Fluffy flowers

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Hi all,

I hope you have had a good week.  I enjoyed looking at the portraits at Daisy's school on Tuesday.  It was great to see what everyone used.  I went to a Jamie Oliver at home party on Wednesday at a friend's house.  There were lots of kitchen gadgets and oven ware there, but I was quite good and only bought two things.  We have so many unused kitchen gadgets in our cupboards, I didn't think hubby would be too happy if I bought even more!  The weather has been awful for most of the week.  Let's hope it clears up for the weekend.

Onto my card.  I have really enjoyed using my 'proper' stamps and hopefully will have some time to do more soon.  For this card, I resist stamped a Penny Black flower image, and also stamped it in pink on the background, which is inked with Victorian Velvet Distress ink.  I have also used a SU script stamp and a Debbi Moore stamp I have had for years, but never used.  The papers are more magazine freebies.  I pleated some organza ribbon. I have never done this before, and it was less of a faff than I thought it would be.  The flowers are made from very soft net that I had in my stash and the sentiment was stamped using my Studio G alphabet stamps.

I would like to enter this into the following:

Charisma cardz - pink and girly

Crafty Ribbons - Flowers

Let's go to the hop

Hi all,

This week is a special week. CRAFT Challenge are 3 years old this week! So, Happy Birthday to us!!

Our challenge this week is 'Celebration'. So, any project fitting this subject will be eligible for a prize.

We also have our blog hop this week and you can choose to do one or more of the following this week:

1. Take part in our challenge


2. Add your name to Inlinkz on the DT and GDT blogs to be in with winning a prize on their blogs.


3. Complete the blog hop (adding your name to Inlinkz on your way), collect all letters and form the sentence it forms and leave a comment at the end of our challenge post with your answer.

We have a lot of sponsors this week, with lots of prizes to be won.

• A prize for the winner of our 'Celebration' challenge this week.


• A prize for the randomly chosen winner on each (G)DT member's blog.


• A prize for the randomly chosen comment with the correctly formed sentence from the collected letters along the way.

To ensure all is done fairly, we will enable comment moderation on the challenge blog this week to keep all answers behind, so there can be no cheating. (Not that you would anyway!)

Our blog hop route:

Elke 

Sue 

Nikki - You're here!

Tigerlover

Liam and Owen

Jenny

Coops 

Carol

Sylvia

Sharon

Sheryl

Jeanette

Alison

Jo

CRAFT Challenge

As you can see you should have come here from Sue's blog. If you have not, please return there or to Elke's blog for the start of our blog hop.

The sponsor on my blog is Digi Doodle Shop

By adding your name/blog to Inlinkz below you can be in with a chance of winning 

 a $10 store voucher

Don't forget to link in and to collect your letter on this stop which is

Hopefully you didn't miss it!

So, now it is time to get you some inspiration for this challenge. Here is my card for this challenge:

One of my friends recently gave birth to a little boy (and so I needed a celebration card, great for this challenge!), and I thought that this fantastic image from Digi Doodle Shop would fit the bill for an easel card.  The papers are a mix of papermania and from a CD which was free with a magazine.  For the sentiment, I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder, inked it and then cut out the sentiment I wanted.  The embellishments are all from my stash.

Your next stop will be Tigerlover. Hope you are having fun! Enjoy the rest of our blog hop!

I'll be back with my normal waffle tomorrow.

Mr Linky was not working, but has decided to make an appearance.  I will include those of you who made a comment and have completed the blog hop in my draw.  If Mr Linky disappears again, please just comment and I will include you too.  Thanks for your understanding.

