Creative Inspiration Challenge 16 Gems & Pearls - Whiff of Joy

Morning well this week has gone quick not had much time for crafting still sorting my insurance from my kitchen fire. Seems like for like isn't what it says. Strange things these insurance companies.
Well enough of my worries and this week's challenge over at Creative Inspirations is Pearls and Gems. Well i always think of weddings with Pearls & gems and as a kind friend sent me this stunning image from the new Whiff of Joy Collection just had to play. I am also entering this in the A Spoon full of Sugar challenge - Hearts. I have used pearl hearts on the flowers in the shape of hearts and the pin has a pale green pearl heart.
Papers are K & Co with the Happy Ever After from Kimmi, thanks. The Pins and gems are from my Stampin Up candy win been waiting for a card to use them. Flowers are from my stash The veil has iridescent glitter on which the camera didn't pick up too well but if you click on the picture it should enlarge for you to see. The bride has 3d gloss on her to finish. Hope you like i really enjoyed doing this.






Well what you waiting for hope this has wetted your appetite and can't wait to see what you come up so if you don't have a blog you can email your entries into us the link is on the blog. Also we have a fab prize from Degital Delights and also we have Our New Guest Designer Memeber for July Tanya. She has made a stunning card.
Hope you will all join us as we love to come and visit you.

Couple of thank you cards

Well been trying to catch up on a few thank you cards for friends.
I have used a stamp from Pollycraft for my 1st one she is so cute and some papers from my stash. Trying to use some oddments up as i have quite a few large pieces. Coloured with my Promarkers trying some new colours i got not 100% sure i have mastered the darker colours but practise makes perfect.


The next is from Sugar nellie decided to do a little paperpiecing really enjoyed doing this and have made several layers for the dress. used my new punch i got from my lovely friend janette. Coloured with my watercolour pencils and added a flower made from 3 different colours to match the colours of the papers



Lastly is another Sugar Nellie stamp i have yet to get but is on my wish list. My friend christinekindly stamped me a few so lovely colouring this. Yet again used my Promarkers some paper from my stash and the sentiment is from love notes from polly craft designs.

Penny Black Summer card

Well the theme for this weeks challenge over at A Spoon Full of Sugar is a summer project/card. Well I had this image sat looking at me so i thought what better to depict summer and with the heat we have been having we all need a little shade. Have use some nice cooling blue cools to reflect the shade hedgie is trying to get from the flower and used a summer stamp i picked up for 50p at a craft fair.The buttons have little blue bees on but sadly picture not too great. Sorry!

Fairy Anya

I have made this for a friend got the image off as part of my birthday present from a docraft member in a card. Just love it and was a dream to colour. I have used my Promarkers and have glitter the wings. The layout is from a sketch over Papertake so am entering it in their challenge. Wow hope i have just managed the deadline.

Something for your unmounted stamps

Made this for a friend for her birthday wasnt sure what she had but thought that something to hold those unmounted stamps and clear one.

I used a Cd Case that has quite a wide spine to enable you to hold a few and take the thickness. Used some paper from my stash and coloured tilda from the winter collection with my promarkers.

Creative Inspirations - Challenge No15 Masking

Morning sorry been away and bad blogger had sight accident at home set fire to cooker but insurance company onto it and no one hurt.

Well now i have apoligised for not being here onto this weeks challenge and here is my DT Card for Creative Inspirations( wow i do love saying that) Masking if you havent done it before have ago there is a link to a tutorial on the blog and it is very easy honest. Congratulations to Tanya for her brillient receipe book.
I have used Tilda and the Bee hive from my spring collection (summer being shipped as we speak)
Used Yellow and Black theme of card matted and layered with co ordinated ribbon and paper flower. Leaves are from a woodware punch. Sentiment is from Funky Kits in a lucky bag and think it is perfect for this. Punched a small black flower for centre.



I am also entering this in a docrafts tilda challenge theme yellow and black.

WOW GREAT NEWS

Wow have been asked by Natalie and the team over at CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS to join them. So just had to share hope you will all join us on our weekly challenge. You can find us at http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/ where the challenge is set lunch time wednesday.

Today Anything But A Card and more

Sorry not been about much this week been busy doing family things and setting fire to my kitchen. At least no one was hurt and not too much damage i think.

