A Gem of a Challenge #28 ... Mandy's Sketch

Good morning

Hooray it's the weekend and i'm off work next week and not back in Thursday 1st Sept :-)

It's time for A Gem of a Challenge.  Mandy is our host and has designed a fab sketch for us to use.  I love this sketch and will definitely use it again ... thanks Mandy :-) x

The prize is 6 digi images of the winner's choice from Pink Gem Designs.

* Card Recipe *

Image ~  Chloe & Snowman  

Papers ~ Penguin Frolics digi papers available from Pink Gem Designs.

Flowers ~ I made the flowers using a Marianne Design Poinsettia die and added some stamens to the centres. 

* Challenges *

Crafty Sentiments ~ No Sentiment

Papertake ~ Bingo

Free (die cuts), Pearls, Blooms

Marianne Design Divas ~ Anything Marianne Goes!

Bah Humbug ~ Something New (Image and Papers)

Christmas Stampin' ~ Non-Traditional

Totally Papercrafts ~ Christmas in August

I am going to be busy ironing and packing today because we are going to Kent for a few days :-)

Hope you all have a great weekend and I will catch up with you all again soon.

Happy Crafting!

More Humphrey :-)

Good morning

Today's the day the new Humphrey die cut decoupage collections are launched as Pick of the Week on Create & Craft,  There are two different collections to choose from (Everyday and Christmas) ... they come with co-ordinating backing papers which I have used on my sneak peeks today.

Show times for the week are:

Friday: 12pm, 3pm 7pm

Saturday: 8am, 1pm

Sunday: 9am, 4pm, 6pm

Monday: 9am, 11a & , 12pm (Paper Clinic), 2pm, 5pm

Tuesday: 8am, 12pm, 6pm

All shows are on Create & Craft: Sky 671, Freeview 36, Freesat 813

Humphrey Sneak Peek 3

Good morning

More sneak peeks of the cute Humphrey Everday and Christmas decoupage kits from Crafter's Companion which are launching tomorrow on Create & Craft.

Show times for the week are:

Friday: 12pm, 3pm 7pm

Saturday: 8am, 1pm

Sunday: 9am, 4pm, 6pm

Monday: 9am, 11a &, 12pm (Paper Clinic), 2pm, 5pm

Tuesday: 8am, 12pm, 6pm

All shows are on Create & Craft: Sky 671, Freeview 36, Freesat 813

Isn't this little fella adorable ... just perfect for a little boy to give to his daddy :-)  The panels have been embossed with a Crafts-Too embossing folder.  Papers and matching insert with a printed greeting, using the Verse Writer, from the Swalk Vol. 2 CD. 

 

I love this cute image :-) As before the papers are from the Swalk Vol 2 CD. 

Back tomorrow morning with a few more pre-launch sneak peeks!

New Christmas Stamps at Pink Gem Designs and Humphrey Sneak Peek 2!

Good morning

Andy and Chloe are having 'Snow Much Fun' in the latest polymer Christmas stamp release at Pink Gem Designs!

This relase comes with coloured acetates and they are onsale from this morning. 

 

Below is a selection of the new stamps but you can see them all here

 

 

Here is another sneak peek of the Crafter's Companion Humphrey die cut decoupage kit which launches this Friday on Create & Craft.  This kits contains a collection of super cute images from the Humphrey CD and also some new Christmas ones :-)

 

Will be back tomorrow with another Humphrey Sneak Peek!!

 

Humphrey Sneak Peek 1

Good morning

Hope you all had a good weekend.  I was busy making DT cards for the Crafter's Companion Pick of the Week on Create & Craft this Friday.  It is a collection of Humphrey die cut decoupage sheets and includes general and Christmas images.

For my first sneak peek I have used one of the Christmas sheets.  I must say how impressed I am with these sheets ... they push out easily and neatly so no need to trim with scissors which is a problem I have had with die cut decoupage in the past. 

I have mounted the cute Humphrey image onto a red die cut scalloped circle, papers are printed from the Adorables Christmas Collection CD and finished if off with a punched border, ribbon and gems from my stash. 

That's all from me ... lots of things to do this week because we are going away to Kent for a few days on Sunday :-)

I will be back tomorrow with another sneak peek!

Crafter's Companion DT News and Slimming World

TGIF! 

Hope you are well and looking forward to the weekend ... I know I am :-)

Anyway moving onto my DT news! Some of you will know that I was a member of the Crafter's Companion Design Team last year but had to step down due to personal committments.  However, I am pleased to say after a short break I am now back and really looking forward to working with a great team :-)    

I have been trying to lose weight for a few weeks and have managed to lose a stone just by cutting back on how much I eat but I would like to lose another 1½ stone.  The last couple of weeks I haven't managed to lose anything so last night I joined Slimming World.  I am going to follow the Extra Easy Choice which allows you to eat loads ...to be honest this diet sounds so easy it's almost too good to be true.  I will report back next Thursday after my first weigh in. 

Catch up with you all again soon and hope you have a great weekend :-)

Daydream Believer

Good afternoon

With it being the school holidays I haven't had much time for crafting the last few days but did manage to find time yesterday to ink up one of the new Swalk stamps.  This sweet image is called 'Daydream Believer' and she has been coloured with Spectrum Noirs. 

I normally use Copics which I love (sometimes Promarkers) to colour my images but decided try new the Spectrum Noirs.  To be honest at first I wasn't sure I liked them but after some practice I think I am slowly getting there and am actually quite pleased with this image.  I have found I get the best results using Neenah Classic Crest Card which is available from Crafter's Companion.  I have also used them with Ryman's coated card which is okay but for me the pens seem to blend so much better with the Neenah. 

* Card Recipe *

Image ~ Swalk Daydream Believer

Papers ~ Swalk CD-ROM Vol. 2

Sentiment ~ LOTV Inspirational Sentiments Set

Pearls, Ribbon and Brad ~ Stash


* Challenges *

Totally Gorjuss ~ Sketch

SFTW ~ Spots & Dots
Pretty Little Ribbon Shop ~ Ribbons

At last the sun has come out to play so i'm going out into the garden to enjoy the sunshine :-)

Catch up with you all again soon!

A Gem of a Challenge ~ WOW

Good morning

It's time for a new challenge at A Gem of a Challenge and the lovely Jackie is hosting again and she has chosen White on White!  This is the first time I have made a WOW card and to be honest I did struggle but got there in the end.  Not the best example of a WOW card but if you pop over to the challenge blog you can see some truly stunning cards and a few sneak peeks of the new Christmas stamps which should be available to buy from Pink Gem Designs in the next week or so :-) 

I have used Ice Skating Chloe and a sentiment from the Let It Snow A7 sentiment sheet.  I made the poinsettias with a Marianne Creatables die, added a few stamens to the centres and sprayed with Spray & Sparkle (iridescent) available from Crafter's Companion.  I am really pleased with how these turned out:-)  The embossed background has also been sprayed for extra shimmer.

* Challenges *

Winter Wonderland ~ White on White

Bah Humbug ~ White on White

Crafty Sentiments ~ Christmas

Paperplay ~ Christmas in August

Simon Says Stamp ~ Christmas in August


** 20% off Digi Products **

For this weekend only Pink Gem Designs have 20% off all Digi Products

The discount ends at 7:00 am on Monday 8th August (UK time)


Chris and Jamie are off to the hairdressers this morning and then he has a birthday party to go to this afternoon.  Other than that we haven't got anything planned this weekend.  Hopefully the weather will be nice tomorrow so we can go to the coast for the day :-)

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

A Gem of a Challenge

Good morning

Hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend :-) I know I am ... Chloe and Jamie are both moving up to their next school in September so we've been busy with leaver's services, BBQ's, discos etc this week. It's all been very emotional but we are now all looking forward to the summer hols ...  hope the weather improves because we have lots of days out planned :-)

Jackie is our host this time at A Gem of a Challenge and she has a super sketch for you :-)  The prize is 2 sets of digi papers (Slugs n Snails and Sugar & Spice) from Pink Gem Designs. 

The sentiment can be added anywhere you like or not at all ... the choice is yours!

 

I have used Sitting Chloe and the frame around the image is cut with a Spellbinder Shapeabilities Floral Doily Motifs. Both are available from Pink Gem Designs.

The papers are First Edition 'Daydream' ... I love the colours in this pack.  The sentiment is from the General Greetings set at Lili of the Valley. The seam binding and all the flowerrs are from Wild Orchid Crafts except the large peach rose which I believe was from Crafty Feeling.

* Challenges *

Craft Us Crazy ~ Anything Goes

Hooked On Craft ~ With Love

Totally Gorjuss ~ Punch or Die

Allsorts ~ Free n Easy

2 Sisters ~ Anything Goes

Now off to hang the washing out (got to make the most of the dry weather) and then I am off into town with Jamie so he can spend some of his birthday money ... it is seriously burning a hole in his pocket lol!

Hope you have a great weekend :-)

Daisy Chain

Good morning

Hope you all had a great weekend.  It poured down most of the weekend here in Norfolk and looks like it's going to be dull and wet again today :-(

I love this sweet Lili of the Valley image ... when I was a child we lived on a green and I used to spend hours out there making daisy chains for my dolls and teddy bears :-)

* Card Recipe *

Image ~ LOTV Daisy Chain

Papers ~ Marianne Design 'Eline's Babies - Blue'

Sentiment ~ Craftwork Cards

Flowers & Seam Binding ~ Wild Orchid Crafts

(except pink roses ... no idea where they came from)

Pearl Embellishments ~ Prima

* Challenges *

Sweet Sketch Wednesday ~ Sketch

Lili of the Valley ~ Pink & Blue

Southern Girls ~ Happy Birthday

Cute Card Thursday ~ Going round in circles

Totally Papercrafts ~ Girly Girls

Phindy's Place ~ Pretty Pastels

Creative Craft ~ Pretty Blossoms

Allsorts ~ Free & Easy

Simon Says Stamp ~ Anything Goes
MAWTT ~ Favourite Things
(LOTV stamps, WOC flowers and MS punch)
Dream Valley ~ Summer


That's all from me ... need to tackle my ever growing ironing pile :-(