Easter Wishes

Good morning from a Sunny Manchester although it is cold but I am hoping it will warm up. Yesterday yes yesterday saw a new challenge at CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS and i would like to thank all of you that joined in, in my challenge they where stunning cards and i found it so hard to pick just 3.
This week being Easter Week what better challenge to do than Easter Wishes  so do hope you can come and join us again .
We have 2 sponsor this week so double the prizes
The first of our prizes is from our Monthly Sponsor J&C CREATIONS who are giving 1 Winner a £10 GIFT CERTIFICATE!

 The second of our prizes is from our sponsor PRETTY LITTLE RIBBON SHOP who are giving another Winner these gorgeous goodies!

For a limited time at the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop we have reductions on nearly all ribbons, seam binding, embossing powders, rubber stamps, twine, buttons and much more. Stock up on all of your crafting essentials while stocks last HERE

Now onto my card I have used a Saturated Canary image called Easter Dress and it is on offer.

 and now for a close up of the image

The image is coloured with my Promarkers and the dp is from the freebie with the a monthly mag. Just love these papers might have to go and buy another one. The stamp is also from the mag think the previous month. Flowers from stash shaded with my distressed inks. Card from the papermill. Lastly a few Candy dots. This is winging it's way to a friend that sends the most lovely easter cards and yes I remembered to send just hope it arrives in time.

So what ever you are doing this Easter have fun and celebrate.

Challenges this card fits are

All Easter themed challenges are

Crafty Sentiments - Crafty Creations -Digistamps4joy -Inky impressions - ABC challenges

The sisterhood of crafters - cutie pie challenge - Kaboodle doodles - Victorine stamps

the squirrel & the fox - 2 sisters - 

other challenges

I love promarkers - spring

Nutcrafter - spring

The paper shelter - anything goes

Digital tuesday - spring colours

Bunny Zoes - girly

Sketch Saturday - layout rotated
Mayzy art challenge - animal ( rabbit)

Sparkle with a Bow for Little Fairy Flora

Update i won top pick of the week
at Come and Get it Challenge
for this card

Good morning from a snowy wind blown Manchester. omg where is spring and the clocks will be going forward real soon heating is on and still cold. Well enough of my moaning lets get onto todays card and this being Friday it is Crafty Catz time. Today is one of my Team mates Birthday so a BIG  Happy Birthday to Nick and wow tomorrow sees Nina another of the team celebrating her birthday.

It is Sassy's turn to pick our theme this week and Sassy being Sassy it just had to have Sparkle and Bows didnt it.

So lets see SPARKLE & A BOW some where on your creation.

We have 2 sponsors prizes up for grabs this week 

and 

so do hope you can come and join us we are ready to pop over and take a gander.

Well before you rush off and find that giltter and those yummy ribbons let me show you my creation and I hope it inspire you.

The image is Little fairy Flora from Digital Pencil too by Mo . 

Oh she has such chubby knees just as i remember my sons.

I have used my promarkers to colour her and cut her out by hand then mounted onto a nestie scallop circle. the papers are from last months cardmaking and papercrafts  and i have added some lace from Aberkan craft shop and the lovely ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons. The wings just had to have lots of glitter and a few pearls from Mei Flower crafts around her. I have also surrounded her with some lovely shimmer chalk i do hope it shows up. The doliy has been sprayed with a mixture of Destress Inks and Illusion spray which i got last weekend. the flowers are all from Wild Orchid and i have sprayed the white ones with some Distress ink.

 just a few more pictures of the detail

close up of image

flowers

well hope you have enjoyed your visit and i have joined bloglovin just in case the followers disappear so if you have joined i would love you to link up.

Thanks for popping by and have a wonderful weekend.

challenges i would love to enter this card into are

Dp2 - for a female

chalk n stock - use chalk

Papercrafting journey - ribbon & lace

Southern girls - kids

one stop crafts - anything goes

sketch saturday - layout

challenges for everybody - anything goes

come and get it challenges - babies

bunny zoes -

craft your passion - ribbon & lace

Crafty Boots - flowers

creative creations - things with b's - bees , baby, bow, 

house of gill - ribbon & flowers

kabooledoodles - pearls, bow & lace

the crazy challenge = fairies and flowers

Bearly mine - anything goes (2nd entry)

Picture Inspiration at Craft

Good evening gosh it is cold and they say we are in for more snow. Where has Spring gone. Well today see another challenge at Craft and this week we would like to see creations that has been inspired by this picture.

