LIM - Shaped Card

I have made this little card for the current challenge over at Less Is More which is 'Not Square - A Shaped Card'. I have gone for the easy option I guess and gone with a circle card. I have first made the base by cutting two of the Big Scallop Nestabilities dies from PTI Aqua Mist CS. I have adhered just the top part of the back panel to the front and scored a line for the card to easy open. I have then cut a white PTI SS CS panel using a Nestabilities Circle die. I have then used my new PTI Trendy Tree Tops stamp set. I have stmaped the tree top with PTI Aqua Mist ink and then the tree trunk with PTI Kraft ink - I have stamped it twice to intensfy the colour a bit. I have stamped the greeting (from the same set) with VersaFine Onyx Black ink to the side. I have finised off with a little butterfly cut from the MS 3 in 1 Butterfly Punch and added this to the tree and then tiny rhinestones to the branches. The circle has been added to the base with 3D adhesive squares.

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Thanks so much for visiting me today, this week has gone so quickly so far. I don't have long before I go back to work and I still have so much to do!! Have a great evening!

Happy Birthday Dad

Hi all, I came across THIS gorgous card on Pinterest by Debby Hughes and I thought it would be great for a male birthday. I have made this card for my dad. I first took some PTI Rustic White CS and made this into the base. I have then taken a layer of PTI Soft Stone CS and added this on top with 3D adhesive squares. I have then cut MME Miss Caroline Dilly Dally, Basic Grey Basics Kraft and Basics White papers using the PTI Double Ended Banner die and added these to the layer. I have cut more PTI Rustic White CS using the PTI Happy Day Die and added this on top with more 3D adhesive squares. I have stamped this using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink with the sentiments from the Waltzingmouse Fre Spirit Sentiment set. I have finished off my adding buttons from my stash with SU! Linen Thread.

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Thank you so much for visiting me today. It is still hot here in Surrey, UK although according to the weather men it is supposed to get cooler at the end of the week. I hope it cools down by the time I go back to work. It is not nice working in a hot hospital in a thick nurses uniform! Have a great day!

Papertrey Ink Haul May 2012

Hi all, I have another haul video to show you. I ordered from PTI at the beginning of May for the March and April releases and I thought you may like to see what I got ...

Thanks so much for visiting me today, it is still sunny here in Surrey. I like the sun but my house is hot! Wish I could afford air conditioning!! Have a great rest of you day!

Thank You's, Candy Winner & Pressies

Sorry I am a little late with this post but I had a great birthday weekend. I want to thank everyone who sent me messages on here, by email and Facebook. You are all so lovely. I received some gorgeous handmade cards and some scrummy crafty presents too - thank you!

Just thought I'd show you some of my crafty presents I received:

My mum bought me the new Cuttlebug, my old one is a bit worse for wear now :0(

So on to what you have been waiting for, the winner of my birthday candy draw ...

The winner is:

Comments no: 105

SARA

Thank you all for entering my candy and celebrating my birthday with me. Sara, could you please email me your address and I will get your candy posted off to you asap.

Hello Friend

This is a card I made a little while ago for one of my good friends' to try and make her smile! I have simply taken a a layer of PTI SS White CS and layered two pieces of paper from the DB Hello Spring Collection that have been cut to look like hills/grass and added these to the bottom of the panel. I have then stamped the flowers, stem and greeting from the Paper Smooches Friendly Flowers set and coloured the flower with B32 and B34 Copics, the stem and leaves with G24 and G28 and then the greeting lightly with B32 and a blender pen. I have then wrapped the panel with DB Doodle Twine in Bubble Blue and added the panel to a white card base with 3D adhesive squares.

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Thanks so much for visiting me today, what lovely weather we are having here in Surrey. I don't want it to get any hotter though, I don't do heat well! It is my Birthday tomorrow ... yay! You have until tonight at 23.59 hours to enter my candy draw.

Retrosketches #12

I have made this card for the latest Retrosketches challenge. I love the sketch and I am sure I will use it again. I have taken some PTI Stampsers Select White CS and made this into card base. I have then taken some PTI Raspberry Fizz Pattern Paper, cut this to size and rounded two of the corners using my WRMK Corner Chomper on the 1/2" setting. This has been added to the base with 3D adhesive squares. I have then taken a piece of the white CS and again rounded two corners, I have stamped the sentiment from the Paper Smooches Word Up set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink along the bottom and wrapped DB Doodle Twine in Bubblegum above. I have then stamped the butterfly from the Paper Smooches Pretty Momma set on a seperate piece of CS, coloured with RV9, RV17 & RV09 Copic Markers and cut out. This panel has been added to the base with more 3D adhesive squares. The card is finished off with SU! and The Hobby House rhinestones.

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Haul Video - May

Hi there, I thought I would start doing haul videos on a monthly basis of what I have bought that month. I will still do video's in between if I have done a big haul like PTI or something though. Hope you think it is a good idea?!

