A Delicious DT call :D

Delicious Doodles is the brilliant digi stamp shop created by my good blogging buddy Teri. She is having a DT call and the lucky people that get picked will get to play with any of Teri's images, and have access to the new images before anyone else!!

This DT Call is open until Monday 20th September and you can get the full details on the new Delicious Doodles blog.

Tiptoe through the tulips

This week at Sweet pea stampers we want to see a load of flowers on your card so for mine I have used a printed card blank that has flowers all over it, flower shape pearl embellishments and the pyramage topper is from my store The Crafty Purple Frog she is called Tulip :D
I am also entering this card for the following challenges:
Cute Card Thursday - Dying for a punch (don't use any type of punch)

Time for another hop with Kenny K

I am not officially in the blog hop this time round at Kenny K's Krafty girlz challenges but I just could not resist playing with these great new Rock Squad images. the challenge is to make something with a music theme.

We have a huge amount of prises agian for the winner....Cult Pens offering £25 worth of copic markers and a wallet for storage.




Link to their site is http://www.cultpens.com/acatalog/Copic.html
Fantastic Ribbons is offering 10 rolls of ribbon of the winner's choice





Link to their site is http://www.fantasticribbons.co.uk/acatalog/index.html

Bearly Mine Designs is offering a Digi Set of the Winner's choice



Link to the site is http://bmd-creations.blogspot.com/

Wild Orchid Crafts is offering a package of pearls and flowers






Link to their site is www.wildorchidcrafts.co.uk
and finally Kenny K is offering 3 Digi's of the Winner's Choice and 5 Decoupage Sheets


and the link to his site is http://www.kennykdownloads.com/

For my card I have used "Techno guy" from Kenny K's Downloads and coloured him with promarkers then mounted him on 2mm foam pads. The printed card blank is from papermania and I have inked round the edge of it. The great yellow paper is from Bearly Mine plain and simple digi set. The sentiment is from The greetings farm. The brilliant little stars are from Crafty Emma's Store.

Yay today is the day!!

I am so happy to say that it is finally time for the first Crafty Emma's Store Challenges!! to get us going we are having an open theme so you can all get involved and we just want to see what you like :D There is a great prize that I so wish I could win ...a 12x12 My Mind's Eye ''Oh La, La'' paper pack.

For my card I have used this super cute Milton with stocking stamp and coloured him with a mix of Promarkers and sakura stardust pens for a bit of sparkle. The brilliant holly paper is from 6x6 milton and co Christmas pad they are all from Crafty Emma's Store as are the Dew drops.

I can not wait to see what you all create :D

Delicious Doodles 1st Birthday :D

My good blogging buddy Teri is the most amazing artist as designs her own stunning digi stamps that she sells in her store Delicious Doodles and it is her stores 1st Birthday so to celebrate she is having a competition to use one of her images which can be one of her freebies to create something. The winner will get to pick 10 ( yes you read that right 10!!) images of their choice from her store. I have used this gorgeous Zebra image for my card and I have left it uncoloured so this is just how good it looks simply printed out. The lush paper is from Crafty Emma's Store the pink paisley 6x6 bayberry paper stack. The cute little hearts are also from Crafty Emma's Store the rub on sentiment and peel offs are from my stash. You have until the 31st to enter the Delicious Doodles challenge so make sure you don't miss out.
I am also entering this card for the following challenges:
The sisterhood - Use one of the great Delicious Doodles images
Create 4 fun - Birthday

Lace and pearls for Sweet Pea Stampers

This week at Sweet pea stampers we have another fantastic theme of LACE and PEARLS. This is the last time that there challenge will only be one week long as as of September we will be doing a challenge every other week and changing the day to a Friday as we want as many of you as possible to have the chance to join in and it will mean we can offer bigger prizes :D
This week we have two stunning stamps donated by Lynette owner of Sweet Pea Stamps! Lynette has some fantastic deals on so please go check them out!

ching-chou kuik's Fluttering-butterlies

ching-chou kuik's Sunflower Angel

Please remember to link your entry to the August Entry Candy at the top of the blog so that you are in with a chance of winning the $20 spending spree at Sweet Pea Stamps!

For my card I have used one of the digi sheets from The Crafty Purple Frog called "Golden promise pyramage" I have stacked the layers with 2mm foam pads then added glitter with a sakura pen. The paper and the paper lace is from K & Co. The sentiment is typed on the computer and the pearls are from Crafty Emma's Store..

