Little Smile's: 02/01/2012

Tuesday, 28 February 2012

Inspirational Card Sketches ~ Sketch # 153 sponsored by Jessica

Its Tuesday and time for another sketch from Inspirational Card Sketches.

This week we are sponsored by Jessica who is one of our DT,

she has put together this lovely prize package for our winner!

{Personally I'd quite like the sewing machine paper for myself!!}

Here's this weeks sketch designed by Dawn.

And he's my take on the sketch.

It's not often I "blow my own trumpet" but I have to say I'm rather pleased with her!

Usually I find White on White challenges so difficult but this time as soon as

I found the butterfly vellum it sort of all came together!

Today's other challenges are:

Cute Card Thursday ~ Winged Thing's.

Sweet Peas Stamper's & Secret Crafter's ~ White on White.

Truly Scrumptious ~ All Creature's Great & Small.
Hooked on Crafts ~ Hearts.
Everybody Art ~ Monochrome.

Ingredients:

Vellum ~ Papermania.

CS ~ Core'dinations.

Stamp ~ Sweet Pea Stamps.

Brads ~ Wild Orchid Crafts.

Pin's ~ Jenni Bowlin.

Die's & Punches ~ Martha Stewart, Spellbinder's & Tonic Studio.

Gem's ~ Anita's.

Coloured with Copic's.

Monday, 27 February 2012

Happy Birthday Di.

Well it's not until next week but I know she doesn't read my blog.

{I don't even think she know I have one at that!!}

Di is my Zumba buddy and is about to celebrate the big 50!!

She's not at all worried about it........NOT!

Anyway her favourite colour is lilac so this one is spot on for her.

The Rose's are the same colour as the card but I have no idea why they have come out bluish!

Today's card is for challenges at:

Lili's Little Fairies ~ Afternoon Tea,

My Time to Craft ~ Bring on the Cake.

Totally Gorjuss ~ Yummy.
Sketch & Stash ~ Sketch #82

Addicted to Stamps ~ Birthday with Spot's.

Kaboodle Doodle ~ Shade's of Purple.

The Cutie Pie Challenge ~ Flowery.

Cards und More ~ Glitter & Sparkle.

Raise the Bar ~ Purple, Green & Yellow.
Stamptacular ~ Purple & Yellow

{OK so there's not much green on the card but it is there!!}

Ingredients:

Stamp ~ LOTV.

PP ~ Pink Petticoat.

Punch ~ Matha Stewart.

Rose's ~ Wild Orchid Crafts.

Number's ~ Cosmo Cricket.

Ribbon & Pin's from stash.

Coloured with Copic Pen.

Stickles.

"Dusty Concord" Distress Ink.

A Crafty Weekend.

How do you fancy getting away for the weekend?

Amy has organized a couple of wonderful weekends and a mid-week break at a fantastic location in Shropshire. You can find all the details here at

A Crafty Weekend.

There are a few places left for both Weekend Groups and the Midweek Group too!

Its great value for money and you leave with a fabulous Goody Bag too!

Sunday, 26 February 2012

Marie Antoinette.

Feeling vintage this afternoon .....It may just be the damn good Zumba class this morning!

I felt great this morning but I'm a tad tired now!

Well it done nothing but boost my mojo.

There's a couple of Parisian inspired challenges that needed fulfilling so here goes!

Daring Card Makers ~ Marie Antoinette.

Simon Say's Stamp & Show ~ London, New York or Paris.

Papertake Weekly ~ Get Krafty!

Stamping for the Weekend ~ Flower's, Lace & Pink.

Our Creative Corner ~ Over The Edge.

Ingredients:

PP & Image ~ Free Vintage Digital Stamps.

Rose's ~ Wild Orchid Crafts.

Sticker, Gem, Lace and Button from stash.

"Vintage Photo" Distress Ink.

Hooked on Crochet ~ Ellie's Cardy.

This is garment number 2!

Here's the cardy my eldest requested the pattern is from Lets Get Crafty Magazine about 2 years ago!

Lets hope she likes it!

Now its time to make something for myself!!

Kenny K Krafty Girlz ~ Spring Zing!

As the weeks fly by it's my turn to set the challenge at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz

this week but before I let you in on this weeks theme.

I'd like to announce the arrival of some fabulous new releases in Kenny's

Kid Nation Range.

This weeks sponsors are of course Kenny K Downloads

who has the winners choice of 5 digi'd to give and we also have

Crafty Ribbons too!

The Prize from Crafty Ribbon is a fabulous goodies!

This weeks theme is:

Spring Zing!

