Party Frock

Good evening to all my lovely friends and  followers today is the launch of a new Monthly Challenge over at All Dressed Up Stamps . Our theme as always is Anything Goes as long as you use an All Dressed Up Stamp in your design. If you have just discovered these stamps and don't have any there are some fab Freebies HERE to get you started.

The prize for the winner is three digital stamps of their choice and we also pick a top three one of whom is asked to be a Guest Designer the following month.

For my September  Design Team project  I used a lovely stamp called Party Frock  There are also more fabulous creations from the rest of the Design Team to inspire you all over on the Challenge Blog.

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Paper is Pion Design Scent of Lavender Preserving the Scent I bought them from Live and  Love Crafts now closed . I still miss this shop especially the range of lovely papers she stocked.

Stamp is All Dressed Up Stamps Party Frock painted with Derwent Inktense  Pencils 

Perfume bottle stamp is a Hobby Art stamp set Perfume Bottles

Die is LDRS Creative  Gilded Oval die

Lace Bow and  lace are from Brenda's Lace and Ribbon Specials Facebook shop now closed

as are the lavender pearl bows

Sentiment tags are Lili of the Valley Stamps still available as a digi set I think 

I hope you can find time to enter our challenge just remember to use an All Dressed Up Stamp if you do.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend Love and  hugs Carole x

40th Birthday Looking Gorgeous

Good morning to all my friends and  followers on this very snowy morning here in the UK.  Today I'm sharing a commission card I did recently for one of my friends daughters 40th Birthday. Her birthday was on Wednesday so I'm fine to share it with you all now.

I hope you like it I used a favourite Prosecco Time stamp from LDRS All Dressed up Stamps set.

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The Matching Box

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Card and Box Recipe

8x8 Blank Card

Stamp is Little Darlings Rubber Stamp All Dressed Up Stamp Prosecco time form Dies to Die for Painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Maja Design Sofiera Down the Rose Path

Die is LDRS Gilded Oval Set

Heart Stitched dies

Dots embossing folder 

Pearl Trim is from The Hobby House

Memory Box Luxe Poinsettia dies

Organza flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts 

Pale Pink Roses The Ribbon Girl (so sad they are closing )

Lace corners and  tiny pearl roses are from Brenda;s Lace and  Ribbon Specials Facebook shop now closed

Looking Gorgeous sentiment is from another LDRS All Dressed Up set called Looking Gorgeous

Other sentiments I made on the computer 

8x8 Box is from Mad Hatter Crafts at Ross Papercraft show 

Hope you enjoy my card I know my friend was delighted with it Have a great weekend everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

Three Wise Men and Ruby Sweet

Good morning to everyone its the first Wednesday in August so has to be our extremely popular Anything Goes monthly challenge over at Crafting by Designs This will be a bumper challenge as it runs till the 4th September it is a our only challenge this month as the Design Team are having a summer break and  we will not be back again on the 5th September.

So for our bumper challenge we have four sponsors  this month each giving a great prize.

 Eureka Stamps   

Prize - winner choice of 3 digi images

                                                            Polkadoodles 
                                                               

                                          
                                             Prize - winner choice of 3 digi stamps


                                                   Di's Digis 

    

Prize - $12 voucher to store

                                                   StickerYou  

                                      Prize - $25 gift certificate to store

For my Deign Team cards I used Designs from Eureka Stamps Three Wise Men and from Polkadoodles Ruby Sweet '

Three Wise Men

               

Entering this into Winter Wonderland Christmas Blog Challenge Christmas gifts

Ruby Sweet

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I;m entering this into Polkadoodles Challenge

Card Recipes

Three Wise Men

6x6 Blank Card

Stamp is from Eureka Stamps not coloured. I used the black and white image which is already pre shaded

Black Mirra Card from Jelly Bean Crafts

White card embossed with a Die'sire dots embossing folder

Stitched circle die

Memory box dies are Stitched Curves and Village border( I cut the pine trees off as I didn't think they looked quite right in the dessert !!)

Stars are a MFT Dienamics die

Gold elastic twine from my box

The small gold stars are from eBay they are beads.

Sentiment stamp is Lili of the Valley a recent purchase from Hochanda with the other LOTV new Christmas sentiment stamp set

Ruby Sweet

7x7 Blank Card

Papers are Maja Design Sofiera Enjoying the Fragrance

Stamp is Ruby Sweet coloured with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Die is LDRS Gilded Oval from Dies to Die For

Flower die is Memory Box Luxe Poinsettia dies

Pearl String and pearl flowers are The Hobby House from Whitby Crafts

Ruffle trim I bought in Walmart in Florida

Sentiment is from LDRS All Dressed Up Stamps Looking Gorgeous stamp set. I used the die to cut it out.

