Pyramid card

Hi all,

How are you all.  Well i went to work yesterday and had a lovely lunch with the learners.We had sausage and butter bean casserole with fresh bread and for pudding we'd made a cheesecake - yum!!!! Bit tired today so having a steady day and a little crafting....

At the weekend I had a go at a card shape I've been wanting to try. My lovely funkette teamie Kathy did a great tutorial over at get funky and craft so go and have a peep and join in with us.All my papers are from the recent download from funkyhand i-love-you-sew.

I also used buttons and bakers twine which you can get over at the fabulous Funkyhand as well as so many fantastic goodies. I wanted to try a shaker card too so I used my spellbinders die too.

Challenges:
get funky and craft - building-pyramids
papertake weekly - bingo - buttons, free, die-cuts (my free is faux stitching)
Delicious doodles challenge-30-folds
tuesday throwdown tuesday-throwdown-challenge-142-fancy folds
crafty creations challenge-217-no-squares
fussy and fancy challenge-86-faux-technique (faux stitching)

Well thats my rest over and now it's time to craft.

See you all soon and thank you for popping by and supporting me.

Love Debs x

Midway reminder - shaped cards

Hi all,

Well it's time for a midway reminder for the challenge over at Nutcrafters which is shaped cards. I fancied doing a different shaped card so found a free template over at Waltzing mouse stamps of a watering can.It was realy easy to print and cut out.

I used a freebie flower/butterfly embossing folder, Nutcrafters soon to be released 'Garden delights' digital stamp coloured with promarkers,butterflies cut out from embossing folder and glittered, gems and ribbon girls flowers.

Challenge:
Totally gorjuss challenge-178-anything-goes-with-sparkle
Card makin mamas - no patterned paper challenge
Crafting for all seasons challenge-49-floral-delight
bearly mine challenge-81-anything-goes
divas by design challenge flowers
i love promarkers challenge-163-embossing

Well I had a no crafting day yesterday as there was shopping to be ordered, a quiche to be made and then an afternoon spent in the hairdressers getting my hair coloured. Busy busy.

Hoping to be at work today when this goes live.have a good day whatever you're up to.

Love Debs x

Pink,black & funky

Hi all,

Here's a card I've just made.  Isn't it weird how when an idea just springs to mind then it ends up totally different to what you expected when you start looking at your stash - that's the beauty of crafting.

I used: - It's all about Polkadoodles today -Polkadoodle stamp(promarkers(paper-pieced too& sentiment - so cute isn't she!,  pretty sweet cdrom papers & other cd papers, buttons,papermania borders from my stash.Forgot how much fun paper piecing can be.

Challenges:
Polkadoodle week-13-paper-piecing
songbird challenge-17-five-colours-in-her-hair
chocolate coffee cards challenge-36-color-inspiration
sister act card challenge-1 - anything goes
one stop craft challenge-223-birthdays
crafty catz weekly challenge-177 anything-goes

Having a quiet crafting day today.  Did a few jobs around the house yesterday.

I had my friends Sheila and Tom pop by on Thursday which was lovely. As usual we never stopped talking and she brought some lovely dies and embossing folders for me to try out in my Ebosser while they were here. I started to run out of steam physically so Tom took over with the ebosser.  I sent her home with some magazines and a few stamps to try out.  That's what crafting is all about - SHARING!!!!  Thanks again to you both - it made my day you popping by.

 I was out on Friday looking at cars with Shamus - couldn't test drive it as I've still got a dodgy left arm - no idea what I've done - things just tend to happen like that to my body. Shamus got to drive one though. Then we popped to Frankie and Benny's in Selby to test their lovely breakfasts again - syrup pancakes yummy but rather naughty - Hey ho.

Enjoy your Sunday everyone and thank you so much for following me.

Hugs Hugs Debs x

Happy Birthday - Pretty pink

Hi all,

Two posts in one day - I really do need a lie down!!! Ha ha.

It's time for a new challenge over at Ruby's Rainbow and the theme has been picked by the lovely Helen:

'Happy Birthday'

I used some Pink Petticoat. papers (marshmallow collection), computer typed sentiment (love this scramble  font), Marianne designs english rose and leaf die and card candi.

So why not join in and see the lovely creations from the rest of the teamies. 

Challenges:

charisma cardz challenge-12-happy-birthday

trimmies craft challenge challenge-200-28th-of-march-mothers day or for a female

Paula Holifield crafts/our-first-challenge - anything goes

Di's digi designs challenge flower-frenzy-challenge

crafty bloggers network challenge-10-anything goes

Have a lovely day no matter what you're doing. I've got my lovely crafting friend Sheila coming over with her partner Tom so maybe a little crafting who knows.  There will be plenty of chatter over a cuppa.

Love Debs x

Shaped cards

Hi all,

The lovely Helen has picked theme this time over at Nutcrafters which is:

'Shaped cards'

I used one of the new and soon to be released digital stamps from Nutcrafters called 'Helping Hand' - promarkers, kraft card for border die and plant pot, flowers - polkadoodles, ribbon, leaf die, grass cut out by hand and die-cut fence inked from my stash.

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)

So we hope to see you over there joining in.

This is quite a different shaped card for me, I had an idea but still not too sure about it??????  

Challenges:

Party time tuesdays 114-ribbons-and-blooms

abc-challenge k-for-kraft-1st-april

papertake weekly - anything-goes - optional extra use kraft

Top tip tuesday challenge-98-girls-and-boys-come-out-to play

milk coffee challenge - anything-but-square.(flowerpot shape)

I hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend and had lots of chocolate.  Had a lovely shopping morning with Shannen on Monday - got a few bits and pieces.

Back soon with another post.

Big crafty hugs Debs x

Lots of tags!

Hi all,

Hope you're enjoying your bank holiday Monday.  I will be at the 'White Rose Centre' in Leeds as this goes live for a little retail therapy with my daughter Shannen.  She'll be my chauffeur for most of the journey so hopefully i won't be too tired afterwards.

Anyway it's time for a new challenge over at Sparkles christmas challenge blog and it's the lovely Sandra's  turn to choose the theme so it's:

'Tag it'

The sponsor for this month is:

Di's digi downloads

the winner will receive a fab $10 voucher to spend on her gorgeous images!

For my gift bag with lots of tags I used a Fancy Pants freebie pad and cut out some tags,punched a hole and added raffia. Then I just made some pockets with some different sized strips of backing paper and just added a few gems.I'm quite pleased how it turned out for a change.Isn't it funny how a sheet of backing paper can give you an idea.

Challenges:

52 Christmas card throwdown - march-anything goes

Crafting for all seasons challenge-48-anything-but a card

Crafty hazelnuts christmas challenge-118-based-on-christmas. song or carol (All I want for Christmas Mariah Carey)

We'd love to see all your creations using the 'Tag it' theme so see you over there.

Love Debs x

Birds

Hi all,

Back again with a card I made over lunchtime today.Another different card for me.

Fancied a little bit of embossing.

I used my cuttlebug birds embossing folder on the main card, embossed some diecuts and inked them with distress inks(found some die cut branches and the birdhouse in my stash) - forgot about them, then stamped polkadoodle birds with versamark and embossing powder, sentiment - polkadoodle stamp plate, raffia for bows and pearls.

Challenges:
polkadoodle week-12-challenge-embossing
crafty catz weekly challenge -Swirls & pearls
lexi's creations challenge-86-mother's day or special female birthday
natalie and amy challenges-8-monochromatic
creative creations challenge-6-letter-b
sparkles forum challenge-42-birds.

Well I need to go and take the soup I've been making off the heat.

See you soon.

Love Debs x