My Time To Craft 'Get Krafty' Challenge

Good morning all and Happy Easter, I hope you are all enjoying your long weekend. 

It is time for a new challenge at My Time To Craft and Crafty Calendar Challenge and I decided to create one card to fit both. At My Time To Craft we would like to see you use 'Kraft' on your project and at Crafty Calendar Challenge we are 'Adding Sentiments'. 

For my card I used one of my old faithful Elisabeth Bell stamps called 'Willow Dressing Up', this is a retired image at the moment but it will hopefully be back soon now that Elisabeth has decided to produce the stamps herself. I teamed my image with papers from First Edition 'Isabelle' collection which I love for the krafty colours it has. A bit of lace, a few pearls and it was done.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Natalie & Amy

Card Stock - Limetree Crafts

Designer Papers - First Edition 'Isabelle'

Image - Whiff Of Joy 'Willow Dressing Up'

Medium - Promarkers & Flexmakrers

Sentiment - Papermania

Pearl String - ZVA Creative

Pearls - Home Bargains

Lace - Let's Create

Promarkers & Flexmarkers Used:-

Skin - E21, E50, E00, E000 & R20

Hair - Burnt Sienna, Caramel, Sandstone & Champagne

Dress & Bracelet - Blossom, Pink Mittens & Pale Blossom

Shoes, Bracelet & Dress Band - Caramel, Cappuccino & Champagne

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-

Elisabeth Bell's World - Lace & Pearls

That's it, short and sweet. 

Have a lovely weekend all.

Natalie & Amy's 'Frame It' Challenge

Good morning all, it is time for another challenge over at Natalie & Amy's and this month we would like for you to 'Frame It' so create a frame around your image or the focal point of your project.

For my card I used this adorable image from Crafter's Companion Moonbeam Meadow range called 'Time For Tea'. It was coloured with a mixture of pens and pencils then the teapot had a coating of Glossy Accents added to it. The gloss has cracked in places and although I don't know why it has done this it does work for a china look lol. I created my frame by cutting four layers of the two largest die's in this set and gluing them together, I then cut the image from the second largest so it fir snuggly in the frame. I machine stitched all the layers together as well as the ribbon, this is normally a chore for me but I actually enjoyed doing it.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's

Card Stock - Bazzill

Designer Papers - Prima 'Annalee'

Image - Crafters Companion Moonbeam Meaodw 'Time For Tea'

Medium - Promarkers & Spectrum Noir Pencils

Glaze - Ranger Glossy Accents

Ribbon - Stash

Dies - Spellbinders Labels 2

Ink - Momento Tuxedo Black

Adhesive - Collall All Purpose

All items in RED are available from the store.

Promarkers Used:-

Teapot - Lime Green, Aniseed & Pale Citrus

Bunting - Red Sweater, Vermillion & Lipstick Red, Turquoise, Oasis & Cool Aqua

Tag, Box & Mouse - Caramel, Sranstone & Champagne

Stick - Cocoa & Cinnamon

Leaves & Grass - Forest Green, Bright Green & Leaf Green

Sorry I forgot to write pencil numbers down although there wasn't many.

That's all from me for today, have a lovely day.

Natalie & Amy's 'Flowers' Challenge

Good morning all. 

It is the end of the month already and time for a new challenge over at Natalie & Amy's and this month it is all about 'Flowers'. I had this image brought for me a little while ago and this is the first time I am using it and I have to say it is really cute. I cut the frame and flower border from the Silhouette store and welded them together to get the desired effect. The bling is actually clear but I think it was reflecting on my t-shirt as I took the photo.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's

Card Stock - Lidl

Designer Paper - Unsure In My Scrap's Box

Image & Sentiment - Crafter's Companion The Makey Bakey Mice 'Thanks Petal'

Medium - Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Ink - Momento 'Tuxedo Black'

Die Cut - Flower Border #62754 by Tanya Batrak

Gems - Crystal Rhinestone Border 'Left Overs' & Odd Ones

Adhesive - Collall All Purpose & 3d Foam Squares

Promarkers & Flexmarkers Used:-

Mouse - Burnt Orange, Spice, Ginger, Saffron, Champagne, Putty & Antique White

Flowers - Marsh Green, Pressed Leaf, Canary Yellow & Soft Lime

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-

My Time To Craft 'Fantasy' Challenge

Good morning and thank you for joining me, it is time for a new challenge over at My Time To Craft and this week we are looking for all things relating to 'Fantasy'. This is where I sometimes struggle as I do prefer the more real life images but I love this little dragon and therefore it was an easy make.

