Monday, 31 January 2011
Sunday, 30 January 2011
so sweet
Today I had loads of crafty time. So all my DT work is in the bag and I had time to do a challenge card, and this is it.
I used 'sugar sweet dreams' by Penny Black and coloured with water colour pencils. The dotty paper is 'alphabet soup' by My Minds Eye and the twine is from the ribbon girl (my seam binding is on the way, missed the bus first time round).
I am entering my card into 5 challenges.....
Cupcake....food for thought
Simon Says.....animal antics
Creative Inspirations.....buttons and bows
The Spotted Chick.....krafty thursday
Allsorts....saving nature (I used card from a box, behind the flowers)
That's it for today, but just wait till you see the cuties Sally-Ann has lined up for February over in the DigiStamp Boutique. New release day is tomorrow!
Oh, and don't forget to check out my little piece of candy.
Saturday, 29 January 2011
thanks a bunch
Good Morning Penny Black fans.
First up I would like to give a big shout hello to my new followers it's lovely to see the number growing. I'm afraid it's been a bit slow on the crafty front this week. Blame the day job! Hopefully normal service should be resumed soon.
Anyways, you'll be wondering what this weeks challenge is, well wonder no more.
We have one of Paulines fabulous sketches.....
First up I would like to give a big shout hello to my new followers it's lovely to see the number growing. I'm afraid it's been a bit slow on the crafty front this week. Blame the day job! Hopefully normal service should be resumed soon.
Anyways, you'll be wondering what this weeks challenge is, well wonder no more.
We have one of Paulines fabulous sketches.....

There is gorgeous inspiration this week from my teamies and news of last weeks winner here on the Penny Black Saturday Challenge blog. This weeks prize is a 15% off lifetime discount voucher for PB Stamps.
Thursday, 27 January 2011
Win £100.00 worth of stash!

Jacqui, my lovely boss over at Simply Create is running a fab competition to win £100.00 of stash. Yep, that's right one hundred pounds worth!
All you have to do is....
All you have to do is....
- create something with paper or fabric using the mood board above as inspiration.
- link your creation to the Simply Create blog.
- become a follower of the Simply Create blog.
- post details of the competition on the sidebar of your own blog.
Easy peasy, right? Find out all about it here.
Monday, 24 January 2011
happy day
Have you noticed my current fad? No, not the friendly flags again! Yep, it's stamping directly onto my card. This time I used my Hero Arts 'happy definition' for the background. To get a white space I used a square post it note over the middle of the stamp. Worked a treat.
I stamped 'hedge delivery' by Penny Black in the space and coloured with water colour pencils.
I then stamped out three Hero Arts buttons, coloured with copics and cut them out (really to cover the corner where the post it note didn't quite do the trick). I added a stamped sentiment and doodled round the hedgie and the edge of the card.
I am entering this card into the current Delightful Challenges....Celebration.
Saturday, 22 January 2011
Penny Black Saturday Challenge
Good Morning Penny Black fans.
We have another challenge for you. This week it is.....
January Sales
So have you bagged a crafty bargain in the January sales? If so team it up with your Penny Black stamp, sentiment or stickeroo and create. Or, perhaps your bargain was a Penny Black stamp, if so, I am sooo jealous!
We have another challenge for you. This week it is.....
January Sales
So have you bagged a crafty bargain in the January sales? If so team it up with your Penny Black stamp, sentiment or stickeroo and create. Or, perhaps your bargain was a Penny Black stamp, if so, I am sooo jealous!
Everything I have used today (except my friendly flags) was reduced by at least 20% in my (fairly) local shop, CraftWorld.
This weeks prize......
4 rolls of ribbon from Fantastic Ribbons.
This weeks prize......
4 rolls of ribbon from Fantastic Ribbons.
So you know the drill by now. You can find out if you are last week's lucky winner, see lots of brilliant cards to inspire you and enter your creation here at The Penny Black Saturday Challenge.
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
bugs & kisses
I got to choose a digi image from the massive range at Digital Delights by Louby Loo. I chose Lara Ladybug. Makes a super cute card, perfect for Valentines.
You can read all about my spotlight here.
Monday, 17 January 2011
very special to me
I am entering my card into the challenge over on Papertake....ribbons and pearls.
happy birthday
Sally-Ann has sent me some of the latest releases from the Boutique so I'm off now to have a play. All being well I will share tomorrow.
Sunday, 16 January 2011
new home
I've just found a brand new challenge blog 'Do It With Digi's'. Well, I love to do it with digi's so I had to get creating. I have used one of the little houses from the new home collection at the DigiStamp Boutique. I coloured with promarkers/copics and the papers are bobunny and little yellow bicycle (double sided).
I had a re-org' of the crafty cupboard and found these small letter stamps. Have now moved them to the front so you will no doubt be seeing them again!
I am entering my card into.....
Do It With Digi's.....new beginnings.
Saturday, 15 January 2011
best buds
It's Saturday and that means a brand new challenge and this week it's......

