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Hiya all! Hope you're doing well and had a wonderful weekend. Mine turned to a silent one after cancelled plans and I've enjoyed it thoroughly. Saturday turned into a pyjama day and Sunday to catching up with some of the neglected have-to-do's at home; watering the kids and feeding the plants! Joke aside, the kids are teenagers and do find their way to the kitchen cupboards, so it was more of

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I fell in love with this image from Mo Manning....she's totally adorable, even though she's heartless, he he, she'll grow up and all she needs is love! That's also our theme at Cupcake Craft Challenges this week; Love!!! We have a fabulous sponsor, Tiddly Inks, who are offering a $10 Gift Voucher to a lucky winner! Check our blog for all the details and to see the teams fantastic work. Wish I

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I saw a lovely spring time card on a blog and thought that why not join the forces against the winter cold and darkness and share a spring card. Love the first purple/violet hyacinths with their green leaves, but don't have any stamps with them so I went with the colour combo paired with white. The small flowers are stamped, cut out and coloured with Marker pens. I used: Penny Black music

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Hiya all, hope you had a great weekend. I made a new acquaintance at an art exhibition yesterday, Twombly, together with two old ones, Turner and Monet. Fabulous paintings and very inspiring, I'm left with an itching urge to work with acrylics, just for the fun of mixing colours and splash a bit, nothing compared with the great artists' work, more like small children like to play with colours.

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The first week back at work has been very busy, school starts always are, in a good way! But nevertheless, the weekend feels as an oasis for some blog visiting and crafting! Glad to have you here! It'll soon be time to for Valentine cards and we have the perfect recipe at the Creatalicious Challenge; we want to see Punched Border, Ribbon, Flowers and Bling. The Love theme is optional. Check

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Good morning all! I hope you've survived the festivities; I'm struggling with my jeans, suddenly they're sitting tight! Well, I'm back to ordinary schedule today and back at work, so I'll soon fit in them again; there's no diet that beats running to the bus station early every morning, he he. The sweet Liza at the Cupcake Craft Challenge team has chosen us a fab theme; Something New! I got

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Hi all! Hope you're doing well, I'm feeling better today, but will stay warm and comfy...the rain is pouring down today and heavy winds are shaking the trees. Our Christmas lights are still up so why not show a card with a new Christmas stamp; a lovely skating Santa from Joanna Sheen coloured with Derwent watercolours. The shadowing was made with Alpha markers and the edges were distressed

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I hope you had a great New Years Eve! We had a lovely dinner and could see a lot of fabulous fireworks. I'm down with a cold so no new cards to show, but a good reason to join Debby's Challenge; My Favourite Five Cards of 2011. It proved to be a very difficult task to chose only five, he he! I'll come back tomorrow and visit all who kindly have left comments this week. And I'm

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I hope you had a fab Christmas day and that Santa was kind to you this year. We had a traditional Christmas dinner with a Swedish Smörgåsbord (a buffet with pickled herrings, salmon, meatballs, sausages, pâté, ham, brown cabbage, cheese, almond pastries, cooked pears and choccies). Santa brought a paper guillotine and it cuts like a dream, no wavy edges no more! The lovely Debby has a nice

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I'm wishing you all a Merry Christmas and all the best for this weekend, and above all, stay safe and warm! I used: Retired sentiment stamp Oval Nestabilities Cuttlebug corner die Fired Brick Crackle paint QK and Cuttlebug flower dies Golden Liquid Pearls Berry Merry design papers I'm entering: One Stop Craft Challenge: Winter Wishes Charisma Cardz Challenge: Anything Goes Stampin

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Good morning all! Are you ready for an escape from the Christmas preparations? I sure am, it's so nice to just craft away in totally harmony and our fabulous Fluffie, Faye, at Cupcake Craft Challenges has an easy and versatile sketch for us to play with.  I got caught by the crafty bug and made two cards! We have fantastic prizes this special week. Our monthly sponsor Polka Doodles and the

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Hiya all! We're already in the middle of December....oh dear, I'm running late with the want to do list for Christmas.... the good thing is that we have a new lovely challenge at Creatalicious, yay!!! We've got a fantastic prize with three digis, please check our blog for all the details and the teams gorgeous creations. And the challenge runs for a month so you've got plenty of time!This time

