An Apple a Day......

Hi all,

This week at Delightful Challenges, the challenge theme is "Red, White & Blue", no doubt linking up with the 4th of July. As we don't celebrate that here in the Netherlands, I decided to make a Get Well Soon card using the lovely apple image. You know, an apple a day keeps the doctor away ;) The tear-shaped dew drops looked a bit like apple seeds to me, so I added it on there, even though the apple isn't cut in half.

I had to be in the city for a graduation ceremony of some of my students and on the way back I popped into a craft store. I bought this lovely set of stencils and had a play with one of them (the honeycomb) straight away on this card. I like the look and think I will be using it quite a few times! The set also includes handwriting, paint splashes and a brick wall stencil.

Materials:
* Digital Delights Apple digi, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* Co'ordinations Vintage Collection Retro Mod Squad CS
* Panduro Design Stencil, using Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink
* Recollections Washi Tape
* Tear Dew Drops from Robin's Nest
* Personal Impressions Sentiment Stamp
* Red Glitter from stash

We are being sponsored by 

Offering a 25 dollar store certificate to the challenge winner! Now that's a nice prize :)

Challenges:
* ABC Challenge (Red, White & Blue)
* Creative Card Crew (No Designer Paper)
* Paper Playtime (Red, White & Blue)
* Created with Love Challenge (4th of July or Red, White & Blue)
* Oozak (Anything Goes with a Sentiment)
* My Heart Pieces (Use a Digi)
* Simply Create Too (Use the Colours in Your Flag)
* Get Inky (Red, White & Blue)
* Hobbycutz (Anything with H) Honeycomb pattern stencil
* Creative Inspirations Paint (Red, White and Blue)

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Hope You're Feeling Better

Hi guys,

It's been great weather around here for the last couple of days, thankfully as I was getting a bit depressed with all the snow, cold and rain! Spring might actually be springing this time ;) However, I'm sure where you are the same as here, many people are still struggling with the last remnants of the cold and flu and Get Wel Soon cards are still pretty dang handy at the moment! Great timing for the new Delightful Challenge, asking for your "Get Well Soon" makes!

I thought to combine the theme with lots of flowers and spring-like colours, everyone who is a little under the weather can use a bit of bright spring colours on their card I think :)

Materials:
* Digital Delights Flower Power Daffy, coloured with Promarkers and edged with faux stitching
* Studio Light sentiment
* First Edition Hideaway DP
* DCWV Glitter Stack
* Memories Direct flower
* Peel offs & star brad from stash


Our sponsor this week is

Offering a 15 dollar gift certificate for the winner! I am looking forward to seeing your projects :)

Challenges:
* Crafty Boots (Flowers)
* Fussy & Fancy (Flowers)
* 2 Sisters (Flowers for Spring)
* Ladyburg Crafts Ink (Spring)
* ABC Challenge (Bring on the Flowers)
* Paper Creators Crafts (Spring has Sprung)
* QKR Stampede (Dreaming of Spring)
* Color Me Creative (Spring Colours)
* Forever Friends Monthly Challenge (Lots of Flowers)
* Alota Rubber Stamps (Spring Time)

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Bee Better

Hi all,

What a busy week I've had, finally I've arrived at the last day of my working week. Tomorrow I'm off to celebrate my parents' 50th wedding anniversary with them! This week, the theme for the Delightful Challenge is "Buttons, Bling & Embellishments". I can't believe I did it again and managed to forget an element of the challenge theme, as you will be hard pressed finding a button on my card. My memory is really all over the shop! At least I got the bling and the embellishments right, two out of three ain't bad :)

The image I used it part of the new range for March, there have been a lot of people under the weather lately so a very useful image to have right now I think :)

Materials:
* Digital Delights Bee Better image, coloured with Spectrum Noirs & Promarkers
* Stardus glitter glue & Sakura Glitter Gel Pen
* Echo Park A Walk in the Park and For the Record & Ooh La La Bee My Valentine DPs
* Memories Direct flowers
* MS Doily Lace Border & Scalloped Circle punches
* Eline's Vintage sentiment stamp set
* Pearl, peel off bees and gems from stash

Our sponsor this week is


They have a wonderful range of charms available, all themes you can possibly imagine, so go and have a look if you have a spare moment.

Challenges:
* Delicious Doodles (Yellow)
* Bunny Zoe (Flowers & Pearls)
* Color me Creative (Anything Goes with optional bug/butterfly/reptile image)
* My Grafico (Anything Goes)
* Craft Us Crazy (Anything Goes)
* One Crazy Stamper (Anything Goes)
* Brown Sugar (Greeting)
* Emerald Fairies (Bling)
* Catch the Bug (Anything Goes)
* QKR Stampede (3 of Something) 3 papers, 3 colours

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Sparkle & Shine

Hello all!

