MISS BEHAVE.....

Morning all....well yesterday i had alittle spare time to craft ....so browsed the challenges and finally decided to go with a Kenny K image and made the card to suit a few challenges.



RECIPE FOR CARD:-
Kenny K image "Wasn't Me".
Colouring medium Copics and Prisma pencils.
Sentiment is from a Blonde Moments set "Sweet Somethings"
Basic Grey papers "Euphoria"
Woodware tab punch.
Self adhesive pearls.




Challenges i'm entering:-
KENNY K'S CHALLENGE...."Anything Goes"
PAPERTAKE WEEKLY CHALLENGE....Sketch.
THE HOBBY HOUSE CHALLENGE..."Anything Goes"
CRAFTY SENTIMENTS DESIGNS CHALLENGE..."Girl Power"
CRAFTING FOR ALL SEASONS...."Make It Girly"
CRAFTS AND ME CHALLENGE..."Anything  Goes"




Well all from me again today...have a good one it looks like the weathers going to be kind again today,

Take care
San x

CHEERS.....

Well it's the start of a new week and a new challenge over at POLLYCRAFT....this week our host is Joanne and she's set the theme of "Boyz to Men".
I've used "The Beer Monster" for my card,coloured with Promarkers and Prisma's....i've added googly eye's and some glossy accents to the beer glass.
The paper is Basic Grey "Cupcake" and textured cardstock DCWV....letter beads for the cheers....must put these away and the googly eye's i'm using them too often...lol....it gets alittle boring.
Garden twine to finish.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:-
SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY...As always Arlana a lovely sketch to work with :0).
LADYBUG CRAFTS INK(Tues)...."Going Dotty"
THE CRAFTY PAD DESIGNS(Sun)....Spots and Dots.
CARDS FOR MEN(Mon)....Someone special
STAMPS R US(every other Mon)....For the men in our lives.
Well that's about it from me
Take care

SKETCH SATURDAY.....MAYA'S SKETCH

Well today see's a new sketch over at SKETCH SATURDAY.....and this week our host is the lovely Maya...and i'm sure you'll agree it's a fab sketch,i loved working with it!
My image is one of Crissy Armstrong's new May digi images "Courageous Carl"....available to purchase from WHIMSY STAMPS....and a dream to colour.
I've used Promarkers and Prisma's as my colouring medium...must have a change sometime :0).
The papers are Basic Grey "Sugared".....ribbon slider and brads from stash.

We are sponsored this week by TICKLED PINK STAMPS and there's a fab prize up for grabs this week for the lucky winner...well worth joining in on the challenge for :0).

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges :-
CUPCAKE CRAFT(Mon)...."C" is for...mine is Courageous Carl.
DIVAS BY DESIGN(Wed)....Anything Goes.
STAMP SOMETHING(Fri)....May digi day.
SUNDAYS WITH CRISSY(Monthly).....Flowers.

Well that's about it for now...have a great weekend
Take care

HAPPY BIRTHDAY....

Well it's late for me to be posting now but better late than never :0)...
I've used a newly released MELJEN DESIGNS digi image "Cuddle Bun Birthday" which can be purchased from WHIMSY STAMPS....i've used Promarkers and Prisma's for my colouring medium and added alittle glamour dust here and there.
I've given the bunny a tail using a small pom pom you use to apply chalks with.
The papers are all Basic Grey "Cupcake"
The sentiment is CC Designs set by Amy R "Birthday Sentiments"
The ribbon,dome stickers,star button glitter brads and self adhesive pearls from stash.

I've followed the sketch over at SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY...fabby sketch once again this week Arlana...and there's extra challenge this week an "All Bunny Week"....hence the image :0).

Well that's short and sweet...i'm off to have something to eat,we're late having tea too!
Take care

PEACE & LOVE and ALL BOY....

Well today i've two cards to share with you....firstly my DT card for THE PAPER SHELTER,where this week the theme is "FLOWER POWER".....i've used one of the newly released images "Hippy Girl" coloured with Promarkers and Prisma's...no glamour dust today just some glossy accents added to her glasses.
The papers are Basic Grey "Offbeat"...i love these papers and i think these work perfect with the image :0).
The sentiment i created on the computer and i forgot to note down the font...sorry.
I've made some rolled up paper flowers and added a glittered brad to the two smaller ones.
Black pearls from stash.
I've followed this weeks sketch over at SKETCH AND STASH....and my new item is the image.
I'm also entering this card into THE CRAFTY PAD CHALLENGE (Sun)....this week it's "Use a digi"

Hope you'll all come and join us over at THE PAPER SHELTER...don't forget as always there will be one lucky winner who will receive a $15 gift certificate....well worth playing along for!



