Just Magnolia week 55 - One for the girls

Good morning everyone, its Friday and you know what that means dont you...yes its Just Magnolia and we have a fantastic theme for you this week...One for the girls, so get all your girly things out and go to town...we had another amazing amount of entries last week thank you all so much and I think you will like this theme so cant wait to see all your girlies colours and images...before I tell you about my card the JM team have a request, for those of you with word verification on would you please consider switching it off, you can still keep your security high just switch of the verification as it takes ages to go through a huge amount of blog and leave comments without it so you can imagine how long it takes with it...thanks...my easel card is using the fabulous Three flower Tilda I bought from Bunny Zoe's crafts and the amazing S.E.I. Happy Days Confetti paper I got at Crafters and Co, you cant really tell but the paper is really sparkly and glossy you can see it better on the closeup...I added some plain cardstock and the flower is a stamp cut out, I finished with some fab coloured buttons, one threaded with the same white satin ribbon thats on the card...I hope you like it and enjoy the rest of your Friday everyone and dont forget to pop on over to Just Magnolia to see the wonderful girlies creations from the DT
Mina xxx

Sketch and Stash Challenge 35 (Maybe) + Totally Gorjuss challenge 29- Pink and Green

Good morning everyone I'm going to have a British moan now lol...what on earth has happened to the sun please, who nicked it and can you please give it back as soon as possible cause I'm fed up of wandering around my house looking for a bit of light to take my photos...my card for today might be for Sketch and Stash Challenge as I used the sketch and my neglected stash is the fabulous Panduro Kitchen garden/Tilda papers and my new stash is my fab new hAnglars but I missed a bit off the sketch I don't know how it happened maybe that bit hid on me so if I don't qualify I apologise to the Sketch and Stash DT now and if it dosent count just delete the link please...as I used this fab pink gingham and pink/green stripe papers I'm entering this for the Totally Gorjuss challenge too...I love pink and green together but hardly ever use them but I think some of my cards lately have been quite dark so a nice bright one was called for...all the embellishments are from the same hAnglar stamp set I even used the heart stamp to make the flower...I hope you like it and enjoy the rest of your day everyone
Mina xxx

Truly Scrumptious challenge 32 DT card + Bunny Zoe's Crafts DT card

Good morning everyone I hope your all keeping well and happy, I had a fabulous time teaching my class yesterday isn't it brilliant to get together with other crafters and talk about papers, inks and crafty stuff without people looking at you as if your mad lol...my card today is for our new challenge at Truly Scrumptious and I love love love this sketch its brilliant so thanks Sharon...theres an added option of taking the back away and making a circle card too but you don't have to of course...this fabulous little image is the Grammie from the Greeting Farm Grammie and Gramps set isn't she just so gorgeous and the beautiful velvet embossed paper is from the Kaisercraft Peachy Keen paper pad, I bought them both from Bunny Zoe's crafts , I am loving these Kaisercraft paper pads so much and just know I will have to buy the rest of them too, I am bring drawn to them lol...I kept the design really simple as I thought the paper and image should have the limelight and just added a circular sentiment stamp from Simon Says Stamp and a few cut out velvet leaves...I hope you like it and cant wait to see what you come up with and if you make the card circular...don't forget if you have time to pop on over to Truly Scrumptious and see what the rest of our super talented DT have made...stunning...enjoy the rest of your day

Mina xxx

Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 103 Guest Designer card-Recipe 3 papers and 3 buttons + Friday Sketchers challenge 101

Good morning everyone and yes you read that right the wonderful girls over at a Spoon full of Sugar asked me to be one of their guest designers this week, of course I had to think about it for a nano second lol...its a fabulous challenge this week too, so I hope you will all enter it...I used this fantastic little Speed Racer from Wags and Whiskers...isn't he a cutie, I coloured him with Distress inks and used a mix of different papers most scraps, I love it when I can do that don't you...I added the three buttons and a suede tie, the tag and star I printed on the computer...I used the fabulous sketch from Friday Sketchers for my card too...I hope you like it and will pop on over to A Spoon Full of Sugar to have a look at the DTs work...enjoy the rest of your day everyone, now I'm off to teach my class....ooooohhhhhh I love teaching
Mina xxx

Mo's Digital Pencil DT card + Allsorts Challenge week 51 + Quixotic Challenge-Oh baby

