a card for 3 challenges, (pbsc-cicb-ooh la la)

As i have been struggling for time but really wanted to get stuck in to some challenges i thought id make 1 card but for 3 different challenge blogs.

so here is the card and the challenge blogs i worked from,

1,http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/ which were asking for you to use some black and goldin your creation,

2,http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ (week 33) which wanted you to use a frame somewhere on your work,

3,http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/ (week 1) which required you to make a valentine card with black in it.

the card was made using the the simply elegant papermania paper pack, penny black image coloured in with water markers, some gold peeloffs, black organza ribbon, and dovecraft embellishment,

sketch 36 friday sketchers

This card was done for http://fridaysketchersblog.blogspot.com/ i used my tilda picking flowers stamp and put some silk flowers on, i embossed the centre border with my cuttlebug, this card looks plainer in the photo than it does in the flesh

ive been tagged

Well ive been tagged by Jane at http://janecards.blogspot.com/ and also Jilly at http://jillyscreations.blogspot.com/ and the rules for this is to go to your pictures on your pc, select the 6th album and the 6th picture, upload it to your blog and explain what its about, then select 5 people to do the same,

well my picture is from my holiday to devon to visit family, this picture is actually from dartmouth on the day of the regatta, cant remember exact month may have been early sept 08,
i remember chatting with my hubby an saying we would love a boat like these (hey you can dream lol)

anyway who to tag?????

1, http://carlzcardz.blogspot.com/
2, http://mylittlecardblog.blogspot.com/
3, http://mayjaysmeanderings.blogspot.com/
4, http://maxines-arts-and-crafts.blogspot.com/
5, http://jjuli2.blogspot.com/

even more candy

ive come across even more candy over on go take a look, closing date is 29th jan http://craftycoo.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-candy-nos-2.html

sooo excited

ive just ordered some new stamps,rock a blocks,watercolour pencils etc for my birthday present from my hubby and son, well you cant leave it to them can you lol, im soo excited cant wait till i can show you what ive got, i will take a photo on my birthday as hubby wont let me have them before, will have loads of fun making cards with them i can tell already,

more blog candy givaways

On my blog hopping travels ive come across a few blog candies, all well worth a look, as ive yet to ever win anything (boo hoo) i thought id enter as many as possible lol, so here are the blogs with the candy lol.

1~ Lisa over on http://rubberstampinzone.wordpress.com/2009/01/22/blog-candy/ is giving away some amazing stuff, a stamping up stamp set plus few other bits, closing date for this is 26th jan.

2~Katy over at http://katysbloggeroo.blogspot.com/ is offering up some beautiful k an co candy, this one closes on 28th jan.

3~Ally from http://yourmemoriescanada.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-candy-alert.html is giving away some candy but this one is a bit of a surprise, closes 31st jan.

4~Michelle at http://n8tvtexan.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-candy-here.html is giving away some copics and stamps on her blog, closes 31st jan.

5~Rachel on http://www.inspirationsbyrachelb.com/2009/01/blog-candy.html is giving away cuttlebug stuff as her candy, this one closes on 1st feb.

im keeping my fingers tightly crossed as usual, my number has to come up eventually lol, (one can only hope)

blog candy

There is some amazing candy to be had over at http://pinkpuds.blogspot.com/ definately worth a look,it is to be drawn on the 27th jan.

cupcake craft challenge sketch 23

I thought id have a go at one last challenge for today, so here we go.... my take on the sketch from http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ i thought id do something a little less girly.

The card is all pearlescent and looked really good i thought? i used some ribbon i got from craft central, and the stamp is from my see ds collection, again the photo isnt quite as light as i would have liked but not too bad, the card is supposed to be blue/shiny gold and white/gold. i have matted all the card and put 3d squares on the stamped card to give some depth, to finish of the look i just doodled around all the edges with my black stardust sakura pen. i would love your feed back.

a card for 3 challenges

Here is my card for 3 challenges today..........

