Let's Celebrate

Hello good morning everyone... A new week and soon a new month .. Yes two more days and we will be starting a new month which means that it's time for a new challenge at

Hooked On Crafts. 

The theme for this month is another easy one

LET'S CELEBRATE

... so birthdays, babies, weddings etc anything to do with celebrations will be good.

I decided to make a card using this fun image from Lili of the Valley, which I think clearly shows a celebration and coloured the image with my promarkers, finishing it off with lots of glitter on the champagne glasses. The papers are from an Authentique paper pack, border punch is Martha Stewart..

and of course the gorgeous white mulberry roses, the white mulberry water lily flowers, the other small roses and leaves are all from Hooked on Crafts as is the 'Congratulations' clear stamp.

This is the fabulous prize for the lucky winner this month so be sure to link up a card or two for your chance to win.

I am entering my card in these challenges today.

Totally Gorjuss 142 - PEARLS

Crafty Catz 143 - ALL THAT GLITTERS

Willow Sketchie - ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

The Stamp Man - ANYTHING GOES CELEBRATIONS

Lili's Little Fairies - A TOUCH OF ROMANCE

Thank you for looking

xx

Use a Digi

Good morning everyone. Hope you've been having some nice time ... as for me, I was so unwell on Thursday after the party as I drank way tooo much, so I stayed home and slept most of the day!!! but on Friday I went back to work and then off to the beach straight after he he  .. Yesterday I spent a whole day at the beach as hubby and the priest took the altar boys to the beach and so I decided to join them instead of staying home doing housework :P .. today Sunday will be off to the beach again.. yes you guessed it .. I DO Love Summer !!!

Anyway, I do have a card today, my DT Card for the new challenge starting today at

ONE STITCH AT A TIME

The theme for this week is

ANYTHING GOES

For my card this time I got to choose one of the gorgeous images from Teri's Delicious Doodles and I chose Just Purr-Fect. I coloured image with my promarkers, background paper is from a Bo Bunny paperpack, flourish die is Joy Crafts.. some twine, candy and computer generated sentiment to finish it off....

The sponsor this week is our very own SBDS with digis from the store.

I am entering my card in these challenges today

Simon Says Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

Stamp and Create July - HANDS FULL OF LOVE

C.R.A.F.T. 165 - USE STITCHING

Cute Card Thursday 227 - SO DISTRESSING

Divas by Design 45 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Top Tip Tuesday 81 - IT'S ALL ABOUT CIRCLES

Thank you for looking.

Wishing you a lovely Sunday.

xxx

Gold, Silver, Bronze

Hello again.. another card for me this week yay..... So my card this time I made it for the new challenge starting today at I ♥ Promarkers and the theme for this week is

BRONZE, SILVER, GOLD

Of course, you don't have to use all three, just one will do and so I decided to use the gold for my card and made a Christmas Card

using one of the gorgeous images from our sponsor Digi Doodles. 

A quick card again today .. and a quick post too it seems. .. Well I'll be back with some challenges as soon as I come back from work... or from the beach .. not decided yet if I'm going to the beach or not today as as tonight I have our Annual Staff Summer Party and I'm going of course :P  There's be some dancing, lots of food and meeting lots of colleagues from other departments.

Thank you for looking

xxx

Ok I'm back.. not from the beach though .. will be going tomorrow instead.

Anyway, some challenges now

Lexi's Creations 70 - CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Delightful Sketches - CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Paper Play 29 - CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Willow Sketchie - CHRISTMAS or SKETCH

Crafts And Me 25 - ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

Food

Hello, good morning everyone. I've been a bad blogger again!!! Sorry, but was trying to spend as much time with my family as much as possible and trying to enjoy Summer going to the beach, BBQs with friends, having friends at home as well, shopping at the sales :P..  and so, I've not been having any mojo at all for crafting or anything else!! Well yesterday...  our 18th Wedding Anniversary.. before going out, I managed to make this card for the new challenge at Crafty Sentiments, where the theme for this week is

FOOD

For my card I decided to use the Strawberry Delight rubber stamp from the Bunnies Collection and coloured it with my promarkers. The papers were magazine freebies, flowers are CreaLies dies, while the border punch is Martha Stewart.  

