Spring Delights

Good morning its a beautiful sunny day here today hope it stays that way lots of washing to get out on the line! Today sees the start of a new challenge at The Paper Shelter and the theme this week is Spring Delights. Here is my card:

I have used Keeper of My Enchanted Forest which is available here she has been coloured with my Copics. The papers are First Edition Spring Feast.  I have used Spellbinders Grand Labels One and  Grand Decorative Labels One for the card shape and matting.  The image has been die cut out using Dienamics Pierced Rectangle Stax.  Other dies used are Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterfly Small 2, Dienamics Grass and Pierced Circle Stax, Lil Inker Small bow and various flower punches.  I stamped around the edge of the image with a Penny Black stamp in Victorian Velvet DI which I had seen Sue do and thought how pretty it was - thank you for the inspiration Sue. Here is another view:

As usual there is a terrific prize for one lucky winner:

Hop over to the challenge at The Paper Shelter for some more inspiration from the DT.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion - Mother's Day/For the Ladies
Fitztown - Dies and Punches
Kaboodle Doodle - Dreaming of Spring
My Craft Spot - Anything Goes

Well I went to the hairdressers yesterday and had all my hair chopped off! I do get bored with hairstyles and after a few years like to have a new style.  I loved Meryl Streep's hair in Devil Wears Prada so wanted a style like that, my fringe wasn't long enough but we are growing it.  I keep getting a shock when I catch sight of myself in a mirror!

Thank you so much for visiting today I really appreciate it and love to read your comments, thank you for taking the time to write them. I will be back tomorrow, take care xx

Animal Magic

Good morning to you all and hope you are well - if not here's a big hug!  Today is the start of a new challenge at The Paper Shelter and the theme this week is:

ANIMAL MAGIC

Here is my card:

I have used the beautiful The Best Nap Ever which is available to purchase at The Paper Shelter. Don't forget when you get one of the beautiful digis they come in a set which includes the image both coloured and not coloured for you to colour and beautiful backing papers too.  I coloured the image myself with my Copics.  The papers are Nitwits Bonnets n Bowties.  I have used my MS PATP Cherish punch on Centura Pearl Card and the image has been cut using Dienamics Stitched Rectangle Stax.  The banner is La La Land, flower a Marianne die and the banner is Lil' Inker but I'm not sure who the sentiment is by possibly Lil Inker too and I stamped it in Color Box  Ink Turquoise.  Here is another view:

Please go over to The Paper Shelter Challenge and see what the rest of the DT have done - WOW! As usual there is a fabulous prize for the lucky winner:

Really worth entering, especially if you use a Paper Shelter image!

Challenges I would like to enter:

to follow

Thought I would show you a picture Dave took of the churchyard in  our little village we go to for our shopping:

Its really beautiful when you walk through it and very popular with Brides this time of year!  I am off out this afternoon with my daughter to pick up the pram!  Have a wonderful day whatever you are doing. Thank you so much for coming by. Take care xx

Move It!

Good morning to you all and a Happy Weekend, have you anything nice planned?  We have both been laid low with flu and are just starting to recover so a nice easy weekend and hopefully catch up on my crafting as I have not been able to do any this week!

We have a brand new challenge at Card Makin' Mamas and the theme is Move It - we want to see interactive cards!  I made a surprise pop-up card following a tutorial by Beate Johns on Splitcoaststampers which you can find here.

Pull the button at the top and:

Here is a side view:

Card Recipe:

Image: Honey 4 from Scrapper's Delight

Sentiment: Inkadinkado

Markers: Copics

Papers: Megham Mullens Here's the Story Digi Papers

Dies: Border die I think may be Nellie Snellen, bow is Lil' Inker

We have a fabulous new sponsor:

Scrapper's Delight who kindly gave us our images too - thank you! The lucky winner will receive three images of your choice from Scrapper's Delight.  

