Papernest Dolls - Anything Goes

Morning all - well thank you to each and every one of you that joined us on the last challenge! We had some wonderful entries and I know the DT LOVED seeing all your creations!!! So I'm here again today with the new challenge for The Paper Nest Dolls - were still keeping it nice and simple for you so we have the wonderful theme of 

'Anything Goes'

Yep - I know how we all love that theme!! So this week we have some wonderful prizes for you we have the $20 certificate up for grab (if you submit an entry using a PND image) and we also have xxxx

Thank you XXXX for sponsoring us… we also have something new up our sleeve… we will be offering a GDT spot!! Yep so you can have the opportunity to work with some special dolls too… Pop to the blog for more information on how to apply.  

So this week I have something a bit special to share with you - as it is today this creation has been popped in the post to go and live with someone that I feel needs a reason to smile :) Please allow me to introduce to you 'Love Strung Ellie'  now as a rule she is a 'Rubber Stamp' but there is a limited number of her available as a 'Digital Version' now the only person that knows how may are left is the head Doll - I know a few of my friends have purchased her as the special since she has been up - but I have no idea how many are left….. 

The image was coloured with copics and the papers and flowers are from my stash.  I love how bright and colourful she has turned out :)  The rhinestone flourish is from the Hobby House, I cut the edges from it to make it fit.  I would like to enter this card to the following challenges; 

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

That Craft Place - Valentines/Love

Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope if you have a moment you will leave me a comment! Looking forward to seeing your creations for this challenge :) 

Creative Creations Challenges

Good Morning!! 

Al cylinders are firing here this morning, I think most people's little ones have gone back to school - mine have an 'inset day' so one final day with them!! Not sure what to do with the weather being so grey and horrible!!!  Anyway I'm here this morning with the first challenge of 2014 for Creative Creations challenges - we have had a few changes so pop over to the blog and take a look at whats new!! 

So we have a nice easy theme for you this week 

'Anything Goes' 

Yep - the team over on the blog have some fantastic inspiration!! 

So over to my creation…..

Now I'm sorry for the lighting - this weather really can't decided what its doing and taking photos in here is getting harder and harder!!! I have used the adorable Toby Arr Captin form Crafty Sentiments Designs - It has been a long long time since I have coloured him and it was fun to bring him out again!!!  The image was coloured with copics and the papers are from my scrap box!! 

I do hope you like him! I had such fun making him!! i do hope you will join us over at CCC - I know the team can't wait to see your creations!! 

See you again soon 

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Stars!!

Morning! 

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Morning! I know this is strange for me too but I am here two weeks on the trot to share with you the challenge over at Crafty Sentiments Designs! Thank you to everyone that joined in with the 'birthdays challenge' last week - some lovely entrys - pop over to the CSD blog to see if you were a lucky winner! 

Ok so onto this weeks challenge 

ANYTHING GOES! 

Oh how we all LOVE these challenges - so free and easy!!! 

Now this is one of my favourite CSD stamps! I LOVE colouring him - he really is a pleasure! He was coloured with copics and the papers are from my stash! 

Well I hope you like him - I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

Card Mania - Birthdays

Incy Wincy Designs - ANything Goes

Quick Note For you all

Just thought I would share the news - not long to go now but some of you may like to grab a bargain!! 

Birthday Pirate

Morning! So my compeer was playing up yesterday and the laptop seems to not like blogger at the moment! Grrrr - anyway I have been sat there colouring and creating away trying to keep busy! So I'm quickly editing this post now before I have 101 other things to catch up with!

This weeks challenge over at Crafty Sentiments Designs is nice and easy for you

Happy Birthday!!!

WHooop!!! We have had so many parties in the last couple of weeks!  So I have used the Lovely little Toby Arrr Captain available from here.

The image was coloured with copics and the papers are all from my stash! Well I hope I may have inspired you to join us this week at Crafty Sentiments Designs! Im looking forward to seeing you there

Hugs

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Christmas Time!

Morning, no I haven't lost the plot… well maybe I have! another Christmas card! I know but I so need to get ahead of myself! So I'm here with this weeks challenge over at Crafty Sentiments Designs - thank you to everyone that joined in with last weeks challenge - grate turn out.  So onto this weeks challenge!

Im lucky enough to host this challenge and so this week I have designed my first ever sketch!

I hope you like it! I LOVE what the rest of the DT have done with it this week! So onto my creation… Yep I have used my sketch for one of my christmas cards.  

She is so adorable and a pleasure to colour too! The image was coloured with copics and the papers are from the new Bo Bunny Pack - ohh I'm so in love with them!! 

