Amanda's Paper Palace

FIRST DANCE

2012-01-22T13:43:00.000-08:00

Good Evening. Well I'm back with card I managed to make today. I had a sort out of my old stamps today and found this stamp that I'd forgotten I'd bought and has'nt even been inked yet and I dread to think how long I've had it lol. I also dug out an old paper pad too that I've had yonks. The image is called First Dance and is from Sugar Nellie, I have coloured the hair and skin with Promarkers and paper pieced their outfits. The paper's I've used are 6x6 Papermania Creative Tones Antique Cream pad, Sentiment is LOTV, Flowers are CCSR Doodles stamp set, Pearls in centre of flowers are from Hobbycraft, Ribbon is Dovecraft and Handstitching.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges...

Truly Scrumptious - Challenge 72 - Something Forgotten

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 200 - Music & Dance

Well thanks for stopping by I'm off to watch the Dancing on Ice results and then Desperate Housewives :) xx

FOR YOU...

2012-01-20T08:07:00.000-08:00

Good afternoon! Sorry I've been away so long, my mojo been awol and although I've sat at my craft desk nothing has happened...well until yesterday when the postman brought the new Daisy and Dandelion stamp sets..there's nothing like new stamps to get you going is there :)
So for today's card I have used the Bunnies from the DND Lovingly Yours - Swinging stamp set. I stamped the Bunnies using Memento Rich Cocoa ink and coloured them with Promarkers, cut them out using a circle nestabiltiy.The paper's are also from the DND Lovingly Yours collection. Flower's are mixture from Hobbycraft and Wild Orchid Crafts, ribbon from stash, MS butterfly punch and Handstitching. The inside has been decorated to match the front.
Well thanks for stoping by and hopefully I will be back sooner with another make :)
Enjoy your weekend!
xx

LOTV - CHALLENGE 123 - ANYTHING BUT A CHRISTMAS CARD!

2011-12-05T11:47:00.000-08:00

Good evening!I hope you've all had a lovely weekend?We have,we went ice-skating on sunday and thankfully I did'nt fall over lol,the boys loved it and did'nt want to leave when it was time to come off bless them.
Well you can imagine my reaction when I saw this week's LOTV challenge lol, was so glad it was to make anything but a christmas card, don't get me wrong I love making christmas card's but I've been making them since august and I need a change lol.
I've used Cute Square topper for my card,with some Coredinations cardstock,ribbon from stash,Papermania adhesive stones,craftwork cards sentiment and Handstitching.

Also thought I'd share a couple of other card's I made over the weekend using the Gorgeous new Daisy and Dandelion Lovingly Yours collection...

Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment :) xx

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS FINISHED...

2011-12-02T14:37:00.000-08:00

Making christmas cards, my sis asks me to make some for her lol... so I have'nt had time to join in with any challenges. So I thought I'd share another christmas card I made a couple of weeks ago to send to one of my other half's nephew's. I was in a Kraft phase when making some of my christmas card's and I really liked how well it went with the Papermania 'At Christmas Time' collection which is what I used for this card along with some ribbon from my stash, a Papermania sentiment,Anita's peel-offs and Handstitching.
Well I hope you all have a fab weekend whatever you have planned, we're taking the boy's ice-skating which will be fun ( I just hope I don't fall flat on my bum like the last time lol) :)
Thanks for stopping by xx

PFP SKETCH

2011-11-30T11:35:00.000-08:00

Hello and welcome to my new followers :)
Well I've had a lovely day today the boy's were off school because of the strikes, so we decided to put the christmas tree and decorations up and while we did it we watched The Polar Express to get us in the mood (i love this film).
Anyway today I have a card to show that I made using this week's Passion For Promarkers fab sketch. I've used one of my fave christmas Tilda images who has been coloured with Promarkers and teamed her with some Me To You Winter Wondrland paper's, sentiment was done on computer,ribbon is Dovecraft,adhesive stones are from hobbycraft and Handsticthing.
Well thanks for stopping by, Have a lovely evening :) xx

PTW - A SKETCH!

2011-11-29T08:43:00.000-08:00

Good Afternoon!Getting a bit fed up with making christmas cards now and I only have a few more to do but I'm needing a bit of push to get them done lol so I thought I'd try a sketch to get me motivated and this week's Papertake Weekly's challenge sketch did just that! :) I have used a CC Designs image and paper pieced her outfit using DCWV christmas paper's, adhesive stones are from hobbycraft, sentiment was done on the computer,snowflake is a nestabiltity die, ribbon is from my stash and Handsticthing.
Well I must dash got to dish tea up :)
Have a lovely evening xx

A FEW CHALLENGES

2011-11-28T12:01:00.000-08:00

Good evening,managed to get a card done for a few challenges last night. I've been dying to join in with some of the challenges for a while but just been so busy with christmas cards I just have'nt been able to but I am nearly at the end of my list so I thought I'd take time out to make a card for a challenge eventhough it's another christmas card lol.
Products used;
Image - Tilda coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment - Craftwork cards
Paper and cardstock - Dovecraft and Hobbycraft
Embellishments - Adhesive stones,ribbon from Hobbycraft
Dies and Punches - Snowflake nestabilities,Fiskars border punch
Handstitching

I'm entering my card into the following challenges;

Just Magnolia - WK 134 - Colour challenge Pink/White/Red.

Cute Card Thursday - Sketch

Papertake Weekly - Christmas Crackers!

SNOWFLAKES!

2011-11-27T11:21:00.000-08:00

Good evening!Hope you've all had a good weekend?We've had a very busy but equally enjoyable weekend visiting family :)
Today's card is for one of my cousin's for christmas, have'nt used an image on this one because he's 17 and not really into the cute image's I use lol. So used my sizzix and nestability snowflake die's instead. I love the colour combo on this. I'm entering my card into this week's Charisma Cardz challenge which is Snowflakes.
Well i'm off to get comfy for strictly,x-factor and I'm a celeb! :)
Enjoy your evenings and thanks for stopping by xx

LOTV - ANYTHING GOES!

2011-11-25T09:01:00.000-08:00

Good evening.Hope you're well? This week's LOTV challenge is Anything Goes so I had to join in! I'm afraid it's another topper as I'm just not in a colouring mood at the moment lol. And these Tea Party paper's from Dovecraft went prefectly with the image, sentiment is craftwork cards, adhesive stones are papermania, ribbon is making memories and Handstitching. Really like the blue,creama and brown colour combo on this so think I may be using it again :)

Well have a lovely evening, I'm off to feed my boys :) xx

THINGS WITH WINGS

2011-11-23T12:35:00.000-08:00

Good evening! Well I've had a lovely evening,we went to see the christmas lights swithched on up town.The firework display was absolutelty brilliant and we even got to see santa's reindeers.They are absolutely gorgeous,have never seen one irl before :)

Well tonight I am sharing a card I made for this week's my mums craft shop challenge which is Things with Wings. So I dug out a LOTV cute square,these little fairies are so sweet, the paper's are an old DCWV stack not sure of the name as had it so long!, sentiment is craftwork cards, adhesive stones are Papermania, ribbon is Dovecraft and Handstitching.

Well I'm off to make a cuppa and catch up with all your lovely blogs. Have a lovely evening :)

Thanks for stopping by xx

ME TO YOU BIRTHDAY

2011-11-17T04:20:00.000-08:00

Good afternoon! I have been making some cards but my camera's memory card is full so until I get it emptied I can't take any pics. So I thought I would share a birthday card I made back in september for my aunty to give my cousin from her brother. The image,sentiment and paper's are from the Me To You collection, cardstock is coredinations,various nestabilities and Handstitching.

Thanks for stopping by :) xx

CREATURE COMFORTS

2011-11-14T04:21:00.000-08:00

Hello again!Just wanted to say thankyou to everyone who popped by to leave a comment,it's nice to be back in the swing of blogging :)
Today I have a card to share using one of the LOTV cute squares and some of the lovely Dovecraft Tea Party papers and the latest edition to my MS punch collection :)
Ive also added a craftwork cards sentimenta bit of ribbon which was from the packing of the base card and ofcourse lots of Handstitching :)
I'm enetering my card into this week's LOTV challenge which is to use an animal on your card.
Thanks for popping by :) xx

A FEW CHRISTMAS CARDS...