Now this week we have some wonderful sponsors they are

Sponsor 1: Stamp Fairy

Prize for winner 1 is a $10 gift certificate for their shop.

 

Sponsor 2: Crimson Cloud

The prize for winner 2 is 3 diecut packs of choice from their shop.

Sponsor 3: My Creative Classroom

The prize for winner 3 is a seat to any of their upcoming virtual classes.

Sponsor 4: Trimgym's Digistamps and Images 

The prize for winner 4 is:

• 3 digistamps OR
• 2 easel card sheets OR
• 2 card kits OR
• 2 3D decoupage card toppers OR
• 1 paperpack OR
• 1 box card kit of the winners choice from my digistamp blog.

Now i used the colours of the picture for my card and used a image by our sponsor. Stamp Fairy. The dp is from a free paperpack from Cardmaking & Papercrafts magazine, Ribbon from Crafty Ribbons, boarder cut with a M.S punch, whispers sentiment stamp, papermania buttons and flowers from £ shop.

Well if we get the soft white stuff then stay warm and do some crafting and hopefully come join us. Thanks for popping by I will be back tomorrow with another challenge dt card
challenges i would like to enter this into
A gem of a challenge - spring
one stop crafts - anything goes
Paper Caftors - spring
No matter which challenges - anything goes
Sunday Sketch & stamp - sketch

Creative Inspiration does Spring with The Stamp Fairy

Hello and welcome today starts a new challenge at Creative Inspirations and we are giving each of the team the chance to pick a theme. I am kicking this off with a colour combo
Yes with Spring round the corner well it should be i would love to see Spring colours and we have a Color Swatch for you all to work with. So here it is

Our sponsor for this challenge is 

Stamp Fairy and they are giving the winner

So onto my card I have used this cute little girl hugging her bunny rabbit.Coloured with my promarkers. The Dp is all from the freebie pack that came with Card Making & Paper crafts magazine arent they just so spring like and just perfect for this challenge. Seam Binding from Crafty Ribbons and the sentiment is a wooden whispers stamp. Card is from the papermill

 close up of the image

 Well I hope the challenge fits some others you maybe entering please read our rules and we look forward to hopping over to see your creations.

I have added the Blogloving Widget to my blog not sure if i needed it but as i wasnt sure what was happening and so many have i followed like a sheep so any new followers please link to both and those of you are doing the same please follow and i will do the same. Thanks
Off out into the rain have a card to post that needs get there for Saturday
Challenges I would like to enter this card into are
Bunny zoes's - girly
Cute card Thursday - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Paper Makeup Stamps - pastels
The ribbon Reel challenge - picture
Sketch n Stash = layout

Time for a Giggle at Crafty Catz

Good evening hope you are well and ready for the weekend.
Today we have a fun challenge at Crafty Catz and we would love to see creations that.......
 make us laugh.
Our sponsor for this challenge is the fab digital company that has some amazing fun images
Bugaboo Stamps

 
They are giving our winner 7 yes 7 images of their choice.
So now onto my card hope it bring a smile to your face and i think this image was made for me because i am sure it was modelled on me

I have used my promarkers to colour this image of stella. The sent iment comes with the image and the Happy Birthday sentiment is a clear stamp from papermania. Dp is all from my stash a mixture of unknown large paper stack and a old papermania pad. The ribbon is a recent purchase from Crafty Ribbons called keep calm. i have just used a small amount as a added snetiment. The die cut leaves is a cutlebug die and i have used some recycled button as a flower with some twine centre. I have used some faux stitching around the sentiment and around the image.
well a simple layout to show off the image and i am sure you have all felt like this when leaving your car after a busy shopping day.
Well i hope that you get some time to craft this weekend and hopefully this will enable you join us in this challenge. but befor you run off to craft checkout the rest of the teams creations your sure to have a giggle.
Thanks for popping by and have a great weekend.
Challenges i would like to enter this into are
4 crafty chicks - CAS
Aud sentiment -  girl power
Sarah Hurley - recycle (buttons)
Fab n funky - add a sentiment

