Papertake Weekly # 28. This week is a sketch and I've tied it up with Simon Says challenge 'Animal Antics' and also CCT #87 'Teen Terrors'. Image is from Toodles & Binks, back paper from Kaboodle Doodle downloads 'Morris Dance 3 ', stripe is from a scrap leftover from Summer Driggs downloads, corners and text stamp from American Crafts. No glitter on this one at all, the recipient is an avid camper/hiker!!! So i know it's too simple but I've followed the sketch and I'll probably heat emboss his name nearer the time. Hope to be back again soon with my Penny Black creation...

Bee Crafty challenge 17. This time it was a 'Photo Inspiration' theme and I don't think I've ever done one of these before... but here it goes and used the sketch over at Dare U to Digi Scrap # 25, my entry for Cute Daisy May 'Touchy Texture', and also for Basic Grey challenge #8 'Glitz & Bling' ofcourse I've used BG Sultry off-cuts on this card together with this wonderful digi image from Digital Doodling 'Christmas Belle', isn't she pretty, wonderful image! Coloured with Koh-i-noor pencils and blended, lots of Glamour Dust added on her lovely long coat, Heather Flowersoft on her muff to keep her hands cosy...sentiment from American crafts, really glad I bought these set of clear stamps from QVC, real value for money and this one will come in handy to say how much they're appreciated especially at this time of year :)

A Spoonfull of Sugar # 78. This time is to make something for 'baby's 1st christmas / pre-schooler, so i went with the latter... this very cute image is from Popcorn Bear by Crafters Companion free as they were celebrating their birthday last month and with every order they gave away this stamp... I just think he/she is adorable and it's my first time i used him/her and is so adaptable for new arrival, christening, birthday etc. it reminds me of my children carrying their little flannels as blankies... that was just such a fab time, now they're all grown up. Sketch used is from Crafty Catz # 8, teamed up with Cooking it up with Katie challenge recipe: 'use flower, something clear (I've used acetate under my flowers), and to choose a sketch', Allsorts #27 'For a Child', Kaboodle Doodle #18 'Buttons, Bows and Bling' and I've used the gingham download from there too, last but not least new challenge their very first is Lexi's Creations 'Blue and Silver'. I think that is it... for now, until next time.

Polka Doodles and Penny Black challenges. This week at PD #26 is a sketch with 'Male theme' so I've used some argyle paper from Kaboodle Doodles 'All Star' kit, some lovely male type ribbon/braid I bought from the haberdashers acouple of weeks ago, buttons from stash, used the fabby snowman image the wonderfully talented Kath sent me (one of many), i think it must be PB as Kath is a big big fan of Penny Black stamps, coloured scarf using a copic pen and sentiment stamp from Crafters Companion 'Boys' set... so there we are simple, but hope you like!

Penny Black #74. This weeks theme is 'Song Title/Lyrics'... and I've used sketch from Sketch Saturday#76...entry for Simon Says challenge 'Thinking of You' and Cute Card Thursday 'Glitter me Silly'. So, for PB I didn't have a suitable image so I created my own with old QVC clear stamp post box which is part of a fab set, Hedgie from 'Hugs' PB clear stamp sheet. He normally holds a bunch of flowers but i masked them off and before placing the post box in the background I masked off the hedgie too...gave him a letter to post but not sure how he's going to reach the top (unless he asks the cute birdies nicely)...so my song is 'Mr. Postman by The Beatles', blue paper is from Do-Crafts download,sentiment is from same PB clearstamps placed in a journalling frame from Melissa Frances clear stamps. Finished off with plenty of Glamour Dust (hard to see on my dreadful pic), gems from the wonderful Kath's package which arrived yesterday! Hope you like, until next post, a good weekend to all and happy crafting.

Hi all again! This is what arrived earlier from the fabulously super talented Kath...my first christmas card and some goodies to play with that I won on Kath's blog. I'm sure to use the fabby embellishments and the gi-enormous snowflakes on my upcoming creations, today I'd already started my Penny Black card but it got really dark quickly today so will post tomorrow am. Really love the card Kath sent, such a professional job on it, so thanks so much Kath for giving away crafty stuff especially when you've had commitments here, there and everywhere :)))))))

Pollycraft challenge #28. This week it's 'No cards allowed' so I've used the freebie digi images Joyful Tidings and Background trees from their blog, combined with another similar challenge Polka doodle 'Make a christmas decoration'. Now I know it's not for the christmas tree but hope it will qualify... lots of glamor dust on this door handle holder which I thought would be ideal to direct Santa where to leave the pressies...also this is my entry for A Spoonfull of Sugar# 77 'Create a scene', Digital Tuesday# 32 'Holiday Wishes',Papertake Weekly 'Digi & Sparkle', Allsorts challenge'Bring on the bling', and last but not least ABC 'H for hidden'. So my hidden element is behind the snowflake brad below and says 'This Way Santa'. Sorry for the bad pic, just not good at taking photo's but I hope you get the idea...back in a bit.

Just a quick post. This is my entry for Cute Card Thursday #85 'Primary Colours - red,blue and yellow'. So I've gone a little dottie too for Crafty Catz Weekly #7 which is 'Going Dottie'. My image is now one of my faves from Pink Gem Designs 'Jack with ball'. I really enjoy colouring him in and today he has a bit of a tan, footballs are a stamp from See D's range, yellow from Funky fairy downloads, blue is a scrap from Do-crafts download, red is from stash. Not sure which sentiment is needed on this one as it may well be a get well card??? or even just a 'hello'. It'll be nice to personalise it when I decide which little boy it's going to... bye till next time.

Simon Says challenge. This week the theme is ' Give Thanks', over at Kaboodle Doodles #17 it's 'Fall Splendour' as is Funky Fairies #41 and I've used the teal/blue from Kaboodle download 'Morris Dance', the pink from FF ' The Love Train', sketch used is from A Spoonfull of Sugar #76 and as this card is to do with the weather meaning Autumnal I shall enter it for the lovely new monthly Crafty Calendar challenge 2 'weather'. So there we have it, i won't bore you too much with details except the super fab scarecrow is a digi from Dustin Pike freebie (16th September), outlined with a black waterproof pen, then w/coloured with Koi's and various stamps all from American Crafts! Bye for now.

One card for one challenge. This is very rare of me just to stick to a single challenge but it's here and I can't really find anything which it would fit that I haven't already entered, so it makes it 'special' for Pollycraft. This time it's a sketch, image is Pollycrafts own freebie and also included is the fab green 'Lace Meadows' freebie, subtle pink swirly paper from Pink Petticoat 'Sweet Sundaes' kit, sentiment stamp from Popcorn Bear range, large heat embossed snowflake in Hologram sparkle and single punched flake 3D'd. Hope all is well in blogland, we've had some lovely sun today but it seems to be turning chilly again, until my next post, Happy Crafting!

Hi all again! My second post just to show off this cute snowlady image from Cute Daisy May. Their challenge is 'Blue Christmas' and used one of their free digi images outlined with black pen, sketch used is from Papertake Weekly #27, I hope it's alright to use a single snowflake as it looked kind of empty there, Cooking it up with Katie #4 is another fab recipe 'start with a christmas theme,add some sparkle and finish with border' and last challenge new to me is Colour Create Challenge #31 which fits in nicely 'Blue, Silver and White' optional being winter and glitter :)))) it fits! So the blue card is from stash but before I embossed it I stamped some silver snowflakes which aren't showing up well at all on the pic so I hope the Glamour Dust counts for silver, the print paper is download from Crafts Beautiful online party some time ago and sentiment is from Sweet N Sassy Stamps 'Snowflake' set. Tonight is Guy Fawkes night, usually we go to an organised firework display instead of frightening animals and people in our neighbourhood. My children are teenagers now, they have other interests which include sometimes 'not being seen with mum and dad', does anyone know what I'm talking about!!!! So I don't know what's happening but I do hope everyone has a safe time. Until my next posting, bye.

Polka Doodles challenge. This week it is 'a male card, include 3 brads' and I've used the sketch from Sketch Saturday #75. Image is from Pink Gem Designs ' Jack with ball' w/coloured with Koi's, so love to colour this particular image and no I'm afraid I don't know anything about footie colours, football stamp is from See D's range, white brads from old QVC kit, check paper from Summer Driggs downloads, white gel pen for highlights, hope you like, back in a bit.

Hi all! Well this is what I came up with whilst playing yesterday and this wasn't really what I was aiming for... as I was thinking of ways to use the sliver of card left over when you've cut a 14cm square card from A4 sheet of card...hope you're still with me...the bottom of this card is what I'm talking about and I have so many lying around, all good weight stock. So then I got distracted by my Fiskars Sunburst border punch and out of a 9cm square this is what I created but oooops! there was an accident at the bottom of it, there was a solution to hinge it to my card, and a perfect fit it was. Originally i was thinking to place it in a diamond shape but due to the little incident this is the way it was meant to be...this piece was a little lighter in weight as I didn't want it to fall over, it's still standing overnight, so I'm a little bit pleased with it and can you guess which challenge this is for? I hope Kath likes it at Penny Black #73 'White on White'. Happy crafting all till next time!

New challenge, Digital Doodling. I've found another digi challenge but knowing me I still have to add some stamping touches to my cards. So image is a freebie digi 'Fairy Cake Tilly' from there too, fab isn't she, went over with fine w/proof liner pen, w/coloured with Koi's and 3D'd her with one underneath, papers from The Creative Cottage 'Fairy Wishes', sentiments and candle from stamp set from SSS, made some flowers using X Cut punch, brown paper is free from the grocers and the base card is absolutely free too so I've done my bit for the environment today...placed waste bits from Doily Lace punch on the cupcake to resemble choc chips...gems and glamour dust for sparkle. So the following challenges also qualify for this card, sketch used from Crafty Catz #6, Digital Tuesday #31 'Flowers' and my second entry for Simon Says challenge 'All that sparkles'. Hope to post tomorrow as I've had a few days rest now and ready to go once again!

