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Winter Sports - Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Posted on: Wednesday, 22 May 2013

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends and a big warm welcome to my newest followers. I feel so honoured that you have chosen to look at my little corner of Blogland.

Today is the mid-way reminder and inspiration post for the Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Our fun theme this month is

Winter Sports

We are sponsored by the fabulous Quixotic Paperie this month.

Prize is a £10 voucher to spend online.

I was really pleased when I saw the theme as it gave me a good excuse to ink up one of my cute Penny Black Stamps. I can't help but smile when I colour these hedgies!

Items Used -

Stamp - Penny Black - Hedgy shuffle coloured with Promarkers

Embossing folders - Crafts Too Stars and Cuttlebug Snowflakes

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Marianne Designs Snowflakes

Memory Box Frosty Border

Glamour Dust

Ribbon and Gems from Stash.

If you take a look at the Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - May Challenge Anything Goes
My Time to Craft - Christmas in May

Eureka Stamps - All white or no design paper
Dream Valley - animals

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog again today. I really do appreciate it and love the read any comments you may wish to make

Bye for now

hugs

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It's Anything Goes at Passion for Promarkers

Posted on: Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Good Morning to you all my fabulous blogging friends.

Today is the start of a new Passion for Promarkers Challenge.

It is a very special challenge this week as it's our 4th Anniversary, therefore, we have a really easy theme

Anything Goes

To be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (i.e. pro, flex, tria, aqua, metallic or neon markers)

WOW!! We have some fantastic prizes up for grabs for our lucky winners:

Letraset

are offering one lucky winner a pack of their Limited Edition Spring/Summer Promarker 12 pack

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Whimsy Stamps/Michele R Designs

are offering one lucky winner a prize of $10.00 worth of digi papers

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Saturated Canary

are offering one lucky winner 2 digi images of their choice

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Bearly Mine Designs

are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store

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Dies to Die For

are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store

This is the card I made for my hubby for your Wedding Anniversary a couple of weeks ago.

I chose this cute image because it reminds me of our first date, it was pouring with rain so we cuddled under a blue umbrella!!!

Items Used:

Stamp - Wild Rose Studio ~ Raining Roses coloured with Promakers and Flexmarkers

Papers - Pink Petticoat Pretty Little Hearts

Martha Stewart Heart Lace Border punch

Sentiment - Flourishes - love sweet love

Spellbinders - Floral Ovals - MCH

Memory Box Precious Hearts - MCH

Stickles - Stardust - MCH

If you pop over to the Passion for Promarkers Challenge you will see the amazing creations made by the rest of the design team. I hope lots of you will take part to have a chance of winning on of the fabulous prizes on offer.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Allsorts - True Blue

Charisma Cardz - No Digis

Oldie but Goodie - Inspired by a song - Together Forever by Rick Astley! (was in the charts around the time we met too!) old item Martha Stewart punch

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog again today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make

Bye for now

hugs

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DT card for Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge

Posted on: Monday, 20 May 2013

Good Morning my wonderful crafty friends

I hope you had a good weekend.

Today is the start on a new Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge.

We are onto sketch number 10 and I have chosen the optional them of ribbon and/or lace.

For this challenge we are sponsored by the wonderful

Pink Gem Designs

The DT had great fun in choosing a digi stamp from Pink Gem Designs. I picked one of Janet's newer images, the adorable Little Gem with Rose.

Here is the sketch for you to follow, as you can see I have rotated it to fit my image

Items Used

Digi Stamp - Pink Gem Designs - Little Gem with Rose

Papers - Doodlebug Designs

Embossing folder -Crafter's Companion Floral Frenzy
Lace, ribbon and button from stash

If you pop along to the Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team and see who were the winners of the last challenge.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Fab 'n Funky - Your Favourite Embellishment - Ribbon (that's why I chose it for the theme!!)
4 Crafty Chicks - Birthday.
Crafts and Me - Use a digi.
Crafting Musketeers - Anything goes.
dream Valley -Animals
Southern Girls - Going Spotty Dot
Card Mania - Spots and/or Stripes

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and always love to read any comments you may wish to make.

Bye for now

hugs

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Girls, Girls, Girls at the Joanna Sheen Challenge

Posted on: Sunday, 19 May 2013

Good morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.

I hope you are all having a good weekend.

Yesterday was my son's 16th Birthday. At 6ft 3" tall he is definitely not my 'little' boy any more! I have to say that I'm blessed to have the most easy going, kind natured and good humoured Son anyone could wish for. I am so proud of him as I am of all my children.

Anyway, today is the start of a new Joanna Sheen Challenge

This time our theme is one of my favourites

Girls, Girls, Girls !!

The prize for the lucky winner will be a £15 voucher to spend online at Joanna Sheen.

I was sent the cute Daisy and Friends CD which is full of sweet images ready to print off.

After much deliberation, I chose this sweet girl as she reminds my of my beautiful youngest daughter.

