Grateful

Morning all.  It's a bit dull here today but at least the rain has stopped.  Have a lot to do today, going to be decorating so busy packing a lot of bits away!  Looking forward to it being done but not the nightmare getting everything ready before hand  lol   Anyway had a bit of light relief this week doing my challenge card for 

This fortnights challenge is Grateful - this ties in wonderfully with giving thanks to the fabulous sponsors who give us some amazing images to work with.

This time our sponsors are

 Prize - 3 Images

Prize 5 Images

Prize 4 Images

Prize 3 Images

Prize 3 Images

I chose to use an image from Digi Stamps 4 Joy (details below) and it was fun colouring her.

Recipe :
Backing Card - The Craft Outlet - Spalding
DP's - Niwit Collections  (details stored on different pc - will update Monday)
Image - Digi Stamps 4 Joy - A Birdie Told Me - coloured with Promarkers
Flowers - Petal Lu
Gems - From Stash
Sentiment - LOTV - Set 30 Vintage Sentiments - Occasions

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
Card Mania - Challenge 17 - Use A Digi
Dream Valley Challenge - Challenge 95 - Anything Goes
Fitztown - Challenge 62 - Anything Goes
Paper Girls - Challenge 62 - Thank You Card (Send It On)  - Sending to my BFF Phyllis for all the little thing she does for me :-)
Crafty Sentiments - 2 Or More Papers Design Challenge
Papertake Weekly - So Girly
Through The Craft Room Door - Nov 18th/Nov 24th - Anything Goes
Penny's Challenge - Challenge 204 - Anything Goes
Simon Says - Thanks/Thanksgiving
The Stamping Chef - Challenge 56 - Anything Goes
http://creativecornerchallenges.blogspot.de/ - Favourite Layout
Kitty Bee - Challenge 37 - Anything Goes

Oh Christmas Tree

Morning all from a bright and dry (at the moment) Hull.  I'm back today with my card which I've made for my DT position on a great new blog which is

Unfortunately Crafting At The Weekend had to take a break so my DT position with them didn't last very long lol but Angie from the team (who also sponsored on the blog) very kindly set up this fab new blog.  Today is the second challenge and the theme is Anything Goes with a Twist - Use Glitter.

The sponsor for this challenge is Whoopsi Daisy and you can win two terrific sheets of images from them as your prize.  Please do come over and support the new blog, we have some great challenges and sponsors lined up and apart from winning some fab prizes you get to come and have fun!

My card today has an image from one of the lovely Whoopsi Daisy Sheets and I really enjoyed colouring it.

Recipe :
Backing Card - Pearlised Green Card - From Craft Show
DP's - Nitwit Collections - Woodland Wishes Too
Image - Whoopsi Daisy Coloured With Promarkers (Tree Decorated With Stickles Glitter Glue)
Sentiment - Create With TLC
Flowers - Petal Lu
Bauble Die - Joy Crafts Christmas Ornaments

I'm entering this card into the following Challenges :
Card Mania - Use A Digi
The Paper Nest Dolls - Challenge 23 - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - November - Christmas
Divas By Design - Photo Inspiration
Ruby's Rainbow - Challenge 92 - Non Traditional Christmas
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge 158 - Anything Goes
The Stamping Chef - Challenge 55 - Anything Goes
CRAFT - 13th November - Christmas
Alphabet - T For Traditional Christmas
Crafty Catz - Challenge 255 - Christmas Is Coming
Creative Corner - Let It Sparkle
Crafty Sentiments - 2 Or More Paper Design Challenge
Through The Craft Room Door - Nov 18/Nov 24 - Anything Goes
My Craft Creations - 10th Nov - 22nd Nov - Christmas
One Crazy Stamper - November - Anything Goes
The Artistic Stamper - November - Christmas Is Coming
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - November
Winter Wonderland - Christmas Decorations
Crafty Calendar - November - It's All About Christmas

I'm All A Twitter!

Hey guys,another lovely day here today.  Sorry I didn't get my post up yesterday, had a really busy day.  We're planning on decorating our bedroom so had a morning packing things up so we can strip the room.  We went through to Hornsea to the Freeport yesterday afternoon to do a bit of shopping and then we stayed for the bonfire and firework display.  Finished the day off with a lovely meal out at the Railway Inn, New Ellerby.  If you get a chance pop in, it was lovely!

The new challenge over at 

is Fowl Of All Kinds.  

