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.

Pretty in Pink

The challenge this week on Flutter By Wednesday is to use the colour Saphire with your butterfly or fairy, ABC have set the theme of Embossing and Die Cut Dreams would like you to use Ribbons and Trims.


For my card I have hand embossed with cutwork and I have coloured my WOJ image with Copics adding glamour dust to her wings then poppped her up with 3d pads onto a nestie. Papers are from PM and ribbon trim is from my stash.

This is the last day of the month, and what a birthday bash we have had to celebrate Danni´s big FOUR O, thank you all for making this so much fun, this is the last week of celebration candy. Anna is our Guest Designer this week, do stop by her blog and leave her some love - you will be so pleased you did and whilst hopping do stop by my teamies blogs too for inspiration ... links on my sidebar.
Welcome back Kristie and Taylor, you have both been missed.

Our wonderful Michelle has blog candy but I am not going to make it easy for you as you will have to scroll through her beautiful creations to find the post rofl.



Enjoy your day, I am off to do a quick flick, set the table then spend the rest of the afternoon in the kitchen as we have friends coming round for dinner this evening ... I will raise my glass to you all.

Creative Card Crew - Challenge 30

Woo hoo just you wait and see what the super challenge is over on the Creative Card Crew this week!
None other than our lovely Paula has set the theme of

All That Sparkles - glitter, gems etc!!!

Now can you tell me of any crafter that never uses any of these? No excuse now - come on and join in as we would love to see YOUR interpretation.

This week we are sponsored by The Crafty Pad, check out our BLOG to see what this week´s prize is and also for inspiration from my fellow DT´s.




For my card I inked up "Snowman from Stamps Happen" and now know I bit off more than I could chew ... it took hours for it to dry so perhaps my art glitter glue is well past it´s sell by date! First layer was stamped on acetate - glittered from behind and then another 3 layers were stamped onto card, coloured with Copics then cut out and paper pieced in place - final layer was the foreground which I added copious amounts of polar white flowersoft to give the effect of snow so hopefully I have achieved the challenge of All That Sparkles and with the addition of flat backed gems to the snowflakes on my backing paper I have ticked the next box too rofl.
Weeell maybe I may use this stamp again - next year - if I can forget the catastrophies of this card rofl.
Thanks for stopping by my wee crafty corner, your support and comments mean so much. -x-

Rugby Addict

Ooh how I would love to be at Ally Pally right now but will have to settle for the rain in Spain instead. Woo hoo it started to drizzle a few hours ago and everything now feels so fresh and temps have dropped to 25, ahh sheer bliss so I have had a wee play and managed to combine 3 challenges.

Die Cut Dreams #15 is It´s Raining Men so anything male oriented is ok. Stamp Something would like you to use your favourite layout or sketch and Simon Says It´s A Stitch Up and they are trying to reach 200 entrants this week so what else can a gal do but join in to help make up the numbers.

I have coloured Ian with my Copics then pricked around the border and backstitched, papers are PM For Him and sentiment is a peel off, golly gosh I have 1000´s of these.


I hope you all have a lovely weekend and those of you fortunate enough to be at AP ... I hope you Spend, Spend Spend.

Flutter Anya

The challenge this week at Flutter By Wednesday is to use FLOWERS along with your butterfly or fairy so how easy is this. Once again there is Candy on offer as we are celebrating all month long in honour of Danni hitting the BIG FOUR O.
We are honoured to have the uber talented Kim from Sunshiny Days as our Guest Designer, do stop by her blog and leave some love.

Anyone For Anya has a theme this week for FUNKY FLOWERS and they want to see something flowery on your cards - they don´t mind as long as it's fab and funky.

I have coloured Flutter Anya with copics, papers are Hopscotch from K&Co, MS Valentine punch, Retro punch - ribbon and flowers from stash.

I wish to say a huge HAPPY BIRTHDAY to CHRISTINE, she is such a kind DT sister so please pop by her blog and wish her a super birthday as she is not feeling so good at the moment AND she also has birthday candy too.

Don´t forget to pop by my teamies blogs too, links on my sidebar.

Creative Card Crew - Challenge 29

The challenge this week with Creative Card Crew has been set by our lovely Sam and she wants to see you
DECORATE THE INSIDE OF YOUR CARD.

