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Another new Challenge over at CUTIE PIES!

2012-02-20T08:30:00.000Z

Good morning to all my Crafty Monkey's!!! Another challenge starting over at CUTIE PIES and this time we are working with Flowers in Challenge #12 Flower Power! So get started on all your flowery cards, use flowers, flower papers and images that have or are flowers! I really excited about this challenge as it's my turn to pick the winner, so I'm hoping there will be lots to choose from. There are TWO yes TWO sponsors fab prizes up for grabs this time. Our Shop Sponsor is the lovely Emma from

Crafty Emma's Store, the winner will receive a token to spend in

Emma's Store (P&P not included), there's a whole stack of crafting stash

available and a great clearance area to browse through and pick up some bargains!

Crafty Emma's Store

Our second Prize for our Random Winner is from our wonderful Digital Sponsors Store

'WHIMSY STAMPS'

Such an array of wonderful digital stamps and accessories available from the store pop over and
have a look to see if there's anything you fancy for this challenge if you can't wait to see if you win!

Good Luck to you all can't wait to see your work!
My Card is a pocket layer card
Materials:
20cm x 20cm square card blank
Base Mat 19.5cm square pink
Pink Floral Paper 1 x19cm square and 1 x 15cm square
Plain Pink patterned paper 1 x 17cm square
Using a dinner plate round from one corner to the lower bottom corner (see image)
Trim with Lace
Cut two tags & Decorate
Mat & Layer
Add Image & Sentiments
Crafty Hugs Woo xxx

Challenge #21 Vintage Feel

2012-02-19T08:30:00.001Z

Well it's time for another challenge over at Here Come The Boys and Di is leading the challenge this time. We're really looking forward to seeing all your Vintage entries, remember that to be in with a chance of winning your creation must have a male theme! Add a touch of vintage to them, distressing, vintage cars, toys as long as there's something vintage about your card you're in with a chance of winning the $10 Gift certificate! This time we're being sponsored by the Fab Digi Doodle Shop
and Judy & Joy have sent a little message along ............... Digi Doodle Shop is the results of a mother and daughter’s love for the arts and crafts. It was started a little over 3 years ago with a little more than 100 stamps, and has since then grown to almost 500 stamps. Joy (the mother of this team) designs realistic images, while Judy (aka/daughter) loves the “fun side of life”, and create images with a cartoon flair. Having these two complimenting styles have enabled Digi Doodle Shop to offer a wide variety of stamps. It is a real honor and pleasure to sponsor this challenge, and we look forward to seeing all the amazing creations. We thank the design team for their incredible creations, and wish all the participants the very best of luck in this challenge. Thank you so much for having us, and again the very best of luck to all of you. Sincerely, Judy and Joy hem. There is a lovely mixture of Vintage cards from the DT this time around, interpreted differently by all of them and we have a brilliant Sponsors prize this time from the 'Digi Doodle Shop' who are giving a

Digi Doodle Shop

Well here are my cards, I've used an LOTV stamp and added a little distressing and some really old paper that I found for my first card. For my second card I've used one provided by our fab sponsor to make an anniversary card for my Husband. I used the Old Water Pump from the Antique range. I finished it with a ticket from Sentiments-4-You. Hope they're Vintage enough for everyones tastes!?! Hope you likey!
Hugs Woo x

& My Digi Doodle Shop 'Antique - Old Water Pump'

#11 Anything But a Card over at Cutie Pie Challenge!

2012-02-06T08:30:00.000Z

Good morning to all my Craftymonkey! Wow what snow fall we had over the weekend! Freezing too! Snuggled up in my bed this morning and didn't want to get out!! Never mind went off to work at 7am and will be in the warm for the best part of the day too! Onto my Challenge #11 creation for 'ANYTHING BUT A CARD' over at the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog. I decided that I would like to make a Keepsake Box for my Aunty Joy to keep all her little cherished trinkets from nieces and nephews. I used the template from 'Follow the Paper Trail with Laura' - the box is called Romantique Valentine Box. It's not the easiest template to follow and I made the box 3 times before I really got to grips with the measurements, but the results are amazing and I love my finished item especially with the Teddy Bea_149 image from TEDDY BO & CO called 'LEAF ANGEL'.

Materials

Copics & Promarkers

Mount Board - A2 The Range

Tim Holtz ideaology Foundations - Sir Stampalot

Tim Holtz ideaology Curio Knobs - Sir Stampalot

Tim Holtz ideology Corners - Sir Stampalot

Papers, Lace & Ribbon - Crafts-4-You

Spellbinders Circles & Scallops - Pink Gem

Charity Ball - The Ryan Cassar Appeal

2012-02-05T17:35:00.002Z

Last night I attended a Charity Ball in aid of raising money for GOSH in memory of a 12yr old boy who sustained fatal head injuries in 2008. The Ryan Cassar Appeal (Facebook page). It is a really heart wrenching story, Ryan was crossing the road on his way to school when he was hit by a car at 38mph. He was taken to Great Ormond Street Hospital, where he was on ICU for 9 days. It took 1hr 40mins to transfer from ICU to the CAT Scanner, he had to be unhooked from his life support and other vital machinery, he never regained conciousness and unfortunately Ryan lost his fight during one of these trips. Every year a personal friend of mine organises a charity ball, a fantastic event with a different theme every year, gifts and generosity from everyone who attends and the most amazing time.

My Sisters Jenny & Sarah towering over me and My Brother Andy (I Love them so much!)

I donated 12 personalised cards throughout the year for a raffle prize, my lovely little Brother Andy and his Wife Paula won 1st prize which was a holiday to Bulgaria, my Brother in Law Paul won a signed image of his favourite footballer, my other Brother in Law Jimbo won a signed image of Michael Jackson and me? Well I was made up when my prize was won, I hope the winner will appreciate the work that goes into them!! So this post is to show you the gift card I made for the draw and I used some new techniques I've learnt from the wonderful videos of Suzanne J Dean, whose Colour Me Creative Classes I am waiting to join in with when my new Sketcher Pens arrive!

Hope you likey!!

#20 Favourite Song Over at Here Come The Boys

2012-02-05T08:30:00.002Z

A new challenge starting over at Here Come The Boys - #20 Favourite Song!

My song choice was influenced by the fantastic Digi Image drawn by Lee Jacobs that I found at Crafts U Print, I really think it reflects my song perfectly and I just love his images they are so quirky!

If you want to look at all his fab, cheeky & quirky Digi Images and Decoupage sheets then just visit Crafts-U-Print and search for Lee Jacobs. You will find a link bar at the top of my blog, there are some

fantastic Digi Stamps and lots more on offer at C-U-P and all really affordable!

Well My card was created with Ottis Redding in mind and my song is Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay.

I've included a link to the song for you if you like the song you can listen along!

I hope you like it, I'm really pleased with the finished card and love the bright colours,

matches a really amazing song! I want to enter my card for the following challenges:
Pan Pastel UK Challenge - Happy Birthday
The Crafty Pad - Spring Colours
All Sorts CHallenge - Free & Easy
Ditzy Crafty Mess - Anything Goes
Lily Pad Cards - Patterned Paper
Tickled Pink Stamps - Anything

Crafty Hugs Woo xx

Big Birthdays Across The Miles

2012-01-29T13:33:00.000Z

I just thought I'd quickly share this card with you that I've made for my friend Denfilia to send to her Mum in St Vincent. I drew the orchids myself and now have this as a Digi Stamp.

Hope You like it. Woo x

Liebster Blog Award

2012-01-25T19:25:00.000Z

I just went through my comments after discovering that my blog backgrounds have suddenly been deleted by blogger!!!! ARGHH!! The to discover that one of my bestest's has awarded me with the Liebster Blog award. Sharon Press you are an angel!! Thank you soooo much, you know you're one of the most amazing people I have met through craft and your cards at Ewe2CanCraft Blog always inspire me!! xx

The idea of the Liebster Blog Award is to spread the love from one small blog (under 200 followers) to other small blogs. This helps to spread knowledge and readership.

To accept the award, you must:

1) Link back to the person who gave it and thank them for thinking of you.

2) Post the award to your blog.

3) Give the award to 5 bloggers (with less than 200 followers) that you appreciate and value.

4) Leave a comment on the blogs of the five people you have chosen to let them know.

"Liebster" in German means "dearest", so to carry on the Liebster tradition, I am going to pass the award on to 5 people who's blogs have been an inspiration to me and my crafting. To be honest, passing this on will be difficult as there are so many wonderful small blogs that have inspired me. It will be a challenge to chose only 5. However, as needs must, here are 5 wonderful and inspiring blogs/ bloggers that I would love to pass the Liebster Blog award on to (in no particular order).

The 5 bloggers I would like to award are;

Donna at Craftydee Donna Blog, who is my friend as well as an inspiring card designer to me and many more.

Karen at My Crafty Cupboard Blog, whose cards are always stunning, I wish I could make creations like Karens!

Lynne at Stamp Around The Block Blog, my friend, the first blog I ever followed, my crafty boss lady and the person who had faith in my cards giving me DT membership of Digi Divas! I Miss the Divas Please come back!!!

And finally, but no means least 'H' (aka Hazel) from Just Add Glitter Blog for being an all time fantastic Blog Sponsorship Co-Ordinator and friend and the most amazing card designer!

Thank you again Sharon from Ewe2CanCraft Blog!

#10 Favourite Song at Cutie Pies - Hey Big Spender!

2012-01-23T08:30:00.000Z

Good Morning to all my Crafty Monkeys! Hope you have all had a fab weekend, went far to quick for my liking and by the time you read this, I will have already been in the office for 2 hours! Yuk!!!
Our challenge over at Cutie Pies is Favourite Songs. Our challenge is sponsored by the lovely Emma at Crafty Emma's Store. There is a massive clearance sale, with lots of great bargains to be had, so pop over and grab one while you can! The Winner of the challenge, chosen by the Challenge Lead Lisa will win a fab gift certificate to spend at the store (P&P not included).

CRAFTY EMMA'S STORE

The second prize is offered by myself and I'm giving away some items from my New Stash of craft goodies! There's a nice trio here for whoever wins to use - a clear stamp set, a pack of 50 Kraftwork Kards mini cards and a card kit to make up.

