Where's my creativity?

Colour challenge over at Pollycrafts Monday!

2012-02-13T08:00:00.012Z

Please scroll down for my Make It Monday DT post!

A new challenge has opened over at Pollycrafts Monday and the lovely and very lovely Arabella is challenging us to a colour combo...

Reds, Pinks and Creams!

Ack, I found this soooooo hard! I don't know why cos I can do bright orange and hot pink!! So anwyays I decided to just make it as simple as possible and came up with this...

I nearly went for a girly digi but opted for Critters And Cogs Spike instead - not at all girly! And look - no designer paper!

Check out the rest of the DT's chilled creations and deets here!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Allsorts - free and easy February
Dare to be Sassy - birthday card
Sundays with Crissy - birthdays

Make It Monday sponsored by Guylou's Inimitability

2012-02-13T00:01:00.023Z

It's Monday so it's a new linky party at Make It Monday! This week we are being sponsored Guylou's Inimitability and here is my DT card this week using Sunny Holiday Bear...

I matched this sweetie up with Bo Bunny's Barefoot and Bliss papers and made the sun with my Nesties star dies. Bring on the summer because I'm fed up with our winter!!

Okay, so this week we are sponsored by Guylou's Inimitability who are giving away a $10 gift certificate!

Guylou's Inimitablity Blog

For my pick of last week's gorgeous makes, I have chosen this fabulous Valentine card by Ann English of ...therefore, I am...

Created by Ann English of ...therefore, I am

I'm not really into soppy Valentine cards so this cute one is right up my street! I love the heart border and how Ann carried them up the card looking like they are floating away - genius! Thx for sharing with us Ann!

That's it from me for now - back later with my Pollycrafts Monday DT post!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Crafts and Me - use a new image
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Totally Papercrafts - lots of colours
Phindy's Place - rounds
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - orange, brown and teal (not sure if it counts because I've got yellow too!)
Allsorts - free and easy February

To follow or not to follow - that is the question!

2012-02-12T14:09:00.000Z

Hi all! I bet you've all seen the rumours around that blogger friends connect is going to disappear! So I bet you're worried about losing your friends - I know I am!!

Anyhoo, I've done some research myself and found this link on the official Google website...

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/more-spring-cleaning-out-of-season.html

It states...

"Google Friend Connect—Friend Connect allows webmasters to add social features to their sites by embedding a few snippets of code. We're retiring the service for all non-Blogger sites on March 1, 2012. We encourage affected sites to create a Google+ page and place a Google+ badge on their site so they can bring their community of followers to Google+ and use new features like Circles and Hangouts to keep in touch."

The key word here is 'non-Blogger' - that means the service will be stopped for users of other platforms like Wordpress. So, if you want to keep friends who are non-Blogger users, then you can create the Google+ page where you can "add people to circles" - what that looks like, I don't know!!

There is no official confirmation if GFC will disappear altogether for Blogger users, but it does look like Google is going to push users to use the Google+ page.

Until I've received confirmation on what is actually going to happen and for those non-Bloggers who want to follow me, I've added Linky Followers (a free service) on my side bar. If you follow me on this, then I will return the favour and follow you on your blog too. Click on the badge below if you want to sign up for the service.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and see you tomorrow with my Make It Monday and Pollycraft Mondays DT posts!

Cheers to you!

2012-02-10T07:00:00.000Z

Happy Friday everyone!I'm here with a classy card suitable for all my sophisticated work mates!

This is such a cool gal - this is Kraftin Kimmie's Everyday Girls Sophia and she comes with two matching sentiments (including the one on the front of my card). I used my trusty Bazzill Basics Kraft cardstock with papers from the Cosmo Cricket Upcycle pad. For my embellishments, I used Marianne D Creatables Chinese Rose dies (currently with 25% off in the sale!) with 10mm pearl beads.

I used this month's Quixotic Inspirations sketch again, using the basic layout but with a square cardbase instead - it's not cheating, honest guv!! You can still play along until 13 February for a chance to win a £15 prize! Link your projects up here!

