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A card for an avid reader!

Image - Stamp from Ladybird Crafts Ink (sadly not in existence any more)

Papers - Nitwits and an old novel

Embellishments - card candi

Medium - promarkers

I am entering this into

Dream Valley - anything goes

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Southern Girls - patterned papers

Aud Sentiments - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Fussy and fancy - female birthday

Brown Sugar - anything goes

Craft your passion - anything goes

Creative Corner - words

Can't believe the weekend is upon us again! We had a lovely few days of sunshine and I took some time to sit out in the garden and enjoy it. Unfortunately the cold is supposed to be heading our way again tomorrow. The local kids are making their first holy communion tomorrow so I hope they at least get some sunshine for that. We have the wedding to attend next Saturday so here's hoping its not too cold for that!

I have a question for you ladies around my age or older (56). What foundation do you recommend for our age group? I want to invest in a new one but not sure what to go for.

Have a great weekend.

Make a wish

Quick post!

Image - Ladybug Crafts Ink stamp

Papers - Nitwits

Medium - promarlers

Embellishments - candle stickers

I am entering this into

Inspiration Destination - anything goes

Crafty  Gals Corner - anything goes

Creative Moments - anything goes

Crafting by designs - anything goes

Craft rocket challenge - happy anything

Creative Knockouts - anything goes

Southern Girls - one for the girls

A Gem of a challenge - female birthday

613 Avenue - birthday/anniversary

I have been missing from blogland all week as my nose has been stuck at my craft desk working on wedding invitations for my niece. I am nearly finished now. Waiting on some kraft card to arrive to finish the outer shell of the evening invitations. Its exhausting work, especially as my order book is filling up behind my back lol. But there is light at the end of the tunnel and I will get round and check you all out soon. Have a great week.

Sending a special welcome to my latest follower, the lovely LAU. She is one super talented lady so please do check her blog out!! Thanks for following me Lau.

A day for cake!

Time for another Ladybug Crafts Ink challenge and this time its BIRTHDAYS! Chosen by the lovely Michele is is birthday mad!!

I made this for my sister's birthday coming up next month and I used one of my favourite stamps!

Image - Make a wish Nikki

Papers - Kanban and black card from stash

Embellishments - tulle,spellbinders dies, punched flowers, gems, brads and card candi

Medium - coloured with promarkers

I would like to enter this into

Cute Card Thursday - metallic (two brads)

Allsorts - followed Emma's lovely sketch

Card Makin Mamas - getting girlie

The Squirrel and the Fox - food

Addicted to stamps - cakes and/or stitching

Cupcake Craft challenge - material girl (tulle)

The Crazy Challenge - feminine/girlie
Craft your passion - photo inspiration (colours, shapes and girlie)
Passion for Promarkers - cut it out 

Shape up!

Sally has chosen the them this time at Ladybug Crafts Ink and she wants to see a square, a circle and a triangle in your design! I was making this card for my nephew who has recently past his driving test and is just made about cars! So I stalked Kerry and got myself this lovely image called FIRST CAR. Perfect for Cormac!
Image - First car from The Teenagers range
Papers - old ones from my stash
Embellishments - printed out some triangles for his name, added the dictionary definition, nestie circle
Medium - he is coloured with promarkers
I would like to enter this into
ABC DT - anything goes
Joanna Sheen - it's a man's world
Love to Create - Birthday
Polka Doodles - big birthdays
Scrapbook Sisters - Dad/men birthday
Digital Tuesday - birthdays

Well I have moved into my new craft room but the whole house is a mess. I am completely congested with all the dust and its a long slog to get the house back in order. We changed our old kitchen into two rooms, a craft room and a snug. My old craft room is becoming my eldest son's bedroom, his bedroom is becoming my middle son's bedroom and his bedroom is now my utility room! Can you keep up. So as you can imagine the whole house is in chaos. Luckily the dump was open yesterday and we got rid of a lot of stuff. I have filled two large bags with craft stuff for my friend who runs a baby minding agency and my hubby has taken a lot for his class in school. But I still have tons and still complain about lack of storage yet I have wall to wall cube storage! I will take a photo soon, when I get it looking a bit tidier lol. We lost our internet as we had to move the computers to the new room and get it all rewired etc. So thankfully I got back on in time to do this post!
Thanks for dropping by and I hope you all had a lovely Easter break.


PS. forgot to mention there is a sale on, read below for info:)

Spots and stripes!

I thought I wasn't going to get to post today at all. We lost our phone and internet connection at lunch time yesterday but thankfully it arrived back at 9pm:) Let's hope it stays here! On the home front my craft room is being plastered as we speak;) very excited!!

Back to the job in hand lol. Its time for a new challenge at LADYBUG  CRAFTS INK and this week Diane has chosen the challenge and its SPOTS and STRIPES! I had the perfect papers for this one and of course went with one of my favourite Nikki stamps!

Image - Shopping Nikki

Papers - We R Memory Keepers

Embellishments - pearls and gorgeous striped ribbon from HERE

Medium - coloured with promarkers

I would like to enter this into

Lollipop Crafts - anything goes

Crafts and Me - light airy spring colours

Paperplay - spring colours

Stampin for the weekend - anything goes

Totally Gorjuss - spots and stripes

Sweet stampin - anything goes

PanPastel Uk - bright colours

Teen reveal!

Today it is my turn to reveal my TEENS IMAGES which are now available at Ladybug Crafts Ink

First up is COMPUTER GEEK! He has been coloured with promarkers, the papers are from my stash and along with some pound shop black paper. I finished with a piece of string and a metal swirl. I think this is such a great image to have in your stash! 

Next up is WHISPERING WALL!

Another great image to have, don't you think. I used lovely sparkly papers from DCWV for this one. The image is coloured with promarkers. I finished with some graffiti, a bit of raffia and a lovely orange flower.The sentiment is one I got from Mary J's candy.

REMEMBER IF YOU LEAVE A COMMENT ON THE CHALLENGE BLOG YOU WILL BE IN WITH A CHANCE OF WINNING ONE OF THE NEW IMAGES!

I would like to enter Computer Geek into

Crafting when we can - one for the boys

Sketchy Colours - brown and silver

The Crazy Challenge - use green or recycle (recycled the piece of string)

Tuesday Throwdown - use items from neglected stash (old papers, string, metal swirl)
My Mum's Craft Shop - let's go digital

I would like to enter Gossip Girl into

Digital Tuesday - life is peachy (used peachy colours)

Everybody art - friendship

Party Time Tuesday - blue brown cream and buttercup

Love to Create - anything goes

Pink and girly!

It was lovely to see so many joining in the hop last week, be sure and check the Ladybug Crafts Ink blog to see if you were a winner! This week the theme was chosen by our lovely Catherine and she wants to see
PINK and GIRLY!
Brilliant challenge, who doesn't like pink and girly, well besides Tams lol.
I had a card to make for a girl who and because it was an a4 card I decided to go with 3 images:0 I love these 3 Nikki images together, perfect for a girly card.
Image - Nikki stamps from HERE
Papers - from my stash
Embellishments - machine stitching, gems, glitter, nestie circles, raffia and paper roses
Medium - coloured with promarkers
I would like to enter this into
The paper Shelter - add a sentiment
Divas by Design - bling it up
Just Inspirational - anything goes
Willow Sketchie - anything goes
Totally Gorjuss - yummy
Allsorts - anything goes
Paper Sundaes - circles
Love to Create - stitching
Top Tip Tuesday - stitching

I will be back later with my Crafty Sentiments card.

Floral Delights!

Hello everyone - well it's a big day today  at the Ladybug Crafts Ink Challenge blog! Kerry has a new release of Digi Images and we are having a Blog Hop to celebrate!!

There are lots of chances to win a prize!!

Firstly the Hop.. All the DT have not only had to use the challenge theme, but they have also each used one of the new images. There are 9 in total. (None of us have seen each others cards either so I can't wait to hop either!)

Here are the rules of the Hop 

a) Visit each of the DT members in order and leave a comment on each of their blog hop posts.
b) There will be a LETTER on the challenge blog and on each of the DT's blogs -  At the end of the hop the letters you have collected will spell a word. Email  lcichallengeblog@aol.com with the word you have spelt .
c) Display the blog hop banner on your blog, either in a post or on your side bar.

So if you have arrived her from the lovely  Pam then you are on the right track. If not go back to the Challenge blog. The letter you need to collect from me ...if you haven't already guessed...is  S

So I had better let you see my card after suffering through all that lol

I was really happy when I got my image, this is just gorgeous and so lovely to colour. I teamed it up with some papers from a Nitwit's collection and used some paper flowers, silver card candi, a watering can and machine stitching. The sentiment is computer generated. I coloured it all with promarkers and chalks. I am dying to know what you think of my card so please leave a comment:)

Now its time to hop on and your next stop is the lovely  Laurie

Happy hopping and good luck.

I would like to enter my card into

Incy Wincy - 3 embellies, 2 papers, 1 image

For the Love of crafting - blooming gorgeousness

Allsorts - free and easy

Totallypapercrafts - rainbow colours

Just Inspirational - photo inspiration

Love is.....

We are back with another lovely challenge for you over at LADYBUG CRAFTS INK and this time the theme was chosen by the lovely Julie

LOVES ME, LOVES ME NOT

So basically something with a love theme:)

We have a few changes for the prizes this time round so be sure and check out the news on the challenge blog!