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Good morning all! This week at Cupcake Craft Challenges our fab teamie Jane wants us to sparkle aplenty. A very appropriate challenge to keep the december darkness at the Northern hemisphere at bay. I did let go of all the thoughts of restraint and squeezed out the last fairy dust Stickles from the bottle! It's somehow a very liberating feel to really indulge in pinks and sparkle. We're being

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Hiya all! Hope you're having a great week, mine is a lot calmer this week, so no needs for back ups...me thinks! I've made a one layer with the lovely Penny Black snowman, Aqua Markers and Stickles.You can tell the winter darkness has come, the photos are really hard to take this time of year. But ABC Christmas Challenges brought some light today with a fab win! Thank you!I'm entering:Sweet

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Good morning all! It's Monday again, last week just flew away and I'm left with a feeling that there are things I should have remembered but have forgotten totally...paying reciprocal visits to all who kindly left comments might be on the list too! It would be great if it was as easy to make a back up of everything you should remember as to back up a computer.It's much easier and much more fun

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Morning bloggers! Hope you had a lovely weekend and aren't stressing with the Christmas preparations. I've started the hunt for pressies and the occasional sweat appears every now and then; the crowds seems to have embraced the thought of early shopping too, so I'm not alone. Well, one can only hope that I'll be feeling warm and fuzzy as the mouse above when the day arrives. (The text says Merry

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Good morning friends! Hope you have plans for a fab weekend; we'll have a dinner with my mum and her man. We don't see each other too often as they live far away at the countryside, so it's a happy occasion. And I know that she has lots of wild mushrooms and game meat to us! But no zebras...I'm a bit out of my comfort zone with the card...I'm entering:Christmas Card Challenges: Black And

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Hi there! Hope you had a fab weekend and are ready for a new week. We had a dinner out at a Malaysian restaurant and I'm still high on the gorgeous spicy flavours, yum!This week at Cupcake the fabulous Denise has chosen the theme to be Teenage Boys. I've made a card for a young man who's celebrating his 17:th birthday and I had a quick check with hubby to see if the card could fit a young man...

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Good morning friends! Every morning when hasting to catch the bus to work I'm counting the leaves on the trees. We've had a touch of frost, but there are still some leaves hanging in there, glowing in the dim morning light. Soon they'll be gone too and it will be time for a glimmering Christmas tree, but I do love the leaves.I've made a few one layers for Less Is More, bare branches with the odd

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It's time for a new challenge at Creatalicious Challenges and we want you to make something for Christmas....and make sure it sparkles!!! An easy one as we approaching the special day really fast! Not much time left to get those cards ready, I so hope I've made enough of them this year. I've already had some ginger cookies whilst listening at Micael Bublé to get into the mood! That can explain

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Good morning all! Hope you had a weekend filled with sunshine ...and that you have your sunglasses ready! You'll need them as the card is very... vibrant...mildly put! And, no, you aren't seeing double, we're asking for two images this week at Cupcake Craft Challenges! The fantastic Delphine wants us two use images of two boys, two girls or one of each on your project. The idea is to have two or

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Good morning all! Hope you had a fantastic weekend, I've been catching up with work and just chilling, so now I'm well prepared for a new challenge at Cupcake! I've chosen the theme to be Textalicious, it's an easy one, just use text paper or something text related, like a book, somewhere on your card...and you'll have chance to win a fab shopping spree!!! Our sponsor this week is Simon Says

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Hiya all, hope you're having a fantastic week! I've got some great news to share; I've been invited to the Creatalicious Challenge Team, whoop, whoop! And I'm top three at Winter Wonderland!!! Some week's are great, huh! Makes a working mum with two teenagers very happy!So today I'm celebrating with this card:Free stamp from Craft StamperDistress InksButterfly punchSticklesBits and pieces from

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Good morning and Happy Halloween! Hope you had a fab weekend and are ready for a new challenge at Cupcake. Our lovely teamie Shelly has chosen us the theme, Take a Leaf out of my Book! Use Leaves as the main interest on the project, either in the image, embellishments or the papers you're using and you'll have a chance to win!We're being sponsored by Tickled Pink Stamps who are offering a lucky

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Hi there friends! Hope you're having a good week. I've been spending time making pearly swirls and creating the vintage style, not in my comfort zone at all, but as I admire the style I just had to have a go!I'm entering:Winter Wonderland: VintageSimon Says Stamps: Anything GoesMoving Along With The Times: VintageABC Christmas Challenge: Vintage ChristmasI used:Bits and pieces from the scrap

