One for the Road

Over at The Lollipop Ladies challenge 59 is all about cars with the addition of stripes. Ive gone with two shades of grey teamed with purple and black. Our sponsor is Annabelle Stamps who are offering a $10 voucher for their store.

Christmas Cheer

Over at the Lollipop Ladies we have challenge 55 -Mint Leaves + Glitter .I really shouldn't be in the same room as glitter ,I know later this evening I will look across at Steve and the glint in his eye will be glitter lol .As always a Guest Designer Spot is on offer and a $10 voucher to Annabelle Stamps -they have lots of great gems in fab colours.

Lovely Lilac

Challenge 54 at The Lollipop Ladies -Gobstoppers -Pick a colour and stick with it.Our sponsor is Mad for Markers. The chandelier stamp is from Kaisercraft and it's been sitting around for over a year and this is the first time I've used it. I took 3 attempts to get it perfect and now I know why I don't often use stamps.


Tuesday Throwdown - challenge 115 -You're a Gem-That's not the best pic to show off the gems,I will have another go later.

Crafty Bloggers Network - challenge 3 - Purple -One of my favourite colours.

Acetate window

Our challenge at The Lollipop Ladies is all about Barley Sugar and Acetate. I used a sticker on acetate and then added glass paint .The bottle said 'golden yellow' but I think orange is nearer the mark so I was a bit disappointed that it is so dark.. I've also used an acetate sentiment . Mad For Markers are providing the prize.

Sweet Treats

Over at The Lollipop Ladies challenge 51 is another yummy pic inspiration. Strawberries and Cream + Layers ,I've gone for the lovely pink of strawberry ice cream with lots of layers .Come and join us our sponsor is Annabelle Stamps ,they stock lots of goodies.

My Mum's Craft Shop - challenge 68 - Ice Cream flavour combos - Has to be strawberry and vanilla -I occasionally buy a Neapolitan tub and always eat the chocolate flavour first ,I'm not a great fan.

just chillin

The Lollipop Ladies challenge 50 - Bananas + Leaves - and what goes with them a monkey .How could I put anything else on my card.

Friendship card

I've used my fav papers (gingham ,who doesn't love it) in yellow for the background and again in blue for the main panel .The flowers are from Beccy's Place and printed on yellow paper highlighted with yellow and white coloured pencils.Stitching is all faux and the sentiment is from Stampin Up.

Lollipop Ladies - Challenge 49 - Fantales and Text . Come and play ,you may be a prize winner,we also have a guest spot on offer.

Calorie Free

The Lollipop Ladies - challenge 48 - Cupcakes + 3,2,1 embellishments(3 gems,2 buttons,1 ribbon). The spotted paper was a freebie which I've had for years ,I used this as a base for all the other colours. I managed to find 3 embossed scraps of paper for the cupcake top.

Creative Card Crew - challenge 13 _ Easy as 1,2,3, - 3 Gems ,2 buttons ,1 ribbon.

Papertake weekly challenge - BINGO - Ribbon,Die cuts ,Buttons.

Craft Your Days Away - challenge 47 - BINGO - Buttons ,Ribbon,Die cuts.

Christmas in June

My last two posts were scheduled as I've been on holiday in New Zealand , Steve took 3 weeks off work and we went to visit friends as part of our trip. If you've never been to NZ I can highly recommend it ,great accommodation at very reasonable prices ,lots of good food and the friendliest people you could ever wish to meet.

My card today is made up of four elements - ribbons for the tree ,paper for the trunk ,the presents and sentiment are rub-ons and the boarder is a sticky strip.

Joins us at The Lollipop Ladies for challenge 47 -Jelly Babies + Ribbon .My favourites are red and green .

Unstampables - challenge 12 - Ribbons .Traditional Christmas colours.

The Crafty Pad - challenge 173 - Ribbon - When I run out of cards at Christmas and need to make a quick one then a tree aperture card with ribbon is always effective.

A special wish

Lots of yummy fun for this challenge at The Lollipop Ladies .

Challenge 46 - Turkish Delight and Squares . If it's not coated in chocolate (my favourite ) then it's usually dusted with icing sugar and does come in lots of colours ,not just pink .

The poppy stamp is from Abi's Crafts and I've double stamped with white and pink to represent the Turkish Delight and the icing sugar,the sticker sentiment was a prize win as was the flower.

