Summertime

Morning on this beautiful sunny day,

The sun is shining, the washing is blowing on the line, hubby is busy painting the fence (when he's not stopped by a neighbour coming and chatting to him-that's his story anyway), Shannen is in bed after a busy shift at the pub last night and I'm blogging then planning on crafting if my arm behaves itself.....

Here's a card I put together yesterday - a different card for me as I really went to town on it but I really enjoyed the cutting out etc.

I used: All polkadoodle cdroms(sundae of seasons poppies cut out, double sprinkles of kraft cdrom girl digi stamp coloured with promarkers etc), grss mask cut out, de'sire die and gems.

Challenges:
polkadoodle week-25-summer-birthday
crafty catz weekly challenge-189 say-it-with-flowers.
di's digi designs challenge show-us-summer-fun.
crafts 4 eternity challenge 130-heavy-metal- butterfly charm from a bracelet
pennys challenge-133 - girl power
crafting for all seasons challenge-55-make-it-girly

Off I go to craft. Have a good weekend.

Hugs Debs x

Gift card

Hi all,

Just a quick post to show you what I've been up to today.Had a nice bit of crafting time this afternoon.

I used a kraft card & tag then decorated them in Papermania sentiment and presents(stamped in versafine and distress inks.Got out my new xmas holly branch stamp previously won from Christmas cards all year round blog coloured with pencils, snowflake embossing folder, circle die to make a pocket for gift card and tag, twine, card candi and distress ink used to make it look more vintage.

Challenges:
christmas cards all year round - june-challenge - vintage
christmas stampin - csayl-challenge-21-last-minute-gifts
crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge - chnc-challenge-130-christmas-greenery - holly branch stamp
Christmas blog challenge - christmas-presents
abc christmas challenge m-for-men-or-mice(definitely my gift card can be for a man)

Off for a cuppa and to relax for the night.

Love Debs x

Things with wings

Hi,

Told you I'd be back.  It's time for a new challenge over at Ruby's Rainbow and the theme is 

'Things with wings' 

chosen by the lovely Angelique

I used 1 of my new LOTV stamps that I won a few months ago - so cute(coloured with promarkers,distress inks-background & glitter). My spellbinders die was used, dotty embossing folder, english rose die, leaf dies and butterfly die.I fancied a round card for a change.

Challenges:

no matter which challenge-10 - bingo - die cut,flowers,sparkle/glitter

lili of the valley thursday challenge - in the garden

a creative romance - don't be square

natalie and amy - challenge-10-fantasy

Crafting musketeers-2nd-challenge - use a stamped image

creative creations challenge 13-shaped-cards-no-squares-or-rectangles

I had a nice couple of hours out yesterday at my friend Sheila's house.My lovely hubby has been trying to take me there since last week but with feeling iffy he got me there at last. It was nice to catch up with her and her lovely partner Tom.We share our crafty bits and pieces now and again which is really nice to do. She is one generous lady. Usually we do some crafting but we weren't able to.We still chatted craft so that's just as good.What a kind hubby I have - bless him.

See you all soon and thank you for popping by to see me.

Love Debs x

Show some texture

Hi all,

Apologies if I've not been around commenting as much as usual. I've been having some problem with Mr blogger on a night as well as problems with my right arm due to my M.E so will be keeping my posts short and sweet for a bit- so please bear with me.
It's time for a new challenge over at Nutcrafters and it's Audrey's turn to choose the theme of:

'Show some texture'

which could be embossing - wet or dry - glitter/stickles, glossy accents, textured paper, etc.)

I used papers from Funkyhand Wishes& Kisses cdrom, swirls embossing folder, new bird bath digital stamp(promarkers used), lace, wool, charm from a necklace, feathers and flower.

We'd love you to pop over and join in with us, also to see what the rest of the teamies have made.The prizes are below. There's freebies available too on the blog page.

Main Prize...

To spend in the Nutcrafters store...

