Friday, 25 April 2014

Crafty Catz challenge #228 DT post: Anything goes!!!

Good Morning!!!

It's Friday!!!!!!! so happy!!!  It's always really hard to be back to normality after the holidays... and this week hasn't been easy!!! I'm glad that the weekend is almost here!!! Alaia got a bike for her birthday, so, I'm really going to try to go out with her so she can enjoy it and practice!!! She also got a mini spanish guitar for her birthday.... Oh my!!!! we have a rock & roll star at home!!!!

So... let go back to cards!!!! As every Friday, we have a new challenge at ...


This weeks challenge is hosted by our boss lady Carol! and as every last week of the month, the theme is

Anything goes!!!



and our Sponsors this week are:


and they are offering to one winner...


and 


and they are offering a winner $10 gift certificate to spend at the Make it Crafty store.



So don't delay, check the great cards my fellow team mates have made for your inspiration and join us on this week's challenge!!! It's also Teresa's (GDT for April) last week with us. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing talent with us this month!!!


And this is my DT card!!!



This time we could choose any digital stamp from Make It Crafty to work with, and I really fell in love with this one!!! It's called Fairy Dahlia and you can find it here.

I went for a yellow colour scheme... the first time I've ever worked in yellow monochrome!!! 
The papers I've used are from: Recollections Signature Charming paper pad and Crate Paper Pretty Party paper pad.

I used Tim Holz Distress Ink pad in Old paper around the edges of the papers, image and paper embellishments.








I used my Promarkers to colour the image:

Raw Sienna, Tan, Satin, Almond, Blush,, Blossom, Cool Grey , Buttercup and Lemon Zest.

I used a few of my clear stamps around the image. 

The "Dream" sentiment and the Postmark are clear stamps from Kaisercraft. 










The leaves on the side are a border die cut from Sizzix. I've had it for so long and never used it!!! don't ask me why because I like how it looks! and I though it matched the fairy's dress really well.

As an extra layer behind the image I used a piece of cheese cloth. I'm totally addicted to cheese cloth! I really like the "messy" look it gives to the card... 

I also used:

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.
Buttons from local shop.
Punched butterflies, which I embossed with a polka dots and floral embossing folders. 
Ribbon and lace from Hobbycraft.
Gems from local shop.


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

Digi Choosday wk 16 - Number it (I used 3 buttons, 3 butterflies) 2nd entry
 Scrap-creations - AG 2nd entry
Tuesday Throwdown #192 - Lots of Sparkle (I used gems for sparkle)

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I really hope you like my card! if you do, don't hesitate to leave me some love in the comments... and don't forget to follow!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by!!!


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Tuesday, 22 April 2014

my little princess 5th Birthday card!!!

Hi!!!
First I'd like to welcome my new followers to my blog!!! Thank you so much for your support, it means the world to me!!!

 I hope you've all had a lovely Easter!!!! In here we are back to normality now.... I've just dropped Alaia in nursery... and have a total of 2 and a half hours to myself! I'm still feeling a bit poorly and miserable... but trying to cheer myself up with a bit of blog writing and catching up on the beautiful cards everyone is making!!!

Today I want to show you the birthday card I made for my little princess Alaia's 5th Birthday! She a real princess, always dressing up and loves pink, so she loved this card!!!!



This beautiful image I used is a new digi by Mo Manning... A few weeks ago Mo showed a few videos on how she created this beauty and I just fall in love with her. I knew I needed to have it for Alaia's card.  It's called "Birthday Princess" and you can find her here.

As you can see, a very girlie and busy card!!! 

As you might know, I love layers and more layers... so I couldn't disappoint with this card.
I've used papers from different brands for the layers. They are from:  Dovecraft Princess Fairytale paper pack, Crate Paper Little Boo Peep Paper pack and K&Company paper pad.




I coloured the little princess with my Promarkers and Flexmarkers.

I used:
Promarkers: Raw Sienna, Tan, Satin, Blush, Almond, blossom, Buttercup, mustard, Antique Pink, Leaf Green

Flexmarkers: Watermelon, Tea Rose, Wild Orchid and Pink Pearl.

I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad in Tattered Rose around the edges of the image.






I created the sentiments on my computer.
I fussy cut the number 5. I really need to get myself some letters and numbers die cuts... but for the moment, this is what I have to work with!

To finish off the card I used:

Lace (I think I got this one in Spain???)
Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
Buttons from local shop.
Pearls from Hobbycraft.
two kinds of washi tape from local shop.




