It's a Jungle Out There!

Happy Monday

Time for a challenge over at Outlawz and the theme today is:

Use Animal Prints or make an animal the Focal of your design!

You can see the rest of my Design team sisters creations, and enter the challenge Here

Here is my card:

The stamp set is Wild About You from Gina K Designs, and is by the uber talented Theresa Momber.

The die cuts are from Spellbinders and the large one is from Creative Book Pages Two, and the sentiment is Mega Deckled Rectangles large and small. The DP is by Graphics 45.

Please pop over and join us, I would love to see your creations, and remember we have two great sponsors this month, 

Di's Digi's

QKR

Thank you for stopping by

Time for a Release

Happy Sunday

Today I have a card made with a new release image from DS4J called:

Brush Stroke Frame 

Here is my card:

The frame image has been merged with Candle Decor and it has been coloured with Copic markers.

Enjoy the rest of your day, thank you for stopping by

Time for a Freebie and Some News about Blog Candy

Happy Friday

Firstly today I have a calendar for you, you can get the Freebie for the 2013 calendar HERE at DS4J

My calendar is for my gardening husband for his desk in our study.

The Images are all DS4J and they come from Gardening Set

The DP is a freebie from a magazine, and I used Melanie Muenchinger's latest set Lots of Letters for the 2013 at the top, and it is available in Red Rubber or Clear

The die cut for the sun is Inverted Scalloped Circles and the rain cloud has been cut with Wonky Rectangles both by Spellbinders and available in the UK at;

Whitstable Stamp Craft 

21a Oxford Street

Whitstable, Kent

Tel: 01227 264303

OR their parent company on-line

Oyster Paper Craft

To see the other wonderful designs from my fellow DT Sisters you can go HERE

Now my lovely friend Desire has just reached 400 followers on her blog Doing Life and is giving away  

To 5 lucky followers,

so pop over and give her some love and be in with a chance  to win

Thank you for stopping by, have a great weekend 

Baby it's Cold Outside

Happy Wednesday

Today is a start of a new challenge at DS4J

CHALLENGE #56 - Baby it's COLD outside

This is a "recipe challenge" - please make sure you READ below.

With winter already being felt in the Northern hemisphere, it's time to  make those COLD creations!

 We want you to make a card with the theme

BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
but you must use the following "recipe"
1 image, 2 patterned papers, and three snowflakes. 

Challenge runs from 5-18 December 2012

My talented fellow team mates have created some wonderful inspiration for you and you can see their creations and enter the challenge HERE.

So here is my card;

As usual there are some goodies up for grabs;

The randomly drawn winner will win THREE images of your choice from the store, and 2 runners up 1 image each.  

Of course, if you use a Digistamps4Joy image, you could win the big prize of $10 of images, and could be chosen as our Guest Designer!

I do look forward to seeing your creations, and I will be back Friday with news of a freebie for you.

Thanks for stopping by 

The Eyes Have it!

Happy Monday

Today I am hosting this weeks Outlawz Greetings Card Challenge, the theme this week is;

The Eyes Have It!

Incorporate "Eyelets" in your design, or use an Image in which the eyes are the Focal Point.

We have two great sponsors this month

Di's Digi Designs

And 

QKR Stampede

You can see all the lovely inspiration from my fellow DT's HERE, my card this week uses a wonderful image from Saturated Canary, the image is called Ugly Christmas Sweater.

I just adore this image, along with so many others the talented Krista draws and I promise you this will not be the last time you see images from Krista here on my blog, I have been building up quite a selection :-)

The pennants are stamped with Oh Christmas Tree by JustRight Stamps, and cut with Spellbinders Pennant Dies, the DP is from my stash, as is the ribbon, and the image is all coloured with Copic markers. The sentiment is cut out using JustRight Oval Medallion and mounted on Spellbinders Decorative Labels Twenty Seven ( I just love this combo, and no doubt you will see it again)

Thank you so much for stopping by, and I look forward to seeing your creations in the challenge 

Have a great week x

Meet Gwndoline

Happy Sunday

I have a new release for you today from DS4J, and her name is Gwendoline, this is also my Mum's name, so I dedicate this post to my wonderful Mum.

Here is my card;

The image has been coloured with Copic markers and mounted on Grand Fancy Ovals by Spellbinders, the leaf sprays are both from Marianne Designs and the corner details are Photo Corners also by Spellbinders, the DP is from a Christmas stack by Hobbycraft. 

You can see all the gorgeous creations by my fellow DT's HERE, and you can purchase the new images HERE.

Thank you for stopping by, have a great day 

Today I Had Some Exciting News

Happy Thursday

I just wanted to let you all know I have been pleased to accept a position on Creative Moments Design Team.

I would like to say a huge thank you to Abbie, Caro and all the Designers for inviting me into their family.

So watch this space for some wonderful projects in the near future, and I look forward to you all joining in with the challenges 

Thank you for stopping by 

Orange You Glad to be an Outlawz

Happy Monday

Our challenge this week is to:

Create a project using Orange as you main color or include Oranges in you design!! 

You can check out the challenge and the gorgeous cards made by my fellow DT's  HERE

My card uses an image from one of our sponsors Eureka Stamps called Butterfly and Sunflower

This was such a great image to colour with my Copic markers, the DP is from my stash and the dies are Spellbinders Grand Ovals, I created a print and cut file on my Silhouette to cut the image, the sentiment is from a Gina K stamp set (sorry can't remember which set), and it is cut out using the new layered tags from Spellbinders.

I purchase most of my supplies here in the UK from:

Whitstable Stamp Craft

21a Oxford Street

Whitstable, Kent

Tel: 01227 264303

OR their parent company

Oyster Paper Craft

Thank you so much for stopping by, have a great week

Great New Release

Happy Sunday

I have a card today featuring a new release from DS4J, the image is:

Button Set

This Cute set has been drawn by Margy, and you can see all the new releases HERE.

My card this week is:

As you can see I have used 4 of the designs, and "pumped" them up, the die cut is Spellbinders Labels four, and the DP is from a DoCraft Boofie paper stack. I coloured the buttons with Copic markers, and used a punch to cut the holes and thread ribbon through. The sentiment was found in the internet and the faux stitching is a stamp set called In Stitches by the lovely Tami Mayberry.

I have entered this card in the following challenge:

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend, be back tomorrow. 

Some More New Releases

Happy Wednesday

Here are another two cards with the latest releases from DS4J, and you can see all the new releases Here.

I have chosen

Jump Rope Jill

And here is my card:

I have combined the image with an older release called Garden Gate, and have coloured the image with Copic markers, the path and sky with Pan Pastels, the flowers and butterfly are from my stash. The embossing folder is Spellbinders M-Bossabilities Garden Lattice and the dies are Grand Squares and Grand Scalloped Squares.

My second card uses the image:

Lil Dungarees

These are just soo cute I could not resist the image, all coloured with Copic markers, DP from my stash and the die is Grand Fancy Ovals by Spellbinders and Grand Ovals.

I have entered this card in the following challenge:

Craft Punked Week 46 - Anything Goes

I get my Spellbinders and Pan Pastels from:

Whitstable Stamps

21a Oxford Street

Whitstable, Kent 

Tel: 01227 264303

OR their parent company on-line

Oyster Paper Crafts

Thank you for stopping by, and to all my friends celebrating Thanksgiving week, have fun with your loved ones, and to all those not celebrating enjoy the rest of your week.

Non-traditional Thanksgiving

Happy Monday

I do hope that all of you who celebrated Thanksgiving this weekend, had a wonderful time with your loved ones. I do not celebrate this holiday here in the UK, but believe me I do count my blessings every day, and have many things to be thankful for.

The challenge this week over at the Outlawz for the Greetings Card Challenge is a non-traditional thanksgiving project.

Here is a word from my friend and fellow DT AnaRy:

Hello everyone! It's thanksgiving week here in the US...we are saying thanks in a special way! So even if in your neck of the woods is not thanksgiving day..you can still participate! Being thankful is never out of fashion, right? : )

Create a Thanksgiving card that DOES NOT include Turkeys,Pilgrims, or Cornucopia. Traditional fall colors may be used.

Here is my card:

The wonderful image is from one of our sponsors Eureka Stamps It is called Harvest Basket. The pumpkin is a stamp and die from Memory Box called Great Pumpkin, the leaves are from my scrap pile and are cut using a Spellbinders die, the sentiment, ribbon, card and DP is all from Gina K Designs (by the way did you party with Gina last Thursday? The new stamp set releases are awsome)

Do check out my fellow design teams cards, they are just gorgeous and you can see them HERE

I have entered this card in the following challenge:

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Thankful

Thank you for stopping by have a great week see you very soon

A Look at the New Releases

Happy Sunday

Today at DS4J we have some NEW RELEASES the first card I have chosen to show you today uses a lovely image from Jen Lee called:

Neighbour Nancy

Here is my card:

I have used pan pastels to create the layer behind the brickwork and the brickwork is an embossing folder by Docraft. I coloured the image with Copics.

My second image is by Margy and is called:

Fruit Salad

My card for this is:

The DP is from my "stash" and the die cuts are all from Spellbinders and are Grand Ovals and Grand Scalloped Ovals, the corner is one of the new Di-Delights called Fantastic Flourish Two.