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

52 Christmas Throwdown - Photo Insperation

Simply Create Too - Anything Goes

Well I hope you may join us this week at Crafty Sentiments Designs - Look forward to seeing you over there! 

Hugs

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Crafty Sentiments Designs - Preview Day 5

Morning - WOW where have the last few days gone - blinked and I have missed them! I thought I had a card scheduled for the CSD new release and I am unsure as to where it has gone…. Off to have a word with Mr Blogger now!! 

So today is day 5 of the release and I'm here to introduce you to the beautiful Vincia - from 10am today you can purchase the latest release from the store!

Isn't she just beautiful - she was coloured using my copics.  I really wanted to try and get autumnal feel to get skits and shoes - well after all it is that time of year!   

Im so happy with the way she has turned out! I hope you will pop by to the CSD blog and take a look at the rest of the DT's creations. 

Hope to see you soon 

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Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge -

Good Morning! Oh my word it has been FAR too long since I manged to post last - I think I let my self slip a bit over my birthday and then never managed to catch up - been enjoing a little bit of time with the kids too - the summer holidays are over as of Thursday - I cant believe it myslef!

Anyway I am here with this weeks challenge over at Crafty Sentiments Designs!!

Thank you to all that joined in last week - some lovely entries! pop over to the CSD challenge blog to see if you were a winner!! So onto this weeks challenge - this week we are looking for

your masculine cards and creations!!

This week we are giving the winner a lovely stamp

Now im not one for the 'men' so this was a bit tough - but on having my browse through the CSD store - I just fell in LOVE and a certain little man 'fell' into my basket! The is the adorable 'taking a nap available here from the CSD store.

Dont you think he is just so cute!! And yes I am on a bit of a Christmas mission now - I have realised how close it is getting and im kind of scared! But hey ho, I do this every year - at least im worried now rather than a week before December starts!!! LOL.  Anyway back to my card.  the paper is S.E.I from my stash - I only have one sheet and I have been keeping it or FAR too long now! I die cut the image using my spellbinders and then drew around the inside of the circle with my fine liner pen,

The image was coloured uing my copics;

W0, W2, W4, W5, W7

E31, E33, E35, E37

B04, B06

E000, E00, E02, R20

Quite happy with how this one has turned out! Well I hope you like him - I know Amelia has her eye on him for a special 'little boy' at school! I hope I may have inspired you to join us this week at CSD - I highly recommend that you take a peek at what the rest of the DT have done - jaw dropping or what!

Before I go I would like to enter this card to the following challenges;

Created with Love - Christmas plus A Die Cut

Fashionista Challenge - For A Child

Hooked on Crafts - Male

Hope to see you over at the CSD Challenge Blog!

Hugs

me

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Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge

Morning all! How are you today? Well im here today with the new challenge over at Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog.  Thank you to all that joined in last week with our challenge, some beautiful entries - and well done to last weeks winner!

So onto this weeks challenge, we are looking for creations with

Flowers

The winner will get to choose three digis from the store!


I would like you to meet one of my new favourite CSD Stamps - this is Annabel - Sweet Treats! available from the CSD Store.  

I just love her so much, that cheeky look on her face is adorable! The image was coloured with copics and I also used my Prisma pencils too! Im quite chuffed with how she turned out.  The paper is an old one from my stash, not sure how long it has been sat there for! I used a lovely die cut I found in my box just to break it up a bit, what was the best find was my (very old) flower punch.  I forgot I even had it till my craft stuff invaded the lounge a couple of weeks ago.  I used the reverse of the paper to punch the flowers and added rhinestones in the middle for bling.  

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

Bunny Zoes Crafts - Summer

Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - No Rules

No Matter Which Challenges - Anything Goes

2 Sisters - in the Garden 

Well I hope I have inspired you to join us this week at CSD, hope to see you there! 

Hugs

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Crafty Sentiments Designs Release Hop!

Morning all, I wish this weather would make up its mind so my wardrobe can make better decisions....I still have my winter jumpers out, I never remember a summer like this when I was younger!

Anyway back to the point! Im here with the new release over at Crafty Sentiments Designs! and we have a lovely hop for you to release the new stamps!  Now on this hop we have a little prize, one lucky person will win two stamps from the new release - and I will tell you they are all so adorable - I so have to get them all!!!!

Now hopefully you have hoped over from the Crafty Sentimens Designs Challenge blog, if not pop back and start the hop from there!!

