ILPM's #97 - Anything Goes

Time for a new challenge over on I ♥ ProMarkers.  The theme for this one is Anything Goes, always a popular theme........ lol.  We're being sponsored by Di's Digi's and the prize is a $10 gift certificate.

Here's what I did for this one.

The image is from Lili fo the Valley, I cut the doily with my digi cutter, the snowflakes are from a Marianne die, I used card candy and added gems to the centres of each one.

ILPM's #96 - Blue & White

It's Wednesday so that means time for a new challenge over on I ♥ ProMarkers and for this weeks theme we have a colour combo for you, which is, Blue & White.  This weeks sponsor is the lovely Crafty Emma whose prize is a £10 gift voucher for her online store.

Here's my DT card.

This card is for my Great Nephews 1st Christmas.  The image is from Mo's, the BP is from Bearly Mine and the sentiment, I did on the computer

DDSC #86 - Nature

A new challenge has just started over on Digi Doodle Shop Challenge and our theme for this one is 'Nature'.  As usual we have a prize of a $10 gift certificate for the lucky winner.

Here's my DT card.

This image is called Christmas Church and you can buy and download it HERE  I love this image and I think it makes a lovely traditional Christmas card.

I coloured the image with ProMarkers and added a little sparkle with frost glitter.
I'm also entering this into the present challenge over at Passion for ProMarkers who's theme is 'Celebrations'

ILPM's #95 - A Shaped Card

For this weeks challenge over on I ♥ proMarkers, we'd like to see 'Shaped Cards', anything apart from square or oblong cards!  We're being sponsored this week by Joanna Sheen and the prize is a £10 gift certificate to spend in their online store.

Here's my DT card.

The main image and the holly border are stamps from Lili of the Valley.  The card shape is from a Rob Adams CD called Card Folds ( I think).
I'm also entering this card into the latest challenge over on Passion for ProMarkers where the theme is Celebrations.

DCD #104 - A Calendar

A new challenge has just started over on Die Cut Dreams and for this one we'd like to see you make either a calendar or a calendar page for January.  We being sponsored by our very own Susie from Die Cut Dreams online store and the prize is 30 sheets of 5.5" x 5.5" fancy edged designer papers.

Here's what I did for this one.

The image and papers are from a CD, I cut the flowers with the retro flower punch in 2 sizes.

SCSC #163 - Photo Inspiration

This weeks challenge over on Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge has just began and this week we have a lovely photo for you to take your inspiration from.

Here's the photo.

 And here's my DT card.

I just love pine cones, so soon as I saw the photo, I knew what I was going to do.  I bought this stamp in Florida last year and this is the first time it's been inked up!  I used distress ink to ink up the blank nestie shape then simply stamped my image over the top.  The pine branches on the BP is also a stamp bought at the same time as the main image and just stamped randomly on the white card.  The sentiment is a freebie from Digi Doodle Shop

DDSC #85 - Lot's of Sparkle

It's Thursday and that means it's time for a new challenge over on Digi Doodle Shop Challenges and our theme is 'Lots of Sparkle'.  Now if, like me, you still have Christmas cards to make, this is ideal for them, you just got to have a bit of sparkle on Christmas cards don't you........lol, but it's great for other occassion cards too.
As usual the winner will will a $10 gift certificate to spend in our online store Digi Doodle Shop. 
Here's my DT card

This image is coloured with ProMarkers, the BPs are from a DCWV stack I've had for ages, the big snowlakes were cut with a Spellbinders die and the snowflake border strip was cut with an MS punch, and of course lot's of glitter was added.

ILPM #94 - Snowmen & Snowflakes

It's Wednesday and that means it's time for a new challenge over on I ♥ ProMarkers, and our theme is 'Snowmen & Snowflakes'.  This weeks sponsor is Robyn's Fetish and the prize is a choice of 5 digi images.  All the DT got to use Robyn's images for this one.

Here's my DT card.

I printed out the snoman and cut it out using the biggest die from the spellbinders heirloom bauble set.  The snowflakes were cut on my digi cutter and blinged up with glitter and gems.  The sentiment is from Cuddly Buddly.

SCSC#162 - Borders & Flowers

A new challenge is up and running over on Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge and the theme for this one is Borders and Flowers.