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Good morning all! Hope you're ready for a new week, we at Cupcake have a fab theme chosen by our lovely Sunshine, Sari; Denim And Lace! You can either use the real deal or the colour.We're being sponsored by Crafty Emma's Store who are offering a £10 Gift Voucher to one lucky winner. And our special monthly sponsors are: Polka Doodles who are offering a Pretty Sweet - Mini CD Collection and Scrap

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Hiya, hope you're having plans for a great weekend. I'll pay the shopping mall a visit; youngest son is a fast growing teenager and he needs some new clothes for the winter. He'll do the shopping and I'll have a coffee, not so bad at all!I'm often checking Gingersnap Creations for inspiration and I've been admiring their Edgar Allan Poe themed work this month. He's perfect reading and inspiration

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Yup, for this week it's enough! I've got in to the work mode and am trying to squeeze in time to craft when at home, it's a slow progress but it does good to the soul!Here's another one of my Stampscape scenes, but for me different colour scheme; blue and bright yellow. Still not sure about it, but it's a striking combo! You might need that after the monochrome card in the previous post :)The dry

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Good morning friends! Hope you're ready for a new week, I'm a tad excited, it'll be my first day at work today! This is also the day for a new challenge at Cupcake, I'm certain that Rachel's fab Buttons and Bows theme will blow any Monday blues far away.We're generously being sponsored by Digi Doodle Shop who are offering a $10 Gift Voucher and our special monthly sponsors; Polka Doodles who are

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Hope you're having a great week. I thought that I would join the Wednesday fun at Julia's place today. I've been snooping around the desks without showing mine for a long time, so here we go; the usual cardmaking clutter, two pairs of scissors (love the aqua coloured), a music device in it's felt cover and a diary. There's a job contract hidden in the pile too, I should really put it away before

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Good morning Star Shines! Hope you had a lovely weekend and are ready for a new week. I had a fab family weekend with good food and all the usual stuff; shopping, laundry and cleaning. But as I managed to fit in some crafting...all is good in the world!This week at Cupcake Craft Challenges the lovely Louise has chosen us the theme to be Halloween. I love to make pumpkin pies (and to buy candy!)

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Less Is More has a fabulous challenge this week; to use the colour of your eyes! Mandi had a lovely pic of her eyes and it gave me the courage to show mine:I'm also entering:Fab'n'Funky Challenges: Die cuts or punchesCrafty Cardmakers: Anything GoesI used:Creative Expression MedallionInkido greeting (Thousand Thanks in Swedish)Distress InkAlpha Marker for colouringThanks for visiting, it means

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Good morning fellow crafters and friends! I hope that you had a lovely weekend, mine was filled with sunshine and relaxing walks. I'm feeling ready for a new week and as ready you can be for a Monday; it's time for a new challenge at Cupcake Craft Challenges. I sure loved to see all the most adorable Teddies last week!Our competition winner, the lovely Sandra, has chosen us a fabby new theme;

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...there would most certainly be a cat or two! This cat is from the Penny Black Hugs clear set, coloured with Derwent pens. The dotty background is made with Hero Arts large raindrop stamp and Distress Inks.I also used:Colourbox chalksMS edge punchCuttlebug flower diesSizzlits alphabetStitchy Bear digi paperSketch inspiration from Just Us GirlsI'm entering:Penny Black Saturday Challenge: Down The

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Already October and we're enjoying a few warm and sunny days and the leaves are turning into beautiful shades of red, orange and yellow. I love the colours and the crisp air, but I wouldn't mind if the daylight stayed a few more hours.The background for the image is made with a layer of gesso on paper and wiped and dry sponged acrylics. Perfect Pearls were added for a bit shimmer. The PB image

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Isn't easy, but I really tried, didn't let all the impulses to soften and smooth take over completely. The Christmas card box is slowly getting filled, will there be enough of them this season?I',m entering:Mojo Monday: A fab sketchChristmas Cards All Year 'Round: One Year Old Stash -yup!Cute Card Thursday: Animal CrackersWinter Wonderland: How CharmingI'm entering:Less Is More: A fab CAS sketchI

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...you might find a bear there! He, he, or not! This week the fabulous Faye has chosen us to use an image including a teddy at Cupcake Craft Challenges.We're being sponsored by the generous Sassy Studio Designs, who are offering 4 Digital images to a lucky winner. And our Special September sponsor, Bunny Zoe's, are offering a lucky winner a £15 Gift Voucher. Visit our blog for all the details and

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Good morning! Hope you're having plans for a fabulous weekend. We're having a glorious sunshine today, it's such a lovely change from the dull rainy days. So even if youngest son is poorly it feels like a great day to listen at Louis Armstrong's What A Wonderful World and craft a bit. Maybe even use the colours of a rainbow next time.I'm entering:Try it on Tuesday: What A Wonderful

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Good morning Cupcake Lovers! This week we're exploring The Dark Side as the lovely Delphine has chosen it as a theme...well, really, all you need to do is to use purple and black. You can stamp onto a neutral, use skin tones and hair, unless you want purple or black hair! But otherwise, it's all purple and black!Check our blog for all the details and to see the team's fabulous creations.We're

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Nah, just riding on the simplicity wave... and this time I'm sure that there's enough of lovely whiteness on the card.The CAS doesn't always come easy for me and I had to put all the papers and embellies safely in a box before I started this time! Just a few morsels were left on my desk...a MME scrap and three gems!The image is a Penny Black from the Illumination set and it was coloured with

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The lovely ladies at Bah Humbug has chosen the theme to be paper weaving this week. That gave me perfect inspiration as my family every year make heart shaped tree decorations by paper weaving and listen to Christmas Songs...and argue over every day matters and silly things, lol, as how many helpers do Santa need?!I'm also entering:Simon Says Stamps: Song Inspired (Santa Claus is coming to town)

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Good morning Cupcake lovers! You sure created fabulous patchworks last week, they were very inspiring.This week the lovely Jane has chosen the theme "Back to School", so you need to show us something to do with school.I've chosen to use the classical apple for the teacher. I've always thought about it as a myth but I've actually got apples twice! You never have boring days as a teacher!We're

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Good evening Cupcake Lovers!We're going to let one of you to Choose the Competition theme and to be a Guest Designer, how cool is that!?Check our blog for all the details if you want to be our Guest Designer!!!We'll close this competition at 6pm (GMT) Tuesday 13 September.Get your thinking caps on Cupcake Lovers!I'm working with the never ending crimbo cards, not sure of this design, but I still

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Good morning Cupcake lovers! Thanks for joining the fun last week, loved to see your inspirational projects. This week we're being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp with a $20 Gift Certificate to one lucky winner and our monthly icing on the cake sponsor Bunny Zoe's are offering a £15 Gift Voucher for one lucky winner. So what do you need to do to win a fab shopping spree?! The lovely Liza has

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It's already September and time for a new challenge at Penny Black at Allsorts. This month our guest designer is the talented Doreen, please pay her a visit and spread some love. Brenda has chosen a very apt theme for us; Get Ahead For Christmas. Don't we all need to stock cards for the Season!? Just remember that you have to use a Penny Black stamp or Stickeroo as your focal image to be

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Good morning Cupcake lovers! This week our lovely Denise has chosen the theme to be "Alter It!". If you join the fun you'll have a chace to win 4 digital images from our generous sponsor Pink Gem Designs!!! Not to forget our three monthly icing on the cake sponsors; Crafts U Love (£15 Gift Voucher), Mo's Digital Pencil ($10 Gift Code), Sew Sweet (£10 Gift Voucher)! Please check our blog for

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Good day, hope you're having a great week, mine has been busy at work and I'm already looking forward to a relaxing weekend. This is an old card and I haven't showed it here yet (I keep a few cards up in my sleeves for weeks like this). It will come together with a cookie tin and the inside text will be:...and have another one! You might have grown tired of seeing the older TH stamps, but I'm

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Good morning Cupcake lovers! Hope you enjoyed our celebrations last week as much as we did, it was lovely to see all your fab creations. This week our lovely Donna has chosen us "Gift Card" as a theme. It's a great option for friends far away or for the last minute presents with a card and gift in one! Bugaboo Stamps are generously offering one lucky winner 7 Digital Images! And we also have

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I made this card a while ago using a very girly stamp and our Faberoony Birthday Sketcharoony at Cupcake Crafts Challenges. Just had to show how versatile the sketch is. The image is my favourite Ladybug Crafts Ink stamp, I love to take hot baths, but I'm not at all that glamorous, think teacher in her wobbling forties, rofl!!! Thanks Lisa for your help to find the challenge! I'm entering:

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Woohoo, Cupcake Craft Challenges celebrates it's 3rd Birthday this week with an awesome treasure hunt, please check our blog for all the details! We have fantastic challenge prizes from our very generous sponsors!!! A £10 Gift Voucher from Crafty Emma's Store A Soft Whispers Paper Collection from Cupcake Card and Craft A $10 Gift Certificate from Digi's with Attitude One Stamp and a Goodie

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I often struggle with White on White, it's so tempting to add a splash of colour, but I managed to keep the coloured papers away from this one. The lovely snowman is fabulous on his own. I'm entering: Christmas Card Challenges: Recycle (the ribbon is from a shirt) Penny Black Saturday Challenge: Anything Goes Simon Says Stamps Challenge: Christmas in August Winter Wonderland Challenge: White On

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Good morning Cupcake lovers! This week we're being sponsored by Paper Pretties who are offering one lucky winner this adorable stamp.We're also having three generous icing on the cake sponsors this month, please check our blog for all the info. You'll find the candy winner there too!So what do you need to do? The lovely Jane has chosen "Sew Mad!" as a theme and you can include faux or real

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This post will remain on the top this week, please scroll down for newer posts.Yohoo, my first project as a designer for the Cupcake Craft Challenges! I've had a few exciting days and I'm sure that this month will continue with lots of fun!Our theme has been chosen by the lovely Shelly and it's "How Old?", you must show the number on your project to be eligible for our fantastic prizes.We're

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A new month and time for a new challenge at the much loved Penny Black at Allsorts.The theme is "Free and Easy", so anything goes! Just remember that you have to use a Penny Black stamp or Sticker as your focal image to be eligible for one of our fantastic prizes.We have a set of Aqua Markers from Letraset and of course lots of Penny Black goodies from our generous sponsors!We're joined by

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Hope you're all doing well this lovely Wednesday. We're enjoying the warm weather, it makes such a change from all the rain.I'm getting a lot of inspiration from other crafters this summer and I've cased a fantastic card from the August issue of the Craft Stamper Magazine. It feels a bit like cheating, but mimicking is a great way to learn....or maybe it's only a lame excuse from me when mojo is

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The ABC Challenge has Y as for Yesterday and I've chosen the challenge theme from November 2008 Q as for A Quick Card.The thought wasn't bad at all, no image to colour and an easy layout I've seen at....The Sweet Stop?...but somewhere after choosing the papers I lost the plot and the cardmaking took it's time as usually.I used:Text stamp from Penny BlackDesign papers from MME Bella

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Oh, yes, I do believe in angels, in the real kind, those caring ones that reaches out a hand when you need it the most....hope you have met them too.This angel is a Penny Black one coloured with Aqua Markers and Liquid Pearls. You can dilute the Liquid Pearls with water and get a more manageable paint, I use one of my clear stamp blocks when I prepare Aqua Markers and Liquid Pearls, lay a white

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Hope you're having a great summer, we've just come back from a small trip and I'm more than ready to get my fingers inky again. Got some new goodies to play with too, but at the moment I'm just stroking them, lol!I used:TH stamps from his clear setsColorbox and Distress inksTH flower diePerfect PearlsBrad, bling and scraps from my stashI'm entering:Simon Says Stamps Challenge: Anything

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It's already July and time for a new challenge at Penny Black at Allsorts and our 1:st Anniversary! Woohoo! Check the challenge post for our Birthday Quiz. We also have guest designer, the lovely Katherine, as our much loved teamie Ellie has left us.Brenda has chosen an easy theme for us, Flower Power. You can interpret the theme as you wish, with flower embellishment or floral patterned papers

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Hope you're all having a fabulous Midsummer weekend. Mine has been very traditional, I even danced around the May Pole, lol. I know, it sounds like a mix up between Midsummer and May celebration, but that tradition goes some hundred years back. I can only guess, maybe it's because we live in the cold north and all the wild growing flowers are at their best around Midsummer.Talking about flowers,

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An easy peasy card today, I need to make preparations for the Midsummer celebrations we'll have tomorrow; we'll build a Maypole and hopefully I won't need to dance around it! We'll have traditional food that includes herring, a barbecue and strawberries. The rain is pouring down today, let's hope it will pass.The heart and text stamps are from Penny Black Clearly In Love set, both have been heat

