Flowers

Good Morning to all my lovely friends and followers well another challenge today over at Crafty Ribbons Challenge and the theme for this week is flowers. There is always a fabulous prize for the winner from The Crafty Ribbon store and I have to say they have some stunning ribbons on sale at present to fit all occasions

For my Design Team card I wanted to use a fab Pansy Ribbon so because of the strong colours I kept this card quite simple and  used a lot of white to compliment the ribbon.

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card 

Dots embossing folder from Crafter's Companion

 Ribbon is Nature Pansy ribbon from Crafty Ribbons
I didn't have a PansyStamp and found this Digi on Pinterest.( I do always worry using these as I worry they are copyrighted but I could find nothing to suggest this one was). Painted with Copic and  Pro marker pens
Spellbinder Floral Oval die
Lavender pearl String is from Whitby Crafts
The pansy sentiment is from a build a flower decoupage sheet

Well that's it for today I hope you take a look at this challenge and enjoy your week everyone.. Love and  hugs Carole x

A Man's World

Good morning to all my crafty friends and  followers Today sees the launch of a new challenge over at Crafty Ribbons Challenge Some of you may have noticed that we now have a challenge weekly so more chances to win a great prize from the Crafty Ribbons Shop.

Our theme this week is A Man's World so a chance to make a man card that we all love so much !! this is my Design Team card I went for a Father's Day card.

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card 

Stamp came free in a Docrafts Magazine ages ago along with the tie and  star stamp I stamped it in blue and red Memento ink

Papers and kraft  card are from my stash 

Red glitter card from a Craft Shop in Lichfield ages ago

The fabulous Ribbon is  Fathers Day Ribbon Crafty Ribbons 
Star die is Die-namics
Twine The Range
Small metal coat hanger Live and Love Crafts
The ties were stamped and  then fussy cut.

I hope everyone is well and  having a great week Look forward to seeing your entries Love and hugs Carole x 

My Little Flower Girl

Good morning to all my lovely friends and followers its Wednesday and you guessed it a new weekly challenge over at Crafting by Designs The theme this week is Pink and Girly I'm sure this is going to be a popular choice.
We have one gorgeous sponsor the week All Dressed Up Stamps giving a great prize of two stamps to the winner

 All Dressed Up Stamps

Prize - 2 single digi images

For my Design Team project  I used one of their delightful girly stamps called My Little Flower Girl and  made a pretty wall hanging.

My Wall Hanging Recipe

MDF heart Plaque from the MDF man at York Craft show formerly GNPE

Stamp is all Dressed Up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils and  fussy cut

Papers are Maja Design Vintage Summer 1922

Pearl string around the edge The Hobby House

Leaf die is Joycraft

Lace Flowers are from Brenda's Lace and  Ribbon

Sentiment comes with the stamp and Resin Frame from Live and Love Crafts

Slider buckles were left over from Wedding Stationery and  came from ebay

Swiss dot Ribbon and small flowers my stash

I hope you are having a great week and  I'm sure you will love this challenge Love and  hugs Carole x

Cats Whiskers

Good Evening to all my friends and  followers my post today is to launch the new release of stamps over at All Dressed Up Stamps for my Design Team creation I used the gorgeous Cats Whiskers Looking Good .This is a must stamp to have especially if you are a cat lover. Instead of a usual card I decided to make a door hanger for a change

Close up of the stamp

 Door Hanger Recipe

MDF door hanger from the MDF man at York Craft Show formerly GNPE

Stamp is Cats Whiskers Looking Good from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Copic and  Pro marker pens

Papers are Magnolia Hummingbird and Lili of the Valley Pastel Perfect sadly no longer available

Dies are Spellbinder Floral Oval with the edge cut away.

Joy craft heart border and  square flower die

Pearl String The Hobby House

Small pearl hearts Pink Frog crafts

Well I hope you are all have had a great week and  find time to take a look at the new release you will not be disappointed Wendy's images are superb Love and  hugs Carole x

Aurora Poppy

Good morning everyone hope your week is good and you are all well as its that Wednesday again ( (they come around so fast these days) its another challenge over at Crafting by Designs and  its our extremely popular month long Anything Goes Challenge

We have a couple of sponsors this month

The Eastwind

 

Prize - 3 single digis

and

Alicia Bel

 

Prize - 3 single digis

For my Design Team card I use a lovely stamp from The Eastwind called Aurora Poppy

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Papers are an old Do crafts pad

Stamp is Aurora poppy by The Eastwind painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Dies are Joycraft and Spellbinder Circle die

Butterfly trim and black organza flower ribbon are both from Boyes Stores

Sentiments are from a Tim Holtz pad from Michaels in Florida

Flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts and the cabouchon black flowers are The Works

Red Pearls are Kanban

I'm sorry but this didn't photograph well especially the stamp  its much redder and  brighter in real life looks a bit dingy on here

I hope you all find time to enter this great challenge and  enjoy the rest of the week Love and  hugs Carole x

 

Little Star

Good evening to everyone I hope that you had a great weekend and  are looking forward to a great week. My post today is to launch the new Anything Goes Challenge over at All Dressed Up Stamps.
The theme is always Anything Goes and all you need to have on your card is an All Dressed up image if you don't have any then they have some lovely Freebies on the blog you can use.

