Dance Like No One Is Watching!

Morning Guys, looks like it's going to be another lovely day today.  I'm away for the weekend, heading out today but have no clue what we're doing lol, it's like a mystery tour of my own creating!  

Anyway there will be no April Fools jokes for you today it really is the 1st April and it really is time for a new Challenge over at

CRAFTS GALORE ENCORE

This month it's an anything goes challenge and we're sponsored by the lovely 

who are offering 3 images.

I got to pick a gorgeous image for this challenge and this is my card 

Recipe :

Backing Card - The Craft Outlet Spalding

DP - Papermania Creative Tones - Raspberry Champagne

Pearl - From Stash

Image - Beccy's Place - Dance Lessons (coloured with promarkers)

Ballet Shoes - Tattered Lace

Sentiment - LOTV

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
My Time To Craft Challenge 318 - Girlie
Through The Craft Room Door - Mar 29/Apr 4
Craft Your Passion - Challenge 305 - Always Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - April - Anything Goes
Pennys Challenge - Challenge 271 - Anything Goes
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Little miss Muffet - Challenge 134 - Anything Goes
Moving Along With The Times - Come Dancing
Southern Girls - Anything Goes
Di's Digis - For The Girls

Party On!

Back again peeps!  I have another card to show you today which I made for the fabulous challenge over at

Lucinda is offering a massive 30% discount off her gorgeous flowers.  They are well worth a look, all handmade and perfect.  Such a gorgeous selection too that I had to go and treat myself  lol
This is the card and the details are below

Recipe :
Image/Sentiment - LOTV Patch & Puss Precoloured (From One Of The Pads - now discontinued!)
Backing Card - The Craft Outlet Spalding
DP's - My Minds Eye
Flowers - Petal Lu
Twine - From Stash
Balloons/Party Hat - Poundland

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
Card Mania - Challenge 78 - Polka Dots And/Or Stripes
The Paper Nest Dolls - Challenge 3
Through The Craft Room Door - March 15th/21st
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet - Challenge 133 - Anything Goes

Colour Me Beautiful

HI guys who'd have thought we'd be half way through March already, seems no time since we were talking the big C work! This year is really flying in. I'll be 50 in September, hopefully after that they'll slow down again!! lol
Anyway, like I said I'm only 50, my card today was for someone who's reached the grand old age of 88! She's had the card now and hear she was pleased with it...quite chuffed with it myself! lol
It's for the new challenge over at

This month it's challenge 78 - Make It Girlie
We are sponsored by

They are giving a prize of 3 designs.

For my card I decided not to go with an image.  I'd previously done the topper in one colour and was asked if I could make something for the lady in her favourite colours.  Am really pleased with how it looks.

Recipe :
Backing Card - Craft Outlet Spalding Embossed With Embossalicious Regal Frame
88 - Peel Offs In Stash
Topper - Spellbinders Opulent Ovals
Flourishes - Leaves - Memory Box, Quickcutz
Butterfly - Memory Box Pippi
Flowers - Petal Lu

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
Craft Your Passion - Challenge 303 - Always Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
My Time To Craft - Challenge 317 - Flowers
Through The Craft Room Door - March 15/March 21
Crafty Girlz - March - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty - Challenge 268 - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks - Challenge 289 - 7 Layers
Little Miss Muffet - Challenge 133 - Anything Goes
Moving Along With The Times - Purple Haze
Challenge Up Your Life - Challenge 36 - Die Cutting
Crafty Calendar - Mums Day/Special Female

The Luck Of The Irish!

Good morning all, from a lovely sunny Hull.  Maybe some of that Irish luck is rubbing off at last....at least the rain has gone...for now.

It's time for our new challenge over at

This is Challenge No. 3 and it's Luck/ST Patricks Day

As always we have some fantastic sponsors who are

with a $12 gift certificate, followed by

who are offering 7 images

We also have

with a prize of 2 images - my card contains one of their images - details below

and finally

with a 4 image prize

Looking forward to seeing all your gorgeous creations....come along and join the fun!

