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Before I tell you about todays we had more sad news this week at Just Magnolia, we are losing our fanatstic Rach from our DT as she has a little too much on her plate at the mo, Im totally gutted and it has been such a sad couple of weeks for everyone on the DT, but we have three new DT members, Jane, Sheila and Jacque are joining us on the Just Magnolia, great to have you on board girls but I will miss Rach's fantastic creations so much but will still be stalking her incredible blog.
Morning everyone hope you have a great day planned, Im off to the supermarket today oh joy of joys lol...todays card is for Mojo Monday, I love the sketches on there they are always brilliant to follow and a great kickstart for your mojo if you need one...I am officially in love with the Twinkles from the Greeting Farm, how adorable are these little characters and so fabulous to colour although I havent got her hair right yet, I used Distress Inks for this Lottie with her bowl of apples, I bought my three beauties, so you will see Madelynn and Izzy in the next week, from Nikki at Bunny Zoe's Crafts and at £5.95 each I think they are an incredible bargain...I used some more of these stunning K&Co papers from the Brenda Walton paper pad and used my doily punch on the trim at the top, I finished with a organza and satin white ribbon and cut out one of the flowers for a little interest...I hope you like it and have a great day everyone, I will see you tomorrow for the Just Magnolia challenge DT card
Before we start looking at todays card I want to wish our friends from across the pond a wonderful Thanksgiving and hope you all have a wonderful day.

Happy Monday everyone...I hope you had a fantastic weekend and have joined in with my blog candy, I have to update it, told you I would find more, I found a bag of lace and my fat flowers I have sorted out for it...todays card is for the Whiff of Joy challenge which is a great sketch and I finally decided to have a go at an easel card, what do you think?...I used this stunning little candle girl shes so sad looking isnt she but beautiful to colour...shes coloured with distress ink, the amazing papers are from Graphic45 arnt they incredible I love graphic45 and get all mine from my local shop Crafters and Co. thank goodness Sara has the same passion for paper as me, the lace paper is Masterpiece and the spotted is Around the world, when I was out at the weekend I found some beautiful black and gold christmas decorations and they gave me the idea for this card, the stunning pearl lace is from my mate Tabs shop and the gold card and Anna Griffin sentiments are from my stash...I hope you like it and enjoy the rest of your Happy Monday
Morning everyone I hope your all having a fantastic weekend and no too stressful with christmas shopping, I havent even started mine yet oops better get a move on lol...for todays card which is for Mo's Digital Pencil DT let me introduce you to the beautiful cupcake fairy called Sugar, isnt she just the most gorgeous fairy ever, I love her hair dont you, she is of course like all the super talented Mo's images a dream to colour, I coloured her with Distress ink and glittered her up, although its hard to see I promise you its there...the paper is from K&Co, I found it in my drawer so sorry I dont know the name...all I needed to finish this card as I thought the fairy should be the main thing was two organza glittery ribbons, in pink and blue and a cupcake button from my stash...I hope you like it

