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Friday 30 September 2011

Cardmadfairy's digi days ~ too early for christmas ( and jennis new release of festive digis)

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Good morning everyone its friday again so that means another challenge over at cardmadfairy digi days, we are going with

......Too early for christmas......

Now jenni has been working super hard to bring us all some new and fantastic digi images, if you have seen jennis work you will already know she is super talented and to top it all only charges 99p per image!!!!!! how amazing is that,

Well i am going to show you all her new ones now so get ready to be amazed

here they are......And here is my dt card using one of them...isnt he lovely
Right im off to the gym now to try and get some weight of me lol



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Thursday 29 September 2011

please vote for me lol

Or of course you could enter too lol, but if you have access to facebook id love it if you could vote for me,


Ive uploaded 2 cards a mainly white embossed one and a green patterned rudolph one,


I would be ever so grateful as ive only just uploaded my cards and way behind some peeps lol


pop HERE to have a nosey


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DDCC#132 a game of bingo

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You know folks i will get this time difference lol, anywho the new challenge over at dutch dare is out and we have a fabulous game of bingo for you, but you will have to pop over and see the board as for some reason it wont let me add it here,

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Our great sponsor for this challenge is the stamping boutique and ive used one of there amazing digi images on my creation

And here is my card... I hope you like it

I have chosen
distressing (torn papers)
dies/punches
bling
To make this card i used my dcwv rockstar matt stack which is getting used up more an more asd i love the papers, well actually it card, You cant see it too well as its mirri card but i used my martha stewart star border punch and oval scallop nesties,along with some lovely silver ribbon i have gotten from meiflower
I am entering this into
I love promarkers ~ distressing / Simon says stamp~anything goes /
My time to craft ~ musical medley

I hope to see you over there xxx

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Wednesday 28 September 2011

My crafty buys from blue jelly- and dont forget i have a blog candy at the moment open to all

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On sunday i went to meet vicky aka blue jelly as she was having a sale of her old unused stuff and her stamping up stuff, well it would have been rude not too lol, i stayed for about 4 hours chatting and of course spending lots of my money(or should i say dans)

It was fab and vicky was just as i imagined her to be

I bought lots and lots as you can see, it was like going to the nec lol, although ill be going there too as im still saving up,Can you spot my stampin up stamps lol that makes about 12 sets i own now, lots of matt stacks and sentiments, chipboards,ribbons etc etc,
It was lovely to meet vicky as im nervous meeting new people and especially since i went on my own lol, i do hope to see her again at her future crops and classes,
Besides this whole lot of stuff ive bought 2 other second hand stampin up sets and some charms, along with a maggi and cc design stamp of ebay, and am awaiting my stamping up club order !!!!!!!
think i must of spent a small fortune of hubby's money lately, but you know what they say....
"you only live once"
well better go now as ive got stew and dumpling cooking in the slow cooker lol
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Have a pint on me

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This kenny k digi is fab i just love it, so when i was asked to make a card for a son who loved a pint i just knew he was the one, now there where a few challenges floating about for clean and simple so thats what ive done, The grossgrain ribbon is 1.5 cm wide and fantastic on mens cards, ive used platinum stickles around the image. and the papers where gifted me from one of my trimmie friends as i dont have much mens papers, of course my promarkers got an airing as they do on most cards lol, i know im still not great with my colouring but im learning, some images i colour look pretty good and others not so.

anyway the challenges im entering this fella into are

Simon says - Anything goes / Crafty creations - CAS / Sweet stampin - anything goes

Allsorts - keep it simple / Truly scrumotious - clean and simple

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The pretty imogen on another easel card

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Good evening folks, its rather late and im off to bed in a min, but i wanted to share a card with you that ive made today, its for a friend of my mums, i used the my minds eye papers and some prima flowers, along with lots of shiny holographic card and stickles, Up close view, imogen is just fantastic and amazing to colour in, dont forget she is only 99p over at cardmadfairy creations,
I would like to enter this into a few challenges pretty please
Creative card crew ~ easel card / One stop ~ easel card / Southern girls ~ anything goes
Incy wincy ~ fancy folds / Pile it on ~ fancy folds / The crafty pad ~ stitching
Crafty catz ~ autumnal colours

Good night folks sleep well xxx

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Tuesday 27 September 2011

creative craft challenges - DT call results/winners and new theme

Wow guys we have so much to fill you in on over at creative craft challenges this morning, including lots of winners and of course our new DT gals, you really ought to pop by and have a look,

and of course we have a new theme this fortnight in the form of a sketch,

here is my card following the sketch,


I havent put the sketch here lol so your gonna have to go to the blog to see it, and of course see who the newbies are, its so exciting for us at the moment as we are going to be seeing some changes.

the digi ive used is from robyns fetish who are our sponsors for this challenge


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Thursday 22 September 2011

DDCC # 31 a sketch

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We have another fabby challenge for you at dutch dare, its team B's turn to show off thier work this time,
please remember though folks that you can only combine upto 8 challenges,
Here is the great sketch you have to follow



We are being sponsored by the fabulous di's digi's which the dt have used in thier projects



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Wednesday 21 September 2011

A CAS christmas card

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Ive been asked to start making my xmas cards as a few of my mums friends want to buy from me, as time is of the essence when you have 2 small children i made a few simple ones, and this is one of them, i believe the digi is a crafty pad one, i enlaged it to make it the main image rather than small, I used icycle stickels and glossy accents for the snow, and promarkers on the snowmen, popped on some organza and a gem brad and bobs your uncle (well not mine but he must be somebodies)

The sentiment is a stampin up one,
Im entering this card into 5 challenges
Truly scrumptious - clean and simple / Anything goes - anything goes /
Less is more - anything CAS / Totally papercrafts - clean and simples
Cute card thurs - anything goes

see you later im off for a cuppa with a mum from school so will be back later xxx




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Saturday 17 September 2011

Yummy cupcake card

Well good afternoon folks, i hope your day so far has been a good one? ive made dinner and chilling for a bit why hubby is getting stressed with ales trying to sort the toybox out lol, he wants to get rid of some of them except alex isnt really into it lol, im leaving them to it for a bit as it wasnt my idea lol

Here is a cupcake card made with my dovecraft papers and decoupage set, i have actually made a few cards with this set as i think theyre sooo pretty, ive added star dust stickles to the edges and on the cake then glossy accents on top of the cake as well, the grossgrain ribbon was cut from a gift packed teddy i got, its 1.5 cm wide, then used a craftwork cards sentiment.H


Here is a closer view of all those layers, it probably looks like it took longer than it did,


Im going to pop this into a few challenges


One stop ~ girly / Craft your days away~colour combo / The poodles parlour ~ tea party


Cute card thursday~anything goes


Well i guess i better go help as our living room looks like a bombs hit it lol, see you all later




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Friday 16 September 2011

cardmadfairy's digi days ~ All about the layers

OOOPsie im a little late posting my DT card today sorry folks, ive been out all day and only just got back, an also forgot to schedule (doh)

Anyway our theme over at cardmadfairy's digi days is all about


LAYERS

so get matting and layering the more the better

here is my card using one of jennis digis

And here is a closer view of my layersI would love to enter this card into a few challenges

Cute card thursday ~ anything goes

Fab n funky ~ eyes down for bingo (buttons/ribbon/image)

Pile it on ~ layer it

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Thursday 15 September 2011

Dutch dare - mono challenge

What a morning lol, super busy sorting kids out for school, but they are happy for 5 mins eating thier toast so here i am to tell you about the new challenge over at Dutch dare card challenges,
we are going

MONOCHMROATIC


Here is my card



Now as you can see its a simple card as i had a bit of a mishap and couldnt properly rectify lol, we are being sponsored by patties creations whom offered us her digi's to use in this challenge, pop over to the blog and take a look at my other teamies cards,


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Wednesday 14 September 2011

My garden partie piccies - danger some drunken piccies lol

As some of you may know we have almost finished our garden at the back, we have now completed the large decking area, and to celebrate we had a pretty big party, It started as it always does, folks outside having a chat listening to some music and the kiddies playing
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Here is one of my best friends claire with her fella andy, (my other best friend claire and her hubby andy didnt make it,yep ive 2 friends with same name and hubbys same name boy does that get confusin lol)


Here i am with clairemy other friend gemma with her fellaMy kyle nicking breadsticks bless himA slightly more drunken piccie of my mum,sister cousin and me Us singing on the good old karaoke, this always comes out as everyone i know loves singing on it even if they are tone deaf as am i at timesMy hubby dan after a few mojito's
Hope they made you smile, we took loads of piccies but i chose a select few to show you, we have our fireworks party in november which is a yearly thing and loads of people come to that as my hubby gets brill fireworks and im in charge of the food lol,


will show you piccies from that too if you have the stomach for it lol


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The beautiful imogen

Our lovely jenny from cardmadfairy creations and host of digi days has been a busy little bee, she has designed a set based on the lovely imogen here which was the first in the set, and also watch this space for some new christmas images. here is a close up of the lovely flowers, but the colours look soooo different in close up dont they?
I used the dovecraft tea house papers, the ticket stamp is from whimsy stamps and of course you can get imogen HERE at a very very affordable price of 99p and she is fab to colour in.
Challenges for this card
fab n funky - Bingo (flowers/digi/embellishment)
Sweet stampin - teenagers and a sketch (they also have a dt call on at the moment)
Alphabet challenge blog - P for pastel


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Tuesday 13 September 2011

slugs and snails

good evening fellow blogger and good friends, i have made a few quickies today and here is one of them, i used the dcwv butterflies and blossoms card stack, along with a fabuluos stamp ive had a while but cant for the life of me remember where i got him from, the sentiment is from stitchu i believe,

just to give a little bit extra detail ive used my white sakura pen to add some stitching, and some blue ribbon i cut from a top lolChallenges for this one


Cards for men - anything but squares

Pollycraft - Baby love

Totally gorgeous - its a man thing

Hope you all have a lovely evening whats left of it

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Monday 12 September 2011

Buttons and bling at creative craft challenges

Creative craft challenges has another great theme for you, and we are looking for buttons and bling, we have some great sponsors as always for you lucky folks,



My card isnt using one of thier images though im afraid as ive been very busy, but my wonderful DT have used a mixture of there images so please pop over and have a nosey I have used a inkylicious stamp for mine and some lovely white heart shaped buttons,



im loving my martha stewart doily lace punch, i know its been out a while now but ive only had it a couple months and lurve it so much


For my bling i have used silver elasticated thread from my ever expanding stampin up stash


and lots of sakura glitter pens and stickles, to finish i added some lilac satin ribbon and faux stitchin, very simple and quick as like i said ive not had much time,



Id like to enter my card into a couple challenges pretty please

Secret crafter ~ song inspired (white wedding)
The stamp man ~ mono with 1 (purples and white)

Charisma ~ song inspired ( white wedding)

Hope you liked it, i have made a few stampin up cas cards lately with my wonderful new stamps and stash will upload when i can x

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