Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Hello.

This week's theme at Sweet Stampin'  is Easter! I'm not good on all these soft colours if I'm honest so this is always a challenge for me.

Calendar Fairy March - Lili of the Valley

Horizontal Flower Frame (for sentiment) - Lili of the Valley

Pastel Trellis paper - Lili of The Valley

Copics/Promarkers

Thanks for dropping by today.

Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Morning all, it's Saturday and that means it's time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin'. And it's not just any old challenge this week.  Oh no, it's our 9th birthday! 9? Can you believe it.

This week our theme is

Sparkle, Glitz, Shine and Glitter

So as much glitter as you can possibly shake a stick at! 

It's also a sad day on Sweet Stampin' as it it's our lovely Abi's last day.  She's decided to hand over her bosses cap and is leaving me and Wends in charge.  They're awfully big boots to fill and I hope that we manage to, in some way, fill the humungous chasm she's leaving by going.

So anyway, without further ado, here's my card.  I've got to tell you, this was made in about 20 minutes during my lunchbreak yesterday.  And she's made from leftovers.  Poor wee abandoned, unloved fairy.  But what do you know, sometimes the cards you spend the least amount of time on become your favourites.


 

Fairy - Lili of the Valley
Sentiments - WOW
Copics
Wink of Stella
Star Background die - Sue Wilson

Back shortly with my Time for Tea card.

Remember to drop by Sweet Stampin' and see what the rest of the Sweeties have been up to! Perhaps you could have a go yourself, don't forget to stamp now ;)

Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Morning all, it's Saturday and that means it's time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin'. 

This week our theme is

Trees

James and Decorations - Lili of the Valley
Copics
Stitched Circles - The Works
Tree Die - Sweet Poppy
Gems
Wink of Stella

Back soon with my Time for Tea card. 

Remember to drop by Sweet Stampin' and see what the rest of the Sweeties have been up to! Perhaps you could have a go yourself, don't forget to stamp now ;)

Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Morning all, it's Saturday and that means it's time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin'. 

This week our theme is

Sports

Now I like watching most sports (apart from synchronised swimming, not keen on that), not so great at the taking part but in this house both boys are involved in sport so I've gone for two cards featuring their sport of choice.  With Scott it's football (although to be fair, he'll have a go at most things) and this is is birthday card from back in June.

Oliver Football - LotV
Copics
Circles - Spellbinders

And with Craig it's bowls.  This isn't Craig's card (and it's not a great photo, it's a work birthday card) and this week Craig got to the finals of his bowling club junior championship.

Bowls - Just Inklined
Copics
Chalks
Happy/Birthday - Lisa Horton Creative Expressions

So this happened this week - the boys are back at school after 7 weeks holidays.  This is the last first day at school card where they will both be in it.  And just yesterday Craig was appointed Vice Captain of the school! Definitely a proud mum. 

 Back shortly with Time for Tea card.

Remember to drop by Sweet Stampin' and see what the rest of the Sweeties have been up to! Perhaps you could have a go yourself, don't forget to stamp now ;)

Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Morning all, it's Saturday and that means it's time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin'. 

This week our theme is

Food and Drink

I've gone for a card with food and drink.  This was a card I made a few months ago for a friend celebrating a special birthday and we all went for afternoon tea.

Hello Cupcake - LotV
Copics
Tea Cups - Crafters Companion
Tags - MFT

Back shortly with my Time for Tea card.

Remember to drop by Sweet Stampin' and see what the rest of the Sweeties have been up to! Perhaps you could have a go yourself, don't forget to stamp now ;)

An L of A Card

Morning....

Well, no, it's not really but it was for someone passing their driving test! I have realised how many bear cards I have to be shared. And here is another one although this time I've made him a grey bear!

You Did It - Lili of the Valley 
Copics

Groovy Girl Alphabet - Sizzix
Stitched Rectangles - MFT

Thanks for dropping by today.

