Poppies

 Morning and I have a card using a new stamp set and a sketch I liked at Atlantic Heart. The stamp set is from Arrietty with two images and ended up making four cards with them! I coloured the image with some new watercolour pens Helen bought and didn't like, so this was my first time using them and think I need new glasses as struggling with colouring! I lightly inked a stencil from My Favourite Things in the background, dies from The Works and p, paper from Crafters Companion. Sentiment from Penny Black and ribbon from stash. I coloured the poppies the same colour I have some in the garden.

Please note if any challenges have digi images for prizes I am just playing for fun and support as I don't have a printer  

Challenges-----

Atlantic Hearts-sketch

crafty gals corner-optional-flowers

double D-add a bow

krafty chicks-birthday

crafty catz-ATG

alphabet-c for circles

creative fingers-ATG

a cut above-ATG

crafts galore encore-ATG

Unicorn-flowers

aud sentiments-optional-flowers

craft rocket-birthday

lets craft and create-ATG/use a sentiment

triple B-birds/blooms/butterflies

the paper funday-ATG

allsorts-anything from the garden

daisy chain-not square

girlz and the art of letters-B for-birthday/blooms/bow

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated.

Carol x x x

A Little Bird Told Me

Morning and my second post today is a GDT spot at Pearly Sparkles and the challenge is-This Makes Me Smile. I have used a brand new Penny Black stamp set, coloured with promarkers. I used the image on the front and the sentiment inside. P, papers were from my oddments drawer,  Antique frame die-cuts from Penny Black and the tag dies from My Favourite Things.

FRONT-

INSIDE-

Please note if any challenges have digi images for prizes I am just playing for fun and support as I don't have a printer  

Challenges-----

passion for promarkers-Happy Birthday

krafty chicks-masculine

crafty catz-ATG------------------TOP 3

creative fingers-ATG

allsorts-ATG

classic design-ATG

mix it up-ATG

love to scrap-ATG

love to craft-ATG

lil patch of crafty friends-ATG

613 Avenue Create-ATG

creative moments-masculine

crafty gals corner-ATG

the creative crafters-ATG

crafters cafe blog-time for a laugh

creative inspirations-ATG--------------WINNER

Allys Angels-ATG

a cut above-ATG

critter crazy-ATG

crafts galore encore-ATG

Girlz and the art of letters-B for bird/birthday/blue

colorful options -blue or rainbow

Thank you for dropping by and hope you can join in.

Carol x x x

More Prem Baby Knitting

 Morning and June can you believe!!! I have two posts today, the first one is for  our

Anything but a Card/ATG challenge at A Place to Start.

I have made a start with more knitting for the Premature Baby unit at the hospital, and so far have made 5 blankets, 5 little hats and 5 pairs of teeny tiny bootees.

Challenge-----

love to craft-ATG

the outlawz-anything but a card

do-all kreatives-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and hope you can joinin us this month.

Carol x x x

Mushrooms? and a Mystery

 Well I am back after a few days in bed after collapsing with low blood pressure and dehydration and I got into trouble as son and daughter were in bed asleep and I went downstairs for something and collapsed in a heap "at the bottom thankfully" couldn't get up or shout and laid there for half an hour before I managed to get back to bed.

Anyway I have a mystery for you before I post my card-this is the AALL&Create stamp - I used-take note of the number 5 next to the mushrooms.

and this is the image I stamped out-check out where the number 5 is and please tell me I have not lost the plot and you can see what I can-can you see a face?

now as I had already coloured it I stamped the bottom half again and just cut out the numbers. Image was coloured with promarkers and added glossy accents, b, papers from Paper Favourites.

Please note if any challenges have digi images for prizes I am just playing for fun and support as I don't have a printer  

Challenges-----

crafty catz-ATG

creative fingers-ATG

allsorts-ATG

inkspirational-for the guys

krafty chicks-masculine

creative artiste-ATG

classic design-ATG

mix it up-ATG

love to scrap-ATG

love to craft-ATG

613 Avenue create-ATG

creative moments-masculine

stamplorations-ATG

lets craft and create-ATG

daisy chain-layer it up

Allys Angels-ATG

crafting from the art-ATG

creative inspirations-ATG

lil patch of crafty friends-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated.

Carol x x x

Another Giraffe lol.

 Morning and time for the mid month(already!) inspiration for the Cute Critters/ATG challenge at Stamping Sensations-which is sadly our last challenge.

