My little piece of Paradise

Thanks for stopping by my blog :) I'm new to blogging, only started at the beginning of January 2014. In that time I have had a lot of fun participating in various challenges and have been inspired by so many of you. I'm new to card making but enjoy it so much. I've been a scrapbooker for many years and card making seemed like the next logical step:)
I hope you enjoy your visit and feel free to leave me a comment or follow my blog. HUGZ :)

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

ABC - J is for Just As You Like

Good Morming to all my blogland friends :)
This week I'm feeling better and trying to get way ahead on all my DT cards.
I expect to have at least 7 finished by the end of the week (maybe lol)

This weeks challenge at ABC is the letter J and the theme is "JUST AS YOU LIKE"
Our fab sponsors for this challenge is

and


So hop on over and show us your stuff!!

The card I chose to do this week is for a very special friend of mine who was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 26, she is now in remission but her fight was not an easy one.  Between chemo and radiation, she lost not only her breast and hair, but her self esteem so what better image to use for her card than a Simply Betty girl from her Boudoir line.
I just love this image, she is so beautiful and that is the message I want to send to my dear friend.

The image is coloured with my prisma pencils and I wanted to make her glamorous so I glamour dusted her dress, used shiny pink paper for the backing and softened her up with flowers. 
I added a small pink ribbon. I just wanted a subtle breast cancer symbol because I wanted the focus to be on the message. 
I just love how she turned out and I hope you do too!


CHALLENGES

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Card Makin Mamas - Buttons, Bits, Baubles
Challenges 4 Everybody  - Anything Goes
Chocolate,Coffee,Cards - Stripes
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
Simply Challenged Challenges - Anything Goes
Craftitude - Anything Goes
Crafty Girlz - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes/Girly
Digi Choosday - Use 2 Papers
Divas By Design - Easter/Spring
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Use Pastels
Open Minded Crafting - Easter/Pastel
Paper Crafting Journey - For A Special Lady
Sister Act - Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenge - Pretty Pastels
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Friday, April 11, 2014

Crafty Catz - Animals

Hi again :)
Glad you stopped by to check out our new challenge over at Crafty Catz.
This weeks challenge is ANIMALS, so pop on over and show us what you got!!
Our fab sponsors this week are

Creative Classroom
We will offer a free set to any one of our online classes. The student has up to one year to claim their prize.

And

Fred She Said
Offering a $15 Gift Certificate to their store.

The image I chose for this challenge is a Pre Coloured Topper from Fred She Said, which is a great image to use when you are short on time! Any DT member can attest to that! lol

So this is my card this week, I think he is soooo cute, hope you like :)




Wednesday, April 9, 2014

GDT for Crafting By Designs

Well it has been a very stressful week here for me. I ended up in the ER to find out that I have to have my gall bladder removed, so i'm just waiting on the call for surgery.. yayyyy me lol... I've never had surgery before so this is a bit unnerving. The good news though is that during my recovery I will have lots of time to craft since I won't be allowed to do anything else lol
Well enough about that... onto my card!

Back in february, I entered a challenge with my "Monochromatic Girly Card" and was chosen by Crafting By Designs as a GDT, I'm so excited that these talented ladies liked my card and ask me.
I hope they like this one too!

The image I chose for this card is by Dilly Beans, I just love their quirky images :)
I coloured her with my Prisma Pencils and this time I did some chalking which I have not done in a very long time. 
The theme for this challenge is Lace and Doilies so as you can see, that is what I used.
I wanted a vintage distressed look so i did some distressing with my Tim Holtz Tea Dye, added some pearls, flowers, burlap and a pocket watch for a trinket.
I love how this card turned out and hope you do too :)



Challenges

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes/Sights sound smells of Spring
A Creative Romance - Spring Flowers
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes
Craftitude - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Use Favorite Colour (Green)
Crafty Cardmakers & More - You've Been Framed
Crafty Girlz - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes/Girly
Fan-tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes
Glitter & Sparkle - Pearls And Lace
Sister Act - Anything Goes
Corrosive Challenges - Show Us Your Metal (Pocket Watch, Butterfly)
The Crazy Challenge - Bling It Up
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Ditzie Digi Designs - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - Flower Power

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

ABC - I is for In A Line

Well we are back with another great challenge again from ABC.
This week the challenge letter is I and we would love to see creations using our "In A Line" board right here

Our FAB sponsor for this challenge is

So hop on over and join us!!