Our challenge at Card Makin' Mamas is now going to be run on the first and third Friday every month so you will have two chances to join us each month from now on. Please go over and see what the rest of the DT have done.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity - Fancy Folds
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Fairytale Challenge - Bows
Jellypark Friends - Buttons and Bows

Thank you so much for looking and I will see you tomorrow! Take care xx

Lovin and Relaxin Barnaby

Good morning to you another week whizzing by.  Over at Digital Delights it is Delightful Thursday where the DT get to showcase Wendy's fabulous images.  I loved working with Lovin and Relaxin Barnaby so much that I have used him again this week:

Barnaby is available here and I have coloured him with my Copics.  The sentiment is by Digital Delights from the Cupid's Quotes Sentiments available here.  Papers are also Digital Delights from the Loving Hearts Digital Paper set available here. I used my Dienamics Stitched Rectangle Stax for the image and Fishtail Stax for the Sentiment.  The felt bow is made using my Lil' Inker die.  Here is another view:

Please go over to the Digital Delights blog to see what the rest of the DT have done. This week at Delightful Challenges the challenge is Brrrr(Anything Winter) if you fancy having a go.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown - Stripes

Thank you so much for calling today! See you soon, take care xx

The Rowan Fairy

Good morning, well I don't know where this week has flown to! I haven't done much at all, in fact I haven't been out as both Dave and I are full of a cold.  I am taking my Aunt out this afternoon for a spot of lunch but I will try not to breathe on her! I haven't seen her since before Christmas and she would be so disappointed if I cancelled, we were supposed to go out yesterday but I postponed it until today.

I bought some digis from Wee stamps and have been having a play, here is one of the cards I made:

This little beauty is called Rowan Fairy and I have coloured her with my Copics.  The papers are digi by K.Cronin-Barrow and J. Barrette called  Good Things and available from Sweet Shoppe.  Dies used are Spellbinders Grand Ovals and Scalloped Ovals, Dienamics Blueprints, Dienamics Photo Corners and Lil' Inkers.  The sentiment is a rub on and pearls from The Hobby House. Here is a side view:

Challenges I would like to enter:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Milk Coffee - Celebrate
Divas by Design - Let's Celebrate
Fab 'n Funky - Let's Celebrate
Inky Impressions - Something New (Image and Papers)
Rhedd and Rosies - Going Dotty
Scrapper's Delight - Let's Celebrate

Well that's all for me today, I hope you have a wonderful day whatever you are doing.  Thank you so much for looking and any comments you may leave, take care xx

Happy Birthday Hop

Good morning to you all and I have some exciting news today!  On December 8th The Paper Shelter will be three years old!! Whoo hoooooooo! To celebrate this big event we are having a hop over at The Paper Shelter Challenge!

We are having a "Special Birthday" theme for our challenge which will last two weeks and both teams will be participating.  Each member of the Design Team will award one commentator a Paper Shelter digi of their choice as well as the main prize, details of which will be found at The Paper Shelter Challenge. You should have arrived here from the lovely Lydia's blog if not please head back to The Paper Shelter Challenge to see the full list and join in the fun.

Here is my card:

I went for a criss cross card as its for a Special occasion!  I used the scrummy A Curious Cake which is available here from The Paper Shelter.  I had lots of fun colouring it in with my Copics, Stickles and Glossy Accents.  The papers are Wild Rose Studio "Candy Floss."  I cut and matted the image with Spellbinders Grand Nesties.  Martha Stewart punch for the borders and Lil' Inker die for the bow.  The roses are made using Cheery Lynn medium and large Rose dies and SB Rose Creations the leaf sprays were made with a punch.  I made the sentiment on my pc.  Here is a compilation:

Hope you like it I had so much fun doing this and The Paper Shelter images are brilliant to colour in but if you don't have time or don't like colouring you always get a coloured image as well!

Right back to the HOP - from here you need to be heading out to luscious Lorraine's blog as she is next on the list.  Don't forget to leave a comment on all the blogs that way you will have more chances of winning!  The hop will stay open until the 17th December and the winners announced shortly after.  Thank you so much for looking, take care xx

Not Your Typical Christmas

This is my second post, please scroll down to see my Digital Delights post.