Well this week over on CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS the theme is "Anything but a card". Now that give us all massive scope to do lots of girlie things and let our creative juices flow. So I hope you will all join us. So what you waiting for go get over there and check out the brief and what on offer this week on the blog. Also I have decided to enter this in the JUST MAGNOLIA Monthly challenge to alter a container. Hope a CD Case is ok.

I decided to have a look round and use something i could alter. So found this old CD case emptied the inside and decorated the front with some nice papers and coloured a tilda sat down. Got a postit pad cut it down slightly and stuck to front. Raided the kids pencil box for a small pencil and hey presto you have a postit stand for my desk. This can stand or lay flat and the inside can hold spare notes or follow up notes.
Hope you like. Now what you waiting for go and get busy and let us all see what you can come up with. I know a covered bakebean tin makes a great penholder.


Another example that you could do is

I made this for my friend julie's birthday to go with some stamps i got her. It is a Pad from the Papermill which you can stamp images in. I decorated the front and filled it with mostly Miss Anyas to match the front. I made a matching card but silly me didnt take a picture. Got these lovely stamps from a very good friend avril for my birthday so just had to play.
Well have i got your creative juices going yet. Hope so cant wait to see what you come up with.

Miss Anya Trifold Wallet

Wow do love these new Miss Anyas. Got both sets from a dear friend Avril Queen B over on docrafts for my birthday and wanted to do something for her as a thank you. So decided i would make a wallet and put some nice images in for her to play with as she is just starting to watercolour. So as she sent me the Miss Anyas what better than to use these.Decised to go with the new set with the sunshine one and when you open i choose the one with the umberella. I was thinking of the saying i read somewhere but couldnt remeber the exact words. Come rain or shine you are a friend of mine. Well it is something like that. Basic grey papers and papermaina ribbon which ties to hold together. I did a double fold as a spine to hold the images due to the thickness bit like a book.

Paper Piecing

Well hello it is wednesday again and my 3rd project for my Guest Design spot over at Creative Inspirations. This week we would like you all to join in and make something using the theme of Paper Piecing. I am also entering this in this weeks Just Magnolia as their finishes tomorrow and the theme is paper piecing so how lucky was that.


I have use Tilda from the spring collection and papers are papermania and oddments for her dress ( paper pieced). The spotted lace on the dress is the back of an evelope. waste not want not. Lol. Cuttlebossed the pink strip with dots. Added a few gems and a handmade flower and leaves are from a punch made by woodware. Sorry not sure the make of the small punch. The cake is a freebie stamp on a mag which i have paper pieced too. Touch of glitter as it is a girls best friend

PC Crafter Elephants Walking

This week at the Manchester meet the theme was elephants and as i dont have much found this download on mycomputer that i got from PC Crafter a while ago. Papers are from my stash and i printed the image twice and layered it.

Elephants 2 challenges in one

I am entering this into the Spoon full of sugar challenge and the theme is to have butterflies somewhere. Also this was Sharons challenge at the Manchester Meet at Warrington.
Image was kindly donated and sharon provided the card blank folded and also the acetate. We had to use 3 - 5 brads some ribbon and a sentiment. The Butterflies are Brads and are on the acetate some looks like they are flying. Sorry picture not too good.

New Whiff of Joy Release _ Womens Delight

Wow just been blog hopping and have you seen the new stamps they are on general sale midnight 14th june. If you are looking for a stamp for the expectant mum and wedding a new mum then you wont beable to resist. So pop on over and grab yourself a truely amazing stamp. Click on the picture on my side bar and it will send you to the site nothing easier than that. Also over at Katharins's they are doing fab candy for 2 lucky people to winn these amazing stamps what you doing get on over there and join in.

Look what i have got 3 awards

Received this from Dazie Lovely blog with some fab cards so pop and and check it out. I have to pick 15 people which with the following award i am going to find it hard so please forgive me if i dont award to enough.

Just received this fab award from Dianne and Crafty Dawn thank you both really appreciate it. If you havent been to their blogs pop over now they are really great blogs and Lovely talented people and we chat most days and they have been very supportive to me.

Well here goes
Kay for her help in setting me up.
Janette for just being there when ever i need an ear
Alex for just being such a wonderful person and so talented
Jennie for being so generous
Kimmi for her support
Natalie for her encouragement
Anne for just being there and making such fab cards
Minah for her help and encouragement
Kathleen for her continued support
Scrappy Gill for being gill and talented
Dianne for being a fab talented kind friendi know you are supposed to give them back but well i couldnt think of better people to give to
Dawn for the same reason as dianne
Trish for her support on docrafts
Jackie for her continued support

Also like to give to all my friends and followers would love to list you all but fingers have gone dead. lol

Mikey Birthday Card 2nd Guest Designer Spot on Creative inspirations

Good morning all today is my 2nd card for my Guest Designer Team Memeber over at Creative Inspirations and the theme this week is 4 different papers on your project.
The prize this week is from Crafty Ribbons


Had to do my nephew a card so thought this image from Dotties World Mikey was just perfect.
Papers are Papermania, Basic Grey Boxer and the strip is a piece of handmade paper from my stash.
Buttons are from my button box.




Thanks for looking and hope to see you all posting your challenge entries.

Tilda Country side.

Over on Docrafts we have a Tilda weekly challenge and this is this weeks. Well this is my challenge card set by my friend Jules.

Country side, flowers, buttons. Hope this fits the bill and is coloured with my new promarkers still got along way to go and need more colours too. Papers are a mixture of dovecraft and basic grey. Buttons have little bees on. Image is from the spring collection.

ABC Docraft Challenge - X

This week is X but it is oriental

`XIAN` city of central china. It`s not as hard as you think because it is to do with china i am going for a `ORIENTAL` theme,so come and join me and you have two weeks and when you have done your card,just let me know on this post so that we all can see your wonderful creations.

So this is my entry. Thanks Kozmik for the gems just the right shade too.

Last Day for my 1st week on my guest spot 3 to go

Well last day for this weeks challenge over at Creative Inspirations where the challenge is something hidden. Have enjoyed doing my 1st challenge and cant wait for you to see my next and hope you will join us. If you have already done yours you still have time. Hope to see you there.

Just wanted to share

This is a picture of my sons birthday card he made me. Say he is rubbish at cards but i think he did good. Mind you he has been warned not to use too much of my stash but he picked everything and coloured and choose the layout so only thing i did was thread his ribbon but he stuck it down didnt see it till it was finished.

Quick post as today is my birthday

Well had a fab weekend son came home but has now gone back. Went to the pictures to see Angels and Demons and then chris made my tea love his chinsse and had a large glass of wine. Dont normally drink but well special treat. Sunday got up and opened my post which came over the last few days. Brother and 2 nephews called with my present 3 sets of promarkers so i am well pleased. Got some money so will be getting some tildas.
Below is a picture of all my cards and presents from my buddies over on Docrafts they really do know how to make a preson feel special.
Thanks to everyone that sent cards and emails with good wishes for my birthday.

Great News

Well have to share my son has just come home on a very short visit didnt expect to see him for at least another month. He phone yesterday and said would i like a visitor for the weekend as it is my birthday on sunday. Lol. He even paid for his own train ticket. So if i am missing this weekend thats why.
Take care all and C U soon.

Penny Black docrafts challenge

Over on the Docrafts forum there is a Penny Black Challenge every week and this week it is Football yes thats right now it isnt actually the game the colours of your team. Well it had to be Manchester United being a Salford Girl didnt it.
All items are oddments from my stash so hope you like. Did use my new nesties how did i manage before we had these. lol.

Nephew s Mikey Birthday Card

Asked to make a birthday card for my nephew with about an hours notice so having just got this i decided it would be great as he is 19.
Image is from Dotties world and the rest from my stash. Hope he likes it. I have entered this into the One Stop Craft challenge which lets hear it for the boys.

Fairy Doodle Slider Card - GDT Creative Inspirations

Well hello everyone it is Wednesday and my start as Guest Design Team Member for June over at Creative Inspiration well I am well excited and hope i do them proud. I am also entering this into the Truely Scruptious challenge Brief for this being more than 1 fold.

This week on Creative inspiration we have been given the brief of something hidden. I have chosen a Slider card which I must say looks harder than it was.
Love these little stamps from Fairy Doodle and the images are from 2 sets "Sent with Love" and "Just for You".
Paper is from CCSR used the Black to match in with the characters.
Images are watercoloured and then 3d glossed. Wings have glitter on not too sure if this comes across in the picture and base card had to be yellow.

Do hope you will all join us with this brillient challenge would love to see what you all come up with.






Thanks for looking and call back soon.

New Background

Well fingers crossed Summer is here so I have changed my background to reflected this. Hope you like, gone are the dark colours of winner. Please let me know which you like the best.
Thanks