Birthday at Allsorts

It's Happy Birthday to us at

Allsorts Challenge 17 whole years of wonderful challenges

I much enjoyed  joining in back in the day but enjoy, even more, being on the design team. I've met some lovely ladies and it is a pleasure to share work here every couple of weeks in the hope it will inspire you to join in.

After all that here is my Birthday card

This Cats Pajamas bunny has been used lots of times, she is so cute and I always our her on a circle card base, it just suits her. This time I used a ditsy Doodlebug Designs paper and added some enamel dots which actually look the wrong colour but, trust me, they are a perfect match in real life!!

There are LOTS of prizes too

Lavinia stamp collection. The Lavinia experience is a magical journey where you can learn a new skill and create enchanting artwork, thereby opening the door to your imagination – a truly captivating experience. Please note, we (Lavinia) cannot provide exchanges/replacements/refunds for any products received through this third-party giveaway.

Buddly Crafts £25 store voucher. Founded in 2003, we've grown from a digital downloads store into the online craft supplies shop we are today sending out orders to our discerning, creative customers across the UK and worldwide. We stock a wide range of exciting products for card making and mixed media art carefully selected from the world’s most creative and time-tested arts and crafts brands.

Art Impressions $30 store voucher. Art Impressions is a rubber stamp manufacturer based in Salem, OR since 1987. The company began as our sole designer, Bonnie Krebs, created and sold educational stamps at craft fairs around the US Northwest, now sold Worldwide.

Highlight Crafts, dies with artwork downloads. Own brand products designed in the UK and an on line store offering a fabulous variety of brands to cover a multitude of crafty techniques.

Plus, Surprise Goody Bags containing, stamps, dies and other crafty items.

Come and celebrate with us!!

See you soon xx

Favourite Season at As You Like It

 Hello everyone

We have a new challenge at

As You Like It, where the theme is

Favourite Season

It's winter for me, or specifically Christmas, the build up, preparation and anticipation. Not to forget the card making that I do all year round.

I used the film strip reindeer from Lili of the Valley that I coloured with Promarkers. The paper is an unknown scrap and the holly die is from Cheery Lynn. I found another Craftwork Cards sentiment too. Looks like I had more of those left than I realised!!

Hope you will join us with projects featuring your favourite season.

See you soon xx

We Love Stamping

 Hello everyone, I am here today with a little inspiration for you, just in case you haven't joined us at

We Love Stamping 

for our current theme

All Creatures Great and Small  (or Anything Goes)

Once more, I have used a stamp set from my stash

a "T for Transparent" Penny Black set

Aren't they cute?!! Coloured with Promarkers, the postage stamp dies that I think are from The Works and the patterned paper is of unknown origin!!

There's still time to share your makes as long as there is a stamped image on your project.

On the subject of creatures, our fur babies Bumble and Bowie were TEN years old on Friday...here they are enjoying porridge for their breakfast

and when they were tiny!!

See you soon xx

Monochrome at Allsorts

 Happy Weekend everyone. I hope that you have some plans and if they include crafting then pop over to 

where the new challenge starts.

Liz has chosen an excellent optional theme

Monochrome (or Anything Goes)

 prizes, A5 stamp set and A6 stamp and stencil 

 

Here's mine

Once again I had a good old rummage through my paper pads and found a lovely one by Simple Stories, Snap colour vibe. I'm not that good though because the plain mats (as luck should have it an exact match) came from a new paper pad that I found in The Range a couple of weeks ago!! The balloon die was a magazine freebie and the Happy Birthday is from a Clearly Besotted stamp set.

While I am here I would like to invite you to the Allsorts Birthday bash, there's prizes galore and you are sure to have a great time!!

See you soon xx

Sketch at AYLI

I am here with my DT piece for

where the theme for the next two weeks is

Favourite Sketch

I don't have a favourite sketch as such but do have a favourite place to visit if mojo is lacking and that is at  Always With A Heart where Jules has a massive array of sketches that she so generously shares. I am making more rectangle cards these days (in a bid to use up linen effect A4 cardstock!!) so I trawled through her Rectangle Sketches and fancied doing this one

The papers are another very old  pad, Bazzill Basics Vintage Lace. The cone flower is an unbranded die and the sentiment from Clearly Besotted. 

Thank you for dropping in today, your company is always appreciated.

See you soon xx