Pollycraft Challenge #82...

Good Morning...

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend.  We had a relaxing one apart from a night out on Saturday for my mum's birthday so I've managed to get caught up a few things.

It's time for a new challenge over at Pollycraft and the theme chosen by our lovely Joanne is:-

''Three Circles''

The sponsor this week is Quixotic Paperie and one lucky winner will receive a gorgeous 6x6 Prima Pad

I have used 'Kiki Hunny Bunny' & 'Some Bunny Special' Sentiment from Pollycraft together with 'Animal Antics' 8x8 papers which are available in my store together with the mini heart and Colour Me buttons.  The seam binding was from a lovely friend for my birthday.

Challenges:-

1 - I Love Promarkers / Stitching

2 - Paper Cutz / Spring

3 - Gingerloft / Our Furry Friends

Hugs Emma x

CES Challenges #25 - Flowers & Flutterby's... POST HI-JACKED!!!!

It's Tyson here....I've had to hi-jack this post as it seems my mummy has forgotten me this week and not shared my antics with my furry pals over at Crafting Buddies.  I know she has been busy with hospital visits to adorable little Zach so I thought I would save her a few minutes. 

So you ask what have I been up to this week...well I continue to try and get the kitties to play but they have none of it....sit around all day near the radiator and sleep, they miss out on loads of fun!!

I've been working hard this week too so it's not all play....I work as security in the Wood-Britton household and make sure no aliens come to get us in the night.  I sit half in and half out at the window and do scheduled patrols.  Here I am at work...I do have a uniform but it's in the wash so I will have to share that with you another time!!

Luv Tyson xxx

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Good Morning...

Yeh it's the weekend but looks like a miserable one weather wise, wet through here and don't think the rain stopped all night.  It's my mum's birthday today so I think we will venture out on a little shopping trip for some retail therapy.

My great nephew Zach who was born on Tuesday is still in hospital, poor little man had a few troubles with his breathing and wouldn't feed...he's now got an infection.  Fingers crossed his results come back clear after the antibiotics and he may be able to come home tomorrow.  I've not even seen him yet...well apart from a photo.

Right onto the new challenge over at CES Challenges which is:-

''Flowers & Flutterby's''

One lucky winner has the choice of 5 packs of charms from Crafty Emma's Store.

I have used a Helz Cuppleditch stamp...Parker together with Dovecraft Sugar & Spice papers.  They are available in my store along with Promarkers, various flowers and Prima gems.

Challenges:-

1 - Little Red Wagon / Animals

2 - The Pixie Cottage / Sketch and-or Something Cute

Wishing you all a lovely weekend.

Hugs Emma x

Mariella & Nova...

Good afternoon....

I've a couple of cards to share using recent new releases from Pollycraft. 

 First up is Mariella...the papers are Basic Grey Hopscotch.  They are available in my store along with Promarkers, twine, flowers, buttons, ribbons and gems.

Challenges:-

1 - Lexi's Creations / Flowers

2 -  DYSU / Anything Goes

And here is Nova...the papers are MME Hattie...again available in my store along with the buttons, gems, twine and Cat's Life Press sentiment stamp.

Challenges:-

1 - Papertake / Sketch Below

2 - A Spoon Full Of Sugar / Birthday Wishes

3 - Creative Craft / Card For  A Teen

(well most of them are aliens aren't they??!! Lol)

Hugs Emma x

New Wild Rose Studio....

Good Morning...

The new Wild Rose Studio stamps and paper stacks have been released and my delivery is due early next week.

There's more Milton, Toby and Boys plus new Grandad and the adorable Mia....

Plus 8 new gorgeous papers stacks....

You can see them all and pre-order....HERE.

Hugs Emma x

C.R.A.F.T Challenge #91....

Good Morning....

It's time for a new challenge over on the C.R.A.F.T Challenge blog and my last week as guest designer. A huge thanks to all the ladies for having me...I've really enjoyed being part of the team and challenges.

The theme for the challenge is colour and here is the pallette...Aschelon

The sponsor is Craft Obsessions and one lucky winner will receive a £10 voucher to spend in their store.

