Award from a fellow crafter (Brenda Brown)

I have received this award from a remarkable lady who creates the most amazing cards and projects.

I enjoy visiting her blog (Bumblebees and Butterflies) where her talent for creating different works of art surpasses all other.

Thank you very much Brenda, much appreciated.

So Berry Cute

I have entered this card into the following challenges:

Let's Get Stamping - follow a sketchie and a theme of 'Tutti Fruity'.

Stampavie and More - Sparkling.

Papertake Weekly - In Stitches.

Sew Many Cards - Anything goes.

Pollycraft Monday - Pinkalicious.

Everybody Art Challenge - Birthday.

Paper Sundaes - Birthday.

Crafty Sentiments - Birthday.

Pear Tree Design - Summer Loving.

Crafty Catz Weekly - Let's Go Digital.

Secret Crafter - Strawberries & Cream.

Stamp with Fun - Birthday.

Just Cute Bears - Open theme.

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Nice and Girly.

Simon Says Challenge - Check it Out (use checks, plaid and gingham on your project).

Cute Card Thursday - Lets get fruity!

Charisma Cardz - Metal Mickey (anything metal on your card/project).

Stampin' B's Design - Summer Fun.

Image is a Sugar Nellie stamp called 'Strawberry Tea' which has been coloured with Promarkers and distressed around the edge with Tim Holtz 'Worn Lipstick' distressing ink. I have added faux stiching to the inner label.

Nestability - Label 2.

Backing papers are from Nitwit Collection, Strawberry social range - Plaid Red, Gingham Green and Leaves Pink, they have all been distressed around the edges with Tim Holtz 'Brushed Corduroy' distressing ink and Star Dust Stickles glitter glue.

The edge of the white card has been stamped with an Ivy rubber stamp using Tim Holtz 'Peeled Paint' distressing ink.

The sentiment and strawberry embellishments are Nitwit digital elements and covered with glossy accents.

Martha Stewart leaf punch has been used to create the leaves around the strawberries.

The ribbons, gems, metal strawberry charm and bling are from my stash.

Top 3 in I ♥ Promarkers

Whoop, whoop.............

I have won a Top 3 Badge in I ♥ Promarkers Challenge No. 19 with my Popcorn Bear Card.

Sorry Shanna

This card has been created for the following challenges:-

Crafty Sentiments - follow sketchie.

Bee Crafty Downloads - Pink & Girly and you must use a digi stamp.

Sweet Stampin - Clean & Simple.

Totally Gorjuss - Sugar & Spice.

Craftilicious - Monotone.

Alphabet Challange - H is for Hearts.

Fussy and Fancy Friday - Monochromatic & Wings.

Paper Sundaes - Pretty as a Princess.

Charisma Cardz - All About Bling.

The Treehouse Challenge - Tool Time (use your favourite crafting tools - mine are Nestabilities, Punches and Promarkers).

Papertake Weekly - Ice Cream Flavours.

Dare U 2 Digi - Blooms & Butterflies.

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Nice & Girly.

Fun with Shapes & More - Flowers.

Pile It On - Stickers.

Flutter By Wednesday - no challange.

Image is a Mo Manning Digi called 'Sorry Shanna', which has been coloured in with promarkers. I have added little pearls to her ribbons and necklace and applied Glossy Accents to her boots.

Nestability - Label 8.

Backing paper is Tim Holtz Idea-ology Vintage Shabby paperstack.

The Butterflies have been created using a Tonic punch and have been touched up with star dust stickles around the edges.

Martha Stewart border punch has been used to create the heart edges.

I have created the flowers using a retro flower punch and centre blooms from my stash, touching them up with star dust stickles around the edges.

Pearls, gems, glass flowers, ribbon and sentiment are all from my stash.

Who's shoes are these????

I have entered this card into the following challenges:

A Spoon Full of Sugar - theme is 'Enjoying the Sunshine'.

Papertake Weekly - theme is 'Ice Cream Flavours'.

Everybody Art Challenge - follow sketchie.

My Time to Craft - theme is 'Xtra Special'.

Crafts & Me - theme is 'Family and Friends'.

Die Cut Dreams - theme is 'Strawberry & Chocolate Colour Combo'.

Charisma Cardz Challenge - theme is 'All About Bling'.

Craftalicious Challenges - theme is 'Monotone'.

