Focus on the Sentiment

Good morning to you all! For those of us in the UK and USA I hope you are all enjoying your long weekend! The weather has been beautiful here in Blackpool for the last two days but I think we have rain forecast today - no surprise there then!  Today sees the start of a new challenge at Lexi's Creations and for this challenge we want to see you Focus on the Sentiment!  Here is my card:

Quite hard to take a decent photo with all that pearlescent paper! I have used Lexi's Lifetime Sentiment which is available at Fairydust Crafts, Lexi does some really nice sentiments its worth having a look at them!  I changed the colour in Word and printed it out on pearl paper which I then cut out with SB Romantic Rectangles.  I have used Pink Petticoat Damask printed onto Linen card for the background paper.  I embossed some Centura Pearl card with a Cuttlebug EF.  The card blank is a Craftwork Cards one.  The spacer I bought on EBay, pearl brad is from Wild Orchid crafts and ribbon and pearls from my stash.

We are sponsored this week by

Please go over to Lexi's Creations Challenge to see what the rest of the DT have done!  You have almost two weeks to enter.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Tie it Up
Moving Along with the Times - Embossing
Fab 'n Funky - Ribbon/Lace
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Say it Loud (Sentiment only)

Yesterday I achieved absolutely zilch! All day all that I did was move some embellishments around on a card and just couldn't decide on a layout! I am hoping Mr Mojo will play ball with me today and I can get a bit more accomplished!  Have a fabulous day whatever you are doing, thanks so much for looking! Take care xx

Rubber Stamps

Good morning to you and happy weekend! I hope you have something nice planned, here in the UK we have a long weekend as it is a Bank Holiday on Monday.  We actually have nice weather forecast for Saturday and Sunday.  I am off to the Trafford Centre with my daughter this morning for a spot of retail therapy!  Doing some shopping for our holiday which is just two weeks away - that really crept up on me!  Tonight we are going to a BBQ and then nothing planned for the rest of the weekend.  What are you up to?

Today sees the start of a new challenge at Card Makin' Mamas and the theme for this challenge is we want to see your Rubber Stamps. Remember we are a card making only blog so any card with some stamping using rubber!  I had to dust mine off as I seem to be using digi only at the moment, here is what I made:

The stamp is a Bildmalarna 'Little Winged Friends on Walk'.  She has been coloured with Copics with Glamour Dust added.  The felt heart is a Dienamics die 'Hearts a Plenty'.  I have used SB Circles and Beaded Circles for the image and mat and also the flower is SB from the Homespun set.  The sentiment is LOTV and the heart banner is LOTV.  Ribbon and pearl from my stash.  The papers are Nitwits, I think Life's Little Lemons.

Our sponsor this week is

Please go over to Card Makin' Mamas to see what the rest of the DT have done.  I would like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon

That's all from me, have a fabulous weekend and thank you so much for popping by! Take care xx

I'm late again!

Good morning to you! A big welcome to my new follower!  Just a quick post today with another card I made the other day with the Nicecrane image.

I needed a quick thank you card and made this.  As I said the image is from Nicecrane which I printed off, the paper and sentiment are Pink Petticoat printed directly onto linen cardstock and finished off with a little ribbon.  I needed to post it so I didn't want too much on it as I only had a first class stamp and didn't want the faff of going to the Post Office to have it weighed.

I really must stop Pinterest late at night, I stay up far too late pinning things and now I have overslept this morning.  I hate getting up after 630 it throws me for the rest of the day!!  I am off to the gym this morning then taking my Aunt out for lunch followed by tea at the pub this evening!  Another day gone in a puff!  Hope you all have a good day whatever you are doing!  Thanks for looking today and take care xx

Celebrate Friendship

Good morning to you all! Today sees the start of a brand new challenge at Delightful Challenges and the theme for this week's challenge is:

CELEBRATE FRIENDSHIP

we want to see something that you would share with a friend.  Here is my card:

I have used Elvin the Toad available here from Digital Delights.  I have given him the 3D treatment but you can't see it in this picture, I should have taken a better photo!  His eyes have Glossy Accents on too so he does really pop out of the card, you'll have to take my word for it!  The papers are Kaiser Craft "Rock Pool". I got some Coredinations and cut it with an Oval Nestie and then ran it through a woodgrain Crafts Concepts embossing folder to make it look like he is sitting on some logs.  I used a Grand Nestie Circle to cut out the aperture.  The sentiment is Animal Crackers Sentiment No 1 available here from Digital Delights. The sentiment has been cut out with Nesties Labels One (I think) and distressed with Vintage Photo DI.

