Clarity stamp 1st challenge....

This is my card that I am going to enter for the 1st ever Clarity stamp challenge.... I love this kits its from in the classroom with Barbara Gray ..... and I must say I was hoping to play along with the challenge.. then someone asked me to make a Golden wedding anniversary card... now I even had excuse to play.... lol.. not that I ever need an excuse to play... lol.... I have had a turmoil with this card... as I wasn't sure if I should colour the flowers or not... I even asked on facebook.... and most came back not to colour.. just leave as it is... so I did....
Here is the challenge If any of my friends want to play along...
http://claritystampchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/challenge-1.html
kaz_za

My exploding box ...

hi everyone
I have been ultra busy... Daughters birthday on Wed.... so been playing loads with my cricut imagine.... and I have made a fab...(well I think fab box) off me cricut imagine JT art cart and Ultimate creative series... and I have decided to see if I can find some challenges to place this box into.....

I have decided to enter this into cards Galore challenge blog... as its an exploding box I hope its allowed... its the correct theme.. one for the men.... http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.ie/

while i was looking threw challenges found button it one....

While looking threw some challenges today I found Button it challenge on http://www.dccfriendschallenges.net/    I haven't used buttons for a while now... and I was making this card to night and wondered what to put in the middle of the flowers... the I remembered the challenge.. and got my pink buttons out to add to the flowers.... so this is going into the challenge at craftycardscrappers forum... something new... either bought new or something you have never used... so I used the digi I bought ages ago from http://dragonslairdesigns.com/shop/   coloured her with my promarkers.... my friend Hetty howes http://www.craftsuprint.com/heather-howes/   made me a digi signature to put on me cards.. this is the 1st time I have tried it... what do you think...????
papers are from stash on comp.... swirl is what I bought from Sharon Duncan off facebook... its a fab swirl.... well that me done....
kaz_za

card made with my cricut imagine

I made this card with my cricut imagine .... and wild card cartridge and Lori's garden cartridge.... the card base and sentiment are off the wild card cartridge.... the patterns flowers and everything else are taken off the Lori's garden cartridge... this is why I love my imagine... one bit of 12 by 12 piece of white card turns into this wonderful card....
I am going to enter this into Cards Galore challenge... its an 'Anything Goes'
challenge... and I love this card and don't know of any cricut or imagine challenges... I might have to find some... as I love using my imagine and could do with a few more excuses to keep using it loads... lol

http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.ie/

A time to reflect with visible image stamps....

hi everyone
I got some great stamps in the sale with Visible image stamps... I decided I would try some of the stamps out and play along with their challenge .... a time to reflect... here....   http://visibleimage.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/time-to-reflect-visible-image-january.html

there are 3 of the new stamps I have bought... I tried to do the reflection in the water type thing... but with it being a framed stamp I found it hard to do.... so I stamped live your dreams across the middle of the refection.... brayered round the edges and over the reflected image before I added the sentiment... the swirl round the outside is one of my new stamps from visible image stamps.. I so love this stamp... I used big and juicy ink pads... so that is some of my stamps played with... its just a shame I had to go back to work .... lol
kaz_za

Go on twice in one day... can u believe it... i can not... lol...

I have just discovered the most fab stamps over the last couple of days.. thanks to facebook...
These are now on my wish list... so if I get any money off Santa... I am going to treat meself to some.. in the mean time I have entered the wonderful Visible Image Challenge blogs http://visibleimage.blogspot.co.uk/ challenge this month... and its Christmas....
now like I said I don't have any of the stamps yet.. but I do have lots of Christmas stamps..
I am also going to enter me cards into Cards Galore challenge... which is also Christmas ... http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.ie/
I have just finished 1st Christmas cards for twins... so I am going to enter these into the challenge...

the stamp is one of my favs... I have had him for a few years and I still love the little fellow... its Santa... who couldn't love him.... lol
he is coloured with promarkes... sentiment off comp... papers out of first edition papers Festive treats... Santa himself is Whipper snapper designs...
and these are the last of my Christmas cards I hope to make this year... (hope)....

