Sparkle and Shine

Good morning bloggers and Happy Monday! I am now back in blogland after having a fabulous week with my adorable grandson Harrison and lovely DIL Melissa! I'd like to wish Stephen my DS and Melissa a big Happy First Anniversary for today! I must admit I am totally whacked - now I know why we have menopause - to stop us having babies in our later years because Oh My Gosh they are exhausting!! He just does not walk anywhere always running and getting into mischief!!

Getting back to  the business at hand, today we see a new challenge at Lexi's Creations and the challenge this time is Sparkle and Shine!! Here is what I have done:

I have used the cute little Tessie Turtle which is by Lexi and available here at Fairydust Crafts. She has been coloured with Copics and Prismas.  I then cut and matted her with my Spellbinder's Nesties.  The papers are Nitwits.  The sentiment is computer generated.  I have used Memory Box dies for the clouds and MFT for the grass.  I have put loads of Stickles on the flower and the clouds are made with glitter card - that is my sparkle.  For my shine I have made the grass out of mirri card - not too sure if it stands out well on this picture.  The ribbon is from my stash.  We are sponsored this week by:

Joanna Sheen will be giving the lucky winner a £10 gift voucher to her on line store.  Please pop over to Lexi's Creations and see what the rest of the talented DT have designed to titillate you!!

I'm off now for a mega house clean - groan!! How can one bundle of joy make so much mess??? See you tomorrow, take care xx

Floral Digi

This is another scheduled post.Today sees the start of another challenge over at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days and we want to see your Floral Digis!

I have used Jenni's Flowers Two which is available to purchase here.  I have coloured the image with Copics and also some paper piecing which you can see here:

The gingham paper is Pink Petticoat and the floral paper is Prima (I think).  The die is a Cheery Lynn and I have used Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles for the mat.  Ribbon and pearls from my stash.  Please pop over to Cardmadfairy's Digi Days and see what the rest of the talented DT have made.

Normal service will resume on Monday - til then thanks for looking and take care xx

Cakepop Maycee at Delightful Challenges

This is a scheduled post so fingers crossed!!  Today sees the start of a new challenge over at Delightful Challenges and the theme this week is:

BIRTHDAY

Yes we want to see your creations for a Birthday - easy peasy right?  And this weeks sees the new monthly releases by Wendy over at Digital Delights!  For my card I have used the brand new Cakepop Maycee:

Isn't he just too cute for words!! I have coloured him with Copics.  I have embossed some Kraft card with a star embossing folder.  The sentiment is from the Birthday  Sentiments  Set and the Banners are from the Bunting Banner set which I have printed out on some Red Stars Digital paper also by Wendy.  All these Digital images and papers are available here at Digital Delights.  I have used Spellbinders Nesties to cut and mat the image and sentiment.  I have added some Glass seed beads to the cakepops.  Our sponsors this week are 

and Marker Pop will be giving a $15 Gift voucher to the lucky winner.  Please pop over to Delightful Challenges to see what the rest of the DT have designed and also to welcome the new members to the DT.  

Thanks so much for looking - I am still tied up here with my DIL and grandson but I will be back to catch up with you all on Monday - thanks for looking and take care xx

Let The Games Begin!

Good morning everyone! What did you think of the Opening Ceremony?? I never knew the Queen could skydive - WOW!!!!! I loved it when all the Mary Poppins came down from the sky and the torch was just breathtaking.

I should really have done an Olympic themed card for today but I haven't. So here you are:

I have used the digi Emily Rose Hatter by Little Miss Muffet and coloured her with Copics and a touch of Prismas.  The paper is from Daisy Bucket and I have embossed the Coredinations a circles embossing folder.  The image and computer generated sentiment have been cut and matted with Spellbinders Nesties.  The button is from a MFT Dienamics die and I have triple embossed it with UTEE.  The flower is a MFT Dienamics die and the twine and gems are from my stash.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Well I am getting ready today because Melissa, my daughter-in-law, and Harrison, my grandson, are coming tomorrow for a week - whoop whoop!!I have been really looking forward to it.  I have done my DT cards for next week but, apart from those, I won't have time to blog as Harrison will keep me on the go from dawn to dusk lol!  Thanks for looking, enjoy your weekend and take care xx

The Greatest Show on Earth is About to Start!!

Good morning everyone and here we are at Friday again! I'm so excited because today sees the start of the Olympics and I'm really looking forward to seeing the Opening Ceremony. Its been so lovely to see all the different people carrying the torch and the look of determination on some of their faces as they have struggled to carry it has certainly brought a tear to my eye.

