Guest Designer!

This is my third & final post for today, please scroll down to see my Inky Impressions & Stamping Chef creations! Hugs xx

I was so happy when I realised I had won some gorgeous 'Stamp Art' images from 'Fab & Funky' But even happier when I was asked  to be there guest designer....Thank you so much for having me xx

I do try & enter 'Fab & Funky' as often as I can, they are a great group of designers & the challenges are always fabulous!

Anyhoos on with the challenge, the theme is....

FEELS LIKE SUMMER!

I decided to use one of the fab 'Stamp Art' images I won..

I just had to have this cutie sitting with his froggy friend!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter
Scrap-creations- water
Try it on Tuesday- colours of summer
Eureka Stamps- Vacation

Come & Get It- cool things for summer
Fairytale Stampers- summer

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Charlie Fishing on a Log' by Stamp Art

Promarkers/ Flexmarkers

Skin- coral, sunkissed pink & blush

Tim Holtz distress inks

Hair- antique linen & mustard seed

Hat- forest green & faded jeans

T-shirt & trousers- faded jeans & tumbled glass

Jacket- evergreen bough & peeled paint

Dragonfly- peacock feathers

Frog- mowed lawn & shabby shutters

Log, rod & sign- gathered twigs, tea dye & antique linen

Float- picked raspberry & weathered wood

Water & sky- tumbled glass

Sand- shabby shutters

All highlighted inks are available from Natalie & Amy's

Papers & Embellishments

DP- (spotty) Metropolitan 'Dots & Spots' digi papers by Echo Park

DP- (fishy) 'Splash' digi papers by Echo Park

My stash- green card candi & blue mirri card

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Natalie & Amy's

'Collall 3D' glue with tools from Natalie & Amy's

'6" square white card blank'

Thank you so much for stopping by today, please pop over & see what fab 'Summer' creations the DT have made.

Hugs xx 

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This Weeks MAWTT DT Card

Well I hope you all had fun joining in with our 1st Birthday Blog Hop over at

 Moving Along With The Times we all really enjoyed looking at your wonderful creations.

After chasing Charlie around the garden for about 30 minutes I gave up & decided to wait till Nige comes home tonight to measure him...sorry your gonna have to wait a bit longer for me to announce the winner of my crafty goodies...

Right onto this weeks challenge, firstly there is some sad news, this is to be Clare's last challenge as she is stepping down from the DT, I for one will be sad to see her go, she has made me feel so welcome to the DT thanks hun x.
This weeks challenge has  a fab prize up for grabs, a 2 week GDT member spot wooohoooo!! how great is that, so what do you need to do, to be in with a chance? Well you need to follow this great sketch designed by Clare, you can rotate it flip it on its head, as long as we can still see the basic sketch.

There is no theme this week, so get out all your crafty stash & have a play, I can't wait to see what you come up with.....Heres my take on Clare's sketch.

 I had stroked my new DCWV stacks for long enough so decided to use one of the papers..lol

Challenges I Am Entering

My Time To Craft- zig-zag (faux stitching)

Papertake Weekly- stitching

Crafty Creations Challenges- ice cream or cakes (cakes on DP)

Fab N Funky- stitching

Stuff I Used

Image from DZ Doodles (freebie)

IQ paper

Promarkers

Apron- powder blue & colbalt blue, lemon & sunflower

Blue pearl card Create & Craft

DP & sentiment my new DCWV (yummy papers)

Brads & gems my stash

Lace punch, fiskars

Faux stitching done with black whispers strokes pen

Thanks for stopping by please pop over to the main MAWTT blog to see the other

DT's gorgeous creations. Huge hugs x

My First DT card for 'Moving Along With The Times'

First a quick update on the house front...nothing lol absolutely nothing, zip, nadda, zero nothing and we have about 33ish days before the new tennents are moving in here lololol...oh I could cry..we have got a viewing arranged for tomorrow night, so I am just hoping its the one .....anyways on to something soooooo much more better

I am soooooooooo excited to be joining the fab ladies on the DT at 'Moving Along With The Times' thanks again girls for asking me to join you...

