Magnolia Easel Card

Morning all im back but not for long back on my travels tomorrow so thought id just make a creation for you and have entered into some challenges,can't you tell i miss those challenges whilst ive been away.Yep so yesterday i spent bloggin the challenges and then my creative juices just came back to me,took while of sitting in space looking at blank card thinking i left my mojo in Darlo...lol.Not soi have a wee little make for you today which is an Easel Card i just love these on other peeps blogs..lol So i thought id give them another go as my very first one wasnt happy with.Once you get the hang of them they are easy,so watch out i may just be making more!.I have used the Tilda image from Spring 2010 Collection.I have decoupaged the Lamb she is holding doesnt show up too good ,but spring to me is all about lambs and this image is ideal for any cards i feel from Baby,Spring,Girlie and not just Easter.I have used the gorgeous Kaisercraft papers and the swirls on this paper our velvet so beautiful ,just photo doesnt do justice have to touchy feely to get the texture.It is based on Claudias Sketch over at

Magnolia-licious Highlightes This month it is a sketch you have till

April 30th to enter so go have a go!Also entered into the following:

Just Magnolia Monthly Challenge;Fold it

Fun with Shapes & More:Flowers &Script

Pile it on Challenge:Easel Card

One Stitch at A Time Challenge:Anything Goes

Crafty Card Makers:Challenged...To make Better Easel Card..not sure im happy with this one,after uploading piccys.

Incy Wincy:Fancy Folds

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge:Sugar n Spice and all Things Nice..Girlie Card

Pink Elephant Challenge:Nature...My image

Front View of Easel Card

Side view of Easel Card

Materials

Cardstock:Stampin up Brights set

Design Papers:Kaiser Craft

Image :Tilda from Spring Collection 2010

Sentiment:Stampin Up!

Inks:Copics

Tools:Scort-Pal,Nesties

Embellishmnets: Prima Flowers,Pearl blue brad from craft stash,and Ribbon,

Gems Kaiser Craft,Blue Brads Basic Grey

Tattered Angels Glimmer mist Pearl,and Glossy accents added to her shoes

Love n hugs

Creative Inspirations Challenge 31..DT Card

Challenge 31 DT Card

Morning all well came home yesterday for flying visit as going back to Dad's Friday as hes going into hospital for his Knee Replacement.With mum in the home wasnt fair for him to do this alone .So have had to come home as Sophie has acouple appointments.Then Andy take us back on friday and then leaves us there for a week.So it's all go at least i will get rest which is what i really need at the moment as the journey takes it out of you.Especialy when they deceide to close the A1 between Sherwood Forest Round about and Past Newark so had to detour around the country.Accidents do happen and after witnessing some drivers yesterday i can see why...lol.Dont forget i have some yummy Candy on offer so go check that out here

Anyways today is Creative Inspirations Challenge as it was extended over Easter so this Challenge runs till the 17th April then normality will resume!

So this weeks challenge i have choosen so hope you all like and come and support me by entering?I am also putting up the prize this week so one lucky reader will get a surprise crafty gift all new crafty stash no piccy yet as havent had time to take so will be surprise.

This weeks Challenge is:

Colour Combo :Lime Green & Black

With added extra ....my fav ....Flowers

So why not pop along and come and join us have some fun!We would love to see your creations and if you need Inspirations go check out the DT Creations HERE

Hope you like my creation for this challenge Yes you guessed my fav Desgin Papers out again! The green so spring like just looove it!

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

Quixotic Paperie Challenge:Joys of Spring

Simon Says challenge:Card for a Child

Materials

Cardstock:Stampin up

Design Papers:Kaiser Craft "Sublime Collection"

Image:Sugar Nellie "Coffee Time"

Inks :Copics,Chalk Ink Aloe Vera

Tools;Scor-pal,Big shot,Stampi up die Top note.

Embellishments;Flowers Prima,Brad Large Black Queen & Co,Lace Green and Flower Lace both from Orchard Crafts.GemsKaiser Craft.

Inkessentials Glossy accents added to shoes.

