GDT Fussy and Fancy

Hi everyone!

I am pleased to announce that i was chosen as a Guest Designer for the Fussy and Fancy Challenge.

The challenge theme is Girly and i have used one of the girliest stamps from Magnolia, Tilda Rose Scent ( coloured with Copics ).

I have made my rocker shaped card mainly in pink and black, 2 of my fave colours.

I used my Grand Nesties from Spellbnders to create my card shape with black Woodware.

Spellbinder's heart circle die, Magnolia Doohickey flowers dies. Sissix embossing folder. Pearls, brads and ribbon from my stash, gems from Michaels. The lamp i embossed & cut from a Glitter Girls board.

 Sentiment stamp is a Clearly Besotted freebie stamp from a magazine.

I'm entering these challenges

As You Like It - Lines or no lines (lines, i've tried the no lines technique but haven't got the hang of it yet)

Card and Scrap - Use layers

7 Kids Challenge - Anything goes

Country View Challenges - Anything goes

Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes w/ribbon

Cupcake Inspirations - Challenge#302

DLART Thankful Thursday - March linky challenge

IMLC - Favourite colour combo

Inky Chicks - Movie Star ( Annette Benson )

Little Scrap Pieces - Show it off Saturday

Magnolia-licious Challenge - Pink, pearls and ribbons

Marvelous Magnolia - Floral frenzy

OCSC - March anything goes

PTW - A cut above

PTT#196 - Anything goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week#169

Scrap and Craft - Flowers

Scribble and Scrap - Always anything goes

Simon Says Wednesday - Anything goes

Simply Magnolia - Embossing wet or dry

Tilda's Town - Anything goes

Whimsy Stamps Challenge - Use a die cut

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

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GDT for Paradise of Magnolia

I'm so thrilled to be able to share my GDT card with you.

I was chosen to be a guest designer at Paradise of Magnolia, thank you so much Laurigami!

 And here is my card!
I stamped Tilda with Elsie the Lamb and Magnolia Rainbow & Clouds background stamp and coloured them with my Promarkers.
Used a Dutch Doobadoo stencil to create the card shape, Spellbinders Majestic Elements die. Dovecraft papers, Centura Pearl cardstock. Flowers are from The Ribbon Girls, ribbon and pearls from my stash. Sentiment is also a Magnolia stamp.

I'm entering these challenges

Allsorts - Flowers and pearls

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Spring colours

Country View Challenges - Anything goes

Emerald Faeries Challenge - Yellow and green

Marvelous Magnolia - BOWnanza

Simon Says Mondays - Lions and lambs, oh my

Stamp and Create W/Magnolia - Ready for Spring

Stamp and Create - Is It Spring yet?

The ABC Challenge - F is for festive... Easter

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GDT at Graph It Marker Challenge

Hi all! I'm so excited as i was asked by the lovely Nikky Hall if i would like to be a 

GDT at Graph It marker colour challenge and of course i said yes. Thank you so much for inviting me Nikky!

So here is my first card and the challenge is 

Frills and Fancy

Image - Bilmalarna Just Me No' 8

Medium - Graph It Markers, i don't have any greens yet so i had to use my Promarkers for the leaves.

DPs - Prima

Tools Spellbinders floral oval die, Cheery Lynn Designs Mini fanciful florish, small butterflies and French Pastry dooily dies, TH on the edge butterflies die.

Embellishments - Rose, leaf, ribbon, button and pearls are all from my craft stash.

I'm entering these challenges

A Creative Romance - Girly Creations

Butterfly Challenge - Butterfly bingo (Diecuts, butterflies, designer paper)

Cheery Lynn Designs - Roses

Country View Challenges - Nature's Glories'

Craft-Dee Bows - May Challenge

Craft-room Challenge - Things With Wings

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

CHPP - May Challenge

Deep Ocean - Wings

DLART Thankful Thursday - May linky challenge

Hannah and Friends - Dies

Little Scrap Pieces - Show it off Saturday

PanPastel UK Challenge - Florals

Paper Creator's Crafts - Flowers and Bows

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week#126

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Sparkles Forum - Celebrate Mom or special lady

Stamp and Create - Spring Colours

That's Crafty! Challenge - All About Texture

The Rubber Buggy - Vintage Inspired

Totally Gorjuss - Buttons and/or bows

Webshop AnMaCreatief - Buttons

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Tilda on a Tile and GDT at Country View Challenges

Hi everyone, i've been busting to tell you all about my GDT spot at Country View Challenges 

and the challenge is

Paintly Pleasures

For my DT creation i started with an ugly old tile and punched 2 holes at the top.

