Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  It's goodbye to 2012, and hello to 2013!

What a year 2012 has been for us in the UK!  The Queen's Golden Jubilee, the Olympics and Paralympics have brought us fun and celebration, but there have also been many sad events throughout the year which will have touched people around the world in different ways.  No matter where you live, and what 2012 was like for you, I wish you, your family and friends a very happy 2013!

Mandy x 

I am adding this card to the following:
Polkadoodles - Week 51 Happy New Year 2013
Little Claire Monthly Challenge - #28 Happy New Year
Make It Monday - Linky Party #121

Materials Used:
Heather Valentin/Lacy Sunshine - Eleanor and Pickles 2013 Celebration
Copics - 0, C0, C1, C3, C4, B00, B12, BV000, BV00, BV02, BV04, R81, R85, E000, E00, E02, E31, E33, YG00, YG03, YG06, black multi-liner 0.5mm
Brittania - Clock die
Spellbinders - Classic Circles
Wild Rose Studio - Bella paper pack
Craftwork Cards - white square card blank

Flat Friends Challenge #3 - WOW with a splash of colour

Here is a card I made for this months Flat Friends Challenge - Its White on White with a splash of colour.  So a perfect chance to get some embossing folders out, layer them up and make something pretty!  I used the "Paige Wedding Day" digi, but decided not to put a sentiment on the card just yet as I thought it could be a wedding card or a prom card.

The Flat Friends challenge blog is still pretty new, so if you haven't come across it yet, pop on over here and take a look.  And if you want to purchase any of Emma's lovely digi images go to the Polkadoodles website and you'll find them there - a whole yummy collection!

I am adding this card to the following:
Flat Friends Challenge - #3 WOW with a splash of colour 
Cute Card Thursday - #249 Anything Goes
Card Crafters Circle - #55 Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz - #51 Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Linky Party #120
Through The Craftroom Door - #50 Anything Goes

Materials Used:
Polkadoodles/Emma Canning - Paige Wedding Day digi image
Copics - C2, E000, E00. E02, B02, E93, E31, E33, E35, Spica #14 Blossom
Spellbinders - Dies: Floral Ovals, Fleur de lis Motifs; Embossabilities: Garden Lattice, Dainty Dots
White organza ribbon from stash

It's Christmas!!!

Happy Christmas!

 

I'd like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas, and hope that you are all keeping safe and warm, and enjoying a wonderful day with family and friends!

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Mandy x

I am adding this card to the following:
Card Crafters Circle - #55 Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Linky Party #120
That Craft Place - Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - #104 Anything Goes for Christmas
Stamping With The Dragon - Waiting For Christmas
ABC Christmas Challenge - Y is for your favourite punch/die (a Yummy Cornflower die - it may be new, but I see it fast becoming a favourite!)
The Squirrel and The Fox - #33 Christmas

Materials Used:
Kanban - Deck the Halls paper pad, Christmas Verses papercraft toppers
Tonic Studios - Cornflower Die
Green ribbon and gold mirri card from stash

Dear Santa...

Dear Santa.... I have been very good... please bring me lots of crafty goodies for Christmas :-)  I hope that you have all been good, and that Santa visits tonight bringing you all you have wished for!

I am adding this card to
Make It Monday - Linky Party #120
The Pink Elephant - #180 Anything Goes

Materials Used:
Cameo Silhouette - Dear Santa die cuts
Core'Dinations - red and green card
Craftwork Cards - A6 white cards

Merry Christmas from Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge

Its Christmas over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog for the last blog challenge of the year!  So, here is an opportunity to share some of those last minute Christmas cards you've made.  I had this fun image from Bugaboo to use, quite a lot of colouring as I printed it out quite large (its an A5 card), but I really enjoyed using the image to make this card.