For my card I used Delphine from Pollycraft and papers by Jo (Trimgym)...you can purchase theme here.

The ribbon, slider and Prima pearls are available in my store along with Promarkers and smooth white card.

Challenges:-

1 - Sketch & Stash / Sketch & New or Neglected Stash (New image & papers)

2 - WhoopsiDaisy / Someone Special

Hugs Emma x

Welcome Baby Zach...

Good Morning...

I hope you are all well...thankfully I am feeling a little better and starting to function at normal speed!!

We had a new addition to our family yesterday...one of my nieces, Rebeka gave birth to a baby boy so welcome to Zach.

Here is the card I have made for Rebeka and Sean...the papers are from Funky Fairy which sadly closed and the image is from The Pixie Cottage, Papermania buttons and ribbon from my stash.  You can purchase the various flowers and charm from my store.

Challenges:-

1 - Sketchy Colours / Sketch Below

2 - Stamping For The Weekend / Monochrome

3 - Challenge Up Your Life / Monochrome

4 - Totally Gorjuss / Check It Out

5 - The Crazy Challenge / Baby Love

6 - Pear Tree Designs / One Colour

7 - Creative Stamp Friends / Checked

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There is a party going on over at Pollycraft...have you joined in yet??!!

As it's been a year on the 27th Feb since the first 'Critters & Cogs' range was released there are some fabulous special offers up for grabs and new images at bargain prices.

Meet Nova, Spike & Trix...special edition images at only 79p each for the week.

The original digi's are now only £1.99 for 5...that's 39p per stamp!!

And if that's not enough the sentiment stamp set is only £3.99!!

There is also a special challenge going on but I've told you more than enough already...pop over to the Pollycraft blog for full details.

Here is a card I've made using 'Spike'....the papers are 'Sweet Owl' which are available in my store along with the Cat's Life Press sentiment stamp, pearls, buttons and various flowers.

Challenges:-

1 - Sketch Saturday / Sketch Below

1 - Stamping With The Dragon / Birthdays, Birthdays, Birthdays

2 - Stamp Something / Something Funky

3 - One Stop Crafts / Birthday Card With Cake

4 - Cutie Sunday / Pink & Brown

Hugs Emma x

Zoe & Grace...

Good Afternoon...

Blimey two days have gone by and no posts from me - that's not normal!! Lol

I'm not feeling too good plus we had friends staying over at the weekend so I've not had time or the mojo really. 

I have a couple of cards to share with you that I made last week using images from DigiStamp Boutique.

Here is Zoe & Flowers...the papers are Martha Stewart which a lovely friend got me for my birthday. 

The flowers, pearls and slider are all available in my store.

Challenges:-

1 - Alota / Use Nestabilities

2 - Charisma Cardz / Spring Has Sprung

3 - Do You Stack Up / Dots

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And here is Nurse Grace...the papers are Love Letters which are available in my store along with the Websters Pages trim, flowers & pearls.

Challenges:-

1 - Totally Papercrafts / Do It With Digi's

Hugs Emma x

CES Challenge #24 - Spots & Stripes...

Good Morning...

Oh what a miserable old day, pouring with rain here!!

It's time for a new challenge over at CES Challenges...huge thanks to all who joined us last week.

The theme this week was chosen by our lovely Jane and it is:-

''Spots & Stripes''

One lucky winner will receive a 6x6 Dovecraft Sugar & Spice paper pack from Crafty Emma's Store.

I have used the Sugar & Spice papers together with a Fizzy Moon stamp...they are available in my store along with the various flowers and gems.

A few more things have arrived in my store this week including some gorgeous Divine Twine and 45mm Daisies...pop over and take a peek.  I have a couple of special offers on too...Card Candy is buy 2 and get 1 free plus the Divine Twine is buy 1 and get one half price!!

Hugs Emma x

C.R.A.F.T Challenge #90....

Good Morning...

It time for a new challenge over on the C.R.A.F.T Challenge blog and my third week as their guest designer.