This is what I created :

Recipe :
Backing Card - Lidl
DP - Teaching Website
Image - Kenny K - Patriotic Girl - Coloured With Promarkers
Shamrock Balloons/Sentiment - Freebies from Scribbles Designs (balloons done with glossy accents and sentiment with glamour dust)

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
The Paper Nest Dolls - Challenge 3
Whoopsi Daisy - Green and Add A Sentiment
Creative Card Crew - Chicks - Animal/Human Kind
Simon Says - A Bit O Green

Comfy Cat

Couldn't think of a better name for my blog post today.....he/she does look so comfy but us ladies know the truth about our undergarments  lol  I'm popping this post on as it's time for the Mid Month Reminder over at 

You can win a 30% discount code to spend on the fab flowers that Lucinda makes, they really are something special and you could also be one of our top 3.  Go check it out!

For my card today I've used a great fun image, details as always below.

Recipe :

Backing Card - From Stash

DP's - First Edition It's A Girl

Image - Penny Black - Uplifting Occasion (coloured with Promarkers & glamour dust added)

Ribbon/Gem - From Stash

Flowers - Petal Lu (Teddy Bear Bloom, Fucshia and 1 other) Pink Rose and small white from stash.

Sentiment - Computer Generated

Butterfly - Punch (sorry don't know name) - Fine glitter and beads added.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :

Card Mania - Challenge 78 - Polka Dots And/Or Stripes
Craft Your Passion - Challenge 301 - Always Anything Goes
Ooh La La - Challenge 199 - Add A Sentiment
Stamping Sensations - February - Always Anything Goes
Passion For Promarkers - Week 335 Girls Only
Through The Craft Room Door - March 1st/March 7th
ABC - C Is For Cute
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Challenge 313 - Special Lady
Polka Doodle - Week 8 - Tic Tac Toe (Sentiment, Nature, Wings)
Wags N Whiskers - Challenge 172 - Furry Friends

Forever Blowing Bubbles

Hi guys, another beautiful day out there again.  Can you believe it's the 1st of March already!  The days are going so quickly, soon be Christmas lol. No time for Christmas cards at the moment though becauseI'm here today with news of another great challenge over at

 

 CRAFTS GALORE ENCORE

This month the challenge is to make a card and we are sponsored by the fabulous

There is also an extra incentive from the team at Kenny K too. take a look at this

KennyK Bonus for ALL of your followers: 50% OFF 2 digis of your followers’ Choice!

We want to offer ALL of your followers a 50% discount on their TWO favorite digis! To do this, we’d like to run a contest on your blog for the first week of the Challenge, as follows:

All participants can vote for their two choices for the discounted digis by posting a comment on your blog. Each comment must include the full copied-and-pasted name of the digi stamp and the full copied-and-pasted URL of that digi stamp’s page in our shop, to be counted as a valid vote."

 After one week we will add up the votes and offer you a discount on the two most popular choices"

Details of the image I've used and all the other bits and pieces follow.  This is my card

Recipe :
Backing Papers - Imagine That Nautical
Sentiment - Computer
Gems - From Stash
Image - Kenny K Mermaid - Coloured with Promarkers
Embellishments - Memory Box and Spellbinders
Sentiment - Computer Generated

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
Craft Your Passion - Challenge 301 - Always Anything Goes
Ooh La La Creations - Challenge 199 - Add A Sentiment
Passion For Promarkers - Week 335 - Girls Only
Through The Craft Room Door - March 1st/March 7th - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Challenge 283 - Frame It
Creative Moments - Challenge 88 - Anything Goes
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet - Challenge 132 - Anything Goes
Di's Digis - Use 2 Or More Dies
Suzy Bee's - Challenge 119 - Anything Goes

It's My Party

Hey guys, 2 posts in 1 day!!

 Hope you all had a fantastic Valentines Day.  Hubby and I didn't do the flowers/choc and card thing yesterday, we went out for a lovely 3 course meal instead.  It was at the local casino and felt very posh!

Not much happening this week except to tell you that there is a new challenge over at

It is Challenge # 10 and as always it's an Always Anything Goes Challenge.   Well worth a visit as you can get a discount code for 30% off Petal Lu Flowers in her web store.  I have used some on my card so you can see how beautiful they are....so get entering, what have you got to lose!  Good luck!

