All That Sparkles

Hi Crafters, its time for a new theme at the Creative Card Crew Challenge and this week the lovely Paula would like to see 'All That Sparkles' on your projects. That shouldn't be too hard as we all love our sparkle and bling don't we? Saying that, trying to capture the sparkle on camera is a bit more difficult lol, I took so many pictures of this card to try and capture the sparkle on the butterflies but I don't think I succeeded, I think if you squint and make your eyes go blurry you may see a bit of it lol. Anyway, we are so lucky to be sponsored this week by the 'The Crafty Pad' so pop over to the challenge blog to see what one lucky randomly picked winner will win, also the fabulous creations done by the design team. Hope you can join us this week. x

Sharon's Birthday Bonanza Candy

One of my lovely and very talented fellow design team members are coming of age, again lol and they are celebrating in a very big way, wow, look at Sharon's beautiful birthday candy! You really should pop over and say hello as you wouldn't want to miss out on this amazing stash or Sharons gorgeous creations. Sharon will be randomly drawing a winner on her birthday, 10th October, will I be able to keep everything crossed until then?

Green Irish Blessings

Second post of the day, due to no Internet I couldn't get this card posted but the competition ends today so hopefully I'm still on time. Claire at Waltzingmouse is releasing some fabulous new sets and opening a new web store, I just love Claires design's I really didn't want to miss out on winning some, you really should check out Claires sneak peaks, they are AMAZING!
Anyway, to celebrate, Claire is kindly offering a set of each of the new releases to one very lucky winner, all you have to do is make a card using the colour green and your favorite stamp, this doesn't have to be one of Claire's but hers are my favorite so I have used 'Irish Blessings' stamp set on my card. The Celtic Knot cuttlebug folder goes perfect with these little stamps, I've distressed it using Distress ink and I bought this beautiful green satin ribbon in bulk at my local craft shop, love it too.

A Very Late Post.

Oh my goodness, I was cut off from the world on Friday as my modem or is it a modem? Hub, whatever you call it was broke Arghh, o/h was away so I couldn't get any Internet at all. But all is well now, fingers crossed so I'm posting some very late cards and also apologising to the entrants into last weeks One Stop Craft Challenge for not getting my commenting done, I usually keep Friday evenings to visit all the blogs but I had to just sit here and look at a blank screen, can you imagine how frustrated i was?
Well, better late than never I suppose so here is my card for this weeks One Stop Craft Challenge, the theme was picked by Shelley and is 'Die Cuts'. I have used a Lili of the Valley fairy as my die cut, she is glittered but the camera hasn't picked that up, I have punched out some little flowers and embossed them then added some White liquid pearls to the centres then added some little punched leaves. Can you tell I'm rushing this post lol, so much to catch up on. I have used my little hearts cuttlebug folder for the background then sponged round the edges with some red ink, the flowers are glittered too but again the camera hasn't picked that up. Hope you can join us in our challenge this week, there is a lovely prize on offer for one lucky randomly picked winner. Check out the challenge blog for some fabulous inspiration from the design team. Have a nice weekend. x

Decorate the Inside.

Hi Friends, Its time for a new theme change at the Creative Card Crew Challenge and this week Sam would love to see you decorate the inside of your card. Our sponsor this week is 'Whiff of Joy' and there is a gorgeous 'Autumn Charlotte' stamp on offer for one randomly picked winner that enters our challenge, how lucky are you? I have used a little 'Whiff of Joy' image on my card 'Melinda and Muff' isn't she adorable? I've coloured her using my Prisma pencils and Sansador, my backing papers are from one of my christmas 'Forever Friends' paper pads and I've distressed it using SU Bashfull Blue ink. I've added little punched out snowflakes and I've added white opal liquid pearls to them. The inside is using the same forever friends backing paper and my labels nesties for the sentiment.

