Hi, I'm here at last in between doing a lot of other jobs. This set was made a few days ago but I've not had time to put it on my blog. Fresh pretty honeycombed digi papers from Pink Petticoat, Fiskars punch used, Phlox flower die, the top flower made from Vellum. The digi bunny is from Pink Gem, coloured with Promarkers, fence is from Crafty Sentiments as is the lovely stamped egg image on the easter basket, small sentiment stamped with a Studio G stamp, greyish ribbon was re-used from a present wrapping. Hope you like this as much as I do, it's a set to give to a little girl in my family who has not been too well. 

So onto the many challenges mainly spring and easter themed. My Mums craft shop 'anything goes', MAWTT 'sweet treats', Crafty Ribbons, Papertake, Dream Valley, Sweet Stampin, Cardmania, Stampin for the weekend, Paper Shelter, Bearly Mine, Love to create, Created with love, Sir Stampalot, CRAFT 'recycle..ribbon', Incy Wincy 'on the card..3 sequins, 2 flowers layered, 1 ribbon bow', Ladybug Crafts, Paper pretties, Crafty Sentiments, Simon Says, Totally Papercrafts, Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned, Crafty Catz, Challenges 4 everybody. Thankyou for coming over, your comments are always appreciated.

Hi, it's April already and what wonderful start to the month here, I hope everyone had a great weekend and raring to go. My card is using a fantastic HM stamp gruffies 'pebble & friend..finding friendship' coloured with Promarkers. It's hard to thank someone with just a simple verbal 'thankyou' when you know they've gone out of their way to do more than that. I think this says a little bit extra. Paper is a Summer Driggs old digi paper, sentiments from American Crafts.

The inside has a little of the paper and some doodling. Challenges...Natalie & Amy, HM, Papertake, CCC 2nd, Crafty Catz 2nd, I Love Promarkers, and used  a sketch from Sunday Sketch #191, they're also celebrating a birthday with a hop! Enjoy a lovely evening.

It's Mothering Sunday tomorrow so I thought I would post a little card for all those Mothers who do so much for us, love us eternally and for those who have lost a mother figure in their life I do hope you have wonderful memories to cherish forever. I've gone for simple again as time has been a little on the short side, tomorrow clocks go forward so we lose an hour. 

I used a lovely strip of digi paper, floral embossing folder, stamp is freebie from Pink Petticoat with a magazine, top sentiment is from Elzybells. Coloured with Promarkers, some pricking using my sewing machine without thread, heart dies from Spellbinders set. Challenges are several...followed Papertake sketch, Crafty Catz 2nd, Totally papercraft 2nd, CRAFt 2nd, Sentimental Sundays 2nd, Allsorts 'dies', Paper Pretties 'paper pricking' as is Crafty cardmakers, CCT, OSAAT, Dream Valley and Cupcake Inspirations. Wishing all Mothers out there a jolly good pampering tomorrow, bye.

Hi to a great start to the weekend, hope you are all well and happy. My card is using a pre-coloured digi image from Nikky's Polka Doodle cd, cut round, used a die fence, stamped the sentiment. So this is really simple for me, ready and waiting to go! Challenges 10...CCC 'animals', Penny's 'fave colour combo...pink and brown', Creative Inspiartions 'girl thing', Kaboodle Doodles 'spring' as is CRAFT, Challenges 4 Everybody 3rd, Nutcrafters 'pink & brown', Crafty catz, Totally papercrafts 'pink', and Sassy Cheryl's show Thursday. Have a great Friday!

Hi once again, my creation is using this great Sassy Cheryl image stamp, adorable isn't it? Used my swiss dots embossing folder alot on this one, lovely lace from stash, found a dotty bow added a pearl, image coloured with Promarkers and such a lot of layering from me that I don't normally do...even on the inside!

Challenges entering... Crafty Ribbons 3rd, Papercreator 3rd, Sassy Cheryls, Incy Wincy, Cardmania, Created with love 3rd, Love to create, Cuttlebug..they're celebrating their 1st blogaversary too, used the fab sketch from catch the bug Stella Sketch, Promarker, Glitter n sparkle 2nd and CRAFT pic inspiration. Bye for now.

Hi to a fine Monday. What gorgeous weather...this pretty stamp is from Crafty Sentiments named 'tea party anyone?' is great for sunny birthdays. I remember feeding my toys cups of tea many many years ago...it is ofcourse a childhood thing and I just love this coupled with the circle stamp at the top, also from CS, I added the 'birthdays' afterwards and got it right on cue!  Image is coloured with Promarkers, some digi paper which has decided to change colour while it was printing...all that blue was meant to be green but I still like it. Used my MS fence border punch, found some neglected ribbon for a bow and glitter glue plus some Glamour Dust to finish.

So onto the challenges...Papertake, Sentimental Sundays, Crafty Ribbons 2nd, Totally Papercrafts, Di's Digi Designs, Crafty catz 2nd, Simons Says 2nd, Glitter n sparkle, Inky impressions 2nd and ofcourse Crafty Sentiments. Many thanks for leaving  such kind comments, bye.

March is racing through....wow...weather is being kinder and I wonder when the hedgies come out of hibernation! I thought this would be great for a 'green fingered person'...oh it sounds like me that does. This cute stamp was with a magazine last year, paired it off with those d/load papers printed straight onto card, the little individual flower came with the set too, coloured with Promarkers as is the hedgie. Little bit of bling to finish.

Challenges of which some are 'green' themed. Papercraetor 2nd, Simon says, Natalie & Amy, Crafty Ribbons, Ribbon Girls, Created with love, My Mums Craft shop 2nd, Inky Impressions, Sweet Stampin, Glitter n sparkle 2nd, Sentimental Sundays, Challenge 4 Everybody, CYP, Pink Gem, Crazy, Paper Shelter, Crafty Catz and MAWTT pic inspiration.  Well I hope that all is well and like me you're looking forward to some sunny days, bye.

Happy St Patricks Day if you're celebrating. What beautiful weather today...I'll be needing my watering can soon for my seedlings in their trays. The warmer days of full sun has sent them crazy. The backing is a print d/load from Crafts Beautiful , absolutely adore it, perfect to say a little 'thankyou', used my new stamp from Pink Petticoat that came from one of the magazines free, coloured with Promarkers, fence die from Crafty Sentiments, LOTV grunge message, glitter and single gem on the punched butterfly.

I'll be on my annual break soon but I do have a few cards to show before I go. Onto challenges for this one... mainly on the green theme...CYP, Loves Rubberstamps, Cardmania 'new..stamp', Sassy Cheryls Thursday, Crafty Sentiments, Promarker, Simon Says, Challenges 4 Everybody, Glitter n Sparkle, Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned, Created with love, Stampin for the weekend, Sweet Stampin, Papercreator, Hiding in my craftroom, Bearly Mine 2nd and Papertake 2nd 'die, free..image, glitter'. Wishing you all a happy week!

Hi again fellow crafters, hope all is well and that spring is nearing as I write. It definitely feels very much like it  now with the deep fog first thing which has taken all morning to lift and now for a few hours we have glorious sunshine. This is what it inspired me to do...I used LOTV stamp, one of the older images but I still love it!!!Coloured with Promarkers, fence is a lovely die from Crafty Sentiments, Jenny Ellory pink design paper d/load, sentiment is LOTV Grunge, pearls and glitter glue to finish.

Challenges 10...Ribbon Girl, Crafty Ribbon, Crafty Calendar, Stamping Sensations, used Sketch Saturday 2nd entry, Ideas to inspire monthly 'bingo..ribbon,pearls, flowers', Simon Says, Love to create, Papertake 'bingo...diecuts-fence,free-image,glitter', and Glitter n Sparkle. Have a super rest of the day!

Happy middle of the week, just two more days to go till the weekend. Hope that you are all well and happy! My card today is featuring one of Faith's gorgeous digi's from Designed 2 Delight..I've collected so many and this is Skater Boy, coloured with Promarkers, dotty digi paper, all sentiments are stamped and that wonderful fence is a die from Crafty Sentiments that Suzette sent me, I think it will be on nearly every card for summer.

The back is bigger than the front and I decorated with a strip of stamped sentiment. Onto challenges 10...Nutcrafter, Paper Pretties, Ladybugs Crafts Ink, Creative Inspirations 'fave colour combo....I've many this is one for the boys', MAWTT, MIM 'final challenge', so sad to see this challenge go too, Penny's, OSAAT, I Love Promarkers and Allsorts...is skateboarding a sport....That's it for now, except I went to browse in Tesco's today and picked up Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine with the Free Damask embossing folders and exclusively for them there was a Pink Petticoat Pretty Potties stamp set in there too, absolutely a bargain! Thankyou for visitng and leaving your kind comments, bye.