The adorable image called 'Little Friends' is by Elisabeth Bell and was sold by Sweetpea Stamps but has now been retired. I used just one sheet of designer paper from the Papermania Happy Days stack and the corner flourish and sentiment were from the Silhouette store.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's
Card Stock - Bazzill
Designer Paper - Papermania 'Happy Days'
Image - Sweet Pea Stamps 'Little Friends' now retired but by Elisabeth Bell
Sentiment - Create With TLC 'Freebie'
Medium - Promarkers, Flexmarkers & Spectrum Noir Pencils
Twine - The Hobby House
Die Cuts - Stars Flourishes Corner #68593 by Studio Illustrado & Star #17339 by Silhouette

Promarkers, Flexmarkers & Spectrum Noir Pencils Used:-

Greens - Olive Green, Marsh Green, Lime Green &Lme Zest + 45, 56, 57 & 58
Blues - Celestial Blue, Sky Blue & Glacier Blue + 65 & 66
Browns - Cinnamon & Tan
Yellows - Yellow

Challenges I would like to enter into:-

Elisabeth Bell Digi Bell's Guest DT Card

Hello and welcome to what I am sad to say will be my last post as part of Elisabeth Bell's Digi Bell's guest design team. I have had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed working along side you lovely ladies.

So I have finished my term off with this card using 'Giddyup Pony' available from Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection. It is a great image to colour and even though I paired it with Christmas backing papers I think it works. I added the sheriff border and a bit of twine to finish it off.

 Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's
Card Stock - Bazzill
Designer Paper - Dovecraft Back To Basics Christmas 'Modern'
Image - Elisabeth Bell 'Giddyup Pony'
Sentiment - Computer Generated
Medium - Promarkers & Flexmarkers
Die Cut - Western Words Set 1 #29061 by Jennifer Wambach & Cowboy Border Set #61466 by Studio Illustrado
Twine - Hobby Craft
Gems - Dovecraft - Enamel Dots

Promarkers & Flexmarkers Used:-

Skin - E21, E51, E00 & E000
Hair & Horse Mane - Sleigh Bell, Mustard & Pastel Yellow
Shirt - Blue Grey 1, 2 & 3
Trousers & Hat Band - Blue Lake, Denim Blue & Caribbean Blue
Horse - Caramel, Sandstone & Champagne
Hat, Belt & Boots - Walnut, Cinnamon, Tan & March Hare
Neckerchief - Meadow Green & Pressed Leaf
Flowers & Neckerchief - Berry Red & Chilli Red
Ropes & Horse Stick - Umber, Firewood & Tawny Owl 

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-

Elisabeth Bell's World 'Pretty In Pink' Challenge

Hello and welcome to another post for my part of Elisabeth Bell's guest design team. As this is my last challenge post I would just like to say a very big thank you to all the ladies for having me on the team, I have thoroughly enjoyed myself. 

It is time for a new challenge over at Elisabeth Bell's World Challenge and this month the challenge is 'Pretty In Pink'.

For my card I turned to the very first Elisabeth Bell stamp I ever purchased and that was back in the day when they were sold by Sugar Nellie. This image is called 'Daisy' and I love this image, it is so versatile and can be used for so many occasions, today I went with a birthday. I believe it is now available through Elphine House Australia but I could not link directly to it as the shop is down.

Although my card stock looks red it is actually a magenta or hot pink colour. My patterned paper is another from my scrap box but I do know this is from First Edition but not which stack. A die cut border and a few butterflies along with some gems to finish it off.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's

Card Stock - Limetree Crafts

Designer Paper - First Edition ?

Image - Elisabeth Bell 'Daisy'

Sentiment - Crafter's Companion Moonbeam Meadow 'Hugs & Kisses

Gems - Crafts Too Gem Wheel - Pastels & Corner One's Unknown

Die Cuts - 4 Spring Flower Borders #57081 by Kolette Hall & Butterflies #45052 by Michelle Renee

Promarkers & Flexmarkers Used:-

Skin - E21, E51, E00 & E000

Hair - Mustard, Daffodil Bloom, Vanilla & Primrose

Jeans - Pink Lobster, Shocking Pink & Cerise

T-Shirt - Pink Carnation, Sorbet & Pink Mittens

Grass & Leaves - Marsh Green & Pressed Leaf

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-

Creative Card Crew - Birthday With Sentiment 02/03

Passion For Promarkers - Letters Of The Alphabet (P For Pink) 03/03

Bunny Zoe's - For The Girls 09/03

My Time To Craft 'Lace' Challenge

Good morning all, thank you for joining me. I wish this weather would decide what it wants to do, it is freezing one minute and then lovely and warm the next. 

