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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A Birthday card for a few Challenges

Hi well its been over a week since my last post so i thought id better make a card lol

I made a Birthday card for a Blogging Friend this week

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

Penny Black ( Pink Green & Yellow )

Create4fun ( Followed there fab sketch )

Cute Card Thursday ( Ribbon- Tastic )

ABC Design Blog ( Birthdays )

The image is a Penny Black which i coloured with my promarkers and the papers are a mixture of Bo Bunny and K& Co the flowers pearls spacers ribbon & pearl brads are from my stash.

Thanks for looking

Love & Hugs

Paula

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Creative Card Crew Challenge Get Well Soon

Hello well its time for another Creative Card Crew Challenge and its Claire's turn to set the theme and she has chosen:

Get Well Soon

We have a fab new sponsor this week and that is Truly Scrumptious Crafts

Here are the pics of the prizes on offer

So here is my Get Well Soon card and i have used this cute LOTV bear and coloured him in with Promarkers

Ive followed the fabulous sketch over at Create4fun and it was a dream to work with thank you

The papers are K&CO Daisy and the rest is all from my stash

I'm entering this card into the following Challenges:

Create4fun Challenge ( I used there fab sketch )

Stamp something ( Something Cute )

Thanks for looking and i hope your able to take part into this fortnights challenge over at Creative Card Crew

Have a fab day

Love & Hugs

Paula

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Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines day everyone i hope your all having a fabulous day and being spoilt rotten by your loved ones.

Ive made this Valentines card for my SIL ( for her hubby to give to her lol )

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

Basic Grey ( Ive followed their fab sketch and the BG product ive used are the Nook & Pantry

papers )

Penny Black ( Happy Valentine's )

Colour Create ( Red/ White/ Off White/ Chocolate & Pink )

Stamp Something ( Something Cute )

Polka Doodles ( Hearts & Flowers )

Simon Says Stamp ( Whats Love got to do with it )

Cute Card Thursday ( In the Name of Love )

Daring Cardmakers ( Have a Heart )

Thanks for looking and have a fabulous Valentines Day.

Love & Hugs

Paula

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Just a Gorjuss Girl

Hi there ive made a card following the fabulous sketch over at The Sugar Bowl and what a great sketch it was to work with i have been meaning to ink up this cute Gorjuss Girl for a while now but finally i managed to lol and here she is:

Ive coloured her in with my promarkers the papers are a mixture and i cant remember which ones i used lol sorry. The flowers are punched out from my EK Success punches and i used my beloved heart border martha stewart punch.

The added extra at the Sugar Bowl is to use 3 flowers ( I punched out 3 flowers ) 2 Brads ( Ive used 2 pearl brads on the top 2 flowers ) and 1 button ( ive sewn in a small pink button into the single flower )

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

Love & Hugs

Paula

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Be my Valentine.

Good morning well its time for another Creative Card Crew Challenge wow those 2 weeks have just flown by.

This fortnight its the lovely Sam's turn to set the challenge and she has chosen the theme of:

Valentine's

We are sponsored by Crafty Addicts for this challenge.

and the lovely Heather has given us this fabulous stamp for the winner: As always the DT have out done themselves and made some fabulous cards for inspiration which can be seen HERE.

Well ive gone and done it again and decided to come out of my comfort zone and try something new why oh why do i do this lol i only end up working myself up lol anyway i decided to try distressing and i quite like it lol what do you think?

I coloured this cute PB image in with my promarkers then used my Tim holtz distress ink pads and blending tool on the image and papers i quite like the effect.

The papers which are K& Co, Martha Stewart Heart Border Punch and Distress inks were all bought from Crafty Addict's.

I also made this card to fit in with the following Challenges:

Lili of the Valley ( Followed there sketch )

Challenge up your life ( Valentine's )

Creative Belli ( Heart's )

Secret Crafter ( Heart's )

Papertake Weekly ( Love Actually )

Sophisticat Challenge ( Love )

Well that's all from me oh i forgot to tell you about yesterday well we had a great time at the new craft shop opening i was very good and didn't spend that much really just got a few bits and managed to get 2 free goody bags well we all like a crafty freebie don't we? lol.

I hope you all have a great day,

Love & Hugs

Paula

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Just for you with love.

Good morning i actually found time yesterday to sit in my craftroom yesterday and made a card woo hoo lol its a Valentine card which i have made for my lovely Husband David.

He's not a pink or red type of guy lol and when i saw this fabulous black & white paper in my local craft shop i thought yep go black and white Paula lol so i did lol.

This card also fits in with the following Challenge's which are:

Penny Black ( Someone Special )

Friday Sketchers ( Ive followed there sketch )

Fussy and Fancy ( Hearts )

Secret Crafter ( Hearts )

A Spoonful of Sugar ( Free Style )

Polka Doodles ( Non Traditional Valentine )

Sorry its a short post i need to rush off and get ready because im off to a opening of a new craftshop woo hoo i love craft shops lol will tell you all about it tomorrow and let you know what i get in my free goody bag.

Love & Hugs

Paula xxxx

Creative Card Crew Challenge 43 Punch It!

Well hello have you missed me? lol the reason ive been missing for so long is that my crafty mojo decided to go off on holiday just before Christmas and has only just decided to return lol plus i was having jobs done in the house after Christmas and couldn't get proper access to my craftroom for a week anyway im back and have missed you all lots.

Before i tell you about this fortnights Challenge at Creative Card Crew we have some new DT members i would like to introduce you to please give a warm welcome to:

Pauline , Janna , & Barbara

Welcome to the team ladies your work is stunning and i know you will give inspiration to us all.

This week's Challenge has been set by the lovely Linda and she has chosen the theme of:

Punch It!

We have a fabulous new sponsor this week

and they have kindly given us 3 digi downloads of the winners choice for 1 lucky person.

The DT have made the most fabulous cards for inspiration which can be seen HERE.

For my card i have gone completely out of my comfort zone and used colours i wouldn't usually go for and at first i was sure but they have grown on me and for once im happy lol.

The punches ive used are the Martha Stewart heart border punch and the retro flower punches small medium & large the papers are a mixture of BG wisteria and My Minds Eye bloom & grow

Ive coloured Tilda with rose in with my promarkers and finished off with blue ribbon blue fluffy yarn pearls and a thank you sentiment.

This card also fits in with the following Challenges

1) Colour Create ( Colours are Kraft Blue & White )

2) Just Magnolia ( Thank you )

3) Friday Sketchers ( Ive followed there fab sketch )

4) Stamp Somthing ( Colour Combo Blue & White )

Thank you for looking and i hope you all have a fabulous week.

Love & Hugs

Paula

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