My card is based on the song by Shirley Bassey 'Hey Big Spender'
an amazingly powerful voice and all time original DIVA! I can also assure the lady I made this card for looks just like the picture!!! Nahid you know who you are!!!
Crafty Hugs Woo xxx

Challenge #19 Dinosaurs at Here Come The Boys!

2012-01-22T08:30:00.016Z

Challenge #19 DINOSAURS

I can't believe how quickly the last challenge at Here Come The Boys has flown by!
I don't know about everyone else, but I've had a manic January! I'm in the process of applying for promotion a job I've been doing for 8 months, but my employers make you jump through high hoops! I've passed the test, now I just have to wait for an interview if I get through the paper sifting selection exercise!
Anyway, enough of a day in my life and on to Challenge #19 Dinosaurs over at Here Come The Boys!!
This time the challenge is to create cards for the guys using a dinosaur (open to interpretation I suppose!) The DT have made some lovely cards and I'm sure you'll love them, why not pop over and join in!?! I've chuckled to myself over the last couple of challenges when commenting on entries. I'm sure that most of us use Feline Playful to find the challenges that suit our cards, but sometimes I think challengers don't read the blog post for the challenge as there have been quite a few girly cards creeping in! One of the challenges was for the man in your life and it was all Frilly, it just made me smile! I think the clue is in the blog name Here Come The Boys! Anyway, enough of my rambling, here's my card I hope you like it, I love the colour! I would like to enter this card in to the TEDDY BO & CO BLOG CHALLENGE - ANYTHING GOES
Luck & Crafty Hugs Woo xx

#9 NEW YEAR & NEW CHALLENGE AT CUTIE PIES!

2012-01-09T08:30:00.000Z

CHALLENGE #9 RIBBONS & LACE has started over at THE CUTIE PIE CHALLENGE BLOG, it's the first challenge of the New Year and this time the DT want to see all your Cutest Cards that include Ribbon & Lace. There are two wonderful sponsors! The winner of the challenge will win a prize of ribbons & lace from our DT Cutie Sharon from her online shop Ewe2CanCraft. It's well worth a visit, I stock up on all my Letraset Pens from Sharon's shop, Promarkers, Aquamarkers and the lovely Flexi Markers which are just a dream to use! Our second sponsor is the superb Digi Image Store MELJEN'S DESIGNS, There is such a huge range of Digital Art to choose from, I love their Word Art and there are also lots of freebies on offer for you to use on your cards. Remember Meljen's has an Angel Policy and you will find that on their page.

Well on to my card! The card I made for this challenge I designed for a young lady that loves ballet, it was the Birthday card for one of my friends Twins who is turning 18, a rather special birthday! I have also made another for her sister, but that's completely different and will surface in another challenge,

so can't give too much away lol! Anyway hope you likey!
I would like to enter my card in the CES Challenge!

Crafty Hugs & Happy New Year! Woo xxx

#18 SKETCH

2012-01-08T08:30:00.003Z

The First Challenge at Here Come The Boys of 2012 is a
#18 SKETCH

Happy New Year to all my Craftymonkeys! I had a busy Christmas and a quiet New Year looking after my sisters 2 boys while she went out partying! Didn't get a chance to make any cards except my DT cards, so sorry I was a little quiet! Well the first challenge at Here Come The Boys this year is a Sketch and even though I put it together, I have to say that I asbsolutely love this sketch! I've now made several cards using this example and this time I have not only used my own sketch, but I've used my own digi image of a Male Fairy that I would like to get out into the digi world! I hope you like the sketch, my hand drawn digi image and my card. I would like to enter this for the CES Challenge!
Crafty Hugs Woo xxxx

This is my drawing of a Male Fairy, which I'm hoping to sell, but can't get my head around creating a digi shop! I drew the Mushrooms to use with all my Fairy Digi images of which there are now quite a few, I've been drawing them over the last year. I merged the two images together using Photoshop and this is my finished digi.

A closer look at the image

My own Sentiment too.

#7 Use a Sentiment

2011-12-12T08:30:00.001Z

13 days until Christmas and the last challenge of 2011 at Cutie Pies. The new challenge is Use a Sentiment and will run until the 7th January 2012. You have lots of time to get your entries in over Christmas and New Year. The Challenge is sponsored by Crafty Emma's Store - Emma has very kindly given a £10 Gift Voucher (P&P not included) as a prize to one of our Winners to spend in her shop. I've paid a little visit today and there are some bargins to be had some of her stock has
80% off and there's current an offer of a 20% discount on all other items not already reduced! So pop over and take a look! We're also sponsored by Heather Ellis. Heathers work is so inspirational and wonderful images to choose from at her store heather-ellis.co.uk. In addition there is Christmas Candy up for grabs at Cutie Pie for all followers of the challenge! The Draw will end at the stroke of Midnight on the 31st December, so don't forget to enter using Mr Linkys button which is on the Side Bar along with a picture of the candy! I will post over Christmas and new year as I have a week off, so when all the festivities are over and done with on Christmas and Boxing Day I will start making again! Hope you like my very plain and simple card which I made for my Step Mum Linda. All that is left for me to do is wish you all the Happiest of Christmases & New Years! Hugs Woo xx

Oops I was a Come & Get It Guest Designer!

2011-12-11T10:30:00.001Z

Morning all, I'm really sorry that I didn't post this in time for the challenge, but I've been so busy with work and a really nasty bout of ill health that I didn't get around to posting it. I cannot apologise enough to Cindy the Blog Challenge owner. How did I get here? A few weeks ago I was chosen as a top pick on Come & Get It Blog Challenge and Cindy the Blog Owner invited to GDT! This was my creation for the challenge, so although it's too late to enter 'Anything Christmas' Cindys Challenge has a wonder new one on the go, so pop over and see the other wonderful Design Team cards, there stunning! Hope you like mine too even though it's two weeks late! Woo x

#17 Rock 'N' Roll at Here Come The Boys

2011-12-11T08:30:00.001Z

New challenge today and our last one this side of Christmas! The challenge will run until Friday 6th January 2012 so you have plenty of time to enter! In addition we have Christmas Candy up for grabs so if you would like to enter for the Christmas Candy make sure you enter your details into the Linky in the sidebar! Also don't forget the Cricut Personal Cutter Draw will take place on the 24th December if we reach 500 followers you can enter by clicking here!

Our prize has been provided by me so you have the chance to win 50 6 x 6 papers and a Button Maker with a pack of Buttons! Fantastic gadget and ideal for making complimenting buttons for your cards & crafts.

This is my Rock'n'Roll card I hope you like it!

Here Come The Boys 500 followers candy

2011-12-07T05:47:00.000Z

Earlier in the year Here Come The Boys Challenge Blog launched a 1000 Followers Candy and there's a Cricut Personal Cutter up for grabs! Although the followers have grown, they're still way under 1000, so the target has been lowered to 500 by Christmas Eve 12pm. It can't sit in my craft space collecting dust and needs a new home! So if you want the chance of winning a cricut pop over and enter here

IT'S FREE!
Hugs Woo xx

#6 Pastel Christmas Reminder!

2011-12-04T23:31:00.000Z

Evening to all my Crafty Monkeys! Well the 6th Challenge at The Cutie Pie Challenge is half way through and you still have a few days to enter! I've made another card to give you a little inspiration to enter, please pop over and have a look at our lovely DT cards and enter for the chance to win some fab prizes! This is my midway card!

The DT have made some wonderful cards I love them all and hope you will pop over to their blogs via Cutie Pie to leave them a lovely comment too! Well my card was made using one of the new LOTV Christmas Stamps and I love it! This really reminds me of my Mum, she used to spend hours decorating our tree when we lived at home and it was a huge thing to get up in the morning and find that she'd relented after our constant pleas to get the decorations down! Christmas is such a magical time of year for our family, even now we spend christmas together and I now take responsibility for cooking dinner for all 23 of us! It's a mad house, tiring and everything else, but it's my most favourite time of the year! Anyway here's my card, I hope you like it!

Crafty Hugs Woo x

#6 Pastel Christmas

2011-11-28T08:30:00.000Z

Good morning to all my Crafty Monkeys! I can't believe we're now on our 6th Challenge since launching The Cutie Pie Challenge and we've all been set the task of making some Pastel Christmas Creations! The DT have made some wonderful cards I love them all and hope you will pop over to their blogs via Cutie Pie to leave them a lovely comment too! Well my card was made using one of the new LOTV Christmas Stamps and I love it! This really reminds me of my Mum, she used to spend hours decorating our tree when we lived at home and it was a huge thing to get up in the morning and find that she'd relented after our constant pleas to get the decorations down! Christmas is such a magical time of year for our family, even now we spend christmas together and I now take responsibility for cooking dinner for all 23 of us! It's a mad house, tiring and everything else, but it's my most favourite time of the year! Anyway here's my card, I hope you like it!

Crafty Hugs Woo x

Challenge #16 For the Man/Men in Your Life!

2011-11-27T08:30:00.000Z

Another new challenge starts over at Here Come The Boys today, this time we want to see all the very special cards you make for the Man/Men in your life - there may be more than one! Especially if you're a mum! I'm sponsoring this challenge and I've got a stamp and a pack of 14x14cm papers up for grabs.

My image is a Digi Doodle and I'm pleased to announce that the Digi Doodle Shop will be sponsoring Here Come the Boys in 2012. I hope you like my card which I made for my nephew! Hugs Woo xx

BIRTHDAY CANDY WINNER!!!

2011-11-26T23:54:00.001Z

Good evening to all my Crafty Monkey's! Sorry I'm a day late posting the outcome of my Birthday Candy, I've had a hectic 3 days with my 2 young nephews staying over and just didn't get time! So big apologies to you all if you were waiting! Anyway, thank you all so much for entering the candy, following, for your lovely birthday comments and now without any further ado..... The Winner of the Epiphany Button Maker chosen by Random.Org is.........