2011-11-12T12:39:00.000-08:00

Good evening. Sorry it's been such a long time since I last blogged but I've been busy busy busy and not really felt like it. But I have missed you all and thought it was about time I shared what I've been making since I last blogged...yep more christmas cards...very chuffed with myself to be able to say that I have nearly made all the christmas cards I need to send to family and it was alot!!!lol :)

Here are three really simple and easy to make christmas cards using the gorgeous Papermania 'At Christmas Time' collection, have really enjoyed using this collection to make my christmas cards for this year. I'm also really loving the clean and simple look at the mo too.

Well thanks for stopping by and for taking the time to leave comments,would be lovely to hear from you all again :)
Hugs
Amanda xx

ANYTHING CAS GOES - 1000 CHALLENGE

2011-09-22T05:34:00.000-07:00

Good afternoon!

I love CAS card's and thought it was about time I entered the CAS challenge. I've made a start on my christmas cards and as I have so many to make I think i'm going to keep them quite simple :)

I've used some craftwork cards papers from years ago and a lush spellbinders snowflake die cut out of some glittered dcwv cardstock added a gem and some embossed lines and there you go :)

Thanks for stopping by

Have a lovely afternoon xx

TWO LITTLE MONKEY'S

2011-09-19T08:40:00.000-07:00

Back again with another card featuring the Simply Safari characters,this time in the form of the cutest little monkey's :)

Thanks for stopping by and for all the lovely comments you left on my last post.

Have a lovely evening xx

AND HERE'S ANOTHER :)

2011-09-17T11:49:00.000-07:00

Hello Again! Thanks so much for all your lovely comments on yesterday's card and seeing as you seemed to like the character's I thought I'd share another card I made featuring these little cutie's :)

This card features the Koala and Elephant, Paper's are again DCWV Animal Crackers, ribbon was from poppicrafts, Craftwork cards sentiment, Nestabilites, chalks and Handstitching.

Well thanks for stopping by and for taking the time to leave comments it really means alot.

Have a lovely evening, I'm off to watch X-factor :) xx

SIMPLY SAFARI

2011-09-16T14:46:00.000-07:00

Good Evening.
Thought I'd share a card I made a while ago with the new Simply Safari stickers which are from Docrafts Craft Planet range,these little cuties were drawn by my ever so talented fiance :)
These papers are from a DCWV pad called Animal Crackers which I thought went perfectly with the images, I have also added some Raffia, a craftwork cards sentiment and ofcourse Handstitching.
Thanks for stopping by and for taking the time to leave comments :) xx

LOTV BIRTHDAY

2011-09-14T06:50:00.000-07:00

Good afternoon!

Thought I'd share a commisioned card I made recently using one of the fab LOTV die cut cute squares, I love these cute square's as they are fab for last minute cards which is something I do alot of as my family always ask for a card at the last minute :)

The card base is a Papermania kraft card(love using these for male cards), paper's are Echo Park, ribbon was fom hobbycraft,sentiment is craftwork cards, border is x-cut looped fringe and ofcourse a card is not complete(for me anyway) without some handstitching :)

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs Amanda xx

HELLO!

2011-07-13T04:35:00.000-07:00

Hello! Just got back from my youngest's sports day and Well Done Luke!!! He came first in his race,very proud mummy :)

Another male card today, still think I should make more! I am doing better though lol

Products used...

Image - TGF My Guy Ian set coloured with Promarkers

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Paper - Echo Park

Embellishments - Ribbon from Poppicrafts, X-cut looped fringe border punch, Raffia from Papercellar, Star Nestabilties,Maya Road chipboard numbers, Doodlebug brad and Handstitching.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges...

Simon Says Challenge - Simon Says...Anything Goes!

Creative Inspirations - Challenge 120 - No Flowers Allowed!

Anyone For Anya - Up, up and away!(Used colours)

Thanks for stopping by :) xx

BEST FRIENDS

2011-07-10T11:41:00.000-07:00

Good evening.Hope you've all had a good weekend? Mine's been good :)

Thought I'd share a card I've made using some this really sweet image from Humphrey's Corner and some yummy paper's from First Edition.

Products used...

Image - Best Friends stamp set from Humphrey's Corner collection coloured with Promarkers

Sentiment - Craftwork cards

Paper - Daydream - First Edition

Embellishments - Flowers are a mixture from Wild Orchid Crafts and Hobbycraft, Papermania capsule collection adhesive stones, Lace from stash and Handstitching.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges...

One Stop Craft Challenge - Summer Time

Allsorts Challenge - Free & Easy July

Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 88 - Summertime

Charisma Cardz Challenges - Challenge 27 - All about Flowers

Simon Says - A Stitch in Time

Thanks for stopping by :) xx

MY GUY IAN

2011-07-06T07:21:00.000-07:00

Good Afternoon!Another male card to show you :)

Products used...

Image - My Guy Ian - The Greeting Farm coloured with Promarkers

Sentiment - Craftwork cards

Paper - Echo Park

Embellishments - Maya Road chipboard numbers,Frayed Burlap distress ink, Raffia and Ribbon from stash, Basic grey buttons,X-cut border punch and Handstitching.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges...

Simon Says...A Stitch in Time

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes!

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Sewing

Allsorts Challenge - Free n easy July

Thanks for stopping by :) xx

DECKCHAIR DREAMING

2011-07-01T07:21:00.000-07:00

Good afternoon!
I'm on a mission at the moment to make more male cards as I recently took a collection of my cards to my Nan's to have a look through and she said that I did'nt do enough male cards lol. So today's card is obviosly a male card :) featuring one of the cute images from LOTV ...so want this image as a stamp but it's currently out of stock :(
Products used are...
Image - LOTV die cut cute square
Sentiment - Craftwork cards
Paper - Papermania kraft cardstock and Echo park a walk in the park paper
Embellishments - Hobbycraft ribbon, X-cut border punch and Handstitching.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges...

lili of the valley - Challenge 103 - Celebrate

Creative Inspirations - Challenge 118 - Summer!

Truly Scrumptious - Challenge 60 - Things with Wings

Thanks for stopping by :) xx

LOVE GROWS

2011-06-23T00:51:00.000-07:00

Good Morning! Hope you've all been having a good week?
Sorry I have'nt been around to comment. Mr Blogger has decided it's my turn to have commenting problems
:( I have been visiting all your fab blogs though to see your gorgeous creations :) Thanks so much for taking the time to leave me comments,it really means alot!
Anyway onto the card! I've one of my new LOTV stamps...well it's not new but it's new to me,I have wanted it for ages and finally got it when I purchased some of the Gorgeous new LOTV girly stamps, so you should be seeing those soon once I've had chance to ink them up :) And how gorge are these paper's!? They are from a DCWV stack that my lovely boyfriend bought me last year for my birthday :) and I've finally cut into them lol.

Products used:-
Image - LOTV coloured with Promarkers
Paper - DCWV - Madly In Love stack
Sentiment - Country Companions
Embellishments - Papermania adhesive stones, Papermania heart brad, ribbon from poppicrafts and Handstitching.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges...

Cupcake Craft Challenges - 147 - Sketcharoony!

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Challenge 116 - Fun In The Sun!

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Here Comes Summer!

Everybody-Art-Challenge - Anything Goes!

Well thanks for stopping by, I'm off to do the housework :) ...yes I enjoy housework LOL
Catch up with you all later! xx

ELISE

2011-06-20T03:35:00.000-07:00

Good Morning!Hope you all had a good weekend?
Sorry have'nt been round for a few days been giving my craftroom a bit of a move round and now thats done I can finally get back to the fun part :)
I love this image from Sugar nellie and on a recent trip to Hobbycraft bought these lush paper's by My Minds Eye and thought how lovely they would go together along with some pretty flowers that I could'nt resist popping in my basket too! :)

Image - Elise - Sugar nellie coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment - Craftwork cards
Paper - My Minds Eye - Stella Rose
Embellishments - MS butterfly punch, Papermania adhesive stones, Flowers from Hobbycraft and WOC,ribbon and Handstitching

I'm entering my card into the following challenges...

