Flutter By Wednesday # 88

Good afternoon folks, I hope you are warmer than I. It is pouring down here on the Costa del Sol and real miserable, I do feel sorry for the holiday makers but despite the rain they are walking around in shorts, T shirts and a brolly - brrrrrrrr far too cold for that in my book.

This week at Flutter By Wednesday we have a fantastic sketch designed for us by our uber talented Guest Designer Mercy Kerin, thank you Mercy I really enjoyed working this this and will defo use it many times over.

I am combining my card with Totally Gorjuss who have set there theme for Free & Easy.

I have coloured Fairies - A Big Bouquet with my copics and added lots of glamour dust to her wings, I do love this stuff. Papers are K & Co´s Sparkly Sweet, double corner dies are Nellie Snellen´s and flowers are from my stash.

Don´t forget to pop by my fellow DT´s blogs and leave them some love too, links are on my sidebar.

On the slippery slope

Good morning folks, I hope you are well ahead with your Christmas shopping and enjoying watching all your children and grandchildren taking parts in the school concerts.
I have decided to step down from the DT on Creative Card Crew so this is my last card for them.
The challenge this week is

Anything Goes

and this will be the last challenge of 2009 and also a DT CALL so if you would like to join this fab group of girls just put DT Call next to your entry in the comments section. You have until the 4th January to enter and when the new challenges commence on 5th January they will be going fortnightly.



I am combining my card with Sketch Saturday this fab sketch, Simon Says Let it Snow, Stamp Something Winter Wonderland and Secret Saturday who would like to see Snow.
I have coloured these wee cuties with my copics adding lots of flowersoft and glamour dust. Papers are DCWV, sentiment is from Cuddly Buddly, sizzlet snowflake , ribbons, flowers and leaves are from my stash.

Fancy a cuppa

The challenge this week at Die Cut Dreams is

GLITTER ME SILLY

Susie sent us all the same kit to play with and can you believe we all came up with something different so check out the blog for inspiration and a chance to win this same kit.

I am combining my card with Cute Card Thursday who would like to see beads somewhere on your card.



I coloured Little Girls - Tea Time with my copics and added extras ... a punched flower, which I liberally coated in glamour dust, spacer, beads and charm from my stash.



Enjoy your day, see you tomorrow.

Flutter By Wednesday meets Saturday Spotlight

Good morning folks, I hope you are all well. I can´t believe we are half way through yet another week, it will be Christmas before I know where I am.
Today sees the start of a new challenge at Flutter By Wednesday and Danni would like us to think of Winter whilst creating, now how easy is that at this time of year! Remember as always you have to use a butterfly, fairy or angel on your project.
We are on the Countdown to moving to our New Home in the New Year, don´t forget to follow us to continue playing along.
I am combining my card with Saturday Spotlight whom have set the theme of Chritmas Flowers.

I am sharing hubby´s latest project with you too, yes he pinches part of my craft room but it is so nice to work away together in harmony. This is a scaled model of the King of the Mississippi, what do you think???

Be sure to stop by the other Flutter By Team members blogs to see their fab creations and leave them some love too!! Their links are on my sidebar and also on the new blog!

You light up my life

Good morning peeps, hope you are all well. Today sees a new challenge at the Creative Card Crew and Paula would like to see Gold or Silver on your card.

I have used the super sketch from Sketch Saturday, Simon Says So Charming, Incy Wincy would like to see Snowflakes and The Pink Elephant would like to see Your Favourite Color Combo ... well I just love pink and mint.

I have coloured this sweet image with my copics adding a halo of glamour dust around the candle. Papers are Eskimo Kisses, snowflakes again were well and truly glamour dusted, silver beads, charm, pearls and ribbons are from my stash.

Thank you for stopping by today, see you again tomorrow.

Sage & Onion

Good morning peeps, I hope you have all enjoyed a wonderful weekend.
Today sees a new challenge at Die Cut Dreams and we have a colour combo for you of Sage & Onion Stuffing ... Green, Cream & Beige. This weeks prize is a 2 week GDT spot for the last 2 weeks of December and the winner will be chosen by our lovely DT Victoria.

