Spring Showers bring May Flowers....

Well its time for another Creative Card Crew Challenge which this fortnight is being hosted by the lovely Linda C and she has chosen the fabulous theme of:

Spring Flowers bring May Flowers

This fortnight we are sponsored by Heather from Crafty Addicts

and the prize is this lovely stamp called Bundle of Joy:

Before i show you my card i just want to introduce you our new DT member Jennifer who is joining us from today. Welcome to the team Jen your work is stunning and a joy to look at and im so glad you agreed to join us. xxxx

Now onto my card ive used a stamp called Spring Showers which is by Sugar nellie and have coloured her in with yes you have guessed lol promarkers.

Im still in the lilac and pink mode lol and as usual im not sure who the papers are by im sorry i will try harder.

Ive made the flowers using my retro flower punches which ive finished off with a pearl brad i got the umbrella charm from a £1 shop and the ribbons and gems are from my stash.

Ive made this card to fit in with the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday's ( Sketch )

Die Cut Dreams ( Make your own Flowers )

Stamp Something ( Charmed Somethings )

One Stop Craft Challenge ( Metallic )

Thanks for looking and i hope you all have a lovely day.

Love & Hugs

Paula xxxx

WOYWDW????

Hi there ive been meaning to take part in WOYWDW over at The Stamping Ground for ages now so ive just been upstairs to take a few pics there isnt much on my desk as i actually cleaned up yesterday after i had been creating which isnt like me lol anyway like i said there isnt much on my desk its whats under it that will make you laugh.

Meet lucy dog lol this is where Lucy lives when im crafting and its a pain but she wont budge but at least in winter she keeps my feet warm lol. So what is on my desk well theres my MP3 player i plug these in me ears while im crafting turn up the volume and away i go the only problem being is i tend to sing along out of key and very loud which dosnt impress Lucy or my Husband very much lol. The card on my desk is what a lovely little girl called Alex sent me so its got pride of place on my desk. The image is all coloured and layerd up and ready to go its for a DT project but every time i try nothing looks right so maybe tomorrow i say lol.

Heres another pic its of the shelves over my desk.

I so need to try and organise these shelves they look awful just stuff piled on lol. Oh and excuse the state of the wall infront of my desk its full of bluetac from where all the cards my friends have sent me they now live on a cork board anyway im hopfully having my room decorated soon and more shelves and storage added fingers crossed.

Well thanks for looking.

Love & Hugs Paula

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Sarah Kay Birthday Card....

Hi everyone ive had a lovely afternoon crafting today and have made a Birthday card with a beautiful Sarah Kay image that my lovely Friend Sharon sent me thanks hun.

Ive gone for one of my favorite colour combo's of the moment Pink Lilac & Blue and have coloured the image in as always with my promarkers lol. The lilac/blue paper is by Enchanted Complements and the pink paper is by FancyPants. The flowers are Prima and the gems pearls ribbon and spacers are from my stash.

Ive made this card to fit in with the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly ( Sketch )

Passion for Promarkers ( In the Garden )

A Spoonful of Sugar ( Happy Birthday )

Pile it on ( Spring )

Right well that's all from me for today id better go and make a start on tea.

Have a great evening.

Love & Hugs Paula

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Love Me Tilda with Thanks....

Hiya everyone i hope you all well and enjoying this lovely weather we are having at the minute?

I went out craft shopping yesterday with a good friend for an early Birthday treat and we had such a fabulous day first of all we went to the Free port shopping centre at Fleetwood and visited the Paper Mill shop so i stocked up on white stamping card then we had a lovely lunch then on the way back we stopped off at Thorton near Blackpool to a fabulous little craft shop called the Windmill Craft Centre and wow what a fabulous little treasure trove of a craft shop it is we were in our element lol. The lady was so nice and very helpful and the best bit ladies is omg i was so excited she sells Magnolias oh wow and there was loads and loads oh me didn't know what to d with myself i was like a child in a sweetie shop lol. She also sells copics,spellbinders, Sarah Kay, WOJ, Martha Stewart the Magnolia Magazine oh wow the list is endless and the best bit they have a online shop which you can take a peek at HERE.

