Glitter N Sparkle - DT theme "Show us some Snow!"

 

 

Evening all....had a bit of a break from blogland...the usual not enough hours in the day stuff with work life and family things and visiting Terry Ross Paper Show where I got to buy some new goodies and meet the fabulous Kathy Mills.  I booked into one of her workshops and had a laugh met some lovely ladies and made a fantastic box card!  Great day looking forward to the next one in January.

 

 Anyhow....Its a new challenge over at Glitter N Sparkle ...its Challenge 60 "Show us some snow"....although the real stuff can stay away until at least Christmas Eve which coincides with me having a holiday from work!  Its a great challenge with some great prizes as always from our lovely sponsors this week Inky Impressions, Sassy Studios & Crafty Sentiments.  My chosen image this week is from Sassy Studios...Snowman Pin Up ...another gorgeous image I got to use

 As always going to enter this card into a couple of challenges

 

Charisma Cardz

Christmas

 

Challenges for Everybody

anything goes

 

Craft Creations

American thanksgiving or Christmas

 

Through the craft room door

anything goes

 

Clear it out challenge

add a snowflake

 

Fab N Funky

anything goes

 

Pennys paper crafty challenge

anything goes

 

Well that's me for this evening...happy crafting

 

Debby xx

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Autumn Colours

Good evening all....by heck its getting a tad chilly now...the heating is on permanently in the Robinson household now ....and its staying on!  On the plus side to these dark cold nights is that there is more chance of crafting now!  And its that time of the week again for showing you my card for DT over at Glitter N Sparkle and a new challenge "Autumn Colours".  Once again lots of fantastic sponsors and fab prizes up for the taking, so head over there and have a peek!
Here's my card below, using the Grand Duchess from Stamping Chef, which I loved colouring with colours that I don't normally use.

I used my promarkers for the image, background papers came from my September Swop partner in The Hunkydorables group so not sure where they originate from but they were lush!  Ribbon and gems from my own stash....and then used my lovely new Tonic Fancy Flourish dies which cut like a dream...Tonic seriously are my favourite crafting products when it comes to dies and punches ..utterly addictive!
OOOOOhhhh almost forgot ....I won a challenge last week with my last card blogged at Creative Fingers!...was chuffed to bits and am hooked now on entering more!!  With that said I am entering this card into:

Divas by Design

use a digi

 

Crafty Creations

autumn colours 

 

Charisma Cardz

anything goes

 

Crafting by Designs

anything goes

 

Challenges 4 Everybody

anything goes

 

Right ...signing off as am off to watch the last episode of Under the Dome, which has had me hooked from Day 1 ....and I know that they will keep me on the edge of my seat until series 2!!!!

 

Happy Crafting,

Debby xx

 

 

 



DT Glitter n Sparkle card

Where oh where do the weeks go...am in shock that its dawned on me its November already and just a few short weeks to ....gulp....Christmas!?!  As always am always leaving it to the last minute and seriously have to pull my finger out and crack on we the Christmas card-making.....but for the time being my DT commitment comes first...and with that ....Its a new challenge over at Glitter N Sparkle
and this weeks theme is "Add some Leaves".  As always we have some fabulous sponsors and great prizes so follow the link and check them out and feel free to enter this weeks great challenge!  I had a great intricate image this week from one of the sponsors ...Fern the Forest fairy from Delicious Doodles. 

Image was coloured in with my beloved pro-markers, leaf die by sizzix, flowers & gems are from my own stash, the lush green velvet ribbon is from the Hobby House & the embossing background was used from my new folder from couture creations which is my new favourite...until I buy a new one!!!
Am entering my card into a few challenges this week

Cutie Pie Challenge

cute with embellishment bingo

 

Creative Fingers

anything goes with optional twist emo/gothic

 

Through the Craft Room

anything goes

 

Crafty Hands Challenge

anything goes

 

Challenges for Everybody

anything goes

 

Crafty Ribbons Challenge

anything goes with ribbon

Card Mania
anything goes
 

 

Right its time for some feet up and tv time with a glass of Baileys before some shut eye.....

Night all....

Debby xx

Feeling all Sassy!