Items Used

Digi Stamps - from Daisy and Friends CD- Rom coloured with promarkers

Papers - LOTV Nitwits Promises

Senitment - LITV Vintage Sentiment Occasions

Memory Box Fabulous Phlox - MCH coloured with Promarkers

Memory Box Pippi Butterfly - MCH

Cheery Lynn Flourish Leaf Strip

Pearls and lace from Stash

If you pop over to the Joanna Sheen Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of this week's design team and see who were the winners of the last challenge.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - flower power
Creatalicious Challenges -For the girls
Crafty Catz 3,2,1 (3 papers, 2 flowers and 1 butterfly)
Send a Smile for Kids - Pastel colours for kids
Songbird Challenges - Bloom and Grow
Clear it Out - anything goes with 2+ patterned papers
Polka Doodles - Spring Colours / Pastels
The Ribbon Girl - colour challenge, lilac and lavender

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate your support and love the read any comments you may wish to make.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend

Bye for now

Hugs

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Thank you - Lili's Little Fairies Challenge

Posted on: Thursday, 16 May 2013

Good Morning my wonderful crafty friends.

I hope you are having a good week.

Today is the start of a new challenge over at

Lili's Little Fairies Challenge and the theme this week is

Thank you!

for this challenge we are sponsored by

DELICIOUS DOODLES

I decided to set myself a challenge and try to make a card without any embellishments or die cuts!!

I picked out some really colourful papers to make a bright and cheerful card. I just couldn't resist adding a tiny butterfly to the sentiment though!

Items Used

Stamp - LOTV Teddy Bouquet coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Wild Rose Studio Annabelle's Meadow

Sentiment Stamp - Craftword cards

Small butterfly punch (no makers name on it!)

If you pop over to the Lili's Little Fairies Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of Team A and see who were the winners of the last challenge.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenge:

Ready Teady Go - Spring has Sprung
Card Mania - Flowers
Cupcake Craft - - Lots of Layers
Without Words - Brings Forth May Flowers ( not sure if this okay as I have lots of layers and added a butterfly, please feel free to delete my entry if necessary!)
Perfect Sentiments- Spring Thank you
I ♥ Promarkers - Simply Does It!
Crafting for all Seasons - Think Pink
Oldie But Goodie - Inspired by a Song - just wanna be your teddy bear by Elvis( recommended by Laurie!!) old papers and very old stamp!!

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make.

Bye for now

hugs

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Sweet Elin - GDT card for My Crafty Heart

Posted on: Monday, 13 May 2013

Good Morning my wonderful crafty friends.

I hope you had a good weekend. Ours was fabulous, despite the weather, it just goes too fast that's all!

Anyway, hopefully there is a touch of sunshine for you here with my latest card using some gorgeous goodies from

My Crafty Heart

I wanted to make a Thank You card for a special friend who helped me out recently. She likes cute, girly cards so I chose Nellie Snellen Sweet Elin's Flower .

I used some gorgeous papers from Melissa Frances, I love this pad as there is such a great choice of colours and patterns to mix together.

As you see I have used my Memory Box Cosmo border again, Can you tell I love this die!!

Items Used

Stamp - Nellie Snellen Sweet Elin's Flower - MCH coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Melissa Frances Kitschy Kitchen - MCH

Memory Box - Cosmo Border - MCH

Memory Box - Precious Hearts - MCH

Cheery Lynn Dies - Lace Corner Deco A - MCH

Prima Divine Butterflies - MCH

Viva Decor Pearl Pen Ice White - MCH

Stickles - Stardust - MCH

Sentiment - LOTV sentiment to fit scroll

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

I ♥ Promarkers - Thank you

One Stop Craft - Add Some Glitter

Brown Sugar - Angels & Fairies

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
My Mums Craft Shop - Spots or Stripes

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make

Bye for now

hugs

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Things with Wings at A Gem of A Challenge

Posted on: Saturday, 11 May 2013

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.

I hope you are having a good weekend. The weather is not so good but we won't let that spoil our fun!

Today is the start of a new A Gem of a Challenge

This week the theme chosen by me is....

Things with Wings

This can be as part of the image of as embellishments

The prize for the winner will be.....

2 Individual Digi images

(NO SETS, PERSONALISED WATERMARK'S OR SENTIMENT SETS)

of the winners choice from PINK GEM DESIGNS.....

I have coloured Pink Gem's cute Fairy Teddy and added plenty of sparkle to her wings and wand.

Yet again, I spent ages trying to choose some patterned paper and in the end just went with some embossing with added gems.

Items Used:

Digi Stamp - Pink Gem Fairy Teddy coloured with Promarkers

Spellbinders Floral Ovals

Embossing folder - Crafts Too Stars

Sentiment - Craftwork cards

Galmour Dust

Button, ribbon and silver thread from stash

If you pop over to A Gem of a Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of this week's design team and see who were the winners of the last challenge.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Deep Ocean - Let's Sparkles

Perfect Sentiments - Dry Embossing
Simon Says Stamp Things with wings
Creative Corner Challenges - Things with wings
abc challenge - Make it sparkle
Lisa B designs - Wings and Things
Crafty Ribbons - No designer paper

Sarah Hurley - shades of blue

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog again today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to may

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend

bye for now

hugs

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Button it at the Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge!

