Stamp Something Challenge - The Sweetest Thing

A Challenge close to my heart over on Stamp Something they are wanting your card to bring out the sweet tooth in you, anything that involves sweets is eligible, it can be something sweet you have cooked even.

I am not brave enough to show anything I cook on here so I have stuck with a card, I have used a fabulous sketch I found on Tiets blog, she has 5 new sketches on there and they are so usable, I am sure I will find loads to do with them. I have coloured my Housemouse stamp with Distress Inks and H2o's and layered it up on lots of different scraps of DP, I think I went overboard with the pearls today, but I am quite pleased with it. Sorry about the quality of the photo but weather is not very good.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Snow

We would like you to make a Christmas card what features snow in some way, it can be papers, brads, embossing what ever you like as long as we can see snow and of course at least one penny black image as always its entirely up to you what you make - card, atc, altered art etc..This week we have another fantastic prize what has been kindly donated by one of our fabulous sponsors Sir Stampalot. Some great Acrylic Stamps are up for one lucky person. If you have never visited Sir Stampalot they have a great range of stamps, and their service is first class, I have always received next day delivery from them.
This large stamp is called "Snowmen Melt your Heart", I loved colouring this as it has so much detail, it was coloured with distress inks and H2O's, I was going to add Glamour Dust but then thought it didn't need it. The maroon CS has been embossed with Cuttlebug Folder Swirls, and sentiment cut of the Cricut Basic George cartridge, Christas Tree Charm from Crafty Kraft, and snowflake brad from stash.
Please join with us this week there are some great cards from my fellow DT members on the blog Here and also a picture of the great stamps to be won. Have a great weekend everyone

Stamp with Sarah Kay No 3

Its sketch no 3 atStamp with Sarah Kay and it is a lovely sketch to work with this week. The image has been coloured with Distress Inks, Dp's are K&Co, Diamonds and swirl corner cut on cuttlebug, Flowers Prima, Charms Crafty Krafts and Buttons from Poppicraft. Sorry I have not visited many blogs today will try to get around to you all tomorrow, I am having terrible trouble with the laptop today. Have a good weekend everyone.

CCT - Animals only - No people allowed

Challenge 19
Animals Only - No People Allowed
The challenge this week is to make a card using animal images only - NO PEOPLE OR CHARACTERS AT ALL!!
We have another fabulous prize to give to one lucky winner which has been donated by a member of the DT, a gorgeous Sarah Kay stamp - A Little Help From Margot

My Scor-pal has arrived from Crafts-U-Love, I knew the first thing I was going to make was the Image folder that Nikki had made and shown on her blog, the tutorial for this folder can be found on the talented Moni's blog.
The Image is a lovely Housemouse Stamp (Bunny Bath), it has been coloured with Distress Inks, then mounted on to a Nestablities Scalloped Circle. I chose the sentimemt -Inspire- as I want to use the folder to send some stamped images to a friend and I thought it was apt. It was cut on the Cricut. The BP are imaginise and Ribbons from Poppicraft. Don't forget to have a go and also look at the brilliant Dt cards on Cute Card Thursday

Tilda & Friends -Our Animal Friends

Here is my ATC for this week challenge on Tilda & Friends ATC Challenge where the guest designer for this month is Michelle who you may know better as the Donkey Lady, if you havn't already please visit her blog she has some great work on there and also some funny Donkey stories. Her challenge is Our Animal Friends.
My little black sheep was coloured with Distress Inks and then had black and cream flower soft sprinkled on him, the background is a small section of Magnolias Background stamp. Thanks for a great challenge Michelle

A Spoonful of Sugar - One for the Girls

One for the Girls we had boys last week so we couldn’t leave out the girls,We would like you to make a Girlie inspired card.As of this week we now welcome you to use the cute Sarah Kay and High Hopes stamps in our challenges. We have some fantastic blog candy to send one randomly chosen winner this week, which Bryony from Silly Monkey Crafts has kindly donated. Silly Monkey Crafts have the Sarah Kay stamps in stock and are also taking pre-orders for the new High Hope releases.



I had a fantastic post day today my lovely new Sweet Ebony Stamps were delivered from Funky Kits
Wow Sugar Nellies have really given us some fantastic stamps here. I was going to take a photo of the stamps to post on here by couldn't wait to start stamping. I have used the Stamp called Pen Pal isn't she adorable she has been coloured with Distress Inks and layered on to 2 different shades of Mauve. The DP is Basic Grey. I used the Cuttlebug for the swirls, Flowers are Prima Tea and Silk, Charm from Crafty Krafts, the rest from stash. I hope you like my effort and please pop over to A Spoonful of Sugar for fab Dt inspiration and have a go yourself

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Teenage Kicks

A Teenagers card, my heart sank, I think these are the hardest to make cards for, then I remembered my Lili of the Valley stamps, voila a card for Papertake Challenge. There is also a lovely download on offer for one lucky winner from Auntys Store These stamps are great to work with and perfect for teenagers. I have coloured the image with Distress Inks as normal and kept the card very plain to show off the VERY Bright Card stock, (Shocking Pink and Lime Green both from Papermill). The two Nestablities circles are free hanging from the ribbon, the image has been 3d. The number cut on the Cricut and card embossed with Cuttlebug. Ribbons and Brads from Poppicraft.

