MY BESTIES UK CHALLENGE AND BLOG HOP TOO CUTE TO SPOOK

Good morning All

Today at the Besties UK blog we are having a new challenge in conjunction with a blog hop.  The theme for this is Too Cute To Spook

And this is my project

 

I used an A4 Piece of card and folded in half for the base ,

Black card and then cut out the shapes on the Cameo Silhouette

And this adorable little image is Spider Ella  IMG 046 available here

Coloured with Copic and Graph'it markers

 

I hope you like my project and it has given you some inspiration to take part in our new challenge . Dont forget you can still win our normal blog candy challenge prizes of
1st place 3 digis
2nd place 2 digis
3rd place 1 digi

and there are more freebies on offer too  if you take part in the blog hop, follow the line up, leave comments on all the blogs then you could win 5 digis as a prize. Check back on the main UK besties blog to find out if your the lucky winner. good luck

I look forward to reading your comments, now please hop on over to My Besties UK  blog for the next project on the hop.


Here is the blog hop line up in case you get lost along the way.
  Gill (DT co-ordinator) - http://creationsbygillm.blogspot.co.uk 
Kerrie - http://cardsbykerrie.blogspot.co.uk/
Caroline -http://carolinesspicecrafty-bits.blogspot.co.uk/
Donna - http://kraftyscot.blogspot.co.uk/
Jan - http://jaybescraftybitz.blogspot.co.uk
Susan - http://rosebudsnribbons.blogspot.co.uk/
                                                  
A very big thankyou to all of you for taking the time to view my blog ,my amazing followers ,
and for all the lovely comments you leave ,I love to read them all over and over again they really do give me lots of encouragement ,A long way to go yet ,but when we get to 100 followers to show my appreciation to all of my wonderful followers for all the support ,we will have a blog candy
I will be entering my card I  the following blogs

Autumn colours    http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Hugs and good luck

Thanks for stopping by today

Christmas Card in Greys

Good Afternoon  all my crafty friends , This is my first a Christmas card for this year ,thought it was time I got started.
I have used Papers from the Wonderland CD by Polkadoodle  its an amazing collection ,the digi image is a new one from Sherri Baldy ,she is so cute and guess what I have used to colour her with ?
My new collection of Graph'it markers ,they are fabbi dabbi ,and they have just brought out the new replacement brush nibs . I used Marianne Dies for the embellishments which I then dabbed with Gesso and dipped in white glitter ,have also added some frontage and the bead trim is from my stash.
By the way some fab news for you ,Polkadoodle are starting anew challenge on Tuesday 22 nd October .
Digi Choosday  is a  brand new challenge with a new Design Team ,its going to be so much fun
Prizes, candy, and more .So don't forget to come and join in on Tuesday 22 nd October


I will be entering my card in the following blogs

Shades of Grey    http://graphitmarkers.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Skin :4115,4150 ,4170 ,blush 5115

Coat & Hat 9400, 94401,9403,9404

Eyes 9204

 

 

 

A very big thank you to all of you for taking the time to view my blog ,my amazing followers ,
and for all the lovely comments you leave ,I love to read them all over and over again they really do give me lots of encouragement ,A long way to go yet ,but when we get to 100 followers to show my appreciation to all of my wonderful followers for all the support ,we will have a blog candy
Hugs and Happy Crafting

Just For Fun Challenge Buttons & Bows

I just can not believe how fast this year is passing by .Its time for me to show you my DT entry for Just For Fun challenge Buttons and Bows .The challenge has been running for 2 weeks so you still have 2 week left to enter . The design teams have made some amazing things to give you lots of inspiration ,
For my card I have used Kaiser Craft  papers from Bundle of Joy collection ,Marian Dies ,Flowers from Wild Orchid other bits from my stash ,have also sprinkled Fran-tage over Flowers and dies then heat embossed

 

 

