Cupcake Craft Challenge 132 - Pink Polka Dots

Today at Cupcake Craft Challenge we're running the challenge chosen by Em who won our 'What's the Challenge? You Decide!' competition back in January! Em has chosen PINK POLKA DOTS... luuurvly! So onto my card... well it was for my friend who gave birth to a beautiful baby girl two week's ago... Alexandra. I've gone a bit different this time, no coloured images etc but instead I've used elements from my Taylored Expressions stamps 'Tweet Hearts'... these stamps are so lovely! And so versatile! Everything from the main image to the little leaves is stamped from this one set. The paper (which I love) was a freebie from Marisa Lerin (Pixelscrapper), you can find it HERE. The sentiment is from a Lili of the Valley stamp set, I coloured the stamped image with my Promarkers. The frames were cut using Nestabilities. Here's a view of the inside of the card...

This week we are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp who are giving away a $20 gift certificate to one lucky winner! We also have our monthly Icing On The Cupcake prize, which is sponsored by Wild Rose Studio who are offering 2 stamps from their 2011 Spring Collection! Pop over to the Cupcake blog to see what lovely creations my other DT buddies have made!

For the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Just Tracy's - New Beginnings

Little Claire's Challenge - Flowers

Thanks for popping by today!

The Creative Cottage Challenge 33 - Fabulous Florals

Hello again peeps! Today we have a new challenge at The Creative Cottage called Fabulous Florals... chosen by my lovely DT buddy Suzie! We'd love to see your cards and craft projects with flowers on them! How easy is that?!

For my card I've used the delish digi kit Tweet Valentine from The Creative Cottage... but this is so much more than just a valentine kit (as you can see from my card)! The topper, papers and flowers are all from this kit! This fortnight you could be in with a chance of winning two fabulous digi kits from The Creative Cottage, so pop along for a peek of all the yummy goodies on offer! And don't forget to pop by and leave a message for the DT, we love to hear from you all!

Cupcake Craft Challenge 129 - I {heart} you

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hello to all you craft lovers out there! Well, did you get any mushy Valentine's cards? Any marriage proposals? Well whatever, have a Happy Valetine's Day!

Ok, today at Cupcake Craft Challenge it's my turn to choose our theme so to tie in with Valentine's Day I've chosen I {heart} you for this week's challenge, which basically means we want to see HEARTS on your crafty creations! I've made two DT cards for this challenge, I got carried away with the mushyness! My first card (above) is done using a lovely Heather Ellis digi image from the Pure Innocence collection, coloured with Promarkers. The paper is from Wild Rose Studio, and the cute sentiment stamp is from Taylored Expressions. I've added some heart embellishments to finish off!

Challenges I'm entering with my I {heart you} card:

Fab n Funky - Tempting Textures

Passion For Promarkers - Let There Be Love

Stamp Something - Something For Your Valentine

Crafty Card Makers - Hearts

Now onto my second card (below)... as we're sponsored this week at Cupcake by Lori Designs I've made this card using this super cute Ella the Elephant digi, again coloured with Promarkers. The paper is K & Co, heart is from a Sizzix die and the sentiment reads 'Don't forget that I love you more than anything'... I thought it went well with the Elephant theme lol! I've also used some white netting (I'm liking this can you tell lol)... I think it looks sweet with the little charm?! There's a few hearts here again!

Challenges I'm entering with my 'Dont't Forget' card:

Totally Gorjuss - Love

Stampin For The Weekend - St Valentine's Day

Creative Card Crew - For A Loved One

The Craft Pad - Hearts

This week you could win a $10 Gift Certificate to spend in the Lori Designs store, and don't forget the Icing on the Cupcake prize which this month is a fab £15 Gift Voucher from Crafts U Love! And not forgetting that you could be in our Top 5! Now the other Cupcakes have put their HEARTS (sorry couldn't resist) into making some super projects for you to feast your eyes on, please pop by and show them some love!

Well I hope you get to spend some quality time with the person you love today!

A Little Birdie Told Me...

... that I've been a bad blogger lately! Sorry! I don' know if it's the weather or what but I just have no energy at the moment! I've barely done any crafting, just the minimum for my DT obligations, I don't know why I just don't have any motivation! So hence the reason I've not been around lately, I do hope you forgive me for neglecting you all.

Here is a little card that I did using a lovely stamp set I won from Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog called 'Tweet Hearts' from Taylored Expressions. No colouring involved, I just coloured the stamps with w/c brush pens then stamped straight onto the card. Very C & S, just adding the three pearls for a little detail. I kinda like the simpleness of this, and it was pretty quick to do! That's probably why I managed to get it done! I'm going to enter this card into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - Use a sentiment with a Love theme

A Spoonfull of Sugar - Valentine

Well, have a lovely evening! Back tomorrow with my Cupcake Craft DT card!