New addiction Pan Pastels....!!!

Hi everyone I am back from a fantastic four days at "A Crafty Weekend Away" organised by the lovely Amy (co - owner of Natalie and Amy's Store). It was so fun. I got to make a whopping 23 cards and do some other crafts such as resin jewellery and ceramic painting. We enjoyed a great girlie time. Chatting, giggling, drinking tea, coffee, wine, eating, hotub and more.

I became slightly addicted to Pan Pastels and the most fun I had with them was creating my own backgrounds.

Here is a card I have made for some challenges. 

Recipe  - Pan Pastels  from Natalie and Amy's shop

Inkadinkadoo stamps

Back to Basics Christmas Paper  from Natalie and Amy's shop

Glossy Accents from Natalie and Amy's shop

Scalloped Square 6 by 6 square Card

Crafters Companion Spray and Sparkle 

Versamark watermark pad available at Natalie and Amy's shop.

I created the backing papers by stamping the image with versamark I then used different shades of pan pastels over the images. I sprayed with Crafters companion Spray and Sparkle and then repeated with my second image. I then cut out some baubles from the Back to basic papers. I stuck on with a foam pad and then added glossy accents. I added some faux stitching to finish the card.

Challenges I would like to enter are:

2 sisters  - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Snowflakes

Totally Gorjuss Challenge - Traditional Christmas Colours

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Painting the tiles

Hello I should be on my way to Shropshire for my craft retreat so I am trusting that Mr Blogger publishes for me. Four days of crafting,giggling, chatting and much more hee hee. If you want to check out what I am doing click the tab at the top of my page.

This weeks challenge for the wonderful Delicious Doodles challenge is Monochrome. I decided to paint a tile with ceramic paints. Not sure if it is going to be a hot plate or a candle base yet. I used one of the butterflies from Butterflies to make this tile. I used blue tones as my colour.

This became a bit addictive so I now have quite a few tiles painted and awaiting cooking in my oven. I hope you can join in the challenge looking forward to seeing what you make.

Challenges I am entering are:

C.R.A.F.T - Monochromatic

My Heart Pieces Digital Stamps - Monochromatic

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Sneaky Peak time ....

Hello I have been packing and colouring in today. I wanted to share a sneaky preview with you of this beautiful image called Remembrance. It will be available in the Delicious Doodles Store very shortly.

I wanted to place the beautiful image in a field of poppies so I used the perfect image to create the field of popppies from the store called Sniffing Daisies. I cut away the girl from the image and resized and cut and pasted to give the illusion the cross was in a field of poppies.

I coloured the image with Spectrum Noirs. I then mounted onto a card and added faux stitching.

Challenges I am entering are: 

Diva's By Design - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Longing for the weekend

Hello I have 3 more sleeps till I go on my Crafty Weekend Away I am so looking forward to seeing everyone and having four days of crafty fun. So today I have been practising with my new Sweet Pea Digi stamp Longing from the Rebecca Sinz collection.

I coloured her with promarkers, flexmarkers and copics. I added sakura stardust to her wings and I used a glaze pen to do the faux stitching. I used DCWV papers The Chateau Lavender matstack. I decoupaged the flowers from the papers xxx

Challenges I am entering are :

Crafty bloggers network challenge - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Toreads again they are so cute!

Hello I have been busy making 3 birthday cards today but I have just one to share as I have to give the other two before I show.

I have been colouring up the cutie Toreads. This is a gorgeous boy Toread Xeru. I have to say he is so darn cool.
I decided to colour with my much neglected Promarkers. The background is made from elements from the CD rom. I used a stamping companion sheet and an embellishment sheet. I added glossy accents to the bow, eyes, horn and vines. I used a sentiment from the stamp set. I faux stitched the edges.

Challenges I am entering are:

Allsorts  -Autumn Leaves and Fall

Dutch Dare Challenge - Fall in the Air

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Hark the Herald Angels...!!!

