It's A White Wedding...

Good afternoon all.

I am just popping in to show you my wedding card I have made for an order. The request was for an all white card with a hint of grey for the groom and lavender for the bride. I have never made an all white card before and was a bit daunted at first but quite like the effect now.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Image - Sugar Nellie 'Happily Ever After'

Sentiment - Crafty Sentiments

Medium - Promarkers

Doily Die - Marianne Designs 'Designer Doily'

Border Die - Nellie's Multi Frame 'Border 3'

Lace - Local Craft Shop

0.5" & 1" Ribbons - Local Craft Shop

Charm - Gift

Thread - DMC 3474

Challenges I would like to enter this into are:-

The Sugar Bowl - Sketch & Lace

Creative Stamp Friends - Monochromatic

My Mum's Craft Shop - Monochromatic

For Fun - Anything Goes

The Emerald Fairie - Lace 

Cute Card Thursday - No Designer Paper

C.R.A.F.T - Anniversary

Thanks for stopping by and for any comments you leave.

Crafty Sentiments New Mini Release & 'Christmas' Challenge

EDITED To add challenges I want to enter, unfortunately when I was writing this post last night we had a power cut and my laptop battery only lasts about 5 minutes so had to cut the post short.

Good morning all what a lovely day it has been weather wise here on the east coast of England. 

Today we are celebrating a NEW Mini Release at Crafty Sentiments Designs and as they are Christmas images we have decided our challenge this week should be 'Christmas'.

Just as it says above there are 3 new stamps available, 1 is a stand alone image and the other 2 are made to suit images from the previous release. 

The new stamps are:

Primrose dressing the snowman (as seen above)

Primrose sitting (as seen below on the sledge)

&

A fireplace to go with the Taking a nap image.

All of the new stamps are available from tomorrow HERE.

I went with a nice bright fun kids card this week.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Cardstock - Bazzill

Designer Papers - Dovercraft 'Tis The Season'

Stamps - Crafty Sentiments 'Sledging' & 'Primrose Sitting'

Sentiment - Unknown I think it was a freebie

Medium - Promarkers

Snowflakes - Baker Ross

Glitter on hat trim - Stickles 'Diamond Lace'

Challenges I would like to enter this into are:-

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Craft Your Passions - Anything Goes

Use It Tuesday - 2 Hoarded Items (Papers & Snowflakes)

Simon Says Stamp - Christmas In August

Crafts & Me - Anything Goes

Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Christmas In July

Fussy & Fancy - Christmas In July

Totally Gorgeous - Christmas In July

Sweet Stampin' - Christmas In July

Please pop over to the challenge blog and have a look at all my team mates creations plus we have two guest designers with us so feel free to send them some love too.

A Card And A Few Challenges

Good afternoon visitor's. 

I am having a lazy day today having had the last two days filled with children and family. 

So I made this card which is for an order, it is not my normal colours but as I was lucky enough to win these Echo Park papers I thought I would use them on this girls card. I have also used another of those Little Darlings stamps which I won and this one is called 'Jump', does it remind you of when you was young?

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Cardstock - Double Mates

Designer Papers - Echo Park 'Walk In The Park'

Image - Little Darlings 'Jump'

Medium - Promarkers

Die - Nellie Multi Frame Border 'MFD 028'

Lace, Ribbon, Thread & Buttons - From Stash

Cricut - Elegant Edges for the scalloped circle cut at 4.5" & 4.25"

Challenges I would like to enter:-

Create 4 Fun - Sketch

The Crazy Challenge - Ribbons

Top Tip Tuesday - Make It Girly

Deep Ocean - Ribbons

Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts - Summer Birthdays

Craft Room - Summer Holidays

The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

Crafts & Me - Ribbons

Little Darlings - Girlie

I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes

Divas By Design - Summer

Truly Scrumptious - Buttons & Bows

Digistamps 4 Joy - Use A Child image

The Emerald Fairie - Girlie

Ambers Crafts & Stuff - Use Patterned Paper

CCEE - Winter of Summer

Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes

Stamp Something - Summer Fun

Wags 'n' Whistles - Buttons & Bows

Allsorts - Free & Easy

Craft Your Days Away - Summertime

Pecreativ - Summer

Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes

Wow that is quite a few challenges. Thanks for stopping by today.

Crafty Sentiments Polka Dots Challenge & GDT Call

Good morning all thanks for stopping by.

Today is the start of another challenge over at Crafty Sentiments Designs and this week our challenge is to use 'Polka Dots' on your creation.

Also this week and next week we are having a guest design team member call so if you fancy joining us here are the details:-

We are looking for a Guest Designer to join us for two months! If you are interested in joining us please put GDT after your name when you enter your creation into our challenge!

The GDT call will run until next Saturday 30th July!

We will let the lucky person know by Sunday so that then gives you 4 days for your first creation!!

If you have already entered this weeks challenge & would like to be considered please email me at

shell-swinscoe@virginmedia.com

with CS GDT in the subject bar with the number of your entry! 

For my card this week I used 'Spring Flowers' and just when I was looking through my nesties deciding on which to use to cut my bunny out the postman arrived with my prize from Enfys aka Going Buggy which was the Cricut Elegant Edges Cartridge so it was unpacked and used in record time. I cut this beautiful frame which did have holes cut out where my gems are but they got kind of lost in all the dots behind. Thanks again Enfys, I am one happy lady.

I cut the flower on my Cricut as well from the Mother's Day cart. The idea of this flower is that it folds in on it's self for posting. I have not posted one yet but will let you know if they work once I know one has been received. I added seed beads to the centre of the flower. I used glossy accents on the flowers in my image and then added a seed bead to the centre of two bigger flowers.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Cardstock - Bazzill

Designer Papers - Papermania 'Sweet Nothing's

Image - Crafty Sentiments 'Spring Flowers'

Sentiment - The Stamps Of Life 'Tiny & 2 Cute'

Medium - Promarkers

Die - Nellie Multi Frame 'MFD 023'

Die - Nestabilities 'Classic & Scalloped Ovals' & 'Floral Accent'

Beads - DMC Seed Beads

Rhinestones - Poundland coloured with Promarkers

Glossy Accents - Ranger

Cricut - Elegant Edges Frame Cut at 4.5"

Cricut - Mother's Day Flower Cut 5 times at 1.5"

Challenges I would like to enter this into are:-

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Hooked On Crafts - Cute & Cuddly

Paper Playtime - Summer

Oh La La - Circles

Die Cut Dreams - Animals

Creative Card Crew - Animal Antics

Passion For Promarkers - Animal Crackers

Anything Goes - Flowers

I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes

Short O Mania - Anything Goes

Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes

Stamp Something - Embellish It

Totally Gorgeous - Punches & Dies

2 Sisters - Anything Goes

Allsorts - Free & Easy

That's all from me but please pop over and see all the other wonderful creations from the rest of the design team at Crafty Sentiments.

I would also like to enter this into the Cheery Lynn Designs Design Team Call which can be found HERE.

It's Summer...

Well it is on my card, just a shame the same can't be said for the rest of the United Kingdom!! We must of had rain everyday for the last two weeks, not all day but on and off so you can't judge what to do when.

I have wanted this Elisabeth Bell image for ages but just couldn't see what I would use it for until I got asked to make a card for three year old non identical twins, I knew immediately this image would be perfect. It is also especially perfect as the girls will be celebrating their birthdays on holiday.

I have used the sketch from this month's Elisabeth Bells World Challenge but unfortunately I thought it finished today but it was yesterday so missed out on entering that.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Cardstock - Bazzill

Designer Papers - DCWV 'Citrus Stack'

Image - Elisabeth Bells Digital Images 'Best Friends'

Sentiment - Made Up From Two Sets Of Papermania Stamps

Medium - Promarkers

Ribbon - Panda Crafts

Die - Nellie's Multi Frame MFD 023

Punch - Xcut 'Scalloped Border'

Gems - Imaginisce Glam Rocks 'Metallic Pearl'

Cricut - Pack Your Bags 'Sandcastle 1.5" & Sun 1.5"

Challenges I would like to enter:-

The Digi Bells - 3 Papers, 2 Embellishments & 1 Image

Craft Your Passion - Text It

Pollycraft Monday - Summer Fun

KB Cute - Use A Digi

Lothian Crafts - Die Cutting

Lexi's Creations - At The Beach

Bunny Zoe's - Fun In The Sun

Tuesday Throwdown - Use Metallic (Gems)

Ladybird Crafts - Summer Birthdays

Scrapalicious USA - Summer

Really Reasonable Ribbons - Cool It Theme

Charisma Cards - Sunshine Colours

Hanna & Friends - Summer

Little Miss Muffet - Summer

Do It With Digi's - Summer

Crafty Purple Frog - Take A Dip

Card & Scrap - Use A Punch/Die

Fussy & Fancy - Summer

Craft Your Days Away - Summertime

Timbroscrapmania - At The Seaside

Just Tracy's - Summer Holidays

Birthday Sundaes - Anything Goes

Dream Valley - Summer Theme

That's all for today, thanks for stopping by and any comments left.