Crafty Catz#43 - Material Girl

Good afternoon hope all is well your end and at least the weather is dry here although be it a little dull. When I have finished this I am off to cut the grass with a little help from my son as i am not up to lifting heavy mowers yet but getting there.

Well being Friday means another challenge for from the girls at Crafty Catz and it is Lindseys turn and she has come up with this fab challenge MATERIAL. Yes she would like to see some material on your cards projects. Well at first i though grr don't own a sewing machine so how do i fix it then starting thinking of what i use on a daily basis in my card making that is material. Well yes ribbon, lace and i remembered i had some felt flowers and silk flowers so plenty for you all to get going there but don't stop there have a dig round and see if you can find something around the house maybe re cycle.

This week we are sponsored by

Robyns Fetish who is kindly giving the winner 4 digi images

We where lucky enough to be given a few images to play with so thanks Robyn I really enjoyed playing with these. I picked this and coloured with my trustee Promarkers , added ribbon and 2 columns of lace and some Stampin Up felt flowers for the materials. The layout is from Everybodies art challenge. Added a few buttons from the papermania range.

Well I hope this has wet ted your appetite and we hope you will come and join us another challenge. We had a wonderful time hopping by last week to see what you came up with some come on dig out those pieces of material and get working we are ready to come on over to have a look.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges as it fits their themes.

Everybodies art challenge- sketch

Fab & funky - Buttons and bows

Creative inspirations Monday challenge- anything goes.

Paper Pieced Prince Edward Island

Good evening i paperp pieced this image while sat in bed the other day and only just realised it had to be in for this evening so have quickly made into a card hope i have completed it in time but if not then hope you like it.
The image is Mo's brilliant drawing she reminds me of anne of green gables so coloured her with a reddish hair. Papers are mixture mostly minds eye from my stash. Flowers from a local garden centre. Sketch is Friday sketcher.

I am entering this in the following cahallenges

Mo's digital- paper piecing

Friday Sketcher - sketch

Stamp something - something flowery ( embellishments and the paper to make the dress)

Creative Inspiration#71 does Animals

Hello it is me and Wednesday here again so it is time for another challenge at Creative Inspirations, but before that I would like to say sorry for being a bad blogger and not coming to visit. I have had a bit of a relapse in my colitis so have been busy running backwards and forwards and have spent alot of time in bed. But enough of that i think i managed to get my DT duties last night fairly up to date.

This week at Creative Inspirations we have a fab challenge for you we would like to see cards or projects with Animals on so get all those cute stamps or pictures out if you crop. Maybe you are into ATC whatever we would love to see them. The team have put together some amazing samples for you all to gaze on and hopefully inspire you so pop on over and have a look. Talking of the team our sponsor this week is our own Stephanne who is giving this fab stamp to this weeks challenge winner.


Now onto my card I have used a Penny Black and made my 1st Christmas card. Papers and embellishments are all from my stash left over from last year. I have so much Christmas papers that I am sure there is enough for this year too but I bet I buy more.I used gold holographic miri board to mount it onto and gold satin for the top corner. Image coloured with my promarkers. Hope you like and please pop by the teams blogs they have some amazing cards to share with you all.

I am entering this into the following challenges.

Simple doodles - Sketch

Penny Black - Christmas in July

Thanks for popping by and please call back soon.

Cards for Grandma & Grandad by Jake

These are the cards my 8 year old nephew has made for his grandparents who he is going to stay with for a few days. Both cards are sugar nellie images. He coloured them with my promarkers GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR not getting his hands on them often. Papers are from my stash and he picked and stuck them down with glue so he could move them around to get them in line. All work was done by jake only thing he didnt do was cut the papers not allowed to use my cutter for safety.

Think he did a good job with the colouring i just told him to do darker colours at the edges and lines on hair and to go over with the lighter colour.

