Grandson Birthday Card

Hi all and good news today, I found my new tag die, yippee, I was looking though my scrap box for some paper and there it was, just glaring at me lol, I must have swept it up when I was taking all the scraps off my table, so pleased.

Onto my card for today I have a special card to show you and it’s for my grandson Leandro, we always send him two cards and he would like a dog and lion (still looking for a roaring lion) on his cards this year.

I have used the image Dog Song from Chrissy Armstrong, you can find this at Whimsy Stamps, I coloured it with copic, the papers are from Bo Bunny and the ticket is one Lynne from Sentiments 4 You made for me, the bling and buttons are from my stash.

Just to remind you ladies that Chrissy from Sundays with Chrissy is holding a DT call if you are interested, just click on the picture or the written link to take you there.

Challenges I have entered:

Do it with Digi’s – Spots or Stripes

Aud Sentiments – Sentimants with at least 2 words

Stamptacular Sunday – Seeing Double

Allsorts – Free and Easy

Thanks for popping by, I do appreciate the time you take to pop over and see me.

Circle of Friends Blog Hop

Welcome to the Circle of Friends Blog Hop If you have arrived from the talented Lori’s blog you are in the right place, if not you may want to start at Crystal's Blog so you don't miss anything along the way.

Our Circle of Friends hop is to show our dear friend Annika Ryan that her Whimsy Family is here for her during this difficult time. Everyone needs a circle of friends, and sometimes, during those hard moments, you need to be placed in the center of that circle and be given a big group hug.  Though we may be miles away, our hearts are with her along with our support.

Today we all have made her a creation to show her how much we care, Please hop along with us to Support our Wonderful Teammate and Friend Annika.

Here is the creation I made for my dear friend and DT sister.......

I used a Meljen image for my card, which I shall be sending to Annika with my love, you can also get this image from the Whimsy store in the Meljen section.

If you know Annika and would like to make a creation for her please go to the end of the hop (Denise's Blog)  and link a card, then email Crystal at crystalkbk30@gmail.com to privately give you her address.

This hop will end on February 5, noon Eastern time so you have enough time to create a card for friend!!

Thanks so much for hopping along with us today!!!  Your next stop on the hop is the talented Simmone

Challenges

Simon Says - Animals

Meljen Designs- Hearts

That’s all for now, thanks for popping by my little place I do appreciate your comments and have a great night.

Elephants in a Rush

Hi everyone.
Just a quick card tonight, the image is by Lyn from Spiders Corner, this was a little treat for us all who follower her and to celebrate her reaching 300 followers, congratulations Lyn on your followers.

If you fancy this image (who wouldn’t) just pop over to Lyn’s, I’m glad I did and I hope she will have another image soon, thank you Lyn.



Now I have to say I am not that good at elephants and I think its a bit too grey, but hey next time I shall just do the shading bit as I think that will work better.

Challenges for this card:

Crafy Catz – Animals

Basic Grey – Pearls

Totally Paper Craft – Rainbow

Recipe
Image – Lyn Spiders Corner
Papers – Basic Grey
Distressing Ink – Tim Holtz, Weathered Wood
Pearls – Hobby House
Medium – Water Colours
Glitter – Copic Pen
Ribbon – Joy
Sentiment – Computer
Corner Punch – EK


All for tonight and have a good night all.

Hugs

Prairie Fairy Challenge

Good Morning all, I have not been blogging this week as my hubby was taken into hospital on Tuesday morning as he was dehydrated, this is because of the cemo, he has been in a lot of pain too so they are giving pain relieve which can only be administered in the hospital. He underwent a lot of test today so we hope the problem will be sorted soon and he can get back home.

So now I know he is in safe hands and doing well I am back in my craft room, it gets a bit lonely in the house at night time plus it takes my mind of things for a little while.

So onto my card and I hope you are all ready to get creative as it’s time for Prairie Fairy Friday again, thank you to all who entered last week, we loved looking at your creations and wow was their some stunners out there.

