Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge 109 - Sparkle & Shine - DT

Today is a new challenge over at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge and this week's theme is 'Sparkle and Shine'. I have used Tilda again, I have used her on every card this week but I couldn't resist as there are so many great Christmas Tilda's. The papers used are Basic Grey which can be bought in the Secret Crafter shop along with Promarkers which I have coloured with. I have added tons of sparkle to this card with my Stickles but sadly it hasn't shown up well on the pictures, I really need to master how to take photo's which really pick up the sparkle, any tips would be greatly received. Anyway thank you for taking the time to visit me and leave such lovely comments I really appreciate it and will try my best to come and visit you too.

Suzie xxx

Image - Tilda coloured with Promarkers and Stickles
Papers - Basic Grey
Flowers - Quixotic & Wild Orchid Crafts
Ribbon from stash
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Totally Gorjuss Challenge 56 - Traditional Christmas Colours - DT

Hello! Today is a new challenge over at Totally Gorjuss and this week's theme is 'Traditional Christmas colours'. I love making Christmas cards in traditional colours, deep reds and greens it is what Christmas is about for me, I love everything about it and cannot wait to get my tree up, I am one of those people that puts it up the first weekend in December and tells everyone it is 'because of the kids' when really it would go up then whether I had kids or not lol! I have used Tilda again in this card and one of my new Whimsey sentiment stamps which I am loving and will be used on every Christmas card I make from now on so I apologise in advance for that! Well I can't wait to visit you all this week and see your gorgeous cards.

Suzie xxx

Image - Tilda coloured with Promarkers
Papers - Basic Grey
Ribbon, lace, gems and charm from stash
Sentiment - Whimsey Stamps

Crafty Catz Challenge #58 - Paper Tearing - DT

Good morning! Hope you are all well and didn't suffer too much with those awful winds the other night, it was horrendous here, I hate gales always makes me think the roof is going to blow off lol! Anyway we have a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week's theme is 'paper tearing' as chosen by the lovely Suzanne. Now I have chickened out of this challenge a bit as there is only a tiny bit of paper tearing on my card but it is there, I never use this technique and didn't know how to add loads without it looking daft so I am looking forward to seeing what you all come up with this week so I can be inspired.

Suzie xxx

Image- Tilda coloured with Promarkers
Papers - Basic Grey
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Ribbon - Martha Stewart
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Totally Gorjuss Challenge 51 - Not Square DT

Hello again! This is my last post for the weekend and it is for Totally Gorjuss. The challenge this week is to create a card that isn't square, now I know I haven't exactly been too creative with my shape here but I need to buy a die cutter still and thought as I never do tall cards I would give it a go and I love it, in fact I loved it that much I gave it to my niece for her birthday yesterday and she loved it too lol! Anyway enough of my waffling and I look forward to visiting you all this week and seeing your gorgeous shaped cards.

Suzie xxx

Image - Tilda coloured with Promarkers
Papers - Basic Grey
Ribbon and Gems from stash
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Crafty Catz Challenge #53 - Magnolia Week DT

Hello! Yesterday was a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week I have chosen the theme of Magnolia/Tilda week. I love my Tilda images so thought this would be the perfect chance for everyone who loves them too to share their inspiration with us all. I have used an Oriental Tilda, I love her she is so serene and some of my favourite Memory Box papers for this one and I am really pleased with the outcome and I hope you all enjoy it too.

Suzie xxx

Image - Tilda coloured with Promarkers
Papers - Memory Box
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Totally Gorjuss Challenge 50 - Sketch DT

It is time for a new challenge over at Totally Gorjuss and this week we have another of Net's fab sketches. I have used one of my favourite Christmas Tilda's for this one and the papers are from Basic Grey - Eskimo Kisses. gorgeous aren't they! Well I hope to be able to visit you all again this week and pop over to the blog as our Guest Designer this week is the wonderful Bev Rochester and she has made a stunning card for us. I am also entering this card into the challenge over at DieCut Dreams Christmas Club.

Suzie xxx

Image - Tilda coloured with Promarkers
Papers - Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Lace & Pearls from stash
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge 103 - Easel Cards DT

Hello! Today is a new challenge over at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge and this week the theme is easel cards. I love these kind of cards as they are so simple to make yet very effective. I have done another Christmas card and have coloured with my Promarkers which you can buy in the Secret Crafter shop. I hope you can join us again this week as I love seeing all your creations.

Suzie xxx

Image - Tilda coloured with Promarkers
Papers -Basic Grey
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Ribbon and snowflakes from stash
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge 102 - Purple & Silver DT

Hello again! This is my last post for today and another new challenge over at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge. Thank you to everyone who played along last week we had an amazing number of entries and we loved seeing them all. This week's theme is 'purple and silver' a combo I don't often use but as you will see from all the DT cards it is one that works quite well. I have used Tilda again, she has played a big part in my cards this week, I just can't resist her there is always an image for every occasion. The papers are Memory Box which I am loving at the moment and I have coloured with Promarkers which you can buy from the Secret Crafter shop.

