Beauty Beyond the Sea

Oh at last a card from me, I have been so busy the last couple of days since my new shape die cuts have been in the Die cut Dreams shop we have been inundated with orders but I'm pleased to say all the orders are now in the post, so I'm up to date and free to get creative again, I really enjoyed colouring this lovely Sweet Pea stamp she's so pretty and even thought the theme at sweet pea stamper this week is "Under the sea" I just couldn't resist colouring her pink
I also distressed the edges with my Distrezz-it-all machine to give a worn/torn sea distressed look and I added some die cut pink metallic glittered fish
I have entered this into the following 3 challenges
Sweet pea Challenge Under the sea
Stampavie Challenge Distressing
Quixotic Challenge Distressing
Hope you have a great weekend , I'll be back later with my Friday candy

New Shapes In the DCD Shop

Hi Girls Just a quickie to let you know that I have now loaded the new Die cut shapes in the shop Die cut Dreams in the Matting & layering section and there are some smaller packs in different colours here in My eBay shop
If you don't see the colours you require in my shop Die cut Dreams please ask before you buy and if we can help we will be pleased too.
Hope you have a lovely evening.

WOYWW This week ??

New Dies !!!!! Die cuts will be available soon in My eBay shop and

eventually when I make space in my Die cut Dreams Shop I often read on some of the other girls WOYWW posts that they can't believe how the weeks fly by and that its Wednesday again so soon well its like that this week for me ....where did that last week go ??
Anyway I would like to thank Julia and all you girls who wished me better last week when I was feeling poorly , I'm feeling much better today and my rather slow mojo from last week has returned to its full power and I'm in super craft mode again so you know what that means don't you ? gone is that vision of beauty ......the clean & tidy desk is no more and I'm back to my usual pile it here pile it there self !!! lol
But before I get to my desk let me tell you about what the nice parcel postie bought me this morning, as the little red van pulled up outside just after 8.30am my eyes lite up !!! my new design dies are here there's a peek sneak peek of them for you in the top photo and I have another 2 new shapes on the way each in 4 different sizes great for layering so watch this space!!.

Also in the post today I received my prize from the lovely SU demonstrator Victoria who had an offer on here Stampin'up blog that if you spent over £45 your name went in a draw to win this spectacular prize and guess what I won the prize !!!! I was over the moon and look at the card she made me its fantastic, in fact I saw the card on Victoria's Blog yesterday and commented that I thought it was the best card she had ever made little did I know I'd be holding it today ....how lucky am I ......thank you so much Victoria xxxxxoooxxxx Well on to my desk ...... the other day Garry cut loads of scalloped shapes for my BFF Vikki so while he was doing hers I thought I would put a little order in for myself too so that is what the pile is under my images I coloured last night, oh its so nice to have a die cut slave !! he he bless him
I'm colouring one of the new Whiff of Joy images at the moment, I've got to say when this set arrived I wasn't that keen on them but now adding colour to images they are growing on me, I have also just stitched the card for this one Lovely pink Anna Griffin double sided card stock, it was so nice I didn't know which side to use , I love double sided paper/card but I always think its such a waste to stick one of the patterned sides down don't you ?!! or is it just me being tight !! lol
Also on my desk this week is 2 lovely card I received in the post first the little thank you card is from our WOYWW friend Paula who made me this lovely thank you card (thank you sweetie xx) and the Tilda card is a friendship card from my Lovely DT Lori all the way from Canada (thank you , Mwah !)
I also got this lovely friendship card from my lovely friend Nicola, thank you for thinking of me xx.Right in the middle of my desk you can see I bought some pinking sheers this week and some shabby chic fat quarters of lovely cotton polka dot material as I wanted to try sewing fabric to my cards so watch this space for the results of that when I get round to finishing it !!
Hope you have a lovely crafty day and if you feel like showing your desk , post your photo on your blog and pop over to Julia's blog and leave a link in a comment on on the WOYDW post so we can all come and have a peek at what you've been buying or creating today.

Candy Baby Winner's

Sorry I'm late ....as usual but you know what they say better late than never !!