This week Robert has come up with the theme of texture so get texturing your cards ladies and enter Prairie Fairy Friday challenge and you could win the following:

Random winner is 5 Images from Prairie Fairy Designs.
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1 Spot winner will be 3 Images from Prairie Fairy Designs and a guest designer spot for next weeks challenge.
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3 spot winners will get a top 3 badge to show on their side bar.

Ok back to my card and I use the image called Gerrys Birthday Set, in this set you get Gerry of course and also the Presents you see on the card, there’s more, you also get a Birthday cake wow how great is that and you can find this and many more fantastic images here.

He's so cute

I used Basic Grey papers and distressed the edges with Tim Holz distressing tool and inks to give depth and texture.

Gerry and the presents are coloured with Copic, Glitter Pens and Sakurs Gell Pen. The presents were cut out and mounted near Gerry, the presents come separate on the same sheet, the image was then layered onto orange card and layered again onto the base card.



I added fluffy fiber (given to me by Lyn at Spyder's Corner , thank you, I love it) and gems for more texture, lastly the sentiment was done on the computer and distressed and layered in the same way, so I am all textured and distressed out now lol.

You do not have to use a Prairie image but if you have some we would love to see them.

I have entered my card into the following challenges.


Simon Says Challenge – Distressing

Papertake Weekly Challenge – Open Theme


Charisma Cardz - Animals


Roberta is also doing a search for her Prairie Fairy buttons on your blogs, do you have any on your blog!!!! if Roberta spots them you could win.

To find out what you will have to visit the challenge blog .


All for now my blogging friends and thank you for popping by my place and I shall see you later tonight when I shall be round to visit you.

Hugs

Prairie Fairy and Guest Designer for Crafty Ann's

Good Morning all and this morning I have two cards to show you, the first one is for my DT spot over at Prairie Fairy, great challenge this week and the second is for my Guest Designer Spot for Crafty Ann’s and still as excited to be asked.

Prairie Fairy

So first Prairie Fairy and thank you to all who entered last week, we loved looking at your creations and they were all so beautifully, so pop over to Prairie Fairy to see who won last weeks challenge.
Onto the challenge for this week and the theme is to create an easel card, for mine I used the image called Egg Hunt, which you can find here, how cute is she!!!









Now there is a mistake with my card and can you spot it? I did not have time to put right my mistake, as I had to upload it for the challenge.

Don’t forget to check out the other fantastic creations by my sister DT fairys you will be amazed with what they came up with.

Recipe
Image - Prairie Fairy
Papers – Blue Bo Bunny, Other Basic Grey
Medium – Copic and Copic Glitter
Blue Swirl – RAK
Punch – Martha Stewart
Ink – Colour Box
Sentiment – Computer
Flowers Pearls – Stash





Crafty Ann’s


Ann over at Crafty Ann’s challenge blog asked me to be a guest designer for the month of March, and I can not believe this is my last creation for her, I shall miss crafting for Ann as I enjoyed working with her lovely images and papers. I also loved looking at your creations for the last challenge as they were all so beautifully

Onto this fortnights challenge which has the theme of, a card, gift or memento for a someone special to you, I made the flowers for my mom and you can find these flowers HERE at Crafty Ann’s digi shop they are called 3D Short and Long Petal and 3D Daisy / Gerbera, plus you also get the leafs too, please check out the other selection of images, you will not be disappointed they are all gorgeous.

I coloured the flowers with Copic then cut them all out and inked all the edges in the same colour as the flowers, I then added the shine with glossy accents and left to dry overnight, using spacers and brads to finish them off, finally securing them to wire with contact adhesive.

I saved one flower to make this photo frame for a friend, it is made with coloured cardboard with a square aperture cut out of the middle, the lilac paper inside is also from Crafty Ann’s digi shop too, I just added sentiment and pearls to finish it off.

The paper and flower can easily be removed and a picture will slot in to replace them but I think my friend will keep it like this.

To take part in the challenges you don't have to use any digital images or papers designed by Crafty Ann's but please go and have a look, also check out the work of the talented DT’s while your there, you will not be disappointed their work is beautiful, I am so honoured to have been creating with them for this month, thank you Ann and all the DT ladies.