Sarah Kay - No 2

A couple more early morning efforts. The sketch this week on Sarah Kay Challenge is brilliant, I really enjoyed using it hense two cards for one.
The Papers are all small off cuts from my stash, this sketch is a good way of using up those little bits we cannot throw away. Buttons, Brads, Flowers, Crochet Flower and ribbon are all from Poppicraft, everything else from my bits and pieces box. Have a great day everyone and TFL

Funky fairy -Get Well Card

What a lovely morning it is here in Kent, hope its the same for you all. It was very muggy last night and I found it difficult to sleep so as one does at 2am, I decided to try to get my stamps sorted into some sort of order, that lasted about 10 minutes as I found my Sofa and Window stamp from Alota that I received a few weeks ago and hadn't used, here is the result. It is all coloured with Distress Inks, I used Magnolia background stamp for behind the window, the panes were cut out and I glued acetate and the background behind, that sandwich was gluded flat onto the card, I then 3d the sofa and Bandage Tilda in front. I decided to decorate the inside of the card, I am really pleased with this, The swirls are Basic Grey Stamps, and the Prescription is a stamp from Maya Road. Hope you like the result of my late night, early morning crafting. As this is a Get Well card I have just realised I can enter it for The Funky Fairy Challenge which is for a get well card
The inside of the card

Tilda & Co - Distressed Tilda

This is Challenge 28 - Distressed Tilda
Make her Distressed looking, a little rough around the edges, a bit of grungy!
So stay clear of these cute pastel colours if you can help it and get down and dirty with tilda! and there is a great prize for the winner, an sheet of beautiful Retro Stamps from The Artistic Stamper so pop over to Tilda & Co and have a go.
This week was really way out of my comfort zone I always think of Tilda as sweet and innocent and a Grungy Tilda was hard to imagine. I have as always coloured her with Distress Inks and H2O's, I have given her deep purple hair to go with the grunge theme. The lovely card layout was another one from Katharinas blog, which I have been waiting to use for ages. Papers are Basic Grey, Flowers from Poppicraft and Joanna Sheen, centre of flower was from a broken bracelet that I knew would come in handy sometime.
The inside of the front flap

Friday Sketchers N0.10

Week No 10 over at Friday Sketchers and a fabulous sketch from the talented Heidi from Norway is the challenge. There are 5 stamps from Rachelle Anne Miller for the winner
Eloise is from Stamping Bella and is so easy to colour I have used distress Inks and H2O's to colour her. Nestabilities were used for the circles and Sizzix for the swirls. The papers are Basic Grey, the little pearls on the stamens of the flower are from Joanna Sheen, flowers and buttons from Poppicraft. Have a great weekend everyone.

Penny Black Challenge - No 5

We have a lovely sketch this week for our challenge on Penny Black Saturday and also some great candy on offer for one lucky person donated by Donna at Crafty Krafts. Remember the only stipulation is that you must use at least 1 Penny Black Stamp. The response last week was fantastic thank you all for the great cards, I really enjoyed visiting your blogs, there are so many talented crafters out there.
Its another Cat from me this week, it has been coloured as usual with Distress Inks and H2O's with Glamour Dust added to the bubbles. The papers are all Basic Grey Euphoria collection, Flower, Eyelets and Brads from Poppicraft.
TFL

Magnolia Blog Candy

Have you every visited Andreas Blog, if not now is your chance, Andrea has some fantastic Magnolia Blog Candy on offer, all you have to do is post the news of the blog candy on your blog and link it to Andrea. Her blog is an inspiration and I visit it every day I have learnt so much from her, so why not pop over and get some inspiration and have a chance of winning some of the lovely new Magnolia stamps and accessories.

Stamp with Sarah Kay - Challenge 2

There is a lovely sketch for the Challenge on the German blog Stamp with Sarah Kay. This stamp arrived this morning and I couldn't wait to use it. She has been coloured with Distress Inks and H20's the DP is Basic Grey, I cut the swirls on the Cuttlebug with a Sizzix dye as it looked a bit plain. The flowers are from Joanna Sheen and ribbon from Poppicraft.