Love n hugs

Candy ,Candy Candy

Morning all hope your having fab Easter and weather has been kind.Well im away and have been spending in the crafts shops and so got some wee extras to share with you all .So to Celebrate my Wedding Anniversary on May 3rd i though id have some sweet anniversary Candy.

So if you would like loads new crafty stash then;

1. please leave your name on this post .

2.Please go leave link on your blog advertising my

Aniversary Candy.

Closes 5thMay 2010

3.Keep fingers crossed you win....the surprise Candy

Love n hugs

Good Morning......Happy Easter

Just a quick note to say "Happy Easter to all my fellow bloggers and friends.Hope you all have wonderful time and the weather has been kind to you.We have come to dads for few days so it's nice to see mum,who is looking well but very thin.She seemed to enjoy the girls coming to see her ,sometimes id love to know what she is thinking.

Then yesterday afternoon popped by my good friend June and her family whom i met through a card site afew years ago so it was lovely to see her. When i return hopefully next week when dad goes into hospital we shall go craft shopping with her.Im getting withdrawls from crafting already so when i retrun on tuesday before coming back here on friday will have to cram some crafting in me thinks.Have alovely Easter and go crazy with the choccie's good excuse for all you choco-holics ,not for me don't care for that much choc...lol

love n hugs

Sophie's Challenge Card

This is Sophie's Card she made a few weeks ago and im going to enter it into the

Simon Says Childrens Challenge....Easter Birthday Card

As you may know by now we have pulled Sophie out of School due to the hurrendous effect the bullying has had on her.Kids can be so cruel from taunting her baout her Dyslexia,to racist remarks to pure bullying.So im home educating her at the moment and yes any excuse to do art....lol.I had project to finish so asked her to make acard for me ,so this is the result below,it is now with it's rightfull owner so i can upload it.

I actually let her loose with my craft stuff and my copics......must be mad but have to say i think she has done a great effort,not a bad job for her first attempt with copics.Sophie has made christmas cards and loves Stamping Candles,but never attempted birthday/ Easter cardscards ect before so this is a first for her!Think im gonna have to put lock on my craft room!!

Sophie is 12 yrs old and loves art which she is good at this is all her own work,cant you tell not like mum's with loads primas on....lol

Hope you like her creation for your challenge

Winners of my Weekly Candy .....

Hello again thanks for all visiting and taking part in my weekly candy.After going through all the links and comments and removing the ones that just linked and not commented we had 19 lovely entries .So random.org did his thingy and chucked out the numbers and on my list they where;

no 10.....Mae ....1st prize Roses

no 19.......Cheryl Walker...2nd Prize Sweet & Sassy Stamps

PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE 6PM

TOMORROW WED31ST (March)TO BE IN WITH A CHANCE OF CLAIMING THE PRIZE.

Otherwise i will re pull winners

Have good day

hugs judex

Good Morning Tuesday....Happy Easter

Good Morning all hope your all well and looking forward to the Easter weekend.Ive not been too good and been laid up with my ME for past couple of days and with the help of sophie she has been uploading items on here for me.I think it's just all the stress past few weeks suddenly having a toll on my Me /CFS .must say today im feeling alittle better still in alot of pain with my fibro but nothing painkillers wont help.We have the meeting at school this afternoon so im trying to rest this am before then as i dont want to be tired for that.I shall pop back later with the winner of the weekly candy and leave you some more sweet stuff whil;sat im away over Easter.So please pop back later to enter and see if your one of the lucky 2 who have won.In the mean time i have afew creations i made last week that i have uploaded and entered into various challenges.

My first is a card "Just for You"

"Just For You"

This card i have made is to go in with a swap.I love this Tilda image ,i have coloured with copics,Embellished with Prima flowers and Pale blue Pearls,blue brad from Doodlebug.Ribbons from stash,Sentiment recycled layered on to a scalloped punched oval this punch was from stampin up.Design Paper was from my stash i think but maybe wrong it is doodlebug .

I am entering this into the

Roses on Paper Challenge:Punch it!

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"Easter Goodies"

I have made this with the same template i used for the Halloween andChristmas Chocolate packs.

