OSAAT charity rainbow challenge "for Cameron"

Hiya folks welcome to sunday! One Stitch At A Time has a very special challenge for you this week...We are challenging you to make a special
"Rainbow Themed" card - Anything goes type of challenge, but must have a rainbow or the colors of a rainbow in
your creation. The reason for this Rainbow challenge is in honor of a very special little guy named Cameron.
If you click on the here , you can read his story...

A little History and the reason for this Super Challenge this week...
A very very good friend of Stitchy's who is known in the digital world by the name "FUNKY" ,
has built a beautiful fundraiser blog for her grandson Cameron..He is autistic and Funky and her daughter
are striving to help Cameron..
Some of you may know Funky, she has been in the digital scrapping world for a very long time.
If you could find it in your heart to help Funky and her little guy out, it will not go unrewarded.
We know times are very hard for everyone right now, so if you can't give even a dollar or a pound, please don't feel bad, but please do go and read his story, he's quite a character lol..
Thank you in advance to all that take part in this very special challenge - have fun & good luck!!!

And another reason for me why this charity is also close to my heart .....

This is my nephew, Sam, my sisters little boy. Sam is 4 months younger than my eldest daughter but I see such a difference between the 2 of them as Sam suffers from autism too. Any awareness that can be raised about Autism is always good to help those who are affected by it.

My first card has been made using an image from her Stitchyness herself! Available in store, this one is called "bring it on". I have used papers from that fabby freebie site shabby princess with flowers from wild orchids all sparkled of course with swirls by Marianne creatables and frame by nellie snellen

My sentiment is SU marked with Marvy le plumes and the rainbow is part of the freebie digi kit.

I have used the sketch over at sweet sketch wednesday for this card and am also entering it into digital tuesdays dots and stripes challenge, stamp something are having a spots and stripes challenge too and fab and funkys whateva challenge.
Here is my 2nd card and I have used an image by Mizumedia one of our creators in store and have made the card using papers from the creative cottage rain or shine kit along with some twine and rainbow charm from stash and a computer printed sentiment

It is more a male orientated card so I have kept it simple. My image has been coloured with prismas and I have distressed the papers with Tim Holtz' finest!

I am entering this into City crafters challenge of one for the boys.
And what about the prizes this wk! ...
We have 10 GREAT PRIZES FOR 10 equally great WINNERS...and that is only at the main blog...
Prize #1 is all 5 of Stitchy Stamps New Release Stamps
Prize #2 is all 5 of Beary Dust's New Release Stamps
Prize #3 is a package from Craftbrulee
Prize #4 is a package from Rod & Carol At Hobbyhabitat
Prize #5 is a package from I Am Roses
Prize #6 is 3 New Release Stamps
Prize #7 is 3 New Release Stamps
Prize #8 is 3 New Release Stamps
Prize #9 is 3 New Release Stamps
Prize #10 is 2 New Release Paper Packs and A Sentiment Sheet
We will also have ONE kid WINNER....who will win ONE PRIZE of THE 3 NEW KIDS KORNER RELEASE STAMPS.
And did I say something about blog candy?!!! Well I do have a little candy up for grabs! I wanted to get some colour in my candy to go with the theme so here we have a book on monochromatic scrapbook layouts, multicolored chalks, A K&Co 6x6 DP book and a selection of colourful die cuts from the fabulous hobbyhabitat

To be eligible for the candy you must leave a comment here AND enter the challenge over at OSAAT this wk, I will draw the candy next sunday after the challenge has finished. You don't have to become a follower to be in with a chance but if you do thats ok too!
Thanks so so much for coming by and checking things out, pop along to the blog to see what the other DT have done and join in with our challenge for this worthy cause!
Hugs everyone!!

A Tiddlyinks birthday meets papertake

Hi everyone happy saturday! I am at work right now ggrr! No it's actually ok and saturdays generally pass by pretty quick as they are pretty busy! Then I'm off to my friends Wedding this eve so a busy day for moi! I have managed to schedule this card though which I have made using the sketch over at papertake weekly this time and have followed the theme of birthdays over at Tiddlyinks.
My image is this adorable Bug from Tiddlyinks which has a plain banner for you to put in your own sentiment, I have used an SU one for the birthday message!
I have again used gorgeous freebie papers from Shabby princess, if you haven't been across to look at what you can get for free go now! They are so pretty!
My flowers are a combination of wild orchids and mulberry crafts, my lace is so gorgeous again from wild orchids and my stunning butterfly die cut is from a purchase I made at hobbyhabitat.