Lee (Craftyloops) No 7

Congratulations Lee, if you could email me at cutiepiedt@btinternet.com I will organise posting your item out to you over the coming week. Crafty Hugs Woo x

#Bears at Cutie Pie Midway Hurry Up!

2011-11-20T18:00:00.000Z

Well this is it! We are half way in Challenge #5 Bears at The Cutie Pie Challenge and the Little Teddy Bo's & Bea's have been so popular with the Design Team & our Guest Designers, there's now an epidemic of BeaBoitis! There are lots of new ideas to get your creations done before the end of the challenge, so why not pop over to Cutie Pie now and get your card entered! There are two fab prizes, a £10 Gift Voucher (You pay P&P) from Crafty Emma's Store and 3 Digi images from Teddy Bo & Co so you too can catch this contagious bear condition! The 3rd Card I've made to inspire you, is one I made for my Bosses Daughter this week, she's a massive Arsenal fan as are my grown up sons, so this one went down well in our house!

I used NitWit Papers from the Big Top Too, my Teddy Bo image is No: Teddybo_128, some glitter paper, a selection of flowers and leaves with a heart pin and a Diamonte flower pin. The sentiment is from Kraftwork cards. Hope you like it Woo x

#5 Bears at The Cutie Pie Challenge

2011-11-18T07:18:00.001Z

There's a Teddy Bo & Co Picnic over at the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog today! The DT want to see all your cards made with Teddy's! We have two sponsors, a £10 gift voucher (not incl. P&P) from Crafty Emma's Store and Digi images from Teddy Bo & Co! This is my second card for this challenge and was made for my Son's best friend from school Dan & Lauren who've just had their first baby a gorgeous little lad called Bailey.

I made my bear card using image TeddyBoBea_041.

I coloured it using Copics

My papers are from NitWits

The Sentiments I made myself using Microsoft Publisher.

Flowers came from Craft Emma's Store

Crafty Hugs

Woo

#5 - Bears

2011-11-14T08:30:00.002Z

There's a Teddy Bo & Co Picnic over at the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog today! Today challenge #5 starts and the DT want to see all your cards made with Teddy's! We have two sponsors, a £10 gift voucher (not incl. P&P) from Crafty Emma's Store and Digi images from Teddy Bo & Co!

I made my bear card using image TeddyBoBea_041.

I coloured it using Copics

My papers are from NitWits

The Sentiments I made myself using Microsoft Publisher.

Flowers came from Craft Emma's Store

Well have fun today my crafty followers, I'm off to work - first day back after 3wks off - Scary!

Crafty Hugs
Woo

#15 - RED / WHITE / GREEN Colour Combo

2011-11-13T08:30:00.000Z

Another challenge starts over at Here Come The Boys and this time the DT want to see all the cards you make using RED / WHITE / GREEN Colour Combo's.

Brilliant excuse to get a couple of christmas cards made and I was wondering how I would get my hands on some glittery stripey paper when I flicked my TV over to create and craft, just in time to see a demonstration where they applied double sided tape to a piece of stripey paper and then plastered it with Glitter - it looked fab! So guess what!?! Yes you guessed it, I made my own glitter paper! I had some lovely dark claret coloured stripey paper that I bought from Karen's (HCTB's DT) Sister Sarah Pinnington - by the way Karen has fab candy up for grabs too! I stuck the tape over the white stripes and covered it in green glitter, added my lovely Molly Bloom Snowball George and Hey Presto! I hope you like my card.

I am sponsoring the challenge and the prize I am offering is 50 x 6" Squares (15.24cm Square) of paper, there's a mixture so the winner will receive 25 Christmas papers & 25 Orange designed papers (ie 5 of every paper you see in the picture) plus a Milton & Co Stamp!

Good luck to you all! Crafty Hugs Woo xx

Bloggerversary Candy Winner

2011-11-11T13:29:00.001Z

Afternoon to all my Crafty Followers! Thank you to everyone who entered my Bloggerversary Candy draw and to those of you who decided to follow me. I used Random.org to choose the winner and it selected:

No 39 - Michelle Caddick - Shells-crafts.

Congratulations Michelle, drop me an email at thecraftymonkey@btinternet.com and let me have your details and I can get your prize out to you tomorrow morning!

Well today is also a very special date as it's my birthday, but in my lifetime it will never appear as 11/11/11 !!

So to celebrate my birthday and this special date, I am putting up an item of Birthday Candy for grabs until the 25th November 18:00hrs (London)!

I'm offering a Epiphany Button Maker (£18.99rrp) with a bag of epiphany buttons to one lucky winner - what's a button maker I hear you say - its basically a paper punch which has a purpose made button that fits inside the punch, the button is sticky on one side and you can adhere matching or complimentary paper to match your card designs - Hey Presto! Have a look at the pictures, you can see just how it works.

1. Button with sticky backing on it

2. Peel Backing Off

3. Select paper to adhere to back of button, here I have chosen a flower.

4. Place button into the button maker with the tacky side to the paper

and button holes centred between two notches as shown in picture.

5. Place the button holder in to the slots

6. Close the lid down over the button

7. Ta Da!! one finished button! it can be stictched on, threaded whatever you want.

If you would like to be in with a chance of winning this Candy, then just post a picture of the button maker on your side bar linking back to my blog page and enter with Mr Linky. I would love you to follow my blog, I would be chuffed to have you - but if you choose not too it's not a problem.

Crafty Hugs

Woo xxx

Totally Tilda - Christmas No Reds/Greens or Blues!

2011-11-08T18:13:00.000Z

I popped over to the Totally Tilda Challenge to have a look at what was on and discovered there was a No Red, Green or Blue Christmas card challenge. As I've been stuck in the armchair for almost 3 weeks with a serious infection in my legs, I've had nothing but time to colour my images and make my cards! So I decided this week i would enter a card in to the Totally Tilda Challenge which is being sponsored by the lovely Susie Sugar and ex Digi Diva Teamie! Also pleased to see that our Queen Diva Lynne is back in the throws of DT'ing again! Yay! Well here's my card, I hope you like it. Tried to go Shabby not sure if i'm quite there yet Lol!! Crafty Hugs Woo x

Teddy Bo Pastels Challenge

2011-11-01T20:23:00.001Z

Well today I popped over to the Teddy Bo Tuesday Challenge and found that the new challenge was Pastels! Yippee! I needed to make a pink christmas card for my sister, so I had a dig around and found some pretty scraps of glitter paper and a beige & gold paper I found in the bottom of my scraps. I used one of the new Teddy Bo & Teddy Bea (TeddyBoBea_074) Christmas Digis to make my card and I'm really pleased with the outcome. So I'm off now to enter my Teddy Bo card into the challenge! I have to blame my friend 'H' for all the Teddy Bo's as she's infected me with 'TeddyBeaBoitis! I hope they like it as much as I do! Thanks for visiting! Hugs Woo x

#4 Use A Charm at Cutie Pies!

2011-10-31T08:30:00.007Z

UPDATE! - My card was in the Top Picks for the Come & Get It Challenge! So Chuffed! Thank you Shell for choosing mine!

Well I should tell you about the challenge that starts over at
CUTIE PIE BLOG CHALLENGE today which is Use A Charm!
I used a Teddy Bea from The Fab
Teddy Bo & Co Digi Store

I used Nitwit papers and coloured Bea using my new Copics and added some Glamour Dust to the Bobble on her Hat and a charm from Ewe 2 Can Craft.

I finished the card with a personlised Sentiment

Some lovely Cherry Blossom & Pins & a lovely Silver Filigree Corner from Sharons shop!

I would like to enter my card in to the following Challenges:
Die Cut Dreams - So Charming
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes
Pollycraft - Anything Goes
Birthday Sundays - Birthday
Come & Get It Challenge - Anything Goes
Gingerloft Challenge - GL28 BINGO Ribbon/Glitter/Flowers
The Squirrel & the Fox Challenge - Hats or Flowers
Sweet Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes
Paper Shelter Challenge - Anything Goes
Ruby's Rainbow - Metal
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
I hope you like the card, thanks for visiting! Hugs Woo xx

We want to see all your fab creations with a charm on them, there's a prize up for grabs from our fabby sponsor Sharon at EWE-2-CAN-CRAFT and one up for grabs from Digital Delights for a Random Winner!

Cutie Pie Challenge #3 - Winners

2011-10-30T18:00:00.002Z

Cutie Pie have announced their winners this evening:

The overall winner was Sarah R No: 10 who won the £10 gift Voucher for Crafty Emma's Store the Random Winner was Nubia No: 5 chosen by Random.org, Nubia won the Meljen images - Lucky girl! Finally the DT & GDT's chose the following as their Top3: Lizy - No: 12, Carol - No: 3, Pat P - No: 9

Cutie Pies Challenge Blog starts another new challenge tomorrow at 8.30am (London). Make sure you pop over and join in the fun! Great Prizes on offer again. Big hugs Woo xxx

#14 - Monsters over at Here Come The Boys!

2011-10-30T08:30:00.000Z

I'm so glad I prepped this card way in advance! I've been so ill this week I couldn't have sat and made anything, I have legs like puddens! Try to cure one problem and end up with another! Well my card didn't come out as I would have liked, but heyho it's too late now to change it! I couldn't even if I wanted too! I'm sponsoring the challenge over at Here Come The Boys again this time and there are 3 decoupage sheets and a stamp set on offer to the winner. In addition, if the winner and top 3 would like a copy of my digi monsters and sentiments I will email them when the challenge winners are announced.

Thank you so much to everyone who has followed and entered the candy I have on offer too! There are still 12 days before the draw takes place, so there still time to enter the CANDY DRAW. When this Candy ends there will be another on offer as it's my Birthday and it will never happen again in my lifetime when the date reads 11/11/11! I will be putting an 'Epiphany Flower Button Maker' with a pack of buttons up as CANDY.

Thanks for popping by Hugs Woo xxx

Challenge #14 Prize

My Digi Images

It's My 1st Bloggerversary!

