THROUGH THE PURPLE HAZE - CHALLENGE NO 100 - ADD A NUMBER

Good morning everyone out there - although we are having 'April showers' (lots of the bloomin' things!) we do seem to be getting the sunshine through too.  Went shopping yesterday to McArthurGlen 'Designer' Outlet 'cos the maestro wanted a new jacket for his hols!   Needless to say there is also a Cadbury Factory Shop so I had a little peep and a sniff in the doorway - of course I didn't have any!   Okay okay only some Buttons - it would have been rude not to!!!  In the end - no jacket - however we now have two new purple suitcases, one pair of shoes for the maestro and one superbly gorgeous handbag for moi - and  ... the maestro told me to buy it!!!  How positive is that???

Well - I'm here to post my next card for the Through the Purple Haze challenge DT.  Our theme is to use a number - I wanted to be able to use my card for any birthday so with a little thinking outside me box (coo that hurt!) I used a '2' instead of a 'to' in my sentiment.  I can see a number so it's not cheating!!!

Our sponsor this time is 

The image I used is called Shaylee - isn't she a cutie?  I wanted to use pink for my base card but didn't have the 'right' shade so I took a piece of Crafters Companion Centura Pearl card in Fresh Pink and folded it at the 7" mark and the bit left was exactly - yup exactly - the right size for the front of my design.   Naturally I had to cut a strip off the top to make it a 7" square blank.   I haven't used any punches for quite a while now so I found a Martha Stewart border punch for the edge and some Nellie Snellen punches for the flowers and foliage.  Only two actual dies used - am getting withdrawal symptoms already methinks!!

Ingredients

7" x 7" pink base card - 'fashioned' from a sheet of A4 Centura Pearl card

Digi image - 'Shaylee' from Art by Miran

Pierced Rectangle Stax die - Die-Namics Dies

Pierced Circle Stax die - Die-Namics Dies

Edge punch - Martha Stewart Punches

Flowers and Foliage punches - Nellie Snellen Punches

Promarkers, Flexmarkers and Copics

Lace, net, pearls and twine - Brenda's Lace and Ribbon Supplies on FB

Holographic foil for sentiment - Heidi Swapp

In case you wondered - I managed to use my Minc machine again - it's a corker!!

I know the whole team (me included) would love to see your creations entered into our challenge, so why not play along??

Take good care of yourselves and enjoy the weather (providing it's sunny) wherever you are.

Big hugs to you all

Love 

Sue xxx

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges - 

Come and Get it Challenge No 114 - Things with Wings

Craft your Passion Challenge No 308 - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart Challenge No 108 - Anything Goes

Crafty Boots Challenge - Add a Sentiment

Creative Fingers Challenge No 107 - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges No 129 - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenges No 13 - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge No 32 - Anything Goes

Love to Scrap Challenge No 76 - Anything Goes

Our Crafty Corner Challenge No 8 - Anything Goes

OSAAT DT - CHALLENGE NO 259 - ANYTHING GOES WITH DISTRESSING

Good afternoon to you all - it's a really lovely sunny and warm day here so that makes me very happy!   I just love all the colours and flowers in the garden right now and ..... we have two wood pigeon nests and a blackbird's nest in the trees so that means more mouths to feed!  Lol!!

Right onto my next card for the OSAAT DT - our theme this time is AG with Distressing, now I love getting out me bits of sandpaper and Core-dinations card so I enjoyed meself!  

I 'chewed' the edges of the lilac pieces of card but they aren't really visible on the picture.   

Ingredients

7" x 7" White card blank - Anna Marie Designs
Digi - 'Lady Jane' from Stitchy Stamps at Stitchy Bears Digi Outlet
Purple Paper - 12" x 12" huuuuuge pad by Brenda Walton at K and Co
Lilac Card - 12" x 12" Ebony and Ivory Collection by Core-dinations
'Beaded Fanfare' Embossing Folder from Creative Expressions
Pinpoint Scalloped Circle die from Memory Box Dies
Pin Dot Circle die from Tattered Lace Dies
Copics
Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens
Lace from Brenda's Ribbon and Lace Supplies
Flowers from WOC

There's a prize of digis from the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet worth $10 so we want to see your creations - you have two weeks to enter!!

Popping off now to get a coffee - take care and enjoy what is left of the weekend.