So along with your image you get to choose 4 items!
My card is very (very) bright and bold this week. It just sort of happened! I used a Penny Black slapstick stamp 'loving and hugging' coloured with copic pens. The papers are by Doodlebug and I picked up the felt flowers at Tesco.
And here are this weeks prizes from our regular sponsor Penny Black.
One lucky winner will receive.....
One lucky winner will receive.....


And, just before I go, there is still lots of time to enter the 'new beginnings' challenge over on Crafty Calendar.
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
hello
I am entering my card into two challenges....
Cupcake and My Partner in Crafting Crime, both challenges are 'something new'. My something new is, of course, my new favourite stamps (well, this week) Hero Arts 'friendly flags'.
OK then, early night for me. First full week back at work for ages, still two days to go and I'm exhausted!
Monday, 10 January 2011
you're special
I am entering my creation into two challenges....
Sunday Sketch and Stamp....a fabby sketch
The Spotted Chick....that's krafty Thursday
Saturday, 8 January 2011
a new little someone
New Beginnings
No surprise there then, this seems to be a popular theme at the moment so no excuses for not entering a card!
This time I chose to do a baby card. We are delighted to be sponsored by Pink Gem Designs and I have used one of their images on my card, super cute!
We have 6 new DT members to welcome on board this month so for some fabby inspiration visit the Crafty Calendar Challenge blog.
I am also entering my card into these two challenges....
Creative Card Crew....new beginnings
Simon Says Stamp.....new beginnings
new pad
This week , in honour of a brand new year, our challenge to you is....
New Beginnings
I decided to make a new house card using Penny Black Stickeroos, easy peasy!
We have 3 fabulous prizes this week so next week there will be 3 lucky winners!
First up we are delighted to welcome the Ribbon Girl as regular sponsors. I can personally recommend this little company, first class!


Next prize, this beautiful PB stamp from our lovely teamie Pauline.

For fabulous inspiration from the rest of the team and to enter your card visit the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.
Thursday, 6 January 2011
blue again....
This fits 2 challenges....
Lili of the Valley.....sketch
Delightful......buttons (any challenge involving buttons and I'm in!)
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
special treasures
Along came nesties, embossing folders, etc and now I couldn't make a card without the big fella! But I still have those original dies I hardly use. Well, I got them out from the back of the crafty cupboard and am determined to use them. So here is a card with die cut balloons, quite effective.
The stamp is from my new Penny Black set 'a good catch' coloured with water colour pencils. The sentiment is from a Hero Arts set.
I am entering my card into the Papertake challenge....anything goes.
Tuesday, 4 January 2011
make me smile
Monday, 3 January 2011
Pippa sending lots of love
I paper pieced her dress and shoes with papers from basic grey 'marjolaine' and used copics/promarkers to colour the rest.
I followed this weeks sketch at Sketch and Stash. My new item is the image.
a simple thank you
Anyways here is a card using my Banana Frog build-a-bloom. This time I stamped out the petals onto white card, coloured with copics/promarkers and cut out. The sentiment is by Hero Arts and the twine from the Ribbon Girl.
I am entering these two challenges....
Allsorts....thank you
Cute Card Thursday....thank you
Sunday, 2 January 2011
happy birthday
I am entering my card into the challenge over on Creative Card Crew.....Birthdays.
Off out to the cinema tonight. Booked to see Tron 3D at the Imax. It's hubby's choice, well, we watched The Holiday last night so I can't complain!
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