Free Pattern: Thick and Thin Striped Beanie - 9-12 months

Premie size here.
Newborn size here.
3-month size here.
6-month size here.

I made this size in a cute St. Patrick's Day theme.  The applique is here.  I just love how this pattern makes the colors pop!

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See if you are a winner of the Aurora Wings Picture Contest

Congratulations to the winners of the Aurora Wings contest, Thank you to everyone that entered I had a fun time reading all your answers.
The Winners of the Aurora Wings picture contest are:-

Aurora Marco Celdran and Rovianne Thorpe to win the complete set of 5 rubber stamps.

And the winners of one rubber stamp each(stamp randomly chosen by myself)

Jade Bear Passmore
Elena F Scrap
Felisha Jarschke
Lucy Patrick

Please contact me at sales@craftsandme.co.uk with your name and address details-All prizes will be posted on Monday 1st March

Have fun crafting and we would love to see your creation created with your wins on here or the inspirational blog.

Happy Crafting everyone,

Teresa x

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Diva Lisa; Hmmmmmm Cupcake!

Everyone having a nice weekend!? :D

I sure am :) I will blabber a bit and say that I saw Jupiter Ascending and Big Hero Six in the cinema the other day - And i LOVED them! 

And also, we are a bunch going for Kingsmen in the cinemas tonight... so thrilled! :D 

But, enough of this nonesense....as you all know, there are new images to collect from the store!

The East Wind is a brand new designer here, and I've had the pleasure of playing with

"Diva Lisa; Hmmmmm Cupcake"

She's adorable - and so fixated on that cupcake! 

think she might be having a diet-burst ;)

 I made my card more or less CAS, to give the image more attention :)

And here she is, I must admit the cupcake does look good ;)

I hope you had fun looking, and I can't wait to see your takes on her.

-Laila

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Mermaid Sea Horse

Good morning all.
Nic here to share a card with you today.
I have used the magical Mermaid Sea Horse digital stamp by Robin Pushay.
My design is very clean and simple, i wanted the focus soley on this stunning image.

I think a clean and simple design is all you need with an image so stunning.

A close up of the image.

Thanks so much for looking.

Hugs

Nic.

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COMPETITION TIME PICTURE NO. 5 THE LAST ONE

That's it everyone the last picture is here. THE FIRST FULL SET OF AURORA WINGS RUBBER STAMPS being released at C&M on the 28th Febuary.
Each day up until and including Thursday, I will be showing a small section of a rubber stamp, the first TWO people to guess the whole set of five stamps correctly by the end of the week will win the whole set R.R.P nearly £25.
The next FIVE winners will receive one rubber stamp each from the new release.All stamps are from Aurora Wings images http://www.aurorawings.com/digital-stamps-shop.html(This competition is merged with The inspiration blog) so get guessing!

The winners will be notified on here and the store blog on Saturday!
Only one condition to win you must leave your guess each day in the comment box
Good Luck everyone x

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Scandinavian Elf

Good evening everyone :) 

Laila here, bringing you a new image from Sara Burrier; 

Scandinavian Elf. 

 She's so fitting for it, so I made a more or less scandinavian christmascard.

 A close-up of the image; 

I adore her in these traditional colours ^_^

Thank you for looking, 

I hope you've enjoyed! 

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SALE 30% OFF JANNA PROSVIRINA RUBBER STAMPS

I have a special going on in the store where you have the chance to buy Janna Prosvirina rubber

stamps at 30% off while stocks last. http://www.craftsandme.co.uk/-c-290_231.html

Here are a few to choose from.

                                                   

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COMPETITION TIME PICTURE NO. 4

Not long to wait now! THE FIRST FULL SET OF AURORA WINGS RUBBER STAMPS being released at C&M on the 28th Febuary.
Each day up until and including Thursday, I will be showing a small section of a rubber stamp, the first TWO people to guess the whole set of five stamps correctly by the end of the week will win the whole set R.R.P nearly £25.
The next FIVE winners will receive one rubber stamp each from the new release.All stamps are from Aurora Wings images http://www.aurorawings.com/digital-stamps-shop.html(This competition is merged with The inspiration blog) so get guessing!

Only one more picture to go tomorrow!
Only one condition to win you must leave your guess each day in the comment box
Good Luck everyone x

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A Big Welcome to our new D.T.

Hello Everyone,

Today I want to introduce you to our new design team member Kaly,

Her design and the way she uses her colours are stunning, I am sure you will agree when you see Kaly's creations here is her blog if you would like to visit it - http://kalinasto.blogspot.com/

 I am so looking forward to seeing what she comes up with.

Please give her a big welcome!

This is a photo and bio from Kaly.

Hello! My name is Kalina Pavlova but you will find my things signed with KalySto.

