Creative Inspirations Monochromatic

Hey everyone! I know it has been a bit since I have posted. My internet went down which didn't help things and then I have been reassessing how I spend my time a bit and am trying to divide my time now between getting fit, relaxing and crafting. Of course there is all that dreaded housework to fit in there too so I have been a bit absent of late.
We do have another fabulous challenge over at creative inspirations and this time it has been chosen by yours truly and it is monochromatic, (for those not in the know that is shades of one colour) and we are sponsored this wk by Robyns fetish who gave us some great images to work with.

I have used the fab black market paper society papers again (Last time I looked they were back in stock at Craftie Charlie!) along with some lace and cheesecloth from stash, image from Robyns fetish, flowers from Wild orchids and chipboard snowflakes from My mums craft shop. My sentiment is Waltzingmouse.

I have coloured my image with prisma pencils and given him the glamour dust treatment. The stamped snowflakes at the edge are magnolia and I have inked in black memento. The chipboard snowflakes have been painted in white acrylic then glamour dusted. My white flowers have been stickle sparkled and the black have been snowtexed. I have distressed my papers with a blade and then used acrylic paint and rock candy crackle paint to give a turned up edge.

I have followed the sketch this wk for my card over at Willow sketchie and would also like to enter this into Aud sentiments winter theme, Crafty sentiments snowmen, Crafty Anns inspired by a xmas song (Frosty the snowman), Secret crafter white and one other, Whoopsidaisy free and easy, Simply create shades of black, Crafty pad monochromatic and Ohh la la creations let it snow.
Thanks so much for coming by my blog!! Please check out the challenge and join us, the rest of the DT have made some superb creations!
Hugs to all

Candy winner!!!

Hey folks, just wanted to pop by to announce my candy winner Mr random has this time picked out Sandie G, well done!! Please e mail me your postal addy to lanewilliamsfamily@btinternet.com so I can get your goodies out to you! Thanks to all my friends who entered the candy I'm sure there will be another soon!

I promise now I'm back on line and work has gone for another weekend that I will visit your blogs in due course!

Big hugs!

A gem of a challenge sketch

Hi folks, super quick post from me as I'm off to work and I have only just got my internet back after it being off for 24 hours so I'm a bit late with my DT post for the new sketch over at a Gem of a challenge

I have used this super cute new digi available at Pink gem designs called Halloween Phoebe isn't she cute?! I have used digi papers too from Susans crafty chaos and sentiment from Waltzingmouse.

Hopefully I will have some time later to list all my embellies etc but I really have to rush now!

Hopefully I will find some challenges for this later too and will also be back sometime soon to draw the winner of my candy!
Big hugs and thanks for popping by!

Creative Inspirations single layer card

Hello folks, yes I am still surviving my Wii Zumba lol! Actually I have managed the 20 min beginner lesson, it looks messy and nothing like the instructor on the TV but heck I sweat like crazy and nearly fall down at the end so I must be doing some good!
Today at creative Inspirations is a new challenge "single layer cards" ugh! Sorry but this is so NOT my type of challenge! We all know I'm not a CAS girl and I struggled with this, but then most of the DT said they struggled too lol!

See?! No DP, No embellies, no lace, no ribbon, no flowers, no nothing really! I just broke out my fab new fall stamp club from Magnolia and stamped this stunning little angel Tilda and used the snowflakes as a back ground. My sentiment is Waltzingmouse.

Tilda has been coloured with prismas and glittered with stickles. I masked her to give a distressed blue outline so the image would seem wintry and pop a bit from the page, I have also stickle glittered around the edge of the card. What else can I say about my card, there is nothing on it lol!
Do check out the rest of the DTs creations for some inspiration on doing this yourselves!
I would like to enter this into Just magnolia anything goes, Secret crafter anything sparkly, Whoopsidaisy xmas, One stop craft anything goes, OSAAT anything goes, Sentimental sundays anything goes and 2 anything goes.
Thanks for popping by here again today! Big hugs

Creative card crew something spooky

Hello everyone I hope you are all well! Here's a question for you... has anyone tried Zumba for the Wii? OMG it nearly killed me! I'm not the most coordinated of peeps so I looked like a complete idiot trying to copy the moves and failing miserably but despite all that there was no way I could even manage the 20 min beginner work out! 5 mins and I was nearly on my back exhausted! I guess it is all in the name of fitness!
Onto the more calming and restful side of me though, crafting (a much less strenuous activity!) our challenge for the next 2 wks at Creative card crew is something spooky and we are sponsored by the oh so fab Simon says stamp.

I have made a halloween treat bucket just ready for goodies! The bucket was one I got with some smellies in last xmas. I haven't done much to the bucket itself but I have given it a little floral makeover and made my fab halloween tag to tie on.

My gorgeous tag has been made with echo park apothecary papers and another one of those super fab digis from Krista over at saturated Canary. My lace, button, gems and ribbon are from stash and I have created my own charm and bead dangly with some bits I picked up on ebay. My image has been coloured with Prismas and my fabulous sentiment is one from the super waltzingmouse stamps again.

My dotty wired ribbon I bought from the local charity shop and my flowers are a flat one from stash inked and glittered and a black rose from wild orchids. My pumpkin charm is also from stash.
I would like to enter this into Hooked on craft challenges anything but a card, Pink elephants photo inspiration, Paper shelters halloween, Charisma black and orange, Fussy and fancy halloween, Stampin with the dragon fall colours, Challenge up your life halloween, 2 sisters halloween, Catch the bug halloween anything but a card, Stamp scrap & doodle round things, Quirky crafts halloween and sparkles forum halloween.
For those who wanted to see some evidence of our crazy work day on saturday....

Here is my boss dressed as Michael Jackson sampling in the street! He got pretty hot in that by the end of the day.

Here is me in the famous Cheryl Cole attire with my fab friend Khaled dressed as bob Marley!

And here I am with another work friend called Becky who also dressed as Cheryl but in the opposite colours so that was lucky! We were the Cheryl twins for the day!
Thanks again for coming by my blog folks, hope you can join us in our spooky challenge!
Hugs to all

Yet another saturated canary card!

Good morning everyone! Well today is another charity day at work and we have to go dressed as pop icons!!! Seriously, who thinks up these ideas?! Of course my attitude would have nothing to do with the fact I'm the oldest person there and can't think of any pop icons that are less than glamorous and are bigger than a size 8 lol! I can't imagine Lady Gaga, Britney or Madonna wearing anything that I would deem suitable for me to wear in public! Anyway I trawled the internet and found the cheapest thing was a Cheryl Cole outfit (I'm still mortified at the idea!) wish me luck with that!
My card today uses another one of those super fab Saturated Canary digis, I can't get enough of these! (Anyone who didn't see yesterdays SFTW DT card scroll down for another SC!)

I have followed the sketch over at Saturated Canarys 1st challenge (woo hoo!) I sort of did it again, there is a piece offset under my image at an angle (as per the sketch) but I have covered it in cheesecloth and embellies so you can barely see it! These are lovely papers from my minds eye lost & found collection but you would never know as I've covered them all up!
My butterfly is again from the fab little snippets, my lace is wild orchids with some of my flowers also. Other flowers are Prima with pink glass charms from e bay. My sentiment is SU.

My sweet image has been coloured with prisma pencils. I have edged in worn lipstick and vintage photo inks and machine stitched. My flourishes are an SU stamp inked in vintage photo.

I even decorated a little box for my card, nothing too extravangant due to minimal time but something simple and matching.

I would also like to enter this into Incy Wincys think pink, The Crazy challenge think pink, Die cut dreams brown, pink and cream, Truly scrumptious distressing, ABC A is for anything goes, Pennys paper crafty anything goes, Crafts & Me use a digi and Digi doodle shops best distressing. I am also Linking up for Pink with this, please pop by and raise awareness!

Thanks so much for coming by my blog again! There is still some time left to enter my candy if you are interested!
Big hugs

SFTW colours of Autumn challenge

Hi friends, hope you are all well! It's time for another challenge over at Stampin for the weekend with our wonderful monthly sponsor Simon says stamp. Our challenge this time is colours of autumn and boy did I have fun with this one!
I made my card using another one of those super stunning digis from Saturated canary (I have to admit I have been buying more of Kristas designs as they are just adorable and so affordable with them being digi!)

I have followed the sketch this wk over at top tip tuesday (who Krista is sponsoring so I will gladly take the prize lol!) and have used my ever so fave papers from black market paper society, that being said I don't think I should be allowed to buy pretty papers anymore as I seem to cover them all in embellies and you never get to see them! I have used a doily from crafty Emmas, butterflies from little snippets, sentiment from SU flowers from wild orchids and mulberry crafts and a home made stick pin and charm.

My perfectly adorable image has been coloured with prismas (I am lovin all the combinations of colours now I have the 132 set!) and I have inked with spiced marmalade and vintage photo inks and machine stitched the edges. I had to give her flame orange hair, it only seemed fitting for autumnal colours!

