Sentimental Sundays Challenge #66 Garden Party

Good afternoon to my lovely peeps!

Hope you have enjoyed your weekend so far! Just a quick post today as there is so much to do with only a mini amount of time...LOL!

The theme for this week's Sentimental Sundays Challenge #66 is 'Garden Party'
also includes a sentiment...

Tilda has been a very busy girl...weeding and planting up her bedding flowers in preperation for her 'Garden Party' to enjoy and celebrate the wonderful summer sun we have had of late (and may it continue!)...

The flowers and and ribbon made from seam binding are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the digi sentiment is from Cuddley Buddley...

Used a Kanban leave stamp with green ink to stamp around the edges and Tilda's piccy, which has been coloured with Prisma Pencils and blended with Sansador...

The 'metal' corner is an adhesive paper lace, which has been embossed with gold powder and wooden butterfly are from my stash...

What conjures up a 'Garden Party' for you? Can't wait to see all your creations to see what you come up with and there is also the other DT girlies inspiration to boost your creativity too!

I hope you have enjoyed your visit and I hope you will join me again on 1st August for an amazing Whimsy Stamps Blog Hop for their new releases and prizes to be won...there may be a couple of sneeky peeks too...?... :)

Thank you so much for visiting and leaving your comments! It really makes my day special!!

Anything Goes Challenge #46 Pick of the Bunch - Flowers

Good afternoon lovely peeps...and what a beautiful day it is too...

Perfect for the card I have made for the Anything Goes Challenge #46 Pick of the Bunch - Flowers! sponsered by the Craft Den

It has been a very hectic time for me at the moment and I am a little late in posting my card but there is still oodles of time to join in our FLOWERY two week challenge! I really enjoyed making this card, as it always great to be able to load your card up with flowers and this challlenge makes that the perfect excuse to use them, the more the better!! :)

So, here we go with the inspiration...the sun was shining, so I took the photo outside and it really makes the card sparkle but also casts a few shadows too...

Well, there are flowers galore! I've used Magnolia Roses backing paper which has been layered on to cardstock which has been distressed around the edges with Brushed Corduroy, I also used Rangers White Dabber paint and a Joanna Sheen Ivy pattern stamp and embossed with gold around the edges...used the Magnolia Beautiful Tilda and coloured her with pink and brown Prisma pencils and blended with Sansador...

Added PLENTY of Stickles...LOL!

These flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts...


A heavily Stickled metal butterfly charm, which I bought on eBay... you can also see the gold embossed Ivy leaves too...

More beautiful flowers also Stickled and a pretty heart pin...


The digi sentiment is from Cuddley Buddley and I have used a stick glue around the edges and sprinkled with gold embossing powder and heated...

I hope you have enjoyed your visit and that I have inspired you to come and join us on the Anything Goes Challenge #46 Pick of the Bunch - Flowers which ends on Monday 8th August, there is also some incrediable inspiration too from our amazing DT girls, 2 guest designers and don't forget...

There is a Design Team Call too which ends on Wednesday 24th August...

Can't wait to see what you create for the Anything Goes Challenge #46 Pick of the Bunch - Flowers

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and I will be back tomorrow with some new inspiration for Sentimental Sunday's challenge :)

Thank you so much for visiting and leaving your comments! It really makes my day special!!

NEW...Whimsy Stamps Challenge Blog...

Good morning to you all!

So glad the weekend is finally here...WOOHOO!!

There is so much happening in blogland...it's all very exciting!!

Whimsy Stamps has a new challenge blog...YEEAAHH!! The DIGI Design team will be hosting the new challenge blog and that includes 'lil ole me :)

The new challenge blog is open to EVERYONE to come along and join in with some FABBY prizes for the winner and runners up!!

When does all this happen you ask... well...set a date in your schedule for:

Wednesday 10th August

All the details can be found at the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challege Blog

To help us spread the word, there are some MYSTREY PRIZES to be won on Wednesday 10th August...yep...more prizes and that's before the challenge begins...how cool is that!!




Just grab the badge above and add it to your side bar and tell your friends and spread the word...simples!!

