Crafty Catz #107 - ANYTHING GOES

Good Friday morning to you all hope all is well and you are ready for another challenge. This week at CRAFTY CATZ it is the lovely talented and funny JANETTE'S turn to pick and she has a really hard one for you I dont think. Yes it is ANYTHING GOES so lets see lots of entries this week and some great projects remember it doesnt have to be a card it could be as the theme says ANYTHING.

Our sponsor this week is Stamping Boutique and they kindly gave us some images to play with. They are giving this weeks winner 3 images of their choice.

As I am so far behind with my Christmas cards i picked this cutie cuddling the snowman hope he doesnt melt. I also made a small tag to go with it.

Ingredients are
image coloured with promarkers, paper is old papermania (i think), Foam snowflakes glittered, fibres and clear stamp sentiment from papermill.
Well hope you like and what you waiting for go enter as they say you have to be in it to win it.

Son's Birthday Card

I meant to post this yesterday but as this week is flying and I don't seem to have enough hours in the day it is a little late but at least he got it for his birthday.

The image is a Digi StampBoutique called chap snoozing. lol. This is so my son half the time. papers are from stash and used my nesties to mount the image on. Coloured with my promarkers and added some gems for a little sparkle. In the corners of the nestie I used liquid pearls. Added some papermania ribbon and a Happy Birthday sentiment. Kept it simple as cant see a 29 year old wanting lots of fuss.

Well hope you like he said he did but thought I was being a bit cheeky with the image. lol.

Thanks for popping by off to leave some comments. Till next time take care.

Craft Challenge #127 - Family games/board games/activities

Good evening gosh this posting is so late I just don't know what has happened to the day. What with clinic appointments and now a poorly dog think he is missing my son . Anyway enough of my troubles as my gran would say it will all come out in the wash.
This week at CRAFT CHALLENGE we have a fun challenge for you we would love to see projects with the theme of
FAMILY GAMES/ BOARD GAMES/ ACTIVITIES
We have 2 sponsors this week and we where lucky enough to be given some images to play with.
Our 1st sponsor is Die cut Dreams who is kindly giving the winner a selection of charms

Our 2nd sponsor is Bows & Berries who is giving the winner 3 images

For my card I have used Tee Off from Bows and Berries coloured with my promarkers and I have also added another image from a clear papermania set of a golfer. Sentiment is computer generated. Papers are from my stash and the ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons.

Well hope you like my card and for more inspiration head on over to the team blog and checkout the amazing variety of samples including our juniors. Did you enter last week aare you our winner or top three. Thanks for popping by and don't forget tomorrow is another challenge at Crafty Catz so pop on back.

Creative Inspiration Challenge - Lashings of Sparkle

Good afternoon busy day for me today as it is my Son's Birthday and he has gone to his Girlfriends parents for a few days and then my Dad came up with his present shame he missed him.

Well are you ready for another challenge have you got your glitter and shiney card out. If so then this challenge is perfect for you.

LASHINGS OF SPARKLE

Yes Creative Inspirations wants to see lots of sparkle and we cant wait to see what you come up with for us to have a peep at.

Our sponsor this week is our monthly sponsor

SIMON SAYS

who are giving the winner a $15 shopping spree

Ok onto my card to day I have used a old Whiff of Joy stamp and coloured with my promarkers and added lots of glitter. The DP papers are Papermania and Dovecraft and are all glittered I do hope the picture shows this. they are really yummy and I hate cutting yummy papers done you. Some ribbon from my stash and flowers too are from stash. Few gems from the range to finish off. The leaves are a punch and are done in silver mirri card.

Well hope you like my card but you must pop over and checkout the rest of the teams amazing cards and projects they are real sparklers
I am entering this into the following challenges.
Papertake weekly - anything goes with a bit of bling
The squirel & fox - hat or flowers
Charisma cardz - anything goes
Totally paper crafts - glitter it
One stop crafts - no sentiment

Crafty Catz DT Card #105 - Halloween

Wow it is Friday already what happened to the week. Well it is time for another challenge at Crafty Catz and this week it is the lovely and talented Dianne's turn to pick the theme. Well with Halloween just around the corner she would love you to make a card or project with this theme.

