One Stop Crafts DT Stitching

Good Morning folks i hope you are all well and looking forward to whatever your doing over the weekend, things were pretty good here until hubby burnt his hand doing someone a favour the radiator pipe bust and burnt his right hand to we are having to go back and fourth for the nurse to redress it every day, i tell yer i cant leave him for five minutes lol he's being very brave as he said it don't hurt as much as he thought it would:)

Anyhow i have a card to show you today its my DT card for One Stop Crafts Challenge blog where the theme is Stitching and i used one of the gorgeous D'Arcy's Dairies images..... oh i just love these little beauties this ones called Ponder a moment isn't she sweet, papers are CArt-us Stylish and Prima Printery the butterfly is a Memory Box die Vivienne i love it the fence is also a memory box die the little flowers and butterflies are Martha Stewart punches the flowers are from Mulberry Crafts and hobby craft.

Our sponsor this week is

If you pop over to the challenge blog HERE you'll see that its a fantastic prize

Challenges i'm entering

My Time to Craft  Your fav embellishment  Flowers pearls and ribbon
Deep Ocean  Sparkle or glitter
Whimsey Stamps  Pearls and Bling
Simon Says Stamp  Anything goes
My Mums Craft shop  Flowers
Paper Crafting Journey  Floral
Moving Along with the Times  Blooming Floral
Do You Stack Up   Ribbon
Digi Doodles  Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday  Gems
Chocolate Coffee and Cards Thinking of you/Missing you

I will be round to catch up later once i've taken our grandchildren home as we had two of them sleep over last night, enjoy your day and thank you for stopping by.

Little Fashionista

Good afternoon folks i hope you are all well and had a fab weekend, i know i did well it was my Birthday on Friday and i had a lovely day had my nails done lovely purple colour they are well it is my fav colour lol, we had a busy day Saturday and Sunday we were at our daughters and then came home and put some bits on ebay.

I did manage to get a card made just for the fun of it i used another of Krista's Saturated canary images this ones called Fashion she reminds me of one of my nieces when she was a bit younger anyhow i have coloured her with copics the papers are Raspberry Road Fight like a Girl i love these the Ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons of course and the felt flower i made myself i think its a bit to big really but there you go the butterfly and heart are Marianne Creatables the pin i did myself and the gems are from my stash.

Challenges i'm entering

Alphabet Anything goes
Cardmad Fairy Ribbons and Bows
Lily Pad Cards photo inspiration
4 Crafty Chicks Summer in January
Creative Inspirations Paint Pink
Fairy Fun fridays California Dreaming
HotShot Crafts Flowers
Totally PaperCrafts Make your own flowers
Sketch Saturday
Stamp Scrap and Doodle Have a Heart
My Sheri Crafts New thing the image ribbon and the little glittery flowers and the felt flower that i made
AllSorts Needles and Pins
Sentimental Sundays Die cuts
Corrosive Heart
Birthday Sundeas Birthday card
Saturated Canary Die cuts and Or punches

Well folks that's it from me for now i best get some more of the h word done then get a bit of shopping yuk lol, but i'll catch up again later.

Love is Red and Black at Crafty Ribbons

Good Morning i hope your week has been going well , not long now till the weekend yay i here you all cry lol.

Thursday is here again and its time for a new challenge over at Crafty Ribbons and the theme this time around is LOVE IS RED & BLACK and it was set by Carol, and is the prize for one lucky person.

Here's my card and i've used another of D'Arcys Dairies images, well did tell that i had fallen in love with them lol, this one's called The Key to My Heart you can get her HERE i just cant wait till the next lot are released

the beautiful Ribbons are from Crafty Ribbons of course i just put in another order lol, well you cant have to much ribbon can you?

The papers are DCWV madly in love i have coloured her with my copics the hearts and little flowers are Marianne creatable dies the border and key are Memory Box Dies.
Challenges i'm entering.

Get hippity All about hearts
Paper Creations Ink Love and romance
Theres Magic in the air From the heart
Creatalicious Love
Anything goes.
Creative Card Crew Seeing Red
Digital Tuesday Romantic
Lady Bug Crafts Bows
Sweet stamps Black Red and Pink
The Stamping Boutique Die Cuts
Just Tracys Craft Challenge Love is in the air
The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop Valentine
Really Reasonable Ribbons Valentines
Scrapbook Sisters Valentines
Ruby's Rainbow Valentines Red and Black
Little Red Wagon Two or more Ribbons
Crafty Creations Valentines

Well i think that's about it from me for today Internet is still playing up getting really fed up with it now.Thanks for stopping by and any comments you leave.

Pins at Crafts and Me

Good morning folks i hope you are all keeping well and having a good week, its Wednesday so its time for a new challenge over at Crafts and Me this time its my turn to set the theme and i challenge you to use PINS on your project somewhere so another quite easy one lol.
For my card i've used Black Rose you can get her HERE the artist is Janna Prosvirina i just love her work,the papers are Raspberry Road Designs these one's are Pansy Garden the butterfly is a Memory Box Die Vivienne Butterfly i can see me using this loads lol the little wooden heart is from Crafts and Me HERE but they are out of stock at the mo the pins i did myself the leafs are a Marianne creatable die.

Challenges i'm entering.
Daisy Doodles Anything goes
Scrappers Delight anything goes
The Crazy Challenge Tic Tac Toe
Pink Elephant Favourite colours Purple and green
Truly Madly Crafty Anything goes
Tuesday Taggers Fairies
Deep Ocean Sparkle
Scrap Creations Die Cuts
My Time To Craft Your fav embellishments Flowers and pearls

Thank for stopping by and any comments you leave they are always very much appreciated, i hope you have a lovely day.

D'Arcy's Dairies

Good Morning folks i hope you all had a fab weekend, mine was ok apart from no internet most of the day on Saturday grrr so i'm still trying to catch up with you all.
Any way i have a couple of things to show you this morning i have fallen in love with the gorgeous new digi stamp over at D'Arcy's Dairies HERE first up is a card i made this image is called Ponder a Moment is she so sweet

My second item is a little project is a note pad the image on this one is called Tunes for my heart isn't she cute i must say i really enjoyed making these which is great as i've been struggling lately some days i don't even go into my craft room let alone make anything lol, so lets hope i'm back to normal well i've never been that normal but you know what i mean lol.

Do you like the butterfly its my new die from New Memory Box Die Vivienne Butterfly and the borber die i got them both from Oyster Stamps HERE i treated myself to four new ones not used the others just yet hopefully i will use them a bit later today lol.

Challenges

Designed 2 Delight Use a Heart
Little Claires Anything but a card
Phindy's Place Bingo Middle row
My mums Craft Shop Here come the Girls
GingerSnaps Ribbon
All That Scraps Anything goes
Rainbow Lady faces of a woman

Right i best be off now other wise i wont get anything done lol, i hope you all have a good day and i will catch up with you all later.

On The Spot at One Stop Crafts

Good Morning folks i hope you are all well and have a great weekend planned we are having a quite one as we had all the family here yesterday, i have started this year as i finished last year with another damned chest infection so i have chest X-rays and thankfully my lungs and heart are ok which is what the Dr was worried about so have to go back again next week when i finish my antibiotics to see if it has cleared properly.

Anyway i am here to share a card with you for One Stop Crafts as its time for a new challenge and this week we have two sponsors we have the Ribbon Girl

and Bugaboo Stamps,

i have used a bugaboo image Peapod Baby Benny you can get it HERE

isn't he cute.
The papers are Dovecraft basics i think lol the buttons are from Crafty Ribbons, pearls and ribbon are from my stash and i've used copic markers to colour.

I would also like to enter the following challenges.
Crafty Boots New Beginnings
Crafty Cardmakers No flowers
Cupcake Crafts Something new
Daisy Doodles New Beginnings
Ooh la la New Beginnings
Sketch and Stash Sketch
Catered Crop Buttons
CRAFT Celebrations
Dutch Dare One for the boys.
Saturday Challenge Anything goes with BLUE
Crazy 4 Challenges Monochrome in the Blues
Craft your days away New beginnings
Crafty Calendar Buttons and Bows

Well that's it from me peeps i hope you have a lovely weekend whatever your doing and i will be popping round to visit your blogs sometime over the weekend.

Thank you for visiting and any comments you leave:)

Crafty Ribbons Blog Hop

If you are looking for the Crafty Ribbons Blog please go HERE

Rose’s Bike Ride

Good afternoon folks i hope you are all well, my internet connection has been an absolute bugger this week its off then its on then its off again and its driving me batty lol, i wouldn't mind if i can get on line my cat comes in and lays across my desk lol.
Anyway i have a card to show you today its a card i was asked to make by my mum for our Lexi's birthday last week we bought her a Tinkerbell bike as she absolutely love tink and Minnie Mouse oh yer and Disney princess's so we got some of them too, so she was spoilt rotten but that's what grandchildren are for isn't it lol.

Back to what i'm here for this morning to show you my card i've used one of the Wee Stamps image's isn't she just so sweet this ones called Rose’s Bike Ride i purchased her just for this card! the papers are Bearly Mine Spring Delights and Summer's Roses you'll find them HERE the Flowers are from Mulberry Crafts and the ribbon is from hobby craft.

Challenges i would like to enter.

Challenge Up YourLife bingo Right hand line
Crafty Emma's Anything goes
Crazy4challenges New something Digi image
Sweet Stamping Spots and Dots
Card Crafters circle Make it colourful.
Card Making Mamas New Digi and gorgeous flowers and ribbon
Crafty Ann's Think hot
Delicious Doodles All things new digi flowers and ribbon
Fairytale Challenge New stash as above
Glitter Geeks Hand in Hand Flowers and Butterflies
Simply Create Too More than two layers
Stamping for the weekend Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday What's New Image flowers and ribbon
Seems a Little Sketchy
Birthday Sundaes must have a birthday sentiment
Dream Valley Anything goes
Gingerloft Anything goes

Well i think that's it it's taken two days to get this post done because of my internet grrr so i'm going to try and get around to you all to see what you've been up to any how i hope you have a lovely Sunday whatever your doing, and take care of yourselves.

New Beginnings Challenge and Blog Hop at Craty Ribbons

Wow can you believe Christmas and New Year are over Christmas decorations have been put away! doesn't it look bare with out them lol, at Crafty Ribbons the sale has started there are lots of fabulous ribbons at fantastic prices so to celebrate we’re having a blog hop with lots of prizes available. We also have a this time,I'm hosting the New Crafty Ribbons Challenge and as its a New Year i would like to see New Beginnings but it DOESN'T have to be a New Year card it can be a New Baby - New Home or Job or even School ect, just play around with it and most important have fun.
We'll draw a random winner for both the blog hop and Challenge we will have the top 3 as usual too. You can get all the details and lots more ideas from the Design Team over at the main site. Here's what I made: The Ribbon can be found HERE at Crafty Ribbons the felt flower i made myself and the papers are from my stash oh yer nearly forgot the image is from Pink Petticoat.

Onto the Blog Hop you can get the full list of blogs over at Crafty Ribbons Challenge. At each stop there'll be a word to collect and a candy draw. I've got these gorgeous ribbons to give away to one lucky winner.

To be in with a chance of winning this you just need to leave a comment at the end of this post. Saying your joining us on the blog hop...

Each stop will have a word which you should collect to make a phrase.
You should have arrived here from Leslie-Rahye if not then you need to back to the beginning HERE
My word is 'Gorgeous'. At the end of the blog hop you should have 12 words, work out the phrase and leave it in the comments back at Crafty Ribbons Challenge. The blog hop will run until 6pm on 18th January 2012 and the winner and the winners of each of the Design Teams Candy will be announced with the start of the New Challenge on the 19th January.

Your next stop is la Vikinga ( Charlotta) . If you lose your way you can go back to Crafty Ribbons Challenge to get the full list. Good luck everyone.

This challenge will run from 8.30am 5th Jan until 6pm 18th Dec.....
The prize this time will be.......

CONTENTS MAY VARY

At the end of the hop we'll choose a random winner from all eligible entries who have completed the hop..... The winner will get a

to spend at Crafty Ribbons on some gorgeous ribbons..

The only "rule" to be eligible for The Blog Giveaways: You must visit each blog and leave a comment on every blog in the hop; oh, and don't forget to enjoy yourselves along the way!!
Don't forget to visit Crafty Ribbons Shop for the sale you wont want to miss it

Challenges i would like to enter.
Alpha Bet Xtra Special
Daring Card Makers Spots and Stripes
Allsorts New Beginnings
Sweet Stamping New Beginnings
Totally Gorjuss Happy
Di's DigiDesigns Its all New
Just us Girls Use Felt
The Craft Place Buttons and Bows
Sentimental Sundays Anything goes
Thanks for stopping by and any comments you leave, i hope you have a lovely day whatever your doing.

Some of My favs from 2011

Good morning folks hopefully i'm at my local craft shop having a little looksie in their sale lol, any way i've seen a lot of you posting your favs for the last year so i thought i would join in here are my favs from 2011 what a difficult choice it was too as one month i didn't like any lol and the next month i liked a few he he he.
January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December


Well that's it i will be back later to catch up i hope you all had a fab New Years day and wasn't to hung over lol.