Little Sweetie...

Heya all...

It's been a good few months since i blogged but i'm glad to be back and creating once again! Thanks to all those who've kept in touch with me, im in a lot better place and a lot happier now!

I'm here this evening to do my best at keeping my position over at C.C.Designs, i was so heartbroken i've not been able to create and design for them for the past few months whilst my life was turned upside down, i'd love to stay apart of the team...

So what have i been creating... well... with the nice weather thats been around the last two days it's time to break out the ice cream and what better way to do that then with gorjuss 'Meoples I want Candy!' now there's four in this set but today i've just concentrated on the one! and based my card design completely on the ice cream girl! 

I've gone completely out the box on this idea and it's totally 3D (now gotta figure a box for it!!)

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - Neehnah & Stampin Up

* DSP -  Not used

*Mediums - Promarkers and Flex Markers & SU chalks

*Stamps - C.C. Designs Meoples I want Candy

*Embellishments  - Pearls from stash, flowers prima, and pins from local shop, also amy tangerine sentiments and a lolly pop stick...

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts! please be aware i will be having a brand new website soon!!!

xoxo

Love & Peace

C.C Designs July Preview!

Well... it's been ages since i posted to my blog, those who know me know i've had some devestating news recently i lost my father and i've been so upset etc with all of it, I've not been into my crafts or shop stuff for nearly two months, but with time things get a lil easier and tho nothing will be the same again i have started to get back into the things i enjoy a lil more.

With that said i wanted to thank the amazing design teams i'm on and my friends/family for all the support and understanding you've shown me over the last difficult months i can't thank you enough.

 I'm delighted to be here today so showcase the brand new release for JULY over at C.C. Designs Stamps, these will be available to purchase from the 3rd July and 12:00 noon EST. 

Super excited to be showing of my gorjuss Swiss pixie i've coloured with tim holtz distress inks to create today's card (which was for my mom her birthday was a few weeks ago) 

Hugs Lucy is a beautiful stamp which can be used for many many occasions!
I'm also showing off one of the new sentiments from More Scripted Sentiments  also to be released on thursday! Along with the beautiful C.C. Designs Die Cutter ''Grunge Tag'' which is so so sweet and has an embossed effect when cut too!

Here's my final card after i spent sooo long (as i do) with my distress markers colouring one of my favourite mediums! so love how those pens blend! 

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - Neehnah & Stampin Up

* DSP -  MME

*Mediums - Distress markers

*Stamps - C.C. Designs Hugs Lucy & More Scripted Sentiments 

*Embellishments  - Pearls from stash, gems from local embridory shop, Flowers - Prima

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Be sure to bookmark me, follow me to stay up to date about the wonderful world of C.C Designs!
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Don't forget - Most of my Creationswill be avalible to purchase on my new website very soon WWW.CHARISMACARDZ.COM

Love & Peace

Falling Stars

Morning all!

So it's challenge time over at Ditzie Digi Designs once again this fortnight like every fortnight it's Anything Goes! There's so many wonderful Digi's to play with you really should check out the shop!

This time around i'm show casing this gorjuss image from Ditzie Digi Designs!

Be sure to check out the blog for more deets and of course join us!

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - That Craft Place

*DSP - My Minds Eye
*Medium - Flex & Promarkers
*Digi Stamp - Ditzie Digi Designs

Hope to see you at the challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Love & Peace

Kitty thank you's...

Morning all!

There's a brand new challenge over at That Craft Place this fortnight! And our theme this time around is....

ANYTHING GOES!

Super duper easy challenge for everyone to take part in! So i thought i'd make use of some odds and ends around my craftroom and use up somethings floating around i had a whole batch of blue and white cards i did the other day for an order i have a whole pot of bits and bobs i've not put away (tut tut) so that's how this card today came to be!

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - That Craft Place - Kraft
*DSP - Jillibean Soup

*Image/Stamp - Lili of the valley

*Other  - Ribbon from stash, flowers mix of prima and dovecraft, Pearls from meiflower, leaf pins from local sewing shop

Hope to see you at the challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Don't forget - Most of my Creationswill be avalible to purchase on my new website very soon WWW.CHARISMACARDZ.COM

Love & Peace

April Showers

Morning all!

It's our brand new challenge at Charisma! Today! And this fortnight's theme is ''April Showers'' 

The way the weather is here in the UK it really (well to me) doesn't matter weather it is really April or not but legend has it that the great british weather really is just rain... i sooo hope we have a nice summer didn't really get much of one last year.

