Cute Card Thursday - The 2 of Us

The Challenge on Cute card Thursday 'The two of us'We would like you to use two of something on your card, it could be 2 people, 2 animals or 1 of each, we love to see your own interpretation as always! This week Nikki from Dewdrop Craftz has very kindly given us this gorgeous stamp to give away to one very lucky person who will be chosen at random next week.Do pop into the shop and check out the other fantastic stamps they have to offer!


I have borrowed another of Katharinas sketches today (what would we do without them) and just adapted it a bit, and I have also gone back to my Distress Inks and H20's for this one. This cute image is from Whipper Snapper and makes a great baby card. The Circle is cut with good old Nesties and I have added pearls round the edge. The baby DP's are imaginise as are the buttons. Pure Beauty sentiment from Autumn Leaves, Angel sentiment from stash as is Heart Button and ribbon.

ABC Challenge - Embellishments

The Challenge on ABC Challenge this week is embellishments, I have been really busy over the last few weeks so this is the first time I have been able to join in this challenge. As regular readers of this blog will know I have just started to practise with ProMarkers, but I am finding it hard to give up my Distress Inks. So this week I made two cards using the same sketch by Katharina and thought I would ask you for your opinion as I couldn't chose. The Green, Blue and Orange card is coloured with Distress inks and H20's the papers are Crate paper. This cute stamp has been designed by our very talented fellow blogger Janet and distributed by Spiral Whisper Stamps why don't you visit both of these great blogs, some fantastic items on there. The Mauve and Blue card has been coloured with the ProMarkers and the DP's are by Lili of the Valley

Stamping with Sarah Kay - Sketch by Betty

We have a really great sketch from betty this week on Stamping with Sarah Kay, it is a really fun sketch to use so come and have a go. We also have 2 new member of the Design Team this week the lovely Kirsten and the talented Sandra Welcome girls.
I only got this stamp on Monday so just had to use it, The Dp are Basic Grey, they have been matted onto Olive Green Cardstock, Circles cut on my indispensible Nesties. Flowers and Buttons from Poppicraft, Green Ribbon from Raspberry Ribbons July Kit, sentiment stamp SU. A
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Paper Take Weekly Challenge -Katharinas Sketch No 8

Papertake Weekly Challenge have a great sketch by our favourite sketch designer Katharina, it is lovely to work with, as are all of Katherinas sketches. Please go over and see the DT Cards they are brill as usual.

I am on a roll today 2 cards uploaded. I have used another beautiful Elizabeth Bell stamp from Sugar Nellies at Funky Kits I have been practising with my ProMarkers again I love them!!!! The Dp is Basic Grey Euphoria Collection and is matted onto green and mauve basic carstock from SU the sentiment is also from SU. I have not got any mauve flowers to match at the moment so I punched some from the same DP's. The Swirl was cut on the Cricut with the Home Accents cartridge. The rest is from stash.

A Spoonful of Sugar - Recycle

It is a well know fact that Crafters never throw anything away so the challenge on A Spoonful of Sugar this week is ideal RECYCLE. There ia a fab prize of a paperpack and fairy stamps from Dotty Do Crafts.I have used the lovely Honey & Pip stamp by the very talented Elizabeth Bell and available at Funky Kits She has been coloured using Distress Inks and H20's (surprise, surprise he!he!). It is a very plain card but I am so pleased with it (now how often do you hear me say that) The ovals have all been cut using my Nesties and I have actual raised the largest oval with foam spacers. The recycle bit is the thin red ribbon, these were the hanging straps from my red dressing gown, the first thing I do when I get new items of clothing is cut these straps out and add them to my ribbon stash. The Christmas Tree charm, jump rings and sticky back pearls are from my stash. TFL