We have been very kindly sponsored by

 Who are giving a $12 certificate to the winner

 and their prize is 2 Images

 With a very generous 5 Image Prize

with a prize of 3 Images

Giving 3 Images for the prize

So lots of chances to win, make sure you come and join us.

I used an image from the Stamping Chef (details are below).

 

Recipe :

Backing Card - The Craft Outlet - Spalding

DP's - Raspberry Road - Whoo Loves You

Twine - American Crafts

Stars/Gems - Stash

Corner - Whimsy Stamps - Raindrop Echo Corner Stamp Set

Flower Stalk - Memory Box Forget Me Not Stem

Image/Sentiment - Stamping Chef (KN)OWL(EDGE) coloured with promarkers

I'm entering this into the following challenges :

The Pink Elephant - Challenge 275 - Anything Goes With Inspiration

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes 

Passion For Promarkers - Week 272 - Inspired By A Beatles Song  - And |Your Bird Can Sing

Through The Craft Room Door - Nov 4th - Nov 10th - Anything Goes

Penny's Challenge 202 - Add A Corner

Scrappers Delights - Challenge 35 - Anything Goes Or Paper Piecing

The Stamping Chef - Challenge 54 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Challenge 157 - Anything Goes

Milk Coffee Challenge - Hand Colour Image

Di's Digi Designs - Colours Of Autumn

Totally Gorjuss - Challenge 261 - Warm Colours 

Scribble And Scrap - Challenge 31 - Anything Goes
Inky Impressions - Challenge 184 - Creative Corners
Card Mania - Challenge 59 - Use Your Dies
Fab And Funky - Challenge 236 - 3 Embellishments
Crafting By Designs - November - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet - Challenge 98 - Anything Goes
7 Kids - Challenge 112 - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Challenge 55 - Anything Goes

Old Faithful

Hi guys, really sorry for my extremely late post today. Internet has been really playing up and couldn't keep a connection! Anyway, hope my post today is worth the wait cos I have some great news before I tell you about the latest challenge.

And here it is - Crafts Galore Encore are having a DT call!  Just click the image and you can read all about it.

It's a really fun blog to be a part of and we have some good laughs!  The challenge is once a month so nothing too demanding, there are great images to use and some fabulous themes.  Please do pop over and enter, even if you haven't been on a DT before, I'm quite new to it and hey - we all have to start somewhere!  Good Luck

Anyway, on to this months challenge at

CRAFTS GALORE ENCORE

It's an Anything Goes challenge so you have free reign to make whatever you want, a card, knitting, crochet, or any other craft you can think of.  I decided to go back to CD crafting for this one just for a change.  I've been doing lots of stamping/colouring challenges lately and thought it would be good to revisit something I haven't used in a while.  We are sponsored by the lovely

who are giving the lucky winner 2 digi sheets of their choice.

This is my DT card for this month

Recipe :

Backing Card - Craft Outlet Spalding

Backing Papers - Docrafts Me To You Especially For You CD

Image - Docrafts  Me To You Especially For You CD (Framed with Spellbinders Lacy Squares)

Star Die Cuts - Memory Box Precious Stars (edged with Glamour Dust)

Gem - From Stash

Sentiment - Computer Generated

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
Bunny Zoe - October Challenge - Animals
The Paper Girls - Challenge 66 - Anything Goes
Paper Nest Dolls - Challenge 22 - Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant - Challenge 274 - Anything Goes

Fantastic Tuesday - Challenge 59 - Anything Goes 

Through The Craft Room Door - Oct 27th - Nov 3rd - Anything Goes 

Divas By Design - Anything Goes 

Penny's Paper Crafty - Challenge 201 - Anything Goes 

Simon Says - Anything Goes 

Whimsy Stamps - Challenge 75 - Monochromatic 

Word Art Wednesday - Challenge 156 - Anything Goes 

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes 

Crafty Catz - Challenge 253 - Anything Goes 

Scribble And Scrap - Challenge 30 - Anything Goes 

The Witching Hour

Morning all, it's lovely and crisp here this morning.  We're expecting high winds later today though!

Have done some housework this morning and I'm planning on catching up with some TV this afternoon.  Hopefully if it stays bright enough I might even get some colouring done!  Off to the cinema tonight so all in all a lovely relaxing day.  Enjoy, whatever you're up to.

