Celebrate ...

What do I have for my lovely loyal followers today.  I was asked to guest

design once again for 'Creative Craft Challenges2 Blog' 

and the challenge today is 'Occasion' but not a birthday.

I was given this image from Bugaboo Stamps called

'Shopping for Two' to work with. 

I have also used -

Papers, lace, pins, bag die, teddy, charm, ribbon, buttons & sentiment.

Thank you for visiting my blog today and I do hope

you will come and play along with us at 

Creative Craft Challenges2 for this one!

Take care, love x

Silhouettes ...

Good morning where ever you are, today is the start of a new

challenge over on the 

Joanna Sheen Challenge Blogspot

and this time round we want to see your

'Silhouettes'

As usual there is a £15 voucher to spend at

Joanna Sheen for one lucky winner chosen at random

We have daily talent spots showcasing your entries, 

and weekly blog candy.

I have used the gorgeous stamp set

'Ballerina' which I have simply heat embossed

white onto blue cardstock.

The sentiment and the little corners are from the same set.

Hand stitched (for a change), plenty of flowers, more flowers and more flowers

bird charm, Spellbinders die, Bird cage die and finally some ribbon.

Thanks for popping by and I look forward to seeing

your fabulous entries for this one.

Take care, love

Santa Claus is coming to town ...

I have finally managed to have a play with one of the new Tilda's

from the latest release 'A Christmas Story' they are just gorgeous.

Can't wait for the Nativity Collection which is due out sometime soon!

I have used papers, sentiment, ribbon, doily, flowers, more flowers, berries, cheesecloth,

flat back pearl and of course hand stitched and coloured with Promarkers.
A little bit of distressing too.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge -

Midweek Magnolias - Four Legged Friends (I won Top 3)!

Thanks for visiting my blog today, happy crafting

Pets ...

Today is the start of another challenge over at

Passion for Promarkers

and is titled 'Pets'

This challenge is sponsored by the lovely

who has four digi stamps of the winners choice!

I have used the gorgeous Chloe for my card today

because it reminded me of my little fur baby.

I have used -

Kraft card, sentiment, flowers, papers, star/bone charms,

ribbon, pearls and finally Decorative Labels One die.

Coloured obviously with Promarkers and hand stitched.

 I would like to enter this card into the following challenge -

The Crafty Pad - Animals (I won)!

Thank you for visiting my blog today, please come and 

join in with the challenge.

Take care, love

Yummy Christmas ...

Back onto Christmas cards today, so this is one more off the list with plenty to go!

This time I have been playing with this cutie from LOTV and oldie but a goodie.

Pretty simple layout for this one and I have recycled the holly & berries from

a Christmas cracker.  As a crafter we just don't throw anything away.

I have used -

Old paper pack called Contemporary Christmas by Dovercraft,

border punch, pearls, ribbon, sentiment, doily

and finally a bit more hand stitching!

Thank you for visiting my blog today and I hope you have a good 

weekend whatever you may be doing (hopefully crafting or the next best thing

craft shopping)!!!

Take care, love

Thinking of You ...

I just love this stamp as it never goes out of fashion.

It is a delight to colour too!  

I have used -

 Ribbon, Flowers, more flowers, Charm, Pin, Border

Sentiment is from the CC Design Swiss Pixie set

but I cannot find a link, sorry!

Coloured with Pro/Flexmarkers.

 Embossing, butterfly, buttons, gems & die.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges -

Ladybug Crafts - Flowers/Embossing (I won top 3)!

Fussy & Fancy Challenge - Easel Card (I won top 5)!

That is it for me today, love

Just for You ...

Just for a change I have another criss cross card for you and I have used

this Tilda which until now had remained un-inked.

Naughty, naughty!

I have started my Christmas cards as you can see from yesterdays post

and I do have more in the pipeline, honest.

This is the inside of he card, I just love these papers too.

This style of card is alot more hand stiching for me but the results are worth it.

If you haven't tried a criss-cross card yet, I think you would find this tutorial by Bev

helpful and like anything trial and error, what suits you really.

I have used -

Cheesecloth, flowers, bird cage, sentiment, die cut. Buttons & ribbon from my stash

and coloured with Pro/Flexmarkers.

Thank you all for your visit, welcome to my new followers 

and as always

 Happy Crafting.

Winter Fairy ...

I just fell in love with this stamp from Mo Manning she is just tooo gorgeous!

