Crafty Catz #92 - NO Pink or Blue

Good morning hope you are all well and the sun is shinning here in Manchester. Well today is Friday so that means another challenge at Crafty Catz and this week it is my turn to set the challenge. I do hope you will come and join us.

Ok the theme is a colour one with a difference. It is to not use these colours Pink & Blue.

So you can make lots of cards with anything else. Would be great for tradional christmas cards.


Our sponsor this week is Stamping Boutique who kindly gave the team some images to work with. They are giving the winner of this challenge 3 images of their choice how great is that.


I picked this fab image with these lovely flowers and used yellows i thought it would make a lovely card to send to someone to let them know that I was thinking of them. So this is winging it's way to a friend who is going through a difficult time. Hope she likes. Coloured with promarkers and used papermania capsule papers & ribbon. Used a few gems but kept fairly simple.




Well hope you like the card and dont forget to hop on over and checkout the rest of the teams work and please come and join us if you can we love popping by to see what you have made.
Thanks for popping by and see you soon.
I am entering this into stamping Boutque's monthly contest.
Hooked on crafts - with Love

Creative Inspirations # Around The World

Good evening a little late for posting this thought I had done it but a senior moment had arisen and I had dreamt it. Well guess better late than never and my apologies.

Well this week at Creative Inspirations it is Caroline's turn to pick the challenge and wow what a challenge. She would like you all to produce something to do with the theme

AROUND THE WORLD

Well I tell you this was completely out of my comfort zone my brain just went to sleep so after quick chat with Caroline and a few ideas floating around I managed to complete it.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Handy Hippo

Pop over to the blog and checkout the prize.

While you are there grab the code for some discount .

We also have another prize which is a Guest Dt spot.

Ok now for my card after our brain storming session and some idea's of different countries and what traditions they have. I found this digi stamp from PC Crafter with the North Pole on it well it is the other side of the world. i was looking for a digi of Santa flying round the world.

Image coloured with my promarkers. DP from last year think Dovecraft. Snowflake cuttlebug die. Sentiment sorry don't know the name of stamp. Silver mirri card and lots of glitter.

Well hope you like my card and for more idea's and inspiration please checkout the blog there are lots of different takes of the theme.
Challenge i would like to enter this into are
ABC Christmas challenge - use a stamp or digi over 12 months old.
Digi stamp4joy - Christmas in july
I love promarkers - christamas
The Crazy Challenge - christmas in july(mon)
KB Cute Monday - use a digi
Christmas inspiration - anything goes(sun)
Creative inspiration - Christmas in July

Glue or Tape

Good afternoon folks have a question for you. Do you use glue or tape to stick your card & DP together. I use double sided tape did get from papermil there own and was great price but sadly closed now and rapidly running out. I cant believe how much i use. Have used anita's glue but tend to ruin the paper.
So any tips or idea's are welcome.

A Card I didnt want to make

This is a card I made for Liz G's family some of you may know her if you are a docrafter. I was shocked to hear of her sad and sudden passing and although I generally don't make these i couldn't not send my condolences. The sentiment is a stamp I received this weekend from Laney and it just was the most perfect sentiment for this.

i am entering this into Simon says - anything goes

Crafty Catz challenge 91 Tags

Good Evening I have some bad news and some good to share with you all.
Well lets get the Bad out of the way first and hopefully the good will cheer you all up. The lovely Dawn has decided to step down from her postion on Crafty Catz and although she hasnt been with us long she will be missed and we wish her all the best. She is my twin as we both share the same birthday so i will be extra sorry to see her go but hopefully she will not be a stranger.

Now the good news I won 5 fab images at Tiddly inks from there new release wow it was soo hard to pick just 5. So if you havent checked them out what you waiting for. Also I have just found out I won Guylou's challenge and part of the prize will be a guest spot 1 week.

Also it being Friday and weekend is here so that means another challenge for you from Crafty Catz and this week it is the very talented Janette's turn to set the challenge. Must say not something i make or seem to use is TAGS so completely out of my comfort zone.

Our sponsor this week is Emma's Store, and the winner will recieve a stamp from Wild Rose Studio.

I decided to make a card and place my sentiment on the Tag so if you struggle you can do this too. I made this for Janette Daughter as a Graduation card. A little different but as i wanted the sentiment to be a large part i thought this was a good one. Anyway she has it and I believe she liked.
Image coloured with promarkers . DP Anna Griffin touch of ribbon over the lace. M.S butterfly punch. Few gems and flowers from Wild orchid and my stash.
Well hope you like and plaese pop by the rest of the teamies for more inspiration the are all so different and wonderful.