Without further ado here is my card for today:

The digi is Marley Bloom by Pollycraft and he has bee coloured with Copics and Prismas.  The papers are digital and free from Shabby Princess called Festival and they are available here.  I have used Spellbinders Nesties for the image, mat and sentiment.  The flowers are a Tonic punch and the butterfly is made with Dienamics Die.  The ribbon is from Ribbon Girl.  I have computer generated the sentiment.  I would like to enter the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Digi Doodles - Let's Get Stripey

I am off to the hairdressers this morning and then we are seeing my DH's grandchildren and daughter for lunch and I think they are coming back here or maybe it will be the park (weather permitting).  Have a great day whatever you are doing, thanks for looking and take care xx

Dog Hot Days of Summer.....

Good morning bloggers and as today is Thursday that can only mean on thing - a new challenge at Delightful Challenges. The theme this week is:

THE DOG HOT DAYS OF SUMMER

I just went and put the Hot Dog days of summer and couldn't figure out what was quite wrong!!  This is not a phrase we tend to use here in the UK - more like The Raining Cats and Dogs Days of Summer but hey we can get into the spirit of this we can use our imagination can't we??  When I think of summer I always think of strawberries - mmmmm yummy, they are always at their peak for my birthday in the first week of July.  With that in mind I made my card for the DT and here it is:

I have used the super cute Strawberry Delight by Wendy and teamed her up with Strawberry Balloons these are both available at Digital Delights.  She has been coloured with Copics and Prismas and then cut and matted with Spellbinders Nestabilities.  The sentiment is also by Wendy and that has been cut and matted with Nesties.  The papers are a mixture of K and Co and DCWV both really old stacks!  The butterfly and corner dies are MFT and the border is made with an EK Success punch.  The ribbon, charm and gem are all from my stash.  We are sponsored this week by:

Joanna Sheen is kindly giving the winner a £10 Store Voucher.  So get your thinking caps on and enter the challenge - you don't need to use a Digital Delights image to enter but we love to see them and your entry can then be entered twice!  For more inspiration please pop over to Delightful Challenges and see what the talented Design Team have come up with - some great inspiration there.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Birthday
My Mum's Craft Shop - Birthday Girls
Whimsy - Summer Fun
Crafty Sentiments - Food Challenge

I'd like to know what is going on with Blogger and all these blasted ads that are everywhere - they are now all over the comment box!  Is anyone else fed up with them or is it just me?  Well that's it for me for today looks like another dull one here in Blackpool! Have a great day wherever you are, thanks for looking and take care xx

Summertime.....where????

Good morning everyone from a damp and overcast Blackpool! Half way through the week already I don't know where the time goes! It certainly goes faster the older you get.

Here is the card I have made for today:

I have used one of my favourite Bildmalarna images I have had quite a while and coloured her with Copics and Prismas.  She has been cut and matted with Spellbinders Nesties.  The papers are by Prima from the Madeline stack.  The butterfly and corner are made with   Dienamics Dies and I have added some Stickles to the butterfly wings.  I have used Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily behind the image and also Cheery Lynn Build a Flower.  The pearl brad, spacer and ribbon are from the Ribbon Girl.  For the ribbon slider I have added gems to it they are both from my stash and so is the pearl rope. I have followed the sketch over at Sketch N Stash and also made my card for the challenge at Bildmalarna which is Summertime (and I would like to know where it is lol!).

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Bildmalarna - Summertime
Sketch N Stash - Sketch my stash is stamp, ribbon slider, pearl rope
Papertake Weekly - Make Your Own
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Inky Impressions - Dies or Punches
The Colour Throwdown - Colours

Well that is it for me for another day. Its damp and miserable here in Blackpool - we always seem to have the opposite weather to the rest of the country!! Hope you all have a lovely day, thanks so much for taking the time to look and take care xx

Love Life

Good morning you lovely bloggers! I hope you had a nice start to the week yesterday.  I met my friend for coffee yesterday and I was so green with envy - she is off to Florida on Friday! Mind you we are going in October and I am so excited, I can hardly wait - I love it in Florida!

I am trying to get ahead with myself because Harrison and Melissa, my DIL, are coming on Sunday for a week.  So I need to get 4 DT cards done as I won't have any crafting time next week. I am so looking forward to them being here for the week and I am hoping we get some decent weather and can go down to the beach - fingers crossed!

Here is my card for today:

I was lucky to win the lovely Mina's candy a while back and it was a set of Kaisercraft stamps and a gorgeous pad by Kaisercraft.  I have used the paper and tag from the pad, the tag is pre-cut you just pop it out and the papers are beautiful some are deeply embossed - I have been stroking them for a while now and thought it was time to use them!  The stamp I have used is a Kaisercraft stamp from another set I have which is called Bonjour, I have stamped it with Versafine ink onto some Kraft card. I stamped Trailblazer onto the tag which is a Hero Arts stamp.  The key is a Tim Holtz one on some Grunge which I embossed with some Distress Embossing Powder in Old Paper and tied it onto the tag with some twine.  The brad globe I have had ages don't know where that came from.  The corner dies are Whimsy and I have used my Edgeability dies for the border.

Thanks very much for coming by, I will be back tomorrow - take care xx