Flower Frenzy at Incy Wincy

Morning

Well that's the weekend over again in the blink of an eye. Mind you we had superb weather, lots of blue skies and fab sunshine, a little on the breezy side though but still glorious! I went to Ally Pally yesterday, wow got some lovely stash and with the clear skies had a fantastic view over the city, just stunning!

Today we have a new challenge for you at Incy Wincy which is FLORAL FRENZY!!

Oooh what a fab challenge!

We are sponsored by the Aspire to Thrive Children's Charity and they raise money for such a fab cause and there are some great digi's that you can purchase to help!!

I have used Chelsea 3 from the store for my card.

She is coloured with copics and the papers are those Craft Creations ones again, I am determined to use up some papers, I have so many 'half' sheets! The cherry blossoms and open roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I hope you will join us this week, I love to see all the flowers!

I would like to enter into

DYSU - Follow the yellow brick road

take care

karenxx

A Sketch for you - Digital Tuesday Challenge

Good Morning

Time for a new challenge at Digital Tuesday and this week we have a gorgeous sketch for you by Natascha, it is a really fun sketch to work with. We are sponsored this week by the fabulous Stamp Fairy , hop over to check out their super cute stamps.

I have used Pom Pom from LOTV coloured with promarkers. The papers are Forever Friends Spring Time and the sentiment is a digital image from Digi Stamp Boutique. Bits and bobs from stash.

I would like to enter into:

Craft your Passion - use 2 patterned papers

Flutter By Wednesday - Anything goes ( with fairy, angel or butterfly)

Paper Cutz - Your Choice

Bearly Mine - Receipe 1 image, 2 DP's, 3 flowers

Thanks for poppin in

take care

Karenx

A Valentine Card and.........

Hello, especially to my new blog buddies, I have had 3 lovely peeps join me this week, so thank you.

Today I am feeling a bit slushy so I made a valentine card, but who is it for, depends who sends me one first, usually its Johnny Depp but last year Jon Bon Jovi got in first, may be it will be Matt Baker this year LOL!!!!! (if only).

I have used this cute image from Digi Stamp Boutique, Sonny and Pippa and coloured with promarkers. The papers are Basic Grey 'Olivia' collection. The yummy roses and cherry blossom flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I have also used my EK success hearts and swirls border punch, the little bits that fall away I have plonked in the flowers for a bit of shape. I also used a heart punch and stamped a sentiment from a papermania anniversary words set. The ribbon is seam binding from The Ribbon Girl and I am not sure where I got the little heart gem from now. I also used my MS butterfly punch which is getting a lot of use at the moment!

I would like to enter into;

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - With Love

Paperplay Challenges - Cutie Patootie
Lexi's Creations - Say it with Love

Bunny Zoes Crafts - Love is in the air
Thanks for poppin in

take care

Karenxx

I'ts All White at Digital Tuesday!!!!!

Morning


Hope you are all well, there is so much flu and stuff around at the moment, hope you are managing to avoid it.


We have a fab challenge for you this week at Digital Tuesday chosen by our lovely Michelle P which is 'All White except for ONE image'. All papers and embellishments must be white and remember to use a digi somewhere on your card/project too.


Our fab sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear Stamps, and you can hop over and have a look round the shop here!

I have used a Stitchy Bear image called Poppy Fairy but unfortunately it does not seem to be available any more in the store. She is coloured with promarkers and I have used white glitter card, smooth white pearl card and and white embossed card. The flowers are white I promise they just seem to look creamy in the photo!! The lovely little butterfly lace edging and ribbon is from stash which seems to be dwindling, I am sure I am due a top up LOL.

I hope you will join in this week, have fun!

I would like to enter my card into

Whoopsi daisy - No Designer Paper

Secret Crafter - Tons of texture

Take care

Karen

Anything Goes at Fab N Funky

Good Morning

Our first challenge of this year at Fab n Funky is a nice easy one for you, one we know you all love.........................