Evening all ....as always late with my post! Better late than never though...well its a new challenge over at   Glitter N Sparkle ..... I loved this weeks Challenge..."Add Some Black".
I got to play with a gorgeous image from one of our lovely sponsors this week Sassy Studios (New Mummy Sassy)...I hope you like my take on her

Feel free to pop over and join us for this weeks Challenge...got some lovely prizes from our Sponsors this week...Craft sentiments who are offering 3 digi images from their store...Sassy Studios who are offering 4 images from their store & Inky Impressions who are offering a $10 gift certificate too.

 

I am (as usual!) entering my card into a few challenges forever hopeful I may win one day!

 

Cute card Thursday

Spooktacular

 

Divas By Design

Spooked

 

Created With Love

Anything Goes

 

Crafty Creations

Halloween Characters

 

Craft Your Passion

Halloween

 

Good Luck to all who join us over at Glitter N Sparkle....and nothing like wishing myself a little too in my own challenge entries!

 

Happy crafting

Debby  xx

 





Halloween

Good evening all....am a little bit late with posting tonight but I have been incredibly busy working solidly that this is the first chance I have had to sit down and turn the computer on to post.....And its that time of the week over at Glitter N Sparkle ...are you all ready for a new challenge?! 
This weeks theme is HALLOWEEN and there are some brilliant sponsors this week with some great prizes.....Stitchy Bear Stamps who are offering a $10 gift certificate.....Floppy Latte who are offering a $6 gift certificate & Bugaboo Digi Stamps who are offering 7 images from their store....all in all a great reason to enter this weeks challenge....only wish I could enter myself !!!
Here is my card for this weeks DT....it is a image from one of the sponsors from Bugaboo...Bobble Head Halloween Frank...who I nicknamed Boris...don't ask why he just looks like a Boris!

The image was coloured in using my promarkers, background paper was from one of our lovely sponsors this week, apart from the stars paper which is from my own stash, then just added some buttons and lush velvet ribbon from The Hobby House.

Am entering my card into a few challenges too this week:

Craftyboots Challenge

Anything Goes

 

Krafty4girlz Challenge 4

Anything Goes

 

Challenges 4 Everybody

Anything Goes

 

Totally Papercrafts

Too Cute To Spook

 

Created with Love

Halloween Hop

 

As always when I post late its time to shut down...head for some supper then shut eye...so bid you all a good night and happy crafting

Debby x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





DT Card for Glitter N Sparkle

Morning to you all ....its Sunday so that means lazy day and loving this sunny weather....oooh and also time for a new challenge over at

Glitter N Sparkle

The theme this week is MONOCHROMATIC

 

My image below is from one of the lovely sponsors at Lacy Sunshine (Oceana & Nigel Sea Kissed Mermaid)...again another gorgeous image that I got to work with.  I chose shades of Purple for my colour and added some ribbon and bling.  My papers were bought from a local craft stall and the sentiment is from Lily of the valley that am ashamed to admit just found in my drawer...unused !   I have also decorated the inside as I do with all my cards as I love them to all matched up!

 

Am going to enter my card into a few challenges this week too

Crafting With Ribbons

Anything goes with Ribbon

 

Fab N Funky

Challenge 187 - Ribbon

 

Crafting by designs

Anything goes

 

Creative Fingers

Anything goes optional twist lace/ribbon

 

 

Anyways am off to try my hand at a spot of sunbathing...yes in October...its just too warm to stay inside!!

Happy crafting everyone!

Debby x

 



Crafternoon time

Good afternoon....had a couple of hours off work today whilst my daughter has her home tutoring and thought what better way to use my time than to blog since the weather is a little bit damp and wet there really isn't much else to do...well that a little white lie as plenty of ironing to do and dust to wipe off places...but heck why bother they can always be done another day!
Here's my card for today

I really cannot remember where the stamp was from (not that I have that many!) the only thing I remember was that I got it from the local Craft shop in Elsecar Heritage after I had been to a promarker colouring class....needed to brush up my colouring skills.  Really pleased with what I learnt and would definitely recommend learning from an expert you pick up some useful tips on shadowing and blending...would definitely go again.  Anyway would like to enter this card into 2 challenges

Oldie but goodie challenge
Bingo!!   Die cut and flowers
&

Allsorts

Week 226 How does your garden grow

 

Right tutoring is nearly over and its back to work I go!