Hi to a glorious Saturday...it's been so warm and sunny today. I can  feel it may be another beautiful few days to come, it's so good to see the crocuses coming out, the daffodils to follow shortly...I'm so excited it makes me feel truly well again. My card today is using this wonderful HM 'yarn tales' stamp coloured with Promakers, used some gorgeous pink d/load paper, sentiment from Elzybells. I wouldn't mind receiving this as I love to knit and perfect to say a little 'thankyou mum for all you do'. Hope you like it!

Challenges 10...House Mouse, Gruffies and Guests, Totally Papercrafts, followed Sketch Saturday...it's their 300th challenge and they're celebrating with a hop, CRAFT 2nd, Crafty Ribbons 2nd, I Love Promarkers 2nd, MIM, Creative Inspirations and OSAAT 2nd. Many thanks for visiting today.

Hi and welcome all. Today my card is using some pink digi d/load paper from Papercrafter Magazine by Jenny Ellory, blue watering can paper from Crafts Beautiful Spring Garden by Sally Denton, both gorgeous papers but the blue one was really green in colour...my printer has a mind of its own! Nevertheless I won't waste it, used a beautiful fence die from Crafty Sentiments (I won a fab goody bag packed with some very lovely stamps and embellishments from Suzette...so 'thankyou very much'). Bottom sentiment is a bargain £1 and is a Studio G woodbacked stamp, wonderful sweet girl image stamp from Nutcrafters by Harriet Hurst.

Lots of challenges....My Mums craft shop, Crafts & me, Paper Pretties, Crafty Creations, Papertake 2nd, I Love Promarkers, Bearly Mine 2nd, Created with love 2nd, Allsorts  2nd, Crafty Hazelnuts 2nd, Catch the bug 2nd, CYP, Crafty ribbons, Ribbon Girl, Fab n Funky, CRAFT, CCT, Crafty Catz 3rd and Sassy Cheryls thursday. Many thanks for coming over, bye for now.

I'm much better but I could have done with one of these earlier! Hi...I quite like the look of this one. Backing is a d/load from one of the magazine websites, beautiful paper which I sparkled up a bit, cute digi from Pollycraft, fab images and I have lots of them too. Coloured with Promarkers, sentiment from an old Personal Impressions set.

Challenges of which are several...mainly Spring themed. Cupcake Inspirations, OSAAT, Glitter n sparkle, Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper, Sweet Stampin, Allsorts, Stampin for the weekend, Totally Papercrafts, Crafty Catz 2nd, Hiding in my craftroom, Promarker, CCT, Bearly Mine, CCC, Natalie & Amy, Ladybug Crafts, MIM, CReated with love and Papertake. Thankyou for your kind comments all!

Happy Monday to all! Hope that your day is going well. My creation is using a fab SC digi image, aren't they just fab....joy to colour with Promarkers, gorgeous papers from one of the magazine d/loads, Marianne Dies leave cuts, LOTV grunge sentiments and a few pearls to finish.

Challenges 10... Crafty Catz, Catch the bug, followd the Papertake sketch, MAWTT '4 l's...love,layers,LOTV sentiment,leaves', CRAFT 'inspired by film...Rose Red', I LOve Promarkers 2nd, Promarker, ABC Girls, Simon Says 'pearls' and Penny's 'guys & gals'. Bye.

Hi once again. Firstly many thanks for your sweet comments on my last few posts. I feel so humbled to have you all as my friends. My card was made a while ago but did not get to put it on here. Using a fab stamp from Sassy Cheryl, top sentiment too. Coloured with Promarkers and used some Phlox flower dies.

Challenges entered...Sassy Cheryls 'punches/dies', I Love Promarkers 'dies no punches', OSAAT 'girly', Totally Papercrafts 'spring', Incy Wincy 2nd, Ladybugs Crafts Ink 'flowers galore', Love to create, Crafty Creations 'simple', MIM and Challenges 4 Everybody. Thanks for reading, bye.

Hi to all in craftland. I'm still here just trying to overcome nasty bugs and give them a good shaking off! Hope everyone is ok and doing much better than me. I've a card for a very dear friend, used LOTV stamp with the sentiment, coloured with Promarkers and some digi d/load paper from one of the papercrafting  mags.

Hoping to visit my favourite blogs soon as I've popped in one or two but not able to comment, so I'll do that next. Firstly challenges...10...ABC flowers, Incy Wincy Birthday, CYP Black, white, red & Kraft, Cardmania sentiment, Created with love Friends, Ideas to inspire monthly 2nd 'you have a friend in me' Disneys Toy Story, Promarker Shaped cards, Paper Pretties Ribbon, Crafty Ribbons, and Stampin for the weekend Flower Power. Bye for now.

Hi, I've been a bit ill so the plans of getting several cards on here have been binned, however I do hope all is well and my thoughts and prayers go out to all who are suffering through these awful storms and extreme weather conditions here in the UK. Onto my card which has rather a lot of background stamping from dried out ink pads, and rather alot of cuttlebugness!!! I won some gorgeous Marianne Dies from the Bearly Mine challenge blog, so 'thankyou' so much and lovely bunch of people at Marianne Dies. The Baboushka russian Doll and Butterfly were from them, gorgeous to use, I'm sure these will get a lot of use, I've also used the Marainne Creatable flowers and branches, the heart is a part of a spellbinders set, sentiment from Sassy Cheryls stamp set. Sparkly bits to finish. 

Onto several challenges... Marianne Design Divas, Cupcake Inspiarations, The Paper Shelter, Catch the bug, Totally Ppaercrafts, CCT, Pennys, Fab n Funky, Papertake, Ladybugs Crafts ink, Love to create, Kaboodle Doodles, Crazy, Cardmania, Natalie & Amy. Do stay safe and wishing you all a Happy Valentines and a fab weekend!

Hi, welcome to another post from me on a cold dreary day. It's miserable and dangerous weather with all those gales and heavy flooding in some areas, stay safe. My card is using an LOTV stamp 'cake glorious cake', just love her trailing fairy wings and that huge cake! Coloured with Promarkers, stripes and dots added onto plain papers with Simon Says Exclusive stamps, the grunge sentiments from LOTV too. The base shape is a Go Kreate die.

So onto several challenges...Sketch from Friday Sketch (just about), Crafty Little Fairies. Ideas to inspire monthly 'name that tune...'food glorious food from Oliver', Catch the bug 2nd, CCC, Love to create 2nd, Simon Says, Cardmania, Ribbon Girl, I Love Promarkers, Promarker, Paper Pretties, Inky Impressions, CYP. There we have it, enjoy the rest of the day!

Hi it's another Monday, hope you've all had a worthwhile rest and snuggled up infront of a warm fire at the weekend. Now today's creation is Nikki from Krista's gorgeous Saturated Canary digi's. So cute, coloured with Promarkers and can you tell I'm experimenting with red/pink hair...it's not looking good but I'll get there one day. Paper is an old scrap that went wrong in the printer with the reddish colouring to one side but I've evened it out with her gorgeous hair! Some stamps from LOTV used, top sentiment from Sassy Cheryls stamp set.

Onto challenges...Sparkles forum Christmas challenge are 3 and having a blog hop, The Paper Shelter 'all wrapped up', Hiding in my craftroom, Digi Darla 'my style...cut out images', Incy Wincy, Bunny Zoes 2nd, Sentimental Sundays, Challenges 4 Everybody, OSAAT, Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper, Catch the bug, Stampin Chef 3rd, Winter Wonderland 2nd, Totally papercrafts 3rd, Crafty catz 3rd, Promarker 3rd and Fab n Funky 'christmas'. So there's a lot there, stay warm and safe, it's getting a bit chilly again.

Hi all to a fresh month! It's February and it's time for love...I've won this digi image in one of the challenge blogs and is wonderful for a wedding anniversary, not just Valentines. Coloured with Promarkers, sentiment comes with it, used the waste of a Spellbinders heart and gently cut around.

Hope you like this one as much as I do. Now for some challenges but firstly I must say 'hi' to the Papermill Direct as I've subscribed to their newsletters for some time now, they've got a challenge where you can win a years subscription to Simply Cards and Papercrafts magazine so I'd like to enter for that. Votes will be casted, good luck to all that enter! Sweet stampin, CCT 'new..image', CRAFT, The Stamping Chef 2nd, Pennys, Paper Pretties, Crafty Creations 'spring into love', Nutcrafter 2nd, I Love Promarker, Promarker, Cuttlebug 2nd, Natalie & Amy, Di's Digis, Papercreator 2nd, Crafty Catz 2nd, Totally Papercrafts 2nd, Allsorts and Pink Gem. Many thanks for all the lovely bloggers who come over to see what I've been up to and I hope that the weather isn't too disasterous this weekend in the UK, stay safe all!