Girls Girls Girls

Another week gone by and I'm still missing my fitness classes as I'm still in pain .. which means that doctor was right unfortunately. Fingers crossed I'll be ok real soon as I'm really miserable :(

Anyway, it's a new week and so a new challenge at

I ♥ Promarkers

The theme for this week is another easy one

GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS

 

For my card this week I decided  to make a card for my sister who has retired just last Monday, and this image was just perfect for her as she loves cats and has got quite a few :) Background DPs were a freebie in a magazine.

We are this week sponsored by Dies to Die for and prize is a £10 voucher to spend in the store.

 

Entering my card in these challenges today

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge 186 - ANYTHING GOES
Scrapper's Delight 27 - CUTE AND GIRLY
A Girl Who Crafts July - ANYTHING GOES
Bearly Mine July - LET'S GO DIGITAL
 

Thank you for looking

xxx

Cats and/or Dogs

Hello everyone. I'm so late today with my card! We are very busy at the moment at the office that I had to stay overtime again, and so as soon as I arrived home today, I quickly rushed off for my Bokwa class arriving just in time! Phew!!

Anyway, better get on with my post as it's so late already and I do still have an ordered card to do for tomorrow ... 

So here is my DT card for this week and the challenge at 

I ♥ Promarkers

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CATS and/or DOGS

For my card I used this cute stamp from Crafter's Companion, which I stamped up three times so that I could layer it.

I also did some stitching for a change.

This week we are sponsored by Dies to Die For and the prize is a £10 voucher.

Hope you would like to join us for this week.

I am entering my card in these challenges.

Passion For Promarkers 243 - ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

Simon Says Challenge - ANIMAL ANTICS

Sweet Stampin' - FLOWERS

Crafty Catz 226 - ANIMALS

Thank you for looking

xx

Another Valentine's Day Card

I don't usually make two posts in a day, and I also try to avoid it, but today I came across this fun digi image from Eureka Stamps that I had already printed and I thought it would be perfect for another Valentine's Day card.... so off I went and done me this today....

 isn't he cute :P  I coloured him with my promarkers...

... papers were magazine freebies and I again cut out the heart with my scissors. The gorgeous sentiment was a free download at the lovely and so talented Hannelie. Some faux stitiching today around the heart, gems and then rolled roses and leaves with my Marianne Creatables dies to finish off my card.

 

Entering my card in these challenges today

Eureka Stamps 25 - SWEET HEARTS

Crafty Ribbons 38 - ANYTHING GOES WITH RIBBON

Cute Card Thursday 255 - LOVE STRUCK

Allsorts 193- VALENTINES

Dream Valley Challenges 50 - VALENTINES

Crafty Calendar February - LOVE AND MARRIAGE

My Mum's Craft Shop 2 - VALENTINE/LOVE

Lexi's Creations - VALENTINE/LOVE

Everybody-Art-Challenge 222 - HEARTS

Inky Chicks 3 - VALENTINE or ANNIVERSARY

Papertake Weekly - ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says Challenge - HAVE A HEART

Party Time Tuesdays 106 - LOVE AND ROMANCE

Fab n Funky 157 - VALENTINE/HEARTS

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges 113 - RIBBON AND BOWS

A Gem of a Challenge 66 - HEARTS/VALENTINES

Totally Gorjuss 170 - LOVE

Totally Papercrafts 153 - VALENTINES or LOVE

Crafty Catz 169 - LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Thank you for looking today.

Don't forget to join my 3rd year blogaversary candy here.

Anything Goes

Hello again, and as I said I have two cards today and so I'm back with another card. This time my card is for the new challenge starting today at  Simon Says Challenge as it's my fifth week here, but also, sad to say, my last week as Designer in the Spotlight. I have enjoyed this time here so much, and never ever had thought this would happen to me. So thank you to Lorraine, Heidi, Steph and all the DT girls at Simon Says for giving me this opportunity to join you this month... I have truly enjoyed it ......

Onto my card now, this week the theme is an easy one

ANYTHING GOES

And so I decided to do a simple birthday card, using this sweet stamp Strawberry Kisses from Crafters Companion. The beautiful paper is from the Uncommon  Authentique paper pad and then I used Promarkers to colour my image and twine and a little charm to finish off my card. 

