Crafting When I Can

Crafting When We Can Challenges #12 - Big Birthdays

2012-02-19T06:00:00.000Z

Well, Challenge #12 over at Crafting When We Can Challenges is quite appropriate for me as next month it is my daughters 'Big Birthday' she will be reaching the age of 13. She is growing into an amazing young lady, confident and thoughtful (usually) and she grows more beautiful everyday.

Anyhoo, our sponsor this challenge is the glorious

Crafty Ribbons

and here is my offering

This is a shaped card cut on my CraftRobo. I designed the whole thing except for the Happy Birthday. I designed the fret work and then used the 'accord heavy' text to make the number 13 and welded it together and cropped the fretwork into it. It was a process I thoroughly enjoyed doing especially as it is for my darling daughter. Who will be 13 in March. The photo isn't fantastic as I used my scanner to capture it and as there is quite a bit of dimension it has come out shadowy. Silver holographic card from Home Bargains is the base card and the backing is a pink butterfly vellum from stash. I have used little gems from Poundland in some of the openings and 2 ribbon bows (ribbon from Craft Den).

Now all you have to do is hop over to the Challenge blog and enter your 'Big Birthday' projects.

CHALLENGES

I will be adding these later as it's 2:30am and I'm going to bed now.

Crafting When We Can Challenges #11 - Valentine/Love

2012-02-05T12:22:00.000Z

Once again all the entries were wonderful and I'm sure the DT member who has to choose the winner and top 3 will have a very difficult time.

This week we have been sponsored by the lovely Heather at

Fresh Brewed Designs

The Winner will receive

3 images of their choice

from Fresh Brewed Designs

Heather gave us some images to use for this challenge but I really loved the previous image Heather gave us I've made 2 cards.

The card below was coloured with my Flex Markers and the mat was cut on my CraftRobo. It was a design I made my self and I'm really pleased with it. The plaque is a Nellie die and the stamps I've had for years from QVC (a big wooden box of about 30 wood mounted stamps)

On this next card the lips are cut from my CraftRobo, so is the Dipped Strawberry. the design from FBD. I took the image into the Robo software and made it into a cutting design (I hope this is OK with Heather). I used some Anita's 3D clear gloss on the brown bit to make it look like shiny chocolate (but you can't see that on the picture) and I hand wrote the Mmmmmmm... (as if you couldn't tell). I also designed the fingers to hold the strawberry, as you can tell art really isn't my forte and the creases and fingernail could do with improving but for 11:30pm I don't think it looks bad. I used Promarkers and Copics along with Tattered Rose DI.

Now all you have to do is hop over to the Challenge blog and enter your projects.

Due to unforseen circumstances the DT cards will be put on to the challenge page as and when they are received so there may only be a few when you visit.

CHALLENGES

Delicious Doodles #12 - All Loved Up

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturday - Use die cut or punches

Allsort Challenge #140 - Free and Easy

Delightful Challenges - Punches and dies

Fresh Brewed Challenges - Love

Crafting When We Can Challenges #10 - Use something non crafty

2012-01-22T20:04:00.000Z

The challenge over at Crafting When We Can Challenges is to use something you wouldn't usually use for crafting.

Our Sponsor this challenge is Trace over at

Spesch Stamp Designs

I have used the Spring Fairy Design for my card, she is supposed to look like she is coming out of a fairy glade with the foliage and flowers but I made the fern leaves too dark and they blend in with the background. My background is a piece of fancy corrugated card which they use at Ikea to put between some of their pot plant pots to stop them from smashing together. I have spritzed it with Crafty Notion gold and silver spray and then gone over it with DI but it came out really dark and as there is no contrast between it and the leaves it gets lost. It is also a rubbish picture and even though I took it under my daylight bulb it still looks dark to me. I really like this image and will be having another go at making this card but trying to make the fern leaves lighter and that might show off the background better. The flowers were made using K & Co papers, a spellbinder flower die and the Tim Holtz rose method and a few stickles to make them sparkle. The leaves were cut on my Craftrobo. I coloured the image with my Flexmarkers, which I bought myself for Christmas.

CHALLENGES

Colour Create #88 - Pink and Green with optional handmade flower (believe it or not her trousers are a very pastel flexmarker green)

Delightful Challenges - Distressed/vintage

Craft Your Days Aways #37 - Distressing

Crafty Purple Frog - Anything Goes

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge is back - Yaaaahh!

2012-01-13T20:23:00.000Z

June at Dezinaworld is starting up the Spot Prize Challenge again. You don't have to use Dezinaworld images but June would be really happy if you did, and it doesn't have to be a digital project as long as it follows the theme which this month is

BLACK AND LIME

I love doing the Spot Prize Challenge as it lets me play with my Serif CraftArtist. I only wish I had half the talent of June and her DT I find their work amazing and get great inspiration from them. Anyhoo here is my project for BLACK and LIME

The image and background paper are from Dezinaworld and the lace and butterflies are from digi kits in the CraftArtist software. I have played with the colours, material depth and feathering. Don't really understand how they work but I like the effect.

Crafting When We Can Challenges #9 - Resolutions

2012-01-08T17:29:00.001Z

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year. I had a good time off with my family, nearly 3 weeks in total, which is just what I needed.

The Crafting When We Can Challenge this time is Resolutions. It could be to get fitter, eat more healthy, take more time for yourself or if you're like me all the above. This year I really need to make some changes in my lifestyle and hopefully the card I have made will remind me of this.

We have 2 sponsors this challenge

Stamping Boutique who kindly gave the DT some great images to work with

and

Crafty Ribbons

I am going to be sticking my card next to where I craft and hopefully it will remind me to start taking care of myself.

The plain papers are from Papermania and the patterned paper is from K & Co the image was coloured in with Copics and Promarkers. The image is Princess Jennifer Latte Work Out Digital Stamp. I don't have a treadmill to use, they give me vertigo, but I do have a glider which I am trying to find a permanent spot to leave it set up.

CHALLENGES

Craft Your Days Away #36 - New Beginnings (a new me)

Lothian Crafts #22 - Die Cuts

Cute card Thursday #198 - Whats New (image)

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Delicious Doodles #10 - All Things New (image)

Crafting When We Can Challenges #8 - Friendship

2011-12-11T10:00:00.000Z

Once again Challenges #7 was full to the brim of wonderful enteries so a big thank you to all those who were able to join us.

Challenge #8 over at CWWCC is open until 7th January so there is plenty of time to get your entry in.

The theme this challenge is FRIENDSHIP

Our sponsor for challenge #8 is

Kenny K Downloads

Once again our sponsor allowed us to choose our own image and I chose EVA PEARL. I thought she looked really good and I think I will get lots of use out of her. I coloured here using Copics and Promarkers, popped her up on gold mirri card and punched the edges with a MS corner punch. The background paper is from Free Paper Pad Challenges. I made the sentiment myself using a new piece of equipment called Hot Foil Gun, it heats up and you can use it to write on things using different coloured foil. It was my first time but I think it looks good and with practice I hope it will look really goo. I also decided to make a bottle wrap to go around a bottle of wine to give to a Friend.

excuse the colours the printer ran out of ink and I didn't have time to do it again.

Now all you have to do is hop over to the Challenge and enter you project. We accept any work as long as you follow the rules.

Crafting When We Can Challenges #7

2011-11-27T10:30:00.000Z

Thank you to those of you who joined in our Female Birthday challenge last time, the entries were gorgeous.

Challenge #7 over at Crafting When We Can Challenges should be easy for you all to enter you have to choose a sketch from another challenge and use this. You MUST credit the challenge you have taken the sketch from on your blog and then hop over to CWWCC and enter your card.

The sponsor generously let us choose any image we wanted off their site and I got 2 images and a sentiment and I only chose 1 image, how generous is that. I won't keep you in suspense any longer our sponsor this challenge is...

TIDDLY INKS

The image I chose is 'Checking the List' I thought she was sooo cute checking her long, long list of nice children (and adults too!). The sketch came from 'Sketch N Stash' their sponsor this week is Meljen Designs.

inside

I know brown isn't a usual colour for Christmas but I've had these papers for a couple of years now and have only used them a couple of times. The image was coloured with Promarkers and Copics, Spellbinders for the mats, the papers are from Paper Cellar, the sentiment is from Craftwork Cards and the little gold parcels are from the tables at last years works Christmas Party the ribbon was around a box of Chocolates.

CHALLENGES

Sketch n Stash #75 - Sketch - neglected papers and ribbon
Paper Creations Ink #13 - Christmas
Pollycraft Monday Challenge #120 - Christmas Fun (4wks challenge)
Shopping our Stash #27 - Christmas or Winter related
Truly Scrumptious #70 - Christmas Project with Pearls or Vintage

Free Paper Pad Challenge #8 - Vintage Papers

2011-11-20T21:10:00.001Z

Here is my entry to Pascale's Free Paper Pad Challenges. This week Pascale has given us some lovely vintage papers to play with. I have scrapped a picture of our Christmas Tree as usual I have used CA.

We only put the tree up 12 days before Christmas so the children know they don't have long to wait before they get their presents, nowadays they usually know what the main present will be as it is something they usually ask for but we always try to sneak in a few stocking fillers. They have had their stockings since they were babies and we always have to put something in them, we also have to fill the tiny Thomas the Tank Engine stocking (it's about 6" long we can usually fit in a couple of bags of chocolate money).

REMINDER

You still have time to hop over to Crafting When We Can Challenges, the theme is Female Birthday

just like buses, they come in 3s

2011-11-16T16:40:00.001Z

The title alludes to the fact I seem to either don't post for ages or I have 3 things to post. Today I am posting a card I made for Free Paper Pad Challenges. Pascale gives a prize to anyone who enters as she offers wonderful free papers. I didn't realise I had missed a week (time flies as they say) but I will still be using the papers as they are soooo different. I'm thinking along the lines of a Scrap page so will have to have a think.

Paper by Free Paper Pad Challenges and Christmas Pudding image by Pink Gem Designs, composed on CA and coloured with Copics, red pearls free with my turny thing from C&C.

I've just noticed I haven't coloured my currants, better get the card back out of the box and colour them in now.

AAAAGGGGHHHHHH only 40 days to Christmas!!!!

2011-11-14T20:23:00.001Z

I've made this card using blue and white paper and and an image from Pink Gem Designs and I am entering it into the A Gem of a Challenge #34. and the backing paper is from the Paper Christmas kit from CA. The image was coloured with Promarkers and snowflakes punched with a MS punch, sentiment from Craftworks.

If you look closely you will notice the blue and white card actually has butterflies on it but as I couldn't be bothered to change my glasses to the ones I use for close work I thought they were funky snowflakes, it wasn't until I was sticking it all together I noticed but hey ho I'm sticking to funky snowflakes if anyone asks. I'm also trying to decorate the inside of my cards as well as using inserts.

Off to do some altering now, I'm helping out with the costumes for the Panto my daughter's in in December. Yeah more pictures to scrap. Have a great week and think Happy Thoughts.

REMINDER

Don't forget to hop over to Crafting When We Can Challenges and join in our 'Female Birthday'

Crafting When We Can Challenges #6 - Female Birthday

2011-11-13T22:06:00.001Z

All the entries for the spooky/abc were great, we have some very talented people out there in blog land and the winners will be announced soon over on the challenge blog.

This fortnight over on Crafting When We Can Challenges we have a simple theme it's 'Female Birthday'. You can use any image and create any project as long as it follows the theme.

Our rules are simple 1, follow the theme 2, no backlinking 3, max enteries, 4, link to the challenge blog 5, max of 5 challenges.

Our Sponsor this challenge is Stretch n Bubbles. There is a bio of Alison the owner over on the challenge blog.

I chose the image of Marcy holding a cupcake. Her little ballet shoes reminded me of my daughter when she was little. The buns she used to have looked enormous in her hands just like this one does on Marcy. I coloured her with Whisper pens, cut out with a Nellie die and shaded with DI. The cupcake and backing paper are from a 360 sheet pad by K & CO and the sparkles are free from a turny thing I bought from C&C.

CHALLENGES

My Partner in Crafting Crime #35 - Use a freebie (the image was a freebie from the sponsor)

Digital Tuesday Challenge #136 - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me Challenge #60 - Birthdays

Shelly's Images TTT - Show the inside of your card

Stampin with the Dragon - Food for thought

Snowman Winter Wishes

2011-11-04T21:35:00.002Z

Just remembered to post my card for Pascale's Paper Pad Challenge. I have used the free Polka Dot papers for my background and 3 of Dustin Pikes images and they were coloured with Promarkers and Copics the white highlights with an Inksential pen. The circular sentiment is from Craftworks. I've printed the papers flat using my CAS and highlighted the edges with a Sakura silver pen. The circle and images were popped up using foam pads. I am also entering this card in to Lothian Crafts Challenge #20 - Christmas.

