Creative Inspirations DT Card - Anything Goes +

Good Morning!
This week's challenge is Anything Goes + An Option of Angels!

The option of a theme is for those of you who still like to have a little bit of a theme to play along with! But remeber this is not compulsary

This week's prize is from  ROBYN'S FETISH DIGITAL STAMPS which is 
5 IMAGES OF THE WINNERS CHOICE!

The Winner will also get the extra prize of being our 

GUEST DESIGNER FOR MARCH!

So that's 2 prizes for 1 lucky person!!!

So onto my card I used 2 imagesfrom our sponsor and merged them as they come in PNG files which makes life really easy in word.

I have coloured the images with my promarkers andadded some glitter on the wings. The die cut butterfly and flower is foam and is glittered with pearls from Mei flower crafts. The memory box die cut came from a friend which i have coloured with distressed inks. Ribbon to finish off is from Crafty Ribbons one of there bargins.( I actually won on there challenge last week so will be having a little spend again.) The Dp is K & Co

Ok now you have seen my little card I hope you liked it and please leave me a comment if you have time would love to read them. It is your turn and with anything goes we are expecting a lot of entries so we will do our best to get round to you all. Dont forget to checkout the rest of the teams creations they are really stunning and lots of inspirations.

I will be back later with another DT card for you. Till then thanks for popping by. Off to the swimming baths with my nephew for his lesson.

Challenges are

Allsorts - Things with wings
Sketch Saturday - layout
One stitch at a time - make it girlie
Craft your passion - glitter

Bingo Time at Crafty Catz with the stamp fairy & Mei flower

Hi folks have you had a lovely week gosh it went quick children back to school monday so the roads will be busy again. I cant believe how quiet they are when the schools close.
Well this week it is the lovely talented Naomi's turn to pick the theme at Crafty Catz and she has gone for Bingo so checkout the grid and pick a line and grab your crafty stash and have fun.

We have two lovely sponsors this week; Mei Flower Craft and The Stamp Fairy.

£20 Voucher

Image coloured with promarkers, Ribbon from Stash just love this wide satin ribbon. Cuttlebug Dots & Spots embossing folder with lace from stash, Pearls from Mei flower, button is a dpapermania, Die cut image base, D from Bunny Zoes, Glitter no the balloons. Well I think I actually included every square except the Kraft.

Now it is over to you we cant wait to see you over at the blog and have a good weekend.

Challenges

Christmas in February at Craft

Good morning well it is that time of month again when the Dt at Craft celebrate Christmas so we are looking for lots of Christmas Creations this week.  I have just found out that I won T crafty Ribbons for my ast weeks challenge Mask/ Masking.
So onto this weeks challenge and our sponsors for this challenge are

Sponsor 1: Bugaboo Stamps

The prize for winner 1 is 7 digis of choice

 

 

Sponsor 2: Floppy Latte Designs

The prize for winner 2 is a $6.00 USD Gift Coupon for their shop.

Sponsor 3: Pattie's Creations

The prize for winner 3 is 3 of their images of choice.

Sponsor 4: DigiDarla

The prize for winner 1 is 4 free digistamps from their shop of choice.

Again we where allowed to play with some images from our fab sponsors and i picked this fab image from Bugaboo I just love there images. I kept it CAS to show case the image  just adding some ribbon & Gems. I have added 3d gloss to the glasses and her glasses not too sure if you can see this on the picture.

If you are anything like me I find Christmas a real rush to make my cards so with our monthly challenge i will have at least 12 made and hope you will join us and start your cards or add to the ones you have already made. So dont forget to hop over to the challenge blog  for more inspirations and linky up your creation and one of us will be over to take a peep and leave some love.

Thanks for popping by and i will be back shortly with my Crafty Catz Dt card. Did you enter the GDT if so check the blog at 9am for the announcement .

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges
MayzArt Challenge - anything goes
Pause Dream enjoy - mainly red
Tuesday throw down - anything goes
Lady anne challenge - anything goes

Sketchie Time at Creative Inspirations

Hi Happy Wednesday hump day as they call it well the children are off school here so lots of noise and laughter in our street with all the snow we have had.
Well this week at Creative inspirations we have one of Nats famous sketchs to play with.

Our sponsor for this challenge is

Now onto my card I have used one of Mo's fab christmas images coloured with my promarkers.

