Penguin Christmas :)

Hi everyone :)

It's soo cold here, but the sun is shining so I'm happy enough :) I made this card a couple of days ago but forgot to put it up here, so here it is :)

Ingredients

Image - DigiStamp Boutique - Christmas Percy Set

Papers - stash

Sentiment - LOTV Simply Sophisticated

Gems, pearls and charm - Ribbon Girl

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Medium - Promarkers

Everything else - Glamour Dust, Stickles, Glossy Accents

I also distressed and inked the edges with purple ink.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Divas By Design - Glitter and Sparkle

Crafts and Me Challenge - Ribbon or Trim

Fab n Funky Challenges - Three of something (papers, gems)

I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge - Snowflake/Stars/Sentiment

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Winter

The Crafty Pad - Glitter

Ribbon Girls November Colour Challenge - Lavenders

Dream valley Challenges - Non Traditional Christmas

Moving Along with the Times - Let's go Dotty (his scarf and the white DP is spotty too)

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking!

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Christmas Mouse :)

Hi everyone

I had a busy day today, I made cookies this morning, and the whole while I was making them, I was whining about how terrible our handmixer is, and eventually wore my dad down with my endless moaning so he took me to Harvey Norman and bought me a Kenwood kMix hand mixer, so happy! Although it came with the conditions that I have to bake him loads of nice things lol, but I love baking so I'm ok with that anyway :)

I'm also on a roll with the Christmas cards too, so here's the one I made last night :)

Ingredients

Image - Penny Black - Jolly Follies

Papers - LOTV Classic Christmas

Sentiment - LOTV Grungy Christmas Sentiments

Pearl, gems, button and twine - Ribbon Girl

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Medium - Promarkers

Everything else - Gold Stickles, Glossy Accents, Snowtex, Glamour Dust

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Dawny's Sketch

Papertake Weekly - Sketch Free For All  (Sketch 47)

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Winter

Whimsy stamps challenge - Traditional Christmas

The Crafty Pad - Add some Glitter

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Cute Christmas

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments CHallenge - Bingo (ribbon, bling, snow)

Thanks for looking :)

Night night!

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Baby Boy

A brief break from the Christmas cards, but have no fear, I'll be back later with my latest one :P

I was asked to make a baby boy card for my neighbour, so here's what I came up with :)

Ingredients

Image - LOTV

Papers - a mixture from my scraps pile, there's some LOTV paper there 

and some Wild Rose Studio as well

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment - LOTV

Gems - Wild Orchid Crafts

Charm - Ribbon Girl

Medium - Promarkers

Everything Else - Glamour Dust, glossy accents

Dies - Spellbinders circles and scalloped circles

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Anything Goes except Christmas

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Add some glitter

Lili's Little Fairies - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Show Some Heart

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes

The Squirrel and the Fox - anything goes

Crafts and Me Challenge - Circles

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Pastel Colours

Penny Black and More - Any Die Will Do

Thanks for looking :)

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Christmas Girl

Evening everybody :)

I'm busy making Christmas cards! Like nearly everyone else lol! I'm trying to make a good variety, so I made one with a girl on it today, for girls. I'm not good at contemporary Christmas colours really, and I think this image calls for some traditional colours too :) I also had an inky accident involving an upside down inkpad, so I had to add some extra ink around the image lol, but I think it didn't work out too badly - it's darker than I had wanted but I think it looks ok.

Ingredients

Image - LOTV - Christmas Candle

Papers - LOTV - Classic Christmas

Sentiment - LOTV - Christmas Grungy Sentiments

Charm - I got at Bunny Zoe's Crafts, but I think they don't do them any more :(

Pearls - Ribbon Girl

Corner - Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Medium - Promarkers

Everything else - Glamour Dust, Glossy Accents

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge - Winter

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Bring on the Bling

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Dawny's Sketch

Whimsy Inspires Challenge - Traditional Christmas colours

The crafty pad - add some glitter

Lili's Little Fairies - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Girls only

Hooked On Craft Challenges - Christmas

Thanks for looking :)

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Glitter and Sparkle

Hi Everyone!

Today over at Forever Friends, our latest fortnightly challenge is up, and the theme is the perfect for Christmas cards (and lots of other types of cards too!) 

Glitter and Sparkle!

So come join us, we have two fab sponsors this time:

Di's Digi Downloads

and

Digi Stamp Characters (found here, here and here)

The DT were lucky enough to get some Digi Stamp Character images to play with - they're sooo cute!

So here's what I made - I just invested in Glamour Dust and it's so sparkly and amazing :D My cat ploughed through a pile of it the other day and has been sparkling ever since lol!

Ingredients

Image - Digi Stamp Character - Mr Snowman

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment - Lili of the Valley

Medium - Promarkers

Everything else - Glamour Dust, Glossy Accents

Isn't he just the cutest snowman ever?

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Totally Stampalicious - let it snow

Simon Says stamp and show - a project with heart

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge - Winter

Hooked on Craft Challenge Blog - Christmas

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Bring on the Bling

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Add some glitter

Whimsy Inspires - Traditional Christmas colours

Thanks for looking - and come join us at Forever Friends!

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Thank you card LOTV style

Evening all :)

Weather here is disgusting, rain and miserable-ness - my thoughts and prayers are with all those who are in danger because of this awful weather or whose homes have flooded - must be so horrible :(

My neighbour asked for a thank you card for a friend, so this is what I came up with. I used Dawny's Sketch from Simon Says Stamp for this one.

Ingredients:

Image - LOTV - The Flower Shop

Papers - LOTV - Promises

Sentiment - LOTV - Simply Sophisticated

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Gems - Ribbon Girl

Other - Promarkers, Glamour Dust, Glossy Accents

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Dawny's Sketch

Lili's Little Fairies - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog - Give Thanks

Divas By Design - 2 or more patterned papers

Ribbon Girls November Colour Challenge - lavender hues

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Pastel Colours

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Thank you

Incy Wincy Designs - hip to be square

Thanks for looking :) 

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Krafty Christmas

Evening all :)

First off, I'd like to say thanks to Lili of the Valley, I won 2 stamps from them in their Facebook Christmas party! So happy, can't wait til tomorrow to choose them and then to get them and play with them :)

I've made two LOTV cards but I can't post either of them yet because they haven't been delivered :) So those will either come later or tomorrow :)

For today, I'm posting the Christmas card I made last night :)

Ingredients

Image - Cozy Winter Owl by Meljen's Designs (here and here)

Sentiment - Lili of the Valley

Papers - Lili of the Valley

Dies - Spellbinders circles, scalloped circles and Doohickey Lovely Fence

Media - Promarkers, Glamour Dust, Snow-tex

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Bring on the Bling

Meljen's Design Challenge - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Bingo (Snow, "happy", diecut)

Crafts and Me - Circles

Divas by Design - Use 2 or More Patterned Papers

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs - Hip to be Square

Cards for men - Merry Christmas

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Winter

Thanks for looking :)

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Courageous Carl

Hi all

I made this card as a "get well soon" card for my Uncle Jim, he has cancer and was operated on last week, the surgery went well so thank goodness for that. I didn't want anything negative or hospital related on the card, so I chose to put a lion on there as a symbol of the courage that is needed to fight cancer.

Ingredients

Papers - Simple Stories - Awesome Paper Pad

Pearls - Wild Orchid Crafts

Image - Whimsy Stamps digi - Courageous Carl

Sentiment - Whimsy Stamp - Get Well Soon digi sentiment pack

Medium - Promarkers

Everything Else - Glossy Accents, Gold Stickles

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Hip To Be Square

Card Crafter's Circle - Textures (distressed, stickled edges - surprisingly nice to touch!)

One Stop Craft Challenge - Monochrome Tones

Here Come the Boys - favourite film (Lion King)

Pile it on - orange, yellow, brown

Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

Bugaboo November Bingo - Brown, Pearls, Flower

Crafty Catz - Let's Have Sparkle

Thanks for looking :)

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As we all know, cats now rule the world.

Evening everybody :)

Recently, the local SPCA had a charity sale and I made some cards for it, this being one of them; I'm a cat lover through and through, and one cannot deny that they're a very proud animal! I thought this saying goes quite nicely with the haughty cat in the image :)

Ingredients

Image - I'm fairly sure it's by Just Inklined, but I can't find it on their page.

Medium - Promarkers

Gems - Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Paper - Stash

Sentiment - computer generated

The inside of the card says

...Cats have never forgotten this.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - Plain and SImple

Dream Valley Challenges - Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Divas By Design - Anything Goes

One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking :)

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MMCS DT Card - Winter Wonderland

Morning everybody :)

Today over at My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge, our challenge theme is 

Winter Wonderland

and we're sponsored by the lovely 

Digi Stamp Boutique

So here's my card for the challenge. Hope you like it!

Ingredients

Image: DigiStamp Boutique - Percy Christmas Set 

Embossing folder - Cuttlebug Snowflakes

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Charm - Ribbon Girl

Pearls - Ribbon Girl

Gems - Wild Orchid Crafts

Snowflakes - MS punch - Arctic Snowflake

Medium - Promarkers, Stickles, Glossy Accents

Isn't this image so cute?

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments - Christmas

Ribbon Girls - November Card Challenge: Add Sparkle

By the Cute and Girly - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Bunny Zoe's Monthly Challenge - Winter

Dream Valley Challenge - Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Paperplay Challenges - Snowflakes

Hooked on Craft Challenges - Christmas no red/green

Thanks for looking :)

Tanya xx

Forever Friends DT Card

Evening all :)

This fortnight's challenge over at Forever Friends Challenge Blog started today, and we have the lovely easy theme of 

Use Ribbons / Twine

 which so many of us use anyway, so no excuse, come join us :D 

We're also having a DT Call at the moment, so if you're interested, please see the blog post for further details :) 

We have two lovely sponsors this time as always; our randomly selected winner's prize is sponsored by

The Digi Garden

and they're providing our lucky winner 7 images of the winner's choice from the store.