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge is asking for Pesky Critters for their birthday, so here's one for you! Don't we just love the PB critters! I chose one of the hedgies and a butterfly from the Hugs set and they're coloured with Aqua Markers and Stickles. The green background paper is made with Distress Inks and Hero Arts large grid pattern stamp.I'm also entering:A Spoon Full of Sugar: Ribbons and

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Hope you're having a great week; mine has been a roller coast one with quick changes between the ups and downs but I believe and really hope I've come to the smooth last bit now and that everything is slowing down for the weekend. I have got some new goodies to play with too, so I'm well prepared for two gorgeous days.The idea for this card came from the super talented Michelle Zindorf, she's

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Good morning fellow stamp lovers! I woke up to yet another day with glorious sunshine and warmth, it's really making wonders to my mojo, I have more ideas than time at the moment, wonder if it works to write them down for later use? Maybe ideas are like delicate vegetables; they will wilt if not used at once, lol.At least I have framed one of the ideas with good help from a few challenges:Less Is

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This card was an experimental one; the background is made with a large Hero Art wood pattern stamp, it was inked with Distress Ink and set it aside.In the mean time I inked a Penny Black stamp from the Illumination set with another colour and stamped it several times (with a little twist) onto the Hero Arts stamp.At this point the large stamp needs a huff or a light mist of water and then you're

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Only a short post today; I've made a card to a male graduate with stamps from TH, Hero Arts (grid pattern), Hot Off the Press (the golden star) and from the Craft Stamper Magazine. I used Distress Inks, embossing powders, glossy cardstock and TH and Cuttlebug dies.I'm entering:Simon Says Stamps Challenge: For A MaleFor Fun Challenges: End Of SchoolHugsMaarit

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This card might look easy to make and yes it doesn't take long, mask for the squares and ink the and then stamp the crystal snow flakes....but hi ho, I made 4 cards before I got it right, he he!I used:Penny Black Crystalline clear stamp setDistress InksGems from my stashI'm entering:Christmas Card Challenges: SnowflakesMoving Along With The Times: No Designer paperLess Is More: Hm, I began with

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Already June, my favourite month, and time for a new challenge at Penny Black at Allsorts. Brenda has set us with a great theme this month, show us your favourite PB stamp or Stickeroo! It could be a difficult task to choose just one of their lovely stamps, but remember that you can enter with three different creations per challenge, so you can actually pick your top three.I've been cheating as I

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Good afternoon blog friends! Hope you're enjoying the weekend, I'm very pleased as my usual Mojo started to show this weekend. My energy levels have been very low after the op I had in March and I still get tired easily, but it's great to have the creative juices back. It makes a huge difference to everyday life and I even took a few dance steps out of joy, lol!The tag came with a pair of jeans

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Yup, here we go again, a new set of Christmas cards. I've noticed that I'm going for more non traditional colours when making them now, not so surprising really as we have a lovely summer warm day over here. And no sign of Father Christmas, a cooling penguin is just what I need. (Hm, +40 and hormones you know!)The penguin are Simon Says Stamps own, the larger one is stamped with Memories black

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Hope you're having a fabulous weekend, I'm enjoying mine fully today, doing nothing and did even get some inspiration for a card, couldn't have been better after an overwhelming week. I've been training at a special needs school and there's a lot of new to learn, lovely kids and staff though.I used a stamp from the PB Illumination set, coloured it with Aqua Markers and spritzed with water and

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Just a quick share today, this week has been one of those when you eagerly wait for the weekend to arrive, some weeks are just like that, aren't they?! I'm looking forward to put my feet up and enjoy the warm weather.I used: A Mo Manning digi stamp, Hero Arts grid pattern with added red blotches, Distress Inks, Derwent watercolour pens, eyelets, Stickles, Uni Ball white pen and Sakura metallic (

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My intention was to make a very clean and simple card and to enter the Penny Black Saturday Challenge, but somehow the intentions did get lost in the making of it and it ended up with layers and a knot in vivid colours. Maybe I can call it cleanish?! I'm also entering the Cupcake Craft Challenges and their in the garden theme.The stamps are from the PB Hugs! clear set and I coloured the image

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Phew, what a week, I'm so happy that Blogger works as usually again! At one point I got a message that my blog didn't exist and when it reappeared neither updates or commenting worked. I've heard of posts disappearing too.I had intentions to enter with this card and I'm late for Christmas Card Challenge, non traditional Christmas image. I'll see if I still can enter.Simon Says Stamps penguin and