I live in a beautiful city of Varna, Bulgaria on the Black Sea coast. I’m 38 years old and I have a loving husband and two boys that fill my day with laughter and excitement. My profession is very demanding and I chose crafting to be my “escape” and my “art-therapy”.

As long as I can remember I’ve been sewing, embroidering, knitting and making jewelry but it was 4 years ago when I discovered card-making and it became my true passion.

I love coloring fantasy and fairy-tale images and my cards usually tell their unique story with flowers, lace, ribbons and sparkle.

I was supper exited to be invited to the Crafts& Me DT and I’m looking forward to work with all those authors and their amazing art!

                                      

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For my first card here I chose the amazing new image called Rosewind  by Sara Burrier. From the moment I saw her I was fascinated by the beautiful hair and I think that every fairy would be glad to have such pink and lavender curls. I added a little sparkle on the wings and a lot of flowers for embellishments. To match the decoration with the one drawn on the image I used my favorite Woodland Branch Die. Hope she makes you smile!

I'm looking forward to all the new crafty adventures here 

and I wish you all a lot of bright colors in your life!  

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COMPETITION TIME PICTURE NO. 3

Wow! the competition is hotting up to win THE FIRST FULL SET OF AURORA WINGS RUBBER STAMPS being released at C&M on the 28th Febuary.
Each day up until and including Thursday, I will be showing a small section of a rubber stamp, the first TWO people to guess the whole set of five stamps correctly by the end of the week will win the whole set R.R.P nearly £25.
The next FIVE winners will receive one rubber stamp each from the new release.All stamps are from Aurora Wings images http://www.aurorawings.com/digital-stamps-shop.html(This competition is merged with The inspiration blog) so get guessing!

Only one condition to win you must leave your guess each day in the comment box
Good Luck everyone x

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With Mothers Day approaching what about this stunning digi from our wonderful artist Hannah Lynn,
She is called Tea Rose Fairy, she has a cup of tea in her hair just what a lot of our Mum's like. The first thing I get asked when I visit my Mum is, would you like a cup of Tea? Does that sound familiar.
Tea Rose fairy digi is available here http://www.craftsandme.co.uk/-c-218_239.html?page=10&sort=3a

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COMPETITION TIME PICTURE NO. 2

The competition is to win THE FIRST FULL SET OF AURORA WINGS RUBBER STAMPS being released at C&M on the 28th Febuary.
Each day up until and including Thursday, I will be showing a small section of a rubber stamp, the first TWO people to guess the whole set of five stamps correctly by the end of the week will win the whole set R.R.P nearly £25.
The next FIVE winners will receive one rubber stamp each from the new release.
All stamps are from Aurora Wings images http://www.aurorawings.com/digital-stamps-shop.html(This competition is merged with The inspiration blog) so get guessing!





Only one condition to win you must leave your guess each day in the comment box
  Good Luck everyone x

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The East Wind digi's in store now.

The Eastwind digi's are coming in the store now http://www.craftsandme.co.uk/-c-218_307.html
Here is Diva Lisa' Mmmm Cupcake'
Don't you want to just put your hand out and grab that delicious cupcake!

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COMPETITION TIME Come in and enter

COMPETITION TIME
Today as promised is the beginning of the competition to win THE FIRST FULL SET OF AURORA WINGS RUBBER STAMPS being released at C&M on the 28th Febuary.
Each day up until and including Thursday, I will be showing a small section of the rubber stamps, the first TWO people to guess the whole set of five stamps correctly at the end of the week will win the whole set R.R.P nearly £25.
The next FIVE winners will receive one rubber stamp each from the new release.
All stamps are from Aurora Wings images http://www.aurorawings.com/digital-stamps-shop.html(This competition is merged with Face book) so get guessing! 

Only one condition to win you must leave your guess each day in the comment box 

Good luck every one!

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Heart Pixie - Sara Burrier.

Good morning all.

Nic here to share a card with you using the gorgeous Heart Pixie digital stamp by Sara Burrier.

She is a really pretty image and lovely to colour.

I have gone with a simple design so that i could show the pretty image off.

She is gorgeous isn`t she.

Thanks so much for looking.

Do check out the rest of the NEW PRODUCTS in the store.

Hugs

Nic

xxx

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Sweet Selena

Good evening, everyone :) 

Laila here, to give you a taste of the *new* Sweet Selena image from Hannah Lynn.

 I usually dont make to much for Valentines, but this image is just to cute! 

And a close-up for you :) 

Thank you for taking the time to have a look! :D

Crafty Hugs, 

Laila

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Come on in and welcome our new D.T

Hello everyone,

I would like to introduce you to our new very talented Design team member Laila  Ånesland, I was very very happy when she said yes she would like to join our team.

