Tammy's Scrapin Corner - Challenge #47. DT Post

Good Morning everyone!

I hope your week has gone well.  I must thank you all for commenting on my posts and bearing with me.  I do seem to have lost my Mojo where crafting is concerned.  I'm seeing it as a chore instead of enjoyment.  I still enjoy colouring in but not the actual making of the card.  Have any of you any ideas on how to get my mojo back?

Just a small note about my health.... I'm seeing some kind of specialist today who will decide on what kind of treatment I will have regarding my hip.  Its took just over a year to get to this.  They first diagnosed Sciatica and now finally they have found the real reason for my chronic pain due to an MRI scan.  Fingers crossed I will be back to work sometime this year.

I also want to apologise for not checking on your blogs and commenting.  I will be back to normal soon.

Anyway onto this weeks challenge at Tammys's Scrapin Corner Blog .  This week the theme is "Buttons".  So basically any card or image etc which has a button on it will be eligible for the challenge.  Once again I look forward to seeing your creations!

We have two sponsors sponsoring us this week and they are:

Bugaboo Stamps: BugaBoo Stamps Store
Shop SK Digis : Shop Sk Digis Store

They have some fab Digi Stamps so make sure you stop on over for a mooch.

The Digi Image I have used today is from Bugaboo Stamps and is called Princess Charlie.  A Joy to colour and such an adorable Digi.

Main View of Card:

The card I have made is called a Diamond Fold Spring Easel Card.  If you search my Blog or even Google it you will find many Tutorials on how to make it and it is very easy to make.

Close up Of Digi Image:

Materials Used:

Kanban Card Stock for Base

Neenah Card Stock for Digi Stamp

Bugaboo Stamps Digi Image: Princess Charlie

Pro Markers used for colouring in

Spellbinders Dies, De-sire Lites from Crafters Companion Dies and Marianne Dies

Patterned Card Stock, Flowers, Red Border Peel offs , white ribbon bows, Buttons, Sentiment and Brown Rose buds are all from my Crafty Stash.

Id like to enter this card into the following challenges please:

Anything Challenge Blog - Buttons n bows

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Anything but a square

Craft Door Magazine challenge Blog - Always anything goes

Lady Annes Challenges - Anything goes

I love Pro Markers challenges - Anything goes

Nut Crafters challenges - Cute and Girly

Paper Craft Star Challenges - Buttons

4 Crafty chicks Challenges - Buttons

Lisa Somerville Challenge Blog - Birthday

Joyful Stamper challenges - Anything goes

Simply Create Too challenges - Anything goes

Stampin for the weekend challenge blog -Anything goes

365 Cards Challenge Blog - Button and a bows

Dream Valley Challenges - Girls, girls , girls

Other Views of the Card:

Please hop on over to Tammy's Scrapin Corners Blog to see all of the other DT Members Creations that have been made for this challenge.

I hope you all have a fantastic day and hopefully if health and time allows me I will be able to visit your blogs and see your stunning creations I have missed out on.

Many crafty Hugs
Sharon xxxx

Tammy's Scrapin Corner. Challenge #46

Good morning all bloggers out there.

Once again I must apologise for my absence. I'm not sure what's up but since I've been unwell and still in pain, it seems like I've lost my mojo. Lost the will to craft lol. I'm hoping ill be back to normal soon. The new year just seems to be so busy and not got much time like before.

Thank you all so much for not giving up on me and still commenting on my posts, I really appreciate it! I will get round to your blogs soon.

So onto this weeks challenge at Tammy's Scrapin Corner. The theme this week is "Heart and/or Red"! A good excuse to get making those valentine cards for your loved ones! I look forward to seeing your creations! Please remember to put GDT after your name when entering your card if you would like to be considered for our Guest Designer for the week!

We have two Guest Designers this week and their names are: Bunny Hoyle and Valerie!

Bunny's Blog link : Bunny's Blog

Valerie's Blog link : Valerie's Blog

Please check out their blogs and show some love and also to see their gorgeous cards for this weeks challenge.

We have some fabulous sponsors this week too and they are:

Eureka Stamps:Eureka Stamps Store

Kenny K Downloads : Kenny K Downloads

Main View of Card:

My image used on the card this week is from Kenny K Downloads and is called: Lil Angel n Devil. They are just adorable!

Close up of Digi Stamp Image:

Materials used:

HunkyDory Cardstock for Easel Base

Marianne, Spellbinders Dies used for all die cuts

Unique circle Folds which was followed via an tutorial on a fellow bloggers site (Desire Fourier)

Black lace, black netting , flowers, feather , brown rose buds, red border peel offs and die cut rose buds from my crafting stash.

Sentiment was stamped and cut via a Spellbinders die

Image from Kenny K Downloads coloured with Pro Markers and wings coloured in with Glitter pens.

Please hop on over to Tammy's Scrapin Corner to see all of the stunning creations that all of the other DT members have created!

Side View of Card:

I'd like to enter the follows challenges please:

Crafting by Designs Blog - Must use alcohol markers/hearts

I love Pro Markers Challenges - Layers

Crafts U Crazy Challenge blog - Celebrate love or are you seeing red?

Crafty Ribbons Challenge blog - Love/romance

Paper Crafting Journey challenges - Anything goes

Atcs With Attitude Challenge Blog - Anything goes

Simply Create Too Challenges - Anything goes

Addicted to Stamps Challenges - Use texture

Pile it on challenges - Have a heart

The squirrel and the fox challenge Blog - Anything goes

Craft Room Challenges - Valentines

Inky Chicks Blog - Anything goes

Sweet Stamps Blog - Anything goes

Other Views:

I hope you all have a wonderful start if the week and hope your all enjoying the glorious snow lol.

Please bear with me
Much love
Sharon xxx

DigiStamps 4 Joy! Challenge #58

Good afternoon everyone!

I am so sorry I have been absent for just over a week. I have had this nasty bug which has kept me bed bound for over a week and just felt awful! I'm on the mend now and haven't been able to manage any crafting. I've missed it so much!

I've missed you all and I hope you are all well? When I feel better in myself and a bit more human I will catch up on your blogs and see your beautiful work you've created. I apologise for the lack of comments too.

Over to the challenge at DigiStamps 4 Joy Blog, the theme is "Oh how time flies!" You can interpret the theme title how you like as long as it fits the title.

The prize's for this challenge are:

Randomly drawn winner: 3 Images of their choice from the store.

2 Runners up: 1 Image each

Now if you use a DigiStamps 4 Joy image on your entry you can win the big prize of $10 of images from the store and could also be our Guest Designer!!

Front view of card:

This card was made over a week ago for the challenge. The Digi Stamp I used for my card is called "Grandfather Clock" and you can buy it here:  Grandfather Clock Digi Stamp.   I used Retirement to interpret the theme.

So why not hop on over to the blog and enter the challenge and see the other DT's stunning and amazing creations for this challenge. I look forward to seeing your work!

Close up of Image:

Materials used:

Kanban card stock from a kit

Silver textured card stock for matting the image onto

Grandfather Clock Digi Stamp from DigiStamps 4 Joy

Pro markers used to colour Digi in

Glitter pens

Gold peel off lettering for the words on left hand side of card

Die cuts from Spellbinder Dies

Sentiment , Decorative Border , feather and brown ribbon roses all from my stash

Other Views:

 

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges please:

Shelly's Images Blog - Anything goes

Simply create challenges - Always anything goes

Sugar Bowl Blog - Anything goes

Fresh Brewed Designs Blog - Anything goes

Penny's Challenges - Anything goes

Atc's with Attitude Blog - Add a tag or sentiment / anything goes

Pink Gem Challenge Blog - New beginnings

Krafty Hands Challenges - New beginnings

Avenue 613 Blog - Anything goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes

Dream Valley Challenges - Anything goes

Joanna Sheen Challenges - New beginnings

The Squirrel and the Fox Challenges - Anything goes

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Blog - Anything goes

Lady Anne's Challenges - Anything goes

Creative creations Challenges - Anything goes

House Mouse Challenge Blog - New beginnings

Lexis Creations - Anything goes

My Grafico Crafts Challenges - Anything goes

Bearly Mine challenges - Anything goes

Creative craft challenges 2 - New beginnings

Craftdoor magazine blog - Always anything goes

Lady Anne's challenges - Anything goes


I hope you all have a fabulous day!
Please bear with me as I'm still here and my blog will resume as normal soon.
Much love
Sharon xxx

Tammy's Scrapin Corner! Challenge #44. DT Post

Good Morning Bloggers!

Monday already!  Wow time surely goes quickly.  Another start to another week.

I really hope you are all well!.  Thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful comments on my blog concerning my health.  It is very much appreciated.

Today is the start of another challenge over at Tammy's Scrapin Corner!  The theme for this week is "Manly Card".  So basically anything for a man or something that a gentleman would like.  Now its very rare I make cards for males, for some reason I find it hard to create for them as Im a very girly girl lol.  So this certainly was a challenge for me but I think I did quite well considering lol.

If you would like to become a Guest Designer for us for one of our challenges please when entering your card put GDT after your name.  We also have a Guest Designer joining us for this week.  Please welcome her and go and show her some love on her blog.  Her card is just stunning for this challenge.  Her Bio:

Greetings from the Great White North! My name is Tammy and I live in Calgary, Alberta Canada. I am a happily married WAHM to a lovely three year old boy named Riley who is my greatest inspiration. We also have 2 pound puppies Pickles (a pug) and Tonka ( a bijon). I was so excited to find that I was going to be a guest designer for Tammy's Scrapin' Corner.