This week we have the Brilliant company The Paper Shelter sponsoring us and they are going to give the winner a $20 gift certificate to spend in store.

This week we where given some images to play along with and wow what fab Halloween images they where too. I picked this fab image for a little boy. I coloured it with my promarkers. Kept it fairly plain with the colours of Orange Green and Purple. Touch of DP but mainly plain card. I used a small toppper for the corner with a little spider on his web. The sentiment is actuallly some sellotape which has Revolting and Gross on.

Well I hope you like and for more inspiration checkout the rest of the teams creations. Also did you enter last week if so are you a winner or one of our top three.

I will be entering this into the following challenges

Delightful challenges - colour combo

Paperplay - Halloween

Rainbow ladies - halloween

Crafting for all seasons - halloween

Fab & Funky - halloween

Inky impressions -Anything goes

Paper Shelter - Anything goes

Sisterhood of crafters - Halloween

Craft Challenge 126 DT card - Colour Combo

Good morning are you already for another challenge, i do hope so. Well this week at CRAFTY we are looking for you to join our colour combo which is
'Colour Savannah'

Here is the colour palette for you to play with

Our sponsor this week is AiFactory who is giving the winner 2 images of their choice
For my card I used one of the images from AiFactory called Cute Puppy Dog as I wanted to make a thank you for a neighbour who helped me out while in hospital with my puppy Buddy. I coloured it with my promarkers and used Basic Grey Papers from an old pad really need to use some of my older papers. Nestie to sit the image on. Some twine, red gems and some gold sequins. Thank you sentiment is a wooden stamp with no name on sorry.






Well I do hope you like my card and can find time to join us we had a brilliant time last week hopping over to see your creations. Don't forget to pop over and see what the rest of the team has done and see what our young juniors have been up to.
I will be entering this into the following challenges.
Shelly's images - tic tac toe-
Simon Says - anything goes

Aifactory - anything goes

Creative Inspirations DT Card #135 - Colour Combo

Good Morning from a bright sunny although chilly Manchester. Today being Wednesday sees another challenge for you at Creative Inspirations I hope your ready for it. Today we would like to see 3 main colours. PURPLE BLACK & ORANGE.

This does fit nicely with Hallloween but as you can see you can choose to do anything as i have a Birthday Card. For more inspiration on you cant go wrong than to pop over and check out the stunning teams creations.

Our sponsor this week is Crimson Cloud who are giving this weeks winner 3 Die Cuts Packs

For my card I picked one of my fave Mo Manning images doesn't she have attitude I just love this. Coloured with my promarkers and added lots of glitter. Coloured my doily with my promarkers and added surkura glitter pen for sparkle. 3d gloss on the beads crown and shoes. Paper is papermania think from the purple capsule pad. Sentiment is a Lili of the valley. Flower and brads from my stash.

Well hope you like and will be able to find time to come and join us.
Don't forget to call back tomorrow as it will be time for another challenge at CRAFT.
I will be entering this card into the following challenges
DPChallenge - fave image

Paper play- Use Black

Total paper craft - Layers on layers

CES - New beginning (New Year birthday) also congrats on Emma's safe arrival of her baby

Paper shelter - anything goes

Crafty Catz challenge 105 - Birthday must have sentiment on

Happy Friday Morning are you ready for another challenge. Yes well Carol at Crafty Catz would love to see you make a Birthday Card with a sentiment on. Now how easy is that so hoping you will come join us again this week. We had another fab turn out last week and loved hopping by to see what you have made.
Our sponsor this week is Guylou's Inimitability

The winner will receive a $10 gift voucher for the store.