The image I'm using this week is called Geisha Girl... she is just a cutie:)
I coloured her with my Prisma Pencils and used my Silhouette for my die cuts.
The line I used is Shaped Card, Lace and Dies.
I glamour dusted parts of her dress, added a few asian elements and voila...
Hope you like :)


Challenges

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
Craftitude - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Include Favorite Colour (Green)
Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Sister Act - Anything Goes
The Crazy Challenge - Bling It Up
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Chocolate Coffe and Cards - Glitter And Lace
Digi Choosday - Flower Power

Friday, March 28, 2014

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Good Morning to all you fabulous crafters :)
It hasn't been a very busy week for me thank god! but I tell ya, I'm ready for this snow to melt and for the warmer weather to show up.  My truck is always frozen up and there's about 6ft of snow out there.... just enough to make it difficult to BBQ lol... I'm sooooo ready for warmth!! lol

Well this week at Crafty Catz, the theme is "ANYTHING GOES"! How awesome is that?!
Our generous sponsors for this challenge are

Offering 3 packs of Die Cuts

And

Offering a $25 Voucher 

This weeks card is an image by Paper Nest Dolls!
I just love these images, they are easy and fun to colour :)
I did a Birthday card as it's SOMEONE'S birthday this weekend. so go wish Kerri a Happy Birthday over at her blog :) 
I used my Prisma Pencils and my trusty Silhouette, glamour dusted her cupcake sprinkles and made my very first Chalkboard greeting complete with white chalk rubbed on... Yay Me! lol
Now I don't know what possessed me to use this colour combination but i'm sooooo happy with the way it turned out. Who knew that Olive, Turquoise and Black would match so well?! lol
Hope you like :)


Challenges

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Craftitude - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Glitter And Sparkle - Use Some Blue
Love To Create - BINGO (Ribbon Blue, Flowers)
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Sister Act - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Digi Demention (Sentiment Pops)
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
Paper Nest Norway - Celebration/Birthday

Monday, March 24, 2014

CFTH - Dots and Stripes

Back again with a card for Crafting From the Heart.
This weeks theme is Polkadots and Stripes.
Our FAB Sponsors for this challenge are
3 Digis
and
 3 Digis

The image I chose this week is from Oakpond.
I just love this stamp :)
I coloured it with Prisma Pencils and glamour dusted his feet and nose.
I really loved creating this card and I hope you like it too :)
Hugs x


CHALLENGES

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
Craftitude - Anything Goes/Use Brad Or Eyelet
Crafty Girlz - Anything Goes
Love To Create - BINGO (Sparkle,Yellow, Flower)
Open Minded Crafting - Use Buttons
Simply Create Too - Animals
Sister Act - Anything Goes
Stampin For The Weekend - Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant - Favourite Colours
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Perfectly Rustics - Baby

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Crafty Catz - Bling

Well I'm back with another card for our awesome challenge over at Crafty Catz.
This week the theme is BLING and our fabulous sponsor is 


Such a great prize right?

We are also holding a GDT Call for April so don't forget to put GDT on your entry :)

This week i decided not to colour, instead I decided to BLING up a new design I have.
Hope you like :)

Saturday, March 15, 2014

ABC - H is for HAIR

Wow it has been a busy week with cards for me lol...
I was asked to join the very talented ladies over at The ABC Challenge Blog and of course I accepted. :)

This week the theme is "H is for HAIR" so showcase your best HAIR images and join us for this great challenge.

Our fabulous sponsor this week is

For my card, I chose a Saturated Canary image because I just love the hair on these gorgeous girls.
I used my silhouette for my die cuts and coloured her with my Prisma Pencils.
The rest of the embellishments I had in my stash :)

Now onto my first DT Card at ABC

Hope you like :)
Hugz


Challenges

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes
Craftitude - Anything goes/Use Green
Crafts Galore Encore - Use A Stamp Or Digi
Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiment Design - Lots Of Green
Love To Create - Anything Goes
MilkCoffee - At Least 2 Flowers (4)
QKR Stampede - Anything Goes
Sister Act - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin - Mother or Special Lady
Di's Digi Designs - Person Plus Animal
Totally Papercrafts - Shaped Card
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes


Friday, March 14, 2014

Crafty Catz- Boys and Toys

Hey guys, I'm back with another card :)
After my GDT at Crafty Catz ended I was contacted and offered a position on their design team, well needless to say I accepted, how could I not, they are a great group to work with.