Here's my DT card.

The image is of course from Lili of the Valley, coloured with ProMarkers and FlexMarkers.  The BP is from Aimee Asher and the sentiment is from Cuddly Buddly.  The flowers were cut with a spellbinders die.

I also want to enter this card into this weeks challenge over on Lili of the Valley, whose theme is 'Anything Goes'.

DDSC #84 - Animals

Time for a new challenge over on Digi Doodle Shop Challenges and our theme for this week is 'Animals'.  As usual the winner from this challenge will win a $10 gift certificate to spend in their online shop, Digi Doodle Shop.

Here's my DT card.

This image is called Cecil Wrapped Up and you can buy and download it HERE  I coloured the image with ProMarkers, the BP if from a Debbi Moore CD, the sentiment is from Crafts 4 You, I made the bead pins.

ILPM's #93 Anything Goes

This week on I ♥ ProMarkers we have the  very popular theme of 'Anything Goes'.  Our sponsor for this one is the lovely Judy at Digi Doodle Shop and the prize is a $10 gift certificate to spend in their online store.  All the DT have used images from Digi Doodle Shop.

Here's my DT card

The image I've used is called Christmas Friends which you can buy and download HERE  This is one of the latest images from Digi Doodle Shop and makes a lovely sweet card.  The sentiment is also from Digi Doodle Shop and it's a FREEBIE!

The BP is from Pink Petticoat, the lace piece was cut using a MS punch, bought on my recent trip to Florida, and the pins I made myself.

DCD Challenge #103

The theme for this weeks challenge over on Die Cut Dreams is 'Thankyou with Circles'.  We sponsored by Lynne at Crafts 4 You for this one and the prize is a £10 gift certificate to spend in her online store.

Here's my DT card.

The image is from Lili of the Valley, and it's coloured with ProMarkers, I made the flowers and the sentiment, of course is by Lynne at Crafts 4 You.

SCSC #161 - A Sketch

This weeks challenge has just started over on Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge and we have a lovely sketch by Jane, for you to follow this week.

Here's the Sketch

And here's my DT card.

All the embossing is done using the Cuttlebug Embossing folders, and I used Go Kreate dies for the square shapes.  I also added glitter to the circle embossed images.

DDSC #83 - Red & Green Colour Combo

This weeks challenge has just started over at Digi Doodle Shop Challenges.  We have a colour combo of Red & Green for this one, and as usual we have a $10 gift certificate for the lucky winner.

Here's my DT card.

The image I used is called 'Snow Scene' and you can buy and download it HERE  I coloured it will AquaMarkers as I wanted a really soft finish.  Then I added a little glitter for that must have Christmas sparkle.

ILPM's # 92 - Christmas Trees

The new challenge has just started over on I ♥ ProMarkers and our theme for this one is 'Christmas Trees'.  We're sponsored this week by Stampeezee and the prize is a £10 gift certificate to spend in their online store.

Here's my DT card.

The image is from Lili of the Valley, the BP from Bearly Mine, I used a Marriane Creatable die for the Christmas tree.

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #160

It's time for a new challenge over on Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge and the theme for this one is 'Spots & Stripes'.

Here's my DT card.

The sentiment is from Digi Doodle Shop, I just enlarged it to fit my card.  The papers are from a DCWV Christmas stack which I've had for a few years.  The snowflakes were cut with a Spellbinders die, which I then glittered up.

DDSC #82 - A Sketch

For this weeks challenge over on Digi Doodle Shops Challenges we have a sketch for you to follow.  As usual we have a $10 gift certificate for the lucky winner of this challenge, to spend at Digi Doodle Shop

Here's the sketch we'd like you to follow.

And here's my DT card.

This image is called Santa Baby & Tree and you can buy and download it HERE.

I coloured the image with ProMarkers and added glitter for that must have sparkle.  The papers are from a DCWV stack with I've had for a few years, the snowflakes are cute with a Marianne Creatable die, the sentiment is also from Digi Doodle Shop.

ILPM's #91 - Follow That Sketch

For this weeks challenge over on I ♥ ProMarkers, we have a sketch for you to follow.

Our sponsor for this one is Letraset and the prize is a pack of ProMarkers.

Here's the sketch

And here's my DT card.