I only bought one Magnolia stamp which was one i had been after for a while which is called Love Me Tilda and she is adorable and as always a joy to colour in which as ever ive used my beloved Promarkers.

The blue paper is Magnolia and the pink card is Core'dinations which a ran through the daisy cuttlebug folder then sanded i just love that effect. The sentiment is from the Clare Curd sentiment set and the ribbon & pearls are from my stash.

Ive made this card to fit in with the following challenges:

Just Magnolia

Its Just Magnolia's 1st Birthday Happy Birthday ladies xxxx there is a fab sketch to follow and they would like you to make it a thank you card too.They are also celebrating with a fabulous BLOG HOP which starts on the Just Magnolia Blog

Papertake Weekly

Cutie Pie

Stamp something

Layer Something ( Ive decoupaged tilda's flower and my paper is matted and layerd also )

Cute Card Thursday

Touchy Feely

Ouixotic Challenge

Heavy Metal

Right im off to resue my tea from the oven lol.

I hope you all have a fabulous weekend.

Thanks for looking.

Love & Hugs

Paula xxxx

Happy 1st Birthday....

Well im getting ahead of myself for a change lol and i have made my nephews 1st Birthday card his Birthday is only in August but when i saw this fab stamp from Pink Gems i just had to have it and as soon as it came on Tuesday morning i coloured him up and here is the card:

Ive made it into a easel card which i love making and they are so easy to do which is good for me lol. Ive coloured in the image with promarkers and have added glamour dust to the stars and alien. I ran the red card and minty green card through the hounds tooth cuttlebug folder. The letters are from a cuttlekids alphabet set and ive added a bit of bling to them.

Here's a another picture side on:

Ive made this card to fit in with the following challenges:

A Spoonful of Sugar: ( Sketch )

A Gem of a Challenge: ( Special Birthday's )

ABC ( S for Sparkle ) Ive used glamour dust on the image and also used bling.

Simon Says Stamp ( Lets go to the Moves & Dry Embossing ) My film is Lost in Space.

Cards for Men ( Fancy Folds )

Items used on this card:

Image ( Space Miki from Pink Gem Designs )

Ticket Happy Birthday Sentiment ( Pink Gem Designs )

Papers ( The star paper is Prima from the Dude Collection & the minty green paper is by Fancypants )

Promarkers Glamour Dust Ribbon & Gems from stash.

Thanks for looking and i hope you have a great day.

Love & Hugs

Paula xxxx

A Happy Birthday....

Hiya well its time for another Creative Card Crew Challenge and this fortnight its the lovely Janna's turn to set the challenge and she has chosen the theme of:

Happy Birthday

We have 2 new full time DT members joining us this week at Creative Card Crew and they are Emma & Sandie both of these ladies work are outstanding and i know they are going to be a fabulous inspiration to us all. Its great to have you on board ladies. xxxx

We are sponsored this fortnight by The Stamping Boutique

and Tracey is giving the winner 5 of her fabulous digi images as the prize.

For my card i have used one of my favorite WOJ images and have followed their fab sketch this week.

I have paper pieced the dress with basic grey paper and the pink bow is also pieced but you have guessed it lol i cant remember the name lol.

The lace flowers pearls charm and ribbon are from my stash and ive used my promarkers to colour in the remainder of the image.

Im entering this card into the following challenges:

WOJ ( Sketch )

Crafty Creations ( Paper Piecing )

Stampin for the Weekend ( Ribbons & Bows )

Allsorts Challenge ( Petals & Pearls )

Thanks for looking and i hope you all have a great week.

Love & Hugs

Paula xxxx

A couple of Thank you's & a Challenge card....

Good morning before i show you my card i would like to say a big big Thank you to Denise at Whimsy stamps for putting my Wings of Hope card on the Whimsy inspiration blog as Featured Stamper at the weekend. Thank you so much Denise i was over the moon and you made my week so thank you. xxxx

My 2nd Thank you is to the Penny Black Challenge team as i won last weeks PB challenge and my fabulous prize arrived from Carole yesterday so thank you so much. xxxx

So onto today's card which ive made for a friends Birthday

The image is Penny Black and is called Flutter-Bye how cute is this? and a joy to colour in with which as usual ive done so with my beloved promarkers.

The papers i bought at a craft fair a few weeks ago and as usual can i remember what they are called No i cant lol im sorry.

The Bee charm flowers gems and ribbon are from my stash.

Ive made this card to fit in with the following challenges:

Penny Black Challenge ( Butterflies & Bees )

Crafty Creations ( Anything Goes )

Pink Elephant ( Pastels )

Pile it on ( Animal Riffic )

Well that's all from me for today i really should go and make a start on my cleaning duties but i really feel the need of a crafty day lol.

Have a great day

Love & Hugs

Paula xxxx

Creative Card Crew Challenge....

Well its time for another Creative Card Crew Challenge and this fortnight its Maria's turn to set the theme and she as chosen :

Vintage / Aged

We have a fabulous sponsor which is Prairie Fairy

and the winner can choose 5 images of their choice from the online store.

We have Emma Lockley joining us as a GDT member for the next 4 challenges and Emma's work is stunning so please pop over to her blog to check out her stunning cards and to say hello. Its great to have you with us Emma. xxxx

Roberta from Prairie Fairy was kind enough to give the DT fabulous images to work with so please go check out the DT work HERE.

So for my card ive used this adorable image from Prairie Fairy which i have coloured in with promarkers and distressed.

The papers are DCWV which i have distressed with my tool and Tim holtz inks. Ive used my MSP (Doily Lace ) and the ribbon and button are from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following Challenge:

Our Creative Corner ( Ive followed the fabulous Sketch )

Thanks for looking and i hope you all have a great day.

Love & Hugs.

Paula xxxx

Feeling Fruity....

Good evening well can you believe it ive made yet another card wow theres no stopping me this week lol.

Ive made this card using a stamp from last years WOJ summer kit

Ive coloured the image in with promarkers and the papers are BG Nook & Pantry. The charm and pink & brown shimmer card is from the Hobby House and the flowers gems and ribbon are from my stash.

Im entering this card into the following challenges:

WOJ ( Ive followed the sketch )

Basic Grey ( Tutti Frutti )

Cupcake Craft Challenge ( Food & Drink )

Well that's all from me for today im not feeling too well think i may be coming down with a cold and im feeling pretty rough so im off to put my pj's on and snuggle on the settee.

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Love & Hugs

Paula xxxx

A Baby Girl Card....

Hello ive made a Baby Girl card today using the first ever PB stamp i ever bought the cute baby hedgie in a basket.

For some reason i had the urge to hand stitch around my card why oh why i do not know lol it took me ages but after i had turned the air blue with my cursing because i made myself bleed countless times lol i'm quite happy with the end result but would you believe it the pic doesn't show it off very well so i give up lol.

The papers are a mixture yet again but as usual i cant remember lol sorry. The image is PB which ive coloured with promarkers. The charm came from BunnyZoe Crafts and the gems and ribbon are from my stash.

Ive made this card to fit in with the following challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge ( Ive followed the fab sketch )

Die Cut Dreams ( New Beginnings )

Crafty Creations ( Babies )

Pile it on ( Furry Friends ) Now i know hedgie's are usually prickly but my baby hedgie has a furry tummy lol

Thanks for looking

Love & Hugs

Paula xxxx

Wings of Hope....

I was very lucky last week because i won the Wings of Hope stamp that Sharon was giving away on her blog so id like to say a big big thank you to Sharon and to Denise who owns Whimsy Stamps the stamp arrived on Friday and i couldn't wait to ink it up so here's the card i made:

Isn't the image beautiful? and it was a joy to colour which ive done with promarkers and added touches of glamour dust. The papers are called Linen Closet by DCWV which i have distressed with my distressing tool and also used my Tim Holtz ink Faded Jean's. The ribbon gems and roses are from my stash.

Ive made this card to fit in with the following Challenges:

Sketch Saturday ( Followed their fab sketch )

Stamp Something ( Distress Something )

PollyCraft Challenge ( Sparkly Things )

Simon Says Stamp ( A Splash of Green )

Well that's all from me today thanks for looking and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Love & Hugs

Paula xxxx

Meet Horace....

As soon as i got this months Craft Stamper magazine and saw Horace the dog i was in love lol hes so so cute so i had to make a card with him. Horace as been designed by Janet over at Pink Gem's.

He was an abosolute joy to colour in which i have done so with my Promarkers. The papers are a mixture of DCWV and K&CO. The flowers are made with the same paper to match and the gems pearls and ribbon are from my stash.

Ive made this card to fit in with the following Challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge ( Ive followed the sketch )

Papertake Weekly ( Colour Combo of Lilac & Lemon )

Crafty Creations ( Spots & Dots )

Thanks for looking and i hope you all have a fabulous weekend.

Love & Hugs

Paula xxxx

Going Dotty @ Creative Card Crew & The Winner of my Candy....

Hello well its time for another Creative Card Crew Challenge but before i tell you about it i thought you would all like to know who has won my Birthday Blog Candy that ran along side the Birthday Celebrations for CCC thanks for all your comments and fabulous entry's.

The winner is...........

Jennifer ( Phoenix Crafts )

Congratulations Jennifer please could you email me at CreativeCardCrew@gmx.co.uk ( my personal email is playing up at the moment ) with your postal details and i will get your prize off to you asap.

Right onto this fortnights challenge which has been set by the lovely Victoria and she has chosen the theme ...........

Going Dotty

We are sponsored by Crafty Addicts

and this is the fabulous prize that Heather has kindly given us

For my card i have made an Easter card

Isn't the cute PB duck adorable? Ive been after him for a while and i went to the Sincerely Yours craft show at Leigh on Saturday and there he was shouting at me to buy him lol. I bought these fabulous papers from the Hobby House stall but don't know the name of them sorry. The ribbon flowers brads & gems are from my stash and the sentiment is from a magazine.

This card fits in with the following Challenges:

Friday Sketcher's ( Ive followed their fab sketch )

Penny Black Saturday Challenge ( Spring Colours )

Crafty Calender Challenge ( Flower Power )

Challenge Up Your Life ( A Flower Compliment )

Paper Cutz Challenge ( Anything Goes )

Secret Crafter ( Anything Goes )

A Spoonful of Sugar ( Easter )

Cute Card Thursday ( Celebrations )

Susie's Sassy Challenge ( Easter )

The Pink Elephant ( Spring )

Well that's all from me for today thanks for looking hope you have a fabulous week

Love & Hugs

Paula xxxx

Happy 1st Birthday Creative Card Crew.

This fortnight at Creative Card Crew we are celebrating our 1st Birthday

We have fabulous prizes from 3 fantastic sponsors and a GDT place up for grabs and the DT have fabulous candys on their blogs to give away too and if thats not enough we have a special Guest Designer that has made a special project for us.

Ive set the theme this fortnight and the challenge is:

Celebration's

We have 3 fabulous sponsors with fabulous prizes which are:

Nikki has give us these fabulous High Hopes stamps

Heidi has given us a $20 gift Certificate

Sunshine Stamps have given us 3 digi images of the winners choice.

We also have a special guest designer and that is the lovely Sharon im so glad you agreed to come back for 1 last time Sharon you have been really missed and i just want to say a big thank you to you for all your help over the past year. xxxx

Now onto my Celebration card i made an easel card using my new WOJ stamp

The image is woj from the city girl collection which i have coloured in with my promarkers.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts as is the white lace and the papers are a mixture and as usual i cant remember what they are lol. Ive use gold glimmer mist on the roses and the pearls are from my stash.

Now onto My Blog Candy giveaway:

My candy consists of the following:

WOJ Stamp ( Willow Dancing )

Wild Orchid Roses

Mixture of ribbons and lace

Bling

To be in with a chance of winning my candy please leave a comment BUT you MUST enter the Creative Card Crew Celebrations Challenge in order to enter.

The DT are also giving away candy too so please hop on over to there blogs.

Janna

Linda

Linda C

Maria

Pauline

Sam

Sharon

Victoria

Thank you to all who have entered the Creative Card Crew Challenge over the last year it means so much to us

Thank you

Love & Hugs

Paula

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