Recipe
Images of Paper, Flowers and Leafs – Crafty Ann’s Digi Shop
Medium – Copic
Inks – Flower Box
Spacers, Pearls and Brads - Hobby House
Cardboard, Wire and Adhesive – Stash
Sentiment – Computer


I have entered the following challenges:

Daring Cardmakers - Egg shapes or chocolate or both!

Stamp with fun – Easter

digital tuesday challenge – Spring

Creative Card Crew - Going Dotty

Colour Create Challenge Blog – Pastel Colours with Option of Easter or Spring

Saturday Challenge - Secret Crafter – Spring

Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog – Anything but a Card


By The Cute And Girly – Spring in is the Air

Paper Cutz Challenge - Easter (No bunnies or chicks)

Stampin for the Weekend - Easter

I look forward to seeing your creations for both these challenges, thank you for popping by my place I really look forward to your visits and I shall be round to see you all later.
Hugs

Prairie Fairy and Guest Designer for Crafty Ann's

Good Morning all and this morning I have two cards to show you, the first one is for my DT spot over at Prairie Fairy, great challenge this week and the second is for my Guest Designer Spot for Crafty Ann’s whoo so excited to be asked.

Prairie Fairy Challenge

So onto this weeks challenge for Prairie Fairy and this week Roberta has asked us to have tissue paper on our creation, well I had no idea what to do with tissue paper and after a lot of deliberation I decide on making some flowers and leafs for my card, not as easy as I thought and after my third attempt and very messy hands, with all the ink, I came up with these flowers with added pearls for the centre.



I am quiet pleased with the result, so if your stuck with what to do with the tissue paper challenge this week why not have a go at making your own flowers.

The image I used on my card this week is called Prima ballerina which you can find here plus many more beautiful images created by Roberta and the sentiment was done on the computer, the papers are my usual Bo Bunny and the tiny bit of lace is from another card.

Don’t forget to check out the other fantastic creations by my sister DT fairys you will be amazed with what they came up with.

I have entered into the following challenges:

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Flowers
A Spoonful of Sugar - Recycled


Crafty Ann’s Challenge

Ann over at Crafty Ann’s challenge blog as me to be a guest designer for the month of March, whoo I was so excited that she picked me, I jumped at the chance to work with her lovely images and papers.

This fortnights challenge is a Colour challenge - you must include lilac, pink and lemon on your project, I decided to do a card and a tag, I used Crafty Ann’s digi cupcake image, I coloured them with water colours and added glitter done with copic glitter pens, the lilac paper is also from Crafty Ann’s digi shop and you can find both the image and paper HERE and a lots more selection to pick from, you will not be disappointed they are gorgeous.





To take part in the challenges you don't have to use any digital images or papers designed by Crafty Ann's but please go and have a look, also check out the work of the talented DT’s while your there, you will not be disappointed their work is beautiful, I am so honoured to be working with them for this month.


Creative Card Crew - Celebration

Cute Card Thursday - Celebrations
I look forward to seeing your creations for both these challenges, thank you for popping by my place I really look forward to your visits and I shall be round to see you all later.

Hugs

Kiss me Card

Hi to everyone, this is just a quick post tonight, I did this card early tonight, it's for my DH Birthday on Saturday.
As a lot of you know my hubby is quiet ill but no matter how ill he is feeling he always ask's how I am, and I just say I am fine and then say kiss me, so when I was over at Squigglyfly digi shop I spotted this image and just had to have it and it's been making me giggle all day so I hope DH has a giggle at this too.

Now I expext him to say when I ask for a kiss where's the ice lol, but laid over a block of ice I don't think so brrrr JUST KISS ME.



I have entered it the following challenges: Die Cut Dreams with no flowers allowed and Squigglyfly with make a card with a scene, I hope this counts
Well I hope you have a giggle at this too.

Thank you for popping by my place, see you later.

Another Christmas Card

Good Morning all my blogging friends and I hope the sun is shining for you, as it is here for me.

I managed another Christmas card this morning, as I did promise myself at least one a week for my collection, so I am quiet happy as it’s only Tuesday but I must get my hubby’s Birthday card done next, as his BD is looming and I found a great image from Squigglyfly for that, but you will have to wait till middle of the week to see it.