The Sugar Bowl - Challenge 62 - Marlene's Sketch with the optional theme of summer

Stampavie and more - Challenge 45 - Butterflies

Stamp Something - Something with Pretty Papers

Thanks for stopping by today :) xx

Fairies Bouquet

2011-06-14T12:13:00.000-07:00

Good evening! Well I would have posted this card earlier but I have been on my hols. Weather was... well let's not talk about that because it was bloomin' awful lol but we had a great time anyway. :)

Today's card features one of the LOTV die cut images. They are fab for those quick cards or if you're too impatient to colour sometimes like me lol.

Image - LOTV

Paper - K&co

Sentiment - Craftwork cards

Embellishments - X-cut flower punch, PM adhesive stones, Martha Stewart border punch and Handstitching.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges...

lili of the valley - Challenge 100 - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 84 - Flower Power!

Off to watch Spring Watch and catch up with all your blogs :)

Thanks for stopping by xx

TILDA WITH BIRDCAGE

2011-06-08T11:59:00.000-07:00

Good evening. Thanks so much for all your lovely messages. Still not feeling great :( ...so to take my mind off things I made this card :) a bit of crafting always cheers me up! I wanted to use the sketch over at Sketch Saturday and my lovely new First Edition Bird Song pad, so I dug out this Tilda as I think its the perfect image for these paper's.

Image - Magnolia - Tilda with birdcage coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment - Papermania
Paper - First Edition - Bird song
Embellishments - Raffia, Flowers from hobbycraft, MS butterfly punch, EK Success corner punch, Papermania adhesive stones, Magnolia Doohickey die - Tilda lace and Handstitching.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges...

Sketch Saturday - Week#158 - Sketch

The ABC Challenge - W is for Wish

One Stop Craft Challenge - Week#134 - Texture ( Paper's are glittered and embossed,Raffia)

Cupcake Craft Challenges - Wk#145 - Things with Tails

Craft Room Challenge - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Card Cupids - More than 3 layers

Well Spring Watch is on a bit and then OMG! I am SUPER EXCITED cuz tonight is the first episode of Supernatural Season 6... I love Sam and Dean lol
Well enjoy your evenings I sure am gonna! ;)
Thanks for stopping by xx

Oh Yes nearly forgot... I was also one of the top 5 over at ABC Challenge! So chuffed!!! Thanks for picking me :)

ROCKING TILDA

2011-06-07T12:16:00.000-07:00

Good evening. Sorry not been around to leave comments the past couple of day's, really not felt well :(
This is going to be a mega quick post from me tonight as Spring Watch is about to start and I do love this programme :)
Products used :
Image - Magnolia coloured with Promarkers
Paper - First Edition - Daydream
Sentiment - Craftwork cards
Embellishments - Flowers are a mixture from Wild Orchid Crafts and Hobbycraft, Papermania adhesive stones,lace from stash, MS butterfly punch and Handstitching.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges...

TOMIC - Make a Birthday Project

Just Magnolia - Monthly Challenge - Anything Goes with the added option of adding lace( I did )

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Sketch n Stash - Challenge 63 - Fab sketch(my new stash is stamp and paper's)

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 155 - Here Comes Summer

Thanks for stopping by today,off to catch up with your blogs :)
Have a lovely evening xx

LILI OF THE VALLEY - PUNCH IT UP!

2011-06-05T11:41:00.000-07:00

Good evening all!

Well I've finally managed to get on my laptop and post my card for this week's LOTV challenge. I took my 7 year old cousin to see JLS in 3D at the cinema this afternoon,she absolutely loved it and I did'nt mind it either lol. And yesterday we had a lovely day out at the beach. :)

Image - LOTV cute square

Paper - Dovecraft Tea party

Sentiment - Craftwork cards

Embellishments - MS Punch, ribbon from hobbycraft, Papermania adhesive stones and Handstitching.

Well thanks for stopping by today,I'm off to see what you've all been creating over the weekend as I was too tired to even look at my laptop last night.

Have a lovely evening xx

BEST WISHES

2011-06-03T12:03:00.000-07:00

Good evening,hope you've all had a lovely day in the sun ...we have! :)
Today's card is for two challenges, this week the PENNY BLACK SATURDAY CHALLENGE want to see One for the Girlies and FOREVER FRIENDS wants to see 3 Designer paper's. I've used one of my fave PB stamps and coloured with Polychromos and blended with sansodor. Paper's are DCWV Latte stack,flower's are Prima, Papermania brad and sentiment and Handstitching.
Well got lots of commenting to do!so must dash!
Have a lovely evening and thanks for all your lovely comments,means alot :) xx

A GIFT INSIDE...

2011-06-02T12:13:00.000-07:00

...Is the name of this Gorgeous Me To You stamp :) I think I've already mentioned this is my fave ever MTY image.I just LOVE umbrella images lol... if it's got an umbrella, I have to have it LOL. I know I'm weird!!!

I have coloured my image with Promarkers,my collection is growing rather rapidly now lol. The gorgeous papers are Papermania Rose Garden, Sentiment is Craftwork cards, Flower's are an x-cut punch,MS Butterfly punch(can't stop using this punch at the moment!), MS Doily lace punch, pearl's are from stash and Handstitching.

I am entering my card into the following challenges...

Sketch Saturday - Week 157 - Birthday sketch

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 154 - Flower Power

Allsorts Challenge - Week 105 - Things with Wings

Charisma Cardz Challenge - Challenge 22 - Something that Flies

Well I'm off to do some commenting while watching Spring Watch :)

Thanks for stopping by today and Enjoy your evenings whatever you're doing :) xx

FLOWERS FOR YOU

2011-06-01T07:40:00.000-07:00

Good afternoon. Today's card features one of the mega cute stamps from the Humphrey's Corner stamp collection. When I saw them showcased round blogland I just knew I had to have them :) Is'nt he just the cutest!
Image - 'Flowers for you' stamp set coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment - Craftwork cards
Paper - DCWV Citrus stack
Embellishments - Flowers are a mixture of Wild Orchid Crafts and Hobbycraft, Papermania Capsule collection adhesive stones, ribbon from Clintons, Spray & Sparkle, MS butterfly punch and Handstitching.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges...

Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge - Challenge 13 - Here comes Summer

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Sketch #56

Truly Scrumptious - Challenge 58 - Summer Sparkle

The ABC Challenge - V is for Variety

Creative Inspirations - Challenge 114 - Cute Bears/Animals Only!

Well thanks so much for stopping by today and for all the lovely comments you leave :) And Hello
to my new followers! :)
Enjoy your evenings xx

MILLY IN THE RAIN

2011-05-31T12:19:00.000-07:00

Good evening. I've made a card this evening for a couple of challenges using a fab freebie that I grabbed a while ago called Milly in the rain from the lovely Janet at Pink Gem Designs. Thankyou Janet, really enjoyed using her :)
I have coloured the image with Promarkers and cut it out with a circle nestie, Paper's are DCWV Citrus stack, Sentiment and adhesive stones are Papermania, ribbon is from Hobbycraft, x-cut flower punch, EK success corner punch and Handstitching.

The challenges I'm entering are...

A Gem of a Challenge - Challenge 22 - Sketch by Rebekah( Thanks Rebekah, really enjoyed your sketch!)

Cupcake Craft Challenges - Zesty Colour Combo

Well I'm off to do some commenting while I watch Spring Watch, I love this programme :)
Enjoy your evenings xx

BELLES N' WHISTLES CHALLENGE BLOG

2011-05-30T07:39:00.000-07:00

Well I finally got time to make a challenge card today. Came across the Belles n' whistles challenge blog whilst blog hopping the other day and their theme was Anything Goes. So being as I love Elisabeth Bell's gorgeous images I just had to take part. I have used one of my absolute fave stamps andcoloured her with Promarkers, Paper's are My Minds Eye-Loved me do, Flowers,pearl spray and pin are from Wild Orchid Crafts,ribbon from stash, MS butterfly and Flourish punch, Craftwork cards sentiment and Handstitching.
Thanks for stopping by and for taking the time to leave a comment :) xx

NO PEEKING!

2011-05-29T12:13:00.000-07:00

Good evening!