I've been a crafter for several years, starting first with scrapbooking, then branching out into cards and now I have jumped on the SMASHbook wagon! I love to create! I'm a big fan of 6x6 paper packs, ribbon and my buttons although I seem to always collect more than I use I am often searching the internet looking for inspiration and new techniques and so you never know when I might stop by your blog to say hello!

Besides crafting I also enjoy traveling, country music, movies and I have a serious Diet Coke addiction!
Please feel free to stop by my blog at http://tampatha.wordpress.com and say hi! I'd love to hear from you.

Now onto my Card for todays challenge:

Front view of my Card:

The sponsor sponsoring us this week are QKR Stampede!  Link:  QKR Stampede Store.  

The Image I chose from the sponsor is titled car 20205 and you can buy it here: QKR Car Digi Stamp.  This is a normal A4 Card Stock scored in half to create an A5 Card turned around into a landscape then scored the top in half to create the easel part.

Close up of Image:   

I hope to see your creations over there on Tammy's Scrapin Corner Challenge Blog.   I love seeing all the different talent out there.

Materials used for Card:

HunkyDory Card Stock for base.
Image from QKR Stampede called car and coloured with Pro-Markers
The image was die cut using X-Cut Die then distressed with blue chalks and Tim Holtz Distress Ink.
Matted and layering was Silver Textured card Stock and patterned paper from my stash
The Sentiments and the Pocket on the bottom of the easel card and the small card postcard was from a Kanban Male Kit which has never been used before.
Patterned card stock from the same Kanban Kit
Flourish Die cuts from Joy Crafts die
Feathers from my stash

Side view of Card:

Id like to enter this card into the following challenges please:

For Fun Challenges - Something new : Kanban Kit

Fresh Brewed Designs Blog - Anything goes

I love Pro Markers Challenges - Monochrome

Jens Digis Challenge Blog - Celebrate

Charisma Cardz Challenges - Monochrome

Little Miss muffet Challenge Blog - Anything goes

Paper Play Challenges - Celebration

Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog - Celebrate

Simply Create Challenges - Anything goes

Fat pages with Attitudes Blog - Anything goes

Stamping with Dragon Challenges - Anything goes

Third Coast Challenges - Anything goes
Basic Grey Challenges - Anything goes

QKR Stampede Challenge Blog  - Anything goes

Why not go and hop over to Tammy's Scrapin Corner Challenge Blog and see all of the other stunning DT Card Creations they have made for this weeks challenge.

Enjoy and have a fantastic day
Lots of love
shaon xxx

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Gwendoline Digi Stamp

Good Evening fellow bloggers!

I hope your day has been going good so far.  Sundays are meant for relaxing which is what Ive been doing and just updating my blog, crafting and doing some much needed blog hopping lol.   I think there are times where all I want to do is craft and times where I feel Ive lost my Mojo but it soon reappears lol.

So onto my Project that Ive created.

This is basically a piece of card stock and by using folds and scoring you can create this gorgeous box card.  Ive never seen it before and thought id have a go.  Its not perfect but I didn't want to not show you as the inside is lovely and the Digi Stamp I just love. You can find the tutorial to this box card here: 
Box Card Tutorial

Overview of the project unfolded:

The Image was a new release from Digi Stamps for Joy.Store called Gwendoline, artist: Jen and you can find her in the Teenz section.  Isnt she absolutely Beautiful!  link: 
Digi Stamps 4 Joy StoreThe Blog post link you can find here: 
New Releases Blog Post for December
You can find the normal blog here: 
Digi Stamps 4 Joy Blog

Close up of the Image:

You can leave the box open as it is or you can fold it up and put a ribbon around it to keep it closed but I decided to leave it open so the Digi Image was on show.   I also think it would be easier to do with card stock that isn't too thick for easier folding and scoring but we learn these things as we go along lol.

Inside and other side views of the project:

Materials used:

HunkyDory Card Stock for the Project.
Gwendoline Digi Stamps for Joy Image coloured with Pro Markers
Black lace, Gold Border peel offs, Patterned paper and embellishments are all from my trusty stash

Bottom of the project:

Id like to enter this project into the following challenges please:

For fun challenges - Something new

Fresh Brewed Designs challenges - Anything goes

365 Cards challenges - Love + 1 hear:  On the heart sentiment.

Little miss muffet challenges - Anything goes

My heart pieces digital stamp challenges - Getting girly

Simply Create Challenges - Anything goes

Fat pages with Attitudes Challenges - Anything goes

Stamping with dragon blog - Anything goes

Third Coast Challenges - Anything goes

Disdigi designs challenges - Try something new

Hope you like
Have a lovely evening
Crafty Hugs
Sharon xxxx

Challenges 4 Everbody! Challenge #11. DT Post

Good morning everyone in blog land on this lovely day!

