Wednesday 25 January 2017

Fifi Bubbles

Good morning to all my lovely friends and followers its Wednesday so its the launch of a new challenge over at Crafting By Designs and the theme this week is Pink Pretty and  Girlie. I'm sure a few of you will enjoy that I know a lot of you are big pink fans.
Our sponsor this week is





 Prize - choice of 3 single images


For my Design Team card I used a lovely Girlie image called Fifi Bubbles



The inside


Card Recipe

Flower shaped card from Craftwork cards
Pink Papers came free in a magazine
Stamp is Fifi Bubbles painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils
Die is Marianne Circle ,Leaf and  Flower
Lace, Ribbon and  Pearls are all from Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials Facebook shop
Flowers are Wild Orchid Craft
Resin frame is Melissa Francis from Live and Love Crafts I made it into a mirror by adding a piece of silver mirra card to the back
Sentiment is from Lili of the Valley Everything's Better set 
Some clear Wink of Stella on the Bubbles
Corner rounder on the sentiment

I was a bit disappointed with my background idea I tried to get the impression of steam but not sure it came out the way I thought it would. 
I hope you can pop over and  enter the challenge especially all you Pink fans Have a great week. Love and  hugs Carole x

I'm entering this into  In The Pink What's New Challenge my new goodies are the stamp Fifi Bubbles, the lace and ribbon and the LOTV sentiment stamp. 




Friday 20 January 2017

Aurora Wings Flower Ballerina

Good morning to all my very special friends and  followers. I'm quite pleased today to be sharing a card I have made that isn't for one of my Design Team challenges. I was asked last year by a friend to make a 65th card for her . The recipient loves the theatre and ballet so I decided to use this Aurora Wings digi stamp I have had for ages and never used its a beautiful stamp called Flower Ballerina and  I loved painting her. The ladies birthday was yesterday so I'm safe to be sharing it with you today.


 

Close Up of the stamp

 

The Matching Box


Card and  Box Recipe

7x7 Blank card
Stamp is Flower Ballerina from Aurora Wings painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils
Papers are Maja Design Shall We have Coffee Two Ladies and Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics all from Live and  Love Crafts
Butterfly dies are Joycraft
Square matting dies are Tonic
Lace is from Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon specials
Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts. Boyes Stores. Pearl flower is The Hobby House.Purple bead stem Live and Love Crafts and the pearl leaves my stash
Resin Frame is Melissa Francis and the sentiment computer generated
Dark Cream Cabouchon I bought at the GNPE Harrogate
Tag sentiments are from Lili of the Valley
8x8 box from Stella Crafts
Small pearl hearts Jelly Bean Crafts Ross Papercraft Show
Box sentiment I made on the computer

Well I hope that you are all looking forward to the weekend and  have some nice things planned . Love and  hugs Carole x

I'm entering this into Noor Design January Challenge Anything Goes and The Ribbon Girl Any image Challenge




Wednesday 18 January 2017

Anything That Shines

Good morning to all my friends and  followers its that Wednesday and the launch of a new Challenge over at Crafting by Designs our theme for this week is Anything That Shines. We have one sponsor this week

 Prize - $12 credit to store




For my Design Team card I decided to use a pretty stamp called Blossom Girl.




Close up 



Card Recipe

6x6 Blank Card
Papers are Pion Design Paris Flea Market Pink Fabric
Stamp is Blossom girl from Sami stamps painted with 
Copic and  Promarker Pens
Slver Frame is from my stash think they came in a card making kit I bought years ago.
Feather die is Hot of the Press Paper Artist might have come in a magazine.
Diamante trim was a gift from Julia one of my Design Team buddies.
Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts
Grey Feather from some I was given.
Sparkly Flowers from Boyes Stores
Silver sparkler Dawn to Dusk Crafts
Sentiment is Lili of the Valley set Time to Party from the latest launch
Some clear Wink of Stella on the image 

Well I hope that you are all having a good week and  can find time to enter our challenge this week. I thought this was a great theme idea. Love and  hugs Carole x 


Sunday 15 January 2017

Love to Dance

Good evening to all my friends and  followers. Today is the launch of a new challenge over at All Dressed Up Stamps This will be our first challenge in 2017 and as always its anything goes as long as you use an All Dressed Up Stamp . If you don't have a one then there are some great freebies to be had on the challenge page HERE The prize for the random winner is 3 digi stamps in addition we also select a top three and one of those is asked to be a Guest Designer the following month.
For my Design Team card this month I've used a gorgeous stamp called Love to Dance


Close up


Card Recipe

6x6 Blank Card
Stamp is Love to Dance from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils
Die is Spellbinders Floral Oval
Papers are LOTV Timeless Victorian now retired
Fancy Border is Dutch Doobadoo
Net and organza flower trim are from Boyes Stores
Resin corner was from The Works
Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts, Dainty Crafts and rolled flowers from Poundland 
Wooden heart is from Whitby Crafts
Pearl hearts my stash
Some Wink of Stella on the image and flowers
Pearl trim The Hobby House 

Well the challenge runs for a month so plenty of time to enter . Hope everyone has had a good weekend  Love and  hugs Carole x

Wednesday 11 January 2017

007

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers. Its that Wednesday again and the start of a new challenge over at Crafting by Designs this week our theme is Inspired by a Movie.
Our sponsor this week is


 

 Prize - choice of 3 single images



For my Design Team card I decided on a great fun image 007


The Stamp


Card Recipe

A5 card 
Stamp is 007 from Alicia Bell painted with Copic and Promarker pens then fusst cut.
Background paper was from the internet its a James Bond poster
Black and Silver Mirra Card both from Ross Papercraft Show
Film strip die is Sizzix from Michael's in Florida 
Mirrored embellishments from a pound shop in Liverpool
Gems from my stash the pearl ones are Kaisercraft.

Its ages since I made an A5 shaped card and quite enjoyed it for a change. The challenge runs for a week so I hope you can pop over and  take a look I always think these movie themes are good fun Hope everyone is well and having a great week. Love and  hugs Carole x





Saturday 7 January 2017

Christmas Candles 2016

Good morning to all my friends and followers I hope you are all well and  enjoyed the first week of 2017. Today my post has a Christmas theme as this is something I intended to post the week before Christmas but as I ran out of time they didn't get on here so better late than never. I'm sharing the candles I made to give as small Christmas gifts to some of my friends. I hope you still enjoy seeing them even though Christmas seems ages ago now.










Candle Recipe

Candles are from Tesco and  Homebase
Spellbinder circle and scalloped circles to form the base
Ribbons and lace are from Crafty Ribbons , Whitby Crafts , Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Facebook page and tartan from my Christmas ribbon box
Pearl String is from The Hobby House, Boyes Stores, Ebay and  Ross Papercraft Show.
Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts Hobby Lobby Florida and Michael's Florida 
Berries Cinnamon Sticks and trims are from Live and  Love Crafts, Noor Designs, Boyes Stores and  Dainty Crafts Washington.
Marianne Pine Branch die
Jute String Whitby Crafts and Wooden Christmas Tags Boyes Stores

Well I hope you all have a great weekend I've got some crafting to catch up on today then we are out tomorrow for lunch as its my husbands birthday . Managed to get some commenting done this week but still a bit behind but getting there. You will all just have to slow down so I can catch up only joking I love seeing your fabulous creations. Love and  hugs Carole x







Wednesday 4 January 2017

Happy New Year and Big Eye Bookworm Fairy

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers firstly I hope you all had a great Christmas and  I want to wish each and every one of you  a very Happy New Year for 2017. Secondly apologies I have not been around in blogland. My husband was taken into hospital the week before Christmas not getting home till Christmas Eve. I had the family arriving that day so with hospital visits preparing for the holiday it was a a very busy time for me. We had our grandson for 5 days which was lovely .I then had a friend staying for New Year so a very busy time but enjoyable .
Hopefully I can now get back to my crafting properly now all the festivities are over.

Well today would you believe it's that Wednesday and our first challenge over at Crafting by Designs for 2107. Our theme this month is Anything Goes and  we have a great sponsor


Prize - choice of 3 single images

For my card I decided on a stamp called Big Eye Bookworm Fairy bit of a different style for me can you believe no lace, ribbon or flowers oh I must be under the weather !!!





Card Recipe

6x6 Blank Card
Brick Paper was free in a magazine 
Stamp is Odd Ball Art painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils and  the lovely sentiment comes with the stamp
Green Birdsong filigree paper from Docrafts 
Tonic Square die
Wink of Stella on the image
Gems from my stash

Well I took the decorations down yesterday and  packed them away for another year . I hope I can get to see your lovely blogs very shortly. Don't forget to pop over and  take a look at the challenge it runs till the 25th January . Sorry about the photo of this card but its green my camera hates green and  the weather is very dark. Its much brighter than this. Enjoy your week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x