Happy Monday everyone, did you all have a brilliant weekend, I hope so and for everyone who had one I hope you had a wonderful Mothers Day and thank to everyone for your good luck wishes yesterday what a fantastic kind bunch you are...my card for today is for Mo's Digital pencil DT and I used the fabulous sketch at Allsorts Challenge, Im also entering it for Quixotic challenge which is to make a card for a baby or child, the fantastic Mo's image is called Daddys girl and there are a few versions of her, isnt she fab in her little baggy shorts lol...the incredible papers I bought from Bunny Zoes Crafts, its one of the new paper pads from Kaisercrafts called Peachy Keen, I love these paper pads as they have glossed, embossed, velvet and ordinary papers and 4 sheets of embellishments at the back of them too...fantastic value...all I added was some sentiment ribbon and a cut out from the paper flowers with a button centre threaded with orange ribbon...I hope you like it and enjoy the rest of your Happy Monday everyone Im off to finish my prep for my class tomorrow
Mina xxx
p.s. we are having a guest DT call over at the Dreamteams blog...hop on over and have a look at the fab sketch to follow by our wonderful Jak

Belles & Whistles DT call + Sketch Saturday #102 + Stamp Something-Birthday Somethings + Sweet Stampin Colour choice

Good morning everyone...I was so excited when I read about the Belles & Whistles DT call, you know how much I love love love these fab stamps, so I decided to give it a shot using this fabulous Beary Hugs coloured with Distress inks, I think she is so cute hugging her bear don't you...the amazing paper is from S.E.I and is from the Claire collection its called Vivacious platinum foil paper, its embossed in foiled and is so beautiful, I finished off this amazing lace isn't it so delicate and the ribbon is deep pink velvet...I finished it with a green bow, selection of buttons and a ceramic sentiment...the sketch is by Sketch Saturday and I'm also entering this in the Stamp Something Birthday challenge, Im also entering it for the Sweet Stampin colour challenge, theres yellow in the paper I promise its just hard to see...I hope you like it and keep your fingers crossed for me for the DT call please unless of course your entering for it and I wish you the best of luck too...enjoy the rest of your Sunday everyone
Mina xxx

Mojo Monday 137 + Stampin for the Weekend-A card for a Male + Cute Card Thursday-Boyz to Men

Good Morning everyone I hope you have something special planned for the weekend, my card for today is one of my fav kinds, a male card, I know Im strange but I love making boy cards they stretch your imagination dont you think...this one is for the fab sketch over at Mojo Monday, Stampin for the Weekend which is a male card and Cute card Thursday which is a Boyz to Men card so I think this fits the bill...I used this fabulous surfing Edwin and masked him to add the wood break behind him, hes coloured with Distress inks and the amazing paper is Cosmo Cricket, I love their stunning papers, this one is from the Mr Campy range and is called Gojumpina lake isnt that a great name lol...I finished my card with some sentiment ribbons and a selection of buttons and a bit of fabulous tape with bootprints on...sorry about the picture Im not sure whats happened to them they seem to have gone very blurred or maybe my specs need changed...I hope you like it and enjoy your Saturday everyone
Mina xxx

Scroll Down for the Wags and Whiskers Bloghop + Just Magnolia DT Card-Week 54 It Takes Two+Basicgrey Challenge week 19 + Papertake Weekly - Week 40

Good morning (again) everyone, yes your seeing it right this is my second post today and if you scroll down you could get the chance to win some of the new Wags and Whiskers stamps...sorry about my blurred cards today I think I must have forgotten my glasses when I took them lol...well its Friday and of course you know what that mean, yes its Just Magnolia time and we had another bumper entry last week, thank you all so much for your wonderful work...this weeks challenge is to use two stamps excluding text stamps of course, you don't have to mask them or anything just use them...I used these two because I thought they went so well together, they are coloured with Distress inks, I used the sketch from Papertake weekly and the photo inspiration from the Basic Grey challenge,...the gorgeous papers are of course Basicgrey or I wouldn't have been able to enter it for the BG challenge would I lol...its from the Sugared range and is called Dumpling, I bought this from Crafters and Co, oh and by the way I'm teaching three classes this month at Crafters too...the solid pink paper is velvet and so beautiful, the ribbon is velvet too...I finished with some cut out leaves a Prima Rose and some buttons and a ceramic sentiment from my stash...I hope you like it and hop on over to Just Magnolia to have a look at the rest of the DT's amazing work...enjoy the rest of your day everyone
Mina xxx