Then i painted it and added some Dovecraft paper, lots of dies and a cute Tilda.

Image - 'Tilda in Vintage Clothing'

Medium - Memento ink and TH Distress inks

Coredinations Cardstock

Pearl string 

Paint

 Spellbinders Magestic Elements Radiant Rectangles

Ribbon bow  from my stash

 Marianne Design  Anja's Vintage Ornaments

Marianne Design Craftables Zipper which i've added faux stitching to.

Heart Eyelets from local craft store

Dovecraft paper and Melissa Frances designer paper and printed frame

Marianne Design Ribbon, Flowers are from WOC
Pale pink rose - The Hobby House

And this is the ugly tile that i altered!

I'm entering these challenges

A Creative Romance - Show us Some Love

BM Challenge - Vintage Romance

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Stitching

Card and Scrap - Use Stamps

Craft-Dee Bows Challenge - Anything goes with a handmade bow

Craft-room Challenge - Age of Aquarius (watercoloured image)

Crafts And Me - Use a Heart

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Craftyhands - Shades of same colour

Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper - Always Anything Goes W/Patterned Paper

Cute Card Thursday - Something New ( dies )

Hannah and Friends - Hearts

Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday

Lothian Crafts - Love using your dies

Magnolia-licious Challenge - Anything Goes

Magnolia Mania - Hearts

Marianne Design Divas - Pretty in Pink

MMCS - Spots and Stripes (either one or both)

Natalie and Amy - Love is all Around

Oldie but a Goodie - Recycle

OCSC - February Anything Goes

RRR - Anything But a Card and Ribbon

Simon Says Wednesday - Anything goes with twine or string

SFTW - Anything but a Card

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Love/Valentines

The Artistic Stamper - Use Distress

The Hobby House - Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girl - Anything Goes

The Rubber Buggy - Anything Goes

Tilda's Town - Be Mine

TFMC - Be My Valentine

TokBobok - Hearts

Webshop AnMaCreatief - Use 3 of something (3 papers)

Whimsy Stamps Challenge - Something New (dies and embossing folders)

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

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GDT And I'm on Crutches!!

Hi everyone! 

Sorry i wasn't around yesterday to comment on your blogs but i was in A&E.

I had a fall and  have managed to tear some ligaments in my right knee, i'm just so please it wasn't broken or fractured!! Hubby says 'It's about time something slowed me down', he was joking of course!!

Now for the good news!! I made Top 3 at DMCC and with that became a GD for Challenge  #47 

which is to make a card/creation to encourage someone, so come and join in!

Here's my card

Image - Magnolia Tilda

Medium - Promarkers and Distress Markers

DP's - Prima

Tools - Spellbinders

Bling -  Michaels Stores

Embossing powder - Papermania

Ribbon - from my stash

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Challenges i'm entering

CountryViewCrafts - Die Cuts

Crafty Catz - Pick And Mix

Marvelous Magnolia - Bright Colours

Midweek Magnolias - BBQ/Summer

The Rubber Buggy - Sketch Challenge

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Valentine's Keepsake..... January GDT @ 7 Kids Challenge

Hi everyone, i'm back with my second post today!! This is my second January GDT creation for the 

7 Kids Challenge    

Can you believe this started life as a cereal box and Matchmaker boxes!!

The THEME for the next fortnight is 

Use Something New - Use Something Old 

Warning - This post is picture heavy!!

Fullish View

My New Something's are 

My Prima Papers ' Romance Novel'.

Cheery Lynn Design - 'Butterfly' and 'Princess tree' dies.

Magnolia 'So Lovely Heart' die

Flowers, heart doilies, pearl brads and metal embellishments.

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My Old Something's are My 

Magnolia 'Tilda with wrapped heart'

Spellbinders 'Heart circles nestabilities'

Spellbinders 'Iron Works Accents'

Tim Holtz 'Distress Markers'

MS 'Eyelet Lace' border punch

Ribbon 

Top View

Front View

Left Side View

Right Side View

For the following challenges 

Creative Inspirations - One For The Girls

Joanna Sheen - New Beginnings ( New Romance )

Mervi's Candy Challenge - Anything Goes/Friendship

Live and Love Crafts - Something Old ( Vintage )

MDUC - Flowers

Magnolia-licious Highlites - Anything Goes

North Saltern HobbyClub - Challenge#68

RRR - Valentine's Day/Love with ribbon

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Lace Love

Stamp and Create - Love

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Tilda With Kookaburra...GDT @ Bunny Zoe's Crafts

Good morning everyone, i'm so excited today as i'm GDT for Bunny Zoe's Crafts monthly challenge!!


