Waste Not Wednesdays wk26

It's week 26 of my little Waste Not Wednesdays challenge, here to get you using all your neglected and unused stamps and stash :o)  Last week was prize week so we need a winner, and that is....

Number 17 - Little K Smith

Congratulations Kelly!  You won a £5 voucher to spend at DigiStamp Boutique - could you email me hun, so I can sort out your prize.

Here's my card for this week....

I've used one of the very cute LOTV printed images, so no colouring involved on this one... I tend to buy these and then feel bad about using them, so they just sit there - silly really!  The papers are very old, possibly Papermania, with bright pink cardstock from Papermill Direct.  Whimsy pennants die set and matching stamps from The Stamp Basket, butterflies cut with a Kars punch.  Ribbon, pearls and thread from my stash.

Sorry if I'm a bit slow visiting your blogs at the moment - we go away in a little over a week, and I'm trying to get everything done before we go.  We're off to Norfolk this year, haven't been before - anyone know if there are any craft shops there lol?  Good to have a little spend while you're on holiday isn't it ;o)

Hope you're all having a lovely evening!

Passion For Promarkers - gingham/ checks

I'm back with my 2nd post for today - my DT card for Passion For Promarkers, where our challenge for this week is 'gingham/ checks'... easy peasy :o)  We're sponsored by the fabulous DigiStamp Boutique and the lucky winner will receive 6 digi images of their choice.

I've used the lovely 5th Avenue simply sassy stamp from Sugar Nellie, and coloured her with promarkers and flexmarkers.  I added a teeny pink pearl on her bag and some Viva pearl dots around her.  The papers are Papermania with bright pink cardstock from Papermill Direct.  The flower was cut with that Memory Box cherry blossom die (again... think I'm addicted) and the scalloped border is a MFT die I think.  Added a bit of bling for the flower centre and the sentiment is computer generated.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

• Creative Craft - pink & black
• Let's Ink It Up - all girl
• Saturated Canary Challenge - bling it out

Bit of a rushed post again, sorry - I'm trying to get a few cards finished, so I can sit down and catch up with some of your blogs this evening.  Hope you're all having a lovely day :o)

GDT for Papelitos Stamps

I had a lovely email a couple of weeks ago, asking if I'd be a Guest Designer for a week, for the new Papelitos Stamps Challenge - it's a weekly challenge blog featuring Cristina's fun images, and this week their challenge is a nice and easy 'flowers' theme...

I chose to use this Skater image, and she's coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers.  I didn't want to add too much fussy stuff or girly colours because I didn't think it suited her... So I used some sparkly First Edition 'up, up & away' papers, with dark brown cardstock from Papermill Direct.  The flowers were cut with my favourite Memory Box cherry blossom die again, leaves cut with a Woodware punch, pearls from my stash.  The gingham ribbon is from The Stamp Basket and the sentiment is Pink Petticoat.

I'll be back in a little while with my Passion For Promarkers DT card :o)

Fizzy Moon - The Stamp Basket DT

It's 'Christmas in July' for the next couple of weeks over on The Stamp Basket blog - do pop over and have a look as there's Christmas Candy up for grabs :o)  This means I had to make one of those dreaded Christmas card things lol...

Items available from The Stamp Basket

Craftwork Cards on the edge scallop card blank

Fizzy Moon - Presents stamp

Papermania - Noel glitter paper pack

Berisfords satin ribbon - red

The Hobby House rhinestones - clear

Deco-Art glamour dust - crystal

Fizzy Moon's very cute isn't he?!  And he's only £2.99 at the moment in the sale at The Stamp Basket :o)  I've coloured him with promarkers and flexmarkers, added lots of glamour dust on his hat and used a Sakura clear stardust pen for the silvery ribbon on the presents.  The papers are lovely and sparkly - not that you can really tell from my photo!

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

• Forever Friends - Christmas in July
• The Crazy Challenge - Christmas in July
• The Cutie Pie Challenge - glitter & bling
• The Squirrel & The Fox - Christmas in July

I got absolutely soaked when I did the school run this afternoon!  It's my own fault for thinking how lucky I'd been to miss the worst of the rain until now... All my clothes were wet through, my shoes are probably ruined - looked like I'd got in the shower in my coat lol.  Oh, and didn't Andy Murray do well?!  It was a shame he didn't win, but it was a fab match and I did shed a few tears when he got all emotional trying to give his little speech at the end... fingers crossed for next year eh?  Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

A Gem of a Challenge - Jenny's sketch

Good morning (just), happy Saturday everyone :o)  Today I have my card for A Gem of a Challenge to show you - Jenny has created a fab sketch for us all to use...

I've used one of the lovely new images from Pink Gem Designs, this is Mimi & Bird, and I've coloured her with promarkers and flexmarkers and added a little pearl on the flower in her hair.  The papers are Life Documented from Raspberry Rd, printed onto linen card.  Flowers were cut with an x-cut punch, and I made the middles by embossing little circles of kraft card - there's a couple of small circles on the Stampin' Up owl punch that are the perfect size for them, and I also used the owl punch for the little kraft hearts.  The sentiment is LOTV, cut out with a nestabilities labels 14 die.

Here's Jenny's fab sketch

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

• Papertake Weekly - anything goes
• Creative Craft - tweet tweets

Well I'm going to keep this fairly short today so I can attempt to catch up with some of your lovely blogs!  I've also had a couple of prize wins that I haven't spent yet, so I think a bit of online browsing is in order, and then it'll be off to the craft room for me.  Hope you're all having a lovely weekend so far :o)

Sale at The Stamp Basket

Just a quick post to let you know about the fab sale currently on at The Stamp Basket - 10% off most Memory Box and Poppystamps dies - see this post on The Stamp Basket blog for full details.

Oh, and for those who asked... no, there's next to no chance of a photo of my new hair lol!  I just don't do photos, they're a very rare thing, photos of me!

I'll be back tomorrow with my Pink Gem DT card, have a lovely evening :o)

Pippi Longsocks

Well I'm a bit late today aren't I?  It's nearly tomorrow!  I've had a lovely day but have hardly stopped... had my hair done (all cut off in a very short bob!), went clothes shopping with hubby (and actually bought stuff this time), to the cinema to see Spiderman (much better than I expected, really enjoyed it), and finally got in the craft room to make this card...

I mentioned yesterday that Morgan had been through my box to find a card for his 'girlfriend' Katie... there are lots of girly cards in my box, but the little darling (ahem...) rejected them all!  He had a look at my stamps and chose this one - the rather fabulous Pippi Longsocks from Sugar Nellie.  She's coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers with lots of glamour dust on her wings, and Viva pearl dots around her.  The papers are Making Memories, with dark brown cardstock from Papermill Direct.  The corner is a Whimsy die, flower buttons and pearl are from my stash and the sentiment is LOTV - very appropriate because Katie's actually having two parties and Morgan's going to both of them :o)

I've followed Fi's fab sketch at The Sugar Bowl again, and also made it for this week's challenge on the Sugar Nellie facebook page, which is to use your favourite colour combo.  A tricky one for me, because I don't really have a favourite - I just like colour in general... but I've used pink, yellow and orange that I do love using.

I suppose I'd better start thinking about going to bed now lol... hope you've had a lovely day, I'll catch up with you all tomorrow :o)