My Colour Me In Card.

Well, i said i would find something different to do and i did, as i was printing out some paper for the funky fairy challenge i came across these little flower backing papers from the 'do ya doodle' funky fairy downloads and i was hit by a brainwave, doesn't happen often but i'm quite proud of this one lol. Well i thought wouldn't it be a good idea to make a card for a child that they could colour in themselves, now i'm sure it has been thought of but for now i'm feeling pretty clever so don't spoil it for me hehe. Anyway i stamped out a funky fairy too and although i was tempted i didn't colour her, I've added doodle stitches to the black background card as this weeks funky fairy challenge is to use faux stitches, so out came the white gel pen. Ribbon tags, ribbon, flowers and brads are all from Poppicrafts. Thought i would add a little packet of pencils to the inside of the card too.

Mum's Birthday Card.

It's my mum's birthday today and this is the card i made for her. I love the penny black stamps and even though they really suit any age i think i'll have to invest in some flower stamps for more mature cards. Anyway i know my mum will love her card anyway, i have used the 'Daisy Chain' stamp and coloured it with marvy pens, matt and layered with pink card and dovecraft birthday paper, ribbon, brads and flowers from Poppicrafts of course. Right i really need to challenge myself, my cards are always the same, i need to try some new technique's or something, i'm going to go blog hopping and see what i can come up with, watch this space lol.

Blog Candy

Jacqui is celebrating 10,000 hits to her blog and is very kindly giving away some fantastic blog candy. Check out her fantastic cards. Donna x

SBS18 Challenge.

Ok, I've not done much crafting this week with one thing and another so i sat down last night and made this card for the SBS18 Challenge, 'farmyard fun'. I was stumped at first then remembered i had the little pigs from Pink Petticoat. I have coloured the image using prisma pencils and sakura pens, doodled around the image and matt and layered on yellow and green paper all of which has been cut with a wavey blade. The brads and flower are from Poppicrafts and the sentiment is a stamp from stampin up.

ABC. D is for Decoupage.

My goodness we're at D already, if you don't already know about the ABC Challenge Blog then check it out, we have been giving away some fab candy as prizes and this week is no different. This is my sample card for 'D is for Decoupage', i have used a Jasi-kins image which has been decoupaged (very difficult to tell by the photo), this was then mounted on purple card, embellished with butterflies and doodle dotted with black 3d paint (love this effect) i then ran mirror card through my friends cuttlebug (swirls folder) and again mounted on purple card with more 3d doodles, lastly mounted everything onto white card, added a black ribbon and purple and black flowers with brad from Poppicrafts. Quite a gothy type of card which i have become quite famous for, not to everyone's taste but i love them.

BFF Award.

Wow look what my good friend Steph gave me, can't wait to see how much is on it lol.
The rules of this award are as follow's,

1. Only 5 people allowed.


2. 4 have to be dedicated followers of your blog


3. one has to be someone new or recently new to your blog and live in another part of the world.


4. you must link back to whoever gave you the award.quite simple really it is a way of saying thankyou to those who take time out for wonderful comments to boost your day.

I'll return with my noma..nomone...nomun I'll return with the people i choose.
I could have given this award to alot more than 5 people but i'm glad to say that alot of you already have it. The 5 people i have chosen are
Karen, Cass, Ruth, Paylin and Jane.

Free Funky Fairy Papercrafts For a Year. WOW

If you don't already know, Where have you been? Funky Fairy Papercraft are giving the most AMAZING blog candy away on their inspiration site, a year's supply of funky fairy goodies, isn't that fantastic? Pop over and leave a comment and link quick as it ends on the 31st of July.

Get Well Soon Card.

Well its been ages from i've posted something on here and ages from i've made something so i made something nice and simple to get my creative juices flowing. This is a get well card for the next crafter that becomes ill lol, the reason why its for a crafter is that i plan to put some images into it. The backing paper is from funky fairy papercraft and the template is from Dawn's Stamping Studio, love Dawns cards. I have just matt and layered pink and white card then doodle dotted around it with white gel pen, ribbon is from Poppicrafts and the peel off and flower from my stash.

ABC Sample. C is for Charms.

Ok Crafters, this weeks ABC Challenge 'C is for Charms' and this is my sample. Its a plain cream card with peel-offs, one of the simplist cards i've done in a long time but i think its lovely. I matt and layered the sentiment with mirror card and foam pads, then added the all important charms which i got off a friend as part of my birthday present, thanks lee anne. I am also entering this card for the Daring Cardmakers Challenge whose theme is 'peel offs' this week.

Tilda and Co. Distressed Tilda

This is my entry for the Tilda and Co Challenge, Distressed Tilda. I had SO MUCH FUN making this card, scrunching and ripping, rubbing and splatting, haven't decided who i'm going to give it to yet lol, don't think they'd appreciate the fun i had making it.

Dutch Dare Challenge.

