Lucky Butterfly

Hello all, I hope everyone has had  a good week and you are looking forward to a fab weekend.

A quick post from me today to share a card I made for a work colleague who left today. I used a stamp and some pretty papers which came free with past issues of Quick Cards. I used Promarkers to colour the butterfly and die cut the circles with a Nellie Snellen die. I cut a leafy flourish with a Die namites die from Ebay and punched some slots with a Hobbycraft punch to thread the ribbon through. I added some punched butterflies and a few gems. The sentiment is from Netty's Cards, also cut with the circle die,  and some paper flowers coloured with promarkers finished off:

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Craft your Passion #300-anything goes

Passion for Promarkers #334-dies/punches

City Crafter #300-polka dots

Addicted to Stamps #182 -make your mark

That's Crafty -circle it

Southern Girls -sparkle

Create & Inspire #40-anything goes

The Stamping Boutique -ribbon

Well thank you so much for stopping by today for a visit and for any comments you may wish to leave. Take care and until next time.

Aloha

Andree x

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends challenge

Hello friends and followers, I hope you are all well.
This post is to let you all know that a brand new challenge has begun today over at the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends.
Our challenges run on the first and third weekend of the month and are always Anything Goes.
For this challenge we need to thank our fab sponsors who are:

Fabrika Fantasy

Prize ~ 3 Images

Fred She Said Designs

Prize ~ 3 Images

For my card I got to colour up this gorgeous digi from Fred She Said called Wee Hummingbird and Petunia which can be found here-isn't it just a gorgeous digi and could be used for so many different occasions.
I used Promarkers to colour and layered it up with some papers from my Papermania Sweet Paris pad.
I added some paper flowers coloured with Promarkers and also some glitter and gems. I die cut a heart from cream card using a Tonic die and also a leafy flourish using a Die namites die and punched a strip with an Xcut punch. The sentiment is a computer generated one:

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

QKR #179 -layer it up
Inspiration Destination #73-anything goes
Crafting for all Seasons#120 three of a kind
The Papershelter #236 -make it digi
Penny's #265 -anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown #281 -layer it up
CCC creations#43-fave colour combo (this is my current favourite)
Love to Scrap #72-anything goes
Dream Valley -sparkle, bling & embellish

Well thank you so much for stopping by today to visit me. Don't forget to pop on over and take a look at the beautiful cards made by my team mates for this challenge, and why not enter a project while you're there, we'd love to see you. Until next time,

Arielle Flora Fae

Hello to all my friends and followers today.
I hope you are enjoying good weekends-mine is just lovely as it's the start of our half term week off and I was taken out by my daughter for a gorgeous afternoon tea as a belated birthday treat!
I'm hoping to spend some time crafting but my week is already filling up fast-five days is just not enough!!
My card today is made with a gorgeous freebie digi given away on the Fairy Ink blog. I decided straight away I wanted her to be coloured in purple and green so chose to use  some of my papers from Lili of the Valley.
I coloured the image with Promarkers and added some glitter to her wings. I punched the corners of the image with a Martha Stewart punch and cut along the edge with some fancy edge scissors. I die cut some leafy flourishes and added some paper flowers, some gems and a sentiment from Netty's cards which I die cut using an x cut die:

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Simply Papercraft # 23-anything goes
Crafting with Friends #14-anything goes
Inspiration Destination #72-anything goes
Create & Inspire#39-anything goes
Crafty Sentiments -dies/punches
Crafting from the Heart #98-anything goes
Craft your Passion #298-anything goes
Moving along with the Times #13-things with wings
Cardz4Gals #15-fantastic florals
Addicted to Stamps #120 -die cuts

Well thank you all so much for your visit today and also for any comments you may wish to leave.
I hope you all have a lovely week and until next time.
Aloha
Andree x

CAS valentine

Hello all, how is your weekend?
We had some  gorgeous sunshine this morning so decided on a drive to the seaside for a wander and a bit of lunch. It was gorgeous (if a lot on the windy side) and we found a fab new place which does a Sunday carvery so all in all a lovely day.
My card today was the second card I made for the teacher at work to choose from so made this one a CAS style.
I used some red and white card and cut a fancy heart using a Tonic Studio die. The sentiment is from a Hobbycraft set and  I added some paper flowers,  a few little punched hearts and some red pearls. This is quite different from the cards I normally do and did find it a bit of a challenge.
Apologies for the awful photo but the days here have been so dark it's really difficult to get a good picture!)

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Challenge up your Life #34 -no designer paper
Allsorts #349 -clean and simple
Crafty Calendar -love is in the air
Suzy Bees bloomin challenge #116-love
Robyns Fetish #302-valentines
CAS on Sunday #76-valentine
Corrosive Challenge #2-love love love
One Stitch at a Time #255-love is in the air
4 Crafty Chicks #284-love

Well thank you so much for stopping by today, I'm off now to do the usual Sunday night 'getting ready for work' ritual :(
 Have a lovely week and until next time.
Aloha
Andree x

Bundle of Hearts

A big hello today, hope you are all well.
I am just popping on quickly to share my newest card with you all and to enter a few challenges.
One of the teachers as work asked me to make a card for his wife for Valentines day-always a bit of a challenge when you don't know what sort of style people would choose if they went into a shop I think!
In the end I made two, this one with a cutesy type image and another more CAS style which I'll share later on.
For this one I used this gorgeous Crafty Sentiments image that I recently won in a challenge and coloured him with Promarkers-adding a touch of glossy accents to his little nose.
The gorgeous papers are from two different sets by Lozzy of A Bit More Time to Craft (which you can stand a chance of winning if you pop over there and enter our current challenge!!)
I used my new stitched square dies and layered it all with some Kraft card, punching along the left side with an Xcut punch.
The sentiment is from Netty's cards (I am such a fan of these sentiments as they always seem to fit any shape or style of card) and added some paper flowers and pearls from Hobbycraft and finished off with a little die cut heart:

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Crafty Gals Corner #57-love is in the air
In the Pink #87-with love
Craft Rocket #8-valentines/love
Cute Card Thursday #411-in the pink
Star in my Pocket -all about love
Sasayaki Glitter #1-valentines day/love
Inky Chicks #62 -love/hearts
Crafty Sentiments -anything goes
Passion for Promarkers #331-favourite (my paper flowers & sentiment)

Well thank you so much for stopping by today and for any comments you may wish to leave me, I do so appreciate each and every one.
Take care and until next time.
Aloha
Andree x

A Bit More Time to Craft new challenge begins

Hello today to all my friends and followers-I hope this post finds you well.
This is to let you all know that a new challenge has begun over at A Bit More Time to Craft.
Our challenges are always an Anything Goes theme and you have the chance to win some sets of Lozzy's gorgeous papers too.
Huge thanks go to Digistamps for Joy who are our sponsor this time and I got to choose this gorgeous image called Ellie's Flowers which you can find here.
I coloured my image with Promarkers, adding some glossy accents to the flower centres and used some gorgeous papers designed by Lozzy called Love Rush.
I added a strip to the bottom cut with an Xcut punch and punched out two little hearts. The sentiment is from Netty's cards which I've die cut and backed with an Xcut scalloped circle die:

Our challenge runs for two weeks so you have plenty of time to pop on over and take a look at the gorgeous cards my team mates have been busy making and why not join in with the challenge too-we'd love to see you there!

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

(This is a scheduled post so I'll link up later)

CRAFT #348-love/anniversary 

I love Promarkers #301-anything goes

Oddball Stamps -all you need is love

Suzy Bees Bloomin challenge#115-animal

Sweet Stampin -valentine

My Time to Craft #314-love is all around

Creatalicious challenge #84-love is in the air

Crafty Friends #24 -animal/birds

Crafty Gals Corner #56-anything goes

Well thank you so much for stopping by today and for any comments you may wish to leave. Hope to see you come play along with us!

Until next time.

Andree x