Christmas heart plaque...

Good morning, Blogger buddies! What a lovely morning we are getting up to here in North Wales - the sun is shining and I've been crafting! Now don't fall over or anything...I've made something for Christmas?!....I know...and it's not even December?!...

...I inked and stencilled the background with Distress Inks and over stamped with a text stamp for more depth, then started adding 'stuff'...I don't want to keep chucking stuff at it, but don't know if it is Christmassy enough?! Maybe it needs some holly leaves or something?
I have another 2 of these large mdf hearts, so if you have any inspiration for what I could do with the other two, I would be most appreciative!
Have a terrific Tuesday, whatever you're up to and don't forget that there's a brand new challenge starting over at Passion for Promarkers with Team 2 in the hot seats and a theme of 'Embossing' (wet or dry)...
Hugs,

New Etsy listings...

Good morning, crafty friends! I am trying my hardest to find some crafty motivation and get in the right frame of mind for creating, both physically and digitally...and although it is still hard, I feel I am slowly finding the inspiration to draw again!
I know I have neglected my little, online corner of Blogland and am hoping to resolve this as my motivation and inspiration returns! For now, I have two new card kits that have been listed in my Etsy shop and are also available at CraftsuPrint...

I have created two Twist and Pop kinetic cards - one with pretty butterflies and the other with my Grapevine and wine images. The card kits come with the printable template for creating the card base and mechanism, all the decorative panels, with decoupage layers and photographic instructions on how to create the card base. They are priced at £1.99 each and are available now...
I hope you like my kinetic cards and hope to be back with some more paper creations soon...
Crafty hugs,

Passion for Promarkers - Celebrations...

Good morning, Blogger buddies! We have a brand new challenge starting over at Passion for Promarkers and this week's theme has been set by the lovely Nic (aka Coops), who would like to see all your creations for 'Celebrations'...so this could be for a wedding, Birthday, new baby, or any other type of celebration!
This week we are being sponsored by The Paper Shelter who are offering one lucky winner 3 digital images from their online store...

Don't forget, to be in with a chance of winning this prize, you MUST use your Winsor & Newton (formerly Letraset) products AND follow the challenge theme...it would also help the Design Team if you could state where you have used the products, i.e. coloured with Promarkers...

We were given the choice of an image to work with and I picked out the ever so pretty 'Wedding Cake'...I teamed it with pastel papers and did a bit of doodling to tie in the black outline of the image, then finished with some Liquid Pearls and a couple of diamante hearts.

I am still finding it hard to get the motivation to go in my craft room at the moment and think I may need to do a declutter, to clear my head and craft space a little...we have had some wonderful weather recently, which means we have been spending time outside and in our beloved campervan, Daisy! We got to spend the weekend at a fabulous site in Mid Wales called Fforest Fields, near Builth Wells and thoroughly enjoyed just chilling out in the sunshine...Josh got to have a go at kayaking on the lake and thinks he may have found a new hobby, so I'll have to get him brushed up on his swimming skills!...

It's back to the usual sunshine and showers this week, so maybe I'll be inclined to do more inside...I have a bathroom to paint, bedroom to sort out and craft room to declutter, so wish me luck!
Hope you can find the time to play along with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you all create!
Hugs,

Passion for Promarkers - Blooming Days...

Good morning, crafty friends and a happy, if somewhat grey, Tuesday to you all! It's the start of a brand new challenge over at Passion for Promarkers and the lovely Marie has chosen us a Springtime theme of 'Blooming Days', so we'd like to see all those florals...it can be a floral image, papers, die cuts, embellishments or even embossing!
We are being sponsored by the wonderful All Dressed Up Stamps and they are offering one lucky winner a choice of 2 digital images from their store...so what are you waiting for?...floral frenzy!

We were lucky enough to get an image to play with and I chose the ever so pretty Jam Jars...

