Blog hop....and candy!

It's our 3rd birthday over at the GlitternSparkle blog
and all the Design Team are all offering Blog Candy!

More details shortly, but first...

here's my card for this week.

I had been after this image for aggges...love it! sooo retro!

I had a 3d viewer just like this, with "snow white" and "disney" reels!

The theme for our birthday bloghop is "add glitter n sparkle" 

(which is what i used)

or

add a charm.

Even though there is glitter n sparkle on this card, i think  it could

also work as a mans card - with the retro toy we all remember (a boy-toy!)

I coloured the image:

"viewer" from Crafty Girl Creations, at Stitchy Bear Stamps

 with my promarkers, and added the white with

 a white, fine graph it marker.

I found some mega sparkly silver card for the backing, and 

a black and white "dovecraft" 6 x 6 paper for the very back.

I typed the words "love retro" on my clicky dynamo...

very 80's! lol. 

A couple of holographic spiral diecuts finished this card.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafting with an attitude - atg - 30 Sept

Creative knockouts - glitter it up - 30 Sept

Crafty gals corner - sparkle and glitter - 30 Sept

Crafty cardmakers - make it sparkle - 3 Oct

Passion for promarkers - boys will be boys  - 29 Sept

Crafting with friends - anything goes - 9 Sept

OK...BACK TO THE BLOG HOP....

All our DT have Blog Candy or an image or even both to offer .

We would like you to pop to each blog and become a follower and leave a comment . If you do this on them all you will be entered twice into the draw to win the main prize on the glitternsparkle blog which is £50 worth of stampin up goodies of your choice . If you also pop along to our fan page and like the page and leave us a comment you get a chance to win more candy there too. 

So, I'm last on the list of blogs to hop to, and I hope you are still hopping, and aren't too tired to visit me...

For my candy, I am offering:

A4 sheet of chipboard tags - different shapes and sizes,
Sheet of clear stamps... cats n dogs.
Wild Rose cling stamp - bees and birthday cupcake,
Set of embossed (hearts) borders,
AS WELL AS 
the image "viewer"- which I used on this weeks card, from Stitchy Bear Stamps.

I would ask that anyone wanting to be in with a chance

to win my blog candy, please leave a comment on my card

and also be a follower of my blog....i will check!  :)

I WILL POST MY CANDY WITHIN THE UK.

My blog candy will close at midnight on Saturday, 3rd Oct GMT.
I will announce the winner sometime on Sunday 4th Oct. 
(please check back then to see if you have won. x)

If you haven't done so already, please hop to the other DT  blogs now, 

for lots of chances to win some lovely blog candy...

   glitternsparkle 

 Trisha 

Tracey B 

Sam 

Agnes

Chris

Debby R

Judith

Kathy

Kay

Kitty Fit Kitty

Lisa

Pamela

Sarah

Susanne

Tracey

Don't forget ...
you MUST hop to each blog, become a follower and leave a comment (at each blog)
to be eligable to win any of our blog candy...
GOOD LUCK!!

******* A couple of people have left comments that they weren't able to 
join my blog as a follower... 
I think there has been a fault with blogger...
my followers disappeared for a short while 
(for whatever reason, only blogger knows!)
but they have appeared back now...
please check back and follow, when you can!
Thanks! x    *********

Stylish!

Challenge 155 over at Glitter n Sparkle blog, is my ....

100th challenge with them!!!!! 

Yey!!!

Got to say to the whole team, I have thoroughly enjoyed making new friends and 

definitely "challenging" myself all those times..

so thank-you to you all for putting up with me! hahah....

Anyway.. on with the details...

The challenge this week, at Glitter n Sparkle, is to 

"use a die or punch."

Well, ok... I think i used 3 punches and 3 dies.... hahaha.

This stunning image is from one of my very favourites... A Day for Daisies.

It's called 'Hebern dress', and is a beauty to colour.

I used about 4 different promarkers - just to colour her dress! 

The punches I used were: the white flower border (Martha Stewart)

the black slim border and the fancy square shape.

