Winnie Angels ~ What NOT to do with glitter

Happy Sunday,  I am so loving sharing my cards for the brand new

Winnie Angels
Polkadoodles digi release

Today's card features another 
This time I have used 
Light Up Christmas Winnie

Before I tell you about my card . I had a massive glitter explosion with this ~ I am a very tidy crafter and after spilling some glitter on my glass mat I blew it away (it was only a tiny bit) I just did not want it contaminating something it shouldn't , OMG someone could of told me the lid was off the glitter pot , it was brand new so completly full, and of course it was not your normal glitter it was Stamps by Chloes Sparkelicious!! Hubby thought it sooooo funny until he got glitter in his bacon sarnie! honestly I made this card a few days back it's still everywhere lol - It's very beautiful though, but I know I will never repeat this :-)
Light up Winnie was colored using Graph'It Markers
Gold Posca pen for Halo

and of course lots of Sparkelicious Glitter
The Papers used are from the collection
Frosted Winter
Distressing the edges

I used the sentiment stamp from
Most Wonderful Joy Stamp Set
Using Memento teal Zeal Ink
I finished of by using the lovely die
Fancy Snowflake

Which I cut out using glitter card
Thank you so much for stopping by today
xx
I would like to enter this into
A Gem of a Challenge ~ For the girls/Ladies
Allsorts ~ The colour Blue
Hiding in My Craft Room ~ Any Holiday

Mischievous Leprechaun - Fabrika Fantasy - Colour Crazy Challenge

Colour Crazy Challenge
Have you spotted our brand new Colouring Challenge?

I could not resist joining in with this lovely digi images from this weeks sponsor. 
Mischievous Leprechaun
from 
Fabrika Fantasy
You so must check out the store there really are some beautiful images

I coloured up using Graph'It markers - What a jolly but cheeky  little fellow

The Sentiment is from Starfish and Sandcastles collection

The Papers used are from Work & Play 11 collection

Memento cottage Ivy Ink

Green Ribbon

Apple Green Card - Papermill Direct

On the shamrock on his hat and that he is holding  and also the coins I have used glossy accents

Thank you for looking

~xx~

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A Bit More Time To Craft - Anything Goes
Classic Design Team - Anything Goes
Love To Scrap - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes
TTCRD - Anything Goes

Time for Tea ~Simply Cards & Papercraft

So delighted to see some tags I made in this months magazine ~Simply Cards & Papercraft (issue 159) ~ A snowflake is not just for Christmas - You can see my original post right here

Onto this months Magazine and if you haven't got it you really need it

The Freebies WOW!

Time for tea teacup die and stamp set

Such a beautiful teacup die that cuts so perfectly with ease

and a stamp set containing 19 different stamps!!

I actually did not know where to start, this set could be used for so many occasions.

I decided on the Valentine route , but decided to keep it in pastel shades.

I think I am a little fed up with red after Christmas

So I used a 6 x 6 blank card

Printed heart paper - Polkadoodles Love & Kisses Collection

Pink cardstock - Papermill Direct Pastel Pink

Time for Tea die & stamp set

Graph'It Markers

Memento Ink Toffee Crunch

I layered up my base card, and then set to work decorating the top - The teapot has some flowers across it , I masked these of as I wanted the teapot to co-ordinate with the background paper. The teacup was die cut using the same .

The flowers were stamped , coloured in and the decoupaged to give some depth, same as the sweet little macaroon.

Tea-bag stamped and colored

I then stamped the sentiment and stamped the little hearts

Thank you for stopping by today

xx

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Dream Valley - Love
Gem Of A Challenge - Hearts & Flowers
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Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes
Sunny Day Crafting - Anything Goes

Let it Snow-Well I Never - Simply Cards & Papercraft

Yepidoodle this time last week was that time of the month , 

the time I start stalking my postie for my delivery of *Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine*

I adore reading it from front to back, skipping through first off, stroking the freebies and then later a nice long read through

However this month things did not go to plan, I was skipping through and when I got to the readers page , I thought ohhh I made a card very similar to that, rubbed my eyes, looked again that was my card !! Star Letter Ohhhh Wowser I was absolutly chuffed to bits 

You can see my original post here

I then had to tell everyone that would listen

Now I love all the freebies that we get but this month's Let it Snow absolutly lush

What did we get ?

