A quick creative cottage sneek peek

Hello just a quick post from me as I'm still not feeling too fab but wanted to pop on another make with a sneek peek at another new kit coming from the creative cottage. Don't forget to be in with a chance of winning these kits just go along to the creative cottage blog and leave a daily comment and then join in with our blog hop mon and tues of next wk for even more prizes!
I'm afraid my mojo only stemmed to this little tag today, it's a pity as there are some gorgeous papers, frames and embellies in this kit, check out the blog to see some other fab DT examples which do it so much more justice!

I did manage a little decoupage to give the tag a bit of depth and added a little lace for some prettyness!

I'm not even up to hunting down challenges for this either. I am determined to be much better by tomorrow when the new creative cottage challenge starts! Thanks for coming by, even the sun has popped out this afternoon so things are looking brighter! Hugs everyone

A Pink gem new xmas release and some news

Another post from me today as there is a new release over at pink gem designs! This little cutee is a new character called Ellie, she is adorable! She is available now in store and Janet is back now to process all your orders!

I have followed the sketch this wk over at friday sketchers for this card and am also entering this into Whoopsidaisy monthly challenge of flowers and Sarah Hurleys challenge of snowflakes.

I have used DCWV xmas papers and have used a snowflake embossing plate on the purple layer under the image. My sentiment ticket along with my image and my cute stocking charm are all from pink gem designs. My ribbon is from stash and my sparkly snowflakes I picked up in hobbycraft. My lovely flowers are Wild orchids.
And for a little bit of extra special news too.....

I have been selected to be on the design team at Pocket full of posies a bi weekly challenge for the florally obsessed (I def come into that category!) so make sure you join us on Mon 20th sept for my first DT stint and the current challenge floral fantasy is still on so join in!
Thanks for coming by to say Hi again hugs to everyone

A creative cottage sneek peek and upcoming blog hop

Well I'm later than anticipated with this post this morning! I'm afraid my son has given me his illness so now I'm feeling a bit yuck and sorry for myself but am soldiering on (break out the mini violins please!!! lol)
Today sees the sneek peek start of some new things happening over at the creative cottage, its the week countdown until the new webshop opens woo hoo! Tracy will be giving away a new kit everyday on the creative cottage blog so just pop across and leave a comment and spread the word on your blogs!
On Mon 20th when the shop opens we will also be having a special 2 day blog hop to celebrate! It will start at the creative cottage challenge blog and will hop through many of our DT ending at the creative cottage blog with a link to the new webshop!
Todays giveaway is the new Jai Li luck kit, it's gorgeous! I have made a box with some of the papers and embellies here.

I have used papers both in and out of the box and have used butterlies and "luck" sentiment also from the kit. My flowers are Prima with chiffon ribbon and pearl brad from stash. Some of the other DT have made some cutees with this kit too so pop on over for a looksie!

Here is the gorgeous kit in all it's glory!

I am entering this into Charismas challenge of try something new (I haven't made a box like this before)
Thanks so much for coming by my blog and pop across to see if you can win todays kits and everyday this wk! Hugs everyone

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