My second DT card is for STAMPAVIE AND MORE....the theme over there this week is "For a boy"...i've gone foe a very simple look with this one,i've used one of the Papermania Nostalgia stamps by John Byars "Football Mad"...this sort of image i think can be left uncoloured...a sketchy drawn look.
I've also gone with the monochrome look(Black & White),one of my all time favourite colour combo's....and Joanna Sheen gingham paper another favourite!...seems like lots of favourites going on here :0).
The sentiment is by Scrappy Cat and i've stamped in Vanilla Cupcake and heat embossed using a clear detail embossing powder.
The little footballs and goal are rubber 3d stickers i think i got from the Range.
I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:-
CUPCAKE CRAFT (Mon).....Monochromatic.
LADYBUG CRAFTS CHALLENGE (Tues)....Monochrome.

Well that's about it for now....hope you'll come and join in the fun both at THE PAPER SHELTER and STAMPAVIE AND MORE......i look foward to seeing your fabby creations!



Have a great day
Take care

I'M HERE FOR YOU....

Well i'm a day late posting my DT card for the new challenge over at POLLYCRAFT....were this week the theme is SWIRLS & PEARLS.....i wasn't too good yesterday and spent most of the day in bed...feeling better today i'm pleased to say :0).
For my card i've used one of the Crystal Fairies...... "Fairy 3" coloured with Copic markers and Prisma's.
I've added glamour dust to her wings and glossy accents to the heart she's holding.....i've also added alittle glamour dust to the punched out leaves.
The papers are Basic Grey "Two Scoops" and this is my swirl part of the challenge,flowers and pearls from stash....the flowers have been sprayed with Cosmic shimmer mist "Angel Mist".
The metal butterfly is off a set of earrings i got from Boots out of the sale....three sets of earrings each with 3 different charms on for £1...purchased especially for craft use.
The sentiment is MFT.

I'm entering this card into the SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE.....another fabby sketch Arlana.

Well that's about it again for now,
Hope you'll come and join us over at POLLYCRAFT...and there's a fab prize up for grabs,Paula's giving away 10 digi's to the lucky winner,now that's worth joining in for!

Have a lovely day
Take care

FEELING GROOVY.....

Good morning all....this card i'm posting today is yesterday's DT card for SKETCH SATURDAY....Jo's come up with another fabby sketch for us all to follow,hope you'll all come and join in the fun :0)
Now there's abit of a tale to this card...i'd coloured this POLLYCRAFT image for my DT card for the current challenge "Teen's" over at POLLYCRAFT,i'd sorted my papers too, only to discover "Tyler" had been retired....so i made another card for the challenge and decided to use this one on my SKETCH SATURDAY card....i think he's really cute :0)....so no link for you to purchase the image,but if you vistit POLLYCRAFT there's loads more fabby images to pop in your basket!
I've used Copic markers and Prisma's to colour and Old Paper Distress Ink around the image and the edge of the papers.
The papers are all Basic Grey "Archaic" and the sentiment is Auntum Leaves from the"Sentiments Circles" set.
I've added a cheap pair of earphones to embellish.


We are sponored this week by BUNNY ZOE'S CRAFTS.....a £10 gift certificate for the lucky winner.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:-

CES (Sat)......Your favourite song or inspired by a song....."Feeling Groovy" by Simon and Garfunkel....(not my favourite song i must add).

CUTE CARD THURSDAY.....Music and dance.

Well that's about it for now...have a lovely day

Take care

SO LUCKY TO HAVE FOUND YOU!....

Today see's the start of two new challenges over at THE PAPER SHELTER and STAMPAVIE AND MORE....i've cheated again this week and made one card to cover the two.
The theme over at THE PAPER SHELTER is "Lucky charms"...so we would like you to use a charm/charms on your project.
STAMPAVIE AND MORE as the theme of "Birds"...
I've used this newly released fun image from THE PAPER SHELTER ...."The Cockatoo Is Watching",how cool is he!...coloured with Promarkers and Prisma's,cut out and raised up using Pinflair glue gel.
The papers are Basic Grey "Granola"...love the papers in this pad.
The sentiment was created on the computer using "Angelina" font.
The charm,brads waxed thread and pearls from stash.
Every layer as been edged with "Old Paper" Distress ink.

As always this week at THE PAPER SHELTER we have a $15 gift certificate up for grabs for one lucky winner....that's alot of images worth!....to be in with a chance of winning it you must use a PAPER SHELTER image on your creation....you can still enter using any other images but would not be entered into the draw for the prize.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:-

FRIDAY SKETCHERS....Fabby sketch by Rach this week..i enjoyed working with it,thanks hun!

CREATIVE CARD CREW(Tues)....No flowers.