I am sure many of you know and have seen Laila's work, if not pop over and take a peek at her blog here to see Laila's talented work http://kamis-castle.blogspot.co.uk/

I asked Laila to tell us all a little about herself.

Hi. My name is Laila, I’m a 28 year old girl from Norway.

I live there with my hubby-to-be and my 22 year old tortie-cat 

I started scrapping in 2004, and started blogging in 2009 - I got more and more into making Cards, and thus colouring came naturally. My weapons of choice are Copic Sketch, Polychromos and Inktense.

I’m not sure I can say I have a certain style - but I love making steampunk and darker themed cards and creations - Halloween and Christmas are my seasons ^_^

I am honoured to be on this DT!

Please give her a warm welcome!

 Teresa x

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Hi everyone! :D 

I'm Laila (aka Koneko), and I am super thrilled to be here; 

joining up with this amazing team and store - getting to work with such great images :)

For my first creation for the Team, I got to play with Sara Burrier's wonderful new "A heart".

I hope you like my creation ^_^

The lovely image is coloured with inspiration from the Peacock Butterfly. The card is detailed with Stickles in Mermaid, Tiara and Coffee Ice. I also added the very cute Bird in cage charm.

Thank you all for having me here, and thank you for any and all feedback and comments ^_^

Crafty hugs, 

Laila

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Good evening everyone,

 I would like to say thank you to Karina for all her lovely creations and hard work over the years.

Karina has decided it is now time to move on to pastures new, we will dearly miss her and her creatively and wish her all the best in her future plans.

I am sure I will see her lovely work around the blog world, and stay in touch as a dear friend. x

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Free Pattern: Earflap Hat - Youth/Adult Small

Premie size is here.
Newborn size is here.
3-month size is here.
6-month size is here.
9-12 month size is here.
Toddler size is here.

This hat should fit older kids/teens and small adult heads.  This fits my small head perfectly in the youth size!  If the older kid or teen has a smaller head, hop down to the toddler size and add a 13th row if you need it.

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Kissing Irish.

Good morning all.

Nic here to share a card with you today using one the new Robin Pushay digital stamps, this one is Kissing Irish.

A perfect image for Valentines.

Aren`t they just the sweetest couple.I have coloured what should be a gold coin behind the boys back pink so it looks like a box of chocolates instead.

and a close up for you.

Thanks so much for looking.

Do go and check out the new products available in store and don`t forget to join us in our February Challenge too.

Hugs Nic.

xxx

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Febuary digi's by artist Sara Burier

Two digi's to show you available this month by Sara Burrier they are stunning and are available here http://www.craftsandme.co.uk/-c-218_240.html

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Febuary Challenge #153 Add Ribbon.

Hello,

I can't believe it is Febuary already, where did January go.

This months monthly Challenge theme is to add  RIBBON.

You can submit any creation of your choice as long as it follows the above theme, 

   (Please remember that our challenges are limited to 1 entry per person.)

The Prize for this Month's Challenge is

£10 digi voucher from the Crafts and Me Store

Here are the d.t. team's inspirations for you to enjoy aren't they gorgous!

Milo using Robyn Pushay´s Red Hatter, Delight Clay, 

Art mould 3 flowers, White tassel and Ivory applique lace ribbons butterflies.

Vix using Mimi 

Nic using Tooth Faery by Robin Pushay.

Good luck everyone

   

    An InLinkz Link-up

   

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January Challenge #152 - Valentine Winner

Good morning everyone,

Thank you to every one that entered our 1st challenge of 2015, I really enjoyed seeing what you had all made, thank you for joining in.


But there is only one winner and that is N0.5 Heather picked by random .org


Please contact me Heather sales@craftsandme.co.uk for your £10 digi prize.


Please join in  our Febuary challenge which will be posted at 7.30a.m
 

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Penguin

Big Hugs Milo <3 

Hello Everyone,

Milo has used Tag along digi by Hannah Lynn for her card, available here. 

I know there is a craze on penguins at the moment and my little Grandson is mad about penguins, so this would make a lovely card for those Penguin lovers.

See you tomorrow for the new challenge.

Teresa x

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Free Pattern: Up and Down Stitch Hat - Newborn

This hat was inspired by my late grandmother.  She used this simple, textured stitch pattern to make so many beautiful blankets, one of which my daughter uses every night.  Her dedication to beauty and perfection in her craft inspired me to begin crocheting, and it inspires me still.

For my Valentine's theme, I got my idea from this gorgeous picture of an item no longer available on Etsy.  I made my hat in red, changing to white for the last round, and added a heart applique from Skip to My Lou - though I only did rounds 1 and 2, leaving off the last round.  Perfect for a Valentine's baby!

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