Well the other day I was wondering what I would do if I happened to pick out someone who had won before and I thought well until everyone of my usual commenter's have won at least once if and when it happened I would be fair and they would get the candy prize again but I would pick a second name out and make up another little kit for them too(same sort of value but it may not be the same contents as I don't always have the same "stuff" )

Well its happened the winner of this Baby candy is ..................Liverpool Lou

Congrats darling, please send me your address and I will get your candy in the post to you

So I have just asked Garry to pick out another winner and he picked............
..................Lisa as the second winner , so tomorrow I will make up a little kit for you as well Lisa(if I get a chance I will show you a photo before I post it)

Congrats darling please email me your address and I will get your prize posted to you.
Thanks to you all for your lovely comments, I hope you'll come back to see what I have for you Friday....................Whats that I hear you say "A clue"!! lol

Right it starts with "D" and ends with "S" That's all your getting for now
Sweet dreams girls

Summer Time Tilda

Another pretty Tilda from Magnolia , no pink today for me, I really like the look of black white and soft summer yellow together and this Magnolia designer papers goes perfectly with this image too.
I have coloured Tilda in with Copic Markers and the die cuts are from my shop Die cut Dreams The "Happy Birthday" stamp is from Stampin'up also the base card is SU textured card and I punched the leaves with an MS punch from SU textured card stock, the flowers are from my stash.
To finish the card off I have stitched round the paper and the base card on my sewing machine with black thread.
I have entered this card into the following challenges
Just Magnolia challenge Anything goes
Magical crafts Challenge Something for girls
One stitch at a time Challenge flowers
Creative card crew challenge April showers bring May flowers Daffodils in this case !!!
Our creative corner challenge Blooms
The Secrete Crafter challenge Distressing
Crafty creations challenge Distressing
Crafty Angels Challenge Summer
I hope you have a great afternoon

Princess Candy Girl

I'm late again this is getting to be a habit !! lol, Garry decided to take me out tonight so we popped out for dinner I was a good girl though and stuck to a healthy meal

Anyway I'm back now so I better let you know who's this weeks 1st Candy Girl and the winner of the Magnolia princess mini kit ............
The winner is ..................Rinat

Congrats darling please email me your address Rinat and I will get your prize posted to you.
Thanks to you all for your lovely comments, I hope you'll come back to see what I have for you Friday....................no clues yet come back tomorrow and I will draw the winner of the Mini Baby theme kit and I might just tease you with a clue for Friday's candy !! he he Oh I'm bad !! he he

Sweet dreams

ATS Challenge

Over at the ATS Challenge this week the theme is Stitching, this is something I love to see on cards and think it is a nice finishing touch .
The stamp I used here is Emma from CC Designs, what a cutie she looks all dressed in pink ready for the good old British April showers, the sentiment stamp is from stampin'up, flowers & brad are from MM and die cuts from my shop.

Catch you later Have a fun evening

A Flower for Tilda

Morning ladies sorry for my lack of blogging over the weekend Blogger has been a real pain and I have hardly been able to get on here , still I'm on here now so let me tell you about this weeks challenge over at Die cut Dreams challenge blog the theme this week is make your own flowers on your creation.
Here's my DT creation for this weeks , I used 2 of my new Tilda stamps
But I didn't colour Tilda as I wanted the flower to be the star of the show and didn't want Tilda to steal the limelight coz she's so pretty and even without colour.
This flower I cut twice with my Tim Holtz die then I ran it through the paper cripper back and forth a few times to soften the card then I screwed them up and flatted them out and inked the edges with Tim Holtz inks in (colours; Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet)
Then I soaked them in Cherry Blossom coloured Tattered Angels Glimmer mist and dried them with my heat gun.
next I stamped the petals with the Victorian Velvet TH distress ink and a WoJ flourish stamp.
Once they were completely dry I turned them over and on the back using a large embossing tool I made them curl back by making circular motions on each petal while pressing down onto an embossing mat when all the petals were curled in I turned them the right way up and made circular motions with the tool in the middle of both flowers so they were really nicely shaped I then glued them together.
I added some chunky glitter and the giant pearl button and there you have it ........
Other things I used ;
New Magnolia Flying Tilda & Background sparkle stamps
Sentiment stamp from Stamping all day
Tim Holts Distress inks
Die cuts from my shop Die cut Dreams
Cuttlebug embossing folder
Ribbons from MayArts
Swirl clip from Hot off the press
Pink clip from Rob & Bob
Glitter on wings is ultra fine transparent colour Art Glitter
Chunky glitter on flowers was a gift from my friend Lori in Canada (Thank you sweetie xx)
I have entered this card into the following challenges
Cupcake craft challenge Don't be Square
Polly Crafts make your own flowers
Hope Stamps Eternal Challenge colour inspiration
Just Magnolia challenge Anything goes
Magical crafts Challenge Something for girls
One stitch at a time Challenge flowers
Creative card crew challenge Happy Birthday
Our creative corner challenge Blooms
Simon says challenge Things with wings
The Secrete Crafter challenge Distressing
Craft challenge Pink & Brown
Paper play challenge No Patterned paper
Crafty creations challenge Distressing
Bizzy Becs Challenge Flowers & Wings
Spoonful of Sugar challenge Happy Birthday
I hope you have a great day, Back later to announce my first candy girl , the second one I will announce tomorrow

