Wow, what a fab day

Hello all my fellow crunchies.

Where has the time gone, I had a fab weekend.  Went to my Sister-in-laws at the weekend and went to this amazing restaurant/cocktail bar for dinner called Hennesys.  Amazing.  Love it.  Can't wait to go back.

And today has been pretty awesome, my best friend Kate, her kids and my kids and I got tickets to see Labirynth at the Cricket ground in Taunton and to see the olympic torch.  Wonderful.  Great party atmosphere and fab evening.  We all had a brillant time.

Anyway onto my card:

Today we are half way through the fab easel challenge over on the Cutie Pie challenge.  So I made this card for the midway post.  You've still got plenty of time to enter.  So come on.

I have used a Hunkydory topper, a Creative Creations embossing folder and ribbons and bows from Stash.  The papers are Kanban.  I have pleated the ribbon and the little charms are from Dunelm.  I think this is quite cute.

from the front

 from the top

the back

from the side

I also taught my friend Sacha of Justforyoupapercrafts to make cards today.  She has a fab new blog.  So go on over and check her out. 

I hope you like this one.  I really enjoyed my day making this.

Hugs

Black and one other colour .......

Does not have to be boring......  Over at the Anything Goes Challenge blog this fortnight our theme is black and one other colour (excluding hair and skin).

As a member of Docrafts I regularly participate in the Friendship swap organised on the forums every month and take great pleasure in both making and receiving my cards.

With this in mind I put my new Timmy stamps to good use and have made my card in Black and Yellows.

I used my fav umbrella man and birds as inspiration for this card and have used TH distress inks and a couture creations embossing folder as well.  The papers are from the papermania capsule collections.  And of course I stamped using Versamark inks.

I have fallen in love with Timmy all over again ....... his inspriational sentiments inspire me to make everyday worth living and to fill it with joy.

A quick hello to Mel who received this card.  I know she loved it.

So come on hop on over the the Anything Goes challenge blog and have a go at this fortnights challenge.  The other girls have made some wonderful inspriational projects for you to look at.  Don't forget that the Craft Den has some fab online shopping as well.

I have this week been busy doing my homework for a project that my friend Sacha is teaching me.  Sacha has just set up her own blog  http://justforyoupapercrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ and is now also a member of DC.

Also keep an eye on my blog over the next week or so - I have used Tim again and can't wait to show you and there will be blog candy soon.

Hugs to you all

I've got Tim Holtz on my ........

Hi to all my fellow crunchies.  How are you all doing?

As some of you guys know I have had a really rough year so far, but am getting there and as a little bit of inspiration I decided to use some good old Timmy to cheer me up every day.

Yep I've had Tim tattooed on my person.  The first was done last week and the second is being done tomorrow:

I have decided to use two of Timmy's inspiration pieces to make me believe that life does go on and that I can do it ........ so here's the first.  Its still a bit bruised but is looking fantastic.  And it's true we should live in the moment and make is so beautiful that it will be worth remembering.  Cause I know now that they pass way to quickly.  Check back next week to see what I am having done tomorrow.

What do you think Timmy would say????  

CUITE PIE CHALLENGE NO 19 - Easel with a sketch.

Over on my other blog - The Cutie Pie Challenge - we are having a brilliant challenge this fortnight.  It is an easel card using an optional sketch.  We are being sponsored by the fantastic Stamp and Create store  and the fabulous Kenny K.  I just love the Kenny K images and have chosen Lady Victoria to work with

I used some freebie papers from a my stash - they were from last year and have stamped them with cogs from Creative Creations Steampunk stamps.  The sentiment is also from this set.  I have layered the papers and edged them with the fantastic edging tool by good old Timmy.  The beautiful flower is an old brooch.  The flowers are from stock. 

Why don't you hop on over and see what the other girlies have come up with.  Their creations are stunning and I would love it if you joined in.

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Beautiful Fairies and Flutterbys

Hi everyone, today's card is my DT card for the fantastic Anything Goes Challenge Blog.  Don't forget you can shop at the brilliant Craft Den - Lyn is always pleased to see her challenge entries popping up in the online shop.

Our theme this fortnight is Flutterby Butterfly.  Anything with wings ...........  I have sooo many gorgeous stamps and images of butterflys, fairies and birds that it took me ages to choose which image to use.  However the gorgeous fairy used is a digi image from Make it Crafty.  She of course is coloured with Promarkers.  The papers are all from First Edition - the Dreamcatcher and New Leaf collections.  The background paper has been stamped with a gorgeous tailors dummy and butterflies by Creative Creations.
I have layered the image onto black netting and added a black spotty ribbon bow finished with a butterfly charm.

I hope you like her.

Monochromatic - and i'm not talking about the weather !!

Hello to all my fellow crunchies ...........  are you all ok ????  It's very wet and horrible here in Taunton, lots of flooding - had to go miles out of way to get kids to school - but they got there and now my day is my own ......... wonderful.....

