Purple and Blue @ Charisma this week

Good morning crafters this week is team B's challenge so I don't have a card to share with you but I'm sure you'll be bowled over with the inspiration for you this week over on the Charisma Challenge blog.
This week's challenge is 

PURPLE & BLUE

Any creation from any type of craft!!! 

As always we have some fantastic sponsors...

PRIZE ONE - 

"Sassy Studio Designs is a fresh new company. We have been designing and selling for a year now, and we have been kindly received into the community of digi stampers and crafters. I started designing images shortly after I started stamping, reason being...I didn't hardly like anything else out there I was a young adult woman at the time I was engaged, had no kids, I wanted fun sexy images that I would enjoy using and my friends and hubby would enjoy receiving. I designed images for 2 other digi stamp companies when my wonderful hubby kept trying to get me to go out on my own. So in June 2009 thanks to the few faithful followers I had, Sassy Studio Designs was born!  It has been a wonderful journey starting my own store. We have just grown so much these past months.I still try to keep "

Lindsay Dyer: keep with my original philosophy and reason for designing stamps, make them fun and keep them sassy...and yes sometimes even sexy!

Lindsay

http://buysassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/

One Lucky Crafter winner will get to pick 4 of the beautiful digi's as this fortnights prize!

PRIZE TWO -

Delicious Doodles is a young company with myself,

Teri, as the Sole Trader/Designer.

I have doodled and sketched all of my life.

I started making greetings cards when my last child was born, and used my doodles on them as I couldn’t find what I wanted in the usual craft places.

I only started selling my images in the Autumn of 2009.

I design and hand/mouse-draw all of the images that are sold in the Delicious Doodles Shop. Some are cutsie animals, some are sketched flowers, there are a few men's images, fairies and also some 'darker' images featuring vampires, skulls and Gothic stuff, something for everyone!

Why not pop over and take a look.

http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.com

Who are offering 4 digis of the winners choice!

Prize Three -

Stamp and Create is an online store based in the US with worldwide shipping. We specialize in rubber stamps carrying many different companies including: Magnolia, Whimsy Stamps, Saturated Canary, High Hopes Rubber Stamps and more. We offer free shipping on US orders of $65 or more. 

HAPPY EASTER ....

 

Just a quick post tonight to share this little Easter card.

Materials used

Image ...LOTV

Dies

Memory Box corners

Britania Flowers Dies

Spellbinders circles

I'm looking forward to a nice wee break over the Easter weekend, hopefully we will get some sunshine and I can get on with some gardening and maybe even manage a shopping spree for my holiday coming up in a couple of weeks.

Whatever you do I hope you all have a lovely peaceful Easter time.

Hugs

APRIL SHOWERS @ CHARISMA......

Good morning all,  I hope everyone enjoyed last weeks challenge and Blog Hop with Die Cut Crazy I had great fun visiting everyone's blogs, one of the great perks of being a designer is getting to  see all of your fabulous creations.

My DT inspiration for you this week was made with the following materials......

Image  is Umbrella Lili from Inky Impressions ...love this image and so nice to colour with Copics ..of course

Papers......First Edition

Fence and bird ...Marianne Creatables dies
I used tiny nail art gems for the raindrops 
Sentiment is computer generated and mounted on to Oval Nesties.

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This fortnight's Challenge is...

APRIL SHOWERS

Any creation from any type of craft!!! 

As always we have some fantastic sponsors...

 PRIZE ONE - 

We'd like to give a huge big welcome back to our monthly sponsor!

One Lucky winner will receive a £10 Voucher from Digistamp Boutique!
Sally-Ann from Digistamp Boutique! Now i'm sure you've all seen her fabulous work???!? NO?! Well head on over to her Digi shop! there's a digi for everything her work is fantastic and at such a low price too! Sally-Ann is very talented! go on! have a peek!!

PRIZE TWO -

Our Brand New Sponsor Bugaboo are giving this week's winner...

 

PRIZE THREE -

We are a young Rubber Stamp Company that offers some of the cutest children & animal stamps on the market today! Each and every stamp made is “Extra Deep Etched” on Quality Red Rubber for a crisp impression everytime! All our stamps are made right here in the USA!

All Inky Impressions Rubber Stamps are sold with EZ Mount just waiting to get inked! The characters LiLi, Angelica, Nicholas & Christopher are cartoon versions of our children. LiLi is a nickname for our youngest daughter MarLeigha. We truly hope that you love our stamps just as much as we have loved designing them.

