Cute Bear - Crafty Catz dt

Hi everyone, its time for another new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this time we have a sketch for you to follow :)

Here's my interpretation.....

I've stuck pretty close to the sketch but you're free to interpret it however you want...you can flip, rotate or change shapes & dimensions just as long as we can recognise the original sketch. 

Our lovely sponsors for the week are

and they're offering this fab prize...

and our 2nd sponsor is 

who supplied the DT with the gorgeous images and is giving our winner a $20 gift certificate for their store.

Wow! I wish I could enter!! The team have made some absolutely fantastic cards this week so make sure you hop over and take a look! We're all very excited to see what you all create :)

Hello again!

Hi everyone, I've been a very bad blogger for the last couple of months. I've had some awful headaches and I've not really been up to it. I'm back now though and I've got some lovely cards waiting to be uploaded :)

First up is one for the new challenge over at Crafty Catz.....

Our theme for this week is everybody's favourite....

ANYTHING GOES!

Our sponsor is the fabulous Crimson Cloud and the prize is 3 packs of die cuts

I've used a Lili of the Valley image for my card and the papers are also from them...I got a few of their paper pads from the NEC and this Nitwit Country Lady is one of my favourites. All the flowers are cut from the same paper using a Spellbinders Rose Creations die. The leaf and branch dies are Memory Box and Marianne designs and the butterfly is Cheery Lynne. The doily behind the image is an Cut doily die....wow how many die cuts on this card!! The sentiment is a stamp from Circa designs (another NEC purchase!!)

I'm really looking forward to getting round everyone's blogs again to see all the lovely entries :) xx

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Moving Along With The Times - 3E - Kraft

Crafting for all Seasons - 2W, 3E - #49 Floral Delight

Crafting By Design - Animals

Flutterby Wednesdays - 1E, #234 Flowers

Paper Shelter Challenge - 3E, SIO - #106 Doily

Loves Rubber Stamps W - #46 Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly W- Anything Goes

Lexi's Creations - 2W - (1st week) Punches and/or Dies

Stamp and Create - M, 1E/week - (April) Use at least 1 Die Cut

Pile It On - Handmade Flowers

Jules

Hello again!

Still in hospital with Tilda but she seems a little bit better today. She's stopped having fluids through her nasal tube for a while and she's allowed to drink 20mls of water every 20 minutes. Bless her, that's only the equivalent of 4 teaspoons and she's really really thirsty :(

Onto today's card......

I've used a Saturated Canary digi called Jules coloured with my Promarkers - I've had her for ages but this was the first time I've actually coloured her! The papers are all First Edition Boho Chic.  The tag is cut with my doohickey so wrapped Swirl die, flourishes are Marianne, leaves are Cheery Lynn and the banner is spellbinders. The sentiment is from a Dawn Bibby stamp set and the flowers, pearls, rafia and hessian are from my stash :)

I'm entering this card into the following challenges -

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - M, 1E - (Feb) Flowers & Pearls

Crafty Bloggers Network - M, SIO - (Feb) Anything Goes

Colour Me Creative Challenge #62,W1 of 2Colour a Girly image 

Simply Create Too - 2W - Week 1, Mothers Day or Female

Sweet Pea Stampers - M, SIO, E3 -week 2 use a digital stamp

Pretty Pastels - Cutie Pie DT

Hello,
a very late post from me tonight as my little girl is in hospital :( She's got the Rotavirus (horrible sickness and diarrhoea bug that tends to target toddlers). She's not been able to keep anything down for a few days and now she's dehydrated. Even though she's got no energy the little monkey has still managed to pull her nasal tube out twice already!

With all the beeping monitors and alarms and banging doors I don't think I'll be getting much sleep tonight so I'll fill you in on all the details of our new Cutie Pie challenge :)

Our theme for this fortnight is Pretty Pastels.....perfect for getting everyone in the mood for Spring! Although with the weather we've been having over the weekend you'd think Spring was already here!

We have two sponsors for this challenge, STAMP & CREATE
who have some fantastic offers over at their online store and the winner
of this prize will have a gift certificate to spend in the store!

STAMP AND CREATE

Our second sponsor is MILK COFFEE DIGITAL STAMPS and there

are some fantastic digi stamps to choose from in their Etsy store, so if you need inspiration, then why not pop over and take a look!  They are offering 5 digi stamps of the randomly drawn winners choice

MILK  COFFEE digital stamps

The Cutie Pie DT were all supplied with gorgeous Milk Coffee images to use and I've used mine to make a birthday card for my daughter from her sister :) Her birthday isn't until June but its always good to get ahead lol !

The papers I've used are from the new Papermania Spots and Stripes Pastel capsule collection again - couldn't get a more obvious choice really! Any of the papers in the pack would've been perfect for this challenge. The seam binding and flower are from WOC and the sentiment is Craftwork Cards. 

Thanks for stopping by, really can't wait to see everybody's cards - I really enjoyed making mine :) x

I'm entering this card into the following challenges -

Artistic Inspirations - W, E3 - Buttons & Bows - TOP 3 :)

House of Gilli - M, SIO - (Feb) Anything goes with Pastels

Colour Me Creative Challenge -3E, 2W - #62 (W1 of 2) Colour any Girly and Feminine image

Crafty Catz Bingo Time!

Hi everyone, hope you've all had a good week :)
Mine has been eventful to say the least! I was out shopping with my little girls and we were threatened and I was almost hit by an idiot with road rage! I don't even drive.....all we were doing was waiting to cross the road and he mounted the kerb, almost hitting my 2yr old and then tried to blame her!!! Such a lovely bloke...threatening 2 toddlers and a 5ft 1in woman!! The police are involved so I'll keep you updated about what happens ;)

Anyway enough about me and onto today's card....

We're playing bingo this week at Crafty Catz so take a look at the board and pick a line :)

Our sponsors for the week are the fab Stamp Fairy and Meiflower.

£20 Voucher

I love stamp fairy images and literally ALL of my gems and pearls come from Meiflower. They're always one of my first stops at the craft shows and i always stock up on their double sided tape as well :)

The papers I've used on my card are from the papermania Spots and Stripes Pastel capsule collection, love these papers, they're so versatile! The image was provided by Stamp Fairy and coloured with Promarkers. I've used XCut ovals and scalloped ovals dies, memory box Madera corner. It's finished with a couple of buttons from the capsule collection, flowers from WOC, some silk ribbon and a computer generated sentiment. 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges -

Addicted to Stamps Challenge -2W, (1st week) Use Kraft(ends 2nd March) 

Word Play Saturday - M, (2nd Sat) #2'Balloons'

Card Makin' Mamas - 2W, 2E, cards only –week 1 Birthday

Crafty Ribbons - 2W, SIO - #38 (W1 of 2) Button up

Creative Moments - 2W, 3E - Buttons and Bows - winner

Devoted Tilda x 2

Hi just a really quick post today before I go to bed. Just wanted to share a couple more Valentine's cards using my new tildas again :)

Both cards are made with papers from my Carta Bella Devoted paper pad - as are the tickets and "devoted" sentiment. I just love the colours of this range - very valentine-y but not in an obvious way :) 

Hope you like them!

First up is tilda is blowing hearts.....

I'm entering this card into the following challenges-

Loves Rubber Stamps - #39 - All About Love - Winner

Songbird Challenges - "Hopelessly Devoted to You" (placed top 3)

And 2nd is tilda - love is in the air.......

Crafty Catz dt - Love is in the air

Hi I'm back with another Valentine's card today....

This time its for the new challenge at Crafty Catz

Our theme for the week, as chosen by our lovely Aunty Sue, is......

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Your project doesn't have to be a Valentine's card, it just has to feature a heart somewhere.

Our sponsor is the fab 

and they're offering the winner 5 digi's of their choice

We were lucky enough to be given the choice of which image we would like to use and I chose Cabaret. It was a tough decision though, they're all great!!

She's coloured with pro markers and the papers are First Edition J'adore again. The heart tag is a magnolia doohickey die called So Wrapped Lovely that I got for Christmas and I absolutely love it. Flowers, gems and ribbon from my stash finish it off. 

Looking forward to hopping round everyone's blogs seeing all your creations :) x