Good morning all you lovely people I hope you are having a great weekend.

This image on this card today is a Penny Black stamp letter & daisy coloured with promarkers. The backing paper is the K& co pad I am still using up, I have added some ribbon, brads and a computer generated sentiment I hope you like it.

This is for two challenges

Secret Crafter  "Stitching"

Penny Black  "Sketch"

Prima Big Secret

Prima has something really big coming your way….

Prima have a big secret soon to be announced with 2 prizes worth $100 one for a US winner and one for an international winner.
but we can’t reveal it just yet! We know you’re going to love it! And don’t worry-we promise to share the big news with you soon. It’s really hard not to spill the beans, but we are sworn to secrecy. So, in the meantime, we have an exciting opportunity for you to win BIG and it’s open to everyone! There are two fabulous prize baskets worth $100 up for grabs. Prima will choose one winner from the US and one International winner.

Bah Humbug

This card is for the Bah! Humbug  Christmas challenge the theme this week is "Trees" You may decide to use a Christmas Tree, a Forest, a Tree in a village, the choice is yours. All we ask of you is to make a Christmas card or Project using a Tree or various Trees.

I have embossed the front of my base card and edged some green ink around it ,stamped a tree image onto another piece of card and glittered the tree up added a ribbon and a peeloff sentiment. I hope you like it.xxx

Crafty Anns

This card I am entering for crafty Annes is one I have been doing on and off for a couple of days and it fits nicely with Anns Challenge Which is celebrate your creativity by trying a technique or product or fold/design that you’ve been shying away from or haven’t done/used as often as you would like. Easy huh? As usual, you can make any project for any occasion.
I am making  a gatefold using two A4 sheets of card. The image is from Joanna Sheens Precious Petals cd which I framed with some corners I cut out,  I have never made a card using more than an A4 before so I don't think I have done to bad, I have also added a couple of tags. I hope you like it.xxx

Just Gorgeous

Hello all you lovely people out there,I am all behind today getting all mucky in the garden, it's a long time since I saw the garden what with all the white stuff, but fingers crossed we won't see any more this year.

Well for this card I have used a gorjus stamp, coloured with promarkers, embossed a piece of off white card to go over the backing paper from my stash, I then added the ribbons, gems, a flower that I coloured red and a sentiment made on the computer. I hope you like it.
This is for Three challenges

Cute card Thursday " Ribbon-Tastic "

Colour Create  " Red Black and off White "

Crafters Companion  "It's an inspirational challenge"

With Love

This card has been a joy to make, simply because of the image which I adore,a friend kindly gave me it  after I admired it. The backing paper is off a Joanna Sheen Cd, I have used navy and pink card for the strip down the side and then added two corners and a tag. The challenge it is for is  Sweet Sketch Wednesday I am hoping it is ok because of the corners I have added. I do hope you like it.xxx

A Mum Card

This card is for two challenges
Digital Tuesday " A card for Mum "
My time to Craft " In the Frame "

The image I have used for this card is Daisy Doodle's Tulips from the Digital-Ink Co. I put the image into My craft studio added a frame and printed them out together. I have used promarkers to colour the image. The backing paper was also from MCS,I punched out the top border added some red ribbon buttons and a sentiment. I hope you like it.xxx

GDT NO 2

My GDT No 2 for Tuesday Taggers


This is my second week  Getting Messy Hands

This card for Tuesday Taggers “Is anything messy a picture of your project and your messy hands!

For this card I used backing paper from K & Co, I have backed a piece of embossed yellow card with gold mirri board. The image is a penny Black stamp that I heat embossed and then coloured with pro markers I then added some cream ribbon and 2 flowers with brads I hope you like it.

Please do visit the rest of the DT cards they are really Fabulous.xxx

A Piece of History

A piece of History
This card is for a challenge over at Digital-Ink CoThe challenge theme is " PEACE "
Our first weekly challenge is to create a tag, card, layout or project showing us your take on Peace, your hope for Peace in the world, what Peace means to you, or what gives you Peace in life. As you can see this is a pretty broad category and do not forget there is always the play on the word so get your thinking caps on and most of all HAVE FUN!!!!! Well my card is a play on the word peace.