That's it from me today except to tell you [very excitedly] that the new Stamping Bella's Uptown Girls, Some Odd Girl stamps and My Minds Eye 6x6 pads are in stock now! Check out all the new products here!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Kraftin Kimmies - happy birthday Kimmie!
Sundays with Crissy - birthdays
Crafts and Me - use a new image
Fussy and Fancy - polka dots
Crafty Sentiments - let's get girly
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Sassy Studio Designs - birthdays

Seeing double over at Take The Pixie Challenge!

2012-02-09T10:00:00.047Z

There's a new challenge over at Take The Pixie challenge and this week we wanna see...

Couples!

So make a card/project with 2 or more images on it. It can be one stamp/digi with TWO characters in it or two separate stamps/digis or however you interpret it!

Well, I've been dying to use the Critters from the Harry Potter collection...

Dinky sweet, aren't they?! I just knew I wanted to create this little scene with them. And as I know I've gone a bit mad with my circle cards recently, I gave it a twist and made an easel card instead! Yeah, I know, it's still a circle...

Okay, I hope you'll play along with us this week! You can see more inspiration over at the Take The Pixie challenge - you won't be disappointed!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Sir Stampalot - in the garden
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Anything goes - bingo (two images, my choice and punches/dies)
Fussy and Fancy - polka dots
Crazy 4 Challenges - make a scene

LOVER over at Flutter By Wednesday!

2012-02-08T07:00:00.012Z

A new challenge has opened over at Flutter By Wednesday and this week we have a recipe for you...

L = 2 or more layers

O = have an odd number of embellishments (eg 3, 5, 7)

V = have the color Violet on your creation

E = you can use any color except Red

Remember your butterfly, fairy or angel!

So here is what I came up with...

Isn't she beautiful? I don't think you can buy this though - sorry! Lovely FBW leader Danni commissioned Victoria Case to make it for just for the design team! I matched her up with gorgeous BasicGrey Wiseria papers with a touch of lace and created some shabby chic flowers.

You can see more fluttery gorgossity over at the Flutter By Wednesday blog!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Sundays with Chrissy - birthdays
Birthday Sundaes - birthday card with sentiment on front
Catch the Bug - anything goes
Crazy 4 Challenges - make a scene
Allsorts - free and easy
Crafty Sentiments - let's get girly
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Anything Goes - bingo (handmade flowers, your choice and bling)

Chill out over at Pollycraft Mondays!

2012-02-06T08:00:00.024Z

Please scroll down for my Make It Monday DT post (it's a fun one!)

Well, true to form, we really are chilling out here in the UK with loads of snowfall over the weekend! A new challenge has opened over at Pollycrafts Monday and the lovely and uber talented Anita is challenging us to...

Chill Out!!

For my make, I just had to use chilled out Retro Chester!

He is so funky - I am in love with Chester!! I used the sketch over at Raise The Bar and papers from Cosmo Cricket's Social Club (25% off in Quixotic Paperie at the moment here!). I'm going to give this to one of my nephews - he is so funky too!

Check out the rest of the DT's chilled creations here!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - animal antics
Catch The Bug - anything goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - fab and funky!!
Fussy and Fancy - polka dots
Allsorts - free and easy

Make It Monday sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps!

2012-02-06T00:01:00.031Z

Yay, a new party has linked up to the Make It Monday party! This week we are being sponsored by one of my most fave fun companies - Bugaboo Stamps! So here is my DT card this week using...

Yep, another get well soon card! You gotta try to put a smile on those poor sick people's faces so I used bugaboo's Kitchen Chicken - Soup - another hilarious creation! I matched him up with papers, letters and hearts from the Echo Park A Walk in the Park paper collection (it's currently 25% off in the Quixotic Paperie shop here!).

I hope you can join us this week - you'll be in for a chance of winning 7 single Bugaboo Stamps digis!

On my y choice of last week's entrants last week and I had to select this beauty by Tracy of I Wanna Build a Memory...

Created by Tracy of I Wanna Build a Memory

Apart from her amazing colouring and gorgeous colours, I most love her lettering! Thx for linking up to the Make It Monday party by Tracy!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Fab 'n Funky - use a digi
Crafts and Me - brighten your day
Simon Says Stamp - animal antics
Crafty Sentiments - dies
Catch the Bug - anything goes
Crafty Emma's Store - give me wings

soRRy You feel so IckY!