My apologies this post should have been up this morning but between feeling ill and being busy it just didn't happen because it was still sat in drafts lol. I am so not good with making in advance because I forget to post them!

Anyhow onto the matter in hand, it is time for a new challenge over at My Time To Craft and this week we want to see your 'Lace'. Nice and easy for some but quite a challenge for others, give it a go you might just surprise yourself!

For my card today I used this amazing image which I brought about a year ago and have never used, that is so bad especially as it is so so adorable. I used papers from my scrap box and just played around with them. I added two rows of lace across the card before attaching a bow made from the same lace.

 Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's

Card Stock - Bazzill

Designer Papers - All From My Scraps Box

Image & Sentiment - Crafter's Companion 'Wild About You'

Medium - Promarkers, Flexmarkers & Spectrum Noir Pencils

Die Cut - Set Of Six Banners #41654 by Miss Kate Cuttables

Lace - Let's Create

Promarkers, Flexmarkers & Pencils Used:-

Giraffe - Mustard, Pastel Yellow & Daffodil Bloom + 11, 13 & 17. Tan, March Hare & Satin + 109, 110 & 111. Warm Grey 1, 2 & 3 

Bird & Flowers - Blossom, Pink Mittens, Pale Blossom + 34, 35 & 41

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-
Creative Card Crew - Birthday With Sentiment 01/03
ABC Challenge - D For Die Cuts 01/03

Crafty Calendar 'Anything Goes' & My Time To Craft 'Banners & Bunting' Challenge

Good morning all, yet another cold day here so glad to be staying in.

It is time for another challenge at both My Time To Craft & Crafty Calendar, My Time's challenge is 'Buntings or Banners' and Crafty Calendar's is 'Anything Goes' so I decided to tie the two together. 

Crafty Calendar are being sponsored by A Random Fan who gave us a couple of cute image's to play with as well as a prize for you.

I chose to use 'Winter Kiss' on my card today. The bunting/banner was cut on my Silhouette machine as was the sentiment and the image with mat layer. After putting these items together  thought the card was a little bare so decided to add the rhinestone gems.

Supplies:-

6" Card Square Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's

Card Stock - Limetree Crafts

Designer Papers - Me To You 'With Love'

Image - A Random Fan 'Winter Kiss'

Medium - Promarkers, Flexmarkers & Spectrum Noir Pencils

Ribbon - The Hobby House

Rhinestone - Imaginisce

Die Cuts - Love You Banner #55228 by Kolette Hall, Pennant Garland Set #56984 by Sophie Gallo 

Promarkers, Flexmarkers & Spectrum Noir Pencils Used:-

Oops I didn't write down the pencil numbers

Skin - E21, E51 & Eoo

Hair - Walnut, Henna & Terracotta

Heart - Berry Red & Lipstick Red

Pinks - Watermelon, Baby Pink & Pale Pink

Greens - Khaki, Frosted Leaf & Pastel Beige

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-

To be edited.

Thanks for stopping by.

Silhouette Challenges #21 "3d Item For Craft Room"

Good Morning!

It's time for another challenge over at Silhouette Challenges. This month is
(3D Item for your Craft Room).

ADD YOUR INFO AND PIC HERE

Now onto the Challenge Info. 

Ch# 21 "3D item for your Craft Room"

Begins: Sunday, Feb 1

Ends: Saturday, Feb 28

A blog dedicated to the Silhouette Cutting Machines.

You MUST use a Silhouette somehow in your project.

So onto my project or projects I should say, a lot of you will know that I have been making things for my craft room all from just one stack of paper pad so I continued the theme.

Firstly I made this handy little box to store my sketch pens in, I actually need to make another one as I have more pens than this one holds. So I used a file by Jamie Cripps #46244 3d Sketch Pen Holder in the Silhouette Store.

Here are a couple of views to show just how little room it takes up. Excuse the wonky letters I did fix them after seeing the photo.

Next I made this 3d Ribbon Holder Cards & Box #45600 by Jamie Cripps also from the Silhouette Store. My intention with this was to make one box for each colour family in the hope that I could just take out a box and perhaps get through my never ending supply of ribbon BUT as you will see in the next photo I quite simply have too much ribbon.

