Crafty Cardmakers - Spot and Strips xxx

Afternoon all

Where has the sun gone?? Its so dull, dark and terribly clammy, guess that's our summer tho!!

I spent yesterday reading and then sort of planted some of my home-grown bedding plants, but very unsuccessful so hubby was left to do them! We still have 2 full trays of Livingston Daisy's, just need another few tubs hee!

Thanks again to all your kind comments! I do promise to be good and rest! Gotta really or no craft shop hee

Now on too my wee Dt creation!

This fortnight at Crafty Cardmakers we have a good little Challenge for you all

"SPOTS AND STRIPS"

All you gottta do is have some sort of Spotty or Stripy papers or creation on your wee project! I sort of cheated as I had my wee card made a few weeks ago, but that was good with me being so accident prone all the time hee

I used my new papers and an old Sugar Nellie Image coloured with promarkers, used my Martha Stewart Border Punch and my wee Rose flower Dies!

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges

C.E.S Challenge - Anything But Square

Sweet Stampin' - Something Old, Something New (old -Image, new - papers)

Daring Cardmakers - Something Old, Something New (old -Image, new - papers)

Fab'n'Funky Challenges - Summer Lovin'

Check out the Crafty Cardmakers blog for some amazing Dt inspiration!

Will hopefully be back tomorrow

Hugs Melly xxx

Dream Valley Challenge 10 - Ribbon xxx

 Afternoon all

So sorry for the lack of posts, my wrists has been killing me and then I pushed my luck a bit only to end up in agony and not sleeping for the pain! I've promised Hubby I will be really good and not do a thing and he says when I'm better a wee craft shop trip will be my reward!! Hee I SO SO PROMISE TO BE GOOD!!

This fortnight over at Dream Valley Challenges we have another fab wee challenge for you all to get your teeth into, a easy peasy challenge!

"RIBBONS"

Hee easy or what?? All you gotta do is have ribbon detail on your creation somewhere and remember it can be anything you like not just a card!

We have a fab wee prize up for grabs for the random winner!

here is a little about what they do.....

We are an online ribbon emporium, a treasure trove of lush drop dead gorgeous ribbons - and a few buttons! Crafty Ribbons has a ribbon for any conceivable occasion and even ribbon printed to order, perfect for personalising your craft. We offer bargain bags and our Bev picks her favourites regularly and always offering great value for money. We also have a Crafty Ribbons Blog where we offer a Friday freebie, a chance to win some luscious ribbon every week. We also provide plenty of inspiration for using our gorgeous ribbon and show off our new and up coming stock.Crafty Ribbons

Sadly I have no creation to share with you but the Dt have out done themselves again and have some amazing inspiration for you all!

I decided to share with you some creations I have made with ribbon just to give you all some ideas of what you can do with your yummy ribbons

A little mini Scrapbook, using ribbon to keep it together
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A card with ribbon used a decoration and a wee bow too
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Ribbon used on the Easel style card to wrap the wee box of Candles and to close the card itself!
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  A Scrapbook layout using the ribbon as the background and colour
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A little card using ribbon wrapped round thick card as the main "image"!

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Wee gift bags with matching ribbon colours to close them

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Another card but using ribbon as the frame to make the image pop

I hope these wee creations of mine give you some ideas of what you could try with RIBBON on your wee creation! Remember you have two weeks to enter the Challenge at Dream Valley!

I'll be back tomorrow with a wee another Dt creation

Hugs Melly xxx

A wee card I made earlier xxx

Hi all

Hope all is good out there in blogland?? Where did yesterdays sun go? Back to the rain again!!

I'm totally bored out my head so thought I would share a wee card or maybe two I made a few weeks ago! I've been getting lots of cards done for my fair next month so have a few cards I haven't shared yet!

I made this lil card after the naughty Carly encouraged (ok made me) order some of those maggies form the last new release! As you know I ADORE butterflies and just had to have some of these stamps hee

How cute is she?? Don't you just love her lil wellington boots hee!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Whoopsi Daisy - Pile on the flowers

Sweet Stampin - Things with Wings(hope this lil flutter counts)

Craft your Passion - Paper piecing

Stamp Something - Pretty Papers

The Official Magnolia - Summer

Hope you like my wee card? I'll pop back tomorrow with another wee creation!

Hugs Melly xxx

Sarah Hurley Challenges - Handmade Flowers xxx

Hey everyone

Sorry for the lack of posts, my wrist has been agony and not working booohoooo! Takes me hours to do anything, so horrible and rather depressing! Ok so I'm totally feeling sorry for my self, stuck doing nothing and cant even craft booohooooo! Sorry for the moans! Just back from docs and told another few weeks before I can do anything!!