  It's time for another new challenge today over at

This time the challenge is Halloween/Dressing Up.  We have some great sponsors lined up again for this challenge and they are 

I've used a crafty sentiments design for my card today and I was able to use my new La La Lands die for the spider web....the advantage of my sister having a villa in Florida...I can order stuff over there for a fraction of the price and they bring them back for me! lol

Recipe :
Backing Card - The Craft Outlet - Spalding
DP's - Word Paper/Stripe Paper - Nitwit Collections - Eerisistable Too
           Spider Paper - Bearly Mine Designs
Spider Web - La La Lands Crafts  - Spider Web Corner (glittered with black glitter from stash)
Sentiment made with Peel Offs
Black Gems - From Stash
Image - Crafty Sentiment Designs - Annabel The Witch - Coloured with promarkers and edged with peel offs

I'm entering this into the following challenges :
The Paper Girls - Challenge 66 - Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant - Challene 273 - Trick Or Treat
Bearly Mine - October Challenge - Halloween
Crafty Sentiments - Use A Sentiment
Creatalicious Challenge - Challenge 68 - Orange/Green
Through The Craft Room Door - Oct 21 - Oct 27 - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Challenge 218 - Halloween Colours
ABC Challenge - V Is For Vibrant
The Stamping Chef - Challenge 52 - Anything Goes
Whimsy Stamps - Challenge 76 - Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge 155 - Anything Goes
CRAFT Challenge - Challenge 282 - Autumn/Thanksgiving/Halloween/Bonfire Night
Creative Knockouts - Challenge 60 - Halloween
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 34 - Trick Or Treat
Milk Coffee Challenge - Halloween Challenge
Delicious Doodles - Halloween
Wags N Whiskers - Challenge 140 - Stripes
A Gem Of A Challenge - Challenge 131 - Trick or Treat/Halloween
Lacy Sunshine - Challenge 44 - Halloween
Sentimental Sundays - Challenge 29 - Too Cute To Spook
Di's Digi Designs - Halloween
Karleigh Sue - Challenge 2 - Halloween Themed
Dream Valley - Challenge 93 - Halloween
Crafts 4 Eternity - Challenge 199 - Halloween
Creative Corner - Happy Halloween
Kitty Bee Designs - Challenge 35 - Halloween
Scrappers Delights - Challenge 34 - Halloween

Crafty News And Another Challenge!

Hi everyone, hope I find you all well today. I have some news today - It was announced on the blog a couple of weeks ago but today is a new midweek challenge over at

CRAFTING AT THE WEEKEND

and I'm delighted to have been picked as a new DT member for them.  As we came into the challenge mid way we were allowed to use any image we wanted for this challenge.  I have chosen a LOTV image that I was given for a birthday pressie.

We have a couple of sponsors for this challenge who are 

Ditzie Crafts

 Nikki Burnette

The image on my card is LOTV Bonfire, just perfect for these Autumn days!

Recipe :

Backing Card : Wilkinsons

DP's - Nitwit Collections - Summers End

Image - LOTV Bonfire Coloured With Promarkers

Gems - From Stash

Flowers - Petal Lu

Fence Die - La La Land Hearts Fence

I'm entering this card into the following challenges 

Allsorts - Week 280 - Cream And Brown 

Sweet Stampin - For A Friend 

Through The Craft Room Door - Oct 14 - Oct 20 - Anything Goes 

Inky Impressions - Challenge 181 - Anything Goes 

The Stamping Chef - Challenge 51 - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday - Challenge 154 - Anything Goes 

Milk Coffee Challenge - Lots Of Layers 

Fitztown - Challenge 57 - Anything Goes 

Crafting From The Heart - Challenge 40 - Anything Goes 

Sparkles Monthly - Challenge 61 - Fall/Autumn Colours 

Ideas To Inspire - Anything Goes 

Scribble And Scrap - Challenge 29 - Always Anything Goes 

Pumpkin Patch

Morning all, looks lovely and bright out there today but it also looks like there might be a chill in the air. Perfect day for sitting in, doing some housework (oops, sorry for swearing) and then hopefully an afternoon of colouring.

It's also new challenge day over at

 This is challenge 21 and it's Jack O' Lanterns/Pumpkins.

We have 4 fantastic sponsors for this challenge who are

who are giving 7 images to the winner

who are giving 3 images as the prize

 with 3 images given to the winner

where you can win 5 images.

I have used an image called Jack O' Lanterns from Sentimental Susan for my project.  I decided to make a Halloween Wall Hanging.

 

As always details of my project are underneath and if you click on any of the pictures above my project they will take you directly to the sponsors.  Please come and join us for our fun challenge and good luck to all who enter!

Recipe :

Backing card - From Stash

Image - Jack O' Lanterns - Sentimental Susan - Coloured with Promarkers

Backing Paper - Details to follow

Boo Die Cut - Sizzix Big Z Die - Gothic Boo (Tim Holtz Alterations) - cut out and then glued and dipped in black fine glitter.

Glitter Ribbon - From Stash

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :

Bunny Zoe Crafts - October - Animals

Crafting By Designs - Boo You Scared Me!

Crafting From The Heart - Challenge 39 - Anything Goes

Fitztown - Challenge 56 - Halloween

Whoopsi Daisy - Things With Wings 

Bearly Mine - October - Halloween 

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes 

Fantastic - Challenge 56 - Anything Goes - Twist - Things With Wings 

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes - Twist - Halloween Gift 

Through The Craftroom Door - Oct 6th - October 13th - Anything Goes 

Diva's By Design - Orange & Black 

The Stamping Chef - Challenge 50 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Little Fairies - October - Only One DP

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 342 - Anything But A Card

Sparkles Monthly - Challenge 60 - Things With Wings

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Hi Guys, can't believe we're into October already!  The nights are certainly getting darker early, even when I'm heading home from work you can really see the change in the season.  It's the 1st today which means it's time for a new challenge over at CRAFTS GALORE ENCORE.  This time the challenge is "Trick Or Treat - Scary Or Sweet".  (The sweet part is for anyone who isn't really into Halloween).  From my card for this challenge can you guess which one I went with?! lol. 

We are sponsored for this challenge by the fabulous

The image I chose was Blair Blaze and I just love her.   Found the quotation online and thought it fitted my card perfectly. 

Recipe :
Backing Image - Bearly Mine Designs - accented with glamour dust on cobweb and skeleton
Clouds - Die Cut - Joy Crafts distressed with Distress Ink
Image - Blair Blaze from Kenny K coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment - Quotation from Internet typed on PC with Chiller Font - William Shakespeare

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
Crafting By Designs - October - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart - Challenge 38 - Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant - Challenge 270 - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - October - Halloween
Die Cuttin Diva's - Challenge 185 - Anything Goes
Pinspirational - Challenge 125 - Any Kind Of Project
Through The Craft Room Door - Sept 30 - Oct 6 - Anything Goes
ABC - U is For Unique - Anything Goes
Diva's By Design - Spooky Creations
The Stamping Chef - Challenge 49 - Anything Goes
Delicious Doodles - On The Darker Side - Image Or Colours
Kenny K - Challenge 181 - Anything Goes - Twist Orange/Black
Scribble And Scrap - Challenge 28 - Anything Goes

Autumn Leaves

Hi Guys, I'm really sorry that I'm late with my post today. This weeks been so hectic that I completely forgot about it. I've had a night out for our wedding anniversary, my birthday and then a 50th night out for a friends birthday. Having a nice relaxing day today though, heading to the cinema later today.

We have a new challenge over at

This time our challenge is #20 Autumn/Fall.  We as always have some fabulous sponsors and they are

The weather has really changed and it's been a bit chilly this week, you can definitely tell that Summer has ended.  I love this time of year though when all the trees change colour.

I chose to use Tiny The Turkey from Digital Delights for my card.  Autumn always makes me think of thanksgiving and harvest festivals so I thought this image really suited the theme.

Recipe :

Papers - Nitwit Collections Enchantment Too

Image - Digi Delights Tiny The Turkey coloured with Promarkers

Leaves - Spellbinders

Flowers - Brown ones from Poundland  Coloured from Petal Lu

Sentiment - Computer Generated accented with Bronze Stickles

Jute - Poundland

Candy Dots - Pebbles Inc Candy Dots

I'm entering this into the following challenges :

Crafting From The Heart - Challenge 37 - Anything Goes
Crafty Bloggers - September - Anything Goes
Fitztown - Challenge 54 - Animals
Bearly Mine - September - Autumnal
Creatalicious - Challenge 67 - Flower Power
Die Cuttin Diva's - Challenge 14 - Fall Is Here
Passion For Promarkers - Challenge 266 - Autumn Colours
Through The Craft Room Door - Sept 23rd - Sept 30th - Anything Goes
Inky Impressions - Challenge 178 - Anything Goes
Ruby's Rainbow - Challenge - Anything Goes
Simon Says - Anything Goes
The Stamping Chef - Challenge 48 - Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge 151 - Anything Goes
4 Krafty Girls - Challenge 27 - Anything Goes
Lacy Sunshine - Challenge 43 - Change Of Season/Weather
Scribble And Scrap - Challenge 28 - Anything Goes