Your Challenge is to make your creation as bright and springy as you possibly can.

I have used the Bicycle Boy from the New release.

The challenges for this card are:

Incy Wincy ~ Birthdays.
Stamp with Fun ~ Shapes.
Simon Say's Stamp ~ 3 Designer Paper's.
Crafts & Me ~ Shades of Spring.
Allsorts ~ Anything Goes.

My second make is a Money/Gift Card Holder

The challenges for this one are:

Paper Pretties ~ Punches & Dies.
Delightful Challenges ~ Use patterned Paper.
Craft Us Crazy ~ favourites ( My favourite Brand of Papers)
Willow Sketchie ~ Anything Goes.

Ingredients:

Digi Stamp ~ Kenny K Downloads.

CS ~ Core'dinations.

PP ~ Pink Petticoat.

Alpha's ~ Pink Petticoat, AC Thickers & Echo Park.

Dies ~ Spellbinders.
Photo Anchor & Brad from stash.
2Spiced Marmalade" Distress Ink.
Coloured with Copic's & Inkssentials white gel pen.

Saturday, 25 February 2012

She's at it again...........

Yep...I've been doing stuff with Red & Black again and

I have to say I never though leopard print, Polka dots and star's would go so well

The challenges are:

Dilly Beans ~ In Stitches.

Our Creative Corner ~ Over The Edge.

Craft Your Day's Away ~ Paper Piecing.

Ingredients:

Digi Stamp ~ Dilly Beans.

PP ~ Pink Petticoat.

Ribbon ~ eBay.

CS ~ Core'dinations.

Sketch Saturday ~ # 196 with The Craft Barn.

We have The Craft Barn back with us this week at Sketch Saturday

and they are as generous as always, This weeks winner will receive a

fabulous £15.00 gift voucher for their store.

Here's another cracker for you to play with!

Here's my card for this week. I love this Image from Dilly Beans so cute and quirky too!

Today's other challenges are:

Allsorts & Willow Sketchie ~ Anything Goes!
Dilly Beans ~ In Stitches.
Polkas Doodles ~ Summery.
Paper Pretties ~ Punches & Die Cuts.
Delightful Challenges ~ Use Patterned Paper.
Cute Card Thursday ~ Winged Things.
Moving Along with the Times ~ Lots of Layers.

Ingredients:

PP ~ MME "Quite Contrary".

Digi Stamp ~ Dilly Beans.

Stamp ~ Whimsy Stamps.

Punch ~ Tonic Studio.

Gem's ~ Anita's

Ribbon ~ eBay.

CS ~ Core'dinations.

coloured with Copic's.

Friday, 24 February 2012

Picasso had his "Blue" & "Rose" periods.........

.........Well I'm having a Red, White & Black one!

Today's make is for this months Sketch and "Bittersweet Love" challenges at Bombshell Stamps.

I know August is a long way off but this is the card I shall give James on our Anniversary this year.

(Nothing like being prepared...not like me at all)

Be warned there are more red and black makes to come!!! Not today though!

Other challenges for this card are:

Crafty Calender Challenge ~ Love & Marriage.

Charisma Cardz & By The Cute & Girly ~ Love is in the Air!

Our Creative Corners ~ Black & White Plus One.

Allsorts ~ Anything Goes.

Just for Men ~ Dream Valley.

Here come the Boy's ~ Vintage feel.

Creative Card Crew ~ Masculine.

Ingredients:

PP ~ The Crafty Purple Frog "Valentine"

Stamps ~ Bombshell Stamps " Till Death Us Do Part"

Ribbon from stash.

Coloured with Copic's

"Black Soot" Distress Ink.

Twinklets Diamond Dust.

Glossy Accents.

Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher & Staples.

Thursday, 23 February 2012

The Crafty Purple Frog ~ St Davids Day.

Today I have another DT make for you this one is for

The Crafty Purple Frog Challenge

This fortnights challenge is:

"St Davids Day"

So Yellow and Green is the name of the game and Daffodils too if you want too.

{I was going to use Daffodils instead of Roses but like most things you can never find them when you want them, I suppose this is what happens when you collect and collect. }

Regardless of that I think this makes the perfect Mothering Sunday card for either my Mum

or my Muva {that's M.I.L to most people} I know both will love the yellow.

I've used Green Dragonfly Decoupge Sheet and
Spring Florals Paper pack both from

The Crafty Purple Frog. I think the paper's compliment the image perfectly.

The other ingredients are:

Roses from Wild orchid Crafts, Ribbon from eBay, Bazzill Cardstock and Stickle's "Crystal Ice".

