Red White and Blue at Delightful

Good morning bloggers and Happy Thursday! As it is Thursday this sees the start of a brand new challenge over at Delightful Challenges and the theme this week is:

RED  WHITE  AND BLUE!!

This is just so topical at the moment with us in the UK being only hours away from the Diamond Jubilee weekend and the 4th of July is looming on the horizon for our US friends (not to mention Bastille Day for our French cousins I could go on but I have run out of ideas lol)!!  Wendy has some gorgeous red white and blue digital papers over at Digital Delights and you can see them here. So here is my card for today's challenge:

Isn't she just adorable?  She is Riveting Rosie and I have coloured her with my Copics and Prismas.  Wendy's images are a joy to colour they just colour so well however if you don't like colouring or you are in a rush you always have the option to get the image pre-coloured!  Here is the link to Rosie and at the moment of writing this she is 50% off.  I have used a combination of Wendy's Digital Papers on my card. The ones with stars on are from Patriotic Digital Pack available here and the red white and blue stripe and dotted ones are from the Sail Away Pack available here.  I have paper pieced the scarf on Rosie's head. For the sentiment I have used Wendy's Ticket sentiment and just coloured the edge in with a Prisma.  I have cut and matted Rosie with a circle and  Star Circle Nestabilities. I then punched some little yellow stars out using the Star Circle Nestability and glued them on some card candi I had coloured to match.  I then put Glossy Accents on the card candi but I took the picture before it had dried so it looks a bit cloudy but IRL it is nice and shiny!  I would like to enter the following challenges:

Will come back and do that!

Our sponsor this week is:

Joanna has kindly donated a £10 gift voucher for her store to the lucky winner.

If you want some more inspiration please go over to Delightful Challenges and see what the other members of the talented DT have designed - its worth the trip!

Well that is it for me for today.  It is 0448 as I am writing this, its the last time I have two coffees at night!!  See you tomorrow, take care xx

Brace Yourselves for these Pictures!

Good morning! Well it turned out lovely again in Blackpool yesterday after a bit of a tricky start! I think the weather has definitely changed today though! So it will be a crafty day for me after a bit of housework and grocery shopping.

For today's card I have used another of the lovely Pollycraft images I got in the 100 bundle, I don't know how long it will take me to go through these!!

The digi is Celeste Amberglow Cupcake Party and Pollycraft are closing soon so you should pop over and have a look!  The gingham paper is Pink Petticoat and the two patterened papers are from DCWV Glitter Sweet Matstack. I have coloured her with Copics and Prismas and added Glossy Accents to her eyes.  I have used Viva Decor to the cupcake.  I have cut and matted the image with Spellbinders and distressed the edges with Spun Sugar DI.  The sentiment is from Pink Petticoat and that has been cut and matted with Spellbinders.  The corner die is by Dienamics and the ribbon is from my stash. I would like to enter the following challenges:

Die Cuttin' Divas - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes
Ribbon Carousel - Photo Inspirations
Pinspirational Challenge - Photo Inspiration (I have used the cupcake as my inspiration)
Love to Create - Add a Sentiment
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes



Now today is Wednesday and I always used to pop over to Julia's blog and play along with What's on Your Worktop Wednesday but I have been MIA from there for quite a while.  However I try to always pop over to Janet at  Fairy Thoughts blog and see how she is doing as she always plays along with WOYWW.  So Janet this is for you - and don't say I didn't warn you!!!!!!

Now I am so embarrassed!  As you can see this was taken yesterday and I have ran out of room so I ended up making today's card on my Big Shot Pro!  The other side is just covered in cards waiting for boxes.  Twice yesterday I had a die in my hand then put it down and couldn't find it I had to get Dave to find it!  Now I want you to know that the rest of the house does not look like this, in fact my family laugh at me and think I am slightly obsessive about housework.  I just don't know what happens when I get up here.  About once a month when it gets so bad I really can't find anything I will sort it out but it only lasts a couple of days!  If you would like to see more worktops then pop over to Julia's blog.

Well that's it for me and no I am not cleaning up my craft room today that can keep!  See you tomorrow and take care xx

Mrs Tiggywinkle

Good morning everyone and I think we may have said goodbye to our friend the sun!  Just when we were getting used to it oh well hope its not too long before we see him again!!  At least you don't feel too guilty if the weather is naff being stuck in your craft room crafting away.

Yesterday I saw a gorgeous card on Pauline's blog and loved the layout which she had made using a sketch for a challenge over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. Well, as you know, I do love making cards following a sketch so I had to have a play.  I also had some Beatrix Potter stamps that I had got at the NEC and never used so I thought it was about time I had a bit of a play with them.