I am combining my card with Whiff of Joy ... this fabulous sketch, Stamp Something ... Glitzy Somethings, Incy Wincy ... Snowflakes and Cute Daisy May say Twinkle twinkle.

Lili of the Valley and GDT call

Good morning and welcome to another challenge from Lili of the Valley . This week we have another sketch for you cos we know how much you all enjoy them and we hope to see lots of entries again. We are looking for a Guest Designer, chosen by the DT members, to join us for the next 4 challenges, so if you are interested please add GDT at the end of your comment with a Direct Link to your card. It is not necessary to use Lili of the Valley products on your card (although of course we love it when you do).
Here is the fabulous sketch designed by our Jacqui.




Cupcakes and Incy Wincy Designs have set the theme of Red and Green whilst Rosie D´s would like to see Red, Green and a bit o bling .



I have inked up Christmas Bunnies - Robin and coloured him with my copics and added copious amounts of glamour dust. My papers are Christmas Wishes by DCWV and I used the swiss dots folder for panels ... highlighting the dots with gold glamour dust. Shapeability snowflakes also got the glamour treatment, Papermania brad, flower and ribbon from my stash.

Flutter By Wednesday # 86

Welcome to another Flutter By Wednesday. I have a few fun things to share before I introduce our guest designer.
Flutter By Wednesday is fluttering to a new home for 2010!!! Be sure to stop by and become a follower so you don't miss a thing Flutter By Wednesday Blog
Flutter By Wednesday will start having our guest designers a bit differently in the new year...more chances for YOU to be featured!
We have a new Flutter By Team member, Kimberly, do stop by and say hi! Now the not so fun news, Taylor has decided to step down from the team for a bit. We will all miss her and wish her the best and hope to see her again next year!
Our guest designer today is the uber talented Mercy, be sure to stop by her blog and leave her some love too.

Our challenge this week is open ... any creation as long as it has a butterfly, fairy or angel on it.

For my card I have followed sketch 29 on Papertake Weekly which was fabulous to work with. I inked up Fairies - Thistledown and Wild Rose and coloured with my copics. Papers are a mixture and flowers are by Petaloo.

Do stop by my teamies for more inspiration, links are on my side bar, thank you.

Christmas all over again!

Good morning peeps I hope you are all fit and well and in a real crafty mood cos I have set the challenge this week at the Creative Card Crew and kept it easy cos I know you are all up to your eyes no doubt making Christmas cards so what better theme for you than

CHRISTMAS!

The lovely Denise from Whimsy Stamps has kindly sponsored us again and she also has a Holiday Card Contest running until the 12th December so check out her link to play along for even more prizes.


I am combining my card with The Pixie Cottage who are asking us to Get Stitchy, Secret Crafter Saturday want to see Christmas Trees, Kraftin´Kimmi Stamps say Touchy Feely and Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential want Hats On.


Oki koki onto my card.


First I pricked my "Christmas Fun" brass stencil from Kars by Erica onto pearlescent card then placed it on my light box to emboss . . . decided to cut out the tree shape before continuing cos knowing my luck I would have made a boo boo after stitching the ornaments, sewing on the beads and adding the gems . . . just call it age related rofl.

Simple reverse of pattern for back of card, adhered backing papers from DCWV then inked up Santa by Anita ... coloured with Copics and added lots of glamour mist ... and I apologise

as I have added my greeting to other side so can´t show you that in case a certain person may see this.

I did try ribbons down the spine but thought they looked too fussy so added brads instead.

Have a super duper day, I am off to town to pick up my new glasses and will be back tomorrow.

A warming drink

Good morning peeps. hope you have all had a wonderful weekend. Wow did it rain cats and dogs here yesterday but must admit we do need it. Sky is so blue today although temps have dropped.

