loving washi tape...

Hi there!

Back today with a new card. Clean and simple this time, with quite a few bits of washi tape here and there... I'm totally addicted to washi tape... I can't leave my local craft shops without buying a few rolls each time! I really have fun playing around with it, but I must hold the record on the amount of times I move it around my card!

Anyway... on to the card

For this card I used one of the new bird images from Bugaboo stamps.

I coloured it with my Promarkers and Flexmarkers.

Card Recipe

7x5 card blank

Green checked paper from Recollections Signature special Fabulous girl paper pad

"Torn Notebook" Tim Holtz alterations On the Edge die 

Scrap paper

Different types from washi tape from Dovecraft, The Works  and local shop.

Enamel dots from local shop in Spain

hand-stitching with white thread

Sentiment is my own, created on my computer

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

2 Creative chicks #7 - Anything goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes

Catch the Bug - Keep it simple

Crafting by Designs - Tic Tac toe (word/washi/real stitching)

Crafting with an attitude #12 - Always Anything goes

Crafty Creations #309 - Something to drink /eat (cupcakes!)

Crafty girls creations #14 - Always anything goes

Crafty hazelnuts patterned paper challenge - AG with patterned paper

Craft your passion #299 - always anything goes

Critters and Creatures Linky Party #1 - February

Digichoosday #7 - animals and insects

Fan-tastic Tuesday #124 - Anything goes / twist: make it cute

Inspiration Destination #73 - Always Anything goes

Just keep on creating - Feb Anything goes

Let's color linky party #3 - Anything goes with something coloured

Love to Scrap #72 - Anything goes

My time to craft #315 - Check it out

PDE Linky Party #110 - Anything goes

Penny's challenge #265 - Anything goes

QKR Stampede #178 - Yummy Yummy: include a food

Seize the Birthday - Birthday + topping - cupcakes or candy

Simply Papercraft #23 - Always Anything goes

Sweet Stampin - CAS Clean and simple

The Paper Shelter #236 - Make it digital

TTCRD - Anything goes

Wednesday's Creative Inspirations challenge #345 - Anything goes

I really hope my new take on a CAS card! 

don't forget to leave a comment and follow if you are not already!

Until next time!

Thank you with a Flower

Hi there!

I'm here again to share a last minute card I had to make. A request from my Husband, who needed a Thank you card to give to his Line Manager, who is moving forward to a different role.

 I wanted to make something simple, but cute and bright at the same time. I haven't used any patterned paper this time, something I have actually quite enjoyed!!! I have also created the background myself, using different colour inks and a circle-cut shape to create it. I'm very pleased with it.

The image I've used is the Dollar Flower bug from Bugaboo stamps, which I coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers.

The sentiment is a freebie from TLC creations.

Card Recipe

7 x 5 card blank

bright pink card stock

Promarkers and Flexmarkers to colour the Bugaboo digi

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

gems

flowery ribbon

different coloured inks for background, made using a die-cut circle

I'd like to enter the following challenges (in no particular order)

Crafty Catz #306 - Flowers

Aud Sentiments #146  - Thank you with a sentiment

Inspiration Destination #67 - Anything goes

Crafting with an attitude #11 - Anything goes

Art by Miran #49 - Anything goes

2 Creative Chicks - Anything goes

Crafty Enjoyments #3 - Clean and simple

Inkspirational #99 - Thank you with something new (digital stamp and background technique I used are new)

Not just cards #28 - January always anything goes

Where the heart is #5 - Anything goes

Digichoosday #1 - CAS Clean and simple

Everybody-Art challenge #350 - Anything goes

Little Red Wagon #323 - Thank you card

As you like it - Anything goes

Moving along with the times #11 - Spots and dots

Brown Sugar #180 - Anything goes

QKR Stampede #173 - CAS

Let's color Saturday Linky Party - Anything goes with something colored

Sweet Stamping - Flowers

Morgan's Art world challenge #1 - Anything goes

Glitter n Sparkle #170 - Tic Tac Toe (gems, digi image, ribbon)

Thank you so much for stopping by! Don't forget to leave a comment and follow me if you want to get updated on my new makes!

Until next time!

I'm back!!!!! with a very colourful Christmas card!!!

Hi!!!! 
I'm back!!!! Can you believe that it's been around 20 months since the last time I blogged (or made a card)....

What happened???  a lot of stuff in my life got on the way and I decided to stop crafting. I got pregnant and I started to feel really ill.... I couldn't concentrate on crafting, or sitting down on my desk to craft. I was part of 3 wonderful Designing teams, which I had to quit. I really enjoyed being part of them, but I got a bit overwhelmed and stressed out, and together with being ill I just couldn't cope.