2011-10-26T17:10:00.006+01:00

Well I'm a bit late with this but hey better late than never! I can't believe it, I've been Blogging
for over 1 year and have come such a long way, 2 blog challenges under my belt, 3 DT places and lots of blog pals which is brilliant! I thought it would be nice to celebrate! So here is my Bloggerversary Candy
for you, share with your friends if you wish too! What do you have to do to be in with a
chance of winning the goodies? Well first you need to pop a picture of my candy
in your side bar then link back to my blog, if you want to follow me then I would love that, but if you don't then it's not a problem. Finally and the most important bit! Leave your name with
Mr Linky! Good luck you Crafty Monkeys the candy will run until 11th November!
Hugs Woo xxx
21 x 12x12 Papers
1 Bag of Mixed Ribbons (different lengths)
3 Promarker Fine Tips
3 Glitter Sticks
2 Embellishment packs
1 Mounted Wooden Sentiment
3 Clear Stamp Sets (Fairies/Pets/Fellas)
1 pack of Cream Roses
1 Pack of Blue Roses

Challenge #3 Recipe at Cutie Pie

2011-10-17T08:30:00.000+01:00

Good Morning Bloggers, hope you all had a good weekend! The Cutie Pie Blog Challenge is a lovely RECIPE! The Recipe is Lilac/Silver Tones, a Fairy Image, Lace/Ribbon, Glitter & 3 Buttons/Flowers. For my card I have used one of my very own Digi Images. These may be going on sale very shortly, I just need to find the time to get the website set up! I have used Nit Wit Papers and Ribbons from Crafts 4 You.

Emma from Crafty Emma's Store who is sponsoring us again this challenge, there's a £10 Gift Voucher up for grabs to spend in her shop (P&P not included). Emma has an enormous range of products in the store, offering quick delivery and bargains to be had too! So pop over and have a look around.

We have a Second Sponsor to offer a prize to our Random Winner! The prize is coming from the fabulous Digi Image Company 'MELJENS DESIGNS'!!!

So come on all you fabulous Cutie Pies, get designing and get over there and post your wonderful creations!

#13 HALLOWEEN!

2011-10-16T08:30:00.004+01:00

There's a Spooktacular challenge going on over at Here Come The Boys! The DT have made some fantastic Halloween cards to share with you. I have put up the prize this time and hope that you will pop over and join in the Halloween Challenge! There are some fantastic DT examples. This is Mine! Harry Potter - its a digi image from Bugaboo! I used an A4 card and I'm really pleased with the outcome! Hope You Like it! Hugs Woo x

I would like to enter this card into the following Challenges:
Dream Valley Challenges - Halloween
Paper Sundaes - Halloween or Fall
Quirky Crafts Challenges - Halloween
Sparkles Forum Challenge - Halloween

Poor Teddy Bo!

2011-10-09T16:02:00.002+01:00

Today I was asked to make a card for my friends Twin daughters, my client wasn't worried about the colour, but for me it just had to be my favourite colour PINK! So poor Teddy Bo has ended up being coloured in with a Pink Jumper & Pink Hat, but hey he's tough he can take it and actually I think he's come out of it quite well! Hopefully he wont be scarred for life! Lol!

My Recipe:

Teddy Bo Image: 'Sending You A Note'

Papers: NitWits - Bumbleberrytoo & Breathoffreshairtoo

Pink Cardstock & Ribbon: Crafts-4-You

Buttons & Pin: Sugar & Spice

Flowers (Cherry Blossom): Crafty Emma's Store

Pearls from my Stash

I want to enter my card into the Teddy Bo Tuesday Challenge, my friend 'H' from the Cutie Pie Challenge and DT Member at Teddy Bo Challenge has inspired me to try it! I took close ups of the flowers

and of my personalised Envelope!

#2 BINGO!!! FULL HOUSE!!!

2011-10-03T19:36:00.002+01:00

Good Evening all you lovely Cutie Pies! Already we are on Challenge #2, where did the time go! Thank you all for entering, I was so pleased to see such an abundance of cards and there were lots of lovely comments and emails from you too! This time we have a Bingo Board for Challenge #2 over at CUTIE PIE and it's Sharon's turn to lead. Personally, I can't wait to see what you come up with! How do you play with the Bingo Board to create your card? Well you can choose a line across, line down, corner to corner or a full house! Some of the DT members at Cutie Pie managed to use all of them!

I would like to say a big Thank You 'H' again for organising and securing both of our sponsors for this challenge, the Winner will receive a Gift Voucher from The "One Stop Craft Shop" to spend in their shop, there are lots of goodies on offer to choose from, so the winner won't be spoilt for choice! If you can't wait for the challenge to end follow the link, there are lots of goodies in their Craft Sale Clearance, you'll have time to buy before the challenge ends!

'H' also managed to secure a second fantastic sponsor and the prize they have given will be awarded to another Random Winner! Our Second Sponsor is The Prairie Fairy

Roberta has the most amazing Digi Images available and you can download from Prairie Fairy for your cards and including the ones used by some members of the DT. So here's the incentive to get started
on your full house, line or corner to corner!! Come on girlies & guys, make those Cutie Pie Bingo Cards!!!
Hope you like my card! Hugs Woo xxxxx

#12 Wheely Nice!

2011-10-02T08:30:00.000+01:00

Challenge #12 has started over at Here Come The Boys! We want to see all your cards that have wheels!! It could be Cars, Skates, Wheelbarrows, Bikes, skateboards, cogs or just about anything that goes around! The challenge lead is Sharon and she has a fantastic prize on offer for the winner!! A set of 6 Flex Markers!

What an excellent prize! I've just bought some, so I know you are getting a prize valued around £13-£15! In addition she is offering a 5% discount to all HCTB's Followers in her On-Line Shop Ewe 2 Can Craft. Please come over and join in the fun, there are some fantastic DT cards to get ideas from too! Hope you like mine! Hugs Woo x

Ally Pally Rules!!!

2011-09-24T18:41:00.001+01:00

I love Alexandra Palace, it holds very special memories for me! My mum and dad met there, I used to compete in Roller Speed there (pretty good at it too!), I met my hubby there 39yrs ago and I get to go to scrapbooking shows there too! Yay!! Had a fab day there with Lynne from Crafts-4-You, didn't spend all me pennies and met up with the fab Vicky from Vixx Handmade Cards! All in all a lovely day and I came home with 10 Lili of The Valleys and lots of lovely goodies! A nice picture to make you all jealous!! Awh not really, if I had the money I would have treated you all! Lol! Enjoy the rest of your weekend peeps! Woo xx

First Ever Challange at The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog!

2011-09-19T08:30:00.015+01:00

Good Morning Bloggers! Today is rather a special day, why? Because the Cutie Pie Challenge launches today and I'm really excited about it! This is the home for all cute cards!

The first challenge is a Sketch and I think it's a pretty nice one to work with.
We have a £10 Gift from Crafty Emma's Store for the DT Winner, a prize provided by me for a randomly chosen winner and the DT will choose a Top 3.

My card was made for my Special Friend Carol, who unfortunately broke her ankle in August and has been really poorly! I used a lovley Best Creation paper and a lovely Digi Image from All That Scraps. I hope you like the card, Carol sure did and it put a smile on her face for the first time in ages! Be sure to pop over and see the DT's Designs for the sketch and enter the challenge! Big Hugs Woo xx

We're Playing Bingo at Here Come The Boys!

2011-09-18T08:30:00.000+01:00

#11 Bingo Board - Today at Here Come The Boys, we have a Bingo Board to work with and I have to say I loved this one immensely! This is the Grid you have to work with and you have to choose 1 line across or down, or you might like to go with a diagonal line from corner to corner!

I chose the far right line down - Die Cuts (Small Nestabilities Squares), I used a charm and buttons and a further 2 larger squares to matt and layer my image. I used one of my favourite cat stamps from Penny Black and the charm & Pro Markers came from Ewe 2 Can Craft, such a sweet paw! Here's my finished card I hope you likey!!! Hugs Woo x

A Wedding Wish

2011-09-09T09:44:00.002+01:00

Well I was up real late making this card for my Cousin John who is getting married tomorrow. His wife to be Nicola has a pink theme going on, so I thought I would follow the theme with my card! It's been years since I've been to a family wedding, in fact the last one was 9yrs ago when my little Sister got married! How time flies when you're having fun! I got to use my new NitWits Papers and they print so scrumciously! I can't remember the names of them all as I bought so many! Lol! I hope you like the end result! I have some other news at the bottom of this post too, please have a read!

Materials: New Purchase of Nitwits Digital Papers!, Mo Manning Image - Mo's Digital Pencil, Card Candy - Crafts-4-You, Promarkers - Vanilla, Satin, Rose Pink, Carnation Ice Greys 1-5, Tea Green - Crafty Emmas Store & E2CC, Sakura Shimmer Pen, Glamour Dust, Silk Ribbon, Metal Corner Embellishment - Ewe 2 Can Craft. I would like to enter the following challenges:

Fresh Brewed Challenge - Use Something New

I Love Promarkers - Must Use Metal Embellishment or Charm

My Mum's Craft Shop - Use Lots of Layers

Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes

Ribbon Carousel Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Boots - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge - Anything Goes

Marianne Design Divas - Anything Goes

It's been a real mad 2 weeks in my world! My little blog challenge Cutie Pie has taken off like a rocket! I have found 8 wonderful Design Team Members! They're all so busy behind the scenes working to make the challenge a success, I'm over whelmed by their talent, efforts and how well everyone works together! Friends ask me why would you take on running challenge blogs when you work full time? Well firstly this is my way of relaxing, this type of organising and planning is fun, I love making cards even though Mrs Mojo vacates the house quite a lot! But secondly and more importantly, I have been priveleged to meet and communicate with some of the most amazing women who all have the same thing in common with me, a love of cardmaking and making other people feel happy! The crafting community is an amazing place, it lifts peoples spirits, helps support people who are in dark places with their health, gives a little boost to someone who's cheesed off for whatever reason, I admire the way our crafting community pulls together to help each other!