So here is my video for the month of May ...

Thanks for watching and visiting my blog today, it is really appreciated and I will be back soon. Have a great day!

Sketch N Stash 88

Hi all, we have a new challenge for you over at Sketch N Stash today. This fortnight the amazing Jen has created this fab sketch for us to play with ...

For my card I have used some more of the gorgeous Doodlebug Spring Collection papers and made a base out of them mounting to DB Fairy Dust CS. I have then cut out a circle from white using a Nestabilities die and then the corresponding scallop circle from more BD Fairy Dust CS, these have been added to the base with 3D adhesive squares. I have wrapped around with DB Dopodle Twine in Lilac and added a white DB button {old stash}. I have stamped the cute Stamping Bella Tiddly Inks 'Flynn Needs a Cupcake' stamp {new stash} with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then coloured with Copic Markers adding a little Spica to the cupcake. I have cut her out and mounted to the circle with 3D foam pads.

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We are sponsored this week by Dies to Die for who are kindly giving away a £10 voucher to the winner as well as Mei Flower who are kindly giving away a £20 voucher. Hope you can play along, oh and remember to tell us what your new/old stash is.

Die-ing For A Challenge - Anything Goes

Hi all, I am a day late with my DT card for DTDF this week but today we have a new challenge for you. The challenges have moved to the DTDF Blog to make it easier having everything on the one place. This month's challenge is 'anything goes' but remember you must use dies somewhere on your card. For my card I have taken some Echo Park Springtime paper and created the base using two of the sheets. I have die cut an MFT Die-Namic Small Scallop Border with Bazzill Kraft CS and added this behind the top layer. I have tehn taken some white CS and cut a circle using the MFT Die-Namics Circle Stax 1 Collection and mounted this with a Nestabilities Big Scallop Circle cut from more Kraft CS. These have been added to the base with 3D foam pads. I have then taken a CC Designs Butterflies Wings stamp and stamped this with Memento Angel Pink ink and then die cut with the corresponding die. I have added this to the circles with a Glue Dot and added MME Lush Rhinestones to the centre. I have then taken one of the sentiments from the CC EDesigns My R Many Thanks sentiment set, stamped this on white CS and cut out using a MFT Die-Namics Fishtail Flags Stax die. This has been added below the butterfly with my ATG.

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Thanks so much for visiting me today, go check out the challenge and my other teamies cards - they are gorgeous!

LIM - 3 Stamps

Hi all, I am so behind this week but I wanted to quickly make this card for the current challenge over at Less Is More which is One Layer Week as well as the challenge of 'Use Three Stamps'. For my card I have used the PTI Beautiful Butterflies set and stamped the small butterfly with Memento Angel Pink ink and then gone over this with RV10 and RV11 Copic Markers. I have stamped the largest butterfly with Memento Rose Bud ink and then gone over with RV18 and RV19 Copic Markers. I have then stamped the sentiment with VersaFine Onyx Black.

EDA: I was showcased for this card at LIM - I so happy! Thank you Chrissie and Mandi :0)

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Thanks for visiting me today, hope you are having a great day!

Birthday Blog Candy

Hi all, so today I have some blog candy to share with you. It is my Birthday towards the end of the month and so I thought I would share the love and offer some candy to you ...

Up for grabs is:

Memory Box Primo Labels Dies

MFT Clearly Sentimental About Anniversaries Stamp Set

Craftwork Cards Butterflies & Blooms Stamp Set

A6 Pack of Papermania Capsule Collection Colossal Colours Cardstock

4 Packs of pearls in - white, purple, aqua and pink

2 Jars of buttons in aqua & purple and pink & purple

3 Reels of satin ribbon in white, pink and purple

All you have to do is add your name to InLinkz before 23.59 GMT on 24/05/2012 and I will randomly pick a winner on the 26th. Open worldwide, only one entry per person. Good luck!

Framed Out

As soon as I saw this Framed Out set by PTI I thought it would be great for male cards. Both cards have been inspired by ones I came accross on Pinterest. The first being THIS one by Lisa Johnson and the second being THIS one by Rema Timm. The first is super simple, I have first stamped the frame direct to the card base with PTI Enchanted Eveing ink followed by the sentiment in the centre with VersaFine Onyx Black. I have then then stamped the border using PTI Spring Rain ink on to a seperate piece of CS and then die cut this using the corresponding frame die. This has been added to the base with 3D foam. I have then added the stars, one being popped up too. For the second card I have stamped the greeting first and then the frames around it in the various inks. I have then cut the big frame using PTI Spring Rain CS and popped this up on 3D foam pads. I have then wrapped around with DB Doodle Twine in Bubble Blue. The panel has been added to a white card base with more 3D foam.

