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

Down in the Garden ...

I have a CAS card to share today for the launch of the new 

Joanna Sheen Challenge

which for this fortnight is

'Down in the Garden'

so we want to see your lovely creations with

say flowers or garden animals, it is up to you.

I have used the gorgeous

stamp set designed by Wendy Cotterill and 

bought to us by Joanna Sheen called 'Herb Garden'

which includes these delightful poppies.

One of my all time favourite flowers and as they

are just so elegant I have kept it very clean & simple

and I have decoupaged the flowers for that extra pop!

I have also used -

Kraft card blank, ribbon, button, charm, 

sentiment, gems & Majestic squares die. 

Can you believe it only stitching on the button for this one!

Thank you for visiting my blog today and I do hope

that you will be able to join us for this challenge?

As always there is a £ 15 voucher to spend with

Joanna Sheen for the winner.

We have a top five too and daily talents spots

and weekly blog candy, whats not to like?

Take care, love

Autumn Leaves ...

Today is the start of another challenge over at

Passion for Promakers

and this one is titled  'Autumn Leaves'

as chosen by the lovely Andie.

So we want to see all those pretty autumn leaves on your

project and this is my card for inspiration.

We are sponsored by 

who have 7 digi images of the winners choice.

So please come and join in the fun!

I have used papers, image, leaves, sentiment,

gems, bird cage, lace/ribbon.

Coloured with Pro/Flexmarkers and 

hand stitched as always.

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

Creatalicious Challenge - Colour Palet (I won & made Top 5)!

Thanks for visiting my blog today and I look

forward to seeing your creations for this challenge.

Take care, love

Birthday Wishes ...

   

A CAS card today, I purchased these stamps along while ago and 

they had never  been used until now!

They are soooo pretty I wanted to keep it minimal with just a 

hint of colour.

I have used flowers, ribbon, sentiment, gems & butterflies.

Hand stitched for a change!

I would like to enter this into the following challenge -
Dream Valley Challenges - Celebrations (I won top 3)!

Thank you for visiting today and welcome to my 

new followers too.

Take care, love

Thinking of You ...

Where does the time go, another challenge starts today at

Passion for Promarkers

and we want to see your 'Yellow & Green' creations this week.

Such a pretty combination don't you think?

As you can see yet another criss cross card again, sorry!

Our sponsor this week is the lovely

who have 6 digi images of your choice as the prize for this challenge.

I have used the lovely Rosie for this card inside and out.

The papers are from a new release at Nitwits Collections

called 'Petal Fresh' which I just couldn't resist.

This was my first Nitwit purchase and I am sure it won't be the last!

Flowers, butterfly, gem, seam binding, charm, button.

Sentiment has been silver heat embossed.

Thanks for popping by today.

Take care, love x