Last week it was Aisha's first birthday.... I feel like I may have a bit of time for myself from now on and make a card or two while she's napping, in bed or when my lovely husband is at home... Let's see how it goes! but the crafting bug is back !

So as the season requires, I've started with Christmas cards!!! I've made a few already, quite simple without a lot of embellishments or layers as I need to send them on the post. I also want to explore different styles of card making... I love lots of layers and embellishments on my cards, but since starting to craft again I'm obsessed with a more simple look... I guess I'll be making a bit of both....it will depend on my mood!

So this is my first card:

I've used this fun digi from Bugaboo Stamps. I used my Promarkers and Flexmarkers to colour it.

Card recipe:

7 x 5 white card base

Pattern paper (freebie from magazine)

Stripy washi tape

Star punched from colour cardstock

Bling on stars

Sentiment is my own creation

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

• Christmas at Sweet Stampin' -  STARS
• Crafting By Designs -  December Anything Goes
  
• Crafting for all Seasons - #115  Brrr It's Cold Outside 
• Crafty Gals Corner -  #48 Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - #81 Always Anything Goes
• Fresh Brewed Designs -  Anything Goes Christmas
• If you give  a Crafter a Cookie #33 
• - 

• I love Promarkers  #297 Winter
• Inspiration Destination #62 Always Anything Goes 
• Mod Squad Challenge - Recipe
• The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes/ Celebration
• Craft Rocket Challenges #5 - Anything Goes 
• Crafting With An Attitude #10 Anything Goes
• Crafty Girls Creations #10  Always Anything Goes

• Brown Sugar -  No. 175 - Anything Goes

• Crafty Catz - #304 - Let It Snow

• Creative Fingers - #99 - Always Anything Goes

• Jo's Scrap Shack - #117-  Christmas Joy

• PDE Linky Party  - Anything Goes

• Pile it on #98 - Anything Christmas / winter
• Simply Papercraft #10 - Always Anything Goes

• Sweet stamps blog - December anything goes
• That's Crafty! Challenge Blog - Season's Greetings
• A Gem of a Challenge #159-  Christmas anything goes 
• Catch The Bug - Here comes Santa Claus  
• My Time to Craft #310- Christmas animals  (I used a reindeer)
• Glitter and Sparkle challenge #166 - Anything goes

Thank you so much for stopping by. Please feel free to leave a comment if you like my card. Any feedback is very much appreciated!!!!

Until the next time!

I'm in the Crafty Catz DT!!!!

Morning!!! I hope you are all well....
Where has the week gone???? I remember Sunday... and suddenly it's Friday!!!  this week I've taken it a bit easy on my blog... Some weeks I can't stop making cards and blogging about them..., but sometimes I need some rest, and this week I really needed it!

Anyway... do you remember last Friday, when I posted my last card as GDT for the Crafty Catz Challenge???? well.. they asked me to stay and be part of their fantastic Designing team! They are a fantastic bunch of crafters... so talented! I'm really glad I'm part of the team! Thank you so much for having me!!!

So, as every Friday, we have a new challenge at 

Crafty Catz

This week's challenge is hosted by Janette and the theme is

Spring time!!!!

Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo Stamps

and the price is 7 images of the winner's choice!!!

and Crafty Ribbons

So, after reading about my card, hop over to Crafty Catz and join us in the challenge!!! my fellow DTs have beautiful cards for inspiration.. and don't forget to check out the new GDT for April, Teresa! 

and this is my DT card!

The image is called Girlz - Bare feet from this week's sponsor Bugaboo, which they kindly donated.

As the theme is Spring time, I wanted to use some pretty floral papers, so I chose these ones from Crate Paper Little Bo Peep paper pad. I really loved the bright turquoise, pink and yellow colour on the flowers, so I decided for that colour scheme for my card. 

The turquoise dots paper is a piece of scrap... I think it was from a magazine freebie... 

All the papers have been distressed with Tim Holtz Distress Tool and Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad in Old paper. I also hand-stitched around two of the layers with white thread.

For this card I chose a layout from Sketch #261 from Sketch Saturday Challenge. 

I coloured the image with my Promarkers.

I used: Tan, Almond, Satin, Turquoise, Duck Egg, Vanilla, Blossom and Antique Pink and blender pen.

Then I masked the image and inked around it with a yellow ink pad... I love the effect! it makes the image stand out a lot more!

Next to the image, I used the Doily border die from Sizzix, which I also distressed with Tim Holtz Old paper.

To follow the sketch, I used two types of washi tape and a button on the top right corner.

The lace and flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The pearls are from Hobbycraft.

The brads (in middle of flowers), ribbon and bow are from my stash, from local shops.

I created the sentiment on my computer and I cut it with a tag die, which was a freebie from a magazine last summer.

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

A Creative Romance -  Spring flowers 3rd entry

A Gem of a challenge - Ribbon and lace

Alphabet Challenge - "D" for diecuts  (Sizzix border doily die cut and tag die cut)

Bearly-mine challenge - April: Spring

Crafting by Designs - April Anything goes  

Crafting for all seasons #74 - Dies and Punches

Crafty Hazelnut's patterned paper challenge - April AG with patterned paper

Digi Choosday wk 13 - Flower Power

Digi Designs - Welcome Spring

Divas by Design - AG + bloghop
Eureka Stamps #83 - Spring flowers

Fantastic Tuesday #29 - Use patterned paper

Flat Friends #19 - Include a sentiment

Hiding in my craft room #143 - Anything goes

Incy Wincy challenge - Tic Tac Toe (my line is: yellow, pearls, lace)

Kaboodle Doodles #217 - Spring is coming

Ladybug Crafts Ink challenge - Birthdays

Left of Center #28 - Ribbon and/or flowers

Loves Rubberstamps #97 - Anything goes

Milk Coffee - Welcome Spring 3rd entry

My Mum's Craft Shop #16 - Anything goes

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Pile it on #13 - Floral Fantasy  2nd entry

Sketch Saturday challenge  #303 - I chose sketch #261 (see above)

That Craft Place - buttons 2nd entry

The Craft Garden - April: Recipe (ribbon, ink or mist -inked around image-, floral patterned paper)

The East Wind #4 - use a sentiment

The Paper Nest Dolls #7 - Anything goes

The Paper Shelter #152 - Buttons

Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

Use your stuff #129 -  Die cuts (Sizzix border doily die cut and tag die cut)

Whoopsi Daisy - Lace and Pearls

I really hope you like my first card as DT for Crafty Catz!!! 

great challenge so don't forget to join!

Please leave me some love in the comments and don't forget to follow! :)

Thank you so much for stopping by!!!!

I'm the March GDT for Crafty Catz challenge!!!

Good Morning!!!!! It's Friday!!!!  I'm really excited as this weekend we have some friends coming to visit from Aberdeen, so really looking forward to have them here and catch up!

And even more excited because I'm the March Guest Designer for Crafty Catz challenge!!! I'm so happy!!! As it is a weekly challenge, I will be bringing you a new creation for Craty Catz every Friday for the next 4 weeks!!! Thank you so much Crafty Catz challenge team for having me! It's a privilege!

This weeks challenge is  Paper piecing and it is hosted by Jac

The Sponsor is BUGABOO

prize...7 images of winners choice

So, start making your project with paper-piecing on it, and join Crafty Catz challenge this week!!!

And this is the card I've made!

I used one of the sponsor's images that they kindly donated. It's called "Ava Flower Patch".

The papers I've used are from magazine freebies (polka dot paper). The stripes floral paper is from my stash, I've been for hours trying to find out which paper pad I got it from, and I can't find it! I really should take notes when I make my cards to avoid this... sorry... lesson learnt!

As an extra layer, I used a green fabric frame (similar shape to a Polaroid frame) from Crate Paper Maggie Holmes collection. I think it's meant to be used for scrapbooking, but I saw it and I had to have it! they  are 12 different designs on the pack, some with sentiments included, like this one "Enjoy". I added the button from my stash.  I love the effect that it gives to the card, a bit different to a normal layer. I used a piece of blue scrap paper from K&company as a background to this frame.

I hand-stitched the bottom layer and horizontal layer with white thread.

To follow this week's challenge theme. I paper-pieced the image's dress and hair bow with a piece of yellow and faded blue polka dots paper. 

The rest of the image is coloured with my Promarkers.

I used: Raw Sienna, Sandstone, Buttercup, Vanilla, Almond, blossom, Powder Blue, Cornflower, tulip yellow, leaf green, moss and blender pen.

I inked the edges of the image with Tim Holtz distress ink in Antique Linen. 

I also placed some gem rhinestones in the flowers and in the punched butterfly.

The "With Love" ribbon is from Hobbycraft. 

The flowers and lace are from Wild Orchid Crafts

The rhinestones gems are from local shop.