Big hugs to you all

Love Sue xxx

I'd like to enter my card into the following 10 challenges -

Art by Miran Challenge No 55 - Anything goes (2)

As You Like It Challenge - Bingo - Lace, Purple and Dies/Punches  (everyone knows that my favourite colour is purple, I adore dies and have hundreds of them and as far as lace goes - I spend far too much on it and hate to use it, preferring to stroke it instead!!!) 

A Beautiful Mess Challenge No 1 - Anything goes (2)

Brown Sugar Challenge No 192 - Anything goes (2)

Crafting with Friends Challenge No 17 - Anything goes (2)

Jades Sparkling Butterflies Challenge No 16 - Anything goes (2)

Left of Centre Challenge No 124 - Embossing

Simply Create Too Challenge No 106 - Use Purple and Green

Sisters of Craft Challenge (April) - Anything goes

Stamping with Dragon Challenge - Anything goes

CRAFTY CALENDAR - APRIL - ANYTHING GOES!!!

Good morning to you out there in blogland.  I am hoping that you are all feeling quite well and enjoying these little bits of sunshine!  Graham has planted some daffodils in troughs on a ledge just outside the kitchen window and they are growing so big and strong that I can hardly see over them.  He's about a foot taller than me (at 6' 3") so has no problem whatsoever - duh!  Mind you those flowers are really cheering me up no end so I'm not complaining.

Anyway I'm just posting my card for the Crafty Calendar Challenge this month, where our theme is the extremely popular Anything Goes.  We have two fabulous sponsors this month so you've guessed it - that means two prizes!  Corking!!!

I don't make too many green cards but I coloured my little fairy on her toadstool and was drawn towards the citrus green for her dress and then I found the green citrus card to match and just went with it.   The daisy paper is from a huuuuuuge pad of 12" x 12" papers (I've lost the front sheet so don't have a clue who they are by) and they really are gorgeous.

Right on to our sponsors - we have All Dressed Up  

and Fabrika Fantasy 

Two fantastic prizes - their digi images are wonderful.

Ingredients

7" x 7" White card blank - Anna Marie Designs
Digi - 'Magical Woodland' from All Dressed Up
12" x 12" daisy papers and green card found in stash
Spellbinders Dies - A2 Matting Basics A die
Spellbinders Dies - A2 Curved Borders One die
Spellbinders Dies - Fancy Framed Tags One die
Joanna Sheen Signature Dies - Mini Leafy Flourish Mirrored Pairs dies
Joanna Sheen Signature Dies - Butterfly Flourish die
Wild Rose Studios - Little Butterfly die
Stickles Stardust Glitter 
Gems from my stash
Lace from Brendas Ribbon and Lace Specials
Copics
Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens (on her wings)
Sentiment typed and then Minc'd to within an inch of it's life!!  I love that machine!

We are looking forward to seeing all your creations on the challenge - it's such a great theme and don't forget you don't have to stop at cards.  There are loads of crafts out there so just show us what you can do!

Well I'm off now 'cos it's almost bedtime and I'm absolutely shattered.  Take care all of you and I'll catch you later.  Oooh in case it has crossed your mind - I've scheduled me post to appear at 9.00am on Saturday morning!   I'm doing this Thursday very late evening!

Big hugs and love to you all


Sue xxx

I would like to enter the following 10 challenges

Art by Miran Challenge No 55 - Anything goes (1)

A Beautiful Mess Challenge No 1 - Anything goes (1)

Brown Sugar Challenge No 192 - Anything goes (1)

Cards 4 Galz Challenge No 19 - Springtime

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenge No 106 - Spring is in the Air

Crafting for all Seasons Challenge No 123 - Anything goes (1)

Crafting with Friends Challenge No 17 - Anything goes (1)

Creatalicious Challenge No 88 - Things with Wings

Jades Sparkling Butterflies Challenge No 16 - Anything goes (1)

Scrap-Creations Challenge - Green Projects

THROUGH THE PURPLE HAZE - CHALLENGE NO 98 - FLOWERS

Good morning everyone out there - here I am posting my next card for the TTPH challenge and this time we want you to use 'Flowers'!  Now as you can see from 'some' of my previous posts I just adore flowers so this was a very easy one for me to do .. and ..  I was given this absolutely amazingly beautiful digi to use.  Isn't she cute?

