ABC 'Q' for Quotations Challenge :-)

As soon as I saw the Q for Quotations theme on the ABC Challenge I thought I should go 'Tim Holtz' :-) I have never made tags before so thought it was about time I gave them a whirl :-)

We are being sponsored for this fortnight by Cute Daisy May
the lucky winner will have a choice of fabulous digi downloads :-)

We are also welcoming a new design team member ,, Sandie to our jolly group :-)Big waves to Sandie :-) I am sure you will soon settle in and get to know us all ,, phew ,, I am not the newbie anymore !!! Thanks Sandie :-) xx



I used my new Tim Holtz goodies I have just bought some tags, I coloured them with distress inks, spun sugar, stormy sky, black soot and antique linen. I then stamped images mainly from the new urban set and sprinkled perfect pearls, then sprayed with water to allow the ink to bleed underneath ,, as demo'd on the Tim Holtz blog.
For the first one I smothered a grungeboard butterfly with picket fence crackle paint and left it to dry , then inked it with distress inks. The quotation I used is also on the Tim Holtz urban set. I then added some metal flowers and a Muse charm and a bit of ribbon to finish. the second one is almost the same ,, just different stamps form the same set and I added a clock and some decoupaged butterflies. I added some crystal stickles to finish :-) I also used a Martha Stewart punch for the lower edges :-) Everything I used is available in the Simon Says Stamp store :-)

Thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some amazing creations for you to see so hop on over to the ABC Challenge to see them :-)
DT Helen has also made a fabulous tutorial on a side step card which you can see on the ABC Tutorial Challenge blog :-)

Papertake Weekly Lilac and Lemon Challenge :-)

I sort of got carried away while I was making this card and lost the plot completely ! The theme this week on the Papertake Weekly Challenge is :-

LILAC AND LEMON

lovely colours and the DT have made some fabulous creations with these colours ,,, ulike me who went Lime instead of lemon ,,,,,, I think I managed to redeem myself with lemon buttons and leaves ?? :-)

For my card I followed Ariana's lovely sketch on the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge




I used my lovely new Boefje Susanne stamp from Simon Says Stamp. They have a whole range of these stamps, all of them are gorgeous. Boefje is a Dutch word meaning little rascal,or like a street urchin :-)
I coloured her with copics and added clear gel to the ribbon on her hat and inked the edge with dusty concorde distress ink. The papers are from the Wild Rose Studio The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp exclusives set.



Thanks for looking :-) The DT and our Guest Designers Helen and Christine have made some fabulous creations for you to see so hop on over to the Papertake Weekly Challenge to see them :-)


I have a GORGEOUS blog candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp if you would like to take a peek it is at the top of my blog :-) You only have until 8am GMT tomorrow ( Wednesday 17th) to enter :-)

Happy Birthday to MEEE !! :-)

Look what was just delivered :-) Aren't they gorgeous ,, a lovely bouquet of flowers from my lovely hubby, Ray :-) He also gave me a lovely card and some cash for me to spend on my trip to the UK in a couple weeks :-)



I also received these gorgeous cards and gifts from my lovely blog buddies ,, :-)





A BIG thank you to my blog buddies Sue, Jo, Helen and Debby Joanne, Martha,for these beautiful cards and gifts :-) I love and appreciate them very much ,, THANK YOU X X X

The Creative Cottage First Challenge :-)

I made this card to join in with the first Creative Cottage Challenge whose theme is 'New'

I bought a set of Creative Cottage papers from Pollycraft especially for this ,, so they are new as are the flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts :-)




I used a very neglected stamp that I bought ages ago. This one is is called ballet brielle from Whipper Snapper. I coloured her with copics and inked the edges with spun sugar distress ink. The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp Exclusives set



I am also entering this into the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge ,,,,,,,,, Anything Goes


Thanks for looking :-) I appreciate your comments so please leave me one :-)

I have a GORGEOUS blog candy sponsored by Heidi at Simon Says Stamp if you would like to take a peek it is at the top of my blog :-)