The team where given some images to play with and I picked this little boy looks like he is having a fab time catch butterflies.
Paper is from a very old pad sorry not of make. Few pearls for the corner. Butterfly/moth stickers from supermarket. Green spotted chipboard frame and chip board make a wish sentiment from stash. Happy Birthday is a Whispers stamp. Ribbon from stash, scraps box.

Side view to show the chipboard frame.

Well this is may card and hope it gives you a little inspiration but for more pop over to the challenge blog and checkout the rest of the teams creations. Did you enter last week are you a winner.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges

Shelly's images - anything goes

Pixie dust studio - happy Birthday
Southern girls - spots & stripes

Flutter by wednesday-include butterfly or angel

Craft Challenge DT Card -#125 Autumn

A Very Good Happy Thursday yes you read right Craft Challenge DT Card . Yes i have been accepted onto this fab challenge with such a great bunch of talented people I feel so lucky. This said I do hope you will come and join me in a fab challenge.

This week the challenge is Autumn and with the wind blowing and our Indian Summer now gone think this is very much the season.

We have 2 sponsors this week so means 2 chances to win so hows that.

1st we have Some Odd Girl who kindly gave use some images to play with

and the winner will be allowed to pick 3 digi images from their shop.

2nd we have Crimson Cloud
who is giving the winner 3 packs of Die Cuts of their choice from their site.

For my card I used Bookish Tia from Some Odd Girls isn't she sweet. I coloured her in Autumnal colours and added some felt stitched leaves. Ribbon is once again from my blog candy win from Crafty Ribbons you be getting to see lots of there ribbon from my win. Paper is from my stash which I found and must be at least a few years old. Image coloured with Promarkers and chalked round the nestie. I have added some gloss on her glasses for the glass look.

I do hope you like my 1st Dt card and hope you will come and join us some great prizes and checkout the amazing samples on the blog here.

Challenges I am entering with this card are

Deep Ocean Challenge -Fall Colours

Crafty Boots - Autumn
Get Hippity with Ippity - Fall Colours

Pollycraft - Girls girls girls

The Squirrel & the Fox -One for the Girls

Crafty Emma's - Forever Autumn

Fussy and fancy - Fall

Stampin for the weekend - colours of Autumn

Wag and Whiskers -Fall colours

The paper Shelter - Autumn

Too Cute to Scare Witches Cauldron

Well hello again gosh 2 posts from me today I am doing well. If you are looking for the Creative Inspirations Challenge then it is the post below. While looking for some challenges that my cards fitted I saw this wonderful sketch by Gayle over at the I Play the Sugar Bowl and although I haven't played for a while ( note to self this must change) just had to go and make a card. I coloured this image a little while ago so just needed to get it all together. Image was coloured with Promarkers. Papers are from my stash and think are Minds Eye. The web is an embossing plate from Fiskers which I then rubbed a white brilliance pad over. Few buttons a Pumpkin 3d sticker and some plaited twine. Sentiment is a stamp but i have gone over with a white gel pen. Few green brads to hold twine and that's the lot.


Well hope you like and remember please call back I have my 1st DT card for The Craft Blog.

I would also like to enter this into

One Stop Crafts - Halloween

Papertake Weekly - Spooky Hues

Crafty Boots- Halloween

Hooked on Craft - Something Spooky

PanPastels - add 2 buttons

Making Halloween Cards - Halloween

Creative Inspiration Challenge 134 DT Card - Monochromatic

A Happy Wednesday to you all and hope this finds you well.

Well today being Wednesday we have another fab challenge for you at Creative Inspirations and this time it is Rebekah's turn to pick the theme and what a theme just love these.