The most stunning embossing folder (6 x 4)

The most beautiful snowflake die

A stamp set containing 6 stamps

Now I described last months free gift Santa Claus is Coming to Town as pure magical, could I do it again and use the same description? You bet I could, these adorable little snowflakes, the most beautiful sentiments, If you have not seen the magazine this is a must have.

Soooooo after all the excitement, what did I make?

I decided on a Christmas tag, (I enjoyed making it so much I ended up making three)

I used Memento inks throughout for my stamping and Distress inks for the edges

Main Snowflake cut in coordinating card

Finished them all with some matching ribbons and little gems.

Inks - Toffee Crunch & Black Soot

Inks - Toffee Crunch & Tumble Glass

Inks - Toffee Crunch, Angel Pink & Spun Sugar

Scatty's Top Tip

Before I finish today's post please do not think Snowflakes are just for Christmas , just take a look at the negative from the die! How pretty is that , it would look fab as a mask simply used with some Brusho's or similar - I can see lots of ideas

~Thanks for stopping by today ~

I would like to enter my tags into

A Gem of a Challenge - Snowflakes

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Anything Christmas

My Time to Craft - Distress It

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes/Snowflakes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Tag Your It

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland - Add Ribbon

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon/Lace

Creates and Makes - Anything Goes (Ribbon)

Craft Stamper - Anything Goes

Simply Cards & Papercraft Goodies - Santa Claus is coming to town

Whooohooooo Yes it's that time of the month again when my Simply Cards & Papercrafts arrives through the letter box.
I love nothing more than sitting with my morning cuppa admiring the freebies and reading through the mag *** this time though , I let out a squeal as I had noticed one of my cards had been published- I was absolutly thrilled to pieces as those that know me , know that although I have been card making for a few years now , stamping is really quite new to me , I used to shy away from stamps now I LOVE them!***


Sooooo what was our treat this time?
A Wonderful set * Santa Claus is coming to town*

Oh my goodness where to start ......
A wonderful sleigh die, Snowy embossing folder and a set of 9 stamps
Wowsers so much fun to be had...
I decided to make a pop up box , I love these you can add so much and there relativly flat for posting , (although I did add jingly bells to this one). I used Kraft card for the base and all papers used are from my favourite go to collection Winnnie Winterland.

I used Memento inks through out for the stamps 
Coloured Santa using Graph'It Markers
Sleigh die cut twice in red & gold
Sentiment - Tuxedo Black and edged with fluffy stuff

Using Ink Lady Bug & Bamboo Leaves
Added a couple of Jingly Bells on a legnth of ribbon

Sack cut from Santa stamp and filled with present stamps

Using Ink Lady Bug & Bamboo Leaves

Snowy Embossing folder used

Reindeer inked with Rich Cocoa

Starry stamp Using Ink Lady Bug & Bamboo Leaves

Red Gem for the nose

Thank you so much for looking 

Hope you enjoyed todays little project

xx

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Christmas at Sweet Stampin - Christmas Die cuts
Stamping Royalty - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
Crafting from the heart - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Super Sprigs - Polkadoodles Crafting

Happy Wednesday If you saw my post yesterday you will have seen that I am playing with the lovely new dies from Polkadoodles

Today I am here to show you 

Super Sprigs

I actually can't belive the price of this die £3.49

I adore this die and I  know it will be used tons and in lots of different way

I decided on a little card 

I teamed it up with part of yesterdays die cut set that I showed

Bubbleicious take a looksie here if you missed it

I used the negative from the oval die in Bubbleicious to make my card front

This is a 5x5  white card blank , I then cut some lemon cardstock at 4.5 and a piece of white at 4.75

adhered them altogether leaving a little space where my sprigs would lay 

A liitle stamped sentiment stamped in Memento bamboo leaves

Added my sprigs and three little lemon pearls.

