Exciting News

Yes ... very exciting news :D 

I am so thrilled to say that I have been chosen to form part of the DT at the Emerald Fairies!!

woo hoo, so fun... these fairies are a darling, couldn't believe the news today :D 

So I had three posts in a day not two... doesn't happen very often!

I'm off for a rest now as been out all day today to the wedding.

Hugs

xxx

A Sketch

My second post for the day. .. and this time I have my DT Card for the new challenge at

Sweet Stampin

The theme is Spring into Easter with a Sketch

And we are sponsored by Lili of the Valley

and of course our monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen


Not having an Easter themed LOTV image to use I decided on this darling fairy instead, which I think spells Spring as well. I coloured her with my promarkers, and then added some stickles glitter on her wings... yes you guessed it, got it from NEC as well.... as the beautiful papers and the Memory Box scroll die.

Other stuff were in my stash and the border die I think it is Cherry Lynn. Jo had cut it for me while I was there :D Lovely isn't it..and I'm not thinking anything naughty.. no buying now for a very long time- I'm broke!

Some challenges now

Lili's Little Fairies - ANYTHING GOES

Stempelsonne 58 - 1 STAMPED IMAGE, 2 DP, 3 FLOWERS, 3 PEARLS

Wags 'n' Whiskers 76 - SAY IT WITH FLOWERS

Simon Says Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

Thank you for looking.

Wishing you a lovely weekend

xx

EDIT  to add another challenge at Milk Coffee Challenge with the theme of FLOWERS.. ..thanks to Shirl for letting me know.

Easter

It's a Public Holiday here in Malta today, celebrating Freedom day and we are off to a Wedding party this morning. .. I'm really looking forward to go as the wedding reception is at the same place where we had our wedding when we got married... such a long time ago..

So onto my card now as today I have two cards and for my first one I am sharing my DT Card for Stamp Fairy, which happens also to be my last one as a DT for Stamp Fairy. I have been on this team for quite a long time now, since 2010, so it is a good time to move on. 

Stamp Fairy today is sponsoring Craft Your Days Away and the theme for this week is EASTER. 

For my card I am using the cute Barry from the Barry Easter 1 collection. I coloured Barry with my promarkers and used some pretty papers from my stash. I had made this card before I left to the NEC so no new goodies on my card today. The grass is a Die Namics die, while the centre one is Spellbinders. I did the corners using a Fiskars punch.

Some challenges, all EASTER themed

Totally Papercrafts 110

AUD Sentiments 51

Charisma Cardz 12

Delightful Challenges

PaperPlay Challenges 13

Fab 'n' Funky

Polka Doodles 13 + hop

Thank you for looking today

xx

Bead It

Well finally!!.. I managed to use some of my new goodies woot woot :D Before I had left last week I hadn't managed to finish my DT Card for this week's new challenge at I ♥ Promarkers, so obviously my hands went on my new stuff to make this card.

Of course, not everything on this card is new, just some of it, like the Memory Box scroll die, the Marianne Creatables border die, and the pretty pink ribbon, all goodies which I got from the NEC. The paper is an oldie one from Papermania, which I had for a very long time ...

... and the gorgeous beads were a gift from Karen. So beautiful I think, and she made them herself too.. o wow!! and lucky me too :) .. just in time and perfect for our BEAD IT Challenge this week!

We are this week sponsored by Digi Doodles Shops Best and all DT girls could all choose an image to play with. I used this beautiful image, Spring Gathering, which I have of course coloured with my promarkers. The prize for the lucky winner is a $10 Gift Certificate from the store.

Some challenges now

Joanna Sheen March - SPRING IS IN THE AIR

Bearly-Mine 28 - 3,2, 1 OF SOMETHING (3flowers, 2pearls, 1butterfly)

Simon Says Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

Thank you for looking today

Got to go .. got some catching up to do :D

Hugs

xx

Easter

I've just arrived home from work. Had a course to attend to today, which I had totally forgot about .. so had to stay later... what torture!!! ... all those new goodies waiting for me, and I'm off to visit mum today as didn't make it yesterday and I have to pack my son's bag as he is off to Berlin for a week with the school. Up til now, I only just managed to start sorting out my craft room to find a place for my new goodies. .. so now am really hoping to start to make something with them really soon... my fingers are itching me :D

In fact my card for today I had done it before I had left, so not using new goodies here and its my DT card for this week's new challenge at Crafty Sentiments. The theme for today is 

EASTER

 

For my card I chose this sweet image, Egg Painting, which I coloured with my promarkers.