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Best Wishes - DTDF

As you can probably tell I have been in a CAS mood this week ... well even more CAS than I usually am! For my card today I am using items from Dies to Die for. I have taken a white card blank and added two strips of pink paper from the EP Country Drive Collection {can you tell I love this collection?!} with 3D adhesive squares. I have then taken some white CS and cut it using the one of the MFT Die-Namics Fishtail Flags Stax dies; I have stamped the greeting on top from the CC Designs AmyR Handy Additions set - these are two seperate stamps and I have used my stamp postitoner to get them level. I have added this strip on top and then die cut a butterfly from the MFT Die-Namics Butterfly set using another sheet from the EP Country Drive Collection. I have finished off the card with MME Lush Rhinestones.

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Thanks so much for visiting me today, I really appreciate it.

LIM - Yellow

Hi there, I am here today to share my card I have made for the current challenge over at Less Is More which is 'Yellow'. I don't use this colour much despite using it last week for my card for Pops! So here is what I came up with ... I have taken a yellow piece of patterned paper from the DB Snips & Snails Collection and added this to the card base with 3D adhesive squares. I have then taken an orange strip from the DB Sugar & Spice Collection and cut this using a MFT Die-Namics Fishtail Flag Stax. I have stamped the greeting from the Paper Smooches Word Salad set on to white CS using Versafine Onyx Black ink and then cut out with a PTI Limitless Layers circle die. I have then cut out another PTI LL die with DB Melon CS. These have been adhered together and added to the base with 3D adhesive squares. I have then atken a little heart cut using a PTI Love Lives Here die and added this with a teeny rhinestone on.

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Thanks so much for visiting today, hope you all have a lovely day!

Good Luck

Here is a little card I have made for the Restrosketches #10 challenge. I have made this card for my friend who will be going back to work next week after having a year off for maternity leave. I have taken the light pink sheet from the EP Country Drive Collection and added this direct to the card base with my ATG. I have then taken the darker pink sheet from the same collection and cut this into a strip. I have stamped the greeting from the Paper Smooches Word Salad set on to the bottom and then tied around with Divine Twine in Cotton Candy. I have adhered this strip to the base with 3D adhesive squares. I have die cut a little heart using one of the inside pieces from a die from the PTI Love Lives Here set and added this below the sentiment. I have finished the card off with Doodlebug Jewels.

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Thank you so much for visiting me today and those that left get well messages yesterday. I am feeling a little better but still not right unfortunately. Hopefully I will be back to 'normal' tomorrow!

Sketch N Stash 87

Hi all, I am back with another challenge over at Sketch N Stash. This fortnight we have a great sketch designed by the talented Andie. I have to be honest and say that I struggled with my card, I don't really like the finished result but it was the best I could come up with.

I have made the base by layering up various sheets of Doodlebug CS with sheets from the DB Hello Spring Collection {new-ish stash}. I have then wrapped around with PTI Fresh Snow Satin Ribbon. I have die cut a sqaure using a Nestabilities die and added this with 3D foam pads. I have then stamped the butterflies from the PTI Butterfly Dreams {old stash} set on to white and the large one cut out with the corresponding die and the little one cut with scissors. These have been adorned with Rhinestones and added to the square with more 3D foam pads. The PB sentiment has been stamped and then cut out using the SU! Modern Label Punch.

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We are sponsored this fortnight by the lovely Pink Gem Designs who are kindly giving away 4 digi's to the winner. Hope you can play along!

Mess, Mess and More Mess!

Looks like I know what I will be doing today ...

I really do not know why I don't just clean up after each card, it would make it so much easier than having to tidy up my entire craft room! So what about you guys? Do you tidy up after one card or leave it till the end like me?

I will be back later with another card and also be back on Monday with some blog candy to celebrate my birthday at the end of the month :0)

Happy Birthday Pops

So as the title suggests I have made this card for the lovely Pops whose birthday it is today. Hope you have a great day hun. When I think of Pops I think bright and happy so that is what I have done with her card! I have been totally inspired by THIS fab card by Kasia Curry and her sketch for Retro Sketches. I have first taken some PTI SS White CS and made this into a base rounding the bottom two corners with the WRMK Corner Chomper. I have then stamped the PTI Polka Dots Basics II border using PTI Lemon Tart ink. I have wrapped around with DB Doodlebug Twine in Bumblebee and tied in abow. I have then stamped the sentiment from the Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler set in Versafine Onyx Black above. I have stamped the butterflies using the PTI Modern Basics set on to a sheet from the Echo Park Hello Summer Collection and cut out with scissors. These have been added with dimensionals. To finish off I have added pearls from Doodlebug and The Hobby House.

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Thanks for visiting me today, I really appreciate every one of you! I have a bad case of tonsilitis at the moment so that's why I haven't been on here to share my other cards I made while on my PC break yet. I will be back soon!