REMINDER

Don't forget to to hop over to Crafting When We Can Challenges to join in our Halloween or Anything But A Card Challenge.

Crafting When We Can Challenges #5 - Halloween or anything but a card

2011-10-30T16:37:00.000Z

Hi everyone, I've been really bad this week. I got all my days mixed up and forgot to do my DT for Crafting When We Can Challenges. I always have good intentions of doing it early but something always seems to happen and I end up being a last minute loony.

This week we are asking for Halloween or Anything But A Card. I have had this idea since I saw the image I was given. I am hoping to hang it on my back door just in case we get any little callers. (We haven't had any trick or treaters for about 3 yrs my kids think it's great as they get to share the sweets).

Our Sponsors this week is Poodle Doodle and you can get their stamps from

My image this Challenge is Elsie Halloween 002 I know Elsie is holding pumpkin and a bird but I wanted to hang something on the door for Halloween and so I coloured her green and stuck her on a cobweb with some bats and 'trick or treat', all cut on my Craftrobo. At the mo it is stuck on my living room wall until I can think of a way to stick it to the door. I think I can find one of those sucker thingys off an old car child shade.

CHALLENGES
Crafty Catz Challenge #106 - Halloween
Anything Goes Challenge 52 - To the Letter
Shopping Our Stash #25 - Using old stash (the black and orange card for the web, bats and letters are at least 3 years old)
Kaboodle Doodles #90 - Halloween/Fall
FF #94 - Spooky Fall

Blakeney Point

2011-10-21T21:51:00.001+01:00

I've been having another go with CraftArtist digital scrap-booking and here is a page of my children (when they used to get on) looking at the flora and fauna on Blakeney Point just off the Norfolk coast. I added the large cut out photo of the kids after I had used one of the templates from the kit but I couldn't get it to stay on top of the pebbles so I just sat trying buttons when I found out it would stay if I added it as another layer and then added another piece of driftwood over his legs. I still don't really know how I did it but I like how it looks and I will keep trying and eventually it will sink in.

Have a great weekend and don't forget to hop over and enter the Crafting When We Can Challenges #4 - Christmas Come Early

Crafting When We Can Challenges #4 - Christmas Come Early

2011-10-16T12:12:00.000+01:00

Thank you to all who entered last week challenge, I hope you enjoyed the bingo card as much as I did.

This weeks challenge is 'Christmas Come Early'. I'm hoping this will give me the kick start I need to start mine earlier this year. I am one of those who tend to leave it until half way through December before I start, then I have to post them 1st class to make sure they get there and that cost me a fortune last year.

Our sponsor, Tickled Pink Stamps, let us choose our own image for this challenge and I chose 'Lil Victorian Christmas Lolita Kellita' I think this is such a versatile image and cannot only be used at Christmas.

Our Sponsor this week

Tickled Pink Stamps

This week my card was a joint effort by my daughter and I. When my daughter saw the image she just had to have a copy to colour in. She used Promarkers and chose the colours herself. I decided to try watercolouring in my image, big mistake, the inkjet edges bled an spoilt the image so as my daughter had made such a good job of colouring in her image I asked if I could use it. The background papers are from Dezinaworld and look much more vibrant IRL. I used stickles to highlight the flourishes and lights. I think this image is so versatile it could be used for loads of things, get well, happy birthday, love you.

Hop over to the Challenge blog and join in I'm sure in the next 2 weeks you'll be making at least 1 card you will be able to enter.

OH NO I've been podded!!!

2011-10-10T09:00:00.000+01:00

Do you remember 'Invasion of the Bodysnatchers' where people were cloned by the aliens and kept in cocoons or pea pods as we called them. Well I think this must be the clone me as I have posted 3 times in as many days and the real me would never do that. I know 2 have been scheduled but at least it means I have 3 things to show which is a minor miracle in its self.

Today I am entering a scrapbook page into Sketches by Carly as usual I used various papers from various digikits in the CraftArtist program. This time I was practising with cutting shapes. Carly is having a DT call at the moment if you want to enter hop over here.

2 in a row, what's happening???

2011-10-09T09:00:00.000+01:00

As it says in the title I have managed to make 2 posts in a row. I am not making the same mistake I made last week when I thought I had posted and didn't so I am scheduling this post and hopefully it will remind me to enter my card into the challenge over at Paper Pad Challenge.

This week Pascale has given us some really nice Steampunk pages to use. I used my CraftArtist program to lay one page onto the other and then play with the transparency button so you could see both papers. I then used the cutout studio to take the background from a Dustin Pike image called Steamdudley, then skewed a clockface from a digikit called 'kicking the leaves'. I used promarker and copics to colour in Dudley and black soot DI to colour the base card and edge of the mat. I highlighted the edge of the mat and clockface with a Sakura calligraphy pen and then rubbed it with my inky finger (I always have inky fingers after using any type of ink) to dull down the gold. Here is the result I just need to think of something witty to put as a sentiment, any input will be gratefully received.

Where did last week go?

2011-10-08T18:16:00.000+01:00

Where did last week go, I don't seem to have done anything but haven't had time to do anything either, I don't know where the time went.

Today I am going to post a scrapbook page I made using the free papers from Paper Pad Challenge which Pascale gave us last week. I thought I had already done this and when I went to check on this weeks challenge I found I hadn't. Anyway here it is, the photo is from a Geocaching trip we had to York last year. Isn't it amazing the things you don't look up and no-one points them out to you. This little devil is at the side of a shop door on Stoneygate.

REMINDER

DON'T FORGET TO HOP OVER TO

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN CHALLENGE

AND ENTER OUR BINGO CARD CHALLENGE

Crafting When We Can Challenges #3 - Bingo Card

2011-10-02T10:00:00.000+01:00

It's challenge #3 over at Crafting When We Can Challenges and I hope you will be able to join us. The theme for challenge 3 is a Bingo Card. The idea behind the bingo card if you don't know is you chose 3 items off the card in a line (horizontal, vertical or diagonal).

click on card to go to challenge

Our sponsors

Sew Many Cards

This week our sponsor kindly let us choose an image from their store and I chose Halen in Wreath. I was going to make him into a wreath to hang on the door/wall but as other members of the DT chose the same line I decided to make a card instead using the vertical centre line 'Happy' sentiment, distressing & pearls.

The plain green and red paper is from my stash I don't know the manufacturer but I got it from a local craft shop (who also does online sales) Craftden Studios, the patterned paper is from K&Co. the sentiment is from Craftworks and I used Copics and Promarkers to colour the cute image. I used my Craft Robo to cut out the poinsettia in the corner and put yellow pearls (which came in the drawers of a white spinney pen holder from Create and Craft). I popped up the wreath with pads and layered up Halen and the bow then stuck the sentiment as if Halen is holding it.

I am really enjoying making cards again, being on the DT has really brought back my enjoyment in crafting.

Today me and my OH should be sorting out some more stuff from the bedroom so I can put my new desk up and hopefully move some of my craft stuff up there. My Craft Robo and Big Shot are already there and now I don't have to keep stretching up to get them hopefully they will be used alot more. NO not HOPEFULLY, they will DEFINITELY be used more.

Hope you are all having a fantastic weekend, it's been one of my best for a long time.

CHALLENGES

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge #17 - Too early for Christmas

OLLCB #89 - Punches/dies (I've used a Craft Robo don't know if this counts)

Anything Goes Challenge #50 - Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy - make your own embellishments (poinsettia on Craft Robo)

Digi Stamps 4 Joy #28 - anything Goes (with bonus)

Paper Pad Challenge #1 - Sketch

2011-09-25T18:02:00.000+01:00

Pascale over at My Craft Heaven is starting a new Paper Pad Challenge. As part of this challenge she is giving away 4 great freebie backing papers to use and a sketch to follow.

Here is my contribution to the challenge. I have lots of this type of photo and I thought the papers would look great with it. I used CraftArtist (bet you couldn't have guessed) the leaves and font are from a digikit, Harvest Delights.

Hope you have all had a fantastic weekend. :-) xx

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge - Autumn/Fall & Lace

2011-09-22T16:31:00.000+01:00

Just a quick post to show off my entry into Dezinaworld's Spot Prize Challenge the theme is Autumn/Fall & Lace. I used one of June's freebie backgrounds (gorgeous colours) and I knew what I wanted to scrap as soon as I saw it. The photos are of my son and daughter's carved pumpkins from last year. I think I should be OK with these pictures after all October is in Autumn. The silhouettes, lace and frames are from the 'Spooktacular' digikit from Daisytrail.

REMINDER

Don't forget to hop over to the Crafting When We Can Challenges and enter our sketch and fairytale challenge.

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN CHALLENGE #2 - SKETCH & FAIRYTALE

2011-09-18T11:52:00.000+01:00

What a great response we had to our first challenge, nearly 300 entries. Thank you to all that participated I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

This week we were given the choice of fantastic images from

Spesch Designer Stamps

As long as we kept with the fairytale theme we could chose our own image so I chose Beauty and the Beast which I think is a lovely fairytale. I have printed the image onto a background from CraftArtist (Haberdashery Christmas digikit) and coloured it with Promarkers and Copics. I then used the sketch and layered the DPs from the Best of K&Co Too paper pad (360 papers :-O so many papers) matted with red papermania and red roses from my stash.

#2 - SKETCH & FAIRYTALE

I think this would make a cool engagment/wedding/anniversary card. "Will you be the Beauty to my Beast".

Hop over to the challenge and link up your fantastic creations, please read the rules as we want everyone to be in with a chance to win the wonderful prizes on offer and while you're there hop over to the other DTs blogs and have a look around. You won't be disappointed.

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend, I'm off to do some more washing and hoping the little bit of sunshine and wind we have at the moment dries it.

CHALLENGES

Creative Inspiration #129 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Song or Film title as inspiration

Crazy Amigos Challenge - Together
Die Cut Dreams #98 - Flowers (at least 6)
Cute Card Thursday #182 - Anything Goes

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN CHALLENGE #1 - ANYTHING GOES

2011-09-04T02:00:00.000+01:00

I hope you are all as excited as I am about our new challenge. To make it nice and easy for the first challenge we are having an "Anything Goes" so I hope you will all hop over and link up your card.

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN CHALLENGE #1

We have 10 DT members 5 from the Creative Cowgirl Challenge and 5 new members and if you click here you can go the the page where all their blogs are listed. If you have time, sit with a coffee and explore the fantastic work they do.

This challenge we were given a fantastic image to use by our Sponsor

FRESH BREW DESIGNS

My image is called 'Hot Date' and I loved colouring this image in.

I printed the Fresh Brewed Design image, sentiment and background (from the Daisytrail digikit Modern Lace) using my Craftartist software (told you I love this software). I then coloured the image with my copics. I tried my best to use shading and I think it worked really well I love the way the greys have blended and the shaping I got on the bodice of the red dress (I hope the designer doesn't mind her image having boobs). I designed this card with the intention of it being flat so it would be cheap to post and then forgot and put dewdrops on the corners. I may take these off and swap for card candy which would be flatter.

I will be posting more now I have some incentive to craft, I have already made quite a few cards for a car boot sale my daughters Musical Group is having and I have already coloured the image for the next Crafting when we can challenge. My OH has thrown out a load of stuff he didn't need and cleared me some space in the bedroom so I can have my Craftrobo and Big Shot out so I don't have to keep reaching on top of the bookcase to get them down.

Hopefully by the time you are reading this we will be at the cinema watching 'monkeys in trousers' for some reason my kids really want to see 'Rising of the Planet of the Apes'.

CHALLENGES

Charisma Cardz Challenges #35 - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
Joyful Stamper - Inspire Me Fridays #22 - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - September Digi Day
Card Making Mamas #28 - Use a digi image/paper

Sneak Peek for New Challenge on Sunday 4th September

2011-08-31T21:20:00.001+01:00

I know I keep plugging this but I'm really excited about the new challenge and I want loads of you to join in.

Here is a sneak peek of my card.

I can't wait to show you the full card.

Sunday 4th September

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN CHALLENGES

Hop over, become a follower and you won't miss a single challenge.

having problems and a reminder

2011-08-28T09:00:00.001+01:00

I hope everyone in the UK is having a great long weekend, and to those who have to work, a big THANK YOU. I would just like to say I haven't been around much as I am having problems loading pages from the internet so I cannot see people blogs. I am scheduling this page and hoping that it appears as I will be holding my OH's legs while he replaces the boards on the dormer window surrounds. I offered to tie a rope around his neck to stop him falling but he politely declined this offer. (I offered to tie it around his neck as I think this would give him the incentive to be very careful and not to fall out of the window).

I would also like to remind everyone that

Sunday, 4th September

will see the launch of the new challenge

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN CHALLENGES

I hope you will be able to join us, it will be lots of fun.

Happy Yuletide

2011-08-16T17:31:00.000+01:00

Here is my first Christmas card. I know it is digital but I think I may do a hybrid card, which means dissecting the items and printing them out separately and then putting them back together to make an actual physical card. Or I may just try printing it out onto card and seeing how that looks or I may do both mmm thems choices!

The background is from Dezinaworld as is the gorgeous image which June is giving away as a 24hr freebie, there are 9 free images on the sheet and they will all make gorgeous Chrismas cards. Hop over and grab the page before it disappears back into the shop. The rest of the embellishments are from the CraftArtist package.

I hope you're having a great week and can't wait to hop around and see what you have created.

Don't forget Crafting When We Can Challenges are having a DT call. Hop over and check it out we have some awesome sponsors lined up.

Daddy's Little Girl

2011-08-13T23:08:00.000+01:00

I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend. Mine's not been too bad so far, spent too much money but don't know what on (do you ever wonder where the money went when you empty your bags) on the plus side my OH is finally decorating the bathroom (I won't tell you how long I've been waiting). It has gloss white woodwork and it should have warm lilac walls when he's finished.

Anyhoo onto my posting. As I have already mentioned I have been practising with my CraftArtist program and am going to show you one of my favourite pages so far. I had forgotten about this photo so when I found it I just had to scrap it. My daughter is now 12½ and catching her on camera is very difficult I get plenty of hair and hands but not much face and I don't know why 'cause I think she's beautiful. Here is a gorgeous photo of her and her Dad at Wentworth Gardens which is inside Wentworth Garden Centre, near Sheffield.

It's very purple because I was practising with the colour catcher and used colours from her trousers and stripy top.

DON'T FORGET WE ARE HAVING A DT CALL OVER AT THE NEW CHALLENGE BLOG CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN HOP OVER AND CHECK IT OUT.

NEW CHALLENGE BLOG OPENING - 4TH SEPTEMBER

2011-08-07T12:58:00.003+01:00

Great news for all the crafters out there. A new Challenge blog is starting in September and they are having a DT call so I have put the details below. The Challenge is called

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN

(It isn't me who is running it, the name is a pure coincidence)

Here are the details I have downloaded from the challenge page. The challenges will be for any project (scrapbook, altered art etc) not just cards.

Crafting When We Can is a fantastic new challenge blog that will be launching on the 4th September 2011. We will be a fortnightly/bi-weekly challenge blog, so you will have plenty of time to join our challenges. There are only 4 DT members at the moment and we're looking for a few more talented crafters to join us!

Commitments:
* Be able to work as part of a team.
* Meet deadlines.
* Post on your fellow DT's cards, and on an assigned number of entrants projects.
* Make a creation/project for every challenge, bare in mind this is one card every two weeks.
* Join in with any blog hops or other events running during your term.
* Commit to a 3 month period.
* Have a personal blog to post challenge information and to display your cards.
* Have fun!

In return:
* You will be a part of a fantastic team.
* Gain or add to you DT experience.
* Get some freebies from sponsors, if they are kind enough to provide them.
* Design Team Badge to display proudly on your blog.
* A link to your personal blog on the main challenge website.

If you are interested in entering our DT Call there are two simple steps to enter:
* Firstly publish a post on your personal blog with information about this DT Call and our launch. Including 3-5 samples of your favourite/best projects. Then link your post up in the linky tool below. * Secondly please e-mail a brief statement about yourself and any DT experience you have to craftingwhenwecan@gmail.com. If you do not have any DT experience please still enter! We welcome everyone to enter in this call.

To leave your link you need to go to the crafting when we can challenge blog and leave your details with the link tool. As I find out more details I will let you know. I can't wait as I need a push to start physically crafting again as opposed to digital which I have been doing lately.

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge - GOLDEN

2011-08-02T18:36:00.001+01:00

Another entry to June's Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge, this month the theme is GOLDEN. This can be interpreted however you wish. I have gone for 'Golden Moments'. Any time my children are having fun together is a 'golden moment' I have digitally scrapped a time when the children were playing on a beach in North Norfolk near Cromer. I know I don't have a picture of them together as they were digging holes in the sand. I have used one of Dezinaworld's pictures in the middle of the pages because it reminds me of my kids and I think it suited the theme, you don't have to use any of Dezinaworld's images but if you do it makes June a very happy bunny. I have used my Serif CraftArtist program. I am really enjoying this software and I am in the process of adding some of my photos to make embellishments to go with my pages. I've done loads of pages and when I have enough confidence in them I will post them here.

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge goes Monthly!!

2011-07-10T19:02:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone, here is another entry to Dezinaworld's Spot Prize Challenge. June has changed this challenge to every month so you have plenty of time to enter. You don't have to use on of Dezinaworld's images but if you do it makes June really happy and being the generous person she is you will find she gives away a lot of freebies for you to use if you wish. You don't have to use digital either it's just at the moment it is easier for me to use my computer than get all my equipment out (ohh err) to craft with paper & pen. Anyhoo the theme for June is Green & Purple. I have used the background and image from collage sheets from Dezinaworld and the flourishes, butterfly, flowers etc. are from the Serif CraftArtist CD. I really love playing with this program and learn something new everytime (that's when I can find out where the pallets and things have disappeared to, naughty wandering fingers pressing things they shouldn't).

I hope everyone had a great weekend and didn't get too wet. We managed to miss the showers and only got the sunshine.

Dezinaworld - BIG CELEBRATORY COLLAGE GIVE AWAY

2011-06-28T18:50:00.000+01:00

Just a quick post while I'm on holiday. June over at Dezinaworld is having a Big Celebratory Giveaway to celebrate reaching 500 followers. If you hop over to DEZINAWORLD you can read the instructions and see the beautiful giveaways. The winner(s) will be drawn on 15th July. Below is one of the fab prizes.

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge - Celebrate Your Homeland

2011-06-22T17:14:00.003+01:00

Here is my entry for Dezinaworld's Spot Prize Challenge. The theme is 'Celebrate Your Homeland' and what better way to celebrate than to make a scrapbook page of the beautiful countryside about 10mins drive from my house. There are 3 pictures altogether which I have cobbled together into a panorama. I did this in my new CraftArtist program. There are so many different things in this program I don't think I will ever be able to use them all. I have added a .png balloon from one of Dezinaworld's steampunk collage sheets.

Just playing around at Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge

2011-06-06T16:16:00.000+01:00

Just a quick post so I can enter the Spot Prize at Dezinaworld. The challenge is to take an everyday object and change the colour to something it isn't. ???? I've confused myself now but if you look at the picture I think it will make sense and June explains it so much better than me here

I've used a steampunk frame, woven backing paper, ducks and steampunk heart and hat from different collage sheets from Dezinaworld, the flower is one I made for an ATC a while ago. I put them all in Paintshop Pro and played around with the colours. I made his hat pink but I think I should have used blue but I can't be bother to change it now. Off to enter this before I forget. Happy Crafting everyone.

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #15 - Summertime Fun

2011-06-05T19:02:00.000+01:00

I hope everyone has had a good 2 weeks since the last time I posted. We've just started getting the nice weather here and I think everyone is starting to feel happier that Summer is here at last.

This fortnight the challenge at Creative Cowgirls shows this with the theme of 'Summertime Fun'.

We were given some fabulous images by our sponsor Chi Chi Memories and I was given an image from the set called 'Meaning of Love' and when I saw it I knew exactly what paper I was going to use. The paper was from the DCWV stack 6 and some pink papermania colour card. I used a Victorian velvet DI to colour the white card to match the trees on the paper. The image was coloured with Promarkers on pearlized card and then copied and decoupaged (I hope you can see this on the picture).

Our Sponsor this challenge is

The winner will receive 3 images of their choice

The Winners Badge to display with pride

The TOP 3 will each receive 1 image of their choice

The TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

Please hop over to the Challenge and see the fantastic projects the other posse members have made and join in the wonderful challenge.

CHALLENGES

Stamping with Fun #113 - in the garden (hope this card counts)

Butterfly Wednesdays #157 - open theme (must have a butterfly, angel or fairy)

Fab 'n' Funky #75 - what 'eva + DT call

Penny's Paper-crafty Challenge #54 - here come's Summer

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #14 - Getting Jiggy

2011-05-22T20:38:00.002+01:00

Just a quick Challenge post this time. The Creative Cowgirls Challenge is 'Getting Jiggy' it's all about the dance. Our wonderful sponsor, Tellen's Place Designs gave us some images to use and I got the fantastic Skull boy n girl. I coloured the great image using Copics and Promarkers, the backing papers were from Creative Cottage, Little Monkey's Pirate Adventure and the Skull was a clipart from MS Publisher which was cut out and layered. I edged all the mats with peel offs coloured with black Promarker.

Our Sponsor

The Winner will receive a $10 coupon to spend at Tellen's Place Designs

Winners Badge to display with pride

TOP 3

TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

Hop over to the Challenge and check out the other posse members fantastic creations.

CHALLENGES

Lexi's Creations #40 - Spots and or stripes

Stamps R Us #21 - Use something digital

A Spoonful of Sugar #152 - Anything Goes

Mami Doodles #26 - Spots and or stripes

Creative Cottage, May Comp - Use any Creative Cottage paper or image

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #13 - Anything Goes

2011-05-08T18:38:00.002+01:00

All back to normal now after the double long weekend, kids back at school and work back to normal. Then another long weekend to disrupt the flow in about 3 weeks, I only hope this good weather continues.

The challenge this week over at the Creative Cowgirls Challenge is Anything Goes, so I hope all you who visit take a little time and hop over to enter.

This challenge we were given images from the talented Michelle Perkett, mine is called 'Birthday Packages with Hearts' and can be found on her Etsy site by clicking on the link.

I have made my background by colouring with DIs and stamping with a CC stamp from a Cute Companion Christmas set. You can't see it on this photo but I have layer the image, there are 3 layers on the yellow, 2 on the blue and 1 on the green I then wrapped the parcels in ribbon and made a 4 layer bow to put on the top (it looks more effective in real life). The image was coloured with Promarkers and Copics. The sentiment is part of the image but I printed it separately and the 3 parcels are cut from the top of the pile. This is the second card I have made with this image as I lost the topper I orignally made. If I find it I may make another card to post later.

Sponsor this week

Michelle Perkett Studio

The winner will receive

3 image of their choice

Winner Badge to display with pride

TOP 3 will each receive

1 image of their choice

TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

CHALLENGES

Pollycraft Monday Challenge #91 - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion #56 - Anything Goes

Stamp Something - Use a Digi

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

Hop over to the Challenge and enter your fantastic work and see what the awesome DT have created.

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #12 - Mum/Mom's Day/Spring

2011-04-24T12:12:00.001+01:00

As our Challenge is based in America and it's Mother's Day over there our theme this fortnight is Mother's Day/Spring. We were given some very beautiful images from Prairie Fairy to use. I received In a Nutshell to use and I loved this image so much I coloured in 4 of the images so I can use them at a later date. As a bonus we will also be sponsored by Crafty Ribbons.

We are also having a Guest Designer this challenge. Hop over to the Challenge blog to see Bridget's gorgeous work.

For my card I used Prairie Fairy 'In a Nut Shell' with backing papers from a CC flower fairy CD and flowers from stash, all edges highlighted by a Sakura Silver Calligraphy pen. I had a nightmare with this card as I couldn't find my double sided tape or tape pen so had to use a glue pen which wouldn't stick. I about to get out the flour and water when I found some wide double sided tape. I eased the layers off, of which there are plenty, and stuck them down again with the tape. I also realised I had printed my image slightly too big for my mats and I wasn't feeling too great I couldn't be bothered to print it again. By this time the light was fading, hence the rubbish picture.

Our Sponsors this challenge are

Crafty Ribbons

Prairie Fairy Designs

The Winner will receive

4 images of their choice from Prairie Fairy Designs

Ribbons shown from Crafty Ribbons

The Mother's Day Badge (a one off design for this challenge) to display with pride

The TOP 3 will each receive

1 image of their choice form Prairie Fairy Designs

TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

Now hop over to the Creative Cowgirls Challenge and join in.

CHALLENGES

Create 4 Fun Challenge - Sketch Anne-Marye

CCH #63 - Friendship

Cupcake Craft #138 - Lots of layers

Flutter by Wednesday's - Must have an Angel, Fairy, butterfly + open theme

Do It With Digis #8 - Fairies, Pixies & Elves

Cute Card Thursday - No Text

Card Makin' Mamas #19 - Spring colours

Unrestricted Challenges is a blog page where Susan from Susan's Crafty Chaos has listed loads of challenges. It is the one I refer to when choosing my challenges. THANK YOU Susan.