A Piece of History  The image I have used is one of my winning images from Sophisticats last week from Digital-ink Co it is called Vintage 1800. I have coloured it with promarkers, the backing papers are from MCS cd matted with gold linen card I then added some gems ribbon and a sentiment.I hope you like it.xxx

Easel Card

Good morning all, well the start of a new week and lots of new challenges.The last week of Frosty February.

The image I have used for this card is of course a Cute Daisy May she is off sheet 181 coloured  with my promarkers, the backing papers were taken from my stash, I have swiss dotted either side of Daisy with some cream card . The bottom of the card I have punched either side of some white card and topped withsome cream flowers . The sentiment is computer generated. I hope you like it. Have a great day.xxx
This card is for three challenges
SophistiCat "Embossing"
Cute Daisy May "Flowers"
Die-Cut Dreams "Easter"

clean and simple

Mo's Challenge  "Clean And Simple"
We're already up to challenge #19.. and our February hostess, Dawn, has put together another terrific challenge.. it's 'Clean 'n Simple'. Dawn's interpretation for this week's challenge is... Use white or cream cardstock, your image from Mo's Digital Pencil, and one ribbon.. it's that simple... and, no additional layers!
So I have done just that,nothing to say about this card. I hope you like it

New challenge

This challenge is for Totally Gorgeous where the theme is Flower Power. For this card I have used a Cute Daisy May image,and  Coloured her with promarkers, The background paper is from my stash I added some gingham ribbon, gems and the all important flowers. I hope you like it.xxx

A Mum Card

Good morning from a gorgeous sunny Sheffield, It is a great to be alive day today the sunshine makes you feel that way.
This card is for  Secret Crafter saturday challenge
This week's challenge is set by the lovely DEBBY. She has chosen a theme of:-

MOTHER'S DAY
It is Mother's Day soon here in the UK, but as it is different in other countries your creations can be anything "Mother" related - Mum's birthday, new Mum etc.

I have used another Joanna Sheen image for this card, I do like my flowers. I have mounted some cerise card onto my base card and to the back of the image, punched down the side of the backing paper added some gems and a ribbon bow and used a peel off sentiment. I hope you like it.xxx

Rainbow Lady's Challenge

Rainbow Lady's Challenge
The new challenge this week is a recipe:-


ONE FAIRY
ONE CIRCLE
ONE PIECE OF RIBBON
ONE OR MORE STAMPS
A PIECE OF BLACK CARD
and if you are very adventurous a SHAPED CARD

The image for my card came from an MCS cd as did the the background paper I stamped the sentiment onto the circle and added the ribbon, I'm afraid I am not feeling very adventurous at the moment, so it is a normal card.I do hope you like it.xxx

Sweet sketch Wednesday 37

Well hello all you lovely people, would you believe it, it is snowing again here in soggy Sheffield.!!!!!

This card is for Sweet sketch Wednesday 37 which is a sketch. The image is I used is stamped twice and coloured with promarkers, as you can see I am still using the Cuttle bug in abundance, instead of embellishing with flowers I decided on the leaves. The backing papers I have used are K&co and one I printed off a cd.The sentiment is computer generated. I hope you like it.xxx

Real Girly

Wow I have been busy today, What I wouldn't give to have a full time job just making cards and playing with paper, the dream job from heaven I would say, I'm just sorry for all those years I missed out. Oh well never mind.

This card is for Digital Tuesday
So the challenge  this week is to make A Girly Card (or anything else you fancy making).
This challenge is right up my street because I just love girly .To start off, the Background paper is off Joanna Sheens cd Precious Petals. I then punched either side of some white card and backed it with pink card, I have put three strips of pink ribbon fown the left side and three flowers. The image is a Cute Daisy May that I have coloured with promarkers added some brads and a small sentiment.I hope you like it. xxx

Thank You

Well this card is for two challenges Sophisticat This weeks theme which has been chosen by        Gina...Stitching.Gina would love to see stitching on your cards. Can be real, faux. any colours, any theme.

One Stop Craft This weeks challenge has been set by the lovely Chrissie and she has designed a fab sketch  to use. Please feel free to rotate, just include the elements.

