I'm Sweet Stampin's guest designer for May!

Sweet, huh?!!  I was so pleased to be asked - I always enjoy the Sweet Stampin challenges!  The challenge this week is "childhood memories" - I was so chuffed to see this as there is a Pollycraft image I've been dying to use as soon as I saw it!

 

 

This is from their Swings and Slides 2 release called So Tall!  My father used to grow these huge sunflowers in our back garden and they really were bigger than me when I was about 7 years old!  They were in a row against the fence and used to brighten the whole garden up and they always used to make me smile!

You can reminisce with the rest of the DT here - enjoy!


I am entering my card into the following challenges:

• Pollycrafts challenge - anything goes
• Divas By Design - anything goes 
• I Love ProMarkers - my song title is Sunflower Kid by Filligar
• Paper Sundaes for favourite hair colour (brown!) 
• I used the sketch over at The Sweet Stop but I missed the deadline!  :(

Paper/cardstock: Bazzill cardstock, Echo Park Little Girl collection kit (from Quixotic Paperie here)

Stamps: Pollycrafts So Tall, Pollycraft Sonny Says sentiment set (clear stamps you can get here)

Mediums: ProMarkers
Accents: green web weave ribbon, mauve twill stripe ribbon (both from Ladybug Crafts Ink here and here)
Tools: Martha Stewart border punch, Nestabilitie dies

 

Bloom, grow, live

Happy Friday everyone!  I hope you have all had a super week and got lovely weekend planned!  To end my week, here is a card I made for this week's Michelle Perkett Studios challenge for Mothersday Europe.  We actually had our UK one some time ago, but I can never make enough thank you cards for my mum and MIL!

 

 

I made this for my hubby to give to his MIL who does a lot of gardening - I know she'd rather be doing other things though!  I used a Michelle Perkett Studio digi called 'bloom, grow, live' (bet you couldn't have guessed that, huh?!!) and you can get her here.  I used the fabby new My Minds Eye Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky (bought mine from Quixotic Paperie here) - this new MME Lime Twist collection is LUSCIOUS!!!  So much so, I bought them all!  (Bad Mary!).

I am entering  this card also into the following challenges:

• Card Cupid for Mothers Day
• Flutterby Wednesday - anything goes as long as there is a butterfly, fairy or angel
• Colour Create to use aqua, green, purple and white
• Papertake Weekly - anything goes
• Paper Sundae - favourite hair colour (brown!)

Paper/cardstock: Bazzill cardstock, My Minds Eye Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky (bought mine from Quixotic Paperie here)
Stamps: Michelle Perkett Studio 'bloom, grow, live' (here), CC Designs sentiments inside card

Mediums: Copics
Accents: ribbon from stash, pearls (from Quixotic Paperie here)
Tools: Nestabilities dies, Martha Stewart border punch

Something a little different over at By LoRi Designs challenge blog!

Hi everyone!  It's time for a new challenge over at By LoRi Designs but instead of a usual colour challenge, we're shaking things up and having a sketch challenge!  So without further ado, here is my make along with the sketch...

 

 

Such a great sketch, huh?!  And this is Lollipop Lil' Chef - I am going to get a lot of use out of this little lady - 'thank you for your hospitality' or for when I make food goodies for my friends!

If you have a BLD image, we would love to see you play along!  If you don't own any yet, you can buy them here for as little as $1 - that's great value by anyone's standard!  You can see the other DT takes on the sketch here - they are just gorgeous!

I am entering my card into the Card Cupid's challenge for mother (Mother's Day has been and gone in the UK but this is going to my mum to thank her for her hospitality), Wags n' Whiskers challenge to use punch or die and also Cupcake Inspirations with their photo challenge...

Paper/cardstock: Bazzill cardstock, DCWV Kitchen Stack
Stamps: BLD Lollipop Lil' Chef, Hannah Stamps (sentiment and lips)

Mediums: Copics
Accents: ribbon from stash, bakers twine from Quixotic Paperie here
Tools: Nestabilities dies, Martha Stewart border punch, My Favorite Things button dies

Peekin' by to say hello!

Happy Thursday everyone!  Here is my weekly card to show off some of those gorgeous goodies in the Quixotic Paperie shop!  Now, I make no apologies for using my Hey Birdy! from the Elisabeth Bell Peekers release again - she's just too cute not to ink up!!