Of course I had to have a few others too so watch this space.

I have coloured 'Halla' with Flex/Promarkers and I have

gone blonde for this one.  I usually play safe with browns but I am

really pleased with how this one has turned out.

The papers are from Summertime Designs and the free kit 

is called 'Winter Wonderland'.

I have used trees, ribbon, cones, bell, pearls, cheesecloth,
snow, sentiment and finally distresss inks.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I have alot of projects on the 

go at the moment so please pop back again soon.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges
Creative Craft Challenges - Fantasy (I won top 3/GDT)!
J & C Creations Challenge - Contemporary Christmas (I Won Top 3)!

Take care, love x

Happy Birthday ...

Well the wonderful Teresa aka 

Crafting Alldays Cards is celebrating 

her birthday today and this is the card I made for her.

I am just loving these criss cross cards (had you noticed)

I hope it arrived safe & sound Teresa?

I love this image from DSB called Rosie

and another Nitwit collection of papers, soooo pretty!

The flowers are from the Nitwit collection too which I have

shaped and stuck with silicone.

All completely hand stitched, butterfly, charm,

ribbon, button.  Coloured with Pro/Flexmarkers.

Inside I have used Rosie from the same collection

and the sentiment has been heat embossed in silver.

That is it for me today, thank you for taking the time to visit

today and I will be back again soon.

H A P P Y  B I R T H D A Y   T E R E S A

Take care, love

Delight in the Little Things ...

Today I have this little cutie from Digi Stamp Boutique

for this weeks challenge at Passion for Promarkers

which is titled 'Shabby in Pink or Blue'

which has been chosen by Anja.

This is my first stepper card and very shabby 

indeed!  I really like neat and tidy

as a rule but this one made a nice change.
It was my little fur babies 3rd birthday last month
and this was her card!

This challenge is sponsored by the

who have a fabulous 6 digi stamps of your choice as this weeks prize!

I have used papers which were free in a magazine

which are by Nitwits Collections.

The sentiment, ribbon, pearls.

Completely hand stitched and the flowers 

have been made by just tearing circles into spirals!

Thank you once again for visiting my blog 

and all your lovely comments, I really do appreciate your time.

Please come and join the challenge.

Take care, love 

Blog Hop Winner ....

Thank you all sooo much for your lovely comments on my 

Joanna Sheen Blog Hop card

and thank you all for joining in with the hop, such fun!

The winner of my fabulous ribbons and charms

goes to .....

Dannii aka Dannii's Diaries

who commented 

'Stunning card I love the grey around the image.

 Also how the card opens and it is inside. 

The leaves make fantastic embellishments around the frame. 

Beautiful'

Thank you Dannii For claiming your prize!

Take care, love

Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog Hop ...

Good morning and welcome to the

Joanna Sheen Challenge AUTUMN Blog hop!!!

Our blog hop is a hop with a twist 

as all DT members were given the same 

free download papers & stamp to play with.

 

This is my card for your inspiration with an

acetate window

And this is the view inside

The STAR prize for 

one lucky random winner is this fabulous set of 

4 x House Mouse stamp sets, wow!

The DT members also have prizes to be won, 

so you have 9, yes 9 chances to win!!!

Each of us has a prize of these pretty Autumnal

ribbons and a gorgeous selection of leaf charms

to giveaway.

So all you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is become

a follower of the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog and then leave a comment

of EVERY MEMBER of the DT's blogs and their hop post (this one)!

So what are you waiting for, lets get H O P P I N G ! ! !

If you have landed here from Natalie's blog then you are

hopping in the right direction.

If not then you need to start at the 

beginning on the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog to begin.

The hop order is -

Paula

Teresa

Natalie

Jane (me, you are here)!

Sandie

Alison

Sue

 Kat   

On sunday 7th October each DT member will pick a winner by random.org from their comments and announce their winner on their own blog on Monday 8th October.  

I will announce the lucky winner of the 

STAR prize 

on this challenge blog on Monday 8th October

Don't forget to check back on all the DT blogs to see if you're one of our lucky winners.

All week the challenge blog will be showcasing other crafters cards who have all kindly agreed to make a creation using exactly the same stamp and papers as the rest of the DT.  

I hope you check back to the challenge blog throughout the week to see all the different designs!  

From here you need to hop to Sandie's blog to keep 

hopping in the  right direction!

Good luck everyone!

Enjoy the hop, take care love x