No challenge card from me today,not had any time to make any cards this weekend,hope to get some crafty time in tommorrow as there's a few challenges I'm dying to join in with this week. So I thought I'd share a card with you I made a while ago when I purchased the Me To You collection... Love this little fella :)

Image - Me To You Decoupage pack

Sentiment - Me To You Ultimate pack

Paper - Me To You 12x12 pack

Embellishments - Papermania adhesive stones, Fiskars border punch, Ribbon- Me To You and Handstitching.

Thanks for stopping by,enjoy your evenings :) xx

MAY ALL YOUR WISHES COME TRUE...

2011-05-27T09:25:00.000-07:00

Hello, all you lovely peeps!
Well as promised I'm back today with a card for a few challenges. I'm really pleased with how this card turned out because as I started making it I wasn't too keen lol. This is my absolute fave LOTV image and when I saw this weeks LOTV challenge - I believe in Fairies, I just had to dig her out! I'm not usually a fan of sketches because I don't like the restriction but I really enjoyed using the fab sketch over at Cute Card Thursday this week,so much so I plan to use it again for my next card.I love seeing how using different images,papers etc can make a card look so different when you use the same layout. I've used some lovely papers from a Dovecraft Back to Basics paper pack and so I am also entering my card into this weeks Papertake Weekly Challenge which is Pale Pretty Pastels.
Well that's it from me today, I've had a busy day and I'm worn out lol, so off to make me a cuppa and catch up with all your lovely blogs :)
Enjoy your evenings xx

FOR YOU

2011-05-26T08:20:00.000-07:00

Good Afternoon, well I say good but the weather here today is awful...windy and raining YUK!!! Thanks to the lovely Sally from Scallywags , I have finally got round to making a circular easel card. Can't believe how easy it was, you were right Sally...thanks for the link! :) . You can see Sally's version HERE.
I really enjoyed making this card,hope you like it?
Image - Woodland Folk clear stamps coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment - Woodland Folk clear stamp set
Cardstock - Coredinations
Embellishments - MS Butterfly punch, Classic and Scalloped circle and rectangle nestabilities.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges...

Paper Play Challenges - Wk 21 - Blossoms and Blooms

A Spoonfull of Sugar - Challenge 153 - Things with Wings

Stampavie and more - Challenge 143 - Pink!

Well thanks for stopping by I'm in the process of doing a card for a couple of today's challenges so will be back tommorrow with that ...
Enjoy your evenings :) xx

PASSION FOR PROMARKERS - "ALL THE 2'S"

2011-05-25T03:59:00.000-07:00

Good morning bloggers!
Today's card is for this week's Passion for Promarkers challenge and it's their 2nd Anniversay so they want to see things in 2's. I have used lots of 2's on my card. Happy Anniversary PFP! :)
Stamps - I have used the cutie toby fox from the Woodland Folk collection and teamed him with the Magnolia Tulip path stamp and coloured them with Promarkers(Ofcourse!), I have used two different papers from the Tulip collection, there are two different ribbon's, the circular buttons are from the Papermania capsule collection, the square buttons are from the Dovecraft Back to basics collection, the flowers are an x-cut punch,sentiment is craftwork cards, EK success corner punch, Classic and scalloped Oval nestabilities and Handstitching.
Thanks for stopping by xx

JUST MAGNOLIA SKETCH

2011-05-24T04:19:00.000-07:00

Hi!
Thanks so much for all your lovely comments on yesterday's card,it really means alot and hello to my new followers :)
Today's card is for this week's JUST MAGNOLIA CHALLENGE who have a fab sketch to play with and as I have'nt played along for a while or inked up a tilda either I thought I'd join in. I do love my tilda's and have neglected them of late,theres just soooo many yummy stamps out there that I want to play with lol.

Image - Tilda coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment - Craftwork cards
Paper - Prima Fairy Tale collection 6x6 pad
Embellishments - Large EK Success flower punch, Small x-cut flower punch, WOC rose, Leone Elm leaf punch, felt strip from stash, Papermania adhesive stones, Spray and Sparkle and Handstitching.

Thanks for stopping by :) xx

FAIRY TALE

2011-05-23T06:40:00.000-07:00

Hello!Hope you all had a fab weekend?
Well as I told you before I bought some of the gorgeous simply sassy stamps a week or so ago and today I've used the gorgeous Fairy Tale stamp...i just love her hair!lol
Image - Fairy Tale - coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment - Craftwork cards
Paper - Prima Fairy Tale collection 6x6 pad
Embellishments - X-cut flower punch, WOC Heart ribbon slider, craftwork cards candy, Papermania adhesive stones, ribbon from stash and Handstitching.

I'm enetering my card into the following challenges...

The Sugar Bowl - Challenge 60 - Maria Therese's Sketch(Theme - Birthdays)

Charisma Cardz Challenges - Challenge 20 - Birthdays in Pink!

Thanks for stopping by today and taking the time to leave a comment :) xx

LOTV - JUST FOR YOU

2011-05-22T09:23:00.000-07:00

Good afternoon bloggers! Well I've had a very busy but equally enjoyable weekend. We went to see Pirates of the caribbean 4 on thursday and it was brilliant.I love all the Pirates of the Caribbean films and Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow,i just love his character :)

We took the boys ice skating yesterday,they are definitely improving but oh so funny when they fall over! And then last night we went to a wedding reception and had a lovely night,the boys and me danced the night away lol. So today I am having a lovely relaxing day...well inbetween catching up on housework and washing :)

Anyway today's card features another mega cute lili of the valley die cut image,sentiment is craftwork cards,papers are K&co,X-cut flower punch,Papermania adhesive stones,making memories ribbon,dovecraft sheer ribbon and Handstitching.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges...

One Stop Craft Challenge - Week#132 - Fairy Tales

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Anniversary

Well enjoy the rest of your sunday afternoon and thanks for stopping by :) xx

LILI OF THE VALLEY - HERE COMES SUMMER!

2011-05-19T04:10:00.000-07:00

Good afternoon...
Lili of the Valley have a new challenge this week which is Here comes Summer and I knew straight away which image I wanted to use. I just these images :)
Image - LOTV Cute square
Sentiment - Craftwork cards
Paper - Coredinations cardstock and FF Retro collection
Embellishments - ribbon from stash and Handstitching

Thanks for stopping by today :) xx

PILLOW TALK

2011-05-18T02:36:00.000-07:00

Morning all!
Firstly thanks for all your birthday wishes for Kian, he had a great day and is looking forward to the weekend when he can go and spend his birthday money lol.
Today's card features another Simply Sassy stamp, this time it's Pillow Talk and she has been coloured with Promarkers,really starting to love these pens now I'm getting the hang of them :) ,Paper's are My Minds Eye Love me do,Craftwork cards sentiment,X-cut flower punch, Papermania adhesive stones, red tulle, Dovecraft ribbon, Making Memories metal charm, circle nestabilities and Handstitching.
I'm entering my card into the following challenges...

Passion For Promarkers - "red,white and blue plus a charm"

Sketch Saturday - Skecth

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Bloom and Grow

Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and for taking the comment :) xx

Hippie Chick

2011-05-17T04:31:00.000-07:00

Hello1 Hope you're all having a fab tuesday.It's my eldest's 10th birthday today,so HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIAN!
Well I finally caved in sunday night and ordered some simply sassy stamps,have been admiring all the beautiful creations over blogland for a while and could resist these beauties no more! :) So here's my first card with Hippie Chick my absolute fave and a dream to colour. She has been coloured with Promarkers and cut out. Papers are My Minds Eye - Love me do, Craftwork cards sentiment, Papermania adhesive stones and spotty ribbon,tulle and Handstitching.
I am entering my card into this weeks A SPOON FULL OF SUGAR CHALLENGE whose theme is Anyhting Goes!
Thanks for stopping by :) xx

BIRTHDAY WISHES

2011-05-15T11:38:00.000-07:00

Inside...

Good evening.Yep it's me again! :)

I have another card to show you that I made this afternoon after seeing the fab sketch over at The Sugar Bowl plus it was a good excuse to dig out a Sugar nellie stamp as I have'nt inked one up for a while and it's nice to have a dig through your stash is'nt it. The paper's are My Mind's Eye - Lost and Found which i picked up on friday from my local Hobbycraft, they were half price!and i'm not one to turn down a bargain lol! They are double sided and glittered - Lush! The sentiment is craftwork cards,the adhesive stones are Papermania,lace is from my stash, distressing tool and ofcourse Handstitching.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges...