I have used the beautiful paper from the "Easter Collection"filled with tissue and an assortment of chocolate eggs.The embellishments added where from last years stash or even could be from year before.I am entering this into the following challenges:

Cup Cake Challenge:Easter Spring Lots chocolate

Pink Elephant:Pastel colours

Papertake Weekly:Open theme

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Easter Card

Alos entering this into the Paper Take Weekly Challenge

Tuesday Taggers :Bugs Life..Butterfly...This weeks Sponsor is the fab Craft Barn for all your crafty needs so pop on over see what they have to offer.

My last card i have to show is made from a digi which was free from sweet n sassy sometime ago.I have coloured with copics added gems ro center of flowers and butterfly.Also used Sakura Glaze pen Black on the doodles and butterfly.Hope you like my alternate Easter Card

love n hugs

Scrappers Delight Blog hop

Scrappers Delight 1st Birthday Blog Hop 3 prizes plus some on the way.International Candy !!What you waiting for start hopping!

1st Prize

It's our first Birthday over at Scrapper's Delight the forum for crafters.We have fun and challenges swaps general chit chat and have a fabulous time.Were a great bunch and friendly .Today is the start of the blog hop which i havent taken part in as i had planned to be away up north but those plans have been put on hold until Wednesday.

Anyways there are some fab prizes to be won along the way and if you solve the answer at the end .You must join the blog hop and collect the letters along the way i think the Easter Bunny has dropped some so what you waitng for theres 3 Prizes and also along the way some of the girls have their own candy on offer .So to take alook at the prizes check it here Beccas Blog.

Then go start and check out the hop from my good friend Tracy Here.enjoy dont forget leave a comment on each blog for chance to win some Candy.At the end they will send you to Scrappers Delight this is where you have to leave your answer for a chance to win the BIG Prizes.

good luck and have fun

Good Morning Saturday

Good Morning hope you all have fab weekend ,i know for some it's the start of the Easter Holidays.Not here they dont break up till Thursday.I have a lovely Birthday card for my Friend which im taking up top Dads when we go on Wednesday.As it's her birthday whilst im there.So i thought with it being a spring birthday i would use this cute image from Magnolia.I have entered this into the Following challenges:

Just Magnolia:Sketch by Jane which ive based the card on.

Totally Paper Crafts:Pink & Green

Secret Crafter:Pink ,Green & Flowers

Colour Create:Pastels Plus added extra,Easter/Spring

Pixie Cottage:Circles

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Materials

Stampin up Cardstock:Pastel Pack

Design Paper:Stampin up Love Set

Image :Tilda from Magnolia Spring 2010 Collection

Sentiment:Recycled

Inks:Copics,Versa Chalk Aloe Vera

Tools:Scor-Pal,Big Shot ,SU top Note Die,tim Holtz Distresser,Mcgills Punch

Embellishments:Flowers Prima,Butterfly Anita's Fairy Wings,Brads from Stock,Punched Fern Leaves

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love n hugs

Update on Bullying and Couple of Creations

Morning all hope your keeping well before i get onto my cards &projects today.I must apologise for not being a good blogger this week.But my time has been some what taken up with the Bullying situation at school.Time seems to go so fast ,especially when your not getting very far with the school.They told us we had to follow the policy on making a complaint .So we did but unfortunately the Headmistress couldnt be bothered to reply in the given time she should of!!!So i have now taken further and thankfully we have some one from parent support with us 100%.After a 3hr visit yesterday do feel at least were not alone.Sophie is still off school .Yesterday was the first day we actually saw her smile,she went with her dad to work.He works in a college as Network Manager they have already broken up for Easter they get 3 weeks .She loved it ,and even one teacher there offered to help her with her studies!We now have a big meeting on Tuesday at 14.oo with the head as i rang her PA yesterday asking why the head hadn't written back to my letter in the given time scale that was printed in the policy booklet that they told us we had to follow.Funny enough she just laughed!!!Says it all really!So we arent getting far,but what really amazes me when i was at school you had couple days off we had truency officer round we have not heard or seen a single person.What has angered me alot is on Monday knock on the door 2 of her friends from school came to see how she was (they dont realise why she's off)It was lovely of them to come,but what they told my daughter absolutely fummed me no other word.They told Sophie that she had been moved out of all her classes into this class guess what where the bully is!!!Work that out,now first of all i think we should have had an explaination into why ?secondly it would have been nice to be informed first!The reason her friend new was every lesson they take the register and call Sophie's name out.

