her design team to which I said yes please...Here are some details....The challenge is called Sparkle Dreams Challenge and will run monthly it will start on the 1st of October at 8am,to welcome you all and to say thank you Solance has a Candy this is what is on offer.... four copic ciao pens, 10 sheets of copic card, a limited edition copic wallet and a Magnolia stamp....

She has also said that if we hit over 100 followers by 6pm on friday 1st october she will add a fab mystery gift to the candy,so come on everyone pop over follow the instructions and have a chance of winning this great candy......

Pink Gem DT card.....

Hi Everyone,
Nearly the weekend,hope your all going to be doing something nice...I've spent today making my Pink Gem Designs DT card in between other things, my back is starting to ache a bit now don't know if it's where I've sat to long or if the painkillers are wearing off hope it's the first.....Anyway here is my card I got to play with Angel Chloe she's soo sweet and look at her little cat....

I would like to enter the following challenge....

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Chloe is coloured with my polychromos pencils and blended with sansador...The paper is from Bo Bunny called " tis the season" and I've used both sides....The card,ribbon,gems and the jewel on the bow are all from my stash....I used a woodware and papermania punch to make the snowflake then layered them together....The sentiment is from Pink Gem Designs it says christmas blessings but I just wanted the christmas part....I'm off now to do another post,then it's time for dinner......

I'm Back......

Hi Everyone,
It feels so good to be back on here,My back is not quite back to normal but it's so much better,I went to the Doctor's Monday and he told me some exercises to do and tomorrow is my last day of painkillers so that will be the real test..I would have been back on here sooner but unfortunatley I've had some major family problems,but I won't go into those...I have managed to catch up now with my DT work which you'll see later and I've made this card for the Kenny K Challenge.....Where they want stitching,I went with the faux kind....

As always I've coloured with my polychromos blended with sansador...The DP is from Basic Grey...

and the card is from my stash......I decided to use the photo clips on the top held on with brads through the middle...

The flowers are all from some I got at Hobbycraft ages ago..The sentiment is from an Hero Arts set,and the Gems are again from my stash....I have been trying to get round all of your blogs as much as I could and keep up with my DT commenting really found it hard not being able to sit or stand for too long,so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that when I stop the painkillers that the pain doesn't come back I couldn't stand it again....Anyway enough of my rambling..Please pop back tomorrow as I have some news for you all...Take care......

Pink Gem DT Cards....

Hi Everyone,
I've managed to do some crafting this morning,I was finishing my card for Janet over at Pink Gem Designs..I started it before my back went and it should have been posted on Monday evening for the release of the new Ellie stamps...I got to play with "Ellie with gift" isn't she gorgeous....

I've coloured her with my polychromos pencils blended with sansador...The paper is from a Dovecraft pad called "Let it snow"...The card is from my stash as are the gem dew drops and ribbon which I have threaded through the trellis which I punched out with my MS punch....

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

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

The sentiment is also from Pink Gem Designs......

Onto my next card which is my DT card,I wanted to make an easel card and I'd seen some fabulous ones over at Papercrafts by Rach so I lifted one of Rachel's fab ideas to use a tag to put your message on,please popover and check out her fantastic cards...

I've used Winter Milly,again coloured with polychromos pencils...The DP is MME "lost and found",it's lovely and glittery perfect for Christmas...The green card,gem dew drops and ribbon are from my stash...

I have glittered Milly's boots,scarf and ear muff's and the log...

As you can see from the pic above I've put an acetate front on and punched a fence out with my MS punch twice and then stuck them either side of the acetate...Then used a closure with a star brad through so you can keep it closed....

Here's a pic showing both the front and the tag...Hope you like them both...Off now to have a walk around as my back is still giving me pain as I've been sat doing this post,certainly feeling a lot better than it was..Must admit that Monday morning it had me in tears a few times,didn't know what to do to make it better...Take care...Oh forgot to say the sentiment is from a Papermania set thought it went well with the style of card..right I'm defiantly off now..lol..

Truly Scrumptious Challenge 41......

Hi Everyone,
I'll apologise first off for any typing or spelling mistakes still away with the fairies, due to the painkillers and it also accounts for the wonky photo...Thank you to everyone for the lovely messages it really means a lot...I'm still finding it difficult to craft as I can't sit for very long and it's real hard to do standing up...But to day sees Challenge 41 starting over at Truly Scrumptious there is a fab sketch for you all to follow with the optional extra of using Blue & Green,not a combination I use very often but I loved making it.....

We are delighted to welcome Wags 'n Whiskers as our sponsor for this challenge. They have a fabulous selection of cute and adorable stamps so do click over to their website and have a look.

One very lucky winner will get all four of their new fairy rubber stamps as their prize

Here is my card......

I have used all off cuts of card from my scraps box.....Tilda is yet again coloured with poychromos pencils blended with sansador and paper stumps.....The ribbon is from my stash....The sentiment is a new one brought from Crafty Emma's Store last week,fab choice and service delivered the next day,thought it went well as it looks like Tilda is leaving...

All of the flowers are from Mulberry Crafts and they have been spritzed with glimmer mist and then sprinkled with glamour dust (Thanks Dilly)....Hope you will all pop over to the challenge and checkout my fab teamies wonderful cards and  join in with us...I'm going to try and finish a card that i started before my back went so there will be something to see tomorrow....Take care... 

cards for Men Challenge 19......

