Blingin' 'eck! I can't get a decent photo!

The Allsorts challenge (by Jules) for this week is to bring out our bling, so I sat down and had a go at a monochrome card using my Stampendous Agapanthus stamps. I also used a text stamp from Crafty Individuals. The little swirl around the edges is from the Paper Artsy Sqiggly Ink collection. I mounted both panels on some silver holographic mirri board. I added a punched border (Martha Stewart) and ten stick on gems. I also added 3 large black flat-backed pearls. The greeting is from craftwork cards and also has a pearlised finish.Unfortunately I have not managed to get a decent photo, so it looks very lacking in bling! Maybe I should have added some glitter too! Thanks for looking x

Passion for promarkers - Canary and Grass

First of all I must say how thrilled I was to be selected for a top 5 spot on passion for promarkers last week. It really made my day when I found out on Wednesday! Thanks Helen, and thanks to to all those lovely people who left such lovely comments. Here is my card for this week's passion for promarkers. I used promarkers in Canary, grass, ruby, satin, blush, pastel pink, pastel yellow, cool grey 4 & 5, pastel blue and sandstone. The image is a digistamp by Mo Manning, and isn't she cute?!
I can't believe it's Friday and I've only just got round to putting this together. I coloured it last night after a rather hectic day in charge at work (Therapy!).
Thanks for looking!

Allsorts Challenge - Weddings

Here is my entry for this weeks Allsorts challenge. I made it a while ago for a lovely couple, both of whom I have worked with over the past few years. The verse is the Apache Wedding Blessing (can be found easily using google). All of the stamps were embossed in fine detail EP. Thanks for looking!

Tuesday taggers handbags and gladrags

Tuesday taggers have a theme of handbags and gladrags this week. Hope this fits the bill. I used Victorian Bouquet starburst stains to make the scrunched background paper, the flower and the paper I stamped the dress onto. The dress is a Graphicus stamp and the quote is from memorymakindivas.com. Sorry, there's no handbag - maybe she is still looking for one that matches!

Wooohoo!

I won best card in the 'By the Cute and Girly' challenge for Autumn Glory!!!!!!!! Wow! First time I have won a prize! Thank you to all the lovely people who are on the design team! I am so happy I did a little dance!!! I'm off to ring my sister-in-law to tell her that her birthday card got famous!
I will try and calm down soon - Honest! In the meantime check out this great challenge blog. I just love the fact that there are so many different types of craft accepted and the themes chosen so far have been wonderful. The DT are all hugely talented lovely ladies! Thanks again!

Tuesday taggers burst of colour

Here is my entry for this weeks Tuesday Taggers. The challenge is 'a burst of colour' so I hope this fits the bill. The stamp is by 'The Artful Stamper. The background is done with posh rainbow inks on a sponge. The glitter on the leaves is two tone green and copper, and the border and card are two tone too. The photo doesn't really do it justice.

This weeks challenge is sponsored by the craft barn.

Promarker class

Lynne asked me to do a class for her over the half term holiday, so on Wednesday evening I made my way to Watnall and did a class on Promarkers with a bit on digistamps. I was a bit worried, because it was very different from their usual class, but they said they really enjoyed it. I asked permission from Mo Manning and Sally-Ann at Digistamp boutique, so I wasn't in breach of copyright as they both said it was okay. Thanks Mo and Sally-Ann! Here are some of the examples I took with me that I haven't posted on my blog yet. We also used some Pink Gem stamps (first two cards). Aren't they cute! The second two are digistamps from Digistamp boutique. The papers here are Dovecraft and Papermania, but all several years old. The sentiments are from craftwork cards and I've used a generous amount of stickles. I feel like the christmas cards are well and truly started now! Thank you to Brenda, Jane, Susie, Carina and Jooles for a lovely evening. Meg had a lovely  time too!

And the winner is...

First of all I want to thank you for all your lovely comments and say a big welcome to all my new followers. I have drawn a random winner for the blog candy and it is... drum roll please....

Brenda

Congratulations, Brenda. Please drop me an email with your snail mail address so I can get it sent off to you. You can email it to me via my profile page.

Autumn Colours at Chatsworth

I just wanted to share with you some of the lovely shades of Autumn we saw at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire on Tuesday. We went to see the Exhibition of sculptures in the gardens, but Mother Nature well and truly upstaged them!

Two challenges

Here is my entry for this week's Allsorts Challenge that has a theme of Furry Friends, and Passion for Promarkers, where the theme is animals.
The image is a digistamp by Mo Manning and has been coloured with promarkers in Terracotta, Saffron, Dusky Pink, Sandstone and Pastel Blue. The papers are from Summer Driggs, the card candy is from Craftwork Cards and the sentiment is computer generated.
I really didn't know which animal to pick for this one. It was very nearly a mouse, then another mouse and then a reindeer! Thanks for looking!

One of those days

What happened to the extra hour? Well I know exactly what happened to ours. It was spent mopping up the freezer after it defrosted itself all over the kitchen floor! I got something out to defrost last night, but can't have closed the door properly, although I could swear that I did. A bag of blackcurrants and two ice lollies made it look like a murder scene! I have made a very large rhubarb crumble, a large lamb hotpot and there is a chicken to roast in the fridge along with some pork chops that will probably get stewed for another day. Fortunately it wasn't as well stocked as it sometimes is, although the sorbet, fish fingers and several other bits and bobs got thrown away.

In between cooking and mopping I managed to make this card for one of the girls next door. She will be nine next weekend. The stamp is 'Willow with Cookies' by Whiff of Joy. I coloured it with promarkers. The ribbon is 'borrowed' from Megan's stash and the card is punched with my Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch. The Papers are from Dovecraft and I've had them ages. The sentiment is from Craftwork cards.

Passion for promarkers week 22 - poppy and forest green

Here is my card for this week's passion for promarkers challenge. The image is a lovely free digistamp from Inger Harding and I fell in love with it straight away. I used promarkers in poppy, forest green, sandstone, saffron, ivory, blush, dusky pink, pastel blue, cool grey 1, meadow green, terracotta and vanilla. The base card was cuttlebugged with the snowflakes embossing folder. The papers were from the Funky Fairies 'lets get Traditional range' and the sentiment was from Craftwork Cards.
For those of you who want to know, the antibiotics are working well and I can open my mouth wide enough to accommodate a snickers bar now! I can talk more too!!! Thank you so much for all your good wishes and thanks for looking x