Christmas in March!

Is it ever too early to start on Christmas cards?

The answer is NO when you have this gorgeous die in your hands!!

I am using

HOLIDAY WREATH

I cut the wreath out twice using plain white card.

I added dimensions to back side of one wreath and

with scissors I clipped bits away to release the holly so I could curl it up for a 3d effect.

I layered them together on the dimensionals.

Next I cut a piece of nice red card and folded into a 5x5" card.

I ran the front of the card through a holly embossing folder.

I mounted the Holiday Wreath onto card and added a gingham bow and some pearls.

I printed off a little robin, coloured with promarkers and stuck him with dimensionals to the centre

of the Holiday Wreath.

I finished the card by adding a sentiment and some red gems to the wreath.

For my card I used

Holiday Wreath

Red card

Image - Crafters Companion

Holly Embossing Folder from Tattered Lace

Embellishments - pearls, gingham ribbon, sentiment, gems

Medium - promarkers

I would like to enter this into

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - anything Christmas

Crimbo Crackers - anything Christmas

The Holly and the Ivy Christmas challenge - anything Christmas

Aud Sentiments - 3d, digi and markers + sentiment

Southern Girls - diecuts 

The Sisterhood of crafters - birds

Double D Challenges - just wing it

I Love ProMarkers - things that fly

Fab 'n' Funky - Christmas

Have a great weekend and thanks for dropping by!

Flower stepper

I am sharing a stepper card I made for an Aunt's birthday.

I used

Flourishing Phrases stamp set along with

Stampin' Up! real red ink pad and  lemon lime twist ink pad

Papers and card from my stash

Stepper Card die is from Tattered Lace

Embellishments - ribbon and pearls

I love how the stamp pads gives so much colour with the shadow stamping technique.

Very useful when you have limited colours to work with.

I do have another parcel arriving soon, but it has been stuck in the UK since Friday

because of the snow!

I am entering this into

Fussy and fancy - favourite colours (pinks)

Lil Patch of crafty friends - anything goes

The Corrosive challenge - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Crafting from the heart - anything goes

Creates and makes - anything goes

Always happy birthday - option use pattern paper

Snow is gone and its actually quite mild at the minute.

Great walking weather, thank goodness!

Also started my Pilates again as I really need to stretch out from being

huddled over my craft desk!

Have a good week everyone and thanks for dropping by.

ps

This is the last month of SALE-A-BRATION. 

Spend £45 or more and get a free gift from the choices

Spend £ 90 and get a free gift of your choice from that section.

Check it out HERE

they have since added lots of new selections.

I am waiting on my own little Panda Bear stamps which are adorable!

Anyone who would like a catalogue just drop me an email at

pinky47@hotmail.co.uk

I have a handful left.

Feature a.....

matching box

Our June challenge at STAMPING SENSATIONS

is now up and running and its

FEATURE A CREATURE

This month we are sponsored by

They have their own super range of design papers and coordinating embellishments plus so much more and you can brown their store here. News about their products are also on their Facebook where you will see some of the new products and you can also order from here.  They can also be seen regularly on Hochanda TV. The lucky winner will receive a surprise package of Be Creative products including some of their new embossing powders.

I made this card for my daughter-in-laws birthday.

I used:

Stamps used - Fancy Flourish butterfly,

Clear Impressions large butterfly,

Fairy Dust butterfly, star spray stamp and sentiment stamp

Small butterfly punch

Coloured with promarkers

Ink - memento

Cream and Pink card

I am entering this into

Creative  Ladybirds - anything goes

I love ProMarkers - inspired by song or film (Love is like a butterfly)

The sisterhood - get in shape

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

The ABC Challenge - I for important (birthday)

Classic Design  Team open challenge - anything goes

Weather has been absolutely gorgeous and with jury duty done and dusted I feel the need to catch some rays! well it won't last forever you know, this is Ireland!

Have a great week and do try and join our challenge its the best chance I have for hopping round blog land to see your gorgeous makes.

Make a wish!

Happy WILD Sunday!

I think we should rename this place WINDY CITY! They are just here constantly!