Posted on: Friday, 10 May 2013

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.

I know a few of my blogging buddies are not so good at the moment for one reason or another so I would like to send you all comforting hugs.

Today is the start of a new Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge

This time our theme is

Button it!

Our sponsors for this challenge are

Bugaboo Stamps

and also Scrappiness designs who have lots of fab digital paper kits at their store here.

I made this card for my Nephew using a cute Bugaboo image and some very old papers. I was inspired by the fabulous sketch over at Seize the Birthday. As my papers are very colourful I have gone for minimal embellishments.

Items used

Digi stamp - Turtle-birthday coloured with Promarkers

Papers - DCWV Stack 6

Spellbinders large circle and large scalloped circle

Sentiment - Craftwork cards

buttons from stash

If you take a look on the Stampin' for the Weekend Challeng e you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team and see who were the lucky winners of the last challenge

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Seize the Birthday - challenge #16 - FAB sketch

Clear it Out - Anything goes with 2 or more patterned papers
Whimsy Inspires - Anything Goes
Bugaboo Challenge - Anything Goes
Delightful Challenge - Stash it! ( very old papers and buttons)

Thank you once again for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really am so grateful to you and love to read any comments you may wish to make

Take care

bye for now

hugs to you all

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Little Friends - My Crafty Heart GDT card

Posted on: Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends

I hope you are all having a good week so far.

Today I am here to show you a card that I made with some gorgeous goodies from

My Crafty Heart

I have used a digi stamp that I was very lucky to win from Elisabeth Bell's blog hop. My Craft Heart stocks some other gorgeous Elisabeth Bell rubber stamps that you can see here.

I felt like making a colourful card again so I have used the gorgeous Prima Believe papers.

The flowers on the Memory Box Hollyhock Stem and the wings on the beautiful dragonfly have been coloured with Promarkers. The pearl dots on the Dragonfly's body have been made with the wonderful Viva Pearl Pen - I love this because you can make the pearls into any size you need.

Items Used:

Digi Stamp - Elisabeth Bell Little Friends coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Prima Believe - MCH

Memory Box - Vintage Birdcage

Memory Box - Hollyhock Stem - MCH

Memory Box - Meadow Butterfly - MCH

Viva Decor Pearl Pen Ice White - MCH

Lace - Melissa Frances Crocheted Vintage Beige Lace. - MCH

Resin flower

Sentiment - lotv - vintage labels occasions

Vintage Florals Corner stamp - lotv

Over at My Crafty Heart there are lots of new goodies including some of the new Summer MB dies and some gorgeous Impression Obsession dies.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Pretty Little Ribbon shop - Lace

Elisabeth Bells World - April showers bring May Flowers.

Jellypark - Girly

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes - optional to use 2 stamps

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog again today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make

bye for now

hugs

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Passion for Promakers Challenge - Happy Birthday

Posted on: Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Good Morning my wonderful crafty friends.

I hope you are all well and that you had a good weekend. We were very lucky with the weather, makes a nice change for a bank holiday.

Today is the start of a new Passion for Promarkers Challenge

This week our theme chosen by the lovely Pinky is

Happy Birthday

Please remember you must use your Letraset products (i.e. promarkers, flex markers, aqua markers, tria markers, metallic markers or neon markers) and of course follow the theme.

For this challenge we are sponsored by

Lili of the Valley

Prize for the lucky winner is a £10 voucher to spend online.

So what better reason for me to use one of my newest stamps from LOTV which I bought recently with a gift voucher that I was very lucky to win from the wonderful Vicky.

Items Used

Stamp - LOTV It Takes Two coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Papers - First Edition Sweet Owl

Embossing folder - Papermania Happy Birthday

Spellbinders labels one and scalloped labels one

Sentiment - LOTV Senitment Tags

Memory Box Party Lanterns availble at MCH

Wooden button from stash

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Inky Impressions - Spots and or Stripes

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - lots of Pink

I ♥ Promarkers - Put a button on it!

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make

Bye for now

hugs

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DT card for Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge #113

Posted on: Monday, 6 May 2013

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.

I hope you are well and if you are in the UK I hope you are enjoying the extra long weekend.

We have been lucky to have some sunny weather here which has been an added bonus.

Today is the start of a new Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge.

We are onto Sketch # 9 and our optional theme chosen by the lovely Sarah-Jane is Things with Wings.

For this challenge we are sponsored by the wonderful

A Day for Daisies

We were very lucky on the design team to be able to choose an image from A Day for Daisies for this challenge. I choose this gorgeous owl, it really was a joy to colour. I have kept my embellishments to a minimum this time.