Wags and Whiskers Fun in the Sun - New Release Blog Hop

Good morning everyone and I hope your enjoying your Wags and Whiskers Fun in the Sun release bloghop arnt they so gorgeous, if you have joined me from the fabulous Lisa Jane's blog then your on the right route, but if you haven't you need to start over at Wags and Whiskers blog,
My stamp is called Joy Ride and look at that little face how much is she enjoying her bike ride, I coloured her with Distress inks and the amazing papers are from Bunny Zoe's Crafts, its the new Kaisercraft Utopia paper pad, I used two of the papers one being the glossed flowers and I cute out the smaller flowers from another, lush colours arnt they, I finished with a chocolate coloured ribbon and a couple of pins threaded with beads...I hope you like it.
The new release stamps go on sale today at 12pm GMT/7pmEST and they are all so summery and yummy...your next step on the hop is the incredible

SHARON

I'm betting she has something stunning to show you...don't forget to leave a comment on everyones blog before Monday at 12pmGMT/7am EST as there are 4 prizes of 2 stamps of your choice for some lucky commenter's...I will be back a little later with my Just Magnolia DT card...enjoy the rest of your hop everyone

Mina xxx

Colour Create DT Card Challenge 44 - Deanne's choice - Cream, Aqua, Chocolate, and Khaki + Our DT call + Simon says Challenge - Celebration

Good morning everyone, I went with my Dad yesterday to order his new car...can someone please explain to me why with all the fab colours you can get in cars a man would want the silver one...I managed to change his mind for a dusky blue illusion metallic one though by pointing out how many silver ones there was in the car park lol...my card today is for our new challenge over at Colour Create challenge, its our lovely teamie Deanne's (who is sadly leaving our little band of crafters) choice this time and its a fabulous choice too theres an added option of Circles too...I used one of my fab new stamps I bought from Bunny Zoe's Crafts, its a set from the Greeting Farm called Grammie and Gramps, isnt this Granpa just so gorgeous, hes coloured with Distress inks and his cardigan is paper pieced, I wanted to keep the layout kinda retro funky like and simple as I thought it matched the image well...the papers are a mixture from different paper pads and I added some ribbon and buttons from my stash to keep to the circle option and finished with a stamped label on the side using the sentiments from the set...Im entering this for the Simon Says Stamp challenge too as its a birthday card for a friends Grandpa's birthday...I hope you like it

check out our fantastic prize this week...our fantastic Di is going rubber, her brilliant designs are being made into stamps at the Pixie cottage and the set is our prize this week you lucky people...dont forget hop on over to Colour Create to have a look at the rest of our wonderful DT's creations
Mina xxx

DT CALL

We have a couple of spaces for some new people to join us on our fab design team. Do you like working with a colour theme when making your creations? Do you fancy joining our fantastic design team for 6 months? If so, all you need to do is to create a brand new project using this week's challenge colours and optional extra. Let us know you are interested in the DT call by either adding the letters 'DT' to your link in Mr Linky or, you can e-mail us at colourcreatechallege@gmx.co.uk (remember to tell us what your Mr Linky number is and please title your e-mail 'DT CALL').
As a DT member you will need to make one project for this challenge every 2 weeks. The project needs to include both the challenge colours and the optional extra. We are not aligned to any company so you'll be free to use any images or products that you like in your creations. We do have a rota for commenting so you will need to comment on the entries assigned to you.
The DT call will close on Wednesday 19th May at 6.00 p.m. GMT and it is open to everyone world wide. Please don't be put off if you don't normally make cards because this call is open to everyone and we'd love to see some other types of projects represented on our DT. The decision will be made by everyone on our design team and I bet you all make it really hard for us! ;o)
Anyway, the lucky people will be informed as soon as possible after 21st May.

Sunday Sketch and Stash Challenge 27-Ger's Sketch + A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge 102-Furry Friends + Crafty Sentiments Challenge 16 - Buttons

Good morning everyone I hope your all keeping well and are happy...what on earth has happened to the weather, its really cold here and the wind would cut you in half bbbbrrrrrr...anyway onto my card for today which is using the stunning new stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil, its called Tolerance and just look at that cats face its priceless and makes me giggle...poor things looks so resigned to its fate lol. I coloured them with Distress inks and used the fantastic papers from the Pink Paislee/Queen Bee paper pad which I bought from the Scrapbookstore in Dublin, I love this paper pad it has the most fantastic designs in it...the sketch is from Sunday Sketch and Stash and I thought I would enter it for a Spoon full of Sugar challenge too as its Furry Friends, Im also entering it for the Crafty Sentiments Challenge, Buttons...I finished with some satin spotted ribbon and a selection of buttons and a ceramic sentiment from my stash...I hope you like it and no matter what your weather is like enjoy your day everyone
Mina xxx

NEW CHALLENGE ALERT-Bunny Zoe's Crafts May challenge + Cute card Thursday challenge 110-make your own + Stamp Something-Sketch something

Good morning everyone and do I have some news for you, do you fancy the chance to win a £25 Bunny Zoe's crafts voucher then why not join in our challenge for May, this is my DT card for it...its a recipe challenge of 3 flowers/2 designer papers and 1 ribbon or lace, the only rules are that you have to use at least one product you can buy on Bunny Zoe's Crafts, you don't have to have bought it from there though...then post your entry into our May Challenge gallery mentioning the products...that's it, the challenge is monthly and will be posted on the first Monday of every month

My card is using the Pirate Edwin, new Kaisercraft Utopia stunning paper pad, it has foiled, glittered, 4 sheets of embellishments and embossed, plain and patterned papers in it I love it, the organza ribbon the centre of my lollipop flowers are purple buttons and the fantastic anchor charms so just everything is from Bunny Zoe's Crafts, Edwin is coloured with Distress inks which you can also get at Bunny Zoe's too...I used the fab sketch at Stamp Something and my lollipop flowers are 'make your own, so I'm entering this for Cute Card Thursday too...I hope you like it and don't forget to hop on over to the Bunny Zoe's Crafts gallery to check out our challenge...enjoy the rest of your day everyone

Mina xxx

Lili of the Valley Challenge 52 - Here comes summer + Sweet Stampin Challenge 24 - Its Summertime

Happy Monday everyone, did you all have a great weekend, mine was great and my Sister and my wonderful Neice and Nephew visted which is always a joy, fantastic kids and I got many Auntie hugs which is always good for the heart...my card for today is for Lili of the Valleys challenge which is here comes Summer and the Sweet Stampin Challenge Its Summer Time...I love this little fairy with her Prince frog dont you, so gorgeous to colour, shes from Bunny Zoe's Crafts, I coloured her with Distress Inks and glittered her gorgeous wings...the fantastic summery papers are from the Basicgrey Green at heart collection, its called Recycle, I added some green ribbon from my stash and the large flower is from the sticker elements sheet, I bought the papers ...I hope you like it and enjoy the rest of your Happy Monday everyone
Mina xxx

Mo's Digital pencil DT + Sketch Saturday week 101

Good morning everyone I had a little play around yesterday morning and coloured this beautiful little angel, isn't he just adorable, his names Robin and who else could have drawn him but Mo you can get him from Mo's Digital Pencil...I coloured him with Distress inks and added just a bit of glitter to his wings, halo and around the cloud...I kept the stunning sketch from Sketch Saturday really simple as I think the images says it all don't you...the stunning papers are from the Linen closet paper pad by DCWV I bought from Bunny Zoe's Crafts and the fab pins are from Nikki's shop too...the photo doesn't do the paper justice the spotted papers is glittered and embossed and really glistens but the light was rubbish so couldn't catch the glitter much, I added an extra wide organza ribbon and bow from my stash, isn't that ribbon so floaty looking I wish I had bought it in more colours but I cant remember where I bought it now...oops lol....well I will leave you in peace to enjoy your Sunday and I hope the suns shining on you today
Mina xxx

My Bunny's being Difficult.......Friday Sketchers Sketch 100 + Quixotic Challenges 23 - How Distressing

Good morning everyone, I hope you have something fantastic planned for today...we don't have anything planned except chillin, gardening for husband and maybe a bit of crafting...my card for today is for Mo's Digital Pencil DT, I used the lush sketch at Friday Sketchers and am entering it for the Quixotic challenge too...isn't this little ones face just the cutest thing ever, her name is Mariko and shes mad lol...I coloured her with Distress inks and used this incredible double sided paper I cant remember what make the paper is but will check and put it on later, I bought it while I was in Dublin...I distressed the edges of the paper and cut out some of the flowers and raised them using foam pads...I finished with a sentiment I printed on the computer...my bunny's being difficult...I hope you like it and by the way are the photos a bit better now I have managed to find the right setting on my camera...enjoy the rest of your Saturday
Mina xxx