 The prize this month is a scor buddy and some stamps

A very big thank you to all of you for taking the time to view my blog ,my amazing followers ,
and for all the lovely comments you leave ,I love to read them all over and over again they really do give me lots of encouragement ,A long way to go yet ,but when we get to 100 followers to show my appreciation to all of my wonderful followers for all the support ,we will have a blog candy
Hugs and Happy Crafting

LEJ Designs Challenge 75 Celebrate

Morning all my Friends and Followers , hope you are all well and doing lots of crafting.
Its time for another challenge over at LEJ Designs challenge and the theme is Celebrate.
I have chosen Joyful Day and thought I would make a Golden Wedding card
I have used a cream card which I stamped in Versa mark and then used Pan Pastel Light Gold Metallic
Coloured image with copics ,Used assorted dies and ribbon from stash
There is lots of inspiration and amazing makes from my teamies on the challenge blog

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog
  hugs and happy crafting

New Challenge at My Besties UK

A new challenge starts to-day at My Besties UK and I am looking forwards to seeing all your entries.
So Pop across and take a look and don't forget to read the rules and don't forget to link back to http://mybestiesuk.blogspot.co.uk/
The challenge is Paper Piecing ,don't be put of if you haven't done it before ,I must confess its a first for me and its so easy  .
This is my DT entry .I have used Digi image 030 just follow the link . I printed the image 3 times once on my copic card then onto the pattern papers that I had chosen , cut them out ,then after colouring the skin and hair on the image glued the pieces on  ,Used papers , assorted die cuts , and embellishments  from my stash

 

 

A very big thank you to all of you for taking the time to view my blog ,my amazing followers ,
and for all the lovely comments you leave ,I love to read them all over and over again they really do give me lots of encouragement ,A long way to go yet ,but when we get to 100 followers to show my appreciation to all of my wonderful followers for all the support ,we will have a blog candy
Hugs and Happy Crafting

Kraftyhands October Challenge

Good morning all my lovely followers old and new, and friends Today is the start of the new challenge at Kraftyhands ,I'm so exited as this is my first Challenge with them as a Design Team Member. This month is all about  Halloween Colours (Orange, Green, Purple & Black),so get that MoJo going and lets see what you come up with. If possible try and use Kraftyhands  product on your entries as you could then be in with a chance of winning a £20 voucher to spend in the Kraftyhands online shop.   and also please remember to be a follower of the Challenge blog.

For my DT Entry I have used one of the new Craft Nouveau  Post Cards mounted on black   and   purple card stock ,cut a silver mirror board frame , and then added some die cuts ,green ribbon and orange rose from my stash.

 

A very big thank you to all of you for taking the time to view my blog ,my amazing followers ,
and for all the lovely comments you leave ,I love to read them all over and over again they really do give me lots of encouragement ,A long way to go yet ,but when we get to 100 followers to show my appreciation to all of my wonderful followers for all the support ,we will have a blog candy
Hugs and Happy Crafting

 

Spooky Halloween

Hi all my crafty followers and friends , well its not very nice weather up in North Yorkshire ,but what a good reason to craft all day . I have got some new digi papers from Polkadoodles this week , they are so spooky and cute .So this is what I came up with a Halloween party invitation , I have used the papers as the background, distressed the edges  and cut out some of the coloured images to use as embellishments and give the card some depth . the image I have used is a My Besties , coloured with Graph'it and Copic ( sorry forgot to make a list of colours I used) the rest is from my stash .
 Did you know that Graph'it have a new replacement Brush nib ,it goes into the chisel end and its just amazing ,you can find them here at Polkadoodles along with the markers and lots of other amazing crafty goodies.
Any way have a good weekend everyone ,I'm off to the Great Northern Paper Extravaganza at Harrogate this weekend, hope to see some of you there .

I will be entering my card in the following challenges

http://graphitmarkers.blogspot.co.uk/

http://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/

http://throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

http://bestieschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/  Thing with wings (Owl)

http://mybestiesuk.blogspot.co.uk                              Orange and Brown

http://scrapbookstampsocietychallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/

A very big thank you to all of you for taking the time to view my blog ,my amazing followers ,
and for all the lovely comments you leave ,I love to read them all over and over again they really do give me lots of encouragement ,A long way to go yet ,but when we get to 100 followers to show my appreciation to all of my wonderful followers for all the support ,we will have a blog candy
Hugs and Happy Crafting

Kraftyhands Craft Nouveau

Its the Craft Nouveau from Kraftyhands TV launch today on Create & Craft.
This is a stunning CD you will just love it ,I do
These are my samples I did for the Show

Thanks so much for stopping by Hugs

LEJ Designs Challenge 73 Things with Wings

Well here we are again ,boy is this year flying by. Its challenge 73 over at LEJ Designs and the theme is Things With Wings. I have used one of Lindsays  digis and it Horseshoe and Birds.
So get your creativity going and join in the blog.

 

Sorry the picture is a bit shinny

Recipe

 

Digi stamp from LEJ Designs

Mirror board from stash

Centura  White card stock embossed

and then used PanPaslel over top

Rose Trim from Polka doodles

Tattered Lace sentiment dies

Good Morning all my fabby followers and friends . Just a little sneaky peek at one  of the samples I have done  for the launch of the NEWWWWWWWWWW  Krafyhands  CD Craft Nouveau
It launches tomorrow 1 st October on Create and Craft at 11 am and 3 pm

 

 

 its fabulous ,you are just going to love it .you can also pre order at http://www.kraftyhandsonline.co.uk/



Thanks for dropping by

LEJ Designs Challenge 71

Time for another challenge at LEJ Designs and this time its WINTER WISHES.
So come on and get those thinking caps on and lets see what you can come up with.
I can't wait to see all your Fab creations
This is what I came up with

 

 

 

Wishing you a Joyful Season is from Lindsay at LEJ Designs

Embossed a piece of cream card with M-Bossabilities folder EL-026

Used the new Panpastels metallic Rich Gold

Assorted Dies, Ribbon and embellishments from stash

Hope this gives you a little inspiration

 

 

A very big thankyou to all of you for taking the time to view my blog ,my amazing followers ,
and for all the lovely comments you leave ,I love to read them all over and over again they really do give me lots of encouragement ,A long way to go yet ,but when we get to 100 followers to show my appreciation to all of my wonderful followers for all the support ,we will have a blog candy
Hugs and Happy Craftin

JUST FOR FUN Challenge

Well can you believe its  the 2nd half of the 2nd   challenge  at  Just for Fun Challenge
This time its Autumn Colours ,so come on and get your imagination cracking,
Just 2 weeks left to enter your creations ,and there is a fab prize from our lovely Marie.
Well this is what I came up with,I just love Autumn ,its one of my favourite seasons , and the shades of Autumn are my favourite colours .

 

Things I have used

8x8 piece of card stock embossed then added NEW! Metallic PanPastel Rich Gold

Layered with papers- Sweet Nothings by Kaisercraft  then distressed edges

Tattered lace oval die,and ass Memory Box dies

Flowers from Wild Orchid now available from Live and Love Crafts 

Picture available from Live and Love Crafts

Vintage lace ,ribbon and rest from my stash

 

 

I would like to enter in the following challenges

 

Crafting Musketeers     Vintage

Wild Orchid        Add a die cut 

Scribble and Scrap        Anything goes 

 

 

A very big thankyou to all of you for taking the time to view my blog ,my amazing followers ,
and for all the lovely comments you leave ,I love to read them all over and over again they really do give me lots of encouragement ,A long way to go yet ,but when we get to 100 followers to show my appreciation to all of my wonderful followers for all the support ,we will have a blog candy
Hugs and Happy Crafting

My Besties UK Challenge and Blog Hop Bring out the Fairy in You

Good morning my followers and friends I have some very exitting news to share with you today,I have been picked as a DT member at My Besties UK and this is my first project

