Charisma DT - Four legged friends.

Another Thursday, so another challenge at Charisma. This week we would like to see your creations with
FOUR LEGGED FRIENDS.
(No more no less) so not sure I actually got this one right! As 3 animals with 4 legs might not count!!!

This card was made using a Penny Black image, coloured with promarkers, ehco park papers, sparkly gems and a punched boarder.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Passion for promarkers: Animal crackers.
Party Time Tuesday: Anything goes.
Creative Card Crew: Animal antics.
Totally papercrafts: One for the boys.
Toyally Gorjuss: Punch or die.
Paper Cutz: Anything goes.
Crafters Companion: One for the boys.

My Mum's Craft Shop - Fab n funky

It's Wednesday again, which means a new challenge over at My Mum's Craft Shop.
This week the theme is FAB N FUNKY. We would love to see what you create, so pop on over and play along, there are some fab prizes from Whimsy Stamps to be won.

To make this card, I used one of my old stamps from The Greetings Farm, coloured with promarkers, I put diamond glaze on her glasses. All the papers are lime twist, the butterflies are mather stewart punches.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges. x
I love Promarkers: Anything goes.
Partytime Tuesday: Anything goes
Paper Cutz: Anything goes
Stamp Something: Something Embellished.
Creative Craft Challenges: 3D it.
Totally Gorjuss: Punch or Die.

Charisma Cardz DT - Sunshine Colours

Morning, Thursday again - already, which means a new challenge over at Charisma.
This week the theme is SUNSHINE COLOURS, we would love to see your creations, as always there are some fantastic prizes.









Initially I lost my mojo for this challenge, but after a lot of thought and a good old rumage or mess making, I found these small craftwork card blanks, and routed round the Penny Black box and came up with these, I got a bit carried away and made loads! Some dont currently have sentiments on as I thought they would be good in case of emergenct and I can add on something suitable. I made a batch of thankyous to send out from Emmie for her birthday presents.
I heat embossed them, water coloured them, then added some glamour dust to the stamens.

I would like to enter these into thefollowing challenges:
Penny Black at Allsorts: Flowers
Allsorts: Free and easy.
Sew many challenges: Glitter.
Sir Stampalot: Anything goes.
Crafty Cardmakers: One layer.

My Mum's Craft Shop - For a teen.

It's challenge time again at My Mum's Craft Shop.
This week the theme is
For A TeenWe would love to see cards suitable for teenagers - male or female!
This week we are sponsored by My Mums Craft Shop and they are giving away a £10 voucher to spend in there online shop! Which is AMAZING!!!

To make this card I used a DigiStamp Boutique image, coloured with promarkers, sparkly gems and a glitter pen used to add sparkle and bling, nesties to cut out the image and base layers, and a white gel pen to add lots of spots.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
DigiStamp Boutique
Flutterby Wednesday: Butterfly
Allsorts: Free and easy.
Papertake Weekly: Getting cute.
Totally Papercrafts: Girly girl

Circles

Evening, or morning. What a day, I never thought my shift would end today! Here is a quick card I made donkey's ago, and just found. As it happens it fits this weeks Less is more challenge, where the theme is circles.
All the prosucts are from Stampin Up, and theres is not a strand of glitter in sight!

I will be back later with a new card for this weeks My Mum's Craft Shop challenge - now sleep.

Charisma Cardz DT - It's in the stars

Whoo, it's almost the weekend, which means theres a new challenge over at Charisma.
This week the theme is:
IT'S IN THE STARS

To make the card I used a star punch, some sparkly glitter card and some craft card.
The sentiment is from Elzybells - now sadly closed.

My Mum's Craft Shop - Pearls and Swirls

Mid week already! Which only means there is a fresh challenge over at My Mum's Craft Shop. This week the challenge is sponsored by Kitty of My Mum's Craft Shop. If you have not popped over to her website go take a peek as it is fab, and growing daily, and if that's not enough it's now a proper bricks and mortar shop. So if your in, near or popping by Southampton, why not pay her a visit?! I might just take a little road trip in a few weeks time - piggy bank status pending! lol.....

The theme this week is
PEARLS AND SWIRLS
a nice easy one, we would love to see what you make, so please come and join in.