 Check out the embossing on the side of my card - I found my chalks!!!  I usually use DI's but wanted a very soft look so, after a bit of a hunt around, I found my chalks - on the shelf where I'd stored them - duh!!  There's just a faint smidge on the flowers and a little more around the edge of the silver matted layer.  I made the three central flowers using 'hydrangea' petals from WOC (the stamens were in my stash from years ago).

Ingredients

7" x 7" white card blank - Anna Marie Designs
6" x 6" embossed card front from Craftwork Cards
Digi - Whimsical Rose Sprite from Aurora Wings
Pink Paper - Patterns of the Rainbow from Aspire
Decorative Labels Eight die - Spellbinders Dies
Olive Branch die - CC Designs Dies
Floral Vine die - Memory Box Dies
Dovecraft Decorative Chalks
Copic Markers
Flowers, and Hydrangea petals - WOC
Pearls, velvet ribbon and sentiment - Hobby House Crafts

We are really looking forward to seeing your creations  - our sponsor for this challenge is Aurora Wings and they are offering the prize this time.

Lots of big hugs to you all and take care.

Sue xxx

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges -

Aurora Wings Challenge No 25 - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Creations Challenge No 17 - Anything Goes

Cre8tive Hands Friends Challenge No 3 - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday Challenge No 418 - To Die For

Jades Sparkling Butterfly Challenge No 15 - Anything Goes/Die cuts/punches

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge No 30 - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards Challenge No 30 - Anything Goes

Our Crafty Corner Challenge No 7 - Anything Goes
Sisters of Craft Challenge (March) - Anything Goes

Sweet Stamps Blog Challenge (March) - Anything Goes

OSAAT DT - CHALLENGE NO 257 - ANYTHING GOES WITH FANCY BORDERS

Good afternoon everyone out there in blogland!  I'm here again to post my DT card for the OSAAT Challenge.  Our theme this time is 'Anything Goes with Fancy Borders!  There's so much scope with this theme 'cos you can do absolutely any sort of border!

 For once I made a rectangular shaped card because I thought the image would look nicer with the borders underneath in layers.   I can't remember when I last made a card this size!

The prize for our challenge is a $10 gift voucher to spend in the Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet!  Definitely not to be sneezed at! 

Ingredients

A5 White Card blank - must have been in my stash for yeeeeears!

Digi - Sunflowers by Barb Jensen at Stitchy Bears Digi Outlet

Pastel Textured Cardstock - DCWV

Long Classic Rectangle Large die - Spellbinders Dies

Long Classic Scalloped Rectangle die - Spellbinders Dies

A2 Scalloped Borders 1 die - Spellbinders Card Creator Dies

'Annabel' A4 Embossing Folder - Tonic

Copic Markers

Sentiment - Clear Impressions Stamp free with magazine

Gems - Stash

I do hope you can find the time to enter our challenge, it's open for two weeks and there's that brilliant prize for the winner!

Lots of big hugs to you all and take care in this bloomin' cold, wet and snowy weather!

Love Sue xxx

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges -

Crafty Friends Challenge No 26 - Floral

Creative Moments Challenge No 88 - Anything Goes plus a Sentiment

Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Use 2 or more dies

Gem of a Challenge No 164 - Spring

Hiding in my Craft Room Challenge No 241 - Spring Colours

Just us Girls Challenge No 333 - Flowers

Pencil Cases Challenge No 14 - New Blooms/Spring Flowers

Simply Less is More Challenge - Colour week - Citrus

Star Stampz Challenge - Include Embossing

CRAFTY CALENDAR - MARCH - MOTHER'S DAY/SPECIAL FEMALE

Hi there - sorry to have missed blogging some cards recently but February has been one of those months for being poorly!  Yuk!!  I've only managed to do the bare minimum of my card stuff - so I'm feeling totally guilty!  Hopefully March will now start to improve the problems I've been having and the blood tests I've had may help.  

Anyway enough of my boring stuff, today I'm posting my next card for the Crafty Calendar DT and our theme this month is ... Mother's Day/Special Female so we'd love to see your creations.  I'll just post my card and then tell you about the sponsors.

