Lucky Me!

I was lucky enough to win this stamp and die set from Quick Cards Magazine - it is called Merci Beaucoup by Clearly Besotted stamps,

There are 2 roses with 6 different sentiments - first I had a play stamping, cutting and colouring the roses with promarkers.

Then I had to make a thank you card to the magazine for the prize (worth £25!). 

and finished off with some other cards for friends and family. Die cutting the rose, really makes it stand out and I like the effect for CAS cards. I will definitely be entering more competitions in the future!

Day 13 - you Make Me Smile, ATC Challenge

These are more of the free stamps from Quick Cards Magazine that I mentioned yesterday. I love the silhouettes of all the flowers and plants and have stamped them in a brown Momento ink against a yellow paper.

Day 12 - Whatever Makes You Happy , ATC Challenge

This stamp was a freebie with Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine, along with some other lovely ones this month! 

So, I hope you are able to do Whatever makes you happy today too!

Bird Cage Embossing

A couple of similar but slightly different cards using the new birdcage and swirl embossing folder that came free with Mays issue of Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine - which lived up to its name, because these cards were very quick and easy to make!

I've got a family 'get together' tomorrow but nothing in the diary for Bank Holiday Monday, so planning for a bit of a crafting session that day - hope you all can get a bit of crafting too this weekend!    Dawn

Cute Little Hedgehogs

I've had these cute images of hedgehogs for ages now - they were freebies with a magazine, so I had a bit of a colouring session and teamed them up with the Lilly Bimble papers free from Quick Cards and Floral Fantasy papers from this months Cardmaking & Papercraft magazines.

I loved colouring their prickles - used  practically every shade of brown promarkers that I have!

Christmas is Coming .....

So it is time to dig out the Christmas stash, the snowflakes and the glitter and start making some cards, because before you know it, it will be the night before Christmas and you will still be rushing around making Aunt Mary's card!

My friend Laura and I got together on Monday and had great fun swapping bits - she has got a great collection of embossing folders so I spent ages cranking away at the Cuttlebug. Laura had never tried Promarkers  - so she sat there colouring little robins! 

There was also time for a piece of Chocolate cake, because I'm sure Chocolate aids creativity!

Yummy Christmas Ribbon

I treated myself to some scrumptious Christmas ribbon from Halfpenny Home today and couldn't wait to to use it on a card!

I've teamed it up with a snowman from Craftwork cards and freebie papers from Quick Cards Magazine

Cosy Christmas Collection

Spent this afternoon making a few more Christmas cards - this time using the Cosy christmas collection papers that came free with Quick Cards Magazine and Hot picks toppers with red gingham ribbon

Another Scottie dog Card!

This is such a cute stamp (free from Quick Cards Magazine), that I'm going to make several similar Christmas cards for my dog loving friends this year.

The Old with the New !

I just love these cute stamps that were free with Quick Cards and Papercraft Essential Magazines this month - and I've teamed them up with old Xmas papers and sentiments from my stash.

They might be last years or even the year befores!

Funky Pussy Cat!

These Pink Petticoat papers came free with Quick Cards magazine so I hunted in my stash for something a bit different to use with them - instead of a cute or girly image, I decided to use this funky cat sticker for a change!

Christmas Mojo has arrived!

I bought Quick Cards Made Easy magazine today and the free Christmas snow globe card kit has inspired me to start making my Xmas cards at last!

Not using their snow globe shape but a square card with my round and labels nesties to layer their cute Reindeer - I also added a spot of red silkies to his nose to make it stand out!