Well this week at Crafty Catz, the theme is Boys and Toys and our fabulous sponsor is 
Prize is 5 Digis

So without further ado, here is my card, hope you like :)


Challenges

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes
Sister Act - Anything Goes
Stampin For The Weekend - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
Craftitude - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Use A Stamp Or Digi
Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Glitter & Sparkle - Anything Goes
Robyns Fetish - Cards For Boys
Love To Create - Anything Goes
That Craft Place - Anything Goes

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

CFTH - Favorite Colours

Well I'm a day late but on a good note I had a great weekend, hence the reason I'm late lol
I had one of my best friends visit for 8 hours away and only get to see her about once a year so it was awesome!  We took the kids sledding and the boys did some ice fishing.  Can't wait to do it again :)

This week at Crafting From The Heart, the theme is Anything Goes/Favorite Colour and our wonderful Sponsors this week are

Angie's
3 Digis

Sassy Studio
4 Digis

My card this week is an image from Angie's. I love this image and it was so fun to colour.
I used my Prisma Pencils and Silhouette for die cuts.
Love the spring colours.
Hope you like :)



Challenges

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes/Irish Saying
Brown Sugar - Make it Sparkle
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
Crafting for All Seasons - Spring Into Spring
Craftitude - Anything Goes/Add Green
Cards Galore Encore - Use A Stamp Or Digi
Crafty Girls - Challenge 13
Created With Love - Think Spring
Love To Create - Anything Goes
My Sheri Crafts - Bling It On
Open Minded Crafting - Use Something Green
Papertake Weekly - BINGO (Diecuts, Free, Glitter)
Simply Create Too - Shop In Your Stash
Sister Act - Anything Goes
That Craft Place - Anything Goes





Friday, February 28, 2014

Last Week at Crafty Catz

Well it is my last post for Crafty Catz and I'm very thankful that they gave me an opportunity to join them for a month as their GDT.
They are a great group of talented ladies and will miss them but I will continue to enter their challenges so i guess i'm not going too far away lol
This weeks theme is Anything Goes and they have some great prizes from their sponsors

3 Digis



The image i chose this week is from The Stamping Boutique.
I coloured with my Prisma Pencils of course and cut my card and die cuts with my Silhouette :)
I just love the warm colours and sentiment of this card and hope you do too :)


Hugz x

Challenges

Crafting By Designs - Spring Colours
Craftitude - Anything Goes/Music
Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Creatalicious - Use Pearls/Glitter
Creative Moments - Swirls and Pearls
Cute Card Thursday - Springtime
Divas By Design - Make It Sparkle
Love To Create - Anything Goes
Sister Act - Anything Goes
The Stamping Boutique - Use Glitter


Friday, February 21, 2014

Crafty Catz GDT Week 3

I can't believe I made it back this week but I did..yayyyy
This has been a tough week for me being sick, this darn cold better leave my house quick!

Today I have a card for you that I made for my 3rd week as GDT for Crafty Catz. What a great bunch of ladies over there, they have been so nice to me, thanks ladies :)

The challenge this week is "use green, cream plus one other colour".
They have a wonderful sponsor this week offer a great prize,

So make sure you enter for your chance to win :)

This week I decided not to colour!
This is the first time I have attempted a card without colouring a digi and I must say it felt very strange.  I didn't know how I was going to approach it but I knew that I wanted to do a masculine card since it was my son's 17th birthday on Wednesday.  
I thought of the things he liked to do and came up with fishing...we live in Northern Ontario so it's an outdoor paradise all year around :)
I decided to do the whole project in card stock not using designer paper.  I cut all my die cuts with my silhouette and heat embossed the "gone fishing" text, scraped and ruffed up the edges of my paper, added some corrugated and voila!

Hope you like

Hugz x




Monday, February 17, 2014

CFTH ~ Flowers

Good day to all :)
Hope everyone is feeling ok, me... not so much.
There has been a bad cold going around our house and alas.... i seem to have caught it.. ughhhhhhh
I would love to say that i have been spending lots of time crafting but instead i'll say that i have been spending lots of time curled up in my recliner lol...
I hear my husband moaning in the next room as i write this lol... MEN!!

Well this week at Crafting From The Heart, the theme is "Flowers", so come on over and show us your creations. Remember that the challenge is always anything goes so it's ok if you didn't use flowers :)
I also want to mention that starting the beginning of March, the challenge will be going weekly!