Anything Goes

I have used Tea Party from LOTV, now I will apologize now as I have a thing about these stamps at the moment and I only have 2 of them (cry cry, do you feel sorry for me yet?) The gorgeous papers are Forever Friends Spring Time which I have to say I think are spot on and great value too as they are double sided! I have coloured with promarkers and the Cherry Blossom flower is from Wild Orchid crafts and the little purple ones are from stash as is the lace and ribbon. I used a Stampin Up sentiment and also their circle punches which of course fit beautifully. I also used my MS butterfly punch.



I would like to enter into following challenges

Passion for Promarkers - Thank You, my first ever entry here
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes and optional extra of lace
Cute Card Thursday - Thank You




Thanks for poppin in
Take Care
Karen

Sparkling Christmas...Digital Tuesday Challenge

Good Morning

Hope you are all keeping warm and well, are you all organised and ready for Christmas? If you are anything like me that will be a big fat NO!! hehe

Ok its a new challenge for us over at Digital Tuesday and we are keeping with the Christmas theme, this week we want to see some sparkle on your cards/projects, easy!!! Oh and don't forget to us a digi!

We are very lucky to be sponsored by Fairy Dust Crafts, hop over and take a look.

Sparkle Wings

Yummy WOC Flowers

The image is Little Christmas Angel from Whimsy stamps, such a sweetie. She is coloured with promarkers and her wings are sparkling away with glamour dust. The lush papers are the Joyeux Noel range from Papermania. I used my gold brilliance ink to colour a plain white flower which I used to put the sentiment on. The roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts. Was really pleased to be able to use the gold sparkly ribbon, had it for ages and finally got to use it.

I would like to enter for the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday - super duper sketch!

Cupcake Craft Challenges - Non Traditional Christmas

Incy Wincy - Non Traditional Christmas Colours

Pear Tree Designs - Christmas

Take care and keep warm everyone.

Karenxx

Christmas For The Kids - Fab N Funky DT

Good Morning

Ok, thanks to all those who played along with us last week for our Fab n Funky birthday celebrations, hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and thank you for some lovely comments. I will do a separate post later to announce the winner of my prize, so make sure you pop back, it could be you!!!!

Now on to this weeks challenge which is ................................................................

Christmas For The Kids!!!!

Lovely Twinklet Snow

My card is using a digi from Digi Stamp Boutique, its Chloe and she is very happy to have collected her tree! She is coloured with promarkers, and is walking along in a nice splattering of twinklets. I have also used Kars snowflake punch and MS circles border punch. Flowers from WOC Crafts.

I would like to enter into the following challenges;

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Christmas
Sketch Saturday - Totally fabby sketch
Delicious Doodles - Use a Digi
Pear Tree Designs - Winter Wonderlands

Thanks for popping in

Take care
Karen

Baby Its Cold Outside - Digital Tuesday Challenge

Good Morning


Its time for a new challenge today at Digital Tuesday and this weeks theme is .......................

Baby Its Cold Outside

And it certainly is, hope you are all keeping warm!!!

We are sponsored by Whimsy Stamps and they have very generously offered 5 free digis of the winner choice, Wow what a great prize!

Dazzling Diamond Effect

My card is using the very aptly named Chilly Bear from Whimsy stamps, he is a cutie. I have blinged him up using Stampin Up Heat and stick powder followed by a dunk in Stampin Up Dazzling Diamond glitter, I love the effect this gives. The papers are from Papermania as are the little star gems, the gorgeous flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I would like to enter into;

Cute Card Thursday - The Blues

2 Sisters - Sparkly Christmas

Paper Cutz - 2 papers

Thanks for poppin in

Karenxx

Happy Birthday Fab n Funky - Blog Hop

Hello

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FAB N FUNKY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

Welcome to our 1st Birthday, I do hope you will join us this week with our celebrations and boy do we have a party for you with lots of fabulous pressies up for grabs!!!

All you need to do is make a birthday themed card or project and if you join in the Blog Hop as well as the challenge you get 2 entries to the Fab N Funky Birthday Challenge Draw. Check out the amazing prizes here!


All the DT have a letter for you to collect and the challenge blog has 2 letters, once you have them all unscramble them to make a phrase and leave a comment on the challenge blog. Comment moderation will be on to make it fair for everyone!! Remember all the DT have a pressie too!!

Hopefully you have arrived here from Ginny's blog and if so you are on the right track if not you need to start at the beginning at Heidy's blog.