Lots of stuff on my card today. Border die is from Crafty Sentiments as well, oval die Marianne Creatables, butterfly die is Memory Box, which I embossed with an embossing folder from Joanna Sheen.  Corner stamps are from LOTV, Easter one was a freebie in a magazine, the rest from stash.

Hope you like my card and maybe inspired you to join us for this week's new challenge.

The prize for the winner this week is 3 digis from the store.

I'm off now, sorry am being so bad lately, but I will come and say hello, hopefully very soon.

Thank you for looking

Big hugs

xxx

At the NEC

Hello hello I'm back.. back to the real world as Gemma commented on Facebook today.. so true!!! Not a very good time to be posting but I had so much housework to do and I couldn't let today go by without letting you know how I went ... which obviously was VERY GOOD .. thanks to Jo and Greg who went out of their way to make my stay with them a very happy one and made me feel so welcome and at home :D 

Some photos now of course.... the best for the last he he

Here, Friday, we were clothes shopping in Cardiff .. fabulous sunny weather, was so lucky.

Back home outside Jo's lovely home.

 

And on Saturday - the BIG DAY - at the NEC in Birmingham! I couldn't believe myself that I got emotional while waiting to get in! Really I did! We were there early at 9.00am and ME, being so excited,  had got up at 5.00am .. just couldn't sleep!

Here, Jo and me did some shopping at the LOTV stand.

We met the sweet Gemma

 

and the one and only Joanna Sheen!!! yay couldn't believe it 

I also had the opportunity for some crafty time with the celebrity crafter Stephanie Weightman .. O WOW!

 

And finally... me with all my goodies back home at Jo's

I'm now obviously broke in cash and rich in crafty goodies. What a day! My dream come true, all thanks to Jo and Greg :D I'm going to remember it forever.

Well better go now, so late and it's back to work tomorrow, but I'll be doing some catching up as soon as I can.

xx 

Anything Goes

My last scheduled post for this week. This time I am sharing my DT Card for the new challenge at OSAAT. The theme for this week is another easy peasy ANYTHING GOES theme.

For my card today I got to use this beautiful stamp Lylie by Sylvie.

 I coloured Lylie with my promarkers, papers are all from stash, border die is Fiskars, while the two flowers at the top are CreaLies dies and the one at the bottom is Marianne Creatables.... first time using this one. The sentiment was a freebie on the internet.

As always we have two prizes, a Joanna Sheen Gift voucher for entries using an SBDS image

and a SBDS voucher for entries not using a non SBDS image.

It's also Mini Collab week again this week, so you can get this image, and many others, free with any purchase of $12 from the store. Check out the store here.

So this is my final day in UK. I'll be flying back to Malta this Sunday night, returning home early morning. Will be definitely posting loads of photos and photos of my purchases he he can't wait :D

xx

Spring

Hello good morning. Today I am.. you know where ... yes in the UK with Jo yay :D .. did I tell you that this is the first time for me travelling alone ? emm umm emm .. anyway.. so a scheduled post this is, sharing my DT Card for Stamp Fairy who is today sponsoring Crafty Catz. The theme for this week is

SPRING.

For my card I am using one of the sweet images from the Clementine Spring release.

I coloured Clementine with my promarkers, papers are from my Honey & Hugs papermania paper pack, leaves are Marianne Design, while the pretty butterfly die, which I embossed, is Memory Box... first time using it.

Here is now the latest release at Stamp Fairy.. the cute Barry Easter Set 2 and Barry Bunny. Yay so cute

    

And I have some exciting news now woo hoo

I did the Top 5 at the Anything Goes Challenge this week with this card.

  

So that is all for today.

Hope you like my card and as always thank you for looking.

Hugs

xx

Three Different Papers

I didn't manage to go to the airport yesterday having so much to do at work and staying overtime, but of course couldn't let the day go by without seeing my brother after such a long time, so after work we had a lovely reunion and then together we went to visit my mum at the old people's home as well. What a nice day.... and he also got me some nice crafty goodies too, all the way from Australia he he so fun :)

Anyway, I have my DT Card to share today for the new challenge at I ♥ Promarkers. The theme for this week is to USE 3 DIFFERENT PAPERS and we are sponsored by Stamp Fairy, so all the girls this week are using one of their lovely digis.