2012-02-04T07:00:00.028Z

No, I haven't forgotten my grammar!! I'm here today with a get well card because I just can't seem to make enough of these in the current horrid weather we are experiencing in the UK!!

This is for a male colleague and love this Paper Makeup Flubu Monster and that sentiment comes with him. I used my fave Bazzill Smoothies Kraft cardstock for the base and papers from the Crate Paper School Spirit 6x6 pad - brilliant papers with this brilliant image!! I also used Distress Inks stain in Picket Fence to soften the edges and papers - this is so easy to use for this technique!

And do you like my layout? I used this month's Quixotic Paperic sketch - hope it has inpired you to play along for a chance to win a £15 prize! Link your projects up here - I hope you can join in!

That's it from me today! See you next Thursday but before I go, don't forget to check out the new goodies in store!

* KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS JAN RELEASE *
* NEW SOME ODD GIRL STAMPS RELEASE *
* NEW THE GREETING FARM RELEASE *
* KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS DEC RELEASE *
* SIMPLY GORJUSS - NEW RUBBER & A6 CLEAR SETS

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Karen's Doodles - cute and cuddly (well, he is cute and don't cha wanna cuddle him?!!)
Crafty Sentiments - punches and dies
Creative Card Crew - fantasy creatures
Do You Stack Up - anything goes

My CC Designs candy winner!

2012-02-04T05:00:00.001Z

Thank you to all of those who entered by All That Scraps candy last Thursday! (See post here.) The winner of my CC Designs AmyR Be Happy sentiment set is...

And that is PINKY!!!

And this is what you've won honey...

Pinky, send me your addie honey (email me here) and I'll post your candy to you asap!! And if you'd like to buy this set, it's in the shop here.

See you later with my Quixotic Inspirations post!

A new SCACD release!

2012-02-03T09:00:00.049Z

An exciting day! SCACD Stamps are releasing some fantastic new stamps from artists Sylvia Zet and Victoria Case, and there's a fun blog hop to celebrate! Some of us from the Quixotic Inspirations team have joined the SCACD design team to showcase the new lovelies! So if you're on the hop, you should have come from the lovely Kim.

All the new stamps can be purchased in the US from SCACD or in the UK/EUROPE from Quixotic Paperie!

So, here is my make using cute Sylvia Zet's Daphne's Tea Party...

I told you she was cute! She was such a pleasure to colour in and I just love that lickle ickle kitty kat! I matched her up with gorgeous papers from Echo Park's Little Girl collection (25% off at the moment!) and my old trusty Martha Stewart doily border punch.

You now need to hop off to the wonderful Dianne!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Allsorts - one or more hearts
Sweet Stampin' - let's see those animals
Crafty Sentiments - punches
Crafts and Me - bright colours
Simon Says Stamp - animals
Divas by Design - anything goes

Candy and more All That Scraps February release previews!

2012-02-02T15:00:00.028Z

Please scroll down for my Pixie Dust Studios DT post!

Yay, I have candy - but ya gotta scroll down to find out what it is! Today I'm here with another preview of the All That Scraps February release and today I am showcasing another new Amy Y Sweet November rubber stamps and here is my make using Shroom (what a fab name!) ....

I also used the Amy Y Mushroom stamp set, using kraft cardstock as the basis and colouring them in with my Copics - I love how the muted look came out! I used a sentiment from the AmyR Be Happy sentiment set and the Mushroom Border Cutter to create some interest inside the card. I love how this card turned out (even if I say so myself!). All of these sweet newbies will be available in the All That Scraps store on Thursday at 10pm CST!

So to the candy! If you want a chance to win the new AmyR Be Happy sentiment set, leave a comment on this post by midnight UK on Friday and I will select a random winner and announce them on Saturday!

Don't forget to check out the rest of the gorgeous previews over at the blog here and enter your name for a chance to win some of the new release!!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew - fantasy
Crafty Sentiments - dies
Make It Colourful - shading in red
Cards for Men - red (this is for my nephew)
My Mum's Craft Shop - fab and funky!
Southern Girls - magic and mystery
Do You Stack Up - antyhing goes

Girly girl time over at Take the Pixie Dust challenge!

