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Pretty in Pink

Good morning peeps, oh what a horrible, miserable day we have here with high winds and rain. I do hope your weather is fairing better than mine.

Today is the start of a new challenge over at Whoopsi Daisy and this week we would like to see your

Pretty in Pink

cards, a favourite colour of mine so we hope you will come and play along with us. If you use an image from the  Whoopsi Daisy Digi Shop then the theme is Anything Goes and you will win two sheets rather than one if chosen by Random Org.

Today I have used an image from sheet #412 and coloured her with copics, added stickles to her petticoat and floral hairband.

Papers are from First Edition "Isabelle" pad and as the green was so plain I added this gorgeous Memory Box Cherish Border, Martha Stewart large butterfly punch and the small butterflies are the waste from an old Mireille  corner punch. Lace, pearls, ribbon and hearts are from my stash.

Challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Things with Wings
Crafts and Me Lace
Crafty Creations - Soimething Old/Something New ... old lace, ribbon and hearts ... new border die
Cupcake Craft - Lots of Layers

Diva´s By Design - Anything Goes

Dutch Dare Ribbons and Lace

Flutter By Wednesday - Open

My Heart Pieces - Anything Goes

PanPastel - In the Pink

Simon Says - Things with Wings

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch 205 rotated

Totally Gorjuss - Bingo ... Lace, Ribbon and Flowers

Thinking of You

Good afternoon folks, hope you have all had a fabulous weekend. Weather is a right mixed batch here, sun, rain and hails storms and pleased to say at the moment it is sunny so fingers crossed we see a bit more of that yellow thing in the sky.

Today sees the start of a new challenge at  Whoopsi Daisy and this week we would like to see your

Spots and Stripes

so be sure to come and play along. Remember if you use an image from the  Whoopsi Daisy Digi Shop then the theme is Anything Goes plus you will win 2 sheets if Random Org picks you rather than 1.

Today I have used this sweet image from sheet #426 and coloured her with my copics and cut with my nesties. A few drops of liquid pearls, stickles and card candy complete her. Papers are from the Capsule Collection by Papermania, ribbon is Anita´s and border is Crafter´s Companion Die´sire Lace Border 2.

Challenges:

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz - Polkadots
Crafty Ribbons - Anything with Ribbons
My Heart Pieces - Add Embossing - Dry or Wet
PanPastel - Dreams
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch 203-44
Sweet Stampin´ - Anything but birthday - Thinking of you
The Cutie Pie Challenge - Lots of Layers - 7

Let´s not be Square

Good morning folks, ooh another lovely sunny day here so I hope you are all enjoying a bit of sunshine too.
 A new challenge started yesterday at  Whoopsi Daisy, yes I know I´m a day late but better late than never lol.

 This week we would like to see

Anything but Square

so why not pop along and join in the fun.You do not need to use an image from the   Whoopsi Daisy Digi Shop but if you do then the theme is Anything Goes and if you are the randomly chosen winner you will receive two sheets rather than one as your prize.

Ooh I do love these wee cuties and this one is a special favourite of mine. She is from Sheet 390 and I have coloured her with my copics, cut out with my oval nestie, adding chalk to background and inking the edges. The pearls are from Mei Flower, backing paper is "Springtime" from Crafty Individuals and the gorgeous corners from a borrowed die of my daughters.

Challenges

Card Crafter´s Circle    Die Cuts and or  Dry Embossing
Creative Belli    Pastels
Challenges 4 Everybody   Anything Goes
Dilly Beans   Pastel Colors
Fab´n´Funky   Spring Colours
One Stop Craft   Pastels
Sketch and Stash   Sketch 7
Sweet Stampin´   Pastels
Through the Craft Room Door   Anything Goes

Shall we Dance?

Afternoon peeps, hope you are not all freezing, boy was the frost thick this morning but thankfully the sun is peeping through at times here in Chorley. An early start for me this morning as had acupuncture at 9am, only another month to go hopefully.

Today a new challenge starts at Whoopsi Daisy and we would like you to

Punch It Out

I am afraid there is not much punching, only Martha Stewart´s fabulous lace doily punch,  as my arms, shoulders and back are still pretty bad, got a shock with phone call yesterday for an MRI scan at 6pm - yep on a Sunday evening, the good thing at least I didn´t have a sleepless night with the short notice!

I have used this sweet image from Sheet 420, she reminds me so much of our daughters when they were young and going to all sorts of dance classes including ballet. I have coloured her with my copics, inked around image and added lots of glitter with stickles. Papers are from Papermania´s Lucy Cromwell pad, gems and pearls from Mei Flower and lace and ribbon from stash. Sentiment was cut from the Cricut,  scroll die was borrowed from my daughter and am I glad I made good use of it when she visited for a few days, think I may have to treat myself to it. I always check out  Sweet Sketch Wednesday as I love playing with their sketches.

