Its Fantasy time xx

Evening all

Sorry my wee post late but I have had a terrible day!!

Lets just say I'll be glad when its over and I can hide under my cover lol!

Now enough of my moans, its time for another challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and it was the lovely Lin's turn to pick our fab wee theme

FANTASY

That's it!

We want you to dig out those fairy's, dragons and witches and create from that fantasy land!

Ingredients:

Papers - Madeline Prima

Stamp - Butterfly Keeper

coloured with promarkers

WOC - flowers

Dew Drops

glitter and gloss

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges

Ohh la la - Bold and Bright

Paper Creations Ink - April Showers Brings May Flowers

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes

One Stitch at a Time - Bright

Stamptacular Sunday - Anything Goes

Fussy'n'Fancy - Sketch

Remember you have 2 weeks to enter the Challenges at Crafty Cardmakers but please do not enter any more than 15 challenges to be eligible for our fab prizes! And please check out the Design Teams amazing creations for some fab inspiration!

Take care everyone 

and fingers crossed for a good week!

Hugs Melly xx

Eggy time xx

Happy Tuesday

Well is it snowing were you are??

Its a totally blizzard here in Scotland! Luckily it isn't lying so hopefully people won't be stuck in the snow anywhere and fingers crossed no problems!

Again I'm a day late with this post, really need to get my butt into gear and sort the "late postness bug" I have lol! But here it is anyways, The Crafty Cardmakers fortnightly Challenge

EASTER

The perfect time of year theme, especially with all the fab wee Easter creations I've been seeing all over blogland!

Here's what I have made

I seen this on another blog and had to have a wee go at the shape lol!

Ingredients:

Cream card

Basic Grey Sugar Rush Paper

Papermaina Ribbons

Image is oldie coloured with promarkers

everything else stash

I would like to enter the following Challenges

Basic Grey - Easter

Craft Your Days Away - Easter

One Stop Craft Challenge - Easter

Cute Card Thursday - Easter

Paper Sundae - Easter

The Crafty Pad - Eggtastic

Please check out Crafty Cardmakers blog for some fab creations from my talented teamies!

Remember to follow the rules and you could win some yummy prizes

Hugs Melly xxx

Gone all Sketchy xxx

Afternoon my lovelies

I'm still out having fun with my wee family and no doubt me and my granny will get a spot of shopping in lol!

Now its the time for the Crafty Cardmakers fortnightly Challenge and the lovely Susie picked our wee theme

SKETCH TIME

Just perfect wee sketch for us all to get creative with!

So here's what I made

I used my yummy First Edition Papers and my sweet wee image that my gorjuss friend Clare got me!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

Please check out our rules before entering our Challenges!

also check out the talented Dt for some ideas for your wee take on our sketch!

Speak to you all soon

Hugs Melly xx

A lil recipe xxx

Afternoon all

The weather here seems to gone back to its cold damp self here in Scotland, hopefully where you are its brighter and maybe even warmer!! Has your Monday been ok so  far? Mines has been uneventful so far, but its early lol!

Now this fortnight at Crafty Cardmakers the lovely Kim had picked the theme for us

1, 2, 3 RECIPE

Its an easy one for you to follow

1 Image preferbly stamped

2 Background Papers

3 Embellishments

plus your creation must have a HEART on it!

That's it! Just follow the wee recipe and make a creation following to eligible for a wee prize from this fortnights fab Sponsor Di's Digi Downloads!

Here's what I made

For the recipe I picked my sweet lil Tilda image coloured with promarkers, 2 sheets from my My Minds Eye "lost and found" papers and the embellishments I used are ribbon, flowers and heart gems! Oh and I added another wee heart for Tilda to stand in lol!

I would like to enter the following Challenges

Addicted to Stamps - Birthday Card with Dots

Allsorts Challenge - Anything Goes

Crazy 4 Challenges - Stripes and Dots

Saturday Challenge - Bingo : Gems, Flowers and Leaves

Remember and check out the other Design Team's amazing creation for some inspiration to get you in the Crafty mood! Plus you have 2 weeks to enter our Challenges but MUST following the rules to be eligible for a prize!

Take care all, I'll be back soon

Hugs Melly xxx

Gone Beady xxx

Hello my lovelies

And how is everyone out there in blogland?? Are any of you still having problems commenting?? I seem to be able to do a few then next thing I can't comment on any more till the next day!! Hopefully blogger will sort it soon!!

Now I am rather a slow this week, this was meant to be posted yesterday but oooopppps forgot!! Sorry Lin!

Anyways, this fortnight at Crafty Cardmakers we have been sent a goody of a challenge by the lovely Jack

BEADS

Sound easy??

I was stumped lol! I mean of course you can make jewellery or add some nice seed beads to a stamped image but what else could I do?? And then I remembered seeing something so cute online using beads and a safety pin!

I loved the idea of the wee butterfly having this wee beady body from a simple safety pin!

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges

Delightful Challenges - Distressed/Vintage

Moving Along With The Times - Things with Wings

Crafty Bloggers Network - Distressing

Craft Your Days Away - Distressing

Check out my uber talented Design Team for some inspiration!

See you all soon

Hugs Melly xxx

Crafty Cardmakers - Embossing xxx

Hi all

Sorry I never made it back yesterday, was playing away with all my glitter and stash and lost track of time! Before I knew it, was time for dinner and walkies for the dog!

This fortnight at Crafty Cardmakers we have a good easy wee Challenge for you all!

HEAT EMBOSSING

Thats it! All you have to do is have some sort of heat embossing on your card to win the fab wee prize below kindly Sponsored my The Stampman!