Our Forever Friends Favourite prize is sponsored by 

Whimsy Stamps

who are providing our winner with 5 digis from the store.

We were lucky enough to get some DT images from The Digi Garden to use for our DT cards, and I chose the adorable Chloe the Sheep, so here's my card, I hope you like it :)

Ingredients

Image: Chloe the Sheep by The Digi Garden

Ribbon: Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment - Lili of the Valley

Medium: Promarkers

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion Challenges - CAS

Here Come the Boys - Favourite Film - Babe

One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Cards For Men - Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, I do hope you'll come join us at Forever Friends!

Tanya xx

Man card

Morning all

I haven't posted in days - sorry! I'm up to my ears in cardmaking at the moment, the local SPCA is having a charity sale and I volunteered to make some cards for them to sell there, I also promised I'd bake some cakes for it too, so I'm super busy! All for a worthy cause though. I was colouring in some images for the cards last night, and my rescue cat came and sat on my arm while I was working lol, so I didn't get too much done!

I made this card a couple of days ago for my dad's cousin who just turned 60. He plays golf, hence the image! I hope you like it.

Ingredients

Image: "Golf Alf" by Digistamp Boutique

Ribbon: Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment: Lili of the Valley - Happy Circular Sentiments

Dies: Memory Box - Puffy Clouds

Medium: Promarkers, Glossy Accents

Papers: DCWV Boys paper pack

Closeup of the image - I think he's so cute :)

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Cards for Men - Anything Goes

Papercrafting Journey - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Sketch

Thanks for looking :)

Tanya xx

Forever Friends DT Call

Evening all

Just a quick post to let you all know that Forever Friends Challenge Blog are having a DT Call! Please go take a look and if you're interested, add your name to the linky :)

Tanya xx

Tilda Christmas card

Evening all

I got some new Tilda stamps a couple of weeks ago, and I inked them up and made this card :)

Ingredients:

Image - Winter Tilda

Background image - Welcome To a Sweet Christmas

Sentiment - LOTV - Christmas Grungy Messages

Snowflakes - MS punch

Pearls - Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbon - Ribbon Girl

Papers - LOTV Classic Christmas

Copious amounts of Stickles and Glossy

Medium - Promarkers

Images

Ribbon and Sentiment

Snowflakes

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Ribbon Girls - Add Sparkle

Papertake Weekly - Sketch Challenge (current sketch)

CSAYL - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Pearls

Divas By Design - Feeling Festive

I Love Promarkers - Cute

Marvelous Magnolia Challenge - Anything Goes

Tilda's Town - Winter Weather

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Add Texture (ribbon, Stickles,distressed edges)

Thanks for looking :)

Tanya xx

Wall hanging

Evening all :)

I hope everyone's doing well, it's sooo cold! Now that Halloween's over, I can feel guilt-free about preparing for and looking forward to Christmas hehe, even though most of my shopping is done long ago. I woke up the other morning with the idea for a Christmas get-together with my girlfriends, and I can't wait until it's close enough to Christmas for this to actually not be crazy lol :P

Anyway, Christmas rant over, I can't wait lol :P 

My neighbour and friend has been a bit down lately, so I wanted to make her a present to cheer her up, so I made her a wall hanging. I hope you like it. Sorry the pictures are so bad, they were the first batch of pictures I took with my new camera, so I wasn't quite used to it yet!

The photo is of myself and Theresa from a few years ago, and I printed the sentiment off myself.

Ingredients

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Papers - Lili of the Valley Bonnets and Bowties paperpack

Leaves - MS punch

Gems - Wild Orchid Crafts 

Pearls - Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbons - Wild Orchid Crafts

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Wild Orchid Challenge - Bling it up

Simon Says Stamp - Get in Shape

ABC Challenge - A for Appreciation

Thanks for looking :)

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MMCS DT Post

Hi everyone

I know I'm a day late with this post so sorry about that - I had my niece for the day yesterday! We went to the cinema to see Hotel Transylvania (amazing movie!) and then I took her to McDonalds, then home for a quick rest before getting dressed up to go trick-or-treating with her and my other niece.

Anyway, onto crafty things. This week's challenge over at My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge Blog is BOLD AND BRIGHT

and we're sponsored by

Digi Stamp Boutique,

who are providing our lucky winner with 6 digis from there store.

So here's my card for the challenge :) I made this a while back but never got around to blogging it. It was made for my neighbour to give her relative Karl to say well done in his school exams; he got great results!

Ingredients

Image: Champion Ted by Lili of the Valley

Medium: Promarkers, Glossy Accents

Embellies: Wooden Letters - Bunny Zoe's Crafts, gems from stash, bunting handcut.

Sentiment: printed off the computer.

A closeup of the image

My handcut bunting...I really need to invest in a die for this lol.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - Let's Celebrate

I Love Promarkers - Cute

Stampin For the Weekend - Anything Goes

Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking :)

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