The dies I used were: the flowers, the butterflies and 

the leaves. (The sentiment is also a diecut - from craftwork cards.)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges...

Cards galore encore - atg - 31 Sept

Aud sentiments - atg with a sentiment - 22 Sept

Craft your passion - atg - 21 Sept

Crafting from the heart - atg - 22 Sept

Hiding in my craft room - freestyle - 26 Sept

A day for daisies - frame it - 30 Sept

Spa day

I got this sweet image this week, for my Glitter n Sparkle challenge.

It's called "spa day" and its from 'Cute as a Button.'

The challenge will really make you think this week...'something beginning with g.'

Hmmm......

With this C.A.S card, I got these 'g' words...

glammin' up, green, glasses, gorgeous, grey, and girly!

I simple printed off the image, with a sentiment from Pink Petticoat.

I coloured it with my promarkers,

raised the whole thing on 3d foam

and added a small diecut swirl, under the sentiment. 

I also faux-stitched around the edge, with a green fineliner.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

Crafting with friends - anything goes - 25 Sept

Creative fingers - anything goes - 18 Sept

Simply papercraft - anything geos - 25 Sept

Creative knockouts - CAS - 17 Sept

Aud sentiments - anything goes plus sentiment - 23 Sept

Fantastic tuesday - anything goes make it feminine - 15 Sept

The pencil case - bright - 26 Sept

Just because...

...I absolutely LOVE this sentiment from Inkylicious,

I knew as soon as I got my image "blossom 1" from Ikes Art, 

I wanted to put the sentiment with the blossom....

So...the theme is "anything goes" this week at Glitter n Sparkle,

and I know everyone loves that challenge.

I bought the sentiment stamp a few months ago and have only used it once  

- a few weeks ago, on a card for a friend - 

which I must show here sometime soon.

I embossed a strip in my cuttlebug, and inked the edges of everything in a dusky pink. 

I snipped a punched border, to make two little corners,

and finally added 3 small  Martha Stewart punched butterflies.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

Digitally sweet - anything goes things with wings - 1 Oct

Simply papercrafts - anything goes - 10 Sept

Chocolate coffee and cards - fancy and feminine - 18 Sept

Crafting with friends - anything goes - 10 Sept

Crafty Catz - anything goes - 10 Sept

Scrap and craft inspirations - butterflies - 25 Sept

Card mania - pastel colours - 28 Sept

CCC digi creations - include a sentiment - 25 Sept

Little red wagon - cas - 9 Sept

Creative moments - use a sentiment - 15 Sept

Cuttlebug mania - anything goes - 15 Sept

Digi choosday - in the pink - 15 Sept

Stamp and create - one for the girls - 7 Sept

Paper shelter - embossing - 8 Sept

The pencil case - anything goes - 12 Sept

Good luck at high school!

I cannot believe my lovely niece is starting high school later this week!

Eeek!

(making me feel o-o-o-o-old!)

Anyway, I thought the theme over at Patties Creations 

was perfect to make a card for her...

So I thought outside-the-box a bit, and chose "ladybug family"...

I hand-drew / wrote everything on this card, except the ladybug family!

I drew the "paper" directly onto the card, and separately made - drew and cut out -

 the ruler, calculator, pencils and eraser.

Some of the items, I raised on 3d foam before putting on the card.

The ladybug family were coloured with my promarkers 

and I put glossy accents on their shells. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...
Crafting with an attitude - atg - 1 Oct
Moving along with the times - cute animal - 17 Sept
Cards galore encore - atg - 1 Oct
Creative cottage - atg - 6 Sept
CCC digi creations - include a sentiment - 14 Sept
Oddball stamps- back to school - 14 Sept
The sisterhood of crafters - school time - 8 Sept
Crafters cafe - monochromatic for a child - 14 Sept/
Creative moments - atg / add a sentiment - 15 Sept
Simply create too - its a special occasion - 11 Sept
Stamping boutique - back to school - 10 Sept
Melonheadz friends - time for school - 14 Sept
Crafty cardmakers - no pattered paper - 6 Sept
Get creative - no printed paper - 7 Sept
Fussy n fancy - back to school - 19 Sept

Add buttons

I made this card for my mother-in-laws upcoming birthday...