  I am a stay at home mommy and wife to a very loving and supportive man.  Without the support of my family and friends, my dream would not have been possible.  This has been a long time coming and finally…I am ADRIFT on a DREAM! 
I can’t even begin to express how excited I am to share my dream with you.  We are devoted to you, our customers, so please feel free to share your artwork that is made with our stamps, or to just drop us a line to say hello!

one lucky winner this fortnight will win a $10 voucher to there online store!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today,  and also a huge thank you for all your lovely comments on my little Easter Basket last week, I really appreciate every one. It gives me great pleasure reading them.

Hope you enjoy this weeks challenge and as always the design team will be round your blogs to see all your fab creations.

I would also like to enter my card into this weeks Inky Impressions challenge which is
 Dots  and Stripes

 

Charisma Cardz Meets Die Cut Crazy Special Challenge & Blog Hop.

Welcome to the Charisma Cardz Meets Die Cut Crazy Special Challenge & Blog Hop.

 Our Wonderful design team have this week teamed up with the wonderful Magazine Die cut Crazy  to bring you some wonderful inspiration from the world of Die Cutting and also a fab packed April Edition which is avalible for download on all IOS Apple Devices via the Newstand & in PDF format from the website! Our designers have made some wonderful Easter and Spring projects to inspire your own  crafting with your die cuts.

This week at Charisma we have an ‘ANYTHING GOES’ Challenge where you can join in by linking or emailing charisma with your cards/designs and of course as always there are some fabulous prizes to be won which the winners will be announced next week on the blog and featured in next months issue of Die Cut Crazy.

As well as this we have a fabulous blog hop show casing all the designers which you should have a look around! And for each comment you leave at each stop we’ll be drawing some random winners for prizes!

If you just joined our hop, be sure and go back to the Charisma CardzChallenge Blog to start from the beginning! 

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For my DT project I decided to make a simple little Easter Basket . This is a list of the materials used.

1^st Edition Papers....Blank Canvas

Marianne Creatables.....Doily Die

Britania dies...Med Flower Rose Die

Britania Dies...Leaf Strip

Joy Craft ... Daisy Die

Martha Stewart Doily Border Punch

Satin Ribbon

Ric Rac

Gems

Method

 Using 8 x 8inch paper/card   make a box base or alternatively use a ready made box and decorate with your chosen papers

Next using your die cut machine cut 2 Marianne  Doilies  then cut each one in half. This will give you the 4 flaps. Measure   1cm in from flat edge and score. Fold to give the hinge to go over the box edge. Secure flaps to the inside of the box with Tape or glue and decorate with die cut flowers.

 Make the handle with Martha Stewart border punch and secure to the inside of the base either with glue, tape or a small brad underneath the flap. Add the same punched border around the bottom of the base and then add some  Ric Rac. Decorate the handle with a few die cut leaves and flowers adding a gem to the centre of each. Finally finish off with some ribbon on the handle and add shredded tissue paper and some Easter Eggs or chocolates.

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 Thanks for stopping by the Charisma Cardz Meets Die Cut Crazy Magazine Blog Hop & Challenge . I hope my project inspires you to create your own Spring/Easter project. 

 Please leave a comment to let me know you stopped by......

Next up in the hop is 

 Susan – www.mixamatoasties.blogspot.co.uk

 If you just joined the hop, below is a list of designers so you don't miss any.

Charisma – www.charismacardz.blogspot.com
Carlyann – www.sweetncrafty.blogspot.com

Emma Pountney – http://tinyurl.com/m42q998

Sarah sw – www.sarahshandmadecardsx.blogspot.co.uk

Mandy – www.mandysparkles.blogspot.com

Marie – www.cardmakingmazza.blogspot.co.uk

Jo  - www.determinedcrafter.blogspot.co.uk

Vee- www.bearykrafti.blogspot.com

Susan – www.mixamatoasties.blogspot.co.uk

Die cut crazy facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Die-Cut-Crazy-Magazine/552327878152647?ref=ts&fref=ts

Lorraine – www.travellingcolours.com

Emma – www.emgoescardmaking.blogspot.co.uk

Tina  -www.tinamarie9971.blogspot.co.uk

Dianne Grayson – (will be posted on www.diecutcrazymag.com)

Anna Bradshaw - craftwithanna@yahoo.com

Eemeli – www.eemelike.blogspot.com

Stacey – www. lasatas.blogspot.co.uk/

Natalie – http://ngcards.blogspot.co.uk


Dont forget  to leave a comment on each blog as we’ll be drawing some random winners for prizes! 