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

Entering my card in the

DYSU Challenge 81 - FOOD

Divas By Design 44 - ANYTHING GOES

Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenge 48 - PUNCHES and EDGERS

Joanna Sheen - ANIMAL CRACKERS

Thank you for looking today and your lovely comments... I'll definitely be coming over to see you sometime this week.

Hugs

xx

Anything Goes

Hello there, good morning. I've been so busy this week having ten of our boys' friends over at our place yesterday for a bbq and so lots of housework and preparations ... and it's been so hot too this week, record temperatures of over 40C ! so hot .. I wish it will be a bit cooler soon. We will of course be off to the beach today and so a quick post before I go as today it's time today for a new challenge at OSAAT.

The theme for this week is

ANYTHING GOES

For my card this time I am using one of the gorgeous images from Gingerloft Digi Stamps, Paris Poodle and coupled it with some embossing, a sentiment and some gems to finish it off.

The winner this week will win some images from the store.

I hope you can come and join us this week and thank you for looking and your lovely comments.

xx

Circles

For a change I'm not late today and scheduled my card on time for this morning as otherwise I would definitely be late if I do it after I come home from work.. and I'm going out this evening as well with my friend!!!  yay :D .. Hubby is away for three days with his altar boys and so me called my friend and she is taking me with her and her friends to karaoke he he .. I'm going to enjoy myself for sure.

Anyways, I have my DT card today for the new challenge starting today at I ♥ Promarkers and the theme for this week is CIRCLES

We have a new fabulous sponsor for this year, Nitwit Collections and so lucky girls we all could choose papers from the store to use for our cards. I chose the Live 'n' Learn Set to make a school themed card as I needed a Thank You card for a teacher. ...

.. so coupled with this gorgeous image from Sassy Studio Designs I thought it would be perfect for what I needed.

Really love how it turned out... especially with those glasses covered in glossy accents :D 

I hope you like my card and come and join us this week.

Thank you for looking and all your lovely comments

xx

Christmas in July

Hello everyone, I'm so late again with my DT Card.. and I am such a bad bad blogger too :( so sorry but it's so really hot over here, we're going up to 38C this week and it just makes me feel so tired and don't feel like doing anything, including crafting :(  .. yes that's right .. I haven't been doing much crafting lately and so as you can see, a quick card I made for this week's new challenge at Crafty Sentiments .. still loved how it turned out though, the gorgeous image coupled with the lovely background scene DP and the sentiment was just enough I think.

What do you think?  ... and isn't he cute too ? The image that I used is another of the new rubber stamps that will be released tomorrow at Crafty Sentiments and of course, the theme for the challenge this week just had to be

CHRISTMAS IN JULY

... no other theme would do for this week!

We will be having two winners this week who each will win one of the gorgeous new Christmas stamps... so a good time to make a Christmas card this week with this fabulous prize.

Thank you always for your visits and your lovely comments.

Hugs

xx

Paper Piecing

Hello there, it's Saturday, so it's time for another new challenge at Sweet Stampin' and as I was saying yesterday today I'm going to be on a team activity with my colleagues. ... and soooo no housework for me today he he :P Of course, I did some stuff on Thursday but I'd be doing so much more if I were home today ...  Anyway the challenge for this week is PAPER PIECING

For my card I decided to use this gorgeous image from Sassy Studio Designs as after seeing Regan's card some time ago I wanted to also take this sassy girl out of the glass. So fun and really loved how it turned out.. especially the paper piecing too. 

It's been some time since I did paper paper piecing.. always forgetting it.

If you've never tried it, give it a go, you'll love it for sure....

and it's a good time too to give it a try.

Look what fabulous prizes we have!

The weekly prize is a $10 gift Voucher from Bunny Zoes Crafts

and the monthly prize is a £10 gift voucher from Joanne Sheen store.

