Fall Colours

Good Morning all!

I've finally managed to sort out all the wobbling about on my blog &get 

all my little friends & followers faces back to the top!

I do so love seeing everyone when I go to my page, 

The card I have to share today is my second GDT card for

The Sisterhood of Crafters

I have truly enjoyed being a Step Sister this month! 

Thank you all so much for inviting me!

The theme for this challenge is 

Fall Colours

Here's my card!

I used a Kraft CS 6x6in base.

I embossed a mat of Ivory paper with the Creative Expressions

 Leaves Mask then added Vintage Photo & Tea Dye Distress Inks.

The burlap/hessian was part of a fabulous blog candy I won earlier this year.

The felt flowers are from my stash as is the leaf trim.

The sentiment stamp is from a Do Crafts See D's set.

I stamped it with clear ink then heat embossed with 

Papermania copper embossing powder

This card was inspired by the photo over at 

{Pin}spirational

On the inside of the card, I added another mat of the 

embossed ivory paper. Whilst embossing,I tried to block of the middle section 

with a piece of CS to leave a plain panel to write on but

 it didn't work quite as well as I planned so I had to add

another little mat of plain cs.

I really enjoyed making this card, I hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by & don't forget to enter your fall colours creations

over at The Sisterhood Of Crafters!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Craft Room Challenge - Make Your Own Background
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes With ATwist - Add Some Flowers
Just Inspirational Challenges - Fall
{Pin}spirational - Inspirational Photo

CAS on Sunday - Emboss It
Eclectic Ellapu - Purple -Texture Paste/Embossing
That Craft Place - Girls But No Pink
Allsorts - Embossing
Hiding In My Craft Room - Embossing

Think Pink

Hi all, here I am with my DT Inspiration card for this months

Think Pink 

challenge at The Crafting Cafe.

Here's my card

I've used  the pretty Happy Little Mermaid Stamp from our sponsor

Aurora Wings

To make my little Shaker Step Card.

The paper I have used is by Papermania.

I coloured the image with my Promarkers, Flexmarkers & a Sakura

Glitter Gel pen. The little beads & hearts are from my stash 

as are the little padded hearts on the front.

The sentiment was done on my pc using a free font called

Seaweed Script, you can find it here.

I hope you will take the Breast Cancer Awareness message behind 

this challenge & I personally challenge you to check your boobies regularly for any 

changes or abnormalities. Not sure how? Look here for more information

After you've done that, make something pretty in 

Pink & link up here!

Thanks for dropping in!

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

Digi Choosday Challenge - Birthday Celebrations

Die Versions - Thnk Pink Blog Hop

Dragonfly Dreams - Mainly Pink

Quirky Crafts - Let's Quirky Frame It

Scrapbook Blessings Club Tutorial Challenge  - Anything Goes/Shaker Card

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Anything Goes With A Twist Of Pink

Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes/ Add a charm

4 Crafty Chicks - Happy Birthday

Miriam's Crafting Blog Monthly Challenge - Shades Of Pink

Black & White Anniversary

Good morning all!

I have a card to share with you today!

It's an Anniversary card that I made using the Tonic Studios Dies

which I purchased recently. I have to say I made a mistake & this wasn't 

actually what I thought I had bought but hey ho,

 a happy accident it would appear!

I used white linen embossed card stock for the base & the die cuts.

A matt of silver mirror card, then a matt of black embossed card

from the Pure Elegance Kit by Lelli-Bot Crafts whichI won as a blog candy.

I created the sentiment in my graphics programme as I just couldn't find 

what I was after anywhere. I've added it here for you if you'd like it!

All I ask is please don't share. If you want to tell your friends about it that's great, 

they are more than welcome to pop over to pick it up too.

If you do use it, I'd appreciate if you added a link back to my blog!

To save the image to your pc, just click on the image to enlarge it then 

right click &save.

The sentiment was cut out using a Marianne Creatable die.

I added a few little gems from my stash just to finish it off!

Thanks for popping by, I hope you like it!