Challenges
Guylou's inimitability - receipe
Totally Paper Crafts - Girly Girls
Totally Gorjuss - Summertime ( colours and you graduate in the summer)
Cuocake crafts - fave challenge going girly
Simon says - anything goes

Creative Inspiration #120 - No Flowers

Good morning hope you are all enjoying the week half way through not long to weekend now. Today is the infants sports day at the local school so I will be going to cheer on my nephew.


Well as it is Wednesday it is time for another challenge at Creative Inspiration and this week we would love to see what you come up with as long as there are NO FLOWERS yes you read correctly so put them yummy flowers away and find some other embellishments.

Our sponsor this week is Mel Jen Designs

Who is kindly giving the winner 4 images of their choice.

Now for my card I decided to try something a little different in that I thought NO Flowers lets make it Clean & Simple. I used a Digi image from Bugaboo just love these they make me smile. The sentiment is a lot of my friends down to a Tee.

Brown shades used to tie in with the Chocolate theme and of course the lady has to have nice Pink lips. Image coloured with Promarkers and and the clouds are also done with sparkly chalks. Gold candy dots and the paper is from a Christmas pad with really lovely gold stripes. Nice coffee colour satin ribbon to finish. The inside has been decorated to co ordinate.

I will be entering this into the following challenges
Bugaboo - CAS (sat)
CCEE - In Chocolate colours (thur)
Little Claire - Pink & Brown (sat)
Deep Ocean Challenge- Cards (tues)
Pollycraft - Great Out door ( clouds) (mon)
Simon says - anything goes

In2stamps New Stamps Release & Chance to win

Hi folks have you seen what IN2STAMPS are releasing well here are sneak peeps and if you go check them out there is a chance to win these. So what are you waiting for hop on over HERE

First Christmas Card

Well another card from me today decided I should start my Crimbo cards and seeing there are a few challenges doing Christmas thought it would be good to join in. Hope you like I have done a few pictures and will try to keep this post short. Hope you like
Ingredients
image Lili of Valley
DP papermania
Flowers & metal spacer from stash
Punches Martha Stewart, leaf punch sorry don't know name
Sentiment - Unknown

Challenges this fits

Christmas challenge- sketch (wed)

House that Stamps Built christma in july( wed)

Little Red Waggon christmas in july-(wed)

The paper variety - Christmas in july (wed)

Craft Us Crazy - Christmas in July (thur)

Stampin with the Dragon christmas in july (fri)

Christmas stampin all year round - metal (fri)

Word Play Weekend Challenge - Christmas (sat)

Addicted to stamps - christmas

Harry Potters Replacement

Good evening hope you all have had a fab weekend and those of you that are Harry fans are not too sad that this is his last film. Well maybe my little fellow here could be the next Harry. This is another of my birthday stamps wasn't I lucky. Of course it is a Lili of the Valley and the layout is their latest challenge. I have coloured with my promarkers and then 3d glossed. DP is K&Co Sparkly Sweet. Lots of mirri card and the Black circle is a fabric paper which has the most amazing sparkle.Sentiment is also Lili of the Valley. Black gems to finish. The stars are done with a Quickutz die. I have done the side with the same papers to coordinate.

Challenges this card fits and i will be entering are

Lili of the valley - sketch (thur)

Paper Crafting Journey- For Him (thur)

Crafty Sentiments - Child ( thur)

Wags n Whiskers - Birthday (fri)

Guylou's inimitability - Stars & Stripes (fri)

Gem of a Challenge - Lets Hear it For the Boys ( Sat)

One Stitch at a time - anything goes ( sun)

Pollycraft - stars & stripes

Crafty Catz #90 Time for a Little Vintage

Good morning gosh what happened to that week it will soon be Christmas at this rate. Well the sun is trying it's best to peep through the dark clouds hope it does have a walk to post office to do and hate the rain.

Well it being Friday means weekend is round the cornor and hope you will have some time to join us in another fab challenge. This week at Crafty Catz it is the very talented Dianne's turn to set the challenge. Well she has given me a toughie it is VINTAGE something that is not in my comfort zone but I have tried.

Our sponsor this week is I Did It Creations - Robyn Fletsh who is giving the lucky winner either 5 digi stamps or 4 digi stamps and 1 paper pack.

We where very lucky this week to be given a paper pack to play with for our creation. Image is coloured with Promarkers and is by Sarah Kaye isnt this sweet and does remind me of a vintage style. Flowers from Wild Orchid and my stash. Lace from the market. Sentiment is Lili of the Valley. Doily from Craft Fayre.

Well I hope you like my effort and will come and join us we loved all your work last week and had a great turn out so lets keep it up girls and lads if you are out there. If you need any more inspiration pop over and checkout the rest of the teams cards they are all stunning.
I will be entering this card into the following challenges
Allsort challenge - Free & Easy
Papertake weekly -Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz- All about Flowers
Crafts your passion - anything goes
Oldie but goodie - Anything goes
Hooked on Crafts - show us your flowers
Cute card Thursday - Lace

Creative Inspirations - Lets go to the Beach

Good Wednesday and that means time for another challenge at Creative Inspirations and this week it is THE BEACH. Well what does the beach mean to you so get out those stamps digi images and come play along.


This week's Challenge prize is a $15 Shopping Spree from Simon Says Stamp.

For this challenge I dug deep and found this cute Tilda sat relaxing in her rubber ring. Papers are Basic Grey & the blue is a wet look glitter card which i punched with a large M.S punch. Image coloured with promarkers. Please dont laugh at my attempt at a beach and sky. Few fibres from my stash, Gems and a charm. I decorated the inside to compliment the front.

Well hope you like my card and it has inspired you to come and play along with us. If you need some more inspiration you cant go far wrong than popping over and checking out the rest of the Team.

I am entering this into the following challenges

Bearly - Mine - anything goes

Oldie but goodie -Anything goes

Craft your passion - anything goes

The spotlight challenge- Masking ( tilda sat on her ring)

My partner in Crafting - lets hit the beach

Time to Celebrate

Wow this is my 2nd post today not something I do often. Son not too good sickness etc so making the post of being up stairs to keep an eye on. Gosh think the older they are the worse they are. Think that will teach him to eat crayfish butties on a hot sticky day instead of his mum's chicken butties.

Well 1stly sorry about picture it has gone very dull here and light is bad the colours are much brighter but then i was going for a subtle card with simple less is more.

The card is for the Lili Of The Valley challenge Celebration and as this is one of my new stamps along with the sentiment set I thought I should play.

Coloured with Promarkers and ballons 3d to stand out. Papers from a fab pack with no name sorry. Flowers done with a punch and some viva pearl for the centres . M.S punch for the boarder.

Hello Birthday Boy

Good afternoon hope you are all well my card today has a MO MANNING image on it. How saucy is this. Well it is for a good friends partners husband later on this month but really do need to get some of them done early. Bought this image ages ago but with printer problems only just now got to use it. Sentiment is 2 stamps. Paper is from my stash and is Papermania. Cuttlebuged the corners with dots. Image coloured with promarkers. Black satin ribbon finishing the card. The sketch is from Sketch N Stash.

Challenges this fits

Papertake weekly - anything goes

Polly craft - Celebrations

Sketch N Stash - sketch
Fab n Funky - Triange - corners

Stamp Something - digi

herecometheboysblogchallenge.blogspot.com/- spots & stripes (spots are the corner embossed with dots folder)

Up & Coming Release

Hi fancy a chance to win some new stamps with Tiddly Inks & Make it Crafty well pop on over and check it out HERE

Crafty Catz #89 - Colours of Summer

Well gosh another week over and weekend starts here hope it is going to be another good one. Do you have anything planned. Think mine is going to be a quiet one so hopefully lots of time to craft.
Well as it is Friday it means another challenge at CRAFTY CATZ we had alovely time hopping by your blogs looking at all the lovely cards with charms on. Hopefully we got to you all but sorry if we didnt we have all been having trouble with Mr Blogger again.
This week it is Carol's turn and she would like to see the COLOURS OF SUMMER so you can use any stamps and can combine with other challenges so a nice easy one.
Our sponsor this week is one of our regular sponsor and would like to thank them for their continued support.

