This morning i had some great news. I have had my application to become a design team member for Cupcake Craft Challenges accepted.
I am really looking forward to the projects and challenges ahead and so happy that Lauren thought my work was good enough to make me a design team member.
Please take a look at the blog and enter the challenges. You have a chance to be entered into the monthly prize draw by doing so.
I made this christmas card using Friday Sketchers sketch #18. The backing paper is dovecraft contempory christmas paper, and i used one of the penny black christmas critters stamps for the main image coloured with pearly water colours ffrom the works. The baubles are stamps from dovecraft again coloured with pearly watercolours. Ribbons again dovecraft
Daring Cardmakers challenge this week is sponsored by Funky Hand. The challenge is to use the sketch and either funky hand downloadable papers or your own stash.
I chose to use my own stash for this as I was in a black and white mood. The papers are Dovecraft charcoal prints with some black and white spotty ribbon i found in my stash. The sentiment is hand written
Leanne at Flutterbyz is running a fantastic blog candy at the moment. Why not pop over and have a look.
Hi everyone. Sorry I haven't posted for a while but i have been on my hols in Devon. But i am now back and ready to start new projects.
On Cupcake Craft challenges this week they are running an ATC Challenge. There is no particular theme for this so i found it difficult in choosing which atc to use as i have made a good range of them recently, but I eventually chose this one. The photo doesn't really do it justice as it is decoupaged and looks really good in real life.
Hope you like it
Well as you all may be seeing i have changed the look of my blog again. Talk about being stressed, well nothing went right for me as blogger seemed to be playing up a bit for me so everything i tried went wrong. mainly with my new sig that i had made in psp. Finally after a couple of hours of playing i think i have finally got it sorted. So much for a crafting afternoon, that's gone out of the window now. But never mind will do my crafting tomorrow
I saw a tutorial on Dawns Stamping thoughts for this tutorial . I thought i would use it to make a christmas card. I have used the Tilda carrying presents stamp couloured with pearly watercolours. the sentiment is a studio G stamp by dovecraft. You can find the tutorial for this card HERE.
My daughter needed a 21st birthday card for a friend. She only gave me a days notice so this is the card i made
I was bored so decided to play around with one of the free Sheets from this months Making Cards magazine. I took one design and one sheet of backing paper and played around with different designs. I'm quite pleased on how they turned out so now going to play with some of the othere sheets in the magazine to see what i can come up with
Just to let you know Debbie at A card for Life has some great blog candy up for grabs to celebrate her first designs being made into stamps. Check it out here.
Here is the card that I have made for my daughters friend. It will be her 4th birthday so thought the Dottie Fairy would be appropriate. The backing papers and sentiment are from the crafters companions Girls CD. Dottie is coloured with pearly water colour paints that i bought from The Works. I love these paints and they are soooo much cheaper than H2O's, just wish there was a larger selection of colours. The letters for her name have been printed out and then clear embossed to give them a 3d effect.
If you have read my earlier post on 'thank you teacher' Than you will have read that i was a finalist in Trimcrafts July competition. Well I am proud to announce that i won, and here is my prize. It's a selection of the Dovecraft pet's range and it's lovely. Now just got to ge some idea's on what i am going to do with it
The Challenge on Papertake weekly this week is to ma a Christmas card. No special instructions.
I decided to have a go at making one of these slide cards, and i like it so much i may just make some more.
I have used the penny black christmas critters stamp for this, coloured with watercolour pencils and highlighted with sakura clear stardust. i can't remember where the backing paper is from as its some scraps left over from last year.
I was inspired after looking through websites to make this Advent calendar. I found the idea on Make the moments last. 
They have some great projects to try. Now just got to find somewhere to store it safe until December so that it doesn't get damaged.
This is the gift i made for my daughters preschool teachers. I made 5 sets in all as she has 5 teacher/helpers.
The papers and flowers are a download from Fred, She Said blog. Thank you to Tracey for designing such wonderful designs
This is the card i have made for my daughters preschool teachers for tomorrow as she is going up to infant school in September.
I have entered this card into the Trimcraft competition for this month and have been chosen as a finalist. I am so excited. I hope i win as the prize is some Dovecraft goodies.
If any of you who visit my blog are Trimcraft members, please vote for my card here if you haven't already. This is the first time I have had my card chosen and my daughter is so excited that the card we made was chosen
Funky Fairy Inspirations have a great Blog candy givaway at the moment.
'What is this blog candy i here you ask?????The *Prize* is FREE FUNKY FAIRYS PAPERCRAFTS PRODUCTS FOR A WHOLE YEAR!!! *WOW)'
You have to be in it to win it so give them a look
Nikki at Nikki's Card Creations is running a blog candy challenge at the moment to celelbrate her blogaversary. Here is the card i have made for the challenge.
The backing paper is from Dovecraft Amethyst floral prints and the stamped image is one I had sent me so not sure who the designer is.
The Daring cardmakers challenge this week is to 'Use images, use colour, use embellishments that make you feel cold and remind you of winter.'
So here is my card
The backing papers are by Marie Johnstone, which are then layered onto matt silver cardstock. The snowman is diecut with my cuttlebug and then watercoloured with my whisper pens and the boddy glittered up. The snowflakes are die cut with my cuttlebug from white glitter card and then stuck onto acetate to give them a 3d motion effect.
hope you like it
