Donna's Fabulous Candy

Donna from Bearly Mine Crafts Blog has the most fabulous candy! Have a look at this:

Goodness me there are so many fabulous goodies there. Go over to her blog here  and you can enter, she has the most beautiful cards so make sure you take time to have a look at her wonderful creations. Now it doesn't end here either, if you live in the UK you can also enter for this candy:

A brand new all singing all dancing WiFi printer! You must be a UK resident to enter for the printer. Good luck xx

Think Pink!

Good morning everyone hope you all had a nice weekend! Today sees the start of a new challenge at Lexi's Creations.  As October is Breast Cancer Awareness month we would love to see your Pink Creations! We would like to see some Pink somewhere in your project, it doesn't have to be anything to do with Breast Cancer Awareness as long as we can see pink. Here is what I have made:

I have used the cute Ballerina Trio by Lexi that you can purchase here at Fairydust Crafts. The image has been coloured with Copics and the edges distressed with some Distress Ink in Victorian Velvet.  I have used  Spellbinders to cut the image out and matted it on Spellbinders Decorative Labels Eight  to which I have added some Glitter.  Behind the mat I have used my new Spellbinders Botanical Swirls Expandable Pattern. The papers are First Edition. That cute bow is a die by Lil' Inker and the brad is from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

Please pop over to Lexi's Creations and see what the rest of the talented Design Team have done and we would love to see your creations!

Thanks for looking today, see you soon - take care xx

Fall is Here

Good morning and a happy weekend to you all.  We have a new challenge at Card Makin' Mamas and the theme is Fall is Here or Autumn if you live in the UK. I am not an autumn fan in fact I think it is my least favourite season, everything is dying off and the weather is turning grim.  The only redeeming feature about autumn is that it is time for Halloween!! So for my card I have used a Halloween theme:

Our sponsor for this challenge is Bugaboo Digi Stamps and their images are such fun!  For my card I have chosen to use Bugaboo's Make It Snappy - Happy Halloween which is available to purchase here and at the moment it is half price!! The image comes with both Happy Halloween in the sentiment box or blank so I chose to put my own sentiment in it. I have coloured with Copics.  The papers are by Fancy Pants from their Oct 31 pad.  I have used Edgeabilities for the border and MFT dies for the mini tickets and corners - which are made from orange glitter card. The button is October Afternoon and the twine is from my stash.

Thank you for looking and I hope you all have a great weekend - take care xx

New Challenge at Delightful

Good morning everyone and today sees the start of a new challenge at Delightful Challenges.  This week the theme is:

ORANGE,  GREEN AND PURPLE!

Its getting to the time of year when all things ghoulish are appearing so this should be an easy challenge for you all!  Here is what I have made:

I have used the super adorable Vampire Kiddles which is available here at Digital Delights. He has been coloured with Copics and the edges distressed with Black Soot Distress Ink. I have cut and matted him with Spellbinders Nesties and the spider is a Memory Box Die.  I have used some Coredinations Black Magic cardstock for the background which I have put through a herringbone embossing folder so the green core shows through.  I have used Spootacular Digital Paper as the background for the MFT Retro Squares die, you can purchase the Spootacular Papers here. I have used one of the sentiments from the Ghoulish Sentiments Set which is available here. The bat is a Memory Box Die and the gems are from my stash.

Our sponsor this week is none other than:

The lucky will win a $10 store voucher to spend in Digital Delights. You don't have to use a Digital Delights image to enter but we love it so much if you do that you can enter twice! Please go over to Delightful Challenges and see what the rest of the talented Design Team have done its worth the visit!

Thank you so much for your warm wishes regarding my daughter, I have started to see an improvement this last week so I am hopeful. We are going to take her to her house this weekend so she can spend the weekend with her partner so this is a big step for her.  I am hoping she continues to improve as I am going on holiday in three weeks and, although I have made arrangements for her dad and partner to be here with her, it is worrying having to leave her.  We did not have a holiday together last year due to my husband's operation and radiotherapy so we are anxious to have one this year plus we are taking his grandchildren and do not want to disappoint them. Why is life never simple?