The Sugar Bowl - Challenge 59 - Erika's Sketch with the Theme - Distressed or Vintage

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 164 - It's so Distressing!

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - "PINK-a-licious!"

Creative Inspirations - Decorate the INSIDE of your card!

Well thanks so much for popping by AGAIN today!Off to link up and check out your blogs :) xx

TILDA WITH UMBRELLA

2011-05-15T07:46:00.000-07:00

Good afternoon!Hope you're all enjoying your sunday afternoons? I'm having a lovely relaxing day today after my busy day yesterday :)
Today's card features an old Tilda stamp I have'nt used for a while, I am ashamed to admit I have lots of uninked stamps(but I don't think i'm alone there lol) and some fab paper's from a DCWV stack. I just love the colours in this stack - LUSH! :)

Image - Magnolia coloured with Polychromos pencils
Sentiment - Papermania
Paper - DCWV Latte stack
Embellishments - Varios Nestabilities,poppicrafts ribbon and Handstitching.

I'm entering this card into the floowing challenges...

Charisma Cardz Challenges - Under the weather?

Dream Valley Challenge - "Dig out the Old to use with the New!"( Old stamp/ New papers)

The Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes!

One stitch at a time - Anything Goes!

Stamp Something - Anything Goes!

Thanks for stopping by today and taking the time to leave a comment :) xx

BIRTHDAY WISHES

2011-05-11T04:57:00.000-07:00

Good afternoon! Today's card is for two challenges the first is PAPERTAKE WEEKLY and their challenge this week is Fancy A Punch?. I've used my fave x-cut flower punch and a fiskars border punch, I love layering these border punches. I think it looks really pretty and its a really good way for me to use up the scraps of paper I have when I cut my 6x6 pieces down as it grieves me to throw paper away :).

The second challenge i'm entering this card into is EVERYBODY-ART-CHALLENGE who have a Flowers theme this week. I have used one of the gorgeous LOTV die cut images and the paper's are an old Making Memories 6x6 pad, the sentiment is craftwork cards, the adhesive stones are papermania, ribbon is from poppicrafts and ofcourse Handstitching. Thanks for taking the time to leave me a comment :) xx

THIRTEEN

2011-05-09T12:15:00.000-07:00

Evening all!Today's card is for two challenges, the first is ONE STOP CRAFT CHALLENGE with the theme Birthdays and the second is SECRET CRAFTER SATURDAY CHALLENGE with the theme Dust off your stash. So I dug out an old stamp and some old papers and here's what I came up with :)

Image - Anya stamp coloured with Polychromos

Sentiment - Papermania CCSR

Paper - DCWV

Embellishments - Papermania adhesive stones,Nestabilities,Hobbycraft ribbon and Handstitching.

Well thanks for taking the time to leave a comment,very much appreciated

Enjoy your evenings

:) xx

ANIMAL ANTICS!

2011-05-08T11:41:00.000-07:00

Good afternoon all! Today's card is for this week's LOTV challenge which is Animal Antics. Love these images they are so sweet and thought it was time I put one of many unused K&co pads to use. I've stroked them for long enough lol. Thanks for looking :) xx

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!

2011-05-07T14:51:00.000-07:00

Hi!Another Tatty Ted card, this is my fave ever Tatty ted image and was chuffed to bits when I found out it was going to be a stamp.

Image - Me to you coloured with promarkers

Sentiment - craftwork cards

Paper - Papermania capsule collection

Embellishments - Papermania capsule collection ribbon and adhesive stones,Handstitching.

Thanks for looking :) xx

TATTY TED

2011-05-05T08:42:00.000-07:00

Hi, thought I'd share the card I made for my neighbour's birthday last week using the fab new Tatty Ted collection.
Thanks for stopping by :) xx

LOTV SISTER

2011-04-25T08:20:00.000-07:00

Hi all.Thought I'd share another lotv card with you.Sorry if you're getting bored of these :)
Image - LOTV die cut image
Sentiment - Dovecraft
Paper - Dovecraft
Embellishments - Sizzix die, Papermania brad and adhesive stones, Oval nestability, Handstitching

Thanks for stopping by :) xx

ANOTHER LOTV BIRTHDAY

2011-04-20T02:44:00.000-07:00

Hi just love these die cut images and have made another card using these sweet images. :)
I'm entering this card into the following challenges...

Papertake weekly - Spots n Stripes

A spoon full of sugar - Let's Celebrate!

Thanks for stopping by :) xx

LOTV - HAPPY BIRTHDAY

2011-04-19T05:52:00.000-07:00

Hi here is the card I am entering into this week's lili of the valley challenge which is Happy Birthday.

Image - LOTV die cut image
Sentiment - Papermania CCSR
Paper - Dovecraft
Ribbon - Dovecraft
Gems - Papermania
Punch - Martha Stewart
Nestabilities - Circle and Oval
Handstitching by me :)

Thanks for stopping by xx

Happy Birthday

2011-03-21T11:01:00.000-07:00

Products used;

Woodland Folk chipboard shapes

Dovecraft sugar & spice papers

Papermania ribbon,brad's and sentiment

Various nestabilities

Handstitching

Thanks for looking xx

FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL

2011-03-20T10:12:00.000-07:00

Products used;
Woodland Folk chipboard shapes
Country Companions papers and chipboard shapes
Handstitching
Thanks for looking.xx

WE'LL MISS YOU...

2011-02-03T13:41:00.000-08:00

Evening.Finally got in my craft room this week and managed to make this card. Image is from Woodland Folk clear stamp set coloured with promarkers,Paper's are also Woodland Folk,Various nesties,papermania ribbon and Handstitching.Thanks for stopping by xx
I am entering my card into the following challenges...

Paperplay challenge - Stamp it out

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes + flowers

Abc Challenge - N is for Nesties

A COUPLE OF CHALLENGES

2011-01-27T14:25:00.000-08:00

Hi!Made this card tonight and thought i'd enter it into a couple of challenges which are...

Paperplay challenges - Layer it up!

Allsorts challenge - Male/Boy

I've used the Woodland Folk build a scene stamp set, Woodland Folk paper's, Woodland Folk jelly brad, papermania ribbon and alpha stickers.

Thanks for looking xx

BEST WISHES

2011-01-17T13:49:00.000-08:00

Good evening!Hope you all had a good weekend? I did :)

Thought I'd pop on to show you a card using one of the cute Woodland Folk sticker's and i've teamed it with some gorgeous Papermania Rose Garden paper's and die cuts,flower's are Prima,buttons are Papermania and Handstitching.Well i'm off to watch the rest of Glee, enjoy your evenings :)

Thanks for stopping by xx

HAVE A PERFECT DAY!

2011-01-10T13:37:00.000-08:00

Good evening all! I wanted to make a card with this cutie and found these yummy paper's which I thought went perfectly. Toby fox is from one of the Woodland Folk stamp sets and has been coloured with promarkers, Paper's are October Afternoon, flower's and swirl are sizzix die's, ribbon is from hobbycraft, buttons are papermania and Handstitching.

I'm entering this into this week's Papertake Weekly challenge which is Anything Goes!

Thanks for looking and for taking the time to leave comments :)

FOR YOU!

2011-01-09T06:17:00.000-08:00

Afternoon!Hope you're all enjoying your sunday? I am :)
Thought i'd share another card with you as I've made loads, just not had much time to blog them. Today's card feature's an image from the Woodland Folk chipboard pack. It's such great value for money and perfect for those quick card's. I love this image and you can get it in stamp form free with issue 24 of Creativity!,he's so easy to colour :). Paper's are Rose Garden... love this set, they're so pretty!, i've used an x-cut scallop border punch which are also fab to use and a bargain at £3.99! and ofcourser no card of mine is complete without my Handstitching :)
Well thanks for looking i'm off to see what else I can create ;) enjoy the rest of your day! xx

IT'S THAT HEDGEHOG AGAIN! ;)

2011-01-08T11:43:00.000-08:00

Evening bloggers!Today's card feature's one of the Woodland Folk character's. It's the hedgehog but this time in the form of a die. I have used Coredinations cardstock for the hedgehog, paper's are DCWV, ribbon from card packaging,sentiment is an Anita's peel-off and Handstitching.
Thanks for looking and for any comments you take the time to leave,always appreciated :) xx

FOR YOU

2010-12-19T03:30:00.000-08:00

Hi.Here's a card I made with one of the Woodland Folk stamp sets,I love this image it's one of my faves :)
He has been coloured with promarkers and polys,paper's are also Woodland Folk,ribbon is from stash and Handstitching.