He want to

enter this into a challenge so We are entering this into Papertake weekly - Anything goes as long as it is cute. Well he thinks they are and i know his grandparents will

Delish Candy

Hi pop over to Bev's she has some amazing candy for you be quick.

Crafty Catz #42-Summer Time

Well Friday here again and gosh that week went quickly that is 1 down 5 to go before the kids are back to school.

Well it being Friday it is time for another challenge over at CRAFTY CATZ and it is the lovely Dianne's turn to pick and she has choosen this lovely theme Summer Time. Now what does summer mean to you, holidays , relaxation, bright colours well we can wait to see what you come up with. We had another fab turn out and you all seem to love our challenge Anything But A Card.

Our sponsor this week is SEW MANY CARD who is kindly giving the winner pick of any 5 images

The team has done an amazing job again and dont forget to pop over and check them out and while you are there check out who won late weeks.

Well onto my card. I have used a digi image from Di's digis called back in ten. lol. Well i just wish i could be like him he looks soo relaxed. Coloured with my promarkers and papers are laura ashley and papermania. Papermania sentiment onto a small tag i made and a gold gem brad attaching it. Made this for a friend partner for his birthday.

I am entering this card into the following challenges
Allsorts - Summer Days
Sketch & stash - there layout
Digital Tuesday - Birthday
Sir Stampalot - Lazy Hazy Days

Mo's Little One

Made this for my great nephew and forgot to share with you . Isnt this a great image for a baby and you it brings back memories of mine at that age. I coloured it in Promarkers and added touches of 3d gloss for the train. All papers are from my stash and i think are Papermania gosh they have been there ages. Sentiment is also papermania . 3 card candy coloured with promarkers to co ordinate.

I am entering this in One Stop Saturday challenge with the colour them of

Pink, Blue, Green & a touch of Red.

Dont forget to come back tomorrow for another challenge at Crafty Catz and have you checked out the challenge over at Creative Inspirations. Links to both blogs can be found on my side bar

A Sympathy Card

Hi just wanted to share with you this card I made for my cousin who's Mum died on Saturday. I wont be able to attend the funeral as it is in Scotland and I need to have my nephews for my brother tomorrow. I will be there in spirit. The image is from a download from Pink Petticoat which I had an email from them that day. Don't do Sympathy Card find them so hard.

Thanks for looking

The sugar Bowl -Challenge 39- Pen Pal

Gosh another post today can you tell it is school holidays and i have a little time today to myself.

Well I havent done many of The Sugar Bowl challenges which i need to slap my hands for as there blog and prizes are just amazing. So I made it my aim this week to do this one. Well here it is and hope you like.
The layout was provided by the lovely Lilian and the extra challnge was to use blue somewhere. Well here it is. I used one of my old faves Pen Pal really need to look into my old stamps and get some of the classics out more often. Papers are K&co . Flowers are from Hobby craft and my friend Janette. Stones are papermania.

Well hope this fits the bill and you like it. Off to get some dinner bye for now. and dont forget to call back Friday for another challenge at Crafty Catz

Creative Inspiration #60 - Colour Theme

Well gosh Wednesday is here again how time is flying will be Christmas soon have you started your cards yet. I have bought a image but not done any yet.
Well enough you want to know what the colour theme is at Creative Inspirations this week.

CHOCOLATE & MINT

Yes yummy colours and you can make anything as long as you use these colours only ( you can use skin colours and hair colours)

Our Sponsor this week is Crafty Ribbons who will be giving the winner a selection of ribbons and I dont know about you but I love ribbons.

Also do you fancy being our Guest Design Memeber for August

Well this week I have used one of my new stamps from Lili of the Valley which I got for my birthday off one of my Special Friends. I have coloured it with my promarkers and even the boarder i coloured with them to get it to match. Papers are all from my stash. Embellishments and sentiment are from a candy win and are epoxy die cuts. I have distress the image and papers slightly and shaded the image edges. The layout is from Lili of the Valley challenge.