A plea for Rancorman - sticky post

2011-04-13T21:04:00.000+01:00

Hi All, I know it's a big ask but if you have time could you please pop over to Rancorman's Ramblings and give him some encouragement. Big Thanks. :-) xx

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #11 - Rainy Days or Spring

2011-04-10T12:00:00.003+01:00

We had a fantastic response to our Easter Blog Hop and the winner will be announced tomorrow on the Creative Cowgirls Challenge blog.

This week we had the pleasure of working with images from Digi's with Attitude. I had KitKat. It was enjoyable to colour in with my Copics and Promarkers. You will notice that the colours don't exactly match, this was intentional, the cats we have in our area are and eclectic mix of colours so this is how I coloured my KitKat (honest).

I really wanted to add a sentiment but I couldn't think of anything funny, if you have any suggested they will be welcome. The gingham papers are printed from a CC Beatrix Potter CD and the peel offs were from my stash, I thought I had used spun sugar around my mat but it seems it was antique linen (that will teach me to craft under an energy saving light at night) luckily it works with the yellow. On to the important stuff now.

Our Sponsor this Challenge is

The winner will receive 3 images of choice from the Digi's with Attitude store

Winners Badge to display with pride

TOP 3 will each receive 1 image of choice

TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

Hop over to the Challenge and enter your Rainy Days/Spring cards.

CHALLENGES

Moving Along With The Times #93 - Sketch

My Partners in Crafting Crime #24 - 3 or more layers

Craft Your Passion #52 - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - April Showers

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #10 - Easter/Spring + Blog Hop

2011-03-27T12:00:00.005+01:00

Sorry I haven't been around this last couple of weeks, as usual life got in the way but I'm hoping to get around to everyone next week.

This fortnight over at the Creative Cowgirls Challenge we are having a blog hop. If you hop over to the Challenge you will find all the details and the members of the Posse who are in this hop. At Creative Cowgirls we try to keep the hop short as we know everyone is busy with day to day life, for this reason we keep them to approx 8 blogs, where you only need to leave a little love and then back to the Challenge to enter your Easter/Spring card.

Here is the card I made from the cute images provided by Chi Chi Memories, the set is called Happy Easter. My daughter coloured in the flowers and bunnies and I coloured in the egg to match. It doesn't show up very well but I have layered the egg, Happy Easter and flowers using Pin flair gel. All the papers are scraps from my stash.

We are being sponsored by 2 fantastic Sponsors this Challenge/Hop. They are

CHI CHI MEMORIES

CRAFTY RIBBONS

Hop over to the Challenge, see the fantastic work of my fellow Posse members and join in the fun.

CHALLENGES

Kaboodle Doodles #59 - colours yellow, blue, pink, green

Whoopsi Daisy - Easter Time

Scrapbook Sisters Card Challenge #28 - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me Challenges #27 - Anything Goes

Colour Create Challenge #67 - Pastels

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #9 - Monochrome

2011-03-13T12:00:00.000Z

Is it really Challenge #9 over at Creative Cowgirls?

Yes it is I hear you say, so without further ado here is my 'not sure what to call it', I have made the base but can't decide whether to attach it to a card or make it into a doorplate/hanger for one of my Daughter's friends who likes dragons. My Daughter chose the colour orange to be the colour I used for this Monochrome Challenge. I coloured in the image using Copics and Promarkers and the background was made using Dovecraft chalks. The various orange paper/card was from stash and edged with a Sakura calligraphy pen. Bottom cut using a MS punch.

This cute little Dragon is one of Teri's gorgeous images, which you can find at Delicious Doodles. Teri has a fantastic mix of images in her shop from simple images like mine to pencil shaded images (sorry I don't know how else to describe them) these are images which you can use on their own or highlight with colour. She also does a range of fantasy images including dragons, fairies, skulls etc. Whichever ones you chose, I guarantee they will be beautiful and you will really enjoy using them. If you need any inspiration Teri and her DT do some awesome work (so do our Posse :-)) so hop over and take a look and maybe enter the Delicious Doodle Challenge Teri runs.

You should also hop over and take a look at the fabulous projects our fantastic Posse has made and enter the Creative Cowgirls Challenge while you are there.

As you can guess our Sponsor this week is

The Winner will receive 3 images of their choice

Winner Badge to display with pride

TOP 3 will each receive 1 image of their choice

TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

CHALLENGES

(I really must start looking at challenges before making my project)

Craft Your Passion #48 - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - No Flowers

Wild Orchid Challenge #18 - Anything Goes

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #8 - Hawaii/The Beach

2011-02-27T12:53:00.000Z

Aloha everyone, this week were are off to Hawaii or the beach which ever you prefer. We received some wonderful images to use for the challenge from our sponsor, Michelle Perkett. My image is called Leilani and I have put here in a beautiful beach scene. All the elements on this card were designed and cut using my CraftRobo and its software. I think it looks good even if I say so myself. The background was chalked and looks really great IRL. (still haven't found my camera lead so the pictures are rubbish). All elements cut from paper from the scrap box and Leilani was coloured using Promarkers and Copics.

Now onto the important stuff here is the sponsor information and the prizes.

The Winner will receive

3 gorgeous images of their choice from Michelle Perkett Studio

Winners Badge to display with pride

Top 3 will each receive 1 wonderful image of their choice from Michelle Perkett Studio

Top 3 Badge to display with pride

So cheer yourself up, get out the beach stamps and vibrant coloured pens and enter this great Challenge.

We are also working up to our next HOP and would love it if you could help us to promote it. As usual there will be $50 of Candy on offer and all you have to do is ~

1. Put a mention of our HOP and a picture of the badge with a link to the Challenge Blog in one of your posts

2. Place our badge with a link to the Challenge Blog in your sidebar

3. Hop over to the Challenge Blog and leave us a comment letting us know you have done the above.

http://creativecowgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/

CHALLENGES

Stampin' B's design team #99 - use a flower on a card

Some Odd Girl - Handmade elements (I did handcut the beach and shade using DI)

Pixie Dust Studio #63 - Vacation time

Delightful Challenges - Use your scraps

Crazy 4 Challenges #76 - Use flowers on your card

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #7 - Hearts on cards + Blog Hop

2011-02-26T12:00:00.004Z

Sticky post please scroll down for latest posting

VALENTINE BLOG HOP

For the next 2 weeks we will be having a Blog Hop over at the Creative Cowgirls Challenge. All you have to do is make a card with hearts (easy peasy) post it on the challenge blog and leave some love on the 8 blogs you will visit on the hop.

If you are doing the hop you should have arrived at my little place from Monika's blog (Kleblatt's Bastelseiten). If you want to join in the Hop go to the Challenge Blog and start your wonderful journey.

We were lucky enough to receive some great images from DZ Doodles to work with. I was doubly lucky as the image I got, "bowl of lillies", was one of my Mum's favourite flowers. As one of the other Posse members used orange for their image I went on the internet and found a picture of a beautiful purple/red lily so I used this as my inspiration. The card is from my stash, the image was coloured with Copics and highlighted with Sakura clear Stardust pen (you can't really see it on this picture). I glazed the vase with Anitas 3D clear finish gloss. Heart punched with a punch from Ideal World (before Create and Craft started).

There are 2 sponsors for this challenge/hop.

The winner will receive a bunch of Valentine ribbons from Crafty Ribbons

3 images of their choice from DZ DOODLES

Winners Badge to display with pride on their blog

TOP 3 will each receive 1 image of their choice from

DZ DOODLES

TOP 3 badge to display with pride on their blog

Your next visit is to Queen La Rubba's blog, where you will find out what you need to do to finish the Hop.

CHALLENGES
Crafty Cardmakers #39 - Hearts
Totally Stampalicious - At Least Three Hearts
Whoopsi Daisy - Giv Us Your Heart
My Time To Craft #127 - Heart and Flowers
PaperPlay Challenge - Hearts and Flowers but not Valentine
Cute Card Thursday #151 - Hearts and Flowers

HAPPY VALENTINES EVERYONE

An Award

2011-02-23T23:19:00.001Z

I have been awarded this by two very talented ladies and I accept it with pride.

Angela at Pages by the Sea - Angela has an eclectic mix of crafty stuff on her blog from sewing outfits for her daughter to making beautiful ATCs and all bits inbetween.

Steph at The Crafty Duck's Crafty Doings - I like to visit Stephs blog because her cards are just my style. They are clean and simple (I hope you don't mind me saying this Steph). On Stephs card the image is always the focal point and always beautifully coloured and placed

The rules of this award are as follows:

1. You must accept it, write a post about it and display it.
2. Pass it to 3 - 5 fab blogs and tell them that they have been given the Love Blog Award.
3. Link back to the person who passed it to you.

The aim of this award is to showcase great but not well known blogs, so don't tag anyone with 3,000 + followers

Here are my choices and I hope these ladies will accept this award with the spirit it was given. If you do not accept awards please accept my apologies I did check you blogs but could not see anything regarding this.

GrannyGoodwitch - Grannyscards

Rachel - Rachel's Cards and Crafts

Jo - Daisy236

Gina - From the Corner of My Eye

Tellen's Place - Stripes

2011-02-17T12:00:00.001Z

Here's a lovely vibrant card. It may seem a little bright but I wanted to cheer myself up and immediately thought of one of Terry's images from Tellen's Place. I am entering it into Tellen's Place Challenge which is stripes but I only made it to have a play with my MS Publisher. (I still can't find my printer lead and it is a problem trying to download the pictures as my OH has to do it). It is easier to download digital work at the moment. My Mum died many years ago but I think she would have liked this card it has everything she likes bright colours, flowers and a big smile.

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge - Nursery Rhyme, Childrens Story e.t.c

2011-02-16T16:15:00.000Z

This is my entry for Dezinaworlds Spot Prize Challenge. The image is from Dezinaworld and I have coloured it with my £2.99 pearl paints from The Works. The moon has been painted then I have gone over it with a yellow Sakura glaze pen. The stars are from my stash.

I had some trouble with the sea, it's too green. I tried to make it a bit more bluey but it didn't work very well, the pearl paints don't blend very well but it gave a bit of a shadow which is what I wanted. As you can guess I went for "The Owl and the Pussy Cat. The boat is a pea green and the sky is darker IRL.

I was discussing with a friend today how I find it difficult to put lots of "things" on my cards, if I can't see a connection between the embellishments and the theme of my card I can't bring myself to put them on. I am going to work on this but it may take a while. You'll know what I mean if you look at the entries to Dezinaworlds Spot Prize, they are little works of art and I don't envy June trying to decide who the winner will be.

Hope everyone is having a good week, I'm off now to see if I can find any reviews for the CraftArtist digital craft/scrapbook CDs Create and Craft have as the Pick of the Week.

JUST A REMINDER - VALENTINE HOP TOMORROW AT CREATIVE COWGIRLS CHALLENGE

2011-02-12T10:32:00.000Z

JUST A REMINDER

THE COWGIRLS VALENTINE HOP STARTS TOMORROW

CREATIVE COWGIRLS CHALLENGE

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge - Charming

2011-02-10T00:03:00.000Z

Just a quick post tonight. Trying to get my entry into the Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge. (Made my card for last week got my days wrong and missed the challenge).

The image is a freebie from June's Art Freebies section on Dezinaworld. The heart is from Poundland, it came in a set of three, a heart, circle and small rectangle. My OH cut off the lip on the back where the photo goes (he comes in handy sometimes). The frame was originally a distressed silver but I went over it with the Sakura calligraphy pen and made it gold I also went around the edge of the image with the pen. The little flowers are from my stash and the stamped flowers used in the border are from somewhere (can't remember, I've had it for years). The ink in 'wild honey' DI, sponged on and them flower stamped on top.

JUST A REMINDER

DETAILS ON SIDEBAR

Sometimes I feel like the White Rabbit.......I'm late, I'm late

2011-01-31T23:45:00.000Z

Here are my ATC swaps for the ATC Swappers. They should have been there by now but I lost 1 and had to remake it. It must be in the same place as my Nesties, hairband and camera lead.

Does anyone remember the film "Gaslight" (a black and white film that I remember from numerous showings on a Saturday afternoon when I was young). The idea behind the film was the young wife's husband wanted her to be declared insane so he could have her money. (If she died it went to the sister or something). He kept moving her things around and turning down the 'gaslight' in the rooms she was in. Any hoo I'm not saying my OH is trying to send me insane but he denies ever seeing any of these things and doesn't know what I'm talking about. If the lights start to go dim in our house I'll let you know.

