Sweet Stampin - Scallops

Morning :)  I hope everyone has some fabby plans for the weekend and that the weather might give us a break!  The flash flooding here on Thursday night was horrendous, it just came from nowhere.  Luckily we live quite a bit higher than the river and it has to cross a field or two before it reaches us, but the cottage further down the lane got 3 foot of it as it broke down fencing and took all the path away as well as a couple of trees!

Anyway, my card today is for our new challenge over at Sweet Stampin where this week our theme is 'Scallops'.  We are sponsored by the brilliant Crafts & Me, and also our montly sponsor is the ever-generous Joanna Sheen, so a chance to win a lovely prize too!

I used a gorgeous image I bought a while ago called Moon Glow by Hannah Lynn, and this was just fabulous to colour.  I hand-stitched MME papers onto white bazzil card and used an MS PATP for the scallopey border. I used Spellbinder, Memory Box, Marianne and Doo Hickey dies on this and the gorgeous flower is from WOC.

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

Wild Orchid Challenge - Punch it Out

Crafts & Me - Birthdays - this card is intended for my nieces birthday on 18th July :)

Crafty Catz - Show us your metal - pins

Thanks so much for visiting my blog, I am doing my best to catch up with everyone and hope to grab a few hours over the next couple of days - in the meantime have a smashing weekend!

Anything Goes at Charisma Cardz

Morning :)  Back again today with my DT card for Charisma Cardz where this week our new challenge is 'Anything Goes'.  We are sponsored by DigiStamp Boutique and Digi Doodle Shop so some great prizes to win too!

I matted and layered blue and white bazzil card and cut the cornflowers out on my Cameo.  I sponged the cloudy background with chalks and the image is the fabulous PomPom from Lili of the Valley - deffo one of my 5 favourite stamps of all time! :)

My card is pretty CAS for me, and there is a reason for that........................

Meet wee Hector 

A tornado/bulldozer thats recently arrived at our house to seriously eat into my crafting time!  :D LOL. 

I have spent the week tied to a mop, chasing him round the house and making sure the introduction of a new pup to an already established pack goes relatively smoothly. :)  We have 2 other English Springer Spaniels (Kevin & Oliver, 8 and 6yrs)  and its so important to get this right.  Still - my house, my rules and I am the 'Leader of the Pack'! :D lol

My husband picked the name Hector, I wanted Nigel, but on reflection we are thinking that 'Ivan the terrible' might have been a better choice - I'm knackered! lol :D

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

Crafty Calender - Flowers in Bloom

Moving Along with the Times - Happy Birthday

Do You Stack Up - Blue Skies & Clouds

Emerald Faeries - Birthdays

Dream Valley Challenges - Thngs with Wings

Sweet Stampin Pixies - Summer

I ♥ Promarkers - Anything Goes

Nutcrafters - make a scene

Fab n Funky - Cute & Girly

Lili's Little Fairies - A little bit distressed - I used Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink round the edges of the background - I hope this counts, if not then please delete my entry :)

My Mums Craft Shop - Favourite Stamp - I have 3 LOTV stamps that take turns as my favourite stamp, PomPom is one of them :) Please delete my entry if this doesnt count, but its soooo hard to choose! lol

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, I will be catching up with everyone and my comments over the next day or two, its just been a teensy bit manic this week,

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge - Weddings/Anniversary

Good Morning :)  I hope everyone is having a good week so far. 

Our new challenge over at Cheery Lynn Designs this week is to make something to celebrate either a Wedding or Anniversary, and this is a fabulous excuse to go really lavish and classy to create a special keepsake.  I decided upon White on White, as I love seeing what dimension and detail you can create from something that just started out as  a few sheets of the same pearl white card. 

I used the gorgeous Polynesian Sails Oval frame for the centrepiece of this card as it has a real wow factor and is a great size for any image, and the Border Carnivale die is tucked just behind. I then set about making the flowers using Judy's Blooms and cutting 4 layers (using both large and small for the biggest flower), adding stamen from the Build A Flower set, and then holding them together with pearl brads. I love the way Cheery Lynn Dies have such embossed details especially on leaves and flower dies, it makes such a huge difference and works so well on pearl card.

All dies used on this card are:

Polynesian Sails Oval

Polynesian Sails Angel Wing

Border Carnivale

Judy's Blooms

Build a Flower #1

Olive Branches

Two of Hearts

Exotic Butterflies Small

Small Angel Wing - Butterflies

This week is your last chance to enter our monthly competition to win a Big Shot Die Cutter and as always we have a fabulous weekly prize of $20 to spend online in our store too. I hope you find time to join in this week, and dont forget there is always wonderful daily inspiration from the rest of the DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration blog.

I am entering this card in the below challenges:

Tildas Town - Stamp Edwin

Magnolia-licious - Love

PaperPlay Challenges - Use a Die

I ♥ Promarkers - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

ABC Challenge - R is for Romance

Allsorts Challenge - Any Die will Do

2 Sisters Challenge - Anything Goes

A&T Sketch Challenges  - Bingo, Brads, Die Cuts, Pearls

Crafty Cardmakers - Make Your Own Flowers

Bearly Mine Challenges  - Anything Goes

Penny Black & More - My favourite things - Dies, Magnolia, Flowers

Thanks so much for looking at my blog today,

Summer Daze at Joanna Sheen Challenge

Tut! what pants! :(  I had just typed all my post out, and then blogger crashed, deleted it from drafts, and I lost all my links ...........and now the plot! :( grrrr!

Anyway, our new challenge over at the Joanna Sheen Challenge this time is 'Summer Daze' and I used this glorious Faye Whittaker decoupage sheet from a set called 'In the Garden'.  These really are a fabulous size and sooooo beautiful!  Its lovely sometimes to just sit cutting out, and I had a lot of fun with this.

I matted and layered lilac and white bazzil card,  and attached some flocked mesh with floral brads.  I dug out my flowersoft and added it to the beautiful bonnets and the lavender in the lane,  and used an MS punch for the borders.  This is an 8 x 8 scalloped card, so a really good size! :)  I hope you find time to play along and visit the rest of the DT too and see their wonderful creations!

I hope everyone has a smashing Sunday,

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge - Red, White & Blue

Good Morning :)  I hope everyone is having a great week so far.

So, our new challenge over at Cheery Lynn Designs this week is 'Red, White & Blue' and as always we have a great prize of a $20 voucher to spend in the store and also this month you have a chance to win a Big Shot Die Cutter in our draw at the end of the month.

I hand-stitched MME papers onto bazzil card separating them with the Lace Light Deco Border and then cut 2 of the largest dies from the Heart to Heart Doily, backing the doily with contrasting paper and just trimming round the edge.  The centrepiece of this is the gorgeous One Free Wish  die, cut again with white card and inked around the edges. 

The stars are just one of the dies in the  Build A Flower set and the sentiment tag was made by using the smaller of the  Two of Hearts dies, which I cut 3 times using different card and paper and just offsetting the smallest  heart which I trimmed down in size. 

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

Divas By Design - To Die For

Creatilicious Challenges - Anything Goes

Emergency Crafters - Anything with wings

Saturday Challenge - Red, White & Blue

Craft Your Days Away - Bingo - Pearls, Ribbon, Glitter

Lexi's Creations - Happy Birthday

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Red, White & Blue

Make My Monday - Midsummer Nights Dream

Dont forget there is always fresh daily inspiration from the rest of the talented DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog.

Have a smashing day!

GDT at Top Tip Tuesday - Stars & Stripes

Good morning :)  I am so excited to have been asked to be the GDT for Top Tip Tuesday after being picked for 'Who caught our eye'  in a previous challenge  - I am thrilled and honoured ladies, thank you! :)

So, the new challenge for the next fortnight is 'Independence Day and/or Stars & Stripes' and this is open to interpretation - it doesnt have to be red, white & blue!  We are sponsored this time by the generous Crimson Cloud and the brilliant Bugaboo Stamps who were kind enough to give me this wonderful image - Jesse Moon - to play with.

I opted for a shaped easel card and hand-stitched MME & K&Co papers.  The dies are a mix of Spellbinder & Memory Box and the punch is MS.   I found some old perspex stars in my stash, some were clear and some were gold, so I coloured the gold ones with metallic green PM's and twisted wire on them to make them look like shooting stars.  The sentiment is LOTV.

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

 Papertake Weekly - Bingo - Glitter, Die-cuts, Free

Creatalicious Challenge - Anything Goes

Nutcrafters Challenge - Spots &/or Stripes

Thanks for popping by my blog today, and I hope everyone has a smashing day! :)

The Most Fun Ever!!

Thats how much fun I had making this card!! :D lol

Morning everyone :)  Todays new challenge over at Sweet Stampin is 'Summer Fun' and we are sponsored this week by Stamp And Create who are offering the winner a massive $25 gift certificate and also one of our regular monthly sponsors - the brilliant Joanna Sheen .

Now I have had this wee fella for ages and this is the first time I have used it! Shame on me!  Its one of my favourite Mo Manning images as it just makes me grin!

I coloured with PM's and Flexmarkers and attempted for the first time to make a cloudy background - that was fun!  I cut out my own clouds with my Cameo and just coloured round with the Glacier Blue Flexmarker.  The Pinwheels and Starfish were also cut on my digicutter, and added beads to the starfish with glossy accents.  The papers are MME, and I printed my own sentiment.  I also used Marianne and Spellbinder dies and MS punches.

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

Mos Digital Challenge - At the Park

Papertake Weekly - 3-2-1 - 3 Starfish, 2 pinwheels, 1 sentiment

Creative Card Crew - Song Inspired - 'In the Summertime'

Digital Tuesday - Butterflies

Simon Says Stamp - Summer Inspiration

Cute Card Thursday - Punch Drunk

Moving Along With The Times - Get Krafty

Do You Stack Up - Boys/men

PaperPlay Challenges - For a Man + twine

Fussy & Fancy - Boy Attitude

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Fathers Day

Try it on Tuesday - Anything Goes

Paper Playtime - Die cuts - vacation

Make My Monday - Masculine Cards

Crafters Companion - Time to Embellish

Simon Says Stamp & Show - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges - For that Special Guy

I hope everyone has a smashing weekend, I am off to Inverness for the day for a mooch around! :)

Charisma Cardz - Male Cards!

Morning :)  Back again today with another card - (thats if Blogger is playing nicely -it didnt publish my scheduled post yesterday) - tut!

Our new challenge over at Charisma Cardz this week is 'Male Cards' and we are sponsored by Bunny Zoe's Crafts and Some Odd Girl Stamps.

This was a pretty quick card for me (male cards are!! lol!) I used a fab LOTV stamp, and coloured with PM's.  I  cut the black trellis and sentiment with my Cameo, and the paper is MME.

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

One Stop Crafts Challenge - Fathers Day

Saturday Challenge - Fathers Day

Dream Valley Challenges-  - For that special guy

Make My Monday - Fathers Day/Masculine

Simon Says Stamp & Show - Anything Goes

Passion for Promarkers - Layers

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Fathers Day

Moving Along With The Times - Kraft Cardstock

Do You Stack Up - Boys/Men

PaperPlay Challenges - For a Man + twine

Cute Card Thursday - Punch Drunk

Thanks so much for checking out my blog today, I will be popping along and catching up later,

Cheery Lynn Designs - Roses

Good Morning fellow crafters and bloggers! :) I hope everyone is having a great week!

This week over at the Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge our new theme is 'Roses'. 

As always we have a great prize of $20 voucher to spend online in the store, and this month we have an extra special  monthly prize of a BIG SHOT for a random winner selected on the 2nd July!  Brilliant! :)

For my card I used one of my favourite Mo Manning images and coloured her with PM's and Flexmarkers.  I hand stitched K&Co paper and made the roses using pearly pink and shimmery pink  paper from my scrap box.  The very best thing about making your own blooms is that you can make them match perfectly, and use up all those oddments! :)

Sandy has done a brilliant tutorial on making Roses from Cheery Lynn Dies HERE using  the Large Rose, Medium Rose and Miniature Rose dies.   

I made 3 different size blooms from the same 3 size dies including the rose-buds by cutting 3 layers of each size for the larger roses, and just scaling down in size for the smaller ones.  They are secured with tiny brads and a blob of Viva Decor Pearly Pen. 

All dies used on this card are:

B133 - Lace Light Deco Border

D134 - Small Leaves #2

DL151 - Victorian Romance Flourish

DL199 - Scalloped Rectangle Reflection

B152 - Miniature Rose

B154 - Medium Rose

B155 - Large Rose

B181 - Build a Flower (for the green underneath of the roses)

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

Simon Says Stamp - Summer Photo Inspiration

Crafts & Me - Roses & Pearls
I ♥ Promarkers - Tutti Frutti

Passion for Promarkers - Layers

Mo's Digital Challenge - Anything Goes w/Mo Image

Deep Ocean Challenge - Sewing

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Girls, Girls, Girls

Stamptacular Sunday - Fairy Fever

Crafters Companion - Time to Embellish

Sweet Stampin Pixies - Summer

Crafty Calendar - Flowers in bloom

Simon Says Stamp & Show - Anything Goes

Forever Friends - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Everybody Art - Roses

Top Tip Tuesday - Sparkles Galore

Papertake Weekly - 3-2-1 - 3 pearl hearts, 2 pearl pins, 1 tag

Penny Black & More - All My Favourite Things - Dies, Flowers, Pearls and a cute image!

You have until Sunday to join in, so lots of time to enter and I look forward to visiting and seeing some gorgeous entries. There is also daily inspiration from the other talented members of the DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog.

I hope everyone has a smashing week and thanks so much for visiting today

GDT at Bunny Zoes Crafts!! :) - Girls Girls Girls

Woop! Woop! How excited am I to be the GDT this month for Bunny Zoe's Crafts - I LOVE that shop! :)

I was so thrilled, and so grateful to be given this gorgeous HoneyBee Tilda stamp to work with for the new theme this month of 'Girls, Girls, Girls' - thank you Nikki! :). I always try to enter the Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge every month (at least once! lol) and there is always a great prize of £25 voucher to spend in the store.

