OSAAT New beginnings challenge

Hi all, happy sunday peeps! It's another challenge over at OSAAT and this wk our theme is new beginnings and some of us are showcasing our spotlighted creator this wk Jess of Floppy latte. I have used Jess' love blooms papers and her silhouette rose fairy image which are all so stunning and have made a new baby easel card and box (excuse the many photos!)

I have made my heart easel card inspired by Elsi's heart easel card, what a fabulous idea and have then followed the theme through to my circular box with the heart lid (perfect for a pair of baby shoes!).

My inner sentiment is from my stash and my outer welcome sentiment is waltzingmouse. My stunning butterfly is from hobbyhabitat with my pearls and lace coming from stash and my flowers are from wild orchids of course (yep I still have plenty lol!)

Here is the top view of my card closed and below is the top of the box, my bright pink ribbon around the box is also from my stash. I have lightly inked the edges of my silhouette and sentiments with Tim Holtz worn lipstick.

I also wanted to enter this into Cupcake crafts something new, Pollycrafts new things, Creative card crews fancy fold, Claudia and co shape up, Top tip tues anything goes (again!), Crafty creations new beginnings, Paper pretties unique fold, Delightful challenges easel card, Do it with digis new beginnings, Crafty purple frogs new challenge, Stamp somethings anything goes, prairie fairy fridays new beginnings, Card makin mamas girlie, crafty calendars new beginnings, if the shoe fits photo insp and sugar sweet paper treats altered challenge (my box).
Thanks for saying hi, I hope you can join in with our challenge this wk, pop across to see what the other DT have created this wk! Hugs everyone

Friday sketchers meets crafts & me

Good morning everyone, I hope we are gearing up for a lovely weekend! Mine will be at work as normal but with a little fun thrown in for good measure!
I want to share a card today that I have made using the sketch this wk over at friday sketchers. I have used one of the stunning sweetpea Meredith Dillman stamps available from the crafts and me store.

I'm afraid I can't tell you where my papers are from (sorry) but I have used my new nellie snellen flower circle die to outline my image. My flowers are wild orchids, my sentiment is from crafty sentiments and my ribbons are from stash. My stunning image has been coloured with prismas and some stickle sparkles to her wings.

I would also like to enter this into top tip tues anything goes challenge, Crafts and me paper tearing, MAWTT dreams (she is the stuff dreams are made of), Digi doodles shops best pink and green, Stamp somethings anything goes, Totally papercrafts happy birthday and Daring cardmakers recipe.
Thanks so much for coming by again my blogging friends! hugs to all

A fairymoon sprout!

Hello eveyone! I've got a bit of a spring in my step this morning! We have just booked a little mini break for the family to butlins (yep butlins) in the summer, the kids are mega excited and I haven't been to butlins since I was 15 so I am sure much has changed in the last 20 years lol! I've also managed to get a fair bit done this wk so I don't feel like the under achiever I normally feel like by friday lol!
I'm also loving this little card I have made. I haven't inked up a greeting farm stamp in ages and this little cutie was from the wild sprouts collection I bought an age ago and haven't inked up any of them!!!! I had forgotten how adorable they are and so super easy to colour.

I have followed the sketch this wk at fairymoon and have used stunning freebie papers yet again from shabby princess. I have used a little x cut border punch and branch punch with my flowers coming from wild orchids, my chiffon ribbon from stash and my sentiment from waltzingmouse.
My sweety image has been coloured with prisma pencils with a little distress ink around the edges.

I would also like to enter this card into Incy wincys challenge of go dotty, Lexis creations say it with love, Craft your passion tie on ribbon, Top tip tues anything goes, Paperplays cutie patootie, Meljens square or round cards and Digi doodles shops best pink and green colour combo.
Thanks loads for popping by to say hi and leaving a little comment if you have time!
Hugs everyone

Crafty sentiments thankyou challenge

Hello everyone! I hope you enjoyed last wks blog hop with crafty sentiments, thanks for joining in! This wk over at the crafty sentiments challemge blog we are asking you to make a thankyou card, nice and easy!
I have made a card using this gorgeous teddy with roses polymer stamp available at the store and have followed the sketch again over at sunday sketch and stamp.

My gorgeous papers are freebie downloads from shabby princess with my lace and flowers coming from wild orchids. My ribbon running through the flowers was off a christmas present and everything is glittered with gold.
My sentiment stamp is SU and my gold gems are from stash.

My cute teddy has been coloured with prismas, with the edges being distressed with tea dye.
I also want to enter this into spoonful of sugars thankyou challenge, top tip tues anything goes, fab and funkys use warm colours and totally papercrafts thankyou.
Thanks so much for coming by, I hope you can join in with our challenge and pop across to see what the other DT have been making.
Hugs to all

Crafty sentiments candy!!!