Anyhoo onto my card, the challenge this week at Die Cut Dreams is

"Hot Chocolate"

I have used the fabulous sketch by Sandie at PaperPlay and coloured with my favourite medium of Copics , The Pink Elephant want you to use your favourite colouring medium and Simon Says Winter love ... what is more loving than a good cuppa hot chocolate or in my case cocoa ... warms the cockles of my heart on a cold evening before bed.

Papers are K & Co, ribbon is Anita´s, daisy and leaf punch with some flowers from stash and ticket stamp complete my project.
Enjoy your day, see you tomorrow.

Fluttering By with a challenge or two

Good morning and a happy Wednesday to you all. This day as always we get to play with Flutter By Wednesday at Danni´s Dreams and this week our challenge is to use a circle or circles along with your butterfly, fairy or angel.

There are more than a few challenges this week looking for Christmas themed projects so I am playing along with

Papertake Weekly ... Christmas Crackers

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday ... Thank You and/or Christmas

Allsorts ... Christmas Carol or Song Title ... Once in Royal David´s City

Gingersnap Creations ... include a Frame.

For my card today I decided to go back to basics, so no fancy papers - only pearlescent card. I created my frame using my circular nestabilities, cased this from my fellow DT Harriet, thank you sweetie, and edged this with those long forgotten peel offs. Both images have been coloured with copics ...central image is from See D´s Traditional Christmas ... Christmas Angels - Praying from Lili of the Valley and the flower was another of last week´s finds. Very plain and simple and looks much better IRL.

Please be sure to visit the Flutter By Team's blogs to see their wonderful fluttering creations! Links are on my sidebar.

Teddy loves Christmas Pud

Good morning peeps, I hope you are safe and sound from the atrocious weather which is affecting certain parts of the UK. My heart does go out to all those affected in Cumbria and after watching the news I believe Dumfries & Galloway are now at risk too.

The challenge this week at the Creative Card Crew has been set by the lovely Paula and she has chosen the theme of

Favourite Things

Digital Delights are our sponsor and have kindly given the DT some of their beautiful images to play with. Be sure to check out the challenge blog to see what other beautiful images have been used by the DT.


For my card, which I am combining with Simon Says Animal Antics and Incy Wincy Designs who have a double decker ... a Sketch and Anything Goes ... I have used Christmas Pudding Teddy and coloured him with my copics adding fun flock for his hat, flowersoft for fur trims and copious amounts of glamour dust to the icing. Sizzlets snowflake has also been well glittered with my beloved glamour dust, how I love this stuff, and sentiment is from a See D set. One of my favourite MS punches has seen the light of day again, Eskimo Kisses papers and ribbon from my stash.

Enjoy your day and see ya tomorrow.

Puppy Love

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend. It is a beautiful bright sunny morning here but ooh it has turned chilly in the evening, had to have the fire on last night and it was blowing a gale.

The challenge this week at Die Cut Dreams is Puppy Love and what a fabulous prize we have for one lucky winner so do check out the Blog to see what this is and for inspiration from the DT.
We have the mega talented Kiki as our Guest Designer and everything this lady touches turns to gold.

I am combining my card with Simon Says Animal Antics and My Grafico #26 who have a recipe of PIE ... P paper, paper piecing, pastels, pink ... I ... ivory, ink, Icicle Stickles, E ... eyelets, embossing, EK Success punch.

I have coloured Little Girls - Hug Time with my copics and popped her on an embossed nestie. Paper is K&Co Classic, lace was a find from my day out last week and flowers from my stash.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Lili of the Valley - Challenge # 41

Thankyou to all who entered the LOTV Blog Hop. It was nice to see so many of you participating but there can only be one winner, and the winner from my blog is

Lisa from Crafty Moments.

Congratulations Lisa, can you please contact Marcea with your snail mail and choice of stamp.

I am delighted to have been invited to join Lili of the Valley as a permanent member of their DT.I have been doing the happy dance for a few days now and still can´t believe it, sure I will come down to earth eventually, if not I am a lost cause rofl.

Anyhoo onto this week´s challenge which is a super sketch. I had fun working with it and it sure takes the hassle out of carding.

You can view this wonderful sketch and the beautiful cards made by my fellow DT´s, plenty inspiration I assure you, when you visit LOTV Blog.

For my card today I have inked up the newly realeased "Milk and Biscuits" from the Boy´s Collection by Lili of the Valley and coloured with my copics. Papers are K & Co Classic, flowers and gems are from my stash.

On Tiptoe

Good morning peeps, hope you are all fit, healthy and happy. A bit overcast here today but still warm considering we are half way through November.

This day as always brings us to Flutter By Wednesday at Danni´s Dreams and we have an open theme for you this week. Please remember you MUST include a Butterfly, Fairy or Angel in your creation.

A warm welcome to Pam, Kris and Karen whom have joined us today on the DT , be sure to pop by and say hi as these ladies are mega talented.



I am combining my card with Stamp Something - this wonderful sketch.
Secret Crafter Saturday with the theme of 4 Seasons or any 1 of them and
Basic Grey who have set the theme of Glitz and Bling.

For my card I have used the newly released "On Tiptoe" from Lili of the Valley and she was a dream to colour with my copics. Papers are Basic Grey Wisteria and flowers and brads from my stash.

Have a lovely day, I am off into town to get my hair done and do a wee bit shopping too.

Christmas Joy

Morning peeps, I hope the weather is being kind to you. Can´t believe Christmas is approaching as it does feel uncanny making cards for this festivity whilst the sun shines brightly.

The challenge this week at the Creative Card Crew has been set by GD Linda C and she has chosen the theme of Strings Attached so use strings/ fibers etc.


For my card I have followed the fabulous sketch from The Pixie Cottage, Secret Crafter Saturday have set the theme of Four Seasons, Cute Daisy May say Touchy touchy ... so us some Texture, Incy Wincy Designs and Lily-Boo Too have their challenge with the colour Purple..
I have coloured this gorgeous new WOJ image with my copics, raised her with 3d pads onto a bugged background. Papers are DCWV Rose-Tinted Christmas and fibers from my stash.

Enjoy your day and happy crafting.

Die Cut Dreams - Challenge #23

Good morning my luvlies and what a glorious morning it is here. The sun is shining brightly, the sky is so blue and of a shade the teacher would tell you the sky never was rofl and the birds are chirping away so what else can a gal ask for on a Monday morning!

This week at Die Cut Dreams the challenge has been set by our lovely Vikki and she would love to see SANTA´s on your creations so is this not the perfect opportunity to get cracking with your Christmas cards?

My Santa is from a See D set, coloured with copics, added glamour dust and flowersoft - how I love this stuff and my nesties too. Papers are DCWV Christmas Wishes and snowflake from Spellbinders.

I hope this is the start of a wonderful week for you all, see you tomorrow. -x-

Lili of the Valley - Blog Hop

Good morning everyone and what an exciting day it is for Lili of the Valley . After a very successful launch at the NEC last week the brand new stamps are all now available to buy online!! But wait .... how would you fancy winning 6 brand new stamps of your choice ...... well read on and find out how you can win.

To celebrate the new stamps going on sale LOTV Challenge Blog are hosting a blog hop!! You should have arrived on my blog from Jacqui (aka cats whiskers) . If you didn't then just pop back to the challenge blog for the start of the hop.

To enter all you need to do is work your way through each of the links leaving a comment telling us your favourite LOTV stamp until you get back to the LOTV Valley Challenge Blog.

You will then need to create a link to the blog hop on your blog.

On the way around the hop each DT member will give you a letter - make a note of these as they will make up a word, when re-arranged, which we will ask you for if your comment on the LOTV Challenge Blog is drawn by Random.Org as the winner of the 6 stamps.

We will e-mail the winner and if you respond with the correct word the stamps of your choice will be sent off to you.

Remember once you have done this you will be in the draw for not only ...............

A Lili of the Valley Stamp of your choice on each of the DT's blogs so you get lots of chances to win, but also be in the draw for the set of 6 stamps of your choice.

The Blog hop will be open until Wednesday 18th November

I have used one of the new images for my card ... Boys - Lazy Afternoon. All the stamps are incredible value at only £3.50each!