Today's challenge over on my Challenge Blog - The Cutie Pie Challenge - is monochromatic.  You are allowed to use other colours for hair and skin.  The prizes are wonderful as always.  Being a DT member is fab and I love it ........ it certainly makes you think about trying something different on your cards.

Anyway when this challenge came to light - I just knew that "Harley Boy" by Prairie Fairy was gonna be the focal point of my card.  I have coloured him in greys - a cool biker dude indeed.

I had just purchased a gorgeous embossing folder - Timepiece by Couture Creations - very steampunk,  and used this on a patterned paper which I then chalked using Dovecraft chalks to highlight the embossing.  The papers are the Liquorice Capsule collection by Papermania.  The images and embossing were layered with black card from stash.  The sentiment is by Creative Expressions - from their Steampunk Dreams range.

I hope this has inspired you and that you hop on over to the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog and join in this fun challenge.

Hugs

I am entering this into the following challenges:

The Craft Place Blog  -  One for the boys

2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Colour Challenge

Craftymess Challenge Blog -  distressing-embossing-dry

The Poodles Parlour - anything-goes-challenge

Time is flying over at the Anything Goes Challenge Blog

Morning to all my fellow "Crunchies".  I hope that you have had a fantastic weekend and that you caught up on all my exciting new yesterday.

Don't forget to become a fellow Cutie and hop on over to my Challenge Blog and join in.  We always have great sponsors and fab prizes.

As many of your now I belong to another fantastic design team - who inspire all you guys on the Anything Goes Blog.  This fortnight our challenge is "Tick Tock goes the Clock"  anything time related or steam punk.

Well how can a girl resist a bit of Tim Holtz in her life, and he fits so well with this theme.  It was my baby brother's birthday last month so this is the card I came up with for him....

The gorgeous clock is of course a TH Sizzex die.  The papers are by Kanban and also Graphic 45 and the edges have been distressed with TH distress inks.  I used spellbinder Nestabilities to cut the gorgeous matting and layering shapes.  The fantastic gentleman topper is from Kanban.  (Isn't he just so handsome and dapper!!)

The "Brother" wording was cut on my Cricut.

If you look closely you will see that the whole of the card was stamped with one of the new papermania urban stamps using black ink before I matted and layered all those fab papers.

I decorated the inside using scraps of the same papers used on the front.  The verse is one from an old card.  I stamped the paper with the same papermania urban stamp in a toning colour and then printed the verse.

Dont forget the fantastic Craft Den sells lots of gorgeous timmy products and many more besides.  

I hope you like it.

Hugs

Wow Big News: All change at the Cutie Pies

I have been given a fantastic opportunity this fortnight.  My wonderful DT leader Woo at the Cutie Pies, has decided to step down, and I have been given the amazing honour of becoming DT Leader.

Thank you Woo for everything you do for the girlies over at the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog.  We will miss you, but know that you will be there in the background.

I am soooo excited and very scared.  It's a big challenge and one that I hope I live up to.

So without further ado this is my first challenge as DT lead for the Cutie Pies

Hi to all the Cutie Pies this morning, you know who you are!  

 Big Congratulations to our winners of challenge 15 click here to find out who they are!

This fortnights challenge is CIRCLES.  No straight lines at all cuties.  So what do you think you can come up with.  We have two fantastic sponsors for this challenge!

Our first sponsor is Emma from CRAFTY EMMA'S STORE, she has a fantastic selection of crafting goodies to add to your stash and an excellent clearance corner where there are lots of bargains to be had, so why not pop on over now if you can't wait to see if you're the lucky winner!!!  Our winner will receive a Gift Voucher to spend in Emma's Store (p&p NOT included).

CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE STORE

Our Second Sponsor is the wonderful Tiddly Inks  where you will find lots of fantastic digital images to play with and the gorgeous Wryn & Friends!  Why not pop over now!

Tiddly Inks 

Tiddly Inks turned 2 last week, so a belated Happy Birthday to them.  They have a gorgeous range of digital stamps, with new ones being released every Tuesday.  Also don't forget to try your luck in their blog challenges at Tiddlyinks.blogspot.co.uk

The Cutie Pie DT have a new member, Becky from Shabby Treasures 

joins the team from this challenge and we're so pleased to have her on board!  

Why not pay a visit to her lovely blog and follow and leave her a lovely welcome message! 

Well all that's left for me to say is GOOD LUCKwith your entries, can't wait to see 

what you come up with for this challenge and leave you to take a little inspiration 

from what I think is a wonderful selection of DT Cards!

All the DT are wonderful and have been so supportive so I would really appreciate it if you could pop over to the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog and show them some love by leaving fabbie comments on their blogs.  

Anyway this is my card for this challenge.  Our second sponsor is Tiddly Inks and they turned 2 this week.  I have used the fantastic "I love you most" image on my card. 

I used my nesties to create this gorgeous little easel card, and have used versamark inks to cover the whole of the base of the card before dusting with Cosmic Dust

The image was coloured with promarkers and then cut out and mounted.

The sentiment was stamped from the same digital set and then again dusted with Cosmic Dust

Thanks for all your love and support.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

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