OSAAT Challenge #19

A very exciting post for me, as this is my first ever card made for a Design Team! Woohoo! The theme this week over at One Stitch At A Time is Stars and/or Stripes! Head over there to see the gorgeous creations by the rest of the team for inspiration :) 

In my card I have used the lovely 'A little birdie told me' image from Robyns Fetish Digital Stamps, you can see more of her designs at the Stitchy bear stamps shop

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Kah Wink e dink - Anything goes

Gingersnap creations - Wings

Gingersnap creations - shades of blue

Digi doodles shop - anything goes

Crafty catz - lets go digital

Super delicious!

I really want to eat this cupcake! Nom nom.... joking aside, I'd like to enter this into the following challenges!:

Pixie Cottage #24 - following the sketch

ABC Challenge - Extra Dimension (Cake, Sentiment)

I did it creations - Dimension

Sew Many Challenges - Anything Goes

S2G - Twisted thursday 'Something New' (DCWV papers)

Freshly Brewed Challenges - Anything goes

Totally Gorjuss - Sugar and Spice

Bunny Zoe - Nice and girly
Creative Craft Challenges - Stamp it up

To create this I have used...

Kanban Cupcake clear stamp coloured with Promarkers

Papers from DCVW Nanas Kitchen & Papermania Blueberry Hill

Sentiment from Craftwork Cards

Ribbon, flowers, and gems from stash.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

June Crafty place ATC Swap

The June theme was Embossing, and I was lucky enough to have the lovely Marg for my ATC swap partner this month! Here is the absolutely beautiful ATC and card she sent me for the swap :) Thanks Marg they are so gorgeous! Yours are on the way to you now ;)

Sunshine award from Sherie

Thanks to Sherie for this Sunshiney award, very appropriate given the weather over the past few days! 

I would like to pass this award on to the following 12 people, and if they choose to accept it they should pass it onto a further 12 etc :)

Sarah at Rainmacs Place

Padster at Padsters Marmalade mutterings

Glittermum at My Groovy Blog

Ali at My Crafty Desk

Marg at Marg the hermits crafts

Flourgirl at Karens crafty corner

Laura at Legweaks Handmade cards

Skiergirl at Snowy Peaks

Jennie at The crafty wife

Tired Mom at Taylormade crafts

Mad Frog at Sparklecrafty

Claire aka Happy days at What shall  I make today?

Perfect Purples

This card came together unexpectedly quickly for me as I usually take hours deciding what image/papers/colours to use and then have to change something as it doesn't 'quite' match. I must have been on a lucky strike when I made this as the first thing I chose of everything seemed to look good together!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:

Crafty Creations - Shine

I have used:

Personal impressions flower stamp coloured with Mica pigments.

Nellie snellen frame die

Sizzix decorative corner die

LLB papers and Lace

Personal impressions sentiment stamp

Card candy and Gems from stash

Thanks for stopping by!!

Friday Sketchers challenge 107

Here's my latest creation, an entry for this weeks challenge at Friday Sketchers.
I would also like to enter this into the following challenges:
Alys Sunday Challenge - Flowers
Really Reasonable Ribbon - border
Meljen Designs - Ribbon
Crafty Creations - Its a stitch up
Crazy 4 challenges - paper flowers

I have used:

Papers from my new DCWV Citrus stack (bargain from Dunelm!)

Pepper and Friends stamp coloured with Promarkers and stickles

Martha Stewart edge punch, X cut flower punch and Nellie Snellen stamen punch.

Ribbon and flowers from stash.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Stitchy Stamps Sale!

Just a quickie to let you all know that there is a sale on Stamp Bundles over at Stitchy Stamps from 20th to 27th June, they have some lovely digi stamps so check out the shop :)

Home Sweet Home

Afternoon all! Heres my latest creation, a card for three challenges. I've had this stamp set for ages but havent used it yet (my last New home card I used a digi chandelier) but this stamp is lovely. There are other things in the set like a lamp and a chair so I may do a few more in a similar style. I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Charisma - Spots and Stripes

Craftalicious - New

One Stop - following the Sketch

I have used:

Papermania Chatsworth Stamps

My Minds Eye papers

Sizzix decorative corner die

Quickut\ flourish die

Thanks all, come again!

A bit of Fun

I've very kindly been nominated for this by Ali over at My Crafty Desk

Thanks Ali! For this award you have to list either 6 lies and one truth, or 1 lie and 6 truths about yourself, and then pass it on to 7 others. So here are my 'facts'

1. I am fluent in French

2. I'm Left handed

3. I can do the splits

4. I studied Biology at University

5. I've appeared on Live TV

6. I've met the Queen

7. I just can't get enough of the Vuvuzela sound

Now I have to pass it on to 7 others, so here goes:

Bunbun at Bunbuns crafts

Choccy at It's not Terrys its mine

Glittermum at My Groovy Blog

Padster at Padsters Marmalade Mutterings

Susan at my Crafty Card Creations

Leia at Legweaks Handmade Crafts

Flourgirl at Karens Crafty Corner

I'm on a roll

Wow two cards in one day, hello mr mojo nice to see you again! I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Pink Gem - Buttons and ribbons

Creative Card Crew - Thankyou

Creative Cottage - Pink

Secret Crafter - following the sketch (rotated)

Image from Pink Gem designs coloured with Promarkers

Papers by Basic Grey and Forever Friends

Sentiment stamp by personal Impressions

Ribbon, flower, card candy and buttons from stash.

Thanks for visiting me :)

Stitchy stamps DT call

Has my mojo finally returned? Maybe so, as I dont want to sound big headed but I think this has to be one of my favourite cards I've ever made. Thanks to Stitchy at one stitch at a time challenge blog for providing the image for me to enter the DT call and for giving me the motivation to try and create something beautiful. I really hope you like my card Stitchy!
Please go check out the Stitchy stamps range, they really are beautiful and so unusual!

I have used:

Image from Stitchy stamps coloured with Promarkers

Papermania capsule collection papers - blues

Nellie snellen flower punches, quickuts flourish die, oval nestabilities, sewing machine, stickles and gems.

Thanks for looking! :)