Struggling with male orientated cards is now a thing of the past for me, these stamps don´t you agree, just cry out to be used . I have followed the fabulous sketch Marcea designed special for this hop.

I have used copics and chalks, papers are Bloom n Grow, ribbon is from SU and the corner dies are Double Do.

So here is my letter for you all ......

H

Remember to write it down and collect all the letters from the other DT members.

You will now need to hop on over and visit Domi´s blog . Good luck everyone.

Thank You

Good morning peeps, hope you are all well - so hard to believe we are half way through yet another week so we really should be thankful ... and speaking of "Thankful" this is the theme for our new challenge at Flutter By Wednesday, we would love to see how you perceive this and remember you must have a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation.
The Pink Elephant have set the theme to "Be Thankful" and this is what I am ... combining both these challenges.

I have used copics to colour my image, various punches for border, butterflies, flowers and leaves. Sentiment is from See D, ribbon from stash, nesties, and paper is K&Co.

Bet you had more bags from NEC

The challenge this week with the Creative Card Crew has been set by our lovely Donna and she would love to see some Doodling.
Nikki from Bunny Zoe´s Crafts is our sponsor and I do recommend you visit her on-line shop. I for one am a happy customer and can´t beleive her speedy service.

Copic Colour Challenge have set the theme to use R85, G02 and B02. This is my first time joining them and I do need all the help I can get wiv me copics.
Lili of the Valley have a Recipe of 3 Papers, 2 Stamps and 1 Embellishment.
I have coloured my image, yep with copics from challenge, and doodled for the first time too. Papers are Bloom and Grow, sentiment is a See D and flower from stash.

Another Christmas card

I hope you have all had a wonderful weekend and those of you fortunate enough to visit the NEC enjoyed more than a few of giggles.

There is a lovely sketch to follow this week at Die Cut Dreams designed by our very own Vikki and we would like to see your cards or projects with the theme of Snow .

Penny´s Challenges have set the theme of Winter and you must include glitter or sparkle and some ribbon.



I have coloured my image with copics and added lots of glamour dust. Paper is BG Eskimo Kisses and this gorgeous gold ribbon has been lovingly stroked for almost two years. I wonder if Bev has more of this hidden away, if she has I bet she has forgotten she has it rofl.

Fluttering By

Good morning peeps, hope you are all well. Ooh I am awful as this card should have been on my blog yesterday but you know what it´s like - life gets in the way at times but hey ho it is here at last.
Flutter By Wednesday has another open theme this week, only requirement as always is to have a butterfly, fairy or angel on your card. We are delighted to have an uber talented and very sweet person as our Guest Designer this week and she is none other than the infamous Hidden Potential Vicki (basement stamper) and I would love for you to pop by her fabulous blog and say Hi from me too.

Lily-Boo Too have set the theme of Purple, Shapes and more want Borders and Frames, Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential say "In so many words", Susie´s Sassy Challenge have just launched today with the theme of Christmas and The Pixie Cottage Celebrate their 2nd challenge.

The sun is shining so brightly that it has made it difficult for me to get a good piccie. I have coloured my digi image with copics, glamour dusted her wings and used polar white flowersoft to her fur trims. I have popped her up with 3d pads onto the nestie. Papers are from Rose Tinted Christmas by DCWV, snowflakes are Provo Craft, ribbons and gems from my stash.

Ribbons & Gems

This week Sam has set the theme of Ribbons & Gems for the Creative Card Crew and we are kindly sponsored by Tracy from The Creative Cottage so be sure to check out the Challenge to see what this fabulous prize is.

I am combining my card with Anyone for Anya who want to see the colours of your national flag and as I am a resident of Spain I have used red and yellow.
Crafty Cardmakers theme is Stamp Something and The Pixie Cottage want you to Celebrate.

I have coloured Anya with copics, papers are Christmas Wishes from DCWV, pearls are Papermania and ribbons from my stash.

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To qualify for this blog candy all you have to do is post this Pixie Cottage Candy on your blog and tell them on your blog which stamp is your favorite from the five showing and why.

