Pretty Pink Christening

Good morning.  Ok who stole the sunshine and can they please give it back :o)

I was really hoping we would hold onto the fab weather we have been having as Lola Arizona is coming to stay for the weekend and we wanted to take her to the seaside - so fingers crossed it puts in another appearance soon :o)

Today my share is a card I was asked to make by Kerry (Aaron's girlfriend) with a little more notice than I usually get - asked for it on Tuesday and wanted me to take it round on Wednesday when we went for tea - Aaron usually phones in the morning and asks for a card the same day - so I guess it's getting better lol!!! Although Jack holds the record for the shortest notice as yesterday morning at 8:08 (we leave the house for school at 8:10) he asked for a card for his friend - luckily I had a suitable teenage boy card in my stock :o)

So for my fairly quick make I used one of the gorgeous (and great value for money) LOTV die cuts

and teamed it with some scrummy Papermania Parkstone Pink papers

This also used:

Spellbinders Heart Squares

Martha Stewart Scalloped Heart Border Punch

Angel Charm

Wild Orchid Paper Roses

Challenges I would like to enter:

Papertake Weekly - Fab Dawny P Sketch

Lil's Little Fairies - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Crafting For All Seasons - Many Layers

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Stampavie and More - For a Girl

Truly Scrumptious - Pink

Craft Your Passion - For a Baby

Right gotta go get Lola's room sorted out and get some shopping in before she arrives so I can have more snuggle time when she gets here :o)

Hope to have some photos to share early next week - John treated himself to a swanky new camera - it's the bees knees - just hope it comes out of the case occasionally :o)

Thanks for your visit today - I really appreciate it.

It would be great to know you've been so I can come and visit you too :o)

Have a fabulous day.

TTFN

Cool Brittannia at MAWTT

Good morning. Before I tell you about our fab new challenge over at

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES

I would like to wish Da Boss lady Hazel a great big

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Have a wonderful day hun:o)

So this week my very lovely blogging and DT buddy Laurie has gone all patriotic and would like to see your gorgeous projects using

RED WHITE and BLUE

Yippeee that meant I could use my favourite Nitwits Tour of London FBQ papers again lol!!!!

Our sponsor this week is the fab

and the DT were lucky enough to get some images to play with.

Here's what I used and she is part of a set available here

Image coloured with PM's and FM's

This also used:

Spellbinders - Elegant Posts, Labels 25, Scalloped and Plain Circle

Flowers, Button and Heart Gems from stash

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat 'Jubilee' download - available here

Challenges I would like to enter:

Celebrate the Occasion - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenges - Red White & Blue

Die Cuttin' Divas - Anything Goes

Promarker Challenge - Photo Inspiration (Olympic Rings)

Cupcake Crafts - Royalty

Love to Create - Add a Sentiment

OSAAT - Red White & Blue

Pan Pastel - Diamond Jubilee

Crafty Pad - Colours of your Flag (optional sketch)

Craft Your Days Away - Red White & Blue



Please check out the awesome inspiration from my lovely DT buddies over on the

 main challenge blog - I'm sure you won't be disappointed.



Thanks for your visit today - it would be great to know you called by so that I can visit you too :o)

Have a wonderful day.

TTFN

Any Sentiment for Aud Sentiments

Good morning. I'm thrilled to bring this post to you today as it's my very first DT card for

AUD SENTIMENTS

We are now on week 2 of our theme

ANY SENTIMENT

and our sponsor this fortnight is

and the DT got some images to play with.

Here's what I made with mine:

Image: Fairy Pari Berry Fruit Fairy coloured with PM's and FM's and lashings of Glamour Dust added to bling up her wings  

Design Papers - Old neglected Strawberry Social from Nitwits - now feeling very happy and loved because I picked them :o)

Sentiment PC generated

Pink Pearls from stash

If you get the chance please pop over and say hello to the other lovely ladies that have just joined the team as well - I'm sure they would love it :o)

Challenges I would like to enter:

Fab 'n' Funky - Celebrations

I Love Promarkers - Use a Digi

Just Keep On Creating -  Anything Goes

Ruby's Rainbow - Things with Wings

Waste Not Wednesday - Use Forgotten Stuff (my unloved DP's)

Going Grey with Scrap Creations - Fairies

Tip Top Tuesday - Dig Out the Old (my unloved DP's)

Love to Create - Add a Sentiment

Whoopsi Daisy - Fairy Magic

Before I go I just wanted to say a mahoosive thank you to the girls at

SIMON SAYS STAMP

I was the very excited lucky winner this week and had a fab time choosing all my lovely goodies :o)

THANK YOU

I would also like to welcome my latest new followers - hello it's so  lovely to see you here - hope ypu stay a while :o)

And lastly thank you for your visit today - as always I  really appreciate it and all your lovely comments - I love to read them all.

Have a fabulous day.

I'll be back in a bit with my DT card for MAWTT

Here's a sneeky peek:

TTFN

An Inky Session

 Good morning. Hope you are all keeping well and those not I wish well soon.

Today I would like to share a card I made just for the fun of it :o)

With some of my birthday money I treated myself to some Stampendous stamps that I';ve had mny eye on for a while - this Butterfly Post is one of them - I just love it!

I started by inking a piece of linen cardstock with Dusty Concorde and Broken China Distress Inks and then overstamped the image and heat embossed it with Cosmic Shimmer EP

I mat and layered this onto another piece of cardstock inked with the same Distress Inks and then added a mix of Embossing Powders and Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels along the bottom and heat embossed as per the 'Encrsuted Jewel' technique

Sentiment - Creative Expressions

This also used:

Spellbinders M Bossabilities - 'Whimsy'

I really enjoyed making this card and I hope you like it too :o)

Challenges I would like to enter:

Cards and More - Dotted and Embossed

Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Distress It

Love to Create - Add a Sentiment

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar - Things with Wings

Thanks for your visit today.

