Happy Bee Day To You

Morning all.   I have another card to share today.....I went to one of the papercraft shows a few weeks ago so have spent a little time just playing with some of my goodies.

For this card NO DP's involved...not like me at all.

Items used:

Background - Grunge Paste used with a Honeycomb Stencil by Imagination Crafts and then coloured with Mustard Distress Ink.

Jus-Cutz Hexagon Die.

Kanban Lace Floral Mat Clear stamp embossed with white embossing powder.

Lawn Fawn Bugs & Kisses clear stamp set coloured with copics and embossed with clear embossing powder and cut using the matching Lawn Fawn Bugs & Kisses die set.

Sentiment from the Tiddlyinks "Happy Bee Day" stamp set.

Gosh there was a lot of items involved with making this card I though the list was never going to end.  I just fancied a change and it nice just to have a play with products with no plan or reason to make the card.

Thanks for stopping by...

Bev x

Digistamp Boutique Easter Bunny Basket Card

Morning all....It's Easter Monday and a Bank holiday here in the UK so I don't think it's too late to post about another Easter card that I made.

I've used another Digistamp Boutique image for this card....I did seem to have a bunny theme going on this Easter....

For this card I have used:

Image: Bunny Basket from Digistamp Boutique coloured with copics

DP's - Dovecraft Spring Garden paper pack

Layout - My Favorite Things Die-namics Blueprints #12

I may be back with another post later...but for now thanks for stopping by..

Bev x

Crafty Calendar Add A Sentiment Challenge - Happy Easter

Good morning and Happy Easter!!!! 

I have an Easter card to share today.  We have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar and the theme this month is

"Add a Sentiment".

I decided on Happy Easter for my sentiment so for my card I used:

Image: Bunny with Egg from the Easter Buffy Bunny Set by Digistamp Boutique coloured with copics

DP: from the Dovecraft Garden Party Paper Pack

Layout: My Favorite Things Die-namics Blueprints #10 Die Set

My Favorite Things Die-namics Tall Grassy Edge Die

We don't have a sponsor for this month so the prize is "a surprise goody bag!"

We all love a surprise.....

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months challenge and check out the gorgeous DT creations.

Thanks for stopping by....

Bev x

Crafty Calendar Challenge Card - Add Some Metal

Good morning all.  March already, hopefully spring is on the way soon. The cold weather has stayed long enough and it's time for a bit of sunshine,  

Over at Crafty Calendar we have our new challenge for March and this month we want to you to

"ADD SOME METAL"

so time to get those charms out, and it can be any project, not just cards.

Now I don't use charms very often but I had this princess crown in my stash that I wanted to use so then had to search through my stamps for the right image to go with it....and I think this Anya matches perfectly.

For my card I have used:

Princess Anya #4 from The Greeting Farm  coloured with copics

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months ADD SOME METAL challenge and check out the gorgeous DT creations.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bev x

Crafty Calendar Challenge Card - Anything Goes

Good evening to all.  My posting is a little later than normal due to just arriving back from the theatre.  Had been to see "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie.

A group of us have been going see the annual Agatha Christie production at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre for the last 10 years and it never fails to disappoint, we like a good whodunit.

Anyway back to my card, it's the first Saturday in the month so we have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar and for this month

"ANYTHING GOES"

so all creations welcome....

For my card I have used:

Digital Image "Gemma's Secret Crush" from A Random Fan coloured with copics.

DP's are from a freebie pack I received with a magazine

For this month we are sponsored by:

A Random Fan

who is offering 3 digi stamps to the winner.

Pop over to Crafty Calendar to join us in this months "ANYTHING GOES" challenge and check out the gorgeous DT creations.

Thanks for stopping by

Bev x

Crafty Calendar January Challenge - What's New

 Good afternoon to all and a very happy 2015.  I hope everyone has had a good Christmas and Santa brought you lots of nice presents....I'm just getting back into the swing of things after the festivities,  it was a bit frantic beforehand, then Christmas came and went in a flash, as did my birthday the day after so now getting ready for back to work on Monday.

It;s the first Saturday in January so we have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar and the theme for this month is "WHAT'S NEW",   You may some new stash if you were lucky enough to have received some from Santa, or you could share a new craft your trying or there may be a new event or baby in your family.

My OH's nephew and his wife are expecting a little boy in February so I have made a card ready for a new baby boy.

For my card I have used:

Pollycraft - Little Star Superstar digital stamp coloured with copics

DP's are from Pink Petticoat.

