Halloween Birthday...

Hello..i would like to share my card with you, I don't have any Halloween stamps not one,but this morning while I was looking through some of my stamps that have not seen day light for so long,  I came across this stamp it comes on a A4 sheet about 12 stamps all together all girls dressed in different costume, I can not remember who's stamps they are but a little voice in my head is saying Debbie Moore but I am not sure..so I thought I would try and put something together to make a Halloween card, I am really out of my comfort zone with this card, I love to see all the gorgeous cards you lovely crafters make with the distress inks , chalks and other techniques I have had loads of goes , but as always  like I have with this card I go in to heavy handed with the ink and I always put myself off by thinking it's no good enough and I end up filing it in the bin..lol..anyway seeing that it's my eldest granddaughters birthday tomorrow i thought I would give it to her, I know she will love it no matter what lol..I was going to enter this card into a couple of challenges but seeing that it's holloween tomorrow I don't think I will bother now...I forgot to mention that the cat is a memory box die that I cut out using shrink plastic, oh boy did I have fun it's years since I used shrink plastic and it still amazes me...
                                                                         

Get well soon...

Morning  ...Well where did this last week go, it's time for another challenge at 

                                                    Cardz4galz

This week we have a fab theme and it has been picked by Kim, she wants to see buttons & Bows

On your cards..so if you want some inspiration pop on over to the Cardz4galz blog where you can see what the rest of the DT have even creating..

                                                                           

     
This is my card for Cardz4galz I hope you like it, I cut a piece of card and embossed it with the
D'vine Swirl cuttlebug embossing folder
Magnolia Doohickeys flourish
Memory box small Tilda Swirl
Die-namics Sunflower
Bow is a Sue Wilson die from Creative Expressions
Sentiment is From Craftwork Cards
Buttons from my craft box

Ellie...

Good morning... I am so excited as today is my first day as  DT

At Cardz4Galz 

This weeks challenge is  CAS and chosen by AMY

here is my card

I have used a stamp from Butterfly Kisses called ELLIE 

if you pop on over to Cardz4Galz you will see what

The rest of the DT girls have been up to and I am sure you will find

Plenty of inspiration there..

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

Anything goes craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk

Anything goes cutecardthursday.blogspot.co.uk

Anything goes crafty-girls-creations.blogspot.co.uk 

All sentimental allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk

  

Winter Fun...

                                   Today I would like to share my card I have made with my

                          New stamp from lili of the Valley that I have coloured with Promarkers

                      I added some glitter to the hats and sprinkled some Stampendous 

                                                             Fran-tage all over my image..

                                      The background paper is from lili of the Valley called

                                                               'Twas The Night

                                                8x8 paper pad from the Nit Wit collection

                                      I added a square doily, snowflake die from memory box

                                Christmas tree memory box, Sue Wilson corner snowflake Die

                                      The fence is a marianna die & the banner is from nestabillities 

                                                     The tiny snowflakes are from the works....

                                  I would like to enter my card into the following challenges  

winter Christmas Theme asnowflakespromise.blogspot.co.

Girls and boys come out to play fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.co.uk

          

                                        

                 

                                                

                                                 

Happy Christmas

                                            hello well I am back home after having a
                                      Lovely time in Portugal with friends and family

                                       Today I would like to share my card with you using
                                      My new dies of Sue Wilson from creative expressions 

These dies are larger than I thought, but cut beautifully

So I had to make a bigger card then I normally use but

I am very pleased with the out come, I used gold & cream card

Merry christmas & Snowflakes dies

Californian collection - background

Sparkle Squares embossing folder...

Ribbon & wreath charm from my craft box

I would like to enter my card into the followering challenges

Christmas with a ribbon christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk

No stamping.  christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.co.uk

Christmas to Die for Dies & Ribbon craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.co.uk

Happy Christmas

Good morning, hope your having a good week so far... Today is the first of the month, which means a new challenge over at SPARKLES CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE....our theme this month has been chosen by Sandra and she has chosen DISTRESS IT...IF You pop on over  to Sparkles Christmas I am sure you will find loads of lovely inspiration there.. 