Spots,Dots and Love

I thought I'd have another go at sewing and all was going well until the last pink heart ,oops.
The Lollipop Ladies challenge 45 is inspired by the Freckle photo + Spots .
Incy Wincy Designs - challenge 144 - Spots and Dots.

Cupcake Inspirations - challenge 15 - Another photo inspired challenge.
Tammy's Scrappin Corner - challenge 9 -Show me your punches or die cuts.

Card Makin Mamas - challenge 44 -Spring photo inspired .

A quick run down of paper suppliers - Dena Designs ,Kaisercraft,Pebble and Michelle Powell.

Just for you

The leaves were painted with clear nail polish to give a glossy effect.I think the card base looks like one of those stiff skirts worn by Irish dancers.

I hope you can see the shine ,I've laid one of flowers on the matt paper I used.I couldn't find any shiny paper in my stash that I liked for this card,the shops were closed so I had to improvise.Before punching or cutting out your design cover the paper in clear sellotape or the clear sticky back plastic used to cover books and recipe cards--INSTANT GLOSSY EFFECT.

The Lollipop Ladies challenge 44 - Lifesavers and Gloss

Welcome Twinnies

Our new challenge at The Lollipop Ladies - Gummy Bears + Fur . .

My little bears are on the inside of the card . I cut an aperture from a card blank and then covered it with pink paper .The blue frame looked better offset and added a bit more interest to a plain card. The sentiment was a freebie which I won't use again as I really don't like having a word upside down.The rocking horse is a clear stamp which I cut out.
You have two weeks to enter .Our DT cards will be shown along the way.

All that glitters

Challenge 42 over at The Lollipop Ladies is Fruit Loops and Glitter.My card is very simple ,the paper was a magazine freebie .I used a circle punch and edged it with glitter.The glittery flower is on the inside of the card,just for a change.The sentiment was also a freebie.

Too much chocolate is a good thing

Our challenge 41 at The Lollipop Ladies is Malteasers,with a hidden message. I must have eaten hundreds of these as child .
This was a very easy card to put together ,the paper is from Kaisercraft and was already stamped ,I just had to cut out the section I wanted .I only stuck the paper to the card edges and left the top section open to slide in my message .The flower and butterfly were part of a prize win along with the sentiment stamp,I'm pretty sure they all came from Kaszazz.For a little extra detail I used a white pen to add a few dots. The 'celebrate' sentiment is on acetate and came from Hot off the Press ( "Cardmakers Birthdays -Clear & Frosted Overlays"). I'm not sure I like the double stamped idea,it looks like a bad attempt to cover up a mistake.Anyhow it was a pig to photo as the light kept bouncing off the acetate .The clock and tag came from a cheap craft pack I picked up some time ago,
I haven't had much time to craft as the decorating seems to be taking longer than I thought ,I've also been making some new cushions .

Snakes Alive

The challenge over at TLL is colour and curves represented by the jelly snakes.

Welcome to another challenge at The Lollipop Ladies - Tiramisu is the sweet treat ,with the addition of LAYERS.

My papers are Elegance,Tickets and Postcards ,all from Kaisercraft.The little flower was already made just waiting to be used .The section with the half circle cut out can be used for a gift voucher or cash.

Brush those teeth

The Lollipop Ladies are back after the Christmas break and I have joined the team - Challenge 38 is inspired by the photo - Fairy Bread - I have to confess I have never eaten Fairy Bread.

My door hanger is for the bathroom to remind little people to brush their teeth.
I started off cutting a piece of chipboard 10.5cm x 25cm .I cut out a 7cm circle. The background paper was just perfect to represent the sprinkles .The image is Tooth Fairy Cynthia from The Stamping Boutique . I've used a mix of felt tip pens and gel pens to colour her .Come along and join in ,the challenge is open for two weeks .

Cute as a button

The Lollipop Ladies - . I punched two circles and made one of them into a square which surrounds the button. The paper is from Dena Designs.

How much plum pudding did you eat.

I couldn't resist making one last Christmas card for the challenge at The Lollipop Ladies.
The Lollipop Ladies - challenge - 36 -Christmas puddings -It wasn't enough to use the photo as inspiration for colour I wanted a pud as well. Sentiment stamp is Hero Arts,pudding image is fabric .

How much pud did I eat - none at all.