I am also entering this into The shabby tea rooms photo inspiration challenge, Creative stamp friends autumn colours, Crafty sentiments pearls, flowers and pins, Stampavie and more autumn, flutterby wednesday open, Pixie cottage fall fun, Cooking it up with Katie Fabulous, Fun and (Fall & Flowers), Paperplay autumn colours, MAWTT autumn leaves and Stamp n doodle Fall.
Please do check out the rest of the DTs fabulous creations and come along and join us, you have 2 wks and could win a fabby prize!
Thanks so much for coming by my blog again, there is another saturated canary card coming tomorrow (obsessed much?!)
Big hugs

Divas by design Button up challenge

Here I am again! For my creative inspirations post please scroll down...
It's challenge time again at Divas by design and we want to see you use your buttons. I used to have an issue with buttons, just couldn't get them to look right on my cards at all, but now I think they make a lovely addition to a bow and they are so easy to alter too with ink and embossing powder if you don't have the right colour!
I was so so so thrilled when my new Magnolia fall collection stamp club arrived on monday too, so much so that I just had to get into them and what cuties they are! So todays card features just a few of the fab stamps from the kit.

I have used papers from My minds eye holly jolly collection, just gorgeous! Along with pearls, ribbon, button and cheesecloth from stash. My stick pin is handmade and my flowers are a selection from Wild orchids, mulberry crafts and Kort & Godt with a bit of snow tex on. My lace is also Wild orchids and I have followed the stunning sketch over at CLP.

My sweet image is one from the new kit along with the fab sentiment. I have masked her and created a motled blue background with stormy sky distress ink. I then stamped some snowflakes (also in the fall kit) and embossed in glitter and white for a slightly snowy background along with some liquid pearls, you will have to take my word for it that it's sparkly as the photo doesn't show it well. She has been coloured with prisma pencils and all of my edges have been machine stitched and distressed and inked with vintage photo. I think she is utterly adorable!

I would also like to enter this into Crafty cardmakers anything goes, Totally stampalicious emboss it, Papertake weekly anything goes, Delightful pearls and swirls, Whoopsidaisy lace and pearls and Paper sundaes lots of layers.
I do hope you will join us in our challenge and check out the rest of the DTs superb creations!
Thanks for coming by again and big hugs to you all

Creative inspirations Friendship challenge

Helloooo out there! Gosh it feels like ages since I have crafted! My mum has gone home now so I'm getting back to my crafty self! It was absolutely lovely having her to stay and we did the "ladies that lunch" thing very well! But I did not do any crafting for a whole week!!! I actually thought my mojo may have just upped and left me due to being ignored but luckily he stayed faithful!
So back to the card of today and it's my DT card for the creative inspirations challenge of friendship and we are sponsored this wk by the super fab Simon says stamp again!
I decided to ink up this fabulous Mo Manning at Stampavie stamp. I have a fair few of Mos digis but due to the occasional hissy fit my printer has like to keep plenty of rubber and polymer on standby!

I have followed the sketch over at the sweet stop this wk (well loosely lol) the sketch is there it's just that I do like to add lots of other elements, never one for restraint!!! I have used the stunning alla prima papers again, I just adore the colours of these! My lace is from e bay, my ribbon from my friend Bonnie, my cheesecloth and pearls are from stash, my sentiment is a fab SU one, my butterfly is e crafts and my flowers are mulberry crafts with the stamens a bargain purchase from the works.

I have coloured my image with prismas (yes I have broken out the new ones now woo hoo! so many combinations!) and I have edged in picket fence distress ink and machine stitched.

I would also like to enter this into Craft your passion anything goes with ribbon, Allsorts flowers, Catch the bug anything goes, Crafty Emmas pretty girls and Just Tracys crafts anything goes.
Please do check out the other DTs fab creations and come back later for my latest card for the new Divas by design challenge!
Thanks so much for coming by my blog again and big hugs to everyone

A gem of a challenge with love at christmas

Hey everyone it's challenge time again at a gem of a challenge and this card has been waiting in the wings for a bit as I made this for a previous DT project and realised I hadn't followed the sketch at all duh so it became the perfect candidate for this new challenge "christmas with love" so a xmas card with hearts somewhere.

I used some xmas papers from my stash, along with a large heart doily from Poppyscabin, my chiffon ribbon, pearls and sparkly heart candy candy are from stash, my flowers are wild orchids and my sentiment is waltzingmouse.

My sweet image is one of the new Pink Gem designs xmas range coloured with Prismas, edged in dusty concord and machine stitched.

I loved making this card, such a fan of non traditional xmas colours! I have some new yummy xmas papers too so maybe I will feel inspired to make some more xmas cards!
I am a bit challenge light as I haven't been keeping up this wk but would like to enter this into Cute card thursday animal crackers, Stamp and doodle pets, Crafty purple frog layers and crafts 4 eternity anything goes.
Thanks so much for coming by my blog again, I promise to get by more of your blogs next wk!