We are not taking Sophie to the meeting as she isnt upto it,and also i think it is better as this head i know will not talk to us and just sit and be sweetness and nice to Sophie.We want answers basically on why they arent doing anything about it.So i am now going to write everything down i want answers for before going to the meeting so i can go through the list when im there.Otherwise with my brain fog i will forget!Thankyou so much for all your kind cards sent to Sophie,messages of support for us all you truly are a great bunch of friends!

Thankyou with all my heart,& i will let you know the outcome of Tuesday!

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Here is my first card this is another Tent Card made using SUcard & Designer paper.The image and sentiment is from the Gina K Designs set "Elegant Flowers".Coloured with copics and glossy accents added to the inner yellow flowers to stand out.Faux stitching used with ink essentials pen,a mixture of punched inner flowers & prima flowers,bow from papermania capsule collection and ribbon from stash.Tools used:Big shot ,Nestabilities Labels 2,scor-pal,Su Flower punch

This has been entered into the following Challenges:

Cute Card Thursday:Dimensions

Fun with Shapes & More:Faux Stitching

Gina K Designs:Blast from the Past

Raise the Bar:April Fool ...always to cute images never just flowers swo outta my comfort zone!!

Fussy and Fancy:Easter

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My second creation for you today is alovely tilda bookmark.I have used the free papers from my Scrapbooking Magazine.One of my fasvourite Tildas coloured with copics and have added some Glossy accents to her shoes.This is to go into an Easter Basket ive made for my friend along with some other bits and pieces.I have also entered it into

Spoon full of Sugar Challenge:Bookmarks

love n hugs

Cracking Good Easter

"Cracking Good Easter"

Good Morning Thursday and what alovely week we have had Weather wise ,spring is certainly here and my daffs are now out and Bloomin Lovely!

I have now recovered from my Bazaar at the weekend and now replenishing my stock.As it was a great success and more funding raised for alzheimers.Anyway's today i have another Cracking Easter card...lol.Which again is show casing another lovewly image fromMagnolia our wee Tilda from the Spring 2010 collection.I have made this card to give to a friend at Easter .Also entered it into the following Challenges:

Simon Says :Easter with Glimmer.have used Glimmer Mist hasnt shown up so Well in piccy but oh boy it does Glimmer!

Charisma Cardz:Spring Has Sprung

Allsorts:Spring is in the Air

Magnolia Stamp lovers:Die cuts

Rosie-D's Challenge: Colour Combo Green &Yellow

"Cracking Good Easter"

Materials

CardStock:Whisper White SU

Design Paper:Papermania Collosal Collection"SpringTime"

Image:Tilda 2010 Spring collection

Sentiment:Sweet & Sassy Stamps

Inks:Copics,Versamark Chalk Aloe Vera

Tools;Scor-Pal

Embellishments:Prima Flowers,Bow Papermanai Capsule Collection,Ribbon From stash,

Pearl Gem Kaiser Craft.

Tattered Angel Glimmer Mist:Pearl

Love n Hugs

Fancy a Freebie.....

Morning all well i have some freebie candy for you ,Actually this week i have 2 prizes for you as over Easter i wont be doing one .So do you fancy a wee stamp set by Sweet n Sassy or do you fancy 50!!yes 50 open roses by WOCrafts.Yes i here you say Well this is what you have to do:

1.Post about my Alzeheimers weekly Freebie/Candy on your blog. you must be follower to enter.

2.Answer this question....Are you a Horder when it comes to your craft room?

3.Please leave yes or no after your name in Mr Linky and

.also leave a comment telling me why your a horder you must do both for chance to win one of these 2 lovely prizes.Yes we shall have 2 winners this week.