Take care everyone

Debby xx

Glitter N Sparkle DT

Good evening fellow crafters.....well what a very very long time it as been since I last posted in blogland....11 months to be exact (so much for me promising myself more TLC was needed). 
Genuine reasons for not posting and its nothing to do with not crafting in all that time as I have but its been a very difficult year in my personal life and due to this its meant a lack of time to sit and take the time to give my blog page the love it needs !!!
Anyhow maybe its time to take that bit of time now and what better way than to kick start it off is with my bit of news that I am now a DT for Glitter N Sparkle who are celebrating their first year birthday celebrations!!!  I fancied a challenge and am looking forward to the new weekly challenges.
So to the few followers that I have ...come and take a look at this weeks challenge

GLITTER N SPARKLE

 

this weeks theme is

 

"add some metal"

My piece is a gorgeous metal butterfly from Mei flower gifted by my lovely friend Linda (as I had used all my stash of them!!)

 

My image is from Fitztown called Fae 9 (one of our sponsors this week)

along with

Crafty sentiments....3 images

Sassy studio....4 images

Scribbles designs....3 images

Fitztown....3 images

Inky impressions....$10 gift certificate

Well worth joining us !!

 

I really enjoyed using this image from Fitztown coloured in with my beloved promarkers

and papers and gems from my own stash.  Also used my tonic punch.

 

For now its a goodnight and hopefully will be back in blogland very very soon.

 

Take care everyone ...Debby xx







Twinkle, twinkle!

Evening all,
My second post for the day....think this flu effecting me in more ways than one...or just going a bit stir crazy laying down doing nothing so have created a little xmas card to enter into a few challenges.
Used a Lily of the valley image and glitttered her all up with lovely backing papers bought from a recent craft show at doncaster along with the poinsettas ...love the little touch it adds and the sentiment is from the unmounted stamp company again bought at Doncaster ...just checked out their website and a couple of verse stamps fell into me basket...bloody flu...think its making me delierious!!
So here is the card to enter into these 3 challenges

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

 

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

 

http://cinspirations.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Hugs to all of you

for now

Debby xx



Pretty In Pink

Afternoon to all you fellow crafters out there on this cold and dreary day ...although on saying that I havent ventured out of my house for the last 2 days as have the "man flu" that my gorgeous son kindly shared with me ...I am lucky enough to have flu jabs for free courtesey of work and am glad I was well enough last week to have the shot otherwise I would be a lot worse than I actually am.  so its been duvet days tucked up with the dog in my PJs and plenty of fluids and pills to keep me going!
Am sharing a card with you that I made the other day (also done one like this in blue) that I made for my stash that I am trying to get together for my second attempt at a craft fayre at the end of November...but with all the orders I have to keep on top of and holding down the 2 jobs its proving to be quite a task!  
Anyhow here is the card that I am going to enter into a challenge...my first entry in a very long time!  and its using one of my very favourite images by Sugar Nellie which are a dream to colour with my beloved Pro-Markers (oooh had a delivery today of my new winter edition colours and they are lush!)
Am entering it into the Pretty in Pink challenge over at

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.co.uk/



 



Redonkulous-y delightful !

Gosh...it feels like a lifetime since I last blogged...so much for giving my blog some much needed TLC....bloomng work gets in the way all the time!...never mind at the end of this week am off for TWO glorious weeks and am planning on lots and lots of crafting...if the kids let me as no doubt they will have plenty planned for us to do ...I know a couple of days on the skeggy beach is on the cards but other than that not much else on the agenda....so crafting seems like a great way to unwind from all the stresses of worklife ;0)
Anyhows this is going to be my first blog for some time and wanted to share with you a card I recently was asked to do for a wedding of 2 ladies and came up with this

I used a beautiful digi image that I bought from one of my favourite Redonkulous designs..."wedded bliss"....I love Sheryls images so much...the papers were bought at bargain price at the recent Doncaster racecourse fayre but for love no money I cannot remember the name of them but were gorgeous with a royal /wedding theme flowing through them...flowers are from my stash and the loveheart pins are from hobbyhouse along with the loveheart gems ...the crystal stems are from Chloes again where I nearly spent all my money at the first stall we went to at Doncaster....but I just had to have them!  Will never have any money with this daddiction to crafting stuff!  Anyhow am waffling on so....