Morning Everyone,
Hope you've all had a fab weekend....  last week I had real problems with Mr Blogger,he just didn't want to play with me I kept getting service unavailable error 503,then I couldn't post anything so I have cards to show you from last week but they can wait ...Also on Saturday evening I got up out of the chair and really hurt my back so much so I had to see the emergency Doc yesterday,it seems I've trapped the sciatic nerve,wow is it painful can't sit,stand or lay for any length of time on ibuprofen and paracetamol every 4 hours alternating between the two so that means I'm actually taking them every two hours I rattle quite well now...lol...Anyway enough rambling today see's the start of challenge 19 over at Cards for Men and the theme is Transport,We are being sponsored for this challenge by....

Here is a little bit about them....

Peachy Keen Stamps is a family owned and operated leading clear stamp manufacturer based out of Northeast Wisconsin. Our stamps are made with the highest quality polymer on the market today, giving them their unique peach tint. The whimsical images designed by Kathy Jakopovich coupled with their durability make them a favorite amongst scrapbookers, card makers, and artists alike. These stamps are sold exclusively online at www.peachykeenstamps.com and at independent stamp and scrapbook stores worldwide. Please visit our website for a complete list of retail locations.

                                                 Prize: Train Set and Silo Barn & Cloud Set

here is my card.......

I have used one of the fabulous hanglar images coloured with my polychromos pencils blended with sansador...

the paper is from MME can't tell you the name silly me cut it off...The card,ribbon,and buttons are from my stash....I used my EK success punches to do the border in red and the photo corners....The sentiment is from Hero Arts......A big sorry to those of you I haven't managed to get round to comment to I will get to you promise....Don't forget to pop over to the Challenge and checkout all of my fellow teamies fantastic cards and join in  with us, can't wait to see what you all make...Take care....

 

Pink Gem Designs Challenge 8...

Morning Everyone,
How you all doing?..Sorry for my lack of cards this week,I've been getting my kits ready for my teaching class today...Today is the start of challenge 8 over at A Gem of a Challenge and it's Janet's turn to host she has given us this fab sketch.....

with the optional extra of "Loads of sparkle"

Here is my card....

I have used "Rodney" and I've coloured him with copic's this time,not sure if I'm any good with them but hey ho it's made....I have used some new paper that is by MME called lost and found it has beautiful glitter all over but the pic doesn't show it very well.....the sentiment is from Pink Gem Designs as well...

I cut Rodney out with my nesties at a slight angle and edged the green card with glitter,the snowflakes were punched out with my MS punch twice and then glittered..Please try and popover to checkout my fellow Gem's wonderful cards and join in the challenge,remember you don't have to use a Pink Gem Designs image to be in the Top 5...Anyway got to fly, need to get ready to go...Take care...catch you all later...

Mr Blogger has been naughty....

Evening Everyone,
I've been trying to get Mr Blogger to play all of today everytime I tried to post my card he said error 503 service unavailable,I gave him a good talking to about 30 minutes ago and he's decided to play ( hope I make it to the end od the post)...Katy went back to school yesterday so I had the day to myself and I caught up on my DT cards and managed to make this card for  the following challenges......

Simon Says Challenge - Pearls and Lace...
Cute Card Thursday - Material...
Just Magnolia - Anything Goes.....

And here's my card......I hadn't made an easel card for a while so decided to make one......

I have used Spanish Tilda coloured with my polychromos pencils and blended with sansador......The red gingham paper was a gift from a friend and the black card was from my stash it's actually glossy but doesn't show up well in the pic.....

The lace border was punched with my MS punch......The sentiment is from an Invoke Art set......

The flowers are all from Mulberry Crafts and I have sprayed them with glimmer mist and sprinkled some glamour dust on to them.....

The little pearls are from my stash and the pearls in amongst the flowers and the black lacey narrow ribbon are from Bee Crafty....Hope your all having a fab weekend I'm off now to try to do some comments and then watch X Factor I'm due for a good laugh...Got a busy day tomorrow as I've got 10 for lunch I'll try to pop some pics on of my desserts I'm going to make...Take care....

Truly Scrumptious Challenge 40...

Morning Everyone,
Today is the start of challenge 40 over at Truly Scrumptious, We have a fabulous sketch for you to follow along with the optional extra of "Get Knotted" we would like to see a knot somewhere on your card....

We are delighted to welcome back Stampattack Art Stamps as our sponsor this week. Stampattack specialise in themed plates and they design and manufacture their own rubber. As well as sponsoring this challenge, Carol is also offering all our blog readers FREE postage - just quote the code SA111.


The winner will receive this fabulous 'Steam Punk' plate

Here is my card......

I decided to use Tilda who I have coloured with distress inks...The DP is one of my new ones from Pink Tulip Crafts it's By MME called Lush and it certainly is....The other card is from my stash.....

The ribbon is a new from Bee Crafty which I got at the weekend...The flourish I cut with my Tim Holtz die through the big shot,and the flowers are as you know are from Mulberry Crafts which I had for my birthday....And the sentiment is from Pink Gem Designs.....the gem dew drops are also from my stash...

Don't forget to check back this evening for the winner of my surprise candy and the start of my next one...Take care....

August Candy!!

August Candy!!

This post will stay at the top until 6:00pm (GMT) 1st September 2010

The winner of the July candy is...

168. anne-marie (See post below)

This months candy will be a surprise one

Here are the bits you need to know to enter.......

It's open to all of my lovely followers... so if you’re not a follower already then become one for a chance to win....

post a link to my candy in your sidebar...

and leave a comment

If you don't have a blog then you can still enter, just leave your name and your e-mail address so I can find you...

The candy will run from 6pm 1st August 2010 until 6pm 1st September 2010 when the winner will be drawn by random org....

Good luck everyone.....