Lets get dotty from http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ which you just had to use dots in your design and as you can see i used dotty paper and embossed some dots with one of my cuttlebug border folders,

And X is for....from http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/ m/ which was just asking for you to use an x somewhere in your design, which i did in my border around edge of card,
The card and paper in this design is all pearlescent and shines really nice but as usual i couldnt get a decent shot despite trying loads of times.
and last off the sketch is from http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/

my card for cuttlebug be inspired#14

here is my card for cuttlebug challenges, the stamp is from alota rubber stamps,

my entry for abc challenge

Here is my entry for this weeks challenge over on http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/ its W for wallet,

this was my take on it, i got this idea out of one of my papercrafts books,

To make this i used my simply elegant backing paper from papermania, penny black stamps, and for extra effect popped some gold coloured beads onto some wire attached to a lovely prima flower,

there are 6 pockets to card this with gold gems stuck to each and decorated with some laura ashley papers as they seemed to match up well, to finish off used some old scraps of gold ribbon as a tie, and put some gold peel offs on and some gold stickles.

all the things i love blog candy

i was having a look at some blogs and noticed that there was some excellent blog candy up for grabs over on http://bevscrafts.blogspot.com/ an what a candy it is, go take a peek,

2 new awards

wow ive been awarded 2 new awards from claire at http://clairecraft.blogspot.com/ im feeling honoured lol,
HERE ARE THE RULES:
For the Encouraged award all you have to do is:
1) Put the award on your blog
2) Put a link on your blog of the blogger who gave you the award
3) Nominate 5 other bloggers
4) Leave a comment on their blog notifying them

so after much deliberation i have chose the following 5 bloggers to recieve either or both of the awards,

1. http://spans-stitchin.blogspot.com/
2. http://mylittlecardblog.blogspot.com/
3. http://kiesworld.blogspot.com/
4. http://terriebaileys.blogspot.com/
5. http://nikkiscardsandnews.blogspot.com/

For the Fabulous Blog Award you have to also state 5 things you are addicted to so here are my 5...........

1. my family
2. card making
3. my laptop
4. facebook lol (i know i should get a life )
5. drinking alot of tea

cupcake craft challenge 22

Ive been on a bit of a roll so thougth id do 1 more sketch challenge, the last one i chose for today is from http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ i decided to get out some old bits an bobs ive struggled to use, and make something with them.
none of these pieces are brand names so cant tell you where thier from lol, but actually im quite pleased with how it turned out. not my best work but certainly not my worst lol.
this is definately my last one today as i want to relax for a bit before bed as im at work 10 hours tomorrow.

Penny Black saturday challenge 31

The Penny Black challenge this week was to use pink and brown on your creation, i love working with pinks but dont have a lot of browns in my stash as i found out lol, but thankfully did manage to find some nice co-ordinating pinks an browns in my papermania simply elegant paper pack, i have used my sakura clear glitter pen to the bottom right of the card but you cant see it, which is a shame because it shimmers really nice, go have a look at the other entries over at http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ there are some fab cards on there,

sketch saturday 33 challenge card

Theres just no stopping me at the moment, i have so much card making energy but not alot else lol, for this challenge i chose to use the sketch from

http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/ i had alot of fun using this but i did change it round a bit hope thats ok? to make this card i used my gold holographic card as backing and also papers from the antique cream paper range, then i just simply put some gorgeous flowers,gems and a greeting on to finish,

friday sketchers 34 challenge entry

This challenge was from

http://fridaysketchersblog.blogspot.com/ sketch 34, I thought this sketch was brill and will definately use this again, To make my card i used some bp i got of my secret santa of my card group on msn, the stamp is My First Kiss by Sarah Kay, i coloured it in with my watercolour pencils,then used my sakura clear glitter pen to put some shine to it although you cant really tell that from the photo, the text is from pocket full of posies range, and the flowers were bought in a kit from costco.

loads of blog candy

well whilst ive been looking around at peoples blogs i have come across several blog candies, so thought i would share them all with you guys,

firstly pop over tohttp://luvocardz.blogspot.com/ as donna is giving away some forever friends candy closing date is 21st jan,

and http://donkeysmiles.blogspot.com/2009/01/valentine-blog-candy.html michelleo has put together a valentines candy with some alota stamps this one closes jan 15th,

jude over at http://crafts-international.blogspot.com/ is giving away some birthday candy for the chance to win this candy you have to say what your new years resolution was, well mine was to try and keep my house a little more tidy an keep up with the ironing as im not too good on the house keeping lol, so far havent broken it YET,

and finally over on http://craftymakes.blogspot.com/ kim is giving away some candy as part of a celebration as she was awarded papercraft essentials papercrafter of the year 2008 and also getting 5000 hits, the closing date for this is 31st jan.