This week we are sponsored by Whiff of Joy

and look at this fabulous stamp from the new Fall Kit they have kindly donated, how I wish I could enter myself.

For my card I have coloured Musing Melinda with copics and added glamour dust to her wings. Papers and ribbon are from Stampin Up. Used my poor neglected MS punch and flowers and gems are from my stash.

I carried through from front just adding a couple of bows instead of gems and will eventually stamp a greeting when I know what occassion I will use this card for.

Flutter By Wednesday meets Crafty Cardmakers

Here we are half way through yet another week and the birthday celebrations continue at Flutter By Wednesday. This week we have two very special Guest Designers - Mathew(8) and Annabelle(4), Danni´s children and I have to wait to see their creations owing to the time difference in USA.

The theme this week is to use "SPARKLE" along with your butterfly or fairy and yet again Danni has candy up for this challenge.

I have used the sketch from Crafty Cardmakers and will definitely use this one again.

Sorry for bad photo but this is the best I can achieve, backing papers are metallic and really luxurious but boy were they difficult to adhere.
I used my Copics for the skin tones, hair and shoes and then not actually paper piecing but acetate piecing - glittered from behind and a bit glamour dust added to her hair ribbon. Popped her up with 3d pads onto this gorgeous handmade paper which IRL looks like snow and backed this with glitter card. My flowers are by Petaloo and these are a very small part of the candy I won on Crafty Cardmakers Blog, added a few punched holly leaves to these gorgeous glittery flowers and the sentiment is from a stamp I borrowed from my friend Angie last year, now I am pleased I stamped plenty of these up when I had the chance.


I have taken this with the flash on but as you can see it reflects against the acetate but also allows you to see how sparkly this card is.

Creative Card Crew

The lovely Claire has set the challenge for the coming week at Creative Card Crew with a RECIPE of 2 Papers, 3 Flowers, 2 Brads, 1 Button and 1 Ribbon and we would love to see what you all create from this.

This week our sponsor is Heather from Crafty Addicts

and this is the wonderful prize she has donated


It is a pleasure to welcome Donna to the team, she is so very talented and such an asset.

I have popped Annie onto a punched circle, time I did more of these, and coloured her with my copics. Papers are Stampin Up and the lace ribbon is from Lakeland´s. I have placed my brads and button in my trio of flowers and hey presto - recipe complete.

My wonderful friend Cheryl passed on this Hug Award to me just when I needed one and all I have to do is pass this on and name 5 things about myself.

1. I have the most adorable, caring and generous husband on earth.

2. We are blessed with three amazing children and five wonderful grandsons.

3. Most of my time is spent in my craftroom or on front patio colouring in.

4. My other passion is cooking.

5. I appreciate every comment you all kindly leave me, thank you.

I wish to pass this award onto all my DT sisters at Creative Card Crew and will appreciate you all visiting Claire, Donna, Linda, Paula, Sam and Sharon and leaving them some love.

Tea for Two

Yes that´s the challenge at Die Cut Dreams this week and I have used this fabulous image from Charmed Cards & Crafts, coloured with my Copics and chalked the background.

Thunderstorm is looming, rumbling away so will keep this short and sweet and turn off puter.
Enjoy your day, I hope it is dry where you are. -x-

Think Pink

The celebrations continue for Danni at Flutter By Wednesday and there is more candy on offer this week from our lovely sponsor Jessica who has donated her Butterfly Wishes stamp set, so to be in with a chance to win this you have to follow our theme of "PINK", Danni´s favourite colour, along with your butterfly or fairy.
We are honoured to have the mega talented Jacque as our Guest Designer this week - now this is one blog I highly recommend you visit but warn you this will take some time as her creations are awesome.

Something new from me today - trying to show the depth of my card so hope this photo of my card laying down flat works?
The large flowers are from Papermania and the gorgeous glittery one from Petaloo.



I have coloured my sweet image with Copics and blended the background with I kan dee pearlescent chalks - added a trio of butterflies, coloured also with copics, from the waste of a corner punch. Papers are from the Designer Extreme cd´s and other flowers are from my stash.

Stamp Something would like to see you using your favourite stamp or stamp set, Cute Daisy May has a theme of Pink and ..., Kaboodle Doodles would like to see those charms.

Insert is from Designer Inserts Extreme, easy peasy - choose - click - print - adhere.

