LOTV Christmas Presents

Good evening.  Can't believe it has been a month since my last past - where has the time flown to?  I am here to share a card using another pre-coloured LOTV topper but this time from one of the older topper collections.

Items used:
LOTV pre-coloured topper
First Edition papers
MB die cut and woodware punch

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Winter Wonderland - Presents
Papertake Weekly - Last Christmas card of the year
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations - Christmas/New Year
Crafty Catz - Last Minute Christmas
Crafts 4 Eternity - Christmas
A Gem of a Challenge - Christmas
Dream Valley - Christmas
The Ribbon Girl -LOTV

Thanks for looking.

Hugs Sarahxx

LOTV Winter Fairy

Evening crafters and I am back eventually with another card featuring a pre-coloured LOTV - where do the days go to?

Pre-Coloured LOTV topper
Bo Bunny papers
Dies - Magnolia fence, MB bow, MD poinsetta, Spellbinders medallion

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

LOTV - Christmas
Papertake Weekly - Soooo Girlie
Delightful Challenges - Happy Holidays
Crafty Catz - Christmas is Coming
Dream Valley - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking.

Hugs Sarahxx

LOTV Cute Hats off Snowman

Good morning here in the UK the clocks went back last night and I love having an extra hour in bed!  I managed to get a bit of crafty time yesterday and here is a card I made using this gorgeous precoloured snowman topper and here it is:-

Items used:-
LOTV pre-coloured topper
DCWV paper
LOTV sentiment
CC Santa die cut/woodware snowflakes

I would like to add my card to the following challenges:-

LOTV - Anything Goes 2nd entry
Allsorts - Christmas
Sketch Saturday - week 333
Crafty Sentiments - Use a Sentiment

Enjoy your day.

Hugs Sarahxx

LOTV build a Snowman

Good morning cant believe how long it has been since my last post - where do the weeks go to can't believe we are in October already.  I am back today with my first Christmas card of the year.

Items used:

LOTV vintage art pad image

LOTV papers 

Marianne snowflake die and MB border

Craftwork cards sentiment and candi

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

LOTV - anything goes 

Top tip Tuesday-non-traditional christmas 

Crafts 4 eternity- 3 s snowman snowflake sentiment 

Crafters cafe - punches and/or dies

Hope you have a great weekend.  I am out to dinner tonight for my mums birthday.

Hugs Sarahxx 

Charisma Cardz DT Card - Lace and Pearls

Apologies for the lateness of my post!  We have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz today and it is Lace and Pearls. For my card I have used a cute LOTV topper:

Items used:-

LOTV coloured topper

First Edition papers

Lace and pearls from stash

Dies/Punches: Spellbinders flourish, MS butterfly
Lace and pearls from stash

We have 3 great sponsors this week:
Prize one from Sassy Studio Designs
Prize two from Kenny K
Prize three from Stamp and Create

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

 Bunny Zoe - Lace
Cutie Pie - Twos Company
Papertake Weekly - Repeat Repeat (flourish die repeated)
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
ABC - S for Shabby Chic

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Hugs Sarahxx

Dandelion Girl

Good morning hope everyone is having a great weekend so far.  Today I am off shopping with my eldest son to get school shoes etc and last week I did the same with my youngest son.  Not looking forward to it itis going to be manic being the last weekend before they go back to school!  Yesterday I did manage to make a bit of crafty time for myself and here is my card I made:

Items used:

Hobby House pre-coloured topper

First Edition papers

Craftwork cards sentiments

Prima flowers

MB die cuts

Pearls from stash

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - sketch no: 37

Divas by Design - Happy Birthday

Creative Inspirations - Flower Power

Dream Valley - Flowers

Delightful Challenges - Layer It

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjeous - Pearls

A Gem of a Challenge - Summer

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Deep Ocean Challenge - Something Sweet

Enjoy your day whatever you are doing and the sun is actually shining here in Biggleswade at the moment which is a rare sight these days!

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT - Wedding Anniversary

Good morning - I am back from a very relaxing 2 weeks in Carvoeiro, Portugal.  They have some absolutely stunning beaches there but the sea was absolutely freeeezing!

Today we have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is Wedding Anniversaries.   For my card I have used a gorgeous image from one of the LOTV artpads:

 

Items used:-

LOTV artpad image

Papermania papers

Dies/Punches: Spellbinders scallop squares And eyelet circles, MS frond and heart punches
Flowers and lace from stash

We have 2 great sponsors this week:

 Delicious Doodles and Freckled Fawn

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-




Papertake Weekly - to Die for
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
Paper Shelter - Lace
Sentimental Sundays - Monchromatic Colours

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

 

Have a great day whatever you are doing.

 

Hugs Sarahxx

 

Walking the Dog - Digital Delights

Good morning hope you are seeing this post as I am on my holidays in Portugal.  I was asked to be a Guest Designer by Digital Delights and was happy to accept and here is my card using the uber cute image Walking the Dog which can be found here.

Items used:

Digital Delights image coloured with Promarkers
DCWV paper
Dies: Memory Box clouds, Magnolia fence, X-Cut labels
LOTV sentiment and Crafters Companion sentiment
Rest from stash.

Hope you all have a great day.

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT - Ribbon, Twine and Charm

Good morning and today we have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is Ribbon, Twine and Charm. I have used a sponsor's image from Dr Digi House of Stamps which is High Score Hugh a perfect image for my two boys which can be found here:

Items used:-

Dr Digi image coloured with Promarkers

DCWV paper
LOTV sentiment stamp
Dies/Punches: Spellbinders eyelet circle and Quickutz balloon

The rest from stash

We have 2 great sponsors this week: Dr Digis House of Stamps (and I have used one of their images) and Inky Impressions.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

My Mums Craft Shop - Summer or Bright Colours (I have used bright colours)
A Gem of a Challenge - Spots and Stripes
Crafty Sentiment Designs - Hand coloured image
Bearly Mine Challenges - Let's Go Digital

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Have a great day whatever you are doing.  I am getting rather excited now and am rushing around packing ready for my holiday tomorrow.  We are off to Portugal - very excited.

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT - Show us What Else You Can Do

Good morning and today we have a fab new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is Show us what else You Do.  As well as cardmaking I also like to do some scrapbooking so I have decided to share a double page layout from my hols a few years ago in Florida when we visited one of the waterparks:

We have 2 great sponsors this week: All that Scraps and Kenny K

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies and we would love to see what else you can do other than cardmaking.

Have a great day whatever you are doing.

Hugs Sarahxx

Baby Boy

Hope everyone has had a good weekend whatever you have been doing.  I am sharing a card I have made using a topper from one of the lovely LOTV art pads.

Items used:

LOTV art pad

Paper mania paper

MS doily edge punch and Quickutz bottle

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

LOTV - Male

Crafty lil Fairies - spots and stripes

Papertake Weekly - anything

Craft - male

Crafty Catz - Baby baby Justin Bieber

Craft 4 Eternity - For the boys

Dream Valley - babies

Thanks for looking and any comments you leave.

Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT post

Good morning and today we have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is Father's Day.  I have used one of the lovely LOTV art pad images and here is my card:-

Items used:-

LOTV art pad image

LOTV papers

Dies/Punches: Spellbinders rectangle, XCut stars and Quickutz alphabet

We have 2 great sponsors this week:

All Dressed Up Digis and Bunny Zoe Crafts

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Delightful Challenges - Its a guy thing

Totally Gorgeous - buttons or bows

Paper Shelter - Make It Manly

Die Cutting Divas - For the Boys

Crafting for all Seasons - Boys will be Boys

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Have a great day whatever you are doing - it looks like we may even be having a rain free day today - fingers crossed!

Hugs Sarahxx

Joy

Wow what gorgeous weather we have had this weekend - I hope it has been the same wherever you are.  Here is a card I have made over the last few days:-

Items used:

HOTP and DCWV paper
Sugar Nellie Joy digi image coloured with Promarkers
Craftwork cards sentiment
Die and punches: MS heart punch, Spellbinders and MB
Lace from stash

Challenges I would like to enter:

Ladybug - Anything goes
ABC - L for Lots of layers
Paper Shelter - Girlie
Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes/Sketch
Totally Gorjuss - Lace
Gem of a Challenge - Fav colour combo

Have a great week.

