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Thursday

Butterflies & flowers

I made some more tags.
I decided to stick with my favourite pastel colours.



Ingredients used:
MFT Die-namics - traditional tags stax
Spellbinders Nestabilities small & large squares.
Xcut circles.
Spellbinders Nestabilities labels.
Memory Box - grassland border.
Memory Box - cherry blossom.
Memory Box - woodland branch.
Martha Stewart butterfly punch. Misc tiny flower punch.
Sticky gems from craft box.

Card challenges for today.
Crafting By Designs - Anything goes challenge.
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything goes.
Craft My Life - Anything goes but no cards!
Saturday

Sending smiles

This is the first card I have made in ages....I'm quite pleased with it as woke up this morning with no mojo x


Ingredients used:
Spellbinders Nestabilities fleur de lis squares.
Spellbinders Nestabilities small & large squares.
MFT Pure Innocence Stamps - poppy.
Impression Obsession - flowers.
Memory Box - grassland border.
Memory Box - evanston birdhouse.
Martha Stewart butterfly punch.
Chalks & sticky gems from my craft box.

Card challenges for today.
Craftitude - Challenge #65 - that's die-licious (use a die)
ScrapbookerPhD - Challenge #11 - use your die cuts.
A Creative Romance - girly cards.

Sunshine!

Good morning x
The sun is shining and it's not even 9am!
With the sun shining I decided to make some tags using bright colours.


Ingredients used:
MFT Die-namics - traditional tags stax.
MFT Die-namics - sentiment strips.
MFT Die-namics - sunshine.
Impression Obsession - glasses.
Elzybells stamps - life's a beach.
Thursday

I wouldn't swap him for the world!

Afternoon x
Another tag to add to my growing collection.
I entered these tags into the As You Like It Challenge the current challenge is fur or feathers (and why)  Thats an easy one for me......fur all the time...I love birds but the best sound in the world is a purring cat!


Ingredients used:
MFT Die-namics - traditional tags stax.
Xcut circles.
Quickutz cat & dog.
Sentiment printed from computer.
Paper from my craft box.

Challenges for today:
The Male Room - Give us a giggle!
Glitter n Sparkle Challenge Blog - Challenge 83 - tag it.
As You Like It Challenge - Favourite fur or feathers (and why)
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 320 - paw pals!
Saturday

Cutie pie

Me again! Two posts in one day.
Made this tag so I could try out my new Die-namics dainty bows die. It's a lovely die but only suitable to cut out paper due to the curve of the bow...if you use anything too thick then the paper/card creases.
Who needs an excuse to buy pretty papers x


Ingredients used:
MFT Die-namics - traditional tags stax.
Nellie Snellen - doily multi frames.
MFT Die-namics - dainty bows.
Sizzix Sizzlit - teddy bear w/shirt.
Chalks from my craft box.

Challenges for today:
Craft for the Craic - May challenge - something for a baby.

Suit you, sir!

More tags!
I made these the other week and have only just got round to putting them on my blog...I loved making these tags and they were made up from a few different dies...a little bit from here and a little bit from there x


Ingredients used:
MFT Die-namics - traditional tags stax.
Memory Box - family ties.
Memory Box - simple banners.
Quickutz - baby clothes die set.
Sticky pearls from craft box.

Card challenges for today.
Crafty Catz - Challenge #229 - anything but square.
Jo's Scrap Shack - FFC #48 - anything goes.
Bastel-traum.ch/Blog - Tags.
Friday

Rainbows

I think it must be almost a year since my last post on this blog..I have to admit lost my mojo for ages (I think that hubby was secretly pleased about this as craft spending stopped) I have my mojo back and at the moment I'm loving tags and die cuts.
I made this tag with some of my new dies...I think these dies are so cute...some of them are a little fiddly to cut but so worth it.


Ingredients used:
MFT Die-namics - traditional tags stax.
MFT Die-namics - sunshine.
MFT Die-namics - rainbow.
Impression Obsession - clouds.
Memory Box - grassland border.
Martha Stewart butterfly punch.
Misc tiny flower punch.
Sticky gems from craft box.

Card challenges for today.
Creative Knockouts - #34 - Anything goes.
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Challenge 256 - not a card.
Creative Moments - Challenge 41 - anything goes/spring.
Craft Your Passion Challenges - Challenge 210 - pretty pastels.
Created With Love Challenges - CWLC 80 - in the garden.
Saturday

Birthday wishes

Good morning everyone.
I think it's going to be another hot one today! So glad I have a few days off work :-)
Have added a couple of cards I made a while back....made these with some of my many Elzybells stamps.


Ingredients used:
Elzybells stamps.
Spellbinders Nestabilities small & large squares.
Sentiments from Pink Petticoat.
Coloured with Promarkers.
Sticky pearls and papers from my craft box.

Wednesday

Only roses....

I think that summer has finally arrived...the sun is shining and its nice and warm outside.
I made this quick card this morning using my new dies...this is the first time that I have used sticky out flowers on a card.
I have added a couple of pictures so you can see the flowers at a different angle.



Ingredients used:
Spellbinders Nestabilities fleur de lis squares.
Memory Box - small pinwheel posie.
Marianne Creatables - leaf from roses die.
Martha Stewart butterfly punch.
Chalks & sticky pearls from my craft box.

Card challenges for today.
Creative Card Crew - Challenge 37 punches/dies. 
Incy Wincy Designs - Bring on spring.
Flutterby Wednesday - Anything goes (must include a butterfly or fairy)
Shopping Our Stash - SOS #104 no patterned paper.
Tuesday

A little bit of shabby chic

This is my first go at shabby chic...I have to admit I didn't like the card at first but it's growing on me...I did think it was way too cluttered!


Ingredients used:
Waltzingmouse Stamps - Paris Nouveau.
Spellbinders Nestabilities decorative labels 8.
Spellbinders Nestabilities radiant rectangles.
Spellbinders Nestabilities labels 4.
Papers & sticky pearls from my craft box.
Tim Holtz distress ink - tea dye.

Card challenges for today.
That Craft Place - Dies & punches.
Created With Love Challenges - You lift me up.
Tammy's scrapin Corner - Vintage.
Crafting When We Can - Punches and/or die cuts.
Card Makin Mamas - Rubber stamps.
Polkadoodles - To die for.
Fiztown Challenge Blog - Anything goes.