For my card i've used Magnolia's 'Tilda with Kookaburra' coloured with TH Distress Markers. I used Prima papers, 'Magnolia Vintage Tag', Marianne D's Angel die. I've also used my Cheery Lynn Anastasia border die, butterfly dies and Princess tree die. Flowers are WOC, ribbon/lace is Bo Bunny, pearls from my stash and handmade pin.

It's a nice easy theme of

Anything Goes

For the following challenges

Creative Creations - Anything Goes

Inky Chicks - 1st Challenge

Joanna Sheen - New Beginnings ( New Friends )

MDUC - Flowers

MMCS - Anything Goes

Natalie and Amy - Your favourite things ( My Tilda's and dies )

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Lace Love

The Crafty Bloggers Network - Flowers

Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - Flowers and Ribbon

Totally Papercrafts - Ribbon

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GDT @ 7 Kids College Fund Challenge

Hi everyone, i'm super excited as this is my first gdt card for 7 Kids Challenge.

The Challenge Theme is

White on White

Ingredients which can all be found at 7 Kids College Fund online store.

Tilda with Lovikka Mittens

Spellbinders Grand Decorative Circles

Spellbinders Iron Works Accents

Tim Holtz On The Edge Tree Line

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Markers 

 Sentiment, lace and pearls are all from my own stash!! 

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For the following challenges

BMD Challenge - Something old, something new ( Old lace, New stamp & dies)

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Celebrate ( Winter )

Card Makin' Mamas - It's The Holidays

Cardmania - Winter Wonderland

Cards and More - Christmas

Cards Galore - Anything Goes

Crafts And Me - Christmas Challenge

Crafty Calender - White Christmas

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Goes
CHNC Extra - Anything Goes

Craftymess Challenge - Show some sparkle/Bling

Crafty Sentiments - New ( stamp & dies )
Creative Belli - Winter/Snowmen

Creative Craft 2 - Non traditional christmas 

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Delicious Doodles - Out with the old ( new stamp & Dies )

Delightful Challenges - Anything Goes

Digital Tuesday - Layers

Di's Digi Design - Christmas Challenge

Divas By Design - Anything Goes
Fashionable Stamping - Anything Goes

Hannah and Friends - Christmas

Inky Impressions - Anything Goes

IAATV - Lace Dream

Joanna Sheen Challenge - With Love at Christmas

Lexi's Creations - Snow

LMMC - Anything Goes

Lovely Hanglar/Sweet Magnolia - Anything Goes

Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes

MDUC - Anything Goes

Magnolia-licious Highlites - Anything Goes

MMCS - Anything Goes

Natalie and Amy - Your favourite things ( My Tilda stamps and Spellbinders dies)
One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes

PaperPlay - Out with the old in with the new ( old lace, new stamps & dies )

PTW - Anything Goes

Pile It On! - Pile on the embellishments

RRR - My New Toys ( Stamp & Dies )
SAS4K - Winter Fun for Kids

Scrap and More - January Challenge

Simon Says Stamp and Show - No Rules

Simon Says - Anything Goes
Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything Goes

The ABC Challenge - E for embossing
The Cutie Pies - Cute Christmas 

DMCC - Anything Goes

TTCRD - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Christmas Theme

Wags 'n' Whiskers - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland - New Beginnings ( New stamp & Dies )
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

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My 3rd GDT Card for Loves Rubber Stamps

Good morning everyone, just a little reminder about my PIN CANDY, you have until midnight 31st December to leave a comment for a chance to win my handmade pins and some other little crafty goodies!! 

It's a new challenge at Loves Rubber Stamps and this is my 3rd week as Guest Designer!! 

We have another easy challenge for you with the 

THEME of 

 Merry Christmas!!

 Prize Information: One lucky participant will be chosen using a random number generator will be able to proudly display our Winner's Badge on their blog!
 We will have two different possibilities for a gift voucher prize from Loves Rubberstamps for the winner as well.
 $10.00 - If the stamp used is from a company that we do not carry in our store
$20.00 - If the stamp used is from a company that we DO carry in our store
 If you want to see what companies we carry visit our store Loves Rubberstamps 
 We have a very special GUEST SPONSOR this week! The winner will also win 3 Free Digi Stamps of their choice from Sweet 'N Sassy!