This is so exciting!!! I can't wait!! The new the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challege Blog is already up and running for you to add you name to the linky thing and all the rules and details are there in full for you...

...So please grab the badge, tell your friends, add your name to the linky thingy and we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 10th August for the 1st new challenge of the Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challege Blog

See you there soon, I can't wait! :) xxx


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DT CALL for Anything Goes Challenge Blog

Hello lovely peeps...

I hope you are having a lovely Friday evening and looking forward to the weekend...yeeaaahhh!!

The new fortnightly challenge for the Anything Goes Challenge Blog is already running and is Challenge #46 - Pick of the Bunch (Flowers) which ends on Monday 8th August.

It's all about the FLOWERS!

There are the amazing DT inspirations to get you in the mood, so please check them out here...I have been 'under the weather' and a little bit behind with my crafts but I will have some inspiration to share with you very soon too :) ...so watch this space!!

SOME EXCITING NEWS:

I have a quick announcement to make for the Anything Goes Challenge Blog and the Craft Den!!

We are looking for new Design Team Members to join our already fabulously talented and ultra friendly team of girlies...

If you are interested in becoming a DT Member, please click here to find out all of the details from Lynne & Tamara to join us on the Anything Goes Challenge Blog DT!

This call will be open until Wednesday 24th August. Winning candidates will be contacted over the next following days with a view to start Tuesday 6th September.

Can't wait to see your wonderful creations with...FLOWERS :)


Thank you so much for visiting and leaving your comments! It really makes my day special!!

Candles & Tiles using Decal Papers...

Good morning lovely peeps...

Just a quick update before I go to work...

Well, it Friday again...HOORAH...and it's all happening at Teddy Bo Towers...catch up with all the gossip and latest news and releases from the bears...and join along with the latest Teddy Bo Tuesday Challenge #15 'Alter Something' for the next two weeks finishing at MIDNIGHT UK time on Sunday 7th August.

Here is my inspiration for you...using decal waterslide paper for inkjet printers, using the delightful bears...'Sugar Plum Fairy' Teddy Bo_112 & 'Your wish will come true' TeddyBea_116...

For the ‘ALTER SOMETHING’ Challenge I have used some left over tiles from a bathroom job I ‘helped with’ a while back and made some coasters inspired by Collette’s mug from ages ago :) Thanks Collette hun!! xx Check out Colette's fabby blog here for more stunning inspirationxx

Any hoo, I coloured in the 'ikle bears with Prisma pencils, scanned them and resized to print them out onto decal waterslide paper...

…then sprayed with clear acrylic spray paint to seal the images (smells just like nail varnish) so when immersed in water, the ink will not bleed. Soaked the transfers in water until the transparent film came away from the backing paper and careful dabbed them on to the tiles.

Also added some stamped hearts and then sealed again with the acrylic spray. On the back of the coasters, I added some sticky backed felt pads…Volia!!

I did the same for the tealights using 'Sunflower Bea' TeddyBea_114...once I had sprayed with acrylic spray and left to dry, I cut out the little circles, soaked them and then placed them carefully onto the tealights...simples!!



For more inspiration, please pop on over to the Teddy Bo Tuesday Challenge #15 'Alter Something' as Team B have some amazing projects to share with you.

Please remember to use any Teddy Bo & Co image for a chance to win the fabulous winner's prize...

Teddy Bo and Co are sponsoring this challenge and the overall winner gets to choose 10 GRAPHICS... and the runners up pick one image each.

So grab your old pots, lamps, candles, boxes or anything else you can think of and ALTER SOMETHING with a Teddy Bo & Co image and most of all... have some FUN!!!

Need some images to get you started or to add to your collection? Then there is a great selection and some new releases to be found here at the Teddy Bo Store...you will be spoilt for choice!!


Thank you so much for visiting and leaving your comments! It really makes my day special!!

Stunning NEW Images From Teddy Bo & Co...

Hello Peeps...hope you are having a lovely day so far. We have had so much rain these last 5 days, it is more like November than July!!