Your cards for last weeks recipe were amazing, I really enjoyed coming over to visit your blogs, hope you can join us again this week, pop over to the challenge blog to see the beautiful inspiration from the rest of the design team. x

Fold N Go

Hi Crafting buddies, I'm really getting into making things with templates at the minute, I suppose its because I have a lot of birthdays, fundraisers and a craft show coming up and I've started to think about Christmas too (shock horror). This is the 'Fold n Go' template from 'My timeless templates' and again its so easy to make. I'm going to fill this with sweets for my SIL's upcoming fundraiser, hopefully I'll manage to get a couple of them made but time is running out as its on Saturday and I have a very busy week ahead of me. I'm off to London on Wednesday with my Mum for a couple of days, spending Thursday at Camdon Market, I've always wanted to go there and although I lived in London for 6 months I never got around to going. So I'm looking forward to spending some money there, I wonder are there any good craft stalls lol. Anyway, back to my box, I have stamped the background with a retired stamping'up set called 'Best Blossoms', distressed the edges with 'Green Galore' ink, scalloped some black card and put this at the bottom of the box and used Labels nesties for the main image then added some black ribbon here and there. I'm entering this into the 'Colour Create Challenge' this week the theme is Neon Green and Black and the Cupcake Craft Challenge this week the theme is 'Distressing Techniques'. x

Beary Nice

Hi Crafters, I had a bit of a panic going on there as my computer has been playing up and its taken me all of 4 hrs to get on the internet, I don't know how I've got on but I'm half expecting for everything to disapear while I'm typing lol. So I'm going to be quick, just in case.
Its time for this weeks One Stop Craft Challenge to change theme, this week the lovely Sharon has picked the theme 'Beary Nice', so let your imagination run wild! I have been inspired by Dawn's build-a-bear spinner card here, I thought it was beautiful and my grandson Dylan just loves his bears, so I've used a little teddy image that I've had for years. I hope you can join us in our challenge this week, Pop over to the challenge blog for more inspiration and to see what prize you can win this week. Hope you all have a beary nice weekend. xx

MilkMade

Hi Crafters, I had so much fun making these cute little Milk Cartons last night, aren't they gorgeous? I have used one of Laurens fabulous templates, MilkMade, from 'My Timeless Templates'. I'm now working on another one of Laurens templates as I just love decorating them and thought they would be fantastic for the Christmas craft fair, I just have to buy some sweets to fill them and then hide them somewhere incase I get tempted. (It happens alot) Anyway, these ones have been claimed as my SIL is holding a coffee morning at church to raise money for the McMillan Nurses and I promised to make her a few bits and pieces to sell. All the products I have used to make these are from Stampin Up, I will be adding these pictures to my Stampin'Up blog with details of all the items used. Ok, off to make something else for my SIL's fundraiser, only a week to do it all Arghhhhhh. Enjoy your evening. x

These are the challenges I'm entering into;

Papertake~ Faking It.

Cute Card~ Hidden Treasure

Charisma Cards~Flower Power

You've gotta have friends.

Can you guess what my favourite stamp set is at the moment? lol, I just LOVE this cute set by Claire, its so adaptable, check out my posts below this one to see how she can become an angel, or better still pop over to Claire's blog and see her beautiful samples. I have actually used two of Claires stamp sets for this card, the little girl is from the Earth Angel set and the sentiment is from the 'Irish Blessings' set. I have stamped the little girl and then stamped again off the cardstock so I could make her look like she's holding hands with friends, cute eh? I decided not to colour her as I loved the clean simple look with the rest of this card. I have also used the 'Celtic Knot' cuttlebug folder, Love this too, and thought it went perfectly with the Irish blessing sentiment.
Well yesterday I was having a little look around my local craft shop, like you do, planning on not spending a penny, like you do, so how come I managed to spend £15 and come out of the shop with nothing? not a thing! Well, I bought myself a table at a Christmas craft fair they are having, It obviously seemed to me like a great idea at the time and now I feel sick! I have never done such a thing in my life! What do you bring? What do you charge? and how am i going to get all this stuff made? Well, lucky for me its only going to be a small one so if any of you crafters out there have ever done a craft fair and would like to share some tips with me I would be very grateful, its not until the 5th of December so hopefully I'll have a card or two made by then lol. Fingers crossed.

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Hey, look at me on CCC.

