Poor Kitty

Hi all,

I'm back again this week with my DT card for the challenge
 over at  QKR Stampede

where the challenge is always Anything Goes

The image I have used for my CAS card is

Bandaged Cat Digi #14911
He's just perfect for a Get well Soon card as he looks so sad!

The base card is A6 tent fold in grey card.

I coloured the image with promarkers then added some

ribbon from my stash & a bit of card candi!

I do like a CAS card but I always have to add a little something!

I hope you can play along in the challenge, which is always anything goes.
Each week, we select two winners  1 using QKR Stampede or Eureka Stamps image and 

1 using any image!

Happy Birthday Mum

Hi all,

Here's thie weeks DT card for the challenge over at 

QKR Stampede

where the challenge is always Anything Goes.
It also happens to be my mums birthday!
Happy Birthday Mum!

For this card, I used Digi #14163, which I printed twice ,

coloured with promarkers then decoupaged part of it.

The card base is 5x7in. & the coloured card stock is adorable scorable.

I chose the colour pink as it's Breast Cancer Awareness month 

& I wanted to give you all a little reminder to check yourselves over.

Click here to find out more about how.

Here's a close up of the image.

The sentiment was done on my PC.

 I added a few sequins & a sheer ribbon bow.

This card was intended to be really CAS but I did find 

myself adding to it!

Thanks for stopping by, I hpe you like it.

I hope you can play along in the challenge, which is always anything goes.
Each week, we select two winners  1 using QKR Stampede or Eureka Stamps image and 

1 using any image!

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Cardz 4 Galz - Something Beginning with S -sequins

Craft Rocket Challenges- Pink

I love Promarkers -Anything Goes/Option CAS

Sisterhood of Crafters- CAS

Passion For Promarkers Challenge - CAS

Lavender & Lace

Hi everyone, happy Friday to you!
Is everyone off for the Bank Holiday weekend?

Here I am with the last of my Lavender Lister samples made from the papercrafting kit.

I love using all the little extra bits off of a sheet to make cards.

For this one used the little butons popped up on foam pads.

The sentiment is from one of the sheets too.

I also used one of the patterned paperw with some ric rac binding, a little lace,

and a few little sticky back gems from my stash!

I absolutely love the colours on this one. 

The image would be great for so many different occassions too. 

I added a little die-cut sentiment, the buttons are rescued from a cardigan 

& the lace is from my stash!

Thanks again for stopping by!

Here Comes The Bride

Good morning all!

It's Monday, therefore it's time for me to share my DT card 

for the latest challenge over at Eureka Stamps, 

This week, the theme is very fitting for the month of June!

#198 Here Comes The Bride

I've used the delightfully pretty image, # 55601 Wedding Bells

to create my White on White CAS Wedding card.

The inspiration for my layout came from the sketch over at

Share Joy Challenge

I started with an A5 Linen embossed base.

The embossed Script panel was popped up on some foam tape for 

added dimension, next I created a frame using two Spellbinders 

rectangle dies then added a wire word. 

A little bit of shading was added to the image using promarkers, then

it was diecut & then glitter added to the edge, before matting on to the

scalloped circle die cut.

That's about it!

I do hope you like my card & I hope you can play in 

the Challenge this week! Can't wait to see what you create.

Share Joy Challenge - Sketch CAS = Winner!

Pretty In Pink

Good Morning all!

I'm back & normal service will be resumed as soon as possible!

In the meantime, it's Monday which means a brand new challenge over at

Eureka Stamps, where this weeks theme is 

# 194 Pretty In Pink

Here's what I made!

It's a little A6, CAS card.

The base is Adorable Scorable card in pink.

I used the  digi sentiment 25802 Fiends Ar Blossoms, 

and the digi image14703 (539) Daisy Swirl twice.

I flipped the lower image over. I used my promarkers to colour the flowers

& to draw a little border to create a frame.

A few little self adhesive gems were the only embellishments.

Thanks for popping in, I hope you like it! 

I hope to see you playing along in the challenge too!

I'd like to enter this little card in a few challenges:

Crafting When We Can -   #119 Clean and Simple (Week 2 of 2)

Quirky Crafts -  April Showers Bring May Flowers (Monthly - May)

Hiding in my Craft Room - Feminine (Weekly)

The Pencil Case - T=Two (use 2 colours)  (Week 1 of 2)

Paper Piecing

Good morning all, it's Monday once again & time for this weeks fun new challenge 

over at Eureka Stamps where the theme is

#183 Paper Piecing

Here's my DT card!

As soon as I saw this theme, I knew exactly what I wanted to do!

I used one of the 4 images from the cube Digi 33301 Sunrise,

which I thought was just perfect.

I simply printed the image on to the yellow card stock & some green & brown paper 

then cut out the different sections. Next, I matted & layered the image on to

 green & brown card from my scap pile. 