Morning everyone before I start to tell you about todays card, I wanted to thank everyone who entered last week it was such a thrill to see all your fantastic work made with my sketch also I have to tell you some very sad news we are losing two of our girls on Just Magnolia, the wonderful Kim and Martine have their hands full with other comittments at the moment and have to concentrate on them for now, you will both be sadly missed but please dont be strangers....now onto todays Just Magnolia card, our challenge this week is masking and yes I know I used this image last week but once I had decided on the stamp for the background I knew this little Tilda would match it perfectly plus I wasnt very happy with last weeks colouring so had another go....the stunning stamp I used for Tildas background is by Rubber Stampede and is called Holiday Pear Collage and Tilda is masked onto it...they are coloured with distress ink and glittered too, the paper is from Graphic45 again, I love these papers so much this is from the Times Nouveau Collection and is called Bees Knees, all I needed to finish was a thick gold mesh wired ribbon made into a huge bow and a bunch of berries...I hope you like it...enjoy your Friday everyone and please hop on over to Just Magnolia to see the rest of the DT's work...stunning...thanks everyone who joined in the blog hop and commented on my Colour Create card, I really appreciate it
Good Morning everyone, now today is a double post, one for the new Colour Create Challenge which is my choice and being near Christmas I picked Green, Red and White and the theme...er....Christmas lol...I used the other fabulous new Whiff of Joy stamp and coloured the figures with Distress ink and paper pieced the chair coverings, I love paper piecing don't you...the amazing paper is by Graphic45 and is from the Christmas past collection called Carol of the Bells...I added some stunning ribbon I bought from Tabbycrafts, lush isn't it and a mixture of ribbons from my stash, I finished with a tartan bow and some berries and leaves from a bunch I bought ages ago...the stamp has a lovely traditional feel to it don't you think and I tried to get the same feel to the card...thanks for all your amazing entries to our last challenge and I cant wait to see what you come up with this time...pop on over to Colour Create and see what the wonderful girlie's did for their DT cards...all so different...now scroll down for the Mo's DT monthly blog hop post
Now for my second card you just couldn't get any different from the first could you lol...this card is for this months Mo's DT Monthly blog hop, the theme this month is hosted by the fabulous Mel who chose 'Precipitation Inspiration' which is any Mo's image connected to water, snow, rain etc , you should have come here from Kerrtu's blog and if you haven't pop over to Mels to start at the beginning...I chose this fabulous little 'Duck Day' image, how gorgeous is she with her little mac and wellies, I really enjoyed colouring this little girl and her duck friends...the papers are from My Minds Eye and is a double sided sheet called Sweet Hearts from the Be Loved collection bought from Bunny Zoe's Crafts, I cut the image into this shape because I wanted it to look like a photograph, I added some bright yellow buttons (which I have added a bag to my blog candy for the weekend) and Prima Roses and a printed sentiment...I hope you like it...your next stop on the hop is the wonderful Cheryl and after that its the super talented Elaine...enjoy your blog hop as your in for a treat with all those stunning creations from the DT
Morning everyone...my whole craftroom smells like the inside of a hot water bottle, I got new rubber this morning wwwwoooohhhhoooo...the super kind wonderful Jacqui sent me some mini magnolias she got for me at the NEC, your a star Jacqui thank you...they are ssssooooo cute and teeny tiny I love them...I also managed to buy the new Greeting farm twinkle girls from Bunny Zoe's crafts and she sent me this little fella too, isnt he just ssssooooo chilled and perfect for boys cards...so guess what I will be doing all afternoon lol.





Morning everyone well today is my 1st Blogaversary would you believe, this year has just flew past and I have made so many new crafting friends...I havent put any candy on yet because I will get some extra goodies at the Craft fair in the next three days...anyway onto my card for today its a fabulous sketch on Sketch Saturday....love it and it gave me the chance to use all these yummy goodies I bought from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...this beautiful little cook is by Belles and Whistles and is called Tania baking, I coloured her with Distress inks and used these amazing papers from my Cosmo Cricket Early Bird paper pack, I will have to get more of these CC pads thing is I cant make my mind up which to buy next lol...I added a Prima flower from Bunny Zoe's Crafts too and all I needed to find out of my stash was this pretty lace along the edges and a couple of plump roses...I hope you like it.
Just a little note to remind you all The Craft Show is in The Kings Hall, Belfast 12th, 13th and 14th I hope I will see some familar faces there and am so looking forward to meeting more and more crafters, cant wait...I will be on the Crafters and Co stand demoing Distress Ink colouring of the new Christmas Tildas and some of my all time favourites, we have only 6 of each stamp but a huge amount of different ones so if your looking for one in paticular hurry on over and say hi to us...Sara has a huge amount of specials just for the show and has made some fabulous bags of 10 yds of ribbons to match the colours of the papers from Making Memories, Basicgrey, Cosmo Cricket, Graphic45 and many more...the ribbon sets are only £2.99 and she has some mixed packets fo Primas to match too for an amazing 99p...right I think Im about as ready as Im going to be so wish me luck everyone...oh and I hope Mr blogger plays ball because I have posted some cards for the next few days to show you all...take care everyone and I will be catching up with my blogging on Sunday...I promise
Wwwwhhhooohhhooo its time for another Truly Scrumptious challenge and thanks to everyone who entered last time and the winner of the fabulous stamps...our challenge this time is a fab sketch by the wonderful Dawn and I used this stunning little Tilda unwrapping present and yes its one I made for my samples as well lol...I coloured this little stunner with Distress ink, I think my stamp pad is running out as my image looks a little faded, when your stamping away you never notice do you...isn't this paper just amazing its by Making Memories and is called Diecut Icon Stripe Mistletoe, I think it works great on a card with these two scalloped edges...the spotted paper behind is by Graphic45...all I needed to finish was a cut out circle sentiment from a sheet of paper from Making Memories Mistletoe range called Icon Dot Mistletoe and a few tiny buttons from my stash...I hope you like it.