I of course glittered my bug for some extra sparkle and coloured her with Prisma pencils! My daughter likes this so much she wants it for her birthday (not until June lol!) I am also entering this little cutee into Craft your passions challenge of lace and flowers

Thanks for coming by to see what I have done today! Don't forget tomorrow is our special charity challenge over at OSAAT for autism awareness, there will be goodies to go around too and maybe a little candy here so pop back tomorrow for that! Hugs

A crafty sentiments wedding card

Good evening everyone! Another post from me (I'm making up for being absent earlier this wk!) I have made a wedding card today as some very lovely friends of mine get married tomorrow (good luck Lucy and Phil!!) and I will be trotting along to the reception in the evening so I have made them this card using the adorable wedding Amy from crafty sentiments.

I have followed the sketch over at A crafty little place this wk and am also entering this into stamp with funs wedding challenge. I am putting this into My time to crafts Jewelled challenge too (my butterfly is jewelled)

I have used freebie download papers from far far hill (I'm lovin the freebies at the mo!) with a butterfly embossing folder on the shimmer white cardstock behind my image. My gorgeous butterfly is Mariannes finest of course and my stunning lace and flower arrangement is courtesy of wild orchids with a bit of mulberry crafts popped in for good measure and a happy helping of sparkle to top it off!
My sentiment "love" is Stampin up, I wanted it to be fairly understated. My gem stones on my butterfly are from stash.
Thanks for coming by to share my creation today! I hope they have a lovely day tomorrow, hugs to everyone!

Crafty sentiments use a digi challenge

Hello everyone! Thanks for coming by my blog again today! The girls didn't get in until after 10pm last night after their stint at the football ground (photos to follow!) and then my darling son was up all night feeling poorly so we are all a bit bleary eyed this morning!
Todays card is my DT offering for the crafty sentiments challenge and this wk we want you to break out your digis! This isn't hard for me as my hard drive groans under the sheer weight of all my digi goodies on it! So I have made another halloween creation! I have used these adorable digi images which are currently not in store yet but watch this space! Have you seen the new look store yet? If not pop on over!

I have used papers from Pixels and ice cream, again freebies along with a grunge overlay from the same place which has been printed on OHP transparency. I have coloured the crafty sentiments headstone image and stuck that down under the transparency. I have then put more patterned paper, lace, flowers and ghost image on top. My sentiment tag is made with my yummy waltzingmouse halloween stamps again and some eyelets and twine. My flowers are Prima with a metal flower spacer and gem brad from stash, everything has been silver stickled of course! My swirls are Marianne creatables.

Not really had any challenges in mind with this one but will enter it into creative inspirations challenge of lace and sparkle. Thanks again for popping by hope you manage to join us at the challenge this wk! Hugs

It's another Gem of a challenge!

Morning everyone! My apologies for not having blogged for a couple of days, I have been busying behind the scenes but have also felt a bit under the weather. However my little man is now off to nursery in the afternoons giving me 3 hours all to myself (woo hoo!) not quite sure what I'm doing with them yet though!
Today sees the start of a new monthly pink gem designs challenge over at a gem of a challenge and our fabulous sketch this month has been chosen by the lovely Janet, who has given us the optional extra of using some sparkle! Janet is also on hols at the mo so she is giving a special 5% discount on stamps to make up for the wait on orders placed whilst she is away! Here is Janets fabby sketch.

I used nautical Milly for my card, she is adorable and on sale at the store right now so she is an absolute bargain! I have also used some more freebie downloadable papers from Pixels and ice cream, these are lovely colours and oh so free which makes them even nicer! I have used nesties to cut out the centre Milly is sitting on and my flowers and ribbon slider are wild orchids.

I have layered Milly to give her a more 3D effect, so her hat, arms, legs and part of her dress stand out. I actually really like this effect even if it is a little time consumming! My gorgeous sentiment ticket stamp is also pink gem designs and there is lots of sparkle all over of course!

I am entering this into Incy Wincys challenge of celebrate, Lexis creations flower power challenge, Pennys paper crafty happy birthday challenge and totally stampalicious challenge of paper flowers.
I hope you will join us over at our challenge this month, it's a lovely sketch to play with! Thanks so much for coming by to see me! I promise to have a few more bits to show over the next few days to make up for my lack of showing over the last few! Hugs to everyone!

Did you guess our theme?

Hi everyone, hope your weekends are going well! Did you manage to play the little guessing game yesterday over at OSAAT? The theme this wk is all the b's thats butterflies, blooms and bling! A theme that I can am totally loving of course! I was lucky enough to use this adorable image from Beary dust called Alice, I had to use her as soon as I saw her she is just so fab!!! You can grab her from the stitchy bear store.

I have used some lovely nitwits digi papers with a digi sentiment pebble from the same set. My flowers are wild orchids and mulberry crafts my butterflies are MS and Xcut punched and blinged with glitter and rhinestones. I have used lace and black floral patterned acetate from stash to which I have also blinged on some rhinestones!
I know Alice should be traditionally blue and white but I couldn't resist the combo of pink and green lol!

I am entering this into Cupcake crafts challenge of lets get digital, Pollycrafts Nature challenge, The shabby tea room old meets new challenge (my acetate has sat in my stash forever and my image is brand spanking new!), daisy digi doodle is having an anything goes challenge, Creative card crews challenge is sparkle and shine, Creative inspirations have a colour combo of green pink and cream this wk, stamp something want to see something cute this wk, craft your days away challenge is girlie and glitter and stampin for the weekend want to see shabby or vintage, this is fairly shabby chic!
Thanks for coming by to check out my latest creation! Pop over to see what the other DT have done and join in with the fun this wk on such a brilliant challenge!
Also just a quick reminder that next wk is our charity challenge raising awareness for autism so don't miss that one! Hugs everyone

Sneek peek at OSAAT

Hiya folks, happy saturday! Today is the start of something new over at OSAAT! Why not pop over to OSAAT today as we have a new fun game going. Some of us have made cards with tomorrows theme and you get a sneak peak! Guess the theme correctly and the first correct guess wins a prize!
This is our first week of fun, more prizes coming so make sure you join in! Can you guess what the theme is from my sneek peek? Check out what a few other DT have given you a sneek peek of on the challenge blog and see if you can guess tomorrows theme and win a prize!

Don't forget to pop back tomorrow for the full card and of course the actual theme so you can join in with the challenge too!
Thanks for coming by to say hi again! Pop your guesses on the challenge blog for a chance to win don't forget to scroll down for the sneek peeks under this wks challenge! Hugs

A Tiddlyinks halloween box

Hi everyone! Well I'm a late poster today what with getting the girls off back to school and getting my life slightly back to normality! My son doesn't start nursery until Monday though so 2 down and still just 1 to go lol!
I have managed to make another halloween creation though, this time I've made a little candy box. It would be great to make this sort of thing for all my trick or treaters but I generally get 60+ each year so not much chance of that!!!
I have used this adorable image from Tiddlyinks and am entering this into their goodbye summer challenge to use Autumn/fall images colours etc (you can't get much more autumn than halloween!)

I have used papers from Nitwits with some rub ons from stash on the lid and have used another of my yummy halloween stamps from waltzingmouse for the tag tied with twine. The flowers are mulberry crafts and the gorgeous pumpkin charm from Pink gem designs

I also have a close up view of that adorable image! My template for the box I made myself and cut from Bazzil card stock.

I am also entering this into Totally stampalicious challenge of anything but a card and ABC challenge of C is for charms.
Thanks so much for coming by my blog again it's lovely to have you here! Hugs to all

Creative cottage Celebrations challenge

Morning everyone! Today brings another challenge over at the creative cottage challenge blog which today I have had the priviledge of choosing and that is CELEBRATIONS. You can choose whatever celebration you like! I have made a 1st birthday card for my cousins little girl and have used papers from the fairy wishes kit which you can grab here. I have also used this cute Meljens image just perfect for a little girl! I have followed the sketch this wk over at friday sketchers for my card.