Tilda & Co - Sketch

We have a lovely sketch this week at Tilda & Co Challenge and a fantastic prize on offer:
1 Brand New Hawaii Palm Tree Magnolia Stamp worth £7.49& 1 Brand New Hawaii Tilda Magnolia Stamp Worth £6.49& 1 Brand New Large Carved Sun AlotaRubberStamps worth £3.49 So you have a chance to win a Whooping Prize Valued at £17.47(not forgetting the Free Shipping) these have been donated by Donna from Crafty Krafts, so this one is really worth entering. There are some great cards on The challenge site from my fellow Dt members so don't forget to visit.
Tilda is on her annual Vacation to the Maldives and is having fun in the sun, after doing her daily arobics (today its the hips she is working on) she is looking forward to drinking couple of Stawberry Cocktails. All the stamps are by Magnolia and can be found at Crafty Krafts, The background was stamped onto plain white CS, the sky and sand were coloured with chalks and the palm tree with Distress Inks. Tilda and the lovely flowers have been coloured with the same inks and H20's, then cut out an 3d on to the background. The whole image was then matted onto Lime Green and bright orange CS, the Dp is from Little Yelow bicycle, and the Shocking Pink and Lime Green swirls have been cut on the Cricut

Hula Hula Bug

This is my first attempt using Promarkers, I really enjoyed colouring with them they just seem to glide over the paper and are quite easy to blend. I will not be giving up my Distress Inks but will certainly have another go at using these. I bought my markers from Silly Monkey Crafts and I think they are the cheapest around. I am quite pleased with it as a first attempt, would appreciate your views and any tips would be appreciated.



The Beach Background and the dressing-up bugs are both from alota Rubber Stamps, I am totally hooked on their stamps now. Backing papers are basic Grey Cupcake and flowers are from Poppicraft. Forgot to mention that the sky and sand on the background are shimmer chalks.

Penny Black Challenge No 8

ANY COLOUR BUT PINK

Your cards can feature any colour, but NO PINK !!
as always its entirely up to you what you make - card, atc, altered art etc.. as long as it features at least on penny black image.
This week we have a fabulous download to give away to one lucky winner chosen at random which has been kindly donated by our sponsor :-
Tinker & Co
If you haven't visited Tinker & Co before you must check them out, you wont be disappointed. They have a fantastic range of downloads and craft supplies that are gorgeous and the great news is they also have angel policy so you can use their products to make finished items to sell.
Good morning everyone hope you all have a great weekend and thanks to everyone who joined us last week there were some fantastic entries. Hope you enjoy this weeks challenge for some inspiration from my talented fellow DT members please go to Penny Black Saturday Challenge Blog.

This cute stamp has been coloured as usual with Distress Inks and H2O's the card stock is from SU and DP's, which have been matted onto the same CS, are Crate Paper, The flower is one of mine and the large orange brad in the middle is Little Yellow Bicycle. Sentiment is from SU. It looked a little plain so I added 3 self adhesive pearls to the top of the image.

Friday Sketchers Challenge - Sketch by Kimmie

Friday Sketchers have a great new sketch by Kimmie for us this week, and Phebe from The Town Scrappers is offering 3 great High Hopes Stamps as a prize.

I have used two of the new release High Hope stamps for this card, don't you think this little magician is gorgeous and he was such fun to colour. I expect you will have noticed I am having a bright period at the moment, maybe something to do with the weather, Roberto has been coloured with Distress Inks and H2O's and layered onto Basic Grey DP. The spacers were sent to me by my kind friend Donalda, Flowers and Button from Poppiraft and Ribbon from July Kit by Raspberry Ribbons.


I have invested in a few!!!!!ProMarkers and I wonder if anyone can help me with a little problem, I have used Stazon to ink my stamps but find that it can bleed, I have a Memories Ink Pad but this seems to do the same, is there any special paper I should be using to stop this happening.

I am so glad the weather is not so humid It is so much better for stamping now, my craft room is in the loft so it has been stifling and impossible to craft, will have to spend a few days catching up on all the kind people who have left comments over the last week, and don't forget you have until tomorrow to enter for my blog candy.