I do not like the wind :(

Anyway, look what the wind blew in lol. A brand new challenge at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

which is

********Anything goes with a die********

A nice wide open theme this month and I think most us have a die or two or three. Usual rules apply, you can enter up to three times, combine with other challenges, use any make of stamp......but can I please remind you.........we are a stamping challenge so must see a stamped image, sentiment or quote as the focal element of your artwork. It so upsets us to see names come out in the draw who are not eligible for the prize because they have not read the rules. 

We are pleased to welcome Tonic Studios back as this months sponsor and what a fabulous prize they are offering to one very lucky winner

I WANT THESE!!

The ladies over at Stamping Sensations have some amazing inspiration for you so be sure to pop over.

For my card I went with a Housemouse stamp.

Image - Housemouse

Papers - Tattered lace Magazine paper, silver card, red card

Die - Marianne rectangle die

Embellishments - SD embossing folder, star punch

Medium - promarkers and pencils

I am entering this into

Creative Ladybirds - anything goes

Fantasy stampers - Happy Birthday

Paper Creator's Crafts - anything goes

That Craft Place - anything goes

Glitter N Sparkle - anything goes

Lil Patch of  Crafty Friends - anything goes

So there you are. A card for a man and I think Housemouse has worked beautifully for him.

So off you go and enter your fabulous creations, keeping everything crossed that YOU will win that fabby prize!

Happy Sunday everyone and thanks for dropping by.

Hush a bye baby

Good evening bloggers. I am sharing a little stepper card I made for new grandparents.

Image - Lili of the valley stamp

Papers - from my stash and kraft card

Medium - promarkers

Embellishments - flower punch, gems, 

Dies - marianne icicle die, TL tree die and stepper die

I am entering this into

Crafty Catz - new beginnings

Fantasy  Stampers - boys rule

A bit more time to craft - anything goes

Sparkles Monthly challenge - more than one fold

Clear it out -  colour challenge brown, embellishments in kraft

The Crafters cafe - the great outdoors

As you like it - fav 2 embellishments (flowers love making them, gems - bring the flowers to life)

Cute Card thursday - anything goes

Charmed cards and crafts - celebrate babies

I treated myself to the tattered lace tree die a few weeks ago and it arrived last week so had to use it. I cut it out in white and coloured it with promarkers. Its a big die and I just love it.

I am dosed with the cold at the minute and hubby is too but my daughter's friend from Germany is still having fun lol. They have been heading out each day to see the local sights and the weather has been warm and dry thankfully with the odd shower now and then.

Thanks for dropping by

For a special Mum

I have a card today which I made for Mother's Day a while back but never got to post it.

This was made for a little boy and girl to give to their Mum.

Images - saturated canary

Papers - free in Tattered Lace magazine

Embellishments - panorama dies from tattered lace, rose embossing folder, card candi, glitter, faux stitching, ribbon

Medium - coloured with promarkers

I would like to enter this into

The Ribbon Girl - mother/female

Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes

Lil Patch of crafty friends - anything goes

                                                        Pile it on - mother's day/lady

Craft your passion - anything goes

Incy Wincy - Mom's the word

Digi choose day - anything goes

I Love ProMarkers - anything goes

Brown Sugar - layers

Good evening to you all. We have rotten weather here today. Really dark and wet! We have a cold doing the rounds in the house and I'm trying to keep away from them all lol.

Tomorrow is First Holy Communion day for the school my hubby works in so I'll maybe do a bit of craft in the morning or housework lol then head out for the day!

Hope you all have something nice planned. Thanks for stopping by.

First Communion stepper

quick view of inside.

I get quite a lot of requests at this time of the year for First Communion cards so I try to create something a little bit different each year and this is what I came up with this year.

Image - Aliciabel digi stamp

Papers - digital andsilver card

Medium - promarkers

Embellishments - tattered lace dies, spellbinder dies, marianne dies, ribbon, pearls

I would like to enter this into

Aliciabel Challenge - anything goes

Craft your passion - anything goes

The ABC Challenge - G for go digital (papers and image)

A Gem of a challenge - anything but square

Pile it on - die cuts and/or punches

Lil Patch of crafty friends - anything goes

Glitter n sparkle - anything goes

613 Avenue - anything goes

Digi Chooseday - dies

Clear it out - anything goes

We are having glorious weather at the minute but my husband and me are busy decorating our daughter's bedroom. typical lol. Hope you are having a nice Easter break whatever you are up to.

Little bit of Gorjuss....

Evening all.

Showing one of my Mother's Day cards using  a Tattered Lace centre step die!

Image - Gorjuss girls stamp

Medium - chameleon and promarkers

Embellishments - Marianne scroll die, TL border die, centre step die, daisy flower punches, card candi, glitter, sparkly ribbon, MS leaf punch, star brad

Papers - gingham paper from my stash

I would like to enter this into

papertake weekly - mum's the word

Dream Valley - Mother's day

Craft your passion - anything goes

The Pink Elephant - shaped card

Crafty Cardmakers - for a special woman

The Cutie Pie challenge - cute card and fancy fold

Incy Wincy - ribbons and brads

Suzy Bee's - anything goes with shaped card

Hiding in my craft room - freestyle

Its been a wild week weather wise over here. Crazy winds and rain but definitely milder and in the middle of it all we got one gorgeous sunny day!

Up to my eyes with orders as usual, which explains why I haven't been around much! But its keeping me busy and out of mischief lol. Hope your week is going well.

To my Valentine

Happy Valentine's day everyone. Hope you are all being treated nicely if not by someone you love then definitely by yourself!!

I have another Valentine card to share today.

Image - Make It Crafty

Papers - red card from stash which I embossed with a rose folder and heart paper from Nitwits

Embellishments - Tattered Lace dies, heart punch (small) large MS heart punch

Medium - promarkers

I would like to enter this into

Buckwells - Love/red

The Crafters Cafe - hearts

Crafty Sentiments Designs - use some red

Tuesday Throwdown - love is in the air

Passion for ProMarkers - to someone I love

Incy Wincy - die cuts or punches (used both)

Pink Elephant - be my valentine

Sentimental Sundays - seeing red

Its a nice sunny spring day here, a bit cold still but lovely and bright. We have the house to ourselves, no kids, no animals lol don't know how we are going to get the evening in lol.

Hope you are all enjoying the weekend.

With love....

I saw this brilliant image over on Mary J's blog and knew it would be perfect for a card order I had.

Its from Aliciabel and I just love her.

This is the valentine card I made with it and also used my new panorama dies from Tattered Lace which I have enjoyed playing with too.

Image - Aliciabel

Medium - coloured with promarkers and chameleon pens

Papers - from my stash

Embellishments - tattered lace dies

I would like to enter this into

Aliciabel Challenge - anything or love is in the air

Crafty Sentiments - include a heart

Clear it Out -  anything goes

Dream Valley - valentine

The Crazy Challenge - love

Addicted to stamps - lots of layers (4)

Lil Patch of crafty friends - anything goes

Digi Galore - anything goes

Little Miss Muffet - all you need is love

Aud Sentiments - valentine or love

Still bitter cold here but thankfully no snow! Have lots of orders at the minute so keeping myself busy but have also started doing a bit of exercise so sleeping like a baby at night lol.

Hope you are all keeping well and enjoying your week.

Thanks for dropping by.

To the moon and back....

I didn't go with the traditional valentine colours for this card as it is from two very young kids to their daddy and his favourite saying to them is ''love you to the moon and back'', so I used that as my theme for the card.

I got the moon from my Forever Friends cd, the starry background is from Enchanted fairies cd and I used my new tattered lace dies to create a lot of depth which unfortunately does not show up here. Its about 4 layers deep. I punched lots of stars in two sizes, some hearts which I coloured blue with promarkers along with some faux stitching!

I would like to enter this into

Noor! Design - with love

Brown Sugar - valentine

Sister Act - a card

Buckwells  Crafty Challenge - anything goes

Hiding in my  craft room - any holiday (Valentine's day)

The Cheerful Stamper - Valentine

We have had snow here all day, didn't seem to be lying until about an hour ago but certainly has made up for that now!

Enjoy the rest of your week, I'm off to curl up in front of the fire!!