I used the Giraffe stamp and sentiment from Pink Ink, coloured with promarkers, sentiment die from Tonic, stencils from Creative Expressions and My Favourite Things. Circle and scallop die from The Works. B, paper was an oddment in stash and I added glossy accents onto the sunglasses. Pretty straightforward you might think-WRONG-this pretty simple card took me a full and I mean full after-noon-I cut an aperture in a card then realised I needed the p, paper, so added paper to another card and cut another aperture, stamped the image onto the offcut-slightly off so stamped another then die-cut. Stamped and cut out glasses, added glossy accents and left to dry, caught them with my sleeve, so another pair stamped and cut-when I finished the card thought they were dry-wrong -so another pair stamped and cut then left to dry all night! Fluffed the colouring on the giraffes eye lashes, but by this time and as the image was already stuck down thought it will pass. I also cut the giraffes lower face and ears from the first image and put them on 3-D foam.

Please note if any challenges have digi images for prizes I am just playing for fun and support as I don't have a printer  

Challenges-----

passion for promarkers-masculine--------------TOP 5

I love promarkers-special occasions

CRAFT-birthday

creative fingers-ATG

crafty catz-ATG

allsorts-monochrome/ATG

fabnfunky-monochrome

GCFAOS-ATG+paper

mix it up-ATG

crafts galore encore-ATG

paper rocks scissors-ATG

crafty animals-ATG

613 Avenue create-ATG-------------TOP ROCKER

creative moments-ATG

crafty gals corner-ATG

we love stamping-all creatures great and small

Dragonfly dreams-use die-cuts

a cut above-ATG

the paper funday-ATG

the creative crafters-ATG

crafters cafe blog-time for a laugh

crafting from the art-ATG

creative inspirations-ATG

Allys Angels-ATG

love to scrap-ATG

love to craft-ATG

lil patch of crafty friends-ATG

path of positivity-ATG-positive/5 layers

creative artiste-ATG

stamplorations-ATG

lets craft and create-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and hope you will join us for one last time.

Carol x x x

Sketch Challenge

 Morning, I saw a sketch on Alysons blog for the latest Atlantic Hearts challenge which I really liked-while in bed knitting I thought ooh I have some snippets of Bee paper so made this card. Paper from Crafters Companion, snippets of Bee paper from Creative World of Crafts, die-cuts from Spellbinders, Memory Box and Hero Arts, sentiment from Penny Black and ribbon bow from stash. I coloured the poppies to match some flowering in the garden at the moment.

Please note if any challenges have digi images for prizes I am just playing for fun and support as I don't have a printer  

Challenges---

Atlantic Heart Challenge-sketch---------------TOP 3

cardz4galz-Bees

cut it up-something with wings

crafty catz-ATG

creative fingers-ATG

allsorts-Anything but square

lil patch of crafty friends-ATG

beautiful blossoms-ATG

Allys Angels-ATG------SPOTLIGHT GOLD WINGS WINNER

crafters cafe blog-ATG----------------TOP 3

everybody art-happy birthday

I love promarkers-Summer

GCFAOS-ATG+paper----------------TOP 3

do-all kreatives-ATG/flowers

mix it up=ATG

love to scrap-ATG

love to craft-ATG

critter crazy-ATG

paper rocks scissors-ATG/scissors used to cut sentiment/ribbon and inner circle die.

crafty animals-ATG

613 Avenue create-ATG/May flowers

Dragonfly dreams-use die-cuts

a cut above-ATG

daisy chain-layer it up-------------TOP 3

creative inspirations-ATG

the paper funday-ATG

craft rocket-not square

neglected  stuff-ATG/all the die-cuts

krafty chicks-Birthday

crafty gals corner-Spring

path of positivity-ATG-positive

Thank you for dropping by and any comments are much appreciated.

Carol x x x

Late Snowdrops

 Morning and time for a new ATG/Fancy Fold  challenge at A Place to Start. I made an easel card using the snowdrops stamp  from Sweet Dixie and coloured with promarkers with a stencilled background from My Favourite Things. P, paper from Crafters Companion, die-cut borders with I am sure a Tattered Lace die and sparkly gems from Twinkle Goosebumps  which I received in a card swap and these are the last four,  circle dies from The Works and metal brad from stash-had years! All my snowdrops have long gone to be replaced with patches of beautiful Bluebells and orange and yellow Poppies.

Please note if any challenges have digi images for prizes I am just playing for fun and support as I don't have a printer  

Challenges-----

krafty chicks- colour an image

crafty catz-ATG

creative fingers-ATG

allsorts-ATG/anything but square

Allys Angels-ATG

the creative crafters-ATG

beautiful blossoms-ATG

crafters cafe blog-ATG/no squares

crafting from the art-ATG

do-all kreatives-flowers

the four Seasons-Spring

mix it up-ATG

crafts galore encore-ATG

love to scrap-ATG

love to craft-ATG

613 Avenue create-ATG

we love stamping-ATG

dragonfly dreams-use die-cuts

creative creases-fun folds

lil patch of crafty friends-ATG

a cut above-ATG

Thank you for dropping by and hope you will join us.

Carol x x x