Valentines Bucket Hop

I've only done one blog hop (only a few days ago actually!), I've joined in a few but never actually taken part. There is a fantastic Facebook group I belong to called Simply B Stamps Fan group, it's full of very lovely people and the very talented Betty (whos wonderful stamps are found here)
For Valentines day we were to send a valentines bucket to our 'bucket buddy' that we were all paired up with. I had such fun and Corinne kindly sent me an image to use to make a card with too. My partner was Trish, she lives in Canada and I'm in the UK so we were a little worried that we would get our valentines in time.It arrived with on the 12th Feb, with 2 days to spare! Yay!
I really love everything she put in my box, absolutely all of it! The card is very cute too.

this is the lovely box that all my bits came in -

There are so many little bits and bobs in here that I just don't know where to start! I loved it all. There were lots of packs of stickers (great owls ones!), ribbon, gems, a awesome shower cap, sparkly socks and the beautiful little heart shaped boxes (above). I was ridiculously excited when I discovered things in them too! The little bits in the darling little bottles won't make it onto cards, they will be going on my nails!

Ellie is modelling the shower cap, the owl sticker is now on my kindle case and they are my feet modelling the socks!
Thanks again Trish x

Now if you have happened on my blog by chance, then you can see me right at the bottom of the list and you should really go back and start at the beginning to see the posts that everyone else has done for their valentines buddies.

SBS http://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/
Betty http://scrappybetty.blogspot.com/
Trish http://www.scrappintillthecowscomehome.blogspot.ca/
Trudie http://trudiescakesandcards.blogspot.co.uk/
Melissa http://cheesestampersinparadise.blogspot.com/
Emily Candy http://toomanystamps.blogspot.co.uk/
Vanessa (not received yet/no blog)
Sheri http://www.mammasscrappin.blogspot.com/
Carrie http://carriescreativecards.blogspot.co.uk/
Erin http://elfiessparkleanddust.blogspot.co.uk/
Rachel http://rachelspaperwishes.blogspot.com/
Emily Shroom http://emilyshroom.blogspot.com.au/
Jennifer (not received yet)
Lisa http://distinctivelmnts.blogspot.com/
Patricia (not recieved yet)
Wendy www.jazzydoodledesigns.com
Katya http://www.kattyxotica.blogspot.com/
Stacey http://anastasiasarts.blogspot.com/
Maria (not received yet)
Roz http://www.wolfepak5.blogspot.com
Michelle http://inkandsew.blogspot.com
Jackie M. http://www.apaperjem.blogspot.com.au/
Jackie R http://stampingsister.blogspot.com
Jo http://joscardsandstuff.blogspot.co.uk/  --- YOU ARE HERE. THE END! x

Betty's Burlesque 2 Blog hop

You should have reached me from Jills blog - http://cuddlyscraftycreations.blogspot.co.uk
This is the first time I've ever joined in a blog hop like this, it's fun! I hope I've done it right...
This hop is to celebrate the release of the fabulous Betty's Burlesque stamps here at - Simply B Stamps. They are amazing, as always, and a joy to colour!
I've made 4 cards in total from these beauties

Betty Pucker Up

Betty Sweet Cake

Sexy Legs Betty

 

Betty Swing n a Star

I used Promarkers to colour all my images, they sentiments were either made on my computer or from Create with TLC.
I think my hair colouring is getting a little better, not as good as I would like but a little better than it was!
Once you've finished here the next step on your journey is to visit

Laura - http://craftylittlewoman.blogspot.com/

Here is the complete hop list in case you've forgotten anyone or want to start from the beginning -