Now here's what I done

I made this simple card with a basic layout, embossing my sentiment in gold then pearl embossing powder and done the same on the lil flowers!

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges

the Kraft Journal - Christmas Cards

Paper Playtime - Say it with Sentiments

Christmas Inspirations - No Images

Totally Papercrafts - Christmas

Thanks for popping by my wee blog everyone! Remember and check out the fab Design team creations for some amazing inspiration!

Hugs Melly xxx

Crafty Cardmakers - Colour Combo xxx

Evening all

Hope you are all ready for the Halloween night festivities? I'm all set, shower, jammies, some munchies and rubbish TV, lights off and NO ONE home heee! Perfect night! What are you all doing?

Time for another wee Challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and this time the lovely Vix has pick a colour combo for you all to get your teeth into

PINK, BROWN AND CREAM

You can win a wee fab prize from One Stop Card Crafts, so you know you wanna enter!

This was a  slightly hard wee Challenge for me!! Not into the girlyness of PINK but a Challenge is a challenge hee! So here's what I came up with!

I used some of my First Edition papers on a wee layout from a Challenge a few weeks ago, added a wee Maggie image coloured with promarkers, some die cut swirls, ribbon and flowers to finish! Not bad for a pink card if I do say so myself hee!

I would like to enter it into the following Challenges

Come and Get it - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes

I hope you will join in the wee Challenge this fortnight at CCM and make some sorta pinky creation! For some inspiration check out the superb Dt's creations!

Have a fab Halloween my lovelies

See ya soon

Melly xxx

Crafty Cardmakers - Cute, with a Dark Twist xxx

Good afternoon all

Do you have this miserable horrible wet dark weather where you are?? Me and the pup were soaked through this morning and thought we might get blown away!! Does mean a good day to be locked up in the craft room getting messy tho lol!!

This fortnight at Crafty Cardmakers we have a fab wee Challenge for you all

"CUTE, WITH A DARK TWIST"

Perfect for all your Halloween style cards and creations!

We have a fab prize up for grabs for a lucky wee winner! Some lucky crafter can win a wee £10 voucher to spend in Joanna Sheen's fab shop! Lucky lot!

Here's what I made

I would like to enter this into the following Challenges

Gingerloft Challenges - Halloween

Paper Sundaes - Halloween

My Sheri Crafts - Pumpkins

Alphabet Challenge - Halloween

My Time To Craft - Orange and Black

Creative Card Crew - Spooky Time

Hope you like my wee Mini Headless Horseman from Make it Crafty! He's so cute hee!

Hope you will join in the fun at Crafty Cardmakers this fortnight and one of you lucky lot might win a wee prize! Remember and check out the Dt's amazing creations for some inspiration!

Hugs Melly xxx

Crafty Cardmakers - Anything Goes xxx

Good Morning me lovelies

So sorry for a day late post! But with Hubby's Birthday yesterday I totally forgot oops!! Don't tell the new boss ekkk!!

So the Crafty Cardmakers are back from a wee holiday and a wee SHAKE UP!! We have a new Boss, the lovely Lin and also some wee newbies on our team! I hope you will all support them and make them feel Welcome in our Challenge Blog!!

For the 1st Challenge of the new term we've went with a easy one to get you all involved

ANYTHING GOES

just a good easy one lol

I decided to share with you a wee box I made a few weeks ago! As I had been ill I thought it was perfect for the Challenged and saved me some time hee (sshh don't tell Lin)

What do you think? It was made especially for a wee Scottish/Irish Wedding! The bride loved it and that's all that matters hee

I would like to enter it into the follow Challenges

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes and Ribbon

Hooked on Craft - Anything But a Card

The Cutie Pie - Bingo (glitter, lilac, ribbon)
Paper Sundaes - Lots of Layers
The Corrosive Challenge - Purple plus one (black/tartan)

There is a delish wee prize up for grabs and I wouldn't mind winning some lovely stamps hee! Also check out the Dt's amazing creations for some inspiration!! Oh and remember you have two weeks to enter and play along!

Back soon

Melly xxx

Ps the cake went down a treat hee

Crafty Cardmakers -Butterflies xxx

Morning all

So sorry about this late post! My laptop gave up on me and all my pics were on it! I eventually fixed it and all back to normal!

This fortnight at Crafty Cardmakers its was my wee turn to pick the Challenge, so I went with something I UTTERLY LOVE

BUTTERFLIES

heee, not that you didn't know that already

I made the wee card for my Mother-in-laws birthday using her fav colours and my new fav stamp!

I would like to enter into the following Challenges

 I ♥ Promarkers - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me - Ribbon

Flutter By Wednesday - Butterfly Image

My Mum's Craft Shop - Fab and Funky

I hope you will join in the fun this time over at Crafty Cardmakers and check out the Dt's fab creations!

Hugs Melly

Ps Remember my CANDY!!

Crafty Cardmakers - One Layer Card xxx

Hey all

Isn't it lovely too see the sun again! So nice and warm and perfect for getting all the washings out hee

This time over on Crafty Cardmakers we have a nice simple Challenge for you all

ONE LAYER CARD

Different, fun and easy!

I decided to keep it really simple and just use one of my stamps with a plain card stock coloured with my promarkers, with wee bit embellishment to finish it off

This was my second attempt the 1st was "very" of centre hee

I'd like to enter this into the following Challenges

I ♥ Promarkers - Clean and Simple

Stamps R us - "Through the Garden Gate"

OSAAT - Anything Goes

Remember and check out the Dt's amazing creations for some inspiration!

Hugs Melly xxx

Remember my CANDY ohhhh and I'll be back later xx

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

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