Hiya hope you are all well and enjoying your Sunday. I am posting a card today that I have made for a few challenges. It is another Sweet Pea Stamps digi Hope by Rebecca Sinz.

I coloured her up with Spectrum Noirs my favourite pens at the moment. I then mounted her onto some DCWV metallic stack silver card  and a DL card blank from Natalie and Amy's Store.  I added some faux stitching.

To embellish the card I used a snowflake from Crafty Embellies. I added some red pen and some ice stickles.

Challenges I am entering are:

Spectrum Noir Monthly Challenge - Holidays

Glitter and Sparkle Challenge -Anything Goes
Joanna Sheen Challenge - Down in the Garden

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Could'nt colouring another Sweet Pea Digi xxx

Hello I am showing you another card I have made using a Sweet Pea Stamps Digi this time I used Ching Chou Kuik's "Where we met". I love this image and it shouted Christmas at me.

I coloured with Spectrum Noirs and cut out leaving a fine white boarder around the image. I used First Edition Stocking Filler papers to create the background to this card. I added a ribbon and a wooden snowflake embellishment (from crafty embellies) I coloured it with a spectrum noir. I also added some stickles and a gem to make it glisten. I also used glossy accents on the antlers.

I then added a  few more gems to finish the card off.

Challenges I have entered this card into are:

Winter Wonderland - Across the miles
Simon Says Stamp - Glimmer and Sparkle

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Happy World Cardmaking Day!

Hello hope everyone is enjoying World Cardmaking Day! I am despite a really bad back. Went to bed on Wednesday night and it suddenly started aching and has not subsided since. Think back to back labour pains :0(.

Well yesterday I cheered myself up by purchasing Sweet Pea Digi Stamps yes DIGI finally we can purchase our favourite fantasy images in digital format. This weekend there is a special offer if you purchase 10 stamps you will get a voucher to redeem on your next purchase which means you get two images for free.

This image is called Joanne Schempps Dolphin Kiss digi . I decided to colour her with an autumnal feel using spectrum noirs available at Natalie and Amy's store. I added a sunset and I added some stickles, white gel pen and for the dolphin some glossy accents. The cardstock is DCWV Metallic stack again from Natalie and Amy's Store as are the stickles and the glossy accents. I used a backing paper from the first edition Boho chic paper pad again from Natalie and Amy's store. I added a branch from my Crafters Companion Toreads CD rom and I added some prima flowers, mulberry flowers and pearls from my stash.

Challenges I am entering this card into are:

Crafty Catz - Autumn

Simply Create - Autumn/Fall

Charisma Cards - Bling
Crafty Anns Challenge - Film (Flipper thanks Kym xxx)

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Toreads .... Aww.... cute, cute, cute

Hello I am so happy to be playing with these cutie pie's today. I received my Pick of the week today and had to check out the theme over at Crafters Companion Challenge blog. It is "Birthdays" so here is my card.

I used the various components from the Toreads CD rom to make my card. I used the card companions and the embellishments sections to make up my card. I added some glossy accents to the embellishments and image. The whole card is made from elements from the CD. I faux stitched around  the edge of the composition and also used some inks on the edges of the branches to add interest.

I decorated the inside as well as the outside of my card. I hope you like what I have done.

Challenges I am entering are as follows:

Crafters companion Monthly Challenge blog - Birthdays

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Happy Birthday

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes and optional Celebrate

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

"Snow Cuddles"

Hello hope everyone is well. I am sharing a new release from the Delicious Doodles Shop called "Snow Cuddles". Isn't the image just fabulous.

I coloured the beautiful image with Spectrum noirs. I cut it out and added some glitter and some gems to the snowflakes. I used the Back to basics Vintage Christmas papers from Natalie and Amy's store as my backdrop for the image. I added a bow and some more gems and  some faux stitching.

The image is released today along with a Mermaid image so hop on over and take a look.