Edited to add to Die Cut Dreams Challenge Blog. Susie and Vikki are expanding and are looking for 2 DT´s to join their team and all you have to do is create a card in PINK.

Challenge 26 - Have a Fairy nice day

Good afternoon ladies, yep I know I am late posting today but we have just spent the morning in Gibraltar - done a bit of shopping and popped into local craft shop and now in need of a cuppa and siesta.
The challenge this week at Creative Card Crew has been set by the lovely Linda and she says "Have a Fairy nice day" so come on girlies and let us see your wonderful creations. We have a wonderful set of stamps for the winner donated by our sponsor Lilac Lemon Designs

I have coloured my sweet image from Charmed Cards and Crafts with Copics and added glamour dust to her eyelashes and wings then raised her with 3d pads. My main backing paper is from Designer Extreme Vol 1 and the striped is out of my cut off box. Some flat backed gems, punched flowers and leaves with the roses for detail.

Insert is from Designer Inserts Extreme.

Needing Help Ladies

Hi everyone,
I am looking for some help here.
Paige age 12, was in a serious boating accident a few weeks ago and has just had part of her arm amputated. The doctors are working to save the rest. I do feel for Paige and her family as my own son lost his leg in an accident when he was 11 so I sure know what they are all going through.
Please check out Erin´s Blog for full details and try to send a card to Paige, we all have plenty of those now, don´t we.
Hugs,
Nicola -x-

Blog Candy and a few Challenges

For those of you who are new to Flutter By Wednesday's or haven't heard, Danni our Queen Flutter By is turning the big 4-0 on Friday and instead of moping about it, she has decided to celebrate all month long with lots of fun here on Flutter By Wednesday's! Each week there will be something to win and also fun guest designers! To be entered in the blog candy for each week you will need to answer a question (answers can be found on her blog) and also create a card with the challenge of the week. Each blog candy will run for one week. She is also allowing her flutter by team to enter the blog candy because she thinks we rock and we do this for fun~~ no free products so she thought she´d let us have a shot at the prizes too, woo hoo.


To start things off we have none other than the mega talented Christy Croll as Guest Designer and this week´s challenge is to make a birthday card with a fairy or butterfy on it.

How I wish I could enter my card into 40 challenges to celebrate along with Danni but alas this is not to be. I have used the fantastic "sketch" by Domi over at Lili of the Valley, "ribbons and bows" at Just Magnolia, "round" at Pile It On, a recipe of "3 buttons, 2 papers and 1 ribbon" at Cupcake and last but not least "C is for Circles" at ABC.

I have coloured Tilda with my prismas adding a bit of Art Glitter to her wings and mounted her onto a bugged nestie. Papers are from Designer Extreme Vol 111 and ribbon, flowers and buttons are from my stash.

Creative Card Crew - Challenge 26

Golly gosh I can´t believe we are onto Challenge 26 already at the Creative Card Crew and this week the theme has been set by the lovely Sharon who has challenged us to use the combo of Pink/Black and White and what a fabulous combo this is.
We are delighted to have Whimsy Stamps sponsoring us this week, thank you for your continued support Denise.

We extend a warm welcome to Claire and Sam who have joined our DT, do stop by their blogs and view their wonderful creations and whilst you´re hopping do pop by this week´s Guest Designer Denise Lynn and my fellow DT buddies Linda, Paula and Sharon´s blogs and leave them some love too.

My papers are from Designer Extreme Vol´s 1 & 111 cd´s and everything else is from my stash.

Flutter By Wednesday meets Whiff of Joy and Pile It On

This week on Flutter By Wednesday the challenge has been set by the mega talented Kim and she would love to see you use your favourite quote along with your butterfly or fairy, can you believe I don´t own any quotation stamps so I have used one of my favourite sentiments.
Whiff of Joy have set the challenge of adding Bling to your project and Pile It On say Good things come in "Threes".

I have coloured my sweet image with Copics and hopefully I will get better as time goes on. This is the first time I have used these but do feel a genuine love for them already. I have added a wee bit glamour dust to her wings and my papers are from Designer Extreme Vol 1. Flowers and gems are from my stash apart from the punched out retros which I also coloured with my copics.

I hope you all enjoy a wonderful weekend doing what you like best of all.

