Giveaway (link) from "The Ribbon Girl" Blog

Good Morning peeps,

 

Wow, do I feel good this morning & I dont know why lol. Never mind, I dont suppose it will last

long, good things never do with me! On with the good things in life:

A GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!!



 

The Ribbon Girl blog (& online shop) is giving away a really beautiful collection of flowers.

The actual statement off the blog is below:

"We've got a new collection of flowers in stock - Vintage Anemones, Mixed Dahlias and Floribunda Roses in a lovely range of vintage colours - we have included a packet of the yummy Anemone Marshmallow Mix plus a pack of 5 Wild Orchid Crafts 35mm pink trellis roses, a bunch of 6 pink/white beaded berries and a bunch of 6 pink/white beaded stamens - just think how many cards and scrapbook pages you could decorate!!

We will pick one winner at random on Saturday 20th April"

Arent they beautiful??? I adore these and if I dont win them I shall have to buy some as these

will absolutely make the finished card complete & untouchable. I shall have to top each card that 

I use these on with acetate to protect them from the receiptiant from touching the lovely detail.

 

This giveaway can be found by clicking on the link below:

 

http://ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/a-pink-giveaway.html

A Beastie (Big Eyed Doll like) challenge to Think Pink!

Good Evening peeps,
Its a sunday in damp but not cold night Staffordshire (UK). Late on as almost midnight,but Im not so tired as I had an hours sleep this afternoon as I have to most days now. Thats all due to my disabilities and nothing else.

The blog challenge for this entry is "A Beasties Challenge to Think Pink" so thats just what I have done....all of the Beastie is coloured in different shades of pink lol.
I just used a cream hammered embossed card and topped it with a pink backing paper with white flowers on it. I then found 2 die cuts that I had previously cut in different pink papers, topped them with the cut out image of Frilly Lilly Messy Bessy (which can be found by clicking on this link: http://scrapbookstampsociety.com/auction_search.php?option=basic_search&basic_search=Frilly%20Lilly)
I then finished off with a medium sized satin ribbon in a pastel pink and a trio of polyester flowers secured with a pink brad. Not a bad card and will be sent to my friend of 30+ years for her birthday late next month. ;)

I wish to enter this card in to the following blog challenge:

http://bestieschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/besties-challenge-13-think-pink-and.html

Rhedd & Rosies Challenge Blog-week 4 Monochrome theme

Well peeps, this is, once again, one of those lovely times when Ive picked an item up and knew exactly what I wanted to do and Im really really pleased with the finished item!!.
This week it was the white/silver dotted black roses card.The ribbon was one of the first things to do and I cut a piece just slightly wider than the rose card and stuck it firmly to the back before the rose card was matt & layered on to a piece of 8x8 black pearlescent paper that I'd got and then stuck that to a white base card...
The next thing to do was to cut the black with white outline flowers and then stick that to the black die cut topper. Placing it was again, so easy. I just knew where I wanted it to go. I then made the ribbon bow and stuck it firmly into place with silicone glue gel and added the decorative pin (which was brought off ebay). The Happy Birthday topper is from my own stock again, just a pity that it wasnt in a bright white glitter but its a pale yellow/off white glitter background.
The finishing touch is the die cut filigree butterfly that is glued into place on the edge of the black topper.
A monochrome card/item is so easy to do and one of my favourite themes to recreate. Im just hoping I've managed to do myself proud with this card.


I wish to enter this card into the following challenge:
http://rheddandrosies.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/monochrome4th-challenge.html

Kenny K's Krafty Krew Blog Challenge 138, to make Easel Cards

Good Morning Peeps,

Its a cloudy damp morning but Im really hoping that it clears up today....



The card I decided to make for this Easel Card Challenge was also combined with a commission order for a 6 year old footie fan! Killing 2 jobs with one I thought it was very apt.
I used the soccer boy digi image coloured with promarkers in Toby's actual kit colours of Royal Blue and white. I'm really hoping I got the colours the right way round!!! His boots were coloured with a metallic marker pen to add a twist. I used a topper from a magazine and added scrabble type letters to spell out the boys name. The next bit to do was the stopper for the card so it would not fall over. To make this I stuck a 3cm piece of pearlescent paper (with Happy Birthday printed on it in silver) onto a stiff piece of card just slightly smaller and then added a piece of ribbon from my stash which, as you can see, has footballs printed on it!! I didn't want to tie a bow with being for a boy so I placed a piece under the main strip and then secured using extra strong double sided tape.  This card will fold flat for postage & Ive yet to add a verse on the reverse of the slope that you can see in the first photo.