DP is from my stash from way back. Ribbon from Crafty Ribbons, Flowers coloured slightly with distressed inks from Wild orchid, gems from Mia flower and i have distressed to edges of the card and paper. Button from a local market, lace from Abakan.
Well do hope you will find time to come and play along with us this week dont forget to checkout the rest of the teams creations for inspiration.
Thanks for popping by and i will be back tomorrow.
Challenges this card fits are

Clare Curd Crafts giveaway

Hi Have you seen Clare has opened her new shop and wow to celebrate look what she is giving away. Follow the instructions on the blog to be entered in the draw to win. HERE

Crafty Catz /Love is in the Air (feature a heart)

Good evening I am back again to share my Crafty Catz Dt card and this week it was my turn to pick a theme. Well with Valentines round the corner and I am thought lets go there but you MUST feature a heart in your work. This week we are looking for our GDT for March and fancy trying out why not put GDT after your name and will come and have a peep. Also we are still looking for some permeant members to come and join us so if that you add your blog address to the sticky at the top of the blog as well.
Back to this weeks challenge and we are sponsored by the amazing Kenny K who are offering our winner 5 images of their chioce so checkout there store at http://www.kennykdownloads.com/

I was lucky enough to be allowed to pick an image and I picked this fab couple called Bench Couple which I just love gosh could his tongue come out any further think he is definitely smitten.

I kept it clean and simple as I wanted the image to say it all and just mounted it on some red and just a cherry lyn die and a marriage die to make the flower a few gems to balance the corner and the simple sentiment in the corner stamped directly onto the card.
Well I hope you like my card checkout the rest of the team for more inspiration they did a wonderful job. Showing off Kenny k images this week. Hope to see you over at the blog can't wait to see your creation. Thanks for popping by and do hope my tea is Jeanette is soon home from hospital I miss her banter. Have a good weekend.
Challenges I would like to enter this card into are
Kenny krew hearts and flowers
2 Sisters Challenges - hearts
A pink gem = valentines / hearts
Allsorts challenge - valentines
one stop crafts - love is in the air
totally gorjuss - love
Card making mama - love
Crafts 4 eternity - valentines

GET WELL/ Bandages at Craft

Good Morning a quick post from me as i need to go make a 2nd birthday card for a little boy. Today i am sharing my Craft DT card and this week we would like to see
GET WELL/ BANDAGES on your creation.
This will come in handy although i didnt want to send this as i have just heard that my Teamie and Friend Littlebo have just gone to hospital with a kidney infection hopefully she wont be in for longer than 24hours not what she wants as she is celebrating her birtday tomorrow
So onto our sponsors for this week

Sponsor 1:  LEJ Designs

The prize for winner 1 is 3 digis of choice from her site.

Sponsor 2: Wags n Whiskers

Prize for winner 2 is 3 digital stamps of the winner's choice from her blog.

Wags n Whiskers is also giving our followers money off all through to the end of March!

CRAFT Challenge participants receive 10% off your order when you use discount code craft (all lower case) at checkout. The coupon is valid through the end of March.

She has a weekly candy on the store's blog if we would like to enter - or if we want to include that on the challenge blog as well. We can choose some digi's to work with, so let me know your suggestions and I will order them.

Sponsor 3: Gingerloft

The prize for winner 2 is 3 images of choice from her shop.

Sponsor 4: Rick St Dennis MFA

The prize for winner 4 is 2-3 images from his shop.

Now onto my card and we where lucky enough to be given some images to play with and no this isnt me although looking in the mirror it does look a little like me. Lol

(using 'Morning Goddess' from Rick St Dennis)

Papers are from my stash think they maybe a mixture of freebie and making memoroes but not totally 100% sure if you know leave me a comment have some more in my stash. Coloured with promarkers, ribbon from meiflower and gems are papermania. Sentiment stamp is a whisper one from way back. Think that is it off to play. Thanks for popping back will be back later with my Crafty catz DT card

Challenges

Papertake weekly - anything goes

MAWTT - only girls allowed

Bearly mine - anything goes

Catch the bug = anything goes

Sketch n stash = layout

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Creative Inspirations challenge - Sent with Love

Good evening well after all the snow yesterday today we have had a lovely sunny day although the wind was good but no rain which was really nice. This evening I am here to share with youmy DT card for Creative Inspirations

SENT WITH LOVE

so lets see lots of love on your creations this week. Our sponsor for this challenge is Cedar Chest Designs

We where allowed to pick from there store and i downloaded this fab paper pack with Art Deco designs and this image of a love tree. Checkout there store excellent value for money

I matted the paper with some red card from papermill and some black for the image which I coloured with promarkers and added a red heart gem on one of the hearts. The sentiment is from a set of clear stamp think they are laura ashly ones i have had for a few years and never used naughty me. Kept it CAS  for this one with no embellishments other than the single gem.