With that said my Design Team creation today is featuring the lovely ''Roberto's Rascals Grouchy Kitty'' stamp from C.C.Designs  

I totally love this stamp, so reminds me of my kitty kat, he hates the rain and now he's back out in the land of the garden it's so funny when the rain starts he dives through the cat flap quicker than anything i've ever seen!

So here's my card that i created for today, it's very CAS for me as i wanted to show off the actual stamp as i really love it! and it's kinda a scene in itself! 

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock -White Neenah Card from The Hobby House & blue Card Stock from limetree crafts

*Mediums - Promarkers & Flexmarkers

*Stamp - CC Designs Roberto's Rascals grouchy kitty

*Other  - Gems from Meiflower

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Don't forget - Most of my Creationswill be avalible to purchase on my new website very soon WWW.CHARISMACARDZ.COM

Love & Peace

C.C. Designs Birthday Blog Hop! & WINNER ANNOUCED

Hey all!!!

C.C. Designs Rubber Stamps are turning 7! Seven years ago today, the first stamps were released, the Big Bunnies, Whiskers. They sure have come a long way.

In the last seven years C.C Designs have had quite a few Illustrators, including AmyR, Sweet November, Chubby Pencil, Diem Animals, Love Lolita, Cookie Crumbs, Baby Buds, Drozy Darlings, Tickled Pink, Paper Pleasing, Pollycraft, Stampin' Spot Studio, Webbie Words, Cuddle Crew, Mashi's Monkeys, Monkey Feet, Shaky A, and Roberto's Rascals.

In celebration of 7 years, each of the Blogs in the Birthday Hop are giving away a $7.00 Gift Certificate to the store. Leave a comment on each Blog to be entered.

The Birthday Hop ends Sunday 6 April, at Noon, EST. 

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - Stampin' Up!

* DSP -  Prima Princess

*Mediums - Promarkers & Flex Markers

*Stamps - C.C.Designs Lucy with cross 

*Embellishments  - Flowers - Prima mixed & E-line, Dear Lizzy embellishments

*Dies - Silhouette Cameo

I'd like to enter my card to:

Stampin' For The Weekend– (W2 of 2) Spring Colors
Simon Says Stamp - Birthday
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday - #124 Cute (Week 1)

Your next stop is... Jay Jay But, if you're lost, here's the whole Birthday Hop List...

C.C. Designs Blog
Laura
Faye (that's me)
Simone
Delphine
Amber
Christa
Eva
Kathy 
Rinne
Carly
JayJay
10TH APRIL -I am here to announce that BUNNY! is my winner for the C.C.Designs blog portion of our blog hop.  Please email Christine and put Birthday blog hop winner in the subject line.  christine@ccdesignsrubberstamps.com
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Love & Light

C.C. Designs April Review

Morning all!

Hey! So today is review day for C.C. Designs and for my project today i've used the beautiful C.C. Designs Swiss Pixie Watermelon Abigail 

She really is a darlin to colour and fast becoming one of my many favourites of the Swiss Pixie Collection, ah whom I kidding, i love em all!!! how can ya not?!

My card today is pretty CAS for me, i didn't want to fill it up too much because i love how i've coloured her! 

I used my silhouette cameo to out the watermelon die cut, but did you know C.C.Designs also do a matching Cutting die! ohhh i think i'm going to need that!

I've used a mix of My minds eye papers and cosmo cricket ribbon and a few star buttons along with a jillibean soup label to finish off my card... which is here....

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - Stampin' Up! Real Red

* DSP -  My Minds Eye

*Mediums - Promarkers & Flex Markers

*Stamps - C.C.Designs Watermelon Abigail

*Embellishments  - Pearls from stash and Silhouette Cameo

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Be sure to bookmark me, follow me to stay up to date about the wonderful world of C.C Designs!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Love & Light

Ditzie Digi Designs oh hello....

Morning all!

I've some more news to share this morning i have taken on a new design postition at Ditzie Digi Designs which i'm totally thrilled about and with some big things coming this way soon too! i'm pretty excited! 

There's a brand new challenge blog over at Ditzie Digi Designs  And we have a brand new challenge!

ANYTHING GOES!

DDD will always be Anything Goes! So you should totally take part of course! So what have i been upto???

