Northern Ireland and Irish Crafters Reminder - Scroll down for todays card

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
Mina xxx

Truly Scrumptious challenge 20 - Sketch by Dawn

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.
Pop on over to Truly Scrumptious and have a look at the rest of the DT's fantastic work such a great bunch of supertalented crafters and check out the prize this week too...I hope I get a chance to see what you do with the sketch this week...enjoy the rest of your day everyone
Mina xxx

Whiff of Joy Challenge 54 - A sketch by Jane

Afternoon everyone, its a beautiful sunny blue sky day today and I managed to sneak in a Whiff of Joy challenge card today as its a fab sketch by my mate Jane...brilliant one Jane...and just managed to get in onto my blog before dashing out...must admit its a quick one mind so not the best...it gave me a chance to use this fabulous Whiff of Joy Santa I bought, hes coloured with a mix of Copics and distress ink and has been glittered within an inch of his life lol...the amazing paper is a doublesided Basicgreay from the Figgy Pudding range called Glaciers...all I used to finish was some ribbon and glitterboard snowflakes from my stash...hope you like it

Roses On Paper challenge 24 - a Christmas Card

Happy Monday everyone I hope you all had a great weekend...Im still up to my eyeballs in my 'gang' of Magnolias but they wont beat me lol...so I thought I would use one of my samples today (sorry but I think most of cards will be Magnolias this week) to enter the Roses on Paper challenge which is to make a Christmas card...I used these fab little skaters, so cute arnt they, and coloured them with a mix of Copics, distress ink and Whispers...this amazing paper although fantastic and doublesided seems to be hiding under my pile of images and papers to do somewhere but I will find it and tell you who makes it...I love the mix of red and blue...I cut some of the song and mounted it as a tag and cut some of the holly leafs and added some buttons from my stash and finished with a wooden reindeer I bought ages ago from a local shop and coloured with a red copic.

Its good Im so busy with the samples as its keeping my mind of the show and I do love colouring them but I so wish the Magnolia shipment had arrived a little earlier so I had more time...right Im off back to the colouring if you dont hear from me in two days send a rescue party with replenishments of lady grey tea and distress inks lol

Enjoy the rest of your happy Monday everyone

Mina xxx

Mo's Digital Pencil DT card

Are you all spent up then...what did you buy at the NEC everyone who went I love being nosy and looking at others goodies lol...my card today is for Mo's Digital Pencil and how beautiful is Abby celebrating and amazing to colour so I put loads of Distress Ink and copics colour on her no soft shading for this gorgeous little girl, she so reminds me of my Daughter when she was about 11...I used these incredible papers from my mini deck Cosmo Cricket/Early Bird paper pad I bought from Bunny Zoe's Crafts, don't you just love Cosmo Cricket I don't think I have seen one of their papers I don't like...I used a deep pink velvet ribbon from my stash and cut out some of the flowers for embellishments...I hope you like it.

I'm so sorry I have been a bad blogger lately but I'm sitting here surround by a gang of Magnolias that I have to make samples for the Craft show, loads of paper and ribbon and not enough time, but I will try my best to catch up with everyone...enjoy the rest of your Sunday everyone

Mina xxx

Bunny Zoe's Crafts DT card - a touch of spring

Hi everyone hope your having a fabulous Saturday and those at the NEC you lucky lucky things...I'm so going next year as soon as I find out the dates my flights will be booked lol...I almost forgot to post this little darling that Nikki sent me for Bunny Zoe's Crafts, isn't he just ssssssooooooo cute...now anyone who knows me will know I don't do animals, its not that I don't like the stamps I just find them so hard to colour but I had to have a go at this little cutie I think its his face and the chicks, hes by Stampavie and is called Ruffles Birdwatching...will all the Christmas cards about hes like a little touch of spring...I coloured him with Distress inks and used the fabulous paper pad from Basicgrey called Nook and Pantry, stunning papers and a few linen look plain ones to match which is brilliant...the stunning frosted Prima flowers are also from Bunny Zoe's crafts arnt they just lush and so blingy which the photo doesn't really show up well...all I added of my own was a satin ribbon in brown...I hope you like it.
I placed yet another order with Nikki this week for all the new Primas and a Belles and whistles stamp which are on sale oh and some of the new flat backed hearts as they are lush, I can resist anything but temptation lol...I will be back tomorrow with a new Mo's image and I have to tell you she is just stunning...have a wonderful Saturday even if your not at the NEC
Mina xxx