So onto my creation, I have used the lovely Toby Arr Captain available from CSD Shop.  I just fell in love with him from the moment I saw him! I did get a little help from my amazing little helper - she chose the papers and helped me make this card - so thank you Amelia! 

He is just so adorable! He was coloured with Copics and the papers were all from my stash I also dug out my old Quickutz and gave that a bit of use!  Perfect card for a little boy I know!!!

I was somewhat nervous about colouring is parrot, but after a good old google search I don't think he came up too bad! 

So I best let you get on with the hop you no need to visit the wonderful Heather, remember you need to start at the CSD Challenge Blog to be in with a chance of winning! 

Crafty Sentiments ch blog

Katrina - You are here!

Heather

Shelby

Jan

Caz

Jac

Pinky

Chrissy

Lorraine

Dora

Lisa

Jo

Crafty Sentiments blog

Thanks for stopping by, remember you need to comment on each of the DT's blogs to be in with a chance of winning 2 of the new stamps! Good Luck! See you Soon!

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

Songbird - anything goes

Craft your Passion - anything goes

D.C.C & friends - anything goes

Hugs

x

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Clean and Simple

Morning all, its me! Well I have been so busy with trying to catch up with 101 things, I cant wait to sit down and take it easy... maybe in the year dot that will happen!  I have to say I am loving being so busy though, at least I know that I wont get bored! 

Ok so im here with this weeks challenge over at Crafty Sentiment Designs, I would firstly like to thank everyone that joined in with last weeks challenge, some beautiful entries and well done to out winner, pop over to the CDS Challenge blog to see if it was you!  So onto this weeks challenge, this week it was one of those themes that I can do when I don't need too

Clean and Simple

and you could be in with the chance of winning three digis from the store

Now I struggle with that as at the moment I'm loving my butterflies and flowers on cards, I cant help myself! So this was a right challenge! 

I have used the lovely Annabel Party Girl  available for pre order from CSD Shop  - she is just so cute, I know this isn't one of my best cards but C&S isnt my spot right now! 

The image was coloured using copics and I embossed the back of the card using a cuttlebug embossing folder.  I added some stickles to add a bit of shine and the ribbon is from my stash! 

Well I hope you will pop to the CSD Challenge Blog and take a look at the wonderful creations from the DT! Hope to see you again soon! 

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Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge - Food

** I apologise, I thought this was scheduled - I will be back later with lots of photos!!**

Morning all, well Im on my way home - Im sure I will have lots to tell you - but while writhing this its very early hours of the morning so this will be brief! 

The challenge this week over at Crafty Sentiments Designs is to be inspired by 

FOOD

The prize up for grabs is three  digs from the store! 

Well onto my creation! I sat down and couldn't decided what stamp to use - so many lovely images available but I decided to use the gorgeous Collecting Blueberries  - she is so cute! 

I have to say not the best photo as the camera is packed! so I have had to take it on the phone! The image was coloured with copics and the papers and ribbon are all from my stash! 

Well I hope you like my creation and that you will pop over and see what the rest of the DT have made! Hope to see you again soon! 

Hugs

Me

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Crafty Sentiments Designs - Christmas in July - Day 5

Morning!

OK so its official - i dont have half the brains I was born with - so thought I typed this yesterday and... well... obviously I didnt, think I am just letting everything get ontop of me - panicking about the holiday now - need to do so much brfore we go and I havent even started yet!

Anyway!!! Im here with todays preview of the new releases over at Crafty Sentiments Designs!

I feel so much like im ahead of the game with chrismas now! I ahve three cards done - I wont even think about counting how many I need to do - that can wait till after the holiday!  Anyway let me introduce you to Santas Delivery - he is so cute!

Ohhhh OK so I am feeling slightly like I cant wait for christmas - hopefully this year we will be more organised.... mmmm if ever we get organised!  The image was coloured with copics and the papers are from my stash!

Well I hope you will pop over to the Crafty Sentiments Designs blog and take a look at what the rest of the DT have created, I bet you cant wait to get your hands on there beauties! Look forward to seeing you soon!

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Crafty Sentiments Designs - Christmas in July - Day 3

Morning! What a weekend - feel like I haven't stopped!  Anyway here we go - another week and ohhhh yes you know I'm here to share another release from Crafty Sentiments Designs! 

I still can't believe I am actually making christmas cards - and its July, but nothing like trying to get ahead of everything!  Today I would like to introduce you to Sammy - Thank You

OK so once again I have got behind - and so this was all a bit rushed! But still quite happy with how it has turned out! Its a lovely easy image to colour - I did make the mistake of colouring 'Sammy' all try - but we al learn! The image was coloured with copics and I sued scraps of paper from my stash! I hope you like him and that you will pop to the CSD blog and see the DT's AMAZING creations! 