Well I hope you like my card and i hope to see you over at the blog where you can checkout the rest of the teams amazing cards and checkout our new team member. Now if you entered last week are you are our winner better go and check. Thanks for popping by and dont forget to call back soon.

The following list are the challenges this card fits.

Lili of the valley- sketch

Papertake - anything goes as long as cute

Passion for Promarkers- Distressing

Totally Gorjuss- Thinking of you

1st Birthday Card-Lion

This week was my great nephews 1st birthday and wow how time has flown only seems like yesterday i was making a nappy cake for him. I made this card for my brother to give him. Isnt this image cute it was a freebie from Meljen Designs to there 300 followers. I have coloured with my promarkers added some card candy which i coloured. Papers are from papermania. Sentiment was a peel off.

close up of image

I am entering this into
Passion for promarkers - animals
Stamp something- go digital
Thanks for popping by and come back soon have a few more to share with you very soon and dont forget Creative Inspirations challenge you have till tuesday evening to play(lets get physcial-sports)

Crafty Catz #41- Anything but a card

Well hello hope it has stopped raining where you are and also the wind has now let us with a breeze. Well I did say I would be back with something completely different well here goes.



This week the theme is anything but a card. Well my mind went completely blank and with the kids finishing school this week has been a busy busy one. So my sample for this week is thanks to my nephews great idea and i must say he did help a little counting the beads out. You say beads well yes beads. Hama beads. He loves these and i remembered I had a pirate one in the loft unopened so for the last 2 days we have been playing and this is the result.


But before I show you them I would like to say that our sponsor this week is

Lilac Lemon Designs

who will be giving the winner 2 fab stamps from their range not including the A5 sheets

Well I hope you like them they are now hanging from his bedroom wall and maybe this is a challenge you could get the kids involved in with you as i did. Please come join us this week and dont forget to pop over to the site to see what the rest of the Dt's have made it is well worth the trip I promise

Challenge among friends- tilda wedding couple

Good evening well I thought I had best post this as I was the first to finish but last to post. On Tuesday Christine (aka tillytrotter) and myself went to see Jules and we set a challenge between ourselves.
To use a MS punch round the page my new ones and jules heart sentiment stamp. We could add anything else but had to include these 2 things.
Well as I had just got his stamp from Simon Says in Bevs giveaway on a Saturday thought it was the perfect image. The base paper is one i hve had for I think as long as i have been crafting and has small hearts on. The other is from the papermania capulse collection. Coloured the image and heart with my promarkers. 2 pearl hearts attached. I have also done the inside with the same papers and punch.
Sorry so many pictures but had to share.

Inside

Close up of image


close up of heart

Please pop back tomorrow and see what we have install for you at Crafty Catz. Believe you me I have something completely different. lol

Well I hope you like this and it also fits the following challenges.
Allsorts challenge blog- hearts- july love

Stampavie & more- anything goes

Creative Inspirations - old unused stuff- Designer paper with small hearts

Creative Inspirations#69 - Let's get physical

Well good morning gosh we are half way through the week so it is time for another challenge at Creative Inspirations. Now hope the title didnt get you too excited but we would like you to make a card with a sports theme. So this could be for a male or even female as I have done. There are lots of football cards out there at the moment with the world cup finishing and the tennis. But must say our house always watched The Tour de France so I picked this image i was sent a while back. But firstly let me say a big thank you to all that entered last week we had some amazing cards . So pop on over and see who won.
This week we are being sponsored by one of our team members Stephanne please pop on over and share some love. She has donated this wonderful stamp just wish i could enter.

Well onto my card as i said the image is from a friend and sorry cant remeber the name but she said that she didnt think they made them anymore what a pitty. I coloured the image with my promarkers and added a computer generated sentiment. Would you cycle 10k for a craft sale. Layout is from Friday sketchers. Paper is from the papermania collection lilac capsule. Ribbon and gems are also papermania.

