The Paper Shelter is Here

Good morning folks i hope you are all well and recovered from all those valentine choccies lol.

Right now wow what an exciting day I am here with you this morning with my DT card for a brand new Challenge Blog called The Paper Shelter please pop over and have a peep they also have a fab Digi shop called yep you got it The Paper Shelter Digi shop and there are some real cuties in there too,for my card I've used My Little Garden.



There is a prize for the winner of the challenge

Just think of all the digis you can get!BUT you have to use a Paper shelter Image to win.

Now i hope you are going to join us for our first challenge the prize will be some of these adorable images.



I would like to enter a couple of challenges
Sketch Saturday Sketch
Sweet stamping Love bugs
The Secret Crafter Stamped Flower

Bearly Mine *4* Ribbons and Pearls

Good morning folks i hope your week is going well so far, mine is ok so far we had a lovely sunny day here yesterday and i feel human again lol.

Right on to today's card that i have for you its time for a new challenge over at Bearly Mine Challenges and wow thank you everyone that entered our last one nearly one hundred of you now lets see if we can get over the hundred mark, there are plenty of reasons to enter we have four sponsors again this time.
Bearly Mine Designs - 2 Digi sets of the winner's choice
Crafty Emma - offering Memory Box Fernbrae Paper Pad 6x6
Kenny K - 5 Digi's of the winner's choice
The Ribbon Girl - a selection of cut lengths of ribbon, pins, dewdrops
See i told you there were lots of prizes and the theme is Ribbons and Pearls

For my card i've used Bearly Mine Spring Blossoms papers they just so pretty i love them, there are a couple of new sets on Bearly Mine Designs the beautiful image is from Make it Crafty and she's called Alyssa and the background id also from there and its the Wild Flowers image.



These are the beautiful papers.



Challenges I'm entering
One Stitch At A Time Make it Pretty
Craft Us Crazy Anything Goes
Bunny Zoe's Spring Flowers
Cupcake Crafts Love
Make it Colourful add shadow and depth (I hope mine is ok)
Charisma Fantasy
Moving Along With the Times Photo inspiration

That's it for now folks thank you for looking and any comments you leave and enjoy your day.

One Stop DT Card *It's All About Love*

Good morning folks I hope your all well and looking forward to your weekend.
I'm here to share a card with for our new challenge over at One Stop Crafts and it's Lorraine turn to set the challenge I hope you feel better soon hun, anyway Lorraine choose It's All About Love very appropriate for the time of year, our sponsor this week is Robyns Fetish unfortunately I ran out of ink in my printer that will teach me wont it as Robyn very kindly supplied us with some images, oh well never mind lol.
Pop over to One Stop Craft Challenges to see what the other girls have come up with.



Right onto my card I've used a whiff of joy image and this is one of my all time favs Melinda Blowing Kisses you can get her HERE at Crafts and Me you dont have to email Teresa now you can order them on line no probs, the papers are Love Dreams from Bearly Mine the flowers are from Hobby Craft and Wild Orchid Crafts the ribbon and pearls are from my stash,now some of you no that I suffer from Rheumatoid Arthritis unfortunately I have it all over but as my hands play me up a lot of the time when cards making I thought I would try chalks for the background as its nice and easy to use,now what do you think does it look ok? I have inks but I'm a bit frightened to use them lol, I've got 10 bottles and never used them maybe I should just give it a go.

Challenges i'm entering
CRAFT Valentines
Charisma Fantasy
Cute Card Thursday Hearts and Flowers
Crafty Catz Valentines/Love
Easy Craft Projects love
Friday Sketchers Sketch
Stamp Something Valentines
Stamping For The Weekend Valentines
Flutter By Wednesday At least 3 hearts plus your fairy or butterfly
Creative Crafts Hearts and Flowers
Cooking it up with Katie Red, ribbon and corners.

Well I think that will do lol I hope you have a lovely weekend what ever your doing and thank you for stopping by and any comments you leave.

Yummy and some info

Good afternoon folks I hope you are all well apart from being fed up with the weather today sorry I've been MIA but I've caught a stinking rotten cold and feel at bit rough and no energy but I managed to make this card last night and I've still got little packages here waiting to be posted to some of my teamies at Crafts and Me hopefully I'll post them today or maybe hubby will lol.

Anyways the card I have for you today is using one of the gorgeous images from the Paper Shelter and also the Paper Shelter Challenges start on the 16th feb that's just a few days away please pop over and take a look the images are so sweet too.



Challenges i'm entering
Sketch Saturday
My Time To Craft Hearts and Flowers
Creative Card Crew For a loved one
Digistamp for Joy Flower power
PaperPlay Hearts and flowers
One Stitch At A Time Anything digi

For my card I've used the Birthday Cupcake image the gorgeous papers are from Bearly Mine they are being released next week and they are called Spring Flight so lots to look forward to well I best get a wriggle on as I have to take my cat back to the vets today bless him but he is a little bit better and i then have to pick my MIL from her club she goes to on a Thursday.

I'll catch up a bit later and take care now.

Update on Stitch my cat and a sneaky peak Updated

Sorry its now a long post.
Good morning folks I hope you are all well!! for those of you who have asked about my poorly pussy cat(Thank you so much) he is doing well they didn't operate in the end as he managed to pee and poo on his own but they said he's still not out of the woods yet he could end up still needing the opp, we have to watch him like a hawk as he can eat only the special diet which has been prescribed for him but our other cat mustn't eat it as it can cause him harm, oh what a night mare he's on tablets and gollop that we have to squirt down his throat so our poor baby Stitch has a bald belly and leg where they shaved him too, its odd as he's not going out much either he is using the litter tray which he's not used for years so we had to buy another one but he's worth all the trouble as he is such a funny cat too always up to mischief. The picture below is stitch in our bathroom sink that's where he sometimes likes to sleep lol.



Now then hopefully I'm on my way to the Stamparama show to meet Teresa from Crafts and Me, now she doesn't no that I'm going as I never know if my RA is going to play up so I waited until Saturday to how I am and I know a couple of the other girls are going too and I get to see my gorgeous little Alfie today too anyway here are a couple of little sneaky peeks at a couple of little gifts I've been making to take with me I cant show you the whole thing as the recipients haven't received them yet but when I get home I'll show you.

Well here you go peeps here are the note pads that i made for the girls i had the pleasure of meeting our lovely Teresa and Tracy hello again girls and i also meet Teresa's lovely hubby and daughter's next time i'll come on my own and stay longer lol,and they had the pleasure of meeting our little cute Alfie and my son Aaron this was Alfie at Christmas. Unfortunately i never got to meet Trish perhaps next time lol.




This is the that Teresa picked the image is Fragile Heart, the flowers are Martha Stewart punch and the papers are First Addition Sweet Owl.





This is the one that Tracy picked the image is Forever Rose the Martha Stewart Flower punch again and the papers are Pink Parfait from Forever Friends





Well that's all I've got time for I best get an early night for a change catch up with you all soon.

Crafts and Me Challenge *23*

Good afternoon folks, well its not good for my poorly cat we had to rush him to the vets yesterday as he was crying making terrible noise any how they kept him in as he cant do a wee or a poo poor thing i just spoken to them and he's still not been and he wont eat in there either if he's not been a wee by four o'clock they are going to drain it from him and he at a disadvantage as he has a heart murmur too, please keep your fingers crossed for him.
Updated well they sent my poor cat home to see if you would pee at home as he was getting very stressed in the vets, well we got him home an hour and a half later we had to take him back, the vet we saw this time said he should have been kept in so they have tried putting a catheter in but that was a no go as his bladder is blog well no his little boy bits are blocked so they have now drained his bladder with a syringe so not to damage his kidneys!!! they are operating first thing in the morning they have sedated him too as he is very stressy cat anyway.

Its also time for another challenge over at Crafts and Me Challenges the theme this time has been chosen by our super talented Tracy and she would like you to use Red on your creations nice and easy for you.
For my card I've used Hannah Lynn Marna-fairy she's only available from Crafts and Me HERE I just love this stamp she is so pretty dont you think as you can see I had another go at a different fold again I've also made the box to match. On the bottom where the two different papers are well there is a pocket there so you could pop in some money or gift vouchers ect.

Teresa is sponsoring this Challenge with a £10 voucher to spend in the Crafts and Me store








Challenges i'm entering
Crafty Catz Flowers
By The Cute and Girly Use red and one other colour
The Secret Crafter hot Chocolate
Totally Gorjuss As you like it
Flutterby Open
Papertake Weekly Anything goes plus flowers
The Pink Elephant Red Pink and Brown

Thanks for stopping by and any comments you leave.

Bearly Mine *3* Men/Boys

Good morning folks i hope your week started off well and its time for another challenge over at Bearly Mine Challenges what an amazing lot of entries we had for our last one so thank you all who entered any way back onto this weeks challenge our host this time is our super talented Vix and the theme is cards for Boys or Men now i done mind these as there are a lot of boys in our family, why not pop over to the Bearly Mine Challenges to see what the rest of the girls have done.
Our sponsors this time and there are four of them,they are Whimsy Stamps - $15 gift Certificate
Bearly Mine Designs - 2 Digi Sets of the winner's choice
Di's Digi Downloads - 3 Digis of the Winner's Choice
Fantastic Ribbons - 4 rolls of ribbon

For my card I've used one of the Kenny K images this one is called Miss Fortune, this one is for my hubbies best friend and I know he will love it lol.



Papers are Plain and Simple Grunge Days and Designer Extreme Vol. 3

I am also entering a couple of challenges
Alphabet Challenge M-Men
The Crafty Pad Boys
Crafty Creations Heat it up
The Sweet Shop Sketch
Tallens Place make it for the guys
Fab and Funky use a digi
Kaboodle Doodles Monochrome

Whilst i'm here i just want to mention that Donna at Bearly Mine Designs has three new digi set being released today here's one of them and if you use this code KP08 you will receive 15% discount but you must use the code when you e-mail Donna here's the code again KP08 and its for one week only so what are you waiting for.





Thanks for stopping by and any comments you leave and i hope you have a lovely day.

Swirl Pearl Mermaid Preview

Good afternoon folks i hope you are having a fab weekend, the only problem is they fly by so quickly dont they.

Any how I'm here today to show another one of the new stamps and i know you've been loving what the girls have done so far the stamps over at Crafts and Me blog the stamps will be released next Sunday at the Stamperama show in Stevenage so if your at the show you'll get them first, now the girls are previewing the new stamps each day until they are released to keep popping back to the Crafts and Me blog as you wouldn't want to miss them now would you lol, well this little beauty is called Pearl Swirl Mermaid and it from the new designer Jasmine Becket-Griffith that Teresa at Crafts and Me has snapped up and all of us are loving these new stamps.

The card is another of the tri fold cards i made last week.







The verse i found on the internet.
I have coloured her with copics as I normally do but this one a bit brighter than normal for me, now dont forget you wont get these anywhere else as they are exclusive to Crafts and Me.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

One Stop Crafts Week *116*

Good morning folks I hope you've all had a good week, mines been ok apart from braking a tooth which now needs to come out, but I have to wait for an appointment as it has to be done in hospital because of my medication but I'm not worried by it at all and it doesn't hurt as there's no nerve in it thankfully.

Any how I'm here to share my latest make with you which is my DT creation for the One Stop Crafts this weeks its our lovely Janet's choice and she would like to see ATC's, I have never made one before an ATC that is, well Janet I must admit it really was a challenge for me as I didn't even know the size it had to be lol. I dont think I'll be making many either as its such a small space so cant really put much on it lol, anyway here's what i did.
For more inspiration pop over to the One Stop Crafts blog and check out the other DTs fab creations.


I used one of the fab Paper Shelter images this one is called Goth Girl the papers are Bearly Mine Damask Delights the flowers are a Martha Stewart punch and the pearls are from my stash.

I hope you have a lovely weekend whatever your doing and take care.

Lady of Garnet Preview

Good morning folks i hope your week is going well so far, i bet your all wishing the weekend was here.
Any way I'm here to show you a card using one of the new Sara Burrier stamped images now this one is called Lady of Garnet she will be available from the 6th feb at the Stamparama show in Stevenage, dont forget these are exclusive stamps to Crafts and Me you wont get them anywhere else. I've not coloured her in red that's because I dont really get on well working with red so I've coloured her in Blue and Green which I must say I'm enjoying working with these colours right now I think sometimes you need a bit of little a change.


Make sure you keep checking back at Crafts and Me stamps blog as we are previewing new stamps every day until the show and you wont want to miss these i can promise you that.

Challenges i'm entering
Crafty Cardmaker want flowers
Everybody Art Favourite things Fairies glitter flowers ribbon and pearls
The ABC challenge Magical
Sunday Sketch and Stamp Sketch.

Items used
Stamp will soon be available from Crafts and Me
Kay&co papers wild Raspberry
Martha Stewart Butterfly punch available from Crafts and ME
Martha Stewart Flower punch
Pearls and ribbon from my stash.

Well I've decided to add this one which has red on it to my post, this is one i made for the book that Teresa will be taking to the show which we have all been very busy making samples for we had to cut right down on embellishments on our samples because of space and I think we all struggled with that a wee bit lol,and our lovely Vix is beavering away getting the sample book arranged and sent off to Teresa ready for the big day dont forget to pop over and say hi to Teresa if your going to the show she would love to meet you i'm sure.



Well I think that's enough from me as i think its time for bed for me as its been a long hard day today so take care all catch you soon.

The Paper Shelter Design Team

Hello folks I'm so pleased to announce that I've been chosen to be part of The Paper Shelter Design Team and i'm so pleased, have you seen their gorgeous images i just love them.... why not pop over and have a little look for yourself HERE I'm sure you'll love them too.


There's will be a list on my side bar a little later or pop over HERE you'll see the rest of the fabulously talented team there.

The Paper Shelter challenges will start in February so not to long to wait lol, so keep an eye out here on my blog and also HERE if you become a follower you wont miss anything.

Fragil Heart at *Crafts and Me*

Good Afternoon folks i hope your week is going well i know one thing they are going to fast lol.

Anyways i'm here to share a card with oops its not a card its a note pad lol, any how its my turn to set the challenge over at Crafts and Me challenges for this fortnight and i would like to see your Monochrome creations, now for my note pad i've used one of the new stamps that will be available soon at Crafts and Me she's called Fragile Heart and i think she's so pretty don't you?.
As you can see i've gone for blue monochrome with this one


Here's a picture of it open i made this one for my lovely daughter Keely and she loves it, even though she's not one little bit crafty she does enjoy the bits i make for her thankfully and i cant wait till our little Lexi is bigger then i can make her some crafty bits too.



Items used
Fragile Heart available soon at Crafts and Me
Martha Stewart Butterfly punch HERE at Crafts and Me
Flowers from Wild Orchid crafts
Papers are Bearly Mine Designer extreme vol3.

Challenges i'm entering
By The Cute and Girly Bling it on
The Secret Crafter With Love
Stamping for the Weekend New and Blue (New stamp)
C.R.A.F.T Moving components.
Flutterby Wednesday Open week.
Creative Crafts Monochrome
I think that's it for now enjoy the rest of your day and take care.

Bearly Mine Challenge *2*

Good morning folks i hope that you are well and having a good week so far, just how fast are the weeks going to fast for my liking lol.

Anyway it's time for another challenge over at Bearly Mine challenges and i would just like to thank all of you lovely peeps that joined us for our very first challenge, this time the theme is our lovely Doreen's choice and she would like you to follow her recipe 3 Flowers-2 Papers and 1 image, our sponsors this time are:-

Peachy Keen Stamps - $30 Gift Certificate

Bearly Mine Designs - 2 Digi sets of winner's choice

The Paper Shelter - 3 Digi images of winner's choice.



The image i've used is Nina-Patissier on my wall hanger you can get her at The Paper Shelter we were very kindly given images to play with.
The papers are Bearly Mine Digner Extreme Vol-3 the flowers are from wild orchid crafts the ribbon and pearls are from my stash.

The Sketch i've used is Sketch Saturday i'm also entering the Pile It On which is Anything goes, If the Shoe Fits is a picture inspiration,
I cant wait to see what you come up with this time don't forget to visit the other DT blogs to check out their gorgeous creations as i know they would love you to visit them and let know what you think.
This challenge will finish on the 31st January at 8pm.

Well folks that's it from me for now its just gone one in the morning and i'm off to bed lol, take care and have a fab day.

Ladybug Love

Hi folks i hope you've had a great weekend, boy has it been windy here in Essex but at least its dry lol.
Anyways i have a card to share with you this evening using one of the gorgeous Digi stamps that are now available at Crafts and Me this one is called Ladybug Love she is designed by Hannah Lynn she was a dream to colour and i think she is just so pretty don't you?.


As you can see i've gone back to pink rather than blue today so hopefully my blue moods have gone but i don't know how long for though as i seem to go through stages of depression.

I am also entering a couple of challenges
One Stitch At A Time anything goes
Creative Inspirations Celebrate
The Crafty Pad Something New (Digi Image)
TotallyPaperCrafts Birthday
Stamp Something Anything goes
Fussy and Fancy Sketch

Items used
Ladybug Love image
copic markers to colour
Martha Stewart Butterfly punch from Crafts and Me
Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
Ribbon and pearls are from my stash.
Papermania Summer Bloom papers
Thank you so much for looking and any comments you leave. Take care.

One for the Guys at One Stop

Good morning folks i hope you are all well and enjoying your weekend so far, its Saturday so that means a new Challenge over at The One Stop Craft Challenge blog and this week its my turn to set the challenge and i know some of you are going to hate me for this, because i want to see a card for a male, well i have two of my brothers birthdays in the next three weeks lol.

Our sponsor for this week is Stichy Stamps and we were given some images to play with, here's my card and i hope you can join us this week.



Challenges i'm entering
Crafty Cardmakers red and a die-cut
Cupcake Crafts Something new image and paper
Everybody Art Fabulous sketch

Items used
Stitchy stamp
Bearly Mine papers (love dreams)
The stars are die-cuts
The pearls are from my stash.

Well folks that's it for now i hope you have a fab weekend whatever your doing take care.

Time for Cake

Good evening folks i hope you are all keeping well and fully recovered from Christmas and New Year celebrations, well its been wet and windy all day here in Essex.
I have a card to show you this evening but i must say i don't know why i have gone for blue again!!!perhaps that's how i am feeling at the minute i think its having mil here you don't have no private time at all and i think its just getting to me a little at the moment, oh my does that sound bad?, i think an early night might be in order perhaps i'll feel better tomorrow(fingers crossed)any way back to my card I've used one of oh so sweet lili of the valley stamps and i cant wait for my new ones to come this one's called Rosie with Cake.


I'm also entering a couple of challenges with this card
Simon Says Stamp is the fab sketch
Cute Card Thursday Monochrome
Creative Inspirations photo inspiration
Stampavie and More Glitter
PaperPlay Cutie Patootie.

Items used
Rosie with Cake from Lili of the Valley
Papers are mixture of Bearly mine and another i cant remember lol
Martha Stewart 3 in one hydrangea-punch from Crafts and Me
Ribbon and pearls are from my stash.

Well i think that's it for challenges but thanks for stopping by its always very much appreciated.