Blog Hop & Another Follower

Evening all! I just had to stop by & share this with you & say a big "Hi & a wave" to my latest follower!
(Thank you soo much for joining us! I'm afraid I can't find a link for you & I feel a bit rude calling you laurence-huber but until I find your link it's all I can do! I'm guessing you came by via My Grafico & I did look for you in the entries there but haven't found you yet!)
If you leave a comment here I should get your link from that! (Hugs)

Just had the most fun I've had in ages on this fab blog hop!

The theme as you can see is The Carnival!

Zoe from Make it Crafty and Mo from Mo’s Digital Pencil, came together to share the delight and fun of

The Carnival.

To celebrate - the two fabulously talented teams have come together for a massive blog hop to offer you plenty of inspiration when playing with these images.

Along the way you will find balloons with a letter in them.

The idea is to collect all the letters & make a phrase from them!
I've played along on a few blog hops lately & really enjoyed them all but this one was huge!!

I hopped all the way around the ladies blogs collecting letters & trying to make a phrase out of them!

I discovered I had made a huge mistake so I had to go back & collect all the letters again!

Ahhh! It was all so simple really !

Silly me!!!

If you have the time do hop around all the blogs of these very talented ladies!

There are quite a few & it will take a while but you have until 28th April to finish it & submit your answer!

I found out about the hop at Jak Heath's Blog  & funnily enough, that's where the fun begins!

Now for Something Close to all of our hearts

"Helping Children"

Mo and Zoe are doing a fund raiser image along side the hop it will only cost $1 and all proceeds will go to the Make a Wish Foundation for the UK and the US.

Sorry, I tried to upload a pic of it here but Mr Blogger wouldn't let me!

If you do go on the hop you'll see it anyway & there are lots of inspirational creations as to how you could use it too!

Right, I'm off to put my feet up with a glass of wine!

Night all!

New blogging friends/followers!

Hi all, just stopped by to say a big hello to my latest followers! I've noticed three new faces over the last couple of days so best say hi before I forget!
We have the company of Cheryl of Sassy Cheryl's I'm honoured! *not worthy* lol!
Debbie of Paper Creator's Crafts
Lorraine A Totally Papercrafts Stamp Something & Lorraine's Loft (not sure which link you wanted me to use!)
Stop by these ladies wonderful blogs & see for yourself the wonderful work they do!
So glad to have you all along on my blogging journey!
I've made some lovely new friends along the way!
Have lovely evening all!

Good Morning! It's Monday!

Good morning all!
Time for another DT card for the 

My Grafico, Anything Goes, Monthly Challenge!

This week we were given this fab set to work with!

Stick Figure Easter Digital Stamps

Aren't they just the cutest!

I merged one of the little ladies with the egg images & the bunny ear hairband! 

I like to think that this little lady has done really well on that Easter Egg Hunt!

I used the sketch from Eat Sleep Stamp as the basis for my layout!

The papers I have used are from Southfield Stationers.

The striped paper is  matted onto some lightweight yellow card.

The egg paper was cut  using a sizzix scallop tag die!

The image was coloured up with promarkers & cut out with a nestie then matted onto the yellow card.

I added a layered paper flower, which had a lilac silk rose at the centre & a hand writtten sentiment,for which I used a Sakura Glaze gel pen.

I added some checked yellow ribbon to the tag & a little piece to the DP panel secured with  brad.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you like my little Easter creation!

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

Krafty Karen's Blogspot 100 followers celebration

This card was inspired by my first DT card for My Grafico!

This card was for my Mum on Mother's day! She loved it so much!

As you can see the image on my card this week has been cut out with a nestie, which mirrors the shape of the base card here! The images on both cards are from the same designer too! Well done once again on your 100 followers Karen!

ABC DT Easter Card

Bee Crafty Easter

Catch The Bug Easter

Craft Your Days Away Easter

ECP Challenge Easter

Creatalicious Challenges Easter Use Pink Green Yellow & Blue (M 15th)

Daring Cardmakers Spring or Easter

Digi's With Attitude! Spring Has Sprung

Floweret Easter

Simply Create All About Eggs

Tellens Place Easter

CRAFT  Easter

Eat Sleep Stamp Sketch

Sunday Sweet Sunday!

Happy Sunday to you all!

This week at
The Crafty Pad
 Challenge, #117  is Easter!

Here is my DT project

Three little Oragami  Easter Baskets.

 This week we are sponsored by the lovely Joanna Sheen

The prize on offer is a £10 voucher for her wonderful store!

Click on the pic to visit!

This week Debbie, the lovely boss, has asked the DT to use one of the Bunny images from 

The Crafty Pad Designs 

I opted to use Bunny 2 to embellish my little baskets.