Here's my card!!

Image - Magnolia Tilda

Medium - Memento ink, Promarkers & TH DMs

CS - From my stash

DP - KaiserCraft Freebie, Basic Grey's 'What's Up' prize.

Tools - Cheery Lynn Designs Anastasia Border die, Marianne Designs Tree, frame and Mistletoe dies. Magnolia So Lovely Heart die.

Everything else is from my stash.

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For the following challenges

Allsorts - Oh Christmas Tree 

Basic Grey - It's Beginning to look......... (BG product - What's up paper used with my dies)

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Celebration

Card Makin Mamas - It's The Holidays

Card and Scrap - Challenge #45

7 Kids Challenge - Holiday Inspired

Cheery Lynn Designs - Lots of Layers

CFAS - Challenge#42

Crafts 4 Eternity - Bling-tastic

Crafts And Me - No Blues

Crafty Boots - Christmas

Delightful Challenges - Very Blingy

Dream Valley - Christmas

DYSU - Christmas

EKEF - Challenge #146

Everybody Art - Anything Goes

Hooked on Crafts - Christmas

IAMC - Challenge#47

Joanna Sheen Challenge - With Love at Christmas

LMMC - Christmas

Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia - Christmas

Magnolia-licious Challenge - Dreaming of Christmas

MDUC - Christmas

MIM Challenge - Christmas Bingo (words, flowers, patterned paper)

Marianne Design Divas - It's Christmas

Natalie and Amy - Winter Wishes

Nutcrafters - Lots of layers, sparkle&bling

PanPastel - Christmas Time

Papertake Weekly - Pick of the year (Anything Goes)

Pile it On! - Pile on the embellishments

RRRC - Anything Goes with Ribbon

RCC - Holiday Spirit

Scrap and More - December Challenge

Simon Says - What's your favourite ( Everything on my card )

Sparkles Christmas - Button or Bow ( Bow )

Stamp and Create - Sparkly Christmas

Stamptacular Sunday - Christmas Time

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Tilda's Town - Freezin' Season

Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Christmas

Winter Wonderland - Oh Christmas Tree

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

You, Me and Magnolia - Christmas

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My 2nd December GDT Card For Loves Rubber Stamps

Here's my 2nd card as Guest Designer at Loves Rubber Stamps and the challenge this week is 

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow 

This week we have a fabulous sponsor 

KennyK 

and don't forget if you win you also receive a gift certificate to spend in the 

Loves Rubber Stamps Online Store

I've used my Whimsy KennyK 'Toy Soldier' stamp for my wintery Christmas card, 

coloured with TH Distress Markers and Promarkers. 

I cut the card shape and accents with my Spellbinders dies.

Paper is from BMD and Flowers are from the lovely Donna, Sissix snowflake die and ribbon from my stash.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges

2 Sisters - Snowflakes

Basic Grey Challenges - It's beginning to look..... ( BG product Snowflakes#21)

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Celebration

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Christmas

7 Kid's Challenge - Holiday Inspired

Crafts And Me - Anything Goes

Crafty Boots - Christmas

Crafty Calender - White Christmas

Crafty Creations Challenge - Create a Winter Scene

Crafty Sentiments - Snowflakes

Creative Card Crew - Star ( stars top centre and centre of snowflake )

Cupcake Craft - Merry Christmas

Emma's Crafty Challenge - Let It Snow

Everybody Art Challenge - Anything Goes

Fashionista Challenge - Winter

Hooked on Craft - Christmas

Inky Impressions - Snow or Winter

Joanna Sheen Challenge - With Love at Christmas

Lexi's Creations - Snow

PaperPlay Challenge - Christmas is Coming

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Pile It On! - Pile on the embellishments

RRR - White on White + One ( Blue )

RCC - Holiday Spirit

Simon Says - Snowflakes

Stampin' For The Weekend - Let it Snow

Sweet Stampin' - Dies and/or Punches

The Ribbon Girls - December Challenge

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Wags 'n' Whiskers - Anything Goes

Whimsy Stamps - Anything Goes as Long as it's Festive

Thank you for visiting my blog today, your comments are always appreciated. Feel free to call back anytime.

Hugs xx