Here is the sketch, as you can see I rotated it to fit my image

Items Used

Digi Stamp - A Day for Daisies Owl Sister coloured with promarkers

Papers - First Edition New Leaf

Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles

Sentiment - Flourishes

Nellie Snellen small and medium Flower punches

Embossing folder - Crafters Companion Floral Frenzy

Ribbon, twine and wooden button from stash

If you take a look on the Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge blog you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team and see who were the winners of the last challenge

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

I ♥ Promarkers - button it!
Crafty Ribbons - anything goes (with ribbon)

Ribbon girl - add a button
Glitter n Sparkle - Anything goes
Lisa B Designs - things with wings
Simon Says Stamp - Happy Mail

Right, that's all from me for now.

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make

I hope you all have a good day.

bye for now

hugs

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Things with Wings at the No Matter Which Challenge

Posted on: Saturday, 4 May 2013

Good Evening to you all my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you are all having a good weekend. The weather hasn't been so nice today but it has stayed dry so my son got to play his first of three cricket matches this weekend.

Just popping by to tell you about the new

No Matter Which Challenge

This month our theme is

Things with Wings
Please remember you MUST use a rubber or digi stamped image as your main image

For this challenge we are sponsored by

My Creative Classroom

One lucky winner will receive a free seat to a class of their choice.

I made this card for my wonderful Mum-in-Law who's Birthday is next week. She loves watching the birds in the garden so I hope she will like this image. I could hardly believe my luck when I realised that my Memory Box Norrland Flower die matched so well with flowers in the image. I have add added some shading to them with distress inks but unfortunately you cannot really see it on my photo

Items used

Stamp- Tina Wenke Bird on Dogwood Branch coloured with Promarkers

Papers - LOTV Country Lady

Sentiment - LOTV Handwritten Phrases

Spellbinders labels 18

Spellbinders Floral ovals - available at MCH

Memory Box Lavish Branch

Memory Box Norrland Flower

Distress Inks - Tattered Rose and Victorian Velvet

Seed beads from stash

If you take a look on the No Matter Which Challenge you will see the amazing creations make by the rest of the design team

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
Natalie and Amy - Things with wings
Bearly Mine Challenges Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments use a birthday sentiment
Creative Craft Challenges2 - All about Animals
Crafts and Me: floral frenzy
2 Sisters Challenge - Bingo - Punches or Dies/ Sentiment/Flowers
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Blooms and Blossoms
As you like it - favourite die or punch - (one of my favourites!) Spellbinders floral oval, just think is frames an image so beautifully

Right, that it from me for now. Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comment you may wish to make

I hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend

Bye for now

hugs

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Add some Lace - Lili's Little Fairies Challenge

Posted on: Thursday, 2 May 2013

Good Morning to you all my lovely crafty friends

Today is a special day here at the Bearhouse as it's our Wedding Anniversary. 21 years have just flown by and my goodness so much has happened in that time. Don't worry, I won't get too soppy with you, I just feel so lucky to have someone so kind, caring and totally wonderful to share my life with.

Anyway, today is the start of a new Lili's Little Fairies Challenge

our theme this week is a nice easy one

Lace

You can use real lace, paper lace or faux lace, so long as it is there on your card with your LOTV image.

The lovely prize for you this time is 2 stamps from STAMPOSAURUS

I have used one of my older Lili of the Valley stamps this time. I really love this image.

Items Used

Image - LOTV Little Girl's Swing Time coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Prima Birdsong

Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish

Nellie Snellen small and medium flower punches

Woodware small daisy punch

Distress Ink - Tattered Rose for edges of papers and flowers

Martha Stewart heart doily punch

Pearls, seam binding and lace from stash

Sentiment - Woodware

If you take a look on the Lili's Little Fairies blog you will see the wonderful creations made by this week's design team and see who were the winners of the last challenge.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
Love to Create - Punches and/or Dies
Perfect Sentiments Make it feminine
Creative Inspirations - Birthday
Ruby's Rainbow - Furry Friends
Penny's Challenge - Animals

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comment you may wish to make

Bye for now

hugs

Sue

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Kraft it!! at A little Bit Crafty Challenge

Posted on: Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Good Morning Everyone and a warm welcome to my new followers. It's so lovely to have you there.

I'm so happy it's the 1st of May. This is one of my favourite months of the year. The air is fresh, the trees start to blossom and we have lots of friends and family birthdays coming up to keep us busy.

Today is the start of a new A Little Bit Crafty Challenge

This month our theme is

Kraft it!

We have 3 wonderful sponsors this time:

Sa rah Hurley - Prize Curio Digi kit and a £10 voucher for digital items in her shop

Hobbycutz - Prize £7.50 Voucher

Clare Curd Crafts - Prize £10 voucher

So here is the card I made for -I'm sure you may have guessed - my dear Dad.

He supports Brighton Football team therefore Wellington bear is wearing the correct team colours of blue and white.

