secret crafter saturday challenge

this weeks challenge is to incorporate stitching,either real or fake on your card and
both these papers fitted the bill,they are both from the daisy and dandelion collection, the image is sarah kay ...again !! coloured with promarkers and cut with a nestie, the punched border is MS doily, the flowers are prima and papermania and the brads ,buttons and ribbon are from my stash
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that tuesday feeling

oh well thats my weekend over! back to work for me today, thought i would get a card in before i go, the image is sarah kay coloured with promarkers, the paper is from the gorgeous papermania exquisite collection and they certainly live up to their name!! the borders are the MS doily punch, the flowers are prima and papermania and the ribbon and brads from stash, have a good day everyone
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colour create #9

this weeks colour combination is blue and lilac not one of my faves but it is growing on me now i've had a play, the design teams cards are fabulous, this is my entry, the image is from sugar nellie coloured with promarkers and cut with a nestie, the papers are dovecraft aquamarine, the border punch is martha stewart doily, the gems, ribbon and buttons are from stash and the flowers are prima and papermania.
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cupcake craft challenge

over at cupcake craft challenge there is a gorgeous sketch for this weeks challenge this is my entry, the image is by sarah kay and coloured with promarkers the papers are by papermania the circle is cut with a nestie and run through the stylised flowers cuttlebug embossing folder, ribbon and brads from stash and flowers are prima and papermania.
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one stop craft challenge

this weeks challenge is to add some bling to your project and for that i've added some self adhesive diamontes, the papers are basic grey,, the image is "fanny's cuddle" by sarah kay coloured with promarkers & cut with a nestie. the ribbon is from stash and the border punch is martha stewart doily punch, the brads are papermania though they look slightly differnt colours in the photo but they are the same IRL honest !!!


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tag your it ....

the lovely heather has tagged me,the rules of the game are i have to go to my 4th photo file, and post the 4th photo,then tag 4 others to do the same, well this is an after photo (one of many) we took last year when we had the garden landscaped and it shows my ikkle water feature.
i tag sue
reit
dawn
& joey

whiff of joy challenge #23

There is a fabulous sketch by the talented Donalda over at the whff of joy challenge blog this week and one lucky person will get chosen to have the honour of being a guest designer, how fab is that !! anyway, this is my entry, the papers are basic grey archaic, the edges inked with black soot distress ink, the image is from the elizabeth bell spring collection coloured with promarkers and the flowers are papermania and prima the gromlet is from a set i got from qvc that came with the cropodile big bite (so they must be we are memory keepers) and the brad is also papermania.

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oh my word !!! my 1st award

A huge thank you to barb who sent this award to me, i was chuffed to recieve it so soon after begining this blog, i am going to pass this on to a few people whose blogs give me so much inspiration when my mojo has gone a wandering and who cheer me up when i've needed a good laugh, they may have had this award before, but this is just to let them know how much i appreciate them, soooo this award goes to

joey, sue, jacqui, bev, reit, rach, heather dawn dawny p and kath

thanks girls for the laughs and inspiration

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papertake weekly challenge

Over at papertake weekly there is another fabby sketch by dawny p for this weeks challenge.

for this card i used the sugar nellie stamp "reflective" and coloured her with promarkers, the paper is dcwv ring of posies, the dotted paper was plain cardstock run through the swiss dots embossing folder and rubbed over with black soot distress ink to highlight the dots, the edges have also been inked with this ink and the gems are from stash i think they are papermania but not 100% possitive.

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mojo monday week #79

theres a fabby sketch over on mojo monday that i just had to use for this card , the image is penpal by sugar nellie coloured with my old faithful promarkers, the paper is basic grey boxer the edges inked with black soot distress ink, (i think this technique is beginning to grow on me now) the punch is by woodware and the ribbon is from stash, the sentiment is from a set from qvc.

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happy mothers day

Happy mothers day, these are a pair of possitive and negative cards i made for my mum and mum in law the papers are daisy and dandelion the edges i tried to ink with tea dye distress ink , i'm not sure i've done it right but i'm learning from experience, the image is daisy by sugar nellie coloured with promarkers and cut with a nestie the ribbon is from stash and the flowers

are prima, the spacer from ebay and the brad is papermania, the sentiment is from cuddly buddly, have a lovely day everyone and big hugs to those without their mums on this difficult day

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Another thank you card!

another!!! thank you card, my daughter has decided now that she doesn't want to send one thank you card to all the peeps at the nursery where she has her work experience placement she wants to send individual ones, so i have 8 to do and only 2 days to finish them.......ahhhh!!

this one is a sugar nellie image coloured with promarkers and cut with a nestie ,the papers are from the dovecraft aquamarine collection one of the papers was run through the sylised flowers cuttlebug embossing folder and the ribbon is from stash.

