All in the Pink

Good morning to you all, just popping in with a mid month reminder about our "Pretty in Pink" theme which is proving very popular. It runs until 26th March so still plenty of time to join in, or enter another piece.

It's also a perfect one for our DT Pinky, those of you who know her are familiar with her wonderful special occasions cards and as her name suggests she has a penchant for all things pink, so she is sharing two more of her pieces of artwork with us and explaining a little about her work......................

My first project is a little bit different from my normal cards. I don't often get the chance to play but really fancied having a go at this candle card. The stamp is from Uptown Girls, Stamping Bella. I got some lovely smelly candles from Ikea with little glass holders and made my measurements around that.

The papers are from Nitwits, did I say how much I love Nitwits papers....no.....well I love them!

This card uses a stamp from Lili of the Valley and two varieties of embossed card. I like to keep Christening cards clean and simple, well almost. I do like my embellishments. The little  cross punch I got in a set bought by my sister a few years ago and I use it regularly for Christenings, Holy Communions and Confirmations!

Both cards were coloured using promarkers.

I am sure you will agree both cards are a delight, thank you so much for sharing Pinky.

March challenge

The first Sunday of the month so time to announce our new challenge which is..............

******Pretty in Pink******

Just about anything pink will work for this one and as always you can enter up to three times, combine with other challenges and all we ask is that there is some visible stamping on your artwork, after all we are called Stamping Sensations.

We are pleased to welcome Stix2 back this month, they offer a range of craft adhesive and glue based products, die cuts, card blanks, speciality papers and envelops all especially designed for crafters.

And the DT have chipped in with some goodies as well, so it's a bit of a bumper month and one lucky winner will receive all you see below, rather pink in keeping with the theme.

Now for some inspiration and first I would like to welcome Viv as this months Guest Designer, she has made a beautiful Shabby Chic card to share with you all......

And the Design Team......

Brenda




Eret

Francesca

Lynne

Maddy

Pinky

Sally

Tracy

We really hope you will join in this months challenge and look forward to visiting your entries.

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February winners

Hello to you all, time to announce the winner and Top 3 from our Wings Fantasy and Fiction challenge and what a great month is was, thank you all so much for the wonderful artwork, clearly you love the theme as much as we at the DT do, so it might have to be one we repeat later in the year again.

No surprises that we have had a bit of a difficult time choosing our favourites but we have eventually whittled it down to four and here they are:

Winner of the voucher from Crafty Devils is....................

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Elaine

We really loved the different take on the theme

Congratulations Elaine, please mail me with your full postal addy so I can arrange for you to receive your voucher and don't forget to pick up our winners badge.

And our Top 3.........

Laila

Such a beautiful piece of artwork

Yogi

Classic and elegant design

Darlene

Beautifully decoupaged butterfly

Well done to you all, please collect out Top 3 badge to display on your own blogs.

I will be back Sunday with a brand new challenge and another great prize.

Mid month inspiration

Good morning all you lovely Peeps, our 'Wings, Fantasy and Fiction' theme has attracted some beautiful entries but if you have not yet joined in or would like to do so again it will be running until 26th February so there is still time to join in for a chance to win the £35 voucher from this months sponsor Crafty Devils. 

Now it's time for some inspiration and this month Maddy is sharing her favourite pieces of artwork from her previous twelve months creations.................

Maddy here and it is my turn to share two of my own favourite projects from the past year. One of my favourite items this year has been the gilding waxes. I love rubbing them into dry-embossed surfaces to create backgrounds, and this bird card is one of the pieces I produced using this method:

"Feather Your Nest"

The other card I'd like to share with you is a book card (my favourite type to make!). This is the first I made using button flowers, and the original post included a tutorial detailing how to make the flowers if you fancy giving it a go.

"The Button Garden Book Card"

Thank you so much for sharing your inspirational work with us all Maddy, both pieces are a delight.