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!

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.

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.

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.