Just Magnolia Monthly challenge and Tutorial By Chris Dark

I had a fantastic time last night teaching my first class it was so much fun and I would like to thank the ladies who were there, what a fabulous bunch they were, they put me at my ease and really enjoyed it....roll on the next one.
Now my card today is for our new challenge at Just Magnolia and its based around our fabulous new distressing tutorial from the amazingly talented Chris Dark's...now distressing does not come naturally to me as all you lovely people who visit will know I'm a paper freak and the idea of ripping and tearing into my paper sends shudder up my spine lol...but I had a go and although the distressing isn't anywhere near Chris's its there...just lol...I use this fabulous little Tilda shes lovely her hair does it for me and that little pinny is sssssoooo cute don't you think...shes coloured with distress inks and I used this incredible double sided paper from Graphic45 from their Christmas past collections and its called Deck the Halls...lush isn't it, I used my new embossing punch and retro flower punch for my flower with a pearl topped brad from my stash, its hard to see the embossing on patterned paper though I finished with a glittered dark orange ribbons, this time I used it around the frame too...I hope you like it.
The rest of the DT's work is incredible and their distressing is much better than mine so hop on over to Just Magnolia to have a look if you have time.
Enjoy the rest of your Friday and have a fantastic weekend.
Mina xxx

Colour Create Challenge 31 - Karens choice - Blue, White and silver and Mo's Digital Pencil DT card

Whhhhooohhhooo its time for a new Colour Create challenge and wow did you all love last weeks choice, amazing work everyone and all so different too, I hope you will join in with this one too as its another brilliant one...this week its our fabulous teamie Karen's choice which is Blue, White and silver...love this choice too and I used this amazing image from Mo's Digital Pencil its called Arctic Steed, stunning isn't it, I kept the colours really soft and just did the shadows in blue on the polar bear, I'm sorry it hard to see but if you click on it you will get a closer look...I used Copics and distress ink for this beauty, the amazing paper is from the Kars 6x6 Xmas paper pad, love every one of them...I also used some Kars glitter glue on the paws and ground around the bear...I finished with some punched glitter board snowflakes in two sizes and the silver wrapped around the card is silver thread which I threaded a snowflake charm onto...I hope you like it
Cant wait to see what you come up with this time as your work is always so varied and I love hopping around them...If you have time don't forget to hop on over to Colour Create to see what the rest of our wonderful DT has made...amazing work girls as always
Today is the day of my class Im teaching and my legs have the collywobbles...if your not sure what that is run up and down a flight of stairs 10 times...thats the collywobbles lol...so wish me luck everyone
Mina xxx

A Spoon full of Sugar - challenge 76 - a sketch by Sonja

Afternoon all...my philosophy for today is never moan when someone makes you go to Asda, I was wandering round hating being there and what should I come upon but one of those circular wheels of coloured head pins, primary colours really nice and all for the price of £1.12 would you believe hows that for a bargain...will be back when they restock...that will teach me to moan about the supermarket. My card for today is a little different for me and its using the lovely sketch from A Spoon Full of Sugar...I knew when I saw an Elzybells stamp on my blog surfing that I had a couple stashed somewhere well after a root around I found them last night and this little baby in a basket is one of them, shes a cutie isnt she, I coloured her with distress inks and when I looked at her I knew I would be using this, these fabulous papers from Rayher, so pretty arnt they...the spotted is called white & light blue dots and the other with the buttons is just a number...all I used to finish was a ribbon from my stash, a computer generated sentiment and some of the buttons cut out...hope you like it...enjoy the rest of your Wednesday everyone
Mina xxx

Simon says Challenge - All that sparkles

Good afternoon all...hope the weather is nice where you are, over here we can get four seasons in one day but its the price we pay for all that green I guess...it really messes up my photos though as I just get the hang of one setting then I have to change them all for sunshine that will teach me to love gadgets and buy the most complicated camera I could find lol...anyway onto todays card which is for Simon says challenge and the challenge is sparkles and a girls cant have too many sparkles can she...I used this gorgeous Tilda holding her christmas decoration and coloured her with Distress inks and used this amazing blinging paper from Makingmemories from their Mistletoe range its called Glitter Big Red Dot now that name was a stretch of the imagination wasnt it lol...I added some of my Kars glitter glue to her bauble too just in case their wasnt enough and added this gorgeous copper coloured satin ribbon and an Anna Griffin resin sentiment from my stash...I hope you like it

Now Im off to the supermarket oh joy my life is just one mad social whirl lol

Mina xxx

p.s. I just noticed my poor Tilda has a runny eye bless her.

Whiff of Joy challenge 53

Happy Monday everyone I hope you all had a fantastic weekend...my card today is for the Whiff of Joy challenge 53 which is a colour challenge with red, cream and one other colour of your choice I chose green...I have been dying to get my hands on a couple of these new Henry stamps to have a play with and they came on Friday so wwwwwhhhhoooooohhhoooooo got to have a play...arnt they just so cute and fabulous to colour I bought the one with the bauble too as well as the Santa with the list so you will see those pop up this week too. I coloured Henry with Distress inks and a red Whisper pen as I wanted it a little brighter this time...the stunning paper is by Rayher and is called X-mas stripes...I added some crossed ribbons on the two layers to amke it look like a layered parcel and a bow with cream ribbon from my stash and some green and red flatback pearls and a charm from Bunny Zoe's crafts...I hope you like it...sorry about the photo as I took it at night so its not too bad under an ordinary light is it.
Have a lovely day everyone
Mina xxx

Bunny Zoes Crafts DT card - Kraftin' Kimmie *NEW RELEASE*

Hi everyone have you all recovered from all the ghosties and ghouls coming out for their goodies.