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge are distressing this week. I brayered Distress Inks on glossy cardstock and used masks to create the sun and the mountains. The stamps are from the PB Illumination set and they are stamped with Memories ink. The highlights are made with a white Sakura gel pen. The brads are Papermania.The idea for the card came from browsing through blogs, I'll add the link if I can

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Hope you had a great weekend with time for some crafting, I managed to make a Please Do Not Disturb sign. It's for myself when I have my daily meditation break, he he, it sounds pretentious doesn't it!? Well the story is more down to earth, after my spine injury a few years ago I had to go through a lot of different painkillers, but got allergic reactions against all but one. It helps only a

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Hope you're having a fabulous day. Mine started with the worst thing I know; blood tests. It's the needles that makes me nervous, even though the nurses are quick and kind. But I had a great meeting afterwards and a really nice lunch so I'm working on the fabulous bit of the day. Kind of good to have it that way.I'm entering:Winter Wonderland Challenge - Snow Much FunChristmas Card Challenge -

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Good morning and welcome to our May challenge at Penny Black at Allsorts. This month our theme is "Shape Up - Anything but square or rectangle" and of course to use a Penny Black stamp or Stickeroo as main image. We also have a DT call this month as the lovely Jules has stepped down from the team.I used Spellbinders scalloped circle dies to make an easel card and stamps from the Clearly in

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I'm guest designing for the Allsorts Challenge this week and the theme is Oriental. It became a thinking of you card as I thought very much of Japan whilst making it.I brayered a glossy card with Distress Inks and masked off for the sun. The mountain is a Stampscape stamp and it was stamped with a ColorBox chalk. The bamboo, the text and the butterflies are from the Penny Black Illumination set,

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I'll be following the Royal Wedding at BBC today, the guests are entering Westminster just now, just waiting to see the beautiful Kate and Prince William.Kate is just stunning in vivid purple and blue colours, that gave me the inspiration for the colours, but they were a bit tricky to take a decent pic of. I used PB stamps from the Clearly In Love and Illumination set and Color Box inks and

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My craft room, more of a den actually as there's no windows, could be called a sewing room. Before the stamp addiction and card making bug hit me I used to sew dresses. Nowadays the sewing machine often stands there badly neglected. This time I neglected my stamps too, lol. A card without stamping, oh dear, but at least I used inks for shading and background!I'm entering:Sir Stampalot: Ladies and

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Hope you all had a great weekend and are ready for a new week. Over here it has started very pleasantly with a nice and warm day, over 10 degrees Celsius, with Crocuses and Snowdrops in full bloom. All the last ugly snow patches have melted so it certainly does feel like Spring at last, there's no better inspiration for an Easter card. (Glad Påsk means Happy Easter in Swedish.)I used:Magnolia

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Here's the card for our April challenge over at Penny Black at Allsorts, this month we're asking for Black and White plus One colour of your choice...and of course to use a Penny Black stamp or Stickeroo as main image. You can use skin tones if needed even for the hedgies!I've made a clean card for and used two stamps from the Clearly In Love set, some nice glitter cord and a fabulous gem to

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Here's my last project for the Cupcake Craft Challenges, it's been a great time and I've enjoyed every minute of it. This week the theme is Flowers for Mum, so create something nice for Mothers Day and include flowers and you're ready to join the fun. Sassy Studio Designs are sponsoring the challenge this week.I used:TH flower dies, QK leaf die, Cuttlebug Vintage corner die.A music sheet stamp

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Hi everyone! I want to thank for all kind comments you have left me and I will visit you all when I'm strong enough. I've got a small infection and am still very tired from the operation, so I'm a poor blogger and crafter for the time being.The card above is one that I just finished off with a few embellies, and that took me several weeks, he he, not moving around fast this month. (The green

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This week the Cupcake Craft Challenge wants us to make a Monochromatic project and the Prairie Fairy Designs are kindly sponsoring with a prize.The image and the gorgeous text stamps are Elusive Images. The papers are from my stash and I used a Cuttlebug die for the flowers. The dots are made with Liquid Pearls.The buttons are made out of paper clay, I rolled out a thin layer and used a glue cap

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This week the theme at Cupcake Craft Challenges is Up in the Air with the option of using Green. You can join the fun and make a project including something you would find up in the air; fairies, planes, hot air balloons, butterflies etc. And as it's St Patrick's Day this week, if you would like to include an optional green element, you can! Our sponsor this week is Digi Doodle Shop.I made a