I have entered this card in:

Creative Belli Blog Challenge

You can purchase all these dies in the UK from:

Whitstable Stamp Craft

21a Oxford Street

Whitstable, Kent

Tel: 01227 264303

OR 

from their parent company on-line at:

Oyster Paper Craft

Thank you for stopping by 

A Great Challenge

Happy Thursday

Yesterday over at DS4J we launched a new challenge:

CHALLENGE #55 - GIVING THANKS

November is Thanksgiving time in the USA and so we are inviting everyone to say a special THANK YOU in this challenge!  There are so many 'things/people' in our lives that we can be thankful for, and this challenge will now give you the opportunity to demonstrate just that!

 We want you to make a card with the theme

GIVING THANKS

and it can be for anything - your cat, your mom/dad, the weather, your home, your friend etc.

NOTE: This will be a 3-week challenge, ending on 4th December 2012

My talented fellow Design Team "A" have produced some wonderful cards, and you can see them HERE

The images I have used for this card are Kitty Boy and Pooch, both from DS4J E-Shop

The story behind this card, and what I am thankful for is as follows:

I am thankful for my pets, I have had the dog since a puppy, a present from my Mum after loosing my first Husband to cancer, he has been loved all his life, and a great friend and comfort to me through the dark times in my life, the two cats are rescues, both seriously neglected and both seriously ill when arriving with us and both now well, and very much loved. I am also thankful for a very understanding husband who puts up with me chasing around the county rescuing animals in need and also the fact I have the health and resources to be able to help where I can.

We would love to see your creations over at the challenge, and we have some great prizes up for grabs:

 The randomly drawn winner will win THREE images of your choice from the store, and 2 runners up 1 image each.  

Of course, if you use a Digistamps4Joy image, you could win the big prize of $10 of images, and could be chosen as our Guest Designer!

Thank you for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your week, see you Sunday

Another Card from this Weeks Release

Happy Wednesday

I just wanted to share with you another card I have made with a new release image from DS4J E-Shop.
This great image from artist Jen Lee was just too good to resist.

This image is called - Teatray Tam

And here is my card:

I had so much fun colouring her in and it gave me a great excuse to use the latest additions to my Spellbinders collection, I have used Nested Tea Cups and it's companion set Tea Service, and all done in my favourite colours. The DP is from Gina K Designs and the sentiment is from a GKD stamp set called Cool Beans, it has been cut out using Spellbinders Fancy Frame Tags Two.

I get my Spellbinders here in the UK from:

Whitstable Stamps

21a Oxford Street

Whitstable, Kent

Tel: 01227 264303

OR 

On-Line at:

Oyster Paper Craft

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your week

Monday Challenge

Happy Monday

It is time for a Monday Greetings Card Challenge over at the Outlawz and the challenge this week is to:

Craft Your Stash: 

Use items from your stash/headed for the 

trash pile to create a project. 

This month our sponsors are:

Eureka Stamps

Providing 5 Free Digital Images

Squiggle-Fly

Providing 3 Free Digital Images

Stamp 'N' Doodle

Providing 3 Free Digital Images

My card this week uses a gorgeous image from one of our sponsors Stamp 'N' Doodle:

All the die cuts are left over from some recent Spellbinders demo's and the only exception to this is my image. The sentiment is from a Gina K stamp set (sorry I can't remember which one)

I am entering this card into the following challenge:

CMC Copic Challenge - All About Kids

Thank you for stopping by, have a great Monday

Some New Releases

Happy Sunday

Today I have a couple of cards made with two of the new releases from DS4J, and if you pop back mid week there will be another one.

The new releases today are available HERE

I used Wisteria splendour to create my first card today:

Such a beautiful image, and it makes me look forward to spring and the wisteria coming into flower in my own garden. I have coloured the image entirely with Copic markers, and layered it on Grand Labels Twenty Three, the image was cut out using Grand Rectangles, and the embossing folder is Garden Lattice M-Bossabilites, I just adore the new A4 size folders, and I am so hoping Spellbinders will bring out more designs in this size.

My second card today I have used Jen's  Beatrix, the bead fairy:

I must confess the gorgeous Martha Stewart boarder punch I used here belongs to my good friend Brenda, thank you Bren for letting me borrow it. The Snowflake is a Memory Box die called Tivoli Snowflake, again this is all coloured with Copic markers, and some glitter pen added to the wings and beads.

As you probably know, I buy most of my supplies from

Whitstable Stamp Craft

21a Oxford Street 

Whitstable, Kent.

Tel: 01227 264303

OR

Their parent company on-line

Oyster Paper Crafts

Thank you for stopping by.