The dragon and rocket images are from Dustin Pike, the Fairy in a balloon is Pollycraft Designs and the baby bear is by Anne Bodil. The blue/grey background are in MS Draw and the pink background is from Bearly Mine. Some bits are glazed and some glittered. The bling is from stash. All edged with a silver Sakura calligraphy pen.

I am entering these into the Lothian Crafts January Challenge - Anything Goes.

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #6 - Valentine Day Cards

2011-01-30T16:24:00.001Z

This week over on the Creative Cowgirls Challenge we have the theme of Valentine Day Cards.

The Posse were lucky enough to receive an image from our sponsor Roberta at Prairie Fairy Designs. My image was Roopid and I really enjoyed making this card I got to colour the image, cut out the circles on my Craftrobo and punch out the hearts and stickle the edges of everything. The sentiment is mine. All the card was from stash, dewdrops and stickles were purchased from Craft Den, small heart punches were purchased form Ideal World many years ago and the bigger hearts were embossed form my CC Ultimate board.

The sponsor this week is Prairie Fairy Designs

Roberta is giving the winner 3 images of their choice

Winners Badge to display with pride on your blog

TOP 3 each get 1 Prairie Fairy image of their choice

TOP 3 Badge to display with pride on your blog

Hop over to the Challenge and post your creation, we can't wait to see what gorgeous projects you have made.

CHALLENGES

The Creative Cottage #31 - shaped card

Scrappekammeret #23 - white + 1 other colour

Riley and Co. - a heart challenge

Gingerloft #10 - things that fly

Fairy Fun Friday #45 - for a sweetheart

Mark's Finest Papers #40 - Valentine card

Craft Your Days Away #12 - Love

Old scrapbook page

2011-01-25T16:11:00.001Z

As I am trying to get back to making more posts I have pulled out an old scrapbook page I made at one of Lynne's classes at Craft Den. All the papers etc were from Craft Den and the picture was added afterwards. I am entering it into the Anything Goes Challenge Brads & Eyelets, the eyelets are where the ribbon is crossed and the centres of the flowers are velvety brads. ( I really just wanted to show of my cute little daughter in one of my favourite outfits). We were at the Wrinkled Stocking Cafe in Holmfirth when this picture was taken. They do delicious cream teas.

Quick post today. Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Dezinaworld Spot Prize + Create4fun #77

2011-01-23T01:00:00.001Z

Just a quick post this time.

I am entering the Dezinaworld Spot Prize. The theme this week is Under The Ocean and I knew exactly what photo I wanted to use. As I seem to have lost my mojo for making cards I have been doing some digital scrapbooking (all my nesties etc. have gone missing since Christmas, I think OH must have packed them away when we moved everything around to make way for the tree and I haven't found them yet).

All the backing mats are photos I have taken, I have played around with them in several programs as I know how to do some things in one program and other things in a different one. I have used Paintshop to make the greyscale background and colour photo. I made the mats greyscale to even out the colours of the different pebbles and sea which were all from different beaches. MS Publisher to layer everthing up and MCS software to cut out the round shape.

CHALLENGES

Dezinaworld - Under the Ocean, the fish are from the ocean as are the pebbles

Create4fun Challenge #77 - a sketch by Willykk

I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #5 - Turqoise and black or brown

2011-01-16T17:02:00.000Z

What a fantastic response we had to our last challenge, over 100 fantastic projects entered and I would like to say a big Thank You to each and every one of the talented people who entered them.

This week our sponsor is Tellen's Place. Terry has such cheery images in her shop and they are a delight to work with but I know she also has some images she calls 'Dark digital images' which have a more macabre feel to them.

When I received my image for this challenge I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it. I have digitally coloured it and added it to a scrapbook page. I hope Terry won't mind I did have to add a line to the grass so I could colour it in digitally. The photos are of my daughter and son walking in a wood called Padley Gorge (you would never have guessed by the title on the page). It was a great day and the image reminded me of my daughter hence the colouring of the image which is not turquoise & black or brown but I did chose to use these colours as my background.

I have used MS Publisher to design my LO and the background paper is from Tinker & Co. The image is from Tellen's Place and make a striking addition and lift the page I think.

Our sponsor for this challenge is

and the prize is

Winners Badge to display with pride

TOP 3 will each receive 1 image of their choice

TOP 3 Badge to display on their blogs

To enter and see more of the Posses fantastic creations hop over to the challenge page and leave some love and an entry or two.

CHALLENGES

Paper Crafting Journey #1 - Let's get digital

Kaboodle Doodles #49 - Do it with digis

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Craft Your Days Away #11 - Anything goes

Pile It On #2 - All about the cute children (I think mine are cute)

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #4 - Something New

2011-01-02T12:00:00.002Z

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

I hope everyone had a fantastic New Year.

This fortnight over at Creative Cowgirls Challenge we are having a Something New Challenge. Unfortunately this year I didn't get anything new for Christmas (what!! I hear you cry, When this was mentioned to OH he said "I didn't know you wanted craft stuff". New Year Resolution - consider changing OH for newer model).

For the Something New Challenge I have used stash that I have never used before (what's that you say, stash you bought and never used!!!) I know I admit it I was a naughty girl but I have used them now so I think I need to go and buy some new stash in case another challenge like this turns up (don't you agree?).

The sponsor for this challenge is Pollycraft who have kindly donated a voucher for the winner.

The talented Paula over at Pollycraft has a variety of designs covering any occasion you could ever need. There are fairies, bears and Maurice (who you can see on my card below) plus too many more to name here. Most of her images can be bought separately or on special offer for the set.

The Winner will receive from Pollycraft the following voucher

the Winners Badge to display with pride

the TOP 3 will each receive the

TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

My card is using Maurice - ready for business he was such a joy to colour I have done 3 in different colours. My daughter chose this colour way to go with the DCWV papers I have used. The papers are from the DCWV 12 x 12 stack 6 and I have used a beige card from a Papermania card pack for the base card and mats. The edges have been distressed with scissors and swiped with Frayed Burlap distress ink. Maurice was coloured with Promarkers and his glasses glazed with Anita's 3D clear gloss finish. The "Best Wishes" was stamped using stamps from Personal Impressions and the ring border from Scrappy Cat.

Hop over to the Challenge now and join in you have until 15th January to enter.

CHALLENGES

Mojo Monday #171 - Sketch by Julee Tilman

Incy Wincy Designs #74 - Distressing

My Time To Craft Challenge #121 - Brand, Spanking New

One Stitch At A Time #43 - Anything Goes

Still Time

2010-12-30T19:02:00.001Z

Hi everyone, just to remind you, you still have time to enter the Creative Cowgirls Challenge #3 with a blog hop and candy.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL.

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #3 - Christmas or Winter + Blog Hop + Candy

2010-12-19T20:20:00.002Z

This week over at Creative Cowgirls Challenge we are having a Blog Hop with Candy to go with our Challenge this fortnight.

As everyone is really busy at this time of year we are keeping it short and sweet there are only 7 of the Posse to visit + Challenge blog. There are a few rules but they will be easy to follow.

The Winner of the Hop Challenge will receive this box of fabulous Christmas ribbons from Crafty Ribbons, hop over and take a look they will have just the perfect ribbon for your needs.

2 images of their choice from Prairie Fairy

CANDY

Full deatils on the Creative Cowgirls Challenge.

The TOP 3 entries will also receive 1 image of their choice from Prairie Fairy.

RULES

You have to enter a card/papercraft project into the Challenge (Christmas/Winter), leave some love on ALL the blogs in the Hop + the Challenge Blog and place this badge on your post with your card/papercraft project so we can spread the word. All the details are on the Creative Cowgirls Challenge Blog.

Here is my card (sorry it's a bit grotty but the light isn't very good).

I have used the cute image of Gillian, singing her heart out, which was provided by Roberta at Prairie Fairy. Hop over and check out the other images there are plenty to suit every taste.

I have coloured her with purple and green Promarkers and used papers printed from a CC Cute Companions CD backed with silver mirror card. The snowflakes were punched with my Martha Stewart punch and little green gems placed in the middle (you will have to use your imagination for this but it looks better in real life). The snow is Star Dust Stickles.

CHALLENGES

Create4fun Challenge #51 - Sketch by Anne-Marye

Allsort Challenge Blog #83 - Anything Goes

Moving Along With The Times - Let It Snow

Glitterbabes Challenge #25 - Snow and/or Snowflakes

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #2 - Anything Goes

2010-12-05T11:35:00.002Z

Wooo Hooo thank you to everyone who entered our first Creative Cowgirl Challenge. If you pop over to Creative Cowgirls Challenge tomorrow you will find out who our first winner is.

This week we are having another ANYTHING GOES challenge.

Our Sponsor this week is the talented Terry Oulboub at

Tellen's Place

and she is giving the winner a $10 coupon to spend in her great shop.

She is also giving the Top 3 1 image of their choice.

After all this I nearly forgot to post my card. I used 12 x 12 Papermania card cut to a 6" square base with dotty paper from DCWV paperstack 6. I coloured the image with Promarkers and shaded with distress inks. Martha Stewart loop punch and Woodware flowers.

The thing I really like about Terry's image is the infectious smile. I defy anyone to look at one of these images and not follow suit and smile.

Hop over to the Challenge and enter your fabulous creations.

CHALLENGES
Papertake Weekly Challenge #51 - sketch

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge #70 - recipe - 3 flowers, 2 papers, 1 image

Dezinaworld Everyone Wins Prize Give Away Challenge

2010-11-28T12:47:00.001Z

I've finally made my card for Dezinaworlds Everyone Wins Challenge. June is very kindly giving everyone who enters this challenge a prize. You have to use one of June's images but she has loads of freebies in various styles. I used this image for a wedding card. My OH's cousin is getting married and I thought this would be perfect for them. It used to have French writing at the bottom which said, Bonne Fete, which I think means Happy Birthday so I cut that off. I have used various silver papers, which I got from 'Home Bargains' for 89p. There is a holographic one which I used at matting and a mat silver with little glittery spots for the main mats. I coloured the edge of the card with my silver Sakura pen. I'm really pleased with how it turned out and I hope you like it too. I will be adding a Wedding sentiment when I find one. I've never made a wedding card for someone before.

CHALLENGES

Dezinaworld Everyone Wins - Use one of June's images

Friday Sketchers #130 - Sketch

One Stitch at a Time #41 - Celebrate in Style, Bling It Up

Anything Goes at Creative Cowgirls Challenge #1

2010-11-22T16:14:00.000Z

Just a quick reminder, we are having an "Anything Goes" for our first challenge over at Creative Cowgirls Challenge. Our sponsors are Bombshell Stamps and Delicious Doodles.

Yeeee Haaa It's Creative Cowgirls First Challenge.

2010-11-21T12:00:00.007Z

I'm so excited as this is the first Challenge for the CREATIVE COWGIRLS. This challenge will be held fortnightly and the DT will be using our Sponsors images. We have some amazing Sponsors lined up for the coming months.

You can make any project as long as it goes along with the theme/sketch for that challenge. We need to see new postings (no back linking).

Our Challenge this fortnight is an easy one, it's an

ANYTHING GOES (see we are already spoiling you).

Our Sponsor this week is

click on picture to go to Bombshell Stamps

I made a little scrapbook for my daughter using Tim Holtz big dies to cut the pages. It is of her 9th Birthday at the local stables. (Forgive the horrible photos the light has been atrocious)

I have enlarged some of the images I have used on the pages. These images were beautiful to colour not too complicated but with plenty of detail. I also used one of the images to make a small card using a Nestie for the base and mats. The papers are from Creative Cottage.

I was also playing with photoshop and Word 2007 Publisher and made this card. All the images are from Bombshell Stamps and the papers are from Bearly Mine

Now onto the thing we are all interested in.

"What can I win?"

The prize for the winner is

"All My Heart" Stamp Set from Bombshell Stamps

The Winners Badge to display with pride

The TOP 3 will each receive an image from Delicious Doodles

TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

Hop over to the CREATIVE COWGIRLS CHALLENGE and join in, you have two weeks to enter the new challenge starts on 5th December.

Challenges I have entered
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Autumn Skies
One Stitch At A Time #40 - Celebration (My Daughter's Birthday)
Delicious Doodles #1 - Anything Goes

Don't Forget

2010-11-17T22:32:00.000Z

DON'T FORGET THE NEW CREATIVE COWGIRLS CHALLENGE STARTS IN 4 DAYS. HOP OVER AND BECOME A FOLLOWER SO YOU DON'T MISS ANY OF THE WONDERFUL CHALLENGES WE HAVE IN STORE. I'VE ALREADY MADE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS WITH OUR SPONSORS IMAGES. THEY JUST GET THE JUICES FLOWING.

