New Alicia Bel challenge - Christmas!

It's the start of a new Alicia Bel monthly challenge and the theme is ... wait for it...CHRISTMAS!  So get your skates on and finish off the stack of cards you need to make before final posting dates!  Here is my DT using the beautiful Xmas Faery...

What a gorgeous faery, huh?  I love her little outfit!  I matched her up with My Minds Eye papers, a Simon Says Stamp vent die and a My Favorite Things snowflake die topped off with a lickle ickle red button!  The sentiment is a Paper Smooches die.

I hope you can join in with our challenge for a chance to win an Alicia Bel digi.  You can get all the deets and more gorgeous DT inspiration over at the blog here.

Thanks for visiting and I'll see you on my blog rounds later today - ttfn!

Card for a footie mad guy

I managed to find some time to make my dad's Father's Day card and here it is using the brilliantly fun Lili of the Valley Football Bears stamp...

They are so cute, cute, cute!  I coloured them in using my Prismacolor pencils with Copics Greys for the background shading.  I also used my Simon Says Stamp grid border die and a My Favorite Things star die.

I'll be back soon with my Doodlelicious Diva DT post - ttfn!

Celebrate - owl style!

It's time for a new Whimsie Doodles challenge and this month we had the theme of animals.  Easy peasy - there are so many sweet animal digis in the store, the difficulty is in choosing one to use!  I went with this cute owl from the Valentine Tags set...

What a super cute guy!  I used a Paper Smooches sentiment, a Simon Says Stamp star die and Lil' Inker Designs balloon dies.  And no designer paper!

Check out the rest of the gorgeous DT inspiration over at the blog here.  I will be back tomorrow with my La-La Land Crafts GDT post - see ya then!

This year's Mother's Day cards

I've left making our Mothers Day cards a little late this year - better get them in the post tomorrow to make sure they get there before this weekend!  And this year I decided to go down the grown up elegant route instead of my usual cute stamped makes.  Here they are - one my mum...

And one for my MIL...

The flower is made with My Favorite Things Large Hybrid Heirloom Rose die and the greenery is from My Favorite Things Large Leaf Filled Flourish die, with a large ivory pearl popped in the middle.  The background is a Papertrey Ink Quatrefoil cover plate and the sentiment is from the CC Designs All Women set stamped on a Simon Says banner die cut.  The papers are from My Minds Eye but I couldn't tell you which ones because they were scraps - sorry!

I'm quite liking my grown up makes - even Steve liked them!  I will have to experiment more with these especially now that I've recently stepped down from some teams so I can experiment more freely.  It's so nice not having loads of DT commitments!  And I'm lovin' the teams I'm on so it doesn't feel like hard work being on these.

Okay, I'm off now - gotta make my niece's birthday card and I want it to be as special as her!

Sitting here thinking of you at Christmas

I'm here today with my Doodlelicious Diva card using the very sweet and very FREE Elves Watching Girl...

Leah is so beautiful!  I might plait my hair for Christmas day too!  I used a Simon Says Stamp air vent die, Woodware snowflake punch and a My Favorite Things sentiment.

Check out more Christmas digis in this section here and more Doodlelicious Diva inspiration over at the blog here.  Thanks for visiting!

 

Sweet giraffe

Hi everyone!  I'm here today to show you a card with an image created by illustrator Lee Holland.  I only found his work recently and I must say that I LOVE them - soooo whimsical and cute!  Here is my card using Baby Giraffe...

I coloured this cutie in with my Prismacolors and kept the design quite simple because he simply doesn't need much else!

In case you didn't know, Lee is having a 25% off all Christmas digis in his Etsy shop until Friday!  And here is a link to Lee's FB page if you want to keep in touch with his gorgossity!!

 

Leaving on a jet plane...

I wished!  I could really do with going abroad right now - at least we are planning our trip to Australia later in the year so we have something to look forward to!

Anyhoo, there's a new showcase over at MilkCoffee Stamps and this week the theme is Beach, Water, Travelling - I went with the travelling theme with this DT make...

I love this beautiful girl!  This is Tiffany Goes On Holiday and I made this card for a work colleague who has got a job abroad.  Lucky girl!  I still need to sort out my CV and then New Zealand or Australia here I come!

Check out more gorgeous DT inspiration over at the blog here.  I'll be back tomorrow with my Bellarific Friday DT post - ttfn!

 

Always in awe of you

There's a new challenge over at MilkCoffee Stamps and the theme is embossing, wet or dry.  Well I love to do my dry embossing so I just had to join in this week and make this card...

I love this beautiful digi called Madeline with her Chic Coat - this is how I image how I look when I go to work, but reality is very different!  I matched her up with My Minds Eye All Spice papers and to create some subtle depth and interest I used my Quickutz Retro Diamond embossing folder on the circle mat.  For the sentiment I used my Simon Says always Edge die and stamp set.

I have you can join in with us this week - you can get all the deets here!