Challenges I am going to enter are:

Anything Goes Challenge  - Animals

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Glitter and Bling

Created With Love - Christmas

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Natalie and Amy's Challenge #2

Hello I hope you are all having a great Sunday. I had a  lovely evening last night with friends. We had a meal and I went to see a play performed by deaf and speaking actors it was fantastic. I am just stopping by today to share my DT card for Natalie and Amy's Challenge #2 Blinging Birthdays. Our first challenge saw over 400 entries thanks to you all xxx

The Prize this month is a £15 gift voucher to spend in the gorgeous Shop!! The theme for this month is Birthday Bling so I decided to make my image Wendy Cotterhill Up the Garden Path stamp sparkly using some stickles. I coloured the image with Spectrum Noirs Lights. I used the lovely Dovecraft Garden Party papers as my background and added some ribbon. I used the Jewellery Making Kit to make the head pins there is a great selection of kits to make your own headpins available in the shop too.

Stampin for the Weekend - Feeling Floral

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

I hope you can join us again this month cannot wait to see all your creative makes. I am entering the following challenges with this card.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Delicious Doodles - Autumn Colours

Hello everyone I have been away for far too long. I was on a project to set up a pop up shop it is launching today. Unfortunately I left the project as the dynamics of the group did not suit me. I was sad as it would of been good to see the project through to the end. There was too much tension for me and I found it was making me sad.

Today's post is for Delcious Doodles Challenge which wants us to use Autumn Colours. My DT members from Team B have produced some amazing projects so please pop over to see what they have done.

I have made this christmas card for the challenge. I have used the delicious Ivy Fairy which is available from Delicious Doodles.

I coloured her in with spetrum noirs and white pen and the wings and background are cosmic shimmer paints. I added some glossy accents and some stickles to her hair and to her wings.  The papers I generated on my graphics programe. I made a stepper card and added a sentiment,


Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Harvest Moon

Hi everyone hope you are all well and enjoying this lovely late summer. I am on a pop-up shop project at the moment  so very busy. I managed to make this card for the Delcious Doodles Challenge.  The challenge this week is to create a card using the theme "Harvest Moon" This was easy for me as I love Autumn and Harvest.
I love the image Luna La  Lupa and decided to colour her with Spectrum Noirs. I added glossy accents to her hair and stickles to the moon. The papers are from the Marimosa DCWV stack. I cut out some butterflies from this stack and added them to it.

Challenges entered are :

Flutterbye Wednesday - use your favourite colour mine is currently Reddy brown.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

First Challenge at Natalie and Amy's today Woo Hoo!!!

Hello I have scheduled this post to go live today as I am in Surrey doing some market research work. I  am soooo excited as today is the 1st Challenge over at Natalie and Amy's Challenge!!!!!

Our theme "Anything Goes" a nice easy theme to kickstart our monthly challenges there are some fabby prizes to be won.. If you have not been to the SHOP please hop on over to check out all the brilliant goodies available.

I decided to make a necklace, giftbox and card for a christmas gift. All the products I used are from Natalie and Amy's Shop! To make my card and gift box I used images from the Mulberry Wood CD rom. There are so many adorable images on here it was hard to choose. I then made the necklace using the fab Jewellery Starter Kit I added some ribbon from my stash.

We are all really excited to see what you are going to make for our first challenge. 

I will link up to some challenges on my return this evening xxx

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Trick or Treat

Hi I have been on the  DT at Delicious Doodles Challenge since it's creation 3 years ago. I love working with the great spectrum of cute to dark images that Teri doodles. I have to say my   favourite ones are the Emo images, Mermaids and Fairies. I decided to play with some of Teri's more darker images this weekend to create some Treats for Halloween.

Using Zombie Pirate

Using The Grim Reaper

I made some unique note pads to jot down information whilst you are on the phone and such like.

I am looking forward to the challenges starting again on September 7th and hope you will play along with us xxx

 Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Reminders

Hi I have the wonderful pleasure of being on two fab DT's and I just wanted to stop in and share some reminders with you about them.