Yes! Well she would like to see Monochromatic cards and projects. You are allowed skin and hair colours too but that's it. Ready for the challenge
Our sponsor this week is the wonderful digital stamp company Robyn's Fetish

We where given some images to play with and I picked this Snowman really do need to get some Christmas cards done so great to see this fellow on the list. DP is from last year and I have added some acrylic paint onto it. Sentiment stamps are all small clear stamps I got from a bargain bucket sale few years ago. Nestie to mount my snowman on which I ran through my cuttlebug folder.
Lots of snow and glitter and a leaf punch to add the bushes. The image was coloured with my promarkers.

closer view to show the snow and glitter

Well that's it for me hope you like and are really to get your pens and pencils out to play. Hop over to the challenge blog and catch the rest of the samples wow they are all so different. Did you make our Top 3 this week.
Remember to pop back tomorrow to see my Secert.
I will be entering this into the following challenges
Crafty Sentiments - Snowmen
My Time to Craft - Punches & dies
Ooh La La Creations - Let it snows
Christmas Inspiration - Die cuts 0r punches
Crafting when we can - christmas
Th e crafty pad - Monochromatic
The secert Crafter - white & 1 other colour

Secert Is Out

Well hope you are all keeping warm gosh this rain and wind here in Manchester is bitter.

Well I said I would announce my Secert on Thursday, but just had to tell. I have been dying to tell all but as my Secert has been told by others, so I will announce a little early. Those of you with Eagle Eyes will have notice an extra badge on my side bar.

Yes I have been accepted as a DT member of the brilliant CRAFT CHALLENGE blog.

I will be showing my 1st card on Thursday and hope you will all come over and join us. We have a brilliant challenge in order for you and some brilliant prizes. We not only have a winner but also have a Top Three and a prize for the Star of the month. So lots to be won and some fab challenges in order for you all.

I was 1 of 4 new Adult Member so please pop over and welcome the other girls

Janette, Lisette, Sheryl

Also we have some new Junior Members

Jasmine, Liam, Owen

So hope to see you there and wish me good luck.

Thanks for popping by and come back tomorrow morning for another challenge at Creative Inspirations till then stay safe and warm. xxx

Crafty Catz DT Card - Get Well

Good afternoon well weekend is nearly there just got back from my visit to nurse she seems happy with my progress so that good although a slight concern she wasnt prepared to look at it but hospital asked me to ask her guess it pass the buck. No worries i will be not panic and hopefully it will sort its self out.

Now back to my card. Today is Friday so another new challenge at Crafty Catz and this week it is the lovely Linda's turn and she has picked a lovely challenge and I guess we all should have one of these in stock.

Linda would like to see you make a GET WELL CARD so get out your images any tyoe or make will do or maybe a sentiment card as long as it is to cheer a poorly person up.

Our sponsor this week is the digital stamp company

Robyn Fetish who is kindly giving the winner either 5 images or 4 and a paper pack.

We where lucky enough to be given some images to play with and I picked this cute image called cute bear. Doesnt she look happy among the flowers.

Well hope you like my little get well card and will beable to join us this week. If you needs some more inspiration then pop by the blog and checkout the rest of the girls samples.

Papers are papermania and minds eye. Leaf punch, flowers from Leigh Craft Fayre. Ribbon from my win at Crafty Ribbons. Image coloured with promarkers. Get well stamp is a whisper words from docrafts. Card from papermill

challenges this card fits

Forever friends- sentiment on card
meljen designs- use a ribbon
Tuesday Throwdown - Think Pink
One stop challenge - anything goes

Creative Inspirations Challenge DT Single Layer Card

Good Wednesday Morning from another very wet Manchester gosh it is still fairly warm here so guess we cant complain too much. Well as I said last night I would be back and so I am with another card which is completely out of my comfort zone a single layer card. Hope you like and must say it turned out better than i thought it would.


Our sponsor this week at Creative Inspirations is Handy Hippo who is kindly giving the winner a £10 gift voucher to spend in there store.



The stamp I received at weekend from my 2 friends who kindly went shopping forme at the Leigh Craft Fayre which I didnt make again this year. What a lovely surprise and I also got another from them along with my completed shopping list and some yummy extra's they knew i would want. White base card with a square frame of glitter made with double sided tape. Image stamped direct to card and coloured with promarkers. Glitter for the snow ice. Sutle shading of chalk for the back ground think that suttle camera didnt pick it up. Flower is one of my new dies isnt it yummy. Ribbon is the lovely candy I won from Trish at Crafty Ribbons. Sentiment isa peel off which matched the colour perfectly. Below is a close up of this cute little stamp.

