Meerkats

Hi all! 

Finally I have a card to share with you!

I have been beavering away in the background so haven't had much time to craft or blog!

Actually, I have to confess I haven't made a card this year yet!!!

I do have a couple that I haven't blogged yet so I will share them with you at some point!

This one was made for a friends daughter

A little square affair made in my favourite colours & earthy tones!

I used Kraft card from Southfield Stationers for the base

The image I have used is Meerkats from Delicious Doodles

I love how the lovely Teri Sherman has already done the shading for you 

& makes you look really clever at colouring!

The papers I have used are First Edition but I can't recall the name of the stack!

I added a vintage button from my stash & some punched leaves.

The edges were ditressed using a pair of scissors & chalked with a

Colour Q Liquid chalk inkpad 

The chocolate coloured ribbon came from a local haberdashers!

I do love that rich brown colour!

The sentiment is an old Stamp from years ago!

These were unearthed when I unpacked all my stash which was stored in boxes for 

the best part of a year whilst we did some home improvements!

The paper soaked up most of the ink but I like the effect.

I decorated the inside of the card to match the front!

Thanks for looking.

I really appreciate you stopping by!

I'd like to enter this card in a few challenges as listed below!

Delicious Doodles Anything Goes Using Favourite Colours

Come & Get It Challenges Tie Ribbon Around It

2 Sisters Celebration

Catch The Bug Anything Birthday

Crafty Catz Buttons & Bows

Fairy Tale  Animals & Pets

Wags'n'Whiskers Celebrations

Totally Papercrafts Ribbon

Forever Friends Birthdays

Happy Campers Buttons Beads Or Bows

Shopping Our Stash Use Your Old Buttons

That Friday Feeling!

Good Morning all!

I just had to share that Friday feeling with you!

Have a great day!

Burlesque Birthday

Good morning all, I hope you are all well! 

Are you looking forward to the weekend? 

I know I am! I'm just not used to working a full week yet,

after the holidays!

 It was great to be off, but I guess it's good to be

back in a routine & know what's on every day too! lol

Anyhoo, onto my card!

It's a Just inklined creation!

Another pink & blue creation for you! 

The image I have used is Burlesque from Just Inklined!

 I just love it!

I used my trusty Flexmarkers & Promarkers to colour

it up & bring it to life!

The design paper is from my stash & has been there a very long time!

Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure it's Papermania!

The sentiment ticket is from The Crafty Pad Designs. 

The shop is now closed but you can still buy the images at

 Card Making Downloads

I added some lace, new to my stash, die-cut swirls & a handmade flower.

The flower was one I got ages ago from Crafty Loops aka Lee.

She makes the most amazing flowers.

I decorated the inside of the card to reflect the outside.

Thanks for dropping in! I appreciate the visit!

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

Glitter N Sparkle Anything Goes

A&T Emerald Faeries Celebrations

Crazy Amigo Challenge Pink & Blue

Loves Rubber Stamps Dies Or Punches

Craft Your Passion - Vintage/Shabby Chic

Crafty Bloggers Network - Flowers

Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes

Ooh La La Creations - Happy Birthday

2 Sisters - Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy, I'm Crafting For All Seasons

Hi all I trust you're well!

This is my first ever DT creation as part of the team over at

 Crafting For All Seasons

I'm delighted & honoured to be a part of this team & to work with 

 all of the very talented ladies there!

The theme for this challenge is

#43 "Something New"

Here is my card

A little pink & blue square affair!

Now, on to what's new about my creation!

My DT post of course,

my papers from Do Crafts Born To Shop, Nostalgia range, 

I bought them as part of a bundle ages ago but they've been packed away

 with all my other goodies whilst we did work in the house & have only just resurfaced.

I've used a pre-coloured image which is part of 

sheet 393 from Whoopsi Daisy

 who are sponsoring this challenge.
Here's a little tip for you:- Pre-coloured images can be a great time saver.
You can always add a few touches of shading, glitter etc to make it your own

The flowers were made using tonic punches! I've had a play with them before

but I'm pretty sure this is the first time they've made it onto a card!

The ribbon is from my stash!

The border punch is Flower Doily by Papermania!

I made the sentiment in my graphics programme & cut it out using nesties!

I decorated this card on the inside to reflect the design on the outside!