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - That Craft Place

*Other  - Ribbon, flowers, cameo frame, pearls all from That Craft Place

*Sentiment - Amy Tangerine
*DSP - My Minds Eye
*Frantage - Stampendous
*Digi Stamp - Ditzie Digi Designs

I'd like to enter my card to:

Challenges 4 Everybody  - #40 April - Anything Goes

Great Impressions -  April - Pink, Polka Dots & Glitter

Pile It On  - #14 Feminine

Crafty Calendar  -  Things with Wings

Hope to see you at the challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Love & Peace

Charisma Meets Die Cut Crazy Magazine

Good Morning!!

Welcome to the Charisma Cardz Meets Die Cut Crazy Special Challenge & Blog Hop. My Wonderful design team have this week teamed up with the wonderful Magazine Die cut Crazy Magazine!  to bring you some wonderful inspiration from the world of Die Cutting and also a fab packed April Edition which is avalible for download on all IOS Apple Devices via the Newstand & in PDF format from the website! Our designers have made some wonderful Easter and Spring projects to inspire your own  crafting with your die cuts. NOT TO BE MISSED!!! 

This week at Charisma we have an ‘ANYTHING GOES’ Challenge where you can join in by linking or emailing charisma with your cards/designs and of course as always there are some fabuolous prizes to be won which the winners will be announced next week on the blog and featured in next months issue of Die Cut Crazy.

As well as this we have a fabulous blog hop show casing all the designers which you should have a look around! And for each comment you leave at each stop we’ll be drawing some random winners for prizes!

If you just joined our hop, be sure and go back to the Charisma Cardz Challenge Blog to start from the beginning!

Here's my project today featuring the beautiful C.C Designs Strawberry Beatrice  which can be found in this months issue!!! eeekkk!!!

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - Neehnah & Stampin' Up!

* DSP -  Cosmo Cricket

*Mediums - Promarkers & Flex Markers

*Stamps - C.C.Designs Strawberry Beatrice & Sentiment from P.T.I

*Embellishments  - Flowers - Prima mixed & E-line, Dear Lizzy Rose Brad, Ribbon & Organza

*Dies - Silhouette Cameo

 Thanks for stopping by the Charisma Cardz Meets Die Cut Crazy Magazine Blog Hop & Challenge . I hope my project inspires you to create your own Spring/Easter project.  Please leave a comment to let me know you stopped by.Next up in the hop is  Emma

 If you just joined the hop, here is a list of designers so you don't miss any.

Carlyann – www.sweetncrafty.blogspot.com
Emma Pountney – http://tinyurl.com/m42q998
Sarah sw – www.sarahshandmadecardsx.blogspot.co.uk
Mandy – www.mandysparkles.blogspot.com
Marie – www.cardmakingmazza.blogspot.co.uk
Jo  - www.determinedcrafter.blogspot.co.uk
Vee- www.bearykrafti.blogspot.com
Susan – www.mixamatoasties.blogspot.co.uk
Die cut crazy facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Die-Cut-Crazy-Magazine/552327878152647?ref=ts&fref=ts
Lorraine – www.travellingcolours.com
Emma – www.emgoescardmaking.blogspot.co.uk
Tina – www.tinamarie997.blogspot.co.uk
Dianne Grayson – (will be posted on www.diecutcrazymag.com) Anna Bradshaw  - http://www.craftwithanna.blogspot.com/
Eemeli – www.eemelike.blogspot.com
Stacey – www. lasatas.blogspot.co.uk/
Natalie – http://ngcards.blogspot.co.uk

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Love & Light

Roberto's / C.C. Designs Preview Day Two! April Release!

Heya all!

Hey! Today sharing a sneek preview to the brand New Robertos Stamps that are being released this Thursday over at C.C. Designs! And i gotta say they're pretty awesome I totally adore today's creation so much so i'm gonna have issues in parting with it!

Today i'm pretty excited to be showing off the gorjuss new Robertos ''Pepper On Balloon'' which will be available to purchase on Thursday Right here! And also the beautiful new ''Great Birthday Greetings Senitments'' I've also used the fantastic C.C. Designs Cutters 'Say Cheese' these dies are brilliant! I love the little arrows that come with the set and of course the two different sized polariods and the ever so cute geotag (which is also shown on my card today) They'd be perfect for anyone creating cards and also Project life! which i can't wait to try for my own!
So here's what i came up with...

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - Neehnah & Stampin' Up!