These are so easy to make, just one sheet of paper for each, with a little strip cut off for the handle, a few simple folds & hey presto!

I printed my papers onto both sides of some double-sided matt photopaper.

The digi papers I have used are from the Green Easter set by Sammy Murphy,available from Scrapbookingmad

I've had this download for absolutely ages but they are still available.

I did a little bit of colouring on the bunnies with my Promarkers.

Next, I cut out the images with various nesties!

The baskets are different sizes & all sit neatly stacked inside each other.

The largest is made from an A4 sheet & the smallest an A5 sheet.

I filled them with a variety of sweets.

My idea was to fill them with mini chocolate eggs, chocolate bunnies & Easter chicks but this is what happens when you ask your other half to do your shopping  for you!

Yep, it's as described but as he's a fan of the jelly sweet variety this is what he brought home! Lol!

Still I don't think the recipients will complain!

The only other embellishments I added are some paper flowers, papermania I think, with a brad for the centre of each then attached with some pinflair glue gel.

The little peeper chicks were left over from some Easter Bonnet creations I did earlier!

Thank you for stopping by!

(You may have seen a sneak preview of this post, Mr Blogger was being naughty & not listening to the fact that I wanted to schedule it!)

I'd like to enter these little baskets in a few challenges

Bee Crafty Easter

Catch The Bug Easter

Craft Your Days Away Easter

Crazy 4 Challenges Easter Gift

ECP Easter

Our Creative Corner Easter 3-D Project No Cards

Evening all!

Good evening everyone! I'm feeling quite pleased  with myself this evening as I'm all up to date on the housework, the cards I need are made & I have the rest of the weekend to play with!

Here's my latest card!

My Mum is helping a friend out with lambing this month and she has asked me to make a card for Lucy her friends daughter who is 2 tomorrow.

The image is Bo Peep from Sassy Cheryl's.

I've  had this digi for ages & I was going to use her on a card for my Mum but never quite got around to it.

I thought it was ideal for this occasion!

I coloured her up with promarkers & chalked in a sky. I used a white gel pen to add highlights.

I'm not sure where the colours I used came from but they came to me!

The DP I have used came from Cardmakingdownloads I think it was part of the Valentine Rose set.

The red is some lightweight card. The sentiment is from Sentiments 4 you.

The ribbon is recycled from a baby gift set & the gems have been in my stash forever!

I kept it fairly simple as it is for a 2yr old.

Thank you for stopping by! I'm always happy to see you!

I would like to enter this card in some challenges as listed below

Digis With Attitude! Spring has Sprung
AI Factory Party Animal (That lamb is kicking up it's heels!)
Art Impressions Stamps Challenge Anything Goes
Auds Sentiments Anything Goes
Sassy Studio Designs Spring Theme
Creative Card Crew Spring
Freshly Brewed Designs Cute & Sweet
Simon Says Stamp Card For A Child
Stampin Royalty Spring Has Sprung
A Spoonful of Sugar All Creatures Great & Small

Fairy Fun Fridays Favourite Nursery Rhyme
Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Think Spring

I'm a bad blogger! A Blog Award & Some new followers too!

Hi all!

I'd like to welcome my latest followers!

Chris who has yummy candy ending tomorrow! See my side bar! 

Rumilina Took a bit of doing but I found a link!YAY!

Alyna sorry, I know you've been around for a bit!

Big waves to you all & thanks for following! I love it that you stopped by!

Do pop over to their amazing blogs & leave a little love when you get a mo!

A while back, the lovely Linda gave me a Liebster Blog Award!

I did thank her at the time but I have been a bit busy of late & never quite got around to posting about it & complying with the rules!

 Thank you again Linda ! I really do appreciate it!

As a recipient of the award, you must do the following:

1. Thank the giver on your blog.  Thanks again Linda ! (Done)

2. Link back to the blogger who awarded you. (Done see above)

3. Copy & paste the blog award on your blog. (Done)

4. Reveal your 5 blog picks. (Done, See below!)
Crafty Chris, my latest follower
Alyna, another recent follower
Ann a blog I just came across
Sylvia from Wee Stamps a fellow Edinburger
Carrie another blog I found recently
 5. Let them know you chose them by leaving a comment on their blog. Done!
Enjoy the rest of your Monday evening!
 
 

Fluffy Easter Bunnies & Chocolate

Good Morning all! It's Monday, the start of a whole new week & time for another DT card for

My Grafico Monthly, Anything Goes Challenge!

This week we were given the Fluffy Bunnies set from Cheri Wenger to use!

Such a cute set I'm sure you'll agree!

This card was inspired by the pansy's & crocuses or croci (whichever takes your fancy) which are in my garden & flower pots at the moment!