Simply B Stamps Blog: http://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/
Corinne - http://wishuponascrap.blogspot.com
Celina - http://scrapvamp.blogspot.com/
Irene - http://irenescardcreations.blogspot.com/
Trish - http://scrappintillthecowscomehome.blogspot.com
Rachel - http://rachelspaperwishes.blogspot.com/
Louise - http://louisescraftycards.blogspot.co.uk/
Veronica- http://www.artbyveronica.blogspot.com/
Pam - http://papillondigitaldesigns.com/
Patricia - http://preybueno.blogspot.com
Wendy: http://jazzydoodledesigns.com
Kaylou - http://kayloucraftyblog.blogspot.co.uk
Katrina - http://flutterbytrina.blogspot.co.uk
Karen - http://kraftykarensblogspot.co.uk/wordpress
Erin - http://elfiessparkleanddust.blogspot.co.uk/
Sheri - http://www.mammasscrappin.blogspot.com/
Carrie - http://carriescreativecards.blogspot.com/
Jill - http://cuddlyscraftycreations.blogspot.co.uk
Jo - http://joscardsandstuff.blogspot.co.uk ---- YOU ARE HERE!
Laura - http://craftylittlewoman.blogspot.com/
Katya - http://www.kattyxotica.blogspot.com/
Sharon - http://www.mrslumpys.blogspot.com/
Dena - http://missdjones.blogspot.com/
Tress - http://colorcutandcraft.blogspot.com/
Jackie M- http://apaperjem.blogspot.com.au/

Thanks for stopping by! x

Lost a shoe?

I made this for the Krafty Guest Contest at Kraftin Kimmie. 

They are looking for design team members and I though it was worth a try, as I love Kimmie's stamps! 

I made this with Cinderella and added a shoe charm. I coloured her with promarkers.

Reading

I made this card for Alicia's Challenge, first challenge of the new year (yay!). You have to use a digi stamp from her collection, I used Alicia loves reading, and use your favourite crafty item on your creation. My favourite things are my promarkers and my computer!
The papers are digital (from Jessica Sprague)and the sentiment from from Pink Petticoat. I love the white wash digi paper and was dying for a chance to use it.

Super Trooper

I made this for the challenge at Kraftin Kimmie - All about Music.

I used the Kimmie stamp - Superstar, coloured her with my promakers and made the sentiment on the computer. The backing paper was a free download from somewhere but I don't recall where.

The only problem with this card is every time I look at it I start singing, out loud or in my head, and can't get rid of the song! I love Abba... but come on!!

Fabulous

I made this for the Kraftin Kimmie Challenge - Lots of Dots.

 I've never entered this challenge before, because I never had any Kraftin Kimmie stamps but now I do! Yay! I do love these stamps and definitely need to get a few more!

I used Calla Lily for this card, coloured with promarkers (her dress is done with one of the colours from the new autumn set), used digital paper from Echo Park, made the sentiment on the computer and added glitter, gems and a flower (that used to be a hair clip!)

I can also enter this into the I ♥ ProMarkers challenge - Sparkle

3... is the magic number!

I made this for the Less is More challenge. This week it's a ONE layer card with 3 of something. I've done 3 butterflies and added a sentiment from Pink Petticoat. Butterflies are from a digi kit by Summer Driggs - Spring in your step

Sporty gingham?

I made this card for 2 challenges - 

Passion for Promarkers - Gingham/Check

and

Kenny K's Krafty Krew - Get Sporty

I coloured 'Strong Island' (from Kenny K) with my promarkers, used Pink Petticoat (gingham) for the background and made the sentiment myself on the computer.

This is my 4th post in one day. I shall celebrate by eating some more chocolate...yay!

Pretty in Pink

This one is for the Lili's Little Fairies challenge - Pretty in Pink

I used 'Tea Party' form LOTV for my image, a sentiment from Pink Petticoat and my spotty background is digital papers....from somewhere, I forget! When I finished this card it looked in need of something else, so I added a few flowers and some punched leaves and now I'm happy with it (well sort off, pink is not my favourite colour to be honest!)

Circles

I made this one for the I ♥ Promarkers challenge - Circles

and I can enter it into the monthly competition at The Digi Stamp Boutique too as I used one of their images.

I love it when a card goes exactly to plan and this one did! 

I printed out my image and the sentiment I made onto card, twice. I coloured my first image with promarkers, then cut out the football and the word 'boy' from the second print out and layered them on the coloured image. I used a circle punch to cut out 3 circles don the side of my main image and used different papers (from Pink Petticoat) behind them. I used foam pads to give the whole thing a bit of dimension.

I bought a new camera this month and I love it! I've had such fun playing with it and taking pictures of my cards (and anything else that will stand still long enough!). I'm amazed at the difference between the quality of my old pictures and the ones taken with my new Nikon. Can't wait to take it to Wales with me in August.

update - I won at  I ♥ Promarkers challenge with this card! Yay!