She looks after our cats when we go away and I thought she would like this one...

The image is from  BUGABOO and is called "spring window"

I coloured it with my promarkers and used glossy accents on the ladybirds. 

I diecut the edge of  a smaller piece of card (with the image on)

with my newish spellbinder edge dies, and embossed

a simple line around the other 3 edges.

The backing paper full of flowers came form a very old HOTP kit

 I bought from QVC, yeeeeears ago!

(which I also embossed the edge of.)

A ribbon and a few pink buttons later, and I was finished!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

Chocolate coffee and cards - add a sentiment - 4 Sept

Crafting with friends - atg - 10 Sept

Simply create too - its a special occasion - 10 Sept

Simply papercrafts - atg - 10 Sept

I love promarkers - atg - 31 Aug

Inspiration destination - atg - 1 Sept

Crafting from the heart - atg - 30 Aug

Incy wincy designs - birthday wishes - 30 Aug

Passion for promarkers - animals - 31 Aug

Through the craft room door - atg- 31 Aug

Crafty friends - use a sentiment - 11 Sept

Texting friends

I loved making this card!

This fabulous image is from Kenny K and

is called "texting friends"

I think my niece, who is to turn 12 soon, would love this! 

I recently won some stamps from the wonderful  Lawn Fawn

(which was a completely new find for me!)

and i picked the set with the little twitter sign and instagram logo, and 

'text talk' - hashtags, the birthday sentiment, lol, etc...

SO on-trend!

I tried to make the image appear like a polaroid picture, by just playing around

 in my fave program - publisher. 

Coloured with my promarkers.

And, I used a paper I have had forever... from an old DCWV set I think.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...
Through the craft room door - atg - 25 Aug
Crafty boots - fair and square - 30 Aug
Cutie pie - cute n girly - 5 Sept
Doodle pantry - atg - 25 Aug
Love to scrap - atg - 30 Aug
Melonheadz friends - hand coloured image - 30 Aug
Stamp and create - one for the girls - 6 Sept
I love promarkers - atg - 31 Aug
Little miss muffet - attg - 25 Aug
Kenny Ks Krafty Krew - colour palette - 31 Aug
Colouring crazy - colour palette with kenny k - 28 Aug

Christmas in August...

Well. I've made a christmas card!

Over at Glitter n Sparkle this week, the challenge is "stepper cards"...

I got the gorgeous image "curious gifts"

from A Day for Daisies.

I diecut a dovecrafts shape, before stamping it, for the sentiment.

I diecut the words joy and love, too.

The hanging heart and snowflakes border are all diecut - using memory box dies.

(frostyville border and precious hearts)

The image was coloured with promarkers and sits on 3d foam

 to raise it slightly from the card.

I think the backing paper is from DCWV - I've had it a looong time! 

Little bits of glitter and a couple of gems finished this card,

though they are quite hard to see in the picture.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafting for all seasons - bright and beautiful - 19 Aug

C.R.A.F.T - animals - 20 Aug

DRS designs - let it hanging - 20 Aug

Crafting by designs - 3 or more layers - 19 Aug

Digi choosday - punches and or dies - 1 Sept

Craft your passion - anything goes - 16 Aug

Christmas cards all year round - snowflakes - 1 Sept

Crafty hazelnuts christmas - anything goes but christmas - 1 Sept

Paper creator - punches or dies - 1 Sept

Our card for the wedding

It just occurred to me...

I showed you some other cards I made for the happy couple, 

that were going to be given by other people...

but I hadn't shown you  our  card!...

I tried to make ours another different one. 

The birdcage shape is from Craftwork cards.

I printed the wards and carefully diecut a tag around the wording.

I added some precious hearts (which I used on the wedding invites for them)

and Martha Stewart punched butterflies.

Ribbon secured the tag to the card and a couple of docrafts flowers with pearl, and

Marianne swirly leaf diecuts finished this card...

I would like to enter this into the following challenges....

Creative moments - anything goes - 19 Aug

Kraftin kimmie - anything goes - 19 Aug

Word art wednesday - anything goes - 19 Aug

Creative card crew - sparkle - 16 Aug

Digi choosday - punches and or dies - 1 Sept

Zoe bunnys crafts - shaped cards -14 Sept

Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 16 Aug

Paper creator - punches or dies  - 1 Sept

The sisters of craft - anything goes - 1 Sept

Simply papercraft - anything goes - 26 Aug

Pattie is celebrating!

Pattie, from Patties Creations is celebrating her 5 year blog aniversary -

and is having a 40% off SALE!!!!

Pop over to her ETSY store (click on pic to take you there)

and use the coupon code:

PATTIEBOOP1

when paying. for 40% off!

The Sale runs from August 17th until the 24th...

Oh, and we want to see what you make with her images., over on the blog....

Fairy

"Add flowers" is the challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle this week...

I got the lovely image "Analise" from Spellbinding stamps.

I used my new spellbinders edging dies to create the bottom edge, 

coloured her with my promarkers,

and added a diecut swirl, and punched and diecut flowers. 

A few MS punched butterflies 

finished the card, and a little embossing around the image and the backing paper.

(The backing paper is the oldest paper I have...

from the docrafts 'Collossal pack'...remember that?!)

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

CCC designs - pretty in pink - 14 Aug

My besties UK - anything goes with long hair - 6 Sept

Stamp and create - one for the girls - 6 Sept

Crazy challenge - fairies - 16 Aug

Crafting for all seasons - bright and beautiful - 17 Aug

Creative moments - atg (summer sun) - 16 Aug

Clear it out - atg - 11 Aug

Allsorts - inspired by summer - 15 Aug

Brown sugar - atg - 14 Aug

Graph it markers - inspired by florals - 14 Aug

Dragonfly dreams - flying high with wings - 5 Sept

Robyns fetish - things with wings - 16 Aug

A Latte love...

Hi again!

I have so many cards to share with you at the min... 

So here is another.

My entry this month at Patties Creations.

It's "anything goes" month, and I chose "LATTE LOVE" 

to make a card for my coffee loving friends, who had an anniversary coming up. 

I used some papers that I got in a pack from Canada last year...

so they all coordinated and worked together, with no effort on my part :)

"Latte love" was beautifully easy to colour with my promarkers, and to cut out. 

I have put it on 3d foam, to give some dimension.

A couple of MS punched butterflies, 

and a dymo-label sentiment finished this card.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges....

Inspiration destination - atg - 11 Aug

Card mania - anniversary -  30 Aug

Crafting from the heart - atg - 9 Aug

Craft your passion - atg - 9 Aug

Dream valley - stripes or checks - 13 Aug

Card and scrap - atg - 30 Aug

Crafts galore encore - atg - 30 Aug

Sugar and betty - atg - 30 Aug

Oh my!

What a cutie!

I got the image "Oh my!" from Crafty Sentiments,

for this weeks challenge at Glitter n Sparkle...

everyone's favourite, 'anything goes!'

She's a darling image to colour and fussy cut around.

I drew a little log to sit her on and coloured all with my promarkers.

(I paper-pieced her dress)

The papers are double sided loveliness... 

a 6 x 6 paper pack that I bought in Canada, at Hobby Lobby, a year ago.

I decided to bite the bullet and start using them...the colours are just lovely.I embossed some lines on each piece, as an edge, diecut a small scrap with a lacy die , inked the edges of 

everything and snipped a few little penants to make bunting for the corner. 

I will add a sentiment when I have decided who to send this to.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

Crafts 4 eternity - atg- 7 Aug
Crafting with friends - atg - 14 Aug
Jos scrap shack - atg - 7 Aug
Simply create too - atg - 14 Aug
Simply papercrafts - atg - 14 Aug
Scrappers delight - atg - 31 Aug
Inkspirational - photo inspiration - 15 Aug
Crafting by designs - atg - 26 Aug
I love promarkers - 3 or more layers - 5 Aug
Die cutting divas - the great outdoors with a diecut - 2 Aug
Zoe bunnys crafts - summer breeze - 2 Aug
Fantastic tuesday - make it feminine - 4 Aug

Wedding card 2

So, here's another card I was asked to make for the wedding...

