Butterflies & Bows!

Today I am sharing with you my last guest designer creation for Card Mania I can't believe it's been three months already! I just want to say a HUGE THANK YOU for having me it's been great fun. I have found some amazing digi designers I would never have found, so thank you xxx

So here's my last creation, this fortnights challenge is....

BUTTERFLIES & BOWS!

make sure you have at least one of each on your creation. As you will see from mine I only have one bow, but have gone a bit made with the butterflies lol!

As soon as I saw this gorgeous image I knew I had to use her. She is just beautiful & her hair was an absolute dream to colour. She is from one of this weeks sponsors The Paper Shelter. Make sure you pop over to the Card Mania challenge blog & see what fab prizes are up for grabs!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Glitter & Sparkle- butterflies
Kit & Clowder- hair techniques
Paper Creator- bows, bling & blooms
Creative Corner- girlie
The Crafter Cafe- square card only

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Rose' by The Paper Shelter

Promarker/Flexmarker

Skin- coral, sunkissed pink & blush

Derwent Studio pencils

Eyes- venetian red

Hair- imperial purple, dark violet & light violet

Leaves- mineral green & emerald green

Roses & heart- madder carmine, rose madder lake, pink madder lake & rose pink

Flowers- spectrum orange & middle chrome

Butterflies- oriental blue, light blue, pink madder lake, kingfisher blue, deep cadmium, imperial purple & cobalt blue

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Fairy Flora' by Prima

Green card candi

My stash- green card, white pearls, white organza ribbon & purple card

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Natalie & Amy's

'Collall 3D' glue with tools from Natalie & Amy's

Sizzix Bigshot

'Rectangle #3' die cut by Nellie Snellon MFD048

'Butterfly Garden' die cut by Crafts Too CTD17012

'Stix2' pick up pencil from Natalie & Amy's

'Large corner rounder' punch by X-cut

'Bow Maker' made by Nige

'6" square scalloped white card blank' from Natalie & Amy's

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & see the fab creations by the Card Mania DT!

Hugs xx

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'Sent With Love from Bebunni'

Happy April Fools Day....as its the first of the month, I am here with the start of the new challenge over at The Craft Garden!

A huge thank you to all those who entered last month, we had some gorgeous pastel entries. Make sure you pop over & see if you have won the awesome set of pastel goodies!

Right this month we have a 

RECIPE!

for you, but you only have to choose at least 3 things from the list, no cooking involved....thankfully!!

The List

Ribbon

4 Buttons

Ink or Mist

Floral design papers

Stencils

Paper-clips

The colour Green

So you need to make something & choose at least 3 of the things of the recipe list. Make sure you write down on your blog somewhere for us easy to spot your chosen 3!

I decided to use one of my new 'Bebunni' stamps, oh they are so sweet & a dream to colour!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Craft-Dee Bowz- anything goes with a bow

Lexi's Creations-Easter

Open Minded- animal antics

We Do Doobadoo- Sweet as honey

Simply Create Too- bunnies

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- Bebunni 'Sent With Love'

Tim Holtz distress inks

Bebunni- worn lipstick, spun sugar, gathered twigs, tea dye & antique linen

Envelopes- dusty concord, milled lavender, pine needles, mowed lawn, salty ocean, tumbled glass & picked raspberry

All highlighted inks are available from Natalie & Amy's

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Daydream' by First Edition 

'Hugs & Kisses' sentiment from the Bebunni 'Sent With Love' set

'Envelope' stamp from the Bebunni 'Sent With Love' set

My stash- ribbon & paper-clips

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Natalie & Amy's

'Collall 3D' glue with tools from Natalie & Amy's

'Bow Maker' made by Nige

'6" scalloped square white card blank' from Natalie & Amy's

Thank you for stopping by today please pop over & see what fab creations the DT have made using their favourite things from the recipe!

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'Bring On Christmas'

It's Friday whoop so that means two things! 

Firstly its the weekend yay, family time! Lets just hope the weather is better this weekend so we can go to Blackpool! Its not looking to good at the moment, its rained here all night & is still going! (6am friday)

Secondly is it's time for a fab new release from The Stamping Chef  & this weeks image is absolutely gorgeous!

This gorgeous girlie comes with 

1 pre-coloured  image

1 black & white outline 

Two gorgeous 6x6 digi papers

Text & a stocking coloured JPG, PNG image

The papers & pre-coloured image are totally different  from what I have used so make sure you pop over here & see what she looks like! If you click here you will see some fab creations by the DT! 