So onto the card I have used a Penny black thank you tree stamp which I stamped on to cream card and backed with yellow card, the backing paper I found on a Joanna Sheen cd. I then punched the white card and faux stitched around, added a yellow ribbon and some yellow gems. Hope you like it.xxx

GDT for Tuesday Taggers "Time"

I have the pleasure of being a guest designer for Tueday Taggers for the next Three weeks
My GDT No 1 for Tuesday Taggers

This card is for the Tuesday Taggers “Time/ Clocks “Both the backing Paper and image were printed off a Joanna Sheen Cd Victorian Companion, I backed these with silver Mirri board, I then cut out the letters numbers and bird on my slice machine, and I then added a sentiment that was computer generated. I do hope you like this.

Please do visit the rest of the DT cards they are really Fabulous.xxx

GDT for Digital Two for Tuesday

I have been given the opportunity this week to be a guest designer  for Digital Two for Tuesday, do go along there it is a fabulous blog full of wonderful vintage images, cora gives images away for free most weeks 

The yellow Daisy card
I decided to add a frame around the image using My Craft Studio, the backing paper I printed from a Joanna sheen Cd, I have matted and layered both the image and the backing paper with a gold linen card and also some cream card, the image I coloured with promarkers added some brads, gems and ribbon.

The Yellow Lady
I decided to cut the lady out, coloured her with my promarkers and found some nice vintage backing paper from a Joanna Sheen Cd along with an image of a vintage seed packet I matted and layered these, added some gems, ribbon and a computer generated sentiment. My idea was to keep the vintage look, and I feel I have achieved that.

Two challenges for this card

Die-cut Dreams 36 "Recipe"
This weeks challenge theme is Recipe set by  Vikki

3 x Different patterned papers
2 x different ribbons
2 x flowers
+ added option of using gems


Cute Daisy May "Bright and Cheerful"
So onto this weeks challenge. DT member Avril came up with the idea of bright and cheerful colours. I think we could all do with something cheery

The Image is a freebie off the internet coloured in with pro markers, all three papers came off an MCS cd, 2 ribbons attached on top of one another, a two flowers 3 small butterfly gems, I hope you like it.xxx

Crafters Companion

Ooh I didn't know CC had a blog till now, any way this is for Crafters Companion it is a sketch and recipe, the recipe is 3 papers, use brads/buttons/pearls and 1 flower"
I have used popcorn bear for this card, printed the image off a CD along with the backing paper,I have punched out around the corners and tag pocket and added brads, buttons,pearls and one flower.I hope you like it.xxx

Two Challenges

The card I have done here is for two challenges
Secret Crafter " Multi Fold "
Crafty Ann's  " Music be the food of Love "
I don't know the name of this fold but I have seen it somewhere, my images I got off an MCS cd the guitar was printed onto glossy paper I then embossed it and coloured in with promarkers the background papers again printed off a cd I then added a couple of flowers and a heart I hope you like it.xxx

Bah! Humbug Challenge 6 Snowmen

This card is for the Bah! Humbug Challenge, which I happened to win last week "whoopie"  I made my card with  an image from Digital inkco coloured with promarrkers and ink, my backing paper was a freebie off the internet which I backed with some mirri card and I embossed the red card, I then cut out the snow letters. I hope you like it

Guest DT

Well I didn't make the DT on Tuesday Taggers,I guess there is just to much competition and so much talent out there, but they have offered me a Guest design spot for the next three weeks I am so excited, there are six of us all together. So watch this space.xxx

A few challenges

This card today has been useful for lots of things firstly playing with my new toy a cuttlebug, as you can see the whole card is embossed. Secondly I am going to shock my OH and give him a valentines card, which I haven't done for years and thirdly 3 challenges.I have used red cardstock for this card, chocolate backing paper which I have embossed ,3 small card stamps pink white and silver again embossed , and cut out an I and a U again embossed, then added three small red hearts not embossed. I hope I haven't bored you with my embossing.