This is an A5 card.

I love the sentiment, and played about with the fonts on my pc. 

The heart is from the memory box precious hearts... I just cut it off the bottom.

The butterflies are punched, from Martha Stewart.

I placed 3 pearls onto the ribbon

and used one of my fave embossing folders for the background.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

Crafting for the heart - anything goes - 3 Aug
Get creative - monochromatic using purple - 10 Aug
Crazy challenge - monochromatic - 3 Aug
Crafting muskateers- atg - 29 July
Allsorts - use a butterfly - 31 July

Crafty friends - use a punch - 31 July
Fussy n fancy - things with wings - 7 Aug
Simply papercraft - atg - 31 July
Sister act - atg - 31 July
Through the craft room door - atg - 4 Aug

Barrel of wine

This lovely image is called "wine barrel" and its from My heart pieces at Stitchy Bear Stamps.

I used it for this weeks challenge at Glitter n Sparkle...

"Beginning with a B"

So, I've got: 

barrel, bottles, booze (!), berries, brown, border.

I would stick a butterfly on there somewhere too, 

But I think this one's a card for a male.

I coloured the image with my promarkers and popped some parts on foam pads. 

I decoupaged the fruit at the top of the barrel.

I made the border frame myself ..I hand-cut the shape and embossed lines around each side, 

as well as inking the edges carefully...and you can't see it well,

but I have faux-stitched around all the edges of the frame, too.

I bought a bargain new embossing folder at the car boot last week too...

and used that inside the frame, as a background.

When I decide who this is going too, I may add their name / age

onto the wine bottle labels.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

Fab n funky - no patterned papers - 11 Aug
Krafting kimmie -atg - 29 July
Dream valley - embossing wet or dry - 2 Aug
Love to scrap - atg - 3 Aug
Inkspirational - kraft - 31 July
Cards galore encore - use a stamp / digi - 31 July
Simply papercrafts - atg - 30 July
Sister act - atg - 30 July
Scrappers delight - atg - 31 July

Wedding card 1

There's going to be a couple of wedding cards coming up in the next few weeks... 

some friends are getting married and I have been asked to make cards for them,

from other friends... I haven't made my own to give them yet! :)

Infact, I've had another invite recently, so now there's 2 weddings to attend over summer..

I haven't been to a wedding for years,

and now 2 come along :)

Summer hols = great wedding season.

Love this card...so easy to make.

I used " tagul" to make the background...you can pick your own words,

colours, fonts,. etc.

I used the image 'Geeky love kiss' from Make it Crafty

and coloured it with my promarkers. 

The kissing couple have 3d foam behind them to stand them off the heart. 

A couple of punched butterflies and sparkly little gems finsihed this card.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

Crafting by designs - summer hols - 29 July
I love promarkers - CAS - 29 July
The paper shelter - atg - 5 Aug

Wordart wednesday - atg - 29 July
Kraftin kimmie - atg - 29 July
Crafting from the heart - atg - 27 July
Love to scrap - atg - 3 Aug
Path of positivity - sharing - 2 Aug
Dis digi designs - hand coloured image - 1 Aug
Creative corner - wedding bells are ringing - 23 July

I do.....

The theme for this weeks challenge, over at

Glitter N Sparkle,

is... pearls and lace.

I was lucky enough to use the "I do" image from A Day For Daisies.

Sadly, I had no actual lace... so I improvised and used 

lacy punched border and a lacy butterfly diecut - that i only just bought 

(for a bargain 50p at a car boot sale!)

The image was a little beauty to colour with my promarkers.

I found the words of the sentment on the internet and typed them myself, 

using 2 different fonts on the pc.

I used a dovecrafts backing paper, which I think looks very lacey too.