(We spent a couple of hours out there in the sun yesterday afternoon, giving it a bit of a spring clean & tidy!)

I used an A6 white card blank for my base.

The papers are from the Spring Collection @ Southfield Staioners, which were given to me to play with & blog about! (Lovely spring colours & excellent quality!)

I cut three panels from the paper, then simply matted those onto some yellow lightweight card. I tied a yellow spotty ribbon from the Papermania Capsule Collection around the bottom one, finishing with a bow!

The image was coloured with trusty promarkers, cut out with a nestie & then placed directly onto the panels!

The sentiment is from Raindrop Echo Designs - Kristina's Sentiment & was cut with a smaller nestie then layered onto a square of the DP & some yellow card. It was stuck down with some foam tape!

I did have some flowers ready to go onto this card but I felt it should stay simple & decided to go with the buttons, also  from the Capsule Collection.

I do hope you like it!

I'm sure you'll be able to join in with our challenge this month! It's always "Anything Goes" at My Grafico

Don't forget to stop by the other DT member's blogs & leave them some love when you get a mo!

I know they love it when you do!

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges
Digi's With Attitude Easter (Mon)
Bee Crafty Easter (Fri)
Little Claire's Any Celebration With a Spring Theme "Easter"
Shannon's Sentiments Use an Animal
Stamping Vacation Special Thing's About April "Easter"
Totally Gorjuss Anything Fluffy
Craftmadfairies Digi Days  Easter
Fuzzy Wuzzy Inspirational, Include an animal
Paper Cutz Bunny Lamb Chicks or Easter Eggs (Bunnies & Easter Egg)
Pattie's Creations Easter or Spring (Easter)
Phindy's Place Easter
Stampin' for the Weekend Easter

Aly’s Sunday Sketch Bunnies Due April 16th
Crazy Challenge Easter Due April 17th
Die Cut Dreams  Easter Due April24th
Pink Paper Paradise Anything Goes Due April 16th
Polly Craft Challenge  Easter Due April 17th
Stamps R Us Challenge  Easter Due April 17th
Woodware USA  Anything goes Due April 17th
ABC DT Challenge Easter

More Candy from Maria

Maria over at Inkymits is soon to celebrate her 1st Blog Birthday on the 8th May!

She is offering up some candy to celebrate!

Pop on over to check it out!

Let her know I sent you!

Carlyann Has Candy

Just been doing a bit of blog hopping & I found that Carlyann of Charisma Cardz & Charisma Cardz Challenges has some sweet sweet candy on her personal blog!

Not one not two but three prize giveaways!

This is just one of them!

Pop on over to check it out for yourself but you'll have to hurry, it ends soon!!

Spring Is In The Air!

Spring Is In The Air over at The Crafty Pad for Challenge #116!

Here is my DT card! 

Our Challenge this week is sponsored by

Digital Craft Downloads

Who are offering a fab prize of £10 to spend on anything of your choice!

They have templates, digi papers & lot's more too!

This week the lovely boss, Debbie from The Crafty Pad Designs, 

(where you can buy digi & polymer stamps)

 has asked the DT to use a Window or Wishing Well image.

As I used Windows last week I thought I'd use the Wishing Well this week!

The image is called Boy & Girl at Wishing Well!

I coloured the image with Promarkers as ever & chalked in the sky!

The little girl started with beautiful blonde hair but, as I was a bit heavy handed with my chalks, it turned out green! (lol) She is now a beautiful brunette!

I distressed the edges of the image using a pink Ink It Up inkpad.

The ribbon was a bargain buy from Imag-e-nation!

£1 for a card with 4 or 5 different ribbons!

I made a border using a multi function punch and distressed it with the same pink.

I then matted & layered using lightweight blue card & the lovely Flora papers by Lilly Bimble

My base card is a white scalloped square.

The sentiment is a freebie from Sentiments4you, it was cut out with a scalloped circle nestie & I again distressed the edges with pink . It was mounted on foam tape to give it a bit of dimension.

The flowers and leaves are from Sweetpea Polly's Crafty Things on ebay.

Thank you soo much for stopping by. I do hope you have time to join in with our Spring Challenge over at The Crafty Pad.

Don't forget to stop by the other DT members blogs when you get a bit of time & leave them a little love too!

It's always appreciated!

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges

2 Sisters Challenge Spring

Make It Colourful Colouring Skies

Crafty Ann's Raise a Smile

Fairy Fun Friday Favourite Nursery Rhyme "Jack & Jill"

Fashionista Friday Spring Is In The Air

Pattie's Creations Easter or Spring "Spring"

Dutch Dare Challenges Spring Has Sprung

The Rubber Cafe Easter/Spring "Spring"