Today at the Besties UK blog we are having a new challenge in conjunction with a blog hop.  The theme for this is Bring out the Fairy in You .  The digi I have used is  IMG719 available from the very talented Sherri Baldy


I hope you like my project and it has given you some inspiration to take part in our new challenge . Dont forget you can still win our normal blog candy challenge prizes of
1st place 3 digis
2nd place 2 digis
3rd place 1 digi

and there is more freebies on offer too as if you take part in the blog hop, follow the line up, leave comments on all the blogs then you could win 5 digis on offer as a prize. So to be eligible you need to hop and comment on all the participants blogs. Check back on the main UK besties blog in 3 days time after the hop to find out if your the lucky winner. good luck

I look forward to reading your comments, now please hop on over to Carley's blog for the next project on the hop.

Here is the blog hop line up in case you get lost along the way.                                                         Gill (DT co-ordinator) -   http://creationsbygillm.blogspot.com
Kerrie - http://cardsbykerrie.blogspot.co.uk/
Tina - http://tinas-cards.blogspot.co.uk
Caroline -http://carolinesspicecrafty-bits.blogspot.co.uk
Abbie - http://kraftygirlcreations.blogspot.co.uk/
Jan - http://jaybescraftybitz.blogspot.co.uk/
Anita - http://ab5474-8kidsandstillfindtimetocraft.blogspot.co.uk/
Donna - http://kraftyscot.blogspot.co.uk/
Susan - http://rosebudsnribbons.blogspot.co.uk/
Carley - http://carleyduffcreations.blogspot.co.uk/
My Besties - http://mybestiesuk.blogspot.co.uk
A very big thankyou to all of you for taking the time to view my blog ,my amazing followers ,
and for all the lovely comments you leave ,I love to read them all over and over again they really do give me lots of encouragement ,A long way to go yet ,but when we get to 100 followers to show my appreciation to all of my wonderful followers for all the support ,we will have a blog candy
Hugs and Happy Crafting

Hugs and good luck

Besties Birthday Card

Well would you believe it ! blogging twice in a week ,I am getting good.
This is for one of my beautiful Grandaughter, Its her 18 th birthday this month  and it only seems like yesterday since she arrived ,boy how time flys
I have used a digi stamp from my favourite designer ,the very talented Sherry Baldy .I just adore these Besties they are so cute and adorable and there are lots of new stamps available so pop over and take a look, you'll be amazed
Coloured with Copic  and Graph'it markers
Used assorted dies,
Papers and embellishment are from my stash
And not forgetting the FranTage Embossing powder

Thanks so much for popping by

I will be entering my card in the following challenges
4Krafty Girlz  Anything goes  

The Ribbon Girl -  Include Numbers

Creative Moments - Birthday/Anything Goes


A very big thankyou to all of you for taking the time to view my blog ,my amazing followers ,
and for all the lovely comments you leave ,I love to read them all over and over again they really do give me lots of encouragement ,A long way to go yet ,but when we get to 100 followers to show my appreciation to all of my wonderful followers for all the support ,we will have a blog candy
Hugs and Happy Crafting

Something Shiny

Hello My crafty followers and friends ,its challenge time again at LEJ Designs
The Challenge is 67 Something Shiny .I have chosen Soaking in the Tub
from Lindsay's Designs, So pop across and join in the fun !
I thought I would do a cross over tag card  .The digi is from LEJ Designs ,coloured with copic markers then I covered the tub with Glossy Accents and for the bubbles I used Stickles Icicle and put some Cosmic Shimmer Iced Crystals on the top ,all of the die I have used are by Marianne ,Papers are from Crafters Companion CD Frou Frou  , every thing else is from my stash

A very big thankyou to all of you for taking the time to view my blog ,my amazing followers ,
and for all the lovely comments you leave ,I love to read them all over and over again they really do give me lots of encouragement ,A long way to go yet ,but when we get to 100 followers to show my appreciation to all of my wonderful followers for all the support ,we will have a blog candy
Hugs and Happy Crafting