Easter lilies and a Magical Monday

Good morning everyone! I'm in Barcelona right now and I'm hoping my scheduled post worked!

Welcome to my fourth and final week as a guest designer for There's Magic In The Air. I want to say a big thank you to Nina for giving me the opportunity and thanks to all the ladies on the team for the weekly inspiration. It's been fun working with you all :)

This weeks challenge is to showcase the beautiful Easter lilies image. I kept the card nice and simple so the image would be the main focus. I also used some Papermania pp, Victoria Cuttlebug embossing folder, Basic Grey pearls and some lace.

Thanks for stopping by and hope you all have a magical Monday :)

White challenge

I made this card for this weeks "white challenge" on the Cuttlebug blog. I finally got to try out my "Lovely as a tree stamp" set that I got from my lovely friend Lisa, thanks Lisa! I was going to colour the image but thought it was beautiful, left as is! I also used the "petals a plenty" folder that I got from her too (Lisa is a very sweet friend)!  I also put the textile CB embossing folder to use as well.

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The owl & the pussy cat

I won this cool digi stamp from Digital Delights on the Cuttlebug blog! Isn't it cute? I used this weeks sketch on Delightful sketches, small bubbles Cuttlebug folder, Anita's ribbon and unknown pp.

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Trick or Treat!

I have been making these witches hats for years, even before I had children of my own, I used to make them for my brothers and sister :) I made this recipe card for this weeks Trick or Treat challenge on the Recipe card challenge blog. I am also entering it into the A spoonful of sugar - kitchen/cooking challenge & Simon Says Stamp challenge for their "all that sparkles" challenge. I used Doodlebug pp & glittery hat sticker ,  Paper Co. brad (I added glitter to it), yellow cs edged with glitter and the Spots and dots Cuttlebug EF.

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Cuttlebug scraplift challenge & new folders

I'm so excited! There are 6 NEW WINTER CUTTLEBUG FOLDERS coming out November 2nd!!!! You can check them out here. Aren't they beautiful? I NEED them all :)

Anyway, on to this weeks challenge! We were asked to scraplift one of the DT's beautiful cards. I scraplifted Jackie Gallagher's card. I love the simplicity of it and how pretty it is. Here is my take on it

I used the Victoria EF, Making Memories mocha letter stickers, Papermania flower & button and some twine.

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ISC & Cuttlebug challenges

For this weeks ISC challenge, Madison asked us to create a card using a pumpkin somewhere on it . I combined Madison's challenge with this weeks colour challenge on the Cuttlebug blog. I used a digital stamp from Digital Delights, D'vine swirls embossing folder, Making Memories pp,  Papermania flower (brown) and gem and a Prima flower.

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Cuttlebug , Simon Says & A spoon full of sugar challenges

This card is for the Cuttlebug blog , A spoon full of sugar & the Simon says challenges, who all have the challenge theme of "Halloween" this week. I used an image from Digital Delights (who are sponsoring the cuttlebug challenge this week), the Cuttlebug D'vine Swirl embossing folder, Anita's ribbon, Papermania pp & gem and a flower punch.

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Mojo Monday #107

This Saturday we will be celebrating my eldest sons 10th birthday. I can't believe how quickly the years have gone by. I made a card for him using this weeks Mojo Monday sketch. I always find it hard to come up with an idea for male cards and usually end up buying one instead. I'm ashamed to say I don't actually own any stamps suitable for male cards. In my defense the nearest craft store to me is about 100 miles away, so  I do most of my craft shopping online, and the online stores that I usually end up buying from, has a very small or no selection of male stamps. I found a really cool "for him" Papermania pp pad at the craft show that I went to last weekend. So for the card I used that pp, Bazzill & Coredination CS, my new "Stars" Cuttlebug EF and some BasicGrey chipboard letter stickers. I hope Adam likes his card :)

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ISC World card making day challenge

Katherine/Dokis challenged us to make a card for WCMD and as WCMD is celebrated internationally, we were asked to make a card using the theme of "the country of our heritage/birth or where we live". This was the perfect opportunity for me to try out my new Goodluck Bella stamp! I used the colours of the Irish flag for my pp (Papermania) and  cs. The green cs is embossed with the CB Victoria folder, the flower is Prima and the brad was a gift.

If you would like to see another Irish themed card, please stop by my lovely friend Kathy's blog. Kathy is in Australia and made a beautiful Irish flag card for WCMD. Please stop by her blog, it is full of beautiful and inspiring cards, you will love everyone of them.

Thanks for visiting and hope you all had a great WCMD  :)

Paper play challenges

This weeks Paper play challenge is to create a card  using predominantly white with just one other colour as an accent. I used my Swiss dots and D'vine swirls CB embossing folders and one of my favourite stamps at the moment, Inkadinkado snowman  stamp. I stamped the image with Versa Color atlantic ink and finished the card off with a bow made with the Bow Easy.