So now it is over to you checkout the rest of the teams creations for inspiration and occassions. Thanks for stopping by and i will be back tomorrow with another challenge card for Craft. But before i go I would just like to mention that I won at 2 Sisters for my Paper shelter card for Creative inspirations.

Challenges I would like to enter this into are

My Mums craft shop - valentine

Fab n Funky - Valentine

Crazy Amigo challenge - hearts

Papertake weekly anything goes

Bearly mine - anything goes

Anything But Square and DT Call at Crafty Catz

Good evening i will keep this short and sweet not sure what happened to my post on Friday for Crafty Catz but it has gone into Cyber Space so here it is again and fingers crossed it works and stays.

Not only do we have a challenge for you set by the lovely Janette but we are looking for  some new teamies to join our happy chatty crazy team. So if you fancy trying out pop on over there is a separate post with details and a little more about what we need and what we offer you too.

So onto my post that should have been here on friday. Our challenge ANYTHING BUT SQUARE now this can be a card or another project we would to see what you come up with and there are lots on the blog for your inspiration i must say the team where brilliant this week with lots of variety.

Our sposnor for this challenge is

and the prize is

So here is my creation it is gift voucher bag inside is a flap which holds eith some pennies or a gift voucher

The bag is a pearlized card and the flowers are felt with stitching and a pearl centre. The border is  Memory box spring. A Kitty charm,some pearl and some ribbon from my stash. 

Well a fairly simple creations so now it is over to you. Hope to see you over there at the challenge post and maybe the DT call as they say nothing ventured nothing gained.

Challenges

Just some lines - add a charm

One stop crafts challenge - anything goes

Totally Gorjuss - anything goes with a flower

Make a Mask/ Use aMaski at Craft

Good evening tonight I am just about to head on up to bed bt thought i would share my Craft DT projects with you. This week we where asked to produce something with the theme of

Mask / Masking

Well this really stumped me, i know how to mask a stamp but really wanted to take the Mask image into my project. So I ended up doing both but before i show you let me tell who is sponsoring our challenge.

Sponsor 1: Stamp Fairy

Sponsor 2: Crimson Cloud

Sponsor 3: Trimgym's Digistamps and Images 

top 3

sponsored by CraftsuPrint 

ok now onto my projects

1st is a card using a masking techique

 The image is coloured with promarkers and the papers are from Papermania. M.S Punch and ribbon from Crafty Ribbons, silver candy tots. The 2 stamps are Mouse from a Mag freebie and the Happy Birthday is a papermania wooden one. I stamped the mouse onto the paper and then onto a post it pad. cut the image out on the post it stamp then placed over the image and stamped the happy birthday stamp over it allowing the image to stay as if it is in front of the happy birthday.

 The 2nd is a invite to a party the yellow mask card is actually the inside of a GU pudding box i knew i had kept it for a reason. The mask is coloured with my gelly pens and i have added some gems . The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons and the feather is from Hobbycraft.

Well now you have seen my creations i hope they have inspired you to join us we would love to come and see what you make. Also if you have time please leave me a comment I love reading them and thanks for popping by I appreciate it. I will be back tomorrow with my Crafty Catz it is Janettes turn to pick the theme and she had my head scrathing again.
challenges i would like to enter these in are
Crafty Ribbons - ribbons
sarah hurley - anything but a card ( invite)
Inkspirational - anything goes      

Simon says stamp - anything goes
Crafty Creations - anything but a card (invite)
Whimsy stamps - fancy edge ( 1st card)

One for the Boys

Good evening gosh the wind is strong tonight and I believe there is lots more rain on its way. Well at least we are not getting as much as some people so I cant complain. We had a really good turn out last week at CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS and we really enjoyed visiting you all, I do hope you will come and join us again this week. Well as my title say it is ONE FOR THE BOYS so we would love to see creations for our males.