For my first week as a design team member, its Hazel who is our host....with this fab sketch...

This week Hazel is also sponsoring the challenge and wow...just look at these gorgoeus stamps..you have to be in it to win it lol......please pop on over to the challenge blog & show the rest of the DT some love x

I had already decided to use thes Forever Friends bears for Nige's card off me, & this sketch fitted just perfect...

I really need to get these stamps they are so cute.

 I always make Nige a card from me, as neither Nige or myself have any Fathers Day cards to send anymore. I always try & make one that shows how much I love him & how proud I am of him.

Challenges I Am Entering

Fab N Funky Fathers Day

    Cupcake Crafting One For The Boys

Creative Inspirations One For The Boys

Magical Crafts Fathers day/male

Totally Gorjuss For The Boys

Crafty Cardmakers Cards For Men

Incy Wincy One For The Guys

Stuff I Have Used

Image Forever Friends off my friend CAL (thanks hun)

IQ paper

Promarkers

Bear- pastel beige, pastel pink, putty & tan

Heart & Flower- red & ruby, yelow & azure

I & U- sky blue & azure

Ground- grass

DP-I think are from Docraft 'Funky Vintage'

Heart button cut out on my slice 'basic elements' card

Sentiment 'Fathers Day' cut out on my slice 'words & expressions' card

twine & blue card my stash

Thank You for stopping by, please come over to Moving Along With The Times and join in the fun....You never know you might win those fab stamps....

What a week!!!!

Hello my blogging friends, I hope you all enjoyed the fab weather we had over the weekend.I spent most of it indoors packing boxes lol....
I have got some good news to share, I have been asked to join the DT over on
Moving Along With The Times' I am sooooooooo excited to be joining them...thanks girls...they have a new challenge every Thurday, so please pop along & join in the fun.
On the house front..we are looking at one tonight at 6.30 that is a definite possible lol..so fingers crossed.

I've got two cards for you today, first my DT card for 'The Crazy Challenge' the theme this week is 'You're A Star' I had sooooooooo much trouble with this one, I blame the footie lol. All I could think about was football all week, so I asked a few friends & hubby. Started making a card, then Danni our eldest decided to tell me her best mates birthday is today, & could I make her a card....as if I'm sitting down doing nothing arrrgggghhh kids x Well all I knew was that she goes horse riding twice a week. I had a look throught my images & stamps & found this one, not sure where I had it from sorry...if someone knows please let me know then I can credit the artist x

Oh Nige also got me a new watermark, having probs finding an easy

way to put it on my cards tho, so any help is very welcome..

Challenges I am Entering

One Stitch At A Time celebration

Totally Papercrafts animal antics

My TIme To Craft xtra special

Fab N Funky photo inspiration

Stuff I used

Image sorry can't remember

IQ paper

Promarkers

Horse

Horse-cocoa, caramel & sandstone

Hooves- warm grey 1 & 3

Reins- red & ruby

Saddle- azure, true blue, raw sienna & terracotta

Girl

Girls skin- ivory & dusky pink

 Boots-warm grey 3 &4

T-shirt- red & ruby

Jodpurs- pastel beige & khaki

Hat- red & ruby, azure & true blue

Hair-terracotta

Jump

Poles- lipstick red & berry red

Grass- forest green & grass

Flowers- true blue, pine & yellow
DP is from a pack I only paid £1 for at the NEC
Docrafts Abstract Prints
Sentiment 'You're A Star' computer generated
Star cut out on my slice 'basic elements' card
Twine & red paper my stash
Distressing done with Versa Color 'sand beige'

My second card today is for my second week as GDT member over at 'Craft Your Passion'  where

 the theme is paper piecing....I have only ever done this once before

 & that was with a stamped image, so using my printer was a whole new adventure for me.
 To be honest I wasn't quite sure what I was doing lol...but I think it turned out ok lol....

I have paper pieced his gown, mortar board & shoes. The paper

I used is handmade so it has white bits in it which look like shading.