Back to the table I go - Need to get ahead of myself!

See you later! 

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Crafty Sentiments Design - Christmas in July - Day 1

Morning all - OK so this is my 2nd post for today - if you haven't seen my 1st its nothing too important - but 5 years ago today my big girl arrived! How time has flown! Were having a busy day with ballet, parties and family dinners so I don't think I will be about much till late! 

Anyway back to my reason for being here now!

Yep today Christmas is coming round far too fast - I have now made 2 Christmas cards - I should really start getting more on the ball! Over at Crafty Sentiments Designs this week we have so much inspiration and you will be able to get all the stamps on the 11th July from here!

I would like to introduce you to Jasmine - winter skates! She is just so adorable! 

Now I will confess that this was a last minuet put it together for me - I have been on another planet - the days are just flying by! Anyway I used a 5x5 kraft card blank, the image was coloured with copics, the papers and charm are from my stash and the sentiment is from LOTV.  

She was so lovely to colour and I think she will be getting quite a bit of use over Christmas! I hope you will pop over to the Crafty Sentiments Design blog and take a look at the AMAZING creations from the DT and the GDT - I will be back later in the week with some more previews! Hope to see you then! 

Hugs 

Me

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Freebie AT CSD

Morning all, how are we? Well another rubbish night and I'm counting down to go to the dentist, I can't stand this pain, so tired and grotty and have so much I need to do! 

This is a very quick post I was hopeful that I was going to be able to make a card last night but it didn't happen - ended up curled up on the sofa with Nancy till silly AM and so no crafty time! Im here to let you all know there is a lovely freebie over at Crafty Sentiments Designs - why don't you pop over and grab it! If all goes well at the dentist I may get to do something later and edit this post! 

hope you will pop over and get the freebie and I can't wait to see what you create with it! 

Hugs

x

Big News

Afternoon, How are we toady? Well I have been suffering with stooped toothache since Friday evening, I am now taking paracetamol and Ibuprofen every few hours and I look like a hamster... oh if only I had a food store, I'm so hungry right now, but can't eat :(

Never mind onto my BIG news... well sat at my computer the other day and the lovely Joanne from Crafty Sentiment Designs sends me a message on Facebook, I had to read it twice before it sunk in, she was asking me to be on her DT! I couldn't believe it! I was chuffed to bits of course you know what I said.... YES! - now we had a new release on Friday and I did everything I could to make a card for it, but the evening went crazy, and then with the toothache arriving I haven't been up to much! 

Meet Kaye - Thinking Of You, she is available over at the Crafty Sentiments Design Shop

I think she is so adorable and I can think of so many things I want to do with her.  She was coloured using copics and the papers are all from Prima Sun Kiss Stack.  The sentiment is from Unity Stamps and the flower is made form some Prima petals I had in my jar.  

Well I hope you like her! I can't wait to do more creating for Crafty Sentiment Designs! I will be back really soon! 

Hugs

x

Crafty Sentiments New Release!

Good Morning! How are we today?!

I was so excited last week when Joanne from Crafty Sentiments said she was looking for a few Guest Designers for the release today, I had to ask... and I was chosen! I was over the moon and couldn't wait to get started.  She e-mailed me the image and within seconds he was printed and I couldn't wait to colour! 

I will confess that he was coloured in the sun last week, oh what wonderful weather that was... and I had never managed to colour out in the garden before... and I didn't after as it got a bit blustery! But I can't wait to be doing it more and more! This is the gorgeous 'She Loves Me' who is now available at the Crafty Sentiments Store.  

He was coloured using copics 

Hair - Y21, YR12, YR14, E15, E18 

Skin - E00, E11 (yes I tried a a different skin tone but I wasn't happy!)

Trousers and shoes - C4, C5, C2

T-Shirt - W1

Jacket - B02, B00

I decided to add real flowers to the bouquet he is carrying, just to add some detail. The paper was from my stash and the sentiment is from a set of LOTV stamps. 

This was the 1st attempt at this colour hair - before the Saturated Canary one seen last week, I was so impressed with how it turned out and couldn't wait to send it to Joanne! I hope you like him and I hope you will pop over and see the rest of the new release, before I go I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

Art Impressions Stamps - Seeing Spots

Shellies Images - Pick at Least Two (Flowers, Markers, Digi)

Just Keep On Creating - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon 

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