This week there are 2 prizes up for grabs, so pop on over to http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in:

Bugaboo Stamps - 7 digis

Doodle Dragon Studios - $10 gift certificate

 

I am adding this card to the following:

Make It Monday - Linky Party #120

Through The Craftroom Door - #49 Anything Goes
The Squirrel and The Fox - #33 Christmas
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - #103 Christmas Birthday or Anything Goes At Christmas
Card Crafter's Circle - #53 Red, White and Green
Card Makin Mama's - Happy Holidays

Eureka Stamps - #19 Christmas Spirit

Materials Used:
Bugaboo Stamps - Ava and Deacon Merry Christmas Sign
Pebbles Inc - Christmas Stripes paper
Copics - R14, R27, RV42, YG06, YG09, C1, C2, C4, C5, E21, E33, E35, E51
Letraset - black fine line drawing pen
Memory Box Die - Corner Bow
Core'Dinations - green card
Craftwork Cards - A5 white card blank
Kanban - red gem
Hunkydory - glitter

Blue Mini

Happy Friday!  Today I need to buy wrapping paper so that I can get those Christmas presents wrapped and under the tree - a good excuse for a Christmas movie and a glass of wine :-)

But before I get to that I thought I'd share another card I made using the Kraftyhands new Motor Mania goodies.  You can probably tell that I rather like this chequered flag backing paper as this is the second card you'll have seen me use it on - there are more to come :-) and I've also used the Happy Birthday Brittania dies by Robert Addams which I have started to make good use of.  If you have some waxed paper to hand the words come out of the dies like a dream - to be honest I haven't tried using them without it, but I am sure they will work just as well on their own.

Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Motor Mania CD set, Motor Mania topper set
Brittania Dies - Happy Birthday die set
Spellbinders - Classic Circles
Craftwork Cards - white card blank
Joanna Sheen - gunmetal mirri card

Campervan Birthday

Today I'd thought I'd share another card I made for the Kraftyhands Create and Craft TV show yesterday.  This time I used the Campervan topper and teamed it up with a backing paper from the Motor Mania CD set and plenty of mirri card!

Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Motor Mania CD set, Motor Mania topper set
Craftwork Cards - white card blank
Grey and orange mirri card from stash

Motor Mania

Happy 12/12/12!  Did you know that there will not be another repetitive date like this for 88 years!  It'll be 01/01/01 in 2101!

Meanwhile, back to today in 2012...  Mike and Ian from Kraftyhands were back on Create and Craft TV with the launch of their Motor Mania double CD set and toppers.  I've recorded the show as I was at work, so I'm looking forward to watching that to see how they did and all the samples the Design Team put together.

Here is one of my cards for the show, using elements from one of the topper sheets and a backing paper from the CD.

I am adding this card to:
Make It Monday - Linky Party #119
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes #48

Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Motor Mania CD set, Motor Mania topper set
Joanna Sheen - black glossy card
Hole punch
Craftwork Cards - white card blank

Something New at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge

Wednesday again - can you believe its almost Christmas and almost 2013!!!  But before then there are a couple of challenges left for 2012 over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog and this week the theme is "Something New". I chose this cute Mum and baby dragon digi to make a new baby girl card - and as you can see I really went for it with the pink!
 
This week there are 3 prizes up for grabs, so pop on over to http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in:

Stamping Dragon Designs - 5 digi images

Dudetime Doodles - 3 digi images

Crafty Sentiments - 3 digi images

I am adding this card to

Make It Monday - Linky Party #119

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes #48

Materials Used:
Stamping Dragon Designs - Rock A Bye Jiggy digi stamp
Lili Of The Valley - sentiment stamp
Copics - RV21, RV23, BG000, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-7
Waco - Pearl maker pen in crystal
Spellbinders - Classic Circles, Lacy Circles
Craftwork Cards - white card blank

Jolly Holly Elves

I decided to have a play with some digi stamps today, and I've used this fab image from Heather Valentin to make a Christmas card (yes I know I said you wouldn't see any more, but I couldn't resist!) Heather has two blogs where you can see her work The Enchanting Art of Heather Valentin and Lacy Sunshine.

I am adding this card to the following challenges:
Stamping With The Dragon - Anything Goes
Card Crafters Circle - #52 December Celebrations
One Stop Craft Challenge - #208 Christmas Friends
Charisma Cardz - #48 Christmas
In The Pink - # 9 Gonna Be A Pink Christmas

Materials Used:
Heather Valentin/Lacy Sunshine - Eleanor & Pickles Jolly Holly Elves digi image
Lili Of The Valley - sentiment stamp
Copics - TG06, YG09, C-0, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-7, RV04, RV014, E21, E33, E35, E51, BG000
Letraset - black fine line drawing pen
Spellbinders - Classic Circles, Scalloped Circles
Kate Knight - Christmas Collection Paper Stack
Hole punch
Core'Dinations - green card
Craftwork Cards - white card blank

Thank You

Hi everyone, my its cold out there today - no snow where I live, but its cold and very windy!  So I am happy to be back from work and indoors in the warm!