A few days ago, whilst checking some of the Cutie Pie followers blogs out (I like to follow as many as I can), I happened upon a lady called Karen, she has 2 blogs, one for her design studio and the other is her personal blogspot called Krafty Karens Blogspot. On the day I visited there happened to be a post about how she felt living with a debilitating Spinal Condition that leaves her in constant pain and the failure of the Medical Profession. I was so moved by her situation I followed a link to another blog, that of her friend who she met through the Do Craft Forum and discovered that she has been suffering paralysis, uncontrolable pain and has now been seriously let down by the NHS who cannot help her for at least another year because the consultant is on long term sick leave! So she is trying to fund private treatment by selling all her crafting stash and beautiful card kits to raise enough money to see a consultant in London. There is a Paypal Donate button on her blog if you feel you can support that way, I felt so strongly about helping I clicked and donated money to Karens fundraiser. I have spoken to her by email, but I have pledged to have a challenge where I will ask people to donate their card to help raise funds for her treatment which I want to sell at a Table Top sale to help raise money for what I feel is a 'Good Cause', will you pledge a card to me? In these difficult financial times for everyone I know it's hard to find spare cash, but we all make lots of cards and I'm sure that nobody would miss a £1's worth of their crafting stash to make 'A Card For Karen!' If so I would love to hear from you if you are reading this and want to get involved, email me at thecraftymonkey@btinternet.com

Hugs Woo xx

#10 Sliders or Shaker Cards

2011-09-04T08:30:00.001+01:00

Good morning to my lovely Blog followers!

I hope my post finds you all well! Ttoday a new challenge starts over at Here Come The Boys and I am the challenge lead this time. I'm also sponsoring the challenge too, I've included a picture of the prize after my card. I decided to go for a shaker card! Oh My Goodness!!! I tried about 6 times to get it right but it just kept going wrong!! Finally I resorted to watching a you tube video! I got it in the end and this is my effort, I hope you like it!

Big Hugs

Woo

xxx

Wow! 1,000 Sheets of Paper Candy

2011-09-03T07:46:00.000+01:00

I happened to be following some of the Cutie Pie Blog Challenge followers to follow them and discovered this Blog Candy! Wow How Generous is this one! There's lots of other cool stuff to win too, when I arrived it was like being in crafters heaven! Paper, Paper and more Paper alongside stamps and stuff eeeeekkkkk!!! so excited! Pop on over to A Thousand Sheets of Paper Blog and visit Amy's wonderful goodies!

DT Call at Nutcrafters

2011-08-28T20:51:00.001+01:00

Nutcrafters Blog is relaunching and they are looking for 2 new DT members, so I thought I would submit a card! The image was kindly provided by nut crafters which I think is really cute! I've been over to their shop too and I love the stamps too! Oh Well one can hope that the card is good enough! I'm going to dedicate this card to my Mum who is a tower of strength to me all the time and she deserves something pretty! I don't think the picture does justice to the finished card, I have small drops of rain on the image which sparkle like rain in the sunshine. Anyway I hope you like my submission.

Woo

Fame at last!

2011-08-26T12:20:00.000+01:00

Morning My Blog Friends! I hope the rain hasn't spoilt your day too much! I've had a very happy morning this morning! Firstly, my friend Carol has come home from Hospital after a really nasty break to her ankle, she's housebound for the time being, but at least she's in her own home! Get Well soon Carol! xxxx

Secondly, I got an email from my friend Lynne who owns Crafts-4-you to tell me that some work I did for her Craft Shop has been published in a magazine and it's not 1 page but a total of 6! Woo Hoo!!! Fame at Last! Big Smile!!! The most important thing is that it has showed off the lovely Digi Sentiments Lynne makes at Sentiments 4 You and very shortly there is going to be a new branch of the business selling Digi Images that myself and my DT Buddy Di Cox have been busy drawing who is also featured in the magazine! Can't wait it's all so exciting! Anyway, here are the photos of the magazine, if you're tempted to buy it, all the instructions are included and you get all the sentiments we used plus more with the free cd! Bargain!!!

Big Hugs
Woo

xxx

Challenge #9 - Brown & Orange

2011-08-21T08:31:00.001+01:00

Good morning all, another challenge starts at HERE COME THE BOYS! This time we want to see all your Brown & Orange creations! So hurry on over to see the DT work to boost your ideas and enter! This time I used a fantastic rubber stamp that I have had for ages, I didn't realise until after I had showed it to Di who is on our DT that it was her image (Drawing) made into a rubber stamp! Amazing male image and Di has some other fab images that I have no doubt she will be sharing with you over the coming challenges. Anyway, this time I chose a basketball theme and I really liked the outcome. Brown and Orange is a great combo for lots of cards, but especially for guys.

This time our challenge is led by our Fab DT Karen and sponsored by her lovely sister and GDT Sarah Pinnington (Stampin Up Rep & Demonstrator). Have a look at Sarah's amazing card and look at the lovely prize she has up for grabs!

Also, don't forget there is a fantastic opportunity to win a Cricut Machine with Here Come the Boys, we are currently running a Blog Candy Prize for a 1,000 Followers! if a 1,000 followers are reached by Christmas Eve we will be giving away the Cricut Personal Cutter and the winner will be chosen at random, so whizz on over, follow, post the blog candy and link back to be in with a chance of winning! A new challenge starts on the 19th September called the Cutie Pie Challenge, they also have Blog Candy and a DT Call going on at the moment.

I hope you like my card, thank you for coming over to look!

hugs Woo xx

DT Call & Launch BLOG CANDY!!!

2011-08-19T18:11:00.000+01:00

A new Blog Challenge is launching - "Cutie Pie Blog Challenge", there's some great Blog Candy to be won, so zip on over and follow, then paste the candy in your sidebar and link back to the challange. Also a DT Call has been put out. Here's a picture of the goodies on offer!

Sad Farewell to Do It With Digis!

2011-08-18T23:28:00.000+01:00

It's really a sad farewell today, due to our Queen Diva being pretty poorly Do It With Digis Blog Challenge is closing. I recall saying only a few months back that I would love to make cards that were good enough to be in a DT and was speechless when the lovely Lynne invited me to join the Digi Divas. But even though it has come to a sad end, I have learnt so much from all the girls on the DT and made some really special friends and I can't thank Lynne enough for the opportunity and faith she showed in me! I hope you will pay her a visit and wish her well. Get better soon Lynne!

Big Hugs
Wend
xxxxx

Edwin The Chef

2011-08-13T13:16:00.001+01:00

Edwin the Chef - Made this card for my nephew, haven't got any future challenges at Here Come The Boys that this will fit, so I've decided to post and enter some challenges myself for a change! We also have a fab followers candy prize at HCTB's of a Cricut! So if you want to be in with a chance of winning then you need to visit the 1,000 Blog Followers Page, follow, place the candy in your sidebar and that's it! It's been a really weird week this week, long hours at work, then all the nonsense with looters which interupted mine and so many other peoples lives, I'm just glad to get home to the safety of my own home and relax!

Hope You Like it!

I Would like to enter my card for the following challenges:

Totally Papercrafts - Food & Drink

Tellens Place Designs - Anything Goes

Stampin for the Weekend - Spots & Dots

The Stamp Man - Anything Goes

Joyful Stamper - Always Anything Goes!

Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes

Pixie Dust Studio - Boys Will Be Boys

Divas by Design - Birthdays

A Spoonful of Sugar - Birthday Inspired

The Stamping Boutique - Young Males

#8 CRITTERS!

2011-08-07T08:30:00.002+01:00

Good morning Bloggers! Another two weeks has shot past at Here Come The Boys and it's time for yet another challenge!!! This time we have our Wonderful Lynne from Crafts-4-You and Sentiments-4-You as our Fabby Sponsor! She is very generously offering a choice of any THREE SETS OF DIGI SENTIMENTS!!! It means you get to choose the ones that most suit your cards!!!

Well our challenge this time is Critters! By Critters we mean anything from the Animal Kingdom, It's open to your own interpretation, but must be for a male (Big or Little) and a critter of some kind! I decided my critter would be a lizard! in fact it's Lizard Edwin from Magnolia! I used a lovely Fancy Pants paper from Crafts 4 You and a gorgeous Lizard Charm from Ewe 2 Can Craft!

Hope you Likey!!!

Hugs

#16 Christmas in August at Do It With Digis!

2011-08-04T08:15:00.001+01:00

Another two weeks has flown by at Do It With Digis and our Queen Diva Lynne has set us a Christmas Challenge in August which I'm so pleased about!!! We all start making our Christmas cards at the last moment and then realise a week before that we still have that special card to make for someone! Well there's no excuse this time around, so get making a lovely Christmas card and join in the fun over at Do It With Digis!

This is my creation, I used a beautiful Magnolia Tilda to finish off my own Digi Image of a Christmas Bauble! If you like my image, please watch this space for more information on my Digi Images, as they will be going on sale very soon!

I hope you like it!

Hugs

This time our challenge is sponsored by our Queen Diva Lynne's Online Shop Crafts For You and there are some fantastic goodies up for grabs for the winner, so please don't forget to join in with the Digi Divas! This is our prize! A bundle of gorgeous Christmas Ribbons & a Marianne Creatable Russian Dolly Die!

#7 - Travel

2011-07-24T08:31:00.001+01:00

It's Travel Time over at HERE COME THE BOYS! I love Pilot Edwin and used some fab paper I found by accident in my Stash! I used a sentiment from Sentiments for You and Promarkers to colour. The challenge is being generously sponsored by Ewe2CanCraft, so pop on over and join in the fun and see the other fab DT Cards. Hope you like!

Hugs

CHALLENGE PRIZE

Challenge #15 Summer Fun at Do It With Digis

2011-07-21T08:00:00.001+01:00

Good morning Bloggers, it's the start of another fab challenge over at Do It With Digis and I'm so chuffed with my Summer Fun Card and the lovely Sentiments-4-you Sentiment, it suits the design of my card to a tee! I also purchased this gorgeous Molly Bloom Stamp and the Molly Bloom Beach Huts too to finish of my summer fun card from Crafts-4-You! I absolutely love this card it makes me feel happy! I hope you like my card!?!

Big Hugs

Christmas Candy Favours!