Items used

Stamp - Do-crafts Wellington. Coloured with Promarkers

Papers - DCWV Stack 6

Embossing folder -Craft Concepts Retro Circles

Sentiment - Woodware

Spellbinders - Labels 1 and Scalloped Labels 1

Memory Box Mini Scallop Border Die

Xcut Alphabet Die Slimline

Wooden stars from stash

If you take a look at A Little Bit Craft Challenge you will see the wonderful creations make buy the rest of the design team and see who were the winners of the last challenge

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Card Crafters Circle - masculine
Crafty Boots - Use a Stamped Character
Squirrel & the Fox - furry friends

Crafty Sentiments - The letter B ( blue, brown, bear, ball and birthday)

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog again today. It really means so much to me and I love to read any comments you may wish to make

Bye for now

hugs

Sue

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Gardener Gayle GDT card for My Crafty Heart

Posted on: Monday, 29 April 2013

Good Morning Everyone

I hope you all had a good weekend. I had a nice relaxing one and now feel ready for the week ahead.

Today I am delighted to show you a card made with some gorgeous goodies from

My Crafty Heart

My beautiful stamped image is Saturated Canary Gardener Gayle. I love her hair!

This time I have used the totally gorgeous Divine Paper by Prima with a matching Divine Flower and Divine Butterflies
The green flowers have been made using Memory Box Blooming Violet

I recently bought the wonderful Spellbinders Nestabilities - Timeless Rectangles which Teresa has in stock at My Crafty heart. Let me tell you, I LOVE these and I am sure I will be using them a lot. I used the second biggest die for the image and then the biggest die cut in half for the front panel.

I really enjoyed making this card!

Close up of the pretty image. I gave her green eyes this time just like my beautiful youngest daughter

Items Used

Image - Saturated Canary Gardener Gayle- MCH coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Divine by Prima - MCH

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Timeless Rectangles - MCH

Divine Butterflies by Prima - MCH

Divine Daisies by Prima - MCH

Memory Box Blooming Violet - MCH

Memory Box Die - Vintage Birdcage - MCH

Memory Box Die - Lorelai Outline Leaf - MCH

Sentiment - LOTV vintage occasions

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Saturated Canary - All things bright and beautiful

Robyns Fetish - Stripes or Dots

Pile it On - April Showers bring May Flowers

Challenges 4 Everybody - challenge #19 Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz - Polkadots

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make

Bye for now

hugs

Sue

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Going Green at A Gem of a Challenge

Posted on: Saturday, 27 April 2013

Good Morning everyone

I hope you are well and having a good weekend. We have some sun here but it's not so warm today.

Today is the start of a new A Gem of a Challenge.

This week the wonderful Ria has chosen the theme of

Going Green

(Use a lot of the colour green or Recycle something...)

The prize for the winner will be.....

2 Individual Digi images of the winners choice from PINK GEM DESIGNS (Subject to Availability).

I must admit that I do struggle with using green on my cards, I don't know why. So I decided to pick my papers before I chose my image. When I was looking through my pile of papers for some green inspiration I was pleased to find some really old Basic Grey Papers that I had forgotten I had. That led me to my choice of image, the gorgeous Emma in Flower Jeans. She has such beautiful flowing hair and was a joy to colour.

Items Used:

Digi stamp - Pink Gem Designs - Emma in Flower Jeans

Digi Sentiment - Pink Gem Designs Vintage Occasion Sentiments

Papers - Basic Grey Hopscotch

Memory Box Corner Bow available @ MCH

Memory Box Cherry Blossom available @ MCH

Memory Box Pippi butterfly

Memory Box Isabella butterfly

Nellie Snellen Flower Medium flower punch

Pearls from stash

If you take a look on the A Gem of a Challenge you will see the wonderful green creations made by the rest this week's design team and see who were the winners of the last challenge

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Simon Says - anything goes
Oldie but a Goodie - Make It Girly (VERY old papers)

Colour Throwdown - Spring colours (as specified on challenge blog)

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comment you may wish to make

I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend

Bye for now

hugs

Sue

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Use Punches and/or Dies Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge

Posted on: Friday, 26 April 2013

Good Morning Everyone and Happy Friday!!

I am really looking forward to the weekend, it's certainly been a hectic week with one thing and another. It will be nice to relax and spend some time with my children.

Today is the start of a new Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge

I have chosen a nice and easy theme for you this fortnight

Use Punches and/or Dies

The prize for the lucky winner is a wonderful surprise package - how exciting!!!

I have used a stamp that I was lucky enough to win from Little Claire's blog recently. I think this image is so nice for an Anniversary card. I have followed a fabulous sketch (designed by the lovely Gemma) from the Little Claire's challenge. I've nearly run out of these pretty Doodlebug papers but that's okay as this card is for a very special couple.

I have used plenty of dies and punches!