Birds!

Aaaahhhh is blogger just doing it's own thing at the mo? Or am I just being special?! lol. I am trying to leave comments I promise, but my patience is fading rapidly! Oh well, I hope they can fix it soon.
Here are a couple of quick cards I made a couple of weeks ago, they fit this weeks Less is more theme which is Something with legs.
It also fits this weeks My time to craft challenge which is Birds.

I love these stamps, they are by the very talented Marion Emberson, I do love watching her on QVC, she is so clever and has a great personality.

Charisma Cardz DT - All about flowers

All about flowers is this weeks theme over at Charisma Cardz this week. We hope you can all join in. x

My Mum's Craft Shop - Stars and stripes

It's Wednesday again and there is a new challenge at My Mums Craft Shop Challenges.
This week the challenge theme is...

Stars & Stripes

So a nice easy one really, as long as it's got stars and stripes on it somewhere anything goes!
We have kindly been sponsored by Meljens Designs

All the dies are Die-namics, and available from MMCS as are the papers, and the image is Penny Black.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes.

Penny Black Saturday Challenges: Desert Island Stamp

Allsorts: Free and easy

Crafty Emma's Store: Woodland animals

Less is more - sketch

Well by the skin of my teeth I made the time scale for the less is more challenge! My little lady decided to sleep last night! lol, I think all this warm weather has thrown havoc on her sleeping, poor little love. I knew I wanted to use butterfly's, but no idea what to do, so I just had a little play!
I am clearly in a purple mood at the mo!

Pardon the scew wiff pic, I have a crawling baby trying to assist!

I used a white card blank, a strip of purple card mounted with 3d foam onto some pretty DCWV paper, the out line of the butterfly's have been doused with glamour dust, and the sentiment is Hero Arts.

Charisma - Ice Cream Flavours and DT call

Over at Charisma this week, there is another great theme, this week it is
ICE CREAM COLOURS I chose Raspbery.
don't know about you, but I would love a 99 right now! lol...
As always there are some great prizes to be won, so come on and join in.

Also excitingly we are looking for some new teamies to come and join us, there are some exciting changes lined up at Charisma, so if you would like to be a part of it, take a look at what you need to do here.

To make this card I used an image from The Greetings Farm, coloured with Promarkers, the card is core'dinations, a dragon fly embossing folder, Die-namics die, flat back pearls, and loads of glamour dust, and a craft work cards sentiment.

I would like to enter it into the following challenges:
Crazy 4 Challenges: Sketch.
Secret Crafter: Embossing.
Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Something old/new. New papers, embossing folder and pearls, Old stamp and card.
Paper Crafting Journey: Anything goes.
Crafty Pad: Bold bright
DYSU: Square.

My Mum's Craft Shop - Something old something new

Cor blimy, Wednesday already! Where is the time going?? And it's almost July. Scary stuff. Anyway's onto this weeks challenge over at My Mum's Craft Shop
This week we have a fab sponsor A day for daisies we were lucky enough to get to play with some of these fab images. I used Flowers in my garden.

I would also like to say a HUGE THANKYOU to my teamie Cebelica who helped me out massively this week. : )

My something old is the twine type stuff, and the new is the image, papers and the Dienamic dies.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Digital Tuesday: Flower power.
My time to craft: Here comes summer.
Tip Top Tuesday: Things that begin with T = Trio of flowers and two trios of sparkly gems! lol. x
I love Promarkers: Flowers
Paper Crafting Journey: Anything Goes.
Crafty Pad: Pastels.

Charisma DT - White + one other

is the theme over at Charisma this week, we would love to see what you create, so please comae and play along.

To make this card I used core'dinations card stock, cuttlebug embossing folders and a stamp/die set from die-namics and the die-namics rolled flower die.

I will be back to link it to some challenges later.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend. x

My Mum's Craft Shop - One for the boys.

Hello, I hope you are all well. I'm sorry I have not been able to comment on all your blog's blogger is playing up! It's Wednesday again - already. Which means its another challenge over at My Mum's Craft Shop. This week we would love to see your creations for boy's. We always need a card for a boy, so what better than to take part. Kitty is sponsoring the challenge this week and giving away a £10 voucher to spend in her shop (which is gurt lush - as we say here in Somerset).

For this weeks card I have used a Wild Rose Studio stamp and papers, coloured with promarkers, and used a card blank from MMCS, and some brads from my stash.
Thanks for looking, hope you have a lovely week. x

I would like to enter this into the following challenges.
I love promarkers: Anything goes.
Delightful Sketches: Anything Goes.

Charisma Challenge - Pink and green

Charisma Thursday already.
This week we would like to see creations with
PINK AND GREEN
It's another great fun and easy theme, so come on and join the fun, there are great prizes to be won.

I used more Die-namics and papers available from MMCS.

My Mum's Craft Shop - Seeing Spots.

Morning all, apologies, I'm late again, don't know why I didn't schedule it (Sorry) away with the fairies, there are just not enough hours in the day.

Yesterday we celebrated my baby girls 1st Birthday, we feel very lucky to have her, it has been a crazy year, with her being born 9 weeks early, and having had several complications.

It's time for a new challenge over at My Mum's Craft Shop, this week we have a great theme - SEEING SPOTS
a nice easy challenge, we would love you to join in.
This weeks challenge is sponsored by Di's Digi Downloads, and the DT were lucky enough to get to get to have a play, I love this one, it's called Who do I pick? .

All the papers and dies can be brought over at MMCS. Oh and I coloured her with promarkers and added loads of glamour dust!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafters companion: Here comes summer.
Cute and girly: In the garden
Totally Gorjuss: Flower power
Fun for challenges: It's finally summer

Charisma -

It's Thursday again already, where are the weeks going?
This week the theme at Charisma is A creation with an age.
What a great challenge, as always there are some great prizes to be won, and we would love to see what you make.

I have used a Kraftin Kimmie imagecalled Suzette, coloured with promarkers, loads of glamour dust added to the ruffles on her dress, gorgeous My Minds Eye papers, and some sparkly bling numbers.

My Mum's Craft Shop - Punch it.

Over at MMCS we have a new challenge and a fabulous sponsor this week. Kenny K are giving away some digi image to 3 lucky winners, we would love to see your creations.
This week the theme is PUNCH IT - yes the clue is in the title, and having had a rather emotional week, where my head has been in the clouds, I just got on and made the card! (SORRY) the stars are die cut with a sizzix die - no a punch I know = me bad! Oh well, onwards and upwards hay.

The image is a Kenny K digi image.
Coloured with promarkers, the papers are DCWV - Rockstar, I do love how these papers shine. Not a dot of glamour dust in sight - must be a bad week!

Massively messed up

my scheduled post! Im such a plonker, and CarlyAnn, Im so sorry, I have a huge wedding I'm decorating tomorrow on the brain!
So much so, I scheduled this post for the wedding date..... In stead of yesterday.

Over at Charisma this week, the theme is:
SOMETHING THAT FLIES.

As always there are some great prizes to be won, we would love for you o come and join us.

My Mum's Craft Shop - Things with wings.

Wednesday - mid week again already, but were half way through the year. Can you believe how fast time is flying???
This week over at My Mum's Craft Shop This week the theme is: THINGS WITH WINGS
A great theme, with so many possibilities.
This week we Poodles Digi Doodles are sponsoring the challenge, I was lucky enough to get to play with this character.
Pop on over to the web site as there are loads of gorgeous digi images at really reasonable prices.

To make this card I used a Poodles Digi Doodle image, coloured with promarkers. Mounted onto core'dinations card, cut out with nesties. The papers are My Mind's Eye, free with a magazine, and loads of diamond stickles.

I will be back later to link it up to some challenges.

Free Shipping

To celebrate the Spring Bank Holiday and also Kitty's Birthday, My Mum's Craft Shop have FREE POSTAGE & PACKAGING ON ALL UK ORDERS
No minimum or codes required
Offer ends Monday 30th!

Some of our their most popular products are...

MFT Die-namics, I love these.
Bakers Twine
La La Land Stamps
Cheery Lynn Doily Dies
Whiff Of Joy Stamps
Echo Park Papers
Prima Lace
Whimsy Stamps

Happy shopping.

I LOVE PENNY BLACKS!

I just love Penny Black stamps, if I could have one of each of them, I would be the happiest girl in the world, - where I would put them all is another matter! lol
I love Saturdays as it's Penny Black Saturday Challenge, and Less is more this week, they have yet again, another fab challenge.
I think I have gone into 3 of the square segments, and I was going to add a sentiment, but I could not make up my mind for what occasion, so I have left it for now! I have water coloured and used promarkers on the image having heat embossed it. Not a speck of glamour dust in sight!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Penny Black Saturday Challenge: One for the girls.
Less is more: Sketch/layout.
Crafty Emmas's Challenge: Embossing.
Alphabet challenge: D is for Dog.

Charisma Cardz DT - Boy oh boy.

Can you believe it's Thursday again? The weeks are wizzing by. As it's Thursday it means it time for a new challenge at Charisma.
This week the theme is:
BOY OH BOY.

As alway's there are some fantastic prizes to be won, so come on and join in.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Paper Pretties: Birthdays
My Time To Craft: Use a die.
Lollipop's Craft: Bling It.

My Mum's Craft Shop - Favourite Colours.

It's time for another new challenge at My Mum's Craft Shop, and this week our theme is:
Favourite ColoursMeljen's Designs are giving away the winner 4 digi images of their choice.

From Meljin's Designs, the image I have used is called Firefly Fairy

Well my fave colour is good old girly pink, in no particular shade, here I have used pinks. The card is Core'dinations, papers were free with a magazine (the front sheet has come off and I cant remember who they are by) the image was coloured with promarkers, glamour dust and sparkly gems added.

I am going to enter the card into the following challenges:
Paper Pretties: Birthday Card
Truly Scrumptious: Anything Goes.
Flutterby Wednesday: An angel.
My Time To Craft: Use a die.

I cant believe it's the weekend again already, and that were nearly half way through the year - scary how quickly time is going.

Here is a card I made using two Penny Black flower images and a script background, all were cut out using nesties.
The script background was stamped using distress ink, the main image was stamped in black ink and heat embossed then coloured with water colours. The base of the card was stamped with the flower heads in versamark clear ink, and heat embossed with clear powder. I then added some dots to the mustard coloured card.

I would like to enter the card into the following challenges:
Totally Papercrafts: Don't be square
Cute & girly: Anything goes
Cupcake: In the garden
Crafty cradmakers: Embossing

Charisma Challenge - Birthdays in pink

It's Thursday, which means it's time for another Charisma Challenge. The theme this week is: Birthday's in pink

A nice easy one, so be sure to join in. This week we have another fab sponsor who are giving away 4 digi images. The sponsor is Robyn's Fetish. The image I have used is called Heart's and Flowers. They have loads of great images, I like this one as it is cute and simple.

Stamptacular Sunday: Pink-a-licious
Stampin with fun: Green and pink
The crazy challenge: Green and pink
Cupcake: In the garden
Paper Playtime: Make a tall card
Papertake weekely: Bloom and grow
Truly scrumptious: Anything goes
Crafty creations: May flowers

My Mum's Craft Shop - Anything but a square.

Over at My Mum's Craft Shop, the theme this week is:
Anything but a square
I have used a round card blank, and Penny Black stamps, I heat embossed the image and sentiment, I coloured the image with water colour markers, and added some glamour dust.

I would like to enter the card into the following challenges:
Penny Black Saturday:Clean and simple
Less is more: Embossing
Penny Balck at Allsorts: Anything but a square. Also having a DT call.
Papertake Weekly: Bloom and grow

Less is more - embossing.

Here is a small card I made based on the theme over at Less is more this weeks theme is: Embossing.
Penny Black Saturday Challenge: Clean & simple.
Here I used a small craftwork cards blank card, Penny Black image and sentiment which I have heat embossed, coloured with water colour markers, and added some good old glamour dust.
I got a bit carried away and made a few embossed cards, but at least one will have to wait until later in the week. x

Laptop back

Whoooo, so excited I have my laptop back, I will be back with a card later. Hope your all having a lovely weekend, I cant wait to come and visit all your blogs. x

My Mum's Craft Shop - To die for....

Come on and join in. Great theme this week: TO DIE FOR.
An easy peasy one, we would love to see what you create, and there is a fab prize, Kitty is giving away a £10.00 voucher to the winner.

I have used an Elzybells image (sadly retired), nestabilities dies, a Die-namics die (which I love) and a Quickutz corner die. Coloured with good old promarkers.
Come on and join in over at My Mum's Craft Shop.

Have just had a call, and my laptop should be home and fixed tomorrow :)

Apologies

for not getting round to visit all your blogs. I am having computer "issues" hoping I can get my laptop fixed this week, the port where you put the electric cable has come loose, and will not power up!!!! So annoying, as have my whole life on my laptop!
I am on the ancient old laptop, which is super slow, does not have word, and likes to jump screens, so incredibly frustrating as you can imagine!
Oh well, at least the sun is shining. xxx

11th hour less is more

Hi, hope the weather is as lovely where you are as it is here, shr sun is shining and the birds are singing = lovely.
Here is a card I made donkey's ago, but never showed.
I am going to enter it into this weeks Less is more challenge, where the theme is Thank You or Congratulations.
Everything bar the sparkly gems are Stampin Up.

Charisma DT - No card allowed - Decopatch

It's another Charisma Challenge, this week, we would like to see anything but a card, again, there are some great prizes to be won.

I struggles with this one, after lots of thinking! lol, I remembered I had brought a decopatch set at a craft fair, so I made it. I really enjoyed doing this, I think it could be addictive! Oh dear!!! lol.

In real life the areas that look red are in fact pink, it is really bold and bright, I have put it in Emmie's room for now.

I joined fat club today, so I'm off for a cupa, muller light and a slimming world bar of chocolate! yum.x

My Mums Craft Shop - DT - Cute & Girlie

I'm so excited, it is my first week as part of the DT over at My Mum's Craft Shop, it is a brand new challenge blog - well it's week 4 now. I hope I live up to the expectations, I do feel the pressure!
This week the theme is:
CUTE & GIRLIE
Easy peasy, so come on and join in, we would love to see what you create.

I'm not sure who the image is by, although I do love it, if you know please let me know, so I can give credit where it's due. I coloured her with promarkers, added loads of glamour dust to her tutu. Sparkly gems added to the swirl, and a craft work cards sentiment added to the top. The ribbon, I have had for ages in my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges.
Passion for promarkers: Fit for a princess.
Cupcake: Something begining with C = Cute & clean & simple.
Totally Papercrafts Challenge: Glitter
Craft your days away: Music & dance

Boo bank holidays over

Hope you all had a lovely bank holiday weekend, and enjoyed the royal wedding> I thoroughly enjoyed it. Kate was so composed and all round brilliant, fancy having to speak in front of all those people, and walk up that isle, which must have felt like forever. I hope they will be very happy, and are now allowed to have some special time together away from the spot light.
Anyway, this is how we enjoyed bank holiday Monday, we went to Paignton Zoo with some friends, I nearly brought home a giraffe! lol

Fluttering by.......

Hope you are all having a lovely long weekend. Here is a card I made with a Pink Petticoat image, I coloured it with Promarkers, added some shimmering papermania gems(which are really pretty in real life) As the image is so big, I wanted to keep it simple, so mounted it onto some fresh green bazzil, and then onto some oink bazzil which I embossed with pretty flowers.

I would like to enter the card into the following challenges:
I Love Promarkers: No designer papers
Dare U 2 Digi: Shaped card
Paper crafting journey: Bling
Pear tree crafts: Colourful
Crafts 4 Eternity: Anything goes
Creative Friday: Open theme.

My lil girlie

I had to share this pic of my little girl Emmie, altough we call her Lula Belle. As some of you know she made quite an early unexpected enterence to the world, she had her fair share of problems. A few months ago I never thought we would have her home, let alone looking so well, and her she is on top cheeky form blowing rasberries to the dog!

EBay Sale

If you fancy a bargain, head over to EBay, as I have listed some bits and pieces and will continue to add items over the weekend. Most items are 3 day listings.

I have added Copics, a job lot of Little Claire stamp sets, some Pink Gem stamps, Rubber tapestry and so on.

Hope your all enjoying the long weekend. x

Exciting news

I am so excited to share, I have been selected to be in the design team over at My Mum's Craft Shop. This is a relatively new challenge, currently on week 3, this weeks theme is FLOWERS so pop on over and play along.

It will be my first week next week, and I cant wait to get going.

Hope you all have a lovely long weekend. Thank you to everyone who have visited and left comments, I will be getting round to you all soon. x

Charisma DT - April showers, may flowers

A sheduled post today (fingers crossed it works) as were off out for the day, not sure yet where were going, but as long as the sun is shining, I'm not at all fussed!
Over at Charisma, the theme this week is:

April Showers - May Flowers

I have used an image from Digi Stamp Boutique who are one of this weeks sponsors. I love this image she is called Zoe with flowers.

This card was made for my Nephew's Mum Jo, as it is her birthday today, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JO. Purple is her favourite colour, I hope she likes it.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges.
Moving along with the times: Anything Go's
Digi Stamp Boutique: Anything made with a Digi Stamp Boutique image.
Paper crafting journey: Bling
Crafty Emma's Store: Spring Colours

Morning, I hope you all have had a lovely bank holiday weekend and enjoyed the gorgeous sunshine, our bbq has had a busy couple of days - yum! And how lovely another bank holiday weekend to look forward to, HAPPY DAYZ.

I made this card a couple of days ago, for the Less is more challenge, which is off centre.

Yes it's another Penny Black image and sentiment, I heat embossed the image and water coloured it, I added some spots of glamour dust to the centre of the flowers.

Charisma DT - Jokes and Laughter

Morning all, it's Thursday again, Charisma this week, the theme is Jokes and Laughter.

I have used a cute Pink Petticoat image, coloured with promarkers, added a load of glamour dust, a few flowers and yummy brads. I ran the base card through the big shot in an embossing folder.

Hope you enjoy the sunshine, we had a busy day yesterday dressing a beautiful venue in the Somerset country side for a wedding today - it's gona be a gooden.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
My Mum's Craft Shop: All that glitters + DT Call.
C.R.A.F.T Challenge: Flowers
I Love Promarkers: Anything Go's.

Candy Winner

Rufus - Congratulations, you were the winner on Randon.com, yes I gave up, as blogger would not load the image! If you could e-mail me at rhodes_sally@yahoo.co.uk I will post it to you. x

Lovely sunshine

Morning, what lovely weather we have had, a whole weekend in the garden - was much needed, I have full respect for the strength of weeds now! lol Our shamefully neglected garden is now a pretty lil picture - and don't my legs know it! lol

I apologise for not posting the candy winner yet, I will give blogger/me one more chance to upload the random.com image otherwise I will just announce it later - I am trying to not let it beat me, but the days are passing!

I have made this card with one of my fave stamps, its so much fun and always makes me smile, I think I was inspired by our lovely blue sky's we have been having. I coloured her with promarkers, mounted the main image with 3d foam pads, then heat embossed the sentiment, and also 3d mounted that. The 1st blue layer of card I stamped a background Penny Black butterfly stamp in versamark to add some pretties. Oh and not forgetting a dousing of glamourdust in her wings!

I am entering the card into the following challenges:
Stamp with fun: Birthday
Cupcake: Lots of layers
Flutterby Wednesday: Fairy
Sir Stampalot: Ladies Fashion
My Mums craft shop: Anything go's & DT call.

Charisma DT - Black, pink & green

Morning, can you believe it is Thursday again, thank you to everyone who stopped by and left lovely comments about my sweet tree - it went down a storm at the weekend.

This week at Charisma the theme is:

BLACK, PINK & GREEN

It had me a bit stumped to start with this challenge, but I got this lovely new stamp out (which I brought at the craft show at Bristol a couple of weeks ago) I have eyed it up for ages, but seeing it in real life, I had to have it, lol.....

I stamped the image in black ink and used clear embossing powder to make it shine, and drew a boarder around it. I added a green strip of card, a ribbon and some bling gems. It took me about a week to decide what sentiment to add on/be brave enough to add on, as I did not want to ruin it - as I quite like this one! What a wimp, after all, I could have made another!

I will be back later today to like it to some challenges.

Happy Thursday everyone. xxx