Fabulous Friend

Heya All!!

I'm here this Afternoon with a brand new Digi Design from Time For Tea Designs Last Release! I know i'm mega late with this one but it's a new one from me! hehe! !

I absolutely love this release and as always the wonderful Jo has really out done herself! Be sure to check out the newest release from 2014 they're fantastic and as always i'll have projects featuring in just a few days!

This sweetie i've used today is called ''Winter Hoodie'' though really i can see this one being used at anytime of the year! 

I kinda went for a retro feel for this card today and really love the Happy Days papers from Echo Park!!!

Lushness!

Also look what's coming! can you spy???

www.charismacardz.com

Yep i've reclaimed my website back! finally... i'm busy putting the final touches to it but it'll be up and out asap!!! stay tuned for more on that!

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

Bloggers – Friendship
Brown Sugar – - No. 77 - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles – No.3 -  Anything Goes/ Girl Talk ♥ WINNER ♥

Moving Along with the Times - Girly Cards
Cards Galore Encore  - #1 Anything Goes

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - That Craft Place

* DSP -  Echo Park

*Mediums - Promarkers & Flexmarkers

*Image - Time For Tea Designs
*Die Cuts - Cut on Cameo

*Other  - Sticker sentiments - Bella Boulevard, Dew Drops - Simon says stamp

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 Creations are available to purchase and my 2014 Custom Order book is now open over at my Handmade Cards & Crafts Shop @ Charisma Cardz!
And will soon be available to purchase from Charisma Cardz website here!

Love & Peace

Witch Craft ;)

Morning all!

Thought i'd stop by this morning to show off another creation by me!
Which i can now show as i'd made it for a buddy i met on instagram a few months back and we've become great friends! :) hehe :)

I really enjoyed making this card as i know my friends style is different to mine so it was lovely to try to make something extra personal lol!

I've used the fab new digi from Time for Tea Designs ''witchy flight'' totally perfect for the upcoming halloween!! I've dug out my pink paislee papers which i love the colours, it's not often you see this colour combo from me! And get the senti i loves that! i have a feeling i'll be using that quite alot!

I'd like to enter it to the following challenges

ABC Challenges - Halloween

C is for Challenge - (1st week) Halloween

Crafty Boots -  Halloween

Incy Wincy Designs - Halloween

Parade Your Crafts -  (1st week) Halloween

Stamp and Create - (October) Halloween

Crafty Calendar -  October  Halloween

Digi Haven – Week 1 - Halloween

C.R.A.F.T. -#228 Autumn/Halloween/Thanksgiving

Sarah Hurley Challenges  - #85 (W2 of 4) Halloween

Here's my card!

*Card Recipe*

*C/Stock - That Craft Place

* DSP -  Pink Paislee - That Craft Place

*Mediums - Promarkers & Flexmarkers

*Image - Time for Tea Designs

*Sentiment - Can't remember set's name
*Other  - Pearls 'meiflower', flowers 'prima', findings 'ebay', Stickles - That Craft Place, Dew Drops - The glitterpot, Buttons - From stash, Pins - Maya Road

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
 I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts! And I can pop along and visit you too!! xoxo

Don't forget - Most of my Creations and Now I'm taking Custom Orders over at my Handmade Cards & Crafts Shop @ Charisma Cardz!

Be Sure to leave me a comment so i can pop by your blog!

There's A New Digi Company In Town And They're All Dressed Up!!!

Hey all!

Thought i'd stop by this afternoon with a new creation featuring the Brand New Digi Stamps from All Dressed Up! They're simply gorjuss!!! So nice to color too! I can see me spending in there store come friday!!! :) So I thought i'd have a play with there beautiful Ballerina Freebie Digi! 

I love how this card turned out, i actually mirrored the image on Photoshop before printing it out and stuck to a baby pink theme!

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

Creative Inspirations Paint  - (2nd week) Inspired by: Anything Goes 

A Little Bit Crafty - Clean & Simple

Digi Galore - use digi - Anything Goes

Joanna Sheen Challenge - (2nd week) Pretty In Pink.

Pumpkin spice- #35  Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp -  Anything Goes

Whimsy Inspiration  - Clean and Simple (ends Sep 04)

Here's my card!

♥ Card Recipe ♥

*C/Stock - Stampin' Up

*Ribbon - Crafty Ribbons @ The NEC

*Stamp - All Dressed Up
*Mediums - Promarkers/flexmarkers
*Other  - Sentiment 'Craftwork Cards', Die 'Spellbinders', Dewdrops 'Robin's nest'

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!
 I'd love if you'd leave a comment to let me know your thoughts! And I can pop along and visit you too!! xoxo

Don't forget - Most of my Creations and Now I'm taking Custom Orders over at my Handmade Cards & Crafts Shop @ Charisma Cardz!

Be Sure to leave me a comment so i can pop by your blog!

Green Irish Fairy...

Morning all!

Thought i'd pop by with my latest Creation which is actually a commissioned card!
I was asked to make a Green... Irish inspired... Fairy... Card! ok simple i thought i'm not one for green soooo not my colour! but i'm pretty chuffed at how it turned out!
I've used the gorjuss Time For Tea Designs Fairy once again she really is my favorite image at the moment!

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

Delicious Doodles - No. 48 - Buterflies

Wags 'n Whiskers - No. 110 - Week 1 - Fairytale/Fantasy

The Cupboard Trilogy  - Monochrome

An Inky Situation - #3 Buttons

Crafty Ribbons  - #56 Anything Goes with ribbon

Crafts and Me  - #139 Anything Goes (ends Aug 21)

Whimsical Designs - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - No. 54 -  Anything Goes

♥ Card Recipe ♥

*C/Stock - Stampin' Up

* DSP -  Wild Rose Studio & Papermania

*Stamp -  Digi - Time For Tea Designs

*Medium - Promarkers, Flexmarkers
*Sentiment - MFT
*Buttons - Ebay
*Ribbon - American Crafts
*Charms - Ebay

*Flowers - Prima
*Punch - Martha Stewart
*Gems & Pearls - Meiflower

Thanks for stopping by! xoxo
Be Sure to leave me a comment so i can pop by your blog!

I Scored!!!!

Morning!

No the title of my post isn't that i scored! well it is... but not the way your all thinking haha!!!

infact yep i couldn't get my hands on a particular popular embossing folder at the time of making this card so i sat a scored it myself! toooooook ages!! lol!!! and i can say now writing this post i do infact have the embossing folder haha!! Still it's all fun and games in craftyness!

This week's theme at Charisma is

TONS OF LAYERS!

EEEEEkkkk! i always struggle on these sorts of challenges but i love the way my card turned out with 5 layers! the papers are magnolia of course i love these so delicate and soft colorus, the punch is a martha stewart, ribbon from stash, pearls from meiflower, and the sentiment from kaisercraft!

Thanks for stopping by! xoxo
Be Sure to leave me a comment so i can pop by your blog!

If Friends were flowers...

Morning all!

It's a brand new challenge over at Charisma this week! and Team gem have a super challenge of NO DIGI'S allowed! So i thought i would join in with the team this week and create something without a digi! (I know it's a rare thing for me right now, im loving my digital images!

But i do miss my rubbbah! Though this week's card is actually from lili of the valleys pre-coloured cute squares so i thought it perfect for this week's challenge!

I've gone for the simple approach today!  I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges

Crafty Creations - #222 Keep It Simple Paper Shelter Challenge - #112 Anything Goes Whimsy Inspiration - anything goes Loves Rubber Stamps - #52 May Flowers

*Image - Lili Of The Valley

* DSP - Basic Grey

*Pearls - American Crafts

*Punch- EK Success Corner Rounder

*Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Thanks for stopping by! xoxo
Be Sure to leave me a comment so i can pop by your blog!

Friends....

Morning all!

I've been so very busy with work lately and not sleeping properly in the day, i'm suffering pretty bad with my back at the moment i've slipped not 1 but 3 possibly 4 discs at the bottom so i'm in alot of pain and haven't felt like doing much recently! That said, i'm determined with 11 days till i'm on holiday from work to get caught up and actually into crafting once more! i've neglected so much recently! But i'm back!! hehe!!! I've missed blogging so much and promise to catch up with my regular followers as soon as i can!

As you know i'm on the Design Team for Time For Tea Designs!

I'm soooo in love with the wonderful Jo's digi's they're a firm favourite of mine and i have so many images coloured up on the go at the moment i'm here today to share one of my creations! 

Today's card is featuring the beautiful ''Fall Love'' digistamp which you can purchase at Polkadoodles here!

Tis fab news about Jo joining forces with Polkadoodles and i can't wait to see all her new releases etc! Keep your eyes peeled on my blog over the next few days i'll be show casing more projects over the days and weeks! 

For my card today i've used the beautiful Echo park papers which i adore as they're bright and funky! along with lots of gems and pearls! Dug out my MS Heart punch added some ribbons and some funky flowers from prima along with some robins nest dew drops to create a friendship card! I've coloured her with promarkers (how i've neglected those beautys for a while it's been so nice to spend time just colouring!)

Here's my final card!

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

Creative Card Crew -#32 Ribbon (Week 1)

Cuttin & Stampin Challenges - Use Flowers

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by! and don't forget to keep your eyes peeled for new releases etc! xoxo
Be Sure to leave me a comment so i can pop by your blog!

♥ Friendship ♥

Morning all!
I'm here this morning to show case a brand new creation from myself! You may have noticed i'm now apart of the Care2Stamp Design Team, Care2Stamp is a bricks and morter shop over in canada, Care2Stamp has it's own online store (currently under construction) but you can still purchase wonderful stamps and papers via the blog!! and our lovely boss Kim wanted to set up a design team to show case her products so that's why i'm here!!! i'm thrilled to be apart of the team! and keep an eye out for the monthly challenge blog which will be running shortly!

My day's a friday yipppie! it's the day as most of my regular bloggers know i'm awake! haha!!

Today I choose to showcase this gorjuss stamp from Whimsy Wee Stamps called Amy  I adore Wee Stamps from Whimsey! they're such a joy to colour! and those pretty sweet girls are lovely for any occasion!

I've coloured her with promarkers and added stickles glitter glue and tiny pearls to her flowers. I distressed the edges of the papers and image with a dark brown chalk ink which i like to use along with the kraft cardstock for matting an layering!

I also used the beautiful papers from Wild Rose Studio's Milton's Collection, i actually forgot i had these (opps!!!) haha there lovely mix of browns oranges and greens, I handtied my own bow using satin ribbon from my stash and added an epoxy tag with the word friends. I've also used my favourite martha stewart punch the classic butterfly one along with some matching pearls for my butterflys! 

Here's the final card!! 

I'd like to enter it to the following challenges:
* Creative Inspirations - In the Garden
* Crafts and Me - Green
* Paperplay - Layer it up
* Wags & Wiskers - Birthdays
*Digi doodles - Ribbons and bows

Thanks for stopping by! And be sure to check out Care2Stamp! I'll be back next friday with another creation!
Don't forget to check out my blog candy! See Pic uptop right corner of my blog!

Leap Year!!!

Morning all!

Can you believe it's the 1st of February already?!? my gosh this year is going pretty quick i only blinked and January was gone!! hehe!

I'm here this morning to tell you about the brand new challenge at The Craft Garden

This month's challenge see's a very inspirational picture.... check out the deet's on the challenge blog for more info! but it's all about LEAPING! LEAP YEAR!!! Yep your right 2012 see's feb as a leap year!!!

Unfortunatly I have chosen to step down from my Design Team Position from The Craft Garden from this month but i'd like to thank Kerry who has been absolutly wonderful and wish all the team the very best i've loved being on the team!