Wow I'd love to win too he he :D

Thank you for looking today and all your lovely comments.

Fingers crossed this posted as scheduled today!

xx

Santa's Wish List

Hello, good morning, I have another scheduled post today with another Christmas Card for Crafty Sentiments ... and this time I checked twice that I HAD scheduled it correctly as today I won't be coming home after work but coming on Saturday afternoon! I have two fun packed filled days for this weekend starting today Friday as I'm off for a weekend break with my colleagues having a team building activity yay :D  .. but this is not all woo hoo :D On Saturday evening then, me and hubby are going to a concert by the Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja...who will be joined on stage by Ronan Keating and Italian Gigi D'Alessio as well! OMG !!! This is really so exciting! I am so looking forward to this.. and guess what.. I am going to wear a dress that used to fit me so tight before ... so I'm finally seeing some results from the hard work and starvation I've been going through lately  yay :P

Anyway, onto my card now and today we are previewing SANTA'S WISH LIST!

I made this card in a jiff he he ... found everything cut up and ready and everything seemed to fall in place, how fun .. I just had to colour up my image of course.

So now don't forget to have a look at what my other teamies did 

and remember, all these gorgeous stamps will all be available next week on the 11th of July.

thank you for looking

xxx

Warm Cuppa

This was supposed to be a 'Hello good morning' card.. but oops I scheduled it at 9 PM instead of 9 AM !!! Anyway.. here it is now!!! .............. Today I am showcasing one of the new stamps being released  at Crafty Sentiments next week and today it's time for this darling stamp
WARM CUPPA

For my card I used digi papers and coloured image with my promarkers. 

Don't forget to go have a look here to see what my team mates did.

Thank you for looking. Will be having another preview tomorrow.

I'll get back with some challenges

xx

Music

Hello good morning, another day .. another card and of course another challenge and today it's time for a new challenge at I ♥ Promarkers.

The theme for this week is MUSIC 

For my card this time I decided to use these sweet images from Crafty Sentiments as I thought they were just perfect for what I needed and I was dying to use them... as still hadn't yet !!

The background paper was a magazine freebie ... a very quick card today indeed!

The prize for the winner this week is a fab £10 voucher from the Joanna Sheen store so I would go create something music related now and don't forget to use ProMarkers, FlexMarers, AquaMarkers or Trias to be eligible for the prize.

thank you for looking.

will be back with some challenges 

xx

back finally with some challenges

LEJ Designs 10 - FABULOUS FLOWERS (on my DP)

Papertake Weekly - ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Ribbons 22 - CAS

A Sketch

Finally I'm back with my second card for the day... so late though, but had so many errands to do after work.. to Sliema, Qawra, back home, then to San Gwann, and to Lija and finally back home where I just laid down in bed and also didn't go for my daily walk as I was so exhausted .... and of course forgot about my card as well!! Hummm :( I usually schedule my posts the day before, but this time I didn't manage to take a good picture of my card so I had planned to take another one today, which of course I didn't as well!!! Another hummm :(

Well can't leave it waiting any longer so the photo I have will have to do and as I said previously this is my DT card for the new challenge at Emerald Fairies A & T Digital Designs Challenges where the theme for this fortnight is a SKETCH.

For my card this time I used the sweet image Isla, coloured it with my promarkers. Leaf and flower dies are Marianne Creatables, border punch is Martha Stewart.

This is the sketch if you would like to play with us and the prize for the lucky winner is 1 digital stamp or a digital kit of the winner's choice.

Two last things before I go......... there is a DT Call at the moment as the term of the current DTs will be coming to an end this month.. So go here to apply and was it you that won the 

Birthday Giveaway? 

Thank you for looking today.

xx

Top Tip Tuesday

Good morning, thank you for all your nice comments yesterday ... I do have SOME visits to do :P sorry for not been around much lately but this has been taking up all my free time and I've been jogging and walking and sweating and eating so much much less he he .. at least I'm getting nearer my goal now and my bum is getting smaller  :P .. mum not so pleased though. She is still with those antique ideas that people shouldn't be slim!!  