I now have a full time job and that has put pay to most of the crafting time and blogging time that I have left available but bit by bit, I am determined to get back on track, it is just a case of adjusting my schedule, getting organised...hahaha!!... but with any new job, the 1st month is a massive learning curve and can be quite draining with a mental overload...lol!!

However, I have scheduled this post and I am really hoping that Mr Blogger behaves and posted the links correctly!!

As you probably all know by now, I am a MASSIVE Teddy Bo fan and so excited to be on their team B design team...although it is not team B's go this fortnight, it is the amazing talent of team A and they have pulled all the stops out to create the most amazing creations for the challenge for the next two weeks...

Teddy Bo Challenge #14 Teddy Bea ONLY. That's right, only use a Teddy Bea image on your creations to be in for a chance to win!

Here are the amazing NEW RELEASES from Gayle at the Teddy Bo Towers:

Available now from The Teddy Bo & Co Store

Head on over to theTeddy Bo Challenge #14 Teddy Bea ONLY, where you can catch up on the latest gossip and happens, see the amazing DT creations and everything else you need to know about Teddy Bo and his Teddy Bea...

As I have previously mentioned... I love Teddy Bo and I created a card to give to a dear friend's little boy Adam...since then I have had a couple of requests to make some more personalised cards that now also include a name.

It gave me the idea to open up this concept card to the masses and if you are interested, I have a listing on ebay where I can personalise your card with any name, age or message...the link is here :) if you would be so inclined to visit :)



I hope to have some more cards to share with you soon, so until then do have a great week!

Thank you so much for visiting and leaving your comments! It really makes my day special!!

Teddy Bo 'Di-Bo-Saur' ...Another Easel Card

Hello Lovely Peeps...I hope you are all having a good day :)

Well, I never make easel cards and now I've done 2 in a row...there must be a third one somewhere around the corner...hehehe...

… I made this card for a friend’s little boy…Adam… I hope he will like it!! I know Adam loves to dress up and is fascinated by Dinos, so I’m on the right tracks at least!! I should have put his name on the card...how fab would that have been...but I didn't think of that at the time...doh!!!

I am totally in love with Teddy Bo…he is simply gorgeous and such a delight to colour too! The image I have used is Teddy Bo 020 ‘Di-Bo-Saur’ from Teddy Bo.com


He has been coloured with Prisma pencils and blended with Sansador. I also made a diddy Teddy Bo – ‘Di-Bo-Saur’ from shrink plastic…so very cute!




I used K & Co ‘Hop Scotch’ papers which are brill for boys cards, really fantastic colours that work so well with each other.

The Cuttlebug came out and I used the Swirls folder to emboss the layers and distressed the edges with Brushed Corduroy and used a nestie for the circles. I was very sparing with the Stickles but even little boys like a little bit of sparkle…lol...don't they? :)

The ‘Happy Birthday’ sentiment is from Magnolia and has also been embossed with clear emossing powder, I used a digi sentiment ‘Son’ from Cuddly Buddly, the word ‘Mischief’ is a rub-on and the rest of the phrases are computer generated…oh…and I used a bit of garden twine too.

Now... it just so happens to be a NEW RELEASE DAY here at Teddy Bo Towers and here they are - the fantastic new Teddy Bo & Teddy Bea images ready to order now!!

New images at the Teddy Bo Store

You can also join 'Team A' for the new fortnightly Teddy Bo Challenge #14 'Teddy Bea only'.
Come & play along in the challenge but only use any Teddy Bea image to be in for the chance to win!

I hope you have enjoyed your visit and I hope you will pop on over and visited 'Team A' DT's wonderful projects...they are really beautiful. And if you enter the challenge, you'll be in it to win some Teddy Bo's and Bea's for yourself...well worth the effort I think...don't you :)

Can't wait to see all your gorgeous cards and projects using 'Teddy Bea', I'm sure she will be as excited as we are!!

Thank you so much for visiting and leaving your comments! It really makes my day special!!