Recipe :
Backing Card - From a pack purchased at Lidl
DP's - Papermania Creative Tones - Olivine Essence & Raspberry Champagne
Image - LOTV - It's My Party coloured with promarkers
Sentiment - LOTV
Pins - From Stash
Flowers - Petal Lu
Ribbon - Papermania

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
ABC Challenge - B Is For B - Take Your Pick (Blooms/Bow)
Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Di's Digis - Birthday Challenge
Simply Paper Crafts - Challenge 23 - Anything Goes
Crafting with Friends - challenge 14 - Anything Goes

It's A Man's World

Well hello there! It's a lovely morning here....bright and sunny but a little on the chilly side. It tried to snow last night but it didn't lie (thank goodness). Doesn't this weather make you feel so much better, If you're like me the rain makes me miserable! I don't start till later at work this week and it's nice to come out in the daylight.

Anyway I'm here to tell you about the new challenge over at

The theme for this challenge is Something for the males.

We have the fabulous

sponsoring this challenge where you will receive a surprise package if you are the winner.

I chose to use a precoloured image for this card...details are below

Recipe :
Backing Card - The Craft Outlet Spalding
DP's - First Edition - Up And Away
Image - LOTV
Sentiment LOTV
Card Candy - From Stash

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
Craft Your Passion - Challenge 299 - Always Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Feb 9th - Anything Goes
ABC - B Is For B (Pick Your Own)
Creative Moments - Challenge 86
Ruby's Rainbow - Challenge 122 - Anything Goes
Southern Girls - Team Trace Anything Goes
Creative Corner - Sports

Love Is In The Air

Having a quiet day today so making the most of it and sorting out this post.  Must be more organised!  It's for the second challenge over at 

It's so good to be back with them again and as always we have some fabulous sponsors.
The theme is 

The first of these is 

They are giving two images to the winner

Next up is 

With a prize of 3 images

Then we have

Their prize is also 3 images

Last but not least we have

with a prize of 3 images

I chose an image from Ppinky Dolls - Details below

Recipe :
Backing Card - Home Bargains
DP's - Paper Mania - Creative Tones - Raspberry Champagne
Sentiment - LOTV Postmarks cut using Spellbinders Scalloped Hearts
Hearts/ x and o's - Memory Box
Image - Ppinky Dolls - Abi Love coloured with promarkers

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
Craft Your Passion - Challenge 298 - Always Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - Hearts
Ooh La La - Challenge 197 - Love/Romance
The Paper Girls - Challenge 97 - Valentine/Love
Whoopsi Daisy - Hand Coloured Image/Love
Crafty Sentiments - Dies and or Punches
Creative Card Crew - Challenge 106 - Love
Fantastic Tuesday - Challenge 123 - Anything Goes With A Twist - In Love
Deep Ocean Challenge - 122 - Hearts
Die Cutting Diva's - Challenge 252 - Love
Passion For Promarkers - Week 332 - Papertastic
Pink Gem - Challenge 162 - Love Is In The Air
Crafty Calendar - February - Love Is In the Air

Hearts Galore

Morning all.  How are we today.  Had a great weekend, quiet day Saturday spend crafting and then went to the opening game for Hull KR in this years Superleague.  A very exciting game, freak weather and we thought we were going to get a right pasting but thanks to good old Josh they managed a draw, he kicked into the wind after the hooter.  Only a draw but so unexpected it felt like a win!!

Speaking of winning, why not pop over to the next great challenge over at

The theme for this challenge is "Must Include Hearts" and is sponsored by 

They are offering a prize of 3 Images of your choice.

And here is my card.....they always say you have to kiss a lot of frogs to find your Prince, but this frog is so cute I'd settle or that!  lol

Recipe :
Backing Card - Stash
Patterned papers - Raspberry Road - Summer Goodness
Ribbon/Flower From Stash
Hearts - Backing paper cut with Spellbinders Scalloped Hearts
Image - Robyns Fetish - Tommy Valentine Toad - Coloured With Promarkers

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :
Card Mania - Challenge 77 - Add Some Red
Paper Girls - Challenge 97 - Valentine Love
Whoopsi Daisy - Hand Coloured And Love
Whimsy Stamps - Challenge 90 - With Love
Ruby's Rainbow - Challenge 122 - Anything Goes
Pink Gem - Challenge 162 - Love Is In The Air
Crafty Calendar - February - Love Is In The Air