Thanks for looking and for any comments you leave xx

HAVE A PERFECT DAY!

2010-12-03T11:57:00.000-08:00

Good evening all!Well have just got back from the cinema after watching Harry Potter & the deathly hallows and am now having a warm by the fire while the pizza cooks :)

So I thought I'd pop on here and share a card I made a few weeks ago but never got round to posting. I've used one of the images from one of the Woodland Folk clear stamp sets. She has been coloured with promarkers,paper's are born to shop,ribbon from stash and Handstitching.

Busy at the moment with christmas card orders and I'm trying to get them done as quick as possible as I don't like keeping people waiting lol.

Sorry for my lack of commenting of late I promise to try and get round as many of you as I can tonight while I catch up with my daily dose of I'm a celeb :)

Well enjoy your evenings and i'll catch up with you a bit later.

Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to leave me such lovely comments :)

BIRTHDAY WISHES

2010-12-01T13:33:00.000-08:00

Evening!Just a quick post to show this card I made with the mega adoreable Zoe from the Digistamp boutique. Paper's were from QVC,heart gems are papermania,MS heart border punch, craftwork cards sentiment and Handstitching.

Thanks for stopping by xx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

2010-11-28T01:41:00.000-08:00

Hi.Sorry not been round for a while been busy helping my youngest learn his lines for his christmas play...he's one of the main character's! and making last min christmas cards and gifts.Today's card features a kraftin kimmie stamp coloured with polychromos and teamed with some K&co paper's,sentiment is craftwork cards, pearl brads are papermania,flowers are prima and Handstitching.
Thanks for stopping by xx

STAMP SOMETHING - DIGI DAY CHALLENGE

2010-11-18T12:12:00.000-08:00

Evening bloggers!Is anyone looking forward to I'm a Celeb? :)
Just popping on to show you my card for Stamp Something challenge which is to use soemthing digital.I've used Zoe from the Digistamp Boutique, I love Sally-ann's iamge just fab!She's been coloured with promarkers,sentiment is craftwork cards, paper's are papermania,ribbon from stash MS border punch and Handstitching.
I'm also entering this into the Digistamp Boutique monthly challenge.

Right off to make a cuppa and get comfy :)
Enjoy your evenings and thanks for stopping by xx

MERRY CHRISTMAS

2010-11-17T04:00:00.000-08:00

Hi! I enjoyed using the Home for christmas paper's so much I decided to make another christmas card with them. I followed the fab sketh over at Friday sketchers for this one. Image and sentiment are Forever friends,sizzix tag die,hobbycraft snowflake punch,papermania adhesive stones and Handstitching.
I'm entering this into the following challenges...

Friday Sketchers - Sketch #128

Totally Gorjuss - Traditional christmas

The ABC Challenge - H is for Holidays

Thanks for stopping by today.xx

A GEM OF A CHALLENGE - #10

2010-11-16T06:42:00.000-08:00

Hi just a quick post before I collect the boys!Today's card is for the Pink Gem Designs challenge which is a fab sketch by Christine,really enjoyed working with it so thanks :)

Thanks for stopping by xx

THE SUGAR BOWL - RIBBON & BOWS!

2010-11-15T13:23:00.000-08:00

Evening all.Not joined in with the Sugar bowl challenges for a while so thought it was about time i did and when i saw the fab sketch and theme this week i just had to have a go. I've used the image Winter Wonderland and coloured it with polychromos,sentiment is Papermania,paper is Papermania - Home for christmas,ribbon is dovecraft,bow from poppicrafts,adhesive pearls are papermania,MS around the page punch and Handstitching.

Thanks for stopping by xx

MAY ALL YOU WISHES COME TRUE...

2010-11-14T09:09:00.000-08:00

Hi!Today's card is for two challenges which are :-

Cute Card Thursday - challenge 138 - Anything goes!

lili of the valley - challenge 73 - Anything goes

I've used this gorgeous little fairy from lili of the valley and she has been coloured with promarkers,sentiment is craftwork cards,paper is dovecraft, eyelets are papermania ribbon was from NEC and Handstitching. I've kept it simple as the paper's are quite busy and I did'nt want to over do it.
Vicky(Vixx handmade cards) has been using eyelets on her craftwork cards sentiments and i think its a fab way to add eyelets to your cards... so I pinched your idea Vicky,hope you don't mind ;)
If you've not visited her blog yet, it's a MUST!... she makes gorgeous cards and uses the most LUSH paper's :) check it out HERE!

Well i'm off to dish up tea and then get comfy for tonight's tv :)
Thanks for stopping by xx

SIMON SAYS....PRINCE CHARMING!

2010-11-12T05:42:00.000-08:00

Afternoon,today's card is for this week's Simon Says challenge which is Prince Charming and you have to make a card for a male and add a charm too.I've used fab surfer Edwin coloured with Polychromos,paper is dcwv,charm is from Quixotic Paperie,string from stash,MS punch,craftwork cards sentiment and Handstitching .

Thanks for stoping by today :)

OLLIE OWL AND AN AWARD :)

2010-11-10T03:22:00.000-08:00

Hi! Something a little different today. I've not used dies for a while as stamping has kind of taken over :) but when I got these little cuties I just had to have a play! They are so quick and easy to put together and I love the different look to a card that they give. They are also great for using up your scraps of cardstock which i have boxes of as I cannot bare to throw it away...you never know!lol

Image is Ollie Owl die, paper's and sentiment are Woodland Folk, brad's are dovecraft and Handstitching.

I have also received this fab award from the lovely Vicky and Donna. If you've not visited their blogs yet, they are a must!, their creations are Gorgeous! :)
In order to accept this award I have to list 3 things that make me special... mmmmmm...
1.I have the patience to Handsticth on my cards :)
2. I feel very lucky to have an amazing boyfriend and two gorgeous boys
3.I'm thoughtful

I also have to pass this on to 5 other bloggers...

Sally
Di
Gemma
Christine
Heidy

Thanks so much for stopping by xx

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

2010-11-09T08:22:00.000-08:00

Afternoon all!Hope you're all well?Today's card features yet another Woodland Folk image this time in the form of a stamp. I absolutely adore this little fella,he has the cutest face! and perfect for a little(or big) boys card i think :) Image has been coloured with promarkers and polychromos and cut out with a circle nestability, labels 4 nestability, sentiments are Papermania CCSR, Paper is DCWV, ribbon,brads and photo anchors are papermania and Handstitching.
Well the lovely postman bought me some new goodies today, so I shall be having a little play later and will hopefully finish something so that I have a card to show you tommorrow ;)
Have a fab evening, Vampire Diaries tonight...Yay lol.

Thanks for stopping by and for all your lovely comments. xx

SARAH KAY

2010-11-07T13:59:00.000-08:00

Good evening.Not inked my Sarah Kay's up for a good while and I do love these sweet images :)

Image has been coloured with promarkers,paper is My minds eye,MS heart border punch,WOC flowers,papermania ribbon and brads and ofcourse handstitching :)

Thanks for looking and for any comments you leave xx

KEEP SNUGGLED UP

2010-11-06T05:58:00.000-07:00

Afternoon!Yet more Woodland Folk i'm afraid! I promise to use a different image soon,coloured some of my new images from DigiStamp Boutique last night and now i just need to make some cards with them :)
Today's card features the cute hedgie again from the notelets and I've also used the paper pack,decoupage pack,epxoy brads and Handstitching.

I'm entering this into the following challenges -

Paperplay Challenge - wk44 - Circles (my brads)

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Relish to Embellish!

Well thanks for stopping by today and for all the lovely comments you left recently regarding Lee's character's :) xx

IF FRIENDS WERE FLOWERS...