The BPs are from Pink Petticoat, the image is a stamp from Lili of the Valley, the snowflakes were cut with a spellbinders die and lots of sparkly glitter added, the sentiment was made by a friend.

DCD Challenge #102 & Blog Hop

Challenge time again over at Die Cut Dreams, but this challenge is a little bit special as we're also having a Blog Hop! Susie at DCD has just moved house and the shop was closed for a while while she got organised again.  Now she's all moved in and settled, so we thought we would have a blog hop to celebrate the opening of DCD store again and also we've just passed our 700th follower.

We have a recipe for you to follow for this challenge and the theme is

Recipe 2 Brads, 3 Gems, 4 Flowers

Now you must visit each of the Design Team blogs and leave a comment on each one because along the way there will be some surprise candy - BUT you won't know whose blog the candy is on until after the blog hop and you wouldn't want to miss out now would you??

The main prize for the BLOG HOP is:

"A Pizza Box full of Mixed Theme & Mixed Shape Die cut Dreams Designer Die cuts worth over £25 !!!"

We would love for you to enter the challenge and complete the blog hop but if you only do the hop then that's fine too.  There will be a separate prize for the challenge so if you do both, and leave a comment on each of the DT's posts who knows how many times you could win!!

Here's my DT card

The image is a stamp from Lily of the Valley, coloured with FlexMarkers and ProMarkers.  The BP is from Bearly Mine, the embellies are from my stash.

Hope you enjoy the Hop!

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #159

Today sees my first card as a DT member over on Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge.  This weeks theme is a recipe for you to follow which is 'Flowers, Ribbons & Lace'. 

Here's my DT card.

The pyramage is from a Me To You CD, the doily was cut on my Silhouette digi die cutter and the flowers were cut with the retro flower punch, I coloured the pink petals and doily with distress ink.

ILPM's #90 - Glitter & Glitz

 It's time for challenge #90 over on I ♥ ProMarkers and the theme for this one is 'Glitter & Glitz!  Perfect for a Christmas card, don't you think?  This is my first card for almost 3 weeks, due to going off on my holidays....... lol.

Our sponsor this week is the lovely Joanna Sheen and the prize if a £10 gift voucher to spend in their online store.

Here's my DT card.

 I used one of the new Christmas stamps from Lili of the Valley, they're all so gorgeous it's hard to choose which to get.  I used FlexMarkers to colour this image, love them!  The lace strip was cut from a MS punch which I bought in Florida, the starts were cut with another punch, to which I added some silver sparkle glitter from Debbi Moore Designs.  The papers are from a pack I bought last year from Craft House and it's called Winter Wonderland.  They're lovely pearly papers too.  The sentiment is a digi by Lynne at Crafts 4 You

I'm also entering this card into the challenge over on Lili of the Valley, where you have to follow a lovely sketch by Bev.   I very rarely enter challenges now due to lack of time, but if I use a LOTV stamp I always look to see if it fits there present challenge theme.

DCD #101 - So Charming

Ooooops, well Blogger decided to let me down and  post my scheduled post for this challenge, while I was away on my holidays in sunny Florida, so big apologies for being late.

Anyway the theme for our present challenge over on Die Cut Dreams is 'So Charming', so it's time to show us your lovely charms.

Our sponsor for this one is the lovely Lynne at Crafts 4 You and the prize is a £10 gift certificate to spend in their online store.

Here's my DT Card

I used distress inks around the white base, then stamped my dandelions on top.  I used the smaller stamp to create my own background on the base card.  And of course since our sponsor also makes lovely digi sentiments,  all the DT used her sentiments.

DDSC #78 - Lavendar & Lace

This weeks challenge has just started over on Digi Doodle Shop Challenges and this week our theme is 'Lavendar & Lace'.  As usual the prize is a $10 gift certificate to spend in our online store, Digi Doodle Shop

Here's my DT card.

This is one of our latest digis and is called Christmas Ornaments which you can buy and download HERE.  I love this image and it would look so different in other colours.  I think I'll be using it quite alot this year....... lol.  I coloured the image with ProMarkers, distressed round the edge of the image with Distress Inks and added some glitter and gems for that lovely Christmas sparkle.  The BP is from Bearly Mine.