The theme for this week is:-

''Not A Card''

And the sponsor is Toucan Scraps...one lucky winner will receive $5 to send in the store.

I made an organiser using the recipe wrap up template from Timeless Templates...

you can pick it up for free here.

The papers and die cuts are Oh, la, la by Craftwork cards which are available here in my store.

Challenges:-

1 - Creative Inspirations / Distress

2 - Whoopsi Daisy / Free & Easy

3 - A Spoon Full Of Sugar / Anything But A Card

Hugs Emma x

Update On DigiStamp Boutique...

Good Evening...

Oh what a day, I've been sorting and loading a ton of wedding items onto my website which seems to be taking forever & I've still got a long, long way to go!!

Anyway I just thought I would update you on the happenings over at DigiStamp Boutique...if you haven't been over recently there are tons and I means tons of new adorable images. 

Pop over and take a peek...I'm sure a few will fall into your basket!! Lol

Hugs Emma x

Teddies, Flowers & My Crafting Buddy....

Good Morning...

I hope you all had a lovely valentines day.  Me and my OH exchanged cards but don't tend to bother with all the hype of it.  The card was typical of Steve's humour, the sentiment was...my nuts are yours & I don't just say that to anyone!!! Lol

 It's my oldest nieces 21st birthday today so we''ll be celebrating over the weekend and I''ll be having a belated birthday drink.  I was full of cold last weekend so didn't fancy much celebrating when it was mine last week. 

Anyway onto my cards which I made for an order....first up is one using an image from Teddy Bo and Kaisercraft papers.  The buttons, Tea House brads and pearls are all available in my store.

Challenges:-

1 - Crafty Sentiment / Valentines, Love

2 - Crafty Ann / Love Is All Around

3 - Crafty Catz / Valentines, Love

4 - One Stop Crafts / Love

5 - Totally Gorjuss / Love

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And a very different style of image for me from Imag-e-nation and again Kaisercraft papers.  Again the pearls and ribbon are from my store.

Challenges:-

1 - Secret Crafter / A Stamper Flower

2 - One Stitch At A Time / Make It Pretty

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And have you seen the new blog ''Crafting Buddies''....this is what Joanne who has set the blog up wrote:-

''Having been an avid fan of What's on your Workdesk Wednesday for some time, I have noticed how many crafters have little helpers around. With that in mind, I though it may just be nice if we were able to show these 'buddies' off on a blog designed just for

So here is my crafting buddy...well I call him my partner in crime as you can see on my sidebar.  Tyson is an 11 month old staffie which we acquired from my niece, she is always out and about so didn't get the time to give him the attention he needed.  Staffie's get so much bad press but I have to say he is the most adorable and loving dog I have ever known. 

I had him sat at the computer doing some commenting for me....I think this look says ''That's enough blogging for one day mummy now lets go play'' He, he ;-)

He had his first pooch pampering session yesterday...poor little fella was sat in a cage with heaters around him when I went to collect him from the dog groomers, he doesn't like dryers.  Wonder if that has something to do with me chasing him with the hairdryer when I do mine!! Lol

Hugs

Emma & Tyson x

Pollycraft Challenge #80 - Special Birthdays...

Good Morning

I hope you all had a lovely weekend...mine was a nice relaxing one with plenty of crafting time.

It's time for a new challenge over at Pollycraft and it was my turn to choose the theme which is:-

''Special Birthday's''

I'd like to see creations for milestone birthdays or for someone special rather than just a standard birthday card. 

I'm also sponsoring the challenge and one luck winner will receive a beautiful pack of designer trims by Websters pages from my store.

For my card I used ''Cherry Kisses - Whatever'' with Basic Grey ''Marjolaine'' papers which are available in Crafty Emma's Store along with the flowers and Tea House brads.

Challenges:-

1 - Sweet Sketch Wednesday / Sketch Below

2 - Stamping With The Dragon / Anything Goes

Hugs Emma x

CES Challenge #23...

Good Morning...