2012-02-02T10:00:00.019Z

There's a new challenge over at Take The Pixie challenge and this week we wanna see...

Girly Girl!

Initially I was going to make some pink, lacey, soft thing, but then I thought - that just ain't me! So here is my version of a girly girl...

Girls love red, right?!! And lace and flowers and sweet images! And this one is my fave girly image by Pixie Dust Studios called Meadow Princess and I matched her up with October Afternoon papers and my Martha Stewart punches for the fence and grass.

Ok, that's it from me until my next All That Scraps preview later today - pls try to join me again for a chance to win candy!!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Kraftin' Kimmie - create your own embellies (flower)
Crafty Sentiments - punches and dies
Whimsy Stamps - make your own flowers
Divas By Design - anything goes
Southern Girls - magic and mystery
Do You Stack Up - antyhing goes
Mojo Monday sketch

More previews of the new All That Scraps February release!

2012-02-01T15:00:00.014Z

Please scroll down for my Flutter By Wednesday and Tiffany Doodles DT posts!

I'm back again today with another preview of the All That Scraps February release - and you're gonna love these sweeties!!! Today we are showcasing the new Amy Y Sweet November rubber stamps and here is my make using Bloom....

Don't cha wanna just pinch those cheeks?!!! And look at those eyes - couldn't ya just sink in them?! He certainly does make me smile and that sentiment is from the new AmyR Be Happy sentiment set - perfect with this cutie! I know you're just dying to get your credit card out, I can tell! Well, you're gonna have to wait until Thursday 10pm CST when they will be available in the All That Scraps store!

Check out the rest of the gorgeous Amy Y previews over at the blog here and enter your name for a chance to win some of these goodies!!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - thinking of you
Crazy 4 Challenges - layers and embellies
Creative Card Crew - fantasy
Crafty Sentiments - dies

Tiffany Doodle's February release!

2012-02-01T13:00:00.167Z

Please scroll down for my Flutter By Wednesday DT post!

It's time for Tiffany Doodle's new February release! There are TEN new designs and in addition to that there are new digital die cuts too! So plenty to choose from this month! You might want to get a cup of tea as this is a long post to show you my makes and a box tutorial...

My first card is a sympathy one and I hope not to use it any time soon, but always good to have one in stock...

Not sure if pink is the right colour for a sympathy card, but I wanted to keep to the true colours of this gorgeous Desert Rose - and it is bright pink! - and I used the Floral Curls papers again (this one matches the flower so well!).

My second make is an Valentine's card I made for a retired gentlement (for his wife of course!!)...

For this card I used several newbies. The paper is called Floral Curls and comes in 6 gorgeous colourways, the flowers are called Little Daisy (which I created two sizes with) and the sentiment is from the Rose Heart digi set.

And finally my third project...

I used the new Note Card Open Box template - it was a breeze to quickly cut, score the lines and stick the corners with double sided tape as directed. I then used my Martha Stewart deep border punch to make the sides higher and simply stuck the ribbon around it. It took me less than 10 minutes to make it! I'm going to put Easter Eggs in this cute box - I'm sure it will fit at least 8 Cardbury Creme Eggs! That's two for Steve and six for me...

Here is quite tutorial on how to make my box. What you need is a pre-prepared note card open box, a deep edger punch (mine is a Martha Stewart one), cardstock, a ruler, a scoring tool and double sided tape - that's it!

I should now say that I work in metric! I would prefer to cut one long piece of card, but as I only have 12x12 cardstock, I have to do this in two sections. So the sides of the longer and shorter length of the box is 14cm and 11cm (click on the piccies below for larger size views), adding up to 25cm. I then add another centimetre on that will be used to glue the corners together, making the total lenth 26cm.

Height-wise, for my deep edger punch, I measure up the depth of the cardstock by butting the punch against the cardbase (piccie below) and work out how much of the punched edge I want above the base box. You can't see it well from the photo, but it came to 6cm.

So, I cut two pieces of white cardstock each measuring 26cm x 6cm. I then turn the cardstock so the inside is facing me and score at 14cm and 25cm, as shown below...

On the 1cm edges, I trim the lattice off the top of the border as these won't butt up neatly when you stick these two pieces of cardstock together. I use double sided sticky tape for this.