I was now left with the beautiful oval, so I decided on a matching tag

Adding the beautiful sprigs, again 3 tiny lemon pearls

Popped on a grommit and added a small piece of lemon ribbon

Thank you for looking

xx

I would like to enter this into

Creates and Makes  - Anything Goes with optional: Use a Die

Digi Choosday Challenge - Anything Goes

Ike's World - Tag, you're it 

Through The Craft Room Door  - Always Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

The Sisters of Craft -Always Anything Goes

Home For Christmas

What an absolutly stunning set arrived this month with my Simply Cards & Papercraft.

I adore Christmas and couldn't wait to play

How spoilt were we, embossing folder , stamps and dies!!

To start I used a white A5 centre- stepper card blank.

 I covered it in a Christmas red paper leaving a slight border of white showing through.

I die cut the door three times, once in red , twice in white. I wanted the door to stand off the page so used sticky foam tabs to adhere and cut the panels from the red door and adhered with glue

Using Memento ink lady bug I stamped the number, knocker , letterbox and sentiment.

I stamped the lights with Memento black ink and coloured using watercolour paints.

The wreath was again die cut twice to give some depth 

The holly leaves were die cut and watercoloured . Once dried I added some ruby red liquid pearls.

I stamped the pots (twice )using Memento gray fog and the plants with Memento bamboo leaf adding again liquid pearls and adhered with foam tabs.

The bows were stamped using lady bug and bamboo leaf dabbed over with glossy accents for shine.

I had tons of fun making this card

And can see a fair few of these being made

Thank you for looking

xx

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra - Christmas

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Christmas

Paper Creators Crafts - Christmas

Craft Rocket - Anything Goes

Crafting With An Attitude - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes

Crimbo Crackers - Shaped Cards

Crafty Creations - Use a number

Simon says Stamp - Stamp It

Digi Choosday - Anything Goes

Everybody Art Challenge - leaves

Holly Jolly Christmas - More than one fold

Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff - Watercolour

Penny Black and More - Stamped Sentiment

Alphabet Challenge - N for Numbers

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Crafting With Friends - Anything Goes

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Anything Goes - Polkadoodles Crafting

Happy Friday Everyone!

Here today for 

Polkadoodles Challenge

*Anything Goes*

or

*Add Texture*

I had lots of fun making these simple trio of cards. I used two of the lovely stamps from the Daisydays collection The Butterfly and the Sentiment. For my texture I used embossing folders

I made some 6 x 6 card blanks

And a matching cardstock to ink for each

With a different embossing folder per card
Using two dies

For the red card I used Memento Love letter Ink - Ost Red Brusho's and Ruby Red Liquid Pearls

For the Orange card I used Memento

Tangelo - Orange Brusho's and chestnut Liquid Pearls

For the Blue card I used Memento

Bahama Blue - Ultra Marine Brusho's and Royal Blue Liquid Pearls

Thank you for looking

xx
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Digi Choosday - Anything Goes
TTCRD - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More - Make Your Mark
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Fan 'n' Funky - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes/Use Diecuts

The Hummingbird Collection

Happy Sunday , It's a little dull here in the South West but very, very humid!

I have Simply Cards & Papercraft delivered each month

and when it was delivered the other day I could not wait to play

What a stunning Hummingbird collection we were well and truly spoilt

I am very afraid of frogs in real life but this little chap was yelling at me to use him

I decided I wanted to use nice fresh colours of green and yellow with white

I started with a 6 x 6 white card blank

Using the freebie embossing folder which is 5 x 5

Cutting a hole in the center

Mounted onto some fresh green cardstock

I added in some bakers twine and adhered all to cardbase

With a slightly smaller die , cut another smaller circle

and then the stamps came into play

I stamped the frog and the sentiment using Memento ink Bamboo Leaves

Using Water paints to colour up
(using blue I flicked about for some effect - not much I'm not that brave!)