I'm off to deliver this card now!

I'd like to enter my card in a few challenges as listed below:

Crafty Catz - Black + One Other Colour

Kitty Bee Designs - Dies &/or Punches

Papertake Weekly - Super Fly - Anything With Wings

Top Tip Tuesday - Favourite Colour Combo

Crafty Cardmakers - Sentiment as Main Focus

House Of Cards - Punches &/or Dies

Ooh La La Creations - Inspired By Nature

Through The Purple Haze - Wings & Bling

Glitter n Sparkle - Include Some Black & White

Pile It On - Use Two Or More Die Cuts

Baby Baby

Good morning all!

A quick post fom me today, sharing a couple of  baby cards!

The cards are A6 size

I used a Woodware stamp for both!

After stamping, I embossed them with clear embossing powder.

The paper on this one is from the Faithful Friends CD at

  Ooh La La Creations.

I had it left over from another project.

Buttons are from my stash!

The pink version. Again using left overs. This time

 Dottie Card from Anna Marie Designs.

The flowers were punched with a Woodware Daisy Punch

Gems from my stash!

Just Inklined To Hop - Halloween

Good Morning all!

I know, it's the second Monday of the month, but here we are with the

Just Inklined Blog Hop

Once again we are only two but I hope you enjoy what you see! lol

The theme this time is Halloween

You should have come from Nicole's blog but if not, 

you can go there next!

Here's my card

 I used the cute image, Mummy for my CAS card.

I'm sure lot's of Mummy's have their birthdays on Halloween!

I shaded some areas of the image with my promarkers.

The spider & webs were cut out from an old recycled 

envelope using my Silhouette.

Don't forget we have a mystery host with a spot prize, 

so make sure you leave a comment for your chance to win!

Thanks for popping in,

I'd like to enter this card in a couple of challenges:
Sunflowers Fields Designs - Autumn Halloween
Fairy Tale Challenge - Happy Halloween

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Sweet Pea Stampers - Halloween
That's Crafty! Challenge Blog - Keep It Simple
Crafting By Design - Boo - Youe Scared Me
Crafting For All Seasons - Too Cute To Spook
Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge - Clean & Simple
Scrappers' Delights - Anything Goes/Monochrome
Delightful Challenges - Delightfully Frightful
Dream It Up - Happy Hallowthankmas
Seize The Birthday - Anything Goes Birthday
A Little Bit Crafty - Boo
ReCycle, RePurpose & ReInvent - Fall Harvest Halloween

Ballet Pointe

Good Morning all!

I'm sorry I've been a bit erratic with my posting & commenting lately but 

life has been very busy at the moment! I'm doing my best to get round all the blogs 

but I do seem to be chasing my tail at times!

Anyhoo, enough of my prattle, on we go!

 It's Thursday which means it's time for my Just Inklined post!

Here's what I made this week!

This lovely image is Ballet Pointe

I used my Flexmarkers & Promarkers to colour.

The base card is 6x6 inch Linen Embossed card stock

The dottie card is from Anne Marie Designs & the pink is from 

American Crafts.The border was created with the

 Martha Stewart Doily Punch.

The lace is from my stash & is a blueish colour, not actually the 

grubby grey looking colour it appears in the photo! lol

The heart shaped button & twine are also from my stash.

The sentiment was created on my PC using Sweetly Broken font.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Leave a little love & I'll visit you & do the same! 

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

Penny's Paper-Crafty - Polka Dots

Paradise Of Stamps - Girly

Cards Und More - Buttons

Tuesday Throwdown - Button Up

Crafty Cardmakers -  Triple B (Blue, Birthday, Button)

Ooh La La Creations - Use A Bow

The Crazy Challenge - For a Special Lady

Glitter N Sparkle - Anything With a B (Ballet, Birthday, Blue, Bow, Border)

Di's Digi Designs - Girly

Just Us Girls - Celebrate

Vandicrafts Artistry Challenge - Happy Birthday

Think Pink

Good Morning lovelies!