I really am so thrilled to be sponsored by

The winner of my birthday present gets to choose 5 digis of their choice, how cool is that!! You really must check out Di's images they really are FABULOUS!!! Thank you Diane!!!!!

Just leave a comment on this post to go into the random draw for this fab prize.

I have used 'Waiting for the Party', she is so gorgeous, she need wait no more the party has well and truly started!!!!

She is coloured with promarkers and the beautiful papers are papermania's Rose Garden which are so pretty. I used my new circular sentiment stamp from LOTV, don't know how I got those, my hand must of slipped on add to basket again LOL!!! The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, I used roses and Gip.

Close up of image

Close up of flowers

Ok the letter you need to collect from me is P

Your next stop is the fabulous Sharon

Hope you enjoy the hop and can't wait to see your birthday projects.

I would love to enter into:

Charisma Cardz - One for the Girls

Delicious Doodles - Celebrations

Take care

Karenx

Go With The Flow....

Good Morning

Time for a new challenge at Fab n Funky and we have had just a little change of plan this week so we are just Going With the Flow, so for our challenge that means........

Anything Goes!

Make sure you play along as I believe there is a little surprise prize up for grabs!!!


I just had to bling it up this week, I chose Thomas from LOTV coloured with promarkers and those really pretty rose garden papers from papermania. Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts as is the lace, the ribbon is just my fav at the moment, such a gorgeous colour. Few gems and a little faux stitching to finish.

Hope you will play along and enjoy and don't forget we have our birthday blog hop next week with some amazing prizes up for grabs!!! Be there or be square!!!!

I would like to enter into

CES - Lovely Lace

OSAAT- Season or Event - Birthday

LOTV - Glitter and Glitz

Thanks for poppin in

Karenxx

James Bear (and a very large cracker)!!!!!

Good evening


Popped out today and managed a little bit of Christmas shopping, is it me or are all the gifts the same now, year after year or does it just mean I am getting old LOL!!!


I have faffed about for what seems like forever with this card and I am all faffed out now.

I have used James Bear from LOTV and he has a very big cracker which I think must be to pull with Jenny Bear, oh he is a bit saucy.



He is coloured with promarkers and I have part coloured and part paper pieced the cracker. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and they have been chalked and stickled up. I found a little bit of twizzle lurking around so I added that to the white ribbon. I also used up my little bit of frayed ribbon which I have nearly thrown away a few times cause I didn't think I would ever use it but it is the perfect colour match for this card. I also used cosmic shimmer for the star on the cracker and twinklets for the hat.

I would like to enter for 2 challenges:

LOTV - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Thanks for poppin in, I am off to do the LOTV bloghop now.



Karen xx

Going Around In Circles - Fab N Funky DT

Morning


Oh it is freezing this morning, but the rain seems to have stopped for now which is good although I think it is due back again tomorrow!! Urhhh!!!


Wednesday means a new challenge over at Fab N Funky and I think a nice easy one this week so hopefully we will have lots and lots of entries! We would like to see some circles in some shape or form on your card or project. So this might be the shape of your card or some circles in the paper or round the image, as long as there is a circle somewhere!!!!

We are sponsored once again by Stitchy Bear Stamps, hop over and check them out here!

I have used Butterfly Fairy from Stitchy Bear and she is coloured with promarkers. I followed one of Bev's sketches too. The paper is Basic Grey ' Bittersweet'. The flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts and the lace and bling from stash. I used stickles on the flowers, I took the photo while it was still a bit wet so it looks a little gloopy in the photo.

I will look forward to popping round to see what you have come up with this week, hope I don't get to dizzy!! LOL!

Take care

Karen xx

What a Sweetie!!!

Evening

Bit of a chill out day today, been pottering around the house doing a few odd jobs while hubby cooked a lovely liver and bacon casserole and I did some roast pots and Brussels to go with it, delicious!! All finished off with a very large chocolate muffin that my daughter made!

Tonight's card is for 3 challenges:

Sweet Stampin - Photo Inspiration - here is the photo, the colours inspired me and the thought of something sweet to eat!