I decided to create a shaker card, as I've not done one for AGES, though I don't know if it shows up very well in my photo...mainly because I have the workmen in stripping the bathroom out and just had to grab a photo on my phone when I got chance!
It's a bit of a chaotic week in our household, with the work going on upstairs and trying to get the camper, and everything that needs to go in it, ready for a friend's wedding this weekend, plus keeping on top of the usual stuff, clothes for school/work, packed lunches, washing/ironing, etc...how do people manage to go to work?! I'm sure I have less hours in a day than everyone else!
Right got to dash, workmen will be here any minute, so I need to make sure that the kettle is filled...if nothing else, I couldn't cope without tea!
Have a terrific Tuesday and I hope you can join in with our fun challenge this week!
Hugs,

Passion for Promarkers - Gorgeous Ginghams and Perfect Plaids...

This card was chosen as Top 3 over at Crafty Catz challenge blog...thank you so much!

Good morning, Blogger buddies! It's the start of a new challenge over at Passion for Promarkers today, which I am playing host for...I have set a nice, easy theme of 'Gorgeous Ginghams and Perfect Plaids', so there's no excuse to play along!  We're being sponsored by Dies to Die For, who are offering one lucky winner a £15.00 voucher to their store...how generous is that?!

I decided to use another of the pretty flower vase images that Sally Ann so kindly offered for Team 1's last challenge and went with a fresh Spring colour scheme of orange and greens...

...I had originally cut the image out with an oval die, but it just didn't look right somehow, so out came the scissors and I fussy cut around the tulip vase - which wasn't too fiddly, to be honest. The papers are a mix of what was in my stash - I desperately need to use up some more of my paper scarps, as my drawers are getting rather full!  All the edges were inked with Walnut Stain and I added a bit of doodling around the base layer, once again risking it by doing it at the last minute when I thought that there was 'something missing'!

Right, I'd best be off...I've got a mad busy day today, heck I've got a mad busy week...following on from a mad busy weekend...I'll be glad of the Easter break! Hope you all have a terrific Tuesday and can find the time to play along with my simple challenge this week!

Hugs,

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges :

Simon Says Stamp

Floral Frenzy closes tomorrow

Little Miss Muffet 

Anything Goes until 4th April

Crafty Catz

Anything Goes optional Easter until 29th

Workshop cards...

Good morning, Blogger buddies! I know...it's a bit of a shock to see me here between challenges these days, especially with my crafty motivation being at an all time low, but I thought I would pop in and share the cards that we made at workshop on Saturday...

We started with a nice, simple wedding/anniversary card, using pastel papers and embossing for texture...and then we got all inky!...

...I love the way these turned out and thoroughly enjoyed starting with a blank piece of white card and adding layers of inking and stencilling to create a unique background...don't know why I don't do it more often?!
I'd like to enter my butterfly cards into the following challenges :

Alphabet Challenge

Y for Your Choice closes tomorrow

Crafty Catz

Layer it Up closes tomorrow

The Paper Shelter

Hot or Cold colours (I have one of each!) closes 20th

(If my card doesn't qualify because I haven't used an image, please feel free to leave me out of the draw!)

Everybody Art Challenge

Anything Goes closes 26th

Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday, whatever you're doing...and maybe even find the time to get a little bit crafty!
Hugs,

Passion for Promarkers - Spring...

Good morning, crafty friends and a happy Tuesday to you all! We have a brand new challenge starting over at Passion for Promarkers with a nice, easy theme of Spring...think flowers, Spring lambs, sunshine (if only?!) It's the lovely Julie in the hostess chair, plus we're being sponsored by the fabulous Digistamp Boutique, who are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store...

The lovely Sally Ann gave us a choice of image to play with and I went with the pretty Flower Vases set...

...I am struggling to find motivation to craft at the moment, so everything seems to be clean and simple because I find it so much easier! I coloured the pretty flower vase with my Pro/Flexmarkers -

Cerise, Shocking Pink, Vermillion

Sunflower, Gold, Bright Orange

Purple, Lavender

Meadow Green, Leaf Green, Forest Green

Honeydew, Cool Grey 2

I hope you can find the time to join in with our fun challenge this week and if any of you find some crafty Mojo, can you send it my way, please?! Don't forget to hop over to the Passion for Promarkers blog to play along and to see what fabulous inspiration my talented teamies have created...

Hugs,