Back again and its not even been a week... lol.. gettin better at this again

hi everyone
well I haven't played with stamping sensations for a  while.... and its TREEMENDOUS is the theme.... I have made this card for my dad to give to my mam..... as I know she loves things like this..... the stamp is a stampin up as lovely as a tree collection....

this is the 1st time of doing the reflection technique... I love the way it has turned out... I am very proud of myself.... Stamping Sensations
so this is going into the challenge one http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/december-challenge.html

Snowman....... Penny black stamp...

hi everyone.... again... I bet your all shocked now.... lol....
I received this stamp in the post today... and I love it.... its a Penny Black stamp... I got it off ebay... for a very good price... I had a baby boys1st Christmas card to do as an order... so I made this little snowman up... and I must say I love it..... He flew together straight away.... the gloves are off my cricut imagine.... glittered and white gel Pen....

the stamp is from penny black collection.... I stamped him out.... added promarkers for the colours... and then glittered him..... I have also embellished this card with 2 little mitts I made them on my cricut ...added glitter and wrote on Baby's 1's Christmas on the mitts.... the name has been added.... and a merry Christmas peel off .... I am hoping the lass who ordered likes it....

http://papercraftjunkieschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/challenge-5-embellish-it.html Embellish it
http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.co.uk/ is anything goes.....
http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.co.uk/ use a snowman
http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk/ your choice

EEEhhh i better blow off the cob webs... and dust this place down...!!!!

hi everyone.... if anyone is left... lol... ooww my... so much for the promise of making sure I kept this place clean and tidy.... there is cob webs everywhere.... I think I need to dust this place down... give it a shake and start with some more challenge.... so I am going to kick my challenges back off with a  Christmas challenge.... Dcc and Friends are doing a Christmas challenge... and you can win £35 worth of stamps from Visible image stamps... not heard of this company before... so I popped over to have a good neb.. and I must say... I think I will have to have a good visit after santa has been....
here is my entry to the challenge....

it the lovely as a tree set from stampin up .... brayered  .... added white gel pen to high light the hill and frosty tree's.....
well  better go and find some more challenge... I have been mega busy... and I have loads of cards waiting to be seen..... lol
kaz_za

http://www.dccfriendschallenges.net/

wowzer check out this give away... Going Buggy has promarkers...!!!!

hi everyone
please go over to http://going-buggy.blogspot.co.uk/?ref=nf  and check out the fab give away....
keepin everything crossed for myself... lol... 148 promarkers up for grabs... ooowww i would be over the moon with this lot....
kaz-za

omg... how long has it been ....???

hi everyone....
if anyone is still there... lol... been a long time .... i got extra busy with work.... i just didnt have time to come and play with my blog... but i am now sorting myself out... one mam left work... so one kid down... and i have school starters and a nursery starter 2.... so i am now able to have alittle more time... 2 days aweek between the hours of 9 and 3 are mine... whooo hooo... and the other 3days i get a couple of hours when the littlin is at nursery.... so i am hoping to get meself sorted and get posting back on here... i have been playing with my imagine a lot more... and i just got meself a pre owned gypsy to go with it.... bargin price to.... so make a quick christmas card with it yesterday... my 1st cut using both of them.... i am chuffed with it....

the overlay tree could have been a little somaller ... but all in all i am very happy with it... esp for 1st time of playing with it.... !!!!
well bye bye for now... i will be back to show you all my fun cricut cards i have been making... it was either use the machine or sell it... and i have spent way to much money to sell it... so now i am gonna use it as much as possible.... !!!
kaz_za

Brenda over at Floral Fantasies has some wonderful candy...

hi everyone
Brenda over at Floral Fantasies has some wonderful candy up for grabs..... you should check out her blog... its fab and always full of inspiration.....!!!!
http://stamping-fantasies.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/candy-little-bit-timmy.html

now a girl could do some serious drowling over this little lot to play with....!!!!
kaz_za

Embossed card ..i love this folder...

Birthday card made...... a friend asked me to make her mam a birthday card... now i bought a embossing folder a few month ago and never got round to using it... so i had a play with my co ordinations card... and distressed the edges... sanded the embossing... stamped a background.. and added a flower... i love the way it has turned out... i hope my friend does..
i have decided to enter this into Sir stampalots challenge for their Birthday bash.... a lot of the cards have flowers on... now i know these are a weed ... but i do love them... esp when watching little kids blowing the fairys ... its magical....
here is challenge
http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/april-challenge.html
pop along and have a go at their blog hop... i did the day.. and i got to say its the 1st time i have done a blog hop... and i enjoyed it... even if it did take me ages to figure out what i think the answer to the hop is... lol..
kaz_za

my Tilda card made with my new flexmarkers....