Our fabulous sponsors for this week are
$15 Shop Voucher

and 

3 Digi's

The Image i chose this week is from Aurora Wings. I must say that this image was such a challenge for me in many ways. First, the amount of detail in this image and trying to choose colours was a huge challenge. Next... her hair!!!!  OMG i must have coloured and erased a million times before i finally has happy with it..... the problem was with the shape i printed the image out on.. i didn't realize at the time that the black lines for her hair were very short and did not reach to top of my image so i had to imporvise and drawn my way through it lol....but  i think it turned out and i'm very happy with it :)  My very last challenge was to choose papers and colours... i started with a step card then scraped that one,  I then cut a shell shaped card.... scraped that one too lol... I also started with teal, then went darker, then decided on the blue and grey!!!!
I used lots of stickles and pearls for this one too
OMG!!!!!!! lol

Well here it is and I hope you like :)



 Cheers xo


Challenges:

A Creative Romane - Let's Get Sentimental
4 Crafty Chicks - Use Pearls
Brown Sugar - Use Die Cut or Punch
Card Makin Mama's - Make It Sparkle
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Cards Galore Encore - Add Gem, Glitter, Candy, Bling
Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Clever Cutting
MilkCoffee - Girly
Sister Act - Anything Goes
Stampin For The Weekend - Flower Power
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Love To Create - Bling
Creatalicious - Pearls And Glitter
One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes










Friday, February 14, 2014

Crafty Catz GDT Week 2

Hope everyone had a good week.  
I'm back again with a new card for this weeks challenge at Crafty Catz.
The theme this week is Lady in Red and they have some great prizes from their fabulous sponsors.


AND


The image I chose this week is from Rick St.Dennis called Morning Goddess.
I coloured her with Prisma Pencils, the sentiment is from TLC and I added die cuts from my Silhouette.
I decided to go with a coffee theme since coffee is my weakness and... well..... she is what i usually look like in the morning... including the coffee cup lol

Hope you enjoy :)



I also have some exciting news to share!
Beginning in April, there is a brand new challenge starting up called Crafting At The Weekend, it will be a monthly challenge with some fabulous prizes from our new sponsors.
The challenge will include all paper crafting mediums so check out the link and don't forget to follow for updates. You don't want to miss out ! :)

Hugs x






Monday, February 10, 2014

Be Mine

Hope everyone is having a great day :)
Today I will be working on my next card for my GDT spot at Crafty Catz which will be posting a new challenge on Friday.  Then I'll be working on my next DT card for Crafting From The Heart which will be posting a new challenge next Monday, so stop on by and check both of them out :)

It's been a quiet week for me, just how I like it lol.... I love my alone time when the kids are in school :)

Today I have a card that I was asked to make by a friend for his girlfriend.  I've been using so much red and black lately in my valentine cards that I decided to change it up.  I wanted the "spring feel" since it's just around the corner...or maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part lol....all I know is this snow has got to go!!
I coloured this image with my prisma pencils, blending with colour and a colourless blender (since I've given up gamsol).  I used my silhouette for my die cuts and this is what I've come up with...hope she likes it :)




Challenges

4 Crafty Chicks - Banners/Tags
The Pink Elephant - Happy Valentines Day
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
A Creative Romance - Show Us Some Love
Brown Sugar - Valentines
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
Crafting For Everybody - Anything Goes
Crafting For All Seasons - Show Us Some Romance
Craftitude - Anything Goes - Love/Romance
Crafts Galore Encore - Use A Gem, Glitter, Candi or Bling
Crafty Catz - Love Is In The Air
Corrosive Challenges - Feel The Love
That Craft Place - Valentine
Sister Act - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Lots Of Love
Divas By Design - Die Cuts
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Milk Coffee - Valentines/Love
My Sheri Crafting - Valentine
Open Minded Crafting - Show Some Love
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (GDT)






Friday, February 7, 2014

GDT at Crafty Catz

Hope everyone had a great week!
Thanks for stopping back in to see what i have been up to :)

Today I have a card for you that I made for my GDT spot at Crafty Catz, which I will be participating in for the whole month of February, so don't forget to check back each Friday to see my latest creation :)
The challenge this week is "Love is in the air" and this week's sponsor is

The prize is 7 digi's of winner's choice.