Hugs Sarahxx

LOTV tiptoe fairy

Good evening hope you have all had a lovely day.  It has been lovely and sunny here today so have done a spot of gardening and also made this card this morning.

Items used:

LOTV topper
Papermania papers
Craftwork cards sentiment
Spellbinders die and MB dies

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Papertake Weekly - sketch
LOTV - Fairies
Crafty Lil Fairies - Garden
allsorts - Butterflies
Cutie Pies - April Showers bring May Flowers
Die Cutting Divas - Girly
Creative Inspiration - Spring Flowers

Thanks for looking and any comments you leave.

Hugs Sarahxx

LOTV English Charm

Good afternoon and I hope everyone has had an enjoyable weekend.  I managed to find a little time to play in my craftroom yesterday and here is a card I made using one of my new LOTV art pads.

Items used:

LOTV English Charm art pad topper
Papermania paper
Spellbinders flourish and MB butterfly
Craftwork cards sentiment

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
LOTV - Birthday
Digi Designs Challenge - Birthday
Polka Doodles - Springtime

Thank you for looking and any comments you may leave.

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT Card - April Showers

Good morning and today we have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is April Showers. I have used the gorgeous Midsummer Magnolia Tilda image and here is my card:

Items used:-

Magnolia Tilda image coloured with Promarkers

First Edition papers

Dies/Punches: X Cut label, Spellbinder d-lite flourish and MS butterfly punch
Lace from stash

We have 3 great sponsors this week so we hope you can join in:

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Passion for Promarkers - So Sentimental

Oldie but a Goodie - April Showers

Fab n Funky - Pink

Allsorts - No flowers

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Have a great day whatever you are doing.

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz Meets Die Cuts Crazy Anything Goes Challenge and Blog Hop

Welcome to the Charisma Cardz Meets Die Cut Crazy Special Challenge & Blog Hop. Our Wonderful design team have this week teamed up with the wonderful Magazine Die cut Crazy to bring you some wonderful inspiration from the world of Die Cutting and also a fab packed April Edition which is avalible for download on all IOS Apple Devices via the Newstand & in PDF format from the website! Our designers have made some wonderful Easter and Spring projects to inspire your own  crafting with your die cuts.

This week at Charisma we have an ‘ANYTHING GOES’ Challenge where you can join in by linking or emailing charisma with your cards/designs and of course as always there are some fabulous prizes to be won which the winners will be announced next week on the blog and featured in next months issue of Die Cut Crazy.

As well as this we have a fabulous blog hop show casing all the designers which you should have a look around! And for each comment you leave at each stop we’ll be drawing some random winners for prizes!

If you just joined our hop, be sure and go back to the Charisma Cardz Challenge Blog to start from the beginning!

Items used:

Papermania ready made stepper card
Magnolia Tilda image coloured with Promarkers
Dies and Punches - Spellbinders floral oval die, MS doily punch, Joy Craft daisy punch, Doohicky fence and MB elegant scroll
Papermania ribbon

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Cutie Pie - Dies and Punches
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Marvellous Magnolia - Ribbon or Bow
Allsorts - Use Dies
Ribbon Girl - Magnolia Challenge

Thanks for stopping by the Charisma Cardz Meets Die Cut Crazy Magazine Blog Hop & Challenge . I hope my project inspires you to create your own Spring/Easter project.  Please leave a comment to let me know you stopped by.Next up in the hop is  Mandy and her wonderful blog can be found here.

 If you just joined the hop, here is a list of designers so you don't miss any. 

Charisma – www.charismacardz.blogspot.com
Carlyann – www.sweetncrafty.blogspot.com
Emma Pountney – http://tinyurl.com/m42q998
Me! – www.sarahshandmadecardsx.blogspot.co.uk
Mandy – www.mandysparkles.blogspot.com
Marie – www.cardmakingmazza.blogspot.co.uk
Jo  - www.determinedcrafter.blogspot.co.uk
Vee- www.bearykrafti.blogspot.com
Susan – www.mixamatoasties.blogspot.co.uk
Die cut crazy facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Die-Cut-Crazy-Magazine/552327878152647?ref=ts&fref=ts
Lorraine – www.travellingcolours.com
Emma – www.emgoescardmaking.blogspot.co.uk
Tina – www.tinamarie997.blogspot.co.uk
Dianne Grayson – (will be posted on www.diecutcrazymag.com) Anna Bradshaw - craftwithanna.blogspot.com Eemeli – www.eemelike.blogspot.com
Stacey – www. lasatas.blogspot.co.uk/
Natalie – http://ngcards.blogspot.co.uk