Pink Pearls my box

Wow that was a long post. I do hope that you can enter the challenge there is loads of time till the 4th September to add your lovely makes especially as its Anything Goes.

Enjoy the rest of the week and remember our next challenge is not till 5th September. Love and  hugs Carole x 

Butterfly Girl

Good evening everyone I hope you are all well and have had a great weekend..My post today is to showcase the May new release stamps from All Dressed Up Stamps. As always they are all fabulous designs.  I'm always amazed how Wendy can always keep coming up with more and  more fabulous designs.each month. So here they are 

My Helicopter

Daddy's Day

Butterfly Girl

Best Teacher

For my Design Team card I used the gorgeous Butterfly girl

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Card Recipe

7x7 Blank card

Stamp is Butterfly Girl painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Maja Design  Celebration Congratulations
LDRS Gilded Oval Die
Joy craft Butterfly border and  matching Butterfly die
Lace is from Dainty crafts in Washington
Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts and Boyes Stores
Sentiment tag stamps  are Lili of the Valley only available now as digi
Pearl string my box

Well I hope you take a look at these new release stamps that are all now on sale in the All Dressed Up Stamps Etsy page. 

Have a lovely evening everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

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Sassy

Good afternoon everyone a bit of a different post today All Dressed Up Stamps are sponsoring a give away over at Kit and Clowder we are giving away Sassy If you love her make sure you get your freebie as she will not be for sale in the shop for a while .She is just adorable take a look

Sassy

The All Dressed Up Stamps Design Team have been making some fabulous projects to inspire you and  they will appear on the Kit and Clowder Facebook page through out the weekend . This is my Design Team card using Sassy and a Triptych shape design.

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Triptych card shape is made from a Dutchdoobadoo stencil I bought from Crafteeze sometime ago

Magenta card is Tim Holtz

Papers are Maja Design Celebration Jubilee from The Mad Scrapper 

Stamp is Sassy from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils 

Dies are LDRS Gilded Oval Set from Dies to Die For

Magnolia Doohickey scroll and leaf die

Lace trim and  Lace leaves are from Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon Specials Facebook shop

Flowers are all Wild Orchid Crafts

Love sentiment was from Dunelm its classed as Wedding Confetti 

Small Wooden frame The Works

Birthday Girl Sentiment is Lili of the Valley Fairy Wishes stamp set sorry I cannot see it on the site now as a Digi set.

Well all you have to do now is get over to Kit and Clowder and  get yourselves this beautiful Sassy digi stamp and you can also take a look at the other cards from our Design Team including some from our amazing new Design Team members who officially start with us on the 15th .April.

Finally I just want to wish each and  every one of you a Very Happy Easter Day. Love and  hugs Carole x

Prosecco Time

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers. Well I'm back today with a card to launch the new monthly Challenge over at In The Pink. Our theme for this month is Anything Goes to celebrate our Fifth Birthday
We have a fabulous sponsor this time.

Giving a very generous £15 voucher to the winner

For my Design Team card I used a fab All Dressed Up Stamps rubber stamp from LDRS that I treated myself to a couple of weeks ago. I just love her she's'so appropriate for lots of my friends.

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Card Recipe

7 x 7 Blank Card

Papers are Lemoncraft House of Roses from Noor Designs and Maja Design Sofiero Strolling down the rose path from Live and  Love Crafts I do miss that shop 

Stamp is an  All Dressed Up Stamps rubber stamp from LDRS bought from Dies To Die For painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Die is LDRS Gilded oval also from Dies To Die For

Flower dies are Poppy dies

Lace trim from Hobby Lobby in Florida

Pink bead sprays are from Dainty Crafts at Washington

Pearl string The Hobby House

Resin Frame is Melissa Francis from Live and Love crafts now closed.

Base white hearts are Martha Stewart Stickers from Michael's in Florida topped with a Dutch Doobadoo Paper heart and  a pink heart from my stash

Well I just loved this stamp I'm sure she will appear here again .I hope you can help us celebrate our 5th Birthday at In The Pink and  pop over and enter our Anything Goes Challenge this time, that's a fab prize. Enjoy the rest of the week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

Holiday Girl and Jam Jars

Good evening to all my lovely friends and followers tonight's post is to showcase the new release stamps from All Dressed up Stamps for July there are four new gorgeous designs just perfect for your summer cards.

So here they are and  you can buy them all now from the All Dressed Up Shop This is another fabulous release from Wendy and  again its very difficult to decide which i like the best..

Day Dreaming

Holiday Girl

Mermaid Kisses

Jam Jars

For my Design Team makes I used two of these fabulous stamps Holiday Girl and Jam Jars I hope you like them.

Holiday girl

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Card Recipe Holiday Girl

6x6 Blank Card

Stamp is Holiday Girl from All Dressed up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Maja Design Summer basics from Live and  Love Crafts now closed

Dies are LDRS Gilded Ovals set from Dies to Die For.

Sun die is from eBay

Stitched rectangle die is Lawn Fawn

Metal coat hanger was from Live and  Love crafts

Bakers Twine is Docrafts and I fussy cut the clothes to hang on the end.

Sentiment and shades sentiment are part of the stamp 

Flowers are from my stash

Pearls from the Pound Shop 

Jam Jars

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Jam Jar Wall Hanging Recipe

Heart Shape wooden  photo frame was from Michael's in Florida it cost a $1 and I painted it with lavender Acrylic Paint

Stamp is Jam Jars from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Wooden Love sentiment is also from Michael's

Wooden double hearts I bought at the last Harrogate craft show

Jute String to make the hanger is from Whitby Crafts

Well I hope you have enjoyed seeing the new release stamps and my two makes. I think it will be hard not to take a look at them all in the shop and also there are some more inspirations from the rest of the Design Team HERE

I want to also apologize as I've not been around much this week but we had three days away in North Yorkshire for our Wedding Anniversary which was on Tuesday we stayed in a very lovely hotel it was just perfect. So I'll be playing catch up over the weekend. I do hope everyone is well and  enjoying a lovely weekend.  Love and  hugs Carole x

 

Merry and Bright Get Ready For Christmas

Good morning to all my special friends and  followers Its Wednesday again so the start of a new challenge over at Crafting by Designs.this week its our very popular Get Ready For Christmas Challenge I hope you have joined in with these challenges its a great way to get ahead with Christmas cards

Our sponsor this week is

All Dressed Up Stamps     

Prize - winner choice of 2 digi images

For my Design Team Christmas card I've used the lovely stamp from All Dressed up Stamps called Merry and  Bright.

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7x7 Blank card

Stamp is Merry and  Bright from All Dressed up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Maja Design Home For The Holidays-Family from Live and  Love Crafts sadly now closed

Kraft card is Crafter's Companion

Dies are LDRS Gilded Oval Die from Dies to Die For.

Parcel Border die is from Couture Creations Christmas Eve Collection All Wrapped  Up from Harrogate show

Bendable Jute String is Docrafts

Bark Stars and  Rusty bells Live and  Love Crafts

Berries are from my stash

Jute string Brenda's Lace and  Ribbons Facebook shop

Sentiment is from a Maja design pad Vintage Frost Basics

Pearls my stash

White Wink of Stella on the berries and  pearls

Well I hope you can play along with us this month this is always a popular challenge blog. Enjoy the rest of the week everyone. I'll be back tomorrow with another post Love and  hugs Carole x

Dream Dress

Good morning to all my special friends and  followers its Wednesday so the launch of another challenge over at Crafting by Designs our theme this week is Girls or Flowers and  we have a great sponsor this week

SheepSki Designs  

 Prize - winner choice of 3 digi images 

These stamps are gorgeous and  I would recommend you take a look at Andrea's fab stamps.

For my Design team card I've used a stamp called Dream Dress.its actually a copy of the owners own wedding dress its so pretty.

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Card Recipe

7x7 blank card

Stamp is Dream Dress from SheepSki Designs painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Maja Design from Live and  Love Crafts sadly now closed

White card is Tim Holtz 

 White overlay paper is from Ross Papercraft

Dies are LDRS Gilded Oval and Joycrafts Cicles,Squares and Hearts both from  Dies to Die For

Pearl trim The Hobby House

Organza flower trim is from Wild Orchid Crafts not sure if they still sell it I've had it a while.

I made the flowers using some lilac vellum a Chloe stamp and Stampendous white embossing powder then fussy cut them.

Small dark lilac flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment is from a Tim Holtz sentiment pad from Michael's in Florida

Heart pearls are from Jelly Bean crafts at Harrogate show.

I really enjoyed making these flowers its ages since I used this technique but it always looks gorgeous. 

Well I hope you can find time to enter this weeks challenge. Enjoy the week everyone Love and  hugs Carole x