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

Emma's Crafty Challenge Animals

Crazy Amigo Challenge Pink & Blue

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Make Something New

Going Grey With Scrap Creations Something New

Inky Chicks Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday Fur Or Feathers + Tip

Lexi's Creations Anything Goes

Ooh La La Creations Happy Birthday

Paper Playtime Pets

Pause Dream Enjoy Use Ribbon

Whoopsi Daisy Die Cuts & Punches

Quirky Crafts Challenge Something New With Pink

Come & Get It Challenge Colour

The Crafty Pad Designs Shop 25% Off Sale

Hi all I hope you're well,

Just a quick reminder that 

The Crafty Pad Designs shop closes on the 7th Jan! 

Debbie's images will still be available for purchase at

Card making Downloads but for now you can get an awesome

 25% off at The Crafty Pad

Here's a reminder of a couple of my favourite images 

& what I made with them!

Flowers For Mum

You can read more about it here!

Butterflies With Verse & Borders

You can read more about this card here!

Pocket Watch & Elements

You can read more about this acetate card here!

Thanks so much for stopping by & don't forget to bag yourself

a bargain before the shop is closed!

Debbie, I wish you all the best in your new adventures with the family

& I hope one day you will open up  The Crafty Pad Designs

again &  can play with lots more fab images!

Thank for the great time I had on your design team & I'm delighted

to have met some lovely ladies there too!

A Brand New Challenge Blog

Hi all you lovely bloggers!

I just wanted to tell you all about a brand new kid on the Blog!

The brain-child of the lovely & very talented Nikki Smith

The Crafting Cafe Blog will be about challenges,

 as well as sharing crafting knowledge hints & tips!

If you are interested in being part of the Design Team of this new blog,

& helping in its development, check out the Design Team Call here!

You have until the 25th Jan 2013 to apply

You may want to think about a favourite creation that you'd like us to look  at

All levels of crafter's are welcome to apply & you don't need any previous 

DT experience.
Get on over & check it out!
We're looking forward to checking out your blogs too!

Petticoats Three

Good Morning all!

Happy New Year to you all!

Today is my first day back to work!

I think I might actually be looking forward to it, as we've been so flat out busy 

getting the house all sorted out for our visitors on New Years Day!

Thankfully we got there in the end but hubby caught a bad case of man flu 

which meant the bulk of the catering was left to me in the end!

He's back to work today too so I'm hoping he feels a bit better as he's

apparently going to be really busy!

On to my card!

I'm sorry the photo quality is a bit poor but the lighting wasn't good.

The image I have used is Petticoats Three from Just Inklined.

I had to make two 50th Birthday cards & I thought this image was 

just perfect! The sentiment is I think from Linda @ Sentiments 4 You,

 unfortunately, the blog page is closed for now!

 The butterfly design paper is from my stash, I got it in a bundle & it was 

packed away as soon as it arrived & I'm sorry I have no idea who it's by, 

it was packaged  in a plain cellophane wrapper.

The image & sentiment were both printed on to cream coloured card

& then distressed with Tim Holtz Antique Linen Distress Ink

The punched edge was created using my much loved

Martha Stewart Doily border punch. The edges of the paper were

inked with the Antique Linen also!

The fabulous flower was one I got ages ago from Lee, aka

Crafty Loops she sent me a big bundle of different types of her 

wonderful  handmade flowers. The edges of the flower were inked too!

The lovely leaf edging is from Dainty Paperie I've had it for ages but it too was 

packed away as soon as it arrived & this is the first time I've been

 able to use it! I love new toys! Don't you! 

I made the inside of the card in a similar design to the outside!

Thanks for dropping in! I hope you enjoyed your visit!

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

Cards Galore Anything Goes

Flutterby Wednesdays Use Something New Or The Word New

By The Cute & Girly- Cute & Girly
Party Time Tuesdays Celebrate Anything
Try It On Tuesday New Stash
Digi Makeover Challenge Anything Goes With A Digi

Santa's Sleigh

Morning all, it's time for a new challenge at 2 Sisters!

This is my final GDT project for them!
* Sad Face*

It's been great fun! Thanks so much for having me as GDT!

*Smiles*

This week the theme is
"Anything But a Card"

Here's what I have to share with you!

It's a little Santa's Sleigh made using Candy Canes & chocolate bars!

So easy to make but so much fun! 

I think they are great substitute for overpriced selection boxes! 

 I first saw these on Jak Heath's blog!
She had a link to a tutorial but I decided to google & see what else was out there!
There are so many tutorials of different styles!
I had a look at them all & decided what I wanted to do!

Here are some of the ingredients I've used!