Well I hope you like my card and have given you a chuckle think this is Tilly, Jules and Me on our way to the Leigh Craft show in October. Lol.

Hope you will all come and join us as we would love to come and visit it.

I am entering this into the following challenge

Friday Sketchers- layout
Stamp something - 1 ribbon. 1 designer paper and 1 image

Crafty Catz #40- time for a sketch

Good morning hope you are all well I am scheduling this as i will be stood on the sideline of a sports field shouting my nephew on. It is his 1st sports day so it should be fun. Just hope the weather is being kind to us.
Well it is Friday and that means another challenge over at Crafty Catz. We had another fab turn out this week looks like you all enjoyed the distressing. Well this week it is Trish who has set the challenge and she has come up with this fab sketch. It is her 1 st sketch and what a brilliant job she has done.
Our sponsor his week is Ruth at A Passion for card and Ruth is generously giving the winner 4 of her digi images. Also she is our guest Dt for this week so pop on over and see what a fab job she has made.
My card I have use a image from Di's digi and the card is a birthday card for a friends Mum who was 96 on Wednesday and gosh she doesnt look 70. Coloured with my promarkers and a lovely big satin bow. Papers are My minds eye. Added a small brad to hold the cornors down for the gold peel offs. Flowers are a punch and a few pearls.
Well I hope you like my card and pop on over to the blog and checkout the rest of the DT's work and how they have used the sketch.

This card also fits the following challenge

Paper play challenges- A number on your card

Morning some good new

morning regular people of my blog will remeber a while back I asked for votes to help my nephew in a competition to win a recording deal well we now have the results. The winner is Missing Link and yes we did it . Well I guess it was Ethan and his mates that did it. Here is the link to the competition

http://www.samsung.com/uk/mobilelive/monte/judge-for-yourself.html#manchesteranchor
so go check it out if you fancy a listern.
Thanks to all that voted

Creative Inspirations Wednesday Blog #68- On The Move

Good Morning hope you are all well and ready for another challenge from Creative Inspirations. We have a great challenge for you this week and cant wait to see how you interpreter this. I would immediately pop over and see what the Team have come up with lots of different ideas for you to get your inspiration from. We also have a New Guest Designer this week so hope you will show her some love.
Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp who is offering a $10 shopping Spree if you haven't checked out their shop click on the blinkie and it will take you there.

My card this week has one of MO's fab images which I think is perfect for many occasions but have used as a moving house type card. This so reminds me of my late sister who did this with her toys when she wasn't getting her own way only to get to the bottom of the street to turn round and come back. lol. Image is coloured with my promarkers and have used some distressing ink round the image. Papermania gems 2 ribbons brown and pale blue. Papers are from a pad I bought many moons ago but cant remember the name. It has lots of old postcards and pictures in. This sheet has lots of postmarks on it to reflect the moving address. Layout is from Everybody art challenge

Challenges this fit are
Everybody art challenge- layout
Mo's digital - use fabric ( ribbons)
Passion for promarkers- make us laugh
Time to craft - Angelic - image

Well I hope you like my card and hope to see you at the challenge as we love to come and leave you some comments. Thanks for popping by and dont forget to come see what Crafty Catz has for you on Friday.

Oh Wow I won

Just a quick post hope you all had a wonderful weekend. The wind was really quite strong near me but not too much rain and a good weekend. Did you watch the tennis bit of a forgone conclusion really.
Well late last night i got a email from Natalie telling me to check Bev's blog as my computer was off. Well I enter Bev's candy each week not expecting but hoping to win as you do. Well you guessed it I WON. So thanks Bev for running it and if you fancy your chances click the lick on my side bar it is the siomon says one. Off to email Bev.
Dont for get to come back Wednesday to check out what we have install for you at Creative Inspirations it is a good one.