Feeling blue

Hi all,
Yes, I know, another post already.  Well, Daisy is at school, Martha at nursery, and I have done all the housework, etc, so I thought I would post another of my inky creations.  I am off later to the opening night (afternoon) of the Portrait Exhibition at Daisy's school.  If you missed my post about it a while ago, all the school had homework to make a portrait.  Daisy went for the collage effect, and now the school is having an exhibition all this week to show off the art work, but as today is the opening day, there are drinks and nibbles provided.  Daisy was desperate for me to come today for the food!  Then, this evening, I have another rehearsal for The Sound of Music.  We only have two weeks left before the show.  Aaagh!
Anyway, on to the card.  I have used a TH stamp and then used stamps from a Kaisercraft set and put on 3D pads to add depth.  I have distressed  all the paper and then added blue twine.  As easy as that!
See you soon.
I would like to enter this into the following:
LEJ Designs challenge - Things with wings
Pan Pastel UK - Anything goes
Polka Doodles - distressing
2 sisters - anything goes
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Things with wings
Make it Monday - Always anything goes

Going dotty

Hi all,
I hope you had a good weekend.  We spent the weekend chilling at my inlaws.  We met some friends on Saturday.  The men watched the football (I do watch it, but only if Southampton or England are playing) and the kids played, leaving my friend and I to chat!  Then, we fed the ducks on Sunday and then spent forever at the play park.  We were making the most of it not raining.  We went to a soft play today.  I was surprised that it wasn't that busy, but the girls made the most of the space.
Over at Incy Wincy this week, we are sponsored by the Digi Garden, who very kindly gave us some images to play with.  Our theme this week is spots and dots.  I chose this cute little monster.  I have used paper by Stamp Fairy and the buttons are from the Works.  Please check out the rest of the projects from the DT.

Flower power

Hi all,
Well, it's the weekend, nearly.  We are off to my in laws this weekend to see them and visit friends nearby.  They're only an hour away, but we thought it would be good to stay over and spend some time with them.  Daisy is very excited about this as she loves having someone else to play with and boss around!.
My card is another one that I made on my inky Tuesday.  I clear embossed the image (by Penny Black), and then inked the card.  The paper is by Hot off the press and the background images are from a free stamp set from a magazine.
I hope you have a good weekend, and if you have a Bank Holiday Monday too, you enjoy it!  See you Monday.
I would like to enter this into the following:
My Mum's Craft Shop - embossing

Button it!

Hi all,
I hope you are having a good week.  Today, Martha and i are off to Daisy's school as they have invited parents in to help make banners with the children and Daisy really wants me to go.  I'm not sure how long we will stay as Martha has the potential to create chaos!
I would like to apologise as Blogger is being a pain and isn't letting me post comments on any blog if they have the word verification on.  I write the comment, decipher the words and then get a page saying Page Not Found, and I have typed the words correctly and done it a few times, but still no joy.  So, sorry to any of you that this applies to.  I am reading your posts and trying to comment, but it isn't playing.
Over at CRAFT, this week, we are sponsored by In2Stamps, Digi Doodle Shop and Love to Stamp.  Our theme is to use buttons.  Now, I really should find other ways to use buttons than just stick them on as a button, if you see what I mean.  The image is a Little Darlings rubber stamp by Love to Stamp and is called Every stocking counts.  The papers are more magazine freebies and the tree trim has been in my ribbon box for years just waiting to come out.  Please check out the fab projects from the rest of the DT.  See you tomorrow, hopefully.

I'd do anything

Hi all,
Well, the week has started how last week ended - with rain.  I managed to put the canes up for the beans and peas in between showers yesterday, so I feel I have achieved something, as well as the usual Monday housework, shopping, etc!
Over at Creative Craft, we are sponsored by Love to Stamp and Crafty Individuals.  This fortnight, our theme is Anything Goes.  I decided to go back to 'proper' stamping for this card.  I used stamps by Kaisercraft, Tim Holtz and SU.  I kept the backing paper plain as my stamping is pretty busy!  Please check out the rest of the fab projects by the DT.
See you later in the week.
I would like to enter this into the following:
Make it Monday - Always anything goes
LEJ Designs challenge - anything goes
Craft your passion - lots of texture
Truly Madly Crafty - handmade flowers
Victorine originals - flowers