So naturally when i saw this theme i had to use....

Yep the cutest frog around!!! he's from pollycraft! i absolutly adore him hehe!! I must admit i'm quite chuffed with my card this morning it's got to be one of my fav's i've made in a while it's quite simple but so different colours than i'd normally make!!

How sweet is this sentiment! i really love it!! so sweet! i know just the friend to send it to at the moment no names but she'll know who she is when she gets it hehe!!

I'll be back later to add my card to any challenges it may fit but for now here it is!!!

I'd like to enter my card to Pollycraft this weeks challenge is favourite things, which i loooove my papers and pearls!! and of course the cutest frog around!

*Recipe*

*C/stock - stampin' up!
*DSP - Cosmo Cricket
*Ribbon - American crafts
*Stamp - Pollycraft
*Medium - Promarkers & Flexmarkers
*Brad - Dovecraft
*Pearls from stash
*Sentiment - Charlies Arc

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Blowing friendship wishes...

Morning all!

Gosh santa will be with us in a few days! eeekk are ya excited are ya are ya???

can ya tell i am? more looking forward to 2 days off work than anything so bloomin tired! lol n sick of the site of crackers and biscuits!

The challenge for My Mum's Craft Shop for the next 2 weeks! yep 2 weeks! is...

ANYTHING GOES

So no excuses really!! hehe bar the fact christmas is here!!! lol wouldn't expect you to make something on xmas day! tho.... i probs will i love crafting with new stash hehe!

Isn't she cute? ohhh how i fall in love with mo mannings gorjuss drawings! she's such a pleasure to colour and has to be my favourite! will be using her alot more!

Anyways... i'm quite busy today as i've not got another night off now will christmas day! so i've got to get my skates on this morning!

Here's my finished card!

* Recipe *

*C/Stock - Stampin' Up!
*DSP - Unknown (if anyone knows pleaseeeeeeeeeeee tell me!)
*Stamp - Digi from mo's digital pencil
*Medium - Promarkers
*Flowers - Prima
*Brads - Basic Grey
*Sentiment - from stash
*Stickles
*Ribbons - QVC
*Flowers - stash

Thanks for stopping by today!

Sassy Friends... & DT Call

Morning all!

I can't quite believe it's the 1st of October already!!!

This year is certainly flying by in the wink of an eye!! It'll soon be christmas so out comes all my christmas papers stamps and thingys oooo... i've got to get a move on this year with christmas orders flowing out of my ears already!!

But today i'm here to show you my brand new project for this month's DT work at The Craft Garden!

As you can see i've used the adorable 'little light of mine' simply sassy stamp, she's one of my favourites i think, tho i do tend to love them all and neeeeed them all in my stamp collection (just dont tell hubby he'll shout!!) haha

This Month over at The Craft Garden it's not exactly a challenge... well it is... but... it's also a DT Call!!!

We're looking for some fab fresh new designers to come play with us! there's a wonderful piccy to gain inspiration from but basically we want to SEE YOUR STYLE! Hop over to the Challenge blog for more details, but be warned, you've not got all month... the DT call will close on the 16th October so Kerry can make the toughy choice for the new DT to join us ready for November 1st!!!

So back to my card this morning.... I took inspiration to give my card a vintagey flowery theme from the piccy over at the challenge blog but also at the same time wanted to show my style... that being PINK! of course!! com'on you wouldn't want it any other way would you??? hehe!

I've used the grojuss sassy coloured with promarkers and lots of glitter, the new collection of Kaisercraft papers which i absolutly adore these ones, they're called Chanteuse! so pretty full of greens pinks and browns! along with rubon's!!! i know shock there for me also by kaisercraft same collection!

The little wooden ribbon slider i brought last march at the NEC and truth be told i'd actually forgot i'd brought them until the redeisgning of my craftroom when i found them.... they're on my shopping list for NEC this november again as i do like them! (P.s is anyone going the Sunday?? if so let me know could meety up!)