For my card I used Molly In Love and coloured her with my promarkers. The papers are from a Wild Rose Studio paper pack, butterfly and circle dies are Spellbinders, flourish is Joy Crafts, while the fab border die is from Crafty Sentiments.

The prize for the winner this week is a fab $10 gift certificate from Stamp Fairy

 

    And now I thought I would show you all the lovely goodies that my brother got me...  all the way from Australia :)

I don't think I showed you the happy mail I got recently. ..

These gorgeous goodies are from the lovely Kelly. I had won her candy last month. yay thank you :) xx

And these are from the sweet Karen. woo hoo will have days of fun with all this :D

I got some scheduled posts now for this week so will be doing some catching up when I get back.

Thank you for looking. 

xx

Congratulations

I'm back! .. not from UK of course.. still to go there.. but from our weekend away. We had a lovely relaxing time together, which we rarely have time for, loved it! Of course it meant having to stay away from blogland! I'm so sorry I'm being away so much lately, please girls excuse me as this week I also have it full to the brim..... Today, my brother comes for a holiday from Australia, staying for eight weeks, so I'm off to the airport after work, Wednesday I have a full day course and then I have to pack and on Thursday I flyyyyyy :D woo hoo so exciting, can't wait to meet up with Jo and to go to the Craft Fair together :D  I'm also really hoping to meet up with lots of  you my blogger friends, but I didn't see that anyone else is going. So let me know ok :)

Anyway, on to my card now. It's Tuesday today and so time for a new challenge at Crafty Sentiments. This week the theme is CONGRATULATIONS and so I decided to do a Wedding Card.

The images that I used today are one of my faves at Crafty Sentiments, Billy Groom and Primrose Bride,  coloured them with my promarkers..

.. the paper is Papermania, an oldie one from my stash, and the pretty little flowers are a Martha Stewart punch. Quite a simple card today, but I loved how it turned out.

The prize for this week's winner is this gorgeous rubber stamp.

 

Here is now a preview of some of the fabulous new images being released at Crafty Sentiments next month.... Look at all those smiley faces, so cute and fun :D

 

And don't forget to check out the store for some great special offers on cutting dies and stamps.

 

Entering my card in these challenges today

Kaboodle Doodles 111 - HOW CUTE IS THAT

That Craft Place - ANYTHING GOES

Thank you for looking today.

xxx

Green

I'm so excited today.. On Monday it's a Public Holiday here in Malta so we are today off for a short weekend break in a hotel here .. yay :D.. so my post today before I go off to prepare everything ... and it's time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin

This week the theme is GREEN for ST Patrick's Day today

but of course you can just use green ... 

mmmm can't say 'like I did' as I notice I used so much yellow seeing it again now! 

We are this week sponsored by Emerald Fairies and lucky girls we were given one of their gorgeous digis to play with woot woot :D I had so much fun making this card, loved colouring it. The beautiful papers are from a paper pack which I had brought with me from USA two years ago. The one on top is all glittery and they are both so thick and beautiful.... it seems the more beautiful the goodies are the more I want to keep them !! Well now I am really trying to use my stash... and so loving it too :D  

All the beautiful flowers and leaves are from Hooked on Crafts. Check them out, you won't be disappointed.

Besides Emerald Fairies we also have our monthly sponsor and this month it's 

Joanna Sheen with a £10 gift voucher

 

Challenges for my card.

Fussy and Fancy 58 - FAIRIES

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - A BIT o' GREEN

Fab 'n' Funky 112 - THE LUCK OF THE IRISH (I used green)

Flutter By Wednesdays 194 - CARD FOR A CHILD

Use It Tuesday 27 - GREEN

Digital Tuesday 151 -THINK SPRING

Ladybug Crafts Ink - ANYTHING GOES

Cupcake Craft Challenge 183 - GOING DOTTY

Hotshot Crafts 5 - RIBBON

Kaboodle Doodles 110 - SHOW US SOME GREEN

Joanna Sheen March Challenge - SPRING IS IN THE AIR

Crafty Calendar March - SPRING CLEAN

And a Candy Alert now at Jak's .. just couldn't resist joining in. Look at all the goodies. 

You have until Sunday I think. ... I'm keeping my fingers crossed :D

 

Thank you for looking today.

Hugs

xx