My favourite has to be the penguins with candy cane, just look at their cute expressions.

Anyone for pudding?

I hope you have all had a spooktacular weekend, it was pretty grey and overcast here but the sun has got his hat on today.
This week´s challenge at Die Cut Dreams is Food and Drink so you can use either or both. You will find some amazing creations by my teamies and there is a fabulous prize this week for a two week Guest Designer spot for the last two weeks of November chosen by me so you gotta be in it to win it and I look forward to paying you a visit.

I am combining my card with The Pixie Cottage theme of Celebrate, La La Land ribbons, Little Paper Shop to use a digi plus a registered stamp and the Alphabet Challenge circles.

Digi Image is coloured with Copics, papers Eskimo Kisses, ribbon Joanna Sheen and sentiment from Cuddly Buddly.

Santa´s Little Helper

Here we are half way through yet another week, how time flies when you have fun. Wednesday´s always bring us Flutter By Wednesday at Danni´s Dreams and this week is another open one so just create your card with a "Butterfly", "Fairy" or "Angel" and join in the fun.
I have used the wonderful sketch again over at Lili of the Valley designed by none other than my dearest daughter Marcea. Simon Says "All That Sparkles" and Winter Wonderland have an "Open Theme" and to throw the glitter about.


I have coloured my image with Copics, flowersoft to fur trims and glamour dust to her wings.
Papers are from the Christmas Wishes pack by DCWV and holographic card from stash. Snowflake is a shapeability and again the glamour dust came out.
Don´t forget to pop by my FBW teamies blogs for inspiration, Ann, Cassie, Chris, Christine, Danni ,Harriet, Heather, Jodi, Kristie, Kim, Lelia, Michelle, Nancy, Stef, and Taylor.

Creative Card Crew - Challenge #34

Good morning and welcome to a new challenge with the Creative Card Crew. This week´s theme of SNOWFLAKES has been set by our lovely Claire and our sponsor Simon Says Stamp has generously donated a €20 Gift Certificate and Heidi will also pay the postage.

We are delighted to welcome Victoria to our Design Team, she is one awesome crafter so do please stop by her blog and leave her some love.



Anyhoo onto my card. I have heat embossed with red tinsel onto acetate - turned this over and applied H20´s, floor polish and a crumpled paper hankie! The stamp was a present from a very lovely lady, thank you Bev, it is hard to believe it is almost two years since you showed me this technique. I have followed my dear daughters sketch, thank you Marcea, I will definitely be using this again as it was such fun to work with. Papers are Christmas Wishes from DCWV and the snowflakes are from Shapeabilities.

Die Cut Dreams - Challenge #20

Good morning from a very sunny Costa del Sol, can´t believe the heat we are having at the end of October or that Monday is upon us again so soon and the extra hour we were supposed to get somehow disappeared without me noticing.

The challenge this week at Die Cut Dreams is Wedded Bliss and I have gone back to when I started crafting and made a decoupage, shaped card. I am also entering this card into One Stop Craft Challenge who are celebrating their 1st Bloggoversary with the theme of Celebrations .

I have used Summer Flowersoft on the bouquet, hairband and button hole to

give even more dimension and added some glamour dust to the brides dress.

Papers are BG Wisteria, sentiment from See D , floral ribbon around arch and other embellies from stash.

Autumn is here

Good morning peeps, I hope you are all hunky dory. Lovely and cool here this morning as we had torrential rain through the night and everything is refreshed.

This week on Flutter By Wednesday is another free week so just create a card with a Butterfly or Fairy and upload with a direct link to Mr. Linky and if you upload to SCS or PCP please use the keyword, FBW.
Dottie´s World, Crafty Cardmakers and Crafty Calendar have all set the theme of Autumn which are colours I never use so a real challenge in itself for me and can you believe these are now my favourite colours.

