It's been just gorjuss!

Hello peeps! What a scorcher it's been again today, shame I've been at work all day :( Oh well, I'm off this weekend so looking forward to that! I've made a little card inspired by all the sun we've been having lately...

I've used a little 'Gorjuss Girl' from Sugar Nellie... it's ages since I've coloured one of these little ladies. I've coloured her with Promarkers then cut her out and mounted her onto a frame cut using Nestabilities, the (green) papers are from The Creative Cottage 'Bella Ballerina' digi kit, border is cut using a Marth Stewart Doily Lace punch. I also used my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, added ribbon, pearls and a flower to finish!

I made this card with the following challenges in mind...Totally Gorjuss would like you to use a Gorjuss Girl on your card, Lili of the Valley have a 'Here Comes Summer' theme (I think these colours and flower are really summery) and finally A Spoon Full of Sugar want to see some 3D!

Well that's all for tonight, time is getting on so off to beddy byes for me! I hope to get a bit blog hopping done this weekend, thanks for all your lovely comments of late... much appreciated!!!

The Creative Cottage Challenge #8 Circles

Good afternoon! Well it's a gorgeous day here (sunny and 26°) and I've just finished work so have the rest of the afternoon to myself hooray! I really need to do some housework but think that might have to wait, at least until later anyway!

Today I have another round card to share which is my DT card for The Creative Cottage 'Circles' challenge! We'd like to see you using circles on your projects this week... I have to admit this is becoming a bit of a trend for me (see my last post). I've used the 'Birthday Wishes' digi kit from The Creative Cottage for my card (image & papers), as well as a circular sentiment (Cuddly Buddly) and some round buttons. Finally I've used some little pearls to add detail to the cake. The little bear is called Sherbet, isn't he a cutie! I'm entering my card for the challenge at Simon Says Stamp, it's 'buttons, bows & bling'.

This week we have a great digi kit for one lucky random winner, the new 'Baby Ellie & Family' kit which is so cute! Remember you don't have to use Creative Cottage products but if you do we'd love to see them. Pop over to the blog to see the other DT cards, the girls have come up with some lovely projects!

Cupcake Craft Challenge #88 Don't Be Square

Good morning! Today over at Cupcake this week we have a fab challenge for you... 'Don't be Square'... you can't make a square card for the challenge! So if you're like me and do LOTS of square cards then this'll take you a little out of your comfort zone! Here's my DT card, no squares in sight...

The Design Team were very fortunate this week to be given a digi stamp of their choice from our super sponsor The Stamping Boutique', I chose this gorgeous mermaid which I printed out quite large and used as the basis of my round card. I've coloured with Promarkers and added a little sparkle. Finally some wool fibres and a pin detail added the finishing touches to my card. It was fairly simple to make, although the blending of the blues to get the sea colour took a little while. Worth it though I think!

I'm entering my card for the challenge over at ABC Challenge 'S is for Sparkle' , the 'Make A Splash' challenge at Quixotic and also By The Cute & Girly 'Fairytales' challenge (mine's The little mermaid) and finally Stampin' for the Weekend 'Getting to know you' challenge where we have to use a book for inspiration (again 'The Little Mermaid').

The winner of this challenge will receive either 5 digi stamps or 3 rubber stamps from 'The Stamping Boutique'... they're all fabulous so lots to choose from! Pop over to the Cupcake Craft Challenge to see all the details and the other wonderful DT projects!

A little kitty card!

Hello again, this is my second post for today (below you can information on a new digi kit from The Creative Cottage). Just wanted to share my little kitty card with you, hope you like it. My card is based on the fab sketch by the very talented Bev for the Lili of the Valley Challenge. I've used a Lili of the Valley stamp (me and my cat) coloured with Promarkers. The little sentiment is a Kraftin Kimmie one. My diamond paper is from the new 'Baby Ellie & Family' digi kit from The Creative Cottage.


Well that's all for today... off to do a few jobs before I settle in front of the TV for the evening! Have a lovely weekend and thanks so much for stopping by!

Just to say...

...there's a new digi kit out from The Creative Cottage today and it's a stunner! This one has lots of cute elephants and some of the most gorgeous papers in blues and mauves! Here's a little peek of the kit...

and here's a couple of cards I've made with this kit, the first one is for the I love digi challenge (sketch)...

If you'd like a chance to win this kit pop over to The Creative Cottage blog, or you can purchase it here. For a limited time there's a set of 4 free digi stamps with every purchase of the 'Baby Ellie & Family' digi kit!

The Creative Cottage Challenge #7 Going Green

Good evening! Firstly apologies for the lateness of my post... it should have appeared this morning but silly me forgot to schedule it! I've just come in from a 12 hour shift at work and realised I hadn't posted my DT card for this week's Creative Cottage Challenge, so without further ado, here it is...

Our challenge this week is 'Going Green'... which can be interpreted in several ways. You can use the colour green like me (ok I took the easy option) or you could try using something recycled on your card. If you're really clever you could do both! I've used The Creative Cottage 'Bella Ballerina' digi kit for my card (papers and image), the little sentiment stamp and ribbon are from Artemio (the stamp and ribbon are in French and mean 'smile... life is beautiful). I've also added some green eyelets and beads from Quixotic Paperie.

This week there's a prize for one lucky random winner... a really cute animal kit 'Forest Friends'... couldn't be much greener lol! So why not pop over to the blog and see the other girls' cards for a bit of inspiration! Hope you can join us this week!

Cupcake Craft Challenge #87 Red & White

Hello blogging friends! Today at Cupcake Craft Challenge we have a colour combo for you and as it's St George's Day this week guess what the colours are - yup Red & White! I have to confess I cheated a little as I did use a bit of blue too in my DT card, I hope I'm forgiven! You can make any type of card, layout, box etc but you must use Red & White! It'd be lovely to see some patriotic projects, but anything goes really! My card was for my nephew's birthday... he's a Liverpool fan (a geordie one at that... shame on him)! I've used stamps from 'It's a Mans World' stamp set from Papermania, coloured with Promarkers and decoupaged a little to give dimension, and the yummy papers are from The Creative Cottage.

I'm entering my card for the Fab 'n Funky challenge which is to 'use a neglected stamp' I have to say all my male stamps are neglected and also the Stamp Something challenge which is 'Something Layered'... I've layered the papers, ribbon and parts of the footballer.

We have a fab sponsor for our challenge this week, KLM Digi Stamps, who are offering 3 digi images to one lucky random winner! On top of that the other DT girls have really stepped up to the mark this week with some super projects... all so very different but all stunning... I think I'm getting to really like this colour combo... and not just for Christmas cards! I hope you can join us this week, and don't forget St George's Day on Friday 23rd April!