I wanted to enter a few challenges with my Christmas card and there is a perfect sketch over at Winter Wonderland which I loved using, the image is from PinkCat Studio and is just right for a celebration which is the theme over at Creative Card Crew.
Over at Susie and Vikki Christmas Club their theme this week is Hot Chocolate, well blow me down with a feather I do not have any Christmas images with hot chocolate, so I decide my cat is hot hot hot and the bag she is delivering has chocolates in it hence hot chocolate, so I hope I qualify with my way out thinking lol.
I added some faux stiching, which happens to be the theme over at Bah Humbug for this week.




I also added faux stitcing to the inside.

Well I think that covers it all for today and thanks for popping by my place and I shall see you all soon, as I shall be popping over to your place to see what you have been up to.

Hugs

Candy now Closed and will be drawn later, thank you to all who entered.

Prairie Fairy's 1st DT Blog Hop Starts on Friday February 12th until Sunday February 14th

Hi ladies and are you ready to get hopping with Prairie Fairy's 1st Blog Hop! I’m so excited to be a part of this and hope you are too.

Starting at 12:01 midnight Prairie Fairy time on Thursday there is a freebie image available at the Prairie Fairy Digital group at Papercraft Planet.


If you came here from the very talented Margie's blog then you are on the right track!

If you would like to start at the top of the hop, start HERE

On to my card that I created for Prairie Fairy's 1st Hop!






The inside stamp is from Basic Grey

I used the image Sendingulove2 which you can find HERE


Recipe
Image- Prairie Fairy Designs
Papers – Lasting Impresions
Ink – Colour Box
Medium – Water Colours and Copic Pens
Shine on the Heart – Glossy Accents
Sentiment Stamp Inside – Basic Grey
Hearts – Cuttlebug Die
Sentiment on the front - Daisy and Dandelion
Ribbon - Stash
Glitter - Shakura Gel Pen


If you happen to get lost on your hop here is the hop list:


Start: Prairie Fairy group at PCP.

Lorraine
Kelly
Cor
Stef
Jules
Lori
Kelly
Lori
Heike
Margie
Pinklilacs(You are here)
Crystal
Sara
Lisa
Prairie Fairy Fridays Enter your cards

Finish Roberta




Wow after this amazing blog hop this is what you can win!!!

PLUS...ANY 4 digital stamps from Prairie Fairy Designs!

HOWEVER.... if you don't win the candy at the end of the hop you will still have a chance at winning the prize on the challenge blog on the following friday!
So make sure you enter the challenge on the weekend to get two chances at some great candy!


You will have until 9:00pm Sunday Feb. 14th Valentines Day (Prairie Fairy Time) to complete the hop.



Wow Robert’s a very generous Fairy with her Fairy Goodies don’t you think? wish I could enter

Ok here’s all that you have to do to win all these Fairy Goodies is:

1. Leave a comment at all the hop spots for 1 entry.
2. Become a follower of our challenge group for a second entry.
3. Join the PCP group for a 3rd entry.

Earn 5 entries if you show us a new creation that has a Valentines theme and uses a Prairie Fairy image!!!!!




You will be able to download this image for free until 11:59 pm Friday night.

We are hoping that you will use the freebie to enter our Prairie Fairy Fridays challenge.

From there, you can hop along to all the DT's blogs to check out their cards for the challenge and if you complete all the steps you will be entered for a candy draw!



But that is not all! Some of us fellow Fairy DT members are also hosting our own candy....including me and you will have the chance to win this:







7 Sheets of Lasting Impressions Paper
The Sentiment Stamps I used on my card by Basic Grey (A new one I might add)
Assorted Gems and Sequins
I metre each of:
Lace, Red Ribbon Poka Dot, White Ribbon with Imprinted Flowers and Pink Ribbon.



Now what do you have to do to win my candy?
Just enjoy the Prairie Fairy's 1st DT Blog Hop!


I will draw my candy on 14th Feb Valentines Night.

