Love is in the Air

This is my second post please scroll down for Crafty Sentiments sneak peek!

As promised I am back again - like Arnie!  Today is the start of a new challenge at The Paper Shelter and it is  Team A's turn this week.  The theme for this challenge is Love is in the Air.  This gave me a good excuse to use this gorgeous image which I had been eyeing up for a while:

As soon as I saw her I loved her and thought she would be perfect for this challenge (Private Dancer springs to mind).  The image is Arabian Spell and she is available here at The Paper Shelter.  She has been coloured with Copics and Twinkling H2Os, here is a closer look of the gleam you get with the Twinkling H2Os:

I added some Glossy Accents to the jewels but you can't really see that! I am not sure about the heart die I think it may be Nellie Snellen.  The image has been matted on Floral Ovals.  I think the Black and white paper may be Pink Petticoat.  I haven't written the details down for this card, I usually write them all down in a notebook as I make them in advance and I wouldn't be able to remember them but for some reason I haven't written these down and now I can't remember!! The black panel has been embossed and gems added and the little heart is a Marianne die which has been embossed with red EP using the sentiment which came with the die.

As usual there is a fabulous prize for the lucky winner:

Please go over to the challenge and see what the rest of the fabulous DT have done!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

My Heart Pieces - Embossing
Creative Card Crew - Bling

Thanks for looking today I appreciate it! I will see you all tomorrow, take care xx

New Release Peeks

Good morning and I am so excited because Crafty Sentiments are having a new release and blog hop on the 10th  and today I have a peek at one of the new releases!  When we were asked if we wanted to do a project with one of the new releases I jumped at the chance and these new stamps are just brilliant! Check this one out:

Isn't he adorable?  And what a joy to colour!  The stamp is Toby Me and My Cat I have coloured him with Copics and used chalk for the sky.  Toby was cut and matted with Spellbinders Grand Nesties.  The papers are Echo Park Country Drive.  I used a MB Puffy Clouds die for the clouds, Marianne for the fence and Cheery Lynn Little Things with Wings for the Ladybirds.  The sentiment was cut out with a Lil Inker die.

For more previews of these fabulous stamps, just perfect for your summer projects, please go over to Crafty Sentiments Inspirational Blog and don't forget to come back on the 10th for our blog hop where you will have a chance to win some of the new stamps!

I would love to enter the following challenges:

Creative Craft - All About Animals
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Cards for Men - Animals
Crafty Boots - Use a Stamped Character
Digi Sketch - For the Boys
Moving Along With the Times - One for the Guys
Crafting by Design - Remembering our Childhood

I will be back shortly with my second post today - phew! Take care xx

Laughing Giraffes

Good morning - a bit late today lol!  What a fabulous day yesterday, it was so nice to be able to sit in the garden and bit warm!  Hope you all had a fabulous weekend whatever you did.  I have a card today using the cutest image from From the Heart Stamps:

How adorable are these two!! I knew I had some really furry paper somewhere that I wanted to use.  I found it and I know its not really giraffe patterned but I think it goes  ok and it is so furry!  Here is a side view:

I downloaded the Serengeti photo from Google Images.  The giraffes have been coloured with my Copics and I used Grand Nesties to cut the circles, adding some acetate.  The sentiment is computer genereated and cut out with Spellbinders ribbon banners.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Happy Mail
Artistic Inspirations - Monotone
Cards and More - Animal Friends
Creative Craft Challenge - All About Animals

Right I am off now to get some more washing on the line whilst this sunshine lasts!! See you tomorrow, thanks for stopping by. Take care xx

Grrrrrr!

Good morning to you all hope if you are in the UK you are enjoying a lovely Bank Holiday weekend.  The weather here in Blackpool is a bit mixed today, rainy and sunny! Fingers crossed for tomorrow its  supposed to be 18!!

I have made a card today just for me.  I have been trying to get ahead with DT work so I have just been concentrating on that but thought this morning I would have a little break from that.  So here is my card:

I have used one of Stephanie's adorable dinosaurs from her Dino-Mite collection which is available here from Clearly Besotted. You get loads of sentiments in the set too which I have used here.  I stamped directly onto the card but it is linen card stock and it was a bit of a devil to do, this is my sixth attempt!  I did have to fill a bit in with Copic Marker - but don't tell anyone!  I have coloured him with my Copics and just had to add some Glossy Accents to those eyes!  I cut him out with my Lil Inkers Photo Die and popped him on some foam squares.  I embossed the background linen card.  The paper is MME Fly a Kite and I have edged it with Cheery Lynns Tiny Expandable Borders.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Paper Creator's Craft - For the Boys
2 Sisters - Bingo (Embossing, Image, Die Cuts/Punches)
Delicious Doodles - Something for the Boys
Moving Along With the Times - One for the Guys
Shelly's Images - Kid Theme
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - Animals

Well that's all from me for today, back to the DT work! Hope you have a lovely day whatever you are doing and get some crafty time too! Take care xx

Washi tape!

Good morning to you all, don't talk too loud I have a bit of a wine headache this morning lol!