The sponsors for this challenge is

 

and 

so onto my card which I have made for my DAD and with all the snow recently I decided that I should make him a winter card and what better than a snowman. The image is from Sassy Cheryls and the papers are from my stash some of it I think is Docraft Vintage from last year. 

This fab ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons. The letters have been cut with dies I won last year. The image is coloured with my promarker.

Well hope you like mydads card. So now it is over to you can twait to see what you come up with. Thanks for popping by I wil be back tomorrow with my Craft creations.

Challenges this card fits are

Cute as a Button! No not me Crafty Catz

Good morning is it snowing where you are it is trying very hard here but i think it may turn to rain fingers crossed. Well as my title says CUT AS A BUTTON is the challenge at Crafty catz this week and it was set by the lovely Dianne. Our sponsors for this challenge is the wonderful  digital companies

and 

Yes 2 sponsors and 2 prizes up for grabs.

This week sees the last creation from our lovely GDT Jill and what a wonderful job she has done so please pop over and share some love. Next week we will have the equally lovely and talented Jac with us.

So onto my card for this fab challenge we where luck enough to be given some fab images from THE PAPER SHELTER  and i picked this cutie.

I have gone with a more pastel theme something i havent done for ages. DP is from my stash sorry i must stop taking them out of my pads but i do know it came from the lovely Elaine. The die cut bird is thanks to tilly and i coloured with distressed inks. The image is coloured with promarkers and the button and ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons from some candy i won at The papertake challenge. Memory box die, sentiment from Lili of the valley lace from stash , white rafia from Janette, gems from Miaflower crafts and circled but with my nesties on a Kraft base card. Wow think I have all the elements covered.

Hope you like and would love you to come and join us again this week. All you need is a cute image and put a button on it how hard is that.

Thanks for popping by and have a good weekend off to walk the dog now.

Challenges this card fits are

The paper shelter - anything goes

Paper crafting Journey - for a girl

Sarah Hurley - celebrate

Seize the birthday - feminine

Willow Sketchie - Birthday

Crafting all season - buttons and bows

I love promarkers - anything goes

Can you digi it - gettng girlie

Inkyimpressions - celebrate

Papertake weekly - tie up the loose ends

Show some Love at Craft

Happy Thursday to you all and time for another challenge at Craft and this week we are all getting Lovey dovey. So lets see your Love valentine creations. Yet again we have some wonderful sponsors with fabulous prizes up for grabs from.
HopeJacare,  Doodle Dragons,   Flonz & Karen's Doodles
so pop on over to the blog for more deails re the prizes and checkout the amazing creations for the team displaying products form our sponsors.

 close up of the image coloured with my promarkers

For my card I have used a image from karen Doodles called vava voom isnt it fan just look at his face. I found this ribbon which I got from Crafty Ribbons. Lots of red peel off yesthose things we forget to use but they matched my mirri card. The DP is for a Papermania Christmas pad. The heart is a Nellie Shelden die.
Well hope you like the take on the ribbon and the peel off sentiment the expression on his face is he scared or is he thinking i cant believe my luck.
Now tit is over to you we cant wait to see your creations and if you have time leave me a comment I just love reading what you think of my cards.
Challenge this card fits are
Crafty Ribbons - romance
Craft us crazy - love
Simply create - anything goes
Digistamps4joy - anything goes
I love promarkers -anything goes
Rubys rainbow - valentines
The sisterhood of crafters - hearts
Totally Gorjuss - Kiss
Sketch Saturday= sketch
One stitch at a time - love

Anything goes at creative inspirations

Good evening gosh are we getting any relief from this cold well doesn't look like it till weekend. Today starts a new challenge at Creative Inspirations and we have a nice easy one for you.

ANYTHING GOES with a option of Flowers

Our sponsor for this week is

The Paper Shelter

We where lucky enough to be given some images to play with and I picked this cutie she looks very busy but not too busy not to keep on touch via her phone.

I could've the I age with my promarkers and used a paper pack I have had ages and sorry the front is missing. Flowers are from wild orchid and the ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons . Few gems and a couple of titles for the corner. The sentiment is from a free set from a magazine last year. the l,any out is from

So I hope you like my little card and look forward to seeing you over at the blog we are waiting.