Fab N Funky Challenge

Hello again! 

Please scroll down to the next post if you're looking for my Christmas at Sweet Stampin' DT card.

It's time for another challenge at Fab N Funky.

This time our theme is

Kids and Teenager Birthdays

We are sponsored by the fabulous Lili of the Valley who are celebrating their 13th birthday today. 

They very kindly gave the DT some images to play with, including some of the new ones which are not out until 20th May - have you seen the sneak peaks, there are some fabulous new stamps in there.

I was given the gorgeous Fairy Wings.

Fairy Wings - Lili of the Valley

Sentiment - Inkadinkadoo

Stitched Circles - MFT

I was also given Oliver Game Boy to work with which is just a perfect image for me :) 

Oliver Game Boy - Lili of the Valley

Sentiment - MFT

Stitched Stars

Arrows - Crafty Sentiments

Lili of the Valley are having a birthday party on Facebook today so hop on over to their page to see what fun you can have!

Thanks for dropping by today. 

Drop by the Fab n Funky blog to see what the rest of Team Funky have been up to.

Leaving On A Jet Plane

Morning.

This is a card I was asked to make for a family emigrating to Canada.  I wasn't really sure which way to go so I printed a flag and a map and used some travelly things I had in my stash.  The suitcases are from Tiddly Inks.

Suitcases - Tiddly Inks
Bon Voyage - LotV
Air Travel Stamps 
Copic

Thanks for dropping by today.

Love The Bear

But sadly not the colour!!

Hello there, not sure when I made this card, or indeed who it was for, but she's probably about 12 by now at the rate I've shared cards.

Stamps 
Love the Bear - Mo Manning
Sentiments - LotV

Colouring Medium
Copics

 Embellishments
Card Candy

Dies
Precious Hearts - MB
Bow Builder Punch - SU

Thanks for dropping by today.

Sweet Stampin' Challenge

Morning all, it's Saturday and that means it's time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin'. 

This week our theme is

Wheels

The winner this week will win a SS Goody Bag.

Brace yourselves.

Yeah, I know. Nuff said.

Challenges I'd Like to Enter

Stamps
Pushchair - LotV
Sentiment - LotV

 Tools 
Banner Die - MFT
Stitched Heart Die - MFT
Circle Nestabilities - Spellbinders
Lacy Circles Nestabilities - Spellbinders.

 Thanks for dropping by today. We're off to cheer the boys on during the Great Scottish Junior Run!

Remember to drop by Sweet Stampin' and see what the rest of the Team Jacky Sweeties have been up to! Perhaps you could have a go yourself, don't forget to stamp now ;)

Move On. Nothing To See Here.

Hello.

I had to share this... yes, I know. Enough said really.....

Stamps 

James and Flower - Lili of the Valley

Sentiment - Stampin' Up

 Colouring Medium

Copics

 Embellishments 

Pearls

Bakers Twine

 Tools 

Tiny Flower Punch

Cloud Die - Lawn Fawn

Fence Die - Sizzix

Balloon Die - Docrafts

Letters - Memory Box

 Thanks for dropping by today.

You May Say I'm A Dreamer

Morning, hope all is well with you today.

Thank you so much for all your lovely comments recently. I'm going to try this evening and get back round your blogs :) 

You may remember a while back that I won the lovely Fi's bloggy candy which was £10 for Handmade Bliss and that I bought Bree Loves Buttercream.... well, I couldn't just buy one Tiny Townie could I?! No. I had to buy this one too :) Dorothy Is A Dreamer.  I used this for a birthday card for my friend's daughter a couple of weeks ago, I love this image.

Stamps 

Dorothy Is A Dreamer - Stamping Bella

Believe - Lili of the Valley

 Colouring Medium

Copics

Embellishments 

Dewdrops

 Tools 

Balloon Die - Marianne Designs

Dotty Embossing Folder - Crafters Companion

Circle Nesties - Spellbinders

 Thanks for dropping by today.