The Hello sentiment was cut three times 

from the green & brown card then layered for added dimension.

I added some mesh & a couple of co-ordinating buttons & that's it!

I hope you can play along in the challenge this week!

I'd like to enter this card in a couple of challenges:

TBA

CAS

Good morning all!

I have a little CAS Birthday card to share with you today!

This is for the new challenge over at Eureka Stamps!

I used the image Digi 9702 Eureka Butterfly

The card is 6"x6" Linen embossed. I added a matt of lilac cs

then the image panel. The butterfly was printed in different sizes, then

rubbed over with  gilding wax. I used a selection of sakura pens & coloured pencils

to colour then added a few little sequins.

Thanks for popping by!

I hope you like my little card & I hope you can play along in our 

CAS challenge over at Eureka Stamps this week!

I'd like to enter this little card in the following challenges:
Come and Get It - Monochrome
Glitter n Sparkle - Things With Wings
Crafting with Dragonflies - Birthday Card
QKR Stampede - Birthday Cards
Sieze The Birthday - Birthday + Topping: Anything Goes

Something New

Good morning all!

Gosh Monday sure came around quickly didn't it!

It's time for the new challenge over at Eureka Stamps, this week it's

#175 Use Something New - to celebrate our new year.
(Don't forget we're having a DT call too!)

So, did everyone get lots of craty goodies for Christmas??

I didn't but I did get some new ribbon from Lidl & I decided to try a new technique!

Here's my card!

Sorry, the pics aren't the best but the weather is rotten & it's very dull!

I've used the sentiment Digi 8107 (455) Thank You

I did use my Chameleon Pens which I've only used a couple of times

 to colour it. The technique I have used is partial embossing with a folder.

The front of the card was staight forward enough but I wanted to try embossing 

the inside & leaving a panel to write on.

The only embellishement I've used is the ribbon which had the butterfly attached.

I followed a tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers for the inside.

The results aren't perfect but it worked fairly well for a first attempt!

Thanks for popping in! It's always nice to have a visitor!

 This card was made with the following challenge in mind:

Inkspirational -Thank you using something new
QKR Stampede  - Clean & Simple
Aud Sentiments Challenge -Thank You Sentiment 
DL ART Thursday Challenge - New Year and/or Thank You
Little Red Wagon - Thank You Card

Snowman Or Snowflake

Good moring all!

Is it Monday Already?

I hope those of you who celebrate Chistmas had a lovely time!

I'm not in work this week at all so, am looking forward to a bit of R&R!

Now, on to the new challenge at Eureka Stamps, where this weeks theme is

#173 Snowman Or Snowflake

Here's my card

I used the lovely Digi 23402 Snowman Circle for my card!

I kept the design simple & fairly flat for posting.

The base card is from Craftwork Cards, embossed using an Xcut snowflake folder.

I used my flexmarkers to colour the image, cut with a circle die, then outlined the 

image & the sentiment with some liquid chalk ink. The sentiment was also die cut.

The sentiment & image are popped up on 1mm foam pads for a little dimension!

In fact, I loved the image so much I made 4 cards!

They are all very similar in design but I used different colours

to ink the circles & sentiments! 

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you can play in the challenge!

I'd like to enter this card in a few little challenges:

Crafty Calendar - Let it snow 

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - anything goes Christmas 

Craft for the Craic - Christmas Cheer

QKR Stampede – Snowmen or snowflakes

Crimbo Crackers - Die Cuts 

Santa!

Good morning all!

Not long now till the big day!

Are we all organised yet?

I most cerainly am not this year! I still have lots of shopping to do, & I'm 

working up until Christmas Eve, but I'm sure we'll all get there in the end!

So, it's time for the new challenge at Eureka Stamps, where this weeks theme is 

#172 Santa

Here's my little CAS card!

I've used the adorable little Digi 16901Santa Stuck In Chimney

& Digi 16902 (527) Darn Milk & Cookies

I've coloured the image using my Promarkers then cut with a Spellbinders oval die.

The base is an A6 white card blank & the background is from Kanban.

The image & sentiment were layered onto some Kanban CS.

I popped up the image & sentiment on some 1mm foam pads to add

some dimension but keep it within the normal UK postage limits

Not too much more to say about this quick & simple little card!

Thanks so much for dropping in!
I hope you can play in the challenge this week!

I'm sure you've all made at least one card featuring Santa!

I'd like to enter my little card in the following challenges:

My Time to Craft - Last minute Christmas makes 
Sweet Stampin - Merry Christmas 
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Time To Retire & Reflect

Good morning all, happy Friday!

I have a little retirement card to share with you today!

It's a very CAS design!

The base is A6 Kraft CS. I embossed with a papermania pocket watch folder

Then swooshed with some DI in Antique Linen & added some bronze gilding wax.