Thanks so much for looking I really appreciate it, take care xx

Hostess Monday

Good morning and Happy Monday to you all.  Today on the Digital Delights Blog it is my turn to be the Hostess for Hostess Monday.  For my spot I have made two cards using the same image.  All of Wendy's images come either coloured or uncoloured and I thought it would be interesting to show how long it would take to do the same card using the two types of images.  Here is what I started with:

I prepared everything first making the diecuts and cutting the papers to size, this took about 15 minutes.  Here is the first card I made using the coloured image:

I used the cute Angel Donita which is available here at Digital Delights. The sentiment is from the A Touch of Christmas Sentiments Set which is available here at Digital Delights. I have used Wendy's digital paper from the Candy Cane Lane Paper Pack available from Digital Delights here. All the dies are Spellbinders, the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girls and charm and twine are from my stash. This card took 14 minutes to make.

Here is the next card I made using the same image but colouring her myself:

I coloured Angel Donita with my Copics, she is available to purchase here from Digital Delights. I have used the same sentiment set as my other card. The papers I have used are from Wendy's Snowflakes Digital Pack which is available here to purchase.  This card took 1 hour and 16 minutes to make.

Well that's it from me for today, thank you so much for looking and a big welcome to my new follower. See you soon, take care xx

New Challenge at Delightful

Good Morning everyone hope you are fine and well.  Today sees the start of a brand new challenge over at Delightful Challenges and the theme this week is:

DISTRESSED

We would love to see your project with some distressing on it, this could be with Inks or torn paper you get the drift.  Here is the card I have made:

I have used the Thanksgiving Indian Set from Digital Delights which is available to purchase here. This set comes with a girl and a boy Indian and also the sentiment.  I coloured her with Copics and this is the first time I have coloured black hair.  The paper is by Prima from the Romance Novel Collection.  I have distressed the edges with Black Soot DI and also used my Tim Holtz paper distresser.  I have used a Spellbinders die to cut the image out and matted her on a Spellbinders Floral Oval.  The flower is made from a Spellbinders Die and the resin flowers are from Teresa at My Crafty Heart.  The gorgeous lace was from Alessandra - a big thank you!

Our sponsor this week is:

and the prize is a £10 store voucher to their on line store.  Remember, you don't have to use a Digital Delights image to enter but if you do you can then enter twice!

Please pop over to Delightful Challenges to see what the rest of the Design Team have done for further inspiration.

I don't know why Blogger has suddenly decided to do double spacing I promise you I have not done it and I don't know how to change it back! Thanks for looking, take care xx

Make a gift

Good morning everyone and welcome to the start of a new challenge at Lexi's Creations. The theme this week is Make a Gift/Anything but a Card.  I have decided to make another box to put a little gift in.

I have used my Spellbinders Square Bracket Box die to make the box using scraps of card that were lying on my counter, I think they are Nitwits.  I have decorated the box with Spellbinder's Rose Creations made with Vellum and coloured with a touch of Distress Ink.  The leaf is a Marianne die. For the butterflies I have used Lexi's Butterfly digi which you can purchase at Fairydust Crafts.  I coloured them with my Copics, cut them out and then added lots of Art Institute Glitter before popping them on foam squares.  Here is another view:

These boxes are just perfect for table favours and also for putting a well known brand of charm inside:

Please pop over to Lexi's Creations and see what the rest of the talented DT have come up with. You have two weeks to enter the challenge so lots of time to get your thinking caps on.

Thank you for your kind wishes regarding my daughter, unfortunately I am still waiting to see an improvement.  I am managing to get my DT work done now but I cannot manage anything else. I am hoping that this week we will start to see an improvement.  Thanks for coming by today I really appreciate it, take care xx

Be Punny

Today sees the start of a new challenge at Card Makin' Mamas Challenge and the theme for this challenge is "Be Punny".  So we want to see your cards which have a play on words on them.  Here is what I have done:

Although its not a funny one it does have a play on words.  The stamp and sentiment are from Clear Dollar Stamps they are both digis.  I have coloured the image with my Copics and distressed the edges with Antique Linen Distress Ink.  The image has been cut and matted with a Spellbinders Nestie.  The papers are from Linen Closet by DCWV - gorgeous papers.  The border is a die and I'm not sure who makes it.  The little bow is also a die cut by Lil' Inker.

Please pop over to Card Makin' Mamas for some more inspiration from the DT.  You have two weeks to enter your card in and we will love to see what you come up with.  Thanks so much for looking and take care xx