Ok enough of all that, on to my wee creation for Sarah Hurley's Challenge

"HANDMADE FLOWERS"

This fortnight we wanna see handmade flowers on your creations! You can make anything as long as its handmade and you don't need to use any of Sarah's products tho we would love it if you did! Here's what  came up with

Hope you like, was my third attempt to make something! But was happy with this out come!

Hope you will join with the Challenge and make some fab handmade flowers! For some inspiration check out the Dt's amazing creations!

Hugs Melly xx

Oz Sneak Peek xxx

Afternoon all

So I hope your all well out there in blogland?? As the post says I have a wee peek for you of Sarah Hurley's new CD "Oz"!! But before I have a wee bit of a idiot moment to tell you about!

As I'm trying to type this left handed with one finger I'm banned from crafting for 2 weeks!!! YES 2 WEEKS!!

I spent 3hrs in A&E yesterday after losing my footing coming into the conservatory and trying to save my camera and the card I had just been picture(the one below)!

They couldn't make out anything in the x-rays as there was too much swelling, but they were sure it wasn't broken! But I do have a lovely fracture and some colourful tissue damage, all shades of the rainbow! So the numpty idiot that I am cant do anything at all! No crafting boohoo

Oh and I just got some new goodies and I cant even play with them!! Anyone wanna come play so they don't feel lonely and unwanted???

Anyways, enough of me!

Sarah Hurley has a NEW BIG RELEASE coming up!

OZ

And the wee Characters

You can pre-order the disc just now but hurry as its been so popular!

Here's a lil something I made

I hope you all like and will be pre-ordering the disk so you can go for a wee wonder done the "Yellow brick road"!! Ok I had to fit in a lil jokey thing hee!

I would like to enter this into a few challenges

My Time to Craft - Xtra Images

Top Tip Tuesday - Open Challenge

Hooked On Craft - Open Challenge

Make it Monday - Open Challenge

I'll try and pop back now and again and keep you updated on my stupidity hee

take care all

Hug Melly xxx

Crafty Cardmakers - Altered Food Container xxx

Morning all

Brrrr, its cold today! Raining, dull and cold hmmmm sounds like summer has been and gone!! Typical Scottish weather! Hope where you are is better than here!!

Today I have something a little different for you all, something I've been trying and failing to do for a long time! So I need all your opinions on my wee creation!

This time over on Crafty Cardmakers we want to see you do something that lil bit different

"ALTERED FOOD CONTAINER"

fun or what hee!

I was totally stumped as to what to do and sat staring at this for a good few hours

After a while tho, it started to look like something(whether that was to much staring or me just going mad)

So after a few attempts and some BAKING later, here is what I came up with

Yeah,I tired my hand at making a wee fimo character with a jam jar toadstool lol

What do you think?? Is it ok??

I painted the inside of the jar white, made the toadstool top with fimo formed on the lid the made the wee character following a books instructions for sugar paste characters(thanks mum, it was amazing wee gift)! Then added some lil flowers, glitter and all done hee!

I would like to enter it into the following challenges

Moving along with the Times - Anything but a card

Craft-room Challenge - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Hope you will give our wee Crafty Cardmakers challenge a go this time and get creative with some altered food tubs! Check out the Dt's amazing altered art for some fab inspiration!

Thanks for popping by

Hugs Melly xxx

Dream Valley Challenge 9 - Father's Day xxx

Hello my lovelies

Hope all is well out there in blogland?? I'm doing much better, thanks for all the "Get Well" comments! You lot always make me smile and feel so much better form just writing a few words!! Ackk you Guys lol!!

This fortnights Challenge over on Dream Valley Challenges is another easy one for you all to do

"FATHER'S DAY"

So easy, wouldn't you say! As Father's Day is nearly upon us it seemed right to have this challenges! So all you got do is make a Fathers/male themed creation and it can be anything you like!

We have 2 fab sponsors for you this time

Karen's Doodles

I have been drawing all of my life. When I was 19, I started an animation studio with a friend from college. We created scoreboard animations for all the Major League Baseball teams as well as the Super Bowl and the Olympics In 1989 I started my own animation studio. We created animation for the Feature Film "Fern Gully The Last Rainforest". We also animated a Christmas Special "The Wish That changed Christmas" and a video featuring Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer. For the past 20 years I have had the pleasure of creating animations for Disney, Fisher Price and Mattel and bringing their characters to life. In 2006 I decided to bring my own characters to life with my first Children's Book, "Oink Finds an Egg". This year I am celebrating 50 years as a doodler and I look forward to sharing my original drawings with crafters through "Karen's Doodles"

You can win 3 stunning images from their wee shop

and we have our Monthly Sponsor

At One Stop Card Crafts we have a big range of ever changing discount making and card making craft supplies.