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whiff of joy challenge #22and abc challenge "f for flowers"

Sat fiddling about the other day
trying to take my mind off a few things and this is what i came up with, i quite like the simplicity of this, the papers are daisy and dandelion ,the image is from the whiff of joy spring collection coloured with promarkers, the border punch is by woodware, ribbon is from a collection of brenda pinnick ribbons i got from qvc ages ago, the flowers are prima and papermania and the brads i think are also papermania.

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helen x

edited ...this one fits this weeks whiff of joy challenge so have entered it for that i must have had one of my telepathic moments when making this lol

oooo and it also fits this weeks abc challenge which is f for flowers

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secret crafter saturday challenge #23 and cute card thursday challenge #51

This is the first time i've combined challenges, cute card thursdays challenge #51 is to make a card for a celebration and is a fabulous sketch by Katharina , i loved working with this sketch and will definately be using it again. the secret crafter challenge #23 is have your cake and eat it, yummy heres the recipe to my card the papers are daisy and dandelion by docrafts, the image is a sugar nellie coloured with promarkers, the sentiment is cuddly buddly & the ribbon from stash.

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whiff of joy challenge #21

this weeks challenge is a fabby sketch by Heather i loved working with this even if it took me hours faffing about over the papers ( i struggle somewhat putting patterned papers together)

the image is from the whiff of joy spring collection coloured with promarkers , the papers are k & co and dcwv,though the glitter card is not photographing very well !!, the flowers are prima and papermania, the sentiment from a qvc set, the cream card has been run through an embossing folder, brads are from stash and the butterfly is from create-n-celebrate.

Papertake weekly challenge

At last i have my camera back !!! this weeks challenge is one of dawny p's fab sketches over at papertake weeklythe paper is the image is a sugar nellie (love these stamps) coloured with promarkers nearly got the full set now, my local shop was out of the last few i need but are expecting a delivery soon , another excuse for a visit lol !!! the paper is papermania slide mount is a sizzix diecut and the red band is run through an embossing folder (swiss dots) brads are from stash and a happy birthday peel off.

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with love ....

afternoon peeps this card was made with no one in particular in mind it just sort of evolved without much effort , dont you love it when that happens. it may be a little quiet on here for a couple of days cos i lent my camera to my sister and i haven't got it back yet !!! and i am running short of piccys to post, hope i get it back soon or i will be getting withdrawal symptoms, lol

anyway back to the important bit the image is whiff of joy coloured with promarkers, the paper is papermania simply elegant, flowers are prima and xcut punched, brads are papermania, spacer from ebay and sentiment is cuddly buddly, back soon .....i hope !!!!

Just out of curiosity, what do you all do with the cards you make ? i know i have a big family but i could never in a million years use all the cards i make espeially now i'm into blogging and challenges , i just don't know what to do with them all .

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secret crafter saturday challenge #22

this weeks challenge is masking so i have used one of my fave stamps from the whiff of joy spring collection .....again and masked her so she sits on the tree stump, the paper is papermania scrumptious, the image coloured with promarkers, flowers are prima, sentiment from cuddly buddly, spacer from ebay, charm from create-n-celebrate and ribbon and brad from stash .

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Not sure on this one

not sure i like how this one has turned out but hey, we live and learn, i think its the inking round the edges cos i normally like clean lines, anyhow , the paper is from the charcoal prints 8x8 stack by dovecraft, the image , well i think by now we all know where this came from !!! coloured with promarkers, the flowers are prima, spacers from ebay, brads from stash and charm from create-n-celebrate .
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New baby girl card

This card is for a dear friend who is to become a grandma for the first time in june,the paper is papermania scrumptious the image is sugar nellie coloured with promarkers, the charm is from create-n-celebrate and the ribbon and bling from stash

60th Birthday card

i'm getting into this blogging mallarkey, no stoppin me now, this card was made for my sister- in- laws mum who will be 60 soon, i hope she likes it, the paper is papermania simply elegant, image is whiff of joy spring collection another fave!!! coloured with promarkers, i think may need to get some copics as the promarkers are a bit lacking in the pink department, and my images are starting to look a bit the same when i use pinks !!! flowers are prima and punched with xcut punch, spacers from ebay, brads from stash, charm from create-n-celebrate and sentiment from cuddly buddly.

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Whiff of joy challenge #20

my 1st challenge entry ever !!!

paper is dovecraft something or other ....i think!!!

flowers are prima and some i made with an xcut punch,

brads are papermania, spacers from ebay and charm from create-n-celebrate, ribbon from stash, image is my fave again from whiff of joy spring collection coloured again with promarkers, roll on payday cos i want (need) more pens !!!!

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ok here goes my 1st piccy

This thank you card has been made for my daughter to give to the people at the nursery school she is at on work experience, hope they like it, the papers are papermania, image is one of my favourite from the whiff of joy spring collection and coloured with promarkers, flowers are prima and one i punched from card using an xcut flower punch , ribbon from stash and spacers from ebay.

Bye for now

Helen x

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