Peace on Earth

This week over at Susie & Vikki’s Christmas Club Challenge we have the theme "JOY PEACE NOEL" you can use all 3 words or anyone of them , please pop over to the challenge and check out the other fabby DT work and if you can join in the challenge we would love to see your entries.
Oh I got some hot news to tell you.....now over at Susie & Vikki’s Christmas Club Challenge the last week of the month we have a regular sponsor, it's the lovely Roberta from Prairie Fairy Designs
Roberta is going to give the winner 5 of her lovely digital images (of your choice )on the last challenge of every month ....how lucky are we to have such a fantastic friend not only that Robeta is going to be our Guest Designer on the weeks she sponsors us
plus Vikki & I and the DT get to play with Roberta's fantastic images that week as well.
Hop over to the Prairie Fairy Designs website to see Roberta's images for yourself.
I have used one of Roberta's fantastic snowman images this week on my card, which I'm also entering into these challenges ........
The Secrete Crafter challenge Distressing
Crafty creations challenge Distressing
Winter Wonderland challenge anything goes for Christmas
ABC Christmas Challenge i for ice
If the shoe fits Challenge Colour combo
Simon says challenge Things with wings (look at that ickle robin !!)
Have a great evening Hugs Susie xx

Tilda My Hunny Bunny

I keep going to put this stamp away for next Easter but I just can't Tilda Looks so pretty in her little bunny suit ......So I just had to use her one more time before she goes in the Easter box !!!
I made this simple card using die cuts from my shop a heart clip from MM ribbon from MayArts
I also used a doyley and the sentiment stamp is from High hopes.
I coloured Tilda with Copic Markers and stitched the edge on my sewing machine
I have entered her into the following 3 challenges ;
Just Magnolia challenge Anything goes
Crafty Catz Challenge Stitching
Raise the bar Challenge Favourite colour
Hope you have a great afternoon, I'm off to Waitrose to do the shopping and to take Woody to Blockbusters to get a couple of movies to keep him quite

Vintage Christmas

Be quick (not like me !! lol) tomorrow morning until 12noon GMT is the last chance you have to enter this weeks challenge over at Susie & Vikki’s Christmas Club Challenge the theme is Vintage we would love you to join in so if you have time see you there
Have a great evening

Sir Stamp Alot Challenge

Morning all, I'm feeling a little better today , thank you all for your get well wishes over the past few days they really cheered me up.
I have my mojo back this morning so I made this for the Sir Stampalot Challenge where the theme this month is "Fantasy " I didn't go for my normal girly colours instead I went for spring tones of blue skies and warm yellow of the sun
Here's what I used to make this card ;
Copic Markers
Baby Blue Stickles
Prima flowers (which I coated with Tim Holtz Rock candy crackle paint)
My Minds Eye Sitcker Boarder
Pearl Brad from Paper company studio
Crystals from MAMBI
Cuttlebug folder
Die cuts From my shop Die cut Dreams
The Sentiment stamp is By Hero Arts
And to do the distressing the Distrezz-it-all from Zutter
I hope you have a fab day catch you all later

Tearing around today !!