Donna den - Decoupage

I just can not get enough of these cute little bears. You can get your hands on them HERE from Donna's den for the bargain price of just £8.99 for 2 sheets of 10 different designs. They do take a while to cut out but I love the result. I just had to used this sheet when I saw this weeks challenge at Donna's Den challenges was decoupage. The rest of the DT have made some amazing creation to inspire you make sure you check them out.
There is a brilliant prize of a £10 gift voucher for the Donnas Den Store.
I am also entering this card for the following challenges:
cards for men - Decoupage
Everybody Art - In the garden
Totally Papercrafts - Summer fun

A sketch by Donna at Kenny K's

Team A is hosting this weeks challenge at Kenny K's Krafty girlz challenges, which is a fabulous sketch by DONNA .

I could not resist having a play too and for my card I used this Soccer I have coloured him with pro makers (you can get promarkers now from Crafty Emma's Store) The blue paper is from Bearly Mine while the black and white paper is from papermania's capsule collection.

I also want to give Donna and her Bearly mines store a further shout out as she has some exciting things going on her is what she has to say......

After receiving many requests for just plain papers in the fabulous colors of the other digi sets, I have finally designed a new set called Plain & Simple, a collection of 42 papers with a distressed edging, which is perfect for adding glitter glues, or sponging with Distress Inks, spraying with glimmer mists, using your own flourish stamps, embossing..........so many possibilities, plus the colors can be used all year round.

Plain & Simple Digi Set - £5

AND

I'm having a sale on the Designers extreme vol III. Buy all three disks for £30 and receive the inserts disk free of charge, saving you £8

Sale ends August 27th.

So make sure you check out the blog shop and there is currently a freebie for you over there if you want to try before you buy :D

I am also entering this card for the following challenges:
ABC - B is for blue
Stamp something - Digi
Secret crafter - Blue and cream

Petals and pearls with Crafts and me

This weeks challenge at Crafts and Me challenges is petals and pearls and I can not wait to see what you all create.

This fortnight we are being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps who are offering the winner 7 Digi's, yep that's right, 7 Digi's of your choice.

http://www.bugaboostamps.com/

http://bugaboostamps.blogspot.com/

For my card I have used the beautiful Thousand years waiting stamp from crafts and me Sweet pea range. I have coloured her with a mix of promarkers (that you can get from Crafty Emma's Store) and sakura stardust pens for that added sparkle :D. The sentiment stamps down the side are also from crafts and me called Posie greetings The flowers stamp was a freebie with a magazine last month. I have used 2 different versa magic chalk pads (Aspen mist and thatched straw) for the distressing around the card and then sprayed it with some summer grass cosmic mist again for more shimmer. You can get cosmic shimmers and the misters from Jazzlin's.

I am also entering this card for the following challenges:

Totally gorjuss - Aqua
Creative Craft Crew - Sparkle and shine
My Time to craft - Glitter and Glitz

sweet pea stampers - Swirls and flourishes

This time at Sweet pea stampers we would like to see flourishes and swirls on your cards. I have used this gorgeous Ching Chou image sheet from my store The Crafty Purple Frog she is called "Glowing Dazzle" and you can make 2 cards with each sheet and as they are digi you can print them as many times as you like. The sheets are all ready coloured so you just have to cut them out and stick them together and they are ready to go on your card. My flowery flourishes are a stamp from aspects of design butterfly beauties collection. I have then added gems to some of the dots for added sparkle. For a finishing touch I have distressed round the edge with 2 different inks.


I am also entering this card for the following challenge:
Scrapping with I did it creations - Swirls and flourishes

Kenny K takes on Oh Alice :D

I just could not help colouring Kitty - Katastorphe from Kenny K's Downloads again. I have coloured her with promarkers and sakura pens (you can get promarkers from Crafty Emma's Store). The papers were free with a magazine and the sticker sentiment and black flowery acetate I have used behind her were from candies that I have been luck enough to win. The dew drops are from Crafty Emma's Store. If you missed my earlier post there is a new challenge blog starting on the 28th of August Crafty Emma's Store Challenges and if you hop over there now and become a follower you can win some yummy candy so don't miss out :D
I am entering this card for the following challenges:
Oh Alice - I have used their sketch
I love promarkers - Acetate

I LOVE these new House mouse stamps!

If you have not seen the new unmounted House mouse stamps you really need to check them out. I have LOVED house mouse for a long time but they were always so expensive these unmounted stamps are so affordable. At Donnas Den you can get them for just £8.99 a set (at least 2 main images plus extras) that is cheaper than even getting them direct from Joanna Sheen!!
I have made 2 cards up to star with but have many more to come trust me :D

This first card I have stamped all round the edge with a bauble stamp from the Christmas feathered friends set That is also where the main image is from. I have coloured the image with promarkers that you can get from Crafty Emma's Store then inked round the edge with the darkest colour I used for the baubles and mounted it on foam pads so that it stands out. The great stars are also from Crafty Emma's Store and the sentiment is from Dove craft.
I am entering this card for the following challenges:
House Mouse Challenge Blog - Vintage (darn it I am too late don't you hate that!)
Crazy Challenge - Forest Friends
ABC Christmas challenge - Quick and easy
Stampavie and more - Christmas in summer
Daring Cardmakers - Treemendous


Next I have gone for a different feel and got away from Christmas :D The image is from The poppy set and again I have coloured it with promarkers, get them from Crafty Emma's Store along with the pearls and the gorgeous paper. The paper is from Pink paisley Bayberry cottage 6x6 pad. The sentiment is from Lili of the valley.