I coloured my image with PM's, hand-stitched MME Paris & Co paper, used Doo Hickey, Spellbinder and Memory Box dies, ribbon from Stampin Up and the flowers are WOC.

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday - Sparkles Galore - the wings are all glittered

I ♥ Promarkers - For a little girl

Divas By Design - Chocolate - colour or theme

My Mums Craft Shop - Bingo - Flowers, Pearls, Die Cuts

Midweek Magnolias - Anything Goes

Truly Scrumptious - Final Challenge - Flower Power

TOMIC - Anything Goes

Deep Ocean Challenge  - Sewing

Stampin for the Weekend - Bugs & Butterflies

Totally Gorjuss - Sunshine - I think of bees with sunshine

Allsorts Challenge - Ice Cream Colours - choc ' n vanilla

Creative Card Crew - Inspired by Song - The Bee Song - 'Oh what a glorious thing to bee, a healthy grown up bizzy bizzy bee! :) lol.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, and I hope everyone has a great week!

Cheery Lynn Designs - Mega News and Make It Manly Challenge

Hi and Good Morning :),  Today I have some really exciting news about our new challenge over at the Cheery Lynn Designs blog where our theme this week is  'Make It Manly'.

We not only have a great prize on offer again this week, but also we have an additional, exciting incentive to play along! Each challenge entry during the month of June will get their name added to a drawing to win a BIG SHOT die cut machine! You may only enter the weekly challenge once but you can enter all four challenges during the month of June for a better shot at winning. The winner will be announced on July 2nd.

Now like many card-makers and crafters I struggle with making masculine creations, as without the bling, flowers and flourishes I always feel like I have put less effort into it, but with Cheery Lynn Dies, I can still go to town adding embellishments and focal points that are suitable for any occasion.  There is a great collection of corners, borders and scrolls that are intricate and fancy without being feminine.

I have used one of my favourite corners from the set - Lace Corner Deco H, added a flourish with the Mini Flourish One and also made the border from the offcut from Cuties 3 to add impact and detail to this card.

I also wanted to show on this project how versatile the Reflection dies can be, as not only do they go up to very large sizes, but they can also be sized down to make wonderful mats for your sentiments too.

I hand-stitched MME papers, used a super-cute Nellie Snellen stamp coloured with PM's and also used metallic PM's for highlights.

All dies used on this card are:

B181 - Build a Flower (Stamen for the fireworks)

B170 - Mini Flourish One

DL199 - Scalloped Rectangle Reflection Dies

L-1 - Silver Circle Stackers

XL-5 - Scalloped Circle Stackers

B173 - Lace Corner Deco H

B151 - Cuties 3

You have till Sunday to join in, so lots of time to enter and I look forward to visiting and seeing some gorgeous entries. There is also daily inspiration from the other talented members of the DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog.

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

Deep Ocean Challenge - Sewing/Stitching - real

The Stampman - Make it for a man

By the Cute & Girly - Cute as a button

Fussy & Fancy - Swirls/Flourishes

Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes

Emerald Faeries - Buttons

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes + Male

Lexis Creations - For the man/boy in our lives

My Mums Craft Shop - Bingo - Dies, Pearls, Flowers (wooden flower)

Creative Inspirations - Card for a male

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today,

Favourite Stamp - Sweet Stampin

Corrrrr! This was a tough choice!!

This week over at Sweet Stampin the theme for our new challenge is 'Favourite Stamp'.  We are sponsored by the fabulous Letraset and the ever-generous Joanna Sheen so some really corking prizes! :)

This is also a brilliant excuse to get out those much loved (and oft neglected) stamps and have a play with some old favourites! :)  I spent a good hour looking through my LOTV box and it was such a hard choice, but I finally settled on 'Maisie' on a shroom as I love this little pudding :D lol.

I used MME and Prima papers, Kraft card, added some ric-rac ribbon, a wooden flower and coloured my image with PM's then 'Ta-da', it was all done.  Really quick and simple for me eh? ;)  - Wot! No dies, no punched borders, no flourishes, swirls and flowers?  lol :)

I am entering this card in the below competitions:

Lili's Little Fairies - Anything Goes

Oldie But Goodie - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoes Crafts - Anything Goes

Ooh La La Challenges - Girly

The Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes

 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today and I hope everyone has a smashing weekend!  I will be celebrating the Diamond Jubilee by making Red, White and Blue Cupcakes, serving salmon and cucumber sandwiches (minus crusts) for tea on Sunday and other random very british things.  Many generations of us Brits have only ever known what its like to live in the UK under the reign of one monarch, so hats off to Lizzy for 60 years public service - a remarkable achievement Ma'am! :)