Closes 29th March 2010

I would just like to say Thankyou to everyone who has donated cards,gifts ect for my Alzheimers fund,the bazaar was great success and nearly have £2000 by time all monies in I may just pass that mark!

The reason im adsking the question as im trying to re do my craftroom and i must have empty boxes that ive kept thinking oh i could alter that...yeah thats what i thought at the time !!lol

So are you the same as me or you neat tidy and not a collector!

So big thanks to all my Followers and donaters this candy is my way of saying thanks to you all for popping by and leaving lovely messages even when i have amoan!!!...lol.

So waht ya waiting for go enter the Candy oh and Good Luck

Love n hugs

1st Prize

2nd prize

Winner of Spring Candy is>>>>>

Good Morning all sorry didnt manage to get on last night to post the winner.Thankyou all for popping by and entering my Candy .Hope you will enter this weeks freebie also see above .postAll names where numbered and Random .org chucked the names around and came up with

The Winner .....is......

Esme

Congratulations..Please email me at andrewjude45@hotmail.com to claim your prize by

Thursday 25th March at 6p or else another will be drawn.Thanks just wish i had candy for all you lovely followers

Just Magnolia Easel Spring Card

Easel Spring Card

Happy Monday to you all hope you had great weekend and the weather was Spring like where you where.I have one creation for you this morning.I have based the card on the

Challenge over at Just Magnolia theme is to make an Easel Card.I am also entering this Easel card into the following Challenges:

Magnolia Down Under:Sketch

Rosie-Dee's Challenge:Colour Combo of Yellow& Green.

Stamptacular Sunday:To make a Scene which i have done by masking.

By The Cute And Girly :Spring is in the Air

Just Us Girls:Colour Combo ...Lt Brown,Lt Blue,Lt Green & Yellow

Pile it on Challenge:Furry Friends:Cute lamb

Incy Wincy Designs:Easter /Spring

Creative Craft Challenge2; I have 2 flower Brads

Crafty Cardmakers:Spring

Our Creative Corner:Easter

Stamp for Fun:Easter

Spoon Full of Sugar:Easter

Stampin for the weekend:Easter

Allsorts:Spring is in the air

I Hope you like my take on your challenges .

Side view of Easel Card

Front view

Materials

Card Stock:Stampin Up From Simply Scrapping Love Stories Collection

Design Papers:Stampin up From Love Stories Collection

Image:Tilda holding lamb,and Garden Gate both from Spring 2010 Collection

Sentiment:From Stampin up

Inks:Copics,Versa Magic Chalk Aloe Vera

Tools:Scor-pal,Big Shot,Scalloped Square Die,Oval & scalloped Punches fromStampin Up

Embellishments:Flowers Prima &WOCrafts,Gems Papermania,Pearl Brads From Stock

Thanks for popping by your comments are always appreciated
Thanks

Winner of Alzheimers weekly candy is .....

Thanks to all who Played along with last mondays Candy both in Mr linky and on Trimmie all names given number. Random.Org thingy chucked one out being......

Drum roll.......

Purplehat.....

Jay Congratulations

Sweetie please contact me to claim your Prize byTuesday 6pm or we will have to draw again.

Please pop back later to see this weeks free candy giverway

Creative Inspirations Challenge 30 DT Creations

Hope your having a lovely Spring sunday ,it is gorgeous here ,got me washing blowing windows open .Spring has Sprung ...well i hope and we don't see anymore white stuff for aleast 10 months.

Now i have some items that i made for yesterdays Alzheimers Fund bazaar that i did but they are also for my DT creations.Over at Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog( my sister blog)
This weeks Challenge is :
Anything But a Card
Im also entering this card into
Cute Daisy May's Challenge :Anything Goes
I will be back later to add more detail ,but please pop over join in the challenge and look at the fab creations my Design Team have Created
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Thankyou Notelets and Holder

Easter Basket and other Handmade Goodies.I have entered this into the By The Cute And Girly:Spring is in the Air...this is my altered art jar and Easter basket to hold Eggs for a hunt.Here is Tutorial for the Easter Basket So many have asked for enjoy happy crafting
http://www.allfreecrafts.com/easter/paper-basket.shtml