Best of British Starts Today

Good Morning folks i hope you are all well.

Today is the first day of our BEST of BRITISH EVENT... over at Crafty Ribbons Inspiration Blog HERE...Over the next 16 days we will be highlighting some of the Best British Craft Companies.....

Today our Sponsor is

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'For your inspiration'

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throughout the complete 'For Your Inspiration' Collection - where many of our colleagues

use our designs to show case there own beautiful stamps and card making products

Our Designs can be seen on Create & Craft used by many of our Craft colleagues

to also show case there own beautiful stamps and card making products..

Paula has very kindly given us the following prize for one of you lucky people to win....

Pop over to Crafty Ribbons Inspiration Blog HERE to find out more.

Oh i nearly forgot if you place and order at Crafty Ribbons while the best of British Event is running you wont pay P&P just enter BOB in your order.

Have a good day everyone

DArcy's Day Challenge *6*

Good Morning folks i hope you are all well, it's time for another challenge over at Darcy's Dairies and the lovely Gayle asked me a few days ago if i'd like to stay on the DT permanently and of course i said yes as i absolutely love these images, anyway our theme for this fortnight is Pennants now you can make an actual pennant or pennants on your card its up to you.

Here is the fab new release for this fortnight and what fab images for your graduation cards.

Here's my Card

Items Used

Darcy's Dairies 046

Copic Markers to colour

Prima Nature Garden papers

Memory Box Swirl Die

Pennant Die is from Whiff Joy

I would also like to enter the following Challenges.


Cards For Men Kicking Back
Lolli Pop Crafts Just for him
Quirky Crafts Masculine with blue and brown
Allsorts a card for a man or boy
Totally PaperCrafts No Girls allowed
Crafty Creations Male card
Desert Island Crafters Pick 3 from the list 1, 8, 10.
Mad For Markers Masculine Colours
Dutch Dare Shaped Cards
Moving Along With The Times Keep It Real No Fantasy
Southern GIrls All about boys

Well that's it from me for now folks but i will be around to catch up with you all later once i've dropped mother in law off at her club.

Best of British starts Friday

Good morning folks just a quick reminder about the Best of British event that's coming up on from Friday for two weeks at Craft Ribbons and there will be prizes every day woo hoo yep that's right folks prizes every day so pop over to the Crafty Ribbons Inspirational Blog HERE cos that's where its all happening.

Watching It Fly

Good Evening folks i hope you've managed to stay dry today lol i just cant believe this flipping weather its all right if you've got webbed feet.


Anyway i thought i would just show you another of the Gorgeous Zindy Nielsen stamps that are being released at Crafts and Me
very soon this one's called Watching It Fly isn't she gorgeous i love Zindy's work she is an amazing artist.


Here's the sample card i've made for the show so not as much going on on my card as there normally is lol, anyway i hope you like it.



Items Used

Copic Markers to colour
Marianne Dies Butterfly and the leaves down the side
Watching It Fly image
Memory Box Dies the Swirls and Corner from Crafts and Me but out of stock at the mo
Clouds memory Box die
The little flowers are a Martha Stewart punch


Lexi's Creations Black plus one other colour
Simon Says Stamp and Show Anything goes
Stamp and Create One for the girls
Addicted to Stamps Black White and ? i've used blue
Let's Ink it Up Bling
Stamptacular Sundays Butterfly Kisses

Well that's it from me for now i'm off to catch up with you all now.

New Zindy Nielsen Stamps Coming Soon

Good Afternoon peeps i hope you are all well and enjoying the dry sunny weather, no need for flippers today lol.

Right now lets get on with why i'm on here and not in the garden in the sun as the sun helps my psoriasis, well i just had to show you what i've been playing with our lovely Teresa at Crafts and Me surprised us with our new release of stamps and i tell you what your going to absolutely love them the artist is Zindy Nielsen and here's a card i've made using one of them they will be on sale in the Crafts and Me shop next week with a 10% discount if you are a news reader
subscriber, his one is called Please Don't Let It Fly and i've used it for an anniversary card.

As you can see it hasn't got my normal amount of embellishments as its a sample for the show next month.

Items used

The papers are Crafts and Me digital papers
Zindy Nielsen image
Memory Box Butterfly Die
Martha Stewart Flower Punch
Copic Markers to colour.

I would also like to enter the following challenges

Digi Doodle Bingo the middle line
The Poodles Parlour Anything goes
Inspire Me Fridays Anything goes
Hotshots Young Love
Glitter Geeks Wings and things
Fussy & Fancy Butterflies Ribbon & Punches
Card Making Mamas Flowers

Well that's it for now i'm off to sort out some dinner now,but i'll be back this evening to catch up with you all, and a big thank you for all your lovely comments.

Darcy's Dairies Reminder

Good Afternoon i bet you didn't think i'd be back this quick did you lol.

I'm back with a little reminder about Darcy's Dairies Challenge its our mid way reminder for our current challenge and the theme is Buttons and Bow

Here's my card

Items used

Copic Markers to colour

Items used Darcy Dairies Image No 44

Bearly Mine Design Papers Floral Breeze

Marianne Creatable Butterfly

Buttons and Ribbon from Crafty Ribbon

Flowers from Mulberry Crafts

The Stamping BoutqueBling
PaperTake Weekly Cute
Digital Tuesday Ribbons and Buttons
Deep Ocean Wonderful woman
Creative Craft Challenges 2 Anything goes
Crafty Sentiments Mum
Clear it out Mothers day ?card for a mentor
Crafty Creations Frame it
Fab & Funky Buttons and Bows

Well i'm off now to sort out some dinner otherwise i'm going to be in trouble lol, enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by and any comments you leave.

Flowers at Crafty Ribbons

Good Morning again peeps i hope you are well, its Thursday so its time for another challenge over at Crafty Ribbons and our theme this fortnight is flowers so super easy one for you this week.

Here's my card i hope you like it.

Items Used

The papers i don't know as i've had them for ages and i mean agessssssss lol,
Image is Darcy's Dairies No 29 Sweet Dreams,
Ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons
Swirl large Butterfly and Clouds are Memory Box Dies the Heart and leaves are Marianne creatables.
Flowers are from Mulberry Crafts the pearls i got from ebay.

Challenges i'd like to enter.

Pile It On Fairytales, Fantasy and Daydreams
The Squirrel and The fox One for the girls
Victorine Flowers
Totally Stampalicious Sparkle and Shine
Tammy's Scrapping Corner Punches and Dies
Paper Pretties Ribbon
Hooked on Crafts Flowers
Daisy Doodles May Flowers
CRafty Boots Yellow
My Mums Craft Shop Fairy tales
Do You Stack Up Use a flower
Waste Not Wednesday

Oops i nearly forgot here's a picture of the prize for this challenge.

Gorgeous flower buttons.....


Well that's it for now i will be later with another card to show you, enjoy your day and take care now and a big thank you for all your lovely comments.

Die Cuts and Punches at Crafts and Me

Good Morning everyone i hope you are all well, before i tell you about todays card i'd just like to thank you all regarding my Granddaughter Lexi's vistit to the hospital yesterday her mouth has healed very well and there is no need for her to attend the hospital anymore.:)

Right onto business its time for a new challenge at Crafts and Me and its my turn to set the challenge so seeing as i'm enjoying my die cuts i thought punches and Die cuts.

Here's my card i've used Zindy Neilsen Believe Available HERE

Challenges i'd like to enter

By the Cute and Girly Spring is in the air

Creatalicious Butterflies and flowers

Desert Island Crafters 2,3,10

I Break for Challenges Flowers

Joanna Sheen Flower Power

JUst Tracy's Anything goes

Pretty Little Ribbon Shop Butterflies and Blossoms

Cutie Pie Monochrome

Stampavie & More Monochrome

Right i'm off to bed will finish this when i get home.

Take care all.

Fairies at Bearly Mine

Good Morning folks i hope you all had a lovely weekend, we had a very busy one so not much action in my craft room lol but we did have a great weekend.

Anyway its time for another challenge over at Bearly Mine and our theme this week is one of my Favs Fairies now we no you all love Fairies so come on over and join us you can use any stamp company as long as its a fairy image.
Oh Donna also has some gorgeous new Digi Papers if you have a look HERE you'll be able to see them all.
Our Sponsor this week is our lovely Donna at Bearly Mine Designs - 2 Digi sets of winner's choice, so you could even win the new papers how fab is that
Here's my card i've Used Petunia Parade.

i can see these getting a lot of use they are just so gorgeous, the image is a Wee Stamps image isn't she just so sweet and i must use her more often.

Challenges i would like to enter.

2 Sisters Anything goes
Catch the Bug Anything goes
CMC Celebrations
Crafty Calendar Things with wings
Crazy4challenges Gardening or outdoors
Stamp Scrap Doodle Ribbons and Bows
Secret Crafter Sketch
Crafty Catz Flowers
Fussy and Fancy Butterflies ribbon and punches

Well i hope this has posted as i'm at the hospital with my Daughter Keely as my granddaughter Lexi is having a check up on her face because she cut her mouth open a couple of weeks back and they want to just check that its healing ok.

I will be by to visit you all a bit later this afternoon until then take care and have a good day.

One Stop Crafts DT Card

Good Evening folks i hope you are well and having a good start to your weekend, its Saturday and i'm late posting this so i'll get on with it lol,its time for a new challenge at One Stop Crafts and our Theme is Make the Day Special
Our fabulous Sponsor this week is Prairie Fairy.

Here's my card i've used a Saturated Canary image this ones called Springtime isn't she gorgeous.

The papers are Petunia Parade and Small Dots available HERE, the Butterfly Grass and Clouds are all Memory Box Dies the little flowers and little butterflies are a Martha Stewart punch and the pins i did myself.


Challenges i'd like to enter

Crafting Lifes Pieces Sketch
Crazy Amigos Flowers
Stampavie And More Monochrome
Scrapbook Sisters Gems And Glitter
Paper Pretties Flowers
Diva's By Design Monochrome
Copic Markers Europe Monochrome
Paper Play Pins and Pearls

Well that's it i will be back tomorrow evening as we are busy with family all day and we have had 2 of our grandchildren stay over that's why i've not been about lol, boy are'nt they hard work when your getting older lol.
In the mean time i hope you are having a lovely long weekend so far. bye

Free Postage at Crafty Ribbons

We have FREE UK Delivery on orders over £15 placed over the Bank Holiday Weekend.

Place an order from today until midnight on Bank Holiday Monday and just enter     weekend      into the voucher box during checkout.

A £3.25 discount will be applied to your basket.
This code will also give all our overseas customers a £3.25 discount

Dont forget you still have time to enter our current Challenge HERE

Take care now folks see you soon.

Buttons and Bows at Darcy's Dairies

Good Morning folks i hope you are all well, not long now till the weekend, anyway i best get on with it lol its time for another challenge over at Darcy's Dairies !yay that means more new images to play with and oh boy you wont be disappointed either they are fabulous, we really enjoyed visiting and looking at all your gorgeous creations this last fortnight.

Here's my card i've used Darcy 41 isn't she just gorgeous idea for those very awkward teens lol, we hope you will all pop over and join in our new Challenge which is BUTTONS & BOWS.

Items used Darcy image 41

Copic markers,

Bearly Mine Rose's Dream papers,

Memory Box Butterfly and swirl,

The pin i did myself.

Challenges I'd like to enter.
Crazy Amigos Flowers
Creative Card Crew Ribbon
Deep Ocean Punches and Dies
Flourishes Butterflies
Paper And Such For a Girl
Shopping Our Stash Mothers day or Girly
Bunny Zoes Ribbon or twine
Hooked on Crafts Flowers
House of Gilli Ribbon and Sparkle
Incy Wincy Mothers day or girlie
Lolli Pop Crafts Anything goes
Love to Craft Flowers and Buttons
The Pink Elephant Spring
Victorine originals
Little Darlings Flowers
Scrapalicious flowers
Simon Says Stamp Birthday

Well that's it folks i hope you all have a lovely day and thank you so much for stopping by and any comments you leave.

Crafty Ribbons New Inspiration Blog

Good Evening folks i just wanted to let you know some exciting new about Crafty Ribbons we are launching a new Inspiration Blog.



CRAFTY RIBBONS PURE INSPIRATION

 
To kick off our new inspiration blog we are offering some fabulous ribbon candy.....

If you would like to win these gorgeous ribbons..then all you need to do is become a follower of the blog,for every 100 followers we get we will draw a winner so please pass the details on the more followers the more candy and the more chances to win,leave your name with Mr Linky below and when we hit that magical 100 followers we will get Random Org to draw a winner so it could be you and should we get to 200 followers well we'll draw another winner and so on.....

We will be checking to make sure your a follower,if not a new winner will be drawn..




If you don't have a blog that's fine just become a follower and then leave your name with Mr Linky skipping the URL bit

There is also another reason to become a follower we are holding a fabulous event from the 18th May until 2nd June to celebrate.......

                                                                                                            

Now if you take the blinkie above and put it in your sidebar you can have a second entry to win the fabulous ribbons above,just leave your name a second time with Mr Linky below.... 

Each day we will be highlighting a different British Craft Company or Shop,the Design Team will be posting cards/projects on their blogs each day using products from each Company or shop,there will also be a prize each day from the highlighted Company up for grabs that's 16 prizes and you can enter each day,only one entry per person per day to make it fair,so make sure to become a follower and check back regularly for some gorgeous inspiration and more info on our Best of British event and remember to come back on the 18th May to join in the fun with us and for your chance to win gorgeous prizes from all the fabulous Company's and shops who are joining in with us....

Thanks for popping by I'll be back tomorrow with a new card to share.

Some News

Good morning folks hope you had a good weekend i spent my whole weekend in bed feeling absolutely awful but i'm feeling a bit better today, i don't want that back i can tell you but at least the weather was rotten too lol.

Any way onto my news the lovely Donna over at Bearly Mine has two new sets of papers coming out this week, oh my they are beautiful too here's a little preview for you they are due for release on 4th May so not long to wait now.

Well i hope you all have a good day i'll be spending the day trying to catch up with everything that didnt get done while i've been laid up lol.

1 2 3 at One Stop Crafts

Good Morning all you lovely peeps out there i hope you are all well and enjoying your weekend i personally wont be doing much as i have got a stinking rotten cough and i'm laid up in bed.

Any ways i'm here today as its time for a new challenge over at One Stop Crafts and this weeks theme is 1 2 3 one image two designer papers and three embellishments so with that in mind i made a male card lol is that cheating! no i don't think so.

We have an amazing 3 prizes this week, so that means 3 winners.

Our very generous sponspors are...

Meljen Designs - 4 Images for one winner

Chocolate Baroque

Prize - Lace Fragments Stamp Set Worth £22.50

The Craft Den - £20.00 To spend in store

Here's my card

Here's what i've used Darcys Dairies Image this ones called Tunes you can get it HERE the papers are Prima Nature Garden i've colour the image with copic markers. Dont forget you still have time to enter Darsy's Dairies Challenge HERE

I would also like to enter the following challenges.

Auds Sentiments Anything goes
Hanna and Friends Sketch
Inked Paws Clean and Simple
Inky Impressions Anything goes
Paper Pretties Clean and Simple
Lady Bug Birthday
Crafty Boots No girls Allowed
Daisy Doodles One for the boys

Well that's it from me for now i'm off to bed i only got up to do my post catch you later and thanks for stopping by and any comments you leave.

Yellow Pink and Orange at Crafty Ribbons

Well peeps i'm back again three days running this time its my Crafty Ribbons DT card i hope you like it but you best put sunglasses on lol, well its bright to say the least you'll see in a min lol the theme is yellow Orange and Pink and was chosen by Charlotta not colours that i would normally use but i'm quite pleased with how it turned out.

Our Sponsor is Crafty Ribbons the winner will receive one of Bev's Ribbon Bags

Now for my card i've used one of the gorgeous Darcys Dairies images this ones called D'Arcy 036 My Masterpiece Copic markers to colour the papers are Raspberry Road Pink Lemonade the gorgeous ribbon is from were else but Crafty Ribbons
the big butterfly is a Memory Box Die the little flowers and butterflies are Martha Stewart Punches,the pearl and flowers are from my stash and Mulberry Crafts and finally the Sentiment is from TLC creations.

Challenges i would like to enter.
Creative Card Crew Ribbon
Deep Ocean Use punches and Dies
Scrap Creations Its a girl thing
Paper and Such Just for the Girls
Shopping our Stash beginning with B Butterflies - border punch - bow
The Stamping Boutique Photo inspiration, colours of some of the flowers
Bunny Zoes Ribbon or twine
Always Crafting Yellow and Sunshine
House of Gilli Ribbon and shine
Lexis Creations Punches and Dies
Ooh La La Creations Bright and bold
The Crazy Challenge Girly
The Pink Elephant Use Yellow
Colour Me Creative Yellows

Well that's it for now from me how bad is the weather where you are its very wet and windy here is Essex in the UK i hope its better where you are,bye for now have a good day.

Emboss It At Crafts and Me

Good Morning all you lovely peeps i hope you are well and hasn't the weather been awful here in the UK were on water meters and its done nothing but flipping rain lol. Sorry i never got around to visiting you all yesterday but i've been getting these stinking rotten headaches and the computer seams to make them worse, so i did some baking instead lol.

Anyway i'm here to day to share my Crafts and Me DT card with you and the theme chosen by Teresa is Embossing, we are being sponsored by Crafts and Me this time and the winner will receive 3 digital stamps of their choice.

Right onto my card now i'm not at all happy with it but haven't got the time to make another one so here it is i've used one of the Dollie James rubber stamps from Crafts and Me you can get her HERE
my embossing is on my butterflies just in case you hadn't noticed lol the butterflies and clouds are Memory Box Dies the gorgeous papers are Raspberry Rd April Showers the gorgeous ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons flowers are from Mulberry Crafts pearls are from my stash.

Challenges i would like to enter.
Sweet Sketch SSS95
Raise the Bar Clouds
Crafts 4 Eternity Something new = Stamp
ATC and Cards with Attitude Anything goes
Our creative Corner Butterflies
Kadoodle Doodles Emboss it
Crafty Creations Little girls

Well that's it from me i will be by later to catch up with you all this afternoon, thanks for stopping by and any comments you leave.

Babies at Bearly Mine Challenges

Good Morning peeps i hope your all well, what do you think of our flipping weather its ok if you've got flippers lol, any way i'm back today with my DT card for Bearly Mine and our theme this week is BABIES any sort of baby i made a baby card for my one of my brothers who's other half had another little girl last week so they now has 6 girls lol oh my i wouldn't want to in their house when all the PMTs are kicking off he he.

Here's my card the papers are Bearly Mine Simply Dots available HERE the image is from Wee Stamps, ribbon and is from Crafty Ribbons flowers are from Mulberry Crafts the feather and pearls are from my stash.

Oh i nearly forgot our Sponsor this week is Bearly Mine Designs you will win 2 Sets of Donna's gorgeous digi papers you can check them out HERE
I would also like to enter the following challenges.

More than Favours Baby
Creative Belle Children
Bling it On Monochrome
A and T Challenges Dazzle it
Totally PaperCrafts Buttons
Poodle Parlour Circles
Our Craft lounge Buttons
Paper Sundeas Lets get cute
Cutie Pie Circles
Lollipop Crafts Baby

Well that's it from me for now, thanks for visiting and any comments you leave.

Happy Birthday Son

Good afternoon folks i hope you are all well a quick update on my Mum she is at home she wanted to be home as she has more DRs appointments and wanted to see her own Dr which i can understand, she is still being sick but its not stopping her from eating she hasn't lost any more weight which is good her physiotherapy is going ok so hopefully she will make a full recovery soon so we are still travelling back wards and forwards but only once a week or more depending when my brothers decide when they can go visit, we spent the day with her on Friday which she really enjoyed and we talk on the phone everyday for about an hour:)

Right i'm still trying to get back into the swing of things as we have been really busy this week with hospital visits our sons birthday is on Tuesday so went up to see him yesterday tomorrow is my treatment day hooray,anyway i do have a card to share with you its our sons birthday card.

The Image is Kenny K download the papers are Raspberry Road Rise and Shine i think they are fab for men's cards:)

I would also like to enter the following challenges.

Willow Sketchy Great sketch
Inky impressions Birthday
Sparkles Forum Men only
Joanna Sheen Its a man's world
Shelly's Images Anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks Boys dig it
Crazy 4 Challenges Add black
Crafty Ann's Its a man thing

I hope he likes it and tank you for stopping by and any comments you leave enjoy the rest of your day.