Challenges:

2 Sisters - Flowers for Spring
Crafts and Me - Ribbon and Lace
Diva´s By Design - Put on Some Pink

House of Gilli - Anything Goes with Flowers and/or Ribbon

One Stop Craft - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - 3-2-1 ... 3 pearls, 2 papers, 1 image
Stamp with Fun - Anything Goes
Sentimental Sundays - Anything Goes
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch 197-67
The Corrosive - Just Dance

Blog Hop at Whoopsi Daisy

Welcome to the   Whoopsi Daisy challenge this week,  its with a difference.

We're having a Blog Hop.

As always though there's a challenge running alongside it,  more of that soon.

So how do you do the hop?  

Its easy - start  here and read the list of Divas taking part.

Visit each blog in order and leave them a comment.  That gives you the chance of winning the sheet each Diva has used to make her card.  Then come back   here and leave a comment and your entry for the challenge part of the hop.  See easy huh?

The Divas who are helping you hop along are;

AUDREY
SANDE

NICOLA
DEBBI
JAN
BETTY

The theme of the Hop and challenge are 'add a sentiment' something which always finishes off a card nicely.

So don't delay Hop today!

Today I have used this adorable digi from Sheet # 394 and coloured her with my copics and used one of the oldest punches I have to soften the corners. Papers are Dovecraft´s "Princess Fairytale", sentiment is cut from the cricut, scroll die was borrowed from my daughter and gems and pearls from Mei Flower.

Challenges:


Allsorts - Animals
CCEE Stampers - How many "C´s" .. cardstock, copics, corner punch, cute, cricut,circles, circular pearls and gems,coloured image etc
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - Birthdays
Creative Friday - Anything Goes
Digistamps4Joy - Birthdays are Fun
Inky Impressions - Favourite Colour Combo ... got so many and Aqua and Pink are one of them
Joanna Sheen - Layer It Up
Moving Along With The Times - Sketch

One Stitch at a Time - Use a Digi
PanPastel - Happy Birthday

The Paper Shelter - Celebrations

Make it Girly

Good afternoon folks, hope you are all well and enjoying this Springlike weather. The sun is still shining here and it´s almost 4pm so no complaints from me as not long ago it was already dark at this time, great to see the nights stretching out a bit.

This week at  Whoopsi Daisy we have a nice easy theme for you

Make it Girly

but if you use an image from the   Whoopsi Daisy Digi Shop the theme as always is Anything Goes and you can always find a freebie or two there too.

Today I have used an image from Sheet # 391 and coloured her with my copics and glittered the cake with some Glamour Dust, backing paper is BG urban prairie, pearls from Mei Flower and sentiment from an old See D set which I cut out with my Spellbinder die. When my daughter came over to visit last week I made good use of her dies and cut out lots of these butterflies and scrolls, nothing better than sharing.

Challenges:

Allsorts - Things with Wings
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes
Created With Love - Things that Fly
Dutch Dare - Sketch
Kaboodle Doodles - Anything but Square
Raise The Bar - Anything Goes
Squigglefly - Use a Sentiment
The Corrosive -Rainbow Bright ... fav colour combo ... Blue & Green
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Sorry I´m running a bit late today but I had acupuncture this morning and as we were in town decided to have lunch out too. -x-

Pretty in Pink

Hiya folks, hope you have all had a fabulous weekend. I am real excited today as our daughter is coming over to spend a couple of nights with us so I am sure Marcea and I will make some time to have a wee  play in my craft room. For all you beaders out there did you know that Marcea has set up a new Challenge Blog solely for jewellery making?  Do pop over to Beading Friends Forever and check it out, you won´t be disapointed, the DT creations are awesome.

Anyhoo enough of my blethering. A new challenge with  Whoopsi Daisy for you and this week it is Team B´s turn to showcase the fabulous images from the very talented Linnie at Whoopsi Daisy Digi Shop and we would like to see your

Ribbon and/or Lace

Remember if you use an image from the fantastic selection in the  Whoopsi Daisy Digi Shop the theme is
Anything Goes.

I have used this cute image from Sheet 396 and coloured her with my copics, papers are Dovecraft Garden Party, rhinestones and spotted ribbon from Mei Flower and organza ribbon is recycled from a house plant.