* DSP -  Studio Calico

*Mediums - Promarkers & Flex Markers

*Stamps - Robertos Pepper on Balloon & Great Birthday Greetings Sentiments

*Embellishments  - Flowers - Prima mixed & E-line, Gems/Pearls from various places, Cabochon - Charisma, Wire - Stampin' Up

Dies - C.C.Designs Cutters - Say Cheese

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Be sure to bookmark me, follow me to stay up to date about the wonderful world of C.C Designs!
I'd Like to enter my card to the following challenges
Bunny Zoe's Crafts  - (March) Monochrome ( blues )
Craft Your Passion - Square cards / Anything but Square
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge  - (Week 1) Anything Goes
I love Promarkers - #212  Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - #314 Floral Delights

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo
And don't forget to follow me for the wonderful world of C.C. Designs each month I'll be back tomorrow with another preview!! 

Love & Peace 

C.C. Designs April Preview!

Hey All!

I'm here today with a totally fabulous post for a sneaky preview to the brand new April Release over at C.C. Designs! and what a corka of a release we have this month!! The brand New Stamps will be available to purchase on 3rd April over at the store!
Today i'm pretty excited to be showing off the gorjuss new C.C. Designs ''Birthday Cake Lucy'' which will be available to purchase on Thursday Right here! And also the beautiful new ''Great Birthday Greetings Sentiments''
She's such a darlin to colour! And perfect for really any occasion involving CAKE!
So here's what i came up with...

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges

• Challenges 4 Everybody   - #39 March - Anything Goes
• Sunflower Fields Designs -  Birthdays and or Flowers
• Sister Act Card Challenge - No. 50 - Anything Goes
• Paper Crafting Journey -  (W1 of 2) Anything Goes

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - Neehnah & Stampin Up

* DSP -  Carta Bella

*Mediums - Promarkers & Flex Markers

*Stamps - C.C. Designs Birthday Cake Lucy & Great Birthday Greetings Sentiments 

*Embellishments  - Pearls from stash, gems from local embridory shop, Flowers - Prima

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Be sure to bookmark me, follow me to stay up to date about the wonderful world of C.C Designs!
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo Love & Light

Happiness! Bears!

Morning all!

I'm here for this week's challenge over at Digi Sketch which the rest of the fab DT have designed some awesome cards you should check them out and be sure to join in to win a fab prize!

Our Challenge this week is....

BEARS! 

And of course there's a fab sketch to follow as always!

So whatcha waiting for!?

I've created a mega cute simple CAS bear card featuring the ever so cute forever friends bears! Gosh these bring back so many memories, they were the first cute bears i ever learnt to draw back in school!!! 

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - That Craft Place

* DSP -  Forever friends

*Mediums - Stickles Diamond Ice

*Image - Forever friends

*Other  - Card Candi from craftwork cards

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Love & Peace

Buttons!

Morning all!

There's a brand new challenge over at That Craft Place this fortnight! And our theme this time around is....

BUTTONS

Now i love to create these button frames there stunning the way they come out! This one is perfect for any crafter!! I love the papertrey Ink sentiment!!!

My Sheri Crafts   -  #130 (W1 of 2)  Anything but a card
Stampin With The Dragon– (W2 of 2) - Bling It Up
Crafty Catz -  No.224 - Anything Goes

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - That Craft Place

*Other  - Buttons & Charms from Stash, Scissors from That Craft Place
*Sentiment - Papertrey Ink

Hope to see you at the challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Love & Peace

It's love

Morning all!

Gosh these week's are flying by right!?!

It'll soon be christmas before we know it right?! i've been inundated with work and craftyness for the last few months i dunno if i'm coming or going but i'm so into everything i do and i love it what better way for me to be?! Besides... i'm here with another design project...

Well... i'm here this morning with a brand new challenge over at Totally Papercrafts!

This week it's

THINK PINK

oooooo the possibilties are endless!!! eeeeppp!! I love this sorta challenge! WHY? Oh yeah, that's because i set it!! haha!

I hope you'll join us this week! Don't forget you'll also see my Time for Tea Designs Card in the upcoming April Issue Of Die Cut Crazy exclusively on Apple Store soon coming to Anriod too! :)

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - That Craft Place

*DSP - My Minds eye

*Mediums - Promarkers & Flexmarkers

*Image - Time for tea designs
*Dies - Silhouette Cameo

*Other  - Memory Box Precious Hearts Die, Flowers from That craft Place, wild orchid crafts, Handmade by Charisma It's love sweet, Pearls from meiflower, Die heart tag by magnolia, ribbon and lace from stash

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts!
xoxo

Love & Peace