Cute Card Thursday - In The House

As always it s a great challenge on Cute Card Thursday and the DT members cards are a real inspiration. If you need anymore reasons for joining in the challenge this week here it is, Katharina has offered two of her beautiful new stamps from Whiff of Joy
to one lucky person, so come on have a go, as I always say you have to be in it to win it.

I knew what stamp I wanted to use for this card but was stuck for a layout so I went back to one of the very first layouts I used when I started blogging and am quite pleased with the results. The lovely base card is from SU Bold & Bright collection, Dp are Basic Grey, I have attached the image onto a fab Prima Flower, I love these flowers but being so big you are limited to how you can use them, image has been coloured with Distress inks and H20's. I have also used buttons and ribbons from Poppicraft the flowers are Rub-ons from Basic Grey and the sentiment is from SU.

A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge

Animal Magic

Another great challenge from A Spoonful of Sugar this week and what great DT cards there are for our inspiration. With so many stamps now being eligible for this Challenge site it has become one of my favourites so please pop over and see the DT cards and enter this weeks challenge by clicking here

I have used three of my High Hopes stamps that are available from Bryony at Silly Monky Crafts they have been coloured as usual with Distress Inks and H2O's the background was stuck down flat and the lovely Giraffe and large sun were 3d to the image. Basic Grey DP has been layered onto moss green BP, sentiment from Lizzie Ann Designs. Hope to be able to do a few more challenges now it is cooler, I know we shouldn't moan about lovely hot weather but it does cut down on crafting time.

Stamping with Sarah Kay - Sketch

We have a lovely sketch this week on Stamping with Sarah Kay, this is my first card as a DT member for the challenge and I have really enjoyed designing it, thanks Moni and Girls. Please pop over and join us this week, although the blog is in German its easy to follow the sketch and we could do with some more entries from around the world


Amelia is going on a picnic today, so hope the weather stays fine for her. Image painted with Distress Inks and H2o's Dp are Little Yellow Bicycle and Crate Paper, Flowers from stash, I have added stickles to the edges to jazz them up a bit, Ribbon is also by Little Yellow Bicycle. TFL

Penny Black Saturday Challenge No7 Down on the Farm

Challenge 7 - Down on the Farm!!
this week we would like you to use images of anything you would find down on the farm!
As always its entirely up to you what you make - card, atc, altered art etc.. as long as it features
at least on penny black image.
This week we have some fabulous stickers for one lucky winner

Thanks everyone who took part in last weeks Challenge, there were some fantastic entries. I would like to offer my apologies that I didn't manage to visit everyone who entered this week but have had a hectic time. Will try to do better this week.

This great stamp is called Ladies Devine, don't you think it is hilarious. Very Plain and Simple card this week due to the time restraints. Dp is Little Yellow Bicycle (Thanks go to the fab Rach for putting me onto this glorious papers). Ribbon by Poppicraft, flower by Prima, and sentiment by Lizzie Anne Designs.
Looking forward to seeing all your fab creations, so come and join us at Pennyblack Saturday Challenge

Stamping with Sarah Kay

Circles, Dots and Coffee Colours are the challenge this week on Stamping with Sarah Kay.
My Image has been coloured with Distress Inks as usual, and is layered on Dp from K&CO and brown and cream pearlised card. The cream card was put through the cuttlebug in the swiss dots folder, the flowers are Prima and the button from a selection at Crafters Companions.


I also have some great news, the lovely Moni from Stamping with Sarah Kay has asked me to join the Design Team so my first Dt card will appear next week, I am really honoured that I have been asked and hope you will visit Stamping with Sarah Kay and give me your support. TFL

A Spoonful of Sugar -Challenge 9 Sketch

We have the gorgeous Katharina as our guest designer this week who has created this fab sketch for us, if you haven’t paid her a visit pop over and take a look at her fab blog, and wish her well on her new adventure whiff of joy.


