Dottie gets all romantic!

Sorry everyone but it had to be done! When I noticed I had to set the challenge over on Dottie's World today I just couldn't resist it.

I can blame it all on the stars, I am a dreamy, head in the clouds, Piscean after all!

Who said Romance is dead!

Today is my 12th Wedding Anniversary and I want to see that romance isn't dead. I adore making cards but making cards for those people in my life who are truely special to me is the best type of cardmaking of all! So show me hearts and roses, flowers and swirls, just whatever makes you picture dreaminess and romance! Hmmm...now don't forget to include a Charmed Download of course....I cannot wait to see what you all come up with!Here are a few dreamy examples from the Design Team, make sure you play along too and show us that Romance ISN'T dead!

Grab your Charmed downloads and join in the challenge.

Copic Buzz Challenge #9

This poor little card has been sitting on my desk, in various stages for days and days! I am just not getting "quality craft time" and have so many other things going on with the children at home. Anyway I made this one for this week's challenge over at Copic Buzz!

Paper from Elaine at Quixotic Paperie (My Mind's Eye)

Copic Colour Challenge # 26

Oh dear, I am getting so little time to craft I am hardly keeping afloat with the DT stuff, certainly no time to play! Anyway, it's Wednesday which means another Copic Colour Challenge which this week is sponsored by Katie Cotton of the fabulous Paper Makeup Stamps. There are some beautiful stamps up for grabs so make sure you grab those Copics and join in the fun. This week the colours are;

Remember you don't need to use the exact colours, or even all three, as long as you use the nearest colour/s you have. Here's my effort:

Sorry, colours are awful as I took them last night, would re-do them but it's no brighter here at the moment, very gloomy and dull!

Paper- My Mind's eye (Bloom & Grow) , Spacer, charm, stamp-paper makeup Chelly all from Elaine over at Quixotic Paperie.

Dottie Digi Downloads go Monochromatic!

This weeks over at Dottie's World it's Nicole's first time at setting the challenge, and a great one it is too! Here'e what she said:

"Hello and Happy Sunday. It's another fun challenge for this week at Dottie's World.I'm hosting...for the first time.I'm so excited to share with you what the design team came up with for this challenge-these ladies are just so talented.And The guest designer for this month Trudy is just so super talented; we are so happy to have her along with us this month.Anyways, the challenge for this week is monochromatic. Everything on your card has to be one color...all and any shades of one color.You must use a Charmed Download.The charmed download can be colored in any color(s).Have fun and I can't wait to see what you come up with!-Nicole"

Now I have had this image printed and coloured together with the paper chosen for a few days ages now but still didn't finish the actual card 'til late last night! Always struggling to get ahead but never quite managing it!

Make sure you pop over to Dottie's World and see the creations from the rest of the DT for some fabulous monochromatic inspiration!

I also took inspiration from this week's challenge over at Papertake Weekly which is Four Seasons!

I used Holly from Pixie Chicks #1.

Copic Colour Challenge #25

Hi everyone, another wednesday, another Copic Colour Challenge.

This week's colours are;

Yellow Y06

Sugared Almond Pink RV02

Ice Blue B12

This week I have used an image from Mo Manning. Hope you like it!

I didn't have Y06, so I used a combination of other yellows on John's hair.Y17, Y21 and YR31

A touch of RV02for the teddies ears and nose, and B00,B12 and B32 for the PJs.

Paper (K&Co Roam), spacer and charm from Elaine at Quixotic Paperie, who is also sponsoring this weeks challenge. Pop over and look at the wonderful inspiration from the rest of the Design Team and join in the fun to be in with the chance of some scrummy Quixotic candy.

I am also going to enter this card into the challenge for Dutch Dare which this week means using lace on your card.

It's all black and white over at Dottie's World!

It's Sunday, it's time for a new challenge over at Dottie's World!

Here is Gunn's challenge:

"I want you to make a card that goes in black and white. You can use all shades of black and white. Skin tones are allowed on skin....Elements are great on cards- charms, flowers or what ever you like. On these elements I want you to have ONE other color, just to make an contrast to the black and white. You don`t need to have this color on all the elements, but one should have the color you choose.Of course, remember to include Charmed downloads. Have fun and play along!"

I struggled to find papers that would suit this challenge but eventually I decided on a Junkitz paper that looked quite "dreamy!" Thought it worked OK!

I did cheat a bit and as well as the red I used a little bit of green for the leaves and eyes...but it was green grey! This is the first time I have attempted "black" hair so please be gentle!

Copics-whoo hoo!

Look what came to play today!!!

At only £1.89 each....how could I resist a FEW more!

Irrestistable!

I just couldn't resist this design from Mo Manning. I played around with some My Minds Eye papers today and had a bit of a change from my usual colours. Loved working with the more earthy tones...and look forward to my latest batch of copics arriving! Whoo hoo!

Anyway, enough of the waffle, must get on!

A quick cutie!

A bit of a rush card for hubby to take into work tomorrow-not 100% happy with it, but hey ho!

I made this using inspiration from the Challenge over at Cute Card Thursday.

"This week we want to see you use eyelets on your card or project. If like me you have them in the hundreds then you will have no problem finding some hanging around at the bottom of a pile of stash...."

Charm and paper from Elaine at Quixotic Paperie.

Copic colour Challenge #24

Hi there, it's Wednesday which means a new challenge over on Copic Colour Challenge. This week the colours are;

Now I struggled a bit with this and think that I am just gonna HAVE to buy some more colours! LOL This is what I ended up with;

I have had "Daisy" for a little while now and this is the first time I think I have actually used her!

Lovely to colour! Here are the colours I used:

Pop over to join in the Copic fun over on Copic Colour Challenge and get your name doen to be Guest designer too, we love to see your creations!

Copic Buzz Challenge- Animal Antics!

Well it's about time I started getting myself organised, had a bit of a panic last night with my mum, (Mum is you are reading this you are very naughty and I will slap your wrist next time I see you!) I still have SO much to catch up on but I seem to be stuck in "go slow mode" after the mayhem of the last few weeks. I really must get kickstarted and get myself prepared and organised.

Anyway let's get down to some crafty chatter! Yesterday afternoon, Barbara from Copic Buzz Challenge requested for a little bit of help and I jumped in with both feet and no brain, to set todays challenge over on Paper Craft Planet.

In between pacing up and down and trying to get the children settled I threw together a card for

Challenge #7 Animal Antics.

"Anyway the challenge this week is to include some type of animal in your creations, it could be something mystical and magical or a basic domestic pet...there is so much choice out there and I cannot wait to see what you all come up with."

DewDrop Craftz meets Creative Card Crew!

When I heard from Nikki that DewDrop Craftz were going to start sponsoring Creative Card Crew, I had to pop along and take a look...now I am a old gal that cannot resist a few POLKA DOTS so I played along!

Copic Buzz Challenge.

Been a funny day today, Chris has been trying to sort out the playhouse and the garage, I am still playing catch up with the house, the garden, crafting, well everything really! But it all came to a grinding halt this afternoon when I decided to make some fruity flapjacks.....YUM!

Just finished putting together a card for a 10 year old girl into dancing, I have got another image coloured in too all ready to be made up into a card. I did this for this week's challnge over on Copic Buzz which is "HAIR!"