Kerry has lots of exciting things happening very soon!! So keep checking back.
We also have 3 new permanent members joining our team, so welcome SALLY, DIANE and CATHERINE. They have been our guest designers and were so brilliant we just had to keep them:)

For my card I went with a funny romantic theme.
Tip: look at your stamps and think outside the box, it surprising how many different ways you can use them!
Parts of the stamp, decoupage the image, make it quirky by adding a funny sentiment!

Image -Guilty Jack

Papers - red and white card from stash

Embellishments - felt flowers, marianne die, brads, embossing folder

Medium - coloured with promarkers

Sentiment - handwritten Love is.... straight from the garden!

I would like to enter this into

Cards for men - seeing red

Simon Says - anything goes

Hotshot Craft - flowers

Totally Gorjuss - KISS

Willow Sketchie - followed Shell's sketch

Sentimental Sundays - dry embossing

Paper Sundaes - valentine's

Stamps R Us - valentine/love
Top Tip - valentine card

Here is a little hint of what's coming soon!! Grab the badge and display in your sidebar, you won't be sorry.

Thanks for stopping by.

Teed off!

Was going to say good morning and noticed its after 12 already. Have been to the doctor's this morning as I took a pretty bad asthma attack last night and feel a lot off colour today. He has put me on an antibiotic as the infection I had from Christmas hadn't fully cleared up, so hopefully I will recover soon. My chest is so sore after the episode last night though:(

I have a card to show today that I made for my son's birthday yesterday. He is golf mad as some of you know so I got this cute little digi image from Kerry at Ladybug Crafts Ink (thanks Kerry) and he had a good laugh at it.
Image - Magnum and Lily - Fore
Papers - freebies
Medium - coloured with promarkers
I would like to enter it into
CRAFT - use numbers
Nadia's Challenge - boy card/stamp
Hooked on craft - something bright (papers)
Celebrate the Occasion - masculine birthday

Remember all cling stamps are HALF PRICE at Ladybug Crafts Ink for the month of January!!

Bow crazy!

Time for a new challenge over at Ladybug Crafts Ink and this week Sue choose the challenge theme and she wants to see BOWS! One bow or lots of bows, whatever tickles your fancy!! I played with my new stamp which I bought in the half price sale, yep HALF PRICE on all cling stamps, so get over HERE and grab yourself a bargain!! The car image I had on my computer but not sure where I got it:( The card is for a lady who loves driving her little white car and shopping!

Image - shopping Nikki
Papers - We R Memory Keepers
Embellishments - BOWS, pearls, glitter
Medium - coloured with promarkers

I would like to enter this into
Stampin for the weekend - out with the old (papers are old, image is new)
Stamping Sisters in Christ - use something new (my stamp)
Sparkles Challenge - new crafty goodies (my stamp)
PanPastel - anything goes
The Crazy Challenge - tic tac toe (ribbon, image and pearls)
Incy Wincy - bold and bright
Party Time Tuesdays - birthday card or project

Oh Baby Baby!

Its time for our first challenge of the new year over at LADYBUG CRAFTS INK and this time round we want you to play with all your new stash!! You will also have two whole weeks to join the challenge as we are changing to fortnightly challenges for the time being:)
My new stash is the lovely spellbinders die (one of many) that I got for Christmas. I used one of the gorgeous BABY BABY stamps, coloured with promarkers and glittered. I am coming to the end of my glitter bottle and it spurts out way to much glue at me but I refuse to chuck it till its finished:). The papers are from Me to You spring cd in pink and brown though the brown looks very tan in this photo. I added some stitching round the edges and finished with some hearts and glitter and of course a bow!
I would like to enter this into
Lothian Crafts - pink and brown
Sweet stampin' - new beginnings
The Squirrel and the Fox - something new
By the Cute and Girly - new beginnings
Alota Rubber Stamps - A,B,C (a baby carriage)
Stamping Scrapping Challenge - dies (they have brilliant spellbinder storage over there too)

REMEMBER ALL CLING STAMPS ARE NOW HALF PRICE FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY OVER AT LADYBUG CRAFTS INK! Grab yourself a bargain, I definitely am.

Hugs

Bingo at LCI

Our final challenge of the year has arrived at Ladybug crafts Ink and it has been chosen by the lovely Sue who set us a bingo grid to play with. You have till 2nd January to enter so lots of time.
I stepped outside my box and made a little candle card, my first one ever but so loved making it. I will make the next one a bit bigger though.
Image - Shopping Ruby
Papers - DCWV
Embellishments - nestie circles, felt flowers, brads, punched leaves, pearl, sticker and ribbon
Medium - she is coloured with promarkers
I would like to enter this into
The crazy Challenge - more than one fold
Incy Wincy designs - Christmas with brads
Cute card Thursday - anything goes
Wags n Whiskers - fancy folds
Fairy Tale Challenge - gift or gift box
One Stop Craft - traditional cols
CES Challenge - a traditional Christmas
Top Tip Tuesday - a gift
Anything Goes - anything but a card
Party Time Tuesday - red and green for main colours
Oh la la - anything but a card
Now don't forget there is still the STAMP OF THE MONTH on offer, half price is the best price!!
Thanks for stopping by.

SOTM and challenge!

Our challenge this week at Ladybug Crafts Ink  has been chosen by our fabulous Lisa. She wants to see lots of sparkle and snowflakes!

 The Design team all got to play with the STAMP OF THE MONTH for December. I coloured my image with promarkers and then sprayed it with spray and sparkle which hasn't shown up so well in either pictures. but in real life its is ubber sparkly!! The papers are from DCWV and The Snowman collection. I cut some snowflakes using a Marianne die and added some card candi which I glittered. I finished the card with gorgeous striped ribbon from Ladybug Crafts Ink and some gems.

Well as its December Kerry has another stamp of the month offer for you. Isn't this just a lovely little image! I really enjoyed colouring it.

Why not treat yourself during December, half price is such a bargain!!
We also have 3 lovely guest designers so be sure and stop by and leave them some love:)

I would like to enter my card into

The Cutie Pie Challenge - pastel Christmas card

By The Cute and Girlie - let it snow

Bling it on - Christmas

Craft your passion - anything goes plus glitter

Pan Pastel Uk - the great outdoors

Pile it on - bling it up

Crafty Hazelnut - monochromatic

Christmas cards all year round - anything goes

I Love ProMarkers - snowmen and snowflakes
Top Tip Tuesday - let it snow

Baby glow!

The challenge over at Ladybug Crafts Ink this week was chosen by the lovely  Pam and is WHITE ON WHITE. My card seems to have taken on a lovely pink glow but it is white on white!!
I used the BABY STAMP which you can find here.
Image - Baby Baby stamps
Embellishments - 2 embossing folders, glitter,  pearls, pearl hearts, pearl stars, ribbon, ms star punch, nestie circle, marianne doily die
Medium - she is coloured with promarkers
I would like to enter this into
Totally Gorjuss - lots of sparkle
Sweet Stampin - punches and dies
Cooking it up with Katie - punch, ink and embossing
Sketchy Colours - pink and white
Whoopsi daisy - white on white
Lollipop crafts - b is for (baby, bling)
Stamps R Us - emboss it

Bear hugs!

Totally Ladybug Tuesday again, boy it comes around quick!! This week our challenge over at LADYBUG CRAFTS was chosen by Laurie and she wants to see WINTER BLUES! Nice one Laurie. I decided to stretch myself this week and made a little easel card. I used a sheet of old paper from a few Christmases ago.

Image - Teddy bear Robyn

Papers - DCWV

Embellishments - ribbon, pom poms, sentiment tag, marianne design craftable circle

Medium - she is coloured with copics and promarkers

I would like to enter this into

Stampavie and more - anything but square

Paperplay - shaped card

Polka Doodles - shaped Christmas card

Crafty Catz - snowflakes

CES Challenge - snowflakes

One Stop crafts - blue

The Crazy challenge - shaped cards

Ready Teddy Go - take it easel

Lothian Crafts - Christmas

GUEST DESIGNER ALERT!

Kerry is looking for 3 guest designers for December so if you fancy giving it a go all you have to do is enter the challenge and put GD by your name:) 

Remember there is still time to grab the STAMP OF THE MONTH!!

Thanks for stopping by

Thank you FAIRY much

Well as you can probably tell by the title our challenge at Ladybugcrafts is all about FAIRIES chosen by the fabulous boss lady Kerry! We had lots of lovely entries both to the blog hop and to our challenge last week, so thanks for that. I had randomly selected the winner of my candy from those who joined in the blog hop and the winner is

HAZEL from Hazel's Happy House!!

Congratulations Hazel. If you could email me your address Hazel I will get your prize out to you:)

Now onto this week's challenge!!

Image - Day off Ruby

Papers - Dovecraft Sugar and Spice

Embellishments - felt for bow  Border Die from Crafty Sentiments, scraps for the flowers, MS punch for leaves, glitter

Medium - she is coloured with promarkers and pencils.

Sentiments - from my stash

I would like to enter this into

My Mum's Craft Shop - sugar and spice

Crafty Purple Frog - use orange

Meljen's Challenge - orange and/or brown

Sentimental Sundays - thank you

The Corrosive Blog - give thanks

Stampin Sisters in Christ - gratitude/thank you
Party time Tuesday - thank you
The crazy challenge - 1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments

I love this little stamp, perfect for a thank you. Let someone hang up their wings and be pampered for the day:)

While I am here I just want to remind you about the

Why not treat yourself to a half price stamp!

So we all look forward to seeing those FAIRY creations this week!!