The little heart buckle is made of teeny pearls and I used pearls on the border,

 the butterfly and the brides veil. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

Di's digi designs - hand coloured image - 31 July

Brown sugar - girly - 22 July

Crafting with friends - anything goes - 30 July

Dragons lair - shabby chic - 4 Aug 

Digitally sweet - anything goes - 30 July

Simply papercrafts - anything goes - 30 July

Hiding in my craft room - lots of layers - 28 July

Cheerful sketches - sketch - 30 July

Cards galore encore- use a stamp or digi - 30 July

Crafty hazelnuts patterned paper - patterned paper - 30 July

CCC digi creations - atg - 1 Aug

Digistamps4 joy  - atg - 31 July

Nordsalten hobby club - wedding cards and creations - 30 July

Crafting from the heart - atg - 18 July

Wordart wednesday - atg - 21 July

Creative corner - wedding bells are ringing - 23 July

The sun's out!

Summer is trying to appear!

:)

And as it just so happens, the theme this week at Glitter n Sparkle, is:

'summer sunshine.'

Here is my card...

I used "Crazy cat lady" digi image from Cute As A Button,

coloured carefully with my promarkers. 

I have to say - the background was a real labour of love. 

It took me so long to make it!

I cut and coloured the little hill separately, with my promarkers

and used lots of scraps of different yellow papers, plain and patterned.

I cut each one on my trimmer and inked the edges, then faux-stitched around 

all edges with a yellow fineliner.

The flowers are diecuts from memory box.

I stuck them all down and trimmed the edges to create the sunshine background.

I haven't decided on who this is going too yet, so have not added a sentiment yet.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

Crafting by designs - recycle / reuse - 15 July

Inspiration destination - atg - 15 July

Pennys papercrafty - atg - 15 July

Word art wednesday - atg - 15 July

City crafter - you are my sunshine - 15 July

Clear it out - atg - 14 July

Papertake weekly - atg - 14 July

Pinspirational - photo inspiration - 21 July

Crafty Catz - summertime - 16 July

Digitally sweet - atg - 30 July

Sister act - atg - 17 July

The shabby tearoom - sweet as sunshine - 20 July

Poppies

I loved making this card recently, 

with my new spellbinders edging dies. 

I used a precoloured image from "Fred she said".

Poppies are a gorgeous flower and I think this image is gorgeous too. 

I used a sentiment from my pc and cut it with an xcut frame die.

I used my new edging does... 2 of them together made this edge. 

It was finished off with a little dry embossing,]some inked edges

and some martha stewart punched butterflies. 

(which I hand - dotted with a white graph it marker.)

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

Digitally sweet - atg - 30 July
Wags n whiskers - birthday - 23 July
Time out - nature with an optional teist: animals - 22 July
Inspiration destination - atg - 15 July
Little red wagon - birthdays - 15 July
Pennys papercrafty - atg - 14 July
The sisterhood of crafters - birthday - 20 July
Allsorts - strawberries and cream - 17 July
Dis digi designs - celebrations - 18 July
Scrappers delight - atg - 31 July
Craftin desert divas - birthday - 20 July
Melonheadz friends - clebrations - 20 July

New home

Its the challenge everyone loves this week, over at Glitter n Sparkle...

anything goes!

For my card this week, I got the lovely "birdhouse " from Crafty Sentiments.

Its such a lovely little image to colour, and really didn't take long.

I diecut the label shape and added some diecut swirly leaf branches

 and some dovecraft paper flowers, along with some smaller punched flowers and

diecut birds and butterflies.

Around the edge, I felt the need for something, so used my white graph-it pen 

to make a little dotty border.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges...
Sister act - atg - 10 July
Jos scarp shack - atg - 10 July
Crafty catz - atg - 9 July
Crafty friends - atg - 17 July
Catch the bug - atg - 11 July
Creative craft cottage - spots or stripes - 7 July
Wordart wednesday - atg - 8 July
Pennys papercrafty - atg - 7 July
Crafting for all seasons - cute n summery - 6 July
Die cuttin divas - atg with diecuts - 6 July
Craft your passion - atg - 5 July
Get creative - include flowers - 12 July
Simply papercrafts - atg - 15 July