Before I stick the edges together, I add double sided tape along the bottom of each strip. I then stick the corners together. Next I take the cover off the rest of the sticky tape and carefully place it in the box base...

Et voila! Now all you need to do is decorate it. I just added a ruffled ribbon, but I have other ideas for this prepared box - but you'll have to come back in a couple of weeks to see this one finished off!

Okay, that is it from me - thank you for your patience!! You can go straight to the store here to put these in your basket ;) and see more gorgeous makes with this beautiful new release over at the Tiffany's Doodles blog!

I am entering my projects into the following challenges:

Wags n Whiskers - Valentines (second card)
Paper Sundaes - Valentines (second card)
Di's Digis - Valentines (second card)
Pretty Little Ribbon shop - Valentines (second card)
The Stamping Boutique - Valentines (second card)
Digi Makeover - Be My Valentine (second card)
Crazy 4 Challenges - layers and embellies (top two cards)

A new challenge over at Flutter By Wednesday!

2012-02-01T07:00:00.050Z

A new challenge over at Flutter By Wednesday and this one is an open one - just don't forget to use your fairies, angels or butterflies! So here is my DT make for this week...

I love those little ladies over at Make It Crafty - this one is Sitting Annalise sitting on the Fern Log. I matched her up with BasicGery Infuse papers and Marianne D Creatables leaf dies (from Quixotic Paperie here) and My Favorite Things flower dies. And of course my butterfly! A Martha Stewart punch finished off with a black flat backed pearl.

You can see more fluttery gorgossity over at the Flutter By Wednesday blog!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Make It Crafty - shading red
Crazy 4 Challenges - layer it on and embellies
BasicGrey challenges - favourite things (cute girls, flowers, layers, Stampin' Up label punchs and butterflies!)
Kraftin' Kimmies - handmade embellies (flower)

Preview of the new February release over at All That Scraps!

2012-01-31T15:00:00.075Z

When I first started making cards (over 3 years ago now) and one of the very first stamps I bought was a CC Designs one - I couldn't resist the sweet images and lovely sentiments which I use over and over again even now. Well, I was thrilled to be asked to join the DT over at All That Scraps a few weeks ago - woo hoo!!! Not only do I own a numerous amount of these babies, I get to use all the newbies before their release - WOO HOO!!

So, here is my very first DT card for the Feburary preview for All That Scraps where we are showcasing the new CC Designs Swiss Pixies...

Not only is this newbie as sweet as they come, she is also a fairy - and you all know how much I love my fairies! This is Pixie Lucy with that sweet sentiment from the AmyR Be Happy sentiment set.

I also used the new Mushroom Border die - I first die cut it using Make It Colour blending card and coloured the stems and grass in using my Copics. I then used the border die using dark orange cardstock, shading the mushroom heads with Copics, cut them off and stuck them onto the heads of the mushroom stems. Here's a closer look...

This mushroom border die is just so sweet and versatile! I also used lots and lots of Glamour Dust on her wings - she pops off the page! I think you'll agree that this is a gorgeous new release and they will be available in the All That Scraps store on Thursday at 10pm CT!

Okay, that's enough excitement from me today! You should check out the rest of the gorgeous Swiss Pixies previews over at the blog here and enter your name for a chance to win goodies from the February release!!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Whimsy Stamps - bling (lots on her wings!)
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Fussy and Fancy - polka dots
Make It Crafty - shading in red
Crazy 4 Challenges - layer it on
The Stamping Boutique monthly challenge - birthdays
Little Darlings - polka dots

Let's see your fave things over at Pollycrafts Monday!

2012-01-30T08:00:00.001Z

Please scroll down for my Make It Monday DT post!

A new challenge has opened over at Pollycraft Mondays and this week the lovely Lou wants to see us use your favourite things! Well, there was no hesitation on this one for me - Chester is my all time favourite Pollycraft character!

So, my all time fave Chester is Call Me Chester as I love to make "hello, hope you haven't forgotten me" cards! Some of my other favourite things are to use kraft cardstock and to use my Sakura white gel pen to doodle with. Now I don't do a lot of doodling because I'm not any good at it, but I like to try!! And as you can see from the photo, I'm even worse at drawing straight lines!