ILPM's #87 - Autumnal Colours

For this weeks challenge over on I ♥ ProMarkers, we have a colour challenge for you.  We'd like to see 'Autumnal Colours' on your work for this one.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Letraset and the prize is a pack of ProMarkers.

Here's my DT card.

I used a Lili of the Valley image for this one and my BP's are from Pink Petticoat.

DCD #100 - A Poem

This weeks challenge has just begun over on Die Cut Dreams and for this one we'd like to see a poem on  your card.

We're being sponsored by our very own Susie for this one and the prize is a fab selection of Tibetan silver charms, honestly they're gorgeous!

Here's my DT card.

I came across the poem on the internet, the BP if from Bearly Mine, the large snowflakes we cute using a spellbinders die and the small ones were the left overs from the MS punch used for the border around the poem.

DDSC #77 - Distressing

This weeks sees the our challenges over on Digi Doodle Shop Challenges starting again after our short break.  We also have new DT members starting today too, along with another term for some of our previous DT who decided they wanted to stay with us for another term...... must like us eh..... lol.

Anyway, this weeks theme is Distressing and as usual we have a prize for the lucky winner, a $10 gift certificate to spend in our online store, Digi Doodle Shop.

Here's my DT card

Well I just had to use this image for this challenge, with getting my new kitty.  This image is called 'Hanging On' and you can buy and download it HERE.  The image is coloured with ProMarkers, the BP is from Debbi Moore Designs and the flowers I made using a punch, and coloured them with ProMarkers.

ILPM's #86

For this weeks challenge over on I ♥ ProMarkers we're getting a little bit spooky......  yep, we'd like to see lots of spooky things this week.

We're sponsored by the lovely Joanna Sheen for this one and the prize is a £10 gift voucher to spend in their online store.

Here's my DT card.

The image is a digi from Crafts & Me, the BP's are from a Debbi Moore CD - Twilight Queen, and the bats are confetti, which I've had for years in my stash.

My Birthday present .......

...... from my hubby.

This is Dexter and he's just 7 weeks old!

ILPM's #85 - Distressing

Time for a new challenge over on I ♥ ProMarkers it's time for a new challenge.  This week we would like to see you getting 'Distressed'.  We're being sponsored for this one by Digi Doodle Shop and as usual the prize is a $10 gift certificate to spend in their online store.

Here's my DT card.

I used 'Dandelion Set' from Digi Doodle Shop, you can buy and download it HERE.  I added a little bit of sparkle to the 'Fluffy' heads......lol.  The BP is from a DCWV stack and the flowers I made using a punch.  I distressed around the image and also used the Tim Holtz distressing tool round the edges of the image and BP.

DCD #99 - A Recipe

Ooooooops sorry I'm late posting up this challenge, but better late than never eh....... lol  Anyway for this weeks challenge over on Die Cut Dreams we have a recipe for you to follow, which is a colour combo of Pink, Brown & Cream.  Our sponsor this week is Lynne from Crafts 4 You and the prize is a £10 gift certificate to spend in their lovely online store.

Here's my DT card.

I used a Lili of the Valley stamp for this one, first time it's been inked up too.  The sentiment is of course from Crafts 4 You, and the image is coloured with ProMarkers.

ILPMs #84 - Include a Number

It's Wednesday and time for a new challenge over on I ♥ ProMarkers and our theme for this one is 'Include a Number', so we must see a number on your cards.  This weeks we're being sponsored by Crafty Emma and the prize is a £10 gift voucher to spend in Emma's online shop.

Here's my DT card.

I used an image from Kenny K for this one.  The sentiment is a freebie, I just changed the number, from Nettys Cards  The BP's are from a stack bought in Florida a few years ago.  

This card is for my Great Nephew who's birthday is in October.

DDSC #76 - Autumn Colours

The theme for the challenge this week over on Digi Doodle Shop Challenges is 'Autumn Colours'.  I love this time of the year, when the leaves on the trees are just changing colour.  

As usual we have a prize of a $10 gift certificate to spend at Digi Doodle Shop.  

Here's my DT card.

 This image is called 'Fall Arrangement' which you can buy and download HERE.  I coloured the image with my ProMarkers, cut the shape with nestie dies and used a cuttlebut embossing folder for the embossed panel.  The pearls are from my stash.