Here I am again!  Today see the start of a new challenge over at Dare To Be Sassy Thursday and the theme this week is Not Your Typical Christmas - we want to see any colours but red and green.  Here is my card:

This sassy lady is called Snowman Pin-up and is available at the Sassy shop here.  I have coloured her with my Copics and added Stardust Stickles.  The papers are Pink Petticoat and so is the sentiment which has been cut with a Lil Inker pennant die.  I cut my Sassy out with Spellbinders Grand Ovals and matted her on a faux Grand Oval adding Stardust Stickles around the edge.  The bells are Memory Box Bells are Ringing die and the holly is CC Cutter.  The border is also Spellbinders and I added the snowflakes that came from the waste after I cut it out to the image.  Here is another view:

Please go over to the challenge and have a look at the rest of the DT work they are so talented!!

I am off to take my Aunt out for lunch and my cousin has come up from Stratford so it will be nice to catch up with her too!  Thank you so much for looking today and any comments you may leave its always lovely to read them.  See you tomorrow, take care xx

Make It Yours

Good morning, this is my second post today for my first one please scroll down.

Today is another Dare To Be Sassy Thursday over at Sassy Studio Designs. The challenge this week is called Make It Yours - we want to see your project using your favourite challenge from the last 199 DTBST Challenges or your favourite DT's project from the challenge.  Here is my card:

I have used Little Honey's Japan how cute is she!!  Of course I love sketches so I had to use a previous sketch from DTBST Number 146:

I have coloured Honey in with my Copics.  She was cut and matted using Spellbinders Long Classic Rectangles and Scalloped Long Classic Rectangles.  The papers are Wild Rose Studio In Love With Japan.  The doily behind her is made with Centura Pearl using Cheery Lynn Sophia's Heart doily die.  I don't know who the sentiment is from its a set of them and I seem to have lost the backing sheet with the details on, I cut it out using Lil' Inker Stitched Pennant die. Ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and the fan is from my stash.

Here is a side view:

The lucky winner will win 2 Sassy images.  Please go over to the challenge and have a look at the rest of the DT designs for some further inspiration.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Craft-Dee Bowz - Anything goes with a Bow
The Corrosive Challenge - Dress Me Up


Thank you so much for looking today I will be back on Saturday when we are having

see you then! Take care xx

Happy Birthday To You!

Good morning hope you all had a fabulous weekend! I got my Christmas cake all done and its now sat under the stairs steeping in brandy! I can't believe today is the last day of September - who stole my year!!

Today sees the start of a brand new challenge at Lexi's Creations.  To celebrate our Fourth Birthday in October and also as October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month we want to see:

PINK

Whoo-hoo we just love our pink don't we!! Here is what I have done -

Whenever I think of pink I always think of ballerinas too!  I bought this image on the internet it came on a sheet with others and I am sorry I can't remember where, not Nicecrane where I normally buy this type of image though.  The papers are Nitwits and I have done a fair bit of distressing.  I matted the image on Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles.  The bird cage and bow have been cut out of a chocolate box (empty :-0) using a Cheery Lynn die for the bird cage and Lil' Inker for the bow tie.  Both of them have been given the Frantage treatment too using Aged Rose.  The border is Cheery Lynn Sophia's Heart and I used Centura Pearl.  The sentiment which you can't really read in this photo is from Craftwork Cards.

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

So please go over to the challenge blog for more inspiration from the DT!

I am off to my Aunt's shortly her GP surgery rang her and said the doctor is coming to see her.  She is worried to death that they want to put her in hospital and asked me to be there.  I have tried explaining that they don't go around looking for customers for hospital as they have enough already but she is convinced! She is 91 and very arthritic but apart from that in glowing health and sharp as a razor! 

Thank you so much for looking today and any comments that are always so lovely to receive!  I will be back tomorrow (twice) so see you then! Take care xx