Thursday 30 August 2012

Its Sketch time at Crafty Ribbons


Good Morning everyone well at least i'm here on time this morning and thank you for your get well messages for Terry its our 36th wedding Anniversary next week so i hope he is feeling better by then.

Anyway its time for a new challenge at Crafty Ribbons and its a fab sketch for you by Dawn and what a great sketch it is too.

Here's the Sketch.


Here's my Card


The image is from A Day of Daisies the papers are Prima Fairy Belle flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts so is the lace, butterfly and swirl are both Memory Box Dies the ribbon is of course from Crafty Ribbons HERE.

I would like to enter the following challenges
The Paper Shelter Layers of Layers
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Sparkle and Shine
Simon Says Stamp Anything goes
Whimsey Stamps Lots of Layers
Everybody Art Anything goes.

Opps nearly forgot here's the prize lol.



Well folks i hope you pop over and join in the challenge,thanks for stopping by and any comments you leave,i love reading them and they are always very much appreciated.

Wednesday 29 August 2012

Aprils Diamond For Crafts and Me DT

Good Afternoon well i'm still running late i seam to be chasing my tail non stop at the minute still mustn't grumble there are peeps with a lot worse going on than us like my neighbour his poor wife was rushed into hospital on their wedding anniversary the Dr told her husband to make it special as she wont see another one, flipping heck just like that.

Anyway enough of that aye its time for the rubber girls challenge at Crafts and Me Challenges the theme is birthday our sponsor is our lovely boss lady Teresa and you prize is 3 digi stamps of you choice.
Here's my card i've used one of the new Sara Burrier stamps that are being released soon at Crafts and Me this little beauty is called Aprils Diamond isn't she gorgeous the flowers are from Mulberry Crafts and wild Orchid Crafts papers are from Nit Wits Time for Tea the beautiful metal butterfly i got from ebay.


Challenges i'm entering

Creative Craft Crew Monochrome Birthday
Deep Ocean Things with wings
Scrap Creations Off the edge
Paper and Such Wings
Party Time Tuesday Anything goes
Through the Craftroom Door Anything goes
Cutie Pie Borders and Frames.

Well that's it from me for now i will be back a little later to catch up i'm getting there slowly lol.

Take care all and enjoy your day.

Tuesday 28 August 2012

All That Glitters at Bearly Mine


Good morning folks i hope you are all well and enjoyed your long weekend if your in the UK, mine was a bit mixed really well Terry is still laid up in bed but i did get to see all the grandchildren which was good.

Anyway its time for a new challenge at Bearly Mine and the theme is Anything that Glitters our is Sponsor - Bearly Mine Designs - 2 Digi sets of Winner's Choice.

Here's my Card
Used Christmas Light Available HERE
the image is from Wee Stamps,the snowflake border is a Tim Holtz on the edge die the other snow flakes are a Cherry Lyn Die cuts and the image is coloured with copic markers.

Challenges i'm entering.

Challenges for Everyone Anything goes
OSAT Must use a Digi
Challenge up your Life Christmas in Summer
Craft Your Days Away Anything goes
ATC's & Cards with Attitude Anything goes
Christmas Stamping all Year Non traditional colours
Crafty Annes Christmas in August
Poodles parlour Winged things
CRAFT Fairies
DYSU Fantasy
In The Pink Pink & Fairies,it is pink and light blue but it looks a bit dark on here.
Hanna & Friends Sketch

Well that's it folks hopefully I'll get round to visit you a bit later as i intend to have a quite day today lol, thanks for stopoing by and for all your lovely comments.




Sunday 26 August 2012

Sale at Bearly Mine


Good Afternoon folks i hope you are well and enjoying your weekend i've just popped on to tell you about the sale Donna is having at Bearly Mine HERE


Right i'm off now then as Terry is still poorly and getting worse instead of better the poor thing so he is still laid up in bed in agony. catch you later and take care.

Friday 24 August 2012

FREE POSTAGE AT CRAFTY RIBBONS

Good Afternoon everyone just popping on to let you know that Crafty Ribbons has FREE POSTAGE until the end of August yay i've ordered mine already lol,well you can never have to much ribbon can you.

The voucher code is august all lower case, and will give a discount of £3.25 (cost of postage)


off all orders over £15 (excluding postage).

They have also launched their first Christmas ribbon collection today Happy Family Christmas
Ribbons, button hearts and NEW Digi papers to match the ribbon !!
isn't that fab.

That's i'm off now as Terry is calling me! he hasn't got up at all today so things are'nt looking very good at the mo.


Thursday 23 August 2012

Happy Birthday Wishes

Good Morning folks i hope you are all well and i'm sorry if i haven't visited you yet but Terry is still not at all well he has Adult Still's Disease and they are having trouble controlling it!! last time it flared up bad he spent three and a half weeks in hospital and he lost three stone in about as many weeks we were supposed to be going away with friends this weekend and in two weeks we are supposed to going on our hols at the moment it looks like that might not happen either :(never mind there's always next year lol.

Any way i have managed to make a card this week lol, i used Jules from Saturated Canary isn't she gorgeous and these are not colours that i normally use either but i fancied a change, the papers are Pink Lemonade from ? flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts the butterfly border is a Tim Holtz die the large butterfly is a Memory Box die and the heart is A Marianne Creatable die,ribbon from Crafty Ribbons and the metal butterfly i got on ebay,so here's my card.




Challenges i'm entering.

All That Scraps Use a Die
Diva's By Design Anything goes
Ruby's Rainbow Butterflies
Emerald Fairies Punches and Dies
Sassy Cheryl Birthday
Loli Pop Crafts Anything goes
Stamps and Fun= Creativity Pink & yellow
Stamp with Fun Bling
The Crazy Challenge Anything goes
Wild Orchid Crafts Summer Flowers
Flutterby Wednesday Friendship my card is for a friend.
Saturated Canary Photo inspiration

Well that's it from me for now all being well i'll catch up with you later off to take MIL to her club now so only one to worry about today lol just as well cos i feel exhausted.


Saturday 18 August 2012

Guest DT at Colour Me Creative


Good Morning everyone i hope you are all well i wonder what the weekend holds for us well there is always something lol, at least it very hot and sunny here in Essex.

A few weeks back i entered a challenge over at CMC Copic Challenge Group and i was asked to be a Guest Designer and i'm so nervous lol, well the theme is to use black as your main colour which i have never really coloured clothes or hair in black before but i'm pleased with how it turned out lol

Here's my card i've used the beautiful image from A Day of Daisies i've coloured her with Copic markers the papers are Paper Cellar Langley Place which i've had for ages,flowers are from Mulberry Crafts and Wild Orchid Crafts,butterflies birds cage and foliage are Memory Box dies and the ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons.

I would like to enter the following challenges.

Delightful Punches & Dies
Card Making Mama's Something Different, i've never coloured hair or cloths black.
Craft Punked Flowers
Frosted Designs Twine or ribbon
Poodles Parlor Die Cuts


Well that's it from me for now i'm going to sit n the garden for a little while before it gets to hot out there! well my garden is like a heat trap lol, so i will be round to isit you all later enjoy your day whatever your doing, thanks for stopping by.

Thursday 16 August 2012

Feeling Fruity at Crafty Ribbons & Darcy's Reminder

Good Morning folks well i'm really late posting this because Terry has been laid up the Dr see him yesterday and he's altered some of his tablets so hopefully he will be back to normal self very soon.Plus one of our daughters cat's went missing but he was back this morning thank goodness.


Anyway on to my card unfortunately i've had to use the same card for both Crafty Ribbons and Darcy's Dairy's, hopefully today i will be able to get things sorted out as MIL is out she go's to a club for the day so it gives us a break.

Here's my card our theme at Crafty Ribbons chosen by Lorraine is Feeling Fruity that doesn't sound right does it lol and the theme at Darcy's Dairies is Anything goes.


Bearly Mine Papers
Memory box Butterfly and Swirl
Flowers from Mulberry Crafts


Here's the Prize from Crafty Ribbons content may vary.

spring bevs bag

The prize at Darcy's Dairies is.




I would also like to enter the following challenges
Paper Pretties Square Cards
Anything Goes Summer Days


Well that's it from me for now i hope you have a lovely day and thank for stopping by and any comments you leave, they are always very much appreciated.

Wednesday 15 August 2012

Use Some Lace at Crafts and Me


Good Morning all you lovely people out there i hope you are all well, now i wonder how many of you have POBS otherwise known as Post Olympic Blues well i have for one lol, there's bugger all on the flipping telly unless you want to watch something you've seen a dozen times before, awe well i will have to do some gardening now i've caught up with house work lol.

Anyway its time for a new challenge at Crafts and Me and the theme is to use some lace now like a flipping idiot i forgot to put some lace on mine so i used my lace for the bow so no ribbon on my card today lol.
Anyway here's my card



Items used Just a Little love available HERE the papers are Scrappers Delights On The Wings Of Love, Tim Holtz Butterfly border and a Sizzix border, the leave are a Marianne Creatable, the pins i did myself and the flowers are from Mulberry Crafts and Wild Orchid Crafts.


I would also like to enter the following challenge.

Can you Digi It Purple My papers are digital, does that count.
Sassy Cheryl's Fav colour mine is purple
Stamp and Plus Flowers
Lexi's Creations Sparkle and Shine
Love to Create Sparkle.


Well that's it from me for now i'm off shopping in a minute oh yuk i hate food shopping my Son and Daughter in Law are taking me as Terry is poorly at the minute as his Stills playing up, thanks for stopping by and any comments you leave.





Tuesday 14 August 2012

Fly Fly Away at Bearly Mine


Good morning folks i hope you had a fab weekend,well my injection didn't work very well last week as i was in a lot of pain at the weekend but i've had my treatment now so i'm feeling pretty good now lol,i did enjoy watching the Olympics but i'm quite pleased that its all finished now so i get my house back to its normal state lol.

Anyway its time for a new challenge over at Bearly Mine and the Theme is Fly Fly Away so anything with wings.Our sponsor this week is Whimsey Stamp you can pick 5 of their gorgeous digis.

Onto my card i've used this gorgeous image from a Day of Daisies the papers are
Floral Breeze available HERE flowers from Mulberry Crafts, the beautiful ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons, Dies are Memory Box and Marianne creatable's. The shading i've done around the image is like what Nic (Coops) does but she's an expert at it so its not as good as Nic's lol.




I would like to enter the following challenges

Make it Monday Anything goes
PaperPretties Anything goes
Tammy's Scrapping corner Add some flowers
Victorine Bling
Whoopsi Daisy Anything goes
Creative Inspiration paint Monochrome
Dream Valley Die Cuts and Punches
Robins Fetish Monochrome
Well that's it from me for now but i will be round later to catch up and see what i've been missing,and a big thank you for any comments you leave too, now take care.




Sunday 12 August 2012

Closing Ceremony at Crafty Ribbons Pure Inspirations

Good Afternoon folks i hope you weekend is going well and that your enjoying the weather and the Olympics!! haven't Great Britain done a fantastic job with these games i think we should be very proud don't you.



Crafty Ribbons are our Sponsors today here's my Project as our theme is Anything goes so i've made some ribbon roses for a hear band for my granddaughter but she cant model it for me as she is away on holiday so it will be a surprise for her when she gets home.



You can find out how to make the Ribbon Roses HERE

Well that's it from me folks! enjoy the rest of you day and take care and thank you for stopping by and any comments you leave.

Friday 10 August 2012

Day 14 Crafting for Gold

Good Afternoon folks well this would have been on here this morning but we had surprize visitors today but we had a lovely day with Aaron our son & Alfie our youngest grandson.

So now they've gone i have finished my little project its a Address and Birthday's book i hope you like it i may make some of these as little Christmas gifts OMG can you believe i just mentioned the C word lol.


Its also day 14 of Crafting for Gold over at Crafting Ribbons Pure Inspirations HERE and today's sponsor is Whimsy Stamps the Theme is Glitter and you could win 5 digi images.


Items used Sweet Stamps Suzy on Bike

First Addition Papers
Memory Box Butterfly and foliage Dies
Ribbons from Crafty Ribbons
Flowers from Mulberry Crafts.

Challenges i would like to enter.

In The Pink Shades of Pink
Moving Along With The Times Summer
My Heart Pieces Designer paper
PaperCrafting Journey Anything goes
Simply Create Anything goes
Ruby's Rainbow Anything but a card

Well i best get off and sort out some dinner but i will be back later to catch up and finish this post
Thank you so much for stopping by and any comments you leave, have a lovely weekend whatever your doing.

Thursday 9 August 2012

Darcy's Day Anything Goes

Good Morning folks i hope you are all well,i've been a bit hit and miss with blogging as my RA is playing up but my treatment is due on Monday but i'm at the hospital today seeing my Consultant hopefully i can have a jab to tied me over so i've not done much crafting apart from this card which took forever, and the image was already coloured and i must admit i'm not happy with it either lol.

Anyway enough of my troubles its time for a new challenge over at Darcy's Dairies and we have a theme of anything goes as long as you use a Darcy's Dairies image there arent any new images as our lovely Gayle is poorly!!can you spot what's missing on my card?.


Items Used
Darcy No 47 Strike a Pose
First Edition Spring Drop Papers
Memory Box Butterfly Swirl and foliage
Flowers from Mulberry Crafts
the large flower i made myself from ribbon and lace

Challenges i'd like to enter


Digi Stamp 4 Joy
Portrait of a woman
Diva's by Design For a woman
Anything Goes Summer Days
Craftroom Fashion
Papertake Weekly Anything goes


Well did you guess what it is that's missing RIBBON as i couldn't even tie a bow that's how bad my right hand and arm is i can bearly move my fingers so i'm typing with one finger on my left hand lol and it took for ever well two days to be precise.


Sunday 5 August 2012

Day 9 Crafting for Gold


Good Morning folks i hope you are all well, and didn't we do well in the athletics yesterday and the cycling way to go team GB:)




Anyway back to why i'm here its day nine of our Crafting For Gold over at Crafty Ribbons Pure Inspiration HERE
our Sponsor for today Is Kenny K and you could be the winner of 4 kenny's fab digi stamps.


Anyhow here's my card just to show you can add a bit of bling to a male card lol.


I would like to enter the following challenges.
Our Creative Corner Bling
AlphaBet M Men only
Delightful Birthday
Do You Stack Up Polka Dots
2 Sisters Great Sketch.

Well i think that's it i'm off out in a minute to pick my daughter and grandchildren up as they are coming over for a lovely lamb roast.

Enjoy your day whatever your doing and thank you for all your lovely comments.

New Digi Papers And A Sale

Good morning folks just a quick post to let you know that Donna at Bearly Mine HERE has a new set of Digi papers and a SALE!




That's it for now! well i said it was gonna be quick lol.

Saturday 4 August 2012

Day 8 Of Crafting For Gold

Good Morning everyone well its day 8 of Crafting for Gold HERE and aren't we doing well in the Olympics!! i cant get enough of it lol, what about you?.


Anyway today we are sponsored by Nit Wits and i just love their gorgeous papers, i've altered a bag as my project for today and i've used Nit Wits Time for Tea Papers the image is from A Day of Daisies Marianne Creatable butterfly and heart dies the gorgeous blue flower is from Crafts and Me, ribbon from Crafty Ribbons of course and the pins i did myself.


Challenge i would like to enter.

Digi Days Go floral
Clearly Inspired Things with wings
Crafty Mess Birds
Inspire Me Fridays Anything goes
Simply Create Anything goes
Digi Doodles Ribbons and Bows
Dutch Dare Anything but a card
Moving along with the times Summer
Paper Crafting Journey Anything goes
PaperPlay Layer it up
Sarah Hurley Alter something.


Well i hope you like the bag i decorated i really had fun doing it, thanks for stopping by and any comments you leave and most import of all have a lovely weekend whatever your doing.


Thursday 2 August 2012

DArcy's Day Reminder

Hi everyone this should have posted earlier but for some reason it didn't happen, anyway its just a quick reminder about our monochrome challenge at Darcy's Dairies HERE our poor Gayle owner of Darcy's Dairies is poorly,we hope you feel better soon hun we miss yer.
Here's what i made a tag.


Items Used

Darcys Dairies No 33 Hat'titude
Copic Markers to colour
Memory Box Butterfly and Foliage Die
Tim Holtz Border
Ribbon From Crafty Ribbons
Flowers from Mulberry Crafts.


I would also like to enter the following challenges.

Fab & Funky Anything but a card
Ruby's Rainbow Anything but a card

Thanks for stopping by and all the lovely comments you leave.


Spots & Dots at Crafty Ribbons & Day 6 of Crafting for Gold

Good Morning folks are you all well and enjoying the Olympics, what a great day for Great Britain yesterday and then the sad news that a cyclist had died after being hit by an Olympic bus just out side the Olympic park.
Now then today is Day 6 of crafting for gold HERE and also time for a new challenge at Crafty Ribbons the theme for our challenge is Spots and Dots here's the prize that our lovely Ali is offering to one lucky winner. And then the theme at Crafting for Gold is Punches and our lovely sponsor is the lovely Teresa at Crafts and Me and the prize is

Here's my card


Items used
Papers are from Bearly Mine
Memory Box Butterfly and foliage
Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch
Flowers from Mulberry Crafts
Ribbon From Crafty Ribbons

Challenges i would like to enter.

Penny's Paper Challenge Butterflies and Bows
ScrapBook Sisters Things with wings
Southern Girls Fairies and Fantasy

Well that's it i will be back again later with my Darcy's Dairies post, thanks for stopping by catch you in a bit.

Wednesday 1 August 2012

Green With Envy at Crafts and Me

Good Afternoon folks i hope you are all well, i best get straight on with it as i'm late posting this.
Its time for a new challenge over at Crafts and Me and our theme has been chosen by our super talented Angela Green with Envy
Here's my card

Items used Gardens Of Summer Available HERE
papers are Memory Box Minuet, ribbon from Crafty Ribbons flowers from Mulberry Crafts the pin i did myself.

I would like to enter the following challenges.

City Crafter Colour Challenge
Fun With ATC's and More Fairies
LEJ Designs Mythical
Loves Rubber Stamps Picture inspiration
My Time To Craft Fantasy

Well that's it for now but i'll be back with another card for you tomorrow, sorry if i've not been round to visit yet but have so much work on at the mo and what with the Olympics,i'm loving it are you? but i will catch up soon.

Thanks for stopping by and any comments you leave.

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