Anything Goes Challenge #45 “Easel Card or more than one fold” with Teddy Bo

It’s that time again…our Tuesday twice monthly Anything Goes Challenge: #45 “Easel Card or more than one fold”

Lynne at the Craft Den store has loads of offers on at the mo, so it is worth checking out her store for lots of crafty goodies and only £1.00 p&p for the UK...



Here is my DT card for the Anything Goes Challenge #45 “Easel Card or more than one fold"...


I am totally in love with Teddy Bea…she is simply gorgeous and such a delight to colour too! The image I have used is Teddy Bea 113 ‘Happy Birthday Cake’ from Teddy Bo and Co


She has been coloured with Prisma pencils and blended with Sansador. I have added oodles of Stickles for sparkles...even girl bears LOVE bling...LOL! The large flower is from Prima... and the wooden heart & butterfly are from ebay...

The flowers and lace are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the 'Happy Birthday' has been stamped using a Magnolia' stamp and Distress ink Victorian Rose and the edges have been embossed with gold embossing powder and a floral stamp...

...the 'Happy Birthday' ticket sentiment is from Rainbow Echo Designs from Whimsy Stamps...and the dp are Magnolia and I also used my Cuttlebug to embossed the layer and distressed with Victorian Rose...


I hope that my easel card has inspired you to play along and there are more fabulous DT makes from the DT girlies too...

There are new releases from Teddy Bo and I will be sharing a card with you soon... :)

Thank you so much for visiting and leaving your comments! It really makes my day special!!

Sentimental Sundays Challenge #63 Inky Fingers...

Hello my Lovely Bloggers,

This week's Sentimental Sundays Challenge #63 is "Inky Fingers (unconventional stamping materials or techniques)... this is a fun challenge to do and you can get all inky and messy, it's great!!

Every week, there are FREE SENTIMENTS and this week, they are very sentimental as they were choosen by ME and Ann Vento has done a wonderful job with the graphics to bring them to life for you download straight away, so why not add them to your cards and projects and join our challenge :)

Sentimental Sundays Weekly Freebie:

Antoinette's Sentiments
Download Link

(available for one week only)
A special thank you to those who link back to the blog when using these sentiments!

Here are some more ideas to get you going...instead of stamps, use your paints or ink to create background papers or layers, use stencils, glimmer mists, or try stamping onto bottle tops, tissue paper, shrink plastic...or anything else you can think of...

Check out the rest of the DT's fabulous creative makes and pick up some great inspiration...



For my topper, I went for the resist technique, using clear embossing powder, a cupcake stamp, versamark pad and distress inks. Whatever colour card you use, will show through the clear embossing powder...I choose white card but you could go for something bolder like red or black etc. Once I have stamped the image and sprinkled with embossing powder, heated it, I then went over the card with 'Victorian Rose' distress ink, let it dry and then rubbed over with paper towel to reveal the white (clear) embossed images of the cupcakes... this is a great way to make your own unique 'one of a kind' backing paper.


For the base of the topper, I used the same technique but I used 'Worn Lipstick' distress powder, which when heated is quite rough, resembling sandpaper...I then went over the top with 'Brushed Corduroy' distress ink.


I coloured a 'Meljens Designs' digi image 'Patriotic Cupcake' from Whimsy Stamps and used my Dawn Bibby cupcake stamps onto shrink plastic and coloured to make those cute little cupcakes...I just LOVE shrink plastic!!

...And here's the sentiment, now go and have your cake and eat it...LOL... can't wait to see how creative your makes will be...

This challenge runs until next Saturday 16th July at 11.59 EST.


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Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #118

Hello Lovely Peeps...

Yep...it is that time again to join in & play along with the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #118 which is sponsered by Chi Chi Memories...

We are also looking for looking a GUEST SWEETIES...so please see the challenge blog for more details...



Here is the yummy Cupcake Inspiration for this week:

I made this topper using a digi image from Chi Chi Memories 'Submarine' and the sentiment too... these images come from the Splash of Fun range.


Loving the 'lil teddy peeping out of the window...I love teddies...if you hadn't noticed already...LOL! Used Glossy Accents from Ranger to create the 'glass' of the window.



Can't wait to see all your gorgeous creations!

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend...until next time...

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