A reminder

Hi everybody! This will be a very, very short post. I just wanted to remind you about the Best of British event we organized for you at Crafty Ribbons Pure inspiration blog on May 18. The DT will show you lots of amazing projects and there are also many prizes to be won from our sponsors. I hope you'll come and join us. Hugs!

Decorated tape stand

Hello there! Nice to see you here. :) I hope you've been having a good weekso far. Mine has been pretty busy, so I am really looking forward to the weekend.

Today a new challenge started at Crafty ribbons challenge blog. We have a perfect theme for this time of the year - we want to see FLOWERS somewhere on your creation. I LOVE using flowers on my projects and I know many of you like to use them too so I hope to see lots and lots of entries in this challenge. :) And we have some flowery prize for the lucky winner too. Look ...

Aren't these buttons just too cute? And the colours. So beautiful! If you want to win a box of these fabby buttons all you need to do is to play with us at our challenge and cross your fingers - it might help. ;) And if you can't wait, you can get these at Crafty ribbons store. :)

For this challenge I wanted to create something different. So I used my old tape stand, painted it with white acrylic paint and decorated it with handmade flowers, gorgeous saddle ribbon from the Baby collection and some butterflies (these are a MS punch). I also used my boder punch, flower punch (for the small flowers), Viva decor pearl pen and Marianne design die. I saw something similar (decorated tape stand) quite some time ago when I was browsing the internet and I loved the idea and have been wanting to do it myself ever since. And now I did it. And I have to admit I am happy with how it turned out. :) And now I have a fancy shabby chic ribbon stand. Tadaaaaa. :D The pink swiss dots ribbon is also from Crafty ribbons - also from the Baby collection.

Now you probably want to see what my creatio looks like, don't you? Here it is ...

What do you think of it? I hope you like it. :) My teamies also have some awesome projects to share with you so hop to the Crafty ribbons challenge blog to see their creations. And while you are there, why not join the challenge too. ;)

And just before I go, I want to tell you about the fab giveaway that my super sweet and uber talented friend Rosie is having at her blog. She is offering a $20 certificate to the La La Land Crafts store. Awesome, right? If you want to be in the chance for drawing, hop to Rosie's blog (giveaway is in this post).

Ok, so much from me. I wish you all a wonderful day! Hugs! xx

I'd like to enter this project to the following challenges:
Bunny Zoe's crafts: Ribbon or twine
PanPastel: Anything goes
Fussy and fancy: Butterflies, ribbon and punches
Hooked on craft: Flowers
Victorine stamps: Anything goes
I brake for challenges: Florals
Do you stack up: Use a flower
The pretty little ribbon: blooms and butterflies
Just Tracys crafts: Anything goes
Going Buggy: Things with wings

A new blog and a chance to win some yummy ribbons

Hi there! I want to tell you about the fab new blog in the Blogland.


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 below 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 below.... 

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....


Sounds exciting, doesn't it? ;) So why not hop over the Crafty ribbons Pure inspiration blog and join the fun. :)

New Fashionista challenge

Hi there! It's another beautiful sunny day here. I am only wondering how long will it stay like this - the weathermen are saying we could get some rain again tomorrow. I hope there won't be much, because we have a traditional picnic at my parents' place on May 1.

Over at Fashionista challenge blog we have a new challenge for you. This is the second Fashionista challenge in general, but it's the first one for me. :) The theme of our challenge is "Wedding, anniversary or shower" + optional is to use black, white and one extra colour. My teamies made very beautiful creations for this challenge so hop over the challenge blog and check them out. We are sponsored by Inky impressions and they are offering a wonderful prize to the "people's choice winner".

Before I show you what I made, let me tell you about the tiny change that happened with our challenge blog ... We started by being a monthly challenge blog, but now we changed this to being a 4 weekly challenge blog. This means we will have a new challenge for you every 4th Monday.

I made a small basket for this challenge. My parents are having a wedding anniversary in May and I am planning to fill this basket with chocolate hearts and give it to them.

I used the plain white cardstock to make this basket and then on the top and on the bottom I used red patterned paper from Folia which I punched with my border punch. I made the flowers myself using the TH Tattered florals die. The ribbon, heart crystals and red pearl are from my stash.