SIMON SAY'S STAMP(Wed)....Anything goes!!!!!

Well that's about it folks....hope you'll come and join in the fun at both THE PAPER SHELTER and STAMPAVIE AND MORE....why not combine your challenges like i have :0)

Have a lovely day

Take care

DREAMING OF SUMMER DAYS....

Well today's card is my DT card for yesterday's SKETCH SATURDAY....i decided to post it today instead of having two posts yesterday.
Cazza is our host this week and must say as come up with this fabby sketch...great sketch to work with.
Our sponsor is LISA B DESIGNS.....and we were lucky enough to pick a stamp of our own choice to work with...i went with Mika "Smelling A Flower"...so thank you for that Lisa that was kind of you.....i loved working with him,a dream to colour.There's a great prize up for grabs this week...the lucky winner will get four beautiful stamps from Lisa :0),can i enter...lol.
I used Promarkers and Prisma's...must have a change of colouring medium.
The sentiment is by Lilli Of The Valley and the papers are Basic Grey "Ambrosia" and "Archaic".
I 've used Prima flowers,velvet ric rac and self adhesive pearls from stash.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :-
FLUTTERBY WEDNESDAY...Anything goes.
FAB 'N' FUNKY(Wed)...Spring into action.
DIE CUT DREAMS (Mon)...Spring garden scene.
ELLEPHANTASTIC CHALLENGE(March Challenge)....Cute with a butterfly.
CHARISMA CARDZ(Thurs)....Four legged friends.

Well that's about it again for today...i'll be back tomorrow with my POLLYCRAFT CHALLENGE card and my POLLYCRAFT BLOG HOP WINNERS.
Hope you'll all come and join us over at SKETCH SATURDAY and look forward to seeing your take on Cazza's sketch......
Have a lovely Sunday
Take care

POLLYCRAFT SWINGS AND SLIDES BLOG HOP....

Hi and welcome...over at POLLYCRAFT we are having a BLOG HOP to celebrate a NEW RELEASE.....THE SWINGS AND SLIDES collection.
The entire design team are involved along with our March guest designers....each of us showing a sneaky peak of the new 7 designs.....so alot of inspiration along the way!
There are prizes to be won at every stop on the hop.....and a grand prize at the very end on PAULA'S BLOG.
Now you should have arrived here from MARIT'S BLOG....if not,hop on back to the start which is EMMA'S BLOG and follow the stops in order :0).


For my card i got to work with "Love You Bunches"....now isn't she a cutie!....and a dream to colour!...i've used Promarkers and Prisma's as my colouring mediums and i've added a touch of glitter to some of the flowers.
The papers are all Basic Grey "Eva" and "Urban Prairie" and the sentiment was done on the computer using "Shelly Thin" font....i wanted it to look like a childs handwriting and i think this does.
The flowers are Petaloo and mixture of brads and gems are from stash.



I'm giving away 2 of these digi's to 2 lucky winners....to be in with a chance of winning you need to leave me a comment and spread the word by adding the logo below to your blog with a link to the POLLYCRAFT BLOG.......you must leave comments at every stop along the way.

The blog hop will end on MONDAY 7th March at 8am GMT.....i will randomly pick 2 winners.

Your next port of call is SHEENA'S BLOG....

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges :-

I LOVE PROMARKERS....Green and Purple.

SUNDAY SKETCH AND STAMP.....Mandy's sketch...fab sketch to work with.

Well that's about it again for now...hope you enjoy the hop,please don't forget to leave us some love along the way...you've got to be in it to win it!


Take care

JUST BECAUSE.....

Well today see's another release for Meljen Designs over at WHIMSY STAMPS....5 new digi's which can be flipped,rotated or resized to suit your needs...that's the beauty of a digital stamp.
I've used the "Swirly Daisy Pot"...coloured with Promarkers and Prisma's.
The papers are Basic Grey "Sugared",the sentiment is MFT "Essential Sentiments" and the gorgeous curly gardenia is from Crafty Emma's Store.I've added alittle glamour dust around the edge of the image and a doily underneath it.

The layout for my card is this weeks sketch over at SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY....another fabby sketch thank you Arlana.
I'm also entering this into I LOVE PROMARKERS.....this week the theme is "Punches"...the four corner circles have been cut using a Fiskars circle punch.
And MELJEN DESIGNS CHALLENGE....Round or square cards....no rectangles.

Well that's about it again for today.
Take care

BE MINE.....

Hi everyone....today's the day for a new challenge over at STAMPAVIE and MORE,this week the theme is "GLITTER",we would like to see some sparkle on your card/project.
For my card i've gone for one of the new MELJEN DESIGNS pre-coloured images "Frog Prince"available at WHIMSY STAMPS.....these precoloured images are just perfect when you're in need of a quick card and don't forget these can be flipped,rotated and resized to suit your needs.
I printed the image off twice and cut him out so that i could give him some dimension.i 3d'd him using glue gel....i glittered the heart in the background using glamour dust.
The papers are Basic Grey "Urban Prairie"....the letters are from a Brenda Pinnock set i purchased from QVC many moons ago...i've also glittered these using glamour dust.
The velvet ric rac is Anna Griffin and the gem brad is Dovecraft.

I'm also entering this into:-
TRULY SCRUMPTIOUS.....Sketch,and extra theme of "Dreaming of Summer".

Well that's about it for today,hope you all have a lovely day
Take care

LOVE YA!

Today brings the first challenge of the 2011 over at POLLYCRAFT......Kylies our host this week and she's set the theme "New Things"....use anything new you may have just received or something you've had for a while and never got round to using!
Our sponsor this week is LETRASET,some lovely Promarkers up for grabs for the lucky winner.
For my card i've used a Cherry Kisses Frames image "Love Ya"...coloured using Promarkers and Prisma's,i've added alittle glamour dust to the heart and around the outer edge of the frame.
The sentiment is also POLLYCRAFT from the Sonny Honeycloud-Sonny Says clear stamp set....loads of sentiments in this set at a bargain price :0).
The papers are Basic Grey "Sultry"...love the colours,pink.lime and brown...perfect!
The ribbon is Anna Griffin....this is my new item :0).


I'm also entering this card into the following challenges :-
SWEET SKETCH WEDNESDAY....As always Arlana a fabby sketch to work with...you're the best!
CUPCAKE CRAFT CHALLENGE...."Something New"....new Anna Griffin ribbon.
KABOODLE DOODLES CHALLENGE...."Do it with digi's".

Well that's all for now folks....hope you will come and take up the challenge with us at POLLYCRAFT,i look forward to seeing all your new goodies!
Have a lovely day
Take care

FOR YOU.....AND SOME NEWS!

Well today see's our last sketch of 2010 over at SKETCH SATURDAY....and must say a fabby sketch to end the year with Jo :0).
It's also Catherine's last week with us...she's decided to step down from her DT post,we are all sad to see this lovely lady go....all the best Catherine.
Our sponsor this week is Tickled Pink Stamps and the lucky winner will get to pick 3 stamps of their own choice....don't forget you've got to be in it to win it!
Now on to my little bit of exciting news :0)...well it is for me anyway!....i had an email from Janet (Pink Gem Designs) asking if i would like to be GDT for her for 3 months...well as you can see from my card what the answer was...and it didn't take me that long to make my mind up....lol
This gorgeous stamp i've used is "Ollie and Gingerbread man" (Pink Gem Designs),coloured using Copic markers and Prisma's...i've added alittle glamour dust but only on the stars around him.
All patterned and plain cardstock is from the Martha Stewart "Frosty Gingerbread"pad....just perfect with this image...well i think so :0).
The sentiment is Elzybells....no longer available :0(,i've added alittle glamour dust to this too.
Brads are Basic Grey.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges :-
CUTE CARD THURSDAY....."One for the kids"
STAMPIN FOR THE WEEKEND...."Christmas"
2 SISTERS CHALLENGE....."Christmas"
ALLSORTS CHALLENGE...."Free and Easy-Anything Goes"
CES CHALLENGE...."Anything Goes"

Well that's about it for now...a big thank you to all that took up the challenge with us last week and hope you can squeeze alittle time to join us this week...
Have a lovely day
Take care

4 U......

Hi everyone.....another weeks rolled by,Santa will soon be coming...LOL.
It does mean that we have another fabby sketch from Jo for you over at SKETCH SATURDAY...we are sponsored this week by Simon Says Stamp...a great prize for a lucky winner :0).
A big "thank you" to all who took up the challenge with us last week...we had a fantastic response,hope you'll come and join in the fun with us again this week.
For my card i've used another one of the gorgeous POLLYCRAFT Sonny Honeycloud images "For You"...these new stamps are now on pre-order at a special offer price not to be missed,go check them out HERE along with loads more fantastic images in Paula's new shop.
I've used Copic markers and Prisma's to colour my image and added just alittle glamour dust to her present.
The paper is Basic Grey "Granola"....which i've added alittle colour to using a blue prisma pencil,i wanted to use this paper but the flowers were alittle pale.
The three presents on the side are made from scraps of card and ribbon.
The "4 u" was cut on the wizard using "Simplicity" alphabet die.

I'm entering this into the following challenges :-
STAMP SOMETHING (Friday).....Digi Day

Well that's about it for now...enjoy your weekend
Take care