Keep calm and carry on baking...

Time for another challenge at CRAFTY RIBBONS and its an

ANYTHING WITH RIBBON challenge.

For my card I used the gorgeous new CAKE ribbons which you can find HERE.

Be sure and check them out, the candle is so gorgeous round an actual cake!!

The prize this week is

For my card I used

Image - Bugaboo

Papers - Craft work Cards and embossed white card

Embellishments - ribbon and brad, sentiments

Medium - coloured with promarkers

Sentiment - die cut sentiment from Craft work cards

I would like to enter this into

Catch the Bug - bingo - brad, die cut, ribbon

2 Sisters - 1 - image 2 - ribbons 3 - different sentiments

Eclectic Ellapu - anything goes

Make it Monday - linky party

Incy Wincy - metal mania

Fab n funky - ribbon and/or lace

Stampavie and more - ribbon or lace

Thankfully the weather stayed fine to let me get the grass cut and a bit of weeding done. Its so chilly when the sun goes in though!

Have a nice day and thanks for taking time to leave a comment.

4th anniversary at PFP!

(Back view of money wallet)

 This week at PASSION FOR PROMARKERS it is a very special challenge as it's our 4th Anniversary!  As it's a special challenge we have a really easy theme for you of "anything goes", although please note we are only accepting a maximum of 3 entries per person for this one challenge only.  To be eligible for our prize draw you must use your Letraset products (i.e. pro, flex, tria, aqua, metallic or neon markers) and of course follow the theme.  As always we have some fantastic prizes up for grabs and our sponsors have been very generous as usual .  Here we go.....

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Letraset are offering one lucky winner a pack of their Limited Edition Spring/Summer Promarker 12 pack

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Whimsy Stamps/Michele R Designs are offering one lucky winner a prize of $10.00 worth of digi papers

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Saturated Canary are offering one lucky winner 2 digi images of their choice

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Bearly Mine Designs are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store

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Dies to Die For are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store

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Wow told you there were amazing prizes – definitely lots of reasons to join in the fun this week!! To give you lots of inspiration both Team 1 and Team 2 are sharing their creations so be sure to pop over to the challenge blog HERE and best of luck, wish I could win even one of these fabby prizes!!

For my project I made a money wallet for my niece who just headed of to Australia! I didn't want to give her a soppy card as it would have made her poor Mum cry even more!

(front view of money wallet)

I used a craft card as my base and machine stitched the seams to make it good and strong.

Image - Saturated Canary

Papers - kraft card, map of Australia

Embellishments - machine stitching, tonic flower stamp and punch, nestie border die, letters from K & Co, gem from stash

Medium - coloured with promarkers and flex markers

I would like to enter this into

I love ProMarkers - simply does it

Fairies Challenge - anything but a card (money wallet)

Totallypapercrafts - diva image

One stop craft - anything goes

Joanna Sheen - girls girls girls

PanPastel Uk - new beginnings (emigrating)
A Little Bit Crafty - use Kraft
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge - no cards (money wallet)

Good Luck everyone!!

Baby cheeks!

I am starting the week off with a birthday card commission. A first birthday for a little girl definitely calls for lots of pink!

Image - Mo's Digital Pencil Too

Papers - Nitwits

Embellishments - machine stitching, faux buttons, ribbon, lots of glitter

Medium - coloured with promarkers

I would like to enter this into

Go Fish - glitter

Ribbon Carousel - celebrations

The Squirrel and the Fox - here come the girls

Joanna Sheen - girls, girls, girls

Crafts4Eternity - sweet tooth

Crafting for all seasons - pink

Creative Craft - just checking

Forever friends last challenge - for a child

Have a nice day.

Magical princess!

I had a card request for a little girl's birthday who loves being a princess and I immediately thought of this lovely Tiddly Inks Wryn image. This is an a4 size card so I had to do the image fairly big so decided to create a little background scene too.

Image - Tiddly Inks

Papers - Nitwits

Embellishments - ribbon, net, punched butterfly, glitter

Medium - she is coloured with promarkers, copics and chalks

I would like to enter this into

Tiddly Inks - use a Wryn image

Creatalicious - for a girl

Chocolate, coffee and cards - use a number

4 crafty chicks - birthday

The Paper Shelter - anything goes

Crafty your passion - child's play

Sketchy Colours - green, orange and white

Well the weather men got it right! Its miserable outside, grey and wet! I am heading out later anyway, no rain in a shopping  centre lol. Have a nice weekend.

Love is like a butterfly...

Another bad photo day for me!! One has a pink glow the other is lifeless!

Anyway the challenge over at POLKA DOODLES this week is 

SPRING COLOURS/PASTELS

I made an 8x8 card using papers and sentiment from Cherryblossom Lane Cd. The butterfly digi is also from there and I have coloured it with promarkers and punched some tiny butterflies which I also coloured with promarkers and added some glitter. The ribbon and brad is from my stash.

I would like to enter this into

The ABC Challenge - Not just one -3embellishments (ribbon, brad, punched butterflies)

Dutch Dare - recipe 1 image, 1 sentiment, 2pp, 3 embellishments

Moving Along with the times - colour challenge

Crafts and me - use a digi

Fab n Funky - favourite embellishment (ribbon)

A gem of a challenge - wings

Hope you get time to enter the challenge.

It looks gorgeous outside here today, lets hope it lasts over the weekend!!

Have a good one.

In the garden ....

Opps I have been missing in action recently but I have been crafting away!

This is one of my makes, made for a lady who loves to garden.

Images - tag from Bugaboo, girl from Charmed cards

Papers - prima welcome to Paris

Embellishments - fence die from Crafty Sentiments, anna griffin butterfly punch, gingham ribbon from Crafty Ribbons, machine stitching

Medium - coloured with promarkers

I would like to enter this into

By the Cute and Girly - flowers

Crafty Calendar - blooms and blossoms

Songbird - bloom and grow

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Digi Haven - Mother's day or flowers

Sister Act - anything goes

Hope you get time to leave me a comment, you know I love them!!

Krafty cupcake!

I made this card a few days ago and I am only getting time to post now, again close to the deadline!

Image - Stamping Bella uptown girls stamp

Papers - Craftwork Cards, kraft card

Embellishments - ribbon from crafty ribbons, glitter

Medium - she is coloured with promarkers

I would like to enter this into

Sketch Saturday - followed their sketch

A little bit crafty - kraft it

Kaboodle - for the ladies

Inky Impressions - mothers day or for a lady

Clear it out - anything plus 2 or more patterned papers

Stampavie - kraft cardstock

Fussy and Fancy - anything goes

Off to have some lunch.

Shades of grey!

I am rushing with two posts here today as I had made both cards to suit some challenges and they close in a few hours!!

This one is for a priest's birthday. I had treated myself to some Goody Boxes from Craftwork cards and this was from the black and white box.

The sentiment I found on google from a free site. If anyone wants the link I have it.

I punched black paper using MS punch for the flowers, added some card candi and used a nestie shape for the sentiment. I added a gorgeous piece of black velvet ribbon (doesn't show up well in photo but gorgeous in real life). The birthday sentiment came in the goody box.

I would like to enter this into

A gem of a challenge - make it sentimental

2 Sisters challenge - tic tac toe (diecuts/punch, sentiment,flowers)

My Time to Craft - sentiment as main focus

Word Art Wednesday - uplifting sentiment

Crafting for all Seasons - monochromatic

I'll be back with my next card in a minute :)

No patterned papers!

Time for another challenge over at CRAFTY RIBBONS and this time the theme was chosen by the lovely Cebelica and she has asked for

NO PATTERNED PAPERS.

I do love this type of challenge and it worked perfectly for me this time.

The prize this time is

A selection of ribbons (colours/contents may vary from photo)

So well worth entering don't you think?

I have used the gorgeous PINK GINGHAM ribbons for my projects this week which you can find HERE.

I had a commission for a lady whose sister had given birth to beautiful twin girls but sadly one was born sleeping and she wanted me to make a card for both the babies as the Mum was keeping a little memory box. So I made a card for Oonagh and a smaller flat version for baby Aoife, to slip inside the card.

These commissions are always hard as I like to treat the situation very delicately. The Mum of the babies is married to my cousin's son and the whole situation was very very sad.

Little Oonagh will hopefully be released from hospital when her weight picks up. Any prayers would be gratefully accepted.

Image - I used a Sugar Nellie vintage baby stamp

Papers - spotty embossed, marianne die, ms star punch, gold peel offs and pearls, flower soft

Ribbon - PINK GINGHAM

Medium - coloured with promarkers and chalks for the clouds

I would like to enter this into

The Sugar Bowl - anything goes

Eclectic Elllapu - anything goes

Make it Monday - linky party

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Ladybug Crafts Ink - baby card (sorry its not LCI stamps)

Loves Rubberstamps - anything goes

Divas by Design - anything goes

Word Art Wednesday - anything uplifting (my sentiment)

Aud Sentiments - baby or mother and child

I hope you get time to enter our challenge this fortnight.

Thanks for dropping by.

Birthday spots!

Time for another challenge at PASSION FOR PROMARKERS and this week it was my turn to choose the theme and I want to see

BIRTHDAYS

easy peasy!

The prize this week is sponsored by

For my card I went all girly. 

Image - stamping bella

Papers - DCWV and CraftStyle embossed card, silver mirri

Embellishment - gorgeous sparkly ribbon from Crafty Ribbons, pink pearls, circle nestie, glitter, gem brad

Medium - coloured with promarkers

I would like to enter this into

Perfect Sentiment - girly and sentiment

Inky Impressions - spots and or stripes

My Mum's craft shop - spots or stripes

Really Reasonable Ribbons - sparkle, bling and ribbon

The ABC challenge - make it sparkle

Allsorts - add some sparkle

Have a nice day everyone.

Wild thing!

I had a request for a card for a little boy who is all into soldiers and camouflage etc and I remembered seeing this cute little image from Saturated Canary so off I went and got it!

I paper pieced his outfit using the camouflage papers.

Image - Saturated Canary

Papers - freebie camouflage ones and funky fairies grid paper

Embellishments - stars from Especially for You cd, punched stars, mesh fibre

Medium - coloured with promarkers

I would like to enter this into

Creative Inspirations - birthdays

Sassy Studio Designs - hats

4 Crafty Chicks - stars

Moving Along with the Times - one for the guys

Little Miss Muffet - pieced off

Here come the boys - paper piecing

Sentimental - paper piecing and sentiment

There She Goes - paper piecing

Its been a lovely afternoon here which I spent in the garden with a few helpers. Weeds now under control again and grass is nicely cut.

Hope you have enjoyed your day too.

And another baby!

Hope you aren't tired of my baby cards yet, I have had a right run on them and all for girls!

Today sees the start of a new challenge at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

and this time the theme was chosen by the lovely Francesca and its all about

EMBOSSING and TEXTURE

Of course we have a lovely prize up for grabs and this month we are sponsored by

Tonic Studios!

For my card I went with this cute Magnolia Baby stamp. I found some lovely silk fabric which I tucked around the frame for the baby. I added machine stitching and brads to the punched flowers. I used my brand new Tonic Punch and stamp set by the lovely and very talented  Ruth Hamilton, my treat at the craft show where I had the pleasure of meeting Ruth in person.

The image has been coloured with promarkers. I made the large flower with a technique Ruth showed me. This is my first one but I was pretty pleased with it.. I punched and stamped the leaves as well and coloured with promarkers. The smaller flowers are embossed with a dotty folder but you can't see it in the photo.

I would like to enter this into

Tilda's Town - anything goes

Lovely hAnglar - anything goes

Love to create - punches and/or dies

I Love ProMarkers - put a button on it

Creative Moments - use brads

Cute card Thursday - wings

Addicted to Stamps - buttons

The Ribbon Girl - add a button

I hope you get time to join us this month and I look forward to seeing all your embossed and textured projects!

Babies are...

I think I am addicted to this lovely little stamp and pink gingham lol. Love the combination.

Image - Lily of the valley stamp

Papers - Crafty Bitz

Embellishments - Spellbinders rectangle die,ms border punch, sewing machine, heart punch, gingham ribbon from Crafty Ribbons, glitter

Medium - coloured with promarkers

I would like to enter this into

In the Pink - baby

CRAFT - stitches

Southern Girls - sentiment or quote

Celebrate the Occasion - anything goes

Die Cuttin Divas - anything goes

Lili's little fairies - lace, real or faux (used lacey border punch and rectangle)

Hope you all enjoy the weekend!

Baby shower!

The challenge over at Polka Doodles this week is 

ANYTHING BUT A CARD

 For my project I decided to make some little bootees and a tag. The papers I used came from  the Cherry Blossom cd. I printed both sides of the paper so the shoes would be lined. The image is from Fredericka cd and I coloured her with promarkers. The ribbon is from my stash.

This is my first time making these bootees but I will be doing it again but will maybe dress them up a bit more with lace etc.

 Be sure and pop over to the blog for lots  of inspiration from the design team.

I would like to enter this into

Allsorts - anything but a card

Eclectic Ellapu - anything goes

Make it Monday - linky

Party Time Tuesday - anything goes

Let's craft and create - one for the girls

Fab n Funky - lots of pink

Crafting Musketeers - anything goes
Simply Create Too - babies

Have a nice day everyone.

When the bough breaks.....

Busy week for me card wise so I best crack on. This is for a new baby lol, did you guess already?

Image - Lili of the Valley

Papers - Craftybitz, Craft with style, white card

Embellishments - machine sewing, pearls, pompoms, embossing, glitter, gingham ribbon from Crafty Ribbons

Medium - she is coloured with promarkers

Sentiment - comes with stamp

I would like to enter this into

Papertake Weekly - followed their sketch but flipped it

Crafty Sentiments designs - beginning with B (baby, bow, branch)

Moving along with the times - Baby

Lili's Little Fairies - photo inspiration (pinks, green leaves)

Crafting when we can - personalise it

The Cutie Pie challenge - lots of layers

Everybody Art - pearls

Can you believe its the 1st of May already! 

Thankfully the swelling has went down and I am beginning to look a bit more 'normal'!

Thanks for dropping by.

Expecting....

I have had a heck of a weekend, will explain at the end of this post:(

I had a card request for congratulations to expecting parents. I got myself this lovely image from Digital Pencil Too.

Image - Digital Pencil

Papers - Nitwits

Embellishments - ribbon, pearls

Medium - she is coloured with promarkers

I would like to enter this into

DP2 - pastel colours

Cupcake Craft - mono

Crafty Sentiments - mono

I Love ProMarkers - square card and something round

Creative Inspirations - ribbon and pearls

Totally Gorjuss - ribbon and pearls

2 sisters - sketch (I flipped it)

Sweet Stamps -  no birthday cards

Glitter n sparkle - white plus one colour (orange)

For those who read my blog you know I was suffering from a sinus infection which I thought was clearing up on Friday. But by Friday evening I was feeling miserable and went to bed early. I woke up on Saturday morning and the left side of my face was all swollen, from my mouth up to my eye!! I took myself off to the emergency doctors. They checked me out and couldn't really explain the swelling other than maybe from the infection! I have a new antibiotic, pain killers and a decongestant to take but my face is still very swollen today. Honestly I am beginning to look like Shrek! Fingers crossed it will clear otherwise I will have to go to hospital and have it investigated. 2013 is definitely not as nice a year as I would like.