My Stampbook Saturday for There She Goes

Happy Saturday everyone!  This is my last day as this week's There She Goes featured Trendsetter and today I had to do a scrapbook layout!  Okay, so here goes - my very first ever scrapbook page!  I must say that I like my little "canvases" on cards - I found the huge space on the scrapbook page really hard to fill up!  Of course, I had to do a layout with my two fur balls, Poppy and Lulu, and wanted to show them in their usual place, lying by my desk and snuggling each other!

I'm not sure if I like my first 8 x 8 page that much, but I do love the stamps I used!  I has to use one of my all time favourite stamps called Puppy Love by illustrator Torico.  I used Kristin Cronin-Barrow Pumpkins and Spice papers and My Favorite Things fishtail banners.  I am entering this card into the Simon Says anything goes challenge.

Well I need a lot more scrapbooking practice but not a bad start!  Thanks for joining me on my week as the featured There She Goes Trendsetter!

 

Bellarific Friday sketch time!

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It's another Bellarific Friday and this week we had a sketch to work with, so here is my Bellarific Babe card....

 

 

He he!  I just love the Tiddly Inks Branching Out Owlies!   I matched him up with Echo Park This and That papers on kraft cardstock.  I'm going to send this card to my father-in-law - I know it will tickled his funny bone!  I am entering my card into the Simon Says Stamp for Spring.

Okay, the next Bellarific Friday theme is the gorgeous photo below.  Email your creations to Em by next Thursday 28 March for a chance to win $20 Bella Bucks (either by submitting a project or simply commenting on next week's Bellarific Friday post)!

You can also join with our Bellarific Tuesday with a colour inspiration for a chance to win $20 Bella Bucks!

I'm off now - thanks for visiting!

My heart POPS for you!

Hello, happy Saturday everyone!  I was so excited to see yesterday that one of my cards using Lil' Inker Designs got featured on the Paper Crafts Connection blog!  My goodness, I feel so honoured!  Anyhoo, you should check it out here if you'd like a chance to win your own Sugar Kissed Cottage Snarky Lady I stamp set!

So I'm actually here today with my Doodlicious Diva make using one of the new releases in the Whimsie Doodle store.  Here is a card that I made for my hubby using My Heart POPS...

Isn't she gorgeous?  And it's perfect for us - we love going to the cinema and we always buy popcorn - me sweet, him salty!  And I love the sentiment that comes with this Lizzie too.

You can see all of the romantic sweet new releases here and I'll see you later on my blog rounds!

Make It Crafty Inspiration blog hop!

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the deets to win a fabulous prize!)

It's time for the fortnightly Make It Crafty Inspiration blog hop - and prizes!  More about the prizes below, but about the hop - the theme is "Valentines" and each of the team has made a lovey dovey creation for you!  I thought it was a great excuse to use more of the intricate, beautiful chipboard!  So here is my make...

OMG, how soppy is this card?  So unlike my usual style!  I just love the Wings of Love and Nature's Butterflies chipboard.  I also used Echo Park Love Story papers, a woodgrain embossing folder, soft pink chalk ink and a little Stickles Stardust glue on the wings and butterfly. 
 
Okay, back to the hop!  You should have got here from Rhea and you now need to hop off to our lovely Guest Emily.  Here's the full hop list in case you get lost!

Daria

Bron

Amanda

Rhea

Mary J (me!) 

Emily (our lovely Guest!)

Julie

Franz

Delphine

Sandie

Stephanie

Barbara

Comment a long the way to increase your chances of winning a prize!  There will be 6 hidden prizes across the blog hop each hiding 1 of the new wedding digi stamps and NOT ONLY THAT - fabby Zoe is giving you all 10% off ALL digi stamps valid until Monday 11th.  Just use the code VAL10.

Thanks for visiting and I'll see you later with my Bellarific Friday post!

Sitting on this branch thinking of you

I'm just popping in to show you my Bellarific Babe card...

This little fairy is so dinky cute!  This is Tiddly Inks' Peachy Pixie for Stamping Bella.  I matched her up with papers from My Minds Eye.  I am entering this into this week's Tiddly Inks challenge for wings.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I'll be back tomorrow with a little tutorial!

Day 1 of the Lil' Inker Designs new release hop!

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It's time for a new Lil' Inker Designs release and we are going to showcase new stamp sets by Sugar Kissed Cottage designer Lindsey Amschler and dies over a three day blog hop!  And of course what's a blog hop without prizes?  Make sure you comment as you hop long - the more you comment, the better your chance of winning!  We'll be giving away prizes for two $10 store credits!  You'll definitely want to hop!

For my first project today, here is my card using the new Balloon Builders stamp set that works with the Balloon dies and also the new String die...

I used the stars from the white balloon on the blue balloon - no wastage here!  I also stamped the sentiment from the Balloon Builders set onto the Lil' Inker Designs Stitched Sentiment Flag die and topped off the string die with a little flat backed gem.  I am going to enter this into the Simon Says Stamp challenge for "what are you famous for?" (CAS cards!)
  

And here is my second project using the very sweet Lots of Love...

I also used the sweet flower papers from the Echo Park Love Story pad against some Pink Petticoat gingham digi paper, softly distressed around the edges.

So back to the hop!  You should have come here from Lindsey and you now need to hop off to the store here to see all of the new goodies!

See you tomorrow with day 2 of our hop!