Ok now you have seen me out of my comfort zone so how about you having a go these make fab quick last minute cards great for christmas when you need soo many. Thanks for popping by and remember Crafty Catz has a new challenge Friday so still time to enter this weeks
Challenges I am entering this card into are
Crafty cardmakers - anything goes
Papertake weekly - shapes ( square , flower, stripe(ribbon)
Bling it on - No patterned paper
The Secert Crafter - Anything goes

ABC Christmas challenge - unused stash

I'M Back and a card I wish I didnt have to Make

Good Evening friends thanks for popping back and thanks for all your good wishes for my operation. I am now at home and making a good recovery still not there yet but improving daily.
Today I have a card I would like to share with you. While I was in hospital a very good friend of mine had the worse news she had been dreading. Her husband the sweetest person you would want to call a friend was gravely ill and after a very short and brave period lost his battle. Why is the world such a cruel place, takes the lovely, kind ,gentle people and leaves some of the worse behind. Well he is at peace and no doubt looking after her from above.
I found this stamp in my box of clear stamps and had an idea of the heart and the shadow of the heart on a pool of water with a dove above taking it off to heaven. Not sure if this is what i made but that was my idea. Kept it plain with some silver and black satin ribbon and the water is watered down glitter pen hope it shows in the close up. A few black gems and the dove has a clear heart gem in its beak. The sentiment is an Anna Griffin stamp.





Well hope you like my card this is my 2nd sympathy card this year and hopefully my last for 2011.
Please come back tomorrow as it is Wednesday so that means another challenge for you at Creative Inspirations and we have a brilliant challenge in store for you.
Till tomorrow keep safe. xxx

Creative Inspirations DT Card - Purple, Pink & Grey

Good morning hope this scheduled post works as I am not here but will be thinking of you all. Wednesday means another challenge for you at Creative Inspirations did you enter last week are you one of our winners pop over and check it out here

This week we have a colour theme for you to play with and what fab colours too.

PURPLE PINK & GREY

Our sponsor this week is the fab digital company

THE PAPER SHELTER

if you havent seen their images you are really missing something. We where lucky enough to be given some images to play with and I picked this cutie sat on her broom stick. I would say she is far to cute to be scary what do you think.

Image coloured with my promarkers. The back ground has been done with Chalks and the little bats are from a Halloween stamp set from Waltzing Mouse. DT Paper is froma freebie in a mag. Purple and Grey card. Lace from my fab team mate Mona. Pink Ribbon is actually the ribbon that was wrapped round my yummy birthday cake from Selfridges. Purple gems to finish off the corners. The inside has been decorated to corordinate but didnt take a picture. Well hope you like my little sweetie and you will find some time to come and play with us again. Hopefully I will be back very soon from my hospital stay and making cards for you and visiting you all. I need the inspiration. lol. Till then stay safe.

Crafty Catz DT Card - Autumn

Good morning hope you are well I am scheduling this post as I will now be sat waiting for my operation that is if they havent taken me in by now. So fingers crossed this works and you are reading this. Today being Friday is time for another challenge at Crafty Catz and thank you all that entered last week with my sketch if you did are you a winner. pop over and check it out.

This week it is Suzies turn to pick the challenge and she has gone for AUTUMN yes it is that time of year. Where did Summer go and gosh didnt the school holidays go quick.

Well our sponsor this week is

THE PAPER SHELTER

and gosh what a fab prize they have for someone ( wish I could enter)

When I saw the challenge I knew straight away what stamp I was going to use. I was given this Sugar Nellie Raven some time ago by the lovely and talented Elaine at Technophobes blog and have bee waiting to use it. I used my promarkers for this and a touch of distressed ink on the M.S. punch and floor. The papers are from my stash and the flowers are papermania. Button centre and a tiny punch i have had forever for the small leaves on the floor. The large leaf is a satin material one. Doesnt she look warm and toastie without a care in the world. Wish she could tell me where she got her wellies from need some to walk my dog the feild is looking more like a mud bath each day.