Other challenges for today's card are:

Scrapology ~ Layer's.

Polka Doodles ~ Recipe {1 Image, 2 PP & 3 Embellishments}
Allsorts ~ Anything Goes!
Totally Papercrafts ~ Ribbon &/or Bows.
The Cutie Pie Challenge ~ Flower Power.
Delightful Challenges ~ Use Patterned Paper.
Crafts & Me ~ Shades of Spring.

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

A Sneeky hour!

I've managed to find a few minutes to my-self in between night shifts and as I'm slightly hooked on my new Dilly Beans images I just needed to play!!!

Today's challenges are:

The Deconstructed Sketch ~ Sketch #39

Dilly Beans ~ Seeing Red.

Fussy & Fancy ~ All My Heart.

Totally Papercrafts ~ Ribbon &/or Bows.

Craft Us Crazy ~ Favourite Embellishments {Pins}

Crazy4Challenges ~ Spots & Stripes.

Allsorts ~ Anything Goes!

Our Creative Corner ~ Black & White Plus One.

Hooked On Crafts ~ Hearts.

The Cutie Pie ~ Flower Power.

Whimsy Inspirations ~ Monochrome.

Ingredients:

PP ~ Pink Peticoat.

Digi Stamp ~ Dilly Beans.

Roses ~ Wild Orchid Crafts.

Ribbon & Pin's from stash.

Coloured with Copic's & Glossy Accents.

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Inspirational Card Sketches ~ Sketch # 152 with Bunny Zoe Crafts.

Happy Tuesday Everyone!!

Its time for another sketch at Inspirational Card Sketches

This week we have one of our favourite sponsors

Bunny Zoe Crafts

This weeks prize is a Fabulous £10.00 gift voucher for Nikki's on-line store.

Here's this week's Sketch from Dawn.

Here's my take on this weeks sketch!

Today's other challenges are:

Scrapology ~ Layers.

Simon Say's Stamp ~ Tag It!
Moving Along with the Times ~ Get well soon

Allsorts ~ Anything Goes!

Ingredients:

Digi ~ Dilly Beans.

PP & Sentiment ~ Pink Petticoats.

Punch ~ Tonic Studio.

Gem's ~ Anita's.

Raffia from stash.

Coloured with Copic's.

Stickles.

CS ~ Bazzill & Core'dinations.

Sunday, 19 February 2012

Kenny K Krafty Girlz ~ Embossing!

Its time for another FAB challenge from Team A at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz Challenge.

this week the prizes on offer are 5 digi's of the winner's choice from

Kenny K Downloads.

And aslo from Marianne Design

is this fabulous prize pack of a die,a stamp and a pack of gorgeous ribbons!

you can also follow Marianne Designs on

Facebook & Twitter.

This weeks theme is:

Embossing.

It can be Dry or Heat whichever you fancy!

Pop on over to see what the Krafty Girlz have made this week!

Saturday, 18 February 2012

Sketch Saturday ~ # 195 with The Stamp Fairy.

Good morning Crafty's Its Saturday so it's time for another fabulous sketch from Sketch Saturday

This week we are sponsored by

The Stamp Fairy

And the prize from The Stamp Fairy is a Fantastic $10.00 gift voucher for their store.

Here is this weeks Sketch.......ain't it a Cracker!

We have our new Saturday Girls joining us this week so pop on over to the Sketch Saturday

blog and show Jen, Lizy & Steph some love but not before you've had a peep at my card!

The Stamp Fairy very kindly gave the DT a couple of digi's to work with,

I've used Molly Fairy.

Today's other challenges are:

Polka Doodle & Incy Wincy ~ Recipe {3 embellies, 2 PP & 1 image}

The Crafty Pad ~ B is for Butterflies & Bling.

Papercraft Star ~ Bright Colours & Butterflies.

Delightful Challenges ~ Use your Scraps.

Ingredients:

PP ~ MME "Quite Contrary"

Digi Stamp ~ The Stamp Fairy.

Stamp ~ Stampin Up!

Punch ~ Tonic Studio.

Bling ~ Anita's.

Stickles and Stampedous Glass Glitter.

Coloured with copics & Pergamano white gel pen.

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Inspirational Card Sketches ~ Sketch # 151 with Di's Digi Dowloads.

Happy Valentines Day

to you all, hoping you all have received some yummy

cards and gifts from that special person in your life.

This week we are sponsored by

Di's Digital Downloads

The prize for this weeks winner is a fabulous prize pack of

Here's my make for this weeks sketch. As you will see I've gone for an nontraditional colour scheme for this valentines, My favourite colour is green.