This is just one of my drawers of ribbon I still have those odd rolls in this drawer to change to the card system plus another whole drawer to sort through.

What I did do using my Promarkers & Flexmarkers was to colour the top of the cards with the pen that matched the ribbon, as this is what takes me the longest to decide and then I get fed up and put them away again lol. 

Whilst sorting my ribbons I also decided to make these Bakers Twine Bobbins #60905 by Sweet Afton. I cut them in a heavy 300gsm white card stock first and then in a colour similar to them and then stuck these together, this gave them strength. I did this so that I could easily see which I wanted to use but could write on the back the colour name and manufacturer. At the moment I have them on this piece of cord while I am awaiting my lovely hubby to retrieve me a large book ring from the garage which is currently iced up with a heap of snow in front of it.

Supplies:-

Card Stock - Bazzill & Limetree Crafts

Designer Paper - Colour Box from years ago.

Die Cuts - As shown with each photo.

Head on over and link up your projects today.

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Natalie & Amy's 'All About Love' Challenge

Good morning all.

Wow it is so so cold here, we had snow but it didn't settle as we had had rain through the night but I know a lot of you have it far far worse weather so stay warm and safe.

Anyhow onto the matter in hand, this month at Natalie & Amy's Challenge it is 'All About Love' so could be valentines, wedding, anniversary etc.

For my card today I used this adorable panda from Crafter's Companion called 'Party Paws - Love From Bamboo', the sentiment came from the same set. I decided on a scalloped 6" square card for this image and kept the papers to a minimum (really I was using my scraps lol). I coloured my image with a bit of a scruffy style to give him a ragged look and then added glossy accents to the heart and it really does shine but I cannot get it to show up on the photo's. All supplies are listed below with those in RED available in Natalie & Amy's Store HERE. 

Supplies:-

6" Square Scalloped Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's

Card Stock - Core'dinations

Designer Papers - First Edition J'Adore

Image & Sentiment - Crafter's Companion Party Paws - Love From Bamboo

Medium - Promarkers

Dies - Spellbinders Classic Ovals

Shine - Ranger Glossy Accents

Foam Square - Stick It 3d Foam Squares

Glue - Collall All Purpose Transparent Glue

Promarkers Used:-

Heart - Firebrick, Burnt Umber, Roswooed, Champagne, Linen & Satin

Panda - Black, Warm Grey 4 & 5

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-

Aud Sentiments - Valentine or Love Sentiment 11/02

C.R.A.F.T - Valentines or Love 05/02

Cute Card Thursday - Stamping Mad 05/02

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes 05/02

Thanks for stopping by.

Elisabeth Bell Guest DT Card

Good morning all, today I have another card for you featuring one of the lovely Elisabeth Bell's Digital Images.

I decided to go all summery with this one and this image just reminds me of my daughter and my niece who are the same age all but 5 months between them. They were inseparable as young children and would always want an outfit the other had, to the point that my sister in law and I would buy two of something if it was for either of them lol. As a family we always holidayed together right up until our children were teenagers and would constantly get the 'are they twins' questions.

So I went Elisabeth Bell's 'Little Friends' image which can be found HERE and tied it together with nice pastel colours and a summer sentiment. Printed the image on my new laser printer and then cut out on my cameo, along with the sentiment. The papers are from the Papermania Spots & Stripes Pastel Collection.

 Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Natalie & Amy

Designer Papers  - Papermania Spots & Stripes Pastel Collection

Image - Elisabeth Bell 'Little Friends'

Sentiment - Create With TLC

Medium - Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Die Cuts - Set Of 4 Stitched Labels #46834 by Sarah Hurley

Promarkers & Flexmarkers Used:-

Skin - E21, E51, E00, E50 & R20

Hair - Raw Sienna, Mustard & Buttercup

Left Bikini - Lemon, Soft Lime & Primrose

Right Bikini - Orchid, Heather & Soft Mauve

Left Bucket - Soft Green & Tea Green

Right Bucket - Mango, Peach & Soft Peach

Sand - Mustard & Pineapple Crush

Have a good day.

Elisabeth Bell's World 'Hearts' Challenge

Good morning all, it is lovely to have you here today.

It is time for another challenge at Elisabeth Bell's World and this month we would like to see 'Hearts' on your creations. 