2010-11-05T07:15:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!Just got back from the dreaded food shop!(the only shopping i enjoy is for new craft stash,think you're all with me there though eh?lol) I'm afraid it's another Woodland Folk card, this time featuring my boyfriends adorable hedgehog(yes Lee Holland, Woodland Folk Artist is my boyfriend!How lucky am I!?), I absolutely love this image!He's so cute! :) It's been so exciting seeing people use his images :)
For my card I've used the Woodland Folk decoupage pack,A5 paper pack, 'Friends' clear stamp set, MS border punch, Papermania ribbon and Handstitching.

Thanks for stopping by today.xx

HAVE A HOOT!

2010-11-04T05:21:00.000-07:00

Hi here's another Woodland Folk card this time featuring Ollie Owl,is'nt he gorgeous!For this card i've used from the Woodland Folk range - A5 paper pack,decoupage pack,tree embossing folder,notelets,sticker's,build a scene stampset and a little handstitching :)
Hope you like?

Thanks for looking xx

MEET TOBY FOX!

2010-11-03T05:40:00.000-07:00

Hi I've been a busy bee having lots of fun playing with my Woodland Folk goodies,the christmas card's have been put on hold for a bit ;)
Today's card features one of the chipboard shapes,Toby fox,sentiment if from one of the waterfall packs i absolutely love these and think they're especially great for kid's my boy's love pulling them to see the hidden pictures and with only having three pictures they work really well.Paper's are papermania double sided capsule collection,brad's are papermania, flowers are from wildorchid crafts and ofcourse Handstitching.

Thanks for stopping by,enjoy the rest of your day xx

WOODLAND FOLK FREE STAMP

2010-11-01T05:51:00.000-07:00

Hi just a quick post to show a card I made with this month's Creativity's free Woodland Folk stamp.

Thanks for looking xx

WOODLAND FOLK WATERFALL CARD!

2010-10-30T13:22:00.000-07:00

Evening just a quick post to show you a card I've just made with some of the new Woodland Folk range!This card uses one of the waterfall elements,chipboard elements,papermania brad's and coredinations cardstock and ofcourse Handstitching! :)

Thanks for stopping by.
Enjoy the rest of your evenings xx

TILDA IN GREEN!

2010-10-23T08:34:00.000-07:00

Afternoon everyone!Sorry not been around much lately been a busy little bee making christmas cards :) so I thought i'd show you another easel card I made with this fab Tilda and gorgeous Papermania capsule paper's which I absolutely love!!! I plan to make one in every colour I have lol

Tilda has been coloured with Polychromos pencils and cut out with a Labels 4 nestability, Paper's are Papermania capsule double-sided collection, Wildorchid crafts flower's, Anita's ribbon, Papermania pearl brad's, Leaf punch, Fiskars border punch and Handstitching.

Hope you likey? :)

Thanks for stopping by

Have a fab weekend!

Hugs Amanda xx

MY FAVE KK IMAGE :)

2010-10-18T10:01:00.000-07:00

Good evening!Thought I'd share a card with you for a Kraftin Kimmie challenge I never got round to entering as I ran out of time.This is my fave KK image, she's just so sweet :) and I love colouring her.She has been coloured with Promarkers and cut out,Paper is Papermania CCSR - still love this pad!,sentiment is Papermania,ribbon is dovecraft,button is PM and Handstitching.

Thanks for stopping by, I'm off to get the huge xmas card list I have to make down a bit :)

Have a great evening!

LOST MOJO :(

2010-10-15T11:49:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone. I've lost my mojo :( arrrgghhh!lol
Well it's not so much I've lost it. I've got ideas overload and lots of cards to make and don't know where to start!!! So I don't have any recent cards to show you at the moment so I thought i'd show you one I made a couple of week's ago back in my easel card phase- Sorry if you're getting bored of these :)
This card features the gorgeous Bon voyage Tilda also another phase lol and she has been coloured with polychromos and cut out with a labels 4 nestie, Paper is Papermania, flower's are from Wildorchid Crafts,brad's are Papermania and Handstitching.
I'm entering this into this weeks Simon Says challenge which is a 321 Recipe
Thanks for stopping by xx
I've got to go as I've promised my youngest i'll play snap and basically let him win because he's a terrible loser!LOL
Enjoy your weekend! :)

ANOTHER EASEL CARD

2010-10-14T03:26:00.000-07:00

Morning!I'm going through a K&co phase so bear with me lol. I've had these 6x6 pads ages and thought it was time I actually used them. I have a bit of thing about paper lol and I like to have it a while before I can bring myself to use it.This partcular paper is from the Classic K Bailey pad and I teamed it with some plain Basicgrey paper as it went so well together. Image is magnolia and Tilda has been coloured with Polychromos, flowers are from Wildorchid crafts, leaf punch,dovecraft sheer ribbon,papermania pearl brad's and Handstitching.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges -

Charisma Cardz Challenges - wk#41 - More than one fold

The ABC challenge - #82 - F is for flowers

Thanks for stopping by xx

BIRTHDAY ZOE

2010-10-13T11:05:00.000-07:00

Evening all! Today's card features the adoreable Zoe who you can get yourself from the fab DigiStamp Boutique. Is'nt she the cutest? I now have a new addiction thanks to my sketch saturday win which was 10 free digi's of my choice from pollycraft and a set of promarkers. I can't wait for them to arrive!!! I'm loving my promarkers I tell ya! My collection is slowly growing :) So back to the card Zoe has ofcourse been coloured with promarkers, paper's are D&D christmas, ribbon is dovecraft,brad's are papermania, sentiment is craftwork cards and ofcourse Handstitching.
I'm entering my card into this month's DigiStamp Boutique October competition.

Thanks for stopping by :) xx

JUST FOR YOU

2010-10-11T04:12:00.000-07:00

Hi! My SK stamps have'nt seen ink for aaages and these K&co paper's just seem to go perfectly with these gorgeous images. So here's the card I ended up making with them. Image has been coloure with polychromos,paper's are K&co, flowers are from Wildorchid crafts,ribbon is Anita's, MS punch,Anita's peel-offs, Nestabilities and Handstitching.
I'm entering this into the Creative Inspirations challenge which has a Birthday theme
Thanks for stopping by :)

A Lickle Easel card :)

2010-10-07T14:38:00.000-07:00

Evening all.Well as you know I've been a little Easel card crazy lately lol and I was thinking the other day while making one...would'nt it be cute to make a mini one and so I did! Using one of the Anita's mini card's which measure 4x4 inches.It's sooo cute lol. I've used one of the fab die cut LOTV images,paper's are dovecraft,ribbon is from poppicrafts,Anita's peel-off ,papermania brad's and ofcourse Handstitching :)
Hope you like my lickle card :)
Thanks for stopping by xx

CHRISTMAS TILDA

2010-10-04T15:01:00.000-07:00

Evening all. I've had this image coloured up a while along with many other's,it's something I do when mr mojo deserts me. I decided today it was time she was used along with some old dovecraft christmas paper's I've got in my stash. I'm really enjoying digging my old paper's out as I forget half of what I've got so it's like having new paper's to play with lol. Tilda has been coloured with Polychromos and I hae used antique linen TH distress ink for the background,Paper is dovecraft,cardstock is coredinations, snowflake is a made up of a sizzix die and nestability die, sentiment is Anita's peel-off's,ribbon is dovecraft and Handstitching.
I'm entering tis card into the following challenges -

Sketch saturday - wk#123 - sketch

Charisma cardz - Christmas crafting

Truly Scrumptious - #42 - Snowflakes

Creative Inspirations - #80 - Christmas in september

Well thanks for stopping by,i'm off to link up then bed :) xx

A COUPLE OF CHALLENGES

2010-10-03T04:57:00.000-07:00

Hi. Today's card is for this week's Anyone for Anya challenge which is a 1-2-3 Recipe, I have used 1 image,2 paper's and 3 embellishments and also Stamptacular sunday challenge which is Layer it up, I have 5 layers. I have used this sweet CC Designs image, coloured her with polychromos and cut her out. Paper's are Papercellar ,ribbon is dovecraft,brad's are doodlebug, Anita's peel-offs and Handstitching, it does take a while but I think it's oh so worth it plus I find it really relaxing :)

I've been meaning to show this since my birthday back in July.Well as you can see from the card it was my 30th and my lovely boyfriend made me this card using some of his character's.This is Bert badger and Molly mouse, are'nt they the cutest!? My very own handpainted 'Woodland Folk' birthday card,I was super happy I can tell ya ;) As I mentioned yesterday 'Woodland Folk' is being released in november as craft products by docrafts...I can't wait!!! And if you like Bert then you'll love the free stamp available with the nest issue of Creativity in november ;) I think he has to be the cutest badger I've ever seen but I'm biased lol.
Well I'm off to have some lunch and then craft the afternoon away :)
Thanks for stopping by and for all the lovely comments you leave xx

HAPPY CARD MAKING DAY!