My Mum and Me

2010-11-14T22:39:00.000Z

This is a LO of my Mum and Me. It was taken on my 18th Birthday and I was presenting my Mum with a bunch of flowers for organising my birthday party. At the time I wanted to have a 21st party not an 18th but I am glad my Mum persuaded me as just over a year later she died of Cancer. This is one of only a couple of photos I have of my mum as when my OH & I moved from the house I was born in I seem to have lost all the old family photos.

I am entering this LO into DEZINAWORLDS SPOT PRIZE CHALLENGE - Mother and Child. Hop over and join in any project is accepted as long as it a new post and follows the theme. June is also have an EVERYBODY WINS CHALLENGE just follow the link to find out all the details.

Blog Candys in memory of Amanda Mary

2010-11-12T16:21:00.001Z

more than 1 candy to win

Leigh and a few of her blogging friends are having a blog candy in memory of a special blogging friend who died last month.

AMANDA MARY

a very special Lady

Amanda loved scrapping and was an active member of UK Scrappers.

If you would like to join in/donate a prize hop over to Charity Crafter's blog

GREAT NEWS

2010-11-09T21:15:00.004Z

CREATIVE COWGIRLS CHALLENGE

STARTS

SUNDAY 21st NOVEMBER

The challenges will be every 2 weeks and we (the Creative Cowgirls) will be using our sponsors images. There will be theme/sketch to follow but you may use any image. I will give you more details at a later date. I hope you're as excited as I am.

Dezinaworld - Everyone Wins - Prize Give Away Challenge

2010-11-07T15:16:00.000Z

I have copied this from Dezinaworld's blog, hope you don't mind June. June sells (and gives freebies) of a fantastic eclectic mix of images and collage sheets and her DT is awesome. Here are the details of her most recent challenge.

I am thrilled to say that I am almost at the 300 followers mark with this blog and would like to say a huge thank you to all my followers and also I would like to celebrate by issuing you all a challenge with a difference. The difference is EVERY single person that joins in the challenge will win a prize to spend in my store. YEP you read it correctly . I may be mad, but I am a happy soul and love to give back and have fun so please join in and get yourself a prize just for doing what you love most ...... creating.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO ...
1/ Create a piece of art ... CARD/ATC/ANY PAPER CRAFTS or other physical art ( Sorry no digital this time ) Using a Dezinaworld Image - If you havent yet purchased any you can use any of the many DEZINAWORLD FREE PRINTABLE IMAGES HERE
2/ Make sure you are a follower - If not, then add to follow
3/ Make a post on your blog mentioning the 'Everyone Wins Challenge and a photo of your creation
4/ Please tell all your friends so they dont miss out
5/ Enter by adding your details to the inlinkz box below
-----Deadline is 4th December -----
And last but not least .... have fun, I will also be making a feature of theTOP 12 creations on the main Dezinaworld site.

Hop over to Dezinaworld now and join in the fun. I will be posting my project later, I need to think and that takes a long time. Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Don't tell my OH about this!!!

2010-11-04T22:33:00.000Z

Just a quick post I've been playing with Photoshop and my pictures. I'm too mean to pay for digital scrapbook layouts so I've been having a play. These aren't exactly fantastic but I really enjoyed playing and am learning new things daily. The title of the post is because if my OH knows I have posted this LO he wouldn't make me a cup of tea for days.

The photo was manipulated in Photoshop Pro by my daughter who was 10 at the time and I have made it into a transparent .GIF so I could put it onto a Creative Cottage background. The lipstick and brooches were from a collage sheet I won at Dezinaworld I cut them out changed the colour and made them into .GIFs and added them as embellishments. I was supposed to be entering it into Dezinaworld Spotprize Challenge 'Hot pink and silver' but got the dates wrong and missed it.

These are photos are of my daughter when she was in the panto 'Frankenstein the Panto' in January this year. She played a school girl, a ghost and a bat. The papers are from Creative Cottage.

Cowgirl Up Designs and Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge

2010-11-03T17:05:00.000Z

Hi All, I just wanted to let you know that Cowgirl Up Designs and Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge sites have been closed by the owner. I had an e-mail yesterday to say they were closing. Thank you to everyone who participated and if CJ decides to re-open I will let you know. I was very proud when I was asked to be a member of the Posse and will still be using CJ's designs as they are some of my favourites.

Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - Bring on the BLING BLING

2010-10-31T13:29:00.000Z

Hope everyone enjoyed the blog hop last week, the winner has been announced over on the Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge blog, hop over and see if it is you.

This week we would like to see your cards over the top with BLING BLING and we have NEW RELEASES from CJ at Cowgirl Up Designs, all the new images have a fall theme. There will be a discount on the new releases for more details hop over to the challenge.

My image is called FALL AFTERNOON. It was a pleasure to colour and I really enjoyed colouring all the leaves in Autumn colours. I used a cream base, coloured with Promarkers and Copics added bling with my gold Sakura Calligraphy pen, and gelly roll pen. I then punched leaves out to form a border which I backed with shiny red paper and after all that effort you can't really see any of it on the photo. The punched out leaves were coloured with gold pen and distressed ink and 3D randomly on the image. I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers #126.

Our winners sponsor this week is Delicious Doodles hop over and take a look at Teri's great images

The winner will receive 3 images of choice

The Winners Badge to display with pride

The TOP 3 will each receive 1 image of choice from Cowgirl Up Designs

The TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

To see what the other Posse members have been upto go to the buttons at the top of my page and click it will give you the links or you could hop over to the Challenge and see all the Posses fantastic creations.

CHALLENGES
Friday Sketches #126 - sketch by Claudia
Crafty Creations #91 - Halloween or perhaps Autumn
Paperake Weekly - Bright and Sparkly (it does shine 'onest Guv)
Craft Your Passion #29 - Add glitter and sparkle
Simon Says Stamp - Punch 'em

Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - HALLOWEEN BLOG HOP

2010-10-24T12:05:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone, This week is the Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en BLOG HOP and it's a big one but the prizes are fantastic.

If you arrived here from Marianne's blog you are on the right track if not please hop back to the challenge blog and start your incredible journey. If you are on track you will need to hop over to Rosalien blog to continue.

The rules are simple you have to make a card for the challenge, leave a comment on all the Posse's blogs (we will be checking) and make a note of the Posse card you like the best and then leave a comment on the challenge blog with your choice. Here's mine

I drew a pumpkin template and cut my card accordingly, I then shaded it with distressed inks. I wrote the sentiment on my computer. The fantastic image is PUMPKIN SETTING by CJ at Cowgirl Up Designs I coloured it with Promarkers.

There will be a special draw for a grab bag of goodies and images for anyone who uses a Cowgirl Up Designs image.

If you don't celebrate Halloween we would like to see you use an image from Cowgirl Up Designs and your name will be added to the special draw. (please see the challenge for full details)

Our Sponsor this week is Crafty Ribbons

The winner will receive a bundle of ribbons

2 images from Cowgirl Up Designs

Winners Badge to display with pride on their blog

Top 3 will each received 1 image from Cowgirl Up Designs

TOP 3 Badge to display with pride on their blog

I hope you enjoy the BLOG HOP and I can't wait to see your fantastic creations.

Have a wonderful week.

CHALLENGES

Crafty Creations Challenge #90 - colour challenge - red, green & brown

Moving Along With The Times #69 - Anything goes - Letraset are sponsoring this weeks challenge and the prize is a set of Promarkers and fine liner pens

The Crazy Challenge #37 - Halloween

The Creative Cottage #25 - Halloween

An Apology + Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - sketch by Alison and make your own DP

2010-10-17T12:00:00.003+01:00

Firstly a big apology to everyone. I have been unable to comment on peoples blogs due to personal reasons and I really miss visiting everyone. At the moment I am only posting my DT work on Sundays. Hopefully I will be able to get back to normal in a few weeks.

Now onto my DT work for the Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge. This week we were asked to make our own designer paper. I am hoping this passes as making my own because I can't make another. The digi papers I have used are from Creative Cottage Designs and the tiled image is from CJ at Cowgirl Up Designs. I used Paintshop Pro to colour the image and Word 2007 to manipulate it into a tile backing for my pictures.

I've blanked out the faces of the girls as I don't have permission from their parents to publish them.

Our sponsor for the winner this week is

Winners Badge to display with pride

TOP 3 will receive 1 image of choice from Cowgirl Up Design

TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

Hop over to the Challenge blog to join in and press the buttons at the top of the page to see the Posses fabulous work.

CHALLENGE

(I could only find 1 to enter. I really should plan ahead)

Just Inspirational Challenge #16 - a stamped project it can be either ink or Digi

Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - Girly Girl with pearls + pink, green or purple

2010-10-10T12:00:00.001+01:00

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. Hopefully when this goes out I will be doing some Geocaching, it is their 10th year so on 10/10/10 they want as many people as possible to log a cache to see if they can beat their record of 56,654 people logging a cache in 1 day.

Anyhoo, onto this weeks challenge at Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge, the theme is Girly Girl with pink, green or purple (or all the colours as I have). I have aimed my card at a very young Girly Girl, hence the use of the pastel colours. I have tried to go for a quilted, folksy look but the stitching leaves a lot to be desired.

The image is a gorgeous butterfly from Cowgirl Up Designs. For the background I cut squares and painted them with some cheap (£2.99) shimmer paints from The Works, I've had them years and they are still going strong. I then cut the squares diagonally and stuck them onto the square card. The stitching was done with an Inkessential white pen, it was dark and the pen didn't show up straight away so the stitching is atrocious. The pearls were made with a Viva pearl pen. The sentiment was made on the computer and put on sticky pads to raise it up.

See what I mean about the shimmer

This is after I added the sentiment and it was dark and no flash

A close up of the gorgeous butterfly with pearly bits

Our sponsor this week is POLLYCRAFT

The winner will receive £10.00 voucher to spend in the Pollycraft Store

Winners Badge to display with pride

TOP 3 will receive 1 image of choice from Cowgirl Up Design

TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

Hop over to the Challenge blog to join in and press the buttons at the top of the page to see the Posses fabulous work.

CHALLENGES

Create4fun challenge #63 - use a digital stamp on your card or project

Cute Card Thursday #133 - Make your own (I made my own background hope this counts)

Craft Your Days Away #5 - Babies

Wild Orchid Challenge #7 - Stitch it up - real or faux

Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - Anything Goes - Halloween Release

2010-10-03T21:35:00.001+01:00

This week at Cowgirl Up Designs CJ has a new releases for Halloween. There will be a 20% sale on the new releases for this week so hop over and grab yourself some truly wonderful, spooky images.

If you hop over to the challenge blog you will see what the Posses have done with the new releases. Unfortunately there was a problem getting my image to me so I have used another of CJ images and hopefully coloured it to pass as Halloween.

I have used one of CJ's images and the backing papers are from Creative Cottage. I have coloured the image with Copics and Promarkers and gone over the cobwebs with a Sakura gel pen. I hand cut a cobweb and spider then used a white Inkssentials pen to draw in the eyes and smile (couldn't leave it without a smile).

Our Sponsor this week is

This time around the WINNER will receive

"4 IMAGES OF CHOICE FROM CJ"

and the TOP 3 will receive

"2 IMAGES OF CHOICE FROM CJ"

CHALLENGES

MAWTT #16 - Fairy or Fantasy

By the Cute and Girly - Spooky

Delightful Challenges - Colours - Purple, Green & Black

Alphabet Challenge - W for Wings

Hop over to the Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge blog and see all the fantastic creations by our wonderful Posses

Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - Flowers Galore using 3DP & 3 different flowers

2010-09-26T13:05:00.001+01:00

This week at Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge we are asking you to use

3 DPs and 3 different types of flower.

I decided to make a cupcake card this week as I have my CraftROBO back and I wanted to play. I made the template myself and I really like the shape. My image is from The Town Scrapper and the name is "Made with Love Lola" (hence the cupcake card) she is coloured with Copics and Promarkers. My 3 DPs are from The Creative Cottage, who have a new store. My 3 different flowers are punched from the papers, a rose I opened slightly and a charm. The frame for Lola was cut with a large Nellie oval die. All the edges were shaded with distessed inks.

Our winner's Sponsor this week is

who are offering 5 images of choice to the winner

The Winners Badge

and the TOP 3 is sponsored by

who are offering 1 image of choice

1 image of choice from Cowgirl Up Designs

The TOP 3 Badge

Hop over to the challenge and join in it's great fun.

To see the wonderful creations by the other posse members go to the buttons under my header and click. You won't be disappointed they are a very talented bunch.