Challenge 25 - Sketch

Well I am now back from my wee jaunt to UK and totally shattered. I forgot how tiring it is to look after a 2, 4 and 7 year old full time so I take my hat off to all you lovely grandmas´who do it regularly.
It is my turn to set the Challenge this week with the Creative Card Crew and I have chosen one of Sharon´s super sketches as I know how much we all love playing with these plus it is a wee while since we set a sketch challenge at CCC.

We also have a great prize from our Sponsor this week. Dew Drop Craftz are offering one FREE digital download AND any 2 stamps from the Misty B Range.

I have coloured my image with Prisma´s and all papers are from Designer Extreme Vol 111.

Enjoy your day and I hope the sun is shining for you. Off to catch up on my other DT card which is also late this week. -x-

Creative Card Crew - Challenge 24

Our challenge this week at Creative Card Crew has been set by the very talented Paula and she has chosen the theme of "Christmas in August" so come on crafters and make a start on those much needed Christmas cards and join in to win.



I have coloured my sweet SN image with prismacolour pencils and matted and layered her with my nesties. All papers are from the newly released Designer Extreme Vol 111

which also has matching inserts.

Hopefully Mr. Blogger will be kind enough to post this on time as I will be in UK.

BEARLY MINE DESIGNS ... BLOG HOP

Today´s Blog Hop is to celebrate the Launch of Bearly Mine Designs latest disc - Designer Extreme Vol. 111 which continues the series of Craft CD´s created by Donna. She has excelled herself with this latest disc combining the Papers and Inserts together on 1 CD rather than 2 and there are papers for all occasions and this one has a large selection of Christmas Papers and Inserts . . . and also Papers and Inserts for Halloween, Valentine's Day and even Easter.

The Design Team and myself have been making some cards to show you a few of the Papers and Inserts included on this disk ...hence the reason we're having a Blog Hop ... and it wouldn't be a Blog Hop without some candy too, so we´re offering one hopper (not sure if that's the right terminology) the chance to win this new CD but you must comment on every Blog to be in with a chance to WIN.
If you have arrived from Amy´s Blog you are in the right place and if not please go back to Donna´s where the Hop begins and follow all the way through.
When you´re done with my Blog please pop over to Kimmi´s .

I have coloured my sweet SN Penpal with Prismacolour Pencils adding a few gems for detail. The papers are my choice for this image and I have used pink card from stock for matting and used my latest MS punch to give a soft effect. Brads are from Papermania and flowers from my stash.

I have carried my inserts through as a contrast to main card.


Again I have used my Prismacolour Pencils with SN´s A Good Book image and I have chosen three different backing papers this time matting onto chocolate brown and again a MS punch for detail. Flowers were purchased at Harrogate Craft Fair and it is now time to order some more as I really love these ones.

I have carried my main green paper through and used a contrast detailed one, from the many that are available from the Insert Section, and added a little verse as it is always nice to let friends know you think of them.

As an added bonus for participating, two of the Design Team Members will also have a surprise candy on their blog ... but I'm not telling you who, you'll have to find out by visiting their blogs. So you now have three chances of winning a Blog Hop Candy.Unfortunately, or should I say lucky, Claire is away on her holidays at this time, so you won't be visiting her blog for this hop.
The winners will all be chosen by a random generator of the comments left on the blogs. So if you want a chance to win something, please leave some love on each of the DT's blogs.
Also as it's the launch day today for the disk, Donna is having a sale in her shop on all her previous disks, but for this weekend only.......ends Sunday at midnight. So head on over and check it out.

BEARLY MINE BLOG HOP on 15th August

Donna has now finished her new cd - Designer Extreme Volume 111 and to celebrate the launch on 15th August we are holding a Blog Hop so save the date and come along and hop along with us and see some of the latest new backing papers and inserts that have been used by Amy, Claire, Donna, Kimmi, Marcea, Sheila and myself.



There will also be a lovely Surprise Candy for one lucky person so remember to come along on Saturday 15th and Hop along.

DT Call at La La Land Crafts

Irina from La La Land Crafts is looking for 6 people to join her Design Team and has put a call out, so if you love stamping take a trip over to La La Land Crafts to view the requirements. If you dont wish to design but want to get your crafting mitts on these stamps, which look like they are going to be a huge hit from the previews - make sure you follow the blog and also note down La-La Land Crafts Store as this is where you will be able to buy the stamps from 12th August.