Lucky winner gets to pick 3 images of their choice

We where lucky enough to be given es to play with for this challenge and I picked this cute little lad called Payton with his bucket and spade. The image has been coloured with promarkers and the papers are Making Memories. Sentiment is Lili of the valley. the blue card has been run through my big shot with a Fiskers embossing plate called Waves and then I used a M.S. punch at the bottom. Image mounted on a gold nestie. close up of image

Well hope you like my card and thanks for popping by and hope to see you over at the challenge. Dont forget to checkout the rest of the teams amazing cards
This card fits the following challenges
Moving along with the times - Here comes Summer
Sew Many Cards - Dry embossing {the waves on the blue card}
Crafts & Me - Birthday
Craft Room Challenge - Summer Birthdays

Sparkle forum - at the beach

Bee Crafty - Summer

Creative inspirations - It's Summer

Happy Wednesday and I think summer has landed for how long I wouldnt like to say.
Well Wednesday means time for another challenge at Creative Inspirations and this week the challenge is SUMMER. Yes let out your stamp and summer colours and lets see what you come up with.

This week's Prize is 3 Packs of Die-Cuts of the Winner's Choice from Crimson Cloud.


My card I have used a Penny Black stamp doesnt he look like he is really enjoying himself in the sunshine. Coloured with my promarkers and paper is Making Memories just chillin. Some raffa which reminds me of deck chairs dont ask me why but just does. lol. Happy Birthday sentiment. Added some faux stitching on the outside and that is a fairly plain card but guess one for the boys.



I will be entering this into
Bearly- mine - Summer
Penny Black - stitching
Creative inspirations - stitching

Car update

Sorry no card today enjoyed the garden and went to the local hospice fayre.

After being told my car needed work and my son drives it a lot and having nearly lost him few years ago to a accident although not road related decided would speak to garage. Nice lad been looking after my car for years and trust him. Well after conversation he said that mot they dont take wheels off and therefore would say get done asap if i could afford it. So took down to him Saturday morning and he offered to drive me back home but called at brothers for chat and ended up there few hours. Rang and he said call round nearly finished and would make me a drink while I wait. Well in the end he said if he had removed the wheel he would have failed it on the brakes too as was much worse than he thought but he had put some good discs on for me. Back will need doing later in the year when i service my car. Oh well another £160 paid to him so he is £250 richer this weekend but I have peace of mind.

Hospital appointment tomorrow to chat about another operation so hopefully I will get a card done for you Tuesday. Hope you have all had a fab day the sun was soo hot here.

Thanks for popping by.

Crafty Catz #88 - Add a Charm

Morning Peeps sun is shinning here in Manchester and son is holiday so guess busy day for me. Car failed Mot but got fixed but told brake pads and discs will need changing very soon pads about 3 months and discs in the next 6-9 months but would have thought if pads need changing best to do discs at same time. OMG what the bill going to be.
Anyway as i say the sun is shinning and it is a good day. Today is Friday weekend starts tonight and so hopefully you will have time to join us in another challenge at CRAFTY CATZ this week is the lovely Linda's turn . Linda would like you to dig out your charms note to self must use these more often.

Our sponsor this week is Sassy Studio Designs.

Sassy Studio Designs is a fresh new company. We have been designing and selling for a year now, and we have been kindly received into the community of digi stampers and crafters. I started designing images shortly after I started stamping, reason being . . . I didn't hardly like anything else out there I was a young adult woman at the time I was engaged, had no kids, I wanted sexy images that I would enjoy using and my friends and hubby would enjoy receiving. I designed images for 2 other digi stamp companies when my wonderful hubby kept trying to get me to go out on my own. So in June 2009 thanks to the few faithful followers I had, Sassy Studio Designs was born! It has been a wonderful journey starting my own store. We have just grown so much these past months I still try to keep with my original philosophy and reason for designing stamps, make them fun and keep them sassy . . . and yes sometimes even sexy!
Lindsay

We where kindly given some images to play with and I picked this fab one of a me in the bath ( I wish). I coloured with my promarkers added some string with dashes of colours to tie into the colours. Papers are from a pad I got at a garden centre such good value and double sideded. Charm from stash just had to be the old makeup bag to go with this. Lots of mirri card for reflection as we girls like our mirrors. Touch of 3d gloss to make the bubles raised hope you can see in one of the pictures. Well think thats it for the discription fairly plain card for this no flowers dont want them getting wet in the bath.










challenges
CCEE Stampers - Pink
Dutch Dare - Clean & Simple
Moving along with the times - Clean & simple
Digital Tuesday - icecream colour ( raspberry ripple)
Everybodys art challenge - anything goes
Make it monday - anything goes