CHALLENGES

Anything Goes Challenge #17 - Cute (I think this is cute)

Digital Tuesday Challenge #77 - All about the girls + digi (what girl doesn't like cupcakes)

Charisma Cardz Challenge #38 - Anything Goes

A Spoon Full of Sugar #122 - Anything Goes

Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - Hip to be Not-Square (or a Rectangle)

2010-09-19T14:07:00.002+01:00

This week over on Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge the challenge is to make any card as long as it's not a square or rectangle.

As you can see my card is a Teapot shape and the beautiful image is from CJ at Cowgirl Up Designs. This is 1 of a series of Teacup Fairies. Unfortunately, my mojo deserted me when I made this card and I know I haven't done this little lady justice. I'm sat here now looking at her and I can see where I could have used some stickles and some glossy accents. I cut the teapot on my Craft Robo using the little teapot on the image as my template. The image was coloured with Copics and Promarkers.
I've gone back and added stickles, Anita's 3D gloss finish and liquid pearls and as usual I couldn't wait for them to dry so I ended up putting my hand in it (again). Here are 'before' and 'after' pictures. You may have to look closely but the after card is definitely more sparkly.

BEFORE

AFTER

Our Sponsor this week is DELICIOUS DOODLES who are opening a new shop on the 20th September. The images are by a very talented lady called Teri and Teri has decided to have a DT of her own details can be found at the link above. For the moment though you can hop over to Teri's blog to see some of her wonderful creations.

The Winner will get 3 images of choice from Delicious Doodles

Cowgirl Up Winner Badge

TOP 3 will get 1 image of choice from Cowgirl Up Designs

TOP 3 Badge

Challenges:

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge #17 - Keep It Simple (believe me it was a simple card to make)

PaperPlay Challenges #37 - All Shapes and Sizes

Glitterbabe's Challenge #12 - Anything Goes as long as it glitters

DON'T FORGET YOU CAN STILL SEND IN YOUR CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR SOLDIERS TO CJ AT THE ADDRESS ON THE BLOG

Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - Christmas Cards for Soldiers

2010-09-12T15:20:00.001+01:00

Firstly an apology. I have not been feeling too well lately and I haven't been able to get around to commenting on peoples blogs or posting on my own, so please accept my apologies and I hope normal commenting will resume as soon as possible.

I know this is a long post but please read it and join in this fun event, it is for a worthy cause.

This week over at Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge we are having a Christmas Cards for Soldiers event. We are asking people to make Christmas cards (as many as you like) and post them to this address
CJ HOLIFIELD

15649 SH 148

BOWIE,TX 76230
USA

The only rule is NO GLITTER or SPARKLIES if this comes off on the soldiers clothes or skin it can be detected.

CJ will then get all of your cards off to the person that will be distributing the cards to the soldiers at war to fill out, sign and send home to their Families and Friends.

The soldiers at war do not have access to simple things that many of us take for granted like Christmas and Holiday Card's.

This is a campaign so please make and send as many cards as you would like to the address above. All of your cards will then be sent out to be distributed to the soldiers.
We will collect cards for about 2 weeks, so please get them out to CJ.

This is such an incredible way for the card crafting community to get involved and make the world a better place.

This week we are having a 1st place and 2nd place along with a TOP 6.

Celebrating this campaign with us this week we have two fabulous sponsors.

Whimsy Stamps and Whiff Of Joy Stamps.

Whimsy Stamps will be giving 5 images of choice

and

Whiff of Joy Stamps who will giving 2 stamps of choice

and

1 image of choice from CJ at Cowgirl Up Designs along with the Winner Badge to display on your blog with pride.

We are also having a TOP 6 this week with 1 image of choice from CJ at Cowgirl Up Designs

Here is my card for this Challenge

I have used a Meljen Design from Whimsy Stamps. This is a lovely image to work with and could be used for many different card both male and female. I coloured it with Copic Markers and Promarker. The snowflakes were cut from a MS border punch and the sketch is from Inspirational Card Sketches #82.

We are looking to collect as many hand made cards as possible so spread the word and ask your friends! Copy this badge and make a post on your blog inviting crafters.

Post the Badge on your side bar. Leave a comment on the challenge blog that you have done this. We will be hopping around to check and someone will win a special award!!

Challenges

Inspirational Card Sketches #82 - sketch

Fussy and Fancy #19 - Christmas Colours

Christmas Cards for Soldiers - 12th September

2010-09-11T23:00:00.000+01:00

PLEASE READ THIS POST AND THEN SCROLL DOWN FOR MY LATEST POST. THANK YOU

As you can see, over on Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge we are having a 'Christmas Cards for Soldiers' event. We would like you make 1, 2 or 100 cards to send overseas to our soldiers so they can send them back to their loved ones for Christmas. Only 1 rule which is NO GLITTER OR SPARKLES it can come off on clothes and skin and be detected.

We will be having a special prize for 1 person and to be in with a chance of winning all we are asking is that you make a post on your blog about the event and place the banner on your sidebar. Leave a comment on the Christmas Cards for Soldiers post on the challenge blog and we will hop over and take a look at your blog.

We will be having a 1st Prize, 2nd Prize and TOP 6.

Our Sponsors will be

Whimsy Stamps & Whiff of Joy

We will post the address to send your cards to on the challenge post on the 19th September and they will be passed onto the right people for distribution.

We hope you will be able to attend this event as we would love to make Christmas special for the people who are overseas and their loved ones at home.

Winner of my Cowgirl Up Blog Hop Candy and Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge

2010-09-05T17:08:00.000+01:00

Thank you to everyone who joined in our hop last week I hope you had as much fun as I did. Now onto the important bit the winner of my blog candy is...

JAMIE

If you can send me your address Jamie I will post off your candy as soon as I can. My e-mail can be found in my profile at the bottom of the right hand sidebar.

If Jamie hasn't contacted me by Midnight 12th September I will choose another winner.

This Sunday sees another challenge over at Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge. This week the challenge is

ANYTHING GOES

A nice easy challenge this week.

Our sponsor is Michelle Perkett and the winner will get 3 images of their choice and the winners badge. We will also be having 3 Top 3 prizes of 1 image of choice from Cowgirl Up Designs. Hop over to get the full details and join in the challenge.

Monarch of the Glen

2010-09-02T22:32:00.001+01:00

This is my card for the following challenges.

Bee Crafty #37 - Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays #18 - Clean and Simple + sentiment

Crafty Emma's Store #1 - Anything Goes

Cupcake Crafts Challenge #106 - Let's get digital

Bunny Zoe Crafts #3 - Vintage

Creatalicious Challenges #13 - Vintage

Sorry for the rubbish picture, I took it late in the evening.

I have used one of CJ's (Cowgirl Up Designs) images called Deer. I chose this image and the Welcome Home Dad image because I wanted to challenge myself colouringly (made up word because I couldn't think of another word to use). I hope that you think I've made a half decent job of colouring them in because I do. (Hope you don't mind me blowing my own trumpet but I am really proud of these cards). I coloured the image with Copics and Promarkers and the papers were from a Crafts House, Plum Pudding 6 x 6 paper pad. The sentiment was a stamp by Mary Hughes I got from QVC many years ago, it came in a box of 40 stamps and I've only used about 4 out of it. (Mental note - I really must get the stamps out to use as they are really nice). Just a couple of reminders follow for upcoming Cowgirl events.

The challenge over on Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge this coming Sunday is sponsored by MICHELLE PERKETT. The winner will receive 3 images of their choice from Michelle Perkett + the Winner's Badge and the Top 3 will each receive 1 image of their choice from CJ at Cowgirl Up Designs and the Top 3 Badge.

Don't forget you still have time to enter the BLOG HOP and challenge (you don't have to make a card to enter the blog hop or vice versa)

I will be giving you the details of our Christmas Cards for Soldiers event tomorrow.

**Edited to add Just Inspirational Challenge #9) - A very, very, very quick post for the Delicious Doodles Competition

2010-08-31T12:21:00.001+01:00

Teri at Delicious Doodles has decided to have a DT CALL and a competition to celebrate her 1 yr anniversary. I am not applying for the DT but I would like to enter the competition. Here is my card. The sketch is from Just Inspirational Challenge #9.

I have used one of Teri's fantastic doodles and scraps from Creative Cottage, K & Co and my stash. The snowflakes are from my MS corner punch and have stickles in then middle. I coloured the white spot in the blue paper read to match the present on top.

Got to go and link now as I only have a about half hour before the competition closes.

Will let you know how I got on camping when I recover.

Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - BLOG HOP

2010-08-29T11:15:00.001+01:00

Welcome to our blog hop if you came here from Peggy's blog - Tricky's Creations you are on the right track if not hop over to the Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge to start. You will find full details of the hop there.

I don't have a letter on my blog but you will be

BLUE and EXCLAIMING

your woe if you don't find this symbol. Leave me a comment and let me know if you found it and you may be in with a chance of some candy.

I have 4 pots of tiny beads and 10 pins to give to 1 lucky blog hopper. You must complete the hop to be eligible for this prize.

From here you need to hop back to the Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge blog and leave a comment to say you have completed the hop. Full hop details are on the challenge blog.

For the challenge this week our theme is HANDMADE FLOWERS you can add as many flowers as you like as long as you have made them yourself. You could win all these fantastic flowery ribbons this weeks as our Sponsor is

CRAFTY RIBBONS

3 images of your choice from CJ's store Cowgirl Up Designs

The Winners Badge to display with pride on your blog

There will also be 3 x TOP 3 cards and these will be awarded

2 images of their choice from CJ's store Cowgirl Up Designs

The TOP 3 badge to display on their blog.

Here is the project I made for my DT work. I used paper from my stash and a gorgeous new release from CJ at Cowgirl Up Designs called Lilbit. I made the flowers by cutting a spiral out of a circle of paper and winding it up from the outside to the inside let it relax and stick it to the piece of card you have left in the middle, which is now on the outside. (I should have taken a picture of the bottom). I learnt how to make these at a scrapbooking class at Craft Den. I dabbed stickles onto the roses and the sunflowers on the image.

Here is a close up of the rose

I have used thin organza ribbon (bought from C&C) and threaded it through the holes in the Nellie C die and added 2 bows. The leaves are from a Woodware punch.

I had a list of challenges to enter this hanger into but my OH phoned on Friday afternoon and said we were going camping for the weekend so I won't be here to link up on Sunday. (I might see if I can find somewhere to plug my OH's netbook into on Sunday and see if I can get on line). We are camping on an airfield with water from a stand tap (if we're lucky), toilets in a mobile (if you are near the camping site) otherwise it's the dreaded portaloos (won't EVER go in one of those again) and no electric so early nights all round, which is just as well as people get up at 6am and start playing with their model planes. Forgot to say its show/competion weekend run by the British Model Flying Association where people show off their model planes and helicopters. It's a weekend away from home and I don't really mind the hardship as the family is together. Will let you know how we got on when I get back.

To all those who made it to here

THANK YOU.

BLOG HOP AT COWGIRLS SUNDAY STAMP'EN CHALLENGE

2010-08-27T02:00:00.010+01:00

Don't forget we are having a BLOG HOP this Sunday the 29th August at the Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge and there will be new releases from CJ and a 25% sale on these new releases we also have a fantastic challenge and Crafty Ribbons as the sponsor of our challenge the TOP 3 also get 2 images from Cowgirl Up Designs. We also have BLOG CANDY. If you take the banner, place it on your blog and put a comment on the Blog Hop posting on the challenge blog there will be a prize for one lucky person.

Thomas's Angel

2010-08-26T00:58:00.000+01:00

I have made this layout for the following challenges

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge - Wings
Sketch Saturday #117 - Sketch - I've added a title so I hope it still counts
One Stop Craft Challenge #94 - Not a card
Wild Orchid Challenge #4 - Make it sparkle

This is a picture of my daughter in her Thomas the Tank Engine pyjamas. It was taken a few years ago but when I showed the photo to her she said it was her favourite set of pyjamas. She was wearing her fluffy, sparkly tiara so I used a pair of wings from a Dezinaworld coIlage sheet and put them behind my photo (which I had just made into a transparent GIF on photoshop, it takes longer than just cutting out the photo but I enjoy messing with computer software). I used paper from a Papermania 12 x 12 card pad for the plain card and the pink patterned paper behind the photo was from Tinker and Co. The flowers were made from an EK Success, Woodware and MS punches the small blue centre is a snowflake but I think it will pass as a small flower. Another CAS LO for me. I'm off to bed now as I can't keep my eyes open.

ATC Swappers - August Swap

2010-08-21T00:01:00.001+01:00

These are the ATCs I made for this months swap at ATC Swappers, which is SPORTING SUMMER. If you want to enter the swap hop over to the blog and leave Paul a comment letting him know you want to swap some ATCs. The ones I have received have been beautiful works of tiny art. I am entering my August ATCs into

Just Inspirational Challenge Blog #8 - hobbies/entertainment/activities.

This week the sponsor is Lothian Crafts and the prize is a 'Flippin Bingo' stamp. It is a lovely challenge and the DT do some beautiful work. You really should hop over there and join in. (I won challenge #7 and will hopefully be receiving my prize next week. It is the S.W.A.L.K 'little Princess' stamp.)
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I hope JIC don't mind the cat it was an extra decoupage ATC for someone who missed the animal antics swap. For the Sport ATCs I used the PNG images from Bugaboo Stamps and added them to a background paper from Creative Cottage. I coloured them with Promarkers & Copics.

At first I made ATCs with a footballer and a rally car on them but realised it was Summer Sport and even though football seems to be an all year thing I didn't want to enter it for a Summer challenge and every time I see rally car racing it seems to be raining and muddy (typical British Summer I hear you say) but once again I didn't think of it as being a Summer sport so I went with Gymnastics, fishing, baseball and golf.

I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend, mine has already started as I am off work next week (doing a little dance now can you imagine it, it will give you nightmares if you can). HEEHEE. Happy Crafting. :-) xx

All Sticklely

2010-08-20T00:18:00.000+01:00

I am entering this card into 4 challenges.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #63 - sketch by Ariana Patten
Moving Along With The Times #60 - Glitter
My Time To Craft #103 - Glitter & Glitz
One Stitch At A Time #26 - Pack A Punch

This card has an image from CJ at Cowgirl Up Designs, she is called Cowgirl and you can pop over to CJ's store to find a variety, and I mean a variety of image designs.

I have used purple 12 x 12 papers from my stash and cut on my Craftrobo (which is poorly and will have to go away for a while) and flowery paper is from DCWV stack 6. The oval was cut with my Nellie C die and the flowers were punched with a Woodware daisy punch. I used a Viva pearl pen to dot the edge of the oval mat. I titled my post 'All Stickley' because as usual after I have used my stickles it is everywhere. My work inevitably ends up on the floor upside down it gets on my hands, on my face, all over my clothes and on the end of a purple pencil hence the purple dots. I have no patience and can never wait for things to dry properly, I always end up smudging the stickles and that is why there is stickles everywhere on this card.

The challenge this Sunday at Cowgirl Up Sunday Stamp'en Challenge is Summertime Feeling. (You still have a couple of days left to enter this weeks challenge which is and Inspirational photo and ribbon & buttons).

Our Sponsor

The Character Cafe
are offering a $10.00 Gift Certificate to spend in their store

The owners, Kendra and Kelly hope to provide a wide variety of unique characters suitable for many uses. Being crafters/consumers themselves, they strive to have customer service and quality second to none and look forward to serving you for years to come. From The Café, happy crafting!

The Winners badge to display on your blog.

The Top 3 will each get 1 image of their choice from Cowgirl Up Designs

The Top 3 badge to display on your blog

BLOG HOP ON 29th AUGUST

We are having a blog hop over at Cowgirl Up Sunday Stamp'en Challenge on 29th August

our sponsors will be CJ of Cowgirl Up Designs and Crafty Ribbons who do loads of luscious ribbons of every description. CJ will also be releasing new images (and they are gorgeous) and there will be a 25% off sale and last but not least blog candy.

Lazy Dayz - I can dream can't I?

2010-08-17T18:12:00.000+01:00

I am entering this card into the following challenges.

Moving Along With The Times #59 - sketch
Lothian Crafts - one for the men
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge #15 - yellow and cream or white
Incy Wincy Designs #55 - yellow
Digital Tuesday Challenge #72- use up your scraps
Anything Goes Challenge #12 - layers
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #35 - anything goes.

I have used the scraps I have left from a scrapbook LO it is from DCWV Stack 6. The yellow mats are from 12 x 12 Papermania textured card stock stack and I have distressed them with my scissors to show the white core. I coloured a Dustin Pike image with Promarkers and chalked the background with a sand, sea and sky layer but it doesn't really show up on the picture.

I am hoping there is enough yellow on the card for DDCC & IWD challenges, asked my kids what colour they would say is the main colour and they both said yellow, so fingers crossed.

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend and has a great week.

Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - Inspirational photo

2010-08-15T12:00:00.004+01:00

This weeks theme at Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge is an Inspirational photo + BUTTONS & RIBBON

My card was made using a fabulous image, garden faery, from the very talented CJ, for more designs like this visit Cowgirl Up Designs. The sketch was from 2 sketches 4 You. I used the papers from a couple of CC CD roms, Mrs Tiggywinkle & Summer Stories. The ribbon was a RAK from Leann and I made the strawberries from fimo. I also punched the corners with the MS punch I purchased from QVC (the punches cost so much my OH says I must use them on everything, don't think it will be a problem as I absolutely love them, at the moment!!). I have put stickles on my fairies wings but it isn't showing very well on my photo (blooming rain clouds, where is the sun it's August). I coloured her with Promarkers. My inspiration for this card was the colours and I have gone for strawberries and clotted cream. MMMmmmm strawberries and clotted cream.

To see the rest of the Posse's amazing work go to the buttons under my header and click.

This weeks Sponsor is

Pollycraft Digi Stamps

The Winner this week will get

The Winners Badge to display with pride on your blog

There will also be 3 x TOP 3 cards and these will be awarded 1 image of their choice from CJ's store Cowgirl Up Designs

The TOP 3 badge to display on their blog.

We are also look for a Guest Designer for the month of September.

Hop over to the challenge and join in the fun you won't regret it and you may be lucky enough to win the great prizes on offer.

CHALLENGES

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #72 - buttons & bows

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #35 - Anything Goes

Wild Orchid Challenge #3 - One for the Girls

Just Inspirational Challenge #7 - Fairies & Princesses

Just a reminder that we are having a Blog Hop on August 29th. If you grab the banner from my sidebar, put it on your blog and go to Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge and leave a comment on the Blog Hop post there will be a prize for 1 lucky person.

True Love Sweethearts

2010-08-13T12:24:00.001+01:00

I am entering this card into several challenges

Sketch Saturday #115 - sketch by Emma
Flutter By Wednesday #117 - open challenge - must have something with wings
Crafty Creations #80 - winged things - the butterfly
Papertake Weekly - something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue - old ~ red paper, new ~ image
Digital Tuesday - Butterflies and/or lace - butterfly and lace punch
Incy Wincy Designs - It's a bugs life - butterfly
Craft Your Days Away #1 - Favourite Things - gold Sakura calligraphy pen

I have kept this card CAS as I wanted the image to be the focal point (as usual with my cards, I would love to be able to put loads of flowers on as I think these look beautiful but it just isn't my style, funny isn't it). I cut my circles out by hand (hence the wobbly edges) after I had drawn around a couple of tins (my Craftrobo is poorly). The image is by CJ at Cowgirl Up Designs and the sketch is a Sketch Saturday one. I coloured the image with Copic Markers and edged everything with my Sakura gold calligraphy pen.

I will be back on Sunday with my DT posting for the Cowgirl Up Sunday Stamp'en Challenge. This Sunday we have an inspirational photo, using ribbons and buttons but you still have a day to join in this weeks challenge which is a sketch by Andrea.

A Gem of a Challenge #7 + By the Cure & Girly + Creative Crafts Challenge

2010-08-11T00:01:00.002+01:00

Here is my entry to the challenges below

A Gem of a Challenge #7 - sketch
By the Cute and Girly - Animal Antics
Creative Craft Challenge - Animal Antics

This is a Pink Gem which was a freebie but can now be bought in the Pink Gem Designs shop, which I coloured with my Promarkers. I used Creative Cottage digi papers, I chose quite plain papers as I wanted the pastel colours to shine through. I used a ribbon (which the very talented Leann, very kindly donated to a very good home) on top on my new MS border punch (I spent far too much on something I could live without but hey I loved these punches and I could do with not eating for a month or two or three). I coloured my card candy with my Promarkers too.

Dezinaworld: Spot Prize Challenge - Ice Maiden

2010-08-10T00:01:00.001+01:00

This is my digital entry for

Dezinaworld: Spot Prize Challenge.

This is a new style challenge and you have a chance of winning one of Dezinaworlds fantastic collage sheets.

The theme this week is 'ICE MAIDEN'. When I showed my OH what I had done and asked if he got what I meant he laughed and said it was definitely what he would call icy.

I tinted the image blue using my computer. It is bluer than I wanted but I'm still getting used to a new program and don't know all the ins and outs yet. The image is off the Wedding collage sheet from Dezinaworld.

I hope this is OK for the challenge as June was suggesting a start to Christmas cards but my warped sense of humour instantly thought of this.

Inspirational Card Sketches #77

2010-08-09T08:20:00.000+01:00

I am entering this card into the

Inspirational Card Sketchers #77 - sketch

This is an image from Cowgirl Up Designs. I have used DCWV green textured Christmas card to mat my image and have distressed the edges with Tim Holtz distessed ink. The words were printed on my computer. I coloured the image with Promarkers and I tried to get the uniform to look like a camouflaged uniform.

Just a quick post today as I'm off to work and I didn't want to miss the deadline for the challenge.

Crafting When I Can

Crafting When We Can Challenges #12 - Big Birthdays

Crafting When We Can Challenges #11 - Valentine/Love

Crafting When We Can Challenges #10 - Use something non crafty

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge is back - Yaaaahh!

Crafting When We Can Challenges #9 - Resolutions

Crafting When We Can Challenges #8 - Friendship

Crafting When We Can Challenges #7

Free Paper Pad Challenge #8 - Vintage Papers

just like buses, they come in 3s

AAAAGGGGHHHHHH only 40 days to Christmas!!!!

Crafting When We Can Challenges #6 - Female Birthday

Snowman Winter Wishes

Crafting When We Can Challenges #5 - Halloween or anything but a card

Blakeney Point

Crafting When We Can Challenges #4 - Christmas Come Early

OH NO I've been podded!!!

2 in a row, what's happening???

Where did last week go?

Crafting When We Can Challenges #3 - Bingo Card

Paper Pad Challenge #1 - Sketch

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge - Autumn/Fall & Lace

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN CHALLENGE #2 - SKETCH & FAIRYTALE

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN CHALLENGE #1 - ANYTHING GOES

Sneak Peek for New Challenge on Sunday 4th September

having problems and a reminder

Happy Yuletide

Daddy's Little Girl

NEW CHALLENGE BLOG OPENING - 4TH SEPTEMBER

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge - GOLDEN

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge goes Monthly!!

Dezinaworld - BIG CELEBRATORY COLLAGE GIVE AWAY

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge - Celebrate Your Homeland

Just playing around at Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #15 - Summertime Fun

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #14 - Getting Jiggy

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #13 - Anything Goes

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #12 - Mum/Mom's Day/Spring

A plea for Rancorman - sticky post

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #11 - Rainy Days or Spring

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #10 - Easter/Spring + Blog Hop

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #9 - Monochrome

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #8 - Hawaii/The Beach

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #7 - Hearts on cards + Blog Hop

An Award

Tellen's Place - Stripes

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge - Nursery Rhyme, Childrens Story e.t.c

JUST A REMINDER - VALENTINE HOP TOMORROW AT CREATIVE COWGIRLS CHALLENGE

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge - Charming

Sometimes I feel like the White Rabbit.......I'm late, I'm late

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #6 - Valentine Day Cards

Old scrapbook page

Dezinaworld Spot Prize + Create4fun #77

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #5 - Turqoise and black or brown

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #4 - Something New

Still Time

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #3 - Christmas or Winter + Blog Hop + Candy

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #2 - Anything Goes

Dezinaworld Everyone Wins Prize Give Away Challenge

Anything Goes at Creative Cowgirls Challenge #1

Yeeee Haaa It's Creative Cowgirls First Challenge.

Don't Forget

My Mum and Me

Blog Candys in memory of Amanda Mary

**************GREAT NEWS**************

Dezinaworld - Everyone Wins - Prize Give Away Challenge

Don't tell my OH about this!!!

Cowgirl Up Designs and Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge

Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - Bring on the BLING BLING

Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - HALLOWEEN BLOG HOP

An Apology + Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - sketch by Alison and make your own DP

Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - Girly Girl with pearls + pink, green or purple

Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - Anything Goes - Halloween Release

Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - Flowers Galore using 3DP & 3 different flowers

Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - Hip to be Not-Square (or a Rectangle)

Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - Christmas Cards for Soldiers

Christmas Cards for Soldiers - 12th September

Winner of my Cowgirl Up Blog Hop Candy and Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge

Monarch of the Glen

**Edited to add Just Inspirational Challenge #9) - A very, very, very quick post for the Delicious Doodles Competition

GREAT NEWS