Challenges:

Allsorts - Let´s Get Cute
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes ... thank you for my 1st place for challenge #12
CLP - Sketch #55
Creative Belli - Rhinestones
Creative Craft 2 - Bling it Up
Dutch Dare - Tic Tac Toe ... Bright, Bling, Ribbon
Forever Friends Use Ribbon or Lace
Joanna Sheen - 3 Different Papers, 2 Embellishments ... rhinestones and ribbon, and 1 Image
One Stop Craft - Anything Goes
Paper Pretties - Square Cards

Hiya folks, I go AWOL for ages and now you can´t keep me away lol. It is fabulous being fit enough again to play in my craft room so I am taking advantage. Something different from me today, no bright colours, papers nor flowers - yeeks what´s happened to me! I have taken the plunge and tried my hand at CAS but not too sure I have managed that yet.
This card I have made for a friend who has just started chemo and radiotherapy bless her.

I was fortunate and won this Ferns and Butterflies Silhouette stamp by Crafty Individuals  on   Crafty Hazelnut´s Christmas Challenge, I stamped it with Versafine Onyx Black and matted onto black card. The verse/sentiment was already embossed on the card and is very appropriate I think.

Challenges:

  Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Created With Love - Anything Goes
Delightful Challenge - Thinking Of You
Dutch Dare - Winged Things
PanPastel - Nature
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Use a Digi

Good morning all I hope you are all well. Ooh it sure is a white out and the snow is still falling, being out of town there isn´t much traffic here and the roads are as bad as the pavements so it´s a stay indoors day again for me
.
This weeks theme at  Whoopsi Daisy is

USE A DIGI

You can use any digi to enter the challenge but if you use an image from the    Whoopsi Daisy Digi Shop you will win 2 sheets rather than 1 and let me tell you there are lots of beauties to be found there plus some freebies too.

I have used this girlie girl from sheet 389 and coloured her with my copics, isn´t she a cutie? I´m back to playing with my punches and this is my favourite corner punch ,both flowers have been punched and embossed and the brads are from Papermania and I think I got the wee flowers around image from the 100 peseta shop in Spain. Not sure whose backing papers they are as front page has come off the book, messy crafter I know! Ribbon is SU and sentiment from an old See D set.

Challenges:
Allsorts - Flower Power
Charisma Cardz - Punch It - use at least 2 punches
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Dream Valley - Girls, Girls, Girls
Moving Along With The Times - Happy Birthday
Stampin´for the Weekend - Something Girlie
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch
Sweet Stampin´ - Show us your frillies
The Crafty Bloggers Network - Flowers
The Cutie Pie Challenge - Use 3 Different textures

1st Christmas card of the year

Good morning peeps I hope you are all well and not feeling the cold too much. Boy it´s bloomin freezing here, cold enough for fur lined knickers lol.  I am keeping cozy in my craft room and enjoying getting back into crafting at long last.

Today I have inked up "Willow with Lantern" and coloured her with my copics, such a pity she has lain here a few years without being used especially as she is so pretty and cute. I wonder who she´s looking for!

The papers are old ones too DCWV, Rose Tinted Christmas. Not a bad start to the New Year using up my old stash but method in my madness as there will be more room for the new stash I´ve just ordered. Sentiment was a freebie in a magazine and ribbon and pearls from Mei Flower.

Challenges:

Allsorts - Die Cuts and Punches
Crafty Creations -Snowflakes

Crafty Hazelnut´s Christmas - Rudolph is Resting

Crafty Hazelnut´s Extra - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Make it girly

Elisabeth Bell´s World - Fluffy White Snowflakes

Everybody Art Challenge - Girl
2 Sisters - Celebrations
Fab´n´Funky -Moving
Paper Pretties - Ribbon

Sarah Hurley - Celebrate

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Sketch
The Corrosive - Out with the Old ... stamp and papers
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Good morning everyone, I can´t believe it´s almost six months since I made a card, my poor blog has been so neglected this past two years so hopefully now that we have this New Year and I now have my two new hips things will gradually return to normal.

I am so excited to now be part of   Whoopsi Daisy Design Team and this week we have a fabulous theme for you to use your

DIE CUTS and PUNCHES

Make sure you pop along to   Whoopsi Daisy Digi Shop where you will find the most adorable images and even some freebies.

I have used Sheet 389 and coloured her with my copics. Papers are Me to You Spring Chic, punched the leaves and bottom border not wasting those little hearts and die cut the swirl, flower and central panel with my new Die'sire Lace Border 3. Sentiment is from an old See D set and roses from WOC

Challenges:
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar - Crafty Calendar ... New stash Die'sire Lace Border
Dream Valley - Anything Goes
PanPastel - Anything Goes
Simon Says - New Something