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Cuttlebug challenge & Scrapsketch

This is the final week of the Cuttlebug blog's birthday palooza :( I have had so much fun with the month long challenges and have tried out so many new ideas and techniques for it. I can't wait for next years!

This week, the challenge is to make thank you cards for your chosen party theme, mine being a "cupcake decorating party". I used this weeks Scrapsketch card sketch, Studio G cupcake & letter stamps, CB tiny bubbles & frills embossing folders, Coredination cs, glitter, Papermania flower & brad &American crafts ribbon.

                                          

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Five challenges in one!

I made this card using this weeks 2 Sketches for you sketch and the Simon Says Stamp red & green colour challenge. I used BasicGrey pp, Swiss dots CB embossing folder, Papermania & Prima flowers, Papermania gems and Stamping Bella Ruby & Rose stamp. I'm also entering this card into the  Spoon full of sugar Christmas challenge, Artful Inkables sparkle challenge and the ABC embossing challenge.

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ISC challenge

This weeks challenge on ISC is hosted by Sue and she gave us a really cool sketch to work with. I used another one of my new Stamping Bella stamps, this time "Ruby and Rose". I also used my new CB Textile embossing folder. The pp is Papermania and the ribbon is Anita's.

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PCMB challenge

Judy gave us a fantastic sketch to work with this week. I loved using it and I'm going to use it tons more :)
I went to a craft show in Athlone on Sunday and I bought lots of new goodies and did a "colouring with Stamping Bella class", which was soooo much fun! I learned so much in that hour long class!
So for my card for Judy's challenge, I used lots of new goodies, Papermania pp, gem & ribbon, Stamping Bella - Emma stamp, Coredination cs and Victoria CB embossing folder. I just love new goodies! :)

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Naughty but nice :)

This weeks challenge on the recipe card challenge blog is to make a breakfast recipe card. I had to go with one of my favourite recipes, it's great for breakfast or just about any other time of the day! But be warned it is naughty, NOT diet food! There is no harm treating yourself every now and then though! When you do, this choco-banana toastie is just perfect :)
I used DCWV pp, D'vine swirls CB folder, Papermania button and a flower from my lovely friend Tasia.

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Cuttlebug challenge #50

This weeks challenge on the Cuttlebug blog was to make a centerpiece for our party. For my "cupcake decorating party" I painted a vase (tomato tin) with white acrylic paint. I then added strips of pp to the top and bottom and used a tag, the same as the one I had used on my cupcake, take-home box. I cut, embossed and sanded the cuttlebug cupcake stamp and stuck them on, to the front of vanilla scented candles.

Have a great weekend :)

Another Christmas card

Sue is hosting this weeks challenge on the PCMB .Our challenge was to make a card using lots of sparkle, a decorative edge and NO stamped images. Instead of a stamped image I used a handmade flower made from tissue paper and outline stickers for the greeting. I also used BasicGrey pp, CB Swiss dots embossing folder (on the green strip),Papermania gems, gold ribbon & Colorbox ink and last weeks Mojo Monday sketch. I'm also entering this card into the BasicGrey embossing challenge and this weeks recycle challenge (recycle and re-use something to use on your card, I recycled tissue paper for the flower) on ISC.

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Get sketchy and SPCC

I made this card using this weeks Get sketchy sketch and the colour combo on SPCC. I used Studio G and Inkadinkado stamps, Stazon and Versamark inks and the tiny bubbles Cuttlebug embossing folder.

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Cuttlebug Blog Challenge Week 3

For the third week of the Cuttlebug birthday party palooza we were asked to create a mini album to go along with our party theme. As my theme is "cupcake decorating party" I thought it would be nice to make a little cupcake frosting recipe book. I cut some Bazzill Coredinations CS to 3x5 inches. I embossed the cover page and lightly sanded it. I added a title, ribbon, a Studio G stamped cupcake and added some dimensional glaze to it. For the recipe pages I just added some embossed strips of CS and some punched flowers, which made it nice and simple to put together. This is still a work in progress as I want to add a lot more recipes to it :)

Thanks for visiting and have a great day :)

Last weeks PCMB challenge

Last weeks (yes I'm only getting around to posting this now!) PCMB challenge was hosted by the lovely Tasia D. This was Tasia's first time hosting a challenge and what a great hostess she is :) The challenge was to make a card using black, white and a colour of your choice, a sentiment and at least one non-pp. I used the Script embossing folder, Doodlebug pp, Papermania glasses stamp, Hampton Art congratulations stamp, silver ribbon and the Bow Easy tool.
Last night I found out I had won this challenge! I can't believe I won :) and I have an amazing prize package flying over to me! :) YEAY!!!!!!!