Is it just me or is the net really quiet this week, were you all hiding because of Halloween lol...my card today is another for Bunny Zoe's crafts but this one is to show you one of the new releases from Kraftin' Kimmie stamps, shes called Clara and isnt she just a cutie, theres also a blog hop going on which the fabulous Nikki is part of...I coloured Clara with Distress inks and used one of the doublesided paper from the My Mind's Eye Be Loved pack I bought from Bunny Zoe's crafts its just stunning and all the papers are lush theres also a sheet of card shapes to match which the scalloped circle behind her is from...this paper is called smitten stripes...all I needed to finish it was a cut out dove from the same stamp, I love how you get an accessory stamp with them, and a sheer ribbon and glitzy button from my stash...hope you like it

Enjoy your Sunday everyone.

Mina xxx

Bunny Zoe's Crafts DT card

Hope you are all going to have a fabulous weekend. You may need your sunglasses for this card lol...My card today is for Bunny Zoe's Crafts and I thought after yesterdays monochrome which I really enjoyed making but missed all my bright colours I would go the total opposite and show you this fabulously sweet little Posy one of the Moonlight Whispers stamps from Kraftin' Kimmie that Nikki sent me, she reminds me of the old TV show bewitched I expect her to twitch her nose at any second lol...I coloured her with Distress Ink and paper pieced her dress with this super stunning paper from the paper pad I bought from Bunny Zoe's crafts, they are from the Cosmo Cricket Mini Deck paper pad called Early Bird and I can honestly say hand on heart they are all so fabulous I love them...the cherry paper matches this image perfectly dosent it...the rose stamp I cut out and raised comes with the larger stamp so you get two for one price of £5.95 now hows that for a bargain...I used my MS punch which Nikki also sells on the green papers and added a red ribbon covered by a green satin one from my stash by the way Nikkis MS punches are on special at the moment too...I hope you like it.
Have a fab day whatever your doing and whoever your with

Mina xxx

Just Magnolia week 29 - Monochrome

Whhhoooohhhoooo Friday again and another Just Magnolia challenge...wow you all loved Martines fabulous sketch so much and what fantastic creations you made for it...I hope you will have a go at this weeks too...monochrome can be any colour it dosent have to just be shades of black it can be shades of any colour, so you o uld use shades of your very favourite colour its up to you and each member of the DT has gone for something different...for my card I used this fabulous Jam Tilda shes stunning isnt she and so pretty even coloured in grey and black, shes coloured in Distress ink and Whispers this time...I used this fantastic Basicgrey paper from the Wassail collection and its called snowstorm, the plain grey is the reverse, cut three stars from the paper using them for extra dimension and finished with a sparkly, I know it dosent look it but this photo was taken at night so figures really lol, letters for the word star...hope you like it...I really enjoyed making this card
By the way a few people have mentioned my round cards and I will tell you my secret of the round but only if you promise not to tell anyone....I use a saucer to cut round lol, I love my tiny curved scissors and if something works why change it.
Dont forget if you have time to pop over to Just Magnolia to see the rest of the fabulous work from the rest of the DT...enjoy your Friday everyone
Mina xxx

The Sugar Bowl - Challenge 22 - Kathys sketch

Good morning everyone...my card today is for The Sugar Bowl challenge and its a gorgeous sketch by Kathy, so pretty...I used this fabulous Gorgeous girl with her slinky little urban fox, the bits that are coloured are coloured with copics and distress ink the rest of her clothes and hat are paper pieced with this amazing Graphic45 double sided paper isnt it lush and as soon as I find the piece thats left I will tell you the name lol...theres an added extra for the Sugar Bowl challenge to add some lace which I did with a strip of lace from my stash...then I finished with two Prima painterlys...I hope you like it.
I will speak to you all tomorrow when its time for another Just Magnolia challenge DT card and I wanted to remind its time for another Mo's Challenge to start today too.
Mina xxx

Truly Scrumptious week 19

Good morning everyone and whhhhoooohhhhoooo its that time again...yes time for a new Truly Scrumptious challenge, I love this challenge so much...the sketch this week is fabulous and such fun to use and theres an extra receipe challenge of using 3 flowers, 3 brads and 3 gems/pearls...I used another of my fabulous Mo's Digital Pencil images, sorry just cant stop colouring them lol...this is the one that Mo designed for the Dreamteams monthly blog hop as our logo, now look at that little face dosent it just make you smile, I coloured her with a mix of Copics and Distress ink and cut her out to raise her to look like she was jumping...I used this lush doublesided paper from Rayher and its called Pink dots and stripes, gorgeous isnt it...the sentiment I printed on the computer and I added an orange and a pink prima flower and one of the large pink roses, three large brads and some of my pearls from Bunny