My Favourite Cards of 2011!

Good Morning!

I can't actually believe that it is New Years Eve today ... it only feels like yesterday that it was 2010! lol 

I thought to celebrate I would share with you my favourite cards from each month of 2011 and trust me this was tricky to do and I'm still unsure of my choices haha Let me know if you are doing this too so I can pop by for a peek :)

JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUGUST

I had to include this card as it was published in the December issue of Craft Stamper!!! :)

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

I know its not a card but I love this tag as it's my first attempt at making something with a Tim Holtz style :)

I hope you enjoyed looking at my favourite creations of 2011 :)

Have a great New Years Eve!

Happy Crafting!

xxx

Join Me Tomorrow ...

Good Afternoon!

Thank you for all the lovely comments on yesterday's card I shall try to repay the favour to all of you who left a comment later today :)

I am just popping by to let you know that tomorrow I shall be sharing with you my favourite cards from each month of this year so I do hope you can stop by and have a peek or maybe even join in too :)

Enjoy the rest of your day,

Happy Crafting!

xxx

Cute Card Thursday GDT & PTW!

Good Morning!

First off let me apologise for being such a bad blogger recently! I had every intention of getting cards made to share with you but time and actually remembering too haven't been my strongest skills over the past couple of weeks lol For some reason I seemed to think that there wasn't a new challenge over at PAPERTAKE WEEKLY this week so I didn't check ... and yesterday I realised I was wrong lol So this card is also for the new challenge over there this week which is a sketch!

This is my last week over at CUTE CARD THURSDAY as a Guest DT and the theme is Happy New Year! I've really enjoyed being a GDT for them and was over the moon when I was asked :)

This card fits the Challenges at:

TOMIC - HAPPY NEW YEAR

MAGNOLIA DOWN UNDER - COLOUR COMBO

PAPER SUNDAES - CELEBRATE

Copic Ciao Markers - E00, E21, E31, E33, R11, R20, R27, R59, Y28

RECIPE:
Magnolia Stamp
LOTV Stamped Sentiment

Magnolia Papers

Cuttlebug 'Script' Embossing Folder
Magnolia Doohickey Die - Romantic Fence

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Cheesecloth, Twinklets & Dew Drops from stash

Thanks for Popping By!
Happy Crafting!
xxx

My Top 5 Christmas Cards of 2011!

Good Afternoon!

I can't believe that it is Christmas Eve already! I hate to admit it but it still hasn't sunk in yet so fingers crossed tomorrow it will have :)

Anyway today I thoguht I would share with you my Top 5 Christmas cards of 2011! It has took me a while to choose these 5 hence why this post didn't go up earlier lol

I hope you all have a great Christmas!

xxx

Apologies!

Good Morning!

I just thought that I should explain why I haven't been around the past few days as I normally have something to share on Tuesday's, Wednesday's and Thursday's!

I haven't had a chance to get any crafting done at all which I'm rather dissapointed about so as a compromise join me on Christmas Eve for my Top 5 favourite Christmas Cards that I have made this year :)

Before I go even though I don't have any cards for my DT Commitments here are the Challenge themes so you can still know the challenges and join in!

PAPERTAKE WEEKLY - LAST CHRISTMAS CARD OF THE YEAR

CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS - ANYTHING GOES

CHARISMA CARDZ - ANYTHING GOES
CUTE CARD THURSDAY - SKETCH

Thanks for popping by!
Happy Crafting!
xxx

PBSC - Make A Tag!

Good Morning!

This week over at PBSC we want to see you make a Tag! This challenge will also run for 2 weeks seeing it is christma next week :)

You will notice the Tag I have made is totally not my usual style! After seeing the 12 Tags of Christmas by Tim Holtz I thought I would try giving his style a whirl and I have to say I really like it :) So you may see a few creations in the future in a similair style!

This fits the Challenges at:

PAPER SUNDAES - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS

RECIPE:

Colourcraft Ink Sprays

Glimmer Mist

White Embossing Powder

Prima Embellishments

Snowflake from stash

Silver Glitter

Alphabet Letters

Brads & Ribbon from stash

Have a good weekend!

Happy Crafting!

xxx

GDT Cute Card Thursday - Stripes!

Good Morning!

It's my 3rd week as a Guest Designer over at CUTE CARD THURSDAY and this week the challenge is Stripes!