How was your weekend? Since I am still recovering from the flu, I spent my weekend just pottering around the house and doing a bit of crafting & baking. It was lovely :)

Today I have a Get Well Soon card to share with you, made for the Ooh La La Challenge starting today with the theme "Sparkle & Shine". I used my Glitter Spray on the image to make it all sparkly, it works really well as the glitter doesn't rub off after drying. I'd love to see your projects at the challenge!

Materials:
* Ooh La La Clematis Decoupage, sprayed with Crafter's Companion Multicolour Spray Sparkle
* Docrafts Country Companions For Someone Special & Studio Light DPs
* DCWV Pastels Textured CS
* Memories Direct Flowers
* Eline Vintage Sentiment Stamp Set
* Forest Moss & Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink
* Gems, peel offs & Pearls from my stash

Challenges:
* ATCs with Attitude (Be My Valentine/Anyting Goes)
* Oozak (Anything Goes with Your Favourite Colours) Lilac & Green
* Bunny Zoe (Flowers & Pearls)
* Southern Girls (Bling It On)
* Forever Friends (Anything Goes)
* My Grafico (Anything Goes)
* Crafty Bloggers Network (Anything Goes)
* Charisma Cardz (Anything Goes)
* QKR Stampede (Anything Goes)
* Card & Scrap (Use Flowers)

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Bear at Centre Stage

Good morning everyone,

You might have noticed my posts being a little "all business, no chat" lately, that's because I have been enormously busy at work and have also taken up going to the gym again. So basically, if I'm not working, sleeping, exercising, eating, traveling or crafting, I'm blogging! Not much time at the end of the list, I'm afraid. I hope everything will get back to normal very soon, fingers crossed!

This week @ Fab 'n Funky, we are challenging you to "Include a (Teddy) Bear" as your main image on your project. We are being sponsored by Doodle Pantry and we were given some lovely bears to feature on our projects, this is mine:

Perfect for a Get Well Soon card, right? You might want to join in, see you there :)

Materials:
* Doodle Pantry Cuddly Bear set, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* My Mind's Eye Wild Asparagus DP (and assorted scraps from my scrap shoebox)
* Eline Vintage Sentiment stamps
* Tumbled Glass Distress Ink & Dovecraft Cocoa Brown Ink
* Rounded corner punch
* Ribbon and pearls from stash

Challenges:
* Can You Digi It (Favourite Animal)
* Charisma Cardz (Feeling Blue)
* My Heart Pieces (Anything Cute)
* Catch the Bug (Things with Tails)
* Clearly I Stamp (Critters)
* Emergency Crafters (Get Well Soon)
* Robin's Fetish (Anything Goes)
* My Grafico (Anything Goes)
* Dream Valley (Anything Goes)
* Crazy Challenge (Decorate the Inside of Your Card)

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Use a Die Cut!

Good morning everyone!

The new challenge over at Card Makin' Mamas has started, this time we would like to see your creativity using "DIE-CUTS"! You can interpret this any which way suits you best, but your card needs to include a die-cut somewhere! We are sponsored by Saturated Canary this time (don't you just love the name?), the lucky winner can get their hands on 2 digis of their choice, and there is a LOT of choice :)

Here's my make:

Isn't she a little cutie? I made it difficult for myself to colour, since I printed the image out fairly small and the image is so intricate, that in order to get a nice colour on the apples I decided to 3D them. They look pretty tasty to me, don't you think? Perfect for when you're a little under the weather I'd say!

Materials:
* White base card
* Saturated Canary Digi (Snow White - A Princess), coloured with Promarkers
* Prima Marketing Jack and Jill DP
* Cream die cut, inked with blue ink
* Sentiment stamp, gems and bow from stash

Challenges:
* Crafts and Me (Use Blue on Your Card)
* Crafts 4 Eternity (Magical Mystical)
* Polka Doodles (Magical & Mystical)
* Scrapbook Sisters (Anything Goes)
* Stampin' B's (Use Items Starting with P: Princess)
* The Kraft Journal (Anything Goes)
* Delicious Doodles (Good vs Evil)
* CCEE Stampers (Funny Get Well Soon Card)
* Paper Crafting Yourney (Use a Digi)
* Sassy Studio (Favourite Film --> Snow White when I was a kid)

I am hoping to see you all participating in the challenge, check out the challenge blog if you would like some more inspiration!

Only a few more days until we get the keys to the new house, I am so excited! Have a lovely weekend :)

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