For my card I have used a retired stamp called 'Beary Hugs' which was sold by Belles 'n' Whistles until it's closure and of course created by the wonderful Elisabeth Bell. I cut the red background of hearts on my Silhouette Cameo and then placed some heart backing paper behind it too. A simple sentiment also cut on the silhouette to finish it off.

Supplies:-

6" Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's

Card Stock - Bazzill

Designer Paper - Do Crafts 'With Love' Retired

Image - Belles 'n' Whistles 'Beary Hugs' Retired

Medium - Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Die Cuts - Hearts Background #15615 & U R The Love Of My Life #37641 by Alaa K & Eyelet Bracket Mat Set #57814 by Stine Designs

Promarkers & Flexmarkers Used:-

Skin - E21, E51, E00, E50 & R20

Hair - Walnut, Cocoa & Nutmeg

Top - Watermelon, Cocktail Pink & Pale Pink

Trousers - Blue Grey 1, 2, 3 & 4

Teddy - Caramel, Cappuccino, Sandstone & Champagne

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-
Pile It On - Hearts &/Or Flowers 31/01
Bunny Zoe - Hearts 08/02
Simon Says - Have A Heart 28/02
DL Art - Valentines Day 11/02

See you all soon.

My Time To Craft '2 Or More People' Challenge

Good morning all.

Today's challenge at My Time To Craft is to 'Use an image with two or more people in it'. There are numerous image's around blogland and the shops with more than one person yet I went completely blank when I first saw the challenge, now having made it I can think of several lol.

For my card I used this image called 'Together Forever' from Lili Of The Valley, it was another one that came in the art pad I brought. I used a single piece of First Edition Summer Breeze paper and just picked colours from that for my image. The ribbon was white to start but I coloured it to match with a promarker. A few little pearls added and the card was complete.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's

Card Stock & Designer Paper - First Edition 'Summer Breeze'

Image - Lili Of The Valley 'Together Forever'

Medium - Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Die Cuts - Spellbinders 'Label 1'

Pearls - Dovercraft (I think)

Promarkers & Flexmarkers Used:-

Skin - E21, E51, E00 & E50

Female Hair - Raw Sienna, Mustard & Buttercup

Male Hair - Walnut, Cocoa & Nutmeg

Female Clothes - Tea Rose, Budding Rose, Pale Pink & Muted Pink

Male Clothes - Herb Green, Soft Khaki & Yellow Khaki plus Putty, Almond & Antique White

Swing - Cappuccino, Sandstone & Light Fawn

Ropes - Tan & March Hare

All Shoe Soles - Warm Grey 3, 2 & 1

That's all for today, see you all soon.

Elisabeth Bell Digi Bells Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Elisabeth Bell Digi Bells Blog Hop, we have not one but four fabulous images to share with you this month and of course there is always a prize for one of you hoppers.

If you just happened to be passing and want to start at the beginning of the hop then you need to go HERE.

If however you came from Linda's fabulous creation you are on the right track. You will also see a full list of the blogs on this hop at the bottom of this post.

So for my card I went with a one layer card and used this super adorable image called 'Valentine Angel Blowing Kisses' along with 'Valentine Angel Accessory - Heart Pillow', I thought the images were enough and didn't need any patterned paper or embellishments.

 Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's

Card Stock - Bazzill

Images - Elisabeth Bell's Digi Collection 'Valentine Angel Blowing Kisses' & 'Valentine Angel Accessory - Heart Pillow'

Medium - Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Sparkle - Ranger Diamond Stickles

Promarkers & Flexmarkes Used Plus A Close Up Of Images:-

Skin - E21, E51, E00, E50 & R20

Hair - Walnut, Terracotta & Raw Sienna

Pinks - Dusky Rose, Tea Rose & Pale Pink

Greys - Ice Grey 1-4

Reds - Berry Red, Red & Sunset 

Here is the full list of blogs participating:-

Julie 

Linda 

Kim Your Here

Mary Lou This is where you are going next

Carol 

Linda S

Alethea  

                                                       Sebrina                                                    

 Carla

The Digi Bells Blog 

The blog hop runs from 9am (Arizona Time) on 23rd January 2015 to 9am (Arizona Time) on 30th January 2015.

Challenges  I would like to enter this into:-
Fussy & Fancy - Things With Wings 06/02
Sister Act - Anything Goes 30/01
Stemplesomme - Anything Goes 06/02
Wags 'n' Whiskers - Hearts 06/02
Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes 27/01
DL.Art - Valentines 11/02
Red Rubber Inspirational - Anything Goes With Stamping 29/01
Time Out - Valentines With Hearts 05/02