Remember you have to use a Nutcrafters image to qualify for this prize!!

2nd Prize...

2 Digi stamps or 1 stamp sheet of your choice from Nutcrafters...(subject to availability) 

The new Nutcrafters website is up and running with all the new release stamps/digital stamps. Katie's done a brilliant job with the website so why not pop over and have a look.There is a freebie digital stamp available and 15% discount.

Challenges:

Party time tuesdays - ptt126-anything-goes
Paper make up stamps - digi-makeover-challenge-94-all-tied-up
Sweet stampin challenge cute-and-cuddly
sister act card challenge-12

craft your passion challenge-168-in-garden (birds in a bird bath)

Have a super day. I'll be back in an hour.

Love Debs x

Summer Wedding

Morning all,

It'slittle old me here with a chance to see what I've made with the lovely new Funkyhand Summer Wedding papers download.They are at a brilliant price of £1.99 so why not treat yourself. They are so usable and not just for weddings. Here's my card:

You can also make your own embellishments from the papers like I have done. All I did was cut out some of the flowers from the  off-cuts of paper and shape them with an embossing tool and a mouse mat.  Easy peasy and so effective.

I used a heart die and a border die too.  By blogging I also saw a pic of a wrap-around heart which I wanted to try out. All you have to do is fold a die cut heart in half and glue them together - why not have a go and share your lovely creations with us over at Get funky and craft  or  on our facebook page. The fold around heart is a pocket too to pop in a little tag ect.... It can be anything you've made using your fantastic Funkyhand goodies.

Challenges:
Everybody-art-challenge 241-wedding
created with love challenge -46-favorite-things - dies,flowers and pearls

incy wincy designs - make-pocket-card.
heck of a challenge - bingo - flowers,die cut/punch/pearls

Have a great Sunday.

Hugs Debs x

Another Dad card

Hi all,

Wow wasn't in so hot yesterday.Love these sunny days.... I got into work yesterday and we cooked coronation chicken and strawberry muffins - yummy.  Needless to say I made the muffins with a couple of learners. Here's another Dad card I made recently.

I used all the papers etc from Polkadoodles cdroms, printed out the computer typed sentiment, added some bakers twine and pegs.

Challenges:
polkadoodle week-24-challenge-male-theme
creative craft challenges 2 - challenge-12-we-love-you-dad
crafting for all seasons - challenge-54-one-for-guys
totally gorjuss - challenge-188-for-dad
delightful sketches weekly-challenge-raise-banner
here come the boys blog challenge-54-lets-go-dotty

Well I've got a couple of get well cards to put together today so off I pop. Have a nice day and thanks for popping by.

Love Debs x

Time for a cuppa.....

Hi everyone,

It's midway reminder time over at Nutcrafters and we are halfway through Helen's theme of :

'Food &/or drink'

Remember we have 2 prizes up for grabs and our fantastic Top 3 spots too - we have changed our Top 3 rules so please check them.

I used one of the soon to be released Nutcraftersdigital stamps called 'teatime' and coloured with promarkers. A Go kreate die was used, freebie papers,I cut out some of the tea cups from the paper to make them stand out like decoupage, fine liner pen and glitter.

The challenge runs until next Tuesday at 5pm so lots of time for you to grab your Nutcrafters digi's and craft...... Freebies available too on the challenge page.See you there and don't forget to look at what the rest of the teamies have made.

Challenges:
charisma cardz challenge-23-digis-only(used Nutcrafters digi)
no matter which challenge-10 - Bingo used:die cut, flowers on the teacup & sparkle/glitter
cardmakin mamas challenge 71-on-farm-animals(always mice on a farm)
delicious doodles challenge-40-all-creatures-great-and small
allsorts challenge week-211-time-for-tea
corrosive challenges by janet challenge-176-animal-antics

Have a lovely day whatever you're doing. When this posts I'll hopefully be getting ready to go into work for abit at least.

Love Debs x