I think I am pretty much done with my Christmas cards, so some of you might be pleased to know that you won't see any on here for a few months - though I have just got some fab new Christmassy digi stamps so maybe there will be a couple more this side of Christmas... :-)

Anyway, onto the card here. Something simple, and pretty quick too!  I've used the Spellbinders hexagon die to cut three shapes out of a really pretty backing paper from the Kraftyhands Vintage Chic Boutique CD, stuck them down and put some faux stitching around the edge, and stamped a sentiment in the corner. 

I am adding this card to the following challenge as I think it definitely fits the bill!
Moving Along With The Times - Clean and Simple
Make It Monday - Linky Party #118

Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Vintage Chic Boutique CD set
Spellbinders - Hexagon
Letraset - black fine line drawing pen
Rubber stamp sentiment - unknown

Anything Goes at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge

The 5th December - can you believe that 3 weeks today it will be Boxing Day here in the UK, so The Big Day will be all over!  I just don't know where the time is going at the moment!

Anyway, as its Wednesday, its time for a new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog and this week the theme is "Anything Goes".  I used a cute little girl digi stamp from Digi My World and teamed her up with a background from a Polkadoodles CD, making it look like she is watering flowers in a big magical garden.
 
This week there are 4 prizes up for grabs, so pop on over to http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in:

Di's Digi Downloads - $10 voucher

Digital Delights - $5 voucher

Digi My World - $10 voucher

Sassy Studio Designs - 4 digis

I am adding this card to the Make It Monday - Linky Party #118

Materials Used:
Digi My World - Garden Girl Cindy digi stamp
Polkadoodles - Sugar Plum Daisy CD (background)
Copics - YG17, YG67, BG000, RV02, RV21, RV23, BV00, BV000, BV02, E02, E21, E33, E35, E40, E51, C-2, C-3, C-7
Core'Dinations - green card
Creaftwork Cards - whit card, sentiment oval
Silver mirri card from stash

Sugar Buttons Fairy Birthday Wishes

Here is my first card using the beautiful new Sugar Buttons from Kanban.  The kit is full of sparkly pastel yumminess and will make lots of pretty cards and projects for all those birthday fairies and princesses!

I am adding this card to the following:
Make It Monday - Linky Party #118
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes #47

Materials Used:
Kanban - Sugar Buttons Fairy Dust toppers, Bubblegum Candy Stripe background card, Pretty Paper Pad, pastel gems
Silhouette Cameo - to cut the flourishes
Craftwork Cards - White A5 card blank

Kraftyhands DT Call

Kraftyhands are having a DT Call - they are looking for 2 people to join the team to help make samples for new products and the challenge blog.

If you're interested take a look on the Kraftyhands Challenge Blog for all the details and where to send your entries to.

Here is a card I made recently for the Kraftyhands debut on Create and Craft TV when they showcased their lovely Vintage Chic Boutique double CD set.

Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Vintage Chic Boutique CD set (toppers and backing papers)
Spellbinders - Scalloped Circles, Classic Circles
Craftwork Cards - white card

Leo the Lion For Kraftyhands December Challenge - Child's Play

The 1st of December!  Can you believe it!!!  Well as its the start of a new month, its time for a new challenge over at Kraftyhands.

This month the theme is CHILDS PLAY - so any card suitable for a child. I used the Happiscopes CD for the main image and background papers, got out some Spellbinders to make the topper and zig zag border and my Letraset drawing pen for the black faux stitching.

So come and join in over at http://kraftyhandschallenge.blogspot.co.uk. Anyone can enter the monthly challenges, the only criteria is that you must be a follower of the challenge blog. You can use any products you like, but to be the monthly winner of the £20 Kraftyhands voucher, you must use at least one Kraftyhands or Crafter's Companion product in the creation of your challenge project.

Each month there will be 3 winners, the No1 winner will receive a £20 voucher to spend on the Kraftyhands webshop and the No1 winner's "blinkie", the other two winners will get a winner's "blinkie" for their blogs! So pop on over and join in the fun!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Make It Monday - Linky Party #117
Fun With Shapes and More - Anything But Christmas

Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Happiscopes CD
Spellbinders - Lacy Squares, Classic Ric Rac borders
Letraset - black fine line drawing pen
Whiff Of Joy - orange gems
Craftwork Cards - white card