Crafty Monkeys 2nd Challenge

For all the young crafters Crafty Monkeys 2nd Challenge starts today, It is a lovely theme "Summertime", and there is some great Blog Candy on offer to one lucky crafter. Don't forget this is open to anyone undr 16 and if they do not own a stamp Zoe and Hannah would be pleased to see their hand drawn card. Go on have a go

Cute Card Thursday - A Card for A Child

A Card for a Child is what we were asked to design on
Cute Card Thursday this week. When ever I am stuck for a layout I pop over to the very talented Katharina's blog, I can always find one there, this is her sketch No.10.
This lovely Cuddly Buddly Robbie stamp has been coloured with Distress Inks and H2O's I have 3d the image on to Cream Card Stock, all the DP are Basic Grey, the sentiment stamp is Autumn Leaves and the brads are from Poppicraft. TFL

Tilda & Friends-Perfect Pearls

Perfect Pearls is the theme this week on Tilda & Friends, You can use anything pearly, such as pearlised paper, Perfect Pearls, Pearl brads etc. I have used Pearlised card and Distress Inks on this ATC with self adhesive pearls added to Tildas Ribbon and the ribbon down the side of the card, and Pearly Doodles on the watering can, I actually smudge the pearly doodles as I was taking the photo, serves me right for not waiting for them to dry. TFL

Papertake Weekly Challenge and A Spoonful of Sugar

Wow two for one this time I have used the very talented Katharinas Sketch no 6 which is the challenge this week on Papertake Weekly Challenge Blog and used my new H&S stamp for the image which means I can enter it for A Spoonful of Sugar where the challenge this week is One for the Boys. I have used Blonde Moments DP and very bright Orange and Lime green base card. The image had been coloured with distress inks and H2O's and then cut out and 3d onto the circle.
The ribbon and brads are from Pippicrafts and the little rabbit buttons have been in my button box for years and I think they were by DMC the jade charm is from stash - which means I cannot remember where I got it from.

Wow another Award

I have been given this award again by Mumur Thank you very much Mumur This is a real surprise tonight, the lovely Gisela who is all ways the first to post a comment on my blog and enters most of the challenges has given me this award. AS it is in German I am not sure what I am supposed to do but she has passed it on to 2 of us so that is what I will do. Please do go over to Gisela's blog
Mueppis bastelwelt and check out her work.
I am going to pass this award onto Jill who could do with a little pick me up today, I hope this helps Jill, and also to my very good friend Donalda who always has a kind word. Please visit their blogs you will not be disappointed

Sarah Kay Challenges - Lovely Lilac

For all you Sarah Kay fans a new challenge blog started this week over on
Sarah Kay Challenges hosted by Donna fron Crafty Krafts and the Fantastic Lorraine, whos work you may have seen on her blog Scrapemetals Retreat.
Their first challenge is Lovely Lilac, one of my most used colours so this one really appealed to me. I have coloured Emily with Whisper Brush Pens and added some Crystal Glamour Dust here and there. The sketch is an Ismaki Challenge sketch from a few weeks ago that I never got round to doing. The backing papers are all from stash, I used the same BP for punching the flowers and added small pearls to the centres. The buttons are from Poppicraft and the Little Teddy Charm from Crafty Krafts charm kit that I have recommend to you before. TFL

Thank you so much

I had a nice surprise this morning I was given this award again from
Valoudesbois Thank you very much. As I have recieved this award a few times I have decided to give it to all of the lovely people I have meet through Blogging. Thank you all very much for your encouragement and friendship. Hugs Jacqui x

Friday Sketchers - No 9

Its a lovely sketch by Carole from England this week on Friday Sketchers
My card is nice and simple tis week as it was such a nice sketch it didn't need to much dressing up The papers are Basic Grey ad my lovely H&S image - which was sent by a friend - has been coloured with Prisma Pencils and Sansodor, with a little stickles added here and there. Flowers are from my stash, The swirl is stamped with a stamp I was given so I am afraid I don't know where it is from, I added glamour dut to the swirl as it didn't stamp to well, Brads are from Poppicraft, the rest from Stash. TFL

Tilda & Co - Think of others

Thinking of others is the theme for this week. Now this could be an altered gift, a Card Set, ( not just a card on its own) It could be a Mini Book, it could be anything! As long as it is a gift for somebody, as we all send out little raks to crafting friends or gifts to them, and then there's our family's – so i thought it would be nice that this week, we are “ thinking of others” and what we can make for them to put a smile on there face. There is also some lovely blog candy to put a smile on one lucky persons face as well.
As Always your work must include at least 1 Magnolia Stamp.



Donna "The Boss" supplied all the DT with a lovely bag of goodies this week, with which to make our samples so most of the elements of my Bag and photoblock can be found at Crafty Krafts.

