Gingerloft - Tie a Yellow Ribbon

This week at Gingerloft we want to see you "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" onto your projects!

I've used this fun Kite image, coloured with Promarkers, to make a card suitable for a general child's birthday. I've used paper from the Forever Friends springtime pack and added a sentiment from craftwork cards. The gems and ribbon are from stash.

Thankyou for stopping by! Please visit the rest of the DT blogs to to see their wonderful creations :)

And finally, just a quick mention that we have a Blog Hop coming up on the 12th June, the theme for this will be Asian Inspiration! I can't wait, it's going to be so much fun :)

IDIC #57 - Freebie Challenge

This is a Sad project from me, it will be my last as part of the DT for I Did it Creations. I've had such fun working with all of the very talented ladies on the team and wish them all the best!!

The theme this week is a Freebie image from Robyns Fetish. To get this, head over to the I Did it Creations blog and join in the challenge using the image, easy peasy!

I've coloured Happy Harry using promarkers and cut him out with scalloped circle nesties. I have used a scrap of denim effect paper on the layer behind him. The sentiment is by craftwork cards and the navy ribbon is from stash.

Thankyou for visiting me on my last IDIC challenge :)

Happiness is....

I thought I'd post this to try and remind myself why I love my cats, they are making life very hard for me today by being general little wotsits and won't let me get anything done!

I made this a couple of weeks ago and as always, hadnt got round to posting it yet! The image is a stamp from Dimension Fourth, but I've only used it a few times as it's quite difficult to get a good impresssion out of it. I still adore it though! Here, I've stamped in Memento and inked around the image with Pumice Stone distress ink. I've used Papers from the Papermania V&A collection, which are also inked around, and the corner is made with a sizzix die.

The Lace, Bakers twine and the mosaic tiles are from stash, and the sentiment is from a stamp set by Personal Impressions. I've added a touch of glossy accents to the cats eyes to make them shine :)

Saturday

2 Sisters - Anything Goes

Marks Finest Papers - Ivory & Lace

Totally Gorjuss -  String or Twine

Friday

Delicious Doodles - 1/3 - Lovely lace.

Stamp Something - Use a sentiment.

Thursday

Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything goes.

Do You Stack Up? - 2/3 - Animals.

Paper Romance - Distressing.

The Rubber Cafe - Vintage.

Wednesday

Crafting for all Seasons - Anything goes

Paper Shelter Challenge - 1/3 - anything goes

Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes

Tuesday

Bearly Mine - 1/1 - Die Cuts & Lace

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday - 1/3 - Use 2 or More Stamps

Monday

My Partner in Crafting Crime - Twine, jute or string

Woodware USA - 2/2 - Anything Goes

AUD Sentiments #29 - Sentiment For a Male

At AUD Sentiments this week we are looking for Male themed creations! Digi's with Attitude are our wonderful sponsor, and this little guy I've used called Mikey Monkey certainly has the 'Tude!!!

I've coloured him with Promarkers, and cut with nesties labels 7. The edges are inked with Scattered Straw Distress Ink and the papers are from a male themed DCWV stack. The leaves are made with an MS punch and the sentiment is from craftwork cards, coloured with Olive Green promarker.

Thanks for stopping by!

Thursday
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything goes.
Do You Stack Up? - 1/3 - Animals.
Wednesday
Crafting for all Seasons - Anything goes
Paper Pretties -  birthday
Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes
Tuesday
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - 1/1 - Animals
Monday
Stamping Scrapping Central - 1/1 - Masculine
Stamps R Us - 2/2 - Goin Digital - use something digi
Saturday
Bee Crafty - M, must use digi - Birthday for Little Ones
Shannon's Sentiments  -  Birthdays 

Sugar Creek Hollow  - 1/3- Masculine 

Charisma #21 - Boy oh Boy

We've gone all Macsuline this week at Charisma! Yes, we want to see those pesky boy creations! ;)

Our sponsors this week are:

This beer mug image I have used is from Digistamp Boutique and I've added colour to it with Promarkers. The foam is made from some fake snow 'stuff' (no better word for it..!) The letters were in an alphaber sticker pack for 29p from Home Bargains! The leather effect silver card was from an exhibition quite a while ago...not sure who by, possibly papermill or payperbox!

Thanks for visiting :)

CRAFT #104 - Alter/Recycle

This week at CRAFT we want to see you Alter or Recycle something, and we are being sponsored by the lovely folks over at Meljen Designs, who are offering our winner 4 digital stamps of their choice

I chose to alter this old coffee jar into a pot for my Kars cardboard pencil stumps.
The image is Meljens coloured with Promarkers, and I've added stickles to the ribbon and the heart on the mug. The pink ribbon is from stash.

Thanks for visiting me! :)

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Wednesday
Crafting for all Seasons - Anything goes
Freshly Brewed - 1/5 - anything but a card
Paper Shelter Challenge - 1/3 - anything goes
Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes
Tuesday
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
Flourishes - Decorate a Bag or a Box
Paper Take Weekly - Pale, Pretty Pastels
Monday
DDH Challenges - Anything but a card
Stamps R Us - 1/2 - Goin Digital - use something digi
Woodware USA - 1/2 - Anything Goes
Sunday
One Stitch At A Time - Bling it On
Saturday
2 Sisters - Use A Digi
Challenge Up Your Life - Recycling

ECP Challenges -Pastel Colours 

my winner of CRAFT's blog hop is...

Thanks to everyone who left me comments as part of the CRAFT Challenge Blogoversary blog hop! I have let Mr Random do his thing and he has come back with the winner as......STEPH!!

Congrats Steph! please contact Jo at craftchallenge@yahoo.co.uk to claim your prize of 4 digis from the Sassy Studio shop!

IDIC #56 - Anything Goes

Sundays always mean it's time for another challenge at I Did it Creations! And we have a nice easy one for you this week: Anything Goes!!

Our sponsor is the lovely Angela at Toucan Scraps, and she has kindly provided the DT with a digital kit to use for their projects this week.
Here's how I've used it, everything is from the digi kit except for the embossed purple paper at the back, the sentiment, and the bakers twine down the edge. This was a gorgeous kit to play with and I loved deciding which of the papers to use and layering all the images up :)

Thanks for taking the time to visit me today! :)

SFTW #9 - Blue, buttons and bling

Today is my first project as a new DT member for Stampin for the Weekend! I am so pleased to be joining this talented bunch of ladies and hope I can match up to their high standards of creating!!

The theme for this fortnights challenge is a Recipe of Blue, Buttons and Bing!  I'm really trying to make more men and boys cards as my stock is seriously deficient in that area. I'm trying to aim for at least 1 in 3...wish me luck!
For my project, I've used a cute LOTV die cut quare and papers from the FF men's collection which matched up really well with the image! The border punch is by X cut, and the sentiment is a Stamp by Personal Impressions. The Buttons and string are from stash, and I've put Distress Stickles around the image for the Bling part!

Thanks for visiting :)

Charisma #20 - Birthdays in Pink

At Charisma this week we've gone Pink, along with Birthday creations!
Our sponsor for this challenge is Robyns Fetish Digital Stamps!


I've used their cute digi stamp called 'A little birdie told me', coloured with Promarkers. The music is a stamp by LOTV which I've stamped with Victorian Velvet DI and inked around the edges with Spun Sugar. The card blank has been spritzed with chalkies paints through a template to create the background. The flowers are made using an x cut punch and black stickles for the flower centres. I've added Cotton Candy stickles around the music image, and to the flowers. The gems are from stash, and the sentiment was cut from a large sheet of bird themed birthday sayings.

Thanks for taking the time to visit me today :)

Thursday
Craft Us Crazy - 1/3 - Something new (music stamp) and/or favourite embellishment.
Crafty Purple Frog - Monochromatic.
Shelly's Images - Anything goes.
Wednesday
Creative Belli - Anything starting with S (stickles)
Creative Card Crew - Cute & Girly
Divas by Design - 1/2 - For the Girls
I Love Promarkers - Must use Promarkers - Animals
Little Red Wagon - Use a Tree in your Project (tree stump)
Paper Pretties - Flowers
Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Sparkle & Shine.
Sisterhood of Crafters - 1/3 - Let it Shine
Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes
Tuesday
A Spoonful Of Sugar - 1/1 - Anything Goes
Anita Be Stampin' - Pearls & Lace
Claudia & Co - 1/1 - Girls Birthday Card
Flourishes - Inspired by Spring
Paper and Such Design -1/2 -  Birthday Card
Paper Take Weekly - Something Floral or Use Molly Bloom image
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenges - May Flowers
Use It Tuesdays -  Bling
Monday
Creative Stamp Friends - My favourite colours
Cupcake Craft - In the garden
KB Cute Monday - Anything goes using a digi
Pollycraft - Music
Shabby Tea Room  - Monochromatic
Stamping Scrapping Central - 1/1- Birthday Theme
Stamps R Us - 1/2 - Goin Digital - use something digi
Sunday
Corrosive Challenges - 2/2 - Birthdays
Creative Inspirations - Glitzy and Bling.
Emerald Faeries -3/3 - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Scrappy Frogs - Anything goes
Stamptacular Sunday - Must use a stamp - Pink-a-licious
Saturday
Creations by Gill M - Birds in the garden
Designed 2 Delight - 1/3 - Handmade Flowers

ECP Challenges - Pastel Colours 

Little Claire's  - 2/3 - Sparkle

CRAFT #103 - Happy Birthday and Blog Hop!!

This week at CRAFT Challenge we are celebrating our 2nd Blogaversary in style. Our challenge this week is Happy Birthday! (to Us) to fit in with this celebration. Please link your project to InLinkz as per usual.

To celebrate we will also will be doing a Blogaversary Blog Hop with many sponsors and prizes on the way. To be in with having a chance of winning these prizes, you will need to leave a comment on our (G)DT's blogs, a winner will be chosen randomly at each stop.

We will also leave a word at each stop, with which we would like you to form a sentence. So, don't forget to collect a word on each stop as well! After you have collected all these words, form a sentence with them and enter your sentence in a comment on our CRAFT Challenge blog. We will obviously not allow comments to be posted during this week to stop any cheating, lol!



You should have started at CRAFT Challenge and come to me from Claire's blog. If you did not, please go back to the stops before you have so far not passed.

My word is: CRAFT's

My sponsor for the blog hop is Sassy Studio Designs, and the prize you can win on my stop is 4 images of choice from their shop.

I've used their gorgeous Martini glass image, coloured with Promarkers and cut out with scalloped circle nesties. The paper is by My Minds eye and I've used a MS Punch down one side of the paper and one of the sides of the card blank. I've put a piece of the same paper behind the punched panel on the inside of the card so it shows through. The doily is cut with a Nellies die and the sentiment is a stamp by Fiskars. Gems are from stash and I've added stickles to the doily and the glass she's sitting in.

Just as a reminder, here is your route to follow. You should start and end at the CRAFT Challenge blog.
CRAFT Challenge
Jo's Digistamp Blog
Carol
Claire (GDT)
Gemma (you're here!)
Jacky
Jo
Karen
Kerry
Kevin
Kim
Nikki (GDT) Sharon
Tigerlover (junior DT)
CRAFT Challenge
So, join in with us this week to be in with a chance of many prizes and we hope you enjoy the journey! Your next stop is Jacky. Don't forget to leave a comment if you want to have a chance of winning the prize on my stop!!

DS4J #18 - Boys, Boys, Boys

This week at Digistamps 4 Joy our theme is Boys!

I've used this digi called Thirsty for my card, coloured with promarkers. The paper is  by papermania, the dewdrops are from Sarahs cards and the sentiment is from Craftwork cards.

Thanks for visiting! :)

Gingerloft - Plant a Tree

Time for another challenge at Gingerloft! This week our theme is Plant a Tree and I've used the pretty Flowering tree image.

I've added touches of colour to the image with whispers pens, and die cut it with nesties deckled rectangles. The edges are inked with Pumice Stone distress ink. The paper is from the Papermania coutnry companions set. I've used a cuttlebug embossing folder on the green card, and one of the nesties fancy tags. MS leaf frond punch, woodware scalloped circle punch, and greeting stamp from personal impressions. The ribbon, gems and glitter are from stash.

Sunday
Corrosive Challenges - 1/2 - Birthdays
Creative Cowgirls - 1/2 - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations - Glitzy and Bling.
Emerald Faeries -1/3 - Anything Goes
Kenny K Krafty Girlz - 1/1 - Die cuts and punches
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Scrappy Frogs - Anything goes
Saturday
Card Creations & More By C - 1/1 - Must Use Embossing

Little Claire's  - 1/3 - Sparkle

Friday

Crafty Ann's - Happy birthday.
Fabulous Friday - Use ribbon or twine.
Sew Many Cards - Anything goes.
Stamp Something - Anything goes.
Thursday
4 Crafty Chicks - Spring inspired.
Delightful Challenges - 1/1 - Flowers.
Dutch Dare Card Challenge - 1/2 – Winged things.
Rainbow Lady's - 1/2– Let’s feel it (use texture).
Shelly's Images - Bling.
Wednesday
Crafts and Me - Punches
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
My Mum's Craft shop - 1/3 - Die-cuts
Paper Pretties - Texture
Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes
Simply Scrapping Creative Card Challenge - 1/1 - Buttons or Bows
Stars and Stamps Midweek Throwdown - Things With Wings
Tuesday
Creative Craft Challenges - 1/3 - Distressed/Vintage
Everybody-Art-Challenge - Flowers
Flourishes - Anything Goes
Paper and Such Design - 1/2 - Birthday Card
Paper Take Weekly - Punches Or Die-Cuts
Top Tip Tuesday - 1/3- Flower Frenzy
Tuesday Throwdown - Die-cuts
Use It Tuesdays - Bling
Monday
Crazy Challenge - 2/2 - Anything Goes
DDH Challenges -  Bling
Simon Says Stamp and Show... - Anything Goes

IDIC #55 - Lace and Ribbon

This Sunday at I Did it Creations our new challenge theme is Lace and Ribbon. We are sponsored by the lovely Stitchy Stamps, and I got to play with this lovely image called Welcome Home.

I've coloured the image with promarkers and cut around it. The papers are from a Forever Friends pack. The doily is cut with a Nellies die and I've used MS Doily lace border punch on the edge of the patterned paper. The Sentiment is a stamp which I've embossed with white embossing powder. The gems and ribbon are from stash, and I've added some Burgundy coloured Distress Stickles to her top and the rose.

Thanks for visiting me :)

Sunday
Creative Cowgirls - 2/2 - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations - Glitzy and Bling.
Emerald Faeries -2/3 - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Scrappy Frogs - Anything goes
Saturday
Little Claire's  - 2/3 - Sparkle

Friday

Fabulous Friday - Use ribbon or twine.
Sew Many Cards - Anything goes.
Stamp Something - Anything goes.
Totally Papercrafts - Anniversaries.
Thursday
Shelly's Images - Bling.
Wednesday
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
My Mum's Craft shop - 2/3 - Die-cuts
Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes
Tuesday
Everybody-Art-Challenge - Flowers
Flourishes - Anything Goes
Jac-Inks Papercraft Challenges - must stamp - Heat Embossing
Paper Take Weekly - Punches Or Die-Cuts
Tuesday Throwdown - Die-cuts
Use It Tuesdays - Bling
Monday
DDH Challenges -  Bling
Ooh La La Creations - Tres Chic
Simon Says Stamp and Show... - Anything Goes
Woodware USA - 1/2 - Wedding or/Anniversary

AUD Sentiments - No Sentiment! (Eh?!)

Today marks my first challenge on the DT at AUD Sentiments! This week, the theme is 'No Sentiment'!

Our sponsor for this challenge is DigiChick:

I  got to play with their lovely Candy Dispenser template for my project this week. I used acetate for the main body of the box, and some pink stripy papers from my scraps drawer to decorate. I've punched around one of the papers with MS doily lace edge punch, and added a brad to the top of the lid and ribbon around the main part. Of course I had to add some Haribo bears for it to fulfil it's purpose ;) 

Thanks for visiting me :) Dont forget to stop by the main AUD Sentiments challenge blog to check out the rest of the talented DT's projects!

Charisma #19 - Under the Weather

My second post for today is to tell you about our new challenge theme this week over at Charisma Cardz, which is Under the Weather (Get Well Soon)

We have some lovely sponsors for you this week:

One lucky winner will receive 5 Digital Stamps of their choice

The lovely Heidi from Stampe shop is offering one lucky winner this week a $15 voucher.

For my DT project, I've used this sweet Stacked Teacups image from Pink Cat Studio.

The image has been coloured with Promarkers and cut out with Go Kreate Ovals and Scalloped Ovals. The edge of the image has been inked around with Spun Sugar DI. Ive used an MS border punch on the centre strip and lace which has been coloured with Promarkers. The papers are from papermania FF stack and Dovecraft Sweet owl stack. The sentiment is a stamp from Papermania and the flourish is a stamp from Inkadinkadoo. The three dots of pearls in the corners are Liquid pearls, which I've had for aged but never used, they give a great effect and I've added some to the spotty teacup on the image too :)

 Thanks for stopping by! :)

CHALLENGES:
On Thursday morning, I spent a great deal of time listing and entering challenges for this card. Unfortunately, blogger then went down and lost my post, so apologies if you have followed me from a DT blog to leave a comment and you can't see your challenge linked. I'm sure that plenty of other bloggers are in the same situation! I simply dont have the time to find out which challenges I entered and re-list and link them all again. If you need to delete me from your challenge entries for this week because I'm not linking to you, then please go ahead.