 

 

I wanted to try her out with some bright colours so matched her up with papers from the Echo Park's Little Girl collection - get those sunglasses on!  I am loving purple at the moment - and fell in love with these purple 6mm beads - luscious, huh?!!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

• SCACD - anything goes with a SCACD stamp
• By the Cute and Girly - anything goes
• Karen's Doodles - one for the kids
• Wags n' Whiskers - use punches/dies
• Totally Gorjuss - 1-2-3 (1 image, 2 DPs and 3 flowers)

Paper/cardstock: Bazzill cardstock, Echo Park's Little Girl collection
Stamps: Elisabeth Bell Peekers Hey Birdy!, Paper Salon sentiment

Mediums: Copics
Accents: ribbon from stash, purple 6mm beads
Tools: Nestabilities dies, My Favorite Things double scallop border, rolled rose flower and leaf dies

White and one other colour over at A Spoonful of Sugar!

(Please scroll down for my Totally Ladybug Tuesday DT post)

It's time for a new challenge over at A Spoonful of Sugar and this week we are challenging you to 'white and one other colour' - yep, you read that right, not black and white and one other colour!  I was a bit scared when I saw this myself but you are allowed to use colours on skin, shoes, etc - as long as the main colours are white and one other colour!  Here is my take on it...

 

 

Aren't they the cutest?!  These are from the Larakins range of The Emerald Faerie Garden called 'Ashton & Boo' - I love them!  I got mine in digi form (here) but you can buy them in stamp form too. And how about the paper?  This is a digi one I recently got from Cupcake Cards & Crafts called 'shabby stripes' - it comes in 16 colours and only costs £2.50, such great value!  Now, I love my branded DPs and no doubt will continue buying them, but I find these digi paperss are very useful basics!

I am entering this into Emerald Faerie's first ever challenge for anything goes and also the following challenges:

• Sir Stampalot for magical worlds
• Craft Your Passion for anything goes
• Stampavie and More for pearls
• Dare to be Sassy for monochromatic
• Catch the Bug for flowers and pastel colours
• Sketch N Stash - use any of their sketches...I used no 7...

That's it from me today - have a great week!

Paper/cardstock: Bazzill cardstock, Cupcake Cards & Crafts called 'shabby stripes'

Stamps: The Emerald Faerie Garden 'Ashton & Boo', Ladybug Crafts Ink sentiment

Mediums: Aqua ProMarkers
Accents: ribbon and pearls from stash
Tools: Martha Stewart border punches, Stampin Up large window punch, My Favorite Things rolled rose and leaf dies, Nestability rectangle die inside card

Going Dotty over at Totally Ladybug Tuesday!

Well, it's not hot enough yet for my card, but I couldn't resist making a card with The Flipflop from the Ladybug Crafts Ink new Shoes n' Bags release for Lisa's Totally Ladybug Tuesday challenge this week...

 

 

Yep, as soon as I saw them I thought of "yellow polka dot bikini" so that's what my paper had to be!!  It was bright enough as it was but I decided to go the whole hog and team it up with sunny blue and hot red too!  Get those sunglasses out!  I think this is one of my fave cards - you know how much I like BRIGHT!  The fabby sentiments also come with the flipflops - I love it that Kerry does that with the LCI stamps!

You can see the other dotty DT spotty makes here - you won't be disappointed!  Bye for now and see you soon!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

• St Luke's Charity Cards May challenge- as much pattern as possible!
• Delicious Doodles - anything goes
• Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
• Moving Along With The Times - anything goes
• Crafts 4 Eternity - anything goes 
• Catch the Bug with flowers (background paper) and bright colours
• Totally Gorjuss - 123 (1 image, two DPs and 3 coloured cardstock - white, red, turquoise)

Paper/cardstock: Bazzill cardstock, Cosmo Cricket Early Bird
Stamps: LCI The Flipflop

Mediums: Copics
Accents: ribbon from stash
Tools: Nestabilitie dies, Stampin Up large window punch, Fiskars border punch

Share your creations with Make It Monday!

I just love Mondays - well, not really!  But I do love it because we get to see a huge variety of different styles and techniques by YOU!  Yes, it's time for Make It Monday where we want to see your creativity - it can be a new creation or just something you'd like to revive and share with the crafting community! 

Here is my make for this week...

 

 

Tasty, huh?!!  This delicious strawberry cupcake is by Delicious Doodles who are sponsoring us this week!  They are offering this week's winner 4 digi images of their choice and they have some gorgeous ones!

You can see what the rest of the DT have made with their beautiful digis over at the Make It Monday blog here - I am sure you're gonna love them!

I'm off to enjoy the rest of my Bank Holiday before having to return to yucky work tomorrow - ta ta!

Paper/cardstock: Bazzill cardstock, DCWV Sweet Stack pad
Stamps: Delicious Doodles strawberry cupcake, Pink Petticoat sentiment, My Favorite Things sentiment inside card

Mediums: Copics, Pebbles Inc chalk (for shading on the label)
Accents: ribbon from stash
Tools: Nestabilities label dies, Stampin Up window punch