Love and marriage!

 Well I told you something good was happening at Ladybug Crafts Ink and today you get to see what it is!!

Kerry has released 6 gorgeous new digis called LOVE AND MARRIAGE and to celebrate this and the fact that its our first year anniversary, the design team are all giving away some candy!!

The digis will be sold at £1.75 each or get the whole lot for £9!! 

Now to get your hands on this candy you need to join in the hop, display the badge in your sidebar and take part in the challenge. All the info is available HERE.

If you have joined me for the hop from Amanda then you are on the right track if not then why not go HERE and have some fun.

Each of the design team were given two images to play with and this is what I made with mine.

I would like to enter the card into

Allsorts - anything but square (this is an a5 card)

2 sisters - ribbon

Paper Sundaes - rectangle

One stitch at a time - use a digi

 I made a little bag which could be used for Wedding cake as a take home box:) isn't the cake just delicious. I printed it out a few times and layered it up.

 I added some perfect pearls to give it a big of icing!

I would like to enter this cake box into

Cooking It Up With katie - anything but a card

Moving Along with the Times - food and drink

The Beary Scrap Challenge - your beary best
And here is the candy I am offering to celebrate our blogaversary!

So if you feel like joining the challenge this week the theme is
LOVE AND MARRIAGE or ANYTHING GOES!

Now I best let you get on with the hop.

Your next stop is the fabulous LAURIE!

Have fun and good luck. I will announce the winner of my candy next week.
As you will have read on the main blog we have a few girlies leaving us this week and we are all so sad about it:( Amanda, MaryJ and Hayley, it has been great working along side you all.

Snow much fun and a bargain!

Our challenge this week is a bit different as we have all used the same stamp this week. I wonder why you ask? Well Kerry is running a special so for this month you can buy this particular stamp at half price!

The challenge at Ladybug Crafts Ink is NO PATTERNED PAPERS chosen by the lovely Julie. Easy or what!! Thanks Julie lol.

Well to be honest it was easy especially using this stamp as it so suits embossed white card:)

Image - Nikki and Buttercup running in snow

Papers - embossed card from stash

Embellishments - bias binding, snowflake die, gems, charm, glitter

Medium - coloured with promarkers

Be sure and get yourself over to Ladybug Crafts Ink this month and grab this bargain:)

I would like to enter this into

Winter Wonderland - how charming

Cardmadfairy - too early for Christmas?

Sparkles Forum Christmas -something that sparkles

Pile it on - do it for fun

Bling it on - no patterned papers

Woodward USA - anything goes

Folded Fall!

We have a lovely challenge for you this week over at LADYBUG CRAFTS INK chosen by the fabulous AMANDA. She wants you all to produce a project with either fall colours or fancy folds or both! I went for both as I am a sucker for punishments lol. Don't forget to check out the Magnum digis too:)

Image - Teddybear Robyn
Papers - from DCWV floral pad and card from Crafters Companion
Embellishments - used gorgeous felt from LCI, brads, marianne dies, leaf punches, ribbon
Medium - image is coloured using promarkers

I would like to enter this into
Really Reasonable Ribbons - autumn creations
Ready Teddy Go - autumn colours
Woodware USA - happy fall
Incy Wincy - fancy folds
Cupcake Craft Challenge - if you go down to the woods today
Marianne Design Divas - flowers
Whoopsi Daisy - make your own embellishments (made the flowers from felt and dies)
Crafty Catz - autumn
Let's Craft and Create - fun with felt

Ladybug Crafts Ink goes DIGITAL

Yes its true, Ladybug Crafts Ink has gone DIGITAL! How cool is that! And to celebrate we are having a hop!!

But that's not all, we want you to join our challenge this week too and because the new release digis are all Magnum the theme for the challenge is

 ANIMALS!

If you are here for the blog hop and have arrived from  Mary J then you are on the right track.

If you just happened upon my blog and want to join the fun then start HERE.