We are sponsored for this challenge by

High Hopes Rubber Stamps and the winner will receive 2 unmounted stamps.

Also just to let you know that we have a DT call on over at Crafty Calendar so If you are able to create 1 card/project a month and some commenting then you can either email your interest to lynne.h72@sky.com or add "DT" after your name when you add your entry for this months challenge.

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months "WHATS NEW" challenge and check out the gorgeous DT creations.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bev x

Crafty Calendar White on White Challenge Card.

Afternoon to all.  Is anyone organised and ready for Christmas yet?  I know it's the same time every year but it seems to me that December has comes around so quickly.......I have been busy making Christmas decorations that my Brownies sold to raise funds at our annual Christmas concert and then there was the organising of the concert so my own Christmas planning and crafting has taken a bit of a back seat.   We managed to raise £105 with our decorations and £50 donations for Children in Need so it was worth the hard work it in the end.

It's the first Saturday in December so we have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar and the theme for this month is "White on White".

For my card I have been having a little play with some new goodies that I got from the NEC back in November at the Hobbycraft show.

My first time using PaperArtsy Grunge Paste and Clarity Stamp Stars Wreath Stencil and I'm quite pleased with the results.  I think I need a little more practise though.

The image is from Pink Petticoat and it is from the Frosty Friends stamp set.

We are sponsored for this challenge by:

Elphine House Australia

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and join in our White on White Challenge and check out the gorgeous DT creations.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bev x

Crafty Calendar All Things Christmas Challenge

Good afternoon to all.  Hope you all had a happy Halloween, but can you believe that means it's now November!  Because of the making of all my Halloween decorations (in my home it was a pinterest inspired Halloween) I'm now behind with my Christmas cards, projects and planning so.....

It's the first Saturday in November and we have a new challenge over at Crafty Calender and our theme is

ALL THINGS CHRISTMAS

so at least I will have one more card ready.

For this card I have used:

"Twinkle Brrr" by this months sponsor Scribble Designs coloured with copics.

DP's are from the Boofle Christmas A4 Paper Pack.

The fairy lights are the Impression Obsession Die Christmas Lights

The greeting is from the Lily of the Valley Christmas Grungy Messages stamp set.

We are sponsored this month by:

Scribbles Designs

who is offering the winner 3 digital stamps of their choice.

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months "All Things Christmas" challenge and check out the gorgeous DT creations.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bev x

Crafty Calendar BINGO Challenge Christmas Card

Good morning to all.  I hope everyone is well.  It's October so we have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar.  I know I'm a day late because the challenge went live yesterday but I've only just got back from my holiday.  I went to the Isle of Wight last week and the weather was amazing, I mean it's October and it was so warm and sunny we were in t-shirts all week, all my fleeces came back home unworn.

So even with the freakish warm weather my thoughts went to winter and have made a Christmas Card for this months challenge.

Our theme for this month is a BINGO challenge.  The Bingo board is included in this post so just pick a line from the board - horizontal, vertical or diagonal - and include the elements from that line on your creation.  Please also tell us in your post which line you've used.

For my card I have used:

Robyns Fetish image  'Paul Penguin Sleighing' coloured with copics.

DP's are some magazine freebies and so is the die that I have used to cut the snowflakes.

My bingo line - sparkle, die cuts, blue

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafting at the Weekend - Anything Goes

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Lots of Snowflakes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Weekly Christmas Card Challenge - Layer It Up

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Embellish It

We are sponsored for this challenge by

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps

Pop over to Crafty Calendar and join us in this months BINGO challenge and check out the gorgeous DT creations.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bev x

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Leaves and Lace

Good Afternoon to all.  We're in September already and it's the first Saturday in the month so today we have a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar and the theme for this month is Lace and Leaves.

This theme would suggest something Autumnal but I decided on a Christmas themed project.

For my card I have used:

Poinsettia by Artbymiran - I had a go at a different technique with this card, I printed the image onto linen effect textured card and coloured with Coloursoft & Koh-i-noor pencils.  Quite like the result, will definitely use this technique again.

The DP's are from the Dovecraft Krafty Christmas paper pack.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge - Red Poinsettia

Artbymiran Challenge - Anything goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Anything Goes

Paper Creators Crafts - Early Christmas

Crafting At The Weekend - Anything goes

We are sponsored for this challenge by 

Artbymiran

Pop over to Crafty Calendar to join us in this months challenge and to check out the gorgeous DT creations.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bev x