Easter Parade

Hello everyone and welcome to Tuesday. I haven't been at all well over the last days, having caught this terrible cough/cold that has been going around.  Hopefully I'm on the mend now that the antibiotics have started to kick in.  

The place that I work had an Easter Bonnet parade so all the staff had to make their own Easter Bonnet.  I decided to use some of my stamps from Sweet Stamps and as the challenge this week is "EASTER" which worked in great. 

Head on over to Sweet Stamps to join in the fun and enter for your chance to win a spending spree in the Sweet Stamps Store.

 

Chick Set S009	Silver Stackers CIRCLE Dies	French Writing Background ATC	Copic Sketch Blending Set PUMPKIN
Distress Ink Pad ORANGE MARMALADE	Pearl Pen	Silver Stackers OVAL Dies

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Happy Easter

Hiya all, well can you believe that Easter is just around the corner! It only seems like yesterday it was Christmas.. 

Over on Sweet Stamps Challenge Blog we start a new challenge for you today and have you guessed the theme?.... 

Yep you guest it.. Easter. So lets see your gorgeous creations to do with Easter.. Remember you don't have to use a Sweet Stamps image to enter into the challenge but if you do you get your name entered into the prize draw twice to win a $20 spending spree in the Sweet Stamps Store. 

I have used one of the fabulous new images draw by our very own Jacqueline Hill this gorgeous little guy is from the Little Sweeties collection - Taylor the Bunny. Isn't  he just the cutest in his little bunny suit..

The papers are from a design pad that I have had since I first started card making and was probably one of the first that I purchased, but it has some cure Easter type papers. 

Taylor the Bunny - Little Sweeties 

Centre Step Card Die

Easter Blessings

Get Ready For Easter....

Good morning all, well I have 2 weeks left at work before the Easter Break . Not that I'm counting the days or anything ;0) So our challenge over on Anything Goes Challenge is just right

  "Lets get ready for Easter"

So head on over and join in.  

Also if you are free and fancy coming along to a birthday party, the Craft Den will be holding a demo day on Wednesday 25th April at their Studio in Sheffield. For more information contact Lynne sales@craftden.co.uk

Onto my card for the card, well its not a card as such, I decided to make another wall hanging for the occasion. Thought it was something a little different to send that a card. 

I started with cutting a Scalloped square for the base using Cheery Lynn XL scalloped square dies (the biggest die). The Craft Den will be getting in some new stock of Cheery Lynn Designs Dies they should be in the store sometime this week. This includes doily dies, borders, cutie flowers and lots more. 

The design paper is one of the new paper pads from Prima called Songbird just love these new papers.  The card stock is Bazzill - Deep Sea Dotted Swiss.  The paper doily behind is a new one from Nellie Snellen called paper frames and come in two sizes 9cm and 10cm.  I masked Tilda in front of the flower basket and managed to get it just right in one try.. 

I have coloured the gorgeous Tilda in copics 

Top and Flowers - YR02, 01, 00, 000 - B95, 93, 91

Jeans - B97, 95, 93

Hat - G00, 000, 0000 & B95, 93

Hair & Skin - E29, 25, 31 - E11, 30, 00, 000, 0000 & R20

Rabbit - W5, 3, 1, 0

Wooden Barrow - E44, 43, 41, 40

The Craft Den has all their Copic Ciao's on special offer at the minute, so stock up on those running out colours. 

This is the view of the back so enough space to write a little sentiment. 

Crafty Supplies 

Stamps 

Magnolia Easter 2011

Stempelgede Stamps for the edging 

Cheery Lynn Dies 

Mini Roses and Medium Roses 

Lace Corner Deco D 

XL Square Scalloped Nesting dies 

Magnolia Doohickeys - Swirls 

Fence 

Martha Stewart Leaf punch

Flowers, buttons, flowers and white puffy velvet pen for the rabbits tail from stash.

Hope you have enjoyed your visit hope to see you back soon.. 

Challenges I would like to enter

The Crafters Challenge - Ribbon and or Lace

Catered Crop - Stitching

Dream Valley Challenge - Easter

Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Magnolia Sentiment

Magnolia Down Under - Recycle (orange buttons from a cardigan)

CMC - Anything Goes 

My Sheri Crafts - Easter

Just Magnolia - Green 

Easter - Sweet Stamps Style

Hi all in blog land this fine and dandy morning.  

Hubby has been a busy bee over the weekend and has started planting all our fruit and veg seeds, nothing beats home grown fruit and veg, Yum! Anyway lets get on with the show... lol As its Tuesday, we have a new challenge for you over on Sweet Stamps Challenge Blog and the theme for this week is.... 

"Easter"  

You don't have to use Sweet Stamps Image to enter but if you do you get entered into the prize draw twice! and the prize is a $20 spending spree on Stamps in the Sweet Stamps Store 

Onto my card for the challenge 

This stamp is just perfect for Easter, she is called Umbrella Girl just love the style of this image and perfect for colouring! 

Crafty Supplies 

Stamps - Umbrella Girl (Sweet Stamps)

Easter Blessing Sentiment (Sweet Stamps)

Cheery Lynn Dies 

Roses Mini and Medium flowers

Lace Corner Deco D 

Polynesian Doily Die 

XL Scalloped Square Stackers 

Marianne Designs 

Bird House

Butterflies 

First Editions - Daydream

Glitter and Pearls from stash 

Happy Easter Tilda Style ~ Creative Belli challenge # 115

Welcome to other challenge over on 

Creative Belli Challenge Blog

This week its Challenge # 115 and the theme is...