Our sponsor this week is:

with this fabulous prize:

Please go over to Delightful Challenges and see the cards the rest of the DT have made, there is some wonderful inspiration there!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Creative Moments - Circles

Divas by Design - Friendship

Little Red Wagon - Make it Punny

Penny's Paper Crafty - Circles

Dream Valley - Animals

Robyn's Fetish - Four Legged Friends

Corrosive Challenge - My Sentiments Exactly

I got all my bedding plants in yesterday (yes Chrissy!) so today will just be a crafty day I think! Hope you all have a fabulous day whatever you are up to! Thank you so much for looking, take care xx

Charming

Good morning to you all! Nice and sunny here in Blackpool today1  Wednesday sees the start of a new challenge at The Paper Shelter and this week is Team A's turn which means me!  The theme for the challenge this week is Charming so we need to see a charm on your creation! Here is mine:

I know I keep saying it but I love colouring in Paper Shelter images! I have used the adorable Faery Emma and she is available here from the Paper Shelter.  I have coloured her with my Copics and the paper is Nitwits Possibilities.  I have added Glamour Dust to her wings, not sure if you can see it though! The filigree corner and flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. Dies used are Cheery Lynn Anastasia Border and Tags 2.  I have used a Tonic corner rounder punch.  The sentiment is Pink Petticoat.  The ribbon, twine and button are from The Ribbon Girl and charm and heart are from my stash. I also scored the linen card at the bottom but it doesn't really show up in this photo!

Our prize this week is:

so you don't have to use a Paper Shelter image but if you do then you could win a $30 voucher for The Paper Shelter with another image you will win 3 images from The Paper Shelter.

Please go over to the challenge and see what lovely creations the A Team have made!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Flower Power
Everybody Art - Flowers
Flourishes - Butterflies
Sweet Stamps - Anything goes with Sweet Cuts or Cheery Lynn dies
Incy Wincy - Use Something Metal
My Craft Spot - Ribbon and Twine
Songbird Challenge - Bloom and Grow
Victorine - Buttons and Bows
The Ribbon Girl - May Colour Challenge

I am so happy because I found my La La Land die - it was in a big box of scraps that I keep by me for the recycling bin - the last place I had to look!!  I am off to the garden centre today to get my bedding plants for all my pots - always a mammoth task!  Thanks for coming by today I really appreciate it! See you tomorrow, take care xx

Too Sweet!

Good morning to you all hope you are well on this Tuesday morning! I have a card today that was a really quick one to make,in fact I made it this morning and its only 9 o'clock now!

I think this image is just too sweet!  It comes in a set already coloured from Nicecrane Designs.  The paper and sentiment are Pink Petticoat.  The seam binding is from The Ribbon girl and I have used a Martha Stewart punch for the border.  A heart from my stash and that was it!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

to be added later!

Well this is a quick post from me today! My two husbands have gone out walking today lol so lots of crafty time for me! Well what I mean is my first husband and my husband - I am not a bigamist lol!!  Hope you all have a wonderful day and thanks so much for coming round, take care xx

Summer Fun

Good morning and I hope you all had a lovely weekend.  I took my Aunt down to Stratford on Avon on Saturday to see her latest great grandchild.  We had a lovely time spent at my cousin's house.  Yesterday we went to the park with my sister, daughter and her partner then they came back for dinner and it was such a lovely day we ate al fresco!  Now as I write this its pouring down!!

I so enjoyed colouring in my Mayzy image for the blog hop the other day that I decided to do another!  Here she is:

She is called Mallory and I coloured her with my Copics! The papers are digi by Meghan Mullens called Morning Dew.  The sentiment tags are LOTV.  The flowers are Wild Orchid and I have sprayed them with some Crafter's Companion  Spay and Sparkle.  The leaves are made with a punch not sure of the make it looks like a woodware one but I don't think it is!  Dies used are SB Grand Nesties Ovals and Beaded and Scallop Circles, MB Fremont Crest Flourish.  The butterfly I have had in my stash for years its by Crafty Bitz, Pearls are Mei and ribbon from stash.  I took another picture outside and I can't decide which is better the one above looked a bit yellow but the one outside looked washed out -

mmm very washed out!!

Challenges I would like to enter:

Wild Orchid Craft - Sunshine
Joanna Sheen - Girls Girls Girls
Simon Says Stamp - Flower Power

Thank you so much for coming by today, I really appreciate it!  Take care xx

Mayzy May Blog Hop

Hello and welcome! How exciting this is the day for Mayzy's May Blog Hop!  Now I was so thrilled to be asked to make a card for this hop - did I have to think about it - NO!  I do love the images Mayzy makes they are such a joy to colour in! If you are following the hop you should have arrived here from the lovely Lizzy's blog here and I am the last one on the hop!  If you have got mixed up along the way or you want to join in the hop you can find a full list of the participants here on Mayzy's blog.  Here is what I have made:

I have used the gorgeous Xandi and Winky from Mayzy which I think is new and you can get it here in the Mayzy Art Shop.  She has been coloured with Copics and I loved colouring her, look at that cute little dog!  I have cut her out with SB Floral Ovals and yes that is Frantage around the edges, I have the burnt fingers to prove it lol!  The paper is MME from the Blush pad.  I used a Cheery Lynn mini Sophia's heart behind the flower which is a Prima one I have had yonks! The Memory Box Precious Hearts came out too and I used my MS PATP punch.  The gems are from my stash, ribbon and spacer from The Ribbon Girl.

Now if you are participating in the blog hop you know you need to find a secret word from each participating blog and unscramble them to win a fun prize.  Well my secret word is........

ONLY

mmmm something tells me that's not a secret anymore! 

Thanks for stopping by I have really enjoyed this and hope you are all having fun! Take care xx