Sparkles Monthly 'Fairies & Butterflies' Challenge

Good morning all, well what can I say the post's are still few and far between due to no real improvement with my health so please bear with me whilst it sort's itself out. 

Anyhow, it is time for another challenge at Sparkles Monthly and this month we are challenging you to 'Fairies & Butterflies', we want to see them both in some form. Our sponsor this month is the wonderful Lili Of The Valley who are offering a £10 gift voucher for one lucky winner. 

For my card I chose these My Minds Eye papers because of the butterflies and they are in colours that I would normally avoid but I actually had fun with them. I guess it is good to be out of our comfort zone at times, because of my back and such I coloured this adorable Elisabeth Bell image over a whole week! and each section I coloured I kept thinking I'm not sure about these colours but I can't possibly start again lol By the end I was glad I had stuck with it, had it of been coloured under normal circumstances it would of gone in the bin after just colouring the flower without a second thought so I guess my health was actually a positive in this case lol. Enough of the rambling, I added glamour dust to her fairy wings after lightly colouring. The bobble trim is also from My Mind's Eye, it was a kit I had a couple of years ago but cannot remember the name of and then the white ribbon was in my stash.

Supplies:-

6" Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's

Card Stock - Bazzill

Designer Papers - My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline 'All Dolled Up'

Image - Sweetpea Stamps 'Twinkle Toes Fleur'

Medium - Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Bobble Trim - My Minds Eye

Ribbon - Let's Create

Glitter - Glamour Dust

Promarkers & Flexmarkers Used:-

Skin - Apricot, Oatmeal & Blush

Hair - Henna, Auburn, Chestnut & Terracotta

Skirt - Cocktail Pink, Baby Pink, Pink Mittens & Pale Pink

Top - Twilight Sky, Rock Pool & Polar Blue

Flower Stem - Pesto & Olive Green

Flower Heads - Earth Yellow, Mustard & Pineapple

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-

Elisabeth Bell World - Sizzling Summer

The Hobby House - Use Image By Stated Artist

Wags N Whiskers - Ribbons & Bows

Happy Campers - Use A Stamp

Southern Girls - Make Believe

Addicted To Stamps & More - Make Your Mark

Creative Moments - Birthday/Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - Things With Wings

Craft-Dee BowZ- Anything Goes With A Bow

Mema's Crafts - Ribbon/Lace or Flowers

Thanks for stopping by, see you all again soon. 

Just before I go Moving Along With The Times will be back in action from 3rd October and we are having a design team call, do you fancy it?? If so head on over HERE to read all about it.

Crafty Calendar Challenge 'We Are Going On A Bear Hunt' Challenge

Good morning all, this post should of posted yesterday but it didn't quite make it lol.

As it is the first Saturday of the month it is time for another Crafty Calendar Challenge and this month 'We Are Going On A Bear Hunt'. So you can use a bear of any kind on your project. 

I cheated with my project for this month as this is a card that I made a few weeks ago but it came in handy with the way I am at the moment, I wouldn't be able to do this just now. This card went all the way to Australia. The elderly gentleman that ordered this card said it needed to have lots of pink and be glammed up, I took a guess this is what he meant and the couple where over the moon with it, in fact the gentleman's wife cried when I delivered it.

This is a large 8" x 6" card and I did correct my mistake before delivering it, oops I think I need to go back to school for spelling lesson's and to think I used to be a teacher lol. The image is one the lovely Shell Shearer found for me at Di's Digi's when I asked her for idea's. Lots of little extra's added to glam it up.

Supplies:-

8"x6" Card Blank - Ebay I Think

Card Stock - Bazzill

Designer Paper - First Edition 'Sweet Owl'

Image - Di's Digi's 'Christening Girl' 

Medium - Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Die Cuts - Tags #44338 by ppbn Designs

Charm, Feather, Lace & Flowers - Stash

Brad - Dovecraft

Pearl Flourish - ZVA Creative

Nail Heads - Easy Peasy Crafts

Promarkers & Flexmarkers Used:-

Oops I don't know I must have thrown my list away sorry.

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-
Crazy 4 Challenges - Flowers & Pearls
Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes
Bloggers - To Die For
Sister Act - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks - Lace
4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments - Any Sentiment
Charisma Cardz - Fancy Flourishes
Cute Card Thursday - Pretty In Pink
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

I should be posting a card today for the Silhouette Challenge but apart from my health issue's my Silhouette Cameo has also become poorly and had to be sent away to be fixed. I will return to making again once it is back and they say that can take upto 28 days.

Thanks for stopping by.

My Time To Craft 'Gate Folded' Challenge

Good morning all this is the first of two posts today so if your looking for my Crafty Calendar Challenge card you will find it HERE.

I would firstly like to apologise for lack of posts in the last few weeks but I am struggling with some health issue's. One of them  is constant pins and needles in my hands with holding pens, scissors etc becoming a problem and therefore everything taking a lot longer to make but adding to that I have constant pain in my back and leg and struggling with that too. 

Anyhow onto today, it's time for a new challenge at My Time To Craft and this week the challenge is 'Gate Folded' cards. I haven't made a gatefold card in ages. I kind of made my card inside out as I used a large sentiment on the front and placed an image on the inside for a change. 

I used a sheet of the heavy 12" x 12" bazzill card stock cut down to 6" x 12" then scored at 3" and 9". I really scored it well but because it is the heavy weight card I couldn't get it to stay completely shut whilst I took the photo so have to place a bottle's on the top and bottom to hold it so please ignore those. I kept the front quite simple with the focus on the sentiment which was a freebie from Create With TLC.    

 For the inside I created this little scene with a set of stamps I have had for ages but I have no idea where they came from, I think they could have been a freebie looking at the packaging.

Supplies:-

Card Stock - Bazzill

Images - Unknown

Sentiment - Create With TLC

Medium - Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Die - Cheery Lynn 'Fanciful Flourish'

Pearls - Stash

Promarkers & Flexmarkers Used:-

Tree - Umber, Firewood, Pesto, Olive Green & Herb Green

Cat - Burnt Orange & Spice

Grass & Bushes - Forest Green, Chartreuse & Grass

Roof - Earth Yellow & Sleigh Bell

House - Champagne

Windows - Sleigh Bell

Door - Midnight Blue

Fence - Caramel & Sandstone

Greenery Behind Fence - Forest Green, Grass & Leaf Green

Flowers - Yellow & Trick Or Treat

Path - Cool Grey 3, 2 & 1

Butterfly - Purple & Spring Lilac

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-

Sister Act - Anything Goes

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Any Sentiment

Charisma Cardz - Fancy Flourishes

Addicted To Stamps & More - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Birthday/Anything Goes

I'll be back shortly with my Crafty Calendar Challenge card. Thanks for stopping by.