I would like to enter this card into 3 challenges, which are:



http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

1. image 2. papers 3. flowers 4. gems

&

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Pink

&

http://charismacardz.blogspot.co.uk/

Pink + 1

Much love to you all....and happy crafting xx

Debby :0)





Evening All

Evening.....hope all of you are well...its been an hectic last few weeks that have had no time to keep up to date with things going off in blogland hence the reason I have been quiet of late.  Working all the time doesnt help and been having a few family troubles all adds up to minus any free time!  Plus I dont know about the rest of  you but have been incredibly busy with lots of card orders (not complaining though!)....anyhows thought I would upload my blog page and enter a couple of challenges too....so tonight I am entering this card into

http://cardsformen.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge 13 ...Sports with A Sentiment

&

http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge 62 ..About the Boys





 The image is from Mayzyart coloured in with promarkers...the backing paper from Kanban & the sentiment my own..no added extras as I didnt think the card needed it.

Right am off as I have 2 cards that I have to have ready for collection in the morning and havent even started yet...and its nearly 10pm.....ooppps!

Hugs ...Debby xx

On a roll

Evening again...or at this time in the early hours its a good morning ...wish this awful flu thing would go and leave me alone now...not fun...especially when trying to sleep so gave it up as a bad job...just popped on to enter another challenge...this time over at

http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge 88...I have used a Mo Manning image...."bunches" (I think) which is so cute and used a 6x6 which is new for me (usually work with 8x8)....dug out my backing paper from a drawer I hadnt been in for a while (ashamed to admit!) and am so glad I did ..love the colours of this one....punch used is from the EK range ....flowers and gem strips from my stash..sentiment from craftwork card messages.  Quite pleased with this one using the lovely sketch and stash layout....am certain will be using this design again!

Right...am off again to try and catch some snoozes...busy day tomorrow and weekend so no time for crafting...boo hoo!

bye for now

Debby x

2 challenges in 1 night!

Evening again from me....think the heat as got to me abit because thought I would enter another challenge...and thats not like me at all....but saw another challenge that I fancied entering so thought...heck why not !
So heres my second blog for tonight ....this card I made for my own niece whose birthday it was ...shes a football fanatic so this image fitted in perfectly for her...coloured in with my pro-markers with her favourite colour...blue...for love nor money though I cannot remeber where I bought the image from ...think I had got it from the Etsy shop but cant remember the name of the artist (and thats not the heat affecting me memory ...just me age!)...background papers are from Kanban and just a couple of gems on as she isnt the blingy sparkly type of girl like me! So I would like to enter this into

http://charismacardz.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/challenge-20-no-flowers-allowed.html

"No Flowers allowed"

Right am off again...to make some more cards....happy crafting xxx

Debby :0)

 

Phew...what a scorcher!

Evening all....well what a beautiful day .....couldnt ask for a nicer day and I bet you are all having a lovely time catching these glorious rays...wish I could have but being at work til 8pm prevents me from doing so...boo hoo...ah well thank the lord for air conditioning to keep me cool :0)
Thought I would share this card with you made for another one of my work colleagues little girls birthday, which I would like to enter into "Lets here it for the girls" challenge over at

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

The gorgeous image is from The Paper Shelter....Rapunzel is the name of this one...I used the backing papers from this lovely image that I bought as it was specifically what my friend had asked for as her daughter is mad on Rapunzel....I used the digi image and put that on the other side of the card so that she had her own colour-me-in image to do when she opened her card (wish I had taken photo of inside now) and according to my friend her little girl loved it, which pleased me no end.  Didnt want to go mad with this one so kept it very low key with just a few gems inside and out to give it a bit og bling and sparkle!

Anyhows am signing off for the mo...back to work I go !

Debby xxx  :0)