Sneak peek....

Keep your eyes peeled for our Charisma Challenge tomorrow it's really rather special.

Can't give away too much....you'll just have to come over tomorrow and find out all about it.  So exciting..!!!!

Say it with flowers

Just a short post to share this 70th Birthday card with you. A friend at work asked me to do a card for her Mum so I decided to use my new Hunydory papers and toppers that I got on Create and Craft last week. They are so lovely I also got the DVD as well so when they run out I can print them out again. Other materials include Ribbon and Pearls from Meiflower, Marianne Creatables corner die and the flowers are from Wild Orchid.

I've been really busy lately working on a project that is coming up very soon.........it's very exciting for me but I can't tell you any more at the moment.  You'll just have to keep your eye on my blog this week and all will be revealed.....

Thanks for popping in

Hugs

CLEAN AND SIMPLE....CAS @ CHARISMA CARDZ

Good morning everyone it's Team B's challenge this week so no card from me today, however I will be back later with a couple of Morther's Day cards to share with you so watch this space.

This week's Challenge is...

CAS

CLEAN AND SIMPLE CARDS/CREATIONS

ONLY!!

Any creation from any type of craft!!! 

As always we have some fantastic sponsors...

PRIZE ONE - 

CC DESIGNS

One lucky winner will receive 4 stamps or 1 stamp set.

PRIZE  TWO, THREE, FOUR -

Kenny K are offering 3 prizes this week! 1st will be 3 digi's 2nd will be 2 digi's and a lucky winner will also receive 1 digi of your choice!!
Kenny K's is a fab online digi shop with fun upbeat digi's for all your crafting needs!

Birthday Girls @ Charisma ....

This fortnight's Challenge is...

BIRTHDAY GIRLS

Any creation from any type of craft!!! 

As always we have some fantastic sponsors...

 PRIZE ONE - 

We'd like to give a huge big welcome back to our monthly sponsor!

One Lucky winner will receive a £10 Voucher from Digistamp Boutique!
Sally-Ann from Digistamp Boutique! Now i'm sure you've all seen her fabulous work???!? NO?! Well head on over to her Digi shop! there's a digi for everything her work is fantastic and at such a low price too! Sally-Ann is very talented! go on! have a peek!!

PRIZE TWO -

Our Brand New Sponsor Bugaboo are giving this week's winner...

 

PRIZE THREE -

We'd like to give a huge big welcome back to our monthly sponsor!


 My DT card this week was made using Stampin Bella's Uptown Girls Felicity and Blair.  I adore these stamps and would love to have them all...lol
 The papers are from 1st Edition, tags from LOTV , flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and ribbon and pearls from my stash. The champagne flute is a Sizzix die.
Thanks so much for popping into my blog today I hope you can find the time to enter our fab challenge this fortnight.

Happy crafting...

Wedding Season is here....

I should be crafting.... but my Mojo has gone awol so I  thought I'd share a Wedding card and box with you this evening.

 As you can see I used mainly die cuts on the design, with a few added flowers and pearls, a lovely charm and some sumptuous satin edged organza ribbon. The bride is a friend of mine and her Gran asked me to make a special card to give to her and this is the design I came up with. The colours  match the bridesmaids dresses.

Dies are from Spellbinders, Marianne Creatables and Memory Box.

I'm off work till Tuesday now so hopefully I'll get some inspiration and get started on some projects I have lined up over the weekend.....

Thanks for popping in

That bear again...

Hi all I'm having a crafty day today, finishing off an order for Wedding Invitations and hopefully I'll get some time to play with my Stampin Bella  stamps.  I don't feel too good at all today, Hubby has passed on his cough and I feel like a bus has hit me, so a little crafting will help me feel better I hope.

Just thought I'd share this card with you, I love this stamp from Fizzy Moon and the First Edition papers as well. Sadly they are all but gone so I'll be replenishing my stock of these and other First Editions papers at the SECC hobby craft show in March.

I hope you are all well, have a good week