The corner die is Cheery Lynn, which I have cut in smaller pieces this time and this is Donna's sketch that I used to do my card today. 

As usual Heidi is offering one lucky winner a $50 voucher to spend in the Simon Says Store.

Please check out the fantastic inspiration from all the Simon Says DT

GD Dora -> That's ME :D

Lols

Chris

Jo

Domi

Debby

Heather

Christine

Mandy

Dawny P

Melissa

Marcea

Becca

Joy

Some challenges for my card now.

Totally Papercrafts 118 - ANIMALS

Totally Gorjuss 133 - SOMETHING NEW (stamp)

Bearly-Mine 37 - ANIMAL KINGDOM

Southern Girls 45 - DYING TO DIECUT (or punch)

Bunny Zoes 24 - ANYTHING GOES

Sunday Sketch & Stamp 108 - DONNA'S SKETCH

Thank you for looking today. 

I have to say now that this is also my last card for a few days .. not sure yet if I'll be having a scheduled post next week, but I need a little break so I'm going to be MIA for a while.. with no internet as well! Will of course tell you all about it when I'm back and to announce my birthday candy winner that day as well.. so last two days to enter if you haven't yet.

Bye for now

xx

Stamp Fairy Friday

Hello everyone, it's Friday and so time for another new gorgeous release from Stamp Fairy, and yes, we have another new Friday Freebie for you! It's Kasi Happy Life this week and he is one of four new digis released today! 

I decided I wanted Kasi to be a white kitten, so after the third attempt, I finally was pleased with this one. I coloured him with promarkers and the pink on his cheeks is chalk. The butterfly is from Papermania, stamp from  my Hero Arts clear stamp set and border and leaf punches are Martha Stewart.

Here are the other stamps in the set.. and don't forget there is still time to play with us at the Stamp Fairy Challenge Blog, which this week is Glam it up using glitter or Stickles.

This is the sketch that I followed to do my card

and these are my challenges for today.

- Sunday Sketch And Stamp 43 - THE SKETCH

- Craft Your Days Away 10 - PUNCH IT OUT

- Flutter By Wednesdays 135 - OPEN

- Cute Card Thursday 143 - ONE FOR THE KIDS

Thanks for looking today, I really appreciate all your sweet comments. I'm still so busy at the moment with my  Christmas cards, but I should be able to do my usual visits soon. 

Big hugs

xxx

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Update - here's the card again... photo taken outside now.

Birthday Wishes

It's Tuesday and a Public Holiday here in Malta, so a day off from work... niiiice :) So of course, here I am blogging before we go out somewhere. Still don't know where yet, but definitely somewhere we will go.

This is a card I made for a friend who loves cats as it's her birthday today.



For my card today I followed this sketch.. had to add some more stuff.. hope it's ok!



and used this adorable Tia Kitten stamp from Pink Gem Designs, promarkers for the colouring, three punches .... Martha Stewart daisy and leaf punches and my Do Crafts butterfly punch. The flowers are Prima and finally I added four buttons.. wonder why I find it so difficult to add these, and they look so good ... I got to be challenged to add them.. ha ha !!!!!

I am entering my card in these five challenges today..

1 - Totally Papercrafts Challenge 34 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY
2 - A Gem Of A Challenge No 8 - THE SKETCH
3 - Totally Gorjuss Challenge 48 - WILD THING ... but any kind of animal is accepted .. yay!!!
4 - Allsorts Challenge 70 - AT LEAST 3 PUNCHES
5 - Flutter By Wednesday's Challenge 122 - BUTTONS

Thanks for looking today, hope you are having a nice week.

Big hugs
xxx

An easel card

Today I decided to have a go at making an easel card... yes my first one! Been wanting to try one for quite some time and now that I did, I loved it :)





I followed this sketch


and used one of Sliekje's cute freebie stamps, which I coloured with my promarkers. Hope you like it.

These are my challenges for today..

1 - Everybody Art Challenge No 101 - THE SKETCH
2 - Crafty Cardmakers Challenge No 26 - A RECIPE .. Use yellow or orange, stickers or punches and animal or fish.
3 - Rosie-D's Challenge No 76 - ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL
4 - Creative Inspirations Challenge No 7 - ANIMALS
5 - Paperplay Challenge Week 30 - ANYTHING GOES
6 - Charisma Cardz Challenge No30 - SOMETHING WITH A TAIL
7 - 2 Sisters Challenge No 3 - PUNCHES
8 - Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenges - ANIMALS AND BUGS

Thanks for looking today.


