• Creative Expressions Zen Betty clear stamps – Birthday card

    Welcome, it’s Friday and time to share Creative Expressions DT project! I am sharing a card I have made for my niece’s birthday today, using the clear Stamp set Zen Betty from Creative Expressions. I have coloured her with complimentary…

  • Birthday cards for 8 year old boys

    Hi there, a quick post from me today because I’m out and about and on the go. I have made a couple of quickie birthday cards for two 8 year old boys for my youngest to take to his party…

  • Sarah Hurley Charm Street Cuties Shaker Card

    Hello and welcome, today I am sharing over on Sarah Hurley’s 365 blog. I have used one of Sarah’s Charm Street Cutie stamps to create my own version of a shaker card. For details on how to make the card…

  • Bloomin Marvellous…….a card & some news!

    Hi there, with the madness of Christmas on the way, and things taking off for me in the crafty world, I’m guilty of neglecting my blog a little bit. I set myself a challenge at the beginning of the year…

  • Summer Brights….

    It is the start of a new month, and we are introducing a new theme at the Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog SUMMER BRIGHTS It is a fabulous time of year, and when the sun is shining, everything looks so vibrant.…

  • Just Celebrate…

      Morning, can you believe it is nearly the end of July?   Monday morning see’s the introduction of another challenge over at   ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS   where the new theme is Celebrations   We are sponsered this week by…

  • Boozy Brian is Back !!!…

      CRAFTY BLOGGERS NETWORK Hello everyone thank you for visiting again, and I apologise for being so quick to return your fabulous comments. Things are quite hectic at home with the boys home for summer holidays. My husband is off…

  • New Challenge at Artistic Inspirations…

    Well what a glorious week we have had. The boys have had a fantastic time in and out of the garden and paddling pool. We have managed to avoid any sore pink bits, and just had a bit of heat…

  • Raise your Glass…

    Hello, here is my second post today to introduce the new challenge for the month of July over at   CRAFTY BLOGGERS NETWORK The sponsor kindly giving a wonderful prize of a $20 gift certificate is the talented artist Heather Valentin…

  • All things grow better……………

      Monday again, and it seems like ages since I last posted a card – do you get that sometimes, when weeks just pass by in a blur. I was back in Wales last weekend visiting friends and also had…

  • New sketch challenge

    Hi being Sunday its time to introduce another sketch at   SUNDAY SKETCH & STAMP   #160      This is a perfect little sketch to get you out of a fix, as I discovered myself this week. I am…

  • Just Celebrate…

    Good Morning, and welcome to our new challenge at    ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS where we would love to see your SHAPED CARDS. When I’m around and about visiting you all, so  many of you are inventive with your card blanks, so…

  • Football Crazy…

      Hi, me again for the second post today. Hoping you all had a wonderful weekend. We added a couple of new fish to our aquarium, then spent Sunday in the garden again, and managed to tackle a huge chunk…

  • Be Happy….

    Well this Bank Holiday has been a long coming….and the promise of lovely T-shirt weather at the beginning of the week, has been shattered again. oh well, onto all things crafty then, and today ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS this week we are…

  • Nought’s & Crosses …

      CRAFTY BLOGGERS NETWORK     We are sponsored by Milk Coffee Digi Images, and we have been lucky enough to have a couple of gorgeous images to use with our theme this week.   This month we want to…

  • Challenge #154 – Sunday Sketch & Stamp

    Good Morning, just a quick post from me this morning as I’m preparing sunday roast and rhubarb crumble ……yummmmmm!     I wanted to share with you my card made for the   SUNDAY SKETCH & STAMP   challenge blog…

  • Monday Inspiration….Floral Steampunk…

      CRAFTY BLOGGERS NETWORK   Monday Inspiration   Well. Monday morning again, did you all have a lovely weekend? I had a very lazy weekend for a change, and we didn’t leave the house. Saturday rained all day, so the ‘boys’…

  • 1906 Elegant Lady..

      Good Morning, Easter Monday, and I’m hoping we get a reprieve from the wind and rain that we had from all day non stop yesterday.   Being the beginning of the month again it is the start of a…

  • A Wall of Buttons…

      Back with my second card for the day for   WHOOPSI DAISY   Buttons &/or Bows or Anything Goes with a Whoopsi Daisy Image   I really enjoyed making this card, and hopefully managed  to create and interpret something…

  • All of a Twitter…..

        Hello, we are back to monday morning again – hope you all had a good weekend. I have three posts today – I’ve been a busy bee, here is my first.     ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS   challenge #30…

  • May all your wishes come true……

      Good Morning, as it is the beginning of another month, we see the start of another challenge at     CRAFTY BLOGGERS NETWORK CHALLENGE The theme for this month is Anything Goes and the prize is 2 stamps from our…

  • One for Mum…..little Elephant cutie

        Good Morning Sunday again, and I have an 11 year old drooling at the thought of roast chicken and stuffing……..it does smell delicious I must say.   This is week sees challenge #142 at     SUNDAY SKETCH…

  • Punch It out

    Good Morning, this is my GDT card for the new challenge over at   WHOOPSIE DAISY      join us for our ‘PUNCH IT OUT’ challenge – don’t forget it’s ANYTHING GOES if you use a WHOOPSI DAISY image.  …

  • Challenge RECYCLING WEEK – Vintage Santa

        STAMP-N-DOODLE challenge  again this week, couldn’t believe tuesday morning had come around and I hadn’t made my DT entry yet arghhhhh   ….I had to get thinking quick…..what can I RECYCLE, our challenge this week?   i would…

  • Have a wonderful Day

    Hello, what a lovely weekend we have had so far – the forecast for today isn’t dry like yesterday though. Oh well I was busy doing all the outside jobs yesterday so if we are stuck in today, I shall…