The Crafty Pad - 1 circle and 2 bows

A Spoon full Of Sugar - Relish to Embellish

The image is wait for it..... from Digi stamp Boutique and the papers are from papermania - Rose Garden which I have a thing about at the moment. It is a nice big 8x8 card so you can get lots on it!! I made my own little iced gems with a craftwork card candy and gem stuck on top!! My hubby asked why there would be butterflies flying round her so I told him she was eating outside LOL!!

Thanks for popping in.

Take Care

Karen xx

The Night Before Christmas

Hello again

Well 2 posts from me today, I really should save one for tomorrow but then again it will give me an excuse to make another card. hehehe! Please scroll down and check out my earlier post!

Now I tried really really really really hard with my colouring on this one, I think there is an improvement with my shading? Do you think I have done any better? I do get a bit down sometimes when my colouring lets me down, I really am not a natural! Never mind I will keep at it! I am blabbing on a bit tonight I think it is because I have had a little glass of wine, got some great 80's music on the radio, going down memory lane. LOL!

I really enjoyed the colour scheme for this card and I am entering into four challenges;

Sketch Saturday - Loved this sketch!

LOTV - One for the girls

Charisma - With Love at Christmas

Allsorts - Twas the night before Christmas

The stamp is LOTV, the paper is Dream Street Papers 'Wonderland' the snowflakes are punched using a Kars punch and covered with twinklets and I have used a spacer( I think that's what it is called) in the centre. The flowers and gems are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I have added some cosmic shimmer round her feet, hence the flat picture, it shows better from this angle!

I hope you like it, thanks for popping in.

Karen xx

Swan Lake?........!!!!

Morning

Mega quick post, its seven in the morning and I really should be getting ready for work!!

I finished this card late last night but too dark to take a decent pic, I am entering into 3 challenges:

CES- Buttons and Bows
The Crazy Challenge - Tons of Shapes(labels, circles, rectangle)
Papertake Weekly - Sparkly and Bright






The image is Ballet Matilda from Digi Stamp Boutique, (even the girls at DSB are fed up with me I think LOL)!!!!the pink paper is Dovecraft Back to Basics and the lilac from papermania. I have used brazill basics pearlescent cardstock for the matting. Flowers and ribbon from stash. There is stickles on the flowers and glitter on her skirt which I hope you can see in the close up pic . I used nesties, labels (forgotten which number) and MS border punch - circles.

Oh and I woud love to get to 40 followers by end of day, thats just one more,(I dont like 39)!!

Thanks for popping in!

Karen x

Little Fairy

Hello

Well it's the weekend again, I always find it odd that Monday to Friday seem to drag yet the weekend always comes round quickly!!! Had a nice sunny start to the day although it is quite nippy but it is starting to look a bit dull out there now. Oh well will have to stay in, whatever will I do!! LOl..

I am entering my card into 3 challenges:

Allsorts - Bingo, I chose Pearls/Flowers/Punch( I thought this was a fab idea)

ABC - F is for flowers

Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Its a fairytale

I love this little fairy, she is a digi image called 'Butterfly love' from Stitchy Bear Stamps and I have coloured her with promarkers. The papers are from craftwork cards and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts. I used my MS doily lace border punch, and some pearls from stash.

Thanks for popping in!

Karen xx

I'm Not Square!!

Two posts for me today, hubby has been really helpful, he has cooked a lovely hotpot,
run the hoover round and done a bit of ironing!! I on the other hand have not done very much really!!

This weeks challenge at PBSC is 'Don't Be Square' umm my fav card to use. So after much deliberation I have done a flowerpot card LOl! (my kids tell me off for using LOl apparently it really is not very cool!!) The tutorial for these can be found on splitcoast stampers under the resources section. I have made these before with the flowers but thought the little hedgie would look quite cute in it. He is from the 'Tiny Wishes' stamp set and the papers are Bo-Bunny.

Thanks for popping in

Karen xx

Tiny Wishes

Hello

Cor what a day, I am glad it is nearly the weekend. I was determined to come home and make a card tonight just to chill out a bit!!

I am entering this card into 2 challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Indian Summer

CES - Animal Antics

The gorgeous papers are from craftwork cards , the image is from the Tiny Wishes set by Penny Black, so cute. The Cherry Blossom flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I hope you like it, thanks for stopping by!!

Karen xx