Eggs/Bunnies.

I would also like to extend a fair well to Holly and Chris they are leaving the team to head on to pastures new.  They started Creative Belli way back in 2008 wanting to use up all their old and forgotten crafting items.  So Creative Belli was formed! Holly and Chris have managed to find a very talented lady 

Leah Corneilus who has agreed to take over the blog.  Leah is the owner of 

"Heart Song Designs Digital Images"

We have a few exciting changes to come in the following weeks.  One of them being a few prizes up for grabs so stay tuned for more information to come..

  Welcome Leah hope you have as much fun as we do designing for Creative Belli

Onto my sample card for this fortnights challenge.  

I brought one of the Martha Stewart Punch around the page sets last month.  I had lost the instructions of how to use it.  So I looked at the corner punch and noticed the sliver marks at the side.  "Arr" I said to myself "you must have to line up the edge of the paper to them"  Needless to say it didn't work out and I ended up with punches and holes in places I didn't want them.  So about a week later after having numerous failed attempts I decided to look on the net for instructions.  It was only then that I discovered that the corner punch has wings!   What a plonker!!!...  lol.

Crafty Bits & Bobs

Stamps ~ Magnolia 

Tilda with egg basket, Spring Tree, Snail and Easter Sentiment 

Design paper ~ My Minds Eye

Punches ~ Martha Stewart punch around the page, Butterfly punch and fence punch.

Copic Markers 

Tilda Clothes

Bg13, 11, 10

R13, 12, 11

Shoes

E74, 71, 70

Basket

E27, 25, 31

Most of my stash has come from

  The Craft Den 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges 

A spoonful of sugar ~ All creatures great and small (Mine is small a little snail)

The Crazy challenge ~ Easter 

Die cut dreams ~ Easter 

Make it Monday ~ Anything goes 

My parter is crafting crime ~ Layer it up 

The Pink Elephant ~ Easter 

Pollycraft ~ Easter 

Stamps R Us ~ Easter 

Woodware USA ~ Anything goes 

Double Dutch ~ Easter 

Wild Orchid Challenge ~ Wings 

Creative Card Crew ~ Spring

Ladybug Crafts Ink ~ Celebration 

My Time to Craft ~ On the spot 

Paper Take Weekly ~ Dimension 

Anything Goes Challenge ~ Make your own Embellishments

Morning, its the start of another challenge over on

  Anything Goes Challenge 

and this fortnight the challenge is an exciting one

"Make your own Embellishments"

We had an amazing 221 entries over on the challenge blog for our last challenge and we had some truly wonderful comments too, so a BIG thank you to all of you that entered.

Onto my card for the challenge

I've had my Magnolia Stamp club stamps for a while now and haven't used many of them (shame on me!) This gorgeous little Tilda was perfect for this challenge.  I also decided to try and use a few copic colours that I don't normally use and go for a pastel look.

My DIY embellishments are 

Flowers and I used Nessie labels and cut in half and used them as hinges, distressed and crackle painted them.

I decorated the inside with more flowers, swirls and more stamps from the Spring stamp club..

Why not take a look over on The Craft Den website for all Magnolia stamps, punches, dies and much much more...

So head on over to Anything goes Challenge blog to enter by linking your card to

 Mr linky.. 

 Challenges I would like to enter this card into are

Creative Stamp Friends ~ Spring

Happileigh Scrappin ~ Spring has sprung

Pollycraft ~ Swirls and Pearls

Stamp with Fun ~ Spring

Aly's Sunday Challenge ~ Spring

Card Cupid ~ Spring 

Creative Inspirations Paint ~ Easter

Ginger Loft ~ Die Cut or punches 

I did it creations ~ Welcome Spring

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Lets Ink it Up ~ Die cuts or punches 

My Grafico challenge ~ Anything Goes 

Paper Cutz ~ Anything Goes 

Sugar Creek Hollow ~ Anything Goes 

Shelly's Images ~ Show us what you've got (Anything Goes)

Creative Craft Challenges ~ Lace

Charisma Cardz ~ To die for 

Do you stack up ~ Use a bow

CCEE Stampers ~ Wearing Green

Digi Doodles ~ Anything goes 

Cookin it up with Kaite ~ Cute green and Easter

The paper Shelter ~ Spring 

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Stampavie and More ~ Spring or Easter

The Letter "C" Creative Belli Challenge

Good morning, its Wednesday today and its time for another challenge over on

 Creative Belli. 

and for this fortnights challenge its the

 Letter "C"

 for Chip board, Cash, Charms, Cystal effects etc etc..

  For more inspiration please visit Creative Belli blog by clicking the link above..  and let me tell you, my DT sisters have some amazing projects for you to ohhh and Awww over! (see the side bar for the Design teams own blogs)

Right lets get on with my project for this challenge.

I have used a printable stamp set from

 The Cutting Cafe

 called 

"Easter Set 3 printable stamp set"

I have coloured using copics and the grass stamp is from Sweet Stamps 

Craft Recipe 

Stamps 

Easter set 3 printable stamp set ~ The Cutting Cafe

Grass stamp ~ Sweet Stamps grassy grass 735a 

Sentiment stamp ~ Toodle and Binks Chickadee stamp set 

Copic Markers ~ Stamp Galaxy 

Rolled flower Die ~ My favorite things 

Swirls ~ Marianne Design

Spots embossing folder ~ Sweet Stamps 

Design paper ~ Spring stack paper pad 

Enjoy your day