Your next stop is the very talented DT Fairy

Crystal
I have also entered this card into the following challenges:
Creative Card Crew - Valentines
Simon Says - Love
Stamp with Fun -Hearts
Pile It On - To The One You Love


Enjoy you HOPPING and don’t forget to check out all the other very talented and amazing Fairy DT’s for some great Inspiration and additional Candies along the way.

All for now

Hugs

Fairy Fun 1st Challenge

Good Evening all I am a bit late posting today, what with doing this and that I just forgot the time and still got nothing done lol.

Today we see the brand new opening of Roberta’s (from Prairie Fairy ) new digi store called Prairie Fairy Designs YAHOOO I am so pleased see finally achieved her dream, not only that her new challenge blog too! called Fairy Fun Friday's.

So as if that isn't fun enough in itself, there is now a Fairy Fun Friday's challenge blog to go along with it, there will be a new challenge set every Friday and the first challenge is a sketch, I used Feathers 'n' Fur 007 image and this is what I created to celebrate the launch.












I hope you will all pop along and wish her well and take part in the very first challenge. Then pop along to Robertas blog as she has a candy to celebrate the opening of her store.

Thank you for popping by my place and shall be posting my blog candy tommorow as I have now got it all together.

Hugs

Stamp for the Weekend - Susie Sassy - Basic Grey - Challenges

Hi Ladies Well I think I must have been in Lala land yesterday as I for got to take a picture of the card I made, also I sent it off in the post for a birthday duh, anyway on to the card I made today.






The image is a new one I purchased from PinkCat Studio along with some others you will see this week, does your purse ever groan when you take the credit card out? or is it just mine!! I just could not resist this cat I think it’s so cute.


I used the sketch that was created by Nancy from Stamp for the Weekend, I also entered it into two more challenges, which are, Susie's Sassy Challenge and she would like to see Pink and Sparkle and also into Basic Grey and they would like to see Glitz and Bling so I think I have covered all these aspects.

Materials used

Paper, Snowflake Rub On’s – Basic Grey
Bling– Kaban
Ribbon – Stash
Image – PinkCat
Coloured – Ho2 Twinkles and Water Colour Pencils
Flowers – K and Co
Brad, Spacer, Charm - Hobbyhouse
Glitz – Stickles
Nessti – Labels 4
Sentiment - Computer

All for now and I shall be round to see you all soon as I need some inspiration as my mojo is going walkabout again.
Hugs

New challenge at Cute Daisy May

Good afternoon all and I hope your all having a good one out there,

Today is Cute Daisy May’s new challenge and this week we would like to see something wild on your project, this is my design I created.

Remember for you none bloggers you can enter by email at cutedaisymay@gmail.com
also you don't have to use a Cute Daisy May on your project, but if you want to, you can purchase the designs here.

I have entered into the following challenges:

Stamp Something - Recipe 1 Ribbon 2 Papers 3 Emblishments

Creative Card Crew - Ribbons and Gems

Papertake - Sketch

See you all later as I have to pop out now but will be round to see you later.
Hugs

Son's Birthday Card

Good morning Ladies
I managed to my craft room sorted this morning as it was in such a mess I could not find anything, so its all neat and tidy now, how long for who knows lol. I found it’s so nice just to potter round the house and make a card when I want to :-) but then I remembered I’m going away and better sort my case’s out, I say case’s as I have my DH’s to do as well, as I do the packing then I know what’s going in there and where it is, as my DH is a rummager, then things end up all over the place agggg men!!


Anyway onto my card, this is a card I did for our son’s Birthday as he like cake of any sort I choose a Penny Black image of a hedgehog and cake ohh yummy.

On the inside put a hedgehog playing golf as he like that too.

I have enter it into several challenges:

Penny Black Challenge is Buttons and Bows.
One Stop Craft Challenge is a Birthday Card / Project.
Creative Card Crew is Birthday Card / Project.

Thanks for popping by and I shall be round in a few minutes to see your creations.

Hugs

Cute Daisy May

Good Morning all and today is Daisy May day and last week there was some fantastic entry's thank you to all who entered.

So onto Daisy May and we have a great challenge for you, the theme is Baby this week, so get creating ladies we want to see what you come up with.

I used sheet 79 Of Daisy May image which you can find here he’s so cute don’t you think and perfect for a first Birthday card.

