A new challenge over at Besties

Morning friends.

Hope you have all had an enjoyable weekend. I went along to the Stamp Magic show in Doncaster yesterday so I am looking forward to a play today.

Today sees the start of a new challenge over at the Besties Challenge Blog. The Challenge this week is to use at least 2 dies on your project. I love being part of this fabulous DT but what a dilemma deciding on which adorable Bestie to colour. 

For this challenge I have used image 826 which can be found here at Sherry's Etsy shop or here at the Scrapbook Stamp Society.

I have coloured  the image in with Polychromo Pencils apart from the hair which I have coloured using Spectrum Noir.  I am quite liking these Spectrum Noirs. I won a £15 voucher from Natalie and Amy and decided that because some of the colours in my copics are running out I would try them as they are quite a lot cheaper. I am quite impressed so far. 

The papers are Perfect Pear from Nitwit Collections.  Surrounding the image is Frantage in Shabby Pink and Shabby White. 

The flowers are from WOC. The twirly glittery embellishment I made myself using wire and glitter.

The butterfly border is from Tim Holtz which has had Frantage added and are overlayed with a butterfly punch from my stash. 

The ribbon die is by Memory Box and the Fishtails are a Die-Namics die.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges.

Totally Papercrafts - 3 or more punches and dies.
The Hobby House - Anything Goes
Digi Haven - Anything Goes
Flutterby Wednesday - Anything goes with butterfly
Crafty Friends - Bingo (Pink pearls, flowers)
My Mums Craft Shop - Dies dies dies

Big hugs to my followers both old and new. I will visit you all today for some serious blog hopping.

A new Challenge over at Songbird and Besties.

Good Morning Friends.

This is going to be a long post today so a would grab a brew as I have two cards to show you. The first card is for the Challenge over at Songbirds and the second for the Besties Challenge.

The Challenge at Songbird is sponsored by SK Digis and the theme is Bloom and Grow so we just need to see flowers on your project.

I have used Dandelion Hearts.

The image has been coloured with Copics and the papers are Romance and Roses from Nitwit Collections.

The ribbon is from my own stash and has been coloured using the Copic pen I coloured the image with.

The butterflies are  Memory Box dies Darla and Vivienne. The sentiment came with the digi download.


And now for my Second Card which is a Bestie and they have a new challenge starting today. So Bestie lovers pop on over as the winners will receive Bestie images of their choice. You can find the challenge here. You can also buy the images at The Scrapbook Stamp Society. The Besties are introducing there new teamies by having a Blog Hop so please pop on over and join in the hop. Gorgeous Besties up for grabs.

The image has not got a name at the moment but it can be found here

She is so cute.
The dress has been coloured using a Polycromo pencil. The rest has been coloured using a combination of Flexi Markers and Copics.
The papers are Potting Shed from Nitwit Collections.

The roses are from WOC and the white flower sprays are from Live and Love Crafts.

The butterfly is a combination of Darla and Vivienne by Memory box and is available here.
I have used Frantage around the image - love this stuff.

She has had Diamond Sparkles added to her wings and dress.

I would like to enter the Songbird card into the following challenges
Make it Monday - Anything goes
Word Art Wednesdays - Use an uplifting Sentiment
Southern Girls Challenge - You can say that again
The Corrosive Challenge - my Sentiments Exactly
Craft-Dee Bowz - Anything goes with handmade bows (handcmade bow and coloured using copics to match card)
DL.Arthttp://dianamlarson.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/dlart-thankful-thursday-challenge-109.html - Flowers
Pumpkin Spice - Flowers

I would like to enter the Bestie card into the following challenges.

Love to Create - Flowers, Flowers
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Cupcake Crafts - Lots of Layers
Our Creative Corner - Anything Goes
Card Mania - Flower Mania
Deep Ocean Challenges - Add some Sparkle
Jellypark Challenges - Girly girl
No Matter which Challenge - Things with Wings
A Gem of a Challenge - Things with Wings
Alphabet Challenge Blog - Glitter and Gems
One Stop Craft Challenge - Add Glitter
Melonheadz - Sparkle and Shine

If you have reached the bottom of the page thank you for staying around for such a long post.
I am having a relaxing day today so am going to visit your gorgeous blogs.