Fussy and Fancy Friday - theme is 'Monochromatic and Wings'.

Flutter By Wednesday - no challenge.

Image is from Inger Harding design and has been coloured with promarkers. Glossy accents has been added to the flower and shoes. Distressed with Spun Sugar Tim Holtz distressing ink.

Nestability - Label 5.

Backing papers are from DCWV Garden Party paperstack and has been distressed around the edges with Tim Holtz Walnut Stain distressing ink and touched up with Star Dust stickles glitter glue. I have sprayed the backing papers with Glimmer Mist.

The large butterfly has been punched out using a Martha Stewart punch and the small butterflies have been created using a Tonic punch.

Flowers, pearls and ribbon are from my stash.

Popcorn Bear

I made this card for my Daughter's birthday last weekend and thought I'd best enter it into a few challenges.

I ♥ Promarkers - theme is 'Bears'.

Just Cute Bears - theme is 'Here Comes Summer'.

A Spoon Full of Sugar - theme is 'Enjoying the Sunshine'.

Shabby Tea Room - theme is 'Summer Fun'.

Papertake Weekly - theme is 'Ice Cream Colours'.

Tuesday ThrowDown - theme is 'Celebrate Summer'.

Stamp Something - theme is 'Something Summer'.

Image is Popcorn Bear by Crafters Companion, coloured with Promarkers.

Nestability - Large circle and large scalloped circle.

The backing paper is from Garden Party paperstack by DCWV, the pink cardstock has been put through my Cuttlebug using a flower embossing folder.

I have made the flowers using several blooms from my stash.

Ribbon, cardstock, pearls and gems are from my stash.

Football Crazy

I am entering this card into:

One Stop Craft Challenge - follow sketchie

Cards for Men - Father's Day

CCEE Stamps - One for the Males

Your Next Stamp - buttons

Paper Cutz - Father's Day

C.R.A.F.T - Father's Day

Daisy Doodles - Father's Day

Totally Gorjuss - For the Boys

Our Creative Corner - Gotcha Cornered

Just Us Girls - Let's get digital

Magical Crafts - Something for a Male / Father's Day

Stamptacular Sunday - A Tribute to all Fathers

Creative Craft - For the Man in your Life

Cas-tastic Challenge - Button, Button.... Who's got the button.

Crafty Catz - Embossing.

Stampavie and More - Dots.

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Doodling.

Pollycraft Monday - Let's have a sing song (I'm singing 'Three Lion's on my Shirt').

Crafty Cardmakers - Cards for Men.

Cupcake Craft - One for the Boys.

Incy Wincy Designs - One for the Guys.

Crafty Creations - It's a Stitch Up!

Polka Doodle - Fathers Day / Male theme.

One Stop Craft Challenge - One for the Boys.

The digi image is called 'Robbie with Football' from Cuddly Buddly Crafts and has been coloured with promarkers and distressed with 'Weathered Wood' Tim Holtz distressing ink.

Nestability - Label 10.

I have doodled around the edges to create faux stitching to each die cut and around main card.

I have generated the football crazy sentiment from my computer and distressed the edges with 'Weathered Wood' Tim Holtz distressing ink.

The cardstock and buttons are from my stash.

Top 5 in Meljen Design Challenge

Am I on a roll or what................

Another win for Crafting Gina G!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to my 'Cuddly Cloud Baby' card.

Little Girl in Kimono

I have made this card and entered it into:

Let's Get Stamping - follow a sketchie, with a twist of Eastern Promise.

Crafty Catz - theme is embossing.

Stamp Something - theme is Happy Somethings.

Our Creative Corner - theme is Gotcha Cornered.

Crafts and Me Challenge - theme is Friends and Family.

The image is a Mo Manning digi image, coloured with promarkers and touched up with Star Dust Stickles glitter glue.

Nestability - Label 12.

Tonic butterfly punch was used.

The fan was from Joanna Sheen's Elegant Fan CD, touched up with Xmas Red Stickles glitter glue and an organza bow was added.

The white piece of card was embossed using my Martha Stewart scoreboard and distressed with Tim Holtz Weathered Wood distressing ink.

The red backing paper is a snake skin texture as are the little 3D butterflies.

Cardstock, sentiment, flower and ribbon are from my stash.