This week over at our Die cut Dreams challenge blog Vikki and I have set the theme "Tearing"
And our Victoria has given a fab tutorial on faux tearing which gives a great effect.
This card is for a dear Friend of mine who has a birthday next month in May just like Moi !!
Here I used DP by K&Company
Die cuts from my shop Die cut Dreams
Button from BG and flower from Prima
The distress inks , mini staples and the Stamp are all from Tim Holtz
And the twine I found hanging around in the shed.
I'm entering this card into the following challenges
My Time To Craft Challenge Quick Quote
Ginger Snap challenge Found

Stamp Something Layered
Crafty creations challenge Distressing

Thank you for all your get well wishes , I still feel a little poorly my throat is really sore but the cornetto ice cream that Garry got me helped a lot !! ;)

Have a lovely evening Girls

I'm In the Spotlight at Creative Belli !!!

The lovely Robin over at Creative Belli Challenge blog asked me if I would be Guest designer for them this month and I was of course thrilled to be asked and said it would be an honour.
So this is my card for their challenge the theme suited me down to the ground as its "Die cuts" as you know I run my own die cut small business Die cut Dreams.
Over at the Creative Belli Challenge this week they are being sponsored by Sweet n Sassy Stamps and I have used digi downloaded images and the sentiment from their range
I have entered this card into the following challenges
Little paper shop challenge colour combo
My Time To Craft Challenge Quick Quote
Crafty creations challenge Distressing, I distressed the edges of the sentiment with the distrezz-it-all Machine and also used Tim Holtz Distress inks on all the edges
Raise the bar Challenge Forest Gump !! (Life is like a box of chocolates..........)
Have a nice morning thanks for stopping by and BTW ............
If your looking for my Desk this week....... here's my WOYDW Post

WOYDW ????

Hi girls not a lot on my desk today I have had a BIG sort out and its nice and clear also I haven't done much crafting over the past few days as I haven't been feeling well, my glads are all up in my throat (I look like an over sizes hamster !!lol) and my throat is so sore, so I've been feeling weak & laying low.

Whats on the desk well the glass coffee jar at the top is filled with WeRmemorry Keepers large and extra large Snaps which I have become addicted to they look really nice on cards.

Also on my desk some Prima flowers that I glittered with Doodlebugs chunky glitter and some frames that my lovely husband Garry cut out for me then I embossed them and an Anya that I coloured she is from that new scrapbooking kit that TGF brought out last week.

I had hoped that my new dies that I have had made would be here to show you this week they are 2 different shapes in 4 different sizes of each shape for layering and the die cuts are going to be available in my shop Die cut Dreams cut in card & chipboard too, but you will have to wait to see them, I think this ash business has slowed deliveries down this week.

The Clue; for my candy girls who wanted a clue well there is going to be 2 commenter's prizes this weekend the clue to the first theme is .....

Every Little girl wants to be one ?

The clue to the second is theme is.....

Every little girl wants one or more ?

Now this week its so simple no tricks up my sleeve , just plain and simple so please no moaning remember I'm poorly !!! lol

Right I will be back later with a couple of DT cards I'm posting late as usual and also I'm in the spotlight over at the Creative Belli Challenge as the lovely Robin asked me to be their guest designer so I have a chocolate themed card to share with you ...yummy

Hope you have a lovely crafty day and if you feel like showing your desk , post your photo on your blog and pop over to Julia's blog and leave a link in a comment on on the WOYDW post so we can all come and have a peek at what you've been buying or creating today.

Memories of your Doggy

A couple of weeks ago my blogging friend sadly lost her beloved doggy and I have been wanting to make her a little book so she can save her memories and photos of her beloved 4 legged friend all in one place and when shes feeling lonely she can get it out and reminisce.
So this is what I came up with I used 2 large chipboard tags & 14 large white tags (7.5" x 3.8") 10 I set aside for the pages and the other 4 I covered the chipboard with.
The front tag I decorated before sticking to the chip board; I stamped the Penny Black Circus Act doggy stamp in mementos ink and I added a little light shading with copics and then I set to distressing it with Tim Holtz Distress inks (I used these colours ; old Paper, antique linen, tea dye and lastly Vintage photo on the very edges)
Then I zig-zag stitched round the tag added the shiny sentiment by Cloud9 Designs, the flowers by Prima and the brads from my stash.
Once I glued the cover to the chipboard cover I bound the book together all the pages and both covered chipboard covers with the Bind-it-all machine and tied BoBunny ribbons round the wires to finish it off. I hope she likes it and when she fills it with pictures of her doggy it will bring her some comfort as she is such a kind and lovely person.
I have entered this into the following challenges;
Penny Black Saturday challenge Monochromatic Brown
Charisma Cardz challenge monochromatic
Raise the bar Challenge movies - All dogs go to Heaven
Allsorts challenge stitching
Stamp with fun challenge Animals

Stamp Something Layerd

The Crafty Pad Stitching
Paper Sundae No People

Have a great evening , I'm gonna make dinner now but will be back later to announce this weeks candy girl.