 Candy Canes & a 4 finger Kit Kat formed the base.

I decided to wrap my chocolate as my other half was playing Santa on Christmas Day 

& handing these out to all the little ones. 

I was worried that in the mayhem, the chocolate would 

end up all over my sisters floor! 

This way, the theory was that if the kids tore them apart, 

it should just be the outside wrappers& not the actual 

chocolate wrappers that tear.

This particular model was wrapped in kraft paper,

I also did some in scraps of wrapping paper!

I tied each "present" with some twine!

Here are all the presents ready to be glued together!

I used my hot glue gun to do this!

Two of the finished articles!

The Santa's on these look really laid back! lol

I actually made 18 of them in the end as everyone wanted one!

A view from a different angle!

I can tell you that these little babies went down a treat 

with the adults as well as the kids!

Thanks for popping in! 

I can't wait to see what project you make for the

Anything But A Card Challenge at 2 Sisters this time!

I'd like to enter this project in the following challenges!

Hiding In My Craft Room Freestyle

C.R.A.F.T Not A Card

Craft Us Crazy Merry Christmas

Crazy Amigo Challenge Merry Christmas

Deep Ocean Challenge Santa Is Coming To Town

LEJ Designs Santa's Coming To Town

Craft You Passion Alter It

Unstampabelles Christmas (No Stamping)

Dustin, Santa & Rudolph!

Hi all I hope you had a fab Christmas & Santa was good to you!,

Here's another little Christmas card I made!

I really wish I'd had the time to take photo's of more but hey ho!

We were, it has to be said in total turmoil & it ain't over yet!

I'm hoping the DIY bug leaves this house before 2013! lol

That said, it will be nice when it's done!

We're currently having new lights fitted inside the wardrobes

which involves the wardrobes being emptied, painted & holes being

 cut in the wall then wires being fed through & wired in!

The lights will switch on whenever you open the wardrobe doors when it's done! Yay!!!

Once again, it's a little CAS card as it had to be posted out!

The card base is an A6 Kraft tent fold card 

made from an A4 sheet of Kraft card-stock from 

Southfield Stationers. The girls in the factory shop there could charm

the birds from the trees & I always end up spending more than

my pocket money allowance every time I visit! lol

The image I have used is the pre-coloured version of  the freebie

 Dustin Pike Santa & Rudolph

Isn't it just adorable. I added a few touches of glitter, white gel pen & 

a little shading but it's hard to see in the photos!

The paper is from my stash, I have no idea who it's by,

the ribbon is from Lidl & the sentiment computer generated.

The snowflake is a Marianne Creatable die!

I added a simple paper insert to this card.

Thanks for popping in!

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

ABC Christmas Challenge Zoo Aminal

Christmas At Sweet Stampin' Anything Goes

Crafting For All Seasons Green Red & Glitter/Sparkle

Creative Belli Christmas

Penny's Paper Crafty Merry Christmas

Anything Goes Challenge Traditional Christmas Colours

A& T Emerald Fairies Christmas

Clear It Out Christmas

Crazy Amigo Challenge Merry Christmas

Deep Ocean Challenge Santa Is Coming To Town

A Trio Of Penguins

Good evening bloggers & a very 

Merry Christmas 

to all of you who celebrate!

I just stopped by with one of the many Christmas cards I made

this year! As I have so many to post out, CAS is the order of the day!

I used an Elegant Square card blank from Craftwork Cards.

I love the shape of these!

The image I have used is "Penguins Three" from Bee Crafty

I've had this for a couple of years & when I went to find the link I

struggled a bit but you can find it here.

Coloured with Promarkers then matted on to black Glitter Card.

There's nothing particularly big or clever about this card!

I added a peel off "Happy Christmas" sentiment & some 

glass gems from my stash which were also coloured with Promarkers!

The inside of the card was decorated with a matt of

black then white card!

Thanks for stopping by today!

I hope you like my nice & easy Clean & Simple little card!

I'd like to enter a few little challenges:

Can You Digi It Not A Creature Was Stirring

Crafty Sentiments All That Glitters

Passion For Promarkers Mega Christmas Challenge (Happy)

Digi makeover Challenge Anything goes with a digi.

Forever Friends  Christmas Cards

Paper Pretties Monday Challenge Black White & choice
Creative Inspirations Paint Inspired By: Merry Christmas
Glitter N Sparkle Christmas/New Year Use A Digi
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Anything Christmas Goes
My Time To Craft Animals In The Snow