Papertake Weekly challenge. This week it is 'spots & stripes', used the fab download paper from Kaboodle Doodles 'Morris ance' kit which is mainly greenish papers so it is also going for ABC challenge 'G for Green'. The backing brown card is from my grocers from the banana box! Well would you belive it she will be saving me some more, so perfect for the distressed look cards and very similar to Kraft, weighty too... so I put some texture on it through my Cuttlebug, but before that I used Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress ink pad and stamped a Grunge corner from Stempelglede Stamps, heart and flower stamps from Crafters Companion, owl stamp freebie from Craft Stamper mag, it really reminds me of Autumn, hand drawn branch, sentiment made up of mini alpha stamps and American Craft stamps, Mrs Owl has been paper pieced with stripes and looks like she's got a pinny on ready for baking, bit of white Sakura gel pen for accenting, and WOW flowersoft in Heather for extra texture for Funky Fairys challenge 40 'Touchy Feely', sketch used is from Sketch Saturday #74, this is going for Allsorts #24 'Furry Friends' and a new challenge Crafty Calendar ( a monthly challenge) their very first one so just had to have a go and join in! Have a fab evening until next time.

Dare U 2 Digi stamp.This week challenge 24 is to use a shaped card and ofcourse a digi image. So I teamed it up with a freebie image from Bee Crafty and also entering their challenge 16, 'Distressing'. I've used clear inkpad round edges and chalked with brown and also gone over the embossing dots, this also goes for the A Spoonfull of Sugar, 'Kitchen/Cooking', this is an item you'd bake in a kitchen, yes, and also for Simon Says Stamps challenge 'All that Sparkles'. I hope there's enough sequins and Glamour Dust on the icing to qualify??? Sentiment is from a See D's stamp, everything is from my stash. I was meant to add some sparkle to the candle to cover up my bad colouring :( so I'll do that before I give it. Thanks for stopping by today and hope everyone is enjoying their crafting.

Scrapmag #16 this time is 'Fall Colours'. I don't have any of their autumnal images so I hope it's alright to use the free digi image again 'Krilla Bunny'. Sketch is from a new challenge I found, Sketch and Stash #22 and new item is the brown card I've used as the base, had it for years from a multi-pack of allsorts of card and it seems similar to what crafters are using at the mo...stamped with a clear mini stamp from Studio G in clear inkpad then chalked over with brown, sentiment is from Penny Black 'Hugs' clearstamps and this is my entry for their challenge 'Halloween' as is Cute Daisy May, reddish paper is a freebie from Funky Fairys and orange is card from stash, they've all been distressed with a stitch unpicker (fab idea from Lols) why didn't i think of it, got two lying around, buttons and brads from stash and is entry for another new challenge Crafty Catz Weekly #5 and lastly entry for Digital Tuesday #30, a colour challnge : Kraft,Orange and one other colour. I was going to send this one off in the post with some others but as it is with the postal strikes at the moment I'm not going to risk it, if i know better this is the time when things go missing and some never reach their destination!!! I hope it all gets resolved quickly... so we can look forward to opening our crafty parcels when they arrive! Have a lovely evening all until the next post.

A Spoonfull of Sugar #74 is a sketch. I've also teamed it up with Cute Card Thursday #83 'Candy Corns' i think anything candy related will do as you can see I've gone with the old cupcakes perfect for the young and old (those of us who can't part with sugar). This stamp set is from Simon Says Stamps and I've used it so much on my cards. Handcut template shape, stripey paper is from Kaboodle Doodles 'All Star' kit, sentiment on the computer 'Rickles' font. This card calls for a new challenge too Cooking it up with Katie. They're on a recipe which is to use something you might cook, buttons and add a little to the inside... well I was a little stuck as I don't do insides...but i did try.

Text and stamp from Simon Says Stamp 'Savour Cupcake' set.

Bee Crafty #15 is a sketch. So I've used a backing paper from DCWV, some fab ribbon my daughter bought from town yesterday and used digi image from Nutcrafters 'halloween pecan witch' which is a freebie on their blog and this is also my entry for them as this time you can choose a sketch to work with. There are two other challenges Kaboodle Doodles and Polka Doodle both are Halloween theme. The cute spooky image is outlined in fine waterproof black pen before w/colouring with normal pencils and the rest i think is self-explanatory, but i hope you like it and any comments are appreciated. This maybe my last Halloween card as it's not celebrated much where I live, most of the cards have gone to Postpals, I just hope they're not too spooked and see the fun in it :)))) Bye for now all!

Simon Says challenge' Get Well Soon'. I'm fast to get this one done as I could do with it myself. Autumn and winter months are not my favourite seasons of the year... still here I've teamed up with Sketch Saturday #73 and truly a fab sketch...and my second entry for Pink Gem as I've used one more of Janet's stamps 'Cat with Cuppa' from her wonderful range of stamps, nobody would say no to one of these in the cold. Janet is giving away some fab stamps to one winner if you show what is created with any of their images. So I went with just ordinary watercolouring pencils this time, 3D'd paws and flower pot, the flowery paper is a scrap from a download, sequins and ribbon from stash, mug is coloured with copic pen, so bright pink it is but i like it. Sentiment is from the Popcorn Bear range from Crafters Companion. Until next time, bye!