I have coloured Madison, with my copics, just getting the feel of them now. Main dp is from KCo, prima flowers, spacers , brads, charm and braid are from my stash and I had fun making my wee dangly, yep that wire sure is useful!
Be sure to stop by my teamies on FBW Ann, Cassie, Chris, Christine, Danni,Harriet, Heather, Jodi, Kristie, Kim, Lelia, Michelle, Nancy, Stef, and Taylor as their cards are always so inspirational.

Creative Card Crew - Challenge #33

Wow I can´t believe we are onto Challenge 33 already at the Creative Card Crew and this week our lovely Linda has set the theme of Baby/Childrens cards which is definitely my weekest spot and Lili of the Valley have set the theme of A Christmas Card for a Child so I just had to make two - yep a glutton for punishment.

I have coloured these cuties with my copics and added flowersoft to the fur trims and glamour dust to the bows. I ran the tag die cuts through with the Swiss dot folder and papers are from an Extreme cd.

Our car goes into the garage this morning for a couple of days, couldn´t you just curse when idiots mark your card and clear off without a by your leave. Once we have dropped it off we will catch the bus down to Fuengirola and do a spot of shopping and eat out then catch the train back home. Aah the joys of being a lady of leisure rofl.

Die Cut Dreams - Challenge #19

The challenge this week at Die Cut Dreams has been set by our lovely Susie and she has chosen the theme of Winter Wonderland, another excuse for me to crack on with my Christmas cards and Lili of the Valley would like to see a Christmas Card for a Child.

I couldn´t wait to ink up Miki & Kimi, from Lili of the Valley when they landed in my mailbox the other day. I have coloured them with my copics and used flowersoft for the fur trims. The border is a beautiful old gold ribbon which my dear friend Bev brought over a couple of years ago and I have cut into this for the first time - good aren´t I ... ooh it is so strokeable but really should be used. I couldn´t believe my luck when I found some lovely matching card too to make up my nestie snowflake and sizzlet sentiment.

The REAL Mc Coy - broomstick

This week at Flutter By Wednesday #79 is a free week as long as you have a Butterfly or Fairy on your project and Cute Daisy May say Fairy-nuff so a Fairy is what again is required whilst on Dottie´s World and Allsorts #22 they would like to see Halloween projects and ABC are onto the letter F for flying.

I racked my brains on how to turn this beautiful pixie fairy into a Halloween image so googled broomstick then printed one out when hubby came on the scene and said something along the lines "Surely you´re not using THAT!!!", remember I am being polite here, and from someone who never critises I knew I had gone down the wrong road and a few minutes later he presented me with some garden clippings so voila


my broomstick was created from twigs and a cocktail stick, again the wire from wine bottle came into use to bind these together. Aah for the hidden genius in my hubby, maybe better keep the wine flowing if he is gonna have brainstorms like this rofl.

I have coloured my image with copics and added some glamour dust and glitter for a bit o the ole sparkle. She is popped up on double 3d pads onto this sparkly paper which I cut with my nestie and dp is from an extreme cd.

Sorry I am such a bad blogger at the mo but I´m not feeling anywhere near A1 so I am following doctors orders and those of my dear daughter so promise to get back on track asap. -x-

Creative Card Crew Challenge #32

Good morning peeps and what a lovely cool morning it is here. Autumn is definitely on it´s way at long last, days averaging 30 degrees with lovely cool temps at night so sleeping is no problem.

This week the challenge at Creative Card Crew has been set by our lovely Sharon and she has chosen the theme of SCALLOPS and Heather from Crafty Addicts has kindly sponsored us so check out our Blog to view the fabulous prize and also for inspiration from the Design Team.

I have coloured my image with copics and layered with nesties. Paper is from K & Co, swirls are sissix and flowers are from my stash.

Moon Baby

Our challenge at Die Cut Dreams this week is Babies R Us and Stampin´Sisters in Christ would also like to see your Baby Cards whilst Cute Card Thursday have set the theme of Charms.

The week ahead is "Baby loss awareness week" People whose lives have been touched by the loss of a baby during pregnancy or just after birth are uniting with others across the UK to show their support for the Baby Loss Awareness campaign 2009, which focuses on International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day on October 15th.
On Thursday at 7pm it's the Global Wave of Light. To join in if you have suffered a loss all you need to do is light a candle at 7pm in honour of the memory of your child.