ILPM #83 Travel/Transport

This weeks challenge has just started over on I ♥ ProMarkers and our theme for this one is 'Travel/Transport'.  This weeks sponsor is Letraset and the prize is a pack of ProMarkers.

Here's my DT card.

The image is one of last years Christmas stamps from Lili of the Valley, I love it!  The BP is from a Christmas paper stack I bought in Florida last year, the snowflakes we cute with a mix of punches and spellbinder dies, the bead pins I made myself.  The sentiment is also from the same paper stack as the BP, ribbon from my stash.

DCD #98

The new challenge has just started over on Die Cut Dreams and this week we want to see flowers on your work, you MUST use at least 5 flowers.  The prize for this challenge is a GDT spot with us for challenge #100.

Here's my DT card.

 I used a stamp from Stampin Up for this one, and added just a little bit of glitter.  I ran the card stock through an frame embossing folder before stamping.  The flowers were cut with a Spellbinders Poinsettia die and a little bit of glitter added, the leaves we cut using a punch.

DDSC #75 - Circles

This weeks challenge over on Digi Doodle Shops Challenge has just started and the theme for this one is 'Circles', so yes we'd like to see circles on your work.

Here's my DT card.

I decided to have a change for this one and go without a coloured image.  This digi is from the free Circular Word Art set which you can download  HERE  I just enlarged the sentiment to match the size of my card, added some red glitter and matted it up on 2 different sized circles.  the snowflakes are cut from a snowflake nestie set, and covered in glitter.  The BP is from Bearly Mine, I'm really loving their BP's at the mement, the ribbon is from my stash.

ILPM's #81 Metal

For this weeks challenge over on I ♥ ProMarkers, we'd like to see you use your 'Metal'. (charms etc)  Our sponsor for this one is the lovely Joanna Sheen and the prize is a £10 gift voucher to spend in their online store.

Here's my DT card.

I used one of the new Chrismas images from Lili of the Valley, the papers are from a DCWV stack (old one!) the snowflakes were cut with a Marianne die, the sentiment was made by a friend and I made the bead and charms dangly myself.

DDSC #74 - Fantasy/Fairytale

I didn't manage to get my DT card made for this weeks challenge over on Digi Doodle Shop Challenges, sorry, but still thought I needed to let you know what the challenge is.  This weeks theme is Fantasy/Fairytale, so you can get out all your fairy stamps for this one girls, oh and don't forget the glitter too......lol.

As usual we have a $10 gift certificate up for grabs, which you can spend over in Digi Doodle Shop.  Please be sure to pop over to our challene blog and take a look at the lovely cards by the rest of the DT girls.

xx

ILPMs #81 - Anything Goes

I'm a day late uploading this challenge, but I've been a bit off this week with a nasty tummy bug, feeling more 'normal' today, whatever that might be...... lol.

Our theme for this weeks challenge over on I ♥ ProMarkers is 'Anything Goes', so the world really is your oyster for this one isn't it.  Our sponsor this week is Letraset and the prize is a pack of ProMarkers.

Here's my DT card.

I used one of the new Christmas images from Lili of the Valley, you can't go wrong with any of their images can you, I love them.  The snowflakes are cut with a spellbinders die, and the papers are from Bearly Mine.

DDSC #73 Anything Goes

For this weeks challenge over on Digi Doodle Shop Challenges it's the ever popular 'Anything Goes' theme.

As usual you have the chance of winner a $10 gift certificate, to spend in their online store Digi Doodle Shop.

Here's my DT card.

 This image is called 'Happy Birthday Cupcakes' which you can buy and download HERE  I coloured the images with ProMarkers and added glitter to the icing and letters.  I cut them out and mounted them onto cardstock which I'd ran through my Big Shop with an embossing folder, I distressed the edges just a little to tone down the whiteness.  This card is for my friend who's birthday is on Saturday.

ILPM's #80 Paper Piercing

This weeks challenge over on I ♥ ProMarkers has just started and the theme this week is PAPER PIERCING.

We're being sponsored by Digi Doodle Shop and the prize is a $10 gift certificate.  Of course all the DT girls used their images.

Here's my DT card.

This image is called Birdie Birdie and available to buy and download HERE.

The flowers and doily were both cut on my Sihouette machine and coloured with distress inks.