This is my entry for the Dutch Dare Challenge, which is 'one piece of designer paper'. My designer paper is from Funky Fairy's and the image is from pink petticoat, it is matt and layered on coloured cardstock and of course i've had a doodle, embellished with chipboard flowers and tag from dovecraft, last but not least brads from Poppicraft. There was supposed to be a lovely flowery ribbon on this card but i had everything stuck down before i realised i'd forgot to put it on, Oh well.

Cute Card Thursday's Entry.

This is my entry for Cute Card Thursday, 'Card for a Child'. It took me ages to do this card, due to all the colouring and cutting but i'm really pleased with the result. The images are William,leaves and acorns by magnolia stamps and i have coloured using prisma pencils and sansador, colouring isn't as good as i'd hoped as i'm in desperate need of new paper stumps, will have to get them ordered. Anyway, buttons, brads and ribbon from poppicrafts and backing papers from a magazine.

Funky Fairy's Challenge. Get Well Soon.

This week on Funky Fairy's the theme was 'Get Well' so i made this card for myself (can you hear the violins playing lol) only joking. I got the idea from Dawn's stamping studio, where she show's a tutorial on how to make this triangle pull out card. The image i have used is by penny black and i have coloured it with marvy pens and water, backing paper is from Dovecraft and ribbon from my stash, more doodling and a lovely little verse from imag-e-nation.
verse reads:
Hope this happy get-well note
Adds sunshine to your day
And shows you that you're thought of
In a warm and special way.

loads of fab blog candy.

Feeling a bit under the weather this weekend, AGAIN, for some reason i keep getting this tummy bug and it's horrible, its going about at the minute and seem's to have taken a liking to me, anyway, i just don't feel upto making anything while i'm like this so have been doing a bit of blog hopping and during my travels found some amazing blog candy, there are some very generous people about. So here goes,
Frances is celebrating her birthday and 25,000 hits and has a choice of two sets of yummy candy, Congrats and Happy Belated Birthday Frances.
Shary is celebrating becoming a member of the DT for alota stamps, well done Shary, she is giving away a fab springtime bugs stamp, check out her beautiful card.
Deb is celebrating her blogaversary/birthday/30,000 hits, big congrats Debs, she has chosen some fantastic candy to giveaway, all colour coordinated.
Claudia/Pretty Pressings is very kindly giving away blog candy it includes a fantastic magnolia stamp, a little book with 200 stamped images and ribbon, wow wow wow, can't wait to see your craft room finished Claudia it looks like its going to be beautiful. x
I keep adding to this list, i can't believe the generousity of people, well Linda @ Linanna designs is also celebrating 1,000 hits and has some beautiful candy for one lucky crafter, Congratulations Linda and enjoy your holiday.x
Who Love's Magnolia Stamps? Well Andrea@ Andrea's World is giving away these fantastic stamps as blog candy, her blog will really inspire you so check it out.
Maria@Maria's Card's is also celebrating 5000 hits and 'yes' she is also giving away some fab candy, check out how this lovely lady shops wow i want to go shopping with you Maria lol. x
Jill is celebrating 2.000 hits, congratulations Jill your blog is beautiful. x

SBS18 Challenge. Alphabits

This is my sample for this weeks SBS18 Challenge which is 'Alphabits' no i haven't spelt it wrong, you have to use all your extra alphabet letters that you don't get to use e.g. xyz etc. The image on my card is 'Edwin with his pencil' and i coloured him with marvy pens and water, then i have added my alpha extra's on the background. Think they go really well with this wee man. He is matt and layered on papers that i got with a magazine, brads and ribbon from Poppicraft. Look forward to seeing all your creations this week. x

Wow Great Idea

There is a new challenge blog for little one's its called Tiny Funky Fairy's and Elves, My kids are so excited about this and the timing is perfect, off school for summer and the weather is miserable. This weeks theme is 'all the colours of the rainbow' and a new challenge will be set every fortnight. Spread the word.

B is for Baby

This weeks ABC Challenge's theme is 'Baby' and this is my sample. Its quite a simple card, lili of the valley fairy added to some beautiful lilac card i had in my stash, i handmade the little scroll and added peel offs, some ribbon and flowers from poppicraft, some doodling stitches (really getting into this doodling) and a few gems for good measure. I always put a bit of bling to the fairies with a sakura glitter pen but it doesn't really show up in the photo's. Oh and by the way, if your in need of ribbons, flowers, brads, buttons etc Poppicrafts are doing 15% off at the minute, i'm not connected to poppicraft in any way but i know how we crafters love a bargain lol.

Last Call for all you A's

If you didn't already know a new challenge blog was launched last week, ABC Challenges, each weeks theme is based on a letter of the alphabet eg this week was A for animal and tomorrow's is B for....... Anyway, you still have time to post your Animal cards before tomorrows challenge is posted and remember there is some great candy for the winner. The entry's so far have been fantastic, there are a lot of very talented crafters out there and i can't wait till tomorrow to see what you do with your B cards. x

Dutch Dare Challenge

This is my entry for the Dutch Dare Card Challenge , this week it was a sketch. This is also my son Kalen's birthday card from either mummy and daddy or his siblings i haven't decided yet. The image is a magnolia stamp 'Edwin' and he is coloured using prisma pencils and sansador, backing papers are free from a magazine and are layered onto coloured card, eyelets and buttons are from poppicraft, sentiments from See Ds alphabet range. I've also doodled on this card with white glaze pen and stitches with a marvy pen. I think the wee man will love it.