Hugs
xxx

A Birthday Card

I had meant to post this card tomorrow, but yikes... I just noticed that one of the challenges which I was following to make this card ends tomorrow!!!! ... and I definitely didn't want to miss this one.. I made such an effort ... so I decided to post it today instead and then do my blog hopping tomorrow as have to go out now ...

Here it is... like ? I used Karen's Cat and Mouse stamp for my card today, which I coloured with my promarkers...


Wasn't sure which photo I liked best.. taken in the sun or not..

so I uploaded both :|



This is the photo inspiration that I followed..


and the sketch ...


I wasn't going to try this sketch, you might have noticed that I usually follow easier ones, but then I decided to give it a go. What are challenges for if I always try easy one? But anyway, when I finished it... wow I said.... I like THIS !!!! I will definitely try the harder ones now even though they will take me hours to finish he he :)

I am entering this card in the Polka Doodles Acqua Promarkers Mega Contest and also in these other challenges..

1 - Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 25 - PHOTO INSPIRATION
2 - Cute Card Thursday Challenge 122 - THE SKETCH
3 - Karen's Doodles UK Challenge 20 - A BIRTHDAY CARD
4 - Crafty Catz Challenge 42 - SUMMER TIME
5 - Crafty Creations Challenge 77 - HAPPY OR SWEET
6 - Gingersnap Creations, Random Redhead Challenge 63 - SUNSHINE

Thank yo so much for looking today, hope you had a great weekend. Was very windy here in Malta, but we still went for a swim.. must upload some photos ..

Hugs
xxx

For my sister

Well finally I made a card this week!!! It's my sister's birthday tomorrow and definitely I wanted to give her one which I made especially for her! Got loads of cards done, but just had to do one for her in mind.

She loves cats and so I chose this adorable stamp from Karen's Doodles for her. Was inspired by some challenges around and so made a Summery shaped card.



Stamp, as always, is coloured with my lovely promarkers, papers were in my stash and sentiment is computer generated.

Here's another better picture of the card. I took this one in the daylight now.



These are my challenges:
1 - Karen's Doodles UK Challenge 19 - SHAPED CARDS
2 - Papertake Weekly - IN THE GARDEN
3 - Passion For Promarkers Challenge No 60 - ANIMALS
4 - Polka Doodles Challenge No 27 - SUMMER
5 - Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge No 2 - SUMMER DAYS
6 - Flutter By Wednesday's Challenge no 113 - LAYERS

Thanks for looking today and for any comments you may wish to leave me, I'd be so happy to read them :) ... and don't forget to check my candy !!!

Hugs
xxx

A birthday card and ....................

A birthday card for me today, and I chose this little kitten for Alwyn, as she loves cats and I think he's a really cutie pie :) I had used it before, but last time I coloured it in grey and today I decided on white.



This is the sketch that I followed.



And I am entering it into these challenges.

1 - Tuesday Morning Sketches No 47 - THE SKETCH
2 - Crafty Creations Challenge No 69 - USE YOUR FAVE STAMP
3 - Your Next Stamp Challenge No 17 - USE BORDER PUNCH
4 - Charisma Chardz Challenge No 21 - CIRCLES.. for the circles on my DP.

Well, thanks for looking...

O just remembered my candy.. it closed yesterday!!!

Well, I go to random drawn...

and here back I am with the winners :)

So
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The winner of my Candy is No 39 which counts to Deb ... and it seems it's going all the way to ... CANADA woo hoo :)



and the second runner up, who this time was for the ones who uploaded my friend's video as well, is No 18 which counts to Efi ... and this one is going to GREECE!!!!



Congrats to the winners, I hope you will enjoy your prizes and thanks to everyone for joining in, I really appreciate all the lovely comments and best wishes.

The winners please leave me a comment by next Saturday, with your email address so I can contact you for your addy :) ...

Hugs
xxx

Summer Cat Fun

Awww what a disappointment yesterday it was :| .. I couldn't believe it that Thea didn't make it through the semi-finals. I thought she had a very good song, and such a beautiful voice .. awww ... ... awww...

...