I am sat here chuckling to myself as I was late doing my card for CES Challenges then after not being able to sleep last night I finished it in the early hours.  I added to the challenge blog and completely forgot to do my own blog post!! Duh ;-)

The challenge this week has been chosen by our lovely Kaylou and it is:-

''Cute & Cuddly''

I have used ''Mimi - Lazy Days'' by Helz Cuppleditch...the stamp is available in my store along with the 'Tea House' papers, promarkers, notched card blank, flowers, pins, pearls and sentiment stamp.

I shall go back to sleep now!! Lol ;-)

Hugs Emma x

Prima/MME Papers & The C.R.A.F.T Challenge...

Good Morning...

I hope you are all well and feeling alot better than me.  I am full of cold...I only had it about a month ago and now its back with avengence!! I think this time round it could well be man flu!! Lol ;-)

I had a very busy day yesterday as boxes full of gorgeous Prima and MME papers arrived.  If you pre-ordered any of these papers they will be on their way to you today...just in time for the weekend!!

A few of them fell into my own stash too...well it is my birthday tomorrow and us girlies deserve a treat every now and then!!

You can see the new products....HERE

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It's my second week as Guest Designer for the C.R.A.F.T Challenge and this week the theme is:-

''Valentines''

The fabulous sponsor is The Crafty Pad...

And one lucky winner will receive two images of their choice.

For my card I used the ''Teds In Love'' image from The Crafty Pad together with ''Love Letters'' papers.

They are available in my store together with all the flowers and ribbon plus much, much more.

Challenges:-

1 - Delicious Doodles / Sketch Below

2 - Creative Inspirations / Valentines, Love

3 - Lexi's Creations / If You Go Down To The Woods Today (Bears)

4 - The Crafty Pad / Love Is In The Air

5 - WhoopsiDaisy / Give Us Your Heart

6 - Crafty Cardmakers / Hearts

7 - Incy Wincy / Love

8 - Creative Stamp Friends / Valentine

9 - Stamp With Fun / Love

10 - Double Dutch / Love Is In The Air

11 - A Spoon Full Of Sugar / Let's See Some Love

12 - Digital Tuesday / From The Heart - Valentines

13 - Everybody's Art / Valentines

14 - My Time To Craft / Hearts & Flowers

15 - Papertake Weekly / Have A Heart

Hugs Emma x

Say Cheese & Cute Barney...

Good Morning...

I have another couple of card to share with you using new releases from Pollycraft and DigiStamp Boutique.

First up is Maurice Say Cheese From Pollycraft....

I followed the sketch over at Crafts 4 Eternity...

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Here is Barney with flower from DigiStamp Boutique...

I followed the sketch over at The Sweet Stop...

The papers on both cards are Kaisercraft which I got from Simon Says with my fabulous $50 voucher win.  The flowers, gems, buttons and card candy are all from my store.

Hugs Emma x

Playing With New Stock & Pollycraft Releases...

Good Morning...

I had a good crafting session over the weekend and chance to play with various new stock from my store plus the adorable new releases from Pollycraft. 

Here is 'Cherry Kisses Tea In The 20s' which goes perfectly with the 'Tea House' collection.  The flowers and pearls are also available in my store.

Challenges:-

1 - One Stitch At A Time / Do It With A Digi

2 - Pear Tree Designs / Free For All

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Next up is 'Fluffy Wabbit'....the papers are from the 'Sugar & Spice' collection together with the Colour Me buttons and twine.

Challenges:-

1 - Sketch Saturday / Sketch Below

2 - Critter Challenge / Critter, Animal

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And here is 'Jerry Kisses Surfer Dude'...these papers are 'Back To Basics II'...I added some cherry blossoms, leaves and buttons

Challenges:-

1 - Create 4 Fun / Sketch Below

2 - Bearly Mine / For Men And/Or Boys

3 - Pile It On / Bright & Breezy

Store News

The paper collections also come with matching flowers, brads, ribbons, gems etc...you can see all new products HERE.

I've also added more items that are now available to pre-order including new Basic Grey and Crate Paper 6x6 pads.  You can see them all HERE.

Plus the new Botanical, Confetti and Card Candy is now in stock.

Hugs Emma x