My Photo Block

Penny Black Challenge No 4 - Buttons and Brads

I cannot believe that we are already on Challenge 4 at
Penny Black Saturday Challenge, we have had such a good response from everyone, thank you all. This week challenge is Buttons and Brads you can use one or both its up to you, there is a great CD on offer from Funky Hand for the lucky person chosen at random next week. If you have never seen Funky Hand CD you are in for a treat I use there papers quite a lot, they are so unusual pop over and have a look.
Remember you must use at least 1 Penny Black Stamp on your entry.

I have used the Diamond Fold Card again, it is fast becoming a favorite of mine, and have coloured the image with distress inks. The Stamp is Lovely Bubbly, DP is Basic Grey, Buttons and Brads From Poppicraft
Good Luck everyone

Stamp with Sarah Kay - Challenge 1

There is a new challenge blog just for Sarah Kay stamps and although it is in German the challenge this week is just a sketch so I thought I would have a go. Why not pop over and have a look
Here.
A closer look


I have coloured Elizabeth with Distress Inks with Black Sakura glaze pen on her shoes. I could not find any small flowers of the right colour so I coloured these with distress inks and added Fruit Punch Stickles not sure if it worked that well. DP are K&Co Classic McKenna, Brads from Poppicraft and Charms from Crafty Krafts, rest from stash. Hope you like

CCT - The great outdoors

Lots of lovely blog candy from Alota Rubber Stamps is on offer this week at Cute Card Thursday Challenge Blog. You know how much I have raved about these stamps in the last few weeks so please go over and have a look.

AS you know Edwin promised Tilda he would not go fishing so much, he has been good, but could not resist this lovely weather and the call of the great outdoors. I have used quite a few Magnolia stamps on this card, they have all been coloured with Distress Inks and Sukura Stardust pens, I stamped 2 images of the Cats tails and stuck one on flat and 3d the second. The Dps are from K & C and Basic Grey all the embellies were from Poppicraft an I have used Katharinas Sketch No 20 for the layout

TildAa & Friends - Lavender and Lace

Wow what a great challenge this week on
Tilda & Friends
I love this combo. A very simple ATC from me today, I have used Flower soft Dp from their Lavender and lace collection, coloured Tilda with Distress Inks and added flower soft to her hair and around the circle.
Ribbons, flower brad and lace from stash and charm from Crafty Krafts
TFL

A Spoonful of Sugar - Circles

Circles are the order of the day at A Spoonful of Sugar this week. There are sme great DT cards on the Blog please go and check it out. There is also some lovely blog candy for the lucky person picked at random next week from Silly Monkeys Craft
My lovely Elizabeth Bell stamp has been painted with Distress Inks and H2O's and the DPs are K&Co I have punched different sized circles and edged them all with lilac chalk eyes.
A Closer Look:



Labels: Papers K&Co, Ribbons & Brads Poppicraft, Flowers Joanna Sheen, Charms Crafty Krafts TFL

Friday Sketchers No 8

I cannot believe this is the 8th challenge from Friday Sketchers, what a lovely sketch it is too, again this is a sketch by the very talented Beatrix, there is also a prize donated by Megahobby, do go and visit Megahobby site for a preview of the new Magnolia Stamps to be released on 5th July.


I have used a lovely H&S image that was sent to me by a friend, she has been coloured with Distress Inks and H2O's, all the DPs are from the new Basic Grey Euphoria collection, I have noticed lots of flowers with writing on them being used so I stamped onto these flowers from Poppicraft, it worked quite well. The mauve Dp has been embossed with Swiss dots folder.


I think I will call this little girl Emily,she wouldn't eat her breakfast this morning and her mum was cross, so she has picked a flower to say sorry.

Camillas Blog Candy

Camilla has some wonderful blog candy to be won on her blog, she would like you to design a card with the sketch she has designed and link it to her blog. If you have never visited Camillas please click on the link here and you will be in for a treat it is a wonderful site and she is a very very talented lady.

this is my entry, another wonderful Sarah Kay stamp has been used and I have coloured her with distress inks and H2O's. I have layered her up on Dp from Imaginise with lace stuck behind the image, the edges have been coloured with Chalk Eyes, Buttons and brad from Imaginise at the Glitter Pot, flowers from Poppicraft I have added crystal stickles to the small flowers.

Thank you- Nikki, Vicky and Donalda

What a great post day, I nearly gave my postie a kiss I received 3 different sets of images this morning from the fantastic trio of
Nikki, Vicky and Donalda. Thank you so much girls I shall have great fun colouring these. Please visit their fantastic blogs I can not say it enough times but the more blogs we visit the more inspiration we get. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank you for all the wonderful comments that have been left on my blog, and for the friendships I have formed since blogging Hugs to you all