My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Embossing

Can you believe it's Wednesday again?  The weeks are flying by!  It's been a really busy week with one thing and another and my feet have barely touched the ground!

Anyway onto this weeks challenge at My Mum's Craft Shop is

EMBOSSING

We would love to see your creations, you can use wet or dry embossing.

I have used an embossing folder and a Tim Holtz rosette die, which scored and embossed to enable the rosette to be made.

This card is for my lil brother who is 30 today.

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

Sunday Sketch & Stamp: Sketch.

Cards for men:  Texture

Crafty cardmakers:  For the boys.

Craft your passion:  Texture

Paper playtime:  Anything goes.

Thank you for stopping by. x

More fave things....

More of my fave things - Penny Black stamp, and doodlebug papers: ) I would like to enter this into the following challenges: Sketch & Stash - Sketch 85. Fab 'n' Funky - On all fours. Crafty Catz - Animals. Fairy Fun Friday - Anything Go's.

2 for Clean & Simple

Two posts in a day, this is what happens when I clean the craft room! lol....
Over at Clean & Simple they have a sketch, I had to play along, I came across my quickcutz snowflake die and a bit of glitter cars, and got cutting.
Here are the two cards I made.
The sentiment was stamped with white ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder with a stamp that came free with a magazine last year.
I am looking forward to batch making this year, I am going to use the lovely big snowflake from cuttlebug.
I would also like to enter these cards into this weeks For Fun Challenge: the theme is Christmas.

Charisma DT - Sparkles & bling

It was my turn to choose this weeks theme over at Charisma & I chose what I like best!

Sparkle & Bling

I hope you like it. It was also my turn to post and edit the challenge blog! OMG!!!! Did I feel the pressure? Yes I did!!!!! How I have just it all for granted lol.

To make the card I used, a Penny Black image, that has been stamped out forever and never used. Coloured with Promarkers, doused in glamour dust, sparkly gems agged, card is bazzil, paper I've also had forever and never used.

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:

Cards for men: Embossing - (baby man card counts right? lol)

Penny Black Saturday: Recycling - old stamped image and old papers.

I love promarkers: Emboss it - embossing large dots.

Paper Pretties: Bring on the bling

Charisma DT Card.

Morning. Can you believe it's Thursday again? Firstly I would like to apologise for my absence again!!! As some of you know my baby girl was born too soon, and had a few complications. She was sheduled to have an op at the end of January, however due to her having the cough/cold that I think every one had it was cancelled. Thank fully it has been resheduled to the end of Feb - so fingers crossed.

In the mean time we have visited various hospitals/doctors having appointments etc. I cant wait for the day when they don't need to see her anymore.

Also we have been very busy promoting our business, and I think all the hard work is finally starting to pay off, as booking are coming in.


If your in the South West and planning a wedding or event, and need chair covers, candelabras, ostrich feathers, giant martini vases, a sweet bar, balloon decor, then you can see our lovely new holding page here, and you can join us on Face book here - or just take a little lookie if you like.


Anyway to the task in hand this week at Charisma the theme is


Mythical/Fantasy

To make this card I used a lovely Penny Black stamp, coloured with promarkers, a tonne of glamour dust on the wings, yummy DCWV sparkly papers, an Xcut punch, and coloured card stock, and a craft work cards sentiment.

We would love to see you interpretation of this weeks challenge.

Charisma DT - Vintage

Bad bad blogger! I lost the will with it yesterday, so my sincere apologies for the late post.

This weeks challenge at Charisma the theme is 'VINTAGE' there are some great prizes up for grabs so head on over and take a look.

I have to admit, I struggled with this one a bit, but I thought traditional, the paper is DCWV and has vintagy style writing, I put diamond glaze over the NOEL even tough you cant see it! I ran the red card through the big shot in a cuttlebug folder.

Party Animals.

My name is Sally, and I am a Penny Black Addict! lol I made this card earlier in the week, but was in two minds weather to put it on here or not due to the dodgy sentiment stamping! Oh well, never mind, I like the image to much not to share it.

I coloured it with promarkers, stamped a second balloon, put diamond glaze on it and cut it out and mounted it with 3d foam.


I am going to enter the card (oh what the heck!) into:

Papertake Weekly: Animal Magic

A Spoonful of sugar: Anything goes

Pile it on: Red, yellow, green & brown.

Flutterby Wednesday: All winged things (teeny tiny bee).

An early post!

Morning, I think this is the earliest I have ever posted! lol, my little lady slept through until 5.45am, not bad since she was last fed at 10pm. Hoping for a better day today as she had it about her yesterday!

Anyway, here is a card I made using a Penny Black image, I do love Penny Black images, especially the flowers. I coloured this one with big & juicy ink pad - I have a new found love of these ink pads (my poor pocket) lol.

I used an ek success border punch and two stampin up punches to create the sentiment element. The sentiment is an Elzybells stamp. Talking of Elzybells, it's so sad it's closing down, however they are having a huge 70% off sale, sadly I missed out on the sentiment set I wanted, but I soon got over it as I brought quite a few bears (which I will have to learn to colour!) and girls and bits and bobs so gona start postie stalking.

I am loving this maternity leave life - today's plan is to put together my wish list for the Exeter craft fair on Thursday. I saved my birthday pennies for it!

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:

Penny Black Allsorts: Punches, they are also having a DT call.

Allsorts: Punches.

Your next stamp: With thanks.

Craftalicious: Thanks.

Hope you all have a good day.

Penny Black - purple.

Here is a card I made for the Crafters Companion challenge which is a sketch, I love a simple layout, so I had to play along. I used one of my new Penny Black stamps, coloured it with a big and juicy ink pad and added glamour dust to the pollen parts of the flowers. The image was cut out with nesties and mounted using 3d foam pads, I then added sparkly gems to finish.

I am entering this into:

Crafters Companion: Sketch.

My Time To Craft: Jewelled - they are also having a DT call.

Sun glasses required

lol...... I forgot how much I love putting bold bright colours together, like purple and orange!

I have used a Penny Black stamp I brought ages ago, and loved love loved it as soon as I saw it - then it never saw ink! Shameful or what? Oh well I changed that this afternoon! I stamped her out several times so I will probably colour her in in a load of different combos, so hope not to bore everyone with her. then decoupage the flower, added loads of lovely glamour dust to her wings, and mounted her onto some bazill, having punched the edges with a yummy Mather Stewart border punch, I also mounted the craft work cards sentiment onto a punched circle and punched scalloped circle.

Hope you have all had a good weekend, we managed to do some gardening this weekend! Exciting or what? Counting down the days until the Exeter craft fair : ) but the decisions do I take the pushchair attachment or the pram? What ever happened to what shoes/bag shall I wear?! lol...

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:
Penny Black at Allsorts: Punches - they also have a DT call (good luck)
Allsorts Challenge: Punches
Corrosive Challenge: Clean & dust something off = stamp
Cute Card Thursday: Tweet & flutter - bird.

Here is a card I made tonight whilst watching/listening to an audience with Phil Collins - he's so good. Anyway, I already had the image coloured, so just put it together. Again its dodgy lighting but I supposed we have to get used to that now : ( 8pm and its dark, I love long light days/evenings - I used to love sitting in a beer garden with friends - how things have changed! lol.

The image is available from Funky Kits, coloured with promarkers, glamour dust added (as its the law! lol) Then added diamond glaze to the tea pot, as it was a bit gloopy! I didn't add it to the cup (must pick some up at the Exeter craft show next week) cut the image out with nesties, embosses the blue bazill with a cuttlebug folder, the corners are a quickutz die, and the ribbon is from my ribbon draw!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Cupcake = sketch
Secret crafter = Anything go's.

Thanks for stopping by. x

Gorjuss Girl.....

Hello, hope the start of the week has been a good one.

Here is a card I made whilst in PINK mode! I have so many yummy papers I would love to use, but always come back to good old trusted pink! So I am gonna try my best to live dangerously and be brave and use other colours - cant be that hard right???

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:

Paper Players: Clean & simple.

Crafty Creations: White + 1 colour.

Crafts & me: Gems & sparkle.

Lil Lolita: Girlie girl.

Stamp something: Cute.

Secret crafter: Clean & simple.

Stamposaurus Princesses

I'm on a role...... 3 cards in 3 days! Here is a card I used with one of my Stamposaurus stamps I splurged on at a craft fair a few months back, but it has never seen ink (so very rude) lol.....
I coloured it with pro markers, and added lashings of glitter.

Hope you have all had a lovely Sunday, mine has been rather boring - house work ruled the day I'm afraid! Boo, at least I'm on top of it now.

I will post a pic of the girlie soon, those lovely peeps in the hospital shaved her head, and as great as they are at the medical stuff, there was not a lesson in hair cutting! lol She looks a bit like cage fighter Chuck Liddell at the mo, all be it with out the tattoos. lol

I am entering this card to the following challenges:

Moving along with the times: Glitter

Sketch & stash: Sketch

Just scraps: Anything goes

City crafter: Isn't she lovely

Anyone For Anya GDT

I can finally share my up most chuffed ness (quality English lol) I was on my honeymoon in Mexico when I found out I had won a spot as a GDT member on the Anyone For Anya GDT - today is my first week. I am so excited I know its daft but hay ho! :)

Here is my card - this weeks theme is:

MAKE A FAKE

anything fake, or faux if you are posh, on your cards this week. You could use a border punch to create fake lace, or do a bit of faux stitching or faux flowers.

I used my doily punch for faux lace, a flower punch and some sparkly gems!

its weird making a card for a challenge and not entering it! lol.

Hope your all having a lovely weekend, I'm off to my bezzies Virgin Vie party later, which will be lovely, but in good old Sunday style have just watched a bit of QVC whilst channel hopping and Bobbi Brown was on - I love Bobbi Brown, I tried it earlier this year and have never looked back, I wore it for my wedding and it felt amazing. Needless to say I just parted with a few pennies! Oh well - looking forward to the postie arriving. x

Quick and cute

............... is this weeks theme over at My Time To Craft. Which I thought was great, so after having a little thinky, I got out my new cuttlebug snowflake die, and started cutting snowflakes out of glitter card (lovely glittery sparkle, I got covered! lol).
I loved making these small cards, these ones remind me of when I was at school many moons ago lol, and it was cool to give out tiny Christmas cards.

All that aside Im so proud of me getting some Christmas cards done already, I might just make a few more like these. I think they will look quite nice twinkling away in the dark Christmas nights to the glow of the fire! - We put the fire on for the first time last nigh as it was freezing, I'm looking forward to the summer again already, lol.

The team over at My Time To Craft is also having a DT call if your interested pop on over.

To make these cards I used:
Cuttlebug snowflake die, plain card stock, nestabilities, doodlebug stamp 'Let it snow', glitter card, papermania brads, sparkly gems.

Totally Gorjuss

There is a new challenge just started called Totally Gorjuss which has been made for everyone to showcase their beautiful Gorjuss gorgeous creations. The first challenge is running now, I just had to play along, the theme is:
PINK
So here is my card. Apologies for the dodgy pic - these nights are to dark to early now.

To make this card I used:
Image: Gorjuss Girl from Funky Kits.
Medium: Pro Markers.
Sentiment: Craft Work Cards.
Other: Pretty paper and ribbon from stash, bazill and Mather Stewart punch.

A card at last

Hello, hope you are all well, Ive had a nasty virus this week, so much so, the doctors tested for all sorts of things which just made me think of all me ailments even more - I don't go to the doctors unless I'm climbing the walls - have a daft phobia of needles! lol. Since I was properly ill last year its just been one thing after another - so I'm determined once this has gone, that is that - no more poorlieness.

Anyway - I have at last a card, hoping the awol mojo returns asap. lol

This card is for this weeks Sketch & Stash challenge, which is a theme, and also for ABC Challenge which is currently at F for Flying.

I love this Penny Black image its so cute, I coloured it with my ink spots which I had to dust off - I forgot how much I love them, they are so easy to use :)

Oh before I forget Kipling is on QVC, was naughty and brought a bag lol.......

To make this card I used:
Image: Penny Black.
Papers: Pink Petticoat.
Medium: Ink Spots.
Other: Bazill, Nestabilities, Prima Flowers, Sparkly Gems from my stash.

?T@riple Challenge

Nothing like getting a card in for a competition in the 11Th hour! I have been trying to get this one done all week - life has kept getting in the way, how rude lol..... This is my entry to this weeks Anyone For Anya challenge, which was a great sketch by Dawny P. I enjoyed this one.

I am also entering this into The Pink Elephant challenge, where the theme is dots and tags. It is also going into PaperPlay Challenge where the theme is Pale & interesting. :)

Papertake Weekly - Anya

This week over at Papertake Weekly they have a great sketch challenge, I'm sure I will be using this layout again as its nice and simple! I have used a gorgeous Anya image cut out with nesties, coloured with copics, mounted onto different shades of bazzil, one layered embossed with a cuttlebug die, and a craftwork card sentiment, and a good old little bit of sparkly bling.

Not sure why the days are racing away at the mo............ Time is flying by, but the good news is I cant wait for tomorrow - off to the big craft fair in Exeter with the girlie's :)

Lili of the valley

Two days two cards - I dont know whats happening lol.............

This card is tiny it measures 4 x 4 inches, I think I like this size, its fun!
Anyway another nice simple layout over at Lili Of The Valley this week, I must get hold of one of their lovely new bears - they are so cute, Im off to the craft show at Exeter on Sunday so fingers crossed it is on my I WANT list! But then so is just about every thing else lol........