The stamp is by Crafter's Companion and I have coloured her with my Copics and also some Promarkers and Fleximarkers.  Not sure who the papers are by as they were loose but possibly K and Co - they are quite old, antique I think!! I have used a Dienamics Die for the butterflies, the flowers are Woodware and the backing flowers are Magnolia Doohickeys.  I have added some Stickles to the flowers and the pearl brads are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch
Bearly Mine Challenges - Animal Kingdom
Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for looking today, next time I'll try and have the kettle on!! See you tomorrow, take care xx

For the Man/Boy in Our Lives

Happy Monday everyone!  Hope you all had an enjoyable weekend and those in the UK enjoyed a sunny one!  Today sees the start of a new challenge over at Lexi's Creations and for this challenge we would like to see something for the Man or Boy in your life!  Here is what I have done:

For this card I have used Lexi's Little Devil which you can purchase here at Fairy Dust Crafts.  She has been coloured with Prisma Pencils and loads of  Buttercup and Orange Peel Stickles added to the flames.  For the card I have used a mixture of Black Gloss Card and Black Glitter Card.  I have used a Spellbinders die for the red glitter mat for the image and computer generated sentiment.  The border has been made using my Spellbinders Edgeabilities and red mirri card.

This week we are being sponsored by:

Cropstop.com and the lucky winner will receive a $15 Gift Certificate to their store.  

So please pop over to Lexis and see what my talented team mates on the DT have made.

That's it for me for today.  Have a great day and I will see you tomorrow, take care xx

Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries!

Good morning everyone and I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend! Our BBQ was good although I think I had a bit too much Pimms, Rum Punch and wine because I fell asleep in Eurovision and missed all the scores!  I feel sorry for poor Englebert - second to last oh dear!!

I've just had a peek at the weather forecast and it looks set to stay like this until about Thursday!  It would be so nice if our summer was just like this all the time I think everyone is happier when the sun shines!  I don't really sit out in it but its just nice to wander down the garden and feel the sun on you instead of being covered up with cardigans!!  I still haven't got my summer clothes out yet, I was going to this weekend but the forecast says it will be back down to 14 by later in the week.  Dave says its like living with a weather girl because I'm always babbling on about the weather forecast and I always know the latest one!!  Anyway enough of my waffle here is my card for today:

This cute image is from Pollycraft and I got her in a bundle with 100 for £9.50!  Talk about being spoiled for choice now!! I have followed the sketch at Crafty Sentiments again for the layout.  She has been coloured with Copics and a touch of Prismas.  Glossy Accents to her eyes.  The sentiment is Pollycraft as well and comes in the bundle.  I have distressed around the image with Shabby Shutters DI and then cut and matted with my Spellbinders Nesties. The papers are Raspberry Road and I know its really an apple she is holding but I have decided in my wisdom that it is a giant cherry!!! So I made some cherries with the Card Candy:

I coloured the candy with my Copics and added some fallout from a Spellbinders Tear Drop Circles to look like leaves and twisted a stem from a Wild Orchid flower to look like the cherry stem. Here is a picture of the inside:

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiment - Sketch
Wags 'n Whiskers - Summer Fun
Aud Sentiments - Any Sentiment
Charisma Cardz - No Flowers (got plenty of cherries lol)

Well that's it from me just off to get another coffee and then pay you all a visit!  Another BBQ today with Max and Emma coming over so I shall imagine there will be lots of squealing from the garden - and not just me!!  Thanks for looking see you tomorrow and take care xx

Feeling Punchy

Good morning everyone and a happy weekend to you all! And it feels so good to get up and see the sunshine everywhere - long may it continue!

There is a brand new challenge over at Card Makin' Mamas and the theme for this challenge is "Feeling Punchy".  We want to see you get out your punches - not your dies- but good ol' fashioned punches.  It can be border punches, squeeze punches or lever punches, as long as we can see something that has come from a punch on your card!!  Here is my card:

I have used the adorable Ashley with Rose image from our sponsors this week who are DigiDarla Designs:

I have coloured Ashley with my Copics and Prisma Pencils.  For the layout of the card I used a sketch from the challenge at Crafty Sentiments.  My Papers are all from Nitwits from the Gratitude Collection which has to be one of my favourites!  One die has crept in which I thought was ok because I have used punches, I used my Spellbinders to cut and mat the image.  I cut Ashley out and then mounted her with foam pads.  I have embossed the background with a Craft Concepts embossing folder.  The sentiment is computer generated.  I have used a Martha Stewart border punch for the border.  The flowers have been made using three different Woodware flower Punches and the branch/fern was made with a punch but I am not sure if that is Woodware or not. The bling is from my stash.  If you pop over to Card Makin' Mamas you can see for yourself the fab creations the rest of the DT have designed.  I would like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments - Sketch
Pattie's Creations - Recipe
Aud Sentiments - Any Sentiment
Digi Doodles - Let's Go Spotty
Southern Girls - Dying to Diecut or Punch
Crafts and Me - Fabulous Flowers
The Paper Shelter - Bling it On

I hope you are all enjoying the sunshine wherever you are! A big welcome and thank you to my newest followers!  I am going to prepare for our BBQ and get some scorecards printed out for Eurovision lol!!  Thanks for looking and I will see you all tomorrow - take care xx

Photo Inspiration at Cardmadfairy's

Good Morning you happy sunny bloggers!  Friday at last with a sunny weekend to look forward to - yippee!

Today sees the start of a new challenge at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days and the theme this week is a photo inspiration.  Here is the picture we would like you to use:

Very topical me thinks!  I know not everyone is based in the UK but it will soon be 4th July in the US so that gives you an excuse to get your red white and blues out although I am sure a lot of you will want to join in with helping us to celebrate our Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Here is what I have made:

I have used Jenni's Tracey which you can purchase here.  I have coloured her with Copics and added some Glossy Accents to her boots. The papers are Nitwits from their Tour of London Collection.  I cut the bunting freestyle and cut the mounting for it with some fancy scissors I have had for years and years.  The red white and blue twine is from my stash.  The mat for the image is Romantic Rectangles from Spellbinders - so pretty!  I have attached a red, white and a blue gem to the crown and put it at a jaunty angle on her head!  The gems and crown are from my stash.  The corner piece is a Dienamics die. So please pop over to Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge and see what the rest of the DT have made.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz - No Flowers Allowed
Digi Doodles - Let's Go Spotty
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything for Kids
Willow Sketchie - Red, White and Blue and/or Sketch
Paper Pretties - Bold Bright Colours
The Paper Shelter - Bling
Papertake Weekly - Red White and Blue
Desmet Designs - Red White and Blue
Glitter Geeks - Diamond Jubilee

A big welcome to my new follower! I'm meeting a friend today for a coffee and have quite a lot to do today, we are having a BBQ tomorrow and Sunday so I need to prepare.  Tomorrow is Eurovision so might have a bit of a Eurovision party/BBQ I did say to my DH that we should all dress up in participating nation's national dress but he didn't seem too impressed with that - I wonder why??  See you tomorrow and take care xx

Flowers, Flowers

Good morning everyone! Today sees the start of a new challenge over at Delightful Challenges:

FLOWERS 

Yes that's right the theme this week is Flowers and we want to see 5 or more on your paper project!

You do not have to use a Digital Delights image to enter but if you do you can enter twice!  Here is my card:

I think there are five flowers on there!!  For my image I have used the gorgeous Thank You Flowerpot which you can purchase here at Digital Delights. I have coloured the image with my Copics and added some Viva Decor Pearl Pen to the flower head. I added loads of Stickles to the Thank You.  I have paper pieced the Flower pot and ribbon using the papers from Wendy's Sweetheart Digital Papers which you can get at Digital Delights here. For extra dimension I have popped the flower petals up on some silicone glue, you can probably see that better on this picture:

The gingham paper is also from the Sweetheart Paper pack (love this pack - one of my favourites).  I have cut the image out with Spellbinders and distressed the edges with some Spun Sugar DI.  The flowers are all from Wild Orchid Crafts and the ribbon is from my stash.  The dies I have used are Marianne for the leaves, Memory Box for the lacy rosette behind the flowers and an X Cut for the border.  Here is a view of the inside:

Because it had so many flowers on I had to make a box:

Our sponsors this week are:

and The Cutting Cafe will give the winner 3 sets of their choice!  So please pop over to Delightful Challenges to see what my talented team mates have made and have a go at the challenge we would love to see what you have made! I would like to enter the following challenges:

Crafts and Me - Fabulous Flowers
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - Anything Goes
Truly Scrumptious - Pretty in Pink
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
City Crafter - A Rose is a Rose
Flourishes - Use a Flower Image
Get Hippity with Ippity - Flowers with Leaves
Hooked on Crafts - Flowers
Ooh La La Creations - Ribbon and Twine
Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Build Up Your Card

That's it for me I will be back tomorrow - thanks for looking and take care xx