Coffee and cream

Hiya everyone, 

I have to share with you my DT card for the new Joanna Sheen challenge that started today.  The theme is coffee and cream so I decided on these gorgeous papers from my new leaf first edition papers and used this cute little House Mouse off the JS House Mouse triple CD.  It's just a topper but I printed it out 4 times and cut out all the elements to decoupage it myself.  The CD has lots of decoupage on it as well as papers, digi stamps etc but nothing that suited the challenge so I made my own!  To check out the CD for yourself you can find it here.

 

My card is a little late as I have been super busy and planned to make it last night after finishing some magazine work but family unexpected dropped in and ended up staying till after 1am so I didn't get chance.  Hubby and the kids are off to the in-laws to watch the Man Utd game so I literally just made it now.  Better late than never I suppose.

 

I have virtually finished all my Christmas magazine design work so I'm now cracking on with ideas for the new year.  It's hard working so far in advance as some stuff isn't released till much nearer the time which is no good when you need to start Christmas stuff in June! Lol

 

I will have to try and update my much neglected blog but as I've said before there seriously aren't enough hours in a day.  I still have soooo many samples to share with you all.  I do appreciate you taking the time to look at my blog and I do love to read your comments, criticism, etc.  

To check out the new challenge which runs till Thursday 3rd Oct then please go here.

 

I look forward to seeing your entries!!!

Thanks for looking!

                 

ALBC - Clean and Simple - Midway reminder

Hello everyone, 

It's time for the midway reminder for the A little bit crafty "Clean and simple" challenge.   It runs till friday 27th September so there's still plenty of time to join in.  We have some fab sponsors for this challenge so we have a whopping 3 prizes up for grabs!!!

 
7 free digis

4 free digis
 
£10 voucher   Some of the DT have some creations to share with you!   Jane
Paula

Laura
Elaine
Susan
Jacqui  

To go to the actual challenge post to enter or to check out more DT inspiration you can find the original post here.

 

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Hiya everyone, 

 

I've been a little absent recently as I've just gone back to work after almost a year off on maternity leave after having Nathan.  It's a bit tiring being on my feet all day so I think it's going to take a few weeks to get back into the swing of things.

I have so much work going on at the moment with Cardmaking and Papercraft, Making Cards and Crafts Beautiful magazines.  I'm working 3-4 months in advance so I've almost finished with Christmas and am now starting on stuff for the new year!  I have a few crafty things in the pipeline so watch this space! :)

Today I have a quick card that I made with the Delicious Doodles "Hydrangea" image that you can check out here.  Delicious Doodles are one of the 3 sponsors we have for this challenge.  I printed the image out 4 times and cut out a few different layers before colouring them in with promarkers and sticking them together with collall 3d glue gel.  The papers are are gingham printable that I've had for ages and the sentiment is a craftwork cards one.

 

Thanks for looking!

   

ALBC - Clean and Simple

Helllloooooo!

It's that time again for a brand new challenge and the theme this time is 

Clean & Simple

It isn't a theme I don't do particularly well as I always think that there's something missing! Lol  Don't forget, it doesn't have to be a card - it can be any handcrafted item!

We have some fab sponsors for the challenge so we have 3 FAB prizes up for grabs!!!

7 free digis

4 free digis
 
£10 voucher
As usual we have some amazing DT inspiration for you even though I know this theme fills most of the DT with dread!   Jane
Trish
Wendy
Sue
Lexie  
Lisa
Susan Paula

Jacqui
Hazel  
Lorraine
   Andrea GDT

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Wild Rose Studio - Clean & Simple

Hiya everyone, 

I have another Wild Rose Studio sample today for you that fits the bill for the new "Clean & Simple" challenge that starts today here at the A little bit crafty challenge here on my blog.  

This stamp is Bella with Dahlia coloured in with promarkers.  Apart from my swiss dots embossing folder and a bit of ribbon I'd didn't use much else.  The sentiment is a Penny Black wooden one that my friend kindly gave me.  I layered up the flower, arms and truck for a bit of added depth.  The dew drops just finish it off.

I hope that you like it!  I don't often do CAS as I normally get a tad carried away with everything in my craft room.  Sometimes I have so much stuff I don't have any idea where to start! Lol

 

To join in with the challenge just click the "Current Challenge" badge to the top right corner.

 

Thanks for looking!

ALBC - Summer sun - Winners!

Hellllooo everyone!

So many fab, fab, FAB entries into our "Summer sun" challenge and this is just our quick post to announce the winners of that challenge and our lucky Guest designer

We had 3 amazing sponsors so had some great prizes up for grabs!

 

Bettina is the winner of $20 voucher

Elizabeth H is the winner of £10 voucher

  Joanne is the winner of £15 voucher    Congratulations to you all!!! Please snatch our winner blinkie off the sidebar and contact me at cheeky_monkey_24@hotmail.com to claim your prizes!!!   It was so difficult to pick a Top 3 but here are ones that really caught my eye!   Lori  Steph Roberta   Our next Guest Designer as picked by moi is:-   Jennifer 

Don't forget to check back tomorrow for our brand new challenge!

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Birthday Blog Candy winner!

Hiya everyone, 

 

I hope you're all ok.  I've been a little absent of late as I've been so busy crafting but unfortunately not stuff I can share with you yet!  It was my birthday yesterday so I thought I would draw the winner for my Birthday Blog Candy which was this brand new RARE Quickutz fancy corner die.

Without further ado the very lucky winner of this rare die is:-

Kelly

Congratulations Kelly!!! - Please e-mail me on cheeky_monkey_24@hotmail.com to claim your prize!

We have a brand new challenge starting on Sunday 1st September so don't forget to check back!

Thanks for looking!