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
♥Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything Goes

♥4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes

♥Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

♥Crafts and me - Flowers
♥Saturated Canary - Sketch (Which i flipped the circles on the image bit to the right side)
*My mums craft shop - dress up (sleepware for a sleepover!)

Here's my card...

♥ Sassy Friends Recipe ♥

♥ C/stock - Muted Pink from stash

♥ DSP - Kaisercraft Chanteuse collection

♥ Rub ons - As above

♥ Stamp - Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy Little Light of mine

♥ Medium - Promarkers

♥ Stickles - Diamond Ice

♥ Ribbon - Poppicrafts & American Crafts
♥ Lace - Local Market
♥ Dies - Spellbinders labels 10          

 ♥ Wooden sentiment - NEC Show

♥ Flowers - Prima
♥ Buttons - Woodware
♥ Brad - Stampin' Up
♥ Stars from stash

Thanks for popping by today! and for any comments you may leave it's always nice to hear from you!

Friendship blossoms...

Morning all!

When all was quite it's quite early this morning! lol...  before i get my much needed 50 winks as i'm quite tired this morning i thought i would pop by and show you another creation i've been working on!

This morning's project is using one of my new Hanglar's! I do love these stamps tho i've not got many they're so sweet! i dug out my prisma's for this card to give some depth for her dress etc!

I've wanted to use this bo bunny paper for absolutly ages but i've never got round to using them mainly because i didn't really know what to use them for! lol i'm sure im not the only one with hords of stash that never gets used and forget about things! lol.....

I've used a mixture of various paper flowers from prima, hte big brads are american creafts, i even got 'SNAPPY' out! for those who don't know who SNAPPY is......

he's my cropodile! I adore him""

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

♥ Jellypark challenges - Use fav embellishment (obviously flowers!)
♥ Wags 'n whiskers - Ourdoor fun
♥Papertake weekly - Eyes down (FREE (RIBBON), Pearls, Blooms)

Here's my card

♥ Recipe ♥

♥C/Stock - Stampin' Up! Choc chip & Mellow moss
♥DSP - Bo bunny Ad lib
♥Stamps - Hanglar & CC Designs bench
♥Medium - Prisma & Promakers
♥Flowers - Prima
♥Pearl Brads - American Crafts
♥Ribbon - Poppicrafts
♥Bows - Papermania
♥Sentiment - Doodlebug

Thanks for stopping by! Please leave me a comment if you wish! That way i can come visit you too!

April showers brings may flowers....

Morning all!

I can't believe it's nearly the end of April already, this year is totally flying by!

I'm here this morning abit late as i wanted to make sure my friend had recieved this card before i posted my post!! ..... more down below!! .... with my latest magnolia creation! yep i'm totally addicted! lol welll.... they're soooo darn cute!!! and so very pretty i love the butterfly collection i think it's the best yet!!

This week's theme is 'April showers or may flowers' so i went for the springy theme of may flowers! I've masked my beautiful hawian flower tilda onto CC designs butterfly fence (another of my fav stamps) ok who am i kidding i love all my stamps haha!!!

My Card is actually for a very good friend of mine Shannon at Pink angel crafts for those who don't know me and shannon met online on the docrafts forum over 4 years ago and finally met up at the NEC last month, we've become really very close friends and if your on my facebook you'll see we can talk for england!!

I wanted to create a card that was special to her as her friendship is to me! it's very sentimental, which i'm sure Shannon will know!! (don't really want to say much) but i really enjoyed making it for her and i know she's recieved it now! so i'm safe on my blog hehe!!!

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenge:
*Simon says stamp - Anything Goes

*Recipe*

*C/stock - Stampin' up! Real Red and basic black
*DSP - MME
*Stamps - Magnolia tilda hawian flower & CC Designs butterfly fence
*Mediums - Promarkers
*Stickles
*Ribbon from stash
*Gems from every crafts a pound
*Sentiment - k&co

Thanks for stopping by today!! hugs xxx