Florence...1st Birthday Card

Good morning,

Brrr...its very chilly here today even though the sun is shining. We had a very hectic few days last week preparing for a mini break to visit family in Scotland. We had a wonderful few days even though it was extremely cold. We arrived home to no heating or hot water last night but thankfully hubby managed to sort it out and we're defrosting now.

I haven't managed to visit any blogs over the last week or so but I hope to rectify that over the next couple of days.

I made this card recently for a little girl who is celebrating her 1st birthday...I couldn't resist using a bit of gingham with one of these adorable pre-coloured images from Lily of the Valley.

Pre-Coloured Image: Lily of the Valley (Art Pad 20 - Pretty Girls)

Digital Design Papers: DigiBonbons (Diagonal Bold Gingham and Brights Small Chevron)

Card Stock: SU! (Daffodil Delight)

Embellishments: Ribbon, Pearls, Heart Button and Stickles (Stardust) from my craft stash

Tools: Martha Stewart Border Punch

Sentiment: Created on the computer using 'DK Crayon Crumble' font

Passion for Promarkers #332...Papertastic

Good morning,

It's time to share new challenge details for Passion for Promarkers and this weeks theme is...

PAPERTASTIC

We are sponsored by

and the prize is a $6.00 voucher to spend in their online store

Digital Image: Little Miss Muffet Stamps (Larry's Good Luck)

Digital Design Papers: DigiBonbons (Diagonal Bold Gingham and Chevrons)

Colouring Medium: Promarkers & Smooth White Card

Card Stock: SU! (Certainly Celery)

Embellishments: Ribbon & Gems from my craft stash

Tools: Martha Stewart Border Punch

Sentiment: Created on the computer using 'Pristina' font

Passion for Promarkers #326...Lets Celebrate

Good morning,

I must start with an apology for not posting on my blog since the beginning of December. Work is always extremely busy for me around this time of year and what with all the Christmas preparations too, crafting is normally last on my list of things to be done.

I am however here today, to tell you about our month long MEGA CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE over at Passion for Promarkers and the theme is *** LET'S CELEBRATE ***

The challenge started on 8th December 2015 and runs until the 5th January 2016 and although you are more than welcome to make Christmas cards, you can of course make any type of creation as long as you follow the theme.

We really look forward to seeing your entries for this challenge but please remember, to be in with a chance of winning you need to follow the challenge theme and use Letraset markers (i.e. pro, flex, tria, aqua, metallic or neon) somewhere on your work!

We have some fantastic sponsor prizes up for grabs and you can find them all listed below;

LETRASET

2 x packs of Winsor & Newton Promarkers, 1 A4 bleedproof marker pad, 1 A4 pack of Safmat and 1 pack of transfers

DIGISTAMP BOUTIQUE

£10.00 voucher to spend in their online store

BUGABOO STAMPS

$30.00 voucher to spend in their store.

POLKADOODLES

2 digital images - ‘Serenity Blossom’ and ‘Octavia Thinking'

MICHELE R DESIGNS

€10.00 voucher to spend in her store

LITTLE CLAIRE DESIGNS

3 digis of their choice from their online store

CRAFTY SENTIMENTS DESIGNS

3 digis of their choice from their online store

SASSY STUDIO DESIGNS

$20.00 gift certificate to spend in their online store

THE RIBBON GIRL

£10.00 voucher to spend in their online store

Digital Image: From the Heart Stamps (Christmas Spirit Birdbrain)

Digital Design Papers: DigiStamp Boutique (Starlight Papers) and DigiBonbons (Chevrons)

Colouring Medium: Promarkers & Smooth White Card

Card Stock: SU! (Real Red)

Embellishments: Twine from my craft stash

Tools: Computer to create the dashed border around the image

Sentiment: DigiStamp Boutique (Male Christmas Greetings)

Passion for Promarkers #319...Lots of Layers

Good morning,

It's time to share new challenge details for Passion for Promarkers

Denise has chosen the theme this week which is

LOTS OF LAYERS

We have two amazing sponsors this week...

The DigiStamp Boutique are offering a £10 voucher to spend in their online store

Letraset are offering a pack of 5 promarkers (Brights)

We really look forward to seeing your entries for this challenge but please remember, to be in with a chance of winning you need to follow the challenge theme and use Letraset markers (i.e. pro, flex, tria, aqua, metallic or neon) somewhere on your work!

Digital Image: DigiStamp Boutique (Love to Bake)

Digital Design Papers: Bella Gypsy (Friends), DigiBonbons (Diagonal Bold Gingham), Echo Park (Candy Shoppe)

Colouring Medium: Promarkers & Smooth White Card

Card Stock: SU! (Soft Sky)

Embellishments:Ribbon and Sequins from my craft stash

Tools: Die-namics (Simply Scallops Medium and Fish Tail Flag Stax), Nestabilities (Lacey Circles)

Sentiment: DigiStamp Boutique (Love Cake Set)

Sweet Peas

Good afternoon,

We have typical wet and rainy bank holiday weather here today which means it will be an indoor kind of day catching up on the ironing and maybe a bit of crafting later if I feel like it!

What better way to brighten up a dull day than with a really pretty bouquet of colourful Sweet Peas!  Love these pre-coloured images from LOTV, they're so quick and easy to use!

We've just returned from a short break in Paris. The weather was amazing apart from Thursday when it rained solidly all day, but it didn't ruin things for us as we took the opportunity to get in a bit of retail therapy down the Champs Elysees. Sophie was in her element and her eyes were on stalks when we paid a visit to the Louis Vuitton shop. We didn't buy anything but it was still a great experience to window shop and dream a little...big sigh!

Here are a few piccy's of our trip...

Pre-Coloured Image: Lily of the Valley Art Pad (Set 3 Wild Flowers)

Digital Design Papers: DigiBonbons (Diagonal Bold Gingham)

Card Stock: SU! (Concord Crush)

Embellishments: Lace Ribbon, Doily and Stickles (Stardust) from my craft stash

Tools: Nastabilities (Labels 1)

Sentiment: Lily of the Valley Art Pad (Set 8 General Sentiments)