Lavender & Lace...

Good morning, it's time for a new challenge at Allsorts and our theme this week is 'Lavender & Lace'. Our wonderful sponsor this week is Pin & Tack.

So onto my DT card, I've gone all girly with a gorgeous image, ooohhh I do love images with an umbrella and this is a super cute one. I've used some of my fave lace of the moment and lots of blooms...

Supplies:
Image -  April Showers by Time for Tea Designs coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers
Paper - from the Macaroon Goody Box from Craftwork Cards
Lace, buttons & flowers - The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop
Sentiment - from the Barbara Anne Williams Garden Vignettes Ticket Sentiments set from Cuddly Buddly
Other - Quickutz corner die, brown chalk ink pad

Please do come and join us over at Allsorts this week for our challenge x

 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Passion for Promarkers - Name That Tune (Purple Rain - Prince)
Anything Goes - Buttons, Pearls & Lace
Divas by Design - Pretty Pearls
Simon Says Stamp- Anything Goes

Relax and have a cuppa...

This was a super quick to make card. I love the paper and rather than over it up with an image etc I have used it as the main decoration on the card with some ribbon, a flower and a sentiment. I popped a teabag inside...

Supplies:
Paper & flower - from the Happy Days Goody Box from Craftwork Cards
Ribbon & button - stash
Sentiment - made on pc
Other - brown chalk inkpad

Out of the Box!

Good morning, it's time for a new challenge at Allsorts and our theme this week is 'Out of the Box'. This is a real fun one! We would like to see you use something in your home not intended for crafting such as packaging, a tin can, a paperclip... Our wonderful sponsor is Digi Darla Designs.

So onto my DT card, I've gone for my fave colour yet again, yep it's blue. I've used a pretty floral image from our sponsor. My lace does not look straight but I assure you it is in real life ;-) My household items are staples and a paperclip...

 

Supplies:
Image - Vinca Vase by Digi Darla Designs coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers
Paper - Mint Julep by Basic Grey
Lace, buttons & flowers - The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Other - brown chalk ink pad

Please do come and join us over at Allsorts this week for our challenge x

 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Dutch Dare Card Challenges - Things that begin with the letter B (blooms, blue, buttons)
I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes
Crafty Ribbons - Flowers Galore

Moving Day

A lovely friend of mine has just moved to beautiful Scotland. The image was a freebie from the Time for Tea Designs Facebook page, I think she's gorgeous. The image came with a fab Moving Day sentiment which I have repeated to make a sentiment ribbon...

Supplies:
Image and sentiment - Moving Day by Time for Tea Designs coloured with Promarkers
Paper & flower - from the Happy Days Goody Box from Craftwork Cards
Buttons & ribbon - stash
Other - brown chalk ink pad

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Is is Tea Time?

Good morning, it's time for a new challenge at Allsorts and our theme this week is 'Time For Tea'. Our wonderful sponsor is My Heart Pieces.

So onto my DT card, I have had loads of fun making this card. I love relaxing with a good cuppa and am quite particular about my tea too AND I love tea themed crafty stash so I treated myself to some new goodies and made a card for a fab friend who is also partial to a cuppa...

 A close up of the pretty layered flower...

Supplies:
Image - Time For Tea Girl by Time For Tea Designs coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers
Paper, flowers and sentiment - from the Tea Dance Collection by Craftwork Cards
Charm & pearl medallion - The Hobby House
Lace - stash
Other - brown chalk ink pad, twine

Please do come and join us over at Allsorts this week for our challenge x

 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Charisma Cardz - Digis Only
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes

Hope you have a lovely weekend x

Something for Dad...

This is the only thing I have made for Father's Day, time has really not been on my side these last few weeks so Father's Day has been almost 100% bought - including all cards - shame on me hey...? We are off to see the new Superman film tomorrow as part of my OH's Father's Day pressie. He's also got a photo mug, a coaster, a t-shirt (Superman), chocs and a keyring. Ohhhh and the new Dan Brown book :-) We are meeting up with my brother and his family and my mum and dad for lunch on Sunday, will be a lovely catch up with all of us together.

I've bought my dad something a little different this year. I usually go for a shirt or something for the garden but I've bought a voucher for afternoon tea for two at a manor house near where he and my mum live. The voucher arrived and it is slightly smaller than A5 and on paper. It looked rather boring so I decided to jazz it up a bit and made a folder envelopey type thing to put it in. I then made a band to slot over the folder to keep it flat, I think these are called belly bands but I could be mistaken. What do you think...?

 Here's a pic of the inside...

Supplies:
Papers - Wellington by DoCrafts
Father's Day sentiment seal - Cat's Life Press
Sentiment tag - Wellington die cut sentiments by DoCrafts
Buttons - stash
Other - brown chalk ink pad, kraft cardstock, twine

I would like to enter my project into the following challenges:

 Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes/Something For a Man

Papertake Weekly - Hello Boys

Crafty Cardmakers - Father's Day

 Craft Your Passion - Father's Day/Masculine

Milk Coffee - Father's Day/ Male Inspired

Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes

Funtime Rosie...yes again!

I used this image a week or so ago and needed to make another card for a little girl so I used the same fab image, I do love her. What I have done here is changed the colour scheme to lilac instead of pink and changed the hair colour from brown to blonde to suit the recipient...

Supplies:
Image - Funtime Rosie coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers
Paper - from the Macaroon set by Craftwork Cards
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Alphabet stickers - MME
Buttons - Dovecraft
Ribbon & flowers - The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop
Other - brown chalk ink pad

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

What's In Your Garden...?

Good morning, it's time for a new challenge at Allsorts and our theme this week is 'In The Garden'. So loads of scope ;-) Our wonderful sponsor is A Passion For Stamps.

So onto my DT card, I have used a beautiful image from our sponsor called Stargazer Lily. One of the first flowering plants I grew in my garden when we moved into our house 12 years ago was a stargazer lily. I was so proud that it grew and bloomed and I didn't kill it off (like lots of the other plants I tried to grow, hehe!). Hope you like it...

Supplies:

Image - Stargazer Lily from A Passion For Stamps coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Paper - Promises from LOTV

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Lace & paper flowers - The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop

Resin flower - My Mum's Craft Shop

Buttons - Dovecraft

Pearls - stash

Other - Circle and scallop circle Nestabilities dies, brown chalk inkpad

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes 

Alphabet Challenge - I for Image

Please do come and join us over at Allsorts this week for our new challenge x

Vintage Girly

Here's another cutie card using a pre-coloured topper from The Hobby House. These make such beautiful yet quick cards. This girly reminds me so much of the fabric doll I had as a little girl but mine was dressed in brown and blue...

Supplies:
Image - from The Hobby House Elisabeth Bell Summertime topper set
Paper - Mint Julep by Basic Grey
Lace - sorry can't remember where this is from
Pearl medallions - The Hobby House
Flowers & buttons - The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop
Other - brown chalk ink pad

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

The Hobby House - Anything Goes 
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Top Knot...

I bought a couple of new digi images a few weeks ago from Time For Tea Designs. I adore the images and they are fab to colour. This lil lovely is called Girl With Cute Top Knot. I have gone for blonde hair as I nearly always colour hair brown and fancied a change. Hope you love her as much as I do...

Supplies:
Image - Girl With Cute Top Knot coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers
Papers - Collectable Unforgettable by MME
Flowers & buttons - The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop
Sentiment - Garden Vignettes Ticket Sentiments by Barbara Anne Williams
Seam binding - Crafty Ribbons
Pearls - stash
Other - oval & scallop oval Nestabilities dies, Provocraft fancy corner die, brown chalk ink pad

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
My Mums's Craft Shop - Dies dies, dies 
 The Squirrel and the Fox - Summer or Winter (summer!)
The Hobby House - Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes With Ribbon

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun...

Good morning, it's time for a new challenge at Allsorts and our theme this week is 'Here Come The Girls'. Our wonderful sponsors are Digistamp Boutique and Crafty Ribbons.

So onto my DT card, I have gone all out girly with a gorgeously cute image from Digistamp Boutique from the Funtime Rosie set. I think Rosie is perfect for a little girl's card...

Supplies:
Image - Funtime Rosie coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers
Paper - from the Macaroon set by Craftwork Cards
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Alphabet stickers - MME
Ribbon, buttons & flowers - The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop
Other - brown chalk ink pad

Please do come and join us over at Allsorts this week for our challenge x

 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Passion for Promarkers - Add Ribbon, Lace or Twine 
Fab 'n' Funky - For The Girls
Divas by Design - Tie a Ribbon
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts - Anything Goes