This card took days to do... mainly because i had loads of other things to be doing... like planting me potatoes... going shopping... having me godson... list is endless... i started colouring her on friday... cut the bunting on sunday.. on me cricut... added the doillie behind.. not that you can see much of it now... and added a couple of butterflies... but i kept looking thinking it needed more... so i added the flowers on monday night... think its been one of the longest cards in a while... lol.. but i did enjoy using my flexmarkers.. they blend ever so nicely....
i am going to enter this into the fashionable stamp challenge... its spring... http://fashionablestampingchallenges.cottagecrafts.ie/?p=2909
goin to put the card into crafty calender challenge... spring clean... http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/   dusted off me Tilda stamp... she has been lyin in a draw.... i think if it was possible i would get done for stamp neglect at the min... my poor tilda's havent been used in a while now... LOTV have taken over a bit at the min... i a fickle... lol
Simply create too is also spring  http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.co.uk/

My dragon possie... from stampin with the dragon challenge

hi everyone
well i have had a good old sort out the day... and i have come across bits i have coloured and not used... and bits i wanted to make cards with but didnt get round to doing it.... i was going to post the 1st card on here in last weeks challenge... but alas i was to late... but thats fine as this weeks challenge is things with wings... and as my dragon has wings ... he can go into this challenge... along with the other card i made... oowww i had fun with this one... i used my jack stamp from indigo blu.... with pearlex pigment powders.. these have been in a bottom draw for years and years and hardly been out.. so i dusted them off...

so these are going into Janette's challenge http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.co.uk/
Passion for promarkers is Animals... bears and Dragons are def animals... lol  http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/week-141-theme.html

Jak Heathers blog candy

Jak heath has some wonderful blog candy up for grabs.... there are some brill bits to drool over... go check it out....!!!!  http://www.jakheath.com/2012/03/something-for-weekendblog-candy.html

wow had a good day ..... so far...

wow i have had a fun day so far... i have won a wonderful blog candy... the new crafters compaion cd... paintbox poppets cd.... from Beth's little card blog.... http://mylittlecardblog.blogspot.com/  i am over the moon..... and check out her blog its fab.....
and i made the TOP 3 ... Over at 4 crafty chicks challenge.... http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.com/

so happy about that 2.......
ooowww i am hyper now about winnin a challenge and winning a cd..... lol
oowww and i won a brill blog candy from Ildiko the other week 2...

kaz_za

My new Penny black stamp i bought last weekend

I bought myself this lovely stamp last weekend at my local craft shop.... oooww i love this stamp... never thought anything about the size of it when i bought it.... well guess what its 2 big for me acrylic blocks... so i had to stamp her... lie her flat on my desk... place my card over the stamp... and used my brayer.... it worked i got a nice clean impression.... lol... i coloured her with my koh-i-noor pencils and used sansodor and paper stumps for blending...i haven't coloured with my pencils for a little while and i enjoyed using them.... i used the colour tones from the Penny black sat challene... purples and blues... so i am going to enter this into Penny blacks sat challenge....  http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/
also going to put it into Papertake weeky challenge ... anything goes... here http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/
Fashionable stamping challange is make if for a child  http://fashionablestampingchallenges.cottagecrafts.ie/

Canvas time... had a play....

this month on sir stamplot challenge is take insperation.... well what can i say.... i watched the lovely most talented Barbra Gray on tv today.... then off i went.... its Mothers day soon... and i am hoping as my mother is a crafter that she will know that i have spent time and love doing this canvas... i was having a look threw the cards on sir stamp a lot challenge and a lot of them are blues and greena and browns... and lots of flowers and nature in the cards.... so i have taken the colour combos from lynne's card... and the nature elemant 2... and this is what i have come up with.....
challenge is here http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/03/march-challenge.html
and 4crafty chicks is anything but a card... here  http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.com/

Polka Doodles cd card....

i played with Polka doodles pretty tough cd, i am struggling for boys cards... and this cd fits nicely in this section... i have made an older boys to teen card with the images off the cd.... the stripes are not off the cd... but i like the colour combo together....
i am entering this into the polkadoodles blog... dots or stripes or both.... http://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/2012/03/week-9-polkadots-stripes-or-both.html