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Sunday 9 December 2012

The Crafty Pad DT make Christmas Recipe challege !

Hi everyone hope you are all well and happy !
Christmas is drawing near so the the theme for the challenge this week is
Christmas Recipe
and the ingredients i have chosen are
3 snowflakes , 2 ribbons and a sentiment
For the challenge i have used the super cute Paul Penguin Sleighing image he is adorable !
and here he is !
 
 
Our lovely sponsor this week is
 
 
Offering a prize of 5 digi images of winner's choice.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps & More is proud to
sponsor this challenge!
Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps & More, a division of
I did It Creations, was created & is owned by Robyn Weinrib.
Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps
& digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper
crafting addicts for every occasion.
Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps & More is happy to offer the winner
of this challenge 5 digital stamps or 4 digital stamps &
1 paper set of their choice.
 
This really is an amazing prize up for grabs this week !
so why not pop on over to our challenge blog , have a look around and enter the Challenge
 
The team have created some wonderful works this week and we all look forward to seeing you there !
 
Thanks for stopping by
 
HAPPY CRAFTING
XXXX


Friday 7 December 2012

Hubby's Birthday card

Hi everyone i hope you are all well and happy , things are finally settling down for me now and it apears as though my crafting mojo is finaly finished on its hollibobs and is starting to join me again !
Today i have to share with you the card ive made for my hubby's birthday im glad to say he loved it and i hope you will too .
 
And here it is
 


 
Hes a huge fan of the Beatles so i used an old single from 1967 ( it was scratched and unplayable lol ) me being me doesnt throw anything away and thought one day i will find a use for it and i have !
I covered an 8x8 card blank in card from my stash with pianos on ( i think its Kanban ) and stuck it to to the card blank with Pritt Stick and atatched the record with double sided tape
I then layered up the Juke box although its hard to see on the pic . Made the rosette from paper that had music on it and cut a circle out of black card and atatched ribbons
to finish i coloured in a couple of guitars and stuck them on with doublke sided tape and the same with the musical notes .
 
He was so pleased with it bless him !
 
Thanks for stopping by
 
HAPPY CRAFTING
XXXX



Tuesday 27 November 2012

getting ready for christmas , mini christmas tree !

Hi everyone hope you are all well and enjoying preparations for Christmas !
I have to share with you a miniture Christmas Tree that i have made using material , a little pva glue a polystyrene cone , some christmas red stickles and gold edged ribbon .
 
And here it is
 




 
I hope that you like this and the picture really does not do it justice !
Thanks for stopping by
 
HAPPY CRAFTING !
XXXX
 



Thursday 15 November 2012

Getting ready for Christmas

Hi everyone hope that you are all well and happy !
As its now only a few short weeks until Christmas i thought that i would share with you a wreath that i have created using material on a polystyrene base .
I cut out 1" square pieces of the material and gently poked each one into the base using a small embossing tool and added polystyrene glue here and there on the base before poking in the material squares .
 
And here it is !
 
 
I have been making these for a year or so now and as its nearing Christmas ( YAY ) and with some encouragement from hubby ive added this one to my blog to show you all and would apreciate your views on it !
I have just finished a gorgeous red and gold one and will add a picture of it tomorrow  . the wonderful thing about making these wreaths is that they can be done in any colour using any materials and for any time of year .
as always i apreciate all your support and comments .
Thanks for stopping by
HAPPY CRAFTING !
XXXX

Sunday 11 November 2012

The Crafty Pad DT cake theme

Hi everyone hope you are all well and happy , wow its been a few weeks since i last blogged and i would like to say a massive thank you to everyone for all the support and get well wishes following my surgery , im on the mend now and waiting patiently for the next op .
Special huge thank you to my gorgeous hubby Sean for putting up with me lol .
xxx
 
Well its challenge time over at The Crafty Pad and the theme could not be a better one as far as im concerned its " CAKE "
 
Heres what i have created using the cupcake image from Stamping Boutique our sponsor this week .
 
 



 


 

 
Here is our sponsor this week




                                                 The Stamping Boutique

With a smashing prize of 3 digi images of winner's choice !!
 
Please do pop over to our challenge blog and enter this weeks challenge for a chance to win the amazing digi's on offer this week
 
 
 
Thanks for stopping by
HAPPY CRAFTING !
XXXX


Friday 21 September 2012

Steampunk Junkies Challenge 2 DT make

Hi everyone hope that you are all well and happy !
Thank you everyone for your get well wishes for my hubby , he is on the mend but unfortunately may need surgery on his wrist because the break is quite a serious one but we will know for sure on wednesday when he goes back to see his consultant .
But on a much brighter note its challenge time over at Steampunk Junkies !
Today i have to share with you my creation for the Steampunk Junkiess challenge 2 with a time travel theme
 
and here it is
 
front view
 
back view
 
side view

one more view
 

heres how i made it
I printed out the handbag base from the Tinkering with Steampunk cd rom and stuck them together using double sided tape . I then added some wooden emblies to it from Crafty Emblies ( see bottom of post for link ) and some chain , metalic thread ,gems and chipboard sentiment from my stash .
I hope you like what i have created here , i know i had fun doing it !
why not pop over to our challenge blog and enter the challenge for this fortnight , we would love to see you there and we are having a DT call so you will also find details of it on the challenge blog !
 
here is the link to the Crafty Emblies shop , pop on over and pay Judie a visit ,i guarantee you will not be disapointed !
 
Thanks for taking time to look and for stopping by .
HAPPY CRAFTING !
XXXX
 
 
 

Sunday 16 September 2012

The Crafty Pad Challenge 188 Autumn Colours , my DT Creation

Hi everyone how are you all , phew what a mad time ive been having since my last blog post , my gorgeous hubby had a set of ladders collapse under him and is somewhat battered and bruised but thankfully not seriously hurt and is on the mend now ,so ive had very very little crafting done but im getting back in the swing of things and have one or two projects on the go from altered items to something a little christmassy so watch this space lol !
 
 
Its challenge time over at The Crafty Pad with a gorgeous theme its Autumn Colours !
and heres what i created
 

Heres how i made it !
I used an 8" round scalloped card blank from hunkydory that i have in my stash its a satin finish and a beautiful rich caramel colour and atatched a sentiment to the centre of the card using prit stick .
Next i coloured in with a selection of my promarkers TCP Acorn and Leaves image and atatched them around the edges of the sentiment along with a few skeleton leaves with prit stick and to finish i tied some creamy coloured raffia into bows and atatched them using double sided tape .
 

Im very lucky to be given such gorgeous images to work with time and time again and be part of an amazing team over at The Crafty Pad .
 
Here is our very generous sponsor this week
 

and the fab prize is


1 Pack of Red Rubber Tree Stamps
1 6x6 Tree Themed Backing Papers
1 A4 sheet of Bird Toppers
We would love to see you over at our challenge blog
and why not enter to be in with a chance of winning the fab prize on offer this week !
I would also like to say a HUGE well done and many congratulations to my team leader
DAWN LANCASTER  . she has had her head shaved to raise funds for Breakthrough Breast Cancer and so far has raised well in excess of £1000 !!!
 
Thanks for stopping by .
HAPPY CRAFTING !
XXXX

Thursday 6 September 2012

Steampunk junkies challenge 1 DT make

 

Hi everyone i hope you are all well and happy and getting plenty of crafting done !
WHOOP WHOOP its the very first challenge over at Steampunk Junkies a fantastic and brand new blog , im really proud to be part of the team and my teamies are a very talented bunch !
so i have to share with you today my creation as part of the team
and here it is !
heres how i made my frame card
From my Tinkering With Steampunk CD Rom i printed out all the main elements and cut them out , i used double sided tape to stick the fram together and the easel to the back .
I then sprayed the cogs with gold shimmer spray from the Dawn Bibby range ( difficult to see in the pic ) and the same with the stars , circles and the scissors and used metalic promarker for the centre of the cogs and the basque .
The manequin on the right is layered with sticky foam pads as is the sentiment at the top right corner , i used a turtle charm , sequins , pearls gold wire and gems to embelish .
I hope you like what i have created , i had alot of fun doing this .
we hope to see you over at our challenge blog and that you will have fun and join in with the challenges .
for all the amazing emblies ive used and much much more please visit Judie over at her shop where you will find tons and tons of amazing goodies at great prices
Thanks for stopping by !
HAPPY CRAFTING !
XXXX

Sunday 2 September 2012

Anything But Square challenge , my make for The Crafty Pad DT

Morning everyone i hope that you are all well and happy .
Its challenge time over at The Crafty Pad with the Theme being  
Anything But Square .
I have to share with you all my make as part of the design team and i hope that you like it.
and here it is !
 


I used a scalloped rectangle card blank from my stash for the base .
I then used a piece of white smooth card and around that attatched some black lace and attatched to the base using double sided tape .
I used TCP his masters voice gramaphone and dog image  and covered them in glossy accents alowed them to dry and attatched them using sticky foam pads and to finish i added buttons , card candi and a fancy ribbon bow .
Thank you all onbce again for taking time to come and look at my blog and for your continued support it is very much apreciated !
 
here are our very generous sponsors this week
 
Our two fab sponors are:

With £10 to spend in the lovely Lorraine's shop
and
With this fab set of Vibrant Tones Promarkers
why not pop over to our challenge blog and enter for a chance to win one of the fab prizes on offer this week !
 
 
Thanks for stopping by
HAPPY CRAFTING !
XXXX

Monday 27 August 2012

Vintage Ellusions , Vintage Romance challenge .

Hi everyone how are you all ? Its challenge time over at Vintage Ellusions , its a rather late post from me but better late than never so they say lol
and here it is
 

 
The image ive used is " out for a stroll " i used glossy accents on the top hat , bonnet & shawl to give it a little depth and definition , the image is designed by Lindsay Jolly of LEJ Designs who is one of our sponsors this week
as well as the image i used a 5x7 pastel pink pearlised card blank , a piece of brown textured card stock that i distressed with a paper distresser , some lace i tied in a bow around the card , and i die cut frame & flourishes , flowers ,pin and chipboard sentiment from my stash .
I hope you like what i have created and join us in our challenge .x
 
Here are our very generous sponsors this week
 
LEJ Designs

Lindsay is offering 3 Digis of winners choice
 
Beth is offering 4 Digi's of winners choice
 
 
Judie is offering £10.00 voucher to spend in her shop

Why not pop over to our challenge blog and enter for your chance to be in with a chance of winning !
 
Thanks for stopping by
HAPPY CRAFTING !
XXXX

Saturday 25 August 2012

A little bit of House Mouse Thinking of You

Hi everyone before i talk about todays make i just want to take a moment to thank you all for your continued support and comments on my blog , im really happy with how its going considering ive only been blogging since mid April !
so THANK YOU !!!!!
Right now down to buisness , today i have to share with you a House Mouse card ive created and i think its soooo cute but having said that it is House Mouse and they are ALL cute .
 
And here it is !
 

 
I wanted to keep this card fairly minimal as i think the image itself is enough and didnt want anything to be taken away from it .
Heres how i made it
I used a 5x7 pearlised card blank in pale yellow from my stash and attatched to that at an angle a piece of textured card stock from the Papermania Capsule warm sunshine collection wich i distressed around the edges using a Tonic Studios paper distresser .
I had previously cut out from an A4 sheet the elements for the House Mouse topper and decoupaged them using sticky foam pads and attatched it to the card .
To finish i added the " Thinking of You "  sentiment , a lovely green satin edged organza ribbon bow and three Card Candi in the topper corners .
I think you will be seeing more of these gorgeous little creatures as ive got the bug for them now !
Thank you Debbi Taylor for my package of goodies wich this image and more were part of !
 
Thanks for stopping by
HAPPY CRAFTING !
XXXX
 
 Im entering this card in the following challenges
http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/challenge-52-farewell-challenge.html
Anything Goes
http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
Animals or Teddies

Friday 24 August 2012

Challenge 21 ATC's & Fat Pages with attitude

Hi Everyone how are you all , hope you are enjoying our beautiful ?? weather and crafting lots !
Woo Hoo Its challenge time over at ATC's & Fat Pages with attitude with as usual some brilliant prizes up for grabs !
I have to share with you my makes as part of the design team .
here they are and i hope you like them !
 
My ATC
 A huge thank you to my hubby for his input for my ATC , i incorporated his ideas into it , i might end up with a bit of competition lol
 

 
My Fat Page
 



I have really enjoyed the challenge this fortnight , the images we have been given to work with are superb ! and my fellow teamies have created some truly gorgeous work with theirs !
 
Here are our very generous sponsors this fortnight
 
For the  ATC challenge we have
Meljens



Meljens is offering 3 Digis of winners choice

Stitchy Bear

Stitchy Bear

Stitchy is offering $15 voucher for the winner
 
 
For the Fat Page challenge we have

Meljens

Meljens

Meljens is offering 3 Digis of winners choice

Beccy's Place
Beccy's Place

Beccy is offering 3 Digis of winners choice

http://fatpageswithattitude.blogspot.co.uk/
 
so why not pop over and enter for your chance to win some brilliant prizes !

Thanks for stopping by .
HAPPY CRAFTING !
XXXX
 
 

Sunday 19 August 2012

The Crafty Pad Challenge 184 To Die For

Good morning everyone i hope that you are all well and happy ! Its challenge time over at The Crafty Pad and its good good good with some awsome prizes on offer !
I have to share with you today my little creation for The Crafty pad DT Challenge 184 To Die For
and here it is !





and heres how i made it .

I used a shaped card blank from my stash and attatched silver glitter card and attatched to that two half die cuts to form like a doily to wich i attatched the verse .
Next i added extra super fine glitter to the butterflies using a quickie glue pen and when they had dried a attatched them using double sided tape . I then made a little floral piece using flowers that are made from hession and wired pearls tied together with organza ribbon in very pale cream , popped on a couple of die cut flourishes ,a sentiment and a little white rose to finish !
I have to say that i have loved creating this card and its one of my favourite makes of late , the set i have been given to work with this week is truly stunning and i hope that i have done it justice !

Here are our very generous sponsors

We have 2 lovely Sponsors for you this week

Our 1st Sponsor is

who are offering a prize of £5 voucher to spend in their wonderful
online shop, to one lucky winner

Our 2nd Sponsor is
who are offering this pack of 5 Neutral Tone Promarkers,
to another lucky winner!
 
So why not pop over to our challenge blog
for your chance to win one of the amazing prizes that are up for grabs this week !
we look forward to seeing you there !
thanks for stopping by
HAPPY CRAFTING !
XXXX

Wednesday 15 August 2012

My makes for LEJ Designs clean and simple challenge

Hi everyone hope that you are all well and happy , i have done very little blogging of late , life is rather hectic at the moment plus my mojo has gone on its hollibobs me thinks lol but im hoping that its on its way back again as the ideas are starting to filter through to the old grey matter again ! YAY !
Anyway here are my two makes for LEJ designs and what fun ive had with them !

Number one

Now then this stunning image is designed by the very talented Lindsay Jolly and she is called an angels touch .
I coloured her in using blush , senna and honeycombe promarkers and mounted her onto a pale blue pearlised card blank to wich i had already attatched a piece of white chiffon and a length of silvery white satin edged ribbon . I then added marabou feathers to form her wings with some gems dotted around the edge of them . i used a sentiment and a few square gems to finish ! 
Number two

now this little cutie is an image given to us by 1 of our sponsors QKR Stampede and i think you will agree he is rather cute , i again used a selection of promarkers to colour him , pear green , sage , black henna and tan and i mounted him onto a card blank that id inked with Tim Holtz evergreen bough distress ink , i used some actual crepe bandage for his " poorly " and finished it all by embelishing with the lovely gingham bow ( i do love gingham at the moment ) ! and as you can see ive even added my blog name to the pic , gave myself a pat on the back for that ! Huge thanks to Debbi Taylor for helping ,me with that !

I hope that you like what i have created
thanks for stopping by
HAPPY CRAFTING !
XXX
Why not pop over and join us in our challenge this week for a chance to win some fab prizes


here are our very generous sponsors this week


we will have two prize winners this week , the first randomly drawn name will win three digis of there choice from LEJ Designs

And the second name randomly drawn out will win 5 digis of their choice from
QKR Stampede


Tuesday 14 August 2012

Fat Page and ATC for Challenge 20 Crafting With Attitude .

Hi everyone , hope that you are all well and happy and getting plenty of crafting done !
I have to share with you today my ATC and Fat Page for Crafting With Attitude .
we have had some fantastic images to work with this week . and the ATC theme is Lovely Lace

My ATC


here are our fab sponsors


Our Sponsors are

Fresh Brewed Designs

Fresh brewed Designs

Heather is offering 3 digis of winners choice

Beccy's Place

Beccy's Place

Beccy is offering 3 digis of winners choice
My Fat Page


and here are our sponsors

The Cutting Cafe

The Cutting Cafe


Regina is offering shop voucher for the winner

My Grafico Digital Arts

My Graphico Digital Arts

Mujka is offering 1 set of digital stamps

Floppy Lattes

Floppy Latte

Jess is offereing a $10 voucher to spend in her shop
ATC challenge blog
Fat Page challenge blog

Please do pop over and join us in our challenges for your chance to win some brill prizes !

thanks for stopping by
HAPPY CRAFTING !
XXXX



Monday 6 August 2012

Vintage Elusions cards and crafts Challenge 1 Anything goes / mixed media


Hi everyone hope that you are all well and happy ! me im plodding along as usual , i got to spend my birthday vouchers from hobbycraft yesterday and got a couple of nice things but not had chance to use them yet , but very much intend to make some time for me tomorrow so watch this space ! lol
Anyway im very very excited to share with you today my make for
 Vintage Elusions Cards and Crafts
Challenge 1
mixed media / anything goes

and here it is


I used a 6x4 pearlised card blank for the base and attatched the this the frame wich i had distressed with Tea Dye and Broken China distress inks from Tim holtz
I next added some small twigs that i actually cut off the honeysuckle tree in the garden ( well it is mixed media right lol ) and a little twine . Then i added a selection of sequins , gems and pearls from my stash to create a pile of treasure and a large stick on gem in the bottom right corner .
I used a selection of metalic promarkers , promarkers and gel pens to colour my " Jack Sparrow " image and popped on a couple of gems to give him a little bling and used glossy accents on his boots to give them a little depth ( difficult to see in the pic ) and uses sticky foam pads to attatch him to the card and frame !

i hope that you all like what i have created

Please pop over to our challenge blog and enter the challenge for a chance to win some fab prizes


and here are our super duper sponsors for this challenge
Sassy Studio Designs
Sassy Studio Designs
Sassy is offering 4 Digis for the winner

Robyns Fetish

Robyn's Fetish

Susan is offering 5 Digis for the winner

Delicious Doodles

Delicious Doodles

Teri is offering 4 Digis for the winner
Thanks for stopping by
HAPPY CRAFTING !
XXXX