The image i chose to use this week is Gus and Stella, I just love these two characters and they are a fun couple to work with.  I coloured them with my Prisma Pencils and did my cut outs on my Silhouette, I then added some bling and voila.....


Thanks for joining the fabulous ladies over at Crafty Catz and look forward to seeing what you've created for this challenge :)



Hugs x
Donna

Challenges

Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
A Creative Romance - Show Us Some Love
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
Crafting For All Seasons - Show Us Some Romance
Crafts Galore Encore - Gem, Glitter, Candi or Bling
Crafty Girls Challenges  - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes/Add Sparkle
Cute Card Thursday - Lots of Love
Delicious Doodles - Love Good or Bad
Robyn's Fetish - Valentine's Day Cards
Milk Coffee - Love/Valentines
My Sheri Crafts - Valentine
Open Minded Crafting - Show Some Love
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Sister Act - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin - Love/Valentines
That Craft Place - Valentine
The Corrosive Challenge - Feel The Love
Brown Sugar - Valentine
Craftitude - Anything Goes/Valentine, Love


Monday, February 3, 2014

Ophelia's Heart by Dilly Beans

Yayyyy it's my first post as a member of the Design Team for Crafting From The Heart and I must say that I'm sooooo excited to be working with these talented ladies!

Our theme for this challenge is "RED", so pop on over and show us your creations using red :)
Remember, the challenge is always Anything Goes with an optional theme, so if you are not using red, that's ok too :)

We have some great prizes from our sponsors for this challenge and they are:
5 Digis

3 Digis

I'm also happy to announce that starting on March 3rd, Crafting From The Heart will be offering challenges on a weekly basis featuring 2 Design Teams on rotating weeks.
That means double the inspiration and a chance to win EVERY week!
So come join the fun :)

The image I have chosen for this challenge is Ophelia's Heart by Dilly Beans.
I just love the sort of "goth meets Nightmare Before Christmas" look that she has about her and thought she would be a fun image on a card.
Because of her "look", I couldn't make her too girly, so I figured red, black and Valentine is the way I would go with her.
I coloured her with Prisma Pencils and heat embossed some die cuts 
Hope you like :)



I also want to take this oppertunity to wish my husband a Happy 14th Anniversary tomorrow :)

Cheers 
Donna xo




Challenges

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Robyn's Fetish - Valentine's Day Cards
Corrosive Challenges  - Fell the Love
One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Catch the Bug - Anything Goes
My Sheri CRAFTS - Valentine
Open-Minded Crafting - Show Some Love
Delicious Doodles - Use Dies/Punches
Sister Act - Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T Challenges - Love/Valentines
MilkCoffee - Valentines/Love
Paper Crafting Journey - Emboss That
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
2 Sisters Challenges - Embossing



A big Thank You to the Design Team at My Sheri Crafts for choosing my card as one of their OHH LA LA winners :)

Sunday, January 26, 2014

A Monochromatic Girly Card

Hi again :)
I'm back with another card that I want to enter in a few challenges.
I was asked by a family member to make a card for her sister but the problem is.....I have never yet her sister lol, so I decided, how can you go wrong with girly?
I love this image and had just bought some thule, which I had never used before on a card, so thought I would try it out and this is what I came up with.

I'm also really excited to tell you that the current challenge going on at Crafting From The Heart
Is Fancy Folds and there are some great sponsors this week in The Doodle Garden and Papernest Dolls.
Come on over and join in the fun :)




Challenges

Crafty Catz - Monochromatic
4 Crafty Chicks - Bling
Crafting By Designs - Get Your Girl On
Crafty Girls Challenges- Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes, Use Buttons/Pearls
Cute Card Thursday - So sweet
MilkCoffee - Monochromatic
Sister Act - Anything Goes
Through The Craftroom Doors - Anything Goes
Glitter n Sparkle - Bling It Up
Delicious Doodles - Use Ribbon
Papertake Weekly - Bows Dies
Crafting For All Seasons - For The Girls
One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes
Cards Galore - Anything Goes
Divas By Design - Anything Goes
Silhouette Challenges - Anything Goes, must use a Silhouette
Paper Crafting Journey - Distressed/Shabby Chic
Paper Nest Dolls - Anything Goes



A huge Thank you to the Design Teams at $ Crafty Chicks for picking my card as one of their winners.
Also to the team at Creative moments for choosing me in their Top 3.
And for the Special Mention at Cards Galore.
Thanks Ladies, your badges are displayed :)