The challenges for this card are
Colour Create     " Red White Chocolate and Pink " also Silver and Hearts if you wish
Cute card Thursday   " In the Name of Love "
   Rainbow Lady's      " Red and Hearts "

Free Image

This card is made with a free image from Digital Two for Tuesday I coloured it with pro markers, the pink background paper was in my stash it has a leather effect. I also matted and layered some red and cream card added some ribbon, a flower, brads and a computer generated sentiment. Hope you like it.xxx


This is for two challenges

Tuesday Taggers  " Love is All Around "
Digital Two for Tuesday 

Sophisticats Challenge 21

This card has been made for the Sophisticats challenge  " Tartan " The image came from the Joanna Sheens Pamele west Cd. I found the tartan paper on the internet, added some red card with faux stitching, some buttons, a flower, some ribbon and a computer generated sentiment. Hope you like it.xxx

Several Challenges

For this card I have used a Sweet Daisy digi image coloured with promarkers.Used some cream and lavender card to back her with.  Printed off my computer the backing papers, punched out of cream card the lace borders, also cut some hearts out, added some brads, gems, ribbon and computer generated sentiment. Hope you like it.xxx

This card is for three challenges
Cute Daisy May   " Lavender & Lace "
Crafty Card Makers   " Digital Delights
Die Cut Dreams   " Have a Heart "

Secret Crafter Challenge

This is for the Secret crafter Saturday challenge the theme this week is Monochrome tones of one colour and white

This image is a kanban image but the original colour was blue I decided to mess around with a graphics program and change the colour and wow I think it has worked beautifully I also colour matched the background paper. I hope you like it.xxx

One stop craft challenge

Hello again, this card is for One stop challenge 66, this is a colour challenge Apple Green, Chocolate and Clotted Cream yummie yummie.

For this Easel card I have used an MCS image with matching backing paper, I have matted and layered with chocolate and cream card added a chocolate ribbon some gems and a flower, The sentiment is made on the computer, hope you like it xxx

Bah! Humbug Challenge 5 "Holly"

 Good morning to you all. This card is for the  Bah Humbug Challenge The theme for this week is Holly

The image I have used is from a JS cd as is the backing paper I decided to make a corner pocket which I punched and threaded with some white ribbon made a tag and added a hand made sentment. Well my christmas cards are starting to add up now come December I will be so laid back and smug.xxx

Just wandering

Afternoon lovely bloggers,
 On my journeys around all the lovely blogs I visit, I have noticed nearly all images that are used are stamped, now I know colouring in these stamps is an art but is there any protocol to say we must use images to colour in. I have so many wonderful images on various cd's that I love using and feel there is still a good amount of work needed to colour co-ordinate and embellish my work to still call it art. I would like to hear peoples opinions on this.xxx

Day Dreams

Thic card is for 2 Challenges
Cute card Thursday Challenge 98 "Spots And Dots
Rainbow Lady's Challenge 89 "Four Seasons"
This card I think depicts everything about summer, the image I found on a Joanna Sheen cd Cardmakers Year. The backing paper has been printed off the PC free downloads from somewhere.The ribbon and flower are from my stash and the sentiment made on the PC.Also used brown and white card for matting.  I hope you like it.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 35

This challenge with Sweet Sketch Wednesday is for a sketch. I have used an image from Pink Petticoat again coloured with promarkers. The Backing papers are printed off my computer I then added some brads ribbon and flowers. Hope you like it.xxx

My time to Craft

This week the challenge  is called 'Fairy Folk' - A Fairy on your card somewhere -either an image or a button or a charm. I have been playing around with the MCS cd Flourishes and made this image by putting two images together,I have backed it with mirri board , the dp is also printed off MCS. I added the red ribbon and buttons to give it a little colour which I think works well. I hope you like it.xxx

3 Challenges

I have managed 3 challenges with this card
Tueday Morning Sketches  "Sketch "
Digital Tuesday  " Different Fold "  
Tuesday Taggers " Bears "
The image was one I had on my computer don't know where I got it, the BP is printed from an MCS cd added some ribbon gems and a button I have followed the sketch, used a bear and made an easel card. I hope you like it.xxx

Floral Fantasies

This is for the Sir Stampalot challenge and blog hop at Floral Fantasies Lots of lovely goodies to be had, and the main prize is a Big Shot, "ooh I wish" Well the theme is "Moving " I got this image along with some others from Pink Petticoat,coloured it with my promarkers I have glittered the word "Home" added some buttons and ribbon bow. The BP is off an MCS disc. I hope you like it.xxx