Penny Black Challenge 4.

This weeks requirement on the Penny Black Challenge is 'Buttons and Brads' and this is my entry. The image is one of my fav's 'Everest Next?', i have coloured these cute little mice with marvy pens and water, layered on pink cardstock which has been 'doodle dotted', the backing paper was from a magazine, Beautiful flowers, buttons and brads from Poppicraft, ribbon from dovecraft, sentiment from See D's alphabet range. I really love the pinks and greens that are about right now, need something bright about the house as the weather here in ireland is terrible.

Quick Party Invites

This is an example of my son's birthday invitations, he'll be 4 on Thursday and he loves dragons, so i used these little fella's from lili of the valley. The words and dragon are also glittered for extra bling but it doesn't show in the pic. The words are from See D's range.

Summer Dottie

This is my entry for two challenges this week SBS18 Challenge (all things sea-sidey) and also Dottie's World Challenge (Sketch). I hope none of the challenges mind me doubling up with this one but i am snowed under with making birthday invitations and party bags for my son's 4th birthday on Thursday. The Dottie Downloads are available from Charmed Cards and Crafts , i have coloured these with my prisma pencils and sansador, matt and layered them on orange card and yellow foam, the ribbon is from Poppicrafts, backing paper free from a mag and the sun was made by moi out of fimo, thats all folks. x

20,000 hits wow

Steph/It's all about me! is celebrating 20,000 hits to her blog. I think thats about 5 years away for me lol. Anyway, she is giving 4 lucky people some fab blog candy. Steph also is a DT for 'Quick cards made easy' check out her beautiful creations on her blog.

Lot's to do challenge entry.

This is my entry for the 'Lots to do' challenge, the theme this week is 'butterflies'. I'm not sure what the image is called as it was given to me, so if anyone can help me out that would be great, i have coloured it using my marvy pens and water, the butterfly backing paper is from dovecraft, flowers, ribbon and peel offs from my stash.

A spoon full of sugar challenge entry.

This week on the Spoon full of Sugar challenge the theme was 'Circles'. The image i have used is Maggie with Dotty Scarf and i have coloured her with prisma pencils and sansador. The circle papers are from dovecraft and i have layered them with plain blue card, i have also distressed some of the pieces of card with chalks and added buttons, brads and eyelets to carry on the circle theme, most of these items are from Poppicraft, ribbon kindly given to me by steph.

Karen is Celebrating.

A very kind and generous Karen/karen's Creation is giving away a vast amount of blog candy to celebrate setting up a craft business in France, you lucky lady lol. Good Luck Karen.

PB Challenge. Pink, Green and Brown.

This is my entry for the Penny Black Challenge, pink, green and brown. This was quite challenging for me and i'm not sure if i like this card or not. I coloured the image with my marvy pens and water, stamped little paw's over the image and card, ribbon and flowers are from Poppicraft and i matt and layered the image with brown foam and pink card then used my scalloped scissors to decorate. I had to scrummage in my scrap box for all the bits for this challenge.

ABC Challenge is now launched.

Ok, before you start thinking that i am a blog candy hunter, i just want to let you know that the ABC Challenge has now been launched, it so exciting, i hope you will all join and support us, there is some great candy on offer. The theme of the first challenge is Animals. Looking forward to seeing all your entries.
This is my sample. Don't forget to grab our banner for your blog. Happy Crafting. x

Emma's 10k hits Candy.

The lovely (but poorly) Emma, is celebrating her 10k hits on her blog and she is giving away a £10.00 voucher for Poppicrafts, wow how fab is that? Hope your feeling better soon Emma.x

Award.

I've received this fab award from two of my very talented SBS18 sisters, Steph and Paylin, thanks girls x. Now i need to pass it on to 7 more, which is going to be a bit difficult as i've noticed most of my blogging friends already have it, we must be a very talented bunch eh? lol. But the blogger's i've picked are: Ruth, Sarah, Emma , Sharon,

Jennifer's Blog Candy.

Jennifer at Phoenix Crafts is giving away some AAAmmmaaazing Candy, fingers crossed for this one. Check out her fab blog and say hi.

Cute Card Challenge.

AAAAhhhhhh my pic's are driving me crazy. One is scanned and the other is taken with my camera phone but neither of them are showing the card at its best, you can hardly make out what the sentiment say's or does it show the shape of the card. Anyway, this is my entry for Cute Card Thursday Challenge, theme 'no patterned paper'. The image is from Pink Petticoat and i have made this card for my sister who moves to Gibralter today, lucky lucky lucky little sister. I have coloured the image with prisma pencils and sansador, matt and layered with yellow and blue card (looks green in the pic) and i have added little white dot's to these, (but you can't see them in the pic).