I then used the fern stamp around the edge

and attached with foam pads

For the Flowers I stamped them twice, the underneath flowers are painted as are the leafs

For the top flowers I used Brusho's Yellow and lemon 

added a few tiny pearls once dry and a little yellow stickles

Finished of with some faux stitching, a few fern leafs from a fern die and a button

Thank you for looking have a great day

xx

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Glitter 'N' Sparkle - Anything Goes
Great Impressions - Anything Goes
Penny Black and More - Anything Goes with a stamp
Love to Create - Mixed media
Just us Girls - Water Colouring
My Time To Craft - Embossing
Thats Crafty - Zesty Zing
The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes/Friends
Sisterhood of Crafters - Close to Nature
Word Art Wednesdays - Anything Goes

Messy Crafting - Polkadoodles

A very Happy Sunday

On my crafty road I have discovered Brusho's, I have dabbled with them in the last few weeks, using them on flowers and such but not on a big scale.

Soooooo here goes...Big Girls knickers pulled up and all that....

I made a trio of cards all trying Brusho's a slightly different way - I most definatly adore them. These are all on watercolour card

For all cards I used a mixture of the Daisydays Stamps and also Summertime Stamps collections. I used Memento Inks.

Card 1

I used Ultra Marine Brusho's and Blue water colour paint on the flowers. I used quick sprays of water on the Brusho's

(You can tell by card 3 I was more adventurous and was'nt bothered about spraying more that a dribble of water)

Card 2

This one I used Scarlet, Lemon and Yellow Ochre Brusho's with slightly more water than above

I used lemon and Orange water colour paints on the flowers

Card 3

This one I used Brusho's Turquoise, Lemon , Orange and Coalt Blue and soaked with water. The yellow circles I did with Pan Pastels . And painted flowers using a dull yellow , a grey and then a grey mixed with white.

Thank you for stopping by 

xx

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Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy - A walk in the garden

Thats Crafty - Bright & Zesty (card 2)

Creative Moments - Anything Goes/Circles (card 3)

Inky Chicks - 5 or more flowers (card two)

Get Creative - Lots of Blue (card one)

Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes

Penny Black and More - Anything Goes with a stamp

Love To create - Mixed Media

Anything Goes - Graph'It Marker Challenge

Happy Friday 

This week over at 

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge

Hop on over you could win some fabby prizes 

*****You can use any type of colouring medium*****

 new stockist for Graph'It, so you can now purchase your markers from 

CULT PENS 

This week we have a fabby dabby doo sponsor Little Miss Muffet

I adore there images

I got to colour up the wonderful Serana, You can find her in the store right here. What a pretty little miss she is.

Colours used

Skin 4150, 4145, 4125, 3120

Pink 5110, 5115, 5120

Grey 9507 - 9504

White Shake it Graph'It

Starting with a 6 x 6 white card and using pink card for the matting
I also used Daisydays stamps and some other various little stamps using Black Mememento amd Angel Pink Memento inks . To finish off I used a swirl stamp and added a few folded petals

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Gals Corner - Birthdays

Double D - Polka Dots

Digi Choosday - Anything Goes

Inky Chicks - 5 or more flowers

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Crafty Boots - Use a stamp

Love to Scrap - 2 of something - Pink Flowers/ Colours

Little Miss Muffet - Anything Goes

All the three's - Polkdoodles Crafting

Happy Sunny Sunday

Yesterday I was having a play with ink and stamps

Using

3 stamps, 3 inks, 3 colours I made 3 simple cards

All slightly different

I made 6 x 6 white card blanks to start

Then cut Orange/Green/lilac cardstock at 5.75 square

I cut out 9 2 x 2 in white matted onto the various colours and trimmed up

I embossed 3  5 x 5 white card stock using a dotty file

Then out came the Daisydays stamp set

For my first card I used Memento ink Morocco

Second I used Memento ink Pistachio

and finally Memento ink Elderberry

Once my stamping was completed , I put together all my cards using a slice of ribbon on each one - and then I gave the main flowers some centers using various pearls and such to match

Thank you for stopping by 

xx

I would like to enter into

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes / Own Challenge /Flowers

Crafting When We Can- Squares

Broken Fairy challenge - Embossing