The sentiment was printed on my PC using Mountains of Christmas font,

then die cut with a Spellbinders die & given the DI & gilding wax treatment.

I added a little watch charm to embellish.

As you can't do retirement properly with out a watch! lol

You can just about see inside in this photo.....

I added a vintage travel paper as the recipient loves to travel.

Thanks for popping in!

I'd like to enter this card in a few little challenges

Crafting for all Seasons -  Embossing

Little Red Wagon - Technique Card

Scrapy Land Challenges  - Monochromatic PLUS Use Any Brand of Die Scrapy Land Sales

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes/ Use A Die Cut

Muse Challenge - CASE Muse's Card

      

Glitter n Sparkle - Add a die Cut/Punch Shape

Robyn`s Fetish - Wet or Dry Embossing

Crafty Friends Challenge - Add a charm

Thank You

Good Morning all!

It's Monday which means it's time for the new challenge at 

Eureka Stamps!

The theme for this week is

#165  Give Thanks

As we don't celebrate Thanksgiving here in the UK, 

I've made a  little Thank You card

The image I've used is Digi 209 Checkerboard Cat along with the sentiment

 Digi 8107 (455) Thank You

I like to keep Thank You cards fairly simple & I had a notion to use

Red White & Blue for this one!

I printed the image & sentiment on to the front panel.

I then added a little shading to the image using my pencils.

I added a heart shaped button over the little heart which is already on the image

as I wanted to emphasise a big heart!

The border was punched with an xcut punch.

(The ribbon is recycled from a friends top)

The base card is A6 Kraft CS.

A mat of blue corrugated CS was added between the base & the image panel.

I've added a plain insert to this card to write a note inside!

Thanks so much for looking!

I hope you'll play in the challenge this week!

I'd like to enter this little card in the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes or Thank You
Robyn's Fetish - Anything For Thanksgiving

Sisterhood Of The Snarky Stampers - K is For Kitties

Sweet Stampin' - Dies Or Punches

CASology - Heart

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes

DoubleClick Skittles - Furry Friends

Happy Halloween Pumpkin!

Good morning all!

Did you miss me?

I was off for a cheeky little week away in my favourite place!

So, now we're home, it's back down to earth & back to business as usual!

It's Monday which means it's time to begin the new challenge at

Eureka Stamps, where the theme for this week is

#162 Pumpkins

Here's my little card!

I made a clean & simple card using Digi 10103(431) Halloween Border  &

Digi 3907 Happy Halloween sentiment.

I used a white base & printed my image onto the butter coloured card.

The image was coloured with Prisma Pencils, I added a wrap of

raffia & a couple of  garden tool metal charms.

I hope you like my card & I hope you can play along in our 

Pumpkin Challenge!

I'd like to enter this little card in the following challenges:

Allsorts - No design paper

Catch The Bug - Fall

Crafty Calendar - Halloween

My Time To Craft - autumnal colours

Dragons Lair Designs - Halloween

Quick Quotes - Pumpkins

Auds Sentiements Challenge - Halloween

C.R.A.F.T. - Autumn/Halloween/Thanksgiving/Bonfire Night

Good Luck

Good morning all! Happy Monday!

Time for the brand new challenge for this week over at the 

Eureka Stamps Challenge Blog where our theme is

#159 Monochrome 

(Shades of one colour, skin tones are permitted too)

I used the digi sentiment 8101 (488) Good Luck

to make my Clean & Simple little card.

I used an A6 Linen Embossed Card base to whichh I added a strip of

Washi Tape.I coloured the image with my Chameleon Markers,

the first time I've used them. The image was then matted on to some green card

and mounted on some foam tape. The final addition was the cool green button

from my stash. The bottom corner of the card was rounded using a

Woodware punch.

Thanks for popping in today!

I'm lucky enough to have the day off work as it's a local holiday,

so you may well find me crafting at some point today!

I hope we see you in the challenge this week! 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Crafty Friends -  B is for... (button)

Hiding In My Craft Room - Freestyle

Addicted To Stamps & More - Make Your Mark

Inky Impressions - Fancy Corners

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Good Luck

Good morning all!

Is it Monday already?? 

Boo, that means I'm back at work!

I've had a great week off taking in the sights & sounds of the

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 

as well as getting a few things done about the house!

So, now it's back to normality & a brand new challenge over at

Eurekas Stamps where the theme this time is

#155 Button Button (use a button on your creation)

I've used several tiny little, blue heart, buttons on my card!

The image & sentiment are both from Eureka Stamps

Digi 22205 Kite and Digi 8101(488) Good Luck

The base card is my usual 6"x6" square base.

The image & sentiment were printed onto some smooth card.