Recipe
Image – Cute Daisy May
Coloured – Copic
Sentiment - Computer
Paper – K and CoS
entiment – Computer
Buttons – Stash
Ribbon – Bo Bunny
Shapes - Nessti

So what are you waiting for? Come and play, each week the ransom picky thing will select a winner who can choose a download of their choice. You don't have to have a Cute Daisy May to play but its nice if you do. Email entries to cutedaisymay@gmail.com

Just a reminder my blog will be a bit quiet now until I get this exam finished.

Now don’t worry ladies I will still be here, you will find me on the top right of this page under a pile of exam papers and cup cake wrappers, yeh the one having the screaming app jabs and screaming hell at the computer, oh don’t forget my tea, previous post explains lol.

If you do happen to pop by please leave me a message so I know you have been and I shall take a break and pop round to see you.

Don't forget my Birthday Candy too, top of the page.

Thank you for popping by again and I will see you all later.

Hugs

ABC Challenge, Whiff of Joy,Doodle Palace and present for a friend.

Good Morning ladies I hope your all crafting away like little beavers :-)
Well what a day it was yesterday I’m sat happily studying away with some light classical music on for inspiration, which I need at the moment, and DH rings and says I forgot to tell you we have been invited to a Birthday party (my friend came back from Cyprus early and her partner is holding a surprise party for her) could you repeat that?!!!! plus other things I said, one of them being I have nothing to wear! DH also said can you get a present and make a card for 7’o clock, err could you repeat that too?! are all men like this or I am lucky and got the only one lol.

So off I go to find some paper in her favourite colours and made this card, now to the present and no time to go shopping, idea pops into my head I have some of her favourite chocolates in the fridge (luckily we both like the same ones) so I made her this box and filled it with the scrummy chocolates oh I ate a few as well lol.

The inside flowers I cut from the ribbon.

Now what to wear! then I remember buying a new outfit last week hehhehehe, so out I come all ready to go and DH says you look lovely (he’s looking for brownie points now after this mornings fiasco) OHHH with fingers crossed, I say this old thing I have had it for ages, well it has been in the wardrobe for a week, so it’s old now lol.
How lucky am I, as this week ABC challenge blog is looking for circles on your creations and my paper and box has circles on them so I shall enter it into their challenge.
Also another challenge blog Doodle Palace to use pastels and daisies and they are pastels and their is a few daisy on the paper.
Whiff of Joy with bling which I put in the center of the flowers and some on the paper flowers and on the inside.
Recipe
Coloured – Copic
Image – Whiff of Joy
Paper and Flowers - Bo Bunny
Nesstie – large Circle and Crimped Circle
Bling – Kaban
Sentiment – Computer
Ribbon and Pin – Stash

Bling - Kaban
Leafs – Boss Cut
The turquoise ribbon is from the craft shop here and I cut some of the flowers out for the card too.


Thank for popping by and listening to me rambling on and have a good day all, I shall be round later to see you all.

Hugs

Cup Cake Craft Challenge and Secret Craft Challenge

Hi Everyone and I hope you all had a good day and lots of crafting, I did manage to get this card done tonight, it’s for Secret Craft Chellenge and their theme is Fancy Corners which I used an EK punch for.

Also the Cupcake Craft Challenge and to coincide with their 1st birthday celebrations and the theme is

"SOMETHING SWEET" There is also an optional extra to include a CUPCAKE on your creation!

They are also having a blog hop and you won’t want to miss a thing!

I went on the hop and it was fantastic, with beautiful DT cards and candy to give away, so hop on over and have a bash, you won't be disappointed.

Happy 1st Birthday Cupcake

Inside with punch detail that is not showing too well on this picture, sorry.

Recipe

Papers – Bo Bunny
Punch and Corner Punch – EK
Image – Whiff of Joy
Stash – Pearls, Pin,
Flowers – Bo Bunny
Spacer – RAK Linda
Brad – K and Co
Coloured – Copic
Gel Pen – Shakura
Leafs – Bos Kut
Shapes - Large Octagon

Going to see your blogs now so have a good night.

Hugs