Graph'It Markers challenge week 19

I'm here this time for the mid challenge inspiration for the Graph'It Marker challenge blog which was set last week and is "Lets go Pink" so here is my entry

The image and papers are from the 5th Birthday celebration blog hop over at Polkadoodles. You have until the 30th May to join in the blog hop and grab yourself £11 worth of freebies and the chance to win a massive blog candy worth £100. So as soon as you've finished here get yourself over there and join us.

The Graph'Its I have used to colour this image are:

Skin: 4115, 4145, 4155, 3120, 4135

Pinks: 5150, 5170, 5180 & 5110, 5120, 5125, 5130

The heart, the large corner and the flowers are all Tattered Lace dies. I ADORE those Lavish Bloom dies! The frame is a Sizzix die and the felt border is from a room decor strip from Dunelm Mills

I am entering this into the following challenges
Crafting at the weekend - anything goes
Digi Designs - Use those markers
Just some Lines - Flowers
Kit and Clowder - Flowers
Pumpkin Spice - About A Girl
Suzy Bee's - Flowers

Polkadoodles challenge week 19

Good morning all, it's time for some mid challenge inspiration over at the Polkadoodles blog. The challenge that was set last week is to use something old and something new together. Here is my card.

The image I have used is from the Work & Play Collection 2 CD, which is also available as an instant download. Or you can just buy the Gardener image by itself. The papers are the "old" element on this card and they are from the Pretty Tuff CD Rom. The garden shed it made my using a wood effect stamp on kraft card and then I've used the Tattered Lace beach hut die. I think it makes it look like a garden shed, don't you? The mushrooms are also from a TL die. The little plant pots are real terracotta and were given to me by my friend in Spain who rescued them from going in a bin as she knew I would use them!

The Graph'It Markers I have used to colour the image are:

Skin: 4115, 4145, 4155, 3120, 4135

Greens: 7250, 7270, 7290

Digi Choosday challenge week 18

Good morning everyone, it's time for another challenge over at Digi Choosday and this week the challenge is to make something for a kids party. Here is my make

I have used the Boys Hoot Download Bundle to create this invite, I thought the owl peeking out of the box was perfect for a surprise party. I took the topper into a graphic program (MCS) to make the sentiment. I have layered up the lid and bow on the box and the sentiment using 3D foam.

Tattered Lace Challenge Blog Challenge 2

So here I am at last with my first make for the Tattered Lace Challenge Blog Challenge. We are onto challenge 2 and the challenge this month is Romance and Roses. To enter this challenge all you need to do is use a minimum of one Tattered Lace die. Of course more is fine!

The prize for the winner for this challenge will be a 3 month subscription to the Tattered Lace magazine for issues 7, 8 & 9, which is worth a whopping £38.97! And if you have seen these magazines yet, you are really missing out as each issue contains a FREE die! Pop over to Crafting.co.uk and check out the full range.

Anyway, enough babbling from me. Here is my DT make for this month

I have use the Summer Rose die and the Florentine Heart die. 

I have coloured the die cuts with the Permanent Red and permanent Green Shade Pan Pastels.

And the winner is....

Good evening everyone, I am here tonight to announce the winner of the tattered lace Lavish Blooms dies from www.crafting.co.uk and the Tattered Lace challenge blog.
I can't believe there were only four of you! Anyway, onto what you are all waiting for, the winner as picked by a random generator is
 
Number 2 which is Lynne Wilson. Congratulation Lynne, your dies will be on there way to you soon. I hope you will be joining in our challenges at the Tattered Lace Challenge Blog

Exciting news

Good evening everyone, I have some very exciting news to share with you tonight. I have been asked to be part of the new Tattered Lace Challenge blog DT! I'm sure you know by now how much I love these dies from how much I already use them. To check out the new blog click HERE.
And now for some more exciting news, I have been given a full set of Lavish Bloom dies to give away to one lucky follower of my blog and also of the Tattered Lace Challenge blog. So click on those follow links and leave me a comment below. Good luck everyone!
Here a few cards I have made lately using the Tatty Twinkle stamps and Tattered Lace dies.

And one more thing, keep an eye on the TV listings for Create and Craft for something very exciting coming soon.
Good luck everyone.

Digi Choosday challenge week 16

Good morning blogland, I am celebrating my birthday today by doing nothing but crafting all day! My wonderful hubby has bought me an eBosser for my pressie to save my arms aching from winding my Grand Calibur, and I have to say, I love it! It cuts all my Tattered Lace dies perfectly, 1st time through!

So as well as my birthday, it's Tuesday again so you know what that means, it's time for a challenge at Digi Choosday. The challenge this week is "Number It". Here is my card

The image and candle number are from the Digistamp Heaven CD which is full of Emma Canning's images. The papers are from the Work & Play Collection 1. I've used the Dutch Doobadoo Shape Art 1 stencil and some Dutch Doobadoo Denim Jeans - 2 sheets Dark to create the mats and layers. The hearts and small crown are also from Dutch Doobadoo. I have coloured them with Pan Pastels. The large crown is a Sizzix die cut which is cut from Kraft card and coloured with the Rich Gold - Metallic Pan Pastel.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

2 Cute Ink - Celebration

The cheerful Stamp Pad - 3 papers

Crafting from the heart - Anything Goes

The Crafty Bloggers - Die Cuts or Embossing

Fitztown Challenge - Anything Goes

Premium Craft Brands Challenge

I am here again, this time with the challenge at Premium Craft Brands. The challenge this week is "Go Grungey". Here is my project

It started out life as a cheap £1 canvas. I started off by covering it with a cheap emulsion paint. I then mixed some Maimeri Light Modeling Paste with the Orange Pan Pastel and placed the Butterfly caught Mask/stencil 12x12" over the canvas and applied the mix around the outer part and the inner part of the stencil. I then mixed the Orange Extra Dark Pan Pastel into the paste and applied that through the middle part of the stencil. I then used the Dark Orange PP around the edge of the canvas to distress it and the used Black Pan Pastel right at the edge of the canvas. I used the same Pan Pastels to colour the lace, the clay flowers and the stamps, and the paste mixed with the PP's to cover a silver ornament that broke off of a Christmas bauble.

Here are the products I used:

We Do Doobadoo challenge week 4

It's time for a new challenge over at We Do Doobadoo and it is "Embelish It"

Here is my project

I decided I needed somewhere to keep all my lovely Doobadoo products in so got to work with the little box. I cut the papers down to size and distressed all the edges with ink. I then used some Maimeri Glassy Gel through the Mask/Stencil Art A5 - Squares to give a texture to the papers.

  I then used some Gilding Flakes over the top of Cardboard/Kraft Art A5 - Crowns. I then used the Mask/Stencil Art A5 - Abstract with some Maimeri White Gesso mixed with a Permanent Red - Pan Pastel over the top of some wooden butterflies and glued them on.

Now all my goodies are in one place so I'll never lose them!

Here are the Doobadoo products I have used:

Fab blog candy!

We are celebrating our first birthday at the Graph'It challenge blog challenge so we are offering some amazing candy to one lucky person.

There are dies galore, CD's, stencils, Graph'It markers, paper packs, stamps, punches and tons and tons of goodies anyone would be very lucky to receive! 

So go head over to the Graph'It challenge blog  now for your chance to win!