I hope you'll join our challenge. :) Hugs! xx

I'd like to add my basket to the following challenges:

Paper sundaes: Ribbon and pearls

Chocolate, coffee and cards: Bingo (pearls, punches, flowers)

Bunny Zoe's crafts: Ribbon or twine

Simon says: Anything goes

Ribbon carousel: Anything goes

Creative inspirations: Flowers
There she goes: May flowers

Summer colours

It's getting warmer and warmer here. Yesterday and today we had such lovely sunny days and it was around 26 degrees Celsius outside. Almost like summer. :)

Yesterday me and my boyfriend took a short trip to another city. The weather was way too beautiful to to stay inside so we decided to go somewhere. There we went to see the castle, took a walk around the city centre and at the end we also went to the shopping centre (because in that particular shopping centre is my favourite craft store). :D Of course I had to do some shopping. :P

Today I spent my day crafting. My table is just in front of the window so it was great to have some natural light (sun) while I was cutting and coloring and ... You get the idea. ;) I made several cards for one event (can't tell you more about it now, but you'll get to know everything soon ;)), and also one card "just because". And this is the card I want to show you today.

The image I used is a Swiss miss Rosalie from C.C. design. I colored her with Promarkers and Faber Castell pencils. The patterned paper is from Nature collage kit from Artsy collage and the rest of the papers are from my stash. The ribbon is from my stash as well. The butterflies are a Pracht punch and the circle and scalloped circle are Spellbinder dies. On the yellow parts of Rosalie's dress I also used Stickles.

I followed the sketch on the Crop Stop blog.

I hope you are enjoying your weekend. :) Hugs! xx

I would like to enter this card to the following challenges ...

Crop Stop: April Spellbinder/Becky Fleck feature die challenge
All that scraps: I chose "S" for "sparkle"
Bunny Zoe's crafts: Ribbon or twine
Going buggy: A card for a child
The ribbon carousel: Anything goes

Yellow, pink and orange

Hi there! What a beautiful sunnyday we have here! I love it. While I was walking around the old part of our capital I even saw some people in t-shirts. For me it's still a bit too cold to be wearing only t-shirt, but I don't think it'll be long before I can actually put my jackets in the back of the closet. :) We're supposed to have lovely weather all weekend, which is great with all the holidays coming. :D

At Crafty ribbons challenge blog we have a bright challenge for you too. Your host this time is my lovely leamie Charlotta and she chose "Pink, yellow and orange" as theme for our challenge. I have to admit I was having a hard time with this challenge because this isn't really the colour combinatin I would normally use. But I still managed to make it work (at least I think I did). Here's the card I made for this challenge.

I used solid colour papers. Over the yellow one in the background I stamped with Inkadinkado gem stone jewels stamps and over the yellow one behind Tilda I stamped with Stampabilities faded text background stamp. I colored the image with Promarkers and the ribbon is from Crafty ribbons. I also used liquid pearls by Viva decor on this card.

I hope you like my card and that you'll come and play with us. You can win this fab Bev's bag, full of gorgeous ribbons. :)

Hop over to Crafty ribbons challenge blog to see all the fab creations my teamies made to inspire you. :)

I wish you all a wonderful day!
Hugs! xx

Some news, a card and my candy winner

Hi there! How are you? Did you have a nice weekend? I finally had some more free time to do some crafting. It was great! And now I only have 3 more work days and then I'm free til next Thursday. You know what this means, right - crafting time. Woohoo! :D I have quite some things I need to start working on so I know I'll make good use of this free time. :)

I want to share something with you. Something I found out a short while ago (but it only got official on Saturday) ... I am a new DT member of Fashionista challenge blog. :D This is a brand new monthly challenge blog and I am really excited to be working with all these talented ladies. Our very first challenge just ended. In fact, we got top 5 and now we need YOU to vote for your favourite to win some goodies. Visit the Fashionista challenge blog to cast your vote (we have a prize for one voter too). :) And keep your eyes on the new challenge that will launch in May first. I'm so excited because this will be the first challenge I'll take part of as a DT member. :)

I also want to show you the card I made the other day, using one of the sweet Emerald fairies digi images.

I used bright summer colours on this card. I didn't add many embellishments, because I wanted the image to attract all the attention. ;) The papers are from my stast and so are the ribbon and the glittery dots. The big flowers are a TH die and the small ones were made with my craft punch. The sentiment is a Fiskars rubber stamp. I also used some Spellbiners dies (scalloped circle, circle and fancy tags dies). I colored the image with Promarkers and Faber Castell pencils. I hope you like my card. :)

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
2 sisters challenge blog: Use a digi
Stamptacular Sunday challenge: Loaded with layers
Fussy and fancy: Punches and dies
Pretty little ribbon shop: To die for
The paper shelter: Wings and things
Whimsy inspires: Punches or die cuts
Emerald fairies: Dazzle it

And before I forget, I also need to announce the winner of my spring candy. I used random.org to get a winner and the number that gout out was ................................. 13. Yup, lucky 13. :D And that is you, Charlotta. Yay, well done hun! Big congrats to you. :)) Please send me an email before Friday to claim your prize.

That's all from me today. I wish you all a wonderful week! Hugs! xx