Big hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT Card - Birthday Girls

Good morning and today we have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is Birthday Girls.  I have made an easel card using a gorgeous Magnolia Tilda image:

Items used:-

Magnolia Tilda image coloured with Promarkers

First Edition papers

Dies/Punches: Spellbinders elegant ovals, X-Cut labels, MS butterfly punch
Flowers and pearls from stash

We have 3 great sponsors this week:
Bugaboo Stamps, Pink Cat Studio The Stamping Chef

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Papertake Weekly - bingo: gems, die cuts and flowers

Divas by Design - Lets see your Magnolias

ABC - G for Girls

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Have a great day whatever you are doing.

Hugs Sarahxx

Wee Stamps Peggy Birthday Card

Good morning and today I have a card to share with you using a real cutie called Peggy, and she is a topper from the Hobby House:

Items used:-

Wee Stamps Peggy topper from The Hobby House

Papermania capsule papers

Dies/Punches: Spellbinders eyelet circles, Memory Box flowers and banner

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

The Hobby House Challenge - Anything Goes
Cutie Pie - Spots/Dots
ABC - F for Flowers
Cute Card Thursday - Clever Cutting
Papertake Weekly - Lovely Layers

Have a great day whatever you are doing.

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT - Inspired by a Movie

Good morning and today we have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is Inspired by a Movie. I was lucky enough to get to use this fab image by Bugaboo and here is my card which has been inspired by the 2001 movie Rock Star starring Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston!:

Items used:-

Bugaboo image coloured with Promarkers

DCWV papers

Dies/Punches: X Cut stars and spellbinders squares

We have 2 great sponsors this week: Bugaboo and Digistamp Boutique 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Allsorts - colours beginning with "b"
Crafty Cardmakers - A mans world
Whoopsi Daisy - Include a Sentiment
Challenges for Everybody - Anything Goes

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Have a great day whatever you are doing and I hope that everyone is staying safe after all this terrible weather that we are having.

Hugs Sarahxx

Cute Party Paws Valentines Card

Good evening and I am here to share a quick Valentine card I have made for my youngest Ben for his girlfriend - they are 11!

I would like to add my card into the following challenges:-

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Cute Valentine
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Ladybug Crafts - For the one I love
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Love is in the Air
Gem of A Challenge - Love is all you Need

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT card - Its a Boy Thing

Hello and I hope everyone is well.

Today we have a great new challenge for you at Charisma Cardz and it is A Boy Thing and here is my card using one of the fab LOTV toppers:

We have 2 great sponsors this week:

Sassy Studio Designs and Delicious Doodles

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

LOTV - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss - Manly
Dream Valley - Boys/Men

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies.

Have a great day whatever you are doing.

Hugs Sarahxx

Charisma Cardz DT 5th Birthday Celebrations

Happy New Year and I would like to wish all my followers a happy, healthy and prosperous 2014.  I hope everyone had a great Christmas and I can't believe it is all over now for another year I am back to work today.  I have been a bad blogger recently so my New Year's resolutions include being a better one and also to lose weight and keep fit (once all the Christmas chocs have been eaten of course!).

Today we have our own celebration over at Charisma Cardz as it is our 5th birthday and we have lots of great sponsors so why not join us in our birthday celebration.  Here is my card and I have used a gorgeous image from one of our fab sponsors Time for Tea:-

Items used:-

Time for Tea image coloured with Promarkers

Papermania papers

Dies/Punches: X cut rectangle, Quickutz flourish and MS butterfly

Flowers and gems from stash

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Creative Craft Challenge - Anything Goes
CRAFT - Anything Goes

Please pop over to the Charisma Cardz for some more inspiration from my teamies and we would love you to join in our 5th birthday celebrations.

Hugs Sarahxx