This second card is for the following challenges:
Crafty cardmakers - Birthday
Funky Friday - Anything but a square
Crafty catz - Animals
Sweet stampin' - Favourite stamp (Well I can't really pick just one to be honest but it would have to be from these house mouse stamps I hope that's OK).

Kenny K - Bold and bright

Wow you blew us away last week at Kenny K's Krafty girlz challenges with your summer creations but this week it is team B's turn and we would LOVE to get even more entries than last week for the bold and bright challenge. As you will see from the rest of the DT creations you can pick any bright colours you like but we want to have to get our sun glasses to look at it lol :D As always there are 3 chances to win some of these brilliant digis from Kenny K's Downloads.
This little lady has to be my favourite of the Gothik Angelz she is called Kitty Katastrophe I have coloured her with promarkers that you can get from Crafty Emma's Store and sakura stardust and metallic pens for that extra sparkle from Donnas Den. The gorgeous paper is a freebie from Bearly Mine and the pearls are from Jazzlin's (they are blue in real life but I could not get it to show in the pic sorry). I have used my much loved Martha Stewart doily border punch for the black strip across the middle that I got from Crafts and me.

If you are, or know any, sports fans you will want to get over to Kenny K's Downloads now as there has been a mid -month release of 10 more All Starz images you are going to LOVE!!

I am entering this card for the following challenges:
Alphabet - P is for punch
Craftalicious - Pearls and swirls

I just can't get enough of Hannah Lynn

It is a rainy week end here in London I hope it is better for the rest of you. Mind you it is great weather for crafting so I am going to have a good time playing :D
I just can not resist these new Hannah Lynn stamps from Crafts and me right now they keep calling to me to ink them up and they seem to suit every colour way.
For my card today I have used Krista and coloured her with a mix of promarkers (available now from Crafty Emma's Store) and sakura star dust pens so she sparkles. I used corrugated card for some extra texture and added the large gem heart to he foam sentiment I had in my stash. The super cute little pearl hearts are from Crafty Emma's Store. You get 50 of them for just 99p!
Don't forget there is still time to join the current Crafts and Me challenge to win a great prize the challenge is a colour combo is purple and green. And there is candy up for grabs at Crafty Emma's Store Challenges until the 28th when the first challenge is announced.



I am entering this card for the following challenges:
Creative Craft Crew - Cute and girlie
Flutter by Wednesday - Open
Crafty creations - Winged things
Stamp something - Fairy tale
Secret crafter - What little girls are made of

Some thing to shout about!!!!!

I am so excited I have been wanting to tell you all for a few days now but I was lucky enough to get chosen by the very lovely Emma to be on he DT for her new store, Crafty Emma's Store, and challenge blog, Crafty Emma's Store Challenges.
If you love a challenge make sure you check out the challenge blog the first challenge will be on Saturday 28th of August and there is the chance to win some candy before that so take a look and become a follower so you don't miss the big day :D
If you have not already visited her store you really don't know what you are missing she has a brilliant selection of products including the best sentiment stamps from cats life press, gorgeous papers from pink paisley, dew drops, gems and promarkers among many many other things.

Sweet Pea stampers - Carnival colours

This time at Sweet pea stampers we are celebrating the carnival season so want you to use carnival colours on your creation. I have gone for a red, yellow/gold and green colour combo. I have used the brilliant Koi stamp that I got from Crafts and me and coloured her with a mix of pro markers and sakura pens then have also added some glaze that I have got Donnas Den. I have embossed the red card with a cuttlebug floral fantasy folder. The gems although they don't look it in this picture are green in real life.
I am also entering this card for Our creative corner whos challenge is embossable.

Something sweet at Donna's Den

This week over at Donna's Den challenges we would love for you to show us your creations for those among us who have a sweet tooth :D and talking of a sweet tooth look at this yummy looking prize.....I love the look of these stamps I think I may have to get them :D they are sheet 1 from crafts UK.

For my card this time I have used this great paper from Popcorn bear birthday disc. The cute ellie is called "rosie dance" and is from Karens Doodles. The super cute cupcake stickers are from paperchase.


I am also entering this card for the following challenges:
Crazy 4 challenges - Have a cup cake on your creation
Sweet stampin' - Pretty in pink
My Time to craft - Let them eat cake
Frosted Designs - Celebrate life