We are so lucky to have two sponsors this month - so that means two prize winners!  Just take a look below 

 A Day for Daisies  are offering 3 digis of your choice

                           

Wild Orchid Crafts are offering a £10 voucher for you to spend in their store

Fantastic prizes!

Ingredients

7" x 7" White card blank - Anna Marie Designs
Digi - 'Delivery Bonnet' from A Day for Daisies
'Promises' Paper Pad - LOTV
Bazzill Bling card - stash
Opulent Ovals die - Spellbinders Dies
Timeless Rectangle die - Spellbinders Dies
Lace and bling - Brenda's Lace and Ribbon Supplies
Copic Markers
Flowers and foliage - WOC
Pearl bits - Anna Marie Designs
Sentiment - LOTV

I'll pop orf now 'cos I have another card to post - just remember our challenge is open until 28 March, you can enter three creations AND there's two prizes to be won so I do hope you'll join us.

Big hugs to you all - oh and a really warm welcome to my two new followers - I do hope you enjoy my blog - I'm sure I am almost back to normal so my blog posting will be back to normal too - but many of you know that 'normal' is different on my planet!


Love Sue xxx

I would like to enter my card into the following 10 challenges -

A Day for Daisies Challenge No 142 - Add Dimensional Flowers
Allsorts Challenge Week 353 - International Women's Day/Feminine card
Cardz 4 Galz Challenge No 17 - Woman or Women
CCC Digi Designs Challenge No 44 - Let's get Girly
Crafting with Dragonflies No 52 - Girly Cards
Creative Moments Challenge No 88 - Anything Goes plus a sentiment
Cute Card Thursday Challenge No 415 - Mother's Day
Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Use 2 or more dies
Just us Girls Challenge No 333 - Flowers
Try it on Tuesday Challenge - Feminine and Fancy 

CRAFTY CALENDAR - FEBRUARY - 'LOVE IS IN THE AIR'

Good afternoon peeps, here I am blogging and it's so miserable and wet out there it's enough to persuade me to hibernate!  I'm having lots of trouble trying to make cards or even get onto the 'puter just lately.  Apart from the system playing up - I've recently lost both printers off the laptop (thank goodness for the maestro 'cos he put it right for me!), I've just lost another follower (because of blogger) so I'm lookin' a right Billie No Mates!  If anyone thinks I've 'unfollowed' them, it's not true - please contact me to let me know and I'll re-follow just like I did for Mrs A.  Oh and Biscuit has decided to be a 'mummy's boy', he insists on lying across my desk - or across my chest if I let him.  He also likes sitting draped over my shoulders - and his favourite place to play with his toys is ... wait for it ...  in the bath (empty of course) - boy have we been adopted by one weird cat this time!

Inside my card ...

Ingredients

'Bee with Flower' digi - Bugaboo Stamps
6" x 6" White Card Blank - Papermania
'Willow Bee' 6" x 6" paper pad - Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker
Hexagonal Layer dies - Tattered Lace Dies
Stitched Fishtail Flag Stax die - Die-namics Dies
Embossing Folder Extra (Folder plus die) - Marianne Designs DF3404
Flexmarkers
Wink of Stella pens
Flower/Foliage punches - ? Nellie Snellen
Sentiment - Typed and then foiled using my Minc machine
Pearls - Brenda's Lace and Ribbon Specials


Now the first winner of our challenge will win 7 digis donated by the wonderful Jodie from 

The second winner of our challenge will receive 3 digis of their choice from the fantastic

Can't wait to see your creations - you have a month to get them on the blog!

Anyway - must pop orf now and try to get some colouring sorted - whilst they are all having a nap - and yup I'm including the maestro in the bunch!!!

Hugs to you all out there and please take care!

Love Sue xxx

I'm hoping to enter my card into the following challenges -

Art by Miran Challenge No 51 - Anything Goes

Craft for the Craic 2nd Birthday Challenge - Something to make you smile

Craft Rocket Challenge No 8 - Valentine/Love

Crafting with Dragonflies Challenge No 50 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge No 102 - Anything Goes

Gem of a Challenge No 162 - Love is in the Air

Morgan's Art World Challenge No 3 - Add Flowers

Pattie's Creations Challenge No 119 - Love is in the Air

Simply Create Too Challenge No 102 - Love or Valentine's

That's Crafty Challenge - First Love