I added some clouds using a stencil & Tumbled Glass Distress Ink 

then paper pieced the image with some snippets of paper from the 

First Edition "Bird Song" Paper Pad,  

I added my little buttons to the bows on the tail of the kite.

I hope you like it & I hope you can play along in our

Button Challenge

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

The Crazy Challenge - Paper Piecing

Love To Scrap - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Robyn's Fetish - Use A Digi

A Gem Of A Challenge - One For The Girls

Crafty Friends Challenge - Clean & Simple

Crazy 4 Challenges - Something That Relies On The Wind

Brown Sugar - Buttons & Bows

Chocolate Coffee & Cards - Use A Sentiment

In The Pink - Fly Away + 1 other colour

Little Red Wagon - Paper Piecing

It's All About Anniversaries!

Good Morning all!

Tis clearly anniversary time in my little world!
I have another CAS Anniversary card to share with you today!

This one was made for my Sister & Bother in Law

who celebrate their anniversary today!
Happy Anniversary Patricia & Mark!

I simply printed the sentiment on to the A6 linen cardstock base.

(The font I've used is a free font called Enviro,)

Then added a strip of sheer ribbon, topped with a narrower

faux silk ribbon & topped with a double bow.

A simple paper insert was added to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by!

I hope you like my little card!

I'd like to enter it in the following challenges:

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart -Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Card & Scrap - Anything Goes/Love

Card Mania - Anniversary

CAS Happy Anniversary

Good Morning all!

Todays card is an Anniversary card which I made for my  niece & her husband, 

who celebrate their Wedding Anniversary today!

Happy Anniversary Sarah & Bill, have a great day!
I seem to be making a lot of Anniversary cards at the minute!

The sentiment was printed directly on to the card.

The Font I've used is Serengetti ITC

I added a strip of lace & a strip of ribbon, topped with

a button, threaded with some button twine which was tied in a bow!

Thanks for stopping by today, I do hope you like my little CAS card!

I'd like to join in with the following challenges:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Your Favourite Occasion
Card Mania - Anniversary
Crafting From The Heart -Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Card & Scrap - Anything Goes/Love
Card Mania - Anniversary

Christmas Wishes

Good Morning all!

I've got another super quick little card to share with you today!

An A6 white card base with some Washi tape & a little sentiment.

It's really difficult to see in the photo, but the bottom section 

has been embossed with a smowflake border folder.

A plain insert on the inside & hey presto!

All done in les than 10mins!

Thanks for stopping by!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crop Stop Linky Party #6- Anything Goes

Crafting For All Seasons - Christmas In July

Wonderful Wednesdays - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Family Friendly Goes

Clear It Out - Theme: One Layer  Stash Item: Washi Tape

Going Grey With Scrap Creations - Christmas In July

{Pin}spirational - Photo Inspiration

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Cards In Envy - Christmas In July

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - Anything Goes

Card Mania - Anything Goes

Crafting Musketeers - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Christmas Goes

The Glory Of Christmas ( The Christmas Challenge) - Ribbon Or Washi Tape

Hello!

Good morning all!

I'm back again with another card to share!

I spotted a couple of challenges that I wanted to play

 along in so I made this one just for fun!

Very CAS & super speedy!

I used an A6 Kraft base, added a die cut circle of Chevron paper

from Craftwork Cards & a Tonic die cut butterfly or two.

The sentiment was die cut with a Lawn Fawn die.

Really quick & really simple!

Thanks for looking!

This card was made with the following challenges in mind:
Glitter n Sparkle - Things Begining With B (Butterflies)
Addicted To CAS - Chevron
Allsorts - Add A Butterfly
Inkspirational Challenge - Anything Goes With Kraft
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Use Ice Cream Shades

Sewing Cat Birthday

Good morning all!

Happy Hump Day! I hope you're all well!

Today's card is a simple little affair!

 I've used the sweetest little image

Sewing Cat from 2CuteInk

The A6 card base is Linen embossed CS.

The image & sentiment were printed on to a plain panel

I've coloured the spool of thread with my Promarkers & gone round

the outside of the image too with a little shading to ground it!

I added a stip of lace & ribbon, a couple of buttons & some tiny
pearls from my stash to embellish!

There you have it! Sweet & simple!

Thanks for popping in!

I'd like to enter this little card in the following challenges:

Clear It Out - Your Favourite Craft Product ( Linen embossed Card-stock)

Creative Card Crew - Clean & Simple

Deep Ocean Challenge - Monochrome

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Trio-tastic (Buttons Ribbon Pearls)

{Pin}spirational  - Photo Inspiration

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Furry Friends

Cutie Pie Challenge - Cats & Dogs

Ooh La La Creations - Happy Birthday

The Paper Girls - Happy Birthday

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon - Cute As A Button

Whimsy Inspiration - Use Ribbon Lace Or Twine

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes/Family Friendly