Crafty Catz Challenge 39 - Distressing

Well it is Friday so that means time for another challenge over at Crafty Catz and wow did we have a great turn out last week 163 entries. It looks like you all like Digi images as much as me and I didnt realise how many use them.

Well it is Suzies turn to set the challenge as she has picked Distressing. Well I am never too sure about this but as they say practise make perfect. Well I cant say mine is perfect and i would say I need lots more practise but did enjoy it. I use papermania papers from my stash and the panel at the side is embossed with a cuttlebug folder dots. A large lace bow from my stash. Flowers I made from scraps punched and tiny papermania brads as centres. The cute image is Sweet Dreams by Penny Johnson and is coloured with distress inks and has sukera gel pens for the stars. The stamp came from my fellow team mate Lindsey in a little candy she ran. So thanks Lindsey I love it.

Our sponsor this week is Di's Digital Downloads who is kindly donating 5 yes 5 images of your choice.

I am entering this into the following challenges

Allsorts challenge blog - Embossing ( brown panel at the side of the image)

One stop challenge- Pink & Brown
Well I hope you like my card and please pop over to the challenge blog and check the rest of the teams amazing sample for your inspirations. Then go make your card for us to come see. Have fun and thanks for popping by.

Totally paper crafts - One for the Girls

Stampavie challenges- Dots ( brown behind the image cuttlebuged and dots on paper)

Happy Birthday Naomi

Hi hope you had a lovely day mine has been very mixed. Some happy and some sad news. A fellow blogger posted on docrafts today that her son had died which has left me in shock. So Jennie I will be thinking of you. But on to happy things I made this card for another friend which i met on docrafts know to most as Mad Moose ( click on name and wish her a happy birthday) Received this image in a Rak and immediately thought of her so saved for her birthday. Reason being she does a lot of cross stitch and I was lucky enough to now me the proud owner of one of her creations.
I have coloured the image with my promarkers and used this paper which while rummaging through my papers for something that had some stitch like theme on. Sorry don't know where it is from as I think it actually came from Jennnie. Used some zig zag ribbon and some fibres for texture and cute the panel with my pinking scissors. Few buttons and a small stamped sentiment to finish. Naomi has received this as it is her birthday today and she said that it did remind her of herself so think i succeeded in my aim.

I am entering this card into the following challenges.

Stamp with fun - birthdays

Every-body-art challenge - birthdays

Passion for promarkers- think of numbers ( see numbers on the card- Tape measure)

My Time to craft- zig zags

Well I hope you like my card and please call back tomorrow morning as we have a fab challenge at Crafty Catz by Suzie. Thank you all that joined us this week we have certainly enjoyed hopping over to all your blogs

Challenge 67 Time for a Sketch

Well good morning gosh half way through the week already. Well wednesday means time for another challenge at Creative Inspirations. Well hope you like sketches as much as I do and our Natalie does some really fab ones. So we would like you to make a card using Natalies sketch. This can be for any occassion and you can flip it if you like. We just need to see the original sketch on your card.

Our sponsor this week is Mel jen Designs and they have kindly donated 4 images for the winner. Not sure if you are familar with their images but if not you really need go pay them a visit because they are just the cutest.

We where lucky enough to have been given some images to play with this week for the challenge and I picked " A Girl & her Kitty". I have coloured this with my Promarkers then added 3d gloss over the top. Papers are Papermania and the centre panel I got with a mag as a freebie. Satin Ribbon from a friend in a Rak. Tiny buttons from Papermania and flowers from my stash. Nestie has been edges with Distress Inks.

Well I hope you like my card and what I have done with Natalies sketch and if you need more inspiration please go check out the very talented ladies on our team and if you have time please go say hi they would love to come and visit you.

Close up of the image.

Close up of the flowers

I am entering this card into the following challenges as it fits the themes.

Bee Crafty - Pink & Girlie ( pink papers, flowers and girls top)

Corrosive Challenge - Flowers, Flowers

A Spoon Full of Sugar- Animals on