Anniversary time

Hello and HAPPY Saturday.....ooh the sun has got his hat on today!! whooo.......
 This card was made a few weeks back  for a  CRAFT  challenge and you know i just never posed it..lol it was in draft ready to post and i total forgot about it. It was posted along with the other DT cards on CRAFT but just not on my blog..... So here it is

Now this fitted in nicely because it was our Wedding Anniversary  Easter weekend and if you read my post you will know i was bought a Grand Calibur from my dear hubby, I know how great was that!

Well as you can see from my card i made use of it straight away...he he.as i got some dies to play with too.

Love it!!

The Image was a one given to us from our sponsor Meljens designs

 aaah and they adorable couple, the papers are from  Craft CD and the ribbons are from Crafty Ribbons.
Now i hope you have all played along with Craft celebration blog hop as there is lots and lots of prizes on all of the DT blogs,  you could be in with a good chance of a prize.


Thanks for your visit and i would also like to say a big hello to my new followers
i have entered my card into these fab challenges
Card makin mamas.....flowers(on image)
Crafts and me.....Die cuts and punches
x carol x

Birthday cards needed !! and DT call

HAPPY FRIDAY..This week has gone far to fast, but it always does when you are off work..lol never mind role on the next BH weekend then i will be off again..hehe. To days blog card is for CRAFTY CATZ and our theme is HAPPY BIRTHDAY  which was chosen by Trish, now i am sure this will be an easy one for you as everyone needs a Birthday card. We have also having a DT call so check out the blog for further information regarding this,

 The ribbon is from Crafty ribbons,The butterflys are Martha Stewart and i have cut a dollie in half to go on either side of the image.

The image is from our fab sponsors STAMPING BOUTIQUE

AND THE PRIZE IS 3 IMAGES OF YOUR CHOICE.

Why not pop on over and see the fab DT samples from the rest of  the team

Have a lovely weekend all,

x Carol x

Flowers flowers and more flowers

Hi there ..It's time for the new challenge to begin over at CRAFTY RIBBONS  challenge blog and the theme is FLOWERS 

I decided do use my flower stamps from Chloe stamps, which i love using, i have used the large and the small to layer up the image in places. The ribbon is of course from CRAFTY RIBBONS and it comes in some gorgeous colours.

I have embossed the four squares as the background with the swiss dots folder.

Now the prize is

 

wow i know these GORGEOUS flower buttons, love them don't you

so to be in with a chance play along with our challenge.  

I am adding my card to these other challenges

Craft room challenge....embossing

Creative craft chall.......anything goes

Flourishes chall.......Pink a licious

Crafty bloggers....Decoupage

Always crafting......anything goes
Stamp and create....one for the ladies
Thanks for your visit, they are greatly appreciated,
 x carol x

PARTY TIME!!!!! hop hop all the way

Hello and welcome to my post and its all about CRAFT challenge as 

This week is a special week. We are 3 years old this week! So, Happy Birthday to us!!

Our challenge this week is 'Celebration'. So, any project fitting this subject will be eligible for a prize.

We also have our blog hop this week and you can choose to do one or more of the following this week:

1. Take part in our challenge
2. Add your name to Inlinkz on the DT and GDT blogs to be in with winning a prize on their blogs.
3. Complete the blog hop (adding your name to Inlinkz on your way), collect all letters and form the sentence it forms and leave a comment at the end of our challenge post with your answer.

We have a lot of sponsors this week, with lost of prizes to be won.

• A prize for the winner of our 'Celebration' challenge this week.
• A prize for the randomly chosen winner on each (G)DT member's blog.
• A prize for the randomly chosen comment with the correctly formed sentence from the collected letters along the way.

To ensure all is done fairly, we will enable comment moderation this week to keep all answers behind, so there can be no cheating.

Our blog hop route:

Elke 

Sue 

Nikki 

Tigerlover 

Liam and Owen 

Jenny 

Coops 

Carol - You're here!

Sylvia

Sharon 

Sheryl

Jeanette

Alison

Jo

CRAFT Challenge

As you can see you should have arrived here from Star of the Month's blog. If you have not, please return there or to Elke's blog for the start of our blog hop.