Hi Crafters, this is a very exciting day for me, I'm so proud to be a new design team member on the Creative Card Crew ! Thank you ladies for inviting me to join your lovely team, I am looking forward to working with you all.

This weeks theme has been chosen by Claire which is a fabulous recipe:

2 Papers

3 Flowers

2 Brads

1 Button

1 Ribbon

On my challenge piece I have used Stampin'Up design papers and cardstock, the 2 designer papers are on the background and the flowers, brads and button on the flowers, then I just added the ribbon to finish. Simple. This week we are sponsored by Crafty Addicts and look at the adorable prize they have donated

Isn't this the cutest? Hope you can join us this week, we love to visit your blogs and see your beautiful creations, pop over to the challenge blog to see more inspiration from the design team.

Let it Snow

Who's got that song stuck in their head now? lol "Ohhhhhh the weather outside is frightful...." I've been singing it allllllllllll blooming day!!! Its been either that or " We wish you a merry Christmas...." Anyhoo, Its time for a new theme at the One Stop Craft Challenge and this week it was Shelley's turn to pick and she would love to see some 'Snow' on your projects, this can be in the form of an image, embossing, wording, whatever your heart desires. Oh I hope it snow's this Christmas, there is nothing as special as a blanket of snow on Christmas morning, oh I'm getting all festive now. On my little card I have used the swiss dots embossing folder to represent the snow, my image and sentiment is from one of the cute companions stamps I think this little mouse is so cute! She is coloured using promarkers. I have added some beautiful silk ribbon from my stash and all the cardstock is Whisper White from Stampin Up. Hope you can join us this week as always there is a fabulous prize on offer which you can check out on the challenge blog as well as the beautiful inspiration from our design team. Have a great weekend. x

Earth Angel

Two posts in one day Wow! I actually made these cards during the week but I'm only getting a chance to get them posted now. I have used Claire Brennans gorgeous 'Earth Angel' stamps, aren't they great? I have coloured them using promarkers and stamped them onto some kraft card. So how's your Saturday going? Do you know its been two weeks from I have been grocery shopping! So I'm like old mother hubbard at the minute so off to tesco's for a huge shop, exciting eh? lol

I am entering these into 3 challenges

Papertake~Angels and Fairies

Cupcake Craft~Recipe~ 3 buttons, 2 Papers, 1 Ribbon

Stamp Something~ Favorite Stamp

Trick or Treat?

Hi Crafters, Its time for a new weeks challenge at the One Stop Craft Challenge and this week we have a fabulous sketch created by Nikki. I'm not a big fan of sketches and usually avoid them but I really enjoyed myself with this one. I have used Stampin Up card stock and Ink on my card along with Claire Brennan's gorgeous 'Halloween Party' stamps, Oh I have so many plans for these, I just love Halloween! I hope you can pop over to our challenge blog to see the other designers amazing cards and check out Nikki's sketch, as always there is a wonderful prize for one randomly picked entrant so good luck.

Hi Peeps

Heeeeeeelllllllllloooooooooo!!! Oh its been so long since my last post hasn't it? No.......I didn't get lost in Gibraltar and no I didn't run off with some rich tycoon either. I've just had a lot going on since I got back (I'll not bore you with the details) and I have so much to catch up on in blog land. Anyway, I had an AMAZING holiday in Gibraltar, my sister had so many trips organised for us so every day we were doing something new and exciting. Here are a few snaps of our fun.

A day on a dolphin safari. Eldest son Adam and daughter Rebecca. We saw so many dolphins it was spectacular.

My youngest daughter Jessica and me just taking it easy and soaking up the rays.

A day spent catching up with the family on the rock.
Jessica, Kalen and my niece Scarlett jumping waves as the sun goes down.

During our last two days a fair came to town, right outside our apartment lol which didn't go over until 3.30am, so if you can't beat them......join them. This is my son Adam and I having all the fun at the fair.
And finally, my youngest son Kalen and his angel, when Kalen discovered that these street artists gave you a stone every time you put money in their pot he just had to visit them all, so instead of coming home with a pocket full of money we came home with a pocket full of stones lol.