Thanks for popping by I will be back shortly with my Craft card very soon.

Challenges I would like to join in are

Bunny Zoe's -anything goes
Lady Anne challenges-anything goes
Paper playtime -use some brown
The pretty little ribbon - flowers and ribbon
The squirrel and the fox anything goes
2sister -brown blue and white
My time to craft -sketch

No Cards allowed at Crafty Catz

Good Saturday evening well dont think it is getting any warmer here in manchester and the schools closed early yesterday tut tut we had to go roads where ok and just text messages sent out to parents.

Well with the children home early i am sorry I forgot to post this till now had saved but just forgot to finish. So here it is

Friday time sees another fab challenge at Crafty Catz and this time it is the lovely Sassys turn to pick our theme now what will she have for us this time. Well to her this is an easy one but to me definitely not and my Christmas present for my friend Tilly just fitted this perfectly. Also I would just like to add that our GDT for February have been announced and this months GDT Jill has made 2 for this and wow yo have to see

So Sassy would like you to produce

 ANYTHING BUT A CARD

this could be anything if you are not into the arts and crafts how about a tag or a bookmark or maybe something altered.

Sponsoring our challenge this week is 

CRIMSON CLOUD

Prize is 3 Pks Die Cuts for the winner 

now onto my project 

Now onto my project I actually made one of these for my teamie Janette which if you are a follower of my blog and Craft you will have seen but this one is a different colour and i have done a slightly different arrangement on it.

The heart is a ceramic heart from a local shop which i have added wild orchid roses cherry lyn flourish cheesecloth and Mei Flower clear gems. This is not purely for christmas and think would make a lovely heart for valentines day

Tilly was really pleased with it and i do hope you like it too.

So now it is your turn we are wait to pop over and checkout your creation.

Thanks for popping by and have a good weekend.

challenges i would like to enter this into are

Mayzy Art - Romance

Frosted Designs - A gift

Inspire me friday -anything goes

Sparkle and Glitter the rick denis challenge = anything but square

Christmas in January at Craft

good morning hope you are well and slept well last night this maorning I am sharing with you my DT card for Craft and we would like to see Christmas projects. Yes we are getting a head with them and gosh i need to start early. So this week our sponsors are

Bugaboo Stamps,   Gingerloft.   Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More &  Sweet n Sassy
so pop on over to the challenge blog and see what the prizes are
For my project I used 2 images from Bugaboo in there sheep collection just love these characters. I also coloured them with my promarkers and added some ribbon, candy dots and a flower from my spellbinder dies. The sentiment on the from is a new whimsy stamp. The sentiment on the inside comes with the images. dp are from a papermania 12x12 packfrom last year i think.
Well it is now over to you you know you want to start those christmas cards
I would like to enter this into the following challenges and hope to see you all tomorrow for my Crafty Catz DT creation. Did you enter the GDT if so checkout the blog at 9am when all will be revealed
Challenge 
Dream Valley- anything goes
Glitter n sparkle - use a digi
One stitch at a time - anything goes
The Squirrel and the fox - anything goes
My crafty spot - anything goes

Creative Insirations DT Card- One for the girls

Good evening it is late and we have a little snow but not too much at the minute but I believe it is on it's way. So if you have snow hope you are keeping warm and safe. Well onto my Dt card for this weeks Creative Inspirations and our theme is

ON FOR THE GIRLS

our sponsor for this week is

This week's prize is from BUNNY ZOES CRAFTS which is a £10 GIFT CERTIFICATE!

So onto my card I made this for my niece who had her 15th birthday this week.

 close up of image

Inside

The image is from the fab new series of stamps from Stamping Bella Uptown Girls they are really quite big stamps as this is a large 8x8inch card. The papers are from my stash and are from a very old pad that I think are Dovecraft. Used my promarkers. Some lace and ribbon from Crafty Ribbons and some candy dots coloured with promarkers. I have added some glitter to her dress. Layout is from Sketch N Stash. 

Well hope you can come and play with us this week and we look forward to seeing your creations. Thanks for popping by and leave me a comment I love to read them.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Moving along with the times - Birthday

Paper Crafting Journey - anything goes

Lady Annes Challenges - anything goes

Crafting by design - use alcohol markers

Divas by design - girlie

7 kids college fund -something new stamp something old papers