Anyway ..

what I know now is that I still got me a 'Well Done' card to do, because I think she still deserves it!! and that's it !!!

Onto my card for today, I'm using this cutey cool cat from Hambo Stamps which I coloured with my lovely promarkers and..

can you believe he's a freebie too??? Awesome :)))

Go go go grab him ...



I'm entering my card in these challenges..

1 - One Stitch At A Time challenge No 14 - FURRY FRIENDS :)
2 - Passion For ProMarkers Challenge No 53 - ANYTHING GOES... an easy peasy one for us as it's their Anniversary Week and OMG OMG what awesome prizes, one of them .... A COMPLETE set of Promarkers !!!! Fingers crossed..

As always.. thanks for looking

Big Hugs
xxx

A Kitten

Hi, hope you are having... or had a good weekend! It's so sunny and warm here in Malta, and luckily so, as today in Valletta the scouts and guides made their annual St George's parade. It's usually done on the nearest Sunday to April 23rd, but since next Sunday the Pope will be here, it was done today instead. We went of course, as there were my kids parading with their group.

Here are some photos ...





Back home, I finished off this card which I started yesterday...


I coloured the cute kitten with my promarkers, which by the way, is by Sliekje, and I followed this fab sketch here by Melissa.


and I made it for these challenges:

1 - Tuesday Morning Sketches - The SKETCH

2 - I ♥ Promarkers Challenge No 9 - The Theme is ANIMALS...love the new changes in the challenges :)

3 - Paper Cutz Challenge No 36 - To use THREE PATTERNED PAPERS

4 - Allsorts Challenge No 47 - PETALS and PEARLS

5 - Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge No 12 - ANIMAL ANTICS... first time here for me!!!

Well that's all for now as we're going out again, but now we're going to the silent city of Mdina for the Medieval Mdina Festival, being held this weekend.

Hugs
xxx

Jessi Hugs a Cat !

For today's card I'm using 'Jessi Hugs A Cat' stamp. I've had it for quite some time now, but never used it before, so when I saw the theme for the challenge at Susie's Sassy Challenge, I immediately wanted to have a go to use this stamp :)



For this card I followed this fab sketch No 28 here from Vee... thank you, love your sketches xx


and I have made it for the following challenges..

1 - Susie's Sassy Challenge - ME & MY PET

2 - Sew Many Challenges - STITCHING

3 - Prairie Fairy Fridays - It's a color challenge and there is a photo for inspiration.

4 - Stamp Something - STITCH SOMETHING

5 - One Stitch At A Time - Challenge No 7 is ANYTHING GOES

By the way, 'Jessi Hugs a Cat' is a freebie, if you want her, you can get her from here.

Thanks for stopping by today.
Wishing you a happy weekend

Hugs
xxx

Cat Birthday Card

Yesterday I made this birthday card for my brother's girlfriend as it's her birthday this weekend and yes, you guessed, she loves cats! It was a nice sunny day here in Malta yesterday and since it was a Public Holiday, and the kids have started their Easter Holidays, we went out a bit, so didn't have time to post it until today.



Didn't follow any sketches for once, I just did as I felt but I did follow some themes for some fab challenges.

Here they are, first time I'm entering in the first two!!

1 - Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 94 - The theme this week is BUTTERFLIES or BEES.

2 - Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - It's FLOWER POWER for Challenge 52 and to use only BRIGHT AND CHEERY SPRING COLOURS.

3 - Fab 'n' Funky Challenge 17 - SPRING IS IN THE AIR

4 - Charisma Cardz Challenge No 13 - ANIMAL MAGIC

5 - Crafty Creations Challenge No 61 - ANYTHING GOES

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you liked my card.
Wishing you a Happy Peaceful Easter

Hugs
xxx

Fun Cats

Another day, another card !!! I can't stop making cards :) The one I've made today is for the Tuesday Morning Sketches No 36. The sketch this week is quite different than the usual ones I normally see, and at first I admit I didn't know what to do... but finally I did something..

The sketch.


and the card..

I stamped the background with a daisy rubber stamp, then watercoloured it with yellow and the cats, cute aren't they?, are from the Papermania Die-Cut Shapes Pack. I wrote the sentiment.

I will be sending the card to one of the kids in the Card for Kids Card Drive. Here they collect cards for sick children and their families and so I decided to make some cards for them too.