GDT for Digi Bells

Hi there friends, this is my first posting as a GDT member for Elizabeth Bells Digi Bells and i think its such an honour to have been chosen as i know that so many tried out for the position, dont give up, just look at me, who woulda thought?

A tasty read is such a gorgoues image i really didnt want to overdo it with the embellishments, so for me this is quite CAS.  She is colored with copics, layered onto a nestie, the butterflies are MS punch that i picked up at the NEC for 5 UK pound, can you believe that?  I gave them a good going over with diamond dust, then added the rhinestones to the body, and popped the wings.  The little leafy branches are a LM punch and the roses from my stash, the sentiment is a crafty individuals.

Since i started decorating the insides of my cards, i added the butterflies to the insides also.

Have a great week
smiles
Paola

Kenny K's weekly challenge

This is so late, apologies my blogging friends but i have been a very busy girl.  have been at a craft show at Emperors Palace most of today and lo and behold i had to see to the hungry kids and husband when i got back, so this is the first chance i have had today to do anything besides pandering to every one besides myself.
Well today its time for another challenge on Kenny k"s Krafty girlz and this weeks challenge calls for "Sparkle and Spots", so head over to the challenge blog and see what team B has to inspire you
smiles
Paola

NEC sharing the fun times!!!!

 NEC Birmingham UK, oh my word i had such a good time!!!  Before i get to sharing all the fun let me tell you i was livid when i heard that Magnolia hadnt pitched, i felt positively green around the gills, i could have thrown up.  Although i must add it didnt deter me one bit, as you will see further down i still managed to spend a LOT on Maggies.

 i met Carol from blog land as she is also South African we connected right away and had been visiting one another on Skype daily for the last six months or so.  I was so happy to meet her and it sure was the highlight of my trip to actually connect with her.  You can visit Carol's blog HERE to see her amazing work.

Now this was a real surprise, i met Marlene who i have been stalking in blog land FOREVER!! long before it even occurred to me to start a blog of my own i found this lovely ladies blog.  Marlene was probably one of the first blogs i discovered and surely was one of the first to inspire  me to get blogging, also after finding her blog i bought my first Sugar Nellies.  Was a real treat to meet her in the flesh.

I follow Tammy's and had no idea it was hers until Carol introduced us.  This lady was so bubbly and warm i felt like i had known her all my life.  Her work is out of this world and she is fairly new to having her own blog so if you havent started following her yet you GOTTA POP IN FOR A VISIT AND FOLLOW! HERE

had to get Carol and Tammy together.  I must also add that i hate having my picture taken i always look so stupid, never know how to pose etc.  All of the above pictures were taken on the Friday and for me it was such a short day as i still had to make my way back to London where i was staying for my holiday in the Uk, so it was rush rush rush.  I got to meet Jacqui from Cats whiskers and she is such a  darling, a sweeter lady i have yet to meet.  I have met real dragons while doing this blogging lark, but this lady was a real honey.

 Then on Sunday since i am a sucker for craft goodies i raced back all the way to Birmingham and the NEC to meet my friend Penni and her family.  Penni was the winner of my very first candy that i ever had on my blog and we thought the candy had gotten lost along the way as it took sooooo looong to get to her and while emailing back and forth we became firm friends and keep in touch regularly.  Luv ya hunny.

These are some of the goodies that i either bought or were given to me by either Carol or Penni, boy was i spoilt rotten!  We raced from stall to stall and couldnt get enough, believe me had i had more money i could have gotten ssssoooo much MORE!!

 Twenty stamps from the LOTV stand, lucky for me that Carol already had been in touch with Jacqui and asked her to put stamps aside for us, and we got there real early to pick them up, cos by Sunday they were almost gone, some of the new releases were gone.

30 Magnolia stamps that i had to get from Crafts u love since Magnolia didnt get to the show, but i wasnt too put out as i am not sure my budget would have managed had Magnolia been there, LOL.  As you can see i got a lot of stuff, my dear friend Penni also bought me a light studio for taking better pictures of my cards, i just havent managed to change the plugs and set it up yet.  There were just toooooo many things i WANTED!
Half way through the day i was run down by a geriatric on a four by four and my left foot was crushed under the bar at the back of the little cart she was driving, now believe me when i tell you i was in agony, my foot is broken and i am now in a moon boot for six weeks, but that didnt stop me running from stall to stall and my dear friend Penni and her husband were so worried about me, they saw me back to the train and waited till it came and saw me on safely.  BRITISH people ROCK!!!!! so polite and accommodating, wish i could have stayed a little longer, but i missed my husband and my kids and i am doing dems at a craft show in South Africa tomorrow, hope no one else runs me down, he he.
Have a great weekend, and if you have been through this long post and are still here, come back soon as i will be sharing some of my new goodies with a little candy.
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp2 challenge dt

I am still away, but making my way home by this time, with my bags bursting after the craft show at the NEC, will fill in all the details once i recover from the jetlag.