Suzie xxx

Image - Tilda coloured with Promarkers
Papers - Memory Box
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Ribbon & Gems from stash

Totally Gorjuss Challenge 49 - Christmas DT

Today is a new challenge at Totally Gorjuss and this week's theme is 'Christmas'. Now I have been trying to make Christmas cards whenever possible so this was a perfect week for me, another chance to add a Christmas card to the box. I hope you can join us again this week as we love to see your creations and say hello!

Suzie xxx

Image -Tilda coloured with Promarkers and sticklesPapers - Memory Box
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Pearls & Charm from stash
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Crafty Catz Challenge #51 - Stitching DT

Hello! Yesterday was a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week's theme is 'stitching', this can be real or faux like mine it is totally up to you. Now next week is an exciting week for us at Crafty Catz as it is our first birthday and we are having a birthday blog hop. We have lots of sponsors on board so lots of prizes too and some of the DT will be offering a little candy on their own blogs too so I hope you will be able to join in with the fun.

Suzie xxx

Image - Tilda coloured with Promarkers
Papers - The Girls Paperie
Lace & gems from stash
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Crafty Catz Challenge #50 - Chocolate & Green DT

Hello! Hope you have had a good week and are looking forward to the weekend. My little boy Ben has had his first football training session tonight after school, we have been looking for something that would include special needs for ages as he loves kicking a ball about and have finally found something and he loved it but he is sooo tired bless him! so I am a very proud mummy tonight lol! Anyway onto cards and a new challenge started today over at Crafty Catz and my lovely teamie Lindsey set the theme of chocolate and green. I am still on a mission to get Christmas cards done and decided to make one for this challenge and I am actually really pleased with the results, it is not traditional as such but I think it works ok and yes I have given in and put flowers on it, oh well I think we all knew it would happen. lol! Hope you can join us again this week.

Suzie xxx

Image - Tilda coloured with Promarkers
Papers - Basic Grey
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Holly punch - XCut
Lace and gems from stash
Snowflake - Papermania

Totally Gorjuss Challenge 47 - Flowers DT

Hello again .... Today is a new challenge over at Totally Gorjuss and also my first week back after my DT break over the summer - thank you to the lovely Net for allowing me the time away xxx Today's challenge is flowers, perfect for me and to make it even better we are sponsored by Wild Orchid Crafts whose flowers I adore and always use. I have used a Tilda image and coloured her with Promarkers and also used my favourite Memory Box papers - I am addicted to these at the moment, they were a great find from Quixotic Paperie and I will be back to buy more soon. Anyway I can't wait to see all your flowery creations very soon.

Suzie xxx

Image - Tilda coloured with Promarkers
Papers - Memory Box
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Ribbon & Pearls from stash

Crafty Catz Challenge 48 - 3 - 2 - 1 - DT

Hello! Hope you are all well and enjoying the lovely weather we have been having - typical that it goes nice now when the kids are back at school but that's life I suppose. Anyway today is a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week Carol has chosen a recipe of 3 embellishments, 2 papers and 1 image and we have a lovely stamp to win from our sponsor Crafts and Me. I have used my Indian Tilda image on this card and also added lots of distressing and my 3 embellishments are the flowers, pearl stems and gems and the lovely papers are from Memory Box. I hope you can all join us again this week and I look forward to visiting you all soon.

Suzie xxx

Image - Indian Tilda coloured with Promarkers
Papers - Memory Box
Flowers and stems - Wild Orchid Crafts
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge 98 - Make A Start on Christmas DT

Hello! Hope you are all well and enjoying the start of the bank holiday, I can't believe the kids are back at school on Wednesday, summer has gone by very fast and now my baby girl is starting school too it is going to be a strange few weeks with maybe a tear or two! Anyway onto challenges and today is a new one over at Secret Crafter Saturday and this week's theme is Christmas. It was very odd making a Christmas card and it took me a while to get myself in the right frame of mind but once I got going I loved it. I love Christmas and it can't come too soon for me so I think I will be making lots more Christmas cards over the next few weeks, I need to as I normally leave them all to the last minute and then it is bedlam. I have used some gorgeous papers from Memory Box on this card and coloured with my faithful Promarkers which you can buy from Secret Crafter and just added a bit of ribbon, I think it needed to stay simple with the papers. Anyway I hope you all like my card and I look forward to seeing all yours. Thank you for visiting and for all your lovely comments they really make my day and all of them are very special to me.

Suzie xxx

Image - Tilda coloured with Promarkers (Secret Crafter)
Papers - Memory Box
Ribbon & gems from stash
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards