CCT CHALLENGE 75 - NEW BEGINNINGS

A late post from me...had a veeeery busy but extremely fun day :0)

Thought I'd share the card I made for Cute Card Thursday which this week is 'New beginnings' and ofcourse I just had to make a baby card with my cute FF sticker's. Is'nt he adoreable?

IMAGE - FF sticker

PAPER - DCWV

SENTIMENT - Peel-off's from stash

EMBELLISHMENTS - MS Punch, PM button's, Nestabilities and Handstitching

Thanks for looking xx

SKETCH AND STASH CHALLENGE 17

As there was such a fab sketch over on Sketch and Stash I just had to use it to make one my youngest son's birthday card's.He will be six next friday but he's still my baby :0)

I also just had to use my new lovely MME paper's 'Boo to you' they mix perfectly with my OA Nigth light paper's.

IMAGE - MIY sticker

SENTIMENT - PM CCSR Sentiments

PAPER - MME 'Boo to You' And October Afternoon 'Night Light'

EMBELLISHMENTS - Nestabilities, sizzix fruit smoothie alphabet, Maya road ribbon,PM brad's and Handstitching.

Thanks for looking and for any commentsyou may leave :0)

Hugs Amanda x

ANYONE FOR ANYA?

Well I just had to enter the Anyone For Anya challenge as I absolutely love my anya stamps :0).They are just so fun and girly!This week's theme is Sugar and Spice!

I'm also entering it into this week's Creative Inspirations Challenge which is 'Friendhip'.

IMAGE - Miss Anya (The Greetings Farm)

COLOUR MEDIUM - Polychromos pencils

PAPER - MME Bloom n grow

SENTIMENT - Craftwork card's

EMBELLSIHMENTS - Dovecraft brad's , PM adhesive pearls and handstitching.

Thanks for looking and for any commets you may leave :0)

Hugs amanda x

THE PINK ELEPHANT CHALLENGE #29

Morning!There's a fab sketch to play with over at TPE this week!And I just had to have a go.It made a nice change to use a card that was'nt square too!And yes another christmas card lol

IMAGE - PB Holly Jolly

COLOUR MEDIUM - Polychromos pencils

SENTIMENT - Kars

PAPER - DCWV

EMBELLSIHMENTS - Poppicrafts ribbon, PM snowflake brad's, Nestabilities, stickles glitter glue and handstitching.

Thanks for looking and for taking the time to leave a comment. :0)

SKETCH SATURDAY #65

Morning here's my card for this week's sketch saturday.Another christmas card lol

IMAGE - PB Holly Jolly

COLOUR MEDIUM -Polychromos pencils

SENTIMENT - Papermania CCSR For Him

PAPER - DCWV Christmas stack last year's

EMBELLSIHMENTS - MS punch, hobbycraft snowflake punch, Poppicrafts ribbon,PM adhesive stones, circle nestabilities and handstitching

Thanks for looking xx

STAMP WITH FUN #21 - AT THE SEA!

Well it's definitely not beach weather here today lol. The Stamp with fun challenge this week is 'At the sea!'. So out came cutie pie Tilda again!I just adore this image,makes me want to be by the sea :0) especially with the miserable weather we're having today!

CARD BASE - Craftwork card's 8x8 card blank

IMAGE - Magnolia

COLOUR MEDIUM - Polychromos pencils

PAPER - DCWV Glitter spring stack

SENTIMENT - CCSR Sentiments

EMBELLSIHMENTS - Poppicrafts ribbon, The Robin's nest dew drops, PM brads and flower's, Ek success and x-cut flower punches, nestabilities and handstitching

Thanks for stopping by!Hope my card has brightened you day?lol :0)

FRIDAY SKETCHERS #66 MEETS PBSC #63

Morning thought I'd share the card I made to enter into Friday sketchers(a sketch) and Penny Black(stitching) this week. I'm afraid it's another christmas card, really into making them still at the mo. I should really get cracking on my son's birthday card's as it's his 6th birthday the 4th sept!And I've also got to make card's for my cousin who is the same age the day before!But there's just too many fab challenges I want to play along with at the mo,maybe i'll try and combine.

IMAGE - PB Holly Jolly set

COLOUR MEDIUM - Polychromos pencils

PAPER - KARS 6x6 X-mas collection

EMBELLISHMENTS - X-cut snowflake punch, PM adhesive pearls, oval, circle,rectangle and square nestabilities,MS flourish punch and handstitching

Thanks for stopping by today!xx

THE SUGAR BOWL

Hello!Hope you're all enjoying the weekend?We went to Church Stretton yesterday,it's such a beautiful place ...great for picnics.Anyway onto the card which is for The Sugar Bowl challenge which is another fab sketch and the added extra of DIY flower's well I wimped out of making my own and went for one of me fave x-cut punches instead :0)

IMAGE- A Gift for you(sugar nellie)

COLOUR MEDIUM- Polychromos

PAPER- DCWV Green stack and CCSR The Big One stack

SENTIMENT - Papermania CCSR Sentiments

EMBELLISHMENTS- X-cut flower punch, craftwork card's candy, oval nestabilities and handstitching.

Thanks for stopping by today.xx

SIMON SAYS....CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST!

As I'm in the festive mood I thought I'd play along at Simon says this week as their theme is Christmas in august!At the rate I'm making christmas card's I'll have enough to send next year too lol. I think Snow Anya is one of my fave miss anya's and I teamed her with some Dovecraft paper's from last year.Love blue and red combo's at christmas.

IMAGE - Snow Anya(The Greetings Farm)

COLOUR MEDIUM - Polychromos pencils

PAPER - Dovecraft(last year's)

EMBELLISHMENTS - Papermania snowflake brad's,rectangle nestabilities, fiskars threading water punch,red stones and sheer ribbon from stash and handstitching.

Thanks for looking!Hope you all have a fab weekend xx

JUST MAGNOLIA WK19 - RACH'S SKETCH!

I absolutely love my magnolia stamps and can't believe I don't enter this challenge as much as I should!So when I saw today's fab sketch by Rach I got to work straight away to make sure I entered this week! I used Edwin for this card as I do love Edwin and he went so perfect with these Bo-bunny paper's i've had a while and been dying to use.My Boyfriend loves surfing, so I just had to get this stamp which shall be on his bday card next year!

IMAGE - Edwin surfer

COLOUR MEDIUM - Polychromos pencils

SENTIMENT - Stamps away

PAPER - Bo-bunny Mango Luau

EMBELLISHMENTS - Papercellar Raffia, Star charm from The Hobby house, The Robin's nest dew drops, Papermania brad, large rectangle nestabilities and handstitching.

Thanks for stopping by today and taking the time to leave a comment, much appreciated :0)

BE CHIC TRIO!!!

Hi everyone!This week over on Stampin' Chic's it's time to 'BE CHIC' and get your creative juices flowing!

I started out just redecorating an empty trio embellishment box that I had saved just incase lol. And it did come in useful, as you can see it now houses some yummy chocolate!(minstrels). Well not happy that this was enough I made a matching card and tag to go with it!There's a prize up for grab's this week too so pop over and check out the other DT's creations trust me you won't be dissapointed... they are amazing!!!I look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your Be Chic creations :0)

PRODUCTS USED;

IMAGE - PM CCSR Stamping chic - party

COLOUR MEDIUM - Whispers pens

PAPER- PM CCSR The Big One stack

CARDSTOCK - PM Scalloped card and textured card

SENTIMENT - PM CCSR Sentiments

EMBELLISHMENTS - PM Adhesive pearls, Anita's everyday ribbon, x-cut flower punch and x-cut corner rounder punch.

Thanks for stopping by.xx

THE PINK ELEPHANT CHALLENGE #28

Hi!Thought i'd have a go at making a card for The Pink Elephant challenge as i have'nt entered this challenge for a while. Had this stamp set a while now and thought it was about time it saw ink. I think this is a really sweet image and reminds me of summer which is TPE's theme this week.

IMAGE - PB Teddy & company

COLOUR MEDIUM - Polychromos pencils

PAPER - PM CCSR The Big One stack

CARDSTOCK - Core'dinations 6x6

SENTIMENT - Craftwork card's

EMBELLISHMENTS - CCSR Doodles stamp set, tulle, craftwork card's card candy, PM adhesive stones and handstitching.

Thanks for looking and taking the time to leave a comment :0) xx

BASICGREY CHALLENGE #1

Whoop whoop(as a friend of mine would say)!BasicGrey are back and with the most fabulous sketch too! So had to have a play with this one.I used the gorgeous Wisteria paper's with this gorgeous stamp ... she's just adoreable!

IMAGE - Demure (Sugar nellie)

COLOUR MEDIUM - Polychromos pencils

PAPERS - Basicgrey wisteria

SENTIMENT - Stamps away

EMBELLISHMETS - Ribbon and flower's from poppicrafts, Spacer's from The Hobbyhouse, Papermania brad's, Leone elm punch, Core'dinations cardstock and Handstitching.

Thanks for looking.Hope you're all having a good weekend!xx

SKETCH SATURDAY #63

Hi just a quick post to show you my card for Sketch Saturday.I have used one of the fab miss anya's.

IMAGE - Miss Anya Snow(The Greetings Farm)

COLOUR MEDIUM - Polychromos pencils

PAPER - Dovecraft

SENTIMENT - PM CCST sentiments set

EMBELLISHMENTS - Ribbon from poppicrafts, PM snowflake brad's tulle and handstitching

Thanks for looking xx

FRIDAY SKETCHERS 64

Hello everyone!Hope you're well?I'm on a roll with the challenges this week which makes a change lol. And i've managed to do two for this challenge just because I loved the sketch so much I just had to do another card in a different colour scheme. I put these card's together really quickly as I used a scrapbook kit which had everything already coordinated which is good for me as i spend ages trying to match colour's. I even decorated the inside with the exact same layout as the front they were that quick to do!And shock horror NO STITCHING!!!lol

Anyway waffle and onto the card which is for this week's FRIDAY SKETCHERS challenge which is a sketch I shall def be using again for sure!Absolutely loved it!

IMAGE - KETTO (Stamping Bella)

COLOUR MEDIUM - Polychromos pencils

PAPER - DCWV Friends & Family(Scrapbook kit in a stack)

EMBELLISHMENTS - PM Brad's and circle nestabilities

Well thanks for stopping by today!xx

PBSC - WK 61

Hi!Back again lol this time for PBSC which is a fab sketch by Beth! I think the masking technique is amazing and have seen so many blogger's do fab job's but i've never felt confident enough to do it myself...until now! And i'm quite pleased with how it turned out for my first try :0)

what do you think?

IMAGE - PB "T For Transparent" Bubbly And Teddy & Company

COLOUR MEDIUM - Polychromos pencils

PAPER - DCWV Spring stack (last year's)

SENTIMENT - Craftwork card's

EMBELLSIHMENTS - Poppicrafts ribbon, PM adhesive stones, woodware leaf punch, x-cut punch and craftwork's card candy.

Thanks for looking xx

CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS - DOODLING!

Hello!Here's my card for this week's Creative Inspirations challenge which is 'doodling'.I have doodled around the main image and around the letter. I decided to make a baby card as I have'nt made one for a while and have a couple of new arrivals due in september and october so better to be prepared lol.

IMAGE - FF sticker

PAPER - DCWV

EMBELLSIHMENTS - Sizzix fruit smoothie alphabet, ribbon from stash, PM button and handstitching

Thanks for looking!

STAMP SOMETHING - CHARMED SOMETHINGS

Hi me again!I'm making the most of the miserable weather and get some major crafting done :0)

This card is for the Stamp Something challenge which is to use charm's on your card's. If I remember right I bought this little charm from the nec back in march and only bought one of these so think I shall be getting some more when I go again in november! I've had this gorgeous gorjuss girl stamp for ages and this is the first time she's been used and I don't know why because she's just gorgeous!!!

IMAGE- Gorjuss girl(Sugarnellie)

COLOUR MEDIUM - Polychromos and Distress Ink frayed burlap

PAPER - PM Regency

SENTIMENT - PM CCSR Sentiments

EMBELLISHMENTS - PM flower's and brad's, Leone elm punch, swirl charm, pin and brown sheer ribbon from stash and handstiching

Thanks for looking

THE SUGAR BOWL- CHALLENGE 16 - MARLENE'S SKETCH!

Afternoon!Here's my card for this week's SUGAR BOWL challenge which is a fab sketch by Marlene and you are also asked to do some doodling. I have doodled dots around my image.

IMAGE - Gorjuss girl(Sugar nellie)

COLOUR MEDIUM - Polychromos

PAPER - Basic Grey June Bug

CARDSTOCK - Core'dinations and Papermania scalloped cardstock

SENTIMENT - Craftwork card's

EMBELLISHMENTS - MS border punch, ribbon from stash and handstiching

Thanks for looking.xx

STEPHANIE'S VERY GENEROUS BLOG CANDY!!!

Wow Stephanie is offering one lucky person the chance to win $150 to spend at a place of their choice as a thankyou!How generous is that?Check out her BLOG to enter!End's 28th August!

hugs amanda xx

FOREVER FRIEND'S CHALLENGE- 'SEW CUTE'

the inside...

Morning!This week over at the Forever Friend's challenge blog they want to stitching on your card's.Well as you've probably noticed I love to stitch on my card's think it has something to do with the fact I used to cross stitch before I started cardmaking!Anyway here's my card...

IMAGE- FF sticker

PAPER- FF for you pad

EMBELLISHMENTS- MS Doily lace punch,craftwork card's oval sentiment and oval nesties

Thanks for stopping by xx

STAMPIN' CHIC DT CARD - COLOUR CHALLENGE- SUMMER!

Hi there! Here is my very first stampin' chic DT card!I am both excited and nervous at the same time lol. I had so many idea's but decided to go for a simple look in the end as I really love these flower's from the CCSR Doodles set. I stamped them onto some doodlebug filagree paper in different colour's,cut them out,curled the edge's with a bone folder and layered them up. I think it look's so effective but so simple to do! I added some PM brad's to the centre's and finished the card off with a CCSR sentiment, some Anita's everyday sheer yellow ribbon and ofcourse a card of mine is'nt complete without a bit of hand stitching lol.

Well i hope you think I've earned my place as a Stampin' Chic Chick and that I've managed to inspire you???I look forward to visiting your blog's to see what you come up with!Click HERE to visit the STAMPIN' CHIC blog to see all the other fab DT card's. :0)

Thanks for stopping by xx

CARD BASE- Anita's

STAMPS- CCSR Doodles and Sentiments

PAPER- Doodlebug(filagree)

CARDSTOCK- PM Textured 12x12 cardstock and Core'dinations 6x6 super assortments

EMBELLISHMENTS- PM Trio embellishment set(blue), X-cut circle punch and Anita's everyday sheer ribbon

FOREVER FRIEND'S FAVOURITE!!!

Morning what a lovely surprise I had this morning to see that I was last week's Forever Friend's Favourite!!!How chuffed am I? I just love FF's and this week's challenge is stitching and as stitching is a must on my card's I shall def be playing along this week :0)

Thanks for stopping by xx