Monday, 9 August 2010

Sweet Danni and Bella

Not much time for creating right now :-( so lots of combining for my card above ;-) I have created my card for:

A Spoon Full of Sugar
Where you will find the fabulous below sketch created by Sonja.



Ok... so this is my own challenge ;-) but I just wanted to show off the new player blinkie :-) You can grab yours now over at the blog!

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Monthly Challenge
Mag is asking you to add a Vintage touch to your creations this month.
Be sure to play as there is a £25 store voucher up for grabs! Plus each month I am looking for a Guest Designer to play along with us!

Wags 'n Whiskers
Our challenge is hosted by Chris and her topic is called Triple Play.
Use 3 of something on your card. It could be 3 techniques, 3 Patterned Pappers, 3 Buttons or Flowers, an image with 3 characters (like Furry Friends), or just 3 elements. As always one lucky participant will win a Wags 'n Whiskers stamp of their choice!

The image on my card is Wags 'n Whiskers Sweet Danni and Bella which is stamp designed featuring my daughter and her kitty. This image is available in rubber or digi format. I have coloured with copic markers and added some of my favourite sparkles - star dust stickles. The green Paper is from Basic Grey Origins. I have used some of the gorgeous Vintage White Lace, 4mm Flat back Pearls & 5mm Acrylic Gems. I am loving the new Marianne D Doily Die's and you can be sure to see me using this over and over again! The flower under my snowflake is also part of this fabulous set.

Well if your looking for a challenge to play along with be sure to check out the above links. There is tons of inspiration to admire too!

Have a wonderful week!

Hugs,



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Sunday, 1 August 2010

High Hopes Challenge - Use your favourite Embellishment

We're back from our Summer break and raring to go! Our new challenge over at the High Hopes blog has just started and this week we are asking you to use your favourite embellishment. A nice and easy challenge so a great excuse to ink up your favourite HH stamps too!

I am sure you know that my favourite embellishment is my flat back pearls... I can't remember the last card I made when I didn't use them! lol I also used two of my favourite Martha Stewart Punches - Classic Butterfly and Heart Lace Edger.

The sweet image is Puppy Love Frame. This stamp is so versatile and I inked up the images without his frame. My puppy is stamped in Memento onto Concord Record card and coloured with Prismcolor Pencils with sansodor and paper stumps to blend... also adding my favourite stickles Star Dust. The papers are Basic Grey Green at Heart. Do you love the pretty frame...? this is Nellie's Choice Die - Multi round. All items in orange can be found in my store including tons more High Hopes Stamps!!!

Hope you can play along with us and remember each challenge you have the chance of winning a fabulous High Hopes stamp of your choice! Be sure to pop over to the blog for oodles of inspiration from the rest of the team!

Also I just wanted to mention that for all you Tilda fans there is a new challenge over at the Totally Tilda Challenge blog. I can't wait to play along with this one!

Have a wonderful Sunday!
Hugs,


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Saturday, 24 July 2010

Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge - In Stitches

Our new Wags 'n Whiskers challenge is underway and this week our fabulous guest Melanie is asking us for you to use either real or fake stitches somewhere on your card or paper project. I chose the fake option :-) I do love real stitching on cards but am not very confident with my machine... no time these days to practice. As you can see I chose a stitched ribbon and the buttons also have a stitching detail.

The cute image is from our newest release and is called Buddy's Balloon. Buddy has been coloured with copic markers with a little added prisma pencil to finish. The papers are a mixture of Bo Bunny and SEI Happy Day and Jocelyn. Had to pop on some flat back pearls also... no card is complete with out them! lol

My girls started their Summer holiday yesterday so lots of fun days planned, parties, friends to catch up with, a trip down to Cornwall to visit my Mum and a few films to watch at the cinema. We can't wait to see Toy Story.

Hope you can play along with us. Each challenge you have the chance to win a Wags 'n Whiskers stamp of your choice :-)

Hope your having a great weekend. Just about to watch Twilight New Moon as Zoe hasn't seen it before.

Hugs,


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Sunday, 11 July 2010

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge - Summer Days

Our new challenge over at Bunny Zoe's Craft blog has just started and this month the lovely Mina is asking to see our Summer inspired creations. As soon as I see Mina's challenge I knew I had to have a little play and an attempt at another scrapbook page. I have such great memories of meeting my friend Lacey and her family in Florida this May that I wanted to put some of my favourite photo's together of our day at Deerfield Beach. I am sure this won't be the last as it would be fun to create a layout for our fun Disney days too!

I had to have one of these TGF Sunshine kits as soon as they arrived in store as I love Anya. There are so many great accesories and sentiments too. Anya is coloured with Copic Markers. The papers are Crate Paper - Paper Dolls. They are fantastic quality and come with a couple of sheets of die cuts too. Also lots of fabulous buttons, gems and flat back pearls to finish.


Lacey's adorable son Ryan. Both Ryan and Ansley loved posing for the camera unlike my two! And here are a few more pictures.....

Oh to be back in Florida now... better get saving for our next trip!

Ok.. back to the challenge.... We had so many fabulous entries for our first challenge... we hope you will come back and play with us again! The BZ's DT have some awesome samples to inspire you! These girls rock!

As before you have the chance to join us as a future guest and this month we have not one but two great prizes!

Have a great week,

Hugs


Friday, 9 July 2010

Wags 'n Whiskers Punch it and Digi Release

Our new challenge over at the Wags 'n Whisker blog is hosted by the wonderful Karen and is called Punch it! Add a punched or die cut element. I thought I would have another try at creating an LO. When I first saw the cute design Let's Go Team I knew she would go perfectly with these pictures of my girls larking around on their trampoline playing dress-up.

My punched elements are from Martha Stewart Doily Lace Trim and Classic Butterfly. The text are die cuts from the Crate Paper - Paper Dolls Collection. The papers are also Crate Paper - Brook. Couldn't help but add more colour with lots of co-ordinating buttons.

Today we also released the last two stamp releases into Digital Stamps! Now you can purchase Let's Play and Fun in the Sun in rubber and Digi format :-)


Hope you can play along with us. Don't forget that our DT call is still open and you can check out more details HERE.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Hugs,