Items Used:

Stamp - Little Claire 'The Smile I Bring' coloured with Promarkers

Sentiment - LOTV for you circular sentiments

Papers - Doodlebug Designs
Distress Inks - Spun sugar and picked raspberry (for flowers)

Spellbinders large circle and lacy circles

Spellbinders Rose Creations

Memory Box Die, Tessatina Border

Woodware medium leaf punch

Woodware small daisy punch

Martha Stewart heart border punch
Nellie Snellen stamen punch

If you take a look at the Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team and see who were the winners of the last challenge.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
Stamping Sensations - (April) Special Occasions

Little Claire's Monthly Challenge - Spring Theme and Sketch
I ♥ Promarkers - Square card with something round on it
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - Love is a many splendored thing
Charisma Cardz - Polkadots
Ladybug Crafts - Spring
Allsorts - Passion for Flowers ( 3rd entry)

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop and look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make

Bye for now

hugs

Sue

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Goldie - GDT card for My Crafty Heart

Posted on: Thursday, 25 April 2013

Good Morning again my wonderful crafty friends.

I hope all is well with you.

I'm here bright and early today to show you a card I have made using some gorgeous goodies from

My Crafty Heart

The sweet image is of course from Wee stamps, she is called Goldie . I think she is such a cutie.

I have used a mix of papers this time. The gorgeous powder blue paper is from Melissa Frances Kitschy Kitchen which has a really great mix of colours and patterns in it. The other paper is some more of the yummy Isabella - Bo Bunny these are so pretty and all work so well together.

Items Used:

Goldie - Wee Stamp - MCH coloured with Promarkers

Memory Box Die - Cosmo Border - MCH

Memory Box Die - Hollyhock Stem - MCH

Mesh Butterflies - Pink - MCH

Meiflower Stick-on Pearls, Purple Mix - 5 mm - MCH

Stickles - Stardust - MCH

Sentiment - Crafwork Crafts

There is still time to take advantage of the fantastic offer at My Crafty Heart this week.

There is a 15% discount off all items in the FLOWERS & BUTTERFLIES sections of the store until this Thursday evening (10pm) This includes everything in these sections from the latest Memory Box Butterfly dies to the latest beautiful flower releases from Prima which are totally gorgeous!

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More - Make your mark

Divas by Design - Inspired by a film - (The Little Mermaid)

I ♥ Promarkers - Square card with something round on it

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Inky Chicks - Happy Birthday Girl

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog once again today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comment you may wish to make

Bye for now

hugs

Sue

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Krafty Christmas - Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Mid Way

Posted on: Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Good Morning Everyone.

I hope you are well and having a good week so far.

Today is the mid-way reminder and inspiration post for the Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Our theme this month is

Krafty Christmas

Nice and easy - just use some Kraft cardstock somewhere on your creation.

This month we are sponsored by the wonderful My Mums Craft Shop. Who are giving a £10 voucher to the one lucky winner.

Also our lovely Natali is giving a wonderful prize package from Iva Nova Chest to another winner.

I love using Kraft on my cards, especially Christmas cards and I think it looks fabulous with red so I used one of my favourite robin images which is digi stamp from Delicious Doodles.

After much shuffling of different patterned papers I decided to leave the background a neutral colour. If I had thought about this from the start it would have saved me a lot of time!

Digi stamp - Delicious Doodles Robin Redbreast coloured with Promarkers

Papermania Kraft Cardstock

Cheery Lynn Holly Flourish

Cheery Lynn Holly Corner

Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles

Sentiment - Wild Rose Studio

Embossing folder - Sizzix Powdered Sugar & Snow

Pearls from Stash ( I think they were from MeiFlower)

If you take a look at the Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge you will see all the wonderful Krafty creations from the rest of the design team.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Dream Valley - things with wings

Moving back to Spring, I would like to remind you that at My Crafty Heart this week, there is a 15% discount off all items in the FLOWERS & BUTTERFLIES sections of the store until this Thursday evening, to celebrate the fact that Spring has sprung :) This includes everything in these sections from the latest Memory Box Butterfly dies to the latest beautiful flower releases from Prima which are totally gorgeous!

Right, that's it from me for now. Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and love the read any comment you may wish to make.

bye for now

Hugs

Sue

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Animals at Passion for Promarkers Challenge

Posted on: Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.

Today is the start of a new Passion for Promarkers Challenge.

Our theme this week chosen by the lovely Nat is

Animals

Please remember you must use your Letraset products (i.e. promarkers, flex markers, aqua markers, tria markers, metallic markers or neon markers) and of course follow the theme.

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous

Bearly Mine Designs who will give a £10 voucher to spend online to the lucky winner

So what better reason to colour one of my favourite cat images. Of course he had to be a ginger kitty to match some gorgeous backing papers that I have had for ages and thought it's about time I used them.

Couldn't resist a close up to show you that cute face!

