Sunday, 15 March 2015

Best wishes

Hope all you mums out there have had a lovely Mother's Day, my children are far away but i did get cards from them and presents too, so I was very happy. I have used yet another Penny black stamp and I think this will be the last one for  now, I just love hedgehogs , this card started out as a male card which I don't make , but as you can see it, ended up with flowers and dimatie's, I need to buy myself some male stamps and try harder I think.. My papers are just left over bits I am trying to use up...
I would like to enter this card into

Scribble and scrap.   Anything goes.  scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk
Fresh brewed Designs. Flowers.        freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.pt

Saturday, 14 March 2015

Day Dream

What a lovely day here in Sunny Portugal
My card today is called Day Dream from penny black, she reminds me so much of my great granddaughter, who will be one in May. I have coloured her with water colour pencils & promarkers, mounted her onto a 5x5 card added some back ground papers, flowers, ribbons n a bow..
I would like to enter my card into 

Penny black and more.  blossom and bows.  pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com 
All sorts challenge.  Flowers and pearls.   Allsortschallenge.blogspot.com
Sister act.    Anything goes.     http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.pt

Sunday, 8 March 2015

Spring is in the Air..

afternoon everybody and I hope your all having a fab weekend  what ever it is your doing. Today I have used another penny black stamp, after all they are my favourite stamps... I have used the lovely SUNNY PAIR.... I coloured the image with my promarkers, I only have one set here in Portugal at the moment, so I am limited to choice of colour. I have used bits of scrap paper and green card left over from other cards Ive made,  I have used the gorgeous grunge stamp from stamp in up a little in the corners of my image, added a doilie some ribbon, a couple of pearls n all mounted onto a 6x6 card. I am entering my card into the following challenges


Penny Black Saturday challenge March    Pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com


Fashionable stamping spring time  http://www.fashionablestampingchallenges.com

Scribble and Scrap.       Anything goes.     scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk

Alsorts challenge.  Spring is in the air.  Allsortschallenge.blogspot.com

Friday, 6 March 2015

Mother's Day

Good afternoon , it's a lovely day here today plenty of warm sun shine & blue skies. For my card to day I have choosen the beautiful Botanical Notes from Penny Black, very kindly sent to me a couple of weeks ago by a good friend. I have coloured my image with promarkers , paper pieced the butterfly, used memento ink  pad to colour the edges of my image, added 2 dollies and some pieces of scrap paper I had left over from another project I was doing. I am entering my card into

Scrap-craft    Mothers Day.  http://scrap-craft-inspiration.blogspot.co.uk


Crafting with an attitude.  Anything goes. http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk

Tuesday, 24 February 2015

Happy Birthday

morning and what a lovely morning it is here in Portugal blue sky's and sunny, I was given  this and another similar image from a lady i got to know by Ieaving comments On her cards, so I decided to use it today, I have coloured it with promarkers mounted it on to navy blue card added it to my card and background paper, added a sentiment, and little gems. I am entering into the following challenges


Perfectly Rustic boy/Girl.   http://perfectlyrustics.com
Craft your passion.   Always anything goes http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.

Sunday, 22 February 2015

best wishes

Hello & welcome to my blog. Today I have used an American Art stamp by Adriana Chrislea, I found it amongst some images I had already stamped. I have used promarkers to colour it, layered it on to brown n pink card, then added a doilie to the pink background paper , mounted my image onto the doilie added two peel off corners a love heart button, flowers, memory box fence die and label n best wishes tag.

I am entering my card into the following challenges



   http://suzypantssmarty.blogspot.co.uk.  Anything goes / monochrome

http://fantasystampers.blogspot.co.uk.     Pretty in Pink

Saturday, 14 February 2015

Love is in The Air

Good Afternoon hope everyone is having a lovely weekend, and for those of you who are busy creating something wonderful hope your having a fab time. I have had this image stamped out for a while, I think it's a digi one that I bought some time , I just thought it was so cute and had to have it ,I have coloured it with promarkers, mounted on to brown card, added a doilie behind the image, mounted that onto brown spotted card & some music paper, added some lace, a pearl and a little gem,flowers & love heart pins. I am entering my card into the following challenges...

Cut it up.     Romance-flower,lace,pearl. cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com
Perfectly Rustic.  Wings. http://perfectlyrustics.com
Cutie pie.   Doilies + cute. http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.pt

Thank you for stopping by,& for any comments you my leave
There all appreciate ,

Happy crafting
Babs

Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Scented Message

Hello there hope everybody is having a good week so far,  today I have stamped and coloured an image called Scented Meassage from Penny  Black, they are one of my favourite stamp company's I just love there stamps and they have such a wide range of different stamp too, I am entering my card into

Suzy Bees Bloomin challenge.    Anything goes something with wings. http://suzypantssmarty.blogspot.pt
Through the craft room door   Anything goes   http://ttcrd.blogspot
My craft creations. Anything goes.   http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.co.uk/p/new-challenge.html

Tuesday, 3 February 2015

Valentine

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog, hope everybody at home is keeping warm from the horrible weather you all are having, here today is also not very nice it's over cast but still the temperature is quite good better than home, so I thought I would make a Valentine card for the hubby, I have used the heart lattice die and the music die from memory box, the cats are a Marianne design die, and the heart one was given to me off a friend that she bought some time last year and she never said who's die it is, so sorry I can not help you on that one, but my be one of you lover crafters out there might know. I added a couple of small dimatie's to the cats & the little roses. I would to enter my card into the following challenges

Crafty boot challenge   Hearts & Valentine.  http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.co.uk
Dreamvalleychallenge  Valentine dayhttp://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.pt
Cuttlebug mania.       Use a hearthttp://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.pt

Sunday, 1 February 2015

Birthday wishes

Well I have managed it again, to upload another card to my blog how I don't really know ,one minuet there's nothing there then hey it appears on my photos, so I must have pressed the right button some where ? Still all new to me. My image to day is from a A4 sheet of rubber stamps I bought a few years ago when I first started making cards called funky flowers. I have coloured the image with water colour pencils, added a bird die, some ribbon and other embellishments from my craft box,
Sentiment from craftwork cards. I would like to enter my card in to

Inkspirationl  rose colourshttp://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk
Stamping sensations   Anything goeshttp://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk