paper makeup challenge

good morning all, i woke in a happy bubbly mood today, dunno why?, the weather hasn't got anything to do with it cos its miserable and wet here. not much planned for me today, work this morning till lunch time then the day is mine to do as i choose hmmm what do you think i'll be doing lol.
this week over at paper makeup the challenge is a sketch by the fabulous dawn
so i thought i'd have a go this week and this is my entry




the papers are form the papermania exquisite collection, edges inked with tea dye distress ink, the image is an elizabeth bell "daisy on her trike" coloured with promarkers and cut with a nestie, the roses are joanna sheen, i wrapped the stems round a pencil and added a clear crystal bead to the ends as i thought the card was a bit plain( still do if i'm honest but hey its done now), the ribbon is from stash and ran through the swiss dots embossing folder though it doesnt show up very well in the piccy but looks good IRL honest!! the instructions on how to do this are here

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something a little different ....

Well this is something i haven't done in a long time and i really enjoyed doing it, the challenge this week over at the stamptacular sunday challenge blog is "charmed i'm sure" you can create any project as long as it contains stamping and a charm ....hmmm i thought ...a charm??? .....bracelet!!! ..... so out came the jewellery making box and i dusted off the tools and got to work ,




the cream pearly beads are from a papermania kit, the tiny metal spacers are from ebay, the clear blue gems are from our local market haberdashery stall and the seashells and sea horses are from a card kit i bought when i first started making cards and the ribbon is from my stash , the gift box is made with basill bling card stock and a nestie, the ribbon and pearl are from stash and the tag is a sugar nellie coloured with promarkers and cut with a nestie .

hope to catch up with you all later after work

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colour create and creative card crew

Afternoon all hope you are all having a good tuesday, even if the weather is a bit miserable out there, not much to do today ,been to work this afternoon and nothing else planned for the day.

I've combined two challenges with this card, colour create and creative card crew,the challenge over at colour create is a colour combo of orange, green and brown with the extra challenge of it being a male card and over at creative card crew there is a fabulous sketch by sharon to work with, so with the colour combo and sketch the card nearly made itself lol



The papers are basic grey archaic, the edges are inked with blacksoot distress ink, the image is a sugar nellie "hamish" coloured with promarkers and cut with a circle nestie, the buckle is an original sizzix die and the orange card is run through the script cuttlebug embossing folder and inked with the blacksoot distress ink, the ribbon is from stash and the rugby balls are a sizzix die with a bit of doodling by me, and the sentiment is a from a see- d's set (boys toys).

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new challenge blog and design team call

there is a new challenge blog starting soon called allsorts challenge blog
if you are a crafter who likes to try lots of different styles and techniques then this could be the challenge blog for you!!
i copied this info from the blog

it is being started by Kirsten (Kirstens Krafty Place) and Emma (metalicbutterfly) and they are looking for 4 DT members (to start with) to help them kick start the Allsorts Challenge Blog........ they are looking for crafters who enjoy using lots of different techniques and challenges e.g sketches, recipies, colour themes etc....
to join the DT you need to be able to commit to a weekly challenge and be willing to set or post a challenge either of your own or one from a set DT list once every 6 weeks plus it would be nice if a DT member could offer a small prize each month unwanted stash, ribbon, Images.... etc (each DT member would do this once every 6 months).

if you are interested in applying for a dt spot or want to follow the blog and enter the challenges then click on the allsorts banner on the sidebar to go strait to the blog

good luck to all

DT call will close Midnight 09/05/09...

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just magnolia

finally i get the chance to get back to my favourite place here in blogland, the decorating is all finished and looks lovely only trouble now is the gloss is lovely and white in the dining room but makes the other rooms look like they need a coat of paint lol once you start it never stops eh !!

not much sleep for me last night my daughter was out in a tent in the mountains of snowdonia doing her duke of edinburgh practice expedition they had torretial rain and the tent filled with water so she not having an easy time of it... oh and the worst bit, according to the text this morning was getting chased .....by a sheep !!!! haha, i know she will be fine but i'm her mum and its my job to worry !!!

This card is for the just magnolia challenge , now my new tildas have arrived i can take part, the challenge is pink and green




the paper is k&co the image is from the chasing butterflies collection as is the watering can, coloured with promarkers and cut with a nestie, the roses are wild orchid crafts and the sentiment is k&co and reads "a friend is the loving gardener who inspires the soul to blossom" a lovely sentiment which i dedicate to all the lovely people who follow my blog and who leave such lovely comments that continue to inspire me , thank you all

have a lovely day whatever you do

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confessions of a paperholic ....

well the second coat of paint is on and is looking good, i wasnt sure on the colour at first but its growing on me now, its called malt chocolate and looks like a mug of hot choc made with loads of milk, hubby says it will be finished tonight....thank goodness cos i feel like my right arm has been missing lol...... i have to confess i've been a bit naughty and had a bit of a spend, i promised myself i'd be good for a while(fat chance!!!) but i was bored and a girls got to do something to pass the time !!! i got myself some chasing butterfly magnolia's and have ordered the magnolia summer kit and i found the miss anya set, so i a happy bunny today. i off to work later for the shutdown shift, we take it in turns on a saturday so we only do one every 6 weeks so its not too bad. hopefully i will get chance later to do a bit of hopping and see what you've all been up to have a good saturday whatever you 're doing

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AWOL

just thought i'd pop in and explain meself, theres no card from me today cos somebody in his infinate wisdom (hubby) decided to decorate the dining /craft room whilst i was at work this morning !!! a just freshening up the gloss has turned into a full decorating job and has spilled over into the living room so the whole downstairs is totally upside down so i maybe AWOL for a little longer yet, i just wish he'd given me some notice and i could have had some cards made ready to post.
hope to be back soon

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the sugar bowl

phew !! didn't think i'd get here today i had sooo much to do, but here i am better late than never!!!

over at the sugar bowl the challenge is to make a card for a male, i find these really difficult to do and i sat looking at the stamp i'd chosen ( he's one of my favourite sugar nellies) thinking what the heck am i going to do with him??? then it hit me.... i'd been staring at him for about 10 mins and thought yep i'll do the layout like his overalls so here he is ....



no design papers this time just basill bling for the dungarees,card from my stash for his shirt ribbon from my stash for the braces, the buckles are cut with a sizzix die,the faux stitching with a black marker, the buttons are from my stash and i raised the image up on foam pads


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colour create

this weeks challenge over at colour create is the combo black, white and pink with the extra element of polka dots, for this i decided not to go with a card but to make an ikkle gift bag. this is for a colleagues 11 year old daughter who is very artistic and has just started making cards so i thought i would fill it with some images and bits and bobs to start off her stash collection, i hope she likes it.




the papers are dovecraft the image is an anya from an image swap with pascale(thanks hon x) coloured with my promarkers, the flowers are prima and the roses from wild orchid crafts the rafia lace is papercellar the eyelets came with the cropodile and the ribbon is from my stash and the msdp border punch for the lacey border.

have a good day whatever you do today

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stamptacular sunday challenge

not much on for me today other than a few hours at work this afternoon, the visit to the drs yesterday was ok, got to have more blood tests and wait to see another specialist to try and find out the cause of my anaemia, for the past 6 months i've been prodded and poked by numerous drs and had umpteen different oscopies and scans to find out why i'm not making normal blood cells, i was off work for 12 weeks as i was sleeping for up to 20 hours a day some days, it was debilitating, though things are improving with the help of the iron pills and i am slowly increasing my hours at work though it will be a while yet before i'm ready to go back full time.
right thats enough of my waffling on this is turning into an essay!!!,



over at the stamptacular challenge blog this week the challenge is a colour combo of "black and white plus one " colour of your choice, well i think i had every colour of the rainbow out on the table before deciding on mint green, i think it just gives the black and white a bit of a lift,

the paper is dovecraft, the image is a gorjuss girl coloured with my promarkers, the ribbon is from my stash and the flowers are punched with an x-cut punch, the roses are from wild orchid crafts, i tinted the edges of the mulberry roses with my promarkers to match the colours of the image.


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secret crafter challenge

Good morning everyone, what a beautiful day it is here today, not got much on today, playing catch up with the housework :( and then a trip to the doctors this afternoon,




over at the secret crafter challenge this week we have to create a scene.....
for my entry i kept the card fairly simple to let the image have center stage, the images i used are spring blossoms by sarah kay, fall grass and butterfly accessory stamp by whiff of joy and coloured with my promarkers, the white card was embossed with the cuttlebug swirls embossing folder the msdp punch has had another outing and the roses are from wild orchid crafts.

have a lovely day everyone


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Katherina's new Elizabeth Bell summer kit candies

To celebrate the release of the fabulous new Elizabeth Bell summer kit the very kind Katherina is offering not one but TWO of the kits as candy to two lucky recipients, pop over to her blog by clicking on the link on my sidebar to enter,
good luck everyone


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3 in one combo

bit of a rush today i got called into work as my colleague who normally works Sundays is about to become a grandmother for the first time, baby's on her way and should arrive sometime today, so i covered for her, so to cut a long story short i thought i'd better try and combine a couple of challenges so this is my entry for

papertake weekly which is to use pastel colours
cute card thursday which is to use flowers
and sketch saturday which is a sketch

i rotated the sketch to fit the image,i hope thats ok




the papers are from a set i got from qvc many moons ago, the image a greeting farm anya from an image swap with pascale (thanks hon)coloured in as usual with my promarkers the circle is cut with a scalloped circle nestie and the embossed panel is the swiss dots cuttlebug embossing folder, the flowers are prima and the roses from wild orchid crafts


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phew !!!

I am sooo behind with my cards this week, though it looks like i got this one in just in time before the new challenge over at colour create, this weeks challenge was the colour combo coffee, chocolate and cream



The papers are papermania, the image is a gorjuss girl, coloured with promarkers, the sentiment is cuddly buddly, mounted on a matt cut with a nestie, the swirls are hotp and the roses are from wild orchid crafts (fabulous service). I tinted the edges of the roses with my promarkers to give them a splash of colour and inked the edges of the papers with distress ink, have a good weekend everyone,and to those lucky peeps off to ally pally have a fabulous time.

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Ooodles of noodles !!!

i have a little notebook that i use to keep a note of each of the challenges that i follow, it saves me having to load up the pages each time to check..... this week over at whiff of joy the challenge is the colour combo black white and a splash of colour, well i wrote it down in my book and wrote underneath in capitals and underlined "must use whiff of joy image "!!!... well the postie came and i had an envelope from the lovely Pascale with loads of anya stamped images and one of her gorgeous cards (thank you sooo much honey x ....) well that was it i just had to colour one in and before you know it had created this card, i sat back and thought ok thats another challenge to tick off the list, then it hit me ....doh !!! anya ain't a whiff of joy stamp!! ....what a noodle head i am !!!anyway here it is



the paper is papermania,the edges are inked with distress ink, the image is an anya from the lovely Pascale (thanks honey), coloured with promarkers, the flowers are prima and the roses are from joanna sheen, the ribbon is from stash, the gems are papermania and the MS doily punch also made an appearance again.

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from noodle head

stamptacular sunday challenge

over at the stamptacular sunday challenge we are challenged to make something with at least one bird on it, well i thought, this one's got me stumped, other than the little chicks on my easter cards, i didn't think i had any images with birds on until i looked at my gorjuss girls and found this one, so her gorjussness it is,

the paper is papermania scrumptious, the image is coloured with promarkers and cut with my nesties, the flowers are prima and papermania, the spacers from ebay and brads and ribbon from stash, the raffia lace is from hobbycraft and the embossing was done with the birds and swirls cuttlebug embossing folder.

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secret crafter

yuk !!! what a wild, wet n windy day it is here, a total change from yesterday, here's hoping it clears up a bit later before i venture out to work. A quiet day here today, my two youngest have gone over to friends for the day so my morning is free... can ya guess what i'll be doing ?!!!

over at the secret crafter, this weeks challenge is a sketch and a colour combo of chocolate orange,this is my entry




the papers are basic grey archaic,the edges are inked with blacksoot distress ink, the image is daisy with dolly from the new Elizabeth Bell release over at funky kits and i've coloured her with my promarkers, the flowers are prima and papermania and the spacers are from ebay, the ribbon and brads are from my stash, oh and that punch has had an outing again !!!

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an award from Donna

The lovely Donna has so kindly given me this award, thank you soooo much for thinking of me honey , to say i am chuffed is an understatement!! now i need to spread the kindness to five others ....only 5!!! oh heck this is so hard to pick just 5 but here goes in no particular order .....

Barb
jill
jules
Pascale
Dawn

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happy tuesday

Good morning peeps,and a happy tuesday to you all, its a bit dark and dismal here today, i hope it picks up a bit later, a bit of sunshine doesn't half make you feel good, not much planned for today, off to work for a couple of hours at lunch time then back home to start some spring cleaning, though dont know why i'm bothering cos hubby wants to regrout the bathroom, and you can bet your bottom dollar the mess wont just stay in the bathroom !!!



This card is just a random one i've made to keep on hand for an emergency, should i need one quick, which knowing my kids is 5 mins notice!!!!

the papers are basic grey boxer, the image is a sugar nellie coloured with my promarkers and cut with a nestie, the stars are cut with a sizzix original die and run through the swiss dots cuttlebug embossing folder, the sentiment is cuddly buddly and the star brads ae from my stash.

have a good day whatever you have planned

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blog candy .... quick it ends at midnight!!

quick get yourselves over to lorraines blog she has a suprise candy on offer but you only have chance to enter until midnight tonight.... so what are you waiting for ....go see now!!!

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cupcake craft challenge

had a busy day this bank holiday, been furniture hunting and for once i found just what i was looking for.....and the best bit was there was 20% off !!! then off to the garden center to sort out my daughters equipment list for her duke of edinburgh award expedition, then to my sisters to show her how to put up her new tent so all in all a busy day,
over at cupcake craft challenge this week, the challenge is to create a card with just one layer this is my entry a birthday card for my sons friend who is mad on football


the paper is forever friends, the image a sugar nellie coloured with promarkers and cut with a nestie, the numbers and letters are cut with the sizzix lollipop dies, and the diamontes are papermania.

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Easter cards

What a glorious afternoon it is here, the sun is shining and the birds are singing
here's my Easter cards, all pretty similar just variations on the theme...



the image is one of the accessory stamps from the whiff of joy spring collection coloured with promarkers and cut with a nestie, the papers are from qvc yonks ago i think they are papermania, the flowers are prima and papermania, the brads and ribbon from stash, the raffia lace from hobbycraft and a sentiment peel off only cos i not got a happy easter stamp oh and that punch has had another outing again !!!

Happy Easter everyone

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cute card thursday and another use for "that" punch

this weeks challenge over at cute card thursday is a "marshmallow and chocolate" colour scheme, for this one i've gone more for the milk and white chocolate with marshmallow look rather than dark chocolate,



the image is a sugar nellie "maggie with flowers" coloured with promarkers then cut with the circle and scalloped nesties and then mounted onto a sizzix hexagon, the paper is forever friends,the edges are inked with tea dye distress ink, the sentiment is cuddly buddly and the ribbon is from stash, the brad is papermania and the spacer from ebay, the flowers are prima and cut with an xcut punch and the larger outer flower was a bit of an experiment ....

i cut some hearts out with a sizzix die and embossed on the back of them with a large embossing tool to give them some dimension, then scored down the center of the heart, but before sticking them onto a small circle of card to form the flower shape, i thought... what would they look like if i punched the edges of the hearts in the MS doily punch to get a lacy pattern, now i cant say i've ever seen a flower in the wild that looks like this but the effect is sort of growing on me lol, i think i might have to have a play with my other punches and see what happens,

have a good Easter everyone

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one stop craft challenge

over at the one stop challenge the challenge this week is ...all stitched up ....either real or faux stitching, this is my entry ....sorry about the wonky piccy lol



the papers are basic grey archaic the image is a cuddlybuddy stamp and the background is whiff of joy fall grass, coloured with promarkers and cut with a nestie, doodled some stitching round the edges with a black pen, the border punch is woodware and the ribbon and brads from the pit that is my stash cupboard, gawd it needs a spring clean!!!

i am still debating whether to move into the loft and finally have my own craft room, but today number 2 son seems to have locked himself away in there to get some revision done for his A levels so i think the decision has been taken out of my hands for the time being and i'll continue with the overflowing cupboard!!

hope you all have a great easter, my lovely boss has given me the day off tomorrow (with pay!!!!) as we are haven't got a clinic on, (i work in an opticians)so i got some unexpected crafting time this weekend yipeee.

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colour create challenge

this week the challenge over at colour create is the colour combo duck egg blue and rose, though i'm not sure the blue i've used would be called duck egg !!!



for this card i've used paper from the forever friends collection, the image is dress up maggie from sugar nellie, coloured with promarkers and cut with a nestie. the border is cut with a MS doily punch, the rafia lace is from hobbycraft and the ribbon and brads from my stash.

I've just looked outside and its looking like another beautiful day here, not much on today, bit of housework to do then off to work this afternoon. till eight...got to pay for the new stash somehow !!!
have a good day everyone
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mojo monday

A happy Tuesday to you all, back to work today for me, though just for a few hours,
there is a great sketch this week over on the mojo monday blog and this is my entry





the papers are from the papermania exquisite collection, the image is a sugar nellie coloured with promarkers and cut with a nestie, the sentiment is an anitas stamp which was the very first stamp i bought yonks ago, the flowers are prima and cut with a daisy punch the brads are from my sash as is the ribbon and the raffia lace and skeleton leaf are from hobbycraft

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Happy monday

A happy monday to you all, it's my day off today so hoping to get some crafting done and catch up with some challenges out there in blogland, and i need to feed my paperholic addiction too, lol have a lovely day whatever you do today.





for this card i used papermania paper, the image is from the whiff of joy spring collection coloured with promarkers and cut with a nestie, the black card has been run through the stylised flowers embossing folder, the flowers are prima and cut with an xcut punch, the spacer is from ebay and the brad is from the bottom of the bits box the ribbon is from my stash.

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