2010-10-02T14:16:00.000-07:00

Evening.Hope you've all had a good day and managed some crafty time?Today's card is one of the card's I made last night which my nan asked for. I'm totally addicted to Easel card's at the mo...not sure you can tell lol,they just look so impressive and different don't they plus I use more stash which is a good thing in my boyfriend's eyes as he thinks I have far too much!lol...i'm not convinced you can have too much pretty craft stash ;)
For this card I used one of the cute Padded paws stamps which was in this year's march goody bag (my boyfriend is the illustrator of this little sweetie). I've not mentioned it yet but if any of you bought the docrafts Creativity september issue and saw the advert at the back for 'Woodland Folk'...well my boyfriend is the creator/illustrator of these adoreable new character's and I can't wait for you to see the fab products being released in november! I really hope you fall in love with them like I have :)
Paper's are papermania, sentiment is Anita's peel-offs, papermania brad's, various nestabilities and Handstitching.
I'm entering this card into the following challenges -
Stamp Something - Something to Celebrate

Stampavie and more - More than one fold

Saturday challenge - Easel cards

Well thanks for stopping by and for any comments you leave.xx

JUST MAGNOLIA AND ABC CHALLENGE

2010-10-01T06:01:00.000-07:00

Afternoon.Today's card is for two challenges which are Just Magnolia - Anything goes and ABC Challenge - E is for Easel.
I've coloured Bon voyage Tilda with polychromos pencils and cut her out with a Labels 4 nestability,Paper is Papermania Capsule collection - double-sided, flowers are from Wildorchid crafts, Leone elm punch, Papermania jewel brad's loving these need to get them in more colours :), sentiment is craftwork cards, numbers are Anitas peel-offs,ribbon from stash and Handstitching.
Well I had a card order off my Nan yesterday after she saw my easel cards :),so i'm off to finish them as she needs them tommorrow.

Thanks for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.Happy crafting!xx

PTW SKETCH

2010-09-29T06:50:00.000-07:00

Afternoon!There's a fab sketch over at Papertake weekly this week so I just had to join in :)
I've used gorgeous Bon voyage Tilda again coloured with Polychromos pencils and cut her out with a labels 4 nestabiltiy,paper is Papermania capsule collection - it's gorgeous!well worth purchasing and it's double sided too!,flower's are from Wildorchid crafts,Leone elm leaf punch,ribbon from stash,Papermania jewel brad's and Handstitching.

Thanks for stopping by today.Have a lovely evening :) xx

JUST BECAUSE

2010-09-28T05:35:00.000-07:00

Hi!Today's card is just because I wanted to make a card using the colour yellow,I usually struggle to make cards with this colour so really wanted to make one that I liked. I've used one of my Tilda's who has been coloured with polychromos pencils,cut out and mounted onto an oval nestability,cardstock is coredinations,paper is Dcwv citrus stack,flower's are prima,craftwork cards candy,dovecraft ribbon,Fiskars border punch, papermania sentiment and ofcourse Handstitching :)

Thanks for stopping by today, your comments are really appreciated xx

STAMP SOMETHING - FALL COLOURS

2010-09-27T06:21:00.000-07:00

Afternoon.Today's card is for the Stamp Something challenge which is to use fall colours on your cards. I've gone with the gorgeous red's,orange's and yellows you see for mine. Think I'm trying to cheer myself because of all this miserable weather we're having lol.
Tilda has been coloured with promarkers,cut out and layered onto oval nesties, red cardstock is coredinations,cardstock behind tilda is dcwv swiss dots,paper is DCWV citrus stack, MS heart border punch,craftwork cards sentiment, ribbon from stash, flowers from wildorchid crafts and Handstitching.
Thanks for stopping by today xx

JUST MAGNOLIA - WK74 - DAWNY'S SKETCH!

2010-09-25T11:20:00.000-07:00

Evening.Well I was'nt going to do any crafting today as I'm still not feeling great but this little cutie popped through the letterbox this morning so I just had to use her for this week's Just Magnolia challenge which is a fab sketch by Dawny.Bon voyage Tilda has been coloured with Polychromos and cut out with a nestabiltiy labels 4 (i think?),cardstock is coredinations,patterned paper is dcwv Garden party stack,sentiment is Papermania,flowers are from wildorchid crafts,ribbon from stash,sizzix tag die,MS heart border punch,PM brad's and Handstitching.
Well i'm off to make myself a cuppa and get comfy for the X factor :)
Enjoy your saturday evening whatever you're doing
Thanks for stopping by xx

THE SUGAR BOWL - CHALLENGE 44 - LILIANS SKETCH

2010-09-24T05:48:00.000-07:00

Afternoon.Not feeling well, :( and feeling pretty much like the weather today - miserable! lol .Oh well enough of my moaning and onto today's card which is for this week's Sugar Bowl challenge which is a fab sketch by Lilian. I love a nice easy and fuss free sketch as CAS is my preferred style at the mo. I decided to have a dig through my old stamps and found this little beauty. She's coloured with promarkers,i'm really loving these pens and feel another addiction coming on ;)
Paper's are from the fab DCWV Citrus stack, ribbon from stash, dew drops,papermania sentiment and ofcourse Handstitching!

Well thanks for stopping by and hope you all have a fab weekend :) xx

CHARISMA CARDZ CHALLENGE - #38 - ANYTHING GOES!

2010-09-23T05:13:00.000-07:00

Hi.Today's card is for the Charisma cardz challenge which is Anything goes! I had a sort out in my craft room recently and came across a gorgeous Papermania paper 12x12 stack I've had ages and forgot about so thought it was time I used it. This image is one of my fave CC Designs, I love anything to do with swings!
She has been coloured with the usual Polychromo pencils cut out with a square nestability and layered onto a scalloped square nestability. Sentiment is also papermania,flowers and spray are from wild orchid crafts, MS butterfly punch and finished off with ofcourse some Handstitching :)

Thanks for looking xx

TILDA TRIO

2010-09-22T10:16:00.000-07:00

Good evening.Well i've just cleared up after tea and done the dreaded ironing and thought i'd have a little rest and show you a few cards i've made recently. I made these really quick and simple Tilda cards as my nan has a lot of grandchildren and always asks me to make cards for them so I thought i'd make a batch up ready to personalise when needed.I stuck to the same layout for each one just used different images and papers etc.

Thanks for stopping by xx

A SPOON FULL OF SUGAR - 122 - ANYTHING GOES!

2010-09-21T12:47:00.000-07:00

Evening. I really enjoyed working the image and paper's I used on yesterday's card but I was'nt quite happy with how the card turned out so I decided to make another card with them and I'm much happier with this one :)

I'm entering this card into this week's A Spoonfull of Sugar challenge which is 'Anything goes' and Winter Wonderland which is Monochromatic christmas card.
Image - Snowflake -Sugar nellie coloured with promarkers and outfit paper pieced
Sentiment - Peel-off (had it years so not sure what brand it is sorry)
Paper - Dcwv christmas stack
Embellishments - Papermania bow, various nestabilities,cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder,fiskars border punch and Handstitching.
Thanks for stopping by :) xx

MOJO MONDAY 157

2010-09-20T12:59:00.000-07:00

Good evening, thought I'd pop on to show you a card I've just made using this week's Mojo monday sketch before I go cuddle up with my lovely boyfriend to watch a film :)
I thought this little beauty would look good paper pieced so hopefully you won't get bored of her as I've paper pieced her a few times with different paper's ;)
Image - Sugar nellie coloured with promarkers and paper piecing
Sentiment - peel-off
Paper - DCWV christmas stack
Embellishments - Ribbon, various nestabilities,MS punch,PM Adhesive stones and Handstitching.
Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your evenings whatever you're doing :) xx