 I have used a stamp from liliofthevally coloured with Promarkers, I have distressed the edges of all my papers, added a couple of trees, snow flake  and a snowflake boarder all the dies are  from M.B...happy christmas stamp is a hero arts...

                                                                       
                                                We have two fabulous sponsors for you this month
                                                   Marianne Design dies, SURPRISE PRIZE
                                                               www.mariannedesign.nl  
                                                                    

 

                                                               FANTASTIC RIBBONS
                                                              £10 inc + free P&P 
                                                            www.fantasticribbons.com
                                                                              

Winter friends...

                   hello, the weekend is here again and I am so excited, our friends from Home
                    Are coming to stay with us for the next two weeks before we head on back to 
                    England for a short time, catch up with the family and a bit of christmas
                       Shopping where has this year gone..
                 

                                                  

           

               Today I have used another Penny Black stamp I have coloured it with Promarkers and then I added glitter to there hats to give them a frosty feel.... both oval dies are from tonic the other dies are from MB..the little jewels are for putting on your finger nails but I have found a better use for them..the little stars are from some other die I had cut out before...

              I would like to enter my card into the followering challenges

Moving along with the times Hat & Scarves movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.pt

Fab n Funky Cute Critters and /or christmas fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.pt

A Snowflake Promise Christmas/Winter a snowflakespromise.blogspot.pt

                                 

                                                                     

You're Sew Special

Hello hope you all have had a lovely weekend

Today I have made what I think is called a lever card, one of my lovely followers gave me the recipe to make this shape card and I have really had fun making it...

I have used some papers I have had for a while to use as my back ground, all the images I asked a friend if she would mind stamping and sending them out to me which she very kindly did so, so thank you Joan..  the buttons are from my sewing box..I coloured the images a bit with my brown ink pad to try and make them look a bit old or vintage looking...

                             I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

Stamping Sensation  sew Special. sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.pt

Crafty friends challenge Anything goes craftyfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.pt

Simply papercraft challenge anything goes simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.pt

Baby Hammock

Morning, the weather here today in Portugal is a bit over cast with a light drizzle of rain, but the blue sky is starting to come through...

For my card today I have used the sweet Baby Hammock stamp from Penny Black..I just love there stamps.. I used a couple of water pencils and a couple of promarkers pens to colour with.. My background papers are from lilyofthevalley..nitwit collection bonnets & bowties...the pink spotted piece of paper was just a scrap piece I had left over from another card I had made..the buttons ribbon and the little jewels are from my craft box..the balloon die was a freebie with one of the craft mags...I am entering my card into the following challenges

                                                                         
allsorts challenge Buttons allsortschallenge.blogspot.pt
Pennyblack and more anything goes pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.pt 
Pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge use three or more pattern papers pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.pt

Let it SNOW...

                hello, welcome to my blog, I hope you all are having a fab weekend..

Well all my family went home to England this last week, its been very quite here and I must say I have really missed not having them around, but on the other hand, it means more time for card making...

today I have made a swing card, it's a long time since I made one and I really enjoyed making it.

The snow flake stamp was a freebie from a craft mag, which a very dear friend sent me, she also sent the stamped Penny Black image too, along with a few more stamped images, seeing that I left a load of stamped images back home in England..it's about right for me lol..

Penny black stamp

Memory box star 

Snow flake stamp a craft mag freebie

Let it SNOW..stamp freebie too

The little gems I got from a Chinese shop, they are ment to go on your nails..lol

Glue pen and glamour dust...

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

Winter wonderland  anything but a square  christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.pt

Christmas Stamping all year long Anything goes christmasstampin.blogspot 

Penny black at alsorts Anything goes pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.pt