Have a wonderful day.

TTFN

Anything Goes at An Oldie But Goodie

Good morning.  Big hello and welcome to all my lovely new followers - so good to see you - hope you like what you see and decide to stay a while :o)

At last the summer seems to have arrived and we are being spoilt with some gorgeous weather aren't we? The downside though is that it's too hot to craft in my little crafty haven after mid-morning - but I'm not complaining. Some of my good blogging buddies are far worse off as they have to work in this heat - and some have to work extremely long hours :o(

Today we have a new challenge for you over at

AN OLDIE BUT GOODIE

but first I would like to thank everyone that joined in with my

'Things With Wings' challenge last time - there were so many gorgeous entries it was a difficult task to pick a Top3 - don't forget to pop over to the main challenge blog and see if you were one.

So our theme for the next fortnight is

ANYTHING GOES

it couldn't get easier than that now could it :o)

I'm sharing another card I have made for Jamie for his birthday early June - this will be from John's Mum.

I have used a fab Mo Manning image 'Paul Texting' that I have had for absoulutely ages (this is my 6 months or more item) and have never got round to printing and colouring - but as Jamie never seems to have his phone out of his hands I knew it would be just perfect :o)

 Image coloured with PM's and FM's

The DP's are from my favourite Nitwits Collection at the moment - Tour of London FBQ

which shows how versatile this collection is as it isn't just for Jubilee/Olympic projects.

Another item that is more than 6 months old that I have used are the star punches ands the sequin stars on the top layer - I won those in a blog candy about 2 years ago!

The scrummy ribbon is East of India - a bargain buy on Ebay

Sentiment from Craftwork Cards - layered onto two stars offset with eachother.

Border punch - Martha Stewart

Challenges I would like to enter:

Crafty Boots - Anything Goes

Kaboodle Doodles - Anything Goes

Lexi's - For the Man/Boy in our Lives

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - One for the Boys

There's Magic in the Air - BINGO (Top Row Punches, Ribbon 2 or more DP's)

Here Come the Boys - Anything Goes

Quirkly Crafts - Dots/Spots Stripes & Ribbons

2 Sisters - Bring on the Boys

One Stop Craft - For the Boys

Chocolate Coffee & Cards - For the Boys

Fairy Tale - Boys & Men

Simon Says Stamp - Father's Day or Special Man

Stampavie and More - For a Boy

Waste Not Wednesday - Use Forgotten Stuff

We have a fab prize up for grabs this week

but you have to be in it to win it :o)

You also must use something from your stash that is 6 months or more old (and tell us what it is)

 to qualify for the prize.

Please pop over to the main challenge blog to check out the awesome inspiration from the rest of my DT buddies - you won't be disappointed:o)

Thanks for your visit today and any lovely comments you may leave - I really appreciate it.

TTFN

Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend

Good morning. Just a quick post from me this morning as the garden is already calling for me to go and sit out and enjoy this gorgeous weather we are having. It gets tooooooo hot in  my little crafty haven by mid morning so lucky I'm an early riser and get can my crafty fix in before the sun moves round :o)

So my share for today is a request by my friend for a card for her friend that shares the same birthday and as it falls on the Jubilee Weekend this year she wanted something 'Jubileeish' as she described it.

I love this Tiddly Inks image Wryn and Emmy 'BFF' and have coloured it with PM's

Still loving these Nitwits Tour of London papers

This also used:

Pink Petticoat Sentimeny from this fab freebie - thanks Liz

Crystal Flourish from stash

Challenges I would like to enter:

Divas by Design - Flourishes

Craft Your Days Away - Red White and Blue

Di's Digi Designs - Show us that Bling

Totally Gorjuss - Something New (image and sentiment)

Dilly Beans - Friendship

Cardmad Fairy - Photo Inspiration

Willow Sketchie - Either Sketch or Red White and Blue or Both

Paper Shelter - Bling

Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes

Passion For Promarkers - Birthdays

Thanks for your visit today.

Have a wonderful day - take care in the sun :o)

TTFN

3rd Birthday Blog Hop - Allsorts

Good morning.

 Happy Birthday to us

Happy Birthday to us

Happy Birthday Dear Allsorts

Happy Birthday to us!

Yayyyyy we are celebrating our 3rd Birthday over at

ALLSORTS

I can hardly believe how quickly the past three years have gone.

I am so proud to say that I have been on the Allsorts DT since it started and that it was my very first DT post :o)

So to celebrate we are having a fab fun blog hop and you should have arrived here from Jo's blog.

Full details of the hop can be found here on the main challenge blog if you get lost or need a reminder.

Our theme this week is nice and simple and perfect for the occasion

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SOMEONE SPECIAL

Here's what I made:

From here you need to hop on over to see Brenda but before you go you need to collect a letter from me - can you guess what it is.

As well as all the fabulous prizes on offer from our wonderful sponsors I too would like to offer a little something to someone that comments on this post.

A winner will be picked at random and announced with my DT post for Allsorts next Saturday.

And here's what you could win:o)

$12 to spend online at Krista's new shop

Thanks for your visit today.

Hope you can join in the fun.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Crafts and Me - Flowers

Truly Scrumptious - Pretty In Pink

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Things with Wings

Art With No Boundaries - Anything Goes

Hooked on Crafts - Flowers

OLLCB - Ribbon or Twine (or both)

Pollycraft - Photo Inspiration

The Ribbon Reel - Photo Inpspiration

Paper Sundaes - Pretty in Pink

TTFN