For my design Team card I decided on a very pretty stamp called Little Star

Close up of the Stamp

Card Recipe

7x7 Blnk Card

Stamp is Little Star from All Dressed Up Stamps painted with Copic and Promarker pens

Pink spot paper is LOTV sadly no longer available.

Dots embossing folder is Die'sire from Crafter's Companion

Spellbinder Fleur De Lys die and square die

Memory Box precious  star die

Poppy stamps flower die

Lili of the Valley Sentiment tags

Grey Pearls  my stash

Lace from Dainty Crafts Washington I think

Well I hope you can pop over and  enter the challenge I just love working with these gorgeous stamps. Love and hugs Carole x

Button It Up

Good Morning to all my lovely friends and followers I hope that everyone is well and  having a great week.Today is the launch of our new challenge over at Crafty Ribbons Challenge and  the theme this week is Button It Up so time to get those old button tins out and  create something amazing. Plus there is always a great prize for the winner to spend in the Crafty Ribbons Shop.

For my Design Team card I used a Saturated Canary Stamp called Thank You. I bought it with a couple of others last year and have just got round to using it. I need to get a few more favourites as I'v heard the Digi Stamp Store is closing in August.

Card Recipe

6x6 Blank Card

Papers are from a 12x12 Docrafts pad I was given a while ago

Stamp is Thank You from Saturated Canary painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Lace, buttons and organza Ribbon are from the Crafty Ribbons Store 

Flowers are all Wild Orchid Crafts

Spellbinder Oval and Scalloped Oval dies

The Button embossing folder is from a very old Cuttlebug border set.

Pearl String The Hobby House

Pink card is Tim Holtz

Sentiment stamp is from Hobby Craft

I've not used a Saturated Canary stamp for ages and  forgot how much I enjoy colouring them. I hope you can enter our challenge this week.  Love and hugs Carole x

I'm entering this  into In the Pink Challenge Baby /Child

Future DJ

Good afternoon to all my lovely crafting friends I'm back this afternoon with another post Wow two in one day!!. My post is to promote the latest  release of stamps from All Dressed up Stamps. The new stamps are just gorgeous

Dreaming of Summer

Future DJ

Looking Good

and finally Smile It's Your Birthday!

For my Design Team card I used future DJ its a bit of a different style of card for me but I loved doing it

Card Recipe

7x7 Blank Card

Stamp is Future DJ from All Dressed up Stamps painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Blue card is Tim Holtz

Papers are  Echo Park Its a Boys Life Playtime

Spellbinder Square die

Die-namics Star die

Sentiment is cut from the paper

Twine is from The Range 

Small wooden guitar button is from Whitby Crafts

I mde the banner myself as I don't have this shape die 

I hope you like these new stamps and if you fancy treating yourself this is the link to the Etsy Store All Dressed Up Stamps Shop Enjoy your evening everyone Love and  hugs Carole x

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Warm Sand

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers as its that Wednesday again its time for another fabulous challenge over at Crafting by Designs The theme for this weeks challenge is One For The Boys
Our sponsor this week is

 Sami Stamps

Prize - $12 credit to the store  

For my Design Team card I decided  on a stamp called Warm Sand

Card Recipe

6x6 Kraft Card

Stamp is Warm Sand by Sami Stamps painted with Copic and  Promarker pens

Nautical Papers are from an old Docrafts pad

MFT Die-namics stitched rectangles to form a frame

La La Land Banner die

Ribbons and lace are from Crafty Ribbons Store

Small wooden frame from The Works

Get Away wooden sentiment is by Heidi Swapp from Joann's in Florida

The Ice Cream buttons and  ceramic boat are from Whitby Crafts

I hope you are all having a great week and can pop over and enter this weeks challenge Love and  hugs Carole x

All Dressed Up Free Stamp

Good afternoon to all my lovely friends and followers . In conjunction with Kit and  Chowder All Dressed Up Stamps are giving a delightful free stamp to members of the Kit and Chowder Face book Group
So why not pop over follow the instruction and bag your self this great stamp

 This is a card I made a while ago using this beautiful stamp 

If you love All Dressed Up Stamps this is a great freebie so make sure you get it. You have till Friday 29th April to claim your free stamp.

Have a great Sunday everyone love and hugs Carole x

Get Ready For Christmas

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers today sees the return at Crafting by Designs of our very popular Get Ready For Christmas Challenges we ran these every month last year with huge success and  if you start entering now everyone you will have nine cards made by Christmas.
Our Sponsor this week is

     The Stamping Boutique    

Prize - 3 digi images

This is my first Christmas card of 2016 and  I decided on an image called Caroling Snowmen from The Stamp Boutique

Close up of the stamp

Card Recipe

6x6 Kraft Card

Stamp Caroling Snowmen from The Stamp Boutique painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Papers are Maja Design Vintage Frost Basics

Pom pom trim from The Ribbon Girl

Plaited hessian trim and  jute string  are fromWhitby Crafts

Lace trim my stash might be GNPE

Square dies Tonic 

Lamppost die Joycraft 

Liberty Bells Live and  Love Crafts

Sentiments Lili of The Valley Christmas Grungy Messages and  Christmas Postmarks sorry but I can no longer see the postmarks on the LOTV web page so much stuff missing on their site now.

Snow is made using Wow embossing powder and Gesso

Well I hope everyone is having a great week and I've inspired you to start some Christmas Cards If you do then pop over and  enter the challenge Love and  hugs Carole x

Passionate Paper Creations and Friends

Good morning to all my friends and followers .All Dressed Up Stamps are offering a fabulous 20% discount over this weekend as a promotion with PPCF using the code available here.....

This offer ends on the 17th so pop along to the All Dressed up Stamps Etsy Store and take a look at the fab stamps.

The All Dressed Up Design Team will be showing cards on the PPCF blog all weekend these are my cards which will be shown 

Flyaway Butterfly

Little Flower Girl

I hope you can find time over the weekend to pop over and  take a look and  maybe have a little treat at these prices its a shame not to !!

Have a great weekend everyone we are going to Manchester for the weekend to see Miles so looking forward to lots of lovely cuddles Love and  hugs Carole x

Ribbon or Lace

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers as its that Wednesday its the launch of another weekly challenge over at Crafting by Designs the theme this week is use Ribbon or Lace.
Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is

Lacy Sunshine

Prize - 3 digi images

For my Design Team card I used an image called Gizelle Melancholy Moppet.

Card Recipe

6x6 Blank Card

Image is Gizelle Melancholy Moppet from Lacy Sunshine painted with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Die is Flower Leaf and  circle die from Marianne dies

Lace and cabouchon are from Brenda's Lace and Ribbon

Papers are Maja Design from Live and  Love crafts 

Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and  Live and Love Crafts

Sentiments are from a Crafters Companion stamp set After The Rain

Small pearl hearts my stash

Well I hope you are all having a great week and  find time to pop over and join in the challenge this week. Also a reminder that the Crafting by Designs Design Team call is still open till the 20th April this is the link if anyone is interested Crafting by Design Design Team call

I'm sorry I've not been around  in blogland these last few days I have had visitors staying till today so hope to get back to your lovely blogs very soon Love and  hugs Carole 

You Are Beautiful

Good morning to all my lovely friends and  followers I hope everyone is well and  having a great week. As its that Wednesday I'm here to launch a new weekly challenge over at Crafting by Designs The theme for this weeks challenge is You Are Beautiful.

We have one sponsor Lunagirl who sell some fabulous vintage photos and  images.

Sponsor:  Lunagirl 

Prize - $15 gift certificate to store 

For my Design Team card I used a vintage photo from the Daydream sheet

Card Recipe

6x6 blank card 

Image from The Lunagirl sheet Daydream

Papers are Pion Grandma's School Book Blue Wings sadly now discontinued I think it was from Live and  Love Crafts ages ago.

Cream Card is Tm Holtz

Dies are Spellbinder Decorative Labels Eight, Magnolia Doohickey leaf and swirl die and Joycraft Vintage Flourishes leaf die,

Lace was from a haberdashery stall on Bakewell Market

Blue butterflies are from a Pion cut out sheet

Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the cream hessian flower from Michael's Florida

Sentiment is Lili of the Valley Pretty Grungy Sentiments sadly I can no longer see them on the website such a lot of their stuff is no longer available so sad.

Small round cameo is from The Hobby House .

I hope you all enjoy the rest of the week a busy one for me as I've got visitors coming on Friday for a few days so some crafting and jobs to do before they arrive. I hope you can pop over and  enter this challenge they are all always very popular. Love and  hugs Carole x