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafting For All Seasons- girly

Papertake Weekly- sketch #74

Digi Sketch- Christmas theme  (2nd entry)

Crafty Ribbons- anything goes with ribbon

My Heart Pieces- use a digi

Christmas At Sweet Stamping- cute & cuddly (my hubby would think so lol) with none traditional colours

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Bring On Christmas' by The Stamping Chef

Promarkers, Flexmarkers & Inktense pencils

Skin- dusky pink & blush

Eyes- willow

Lips- carmine pink

Hair- ink black, Indian ink & neutral grey

Clothes- green aquamarine, dark aquamarine & carmine pink

Candy cane- cherry

Snow- dark aquamarine

Papers & Embellishments

Turquoise paper by Kodak

DP- 'Winter Wonderland' by The Craft House

Sentiment by Dovecraft

My stash- ribbon

'Crystal Ice'  Ice Stickles

Tools & Glues

'Collall all purpose glue' from Natalie & Amy's

'Collall 3D glue with tools' from Natalie & Amy's

'Scalloped Shell' edge punch by Woodware

Bow tied using bow maker Nige made me

6" square card blank from Natalie & Amy's

This fab image & papers are available with 20% off over the weekend, so make sure you get over to the shop before the discount runs out! Also if you want to see what fab creations the DT have made with this fab image, pop over here!

Have a great weekend

hugs xx

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Nige's Birthday Card!

For those of you that know me know I can't cook! It's not so much the matter not liking it, I just can't lol.....I burn water! The girls would rather starve than eat anything I cook, good job I married Nige he loves cooking! It was his birthday yesterday & this is the card I made for him, he just looked & rolled his eyes & said 'ya best give me a kiss then!' & then fell about laughing....glad he liked it!

Anyhoos its the start of a new challenge over at The Stamping Chef, where this fortnight we want to to 

USE METAL!

so brads, charms, chain that sort of thing!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

365 Cards- fab sketch

LEJ Designs- die cuts

Oldie But A Goodie- inspired by a song.. 'Ma Baker' Boney M  (my DCWV papers are my oldie)

Use It Tuesday- my DCWV papers *sob*

Artistic Inspirations- card for a man (hubbies birthday)

Incy Wincy - metal mania (charm)

Goodies I Have Used

Image- 'Culinary Claire' by The Stamping Chef'

5" x 7" card blank from Natalie & Amy's

Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Skin- coral, sunkissed pink, blush & icicle

Tim Holtz Distress Markers

Eyelid- chipped sapphire

Lips- barn door

Hair- vintage photo, rusty hinge & wild honey

Chefs hat- chipped sapphire & pumice stone

Shorts- chipped sapphire & barn door

Apron- chipped sapphire, barn door & pumice stone

Spoon- walnut stain & tea dye

Cake mix- tea dye & wild honey

Papers & Embellishmenst

DP & sentiment- 'Nana's Kitchen by DCWV

'Resplendent Rectangles' die cuts by Spellbinder from Natalie & Amy's

'Button' die cut from the 'button flower' set by Marianne D LR0164

'Doily' die cut by Nellie Snellon MFD020
Aqua divine twine
Blue card & charm my stash

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & see what fab creations my teamies have made & also check out details of the prizes up for grabs!
Hugs xx

Door Hanger

This is my 4th & last (yay lol!) post for today, please scroll down to see my Digital Delights, MAWTT & Sparkles Christmas creations!


This week over at Willow Sketchie we have the easiest ever challenge for you

ANYTHING GOES!

see told ya! No reason why you can't enter this week, so I wanna be hopping by your blogs to see what you have created! Don't forget to pop over to see what fab prize you could win!

My DT creation is one of the things I made for Sharon when she was on C&C back in October! I wanted to make something a bit different & Nige came up with the idea & made me a template as well...thanks hun xx

I'm not sure if any of you watch the show or can remember, my door hanger was hanging off the spotty potty!!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Fab & Funky- anything goes
Stamping Royalty- anything but a card
Whimsey Inspries- anything but a card

 

Goodies I Have Used

Image- 'Winnie in her Santa suit' from the 'Walter & Winnie Does Christmas' cd from Willow Designs

Doorhanger template by Nige Swinscoe xx

Promarkers

Winnie- sandstone, caramel, cinnamon, cocoa, henna, apricot & cocktail pink

Santa suit- burgundy, crimson & red

Ground - tea green

Papers & Embellishments

white card embossed with Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder by Provocraft

Colour disstressing with Tim Holtz tumbled glass

Eastern Rounds die cut by Nellie Snellen MFD010

'Santa Please Stop Here!' computer generated

Glamour dust from Crafty Emma's Store

Snowflake punch by Martha Stewart

Lined paper out of a notebook

Handwriting done by Katie with a Letraset fineliner from Crafty Emma's Store

My stash- blue card & burgundy card

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over to the main blog & take a look at what fab creations the girls have come up with!

Hugs xx

VW Campervan!

WOW!! I just want to say a great big thank you to all of you who entered our last challenge over at CES Challenges & helped us celebrate the birth of Emma & Steve's beautiful baby girl, Olivia!

 The prize for this weeks winner is a £10 voucher (P&P not included) to spend in Emma's online store
Emma currently has a ***MASSIVE CLEARANCE SALE WITH UP TO 80% OFF*** plus an extra 20% OFF EVERYTHING (excl. gift vouchers & digi images). You just need to enter this code at checkout...SALE20

There maybe a slight delay in despatch of orders due to the fact that Emma has just had baby Olivia!


This week we would like you to

ENTERTAIN US!

your creation must be inspired by a film or song....please remember to tell us what it is!

My card is inspired by 'The Beach Boys' song 'Fun, Fun, Fun!' My gorgeous hubby drew this image for me ages ago, after I was asked for a card with one on! I never used it because the customer changed their mind & wanted a KK nawty image lol! So after this image having sat on my desk for about a three months I thought I'd use it!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Critter Challenge- sketch

Fab & Funky- planes, trains & automoblies

Goodies I Have Used

Image- VW Camper by Nige Swinscoe
6" square top notch card blank from Crafty Emma's Store

Promakers & Flexmarkers

VW- glacier blue, powder blue, ice grey 2, 3, 4, honeydew, pink pearl, sorbet & pale citrus

Tyres- black, warm grey 3, 4 & 5

Surf board- fuchsia pink, sorbet & pink pearl

Ground- khaki, pastel beige & light fawn

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Beach Babe' by Fancy Pants from Crafty Emma's Store

Blue & pink card by Papermania

Bubble Cuttlebug embossing folder by Provocraft

Divine twine aqua from Crafty Emma's Store

Charm from Crafty Emma's Store

Pink gems from Crafty Emma's Store

Sentiment my stash

Chalks for sky from Dovecrafts

Thank you for popping by today, don't forget to pop over to the main blog & see what fab entertaining creations my teamies have made!

Hugs xx

Sleepy Cowboy!!

We have a new challenge for you over at Sparkles, our last on was 'one for the girls' so this fortnight we want

ONE FOR THE BOYS!

We have Di's digi downloads sponsoring us! Pop over to the main challenge blog to see what the prize is!! I was lucky enough to get one her gorgeous images to play with! Thanks hun xx

I was following a sketch & needed something for the bottom right of the picture, so asked my gorgeous hubby if he would draw me a cactus!! Thanks hunnie xxxx

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Samuel Taylor- sketch where you can win a Martha Stewart punch & a GG rubber stamp!!!

Elephantastic- layers

Sweet Stamping- on the farm (mine is on the ranch, same kinda thing? 

If its wrong then please delete me xx)

Goodies I Have Used

Image- 'Siesta Time' by Di's Digi Downloads

Cactus- drawn by Nige Swinscoe

6" top notch card blank from Crafty Emma's Store

Promarkers & fine nibs

Bear- sandstone, tan, caramel, walnut & pale pink

Hat & trousers- cocoa, henna, walnut, red & ruby

Shirt- sky blue & azure

Waist coat- raw sienna & terracotta

Belt- gold & burnt sienna

Bandana- red & ruby

Horse- warm 2, 3, 4 & 5

Reins & saddle- chestnut, burnt umber, red & ruby

Beer bottle- apple & forest green

Shadow- tea green & grey green

Papers & Embellishments

DP- by Bringing Crafts Too You

My stash sentiments, green & blue card

Thank you for visiting my small part of the www today, I really appreciate you leaving me your comments....don't forget to pop over & see what fab creations my teamies have made for those awkward men in their lives!!

Hugs xx

Tom Cruise mmmm nommy!!!

Well ok its not actually him but he was kinda my inspiration for this card! We have a fab challenge for you over at Crafty Emma's Store! This week we want you to have fun at the movies!

FAVOURITE MOVIES

Well straight away I know mine is TOPGUN with Tom Cruise in, not only is he easy on the eye the film is just fantastic. I must have watched it at least 100 times!! Yeah I know sad, but Nige is TOPGUN mad too, so we watch it every now & then!!!

Well I trawled the usual digi shops looking for F14 Tomcat plane (the same as Tom flies in the film) but couldn't find one!! I was getting really frustrated when my gorgeous hubby gave me his memory stick & said plug it in!! Oh he is the best he had drew me one!!!

Thanks hunnie you ROCK!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Fussy & Fancy- card for a male
The Stamp Man- card for male
Wags n Whiskers- One For The Boys

 

Goodies I Have Used

Image- F14 Tomcat drawn by Nige Swinscoe

6" Top Notched card blank from Crafty Emma's Store

Super smooth A4 card from Crafty Emma's Store

Promarkers from Crafty Emma's Store

Tomcat- black, cool grey 1, pastel blue & orange

Papers & EmbelishmentsTurquoise card by Papermania

Clouds Tim Holtz (tumbled glass)

Scalloped circles & oval nesties

TOPGUN cut on my Slice using Basic Elements sd card

Please pop over to the main blog to see what my teamies are watching on a Saturday night! lol

hugs xx