Delicious Doodles Challenge is restarting on September 7th with  a bang. The challenge will run weekly and have two fab design teams taking it in turns to post in the challenges. If you pop over HERE you will find all the details.

At Natalie and Amy's Challenge there is some gorgeous candy on offer to celebrate the start of our challengesat the end of this month. So please hop over HERE!! for all the details.

I have made this card using a Sunset at Sea from Delicious Doodles. I coloured the image using Spectrum Noirs from Natalie and Amy's store. I have also used a scalloped A5 card blank, Twine,stickles and Marianne D Birds and Flowers design paper from Natalie and Amy's Shop I added a prirate charm from the stash.

Challenges I am entering are

Cute Card Thursday - Bling (stickles on the waves)

Daring Cardmakers - Beside the seaside

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Trying something new... xxx

Hi hope you are all keeping well. Did you enjoy the ceremony last night. It was a fantastic fun party. I could just see the fireworks from my bedroom window. Highlight for me Gary Barlow singing so brilliantly after his recent tragedy amazing. I am just sharing a card I made with you. I wanted to try a new technique and this is the first time I have done this so please there are some mistakes and it needs to be worked on.

All the products I used are from the very gorgeous Natalie and Amy's craft shop are listed below. The memento desert beige ink is the only product not from the shop. I hope you can pop over to the new challenge page. The  new challenge is starting on August 30th so we would love you to follow us so you don't miss anything. There is also CANDY available to be won.

The new technique is to use a very light ink like Memento Desert sand to print your image so it gives the illusion of no lines. I did this directly to card too. I will need practise for sure but I am happy to have finally given it a go.

Products used 

Stamp - Sweet Elin frog on flower (Nellie Snellen) and Studio G Alphabet stamps

Card - 50 x White Cards and envelopes 4 by 4 inch

Pens - Spectrum Noirs 24 Pen box set lights

Buttons - Back to Basics mine buttons

Stickles - stickles

Challenges I am entering are

Fat pages and cards with Attitude  - Add texture or Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's Craft - Summer

Love to Create - Sparkle

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Maid of the Riverbank

Hello I am just blogging this great new release from Delicious Doodles (keep an eye out for her instore) she is called Maid of the Riverbank. Isn't she just adorable and so is the cute otter on her back. I coloured her with Spectrum Noirs  which I now love after getting used to them. I used this gorgeous 6 by 6 square scalloped card blank from Natalie and Amy's shop. My bottom layer is a papermania capsule paper also from Natalie and Amy's.
I then used some DCWV papers from the Mariosa stack to add layers. I added my gorgeous image and created sentiment DREAM from the papers and some dovecraft letters from Natalie and Amy's store. Finally I added some stickles to the tail and as an embellishment and I added some glossy accents to the jewellery and the tail.

I am entering the following challenges with this card.
Deep Ocean Challenge - Anything Goes
My Time to craft - Fantasy

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Snag this gorgeous cupcake and enter the DT call over at Delicious Doodles !!!

Hi hope everyone has had a great day! Over at Delicious Doodles Challenge we are having a DT call as we want the challenge to go weekly so we need two teams and 7 new DT members. Teri is giving you the chance to play with this gorgeous image Strawberry Cupcake for your entry to the DT call.

I made this card today to show you what a great image it is. I made a shaped card with the image. I added some teal colour to the back of the card and created my own sentiment. I coloured the image with alcohol pens and added some stickles (you can purchase these at Natalie and Amy's shop) to the icing.

I am really looking forward to seeing the entries xxx In the meantime I am entering the following challenges with this card xxx

Quirky Crafts Challenge - Cupcakes
Card Crafters Circle - Shaped cards
Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

DT call at Delicious Doodles

Hello I have had the great pleasure of being on the amazing Delicious Doodles design team since Teri set it up. I love her images and I love being on this DT so I thought I would let you all know we need another 7 DT members to join us. Pop over to this post where you can snag a freebie and read all the requirements and you could be joining our happy and relaxed team xxx

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale