Diamonds and pearls....

Yeah right, chance would be a fine thing! The diamonds and pearls are the theme at Lili's Little Fairies this week. I'm a bit late so I'll have to come back later and tell you what I used!

I used :-
Image :- LOTV.
DP :- Marianne designs.
Colouring :- Promarkers.
Gems, pearls, lace and Nellie Snellen flower punch.

Other challenges:-
Stampin' for the weekend :- Sparkle and shine. Pile it on :- Sparkle and shine. Sketch Saturday :- Sketch.

Thanks for looking and I'll catch up later.

Mudpie's Cake!

Hi everyone, me again. Most unusual for me to post twice in the one day!! If you want to see my DT card for Totally Gorjuss please scroll down. I thought I'd show you another of the cards I made the other day. I was thinking about the House Mouse & Friends challenge which is use a recipe or a recipe card and thinking I couldn't enter but when I checked my stamps I found this image! Cute isn't it?

I used :-

Image :- House Mouse - Mudpie's Cake.

DP :- First Edition - Summer Breeze.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Sentiment :- Hero Arts.

Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Retro flower punch, pearls, ribbon.

I'm entering the following challenges too :-

Creative Card Crew :- Anything Goes.

Stamp Something :- Anything Goes.

Colour Create :- Pink, brown, cream, white.

Stampin' for the Weekend :- Tickled Pink.

Craft Your Days Away :- Make Your Own Flowers.

I think that's all lol! I've still got another 2 cards that I never got round to posting but I'll do that soon.

I went to a crop today at my local craft shop. We have one every 4 weeks and there can be up to 11 of us but for one reason and another there were only 4 of us this time. Funnily enough we all seemed to get lots done today. We might tell the others that they're a bad influence lol! In truth we probably did as much chatting as usual. I think I was just a bit more organised than usual and I was pretty chuffed to get five Christmas cards made!

Thanks for looking and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Totally Gorjuss 94 - Cute and Cuddly.

Good morning everyone and thank goodness it's the weekend at last! I had to work on my day off on Thursday and was off on Friday instead. Lucky for me it was a lovely day even though I was inside most of the day. Having to work on Thursday was a pain in the neck at work as it was so quiet and all I could think of was the things I could have done if I hadn't been stuck there with nothing to do except try to read the papers.

This week at Totally Gorjuss our theme is "cute and cuddly", we'd like to see animals on your cards. Easy isn't it? And to really make you happy we're sponsored by Simon Says Stamp and you know what yummy goodies you can find there!

I used :-

Image :- Penny Black.

Sentiment and Card Candi :- Craftwork Cards.

DP :- First Edition - Festive Treats.

Colouring :- Promarkers.

Lace :- Ribbon Girl.

Martha Stewart punch, Glamour Dust, Nesties & Sakura clear glitter gel pen.

I'm entering the following challenges :-
Creative Inspirations Wednesday Challenge :- Use a favourite stamp - this is one of my favourite Penny Black Christmas stamps.
Truly Scrumptious :- Lace it up.
Paperplay :- 3 different embellishments - snowflakes, card candi and lace; 2 DP and 1 lace.
Totally Papercrafts :- Christmas in August.
Stampin' for the Weekend :- Holidays.

I hope you like. Thanks for looking and enjoy your weekend.

Totally Gorjuss - 88 - Summer!

Good morning everyone. Doesn't Saturday come around really quickly just now? Or is it just me? Time for another easy challenge over at Totally Gorjuss. Time to look out your lovely summery images or DP or flowers, whatever says summer to you. This week we're sponsored by Crafters' Companion and with all the lovely new goodies they have instore who wouldn't like to win?

This cute Penny Black image says Summer to me! I love poppies and butterflies.

I used :-

Image :- Penny Black Poppy Fields.
Colouring :- Promarkers.

Card Candi :- Craftwork Cards.

Cuttlebug embossing folders and ribbon.

I'm entering the following challenges with this card :-

Truly Scrumptious :- Things with Wings.
Stamp Something :- Something with bugs or butterflies.
Stampin' for the Weekend :- Wings and Things.
Charisma :- All about Flowers.
By the Cute and Girly :- Things with Wings.
Penny Black at Allsorts :- Flower Power.

Hope you like! I'll try to get round some of my favourite blogs in the afternoon after work. I'm going to a wedding reception this evening so if I don't see you today I'll see you tomorrow.

Thanks for looking and enjoy your weekend. 

New Beginnings.

Hi everyone, I think I'm getting back to crafting again!

Today I've got a quick baby card I made to add to my box.

I've just made it very plain and simple. Aren't these Penny Black hedgies so cute?

I used :-

Image and sentiment :- Penny Black from a lovely new set of clear stamps.

DP :- Craft Creations.

Flower :- Prima edged with Promarker.

Gems :- Hobby House.

Card Candy :- Craftwork Cards.

Ribbon from stash.

I'm going to enter the following challenges :-

Simon Says Stamp :- New Beginnings.
Sketch and Stash :- Sketch. New stamps and everything else is old stash.
Penny Black :- New Beginnings.
Stampin' for the Weekend :- New and Blue.
Pollycraft :- Use something new. New stamps.
Cupcake :- Something New.
Craft Your Days Away :- Anything goes.
Passion for Promarkers :- Baby Cards.

Hope you like and I'll try to catch up with you all later.

Thanks for looking and if you've got time to tell me what you think I'd love to hear from you.

Just Cute Bears # 32 Embossing.

Good morning everyone and it's time for another challenge over at Just Cute Bears. This week we'd like to see some embossing on your card. You could do heat embossing or dry embossing, either with embossing folders or a light box. It's up to you, whatever you prefer. I have to admit to loving my embossing folders.

Thanks to everyone who joined us last week for our colour challenge. I love pink and brown together and you seemed to like that colour combo too. There were some beautiful cards.

This week I was in Christmas mode so I thought I'd make a Christmas card for Just Cute Bears too. Don't you just love the new Christmas images from Lili of the Valley?

I used :-

Image :- LOTV diecut.

DP :- Memory Box - Mistletoe.

Card Candy and Sentiment :- Craftwork Cards.

Snowflake :- Martha Stewart punch

Card candy and edges of snowflakes coloured with Promarker.

Swiss dots embossing folder.

Stickles, Sakura glitter gel pen and Ice White Pearl Pen.

I quite like this card so when I was at a crop at my local craft shop yesterday I made another 5. All slightly different. I also coloured in 6 images so at least I'm making a start on my Christmas cards. We had a lovely time at the crop. We've been meeting about every 4 weeks since last September and we always have fun. Everyone took something - sweet, savoury, paper plates sweets and crisps. We had sandwiches, quiche, sausage rolls etc; trifle, cake, meringues plus traybakes and tablet. Yummy. I took carrot cake and rocky road. It's a surprise we got any work done with all the eating and chatting.

I'm also entering the following challenges :-

Sketch and Stash :-Sketch and new stash - DP.

Stampin for the Weekend :- Anything goes.

The Secret Crafter :- Make a Start on Christmas.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and if you have a holiday tomorrow hope the weather is fine.