This week on Mo's challenge blog we want you to use acetate or velloum on your card, you can choose how to do it.  For my card i just had to use Kai in the snow available from Mo's store.
I colored Kai with my copics and was really not sure about this color scheme, but i am really happy with how the card came together.  I made a shaker bos out of foam core, or foam board, not sure what you would call it where you live.  i also used a Mdesign for the scalloped circle.  I found these ice crystals in my studio, dont actually know where i got them from, but decided they would do really well inside my shaker.

The snow flakes are made using various punches and layered together and then added a rhinestone to the centre.  I also added a good going over of lots of glitter to my card.
have a great crafting weekend
smiles
Paola

Pixie Cottage dt

As i'm sure you know by now i am not around so this is another scheduled post and for the Pixie cottage  this week we have a sketch and or two color challenge.

For my card i decided to use kraft paper and my pencils to color my image.  I am using Hannah with umbrella available from Here.  i added one of my pearly flourishes down the side of my card and used one of my MS punches top and bottom of my card for the added touch.

My card is pretty CAS so there isnt reallymuch to tell, but i am quite pleased with how it turned out, just using pencils.  The rest of the dt have some fabulous cards to share so please pop over to the Pixie cottage challenge blog
smiles
Paola

Kenny K's weekly challenge dt

Its team A's turn for the challenge this week on Kenny K's Krafty Gilrz challenges and this week its anything but square.

if this post goes live when its supposed to without any hitch then i wont be around i will be working my way through the show at the NEC and shopping up a storm.  For my card i used one of my spellbinders and made an easel card with the shape.  I have colored my Xmas Hottie with copics, kept the card pretty clean and simple so as not to lose the appeal of the image and since the shape of this easel is itself quite an appealing eyecatcher i didnt think it called for being any more busy than it already is.

Added some glitter around my sentiment and i geuss the rest is self explanatory.
Sorry about the short post as you can tell i am not very good at this scheduling of posts, head over to the challenge blog and see whats up with the rest of the team.
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp2 challenge dt

When this post goes live i will be winging my way to the NEC so if i say anything weird you will understand that as much i like to believe i can foresee the future i am sadly lacking at being a clairvoyant.

Our challenge this week for Mo's challenge we want to see pockets, you can interpret this any way you like.
for my card i made a card with pockets on the front that i could add tags to.  My image is available from Mo's store, colored with copics and lots of stickles added.  The tags i cut and measured and then used one of my MS punches to dicky the tops up so that i could thread ribbon through the tops.

I also cut and colored just the focal image to add to one of my tags and added a sentiment to the other.
The cupcake inside the card was cut and paper pieced just to add a touch of the cupcake feel to the inside of my card.

Will see you back on real time in about two weeks
smiles
Paola

new doors opening

Wow just this morning i sent out a post to say i was so sad at stepping down from ASFOS, well now i can share with you that i made the GDT for The Digi Bells.  YAHOO!!!!! Yipeee! depends where you come from as ot what you will yell i geuss, but you get what i mean, ha ha
Well thats it for today, i am bushed
smiles
Paola

Farewell!!

I am sad to announce that i have stepped down from the dt on A spoonfull of sugar, however i am sure i will still be seing the girls in blogland and enter their challenges.
This group of girls are a fabulous group to work with and i wish them every success.
Thanks to Debbie for affording me the opportunity to work with her and the amazingly talented group of girls on ASFOS i sure will miss them.
Have a great crafting week
smiles
Paola

Tilda in a shaker

i made this card to fit a few challenges and was a little worried about actually entering with this card as i colored the image with my distress inks and as you know its not really my medium of coloring, but since i dont have all my normal crafting goodies to hand right now i thought, what have i got to lose?

Magnolia stamp lovers wanted to see purple and black
Just Magnolia provided the great sketch
Magnolialicious highlights wanted a shaker card
Stamptacular Sunday  are playing hide and seek

So my card sure fits the bill for all of these.  My shaker was made using foam core and acetate to hold the beads in, the beads are a mixture of micro beads, clear and black and then i found these little lilac pieces at the bottom of my dew drops bottle so popped those in for good measure.  I dont have the Mag doohickey tag so i made my own variation on that.  I turned back the left top corner of my dp and added my flowers in there and the bottom right corner.  The leafy sprig is a punch from NS.

I followed through on the tag design to the inside of my card and then called complete!
hope you are all enjoying the new style of cards i am turning out with  the insides decorated
See you soon
smiles
Paola