Love is in the Air - Valentines Themed Stampin' for the Weekend

Over at Stampin' for the Weekend this fortnight (Ends 18th Feb), we have a fabulous theme of Valentines for you!!

Which means we wanna see some Valentines Projects and Cards! 

We are being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp...

...and the generous Heidi is offering the lucky winner a $25 shopping voucher to spend in the store! 

So, without further-ado here is my card

I have used papers by Bearly Mine Designs on the Designer Extreme Vol III disc- which are a dream. The disc's are full of gorgeous patterned paper which co-ordinate beautifully together!

I coloured this little Hallowe'en Tilda from last years collection with Copics, and added some Stickles for her wings. The Post Mark stamp and the Sentiment stamp are also from Magnolia.
The Ribbon, lace and gems are all from my stash!

Thank you for popping by, please have a look here if you are interested in some Candy! And please remember to check out the Team's cards over on the Stampin' blog and also our Fabulous guest designer this month who is Shirley Chalmers!!

Bearly Mine Designs Cards and Just Magnolia Challenge!

Hello :)

I've not done a lot of blogging of late, and finding it hard to juggle life and my hobby, when I go back to work, trying to juggle will become even harder!

Before I go onto my cards ...

I'd like to wish Kim a Happy Birthday for tomorrow. My DT buddie at La-La Land Crafts.

Kim has the cutest creations around and her blog always brings a smile to my face. She also recently won a contest - She drew a 'Sprout' design for Thre Greetings Farm to which they are going to make up her drawing into a stamp. You can find her winning design here! Go Visit her blog and see what I mean - Oh, and wish her a Happy Birthday when you get there :)

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I've had a play around with some christmas cards, and came up with these little cuties!!

The Bears are a freebie with a magazine which name escapes me at the moment, it was out last month!

Backing papers are Bearly Mine Designs and are from Designer Extreme Vol III!

Donna has a range of backing paper discs and insert discs, all of which can be found here!

Here is a little close up of the bears

These are examples of the cards, the same image has been used, but the reverse colour for the other four cards :D

Thanks for looking!

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This week is Just Magnolias 26th week, the very talented Mina has come up with this fabulous sketch which I found was very easy to work with...

I saw somewhere in blog land that Magnolia were releasing their Halloween Collection, so I had to have some! This little cutie is called Witch Tilda with Small Pumpkins (I think lol)

A little close up of her

My flowers :D A girl has to have flowers!!!

I have used papers from Bearly Mine Designs Designer Extreme Vol III again. Disc three is full of papers for all occasions!

I coloured her using my Copics, and gave her a little shadowing around the bottom. I have used flowers and ribbon from my stash, the Spider at the top is a 'cake topper' which I found lying around, and the little 'Bat Stamp' in the opposite corner is from BoBunny. The Pumpkin Deco Pin is from Making Memories.

Thank you for looking :)

La-La Lands Weekly Wednesday Challenge 3 and some Blog Candy News!

WOW - Week Three already! How time flies when having fun!

I'm sorry I was unable to get round to visiting your blogs last week. Its been a busy time for me and now that the festivities of Poppy's Birthday and Naming Ceremony are over I can start to relax. I will be able to play more with my crafting and using my many stamps which have yet to be inked.. One of which was Lala whom I have used today!!

Yes - its week three at La-la Lands Weekly Wednesday Challenge and this weeks theme has been set by the lovely Kim which is

'Bling Bling'...

I'm not usually one for adding Bling to my cards, so I've kept it minimal. I've used three little crystal gems :D Hope Kim likes it!

I have used Window Lala and I think she is adorable! Such a cutie! Don't you think?

I have coloured her with Copics, I usually highlight with a white pen, but didn't think she needed it today!

I've glimmer misted over the whole image to give a little sparkle. I am loving this Glimmer Mist I think it is fabulous!

The papers used are from Bearly Mine Designs - Designer Extreme Vol II. I think this disc is fabulous, however, Donna has out done herself again and she has just released a new Disc which is Vol III - Check out the blog for some peeks at what the discs hold!

Here is another view of the card. I have added a large button and a sentiment from Whiff of Joy.

To enter - all you have to do is create a new card or project and upload it to Mr Linky on the Lala Land Craft Blog. Leave a comment on the blog. If you link your card at Split Coast Stampers - remember to use the CODE --- LLWWC3 so we can find you easily (If you are using a La-La Land Stamp too, also add the code LLLC)

Again Irina is offering the lucky winner a huge 25% off in store, the team will be picking a winner to be announced Next Tuesday - so stay tuned!

I am entering this card for two challenges -

Mojo Monday - A Sketch - which I have flipped and used a button for one of the 'elements' (hope that was OK to do )

Creative Card Crew~ Pink, Black and White - Great colour combo and such fun to do!

Before you dash and go visit the the rest of the Design Teams cards - please read on ...

If you have not already entered the Blog Candy - Irina is kindly giving away, you'd best get your skates on and go have a peek. Below are three sneak peeks from the up coming Hallowe'en collection over at La-la Land Crafts and I have to say they are all as cute as the first collection! Keep an eye out at La-La Land Crafts Store where you will soon find these beauties...

Irina is offering one lucky blogger who enters the Candy the chance to win ONE of the NEW Hallowe'en Stamps! How cool is that!

- All you have to do is ~

Mention the Candy on your blog

Leave a comment on the post on the Lala Land Craft Blog

If you don't have a blog - leave a comment stating how you will spread the word :D

Irina is going to be drawing a random name tomorrow (Thursday 2nd) at 10pm PST

Remember - You gotta be in it - to win it!!

Good Luck and I can not wait to see what gorgeous creations you come up with this week!!

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First Ever Bearly Mine Blog Hop!!

Hi there, you on the Bearly Mine Designs Blog Hop are you?

Oh, you say you just came here from your Dashboard, sorry, what was that? you just happened to stumble by here? Ah, right, I see... Well if you'd like to go back to Donna's blog and start from there, you'll get to see some cracking cards by my teamies, including Donna herself! However, if you got here from Nicola's Blog, you're on the right track ...

Today the Bearly Mine Design Team are showcasing Papers and Inserts from Donna's newest release - Designer Extreme Vol. III :D This disc is jam packed with papers for all occasions including Christmas, Easter, Valentines not to mention every day occasions such as floral, vintage, spots and stripes (I cant list em all but there are lots!!).

I'm hoping you have so far enjoyed the hop, there are a couple more teamies to see and lots more cards!

Speaking of cards, I've made four with the papers that Donna sent us all prior to release. Once I got my disc I added inserts to some of them :D

Here I have created a lovely Christmas card in traditional colours. Using Herb from the WoJ Winter collection, a tree charm and a SeeDs greeting stamp I think it looks pretty nifty! The Insert is fab, and matches the paper I used on the front of the card :D

Here we have a lovely summery card with the lovely Sarah Kay sprinkling some love :D I love the flower paper with the green, orange, reds and blues - its such a pretty design. I also LOVE this insert! I think the little butterfly and the bow are lovely and the design is so simple and versatile :D Image coloured with PrismaColours.

I created this next card for my Nephew who will be One in November (He is a Leo). This is another WoJ image from the new Animals Collection. I used a blue and brown spotted back ground and a lovely squared light blue one for contrast. I carried this blue squared one inside, you cant see it but it has a nestie in the centre ready for a message. I think I will have a play with this card and add a Number 1 somewhere, and also try and fit his name in too! Image coloured with Prisma Colours.

Its my last card, and nearly time for you to leave :(

I know its only August, but October will soon be here! I asked Donna if I could have some Halloween papers so I could have a play with colours I wouldn't normally use. These papers are so bright and so fitting for Halloween. I love the ghost insert. I used little Tilda for this card and coloured her in purple with my Copics. The sentiment, web, spider and the little ghostie in the corner of the insert are from Penny Black.

I've really enjoyed making these cards. The best thing about having Donna's Discs is you can precolour your images and then find perfect backing papers for them. It also means that you have lots of colours to chose from and if your stuck for ideas on colouring your images you can choose your papers in advance and match your images to them!

Right - enough of my banter - off you go to Marcea as she is next on the HOP! Don't forget to leave comments on every ones blogs, I'm sure you've already read, but Donna is offering up some lovely candies :D

Donna is having a SALE for this weekend only - So be sure you visit the Bearly Mine Designs Creations to see what offers there are!