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I'm feeling very proud, this is my first project as Guest Designer for Cupcake Craft Challenges. It was one of the first challenges I started to follow when being a newbie cardmaker. Mwah! This week the theme is Pink Polka Dots and Simon Says Stamp are kindly sponsoring with a fantastic prize.I used lovely papers from the MME Bella Bella and a Penny Black stamp for the image. It's coloured with

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It's already March and time for a new challenge at Penny Black at Allsorts, this month the theme is Welcome Spring. The brighter mornings and the longer days are really lovely even though the temperatures still are low here. We've had a very cold winter this year so we might have to wait for the Spring, it usually arrives here midway in March. I'm so wanting to get rid of the bulky winter clothes

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I've had this card in my mind for a while now, saw a Coffee and Cream challenge somewhere and been thinking of how to make one. It took a while as real life came in between as it so often does, but Simon Says Stamp Challenge has also chosen this as a theme, so I just had to have a go with my idea. The large flower is made of coffee filters, isn't it perfect for the theme, he he. The wonderful

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge wants to see Mens Cards this week and I thought that this card might fit in as hubby liked it, and now you're thinking ah, but the heart might pull them off. I've found out that some of them do like hearts too, just keep the colours muted and manly. I also enter Stampin' for the Weekends challenge to make Monochrome projects.I used a bamboo stamp from the PB

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He he, I don't know how to take pics today, it all started with the idea of taking a more interesting photo. You have to trust me on this one, it's a normal card with straight angles! It looks more like something scary for Halloween, I don't give much for my photographing skills if I've ever had any.Ah well, let's move to the card - I need to make a lot more cards for Christmas and found a

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Mainly pictures today, I've caught some kind of bug and youngest son is also poorly, everything goes very slowly today, but never has tea and biscuits tasted better, my favourite food when I'm down with a cold.I've made an envelope using an template from The Cutting Café, this is the front of it. The image is a The Greeting Farm stamp coloured with Aqua Markers and stamped with a few TH. Alphabet

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I'm still in the mood for pink colours and have been rummaging through the paper scraps to make good use of them. The scrap heap seems to have it's own life, growing very fast every time I'm looking away. This time I cut them to 1 cm width and made a quilt pattern with false sewing, thrifty as I am, even the smallest pieces could be used for this one, I'd rather spend on stamps, lol!The hedgie is

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Less is More is a brand new challenge for us who likes to make simple card, hrm, I feel the need to say that most of my cards are more like - if it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing, lol!But some of my followers might remember when I had a crush for one layers, it's still there, tempting me now and then, but o'boy how challenging it is with only one layer. So here we go again, it's very clean

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I've been having fun with my brayer again, the background for this card was masked (for the sun/moon, whatever you prefer) and brayered with different pink Distress Inks on glossy paper. The wonderful Elusive Images image is stamped with Memories black ink. The text is from the Penny Black Clearly In Love set, embossed in black Distress Embossing powder. Highlights were added with a white Sakura

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Hope you're having a wonderful weekend filled with love, I'm surrounded by my family so it can't be better and with some time for crafting and chocolate, so I won't ask for more, lol!I've tried something new again, don't I always?! Hrm, yes, I've tried to make a cleaner layout with more space for the paper to talk. You know how colours effects the mood, something like that...so I gave the

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Oh, I had a blast with this one, at last I've learnt how to colour with the Aqua Markers. They are not difficult to use, I'm just a bit slow, lol! I found them easiest to use with an ordinary brush for water colouring, thanks for the tip Brenda! I just scribbled with the pens at an acrylic block and picked the colours from it with the brush and when I was done I wiped off the colours from the

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Good morning! It's a new month and it's time for our a new challenge at Penny Black at Allsorts. This month we have a wonderful theme, Say it with Flowers!I went a bit crazy with this card, I got the colour and detail inspiration from an Indian restaurant I visited. I have a soft spot for Indian food, yum! Hm, well, the thought was good but when looking at it - maybe there's too much of

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Hope you're all having a wonderful weekend. Mr Postman kindly brought me some new goodies so I've been glued to the craft desk for two days now, lol. And here's one of the creations I've made.I cut out a heart from cardstock and covered it with ribbon leftovers - I save all the short bits - and I made patterns on them with Liquid Pearls. Then they all got another thin layer with Liquid Pearls to

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