wow thats a lot of candy lol,

even more blog candy

There is even more blog candy up for grabs over at http://lim-thevoicesinmyheadlimblog.blogspot.com/ there are some amazing hanglar stamps an images as the prize, im keeping my fingers tighly crossed,

a new card for two challenges

I have recieved some new stamps today so was desperate to have a play with them, i thought i might as well try to do a challenge with them so had a look at my challenge blogs and came across http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/ for this challenge you had to use the colour voilet, so i started off making a violet card but then i also came across another challenge blog http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ which was asking for challenges using glitter well as i love using my stickles and my glamour dust i thought this card was perfect for both,
I used my new tilda stamp and put glamour dust around all the edges but you cant see it to well then used my stickles to glitz up the flowers, my backing paper is from the pocket full of posies mat stack which already has glitter on it,

pink gem candy

There is an excellent blog candy up for grabs over on http://pinkgemdesigns.blogspot.com/ they are doing this to celebrate and promote there new releases for january, why not take a look there are some brill stamps, an maybe try to win the candy? closing date is 11th jan though so be quick.

wow my 3rd challenge card today

Im quite surprised with myself, ive struggled to make anything for weeks and now ive done 3 in one day thats really good for me lol, this challenge was made for

http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/2009/01/charisma-cardz-challenge-number-1.html its the first time ive come across this challenge blog and i liked what i saw,all you had to do to enter this challenge was make something with pink, so i got my thinking hat on and came up with this,

To make this card i cut out my own card blank with pink card and used backing paper from the dovecraft kids range, put some silver peel offs around the edges to give it a border, then used a topper i got from a local store of an fairy, then put some fibre on the bottom and made my own tag for the greeting.

Another challenge card done

I thought since i seem to have got my creative flow back (for a little while at least anyway lol) that i would have a go at another challenge blog, this time i chose http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ for this challenge all you had to do was create something using anything you had for christmas, well obviously i chose to do a card as thats my thing lol,

To make this card i used backing paper from the pocket full of posies mat stack which i had for christmas, and coloured a cute companion stamp that i had swapped with a friend using my watercolour pencils and my new sakura pens in part.
I put gems down the sides which i got from a pound shop and finished off with some of my flowers from my laura ashley stash,
i inked up the sides and used my shimmer chalks to complete the look.
what do you think??

penny black saturday challenge

this is my first challenge in a while due to all the decorating an christmas, i chose to start by doing a penny black challenge as im a big fan of penny black stamps lol,
To make this card i embossed some holograpic card with the hearts pattern, and used some red ribbon i got from a kit i bought from costco, the image was coloured in with my watercolour pens and stickles used on the rose, the text is rub-ons i got from a pound shop, i made my own card blank from some pearlescent card i have in my stock, i was really pleased with it when i had finished, take a look at the other entries on http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

belated happy new year to all

Well firstly i would like to wish everyone a belated happy new year, ive big plans for 2009, with my second child expected in april,ive not made any cards for about 2 weeks so havent anything new to show you,
We have been decorating our bedroom and we knocked out our chimney breast so its been a big job, but now its pretty much finished "YAY " ive also had no where to craft because my desk was completely covered with allsorts of things lol,
Ive lost my crafting room now too, so to make space for the nursery but my hubby got me a little desk from ikea that fits in our bedroom and last night i moved all my things in and tidied them so im thinking my crafting mojo is soon to return lol, it actually looks pretty good, ive put loads of bits in our new wardrobe so not on show as my hubby hates clutter and isnt a big fan of my hobby lol.
Anyway enough of my chit chat lol hopefully i will soon have some cards etc to show you?
have a fab day xxx

a few cards for you to see

above are a few of my new cards, various types, ive not had much time on my hands for crafting of late and we are decorating at the moment so all the clothes and furniture etc have gone in craft room so cant even get in there now lol, will get back into it after christmas hopefully, then when new baby arives not sure how i will fit everything in lol.

cute card thursday challenge

Here is my random design card for this weeks challenge, i used a penny black stamp for this as i love them, and all other stamps to think of it lol, and some organza ribbon to jazz it up, the paper was out of a special paper pack i bought from the works,

MEN (gggrrrrrr)

well to start things of those pictures i wanted to show you all of the new christmas cards i'd made (and was rather proud of) have gone forever (boo hoo) as my hubby didn't actually save them as he had been sure he'd done, and now i have made some new creations to upload that i have saved to my own pc he has lost the cable so no pictures yet im afraid grrrr, i will upload when it comes to light.

i will be around looking at blogs and making the odd card but as its christmas i wont be online regular as we are sooo busy, were also decorating our bedroom (i know what a time to do this)

im also getting quite tired these days with the pregnancy but all is well so shouldn't complain,
so anyway to finish my ramblings i want to wish all my blog visitors a very merry christmas, have a great day with family/friends etc, and i will see you all very soon

blog candy

whilst i was on the trimcraft forum looking for blogs to visit i came across this blog candy that is on offer on judes blog http://crafts-international.blogspot.com/ the closing date is 10th december so still time to go an visit, she is celebrating getting 3000 hits, well done jude.