So here is my card. I got to play with the Magnum digi called MISSED A BIT. Its a great digi and I drew a fence behind him and added some clouds to create a little scene.

The sentiment is one I made up myself:)

I added some raffia, card candi and used an embossing folder. The papers are from DCWV.

So lets get on with the hop. Your next stop is none other than our fabulous boss Kerry.

Good luck everyone on the hop and remember you could win some fab new images just by joining the fun!

Prizes will be: 

First prize... the whole release ie

Remote Control, Cat Flu, Missed a bit, Add-On Magnum, and all the Christmas Add-Ons!

The main images ie Cat Flu, Remote Control, Missed a Bit and Add On Magnum are £2 each. There are 14 Add Ons in total. The baubles in one lot (6) for £1.50, the tree £1.50 and each of the remaining 7 Add Ons at £1.25 each. If you fancy treating yourself to all the new digis Kerry is having a brilliant special offer just for this week ie  £16.00 for everything!

And 5 prizes of one digi each

I would like to enter this into

Simon says - film title  The lawnmower man

Willow Sketchie - followed Anne-Marie's sketch
Creatalicious Challenge - anything goes
Cardmadfairy - lots of layers
The Corrosive Challenge - punches and/or dies
The Ribbon Girl - greens and browns
Craft your Passion - occupational hazzards (gardener)
Kaboodle - lots of layers

Fun at 40!

Its Tuesday and that means time for a challenge from TOTALLY LADYBUG CRAFTS INK. It was amazing reading all the lovely comments on the blog hop last week! Remember to check if you were a winner!
This week we have a challenge from the lovely Michele and its FLOWERS. Flowers on your card, in your paper, anywhere you want actually!
I used my lovely Nikki stamp, I love all the Nikki stamps:) but find this one so useful!
Image - Birthday Nikki
Papers - free with a magazine (I know aren't they gorgeous)
Medium - coloured with promarkers and distress inks on the paper
Embellishments - my louvre flowers, leaf punch, nestie circle, velvet ribbon from Crafty Ribbons
I would like to enter this into
Willow Sketchie - followed Clairebears sketch
Southern Girls - lots of layers and/or birthday
The Cheerful Stamper - lets reuse (made the flowers from my old louvre blinds, coloured with distress inks)
Lollipop Crafts - eyelets or brads used brads in the flowers
Craft your Passion - use the F word (flowers, forty)
The Crazy Challenge - birthdays
Everybody Art challenge - flowers
Top Tip - birthday time

Ladybugs have gone wrinkly!

Over at Ladybug Crafts Ink we are now back to weekly  for the time being  and to start the weekly challenges we have a blog hop to celebrate a new release of  WRINKLY STAMPS (  these images  are so much fun) .

There are lots of chances to win a prize!!

Just

a) Visit each of the DT members in order and leave a comment on each of their blog hop posts.

b)  leave a comment on the challenge blog stating which is your most favourite of the new images once you have finished the hop.

c) Display the blog hop banner which is at the top of this post on your blog, either in a post or on your side bar.

The First Prize is the full set of all 6 stamps

 and then 3 runners up will receive one stamp of their choice from the new release.

So onto the Hop!

If you have arrived here unexpectedly and want to take part in the hop then go to the challenge blog and follow the list:)

If you are on the hop then you should have arrived here from  MICHELE (who makes us all laugh) and your  next stop after me is the fabulous SUE 

Now onto my card where the theme is ANYTHING GOES!

I used the lovely stamp set called GROW OLD WITH ME WRINKLEY 

I paper pieced the sofa and coloured the rest with promarkers.

The papers are from Basic Grey Wisteria Pad and some burgundy from my stash.

I used a MS punch, Marianne Die and some ribbon.

The sentiments are from the same stamp pack! You get 3 sentiments in there!!

Hope you all get time to join in. And if you are not lucky enough to win

you can still enjoy the stamps at a discount price as the stamps will be on sale from today for £5.99 ( Normal RRP £6.99)  till next Tuesday

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Catz - monochromatic

Designed2delight - wedding or anniversary

Sweet stampin Challenge - no birthdays

Stamptacular Sunday - the sky's the limit

The Pretty Little Ribbon challenge - monochrome and ribbon

Oh La La challenge - anniversary

Nikki loves to shop!

Don't forget to enter our challenge over at LADYBUG CRAFTS INK which is use your favourite stamp!

Apologies for the terrible photo, the weather here is terrible and its has been dark for 3 days now:( so this is the best I could get. Unfortunately the card is delivered so can't take another photo.
Image - Ladybug crafts Ink I love all the Nikki stamps:)
Papers - Bearly Mine, gold mirri
Embellishments - numbers, flower, die cut present, glitter, ribbon
Medium - coloured with promarkers

I would like to enter this into
Midnight Madness - followed their lovely sketch
Bearly-Mine Challenge - charm the spots off me
Passion for ProMarkers - divas with glam and glitter
Divas by Design - birthdays
Crafty Ann's challenge - scallops and fancy borders
Crafty Catz - emboss it

Ladybugs are back!

SALE NOW ON

Buy one stamp get one 1/2 price (lesser value 1/2 price) and

FREE WORLD WIDE POSTAGE!!!

Where did July go! We had loads of lovely entries to our summer birthdays challenge, check out Ladybug Crafts Ink to see if you were a winner!!

This month we want you to use your favourite stamp! That's a hard one isn't it lol!

My favourite, at the minute has to be any of the Nikki stamps so I went with this little one. This is what I should be doing during the summer instead of trying to cope with builders, barking dog, lazy kids etc etc:(
Ok moan over, feel better already;)

Image - Martini Nikki

Papers - Hot off the Press

Embellishments - stitching, card candi, ribbon

Medium - coloured with promarkers

I would like to enter this into

The Paper Shelter - anything goes

Fab n Funky - class of colours

Cupcake Inspirations - photo inspiration (used purple and lime)

Fashionable Stamping Challenge - anything goes (stamped)

Sparkles Forum - one for the girls

Woodware USA - anything goes

Just a little orange?

Its the fabulous MaryJ's turn to host the challenge this week at Ladybug Crafts Ink and we all know how much she loves ORANGE so naturally she has challenged us all to use some on our projects this week:)

I have to say I really do love working with orange, depending on the papers of course lol.

Image - Used one of my favourites COFFEE NIKKI

Papers - We R Memory Keepers

Embellishments - MS star punch, stars, ribbon, corners

Medium - coloured with promarkers

Hope you all get time to join the challenge, you could win a lovely Ladybug Stamp for your trouble:) and don't forget to check out the web shop for all the gorgeous stuff Kerry has available!

I would like to enter this into

Creative belli Blog - the letter S - stars

Stampavie and more - ribbons

Card Making Mamas - 1image, 2pps, 3 different embellishments (stars, ribbon, corners)

Frosted Designs - use ribbon or twine

paper Sundaes - birthdays

Really Reasonable Ribbons - anything goes

Ladybug colour challenge

Its Ladybug Tuesday again so time for another lovely challenge at Ladybug Crafts Ink for you all to join. This week its BLACK, WHITE plus ONE other colour as chosen by the lovely Hayley.
I loved this challenge and went for lots of spots and dots again this week:) along with this cute little stamp. It reminds me of when I was young and my Mum would bake big pink cakes and it wasn't even anyone's birthday;) yum!!

Image - Birthday cake Robyn
Sentiment - from Ladybug crafts Ink
Papers - from my left over box:)
Embellishments - ribbon, card candy and glitter
Medium - coloured with promarkers
I would like to enter this into
Sketch Saturday - followed their lovely sketch
One Stop Craft Challenge - birthdays
Sweet Stampin challenge - childhood memories
The Crafty Pad - spots and dots
Moving along with the times - have some cake
My Mum's craft Shop - cute and girly
I Love ProMarkers - song title (Happy Birthday!)
Make it Monday - linky party
Die Cut Dreams - princess birthday