I was very luck to be invited to Guest Design this month at

The Sisterhood Of Crafters

The theme for the first challenge is "Think PINK"

(In honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month)

As some of you will know, this is a cause very dear to my heart as

my mum had breast cancer a couple of years ago! Happily, she is a survivor and

we are greatful to the medical teams & support staff who looked after her so very well!

So, on to my card!

I coloured up the image with my Promarkers.

She's a freebie image I got a little while ago via the Saturated Canary

Facebook Group! Isn't she a stunner!

Here's a closer look at her!

I cut out the image with a Spellbinders die & inked with

 a little Worn Lipstick distress ink,

The papers I've used are from First Edition, Bird Cage Stack

The plain paper is by American Crafts.

The border was created using a Martha Stewart Doily Punch.

The gorgeous Faux Silk ribbon is from my stash.

As you can see the inside of the card is decorated too!

I hope you can play along in the Think PINK Challenge.

Don't forget to check yourself too! 

If you're not sure how, look here.

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

Double Click Skittles - Use Pink
Fab'n'Funky - Anything With Ribbon
Creative Craft Cottage Digi Challenge - Digi/Borders Or Punches
Karleigh Sue Challenge - Pink Ribbon Challenge/Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Live & Love Crafts Challenge - Pink Anno 2014

Dragonfly Dreams - Mainly Pink
Eclectic Ellapu - Flowers
Fairytale Stampers - Flowers/Ribbon
Glitter N Sparkle - Anything with a B (Bow, Bird, Border)
Fussy & Fancy - Lot's of Pink (Breast Cancer Awarness)

Just Inklined To Share

Just thought I'd share the latest fantastic releases from 

Just Inklined!

Headphones & iPod

Baseball Mitt

Pensioners of The Caribean

Sun Shade Moment

Don't forget to check out all the other amazing images available too!

Happy New Job

Good Morning all!

I have a little card to share with you!

Today would normally be my Just Inklined day 

but as my card has already been posted on my blog I thought I'd

share a little something else with you!

This is for a work colleague, who was promoted.

Her day to day job won't change too much other than she'll be more 

involved in decision making & planning, which I reckon means she's actually

been doing her new job for a while already!

I used an A6 base of white linen embossed CS then used some

snippets of vibrant pink & orange papers from my stash.

The green leafy paper is from Lidl! 

Some of the leaves are embossed with gloss & glitter

The sentiment was made in my graphics programme.

I cut it out with a circle nestie then inked with a liquid chalk ink pad.

The chipboard Butterflies are by Dovecraft I think.

I added a couple of gems from my stash!

A little side view.

I'm hoping it's funky but not too out there!

I'd like to enter the following challenges with this card:
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Use Orange
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Bingo (middle line, DP, Die Cut, Sentiment)
Retarte - Colour Challenge or Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown Opposites Attract
The Crazy Challenge - For A Special Lady
Scrappy Hands - Beginnings
Scribble & Scrap - #28 (3 entries only)
Crazy 4 Challenges -Leaf or Leaves

Thank Meow

Hi di hi all!

Sorry I've been awol, the hubster & I went off to the lovely little island of 

Menorca for a much needed little break! 

We had a lovely relaxing time & our batteries are now recharged!

So, normal service will be resumed, so to speak!

I have a little CAS Thank You card to share with you!

This was made for the wonderful Dave who looked after our 

kitties so well while we were away!
We wanted to let him know how much the cats enjoyed his
companywithout going over the top! 

The base card is A6 size, Linen Embossed card stock.

I used a Memory Box Pouncing Cat Die to cut out the cats.

 Black Soot Distress Ink markings were added to the white one

& white gel pen markings on the grey!

The grey panel was embossed with a Papermania Brick Wall folder

The font I've used for the sentiment is Watermelon Sundae

A little side view just to finish up with!

Thanks for dropping by!

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

CAS On Sunday - Lift A Card

A Gem Of A Challenge - CAS

We Doobadoo Challenge - Something Masculine

Keep It Simple - No Stamps