Over at Card Makin' Mamas a new challenge started the other day.  There have been a few problems with the challenge and it did not start when it should and we had to change the challenges around so I have not posted my card yet! The new challenge is washi tape well I can tell you that sent me into a real panic!  I am not really a fan of it and I didn't want to buy something that I wouldn't use again but then I remembered that I had bought some in Florida last year and dug it out! However when I dug it out it turned out to be Christmas Washi tape!! So out came all my Christmas boxes and I had to make a Christmas card - yes Chrissy I know!! Here it is:

Items Used:

Stamps - Waltzing Mouse and Molly Bloom Sentiment

Papers: October Afternoon 'Make it Merry'

Dies: Spellbinders Bauble, Marianne Tree, Memory Box Precious Stars, Cheery Lynn Expandable Tiny Borders, Lil Inker Penant Die

Embellishments: Martha Stewart Washi Tape and ribbon, gems from stash, Fired Brick DI, Clear Embossing powder - resist technique

Please go over to Card Makin' Mamas and see the rest of the DT makes, a lot better than mine!!  Thanks for looking today, enjoy your weekend! Take care xx

Girly Birthday

Good morning to you all. We had a fabulous day yesterday weather wise - wall to wall sunshine and lovely and warm too! Today is cloudy but fingers crossed the forecast looks good for the Bank Holiday Weekend.  We are going over to my daughter and her partner's house tomorrow for a BBQ and then on Monday we are having one for Dave's daughter and family.  Have you got any nice plans for the weekend?

Today sees the start of a new challenge over at Wags 'n Whiskers and the theme for this is "Girly Birthday" - right up our street isn't it!!  Here is my card:

Well I must admit I had lots of fun doing this one! You can just keep going with female cards can't you?  I used Wags 'n Whiskers Fairy Hannah which is available here for the USA and Canada and here for the rest of the world. The papers are Nitwits 'Butterfly kisses' - I have fallen in love again with my Nitwits and can't stop using them now!! Hannah has been coloured with my Copics and Glamour Dust added to her wings. The image was cut out using SB Romantic Rectangles.  The envelope is a Marianne die and the sentiment was computer generated.  The hearts are MB Precious Hearts Die.  Ribbon, butterfly, crystal bling and resin flower all from stash.  The spacer was bought on E Bay and my husband flattened it for me!

The prize on offer is a Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber stamp.  You don't have to use a Wags 'n Whiskers stamp but if you do then you will also be entered into a separate draw to win a Wags 'n Whiskers digi! Please go over to the challenge here to see what the rest of the DT have done!

Challenges I would like to enter:

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon
Paper Pretties - Pink and Green
The Perfect Sentiment - Make it Feminine
Nutcrafters - Bingo (I used the bottom line, die cuts, gems and ribbon)
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Digi Darla's - Celebrate
Digi Makeover - Celebrations

Well I am off to the gym and hairdressers this morning and hopefully a bit of crafty time this afternoon! I have done all my DT cards for May just trying to do June's now!  We are away in June for almost three weeks so I really need to get ahead of myself! Thanks for coming by today, see you tomorrow! Take care xx

Add Ribbon

Good morning to you all!  Today sees the start of a new release at Delightful Challenges and as this is the first one of the month there is also a new release at Digital Delights! I was given a fabulously cute image to work with this month, here is what I did:

Isn't Karate Kevin the cutest???? You can get him over at Digital Delights here. There are lots of cute images including graduation, a paper set and sentiments! My sentiment is from the new set called Keeping in Touch and is available here.  I have coloured Kevin with my Copics and yes there is an orange belt in Karate I checked on line!  The papers are Pink Petticoat.  I used Spellbinders to cut and mat the image and a Dienamics die from Lead the Way for the sentiment.  The ribbon is Offray.

Our sponsor this week is:

Scrapy Land will be giving the lucky winner a $15 store card!  To enter you don't need a Digital Delights image but if you use one you can enter twice!  Why don't you have a look at Wendy's images over at Digital Delights, so much to choose from and they are such fun to colour! If you don't like colouring you can choose one pre-coloured!

Please go over to the the challenge and see what the rest of the fabulous Design Team have made!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Happy Mail
Crafting for All Seasons - Monochromatic
Emerald Fairies - Add Ribbon
Glitter n Sparkle - White and One Colour
Sweet Stampin' - Anything but a Birthday
Card Crafter's Circle - Boys to Men
Dutch Dare - Sports

I went to the pictures last night with my sister to see Love is All You Need which we both really enjoyed! I didn't really know anything about the film and when it started in Danish with subtitles thought we were sat in the wrong screening!

Well that's it from me for today! Thank you so much for coming by, take care xx

KRAFT it!

Good morning to you all! I can't believe its the first of May! Maybe now we may start getting some warmer weather - please!  As it is the first of May then it means the start of a new challenge at A Little Bit Crafty - our second challenge!  The theme for this month is KRAFT it. So we want to see a project with some Kraft card/paper on it.  Here is my card:

I have used Sarah Hurley's Curio Kit, she is one of our sponsor's this challenge.  The images are Flying Airships by Hero Arts and the other stamps are Kaisercraft "Check In".  I have used Crushed Olive DI and Memento Ink.  The photo corners are Dienamics as is the notebook binder die, button October Afternoon and twine and brad from my stash.

We have some fabulous sponsors this month:

Sarah Hurley Crafts

Hobbycutz

Clare Curd Crafts

You have a month to enter the challenge, you can enter up to three times and you may use enter any type of craft as long as it follows the theme!  Please go over to A Little Bit Crafty and see what the rest of the team have done.

Well I am just waiting for 8:30 so I can get to the hospital to get my bloods done then I can have a drink! (I meant coffee lol).  Then it will be the gym and then I am taking my Aunt out for lunch and the afternoon.

Thanks for coming to visit me!  I will see you later with another post!! Take care xx