I hope you are all doing well and getting back to normal after the holidays.

The card Ive created today is for "Challenges 4 Everybody Blog" Challenge blog.  The theme is always Anything goes!  Which is great as you can enter whatever project you like and have a chance at winning some great freebies from our fabulous Sponsors we have during that week.

The sponsor who is sponsoring us this week is Bugaboo Stamps.  You can find there Store here:  Bugaboo Stamps Store.   Where you will find some stunning and gorgeous Digi Stamps.

I am also sad to say that this will be my last DT post for Challenges 4 Everybody due to the fact that time is now limited and I want to concentrate on the two DT Places I have already and other crafting creations I would like to venture into.

Main View of Card:

The Image I chose is called:  Fancy SB Love Digi Stamp.  She is adorable and I had so much fun colouring her in with my Pro-Markers.  You can buy her here: Fancy SB Love Digi Stamp.

Close up of Image:

The card I decided to create is called a stepper card.   Its basically different dimensions of steps where you can build up a scene.  I'm not entirely satisfied with the finished result but I think it will do lol.  You can find the tutorial here: Stepper card Tutorial .

Side views of the card:

Materials used to create the card:

HunkyDory Card Stock for base.
Patterned paper from Kanban which was used to decorate each section of the step
Textured Gold Card Stock from Create and Craft For matting underneath the patterned paper
Bugaboo Fancy SB Love Digi Stamp Image
Pro-Markers used to colour Image
Cottage Decoupage, Flowers Decoupage, Sentiment and Butterfly from a HunkyDory kit
Plant Pots from a kit I bought from Ebay.
Gold mirrored Card stock cut using an X Cut Die From Stash
Different Varieties of Flowers from my Stash

Id like to enter This card into the following Challenges Please:


Crafty Creations Challenges - Anything goes

Divas by Designs Challenge Blog - Anything goes

Flutter by Wednesdays Challenges - Must use butterfly or fairy - Use something new

Fresh Brewed Designs Challenge Blog - Anything goes

Inky Impressions Challenges - Anything goes

The Paper Shelter Challenges - Anything goes

Pennys challenge Blog - Favourite embellishment

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Anything goes

Moving along with the times challenges - Thank you creations

Simply Create Challenges - Anything goes

Atcs with Attitude challenge blog - Anything goes

Do it with Digis challenge - Go floral

Fun with shapes and more challenges - Anything but square/ must use die cut

QKR stampede Challenges - Anything goes

Stampin for the weekend challenges - Anything goes

Wags n Whiskers rubber stamps challenges - Anything goes

High hopes stamps challenge blog - Anything goes

Sassy cheryls challenges - Anything goes

Lady annes challenges - Anything goes

I hope you all have a fabulous and relaxing Sunday!
Crafty hugs
Sharon xxx

My favourite project for 2012! - Challenge Entry

Good afternoon everyone and a very happy new year for 2013!

I hope it's been a great new start for you all! It's started well for me so far which is a rate occurrence lol. I've finally found out what the problem is with my hip! I've been off sick from work for over a year now and last year was one hell of a year what with finances, pain , appointments and just pure frustration of being unable to move as much as normal. It's amazing how much we take for advantage and last year has taught me a lot. They first though it was sciatica and I had an epidural to help with the pain but it didn't work so had an MRI scan on my hip. I had the doctor ring me Wednesday which was quick, letting me know I have fluid and a cyst forming on my hip joint plus arthritis due to the injury being left so long so finally I have a diagnosis and it can get treated once and for all and maybe later this year I can start leading a normal life!

I've also had a bit if money come through which is a godsend as finances have been bad. So all in all it's not been a bad start to the year so far!

I hope you all have a fantastic start too for this year!

I'd also like to thank you so much for your well wishes and your kind and encouraging comments for my work since I've started my blog , it's been fabulous knowing there's many people out there who enjoy my work. Lastly I'd like to welcome my new followers. Thank you so much for being interested in my blog and following me.

This post is based on just one challenge where you have to find one project which you feel is your favourite for the year 2012.

I've had a good look and it's been a hard choice but here is the photo and link to my favourite project for the whole year:

Main view of project: 

I like this project due to the fact it was created just from card stock , patterned paper, embellishments and ribbon. I feel it looks so professional and would look great in any bedroom or dressing table to put your secrets in lol or just valuable or costume and precious jewellery. It can be used for many uses and I also love the vintage/shabby chic feel of it.

Inside showing the hidden Drawers:

Other side views of Project:

The challenge this post will be entered into is:

Paper Craft Star Challenge Blog - Favourite project of 2012

Hope you all have a fabulous day and thank you all so much for sticking by me and taking the time to enjoy my work.

Many hugs
Sharon xxxx