2011-07-15T16:46:00.001+01:00

I made this especially for Christmas, I thought if I started now I would finish in time for Christmas Day when all my family come over for dinner. These are going to be my favours - not all girly colours though Lol! I want to enter this into 'Sketches by Carly' a blog I found recently, I loved this sketch so I've adapted it to my Lollipop Holder! Delightful Challenges - Fancy Folds, The Rubber Cafe - Use Spellbinders, Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Christmas,The House That Stamps Built - Christmas, Scrapalicious USA - Use a Bear,

This particular one is for my neice Maisie. I'm sure she will love it! Hope you like it too!

Woo x

Carlys Sketch

#6 Sporty at Here Come The Boys!

2011-07-10T08:30:00.001+01:00

Good morning bloggy's, hope your weekend has been good!

Well today a new challenge starts over at Here Come The Boys and the challenge is being sponsored by Digis With Attitude, so if you want to win a $10 gift voucher to buy some Digis you need to enter! My card was inspired by a sport that I used to compete in for Great Britain "Roller Speed Skating!", although this little fella has inline skates on I think he's really cute! I used Fancy Pants Papers which I bought from Craft's 4 You and I bought the stamp from there too!

Hope you likey!

Hugs

Woo

xxx

Spots or Stripes at Do It With Digis!

2011-07-07T08:30:00.000+01:00

A new challenge over at DO IT WITH DIGIS! Spots & Stripes! I made this card for my friend Carol's 65th Birthday. I used a Digi from Crafts U Print drawn by the artist Lee Jacobs and a Digital Sentiment from Sentiments 4 You which I played with a little and added the 65! The card was so huge I couldn't get it all in the photo! This is an A4 Card split to make two A5 easels. Also, I'm so excited I've been asked to join both teams of DO IT WITH DIGIS now, so I'm going to be extra busy! I hope you likey!

Woo xxx

A little Boy I Know........

2011-07-02T06:58:00.002+01:00

A little boy I used to know is now 29yrs old and getting engaged! I can't believe it, where has the time gone! Leon and my son Luke went to nursery school together, he was such a little cutie, now he's a very handsome grown up man who's getting engaged today to Evette! This is the card I made for their engagement.

Hope you likey!

Woo xx

Totally Tilda - Anything but a Card!

2011-06-29T18:30:00.002+01:00

So I decided to have a go at making a lollipop holder and I'm happy with the results! I want to enter my creation into the Totally Tilda Blog Challenge!! Wish me Luck, I'll need it with all the fab entries that get posted!!!

Big Hugs

Woo x

Spots & Stripes @ Here Come The Boys!

2011-06-26T08:30:00.002+01:00

Good morning Craft Bloggers!

I hope you will join in the fun at "Here Come The Boys" and share your crafty card creations with us, pay a visit and have a look at the fantastic DT cards from the other girls on the team too! I can't believe that we are on our 5th Challenge already!! This time we have been very generously sponsored by Ruth from "A Passion for Stamps!"who is offering the winner a selection of 4 images. If you want to enter this time all you need to do is make your card a spots & stripes theme and you're away! I'm really pleased with the outcome of my card and so glad I chose Pip and his Skateboard from Ruths' fantastic range of Digistamps pay her a visit! I used some gorgeous Prima papers I bought from Crafts 4 You and coloured with Promarkers

I hope you like the card too!

Big Hugs

Do It With Digis - Challenge #13 Monochromatic

2011-06-23T08:40:00.001+01:00

Well another challenge has started at Do It With Digis and this time I had to make a Monochromatic card. MY first thought was black & white, but I know understand it means using tones of one colour - Lol! I'm such a Numpty!!! Anyway, I bought a Mo Manning image of a little girl in a temper a couple of weeks ago called 'Bossy' and just felt that she should have red hair, the best colour for a hot temper seemed to be Green, so I've used all different shades of green to achieve my final outcome. I also got to use my new Marianne Creatable dies that I bought from Crafts-4-You Roses, Doily & Flourish. I used all new Promarkers to colour my image. I'm pleased with the overall outcome. I hope you like it too!

Big Hugs

Wedding Acceptance

2011-06-19T16:00:00.001+01:00

My little cousin John is getting Married in September and I have to send an acceptance, as their theme is Pink and Ivory I thought that this would be appropriate. I know it's a bit extravigant for an Acceptance but hey! Hope you like it.

Hugs

I'd like to enter the following Challenges:

EtsyInspired #141 ~ Homes and Weddings

Challenge #4 Myth & Magic

2011-06-12T08:30:00.000+01:00

OMGosh!!! I can't believe we're on challenge four already at Here Come The Boys! Doesn't time fly when you're having fun!?! This time we are being sponsored by our lovely DT Member Jacky who is giving you the chance to win a gorgeous Pink Gem clear Stamp. For my card I used Fancy Pants Papers from Crafts-4-You and Promarkers Pear Green & Moss to colour my dragon image which was free! (Follow Link) I was over the moon when I found this image, I think he's really cool! I've made this one for my friend who's a bit poorly at the moment. I hope you like it!

Big Hugs

Totally Tilda Red, White & Blue

2011-06-05T16:06:00.003+01:00

I've never entered the Totally Tilda Blog Challenge before! I have so many Tilda's and I make lots of cards with them, but never brave enough to compete with the card makers who do the lovely Shabby Chic Tilda's! Anyway, I've decided to have a go. Sadly as I'm only doing 2 blog challenges now, I have a little more time to be creative with Tilda! I used my new Marianne Creatable doily die and a union jack digi paper, but I struggled to get the image sharp white.
Never mind I hope you like her.

Hugs

#3 Fathers Day / Hubby / Partner

2011-05-29T08:30:00.006+01:00

"HERE COME THE BOYS!" Our 3rd Challenge is underway!

I loved making my card for this challenge and it's one I'm going to send to my Dad! This time I used a stepper card that I bought from Crafts-4-You. There were two in the pack

1 white and this one which is cream, they are excellent quality card, so that made the stepper stand up straight! I also bought some Prima Papers and used the stack to create the look I wanted, which I think was ideal for the theme of my card. Lynne who is sponsoring our challenge this time made us some personalised Sentiments specifically for our challenge and these and many more can be found at Sentiments 4 You or Crafts 4 You.

I finished my card using a selection of charms that I bought from Sharon at Ewe 2 Can Craft. All in all I kept my card supplies within the Here Come The Boys DT!

I hope you like it!

Big Hugz Woo x

#11 It's All About The Boys! with Do It With Digis!

2011-05-26T08:30:00.022+01:00

Our Queen Diva did good! She gave me this lovely image to work with from Di's Digi Downloads! How cute is this bear!?! I had a little piece of backing paper left from another card which had a guy cutting the grass, cleaning the car and cooking on the BBQ, so it was ideal to finish this card and image off and I used my new Card Candy which I bought from Crafts-4-You. I hope you like it! Don't forget to pop along to Do It With Digis and see the cards made by the fab DT girls too!

Thank you for visiting today, have a good day!

Big Hugs

#2 Sketch at Here Come The Boys!

2011-05-15T14:21:00.002+01:00

I'm sitting here today thinking to myself that my new blog post would be getting some comments and then discover that my post was lost in this weeks Blogger Crash!!! Arghhhh!!

Never mind, here we go - Well our first challenge was such a brilliant success, Sharon and I are hoping that challenge #2 at Here Come The Boys will be just as successful!

My card is for my friends husband's birthday, I used Papermania papers from the For The Boys range and the Bubble Border Punch from Martha Stewart which I purchased with my newsletter & membership discount from Crafts-4-You and I coloured my image with my new promarkers from Ewe2CanCraft. I wish I could enter the challenge myself this time as we have some lovely tafetta ribbon and embellishments from Stampin Up independant demonstrator Sarah Pinnington. Please visit HCTB's to see the wonderful DT Cards.

Big Hugz to you all

#64 Tilda with Glitter & Bling!

2011-05-14T08:30:00.003+01:00

It really didn't take much for me to use Glitter & Bling for my Acetate Tilda card, for me the sparklier & blingier the better! I love anything that sparkles, just like I like spending hours in Harrods looking in Tiffany! Anyway, back to my card, This time at the DCD Christmas Club the DT were allowed to go wild with Glitter and Diamonte's and this is my creation.

I hope you like!

Sassy & Sparkly over at Do It With Digis!

2011-05-13T20:32:00.000+01:00

Hopefully this time my post will stay where it's supposed to be! I posted my card for this weeks Do It With Digis Challenge once already this week and it's getting a bit of a joke with Blogger keep losing it! Sort it out please!! I used my stepper from Crafts-4-You and my gorgeous little charm from Ewe2CanCraft, two out of my three favourite online shops! The other being Crafty Emma! My Acetate was only 80p and it came already swirled so I was really a happy bunny! Hope you like it AGAIN!!!

Big Hugs

Sassy & Sparkly! At Do It With Digis!

2011-05-11T21:52:00.000+01:00

The new challenge over at Do It With Digis is off and running and this time my Queen Diva Lynne gave me some fab images to play with! This is the card I came up with so I hope you like it!?! I cheated and used a precut stepper card that I got from crafts-4-you and then I used one of my beautiful charms from Ewe2CanCraft! All in all I really like this one, the acetate was preprinted with the swirl design and for a huge A3 sheet it only cost me 80p which was a bargain! Enjoy your day crafting!

Big Hugz

Thank you for looking!

2011-05-09T06:08:00.001+01:00

I made this yesterday for one of the boys to send to their dad! My son had a mini just like this!
Woo x

Weddings!

2011-05-08T14:35:00.000+01:00

Well my cousin is getting married in September, so I decided to make a card in the colour theme (Pink) his wife to be Nicola has chosen and this is the first one I came up with! Then I made a second and I fell in love with that too! Now I can't decide!?!

Our First Challenge at Here Come The Boys!!!

2011-05-01T08:30:00.018+01:00

HERE COME THE BOYS!!!

Oh my I'm so excited! It doesn't seem possible that my friend Sharon from Ewe 2 Can Craft and I have been plugging our new blog challenge for over a month, the lucky Candy Winners have been published it's time to start coming up with the goods!!! This month is sponsored by Ewe 2 Can Craft and there are a set of 5 promarkers to be won!

Well this is my first submission, I went with our blinkie design but changed the colours a little, I really hope you like him! Watch this space for Challenge 2 it promises to be a good one! :O)

Hugs and a big Mwahh!!

#63 Christmas Angels at the DCD Christmas Club

2011-04-30T08:30:00.003+01:00

Morning Bloggers! I was given a beautiful Prairie Fairy Christmas Angel to work with this time at the DCD Christmas Club and wanted to create the impression she was climbing into the past to put her decoration up. Quite simple to achieve this effect using your stamped image, you just need to cut out the area around the wings and the back of her dress, but leave the card in tact to slide the frame behind her wings and dress. I used foamies to make the wings stand proud. Please don't be shy, pay a visit to DCD Christmas Club and see the fantastic cards the DT have made and get inspiration from all the other entrants too! Have a lovely extended Bank Holiday weekend and watch this space! Here Come The Boys launches tomorrow!!!

Hugs

#9 I Can See Clearly

2011-04-28T08:30:00.027+01:00

It's time for Challenge #9 at Do It With Digis! The circus has come too town!!! What a brilliant backing paper I managed to find to set this card up! Just loved the baloons, so when my Queen Digi Diva Lynne set this challenge and sent me the images I thought it would go really well! I also bought another image to finish it off - the balloon seller. I cut the apeture out of my Card Creation card using a nestie then taped curtains on the inside and layered the Lion and the elephant to make them look more 3D.

Hope you like it!

Hugs and a big Mwahh!

CHALLENGE #8 - FAIRIES, PIXIES AND ELVES - MIDWAY POST

2011-04-21T09:00:00.001+01:00

Well my little Digi Diva fingers have been very busy of late! I've taken the fab job as a midweek Diva too and this is my midweek creation for CHALLENGE #8 - FAIRIES, PIXIES AND ELVES. I used the beautiful image from the PRAIRIE FAIRY and as we are right on top of Easter went for lovely tones of lemon, yellow and gold! I really hope you like her....... Pop over to the Do it With Digis blog challenge look at the fantastic DT cards and the submissions of the followers for inspiration - they're all fantastic! Here's Mine, I hope you like her!?!

Hugs

#62 Sketch Black & White

2011-04-16T08:45:00.026+01:00

I loved following a sketch this time for the DCD Christmas Club and this Tilda was ideal for the challenge, especially as she's holding a candle! It allowed me to work with all the Grey Promarker's that I've stocked up on recently and make her look like she's walking in the dark by highlighting with the cool grey 5. Please pay a visit to the DCD Challenge, I know I say it every time, but the DT Cards are amazing and the guest designer this time is one of Here Come The Boys very own DT Members Teresa Allday. Please follow her and comment on her beautiful cards too!

Here's mine! Hugs

Here Come The Boys!

2011-04-15T00:49:00.000+01:00

I can't believe that Sharon & I's blog challenge Here Come The Boys has hit 150 followers! Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us and chosen to follow! We really hope you will join in the fun, Pop over to see the latest blog candy prizes.

New cards to post here on Saturday so pop back to see my challenge DT Cards

Hugs
Woo
xxx

#61 Create a Christmas Scene Using At Least Two Images One Must Be A Tilda

2011-04-09T08:45:00.002+01:00

A Winter Wonderland with Tilda & Edwin

Good morning to all the creative followers of the DCD Christmas Club, I struggled to decide which of my Christmas Scenes to use today, so I have decided to post both!

My First scene I used the magnolia snowman, trees and Tilda & Edwin Ice Skating, I really love the soft blue snowflake papers from Craft Creations.

For my Second Scene I used this lovely Tilda with a Jolly Holly Wreath and this lovely Digi Doodles Christmas Door and a Sentiment 4 You Christmas Digistamp.

Why not Pop over to DCD Christmas Club and have a look at the fantastic designs made by the wonderful girls in the Design Team, I promise you won't be dissappointed!!!

#7 Use A Digi Background - Midway Challenge Post

2011-04-07T09:00:00.010+01:00

PRINCE CHARMING!

Well Do It With Digis Followers, I just had to use this lovely background image from Di's Digis to create a Prince Charming Scene for my Midway Do It With Digis Challenge Post! How cute does Edwin Look!?! I finished it with a lovely rich Navy Bow and one of The Queen Digi Diva's Sentiments 4 You Digi Sentiments, it's rather apt for this card, because I'm sure we would all love Prince Charming to come and sweep us off of our feet! I really hope you like him! I would love to hear your comments.

Hugs

Prince Charming - Edwin

Times Ticking Away!

2011-04-03T13:56:00.000+01:00

Only a really really quick post! I made this clock this morning for someone special.
hugs
Woo
x

Photo Memories!

2011-04-02T22:30:00.000+01:00

I made this card for my friend who wanted a card that involved football and photos for her daughter who is Footie mad. I put this lovely Mo Manning image into one of my Spellbinder Photoframes, allowed some of the image to flood out onto the card and I'm really pleased with the outcome. I'm also really surprised that the fucshia pink and lime green go so well together.

I hope you like it.
Hugs
Woo
xxx

Challenge #60 "A Merry Fairy Christmas"

2011-04-02T21:56:00.000+01:00

It's been a bit of a busy week this week, I felt a little ragged to say the least, but when I was given the challenge for today at the DCD Christmas Club I soon perked up and I was really pleased that I got to choose one of the Fantastic Prarie Fairy images. I love this one - firstly because I love fairies, but also because it's a really romantic image, an ideal choice when making a christmas card for those men out there who want to send something beautiful to the lady in their life!

How did the flowers come about? - I decided that I wanted to use some pretty flowers, so I took my 3yr old Nephew Sam over to Crews Hill in Enfield, we drove over to a shop there that sells them. Sam is such a good boy I had no worrys about him charging around, when he's on his own he's an angel! So we wandered over to where the baskets of individual flowers were and I merrily picked up a variety of colours and told Sam to look for some pretty ones for me. Needless to say I took my eye of the ball for a second and all of a sudden I heard a little voice say "Aunty Wend, do you like these?", I turned around to find Sam with about 30 bunches of flowers of all colours, I could barely see him! But Hey, they were the ones he liked, so guess what? I brought them all home with me, with Sam smiling like a cheshire cat because he had chosen them, they cost me an arm and a leg, but I had one happy little boy!

Why not pop over and see the wonderful DT Cards the DCD Christmas Club girls made this week and grab some inspiration for your own Christmas cards!!!

Hugs
Woo
xxxx

Do It With Digi's!!! Design Team!!!

2011-03-31T08:31:00.001+01:00

CHALLENGE #7 - USE A DIGI BACKGROUND WITH A TILDA OR EDWIN

"Summer Lovin!"

Oh my, I've been bursting to put this challenge on my blog, as it's my first one as a Digi Diva for Do It With Digi's! It took me by complete surprise when Lynne invited me to join the DT and of course as you can imagine I didn't hesitate to take up this fantastic opportunity! But the best bit was to get this challenge for my first submission, it made me smile and I was over the moon as I'd just bought two new Magnolia stamps that were definitely the ones for this card and background. My Sentiment came from Sentiments 4 You and was designed especially by Lynne for my card - which I thought was pretty amazing too! I'm just so excited about joining Lynne's Digi Divas and I can't wait to make all my cards for the up coming challenges. I really hope you like my "T-Birds Edwin" and "Sandy - Tilda" how cute are they!!! I know I made the card, but I love everything about it, I'm a big Grease Fan so it was the best challenge ever for me!

I really hope you like it

Hugs

Oh Tilda, Maybe Some Day, When High School Is Done!

"HERE COME THE BOYS!" Blog Candy!!!

2011-03-27T12:00:00.000+01:00

There's a new Blog Challenge in Town!!! "HERE COME THE BOYS!" and it's launching with Blog Candy!
Sharon Press and myself have decided there aren't enough blog challenges for your creative designs that are made for men, boys and their toys, so ours will be dedicated to just that theme - The men in our lives! We hope you will follow us and join in the fun, we have two sponsors at the moment, but we hope to gain more once we are up and running.

Visit the blog - Here Come The Boys - follow the instructions, enter the Blog Candy Draw and then follow to join in the fortnightly challenges. Enjoy!

Mwahhh!!! Life is Good & Very Happy!

DCD Christmas Club - #59 "Tilda With Flowers"

2011-03-26T09:00:00.000Z

I've been so excited for a whole week absolutely bursting to tell everyone that I was invited by the very talented Susie Sugar from Die Cut Dreams to join her Christmas Club Design Team! This is my first challenge card "Tilda With Flowers". I really hope you like her, I chose not to use a Christmas Tilda stamp and instead opted for the Kareoke Tilda, which most people wouldn't associate with christmas, but I thought she would definitely be singing one of my favourite christmas songs "Santa Baby" at the office party! Using bright reds, one of my favourite colours, I have made my first design and I think it's a really christmassy colour.

Hugs

CES Challenge #29 Die Cuts Crazy!

2011-03-26T08:30:00.082Z

The theme for this weeks CES Challenge is Die Cuts Galore and it gave me a chance to use my new Spellbinder Nesties to create this card, using Edwin the Sailor and a range of Blues, I decided I wanted to create a lighthouse scene. I searched everywhere for a pretty lighthouse stamp, but I couldn't find what I was looking for, they were either to blocky or more like a real photo stamp, so I decided the only way I was going to get what I wanted was to draw my own! I'm really pleased with the way it came out and have popped it into my Digistamp Shop if you would like to buy the image.

Well this is my last week as a Guest Designer for the CES Challenge and I want to say a big thank you to Emma the owner of CES Challenge Blog and Crafty Emma's Store for asking me to join her for the month of March. In a matter of 4 weeks I feel that being on the CES GDT made me think more about the design of my card and it gave me a chance to experiment using themes. It also gave my work the exposure I wanted on a Blog Challenge, which in turn has opened up the most amazing opportunities! Thank you so much Emma! .

So my fabby news this week is that I now have two permanent DT places! One with Lynne Salmon the Owner and Mega Digi Diva at Do It With Digis and the other place is with Susie Sugar the Owner of Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club! In addition, I am about to launch my own blog challenge with my good friend & Fabby Card Designer "Sharon Press" from Ewe 2 Can Craft So watch this space in the not so distant future for my BLOG CANDY LAUNCH!

Hugs

30th Birthdays

2011-03-20T19:46:00.000Z

I was asked by a friend at work to make a birthday card for her niece who's 30 on wednesday. I'm hoping she will like this creation! I'm absolutely done in today, I've made 6 cards and I think if I don't stop now my hubby will divorce me!!! Hope you like it
Hugs

There's a Lot Of Fairy Dust in My House Today!

2011-03-20T17:12:00.000Z

Another favourite image of Mo Manning! Sophie, She's just gorgeous! Again I've used one of the Sentiments 4 You Digi images. Not sure who's going to get this one for their birthday yet!?!
Hugs

A Little Bit of Fairy Dust!

2011-03-20T13:12:00.000Z

Working a little outside the Square Box today and working with A5 size card for a change, amazing how difficult it is to fill an A5 Base! Whatever you do you can't win, 15 x 15 is too small and A5 is too Big!
Anyway, I used a lovely LOTV stamp for this one and I'm pleased with it.
Hugs

Pirates Ahoy!

2011-03-19T22:06:00.000Z

Well I needed a Galleon for this, so I drew one and it's come out quite well! Pirate Edwin, Gems and a nice "Sentiments 4 You" clear stamped Sentiment finished it off nicely. My Nephew will be pleased with this one.

Hugs

CES Challenge - # "Inspired by or Your Favourite Song"

2011-03-19T09:13:00.000Z

My 3rd week on the CES Challenge Blog and although I've loved all the Challenges thus far, this weeks challenge has to be my favourite! I jumped at the chance to make a card for my favourite song!
One of my all time favourites - Hey There, Lonely Girl (Excellent Live video of Eddie Holman). I've popped a link to the 2009 live performance of Mr Holman himself, only person who could carry this song off and do it justice! I was 12 yrs old when this song was released.

Anyway, I thought Tilda looked a little lonely in my stamp box, so she was the only choice for my card design this week and I loved this new paper I found in the shop yesterday, So I hope you like her and I really hope you will all join in the fun over at CES Challenge Blog!
Hugs

HEY THERE LONELY GIRL!!!

#Challenge 27 CES Challenge Blog - MEN ONLY!

2011-03-12T08:56:00.000Z

#Challenge 27 CES Challenge Blog - MEN ONLY!
Well today is the start of a new challenge on the CES Challenge Blog and I can't believe how quick the first week has gone! My second week on the challenge as a Guest Designer and I hope there will be lots of fantastic challenge entries for this week, I can't wait to see what you all post, too get lots of inspiration from you all!

Well here's my week 2's CES Challenge Blog Design. This time I've gone for a really bright vibrant mixture of Reds and Yellows. The stamp is from the "Little Musing" range and is brilliant for all the awkward teenage boy's in our lives! I thoroughly enjoyed making this card, I hope that you like it too!
Hugs

"Little Musing Stamp Range"*

I'm So Excited - And I Just Can't Hide It!!!!

2011-03-07T19:25:00.000Z

I'm about to lose control and I think I like it!!! (There's a song in there somewhere!).

Last week I received an unexpected email from the Wonderfully Talented Lynne Salmon over at Do It With Digis, Stamp Around The Block and Sentiments 4 You, to my surprise I had an invitation to join the Fantastically Talented Design Team at Digi Divas. I can't tell you how suprised I was or how excited, my dreams came true all in one day! I haven't posted anything on my blog about it until now because I hadn't seen my name in the DT list, but I noticed this evening that it has appeared, so I hope I'm not ahead of myself by telling! I'm so excited about joining in the Do It With Digi's team, I hope I can live up to their growing reputation as one of the best blog challenges on the net and that you will all join in the challenges Lynne & her Digi Divas run!

Currently the Digi Divas have a fantastic Western Challenge going on, the cards made by the DT are gorgeous and the entries submitted thus far are really cute! Come on Girls, don't be shy have a go!!!

Hugs

CES BLOG CHALLENGE GUEST DESIGNER

2011-03-05T00:29:00.000Z

Back in January I posted a blog about wanting to use my creative skills and teaching to do something in arts and crafts. I asked if I would ever be good enough to join a Challenge Blog Design Team and to my surprise "Emma" from Crafty Emmas Store and the owner of the CES Challenge Blog emailed me the same day to ask me if I would like to join the CES Challenge Blog as a Guest Designer for the month of March! I was so excited I could have burst and it took me all of 5 minutes to make my decision and I promptly sent off my reply!

So, for the last week I have been busy preparing myself for my first DT submission for CES Challenge Blog and I was really pleased when Emma told me it was going to be a St Patricks Day Theme, as I had a lovely Tilda Shamrock accessories stamp and a Sparkly Tilda stamp I could use for the project. This is the finished result I hope you like it!

"Happy St Patricks Day!" Easel Card

I used a bottle green piece of card stock and cut it to a 15cm width, then I scored the card on half A4 then a second score on one half at the A4 Gate mark. I cut a further 15 x 15cm square of Bottle Green card to create the design. I layered a 14.5 x 14.5cm Papermania sage green and then a 14 x 14cm light green check punched along the lower edge with a Martha Stewart Hydrangea Border Punch. I finished the base using Glitterati flat green gems and a piece of pastel green ribbon. Building the background I used a Marianne Flourish die to cut out a nice sparkly swirl from Papermania Handmade Shimmers in the Aurora Silver. I added 4 shamrock leaves and coloured them with pro-markers, popping a real swarovski crystal in the middle of each trying to maintain the sparkly feel of the card. The banner and Tilda are both from the Magnolia range of stamps and mounted on foam pads and all of my images have been coloured using Pro-Markers as follows: Banner: Lime Zest/Lime Green. Shamrock - Moss/Pine. Tilda: Skin - Blush/Oatmeal/Pastel Pink. Socks - Lime Zest/Lime Green. Suit - Meadow Green/Apple. Hair - Caramel/Cocoa. Sakura Gelly Roll Clear Star to accentuate Stars etc.

The finishing touches were added using the light green check paper for the bottom stand, two lime green buttons with string through and a sentiment.

Happy St Patricks Day!

Closer details of Gems in Shamrocks

Buttons, Bows & Sentiments!

I have thoroughly enjoyed this challenge and I want to say a big thankyou to Emma for the faith she showed in offering me the Challenge. I can't wait for next weeks challenge project - watch this space!

Hugs

My Digi Diva Cowboy

2011-03-03T19:05:00.000Z

I just had to enter this card into the Do It With Digis Wildwest challenge! Ive made this card today for my 8yr old nephews birthday - Cameron will love it I hope you do too!
Hugs

Do It With Digis Blog Challenge Sketch

2011-02-27T18:03:00.000Z

I love the Do it With Digis Sketch pattern this week and I decided that I have so many cards for ladies it would be nice to do one for the men. This one is my DIWD submission this week, but will be going into my cards for men class.
Hugs
Woo

I would like to enter this card for the Do It With Digis - A Sketch

Door Hangers

2011-02-26T21:42:00.000Z

I went to a class with one of my favourite ladies yesterday and we made Door Hangers! Lynn you inspired me to make the footie ones, my nephew will be so excited to receive this one next week and my son asked me to make the arsenal one for his friend at work....
My son's will have a fit if they see these pictured together as they are both avid Gooners and it's sacrilege to put them next to THFC!?!
Hugs
Woo
xx

Almost Black & White

2011-02-20T10:03:00.000Z

What a busy weekend! Friday spent chasing around after storage for my new craft unit and preparing for my first class on Saturday. Then on the big day I was full of nerves, but my class was a roaring success and this is one of the cards we made. Making this card allowed me to use one of my new Sentiments 4 You clear stamps and also one of the lovely newer LOTV stamps. I hope you like it.

Hugs
Woo
xxx

I would also like to enter this one into the CES Challenge - Spots & Stripes.

A Easle Valentines for the Do It With Digis Challenge

2011-02-13T19:27:00.000Z

I've been playing with some of my new Digi Stamps from Sentiments 4 U and have put this entry together for the Do It With Digis Valentines Challenge. I love all the work of the Digi Divas and aspire to be as creative as they are. I used a beautiful Digi Image from Sassy Cheryl.
Hugs
Woo
xxx

Here we go Digi Divas! - Valentines

Beary Cute & Cuddly Challenges

2011-02-13T17:24:00.000Z

Well I have had a really busy weekend again! I went to a fantastic class at Stampin Around The Block with Lynne Salmon and was even more amazed when I found myself in the same room with my other favourite Sharon Press from Ewe 2 Can Craft!

Anyway, On to my Beary Cute & Cuddly Challenge entry - Another one of my favourite places is Crafty Emmas Store, I got a fantastic deal this week on Card Candy (buy 2 & get 1 FREE!) which I used in my Cute & Cuddly entry for the CES Challenge Blog owned by Crafty Emma along with my Fizzy Moon Celebration stamp to create this card. I hope you like it
Hugs
Woo
xxx

I would like to enter:
CES Challenge - "Cute & Cuddly"

All Sorts - It Must Be Love, Love, Love

Crazy for Challenges - C4C73 Valentines

Stamp with Fun - Love

Incy Wincy Designs - Love

A Spoonful Of Sugar - Let's See Some Love

Passion for Promarkers - Let There Be Love

Stampin' for the Weekend - St Valentines Day

Bright & Bold Fiary!

2011-02-06T19:28:00.000Z

I found this freebie Digi Image of a rearly sassy looking Fairy, she came to life with the lovely bright and bold combination of pinks. I used a butterfly die to make her glittery wings.

I would like to enter her in the following Blog Challenges:

STAMP SOMETHING - DIGI
Stamping with the Dragon - Anything Goes

Memories of Years Gone By....

2011-01-29T17:48:00.000Z

Oh What a hectic day so far! Airport run, leaking tap and a house full of snow boards!

I was glad to make some cards to calm down, this one is for my friend who is celebrating her Pearl Wedding Anniversary and thought that this Digi Image by Mo Manning was ideal for the card. I would love to hear your comments.
Hugs
Woo
xxx