Thank you for hoppin by Y

Stampin' for the Weekend - Week 11

Days Gone By...

Hello and good morning to another challenge from Stampin' for the Weekend. Today we have a lovely theme, one of which I'm not that familiar with. Days Gone By - The team would love to see some vintage cards from you all. I loved going around last week and visiting all your fabulous takes on Vicki's Sketch!!

This weeks fab sponsor is the lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp.

Heidi is offering one lucky winner a $25 shopping spree in their shop... How cool is that!!

Here is my take on this weeks challenge.

Little Sarah Kay image up close

And the flowers I coloured with Copics hehe

Recipe

Stamps : Sarah Kay image sent to me by a good friend :D

Paper/Card : Bearly Mine Designs - Designer Extreme Vol II Papers, K&Co Lifes Journey.

Tools : Retro Flower Punch M & L

Embellies : Paper roses from stash, charm and chain from my shop

Medium : Prisma Colour Pencils, Copics for distressing

Don't forget to pay the team some loving and see what they have done for their Vintage Style of Days Gone By Challenge Cards :D

Thanks for popping by !

Bearly Mine Blog Hop!!! Coming Soon!

Hi Everyone.. Got some more exciting news!!

Over at Bearly Mine Designs - Donna has finished Disc Three! Whoop Whoop!! Which means that it will be going on sale very soon!

To celebrate the release date, Donna is hosting a Blog Hop! So if you want to take part be sure to tune in on Saturday 15th August! There is a Surprise Candy too! You will see some gorgeous creations by the team, showing you new papers and inserts from the disc... OOoooo Exciting - I cant wait!

See you on Saturday!!

Birthday card and Bearly Mine DT

Hello again - Tis only me :oD

I made this card for a lovely man called Alan - If you don't know, my good friend Donna has a hubby called Alan, and he's the author of the fabulous stories you can find here of three cute elves (Elvin, Egbert and Trump) and a little girl named Donna.

The Eye of Grundwell is the second installment into the Adventures of Lumos Thorn.

Here is a little close up of Elvin

This is the inside using Bearly Mine Designs - Designer Extreme Inserts Disc

Recipe

Stamps : Lumos Thorn Elf - Elvin (from Bearly Mine Designs), Papermania Sentiment

Paper/Card : All papers from Bearly Mine Designs - Designer Extreme Vol II disc and insert from Designer Extreme Inserts Disc

Tools : Retro Punch

Embellies : Brad from stash

Medium : Memento Black Ink, Prismacolour pencils, Inkssentials pen

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Before I go -

Janet is offering 6 lovely Pink Gem Designs Stamps as a fabulous candy on her blog! Go check it out for your chance to win some lovely stamps of your choosing!

Bearly Mine Design Team Project Part II!!!

As you may have seen at the beginning of the month I did a box using Bearly Mine Papers! If you missed the first post - please check here!

Well - as promised I have finished the cards for this box and here they are!

Using ONLY papers from Bearly Mine Designs - Designer Extreme Vol I and II, I have printed off these fabulous and very pretty papers and put them all together to make these (even if I do say so myself) FABULOUS CARDS!

They all fit in the box nicely and will make a fantastic gift for one of my Friends!

Here is the collection!

All cards made with the papers printed from both discs and all images coloured with Copics, I have included info on what stamp and which embellies :oD

Gorjuss Girl from Set 2 - Papermania Crystal Adhesive Gems!

Magnolias Summer Tilda with Ice-lolly, Make Me Flower Border, Fred She Said Flower

Sugar Nellie / Stampavie Lola with Present, Papermania Crystal Adhesive Gems, Make Me Flower Border Punch, Papermania Flower with Ribbon.

Sugar Nellie - Reflection, Gems from stash, Papermania Pearl Adhesive Gems.

Bearly Mine Designs - Designer Inserts Disc - All of the cards have this insert with a Spellbinders Nestabilities Label 2 in the large size for messages!

Thank you for popping by and for leaving any comments that you do, I appreciate each and everyone!

Also - Keep an eye out over on Bearly Mine Crafts blog or over at Bearly Mine Designs for updates on the new and up coming disc, which Donna is working on at this very moment!

Happy Crafting all!

Y