I would also like to enter the following challenges with this card (in alphabetical order)

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes (twist use your stash) button, gems, flowers, ribbon, lace all from my stash) 3rd entry

All sorts challenge #248 - Spring is coming 3rd entry

Artistic Inspirations #81 - Sparkles / AG (I used gems for sparkle) 3rd entry

Brown Sugar #84 - Make it Sparkle
Bugaboo Stamps Catch the Bug challenge blog - March Anything goes

Cards Galore - use a stamp or digi stamp 3rd entry

Challenges 4 Everybody #39 - Anything goes

Challenges and Candies #29 - Flowers
Come and Get it - Flowers galore 2nd entry

C.R.A.F.T. challenge #249 - Mother's day / Female

Crafting from the Heart #8 - AG / Use die or puches (I used butterfly punch) 2nd entry

Crafting for all seasons #72  - Spring into spring 2nd entry

Craftitude #60 - Anything goes or use a little green
Crafty Girls #13 - Anything goes

Crafty Mojo - March Spring Flowers

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge - March Anything goes with Patterned paper

Crafty Ribbons #79 - AG with Ribbons

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Spots or dots (3)

Created with Love #77 - Think Spring  2nd entry

Creative Corner challenges - button up
Cute Card thursday #311 - What a Gem

Cuttin n Stampin - Butterflies are buzzing 2nd entry

Digi Choosday wk 9 - Spring florals
Eureka stamps challenge #79 - AG

Fairies challenge #21 - Spring

Feeling Crafty #26 - Use a Digi and bling

I love Promarkers #209 - One for the girls 2nd entry

Just Inspirational Monthly challenge - Anything goes

Just Inspirational Weekly challenge - Flowers 3rd entry

Loves Rubberstamps #93 - AG

Make it Monday #181 - Anything goes

My Mum's Craft Shop #15 - Spring and Easter

Natalie and Amy #18 - Flowers 3rd entry

Oldie but a Goodie - Spring has sprung  (button, gems, ribbon and lace are more than 6 months old) 2nd entry

Open-Minded Crafting fun #5 - Use something green (DT paper, and polaroid shape and 1 flower are green)

Passion for Promarkers #237 - Flowers 3rd entry 

Sister Act #47 - Anything goes
That Craft Place - Anything goes

The Crafter's cafe #53 - Fibre or Lace (optinal twist use faux silk technique) 2nd entry

The Paper Shelter #148 - Anything goes 2nd entry

The Shabby Tea Room #208 - Pretty Polka Dots

Whoopsi Daisy - Lots of flowers

Thank you so much for popping by!!! 

Please leave me some love in the comments and don't forget to follow if you aren't already!

Thank you so much!

Until next time!

Sentimental Sundays DT post!!!

Hi again!!!! I'm back with my second post of the day!!!!

Because, we have a new challenge at

Sentimental Sundays !!!!

The theme this week is....

Birthday card for a special woman, using pastel colours

(plus a sentiment)

So, come on, start making those birthday cards  for a special woman in your life,

 take a look at my fellow team mates wonderful creations, so much inspiration! and join us in our challenge!!!

Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo Stamps.

As you may already know, they have these amazing characters, full of fun and attitude!!!!

For my DT card, I've chosen the fun Stella, that Bugaboo generously has donated for me to work with.

 This digi is called "Stella Birthday - aged to perfection"

I went for a layered layout, I can't live without my layers!!!!

The papers I've used are from the Born to Shop Bubbles collection.

I used pastel colours card-stock in purple and green. I also hand-stitched the papers with the same coloured threads.

I coloured Stella with  my Promarkers.

For her hair: Raw Sienna, Sandsotne and Buttercup.

For her skin: vanilla and almond.

For the green hat and balloon: Pear green and lime zest. Top of hat and polka dots are in Lavender.

For her dress: Pink Carnation, Blossom,Pink mittens and powder blue.

For her shoes: Cornflower and Powder blue.

I inked around the image with pink ink.

I framed the sentiment with a star created with my new Sissix star nesting dies. I added some glitter glue (a card needs a bit of sparkle!!!)

The ribbon is from Dovecraft.

The buttons are from Papermania.

The flowers I'm not sure, sorry... I've had them in my stash forever and I throw the packaging ages ago!

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges (in alphabetical order):

Craft your passion challenge #198 - Spots and Stripes

Crafty Catz #216 - Anything goes  (2nd entry) 

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything goes

Cute Card Thursday #306 - Something new (new Sizzix star nesting die)

Eureka Stamps #74 - Anything goes (2nd entry)

Fairytale challenge #86 - More than 2 colours
Glitter n Sparkle #70 - Buttons

My Mum's craft shop #14 - Spots and Stripes

One Crazy Stamper challenge - February Anything goes

Passion for Promarkers #232 - Anything goes (3rd entry)

Penny's Paper-Crafty challenge #162 - Spots and dots

Polkadoodles wk 5 - Anything goes

QKR Stampede #73 - Anything goes  (2nd entry)

Simply Create too #54 - Mother's day or for a female

Sister Act challenge #42 - Anything goes (2nd entry)

Winter Wonderland - Digi Days (Christmas or non Christmas)

I hope you like my second card of the day!!!!

I would love it if you leave me a comment! and don't forget to follow if you haven't already :)

Thank you so much for all your support, it means the world to me.

Until very soon!!!