A DT call is on at........

Well, yes, a fabulous DT call is on now at........ wait for it......

Kenny K's Krafty Krew!!!

A wonderful opportunity for a most exciting chance to design for one of the best creators of digital images for a long time (and to receive every new image that is created by Kenny for the period of the 6 months term with a possibility of extension if mutually agreeable)!!!! ;) I couldn't be happier, I just hope that I get accepted as I have a deep admiration for Kenny K & Elena as they are so creative and very talented, as are the Kenny K Krafty Krew Design Teams (past & present)...
How do I apply??? It is so easy.....................

1. Create a post on your crafting platform announcing this DT call;
2. Present one or a few of your best KennyK creations and link back to here using Mr. Linky below; 
3. OR share your Facebook post (including your card and our facebook address) on our Facebook page (one OR the other please, not both). 

Hence this post here on my blog. I have placed some photos below to show you just some of my photos of cards that I have made using images from Kenny K.  I am lucky to have a few rubber stamps & a good range of digi's but I still have loads more on my wish list lol (well they are all so good!!!) ;0

The first card (4 photos) are of an easel DT card that I have made for a future challenge blog that doesnt go live until the beginning of December but you can see for yourselves how beautiful this image is. I used Mrs Claus on a piece of backing paper that came free with  one of my many craft magazines, adding 3 other images that I also coloured with my Graph It & Promarker pens (as I dont have enough Graph It pens in my collection yet) to create a small Christmas scene. I decided late on to use this image on an easel card, which I sometimes do when creating projects...If I dont like something I will change all or part of it as I am a 100% or more perfectionis!! 

Imagine this fabulous Mrs Claus in alternative Christmas colours (as in pastel purple & silver, or pinks/pastel blues with a matt gold).... mmmm will have to have a go with those colours, keep those eyes open in the next week. I will post the results here on my blog.

I love colouring in the images of Kenny K, wether they are rubber or digi's & I would endevour to be the best DT member that the Krafty Krew have ever known!!!

I am entering the first card (Mrs Claus) in the following challenges, as well as applying for one of the Design Team's vacancies:

Kenny K's Krafty Krew Blog Challenge #160  -  Theme is: Anything Goes

2 Sisters Challenge Blog number 172                -  Theme is: Anything Goes

Mrs Claus 1

Mrs Claus 2

Mrs Claus 3

Mrs Claus 4

Kitty Katastrophe 1

Kitty Katastrophe 2

Kitty Katastrophe 3

Kitty Katastrophe 4

Soccor 1

Soccor 2



Cool Boarder 1, for my eldest Grandson ;)

Cool Boarder 2



Cool Boarder 3



A Retail Therapy's Dream Card.........

Good Morning peeps,

Yes, I was busy yesterday and the day before.... I spent 6 hours of my Sunday creating a card that I thought was for Friday but the customer's mother was going to be 60 the following day!!!! Oooppss.... I did manage to create a beautiful card though and that is shown in the previous post on here.
Yesterday I was busy finishing off a card for a regular customer, Stacey, who, this time wanted a large shoppers dream card for her boyfriends mum. The woman concerned loved to shop for herself mainly, with sometimes shopping for other people and Stacey had taken shine to a previous card similar like the one below so I made a few different things about this one.

Basically I had to change all of it, but as in changing the style of dresses, a banner instead of a layered circle with flower top, the types of card used for the decorative layered die cuts for the charm shoe, the perfume bottle is a die cut one (from Tattered Lace Dies), a different style of lipsticks, shopping bags. I have placed the original card(on the right-21st birthday) next to the new one so you can see for yourself
They are quite different but still the same style which my customer, Stacey, wanted. The change of pearls on the shoe are my idea as I didn't have enough of the large white flat backed pearls that I used on the original.  
Luckily Stacey loves the new version just as much as the original (but she has only seen photo). As for me? I like the new version as its not so cluttered, but this style of card is not one of my favourites.
I hope you might like it though??
Until another day, I will say bye and leave you with the photos...... (remember that the original 21st Birthday card is on the right)

A Mother's 60th......

Today's special make - A 60th Birthday Card for a customer's mum.

A "simple" bouquet of roses in pinks, red's & wine/burgundy colours tied with red satin ribbon and a red organza triple looped bow..

These were stuck on to a fancy edged piece of ivory & pastel burgundy organza over the top of a piece of pink card cut in to a scalloped & flowered edge circle (cut with my Martha Stewart circle cutter) (Boy do I love that little machine!!!)

A large 10x10 inch boxed card is the finished result.... I love it and I hope you do too
Please leave a comment if you do, I would appreciate it!!!

Stamping For The Weekend Challenge Autumn/Fall colours

Hiya peeps from a cold Staffordshire town.... Ive just had my monthly online shopping order delivered and I am so cold that the heating has had to go back on...to almost 20c.
Bugaboo stamps
Well, the challenge theme this time is Autumn/Fall colours sponsored, very kindly by Bugaboo Digital Stamps and Scrappiness. 
I have chosen to use a Bugaboo stamp that I already own called WOB Caterpillar and I coloured him with my Graph It markers and then cut it out closely to the outline.
I die cut loads of leaves, different shaped ones on different papers.  On the orange base card, I cut & mounted 2 pieces of dark green & brown patterned papers that I got free with a magazine from the NEC Hobbycrafts exhibition last Thursday. I mounted a piece of wide brown lace around the pieces of mounting papers, topped that with a piece of strong open weave net/burlap and then glued the different coloured paper leaves & a few wired plastic leaves on to the burlap. The caterpillar was then stuck on top using Pinflair glue gel.
I didnt bother with a sentiment as there is no need to add anything to this........ the inside can be used as a notelet or just a simple thank you card....

Entering a blog challenge (not done this for a while)

Good Morning peeps!!

I wanted to use my new triple cd boxed set of the wonderful artist Joanna Sheen. It is a House Mouse boxed set which covers all occasions and Christmas. The image I used was called "Sweet Stuff" which I decoupaged the chocolates but not the mouse. The papers are both from my stash, the ribbon is from a group of multi coloured ribbons, all on  reels & in brown display/storage racks. Unfortunately now, they are no where big enough to hold all of the ribbons I have brought since!!!  Back on track to the House Mouse....
The silver edged lilac ribbon was brought from my favourite supplier on Facebook. The Happy Birthday words are pink glitter peel offs, the backing papers & card are all from my own craft stash.
The tent fold is something I haven't used for a while and I think it really suits this card.

I am entering this card into the Joanna Sheen Challenge called: Food For Thought
http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/food-for-thought.html

Commision Order (one of four).... October 2013

Hiya peeps. I know, a good few days since my last blog!  Well, I don't think you will
be disappointed by the card I have detailed & shown below. I, for one, am completely
pleased with the result, as I never did think it would come out so well.
It is an 8 x 8 inch white card stock base with a printed insert of a lovely verse as the card is
from an 88 year old mum to her daughter. The theme to the card is because the daughter loves
to sew, more so quilting I was told so I am really hoping that both mum & daughter love the
finished result.

A list of ingredients:
2 x A4 sheets white smooth 225 gsm card stock (mine was from Papermill Direct)
image in black & white was downloaded from Google as I searched for sewing
Backing papers (6x6 inch) from Craft Creations called Make & Mend in a 24 sheet pack

The tag is made from a new die set from Tonic Studios Ltd., which I backed with a silver
foil flourish embossed card from my own stock. The die set is called Indulgence Mannequin
Tag Die and is made to fit in to the Indulgence Chic Antique Oval Tag die or the Indulgence
Tres Belle Tag Square. There are more dies made to fit into the Oval or Square as they are
multi use. Check out the Tonic Studios website for more details.

Charms: sewing machine (complete with Singer on it), tape measure and scissors  along
with the miniature (flat backed) cotton reels are from a website/Facebook page/shop front
called That Craft Place. Their shop front is in Eastbourne, West Sussex (contact details are
on their website including phone number). 

The sentiment "Special Daughter" was stamped with a new stamps set brought out by
Stamps Away Completely Relative Stamp Set - Includes 53 Stamps. Its a fabulous set and I
fully recommend it as I will use every single one of those including the "step".


I fully recommend That Craft Place shop/website. Even though I don't live anywhere near Sussex, their customer services from the Facebook page is wonderful. I have yet to see any other shop
that offers the choice, the personal touch, the extra bit that both partners in life & work
(Lisa & Danny) give to every customer.


That is enough gabbling from me today.. I hope you still like the card, it is one of 4 cards to the same customer of mine.  Have a fabulous weekend peeps!! ;)

DT card for Crafting Musketeers Challenge Blog # 7

Good Afternoon peeps

Yes its that time, for Crafting Musketeers new challenge and this month's challenge is very kindly sponsored by Little Claire's Stamps !!!! Such a wonderful website and beautiful stamps (both digis & rubber)!!!! 
The images & sentiment I used are from the Butterfly Flourish stamp set and is so beautiful that it is hard not to love.
This card that I made for this challenge, is so large it measures 20.5cm x 24.5cm!!!
I used 2 A4 sheets of Papermill Direct "sky blue" card (250gsm) and folded one piece at the DL fold line and then glued that to the other piece. I then cut it down in size before using a "new" Martha Stewart border punch that I have brought from a Facebook friend (along with the matching corner punch as its a punch-around-the-page set). The mounting pieces of card with the sentiment and butterfly are cut from the a Spellbinder die set (but I hate to say that I cant remember which set it is as I don't keep the packaging).
The last thing to go on the front was the 2 Chocolate Box ribbon bows with tails in white grosgrain.
On the inside, I stamped the 2 butterflies on to a piece of pale blue card (again from Papermill Direct) and then stamped around them both with the 2 different "greenery flourishes" that are included in the set. I coloured the images with soft pastel Promarkers and then edged the whole set with my new Pan Pastels!!!!! I matt & layered with a pearlescent paper and then stuck that to the pastel pink card which was finished off with the same white grosgrain ribbon along the width of the pink card.
Overall a beautiful card even if I say so myself!!! ;)
Please comment below, if you do like it/ if you would like to know more about this card or if you would like me to make you a card or something else... ;)