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



613 Avenue Create #68 - AG with optional twist -  Candy Treats (princess holding a cupcake)
Craftitude #63 - AG/Easter or Spring
Crafting by Designs Monthly challenge - April AG
Crafty Girls #16 - AG 2nd entry
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned paper challenge - AG with patterned paper April
Creative Card Crew #60 - Girly
Delicious Doodles #84 - Pink for Breast cancer awareness
Delightful sketches challenges  - Bloom (include a flower)  2nd entry
Digi Choosday wk 16 - Number it
Everybody-Art #275 - Cute Card
Fab n Funky #112 - Flower Power 2nd entry
Fussy and Fancy #112 - Pearls and Lace
Hiding in my Craft Room #146 - Flowers 2nd entry
Papercrafting Journey - For that special lady (the special lady is my daughter Alaia!!)
Penny's challenge #173 - use Ice Cream colours (Strawberry and raspberry ice-cream colours!!!)
Pumpkin Spice #168 - Colouring
Sister Act challenge #53 - AG
Sweet Stamping - lots of layers
Sweet Stamps #166 - Sweets (cupcake)
The Stamping Boutique #13 - Birthday cards / projects
Wags n Whiskers #127 - Lots of layers 2nd entry

I really hope you like the card! Alaia loved it!!!
if you do, please leave me some love in the comments and don't forget to follow! :)

Thank you so much for stopping by!!!!



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Sunday, 20 April 2014

Sentimental Sundays DT post challenge #203 - Colour Inspiration

Hello!!! Happy Sunday and Happy Easter!!!
What a lovely day we are having here!!!! the sun is shining, husband is cutting the grass in the garden (I'm still a bit poorly... but trying to enjoy the sun a  bit!!!) and as it is Alaia's birthday, she still has to cut her cake... Not having a party, as I haven't got the energy and feeling really unwell... But Alaia is still so happy! She's such a happy and content child!!! I can't believe my little princess is 5 today....
I'll show you the card I've made for her in the next few days...one of my favourites so far!!!

But let's go back to today's card... We have a new challenge at 


and the challenge this week is....

Colour Inspiration!!!
(plus a sentiment) don't forget!



beautiful colours!!! 

Our sponsor this week is Aurora Wings

you should really take a look at their Etsy shop... it's full of fantasy and magical beauties!!! 

They very kindly donated an image for me to work with, I chose Water Lily Fairy - Lotus.

and I can tell you... I used ALL  the colours in my card!!! it's one of the busiest and most colourful cards I've ever made!!! I  had a lot of fun making it... 



The Papers I've used are all from the Recollections Signature Fabulous Girl paper pad... I'm loving this paper pads I get from TK Maxx here in the UK... they all come from America... This one for example is from the famous Michaels!!! I've never been in America... but if I ever go... Michaels will be one of my stops!!! lol.

I used my Tim Holtz Distress Tool to distress the borders of all the papers. 
I also hand-stitched the borders of the bottom layers with white thread.





I coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I bought some Flexmarkers the other day and I can tell you I'm hooked!!! I love the brush style tip!!! 

The colours I used are:

Flexmarkers: Watermelon, Tea Rose, Wild Orchid, Pink Pearl, Celestial Blue and Cadet Blue.

Promarkers:  Duck Egg, Turquoise, Buttercup, Mustard, Blush and Almond.










To finish off the card I used:

A blue doily from local shop
Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
Butterfly punch
my new Tattered Lace Leaf Branches die
Lace and ribbon and gems from local shops




as you may know, I'm a challenge junkie... I love making cards that fit as many challenges as they can!!! For me it's part of the fun of making cards!!! today is one of the busy challenge days...

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges!!!!

As you like it - favourite style of stitching (faux or real) and why: my favourite style of stitching is hand-stitch... I don't use a machine. and I love the texture that real stitching gives to the cards. I used it a lot on my cards.
Crafty Boots - Sparkle (I used gems)


I really hope you like my card! if you do, don't forget to leave me some love in the comments...

and don't forget to follow!! :)

Thank you so much for stopping by and for your support.... 

Until next time!!!







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Friday, 18 April 2014

Crafty Catz challenge #227 - B is for.....

Morning! I hope you are all good. First of all, I'd like to wish you a Happy Easter! I hope you have a lot of fun and eat lots of chocolate! In here, I'm going to try... although I've been really poorly with stomach troubles lately. It's also my little one's 5th Birthday on Sunday... and I'm not going to be able to celebrate it properly with her.. I hate feeling so poorly... hopefully it will be over soon and I'll be myself again!!!

It's Friday again, which means it's time for a new challenge at Crafty Catz! The challenge this week is hosted by the fabulous Anna and she has chosen...

 B is for.... 

so, include in your card things which start with the letter B, a few or a lot!!!! some ideas.. buttons, butterflies, boy, bunting, books, blue, brown, black...etc.



Our sponsor this week is

and they are giving to the winner a 12$ gift card to the shop at www.samistamp.blogspot.com (that's equal to 3 images of  choice) to the winner. 
For my DT card, I decided to make another boy/man card...  I'm not really comfortable with male cards, but I'm really trying to loose my fear! 
so, I'll list my Bs!!!! I used: Button, Boy, Books, Brown, (Speech) Bubbles, Blue.

 Sami Stamps let me choose one for their images for my card, and I chose this one called "I love Books".

 this is one of my "messy" cards... lots of distressing and random layers! for Distressing I used the Tim Holtz Distressing tool and Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad in Old paper.

The papers I used are from Studio Calico Darling Dear collection and the bottom layers was from a freebie with a magazine.
I also used a piece of kraft card which I corrugated with my Woodware Crimper.








I used my Promarkers to colour the image.

Cocoa, Raw Sienna, Vanilla, Almond, Tan, Sandstone, Moss, Antique Pink, Lipstick Red, China Blue, Azure and Cool Grey 2









I created the sentiment on my computer, with a quote I found on the internet, which I love!!!

to finish off the card, I used:
a button
a paper clip
washi tape from local shop
ribbon mesh from The Ribbon Girl


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

613 Avenue Create #67 - Ag with optional twist: Reuse or recycle something (I reused a paper clip)
Artistic Inspirations #87 - Monochrome or Anything goes
Everybody-Art Challenge  #274 - Anything goes
Pile it on #15 - Mesh or Tulle
The Crafting Cafe Monthly challenge  -  One for the boys
The East Wind #5 - Humour
The Paper Nest Dolls #8 - Anything goes
Through  Craft Room door - Anything goes


Thank you so much for stopping by!!! I really appreciate all the comments and feeback! and don't forget to follow :)

Until next time!



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Sunday, 13 April 2014

Scribble and Scrap challenge #16 DT post

Morning!!!
I hope you are all having a great weekend... I have family visiting, so I'm really busy at the moment and I haven't had time to craft or visit any of your blogs... hopefully I will catch up on everything over the next few days...

As every fortnight, we have a new challenge at 


As always, the challenge is Anything goes. so go over to the Scribble and Scrap challenge, take a look at the great cards my fellow DTs have made for your inspiration and join us!
There will be a Random drawn winner, who will get a £15 voucher to spend in the Scribble and Scrap shop. 
But if the Random drawn winner has used a product from www.scribbleandscrap.co.uk the prize will be a £20 voucher instead of a £15 voucher.
Also each of the Top Three will win a £5 voucher to spend at www.scribbleandscrap.co.uk! 
And this is my DT card for this challenge!



I made this card for my husband's birthday.

The papers I've used are perfect for this card. They are the "One for the Boys" digital paper set from Scribble and Scrap.
As usual, I couldn't resist a bit of distressing, so I used my Tim Holtz Distresser Tool on all the paper and card stock borders. 
I also hand-stitched them with white thread.


For this card, I used a rubber stamp by Lili of the Valley called  "Toot" Toot!". I stamped it with Memento ink in Tuxedo Black and coloured it with my Promarkers.
The Promarkers I used are:
Raw Sienna, Sandstone, Almond, Vanilla, Cocoa, Blossom, Peach, Soft Peach, Cornflower, Powder Blue, Tulip Yellow, Cool Grey 5 to 1.






I also distressed the image and the papers with Tim Holtz Distress ink in Old Paper.
The "Birthday Wishes" sentiment is from The Basic Birthday Sentiment Digi set at the Scribble and Scrap shop.
I created the other sentiment on the computer. 

I finished the card with a corner punch, a few buttons and a bit of twine. 




I would also like to enter the following challenges:

As you like it - favourite style of stitching (faux or real) and why : my favourite style of stitching is real. I hand-stitch most of my cards, I don't used a machine. I like the texture real stitching gives to the cards. It usually takes me ages but it's worth it!


Thank you so much for stopping by! Please leave a comment if you like my card and don't forget to follow me if you are not already! :)

Until next time!!!



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