Happy Birthday Vikki

Before I talk about this card I would just like to wish my BFF

Vikki

A Very Happy Birthday today !!!!

Hope you have a lovely day darling xx

I made this card for Vikki's birthday so I hope by now she has opened it and is enjoying her special day and all her presents

The image is from the Sassy design studio I coloured it with Copic markers

And guess what I used to distress the edges ?..... lol you guesses it my new Distrezz-it-all

The background cake stamp is from SU stamped in SU white ink

The flowers are unmistakenly Prima and I used Adirondak white pearl paint dabber on them it does't show up that well in the photo but they have a soft pearl sheen on them and I really like the effect.

The fab frosted pink cabochon brads are from Creative cafe (Creative Imaginations)

I'm entering this card into the following challenges
Magical crafts Challenge something for girls
Creative card crew challenge Birthday
Tuesday taggers challenge Birthday & cake
Charisma Cardz challenge monocromatic

Ooh-La-La - Vintage man

Over at the Ooh La La Challenge blog this fortnight the theme is Vintage men here on my DT card I have used a backing paper which I am 99% sure comes from the Femme Fatale CD (I will confirm that with an edit here later) that is available from Oh-la-la Creations on-line shop
And topped it with a die cut layered shoe they are available from my shop Die cut Dreams
I printed out the sentiment on my computer and added it with glittered brads I also added some tiny polka dot buttons to give a little extra detail
I hope you like it and I hope you will pop over to the Ooh La La Challenge blog and join in the fun you don't need to use Ooh-La-La products to join in the challenge but if you have then we would love to see them in your creations
I have also entered this card into these challenges
Incy wincy Challenge Black, white & one other colour (Mines grey)
Raise the bar Challenge movies - Broadway Melody of 1940 with Fred Astaire
Charisma Cardz challenge monochromatic
I hope the sun is shining for you today where ever you are Have fun

All Things Grow with Love

Hi everyone I hope you're all having a fab day, the sun is shining here is Gosport and the beach is packed with people having fun.
My card today reflects today's weather , bright & cheerful
I coloured the pretty Magnolia Tilda with Copic markers she is stamped on a die cut oval from my shop Die cut Dreams.
The DP is from K&Company and I stitched the edge on the sewing machine.
Flowers from Prima, pearl brad from the paper company studio.
The sentiment stamp is by inkadinkado
There are so many lovely challenges out there this week check out my side bar lists.
I'm entering this one into these challenges
Allsorts challenge stitching
Just us Girls Challenge colour combo
One stop craft Challenge things with wings
Magical crafts Challenge something for girls
Stampavia and more Challenge butterflies
Our creative corner challenge butterflies
Pile it on challenge/ Spring
Flutter By Wednesday challenge butterflies
Stamping sisters in Christ challenge Flowers
Totally papercraft Challenge Spring
Bizzy Becs Challenge flowers& wings
Ginger Snap challenge good earth
Papertake weekly challenge cutie pie
Have fun thanks for dropping by

A Message from Mrs Sugar re Friday Candy

Good evening ladies, Its Vikki here, I have just been in conversation with Susie on the phone and she would like me to let you all know that she has not forgotton about the Friday Candy, she will have to do it tomorrow as she is unable to get in to Blogger. She sends her sincere apologies and says that as soon as she is able to get back in she will sort it out for you girls.

Love n hugs

Vikki xx

What a Carry On ? .....Get Well Soon !!!

Hi Guys, have you got that Friday feeling !!? lol
Here's another stamp I bought a while ago and its been sitting on my desk just waiting to get inked up and she's a real cutie too, shes from CC Designs.
I coloured her with Copic Markers and glittered her wings with some ultra fine pearl colour Art Glitter , I also give the plain white Prima flowers a bit of sparkle by adding some Ultra fine crystal transparent Art glitter.
I tore & distressed the edges of the image before layering it on to the die cuts.
I embossed one of the die cuts with a Quickutz embossing folder , the die cuts by the way are from my shop Die cut Dreams.
I'm entering this into the following challenges
Papertake weekly challenge Cutie pie
Flutter By Wednesday challenge wings
Bizzy Becs Challenge flowers & wings
Creative Cottage challenge things with wings
Sophisticats Challenge distressing
Scrappy frogs Challenge pick 3; die cuts / embossing/ tearing
Cute card Thursday challenge touchy feely
ABC Challenge sparkle
Little red wagon Challenge dry embossing
Simon says challenge dry embossing & Lets got to the movies; Carry on Nurse (1959)
Raise the bar Challenge movies Carry on Nurse (1959)
The Pink Elephant challenge 1 image, 2 die cuts 3 fav embellie's (flowers, brads, glitter)
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge Get well
Catch you all later with my Surprise candy, no one guessed the puzzles spelt out Surprise wasn't I naughty to you all !!! lol
Have a great day

Happy Spring Birthday

A couple of weeks ago I received a gift from my lovely friend Vikki, she treated me to this stamp from Whiff of Joy (she's a lovely friend and always sending my treats out of the blue ) I have been so busy this is the first time I have had the chance to ink it up, and I love it , its really cute.
I have coloured here with Copic Markers and used Die cuts from my shop Die cut Dreams
The punches, White ink , Sentiment stamp and butterfly stamp are all from Stampin'up
Flowers from Prima and brads from MM
Ribbon and charm from my stash.
I have entered this into the following challenges;
WoJ challenge Yellow & Green plus one colour of your choice
Papertake weekly challenge Cutie pie
Quixotic Challenge Heavy Metal
Flutter By Wednesday challenge wings
Bizzy Becs Challenge flowers & wings
Creative Cottage challenge things with wings
Stampavie Challenge butterflies
Creative card crew challenge Birthday
Have a great evening everyone thanks for dropping by , your comments are much appreciated

The Winners at the Last Post

Our final Winner Of the Susie's Sassy Challenge is ....

Corry
Congratulations Corry,

Please email me and I will pass your details on to Di so we can arrange your prize
Also please take your winners badge to display on your blog

And the Top 3 in not particular order are
Heather Sparey
Kerstin
Julie C
Congratulations Girls, Please take your Badges to display on your blogs

I would like to thank everyone who took part and played "The Susie's Sassy challenge" over the past 6 months and to my Sassy Design team
Tracy Vikki Sally Lisa Denise Jane
For all their wonderful creations and hard work its been lovely working with you all

Going Potty !!!

Spring is here and every ones gone potty out doing there gardens first sign of a bit of sunshine
The image I have used here is by Jolanda at the Cards etc shop its really cute and useful for lots of different occasions. I coloured the potty little fella with copic markers and then distressed the edges with my new Distrezz-t-all machine added a little Tim Holtz distress ink to the edges and coated the whole image with Tim Holtz Rock Candy Distress crackle paint, which doesn't show up well in the photo.
The DP is K& Company Life's Journey
Flowers & leaves from my eBay
Sentiment stamp is from SU
I recycled the bit of string I found and stapled it on with Tim Holtz mini attacher
The Die cut shape is from my shop Die cut Dreams
I have entered this into the following challenges;
Flutter By Wednesday challenge wings
Bizzy Becs Challenge flowers & wings
Creative Cottage challenge things with wings
Ginger Snap challenge found objects mines the string
Stampavie Challenge butterflies
Creative card crew challenge Birthday
Cupcake craft challenge childhood memories (who remembers "Bill & Ben"??)
Sophisticats Challenge distressing
Polly craft Challenge Pink & brown with green
Raise the bar Challenge Spring
Totally papercraft Challenge distressing I got some lovely new stash in the post today though I'd show you please don't drawl !!! lol
I have been trying to get my hands on this beautiful Websters pages papers for ages and I got the great new scrapbooking stamps set of stamps from TGF and some sparkly stuff too
I'm off to play now thanks for dropping by, Have fun