We are always adding to our range of craft supplies which are ideal for making handmade greeting cards, do-it-yourself invitations scrapbook pages, altered items and much more.

Our card making craft supplies include free UK postage, our popular discount scheme and quick service means our customers keep coming back for more.

Our prices are very competitive and this & makes us an ideal place to buy your card making supplies online. Some of our new products include Petaloo flower layers, Ranger Glitter Glue and Martha Stewart Punches.http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/

Prize - £10.00 voucher for their store


So what you waiting for?? Gotta get crafting you know you wanna!
Here's my wee card

The team were giving some fab images from Karen's Doodles to use!

I used Time to Relax!

I wanna enter this into the following Challenges

Crazy 4 Challenges - Male theme

Little Claire's - Card's For Men

Alphabet Challenge - "F" for Father's Day

C.R.A.F.T - Father's Day

Craft Us Crazy - Father's Day/Male Theme

  I ♥ Promarkers - Sketch

Hope you will join in the fun this time over on Dream Valley Challenges and get making some Male themed creations or a wee Father's Day card a That Man who deserves a treat! Check out the Dt's fab creations for some inspiration as well!

Remember and check out the blog for our New Design Team Members too!

See you all tomorrow!

Hugs Melly xxx

A wee 60s funk xxx

Hi all

Sorry I have been totally AWOL but this week has been so hectic! Its Lanaimers here and with something happening everyday plus me not feeling at all well, the week has just flown by!

I'm better now, just relaxing today and enjoy doing nothing at all! Well apart from catching up with my Dt duties and picking some new wee people to join Dream Valley! All will be revealed tomorrow hee!

I made this wee card during the week for an order, thanks to Sandie for her help! Would still be trying to figure out what to do if it wasn't for her!!

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges

Tickled Pink - Textured (flowers, gems and glitter added to swirls)

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Craft-Room Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me - Stamp Something

Stamp Something - Punch it (border)

Things are hopefully going be less hectic this week and will involve lots of time in the craft room working on lots of yummyness!

I'll be back tomorrow with my Dream Valley Challenge

Hugs Melly xxx

Sarah Hurley Challenges - Summer xxx

*****Sorry this was Scheduled for Thursday*****

Afternoon my lovelies, well this is a lil scheduled post as I'm currently away off for a few days with my lovely hubby and crazy dog!!

This fortnight over on Sarah Hurley Challenges we have a good little theme for you all to get your teeth into!!

"SUMMER"

A nice bright cheery challenge, fingers crossed the weekend will bring the promised sun hee!!

This week we are lucky enough to be sponsored by GallimaufryUK digi kits. GallimaufryUK is the work of Penni Taylor, a fantastic scrapbook digi designer. She creates beautiful kits for your digi and hybrid scrapping with papers, elements, alphabets, word art and so much more. Every kit is truly an inspiration. You can visit her Blog here and the shop too.

The Design Team were given the fantastic 'Bloomin Lovely' kit to work with! It was perfect for our summer theme! Here's what I did

I used a fab lil pic of me and Hubby sunning ourselves "posing" as usual on our happy hols!!

I hope you will join in the fun this time over on Sarah Hurley Challenges! The winner will receive a $10 voucher for the GallimaufryUK store and the two runners up will each receive a $5 store voucher, AND, get this! Every single entrant will receive a $1 voucher!

The Summer challenge will run until midnight on 12th June. Go on get crafting! For some fab inspiration check out my fellow Dt's uber amazing creations!

Hugs Melly xxx

The Craft Garden - Something Old, New, Borrowed, Blue xxx

Good morning everyone

Hope you are all well out there in blogland? I've been so busy the past few days so sorry for lack of visits, things will be back to normal tomorrow!! My wee Mum and Gran are popping through for a wee visit today, so of course I have cake for them hee!

Now on to the new wee Challenge over at The Craft Garden

"SOMETHING OLD,

SOMETHING NEW,

SOMETHING BORROWED,

SOMETHING BLUE"

A nice challenge for you all to get your teeth into!

I was a bit stumped with this, really the borrowed bit!! As it was easy enough to make a card or a scrappage but wanted something different!! So after a good hour looking at google I came up with something gooooodddd! Will I think it is hee

The OLD is the papers, that I found in my stash plus my Butterfly punch!

The New is the ribbons, that I buy in bulk

BORROWED is from an idea I found here hee (ok not so imaginative)

and BLUE of course is all the colours!

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges

Top Tip Tuesday - Wrap it up with Ribbon

A Spoon full of Sugar - Flower Power

Allsorts - Things with wings

Fun with Shapes - Sparkle

I jope you will join in the fun this WHOLE month and get crafty with us over at The Craft Garden! Go on join in the fun! For more lovely inspiration check out the fab Dt's creations!

Hugs Melly xxx