I am so not into baby cards so struggled with this one.I have coloured my image with copics and used glamour dust to give a bit sparkle to the moon. Recycled wire from a wine bottle for my charms as it is lovely and fine to thread the pearls and everything else is from my stash.

Better late than never

Sorry my card is on late today, I am having problems with the old peeps and flashing lights but better late than never as the saying goes.
Over at Flutter By Wednesday we have an open month so as long as you have a Butterfly or Fairy on your card why not join in and play along with us.Dottie´s World have a theme of Circles, Dare U 2 Digi Stamp want to see Punched Shapes or Die Cuts, ABC are onto the letter E for Embossing and Pile it On want to see Three Dimensional ... phew quite a while since I challenged myself like this rofl.

Anyhoo onto my card. I have coloured Daisy with Copics and got the good ole glamour dust out to her wings then popped her up with 3d pads. Paper is from the Boxer pad, bugged pearlescent card with the Paisley folder and cut out with nesties, corners are cuttlebug too and leaves are sizzlets. Retro punched flowers from leftovers and roses from my stash.Thank you for stopping by, I hope you have a lovely day.

Creative Card Crew - Challenge #31

Good morning peeps, I hope you are all well, fit and happy.
We are so excited to introduce you to our new Guest Designer

Linda(The Funky Junkie)

who will be joining us for the next three months, we are in for a treat as her cards and projects are awesome.

It is my turn to set the challenge this week with the Creative Card Crew and I have chosen the theme of CELEBRATIONS in honour of my fellow DT´s big FIVE O on the 10th.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHARON, enjoy your day sweetie.

Our sponsor this week is The Cutting Cafe and Regina has kindly donated 3 sets of the winners choice plus she is also giving all Creative Card Crew readers a very special offer
This special deal is for today (only valid on 6th October) and it's open until midnight pacific time. If you order a download set from the Cutting Cafe you can order another set for free as long as it is of equal or lesser value. To qualify for the free set you must write in the order comments on paypal that you've seen this deal on the Creative Card Crew Challenge Blog.
There is also a special prize this week of a 2 week Guest Designer spot and the winner will be chosen at random by Sharon from this weeks entries.

Anyhoo onto my offering for this week!

A close up of her sparkly dress as I have no idea how to enlarge my main card with it being A4 in total length so all help will be appreciated, excuse the shadow - it is so hot and sunny here so can´t be avoided rofl.

My base card is pearlescent and papers from SU, coloured Madison from Charmed Cards & Crafts, with my copics then covered her dress with glamour dust ... well a girl has gotta sparkle on her BIG O doesn´t she? Got my needle and thread out and enjoyed a couple of hours sewing the side panels then heat embossed my sentiment - touched up the roses with copics and some more glamour dust and cut the 50 from my Sizzlets.

Watch out - there are witches about

This is my 1st DT card for Die Cut Dreams and challenge #17 has been set by our lovely Vikki who has set the theme of Halloween with a colour combo of Black, Purple, Orange and Green and for good measure has thrown in a wonderful sketch too. At first I thought YIKES what on earth am I going to do here but to be honest it was easy peasy.
Creative Belli also have a theme for Halloween as do Fun with Shapes and More and Stampavie and More have set the theme of Animals ... now what decent witch would be without her cat???

I have coloured my image with Copics, cut her out with my nesties. Paper is from an Extreme cd and ribbon plus slider are from my stash. Sentiment is computer generated using Accent Dot Writer font and again cut out with nesties.
Start of a new week, I hope it is a good one.

Young Love

The challenge this week on Dottie´s World is "Charmed I´m Sure" and I have just finished this card - yes last minute as usual.


I had fun colouring with my copics, cutting out with nesties. MS valentine punch on PM dp and flowers and charms are from my stash.
I hope you are all enjoying a good weekend and the sun is shining on you - 30 degrees here at the moment, just a tad warm.