Stamp Something - digi!

It's time for our regular digi day challenge at Stamp Something, so as usual you just have to use anything digi and there are loads of prizes to be won.  Sadly next week will be our FINAL challenge as Denise and Erin have decided it's time to close Stamp Something for now.

I've used some fab templates (gift card & money card), printable images and sentiments from one of our sponsors Krisi's Kreations.  I'd hoped to do something a bit more interesting with them, but it just wasn't my day and everything kept going wrong!  So they're very simple... I've just added some borders cut with a MFT die and some pearls from my stash.

Back in a bit with another post... I was going to add my next card to this post but it would've been a bit photo heavy!

Passion For Promarkers - flexible!

I'm in bit of a rush today - tried to schedule my post last night because my blood tests were first thing this morning, but we lost internet connection so I couldn't do it.  So I've been and had my blood taken, which went ok - just need to wait for the results now.  Hubby's now cooking breakfast for us (couldn't have any before my test) and then we're off to York for the day... we're going on the train and visiting the Railway Museum, which Dex is very excited about, he loves trains :o)

Right, onto our new challenge at Passion For Promarkers... the DT can hardly wait for the release of the new Flexmarkers, so we decided to have a 'flexible' challenge - so anything goes this week.  We're sponsored by Letraset and our very lucky winner will receive 2 packs of 6 flexmarkers... ooh I wish I could win!

I love this Gorjuss Girl stamp, she's so cute :o)  I've coloured her with promarkers, flexmarkers and koh-i-noor pencils.  The papers are First Edition, and the ribbon, buttons and pearls are from my stash.  Sentiment is CC Designs.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

• Sunday Sketch & Stamp - Claire's fab sketch
• Totally Gorjuss - as you like it

Apologies for the rush - will catch up with you all later, hope you all have a lovely day!

Sparkly gift box

I've got quite into making boxes lately, and my mum asked me to make one for a gift she bought for a friend.

I just wish I was better at taking photos of boxes!  I've used a Penny Black sentiment stamp and some sparkly patterned card I found in my stash, the flowers are all glittery too - not that you can tell from the pic.  The sentiment was cut out using a die from Little Claire and the scalloped border is a new MFT dienamics die.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

• Charisma Cardz - glitter it
• Creative Inspirations - text me
• Die Cut Dreams - make a gift box or bag
• Papertake Weekly - dies to die for
• Creative Craft - anything but a card

Got the dreaded blood tests tomorrow - I HATE having blood taken, they never seem to be able to get a vein first (or 2nd or 3rd!) time and it hurts while they prod and poke me.  I'm such a wuss!

Snippet owls...

I'm not feeling too good again today, but I really wanted to get some crafting done.  I sat in my room for a while but couldn't seem to make anything that really 'needed' to be made, so I got out my unused Stampin' Up owl punch and attacked some scraps instead :o)

I got quite carried away assembling owls lol, so I've got some ready to make some more cards with.  Cardstock and paper from my scraps, flourish stamp is from an Eco Green set, sentiments are from the Penny Black 'salutations' set.  I'm entering them both for Jules Crafty Snippets Challenge and my first card is for the Sweet Sunday Sketch.

Off to try and catch up with you all... I never quite manage it though, you're all too productive!

Less is More wk30 - recipe

Hubby took Dex to his mum's this morning, so I've had some quiet time in the craft room and made a card for the new challenge at Less is More.  This week it's a recipe challenge - to take 3 of the previous challenges and combine them to make a card.

Apologies for the dodgy photo... think I'll have to start taking my pics in the kitchen again, it's so hard to get the lighting right in the craft room.  The weeks I chose were - 16 - butterflies, 23 - something with legs, and 25 - button or ribbon, but there's a few more it would fit too (embossing, off centre, things that move).

I've used a stamp set called A Girl and Her Cake by The Cats Pajamas and some nameless gingham card from my stash.  The butterfly was cut with a Stampin' Up embosslits die, button is from my stash.

I'm also entering my card for the 'strawberry, chocolate and cream' challenge at Sweet Stampin.

Thanks for all your lovely comments yesterday, I'm slowly catching up with you all!

Stamp Something - back to school!

Sorry to have dropped out of blogland for the last few days... I've not been feeling all that well so I needed a bit of a rest from it all.  Having some blood tests next week, so fingers crossed I'll be sorted soon.

Our theme at Stamp Something for this week is 'back to school' (doing a little dance because it's not long now lol!!) and we're sponsored by Simon Says Stamp so one lucky person will win a $20 gift certificate to spend in their fab online store :o)

I've made this for Morgan, although I'm not sure he'll be quite this happy about returning to school!  This is Off to school Ben from DigiStamp Boutique, and he's coloured with promarkers and koh-i-noor pencils - in Morgan's school colours.  Papers are K&Co with cardstock from Papermill Direct, computer generated sentiment and buttons from my stash.  Not the best card really, but the mojo's ailing along with the rest of me.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

• Totally Papercrafts - back to school
• Cute Card Thursday - sketch
• PaperPlay Challenges - back to school
• DYSU - boy or man

Right, off to do some hopping around your lovely blogs, as I've missed everything you've all done in the last couple of days.

Passion For Promarkers - no patterned papers

Our new challenge at Passion For Promarkers for this week is 'no patterned papers' and we're sponsored by Whiff of Joy who are providing some lovely new stamps for our winner :o)  For some reason I struggled with this challenge - no idea why because I make loads of cards with no papers!  I kept trying different things and in the end went for something very simple...

I love this pretty Flower Girl gorjuss stamp, she's one of my favourites.  I've coloured her with promarkers, flexmarkers and koh-i-noor pencils.  I cut a border on the base card and also on some blue core'dinations using the MS scallop dot punch.  Ribbon and button from my stash, flower cut with a x-cut punch.

I've noticed something very strange over the last couple of days... you know the little feedjit 'traffic feed' thing that tells you where your visitors are coming from?  Well at the moment when I visit a blog it says I'm in Stoke-on-Trent!  Slightly confused because I'm definitely in Sheffield... and until recently feedjit always got that right - so why has it suddenly decided I've moved?!