Items Used:

Stamp - Penny Black You are the Bestest coloured with Promarkers

Paper - not sure but think they are My Minds Eye

Sentiment - LOTV

Spellbinders Labels 1 and Scalloped Labels 1

Spellbinders Lacy Circles

Tonic Studio punch Daisy Border

Memory Box Butterfly Delights available at MCH

Button, ribbon and gems from stash

If you pop over to the Passion for Promarkers Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of this week's design team.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Penny Black and More - April Challenge Blossoms and bows

Sweet Stampin - - Buttons, bows and polka dots
Allsorts - Passion for Flowers (2nd entry)
The Squirrel and the Fox - Furry Friends
Eureka Stamps - Animal Catwalk
Creative Moments - Spring
Kaboodles Doodles - Spring

Crafts 4 Eternity - April Showers bring May flowers

Oh and before I go. I would like to let you know that at My Crafty Heart this week, there is a 15% discount of all items in the FLOWERS & BUTTERFLIES sections of the store until this Thursday evening, to celebrate the fact that Spring has sprung :) This includes everything in these sections from the latest Memory Box Butterfly dies to the latest beautiful flower releases from Prima.

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog again today. I really do appreciate it sooooo much and love to read any comments you may wish to make

Bye for now

hugs

Sue

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DT card for Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge #112

Posted on: Monday, 22 April 2013

Good Morning everyone

I hope that you all had a good weekend.

Today is the start of a new Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge.

This week we are onto sketch number 8 and the wonderful Julie has chosen the optional theme of distressing.

For this challenge we are sponsored by

Crafty Individuals

(please see challenge blog for details of the fab prize)

I decided to make a Get Well card - always handy to have as you never know when you may need one.

The gorgeous papers I have used are some that I bought ages ago and my Martha Stewart punch rarely gets used now I tend to use dies which are better for cutting out thicker card.

Here is the sketch for you to follow for the next 2 weeks

Items Used :

Digi Stamp - Floppy Latte Roses coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Glitz Designs Pretty in Pink available @ MCH

Memory Box Madera Corner available @ MCH

Sentiment - LOTV Vintage occasion

Spellbinders Deckled Rectangles

Dienamis Crochet border

Martha Stewart Monach Butterfly punch

Seam binding from stash

If you take a look at the Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the Design Team and see the winners of the last challenge

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and more - anything Goes

Allsorts -Passion for Flowers
Brown Sugar - Get Well
Card Makin' Mamas - Ribbon
Paper Crafting Journey -Use a Sentiment
Simply Create Too - use your stash ( old papers and butterfly punch)
Paper Shelter - Make it Bloom
Fussy and Fancy - Vintage
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Colour

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comment you may wish to make.

Bye for now

hugs

Sue

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Recycle Something at the Joanna Sheen Challenge

Posted on: Sunday, 21 April 2013

Good Morning Everyone and Happy Sunday!

I hope you are having a good weekend. We had glorious weather here yesterday. I am hoping it stays fine today as my son has his first cricket match of the season

Today is the start of a new Joanna Sheen Challenge

We have a really fun theme for you this fortnight

Recycle Something

The prize for the lucky winner is a £15 voucher to spend online at Joanna Sheen.

I was very lucky to be sent the adorable House-Mouse Designs Mice and Crafty Rubber Stamps.

My recycled items are:

-Kraft card from the inside of a roll of wrapping papers

-Blue and white backing paper is the reverse side of an old envelope

-Button is from one of my daughter's old dresses

-Twine is from a clothes tag

I did try to make my flower from some old material but it didn't work too well so I used some felt instead.

Items Used

Stamp and sentiment- House-Mouse Designs Mice and Crafty Rubber Stamps from Joanna Sheen

Recycled items as listed above

Embossing folders - Couture Creations "Tied Together

- Docrafts Tri-Boss - Boofle - Patchwork

Memory box Corner Bow die

Marianne Designs English Rose die

Please take a look on Joanna Sheen Challenge the rest of this week's Design Team have made some really inspiring creations using a great variety of recycled items.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
My Time to craft - Stitching Real of Faux
Artistic Stamper - April Challenge Texture
Creative Card Crew~Handmade Flowers
Totally Gorjuss - Embossing

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and love the read any comments you may wish to make

I hope you have a good Sunday
bye for now

hugs

Sue

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Seeing Double at Lili's Little Fairies Challenge

Posted on: Thursday, 18 April 2013

Hello Everyone.

I hope you are well and having a good week.

I would like to start by saying a warm welcome to all my new followers, thank you so much for looking at my creations and thank you to you all for such lovely comments on my last card.

Today is the start of a new challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies Challenge

Our fun theme this week is

Seeing Double

Use 2 separate stamps or a stamp with 2 characters on it.

Oh dear! This cute stamp was actually a Christmas present and it's the first time I have used it. I have another one that I had forgotten about which you will be seeing shortly. I know I shouldn't buy any more stamps until I have used what I have already got, I just get tempted too easily!

Anyway, enough waffle. Here's my card (sorry about the wonky photo!)