Anyways I have two cards for today and this is my first one and I made it for the new challenge starting today at Top Tip Tuesday where lucky me I am a Guest Designer there, this challenge being my last week. Thank you girls for having me with you, I really enjoyed it and you will definitely be seeing more of me :D  

So now about the card ... The theme for this fortnight's challenge is MASCULINE CARDS and today I did something very different, no stamping, no colouring, but printing and cutting and layering for a decoupage effect. I had so much fun making this card, and really loved how it turned out..

And my TIP now of course.. can't be a guest at Top Tip Tuesday without a tip :P 

If you are not going to re-ink those small ink pads when they dry up, don't throw them away but use them with distress inks instead of the blending foam pads. Hope you like it and hope you like my card too. 

Will be back with some challenges and my next card, which this time is for the new challenge at Emerald Fairies.

Thank you for looking

xx

Edit to add challenges... and entering my card 

Paperplay Challenges - BANNERS/FLAGS

MAWTT - HAPPY BIRTHDAY

A Christmas Card

Good morning, a very exciting day for me today at work ... a new role and no uniform woo hoo ... so exciting :D  Anyway, today also starts this month's new challenge at Hooked on Crafts but it's also Day 3 of 10 Days of Previews of this month's new stamps at Crafty Sentiments .... Yes you guessed.. I made a card for two DTs. .. First time doing this but I thought it was perfect .. the new stamps at Crafty Sentiments are Christmas related and the theme at Hooked on Crafts Challenge for this month is CHRISTMAS IN JULY !!! :D so pleased too as now I have another Christmas card done... can never have enough of these :D

So something about my card now .. The image being previewed today is Sammy Thank You, from Crafty Sentiments of course, and I have coloured him with my promarkers. Papers are digi ones, snowflake is Spellbinders die, flourish die is JoyCrafts  ....

... and of course the gorgeous pink mulberry flowers and the fun snowman charm are all from Hooked on Crafts. I don't normally do flowers for a Christmas card, but I thought these fit perfectly with the papers on my card.

The prize for the winner this month at Hooked On Crafts Challenge is a $10 voucher to spend at the store.... 

...  so a perfect time to get another Christmas card done with this great prize.. and also don't forget to have a look here to see what my other teamies have done with the new Crafty Sentiments stamps.. these will be available for sale next week on the 11th of July!

Some challenges now of course

Bearly-Mine 41 - ANYTHING GOES

Creative Inspirations Wednesday 169 - ANYTHING GOES

Charisma Cardz 25 - ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Catz 139 - SHOW US YOUR METAL

AUD Sentiments 57 - BINGO ('Happy', Flowers, Bling)

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge 192 - CHRISTMAS

Thank you for looking

xxx

Use A Digi with OSAAT

Hello, good morning, another sunny and hot day here. Had lunch and so me and hubby will be off to the beach as both our boys have started going to the beach with their friends now... they grow up so quickly ... didn't realise it would be so quick though!! 

Anyways, I have a card today and this one is my DT Card for the new challenge starting today at One Stitch At A Time. The theme for this week is USE A DIGI and a digi of course I used, this time from one of Ike's Art collection which I was so lucky this time as I got to choose as well :P 

The image is Male Pin-Up which I enjoyed so much colouring with my promarkers. 

The background paper and the vertical piece of paper are from a hero Arts 'Out of Print' paper pack, while the circle one is from a Papermania paperpack.  

As always there will be two prizes for our winners, one for those not using an image from the store and the other for those using an image from the store, winning the main prize which is from our sponsor The Robin's Nest.

Some challenges now.

Everybody-Art-Challenge 199 - MONOCHROMATIC BROWN

Crafts And Me 90 - BIRTHDAYS

MAWTT - BIRTHDAYS

Totally Papercrafts - CAN YOU DIGI IT

One Stop Crafts 189 - COFFEE AND CREAM

Sir Stampalot July - WHAT'S YOUR CRAFT PASSION..(Colouring with my promarkers)

Thank you for looking

xx