I am entering this card into the following blog challenge:
http://kennykskraftykrew.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/challenge-138-easel-cards.html

Elisabeth Bell's World Blog Challenge

Good Evening Peeps,

A cold damp evening here in Staffordshire, I dont think we will get a frost as its supposed to be quite warm tomorrow, (almost upto double figures!!) I hope it is as my good friends & ex neighbours are getting married tomorrow. Amy & Craig, I wish you well as you start your married life together.

Back to here and now, the blog challenge Im entering now is the Elisabeth Bell's World "Animal Antics" Challenge which runs until the 25th April.
I used a rubber stamp that I brought back last year. I just wish I could remember what the stamp is called! All I know is that its a Sugar Nellie stamp designed by Elisabeth Bell. 
I used a Hunkydory card in red & gold stripe adorable striped card and scored it into an easel card.
The image was coloured using my Letraset Pro & Flex Markers pens, which I will never part with!!

I added paper faux roses and a ribbon bow at the side of the image.
The stopper for the top of the card is made by using a Spellbinder Die Tag with a Hapy Birthday banner coloured in with glitter markers.

Thats it for today! Other posts to come over the next couple of days...
;) xxx
I am entering this card into the following challenge:

http://elisabethbellsworldchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/ebworld-marchapril-2013-challenge.html

A card for a wedding anniversary

 Good Morning on such a beautiful sunny day!!!!

Ive decided to enter, today, the Karber Blog Challenge, at least. As always, you have to use one of their digi images. The challenge this time is to use your favourite craft item on the item you are submitting. My most favourite craft item to use is ribbon-I have, what must be over 1000m of assorted ribbons to choose from....I cant resist buying them when I see them hehehehehe.
As I needed to make a wedding anniversary card for one of my dear friends, Julie & her husband Rob, I decided to use the Bee Love digi image. I adore this image as its cute, versatile, and quite funny. 
I coloured the image in using Letraset Promarkers & a glitter effect pen,called Clear Star,from the Gelly Roll range by Sakura.
I cut the corners off using an inverted corner punch adding 2 small faux pearl drops to the edge of each invert.
The dark burgundy ribbon, my favourite item, says Happy Anniversary on it in gold thread.
Altogether a pretty lovely card?? I think so anyway lol ;)
I would love you to leave a comment so I know whos visited this blog of mine...I will return the favour (if you have a blog) asap.

I am entering this card into the following challenge:
http://karberschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/challenge-51.html

Ive also decided to enter some other blog challenges & they are listed below:

Stamping With Dragons DT Call, March 2013

Good Evening Crafters one and all & to everyone who isnt a crafter!  Well, its Easter Sunday and Im on here writing whilst the tv is on in the background. I should have posted this on here yesterday but I will admit that I wasnt very well yesterday and spent most of the day in bed.
About me: Im a disabled single parent to 2 girls, the eldest is married and has 2 lovely, wonderful sons, and the youngest daughter of mine is still a teenager.  I have been unable to work for the last 5 years because of my progressive disabilities, but I keep myself busy with my creations, my crafting is my life. Im 51 years old and I have a wonderful crossbreed of a dog called Reggie. Even with my disability adaptations now making my craft area alot smaller, im still insistent on creating new cards, some for charity, some are commission orders from new customers, others are my returning customers. For them all I dedicate this edition on my blog.

Enough about that, well im entering in to another Design Team competition.  This time its for the company Stamping Dragons or Dragons Lair Designs as they are also called by.

I am going to show you my 3 favourite creations as a card maker & designer. The cards, in photographic order are:
A Mini Scrapbook album which when open shows 13 pages, each one decorated with a different pattern of backing paper and a different photo of Sophie. The front cover is very highly embellished chipboard circle. I had so much fun designing and creating this album, choosing all the different elements that I could use on it...

The second card I have shown on this post., is that my image will be all over their databases by now for all the traffic units to stop me for defects! Its a digi image that I have purchased from Stamping Dragons ltd called "Dodge Tourer 1914", this has been coloured in using my Promarkers. I love this image as its a simple effective design working well on the backing papers I have chosen to use.

The third card I have shown on here is another newish one-its a Wedding Day card which I have made for my eldest step daughter. The most favourite thing I love about this card is the embellished lace patterned dome front cover that I am well pleased with as it finishes off the card to its fullest beauty.

I am entering this post on my blog into the Design Team call for Stamping Dragons blog:
 http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.ie/2013/03/design-team-call-2013.html