Rushing In....

Morning!

Just a quick post as the boys and I are getting ready to go away.

As you know Andy was away this weekend and I made the most of having some crafty time and made 4 cards. I know that's not a lot but when I go from one crafty night to the next having done nothing (not even unpacked my bags), it's really quite impressive!

Anyway, I used sketches for two of them, the challenges for which will close while we're away and I'm not sure if we'll have wifi so wanted to get them posted now.

These are both made using stamps I bought at the SECC in March and up till now have been unloved.... oops!

Challenges I'd Like To Enter

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch
Incy Wincy - Things With Wings
Cute Card Thursday - Water

Stamps 

Water Lily - Lili of the Valley

Sentiment and Postmark - Woodware

 Colouring Medium 

Copics

Paper

LotV

 Embellishments 

Ribbon

Glossy Accents

Pearls

Flowers

 Tools 

Stitched Rectangle Dies - MFT

This next card really just resulted from scraps I had lying about!

Challenges I'd Like to Enter

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Alphabet Challenge - K is for Kind Words

Stamps 

Inkylicious

 Embellishments

Pearls

Ribbon

 Tools 

Oval Nesties - Spellbinders

Gerbera - MFT

 Thanks for dropping by today.  That's it, we're off! Might pop up through the week, failing that, see you Friday!

My Favourite Friends

Hello.

Hope you're all well.

We've been enjoying a spot of sunshine here for a change. Fingers crossed it stays like that for a wee while as the boys and I are off next week to a caravan in Fife!

Yesterday was a friend's wee girl's birthday and this is the first of the cards I made for her. This is the one from us (the others were from her mum and dad and one from her sister)

Challenges I'd Like to Enter
Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
Papertake - Don't Be A Square

Stamps 

My Favourite Friends - Lili of The Valley

Number and Sentiment - Ladybug Crafts Ink

Colouring Medium 

Copics

Embellishments 

Pearls

 Tools 

Eyelet Circle Nesties - Spellbinders

Teddy With T Shirt Die - Sizzix

Circle Nesties - Spellbinders
Alphabet - Sizzix

 Thanks for dropping by today.

Banana

Hello!

We've been to see Minions tonight - hence the title of the post - nothing to do with the card I'm sharing.

I was going to keep sharing the Father's Day cards but I'm going to have a break of them for a couple of days.

I bought this Saturated Canary image on a trip in April to a garden centre - it was a bargain and it would have been rude not to!

I decided to make the background to echo a ladybug too! So I punched lots of black circles of varying sizes and used a corner punch too.

Stamps 

Ladybug - Saturated Canary

Sentiment - LotV

 Colouring Medium

Copics

Tools

Circle Punches

Bubbles Corner Punch - EK Success

 Thanks for dropping by today.

Sugar Bowl Challenge

Hello again. 

It's time for a new challenge over at the Sugar Bowl.

As always one lucky winner of this challenge gets to choose 4 sweet Sugar Nellie digis...

and
a second prize winner will receive 2 Sugar Nellie digis.....woo hoo!!

(or 6 digis, if there are over 100 entries)

from

Make a card or other craft project using a Sugar Nellie image and this prize could be yours.

(remember the Sugar Nellie image - that's essential!)

And here's my card. This is a card I made for a friend's daughter's birthday in February. I love this wee image - Wonderful Day she's called. And I felt that the image called for using some of my favourite Boho Chic papers.

Challenges I'd Like to Enter

Stamps

Wonderful Day - Funky Kits
Sentiments - LotV

 Colouring Medium 
Copics

Paper

Boho Chic - First Edition

 Tools 

Blueprints - MFT

Numbers Die

 Thanks for dropping by today. 

Remember to drop by The Sugar Bowl and see what the rest the Sweeties have been up to. 

Ready, Teddy, Bake.

Hello.