Okay, so another of my faves is buttons - my all time fave embellishment so had to pop a few on. Orange is my all time favourite so elements of those had to be added too. And lastly, I also love to use a mix of patterned papers and then do something a little quirky - hence the paperclip!

I have a lot more fave things to do with a card, but I think I did pretty well sticking all that on to one! You can see more lovely DT creations over at the challenge blog here!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Fussy and Fancy - polka dots
Coffee, Chocolate and Cards - thinking of you
Crazy 4 Challenges - lots of layers
Sweet Stampin' - animals
Crafty Emma's - check it out

Make It Monday sponsored by Di's Digi Downloads!

2012-01-30T00:01:00.026Z

A new linky party has opened over at Make It Monday! Today I have made a card using Aimee and a Little Birdie by MilkCoffee Digi Stamps ...

She is so lovely, I love colouring her in! I kept the card fresh and used papers from My Minds Eye Everyday Flair (from Quixotic Paperie here) and my trusty old Martha Stewart doily border punch. Of course, I just had to use My Favorite Things rolled rose dies AGAIN!

So this week we are being sponsored by Di's Digi Downloads who are offering a prize of a $10 gift voucher!

Onto my pick of last week's entrants - I chose this by Cathy of Cathy's Creative Place...

Created by Cathy of Cathy's Creative Place

It's easy to see why I chose this mailbow - it's so darn clever and look at that magnificent flower arrangement! I am rubbish at complex flower arrangements - they always turn out messy! If you've got a spare 5 mins, you should check out more of Cathy's gorgeous makes! Thanks for sharing with us at Make It Monday Cathy!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Whimsy Stamps - pearls and bling
Do You Stack Up - ribbons
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - thinking of you/missing you
Crafty 4 Challenges - layers and embellies
Kraftin' Kimmies - make your own embellies (flowers)
Forever Friends monthly challenge - shaped card with an animal

It's always time for tea!

2012-01-27T07:00:00.027Z

Yay, it is FRIDAY!!!! Work is so busy at the moment that my weekends have become even more precious! I hope you all have lovely plans for the weekend. I am gonna CHILL OUT!!!

Okay, so now I've got that off my chest! I'm here today with a card using some more yummy goodies from Quixotic Paperie...

Adorable, huh? This is Dormouse from the Moonlight Whispers Alice range and the sentiment comes with it! I used papers from the Cosmo Cricket Joy Ride pad (50% off at the moment!!) and my fave card base using Bazzill Basics kraft cardstock.

That's it from me today - hope to see you next Thursday with another make using gorgeous Quixotic Paperie goodies! Before you go, don't forget to check out the new stash in store!

* KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS JAN RELEASE *
* NEW SOME ODD GIRL STAMPS RELEASE *
* NEW THE GREETING FARM RELEASE *
* KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS DEC RELEASE *
* SIMPLY GORJUSS - NEW RUBBER & A6 CLEAR SETS *

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Made Especially For You - friendship card
The Stamping Boutique - die cuts
Penny's Paper Crafty challenge - ribbons and buttons (does the ribbon on the mouse count?!!)
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Bring out the animal in you over at Take The Pixie challenge!

2012-01-26T10:00:00.011Z

Growl or meow or woof!? Whatever takes your fancy, this week we just wanna see animals over at Take The Pixie challenge! One of my all time faves from Pixie Dust Studios is the cute Wink, Pixie's best pal....

This is Wink Pretends and I kept the papers quite fresh and basic for a little boy's birthdaym but actually I think it would have been better as a new baby card! I don't know what brand these papers are as the lovely blog buddy Michelle sent them to me - not a lot left now so I'll have to be frugal with the rest!

I hope you can join us again this week - check out more gorgeous DT inspiration over at the challenge blog here!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges - a birthday card for a child
Birthday Sundaes - a birthday card with sentiment on front
Cards for Men - boys and their toys
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Sneak peek of Tiffany Doodle's February release!

2012-01-26T04:00:00.004Z

One of my crafty aims this year is to create more 'grown up' cards which is why I was thrilled to join the Tiffany Doodles design team! There is a new release on 1 February and you will get to see my new style! Here's a sneak peek for now...

Oooh, I can't wait to show it in all its glory on 1 February and get your views on my new style!! Okay, that's it for now - back later with my Pixie Dust Studios DT card!

Embossing time over at Flutter By Wednesday!

2012-01-25T07:00:00.002Z

A new challenge has opened over at Flutter By Wednesday and this week we want to see some embossing - just don't forget to use your fairies, angels or butterflies! So here is my DT make for this week...

I've been dying to use one of my border embossing folders - I have at least 10 of them and never used!!! So, I used it with pink DCWV with a white core along with papers from Echo Park's Be Mine 12 x 12 collection (from Quixotic Paperie here and currently in the sale with 25% off). I used a My Favorite Things sentiment and a selection of label, flower and vine dies. And all topped off with Martha Stewart punched butterflies and bit of lace - voila!

You can see more fluttery gorgossity over at the Flutter By Wednesday blog!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Elisabeth Bell's monthly challenge - bingo (flowers, lace and pearls)
DoYou Stack Up - patterned paper
Totally Papercrafts - make your own flowers
Card Mkin' Mamas - something old (the papers and the embossing folder)
Di's Digi Designs - thank you
The Stamping Boutique - die cuts

Warm it up over at Pollycraft Mondays!

2012-01-23T08:00:00.000Z

Please scroll down for my Make It Monday DT post!

A new challenge has opened over at Pollycraft Mondays and for this week I got to the set challenge! So, it's been very chilly here and I know a lot of my USA mates have had to put up with 12" of snow recently so I am challenging you to...

Warm It Up!

Interpret that any way you want to - keep warm, warm colours, anything that warms you up! Now for my make, fab blog buddy Mari of Poydan Kulma noticed that when I chose my top 5 cards from 2011, there wasn't one with bright orange and hot pink - my fave colour combo! And that was because I didn't use this combo much last year so thank you for inspiring me to make this Mari!

For my hot pink and hot orange make, I used Kiki Icecream and the orange version from my 'can't do without Sweet Ginghams paper collection by Cupcake Cards and Crafts.

You can get warm seeing more gorgeous DT inspiration over at the challenge blog here - I hope you can play along with us this week!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Sundays with Crissy - beat the mid-winter blues
Papertake Weekly - blooms and bling
The Stamping Boutique - die cuts
My Mum's Craft Shop - fave colour combo (bright orange and hot pink!)
Totally Papercrafts - make your own flowers
Phindy's Place - shaped cards
Card Makin Mamas - use something at least 6 months old (those pearls have been with me 4ever!!)
Ready Teddy Go - in the pink (is there enough pink in this?!!) with a teddy
Forever Friends monthly challenge - shaped card with animal

Make It Monday sponsored by Cupcake Cards & Crafts!

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Hi everyone, I hope you have had a super weekend! It's Monday so that means a new linky party has opened over at Make It Monday - come and share your creativity with us!

And this week we are being sponsored by Cupcard Cards & Crafts so used their newest collection called Adorable available in the shop here. I also got to use more of those sweet Birdie Brown digis created by Torico! I had so much fun making these cards!

Aren't these girls cute?! Fantastic for birthday, thinking of you, thank you cards - very versatile! The first is called A Girl with a Rose and the second Just Bloomed.

These sweeties are just as versatile and called Hedgehog with Friend and Hedgehog with Apples.

Okay, the very last card with the birdie is actually a Elzybells stamps which isn't available any more, but the other is called Friends Puppy and Chick - adorable!!!

So want a chance of owning these delicious papers?! This week's winner will get the wonderful prize of £5 worth of Cupcake Cards & Craft paper collections in downloadable form!

Now onto my choice of last week's entrants! I chose this fresh contemporary card made by suzARTe...

Created by suzARTe

Aren't those flowers clever and love how she's used the white space and sentiment! Thx for sharing with us suzARTe!!

I am entering these cards into the following challenges:

Forever Friends monthly challenges - shaped card with an animal
Crafty Sentiments - anything goes
The Stamping Boutique - die cuts
Do You Stack Up - patterned papers (lots here!!)
Totally Papercrafts - make your own flowers
Phindy's Place - shaped cards
Di's Digis - thank you cards