What a great sketch Katharina has given us for this challenge on A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge. With the sun shining and the temperature soaring it as been a challenge just to make one card today, I carried the sunshine onto my effort this week with nice bright orange and green. Amelia has been sunbathing in the garden and has picked a little flower for you all. She has been coloured as usual with Distress Inks and H20's. The DP are Basic Grey Buttons from Poppicraft, flower by me, spacer was a gift, senimemnt stamp and ticket stamp are from Art from the Heart.

Sarah Kay Challenges - No 3

*Week 3*
Too Posh To Be Square. No square cards, or books, coasters, altered art etc.
You are free to create anything you like as long as it's not square!Please remember your work must include at least one Sarah Kay image
This is the challenge on Sarah Kay Challenges this week.
I saw the layout for this card on a blog quite a while ago, but I cannot remember whos blog it was, so sorry, it is an A4 sheet of Bp cut to 8"x10" and scored at 4", 8" and 10".
The DP are all basic grey and once cut have been edged with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. The images have been painted with Distress Inks as usual, the Memo stamp is from Maya Road, Swirls were cut on Cricut, Green and Pink Flowers Prima, crochet flowers by me.


Very short post today as my Pro-markers have arrived and my High Hope Stamps so I am off to have fun. Have never used Pro-markers before so I am not sure how I will get on, but if results are good enough may give you a peek tomorrow.

High Hopes Heaven

Oh wow my High Hopes order from Canada came today and the new release stamps are fantastic. I had great service from Tina at High Hopes, and the stamps were so reasonable with the Dollar Pound exchange rate, I cannot recommend them enough so why not go and have a look at their great site here
On Guard Obrto, Treasure Map, Polly and sentiment are all from the new Pirate release and have been coloured with Distress Inks and H20's. I stamped the map with the Frayed Burlap ink and then dragged the colour out with the waterbrush, not sure if it was successful, tore the paper and rolled the corners. Dp are Basic Grey. Brads from Poppycraft.

Whiff of Joy - Guest Designer Challenge

I am sure that you all know Katharina, she must be one of the most talented Ladies in Blog Land, she will soon be launching her own range of wonderful stamps, which will also include some by Elizabeth Bell, whose stamps have been such a success already. Whiff of Joy will be the name of Katharinas new on-line shop and to celebrate the launch she has given all us lucky ladies the chance to be guest designer. For more info on this please go to Katharinas blog by clicking here. She also has a fantastic DT team on board cannot wait to see their cards with these new stamps.
I have huffed and puffed about putting this up for the challenge as there are so many of you talented ladies out there but nothing ventured nothing gained.

This beautiful Elizabeth Bell image has been coloured with Distress Ink and H20's, the DP is Basic Grey swirls were cut on Cricut, I dug into my memory to remember how to make the double crochet flower, which was crocheted with perle cotton and layered with a Prima Flower, the so sweet image came with the first release of the stamps. TFL

Friday Sketchers - Sketch by Claudia

Alota Rubber Stampsare offering 2 great stamps this week for one lucky person to win on Friday Sketchers Challenge Blog. The sketch this week is by the talented Claudia.

Since I received my great Honey & Pip Stamps by Elizabeth Bell from Sugar Nellies I have been stamping and colouring and using every chance I can to use the images. This sweet Honey and Snowman stamp has been coloured with Distress Inks, Surprise, surprise. I do not have much christmas DP and I am not to sure where this small sheet came from, the corners and snowflakes have been cut with the cuttlebug and the corner embossed on same. I have added a little Glamour Dust to the snowflakes on the DP and added small stick on jewels to the middle of the blue snowflakes.
I am off now to play some more. TFL

Tilda & Co - Bugs

This weeks challenge on !Tilda & Co is "bugs"
Please show us in your work insects, ants, ladybugs, you name it if its a little creepy bug then show it off this week


I do not have any bugs stamps so had to use my lovely lady bugs from Joanna Sheen, The background stamp and Tilda has been coloured with Distress Inks, the paper is from K&Co, flower is Prima Painterly Petals. TFL