The sponsor on my blog is Meljen's Designs

By adding your name below you can be in with a chance of winning 

4 images of choice

Don't forget to link in and to collect your letter on this stop which is

So, now it is time to get you some inspiration for this challenge. Here is my card for this challenge. The image is from  one of our many sponsors ......Meljens designs

Love this cute bear, i think you will see more of him over the next few weeks, I have just used my crafters companion board to emboss the lines across my card, added a large paper dollie and ribbon from my stash,. used MS punch for the boarder, ooh and lots of bling. 

Your next stop will be Sylvia. Hope you are having fun! Enjoy the rest of our blog hop!

Please remember to ink up below with inlinkz  so you can go into the draw for the prize from Meljen's design.

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE
my card also fits with these other challenges going on at the moment


Paper shelter........Anything goes
Stars and stamps......Patriotic 
Stamping boutique........Bling

x Carol x

Inspiration needed !!

Hello Bloggers, Thought i would share with you  some fab news regarding CRAFTY RIBBONS

Crafty Ribbons have launched a new inspiration blog,called


CRAFTY RIBBONS PURE INSPIRATION

To kick off our new inspiration blog we are offering some fabulous ribbon candy.....

If you would like to win these gorgeous ribbons..then all you need to do is become a follower of the blog,for every 100 followers we get we will draw a winner so please pass the details on the more followers the more candy and the more chances to win,leave your name with Mr Linky  and when we hit that magical 100 followers we will get Random Org to draw a winner so it could be you and should we get to 200 followers well we'll draw another winner and so on.....

We will be checking to make sure your a follower,if not a new winner will be drawn..


If you don't have a blog that's fine just become a follower and then leave your name with Mr Linky skipping the URL bit

There is also another reason to become a follower we are holding a fabulous event from the 18th May until 2nd June to celebrate.......

Now if you take the blinkie above and put it in your sidebar you can have a second entry to win the fabulous ribbons above,just leave your name a second time with Mr Linky .

Each day we will be highlighting a different British Craft Company or Shop,the Design Team will be posting cards/projects on their blogs each day using products from each Company or shop,there will also be a prize each day from the highlighted Company up for grabs that's 16 prizes and you can enter each day,only one entry per person per day to make it fair,so make sure to become a follower and check back regularly for some gorgeous inspiration and more info on our Best of British event and remember to come back on the 18th May to join in the fun with us and for your chance to win gorgeous prizes from all the fabulous Company's and shops who are joining in with us....




Here is the code for the blinkie

http://craftyribbonsinspiration.blogspot.co.uk/">http://blog.craftyribbons.com/image.axd?picture=2012%2f5%2fCrafty+Ribbons+Best+of+British.gif" />

Why not pop on over to CRAFTY RIBBONS this weekend as they have

just for the B Holiday weekend or  you can enter there freebie draw to win a voucher  which will buy them for you
x Carol x

FLOWERS and more

Hello bloggers, Happy Friday,  and it's even better because it's a B Hol weekend, so nice and long..lol

My today card is my Friday DT card for CRAFTY CATZ  and the theme is "April showers bring forth May flowers ",this is NOT just flowers on your card it has to be on the image. 

My image is a LOTV and it's one of my fav's i have used swirls embossing folder and cuttlebug for the backing

added flowers from my stock and gorgeous pink ribbon.

Our sponsor this week is  CRIMSON CLOUD, so pop on over to the blog for details of the prize.

and check out the other DT creations.

Other challenges this card fits into is .......

Divas by design......monochromatic

Inky impressions.......lots of ribbon

Little darlings chall.......flowers

My mums craft shop....Embossing

Have a lovely weekend,

x carol x

DT card for CRAFT

Good Morning Good Morning....... it's great to stay up late, Good Morning Good Morning to you!!

Now have i got you singing yet...lol well i canstay up late after today because i have a weeks holiday again, i say again cos it's not long since i had one..lol.....

Ok now down to telling you about Craft challenge new challenge which has started today and the theme is BUTTONS. My image which i have used is from our sponsor Digi Doodle

I have made this into a graduation card, made my own scroll with  my son's girlfriends name on it, as she has just completed her uni course. Her graduation is not till later on but i could not resist this image. 

Our other sponsors this week are 

and

so now it's up to you, i bet you can add a button or two to your next creation!!

Have a lovely holiday weekend everyone,

take care

hugs Carol  x