Look at this fabulous candy that the wonderful Suzette has to offer on her blog here. This stunning set is the new patches and stitch polymer set which you can get for free if you are lucky enough to win so pop across to join in!

Hugs all Rebekah xx

Pink gem designs DT card

For crafty sentiments blog hop, please go HERE
Hey peeps, how are we all today?! It is a very wet day here in the North of the UK so my camera flash has been working overtime lol!
I have made my card today following the sketch over at sunday sketch and stamp and have used this adorable Ellie with gingerbread stamp, she is just so cute! She is available in polymer from the pink gem designs store and the cute circle sentiment (which suits her perfectly!) is also pink gems and should be available in store as a polymer stamp by the end of the week.

The fabulous digi papers are nitwits and do have a cooking theme, although I seemed to have covered most of it lol!
My lace is from stash and my flourishes have been cut with Marianne Ds, My flowers are from a selection at Wild orchids. I recently bought some new storage for my flowers and still underestimated how many I had! £30 of really useful boxes are still full to the brim oops!

My image has been coloured with Prismas and I masked her so I could give a lightly distressed effect to the background.
I also wanted to enter this into My time to crafts chocolate challenge (I have used the colour), Top tip tuesdays anything goes, Crafty catz food and drink and one stop crafts card for a child.
Thanks so much for popping by my blog again folks! Hugs everyone

OSAAT valentine/love challenge sponsored by Digis with attitude

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Hi to everyone! Thanks so mcuh for popping by to say hi again! Todays sunday challenge over at OSAAT is a love/valentine theme to celebrate the launch of the Designers love collaboration now in store. We are lucky enough to be sponsored by digis with attitude who have been kind enough to give me this grumpy gretchen image and sentiment to work with.

I have used papers from the floppy latte love blooms set which is part of the collab, along with my image. I have followed a pink and red theme and have also followed the sketch at fairymoon this wk. My flowers are wild orchids with my ribbon and paper doily coming from stash. My heart has been cut with an old sizzlit I've brought out from it's dusty hiding place! My heart border punch is MS.

I have coloured my image with prismas and inked with Tim Holtz worn lipstick.
I also want to enter this into Pixie cottage punches challenge, Fab and funkys anything goes, Cute card thurs out with the old (my sizzlit die), MAWTT old & new stash (Old sizzlit, new image), Stamp somethings digi day, Card makin mamas girls just wanna have fun, Crazy for challenges photo insp, creative inspirations use something new, Craft your days away anything goes and 2 sisters getting girlie challenge.
Here is the collab available now at the stitchy bear and I did it creations store, all this fab stuff for free when you spend $10 in store!

Thanks again for popping by my blog, I hope you can join in with our LOVEly challenge this wk! Hugs to everyone

A new sketch at a gem of a challenge

Hello again everyone! It's that time again a new sketch over at a gem of a challenge but things have changed! We are now going to a fortnightly challenge with alternate sketches and themes so even more chance to enter and win fab goodies! Look waht is on offer for you to win this time! A fab set of promarkers from Letraset!

I'm not sure what came over me this time as I decided to make a male card lol! I think it's prob more because these super cute Andy images from Pink gem designs are just too cute to resist!

I have used fabulous creative cottage Autumn afternoon papers for my interpretation of the gorgeous sketch and have given them a ripped and distressed look. I don't think the vintage lace from Wild orchids is too girlie for this do you? Coupled with the twine from my stash I think it looks fine! My ticket sentiment is also pink gem designs and my little brass coloured brads from stash.
I have coloured Andy and his puppy with Prismas and distressed with Tea dye from Tim Holtz.

I would like to enter this into Fab and funkys anything goes challenge, Aud sentiments 2 words, Paper cutz use metal (eyelets), one stop crafts a card for a child and stampin with the dragon male card.
Pop along to see what the other fabulous members of the DT have made, we even have some uber talented newbie members! I hope you can join us in this fortnights challenge (don't forget it's just for 2 wks this time not a month!) Janet also has some fab digi papers now in store so check them out!

Hugs Everyone, thanks for coming by!

Crafty sentiments new release blog hop!!

Hiya peeps, yep today is the crafty sentiments blog hop to launch some amazing new releases, so uber cute!!! If you have arrived at my blog from the lovely Pinkys blog then you are in the right place, if not just pop on back to the crafty sentiments challenge blog where you will get a full list of the blog hop in order so that you don't miss anyone!
I have used the super cute "Lilly" on my card and matching gift bag, isn't she lovely?!

My matching gift bag has been made using freebie papers from shabby princess with my stunning flower from Mulberry crafts. I have used MS doily punch to cut the edging for the bag and the sentiment is from a set my daughter got for her birthday but I sneaked a use lol!