Christmas in March at Craft

Oh this is late so I will quickly get on with the details of my Dt card for this week challenge at Craft. Wow we had some fab entries last week and hope that you can all come and join us again this week.
We would like to get you thinking of Christmas with the weather so cold outside it feels like December so lets see lots of CHRISTMAS CREATIONS
Our sponsors for this challenge are

Sponsor 1: Kenny K Downloads

The prize for winner 1 is 5 digital stamps of choice from their shop.

Sponsor 2: Doodle Dragon Studios

The prize for winner 2 is $10 download from their site.

Sponsor 3: Flonz 

Flonz make and sell rubber and clear stamps at their online store, ebay and etsy.

Prize for winner 3 is a $20 voucher for their store.

Sponsor 4: Digital Delights

Store blurp:

Welcome to Digital Delights by Louby Loo, a magical place filled with digital creations from all walks of life. We are your one stop shop for all your digital stamps and digital products which are instantly downloadable. We also have a wide range of digital papers and svg cut files for all your crafting projects. Our low prices reflect our belief that crafting should not only be fun but affordable too!!

Other services include custom blog design and custom watermarks. Why wait for snail mail? Start creating with our instant downloads today.

The prize for winner 4 is

 

Now onto my card for your inspiration made with one of our sponsors images from kenny k.

image is coloured with my promarkers and all the diecuts are memory box and are glittered. the edge of the card has been glittered. I have embossed the backing with a fiskers plate with snowflakes on. the ribbon is Crafty Ribbons and there s a little cheesecloth behind the image. Also I have used some clear gems from mei Flower crafts.  This is a take on WOW with just my image coloured.

well hope you can come and join us i think we all find christmas a very busy time so lets get some of those cards done. Look forward to see what you come up with.

Challenges I would like to enter this card into are

cute card thursday - anything goes
paper Pretties - make your own background paper
Penny's paper-crafty - ribbon & diecuts
Through the craftroom - anything goes
Tuesday Alchemy - anything goes
Card Mania - lots of layers
Craft your passion - 2 colours red & blue
The paper girls - snowflakes

Creative Inspirations _ St Pats Day/ Good Luck

Happy Wednesday hope you are all keeping warm. Today we have a new challenge for you at Creative Inspirations  we would love to see St Patrick's / Good Luck cards so lots of green I should imagine.
Our sponsor this week Is the fab Digital Company called Kenny K and we where given some images to play with. I picked Happy Hour for my Good Luck card

Dp is from my stash which goes back some time so sorry i cant remember who it is by if you know leave me a message. I coloured the image with my promarkers and have added some green stickles on the dress. Flowers from my stash and wild orchid. Pearls from Mei flower and ribbon from Crafty Ribbons a recent challenge win. The sentiment is freebie a mag a few years ago.
Well that me card and hope that you can come and play along with us this week we had a fab turn out last week and loved popping by to see your creations. I would just like to say good luck to my nephew who is doing a solo at a concert tonight in Wigan with his school he was so nervous this morning but he has a voice of an angel  sometimes lol.

Challenges
Craft your passion - 2 colours
Bunny Zoes - girly
Heart 2 heart - go green
Melon Head friends- going green
Sketch n stash - layout
The pink elephant - st Patricks day / green
There she goes - shades of green
Gingerloft - green
Glitter n sparkle - st pat's  green
one stitch at a time - use a digi
All that stickles - green on the dress
Card makin Mama - green
QKR Stampede - green

Busssssssy Day and Happy 2nd Birthday to my Baby

Well what a horrid day weather wise here in Manchester. Today My son and his girlfriend went to see a house to rent for her and her son but he says he isnt moving just yet. Anyway she like to the area but the house was far too small. Anyway they called with an armful of presents for me as tomorrow being mother's day and chris is working they wont be round. i was shocked not being er Mum but she said that the card wasnt for my mum  but to a special lady. She got me a cute teddy with a recorder in and the little one had recorded Hi Sue love you. Also she had a lovely little basket with some blubs in.

it appears that her ex hasnt got a card for her from her son he is 2 so cant go shopping. So I quickly wrote the card i had recently made with his name in it so at least she has one this year.

Now who is 2 you are wondering well my little baby celebrates his 2nd birthday today gosh that has gone so quickly and here is a picture not the best as he needs a trim and a good brush.

So Happy Birthday Buddy

We're All Stitched Up At Crafty Catz

Good evening well it has been raining here in Manchester but hopefully it will stay dry till i get the dog walked. Gosh the week has past so quickly this week and this being Friday means that it is Crafty Catz time. This week it is Kims turn to pick the theme and also it is GDT Call time again.
Well Kim would like to see Stitching on your creations this can be either real as in my case or faux .

Our sponsor this week is a new one for us and we are delighted to bring them to our fans

Alota Rubber Stamps is know for "The cutest little bugs in Town"

Search our web site for cute and whimsical rubber stamps. We also feature background scenes in full size and miniature and we have a large selection of tea bag folding stamps. For great inspiration be sure to visit our card gallery

Now onto my card and i picked this lovely little girl called Valentines girl with her heart think this would have been a lovely image for a mothers day but i picked birthday 

 I actually got my little sewing machine out for this one and used pink cotton in a zig zag stitch round the image and the base dp paper. Dp is from a big pack of papers I got from a garden centre but didnt have a name on so sorry folks. Ribbon is from Crafty ribbons and might even be from one of Bev's bags. Flower is a crochet one which a friend sent me but thought it went well with the image. I put a purple flower from wild orchid in the centre. used a M.S round the corner punch. Oh the image is coloured with promarkers and a touch of glitter gel  for the checks . Ok that it now it is over to you hope you can come and join our little challenge we would love to see you over there. Thanks for popping by and have a good weekend and hugs to all the Mums out there enjoy your Sunday.

But just before I go is anyone else having problem with spam gosh i am getting so many which i send to my spam box must be about 8 today so far.

challenges

Stampin with the dragon - anything goes 

Crafty Ribbon - anything goes

the sisterhood of crafters - happy birthday

Papertake weekly - anything goes

passion for promarkers - one for the ladies

the pretty little ribbon - happy birthday

Whoopsi Daisy - 2 patterned papers

Pile it on - birthday

The paper Players - in stitches

Easter Murray DT Card for Craft

Good evening a little late with my DT card for Craft the challenge went live at 9am this morning and if you havent seen then your in for a treat. So I will keep this short.
This week we would like to see lots of EASTER / SPRING creations.
The sponsor for our challenge this week are

Sponsor 1: LEJ Designs

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

Sponsor 2: Stitchy Bear Stamps

The prize for winner 2 is a $10 USD Gift Voucher good on the three creators on our rotation this month  within the Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps Shop. 

StitchyStamps - 

Floppy Latte  Designs - 

BB Kakes - 

Sponsor 3: Pattie's Creations

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

Sponsor 3: Saturated Canary Digital Stamps

The prize for sponsor 2 is digis of choice from her site.

I was lucky enough to be allowed a pick of images and i jumped at the chance to play with Murray from Saturated Canary just love her images.

So here is my card for your inspiration coloured with my promarkers and the edges and diecuts with my Distressed inks.

close up of the wonderfu image

embellishments 

Flowers from Wild orchid, pearls & gems from Mei Flower,

 Dp is freebie from this month Cardmaking & papercrafts

Ribbon from mei flower, Diecut is part of a Memory box die. ,

 Doily coloured with distressed inks from Joanna sheen.  Lace from local shop

All edges have been distressed

Well hope you like i really enjoyed making this one and hope you will come and join us this week. Dont forget to hop over and see the rest of the teams creations.

pop back tomorrow I will have another card for you and another challenge.

Challenges I would like to enter this card into are

Craft us crazy - anything goes

crafty ribbons - anything with ribbon

Cute card Thursday - Spring fever

Delightful Challenges - embellishments

Flutterby wednesday - anything goes/ butterfly

The paper shelter - punches & dies ( butterfly & leaves)

Crafty Sentiments - pretty in pink

papertake weekly - anything goes

Lexi's Creations - easter

Joanna sheen - layer it up

Saturated Canary - good and evil ( good)

Little Hands - Mothers Day

Good morning hope you all enjoyed the sun yesterday they say today isnt going to be as nice oh well guess it was just a taster. Well today is hump day so thats Wednesday to the rest of us and this means it is another challenge at Creative Inspirations and we have a brilliant one for you this week.

Yes Sunday here in Uk sees Mothers Day so what better than lets see those

 MOTHERS DAY CREATIONS

Our sponsor for this challenge is non other than MY MUMS CRAFT SHOP who are offering a £10 VOUCHER to the Winner!

They are also giving a 10% DISCOUNT for EVERYONE who joins in with the Challenge!
Simply enter the following code when you get to the checkout, but be quick as the code is only valid until MIDNIGHT 12TH OF MARCH!
Discount Code - CIMARCH

so lets get onto my card for your inspiration and i used a image from REDONKULAS

Oh I just love the verse with this and there is also one with grandma instead of Mummy. I always find Mothers Day hard as i no longer have my Mum about and it is very close to her Birthday so Mum if you are looking down this one is for you.

DP is papermanina Capsule collection, Pearls from Mei Flower Crafts, Lace and Velvet ribbon from my stash, Sentiment tag is a stamp from a Mag this month as a freebie. Heart Die is Nellie Sheldon.

So I am sure that most of you will be making Mothers Day cards and there are alot of challenges featuring this theme so why not combine it with ours. remember to read our rules as we have a limit of number of challenges allowed. So thanks for popping by and hope you like my little card. Before I go I would just like to thank you all for your continued comments and also tell you I got picked as the Dt fave winner at 

digistamps4joy with my WOW card. I was so trilled as these where our sponsor and it was my 1st WOW.

Well enjoy the rest of your day and I will be back tomorrow with another fun challenge at Craft

challenges

Passion for promarkers = one for the ladies

papertake weekly - anything goes

Bearly Mine - mothers day

Creative Craft Challenges - mothers day

Through the craftroom door - anything goes

Vickys challenge - anything goes

Crafty Boots - old (DP) new ( image )

Creative Creations - For Mum

Paper Playtime - anything goes

There she goes - matting with Black

The sweetest thing - sketch

HAPPY DAVID'S DAY

Good Morning hope today brings you sunshine. Gosh today is the 1st March where did Februry go I know it is the shortest month but did i blink. Well today being the 1st March means it is St David's Day so to all my Welsh followers hope today is extra special. Sorry I don't speak welsh even though I was born there but my Mum could speak a little but wasn't allowed to go to a welsh speaking school as both her parents where not welsh.

Well today is also time for a new challenge at Crafty Catz and this week it is Nina's turn and she would like to celebrate St David's Day and would like to see either Dragons or Daffodils on your creations.

This week we are sponsored by Pink Gem and the lovely Janet sent us some images to play with and I picked the lovely Chloe with her Daffodils. 

prize 3 digi images of your choice

We also have another sponsor so how fab is that

prize £10 voucher for store

So onto my card

 close up of the image how sweet is she

Image coloured with my promarkers and papers are from my stash i have had this sheet for a few years and knew it would come in handy. Silk flowers from a local shop. Pearls are from QVC many many moons ago. Ribbon from Crafty Ribbons. Bow is from papermania capsal collection along with the dp strip in the centre of the card.Liquid pearls on the image. Think this card has been made with lots of supplies i have neglected.
It is nice to use such cheerful colours.
Well hope you all have a wonderful weekend and hopefully you might get some time to do some crafting. So pop on over to the blog and checkout the rest of the amazing creations and the 1st cards from our new teamies they have made a brilliant start and must say they have settled in perfectly
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges
Craft us crazy - anything goes
My Heart Pieces - 3 fave things ((ribbon, pearls & flowers)
Creative Craft Challenge - sketch
Oldie but goodie - bright colours
Vickys challenge - anything goes
A gem of a challenge - add a bow
Paper Creator's Crafts = flowers