This card fits the challenges at:

CUPCAKE CRAFT - DON'T LOOK AT THE LIGHT

SIMPLY MAGNOLIA - CHRISTMAS

PAPER SUNDAES - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS

SKETCHY CHALLENGES - SKETCH

Copic Ciao Markers - C1, E00, E21, E31, E33, R11, R20, R27, R59, YG63, YG67

RECIPE:

Magnolia Stamp

Sentiment by Cat's Life Press

Sizzix Originals Snowflakes Die

Magnolia Papers

MS Doily Lace Punch

Magnolia Doohickey Die - Romantic Fence

Paper Doily

3D Snow, 3D Gloss, Glitter, Twinklets, Cheesecloth, Flowersoft & Dew Drops from Stash

Before I go I have been cooking yet again! So I thought Id share with you some piccies of the Lemon Curd, Strawberry & Apricot Tarts I made along with some Apple Puffs and mini turnovers :)

Thanks for Popping By!

Happy Crafting!

xxx

Creative Inspirations - Whitewash!

Good Morning!

This week at CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS our challenge is Whitewash!

We want to see All White cards but you may use colour on your Stamped Images if you would like to :) The Design Team were asked to use Sponsor Images this week!

This card fits the challenges at:

CUPCAKE CRAFT - DON'T LOOK AT THE LIGHT

PAPER SUNDAES - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS

SKETCH SATURDAY - SKETCH

Copic Ciao Markers - C1, C3, E21, E31, E33, R11, R20, Y28

RECIPE:

Digi Image by Mel Jens Designs

PB Sentiment

Cuttlebug 'Snow', 'Script' & 'Snowflakes' Embossing Folders

Sizzix Originals Snowflakes Die

3D Gloss, Glitter, Twinklets, Cheesecloth, Flowersoft, Ribbon & Dew Drops from Stash

Thanks for Popping By!

Happy Crafting!

xxx

Papertake Weekly - I'm Dreaming of A ... Christmas!

Good Morning!

I can't actually believe that it is Christmas Day NEXT Sunday! I didn't realise it was so close until last night when I realised how many more Christmas cards I have to make lol however at least I have 1 more to add to the pile which I have to share with you today!

The challenge over at PAPERTAKE WEEKLY is I'm Dreaming of A (Your Favourite Colour) Christmas! I did opt for white but then I decided to throw some purple in at the end lol

This card fits the challenges at:

JUST MAGNOLIA & HANGLAR - I'M DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS

SKETCHY CHALLENGES - SKETCH

CUPCAKE CRAFT - DON'T LOOK AT THE LIGHT

SIMPLY MAGNOLIA - CHRISTMAS

PAPER SUNDAES - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS

Copic Ciao Markers - C1, C3, E00, E21, E31, E33, R11, R20, BV00, BV02

RECIPE:

Magnolia Stamps

Cuttlebug 'Snow' & 'Snowflakes' Embossing Folders

Sizzix Originals Snowflakes Die

Magnolia Doohickey Die - Spruce Tree

Paper Heart Doily

3D Gloss, Glitter, Twinklets, Cheesecloth, Flowersoft & Dew Drops from Stash

Lastly before I go I thought I'd share with you that I was a Cupcake Cutie over at CUPCAKE CRAFT this week! Thanks ladies!

Also my LOTV Prize arrived last weekend! Some of you may know that I came 3rd in the CARDMAKING & PAPERCRAFT CRAFTER OF THE YEAR Comp and I won £50 worth of goodies! I have to say I don't usually use Die-cut Images on my cards but I LOVE these that came in the the stash :)

Thanks for Popping By!

Happy Crafting!

xxx

Joanna Sheen Weekly Blog Candy!

Good Morning!

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend, I thought I would pop by and let you know that over ast the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog we have started doing weekly Blog Candy's!

Each week you will be in with a chance to win some goodies starting off with this...

This lot consists of:-

Set of 12 Promarkers (Pastels set)

4 x 3 packs of fine tip nibs (one for each pen)

20 sheets Elegance satin card 300gsm

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is to become a follower of the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog (if you're not one already) and make a comment on this post - and that's it!

If you have a blog it would be nice if you popped a piccy on your sidebar to help spread the word but it is not essential. We have decided to make the blog candy available to all - even those without a blog!

This Blog Candy draw will end at 8pm Thursday 15th December and the winner of the candy will be chosen by Random.org and will be announced on Friday 16th December. The winner of the Blog Candy will have 7 days to claim their prize as they will not be contacted - it will be up to you to pop back and check if you have won. New candy will be posted on Saturday 17th December.

Thank's for popping by!

Happy Crafting!

xxx