This is a close up of my card using the same stunning papers from shabby princess, yes these are definately free!!! With a selection of flowers from Mulberry crafts and Wild orchids. My sentiment is also crafty sentiments from the new Patches and stitch range which you will see being showcased within the blog hop. My lace is also Wild orchids and I have used the MS punch again here. My butterfly is punched with xcut, with my gems and glitter all coming from stash

Here is a close up of my fabulous image available now at the crafty sentiments store, she has been coloured with Prisma pencils.

From my blog you should hop on over to Tammylee's blog and share some love with her! I hope you enjoy the hop and see all the fab new releases on offer! There will be 3 winners, you could grab some polymer stamps or digi! Just make sure you mention our blog hop in your post and post a link to our challenge with our banner in your sidebar to qualify! Please leave some comments too so we know you have visited, the hop lasts for 1 week!
I would like to enter this into Craft your passions anything goes challenge, The crazy challenges "new" challenge (my stamp is new), Sew many challenges new things challenge, Fussy and fancy celebration gift and matching card, Crazy 4 challenges celebrate something and Catch the bug anything goes challenge.
Thanks for hopping by! Hope to see you again soon, hugs to all

Creative cottage "new" challenge

Hellloooo everyone! Apologies for my absence but rest assured I now have DT posts from today through to sunday all sorted lol!
Today sees a "new" challenge over at the creative cottage challenge blog which has been chosen by Sue and her challenge is to use something "new" or create a "new" themed card.
I have made this "new years" birthday card for my dad, he turned 70 on Jan 1st so this has been sent and received by now! I have used the fabulous papers from the jungle fun kit available at the creative cottage shop along with this fabulous digi image I won from digi stamp boutique, perfect for a dad type card!!

I have coloured my image with prisma pencils and have hand drawn some stitching to match the stitched patchwork paper I have used.
My metal sentiment is one I've had in my stash for a while as is the sticky numbers I've popped on. I have used eyelets and twine for a light embellishment, always a hard one with male cards!!
I am entering this into Aud sentiments anything goes challenge, Stamp n doodles New challenge and totally Gorjuss for someone special challenge.
Thanks so much for coming by to see me again, I can't wait to get back into crafting now the kids are back at school! Don't forget to join in with our fortnightly challenge to be in with a chance of winning a £10 voucher to spend on those fabulous creative cottage goodies!
hugs to everyone!!

Woop woop!!!

HI everyone! Have you been across to the craft us crazy blog yet? This is a new challenge blog with challenges starting early feb and running fortnightly. You can use anything (yep anything) in your creations, so thats any stamps, any techniques, nice and open so come along and follow so you don't miss out on our first challenge!

And extra Woop woop for me as the fabulous Jeri has asked me to be part of the wonderful design team which I was of course thrilled with!
So please pop along for a visit and check out the new DT blogs and don't forget to follow the challenge blog so you don't miss out on joining in with our new challenges!
Hugs to everyone

AFA guest DT february calendar

Hellooooo everyone! Long time no blog, well xmas had to come first and unfortunately for us my 3 yr old son got very ill on xmas eve, poor mite. We eventually got him to an out of hours doctors and found out he had a throat infection and double ear infection, he is still on his yucky antibiotics but he is atleast much better.
I hope everyone had wonderful xmasses and new years, thanks so much to all my lovely followers for keeping me company along my crafty journey, I hope you will continue to do so through 2011!
I was so lucky 2 wks ago to win the challenge over at Anyone for Anya and with it a guest DT spot for this wk! The monthly theme of making a birthday calendar continues and I really enjoyed it! You can download the calendar template from the AFA blog and I liked this so much that I will def continue to do this each month so I have a full birthday calendar by the end of the year!

I have used freebie papers from shabby princess along with this gorgeous greeting farm digi fairy. I have distressed and sparkled all edges and have used flowers from stash with gem brads, my ribbon is also from stash with my february stamp from Rhona Farrer and small rose from Wild orchids.

She is such a pretty image, there are 4 seasonal fairies to download, I have 2 but may just have to get the others lol!
I was lucky enough to get a wireless printer for xmas and have picked up a fab new deal laptop in the sales so I need to get myself set up with those and spend time playing in order to figure it all out! My PC also got sick over xmas hence another reason for my lack of blogging but hopefully the new laptop will have this all sorted soon!
I would like to enter this calendar into Digital tuesdays anything goes challenge, My time to craft brand new challenge (the calendar is a new thing for me!), Top tip tuesdays get embellishing challenge, The character cafes sparkle challenge and by the cute and girlies bling it on challenge.
Thanks for coming by to say hello, I hope you will come back and pay me a visit again soon! Hugs to all