If you've been celebrating then I hope you've had a lovely Mother's Day. It's always a tinged with a bit of sadness for me, I hate that I don't have a Mum to celebrate with but I love that I have the boys around to be able to celebrate with me. Even if they insist on watching Spongebob Squarepants.  However, one of my gifts was Postman Pat The Movie DVD so I'm looking forward to watching it after dinner (would have watched this afternoon but Scott is at rugby!) And yes, I really do like Postman Pat!

I have to share this with you, Craig baked a cake to sell at church for Comic Relief. He made £60.92! Isn't that incredible? So proud of him.

So, to today's card. Which, to be honest, is a bit of a disaster. I really loved it until I took it to work to deliver it to the girl who had ordered it. Then I noticed the mistake. Honestly, I could have wept. She (and nobody else at work) noticed, but I did and had I had enough time I would have taken it home and done it again. 

Stamps 

James - LotV

Sentiment - Stampin' Up

 Colouring Medium 

Copics

Paper 

LotV

Embellishments 

Pearls

 Tools 

Cross-stitched Rectangle Dies - MFT

Bow Die - Memory Box

Flower Die - Presscut

 Thanks for dropping by today.

Creative Craft Challenges

Hello again - I'm back this time with my DT card for Creative Craft Challenges  and this time the theme is this

Sketch

We're sponsored this week by Melonheadz and Lili of the Valley.

And here is my card. I've learned a valuable lesson with this card. I don't do "girly". I don't feel the love for this card at all!

Challenges I'd Like to Enter

Crafty Boots - Out of Your Comfort Zone (it's bright and it's girly.... and now I'm going back into my comfort zone)

Cutie Pie - Pretty Pastels
Lili's Little Fairies - Pearls
Whoopsie Daisy - Make it Girly
Make it Monday

Stamps 

Pom Pom Fairy - Lili of the Valley

Sentiments - Lili of the Valley

 Colouring Medium 

Copics

Promarkers

Cardstock

From Stash

Paper 

Lili of the Valley

 Embellishments 

Flowers and pearls

from stash

 Tools 

English Rose Die - Marianne Designs

Big Shot

 Thanks for dropping by today. Remember to pop over to Creative Craft Challenges to see what the rest of the DT have done with the sketch.

Susan 

xx

Love to Create Challenge

Morning all, how are things where you are? Still snowy? As I write this we have still escaped the snow.... but having lived in Scotland my whole life I know that one day when the rest of the country is basking in glorious sunshine the snow will arrive!

It's time for a new challenge over at Love to Create. Unfortunately I missed a couple of challenges while I was ill but the girls were very lovely and very understanding. Love ya! 

So what's the challenge theme this week... Well, it's 

Your 3 Favourite Colours

We're sponsored this week by Di's Digi Downloads and Stamped Art by Kathryne.

Now when I started thinking about this card I actually thought blue would feature but it hasn't oddly enough I've gone for Red, White and Kraft. Maybe if I made another card these wouldn't be my 3 favourites but they were at the time when I made this one :) 

Challenges I'd Like to Enter

Make it Monday

That Craft Place - Something New

By The Cute and Girly - Cute and Girly

Cards Galore - Anything Goes

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

Sweet and Sassy - Anything Goes

Stamps 

Latte - Saturated Canary

Grunge Sentiments - Lili of the Valley

Colouring Medium 

Copics

Promarkers

Cardstock

Kraft

Paper 

Home for Christmas - Papermania

Embellishments 

Pearls from Stash

Tools 

Fancy Label Nesties

Cuttlebug

And another wee thing about Love to Create it's our birthday soon and we'd love it if you could join us for our birthday celebrations! We've got loads of prizes on offer that week.

Thanks for dropping by today. Remember to drop by the Love to Create blog to see the rest of the inspiration the DT have left using their favourite colours. And you must have favourite colours, why not join in!

Hugs. Susan xxx