Well enough of my rambles hope you can come and join us I am sure the girls would love to visit and see your amazing Autumn creations.

Till I get back take care. xx

Creative Inspirations DT Card - Lets celebrate

Morning hope you are all well and ready for a new challenge . This week at Creative Inspirations it is Mona's turn to pick the challenge theme and what a cracker she has for us.

Let's Celebrate.

This can be anything you are celebrating and if you need some inspiration then pop by the challenge and check out what amazing cards the team has made.

Our sponsor this week is Handy Hippo who is giving one of our winners a voucher.

We also have a 2nd prize a guest dt spot.

Onto my card hope you like I really enjoyed making this with one of my stamps that I must say hasnt really got much use since my birthday from Lili of the valley. Papers are from Papermania capsule collection. Die cut flowers and the purple one has been coloured to match. All colouring done with my promarkers. Papermania ribbon from stash. Gems for the finishing touch and flowers centres. The sentiment is also Lili of the valley.

Well it is now your turn hope you will beable to find time to join us this week we had an amazing turnout last week. Sadly I wont beable to get round to see all your creations as I will be in hospital but come back as I will be scheduling Fridays Crafty Catz and nexts weeks challenge. Till I get back to blog land stay safe.

Crafty Catz #100 - Fancy a sketch

Good Morning today is Friday so that means it is time for another challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week it is my turn to set the challenge. Well I have decided I would give you all a sketch to follow. This is my 1st sketch and think it is a simple one for you.

Ok here is the sketch remember you can flip resize and the stars are merely to show where your embellishments should be. Please combine the sketch with other challenges but just make sure we can still see the sketch and please only 1 entry per person.

Our sponsor for this challenge is the fab Digital company

Digital Doodle Shop

The winner will receive a $10 voucher to spend at their shop.

We where lucky enough to be allowed to pick a image from the shop to make our cards this week and would like to say a big thank you for their support and generosity. So onto the teams cards for your inspirations.

I picked this fab Chef to play with isnt he just such a jolly chap.







The papers are from my stash and the ribbon came from a friend. Sentiment is a woodware. Frame and scallop circle is cute with my nestie. Embossing folder is celebration fiskers plate. Tag is a diecut which I coloured to match the paper. The Eat cake is a whimsy stamp. Few miri card stars to finish off. I have decorated the inside to co ordinate with the front.
I hope you like my card and sketch and will find time to join us as soo many of you did last week with Janettes fab Ribbons challenge. Pop over and see who won and checkout the rest of the teams fab projects.
I am entering this into the following challenges
4 crafty chicks - embossing
Crafty Ribbons - anything goes
Cute card Thursday - anything goes
Papercraft Star - anything goes
The crazy challenge - birthdays
IDIC - anything goes
One stich at a time - anything goes

Creative Inspiration #129 - Anything Goes

Good evening hope you are all fine and dandy.

This week at Creative Inspirations we have a challenge that you all can enter and combine with other challenges.

ANYTHING GOES so what you waiting for!

Our sponsor this week is Digital Delights

Winner will receive 3 images of theie choice.

We where luck enough to be given some images to play with for this challenge and i combined 2 of the images for my card. Papers are from my stash they are from a few years ago but still have loads left. Image coloured with my Promarkers and snowflacks have lots of glitter on. The snowflakes are a cuttlebug die. Some green satin ribbon to finish off and the sentiment is one of those little clear stamp sets.

close up of the 2 images

Well hope you like my little christmas card another one done and dread to think how many more I have to make. So if you fancy a little more inspiration you cant go wrong than to checkout the rest of the teams fab cards. Thanks for looking and cant wait to see what you come up with.

I am entering this into the following challenges

Stamp something - Anything Goes
Magical Mondays - Anything Goes