Lily

Good morning.  My 2nd post of the day, yes I know I am like a bus nothing for a while then 2 come along together!!!!

Given my craft room is now fully up and running I hope to be posting more now.

A new challenge is beginning at Crafting from the Heart.

Challenge 122 is the usual 'Anything Goes' theme.

Our sponsor is:-

Robyns Fetish Digital Stamps

The digi stamp I have used is called 'Lily'

I have printed this out onto watercolour card and used distress markers to colour it.

As regulars will know I do struggle with layouts and my inspiration is usually Sue Wilson or John Lockwood.  Well my inspiration for today's layout was John Lockwood but with my twist.

To create the frame I used the 5x7 matting basics from spellbinders.  A couture embossing folder called Extra Loren and my sentiment is from Senitmentally Yours the Blossom Occasions Sentiment Tags from the lovely Phil Martin stamps and die cut using tags dies from the sapphire.

I always think sympathy cards are difficult and this one just cried out as that particular theme.

Why not visit the challenge blog by following the link HERE where you can enter your own super creation and see some more samples from our design team.

We also have a facebook page which you can join and share your makes.

Thanks for visiting and take care.

Birthday Surprise

Good morning folks.  Hope you had a brilliant weekend and the weather was enjoyable for you.

We start a lovely new challenge at Get Creative today.

Challenge 44 theme is

Lots of Blue

Our sponsor for this challenge is

Karleigh Sue Digis

The image I have used is called

'Birthday Surprise' by designer Cheri Shull

I have printed my image onto watercolour card and used distress markers to colour her in.

The dies are all creative expressions by Sue Wilson and the pearl drops are Nuvo Tonic - midnight blue.

I made my own background using chipped sapphire distress ink and a flower stamp I had and then embossed using a distress embossing folder which I have inked around the outisde.

If you wish to see more ideas using this image and others from our sponsor do follow the linke HERE to our challenge blog.  Don;t forget to enter your own project whilst you are visiting - any project as long as you follow the theme.

Thank you for visiting today and I hope to see you again soon.

Take care.

Happy Birthday Stephanie

Hi folks.  Hope you are all okay.

My post today is not only for a new challenge starting at Crafty Girls Creations but also was specifically made for our neice's partner Stephanie.

Stephanie met and married our niece Sara over 12 months ago now and it was her birthday Monday just gone.  July's child definitely describes her, she is loving towards Sara and they are definitely very happy. She is fun with a lovely smile and very friendly. A wonderful and welcome addition to our family.

I am also happy because by this weekend my rewiring will be finished and my craftroom will be back up and running - oh I have soooooooo missed my crafting.

Our challenge today is usual 'Anything Goes'.

July's child stamp is one from Creative Expressions John Lockwood stamps.  Such a useful set of stamps.  The flowers are also stamps from Honey Doo Crafts.

To see more samples from our design team and to enter the challenge with your own creation do follow the link HERE.

Thank you for visiting and I hope to see you again real soon.

It's Cocktail Time

Good morning everyone.

Gosh I never realised how much I missed my craftroom.  We have had to be re-wired and my craftroom had to be packed up - as big job on its own!

I packed up myself, didn't want hubby to realise exactly how much I did have - hee hee.

Anyway it has given me time to have a sort out, a tidy up and to move things around.  It will be really good when I have finished.

Enough about me, we have a new challenge starting at Crafty Girlz today

We have a 'Just for Fun' challenge with our normal theme of

'anything goes'.

As I didn't have my craftroom I have been playing in Craft Artist.

I have used the digi kit called '50's fever'.

To see more samples from our design team and to enter your own project into the challenge follow the link HERE.

Thank you for visiting today and I do hope to see you again soon.

Take care.

Champagne Garden

Good morning folks.

Hope you are all well today?

Last day of June and I am still wondering when our summer will begin.  

Looking forward to Saturday when I will be going to the NEC for a new craft show with my mate Wendy.  Some major retail craft therapy.  Apparently this is a new show and if I am honest Wendy and I were not going to attend but I was lucky enough to receive some complimentary tickets so it would be rude not to use them - hee hee.

I will let you know how it went - the show I mean, the day with me mate will go brilliantly, always does.

We start a new challenge at Crafty Girls Creations today.

Our theme is  

Always Anything Goes.

My craft room is still packed away so I have been playing again in Serif Craft Artist.

The digi kit I have used is from Louise Tiller and it is called 'Champagne Garden'.

If you want to see more samples from our design team please follow the link HERE to the challenge and so you can enter your own projects.

Thank you for visiting today and I do hope to see you again soon.

Take Care.

Natalie is 40

Good morning fellow crafters.

We start a new challenge at Crafty Girlz Challenge today.

Our theme is the usual 'Always Anything Goes'.

It was a free week for the design team this week.

My craft room is almost packed up ready for the electrician to start his rewiring so my post today was actually made for a fellow slimming worlder - Keefy.  It was a friend of his named Natalie and yes it was forher 40th birthday.

I chose to use the lovely shoe stamp from Chloe Creative Cards which I stamped and embossed in a red embossing powder several times on to cream card then the red polka dots paper and also the plain red co'ordinating paper.

The papers were from a digi kit within serif craft artist and I don't know which one because I just entered red and picked two.

I have also glittered the heel of the shoes.

The sentiment was designed in serif, coloured in serif and printed out.

For the flower buckle I have used parchment and a flower die from Dreamees which I embossed using a wow embossing powder finished off with a couple of pearls.

To see more designs from our DT just follow the link HERE to our blog and don't forget to enter your own project into the challenge.

Thank you for visiting today and I do hope to see you again soon.

Take Care.

Buttons 'n' Bows

Good morning all, hope you are all well.

I do love Friday's, mainly because I don't work and today I am off to the hairdressers with my Mom and then out to lunch.

We have started a new challenge however at Simply Create Too.

Challenge 111 has a theme of
Use Buttons and Bows

My shopping list for my post today is: -

8x8 white base card
yellow card
silver card
white card
handbag die from tattered lace magazine
stamps from Honey Doo Crafts
Blue parchment and blue embossing powder
heat resisitant acetate and yellow embossing powder
blue ribbon
buttons.
embossing folder
sentiment from John Lockwood stamps

My layout design was actually from the same tattered lace mazagine which had the handbag die as a freebie.

To see more designs from our DT follow the link HERE to our blog where you can also enter your own project.

Don't forget your can enter any creation you have made so long as you follow the theme of

Buttons and Bows.

Thank you for visiting today.  See you soon

Take care.