Items Used

Image - Lili of the Valley ~Pots of Love coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Lili of the Valley Petal Fresh

Sentiment - Lili of the Valley Vintage Labels Occasions

Nellie Snellen multi frame Flower Circles

Dienamics flower and leaf trio

Memory Box Isabella Butterfly available @ MCH

Memory Box Pippi Butterfly available @ MCH

For this challenge we have a sponsor prize of two clear stamps from

Please see the Lili's Little Fairies Challenge for more details on the prize and see who were the winners of the last challenge.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Addicted to Stamps - Birthday Card with Birthday Sentiment
C raft your Passion - Adorable Animals
Dream Valley- Happy Birthday
Sister Act Craft - Anyhing Goes
Creative Card Crew - handmade flowers
Card Mania - Punches and/or Diecuts
Incy Wincy Designs - Fur or Feathers
Bunny Zoe Crafts - favourite colour combo ( kraft and blue is one of mine, hope that is okay!)

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comment you may wish to make.

Bye for now

hugs

Sue

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Rebecca Pretty in Pink - My Crafty Heart GDT card

Posted on: Monday, 15 April 2013

Good Morning to you all my lovely crafty friends.

I hope you all had a good weekend. My children have gone back to school and college today. Already, the house seems too quiet, I really don't like it, so I will be keeping myself busy. I have lots of housework to catch up on first.

I am here today to show you a card that I made using some gorgeous goodies from My Crafty Heart.

I had so much fun making this girlie card. The pretty image is Rebecca from Saturated Canary. I often seem to give these girls brown eyes, I think it may be because my eldest daughter has the most beautiful deep brown eyes I have ever seen.

The totally yummy papers are Isabella from Bo Bunny. Oh my goodness, they are soooo pretty.

I added some pearls to the centres of the delicate mesh flowers and used a matching butterfly. The gorgeous white flowers are by Prima

Close up to show those pretty flowers

Items Used:

Stamp - Saturated Canary "Rebecca" - MCH

Papers - Isabella 6x6 Pad by Bo Bunny - MCH

Craftime Mesh Butterflies -Pink - MCH

Craftime mesh flowers-Pink - MCH

White flowers- Prima Miss Godivas - Marshmallow -MCH

Spellbinders Floral Ovals - MCH

Meiflower Stick-on Pearls, Purple Mix - 5 mm - MCH

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

Whimsy Stamps Challenge - Pretty in Pink
Come and Get it Challenge - Kid's Birthday Cards
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Divas by Design....flowers
The Stampin Chef....girly girl

Live and Love Crafts - Let's Play Bingo (Pink / two designer papers/ pearls)

Right, I had better get on with some housework.

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make.

Bye for now

Hugs

Sue

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A Gem of a Challenge - Katie's Sketch

Posted on: Saturday, 13 April 2013

Good Morning to you all my lovely crafty friends and Happy Saturday!

Gosh, that was a quick week! In fact the last two weeks have flown by too fast and unfortunately my children go back to school on Monday.

Anyway, today is the start of a new A Gem of a Challenge .

This week the lovely Katie has designed a wonderful sketch for you to follow

The prize for the winner will be.....

2 Individual Digi images of the winners choice from PINK GEM DESIGNS (Subject to Availability).

My cute image, papers and fabulous sentiment are all from Pink Gem Designs, I have listed all the links underneath my card.
I used the pre-coloured version of the image, adding some detailing with pencils and a cloudy sky with distress inks. The papers come in a choice of 20 different colours so it was easy for me to match them to the little birds. I added the sentiment to the paper before printing.
I had great fun scrunching up tissue paper to make the blossom!!

Here is Katie's fabulous sketch

Items Used

Image -Birdies in a Row from Pink Gem Designs

Sentiment - Whimsical Sentiments from Pink Gem Designs

Papers - Micro Dots Digi Papers from Pink Gem Designs

Dienamics Open Scallop border

Memory Box Die - Arboscello Tree - MCH

Woodware small daisy punch
Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass

If you take a look on A Gem of a Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the Pinks Team and see who were the winners of the last challenge

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:

MilkCoffee Challenge - Welcome Spring
Fab N Funky Challenge -Spring ColoursCrafts 4 Eternity - Wonderful Wings
Dilly Beans - Pastel Colours

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog today. I honestly am so grateful to you all and love to read any comments you may wish to make

I hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend

Bye for now

Hugs

Sue

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About me

Hi my name is Sue. I am happily married and have 3 lovely children aged 16,14 and 12.
I have always enjoyed anything crafty and now my children are a bit older I have more spare time to make cards - I have found that I really love it, in fact it has become a bit like therapy for me!!
I love looking at other members creations where I get so much inspiration.
P.S. profile picture is of our cat Milton who we adopted from the Cats Protection League. We also have another adopted cat called Claude
UPDATE: My youngest daugher now has her own gallery - member name Emilybear.
Thank you to everyone who leaves comments, it means so much to me.
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