I have pleated lace under my image and made a tag style sentiment with large eyelet and ribbon. My sentiment is partially Autumn leaves and partially SU. My flowers are mulberry crafts and my image has been coloured with prismas.

I am also entering this into Meljens challenge of Happy birthday, sew many challenges happy birthday challenge and stamptaculars pretty in pink challenge
Don't forget to pop over to the creative cottage blog to grab this months fabulous freebie!

Thanks so much for coming by to pay me a visit again, don't forget to pop accross to give the other DT some love with their fabulous creations and join in with the fun over at the challenge! Hugs everyone

A Pixie dust halloween

Hi everyone, I hope you had great bank hol wkends those of you who had bank holiday wkends! We didn't get to the football after all, it was cancelled due to the other team having an fa cup replay today but the girls get to do the mascot thing next wk so instead we went to the Matthew st festival in Liverpool yesterday. It was amazing weather and really great fun with excellent music, here are my girls at the festival.

Todays card though is a halloween card. I have been so itching to use my new halloween stamps from waltzing mouse and my new digi stamps from Pixie dust and today has been my first chance, I have so much more creative halloween stuff planned!!!

I have followed the sketch this wk over at stamp with fun and have used this fabulous witch brew label stamp from the wandas pantry set from waltzingmouse stamps along with this new cute pixie dust stamp from their monster house range. These fabulous papers are from a massive freebie download range from a great new site I have found called Pixels and Ice cream, check it out their papers are fabulous and free!!!!! This is their halloween range of course along with some black lace, orange ribbon, black brads and purple gems from my stash. My flowers are mulberry crafts (who have a super fast delivery service and are great value!) and my stunning butterfly die cut is another yummy purchase from hobbyhabitat. I have stitched the spiderweb with black embroidery thread.

I am entering this into the Pixie dust challenge this wk of stitching and also A crafty little places challenge of anything goes. Can't wait to start doing more halloween things I love it it nearly as much as xmas! I swear I should have been born in the US and not in the UK lol! Thanks so much for coming by my blog again everyone it is lovely to have you here and to read your comments! Hugs to all

Crafty sentiments summer inspired challenge

Hi Everyone, hope you are enjoying your sunday so far! My first offering today is for crafty sentiments now that we have joined together the digi and stampin blog. Don't forget though the digi blog is still being used for tutorials and inspiration! We will be moving our challenge from sunday to Thurs so watch out for that!
So do you fancy your chances at winning this cute prize?

All you have to do is create a summer inspired creation! Easy enough huh?! Pity there isn't a great deal of sunshine to inspire us so lets bring some summer sun into the crafting room!
I have made a bag this wk using papermania papers and this cute digi (fairy pat) from the crafty sentiments store. I have followed the sketch this wk over at sweet sketch wednesday too.

Here is a more frontal view of the bag. My buutterflies are Marianne creatables and MS punched on lemon glitter card. My diamantees are from stash as is my lace which has been folded under my image as a broder. My flowers are wild orchids.

Here is a better view of that cute fairy coloured in Prisma with sparkly stickles on her wings and wand.

Pop over and join in with the challenge this wk and see what the other lovely members of the DT have created! Thanks for coming by and pop back later for another Dt creation or 2! Hugs everyone

Woo hoo to me!

Hiya folks, happy sat to you all! I hope the bank hol wkend is going well for everyone! I'm busy at work just now and tomorrow but Mon I get to have a proud mum moment as both my girls are stepping out on the pitch as Mascots at the Chester City football match!
I also wanted to remind everyone of a special charity function we are having over at OSAAT on 12th sept. We are raising awareness (and a little cash hopefully!) for a wonderful cause. Cameron is a little autistic boy who you can read more about here. A charity which is close to my heart as my nephew is also autistic. So please join us in a couple of wks for that one!

Now on to my fabulous news and that is that Janet over at Pink Gem designs has asked me to become permanent on their DT!!!! I have been lucky enough to have been a guest designer with Janet for the last 3 months and have now been even luckier to covet that permanent DT place (doing major happy dance now!)

Don't forget to join us over at a gem of a challenge this month, there is still time until 7th sept and Jennys sketch is fab!
Thanks for coming by and pop back tomorrow with my DT offerings for crafty sentiments and OSAAT hugs everyone