Challenge I am Entering
One Stitch At A Time celebration

Stuff I Used

Image Cocodingo 

IQ paper

Promarkers

Skin- blush & sunkissed pink

Hair- raw sienna & primrose

Trousers- sky blue & azure

Certificate- warm grey 1 & icy grey 1

All papers, buttons & string my stash

Sentiment 'graduation' cut out on my slice 'words & expressions' card

Thank you for stopping my my blog hugs xx

I'm not gonna be running around like a headless chicken this year ;0)

This business off moving house is horrible, we have just been to view a house (a really big nice yummy house) and they haven't got central heating or double glazing in, I admit the bedrooms were massive and the frontroom was really big as well but the kitchen was pokey and the back garden was just mud!!! and the window frames were metal, I remember my nan having those when |I was growing up and they used to freeze on the inside...no I don't think so lolol..not a chance with my old bones...

Anyways, less yakkin' more cards, well one card...I got this image when Nige got me Dustin Pikes blogoversary special the one with the loadsa fabby images for £6 or something lke that...well I printed this little fella off ages ago and forgot about him, until today when I decided to have a rumage in my digi box....

I think hes a proper cutie...

Poor thing all tangled up...reminds me of me at Christmas trying to sort the lights out, that I wrapped up sooooo carefully last year lol xx

Challenges I'm Entering

Fab N Funky  with a sketch to follow

Bah! Humbug with ribbon

Passion For Promarkers with anything goes

Stuff I Used

Image Dustin Pike

IQ paper

Promarkers

Mouse- warm grey 1, 3 & 4, pale pink & satin

Lights- holly (for the wire), red & ruby, lemon & canary, true blue & royal blue

Blue paper, ribbon and brad my stash

DP & sentiment  Daisy & Dandelion

White sakura gel pen

Ponsettia flower Fred She Said

Thanks for looking huge hugs xx

Thank You!!

First of all I just wanted to thank you all for taking the time to come and comment on my blog, I really, really do appreciate it and do my best to return to your blogs to repay your kindness...again thank you so much xx

Well my nextdoor neighbour came around last-night to have a crafty play. While the men watched footie, (I had an ear out on the footie, as you know I lurves my footie) managed to catch the last 30mins or so, looked like a good match.

Anyway onto my card I did this to start with just to cover a few challenges, but have just discovered, it covers quite a few so there is a list today lol
Passion For Promarkers, theme is 'Gratitude'
I Love Promarkers, theme is 'Wings' flutterbuts on paper have wings
Delightful Sketches & Challenges, use your punches. I used my boarder punch
Dare You To Digi Stamp,is flowers
Doodle Palace, follow a sketch
Fab & Funky, fancy edges

                           Wow!!!! don't think I have entered so many challenges with one card lol...

Stuff I Used..
Digi image was a freebie from Pollycraft
Coloured with my Promarkers
bear- pastel beige, tan & sunkissed pink
clothes- cerise, carmine, yellow, grey green, duck egg, green & forest green.
heart- lipstick red & crimson
pencil- sky blue & cyan
blender to take away the spots
DP- K & Co
Pink paper, ribbon, buttons and twine my stash
Flowers Fred She Said
Sentiment a freebie from Sentimental Sundays

Thank you for popping in and saying hi xx

Nige's birthday card

First off I will apologise for the pants photo, I am totally useless at taking photos, Nige usually takes all my pics, and as this is for his birthday I thought I'd better take it lol...again sorry lolol

Our KT gave me the idea for this card, she saw a word book on someones blog last week and asked if she could do a word book for my mothers day card...so after helping her sort out her letters, I decided to do one for Nige....





I would like to enter this in two challenges....first one is I Love Promarkers this weeks challenge is 'shape'.....
Second challenge is Fab n Funky where the challenge is also 'shape'...

stuff I used...
papers Papermania
Letters enlarged on PC and printed out and cut out in paper to match...
4 Forever Friends stamps
stamped on IQ, with memento tuxedo black ink
coloured with my Promarkers
Ribbon my stash
doodling with my whisper pens

thanks for looking xx