Winner of Sketch Saturday

Not another win I hear you say..... Yes, it was my 'Cuddly Buddly Charlie' card this time. I won £30 to spend in The Craft Barn.

Winner of Just Magnolia

WOW how excited was I when I realised I had won this challenge. I entered my 'Tilda with flowers sat on her basket' card. I won $30 to spend Simon Says Stamp.

Cuddly Cloud Baby

My Daughter asked me to make a 'Baby Boy' card for a friend.

I have entered it into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - follow a sketchie.

Pollycraft Monday - theme is 'Ribbon and Bling'.

Bee Crafty Downloads - to use a digi image and theme is blooming marvelous.

Meljen Designs - theme is dry embossing.

Crafty Creations - theme is 'Child's play'.

The blue backing paper is Magnolia. I have embossed the white card with a cuttlebug butterfly embossing folder.

The digi image is from Meljen Designs, called 'Cuddly Cloud Baby' and has been coloured with promarkers and touched up with Star Dust Stickles glitter glue.

The pearls, flower, lace, ribbon and bling are from my stash.

Tilda with flowers sat on basket

I have entered this card into the following challenges:

Pear Tree Design - follow a sketchie with a twist to include flowers on your project.

Crazy Challenge - theme is 'Distress It'.

Cup Cake Craft - theme is 'Dazzle Us'.

Just Magnolia - theme is 'Lace borders' (pleated lace must be on your card / project).

Stampin for the Weekend - theme is 'Summer / Travel'.

Pollycraft Monday - theme is 'Ribbon & Bling'.

Stampavie and more - theme is 'Summer'.

Crafty Angels - to use your favourite stamp (as you can tell by looking at my Blog.... I Looooove Tilda).

Your Next Stamp Challenge - theme is 'Use border punch'.

Everybody Art Challenge - theme is 'Things with Wings'.

Paper Sundaes - theme is 'Summer'.

A Spoon Full of Sugar - theme is 'Floral Delights'.

Alphabet Challenge Blog - F is for Flowers.

Backing paper is from Fancy Pants Design called 'Flurry' which I purchased from my local craft shop Bee Crafty. I have distressed the edges, inked with Walnut Stain distressing ink by Tim Holtz and glittered with Star Dust Stickles glitter glue.

Image - Magnolia called 'Tilda with Flowers' and the basket is a Magnolia rubber stamp also. Both have been coloured with promarkers.

I made the flowers by using Magnolia roses for the back layers and several loose petals of blooms adding a small rose for the centre of each and glittered each centre bud with Star Dust Stickles glitter glue

Martha Stewart border punch used is called 'Daisy border punch'.

Sentiment is from Wild Rose Studio.

Ribbon, lace, glass butterfly, card candy, pearls and bling are from my stash.

New Hat

I have entered this card into:

Lets Get Stamping - follow a sketchie and theme is 'Distressing'.
The Corrosive Challenge - use any types of die cuts.
Meljen Design - to use dry embossing.
Papertake Weekly - theme is fun fun fun!!!
A Spoon Full of Sugar - theme is 'Celebrations'.
Crafty Cardmarkers - theme is Least & Most (most favourite colour combined with your least favourite).
Delightful Sketches - add texture to your card/project.
Charisma Cardz - theme is flowers.
Crafts and Me - to have distressing on your project/card.
Pixie Dust Studio - theme is Punch it out!
Cupcake Craft Challenge - theme is Dazzle Us!
The Crazy Challenge - theme is Distress It!
Alphabet Challenge Blog - F is for Flowers.

Backing paper is from DCWV paper stack range called Garden Party, distressed with Walnut Stain distressing ink by Tim Holtz and touched up with Stardust Stickles glitter glue.
Nestability - Standard Circle distressed with Tumbled Glass distressing ink by Tim Holtz.

Marianne Design Creatable Frame has been cut out and embossed onto DCWV Core White cardstock and sanded around the edges to give a distressed look.

Image is called 'New Hat' by Lily of the Valley, coloured with promarkers.

The scalloped circle has been created by using a Silvermoon punch.

The flowers have been created by myself using modge podge and glamour dust.

The pearls are from my stash.

Winner of Pollycraft Monday

I am the winner of Challenge 45 (buttons and butterflies) with my Tutu Sweet card. I am soooo excited.

I am the proud owner of 7 images from these lovely bears.