My Teddy Bear....

June 26th 2014

Such a cute challenge this week at the Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog - "Teddy Bears". I just couldn't resist this gorgeous teddy image from Vera Lane Studio!

I've had my sewing machine out for the past few days so all the cards I have been making had=ve had sewing on them LOL!!!

The little charm I sewed at the teddy's neck says "Made with Love"!!!

A Poodle in Paris....

June 25th 2014

A new image and new challenge at The Sailing Pineapple Blog - theme this week is "Repurpose" - we want to see something recycled on your creation!

My card has a few recycled items - one is the Happy Birthday ribbon which came from some present someone in the family received and I kept it in case LOL! I've also used beads from an old earring and some old lace! Digital papers are from With Wild Abandon- love the pink of course!

The poodle image is one of the new images available at The Sailing Pineapple Etsy Store "Lily" - love this quirky pooch! And a bonus is that the store is having a big sale of 30% off your purchase - WOW!!!!! Don't miss out - check out the blog here for the coupon code.

Do you know we have a FB page as well - why not pop over & "like" us LOL!!!

My Heart Pieces

June 19th 2014

I am a Guest Designer at My Heart Pieces for their current challenge which is "Anything but a Card". So I made this little pillow box and added the Birdhouse image as the tag.

Backing card was printed with digital paper from Gecko Galz & I added some mesh, string and hessian flowers plus a little charm along with the My Heart Pieces image.

New Baby...

June 18th 2014

Time for the new challenge theme at The Sailing Pineapple & this week it's a colour challenge so check out the blog for the palette to use! Here's my card using a new image from the store!

 

 

I just love the "knitting" look digital paper I bought from Lagartixa Etsy Store - just perfect for the look I wanted with this baby style image!

Flower Box...

June 13th 2014

My little box creation for the Gecko Galz Cross Promotion this month. As always each month Gecko Galz teams up with another great complimentary company to show how the products work together!

 

This month our guest company is Optic Illusions - you can find their amazing products at their Etsy Store. For my gift box I have used Gecko Galz digital patterned paper tomake the box and used a great "flower" image from Optic Illusions to make a 3D style flower to decorate the front of the box.

 

 

Box template is from Mirkwood Designs - they have some great templates to create with!

Black - White + PINK...

June 12th 2014

Our theme this week at the Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog is Black & White plus One Other Colour - of course my other colour just had to be PINK!! our sponsor is Delicious Doodles - don't hey have some great images? Can't wait to see what colour you add to black & white!

A House without a Cat is not a Home....

June 11th 2014

This week's challenge at The Sailing Pineapple Challenge Blog is "Home Sweet Home". If you pop over to the blog there is a perfect freebie image for you to use which I have used on my card "Ashbury Street" and better still why not visit the store and grab one of the new images just added like "Oscar" the Cat which I have also used on my card!

I have 2 cats and although at times they drive me crazy knocking on the door all night to either go out or come in I wouldn't be without them - mind you I have 3 dogs too and wouldn't be without them either - a menagerie at my house  - so I think the sentiment I added is very true!!!

 

We had some great entries last week so let's see your interpretations of "Home Sweet Home" - we look forward to some creative ideas for this week's theme!

Cat Amongst the Pigeons......

June 9th 2014
Playing around in my journal again today - I now have very colourful & inky fingers!

Gorgeous cat & bird images are from Vera Lane Studio at Etsy - make sure you check out Janet's range of images - and she has a special on at the moment too and she is always adding new sets - LOL I can never resist them! Images were coloured with Copic Markers and Fussy Cut them adhered to the page.

 



For those doing the Journal 52 weekly prompts this is my Week 15 "Party Animals" page - my version of party animals anyway!!! Background is Dylusions Sprays plus a couple of stencils I have along with some rubber stamps from Dylusions - leaves and wavy border at the bottom of the page.

 

I had so much fun doing this page - I'm keen to get creating another page!

I'm going to enter my page in a couple of challenges:
Emergency Crafters - Not a Card! (journal page)
Stamping Sensations - Animal Antics! (cat & birds)
Dragonfly Dreams - Anything with Wings! (my birds)
Corrosive Challenge Blog - Crop it or Cut it! (fussy cut my images)
City Crafter Challenge Blog - It's for the Birds (my birds)

Funky Hair!

June 7th 2014

A great "Funky Hair" Challenge at the Little Miss Muffet Stamps Challenge Blog! So I've coloured this LMM image "Fiona" with "pink" hair - of course I had to do pink!

Patterned papers are from Digital Magic Shop at Etsy - love the paisley pattern and the colours! I added some braid, letter beads, muslin & raffia bows as embellishments! Image coloured with Copic Markers.

Beautiful Visions

June 7th 2014
My DT creations for Gecko Galz for this month with great new products.

Images are from new release collage sheets "Beautiful Visions" and background patterned papers from the new release "Carnival" Paper Pack.

 

I added a peacock feather and large peacock charm to this card - I just love the background paper!

Add a Die Cut...

June 6th 2014

I'm a bit late posting my ATC for the new "Add a Die Cut" Challenge at Wicked Wednesday! But here it is. And all the DT just loved the images they got to choose from our sponsor this week: The Stamping Chef so why not check them out & join this week's challenge!

All Creatures Great & Small...

June 4th 2014

Time again for the weekly challenge theme at The Sailing Pineapple and this week it's as the title of my post suggests - "Animalistic" - so we would love to see your creations using animals, insects, birds - any 'creatures'!!! As always you have the chance to win 3 images of your choice from the store - Vikki has some great new creations coming out soon so keep your eye out. We always have a freebie at the blog but you are welcome to use any images you like - we would just love to see your entries!

I've done a Journal Page and stepped out of my comfort zone a bit and tried something a bit different - here's the amazing Youtube link which I got my 'inspiration' from - I had a ball doing this page - it's not perfect but I did it so I'm pretty happy with the outcome!

Images are from The Sailing Pineapple - the 'bee' image is available as a freebie on the challenge blog this week!

This Journal Page is also Week 4 of the Journal 52 Blog's Prompts "Character Building" - Slow But Steady Wins the Race - to me means don't give up - keep plodding along - you will achieve your goal - you will be stronger for achieving what you set out to do!! (I am way way behind with the Journal 52 Prompts but decided when I can create for one of the week's I will and just plod along as I can!!)

Altered Beach Board!

June 2nd 2014

 

 

Pop over to the Unruly Paperarts Blog to check out this months Readers Art Quest inspiration prompts "By the Sea" - there are some amazing inspiration creations by the columnists on the post.

Here is my altered clipboard inspired by the June prompts. Gorgeous & cute images are from Vera Lane Studio - I am in love with these designs!! There are some great quirky sets to create with so why not check them out!

Patterned papers are from Artfanaticus and were just perfect for my beachy folder!

 

 

We would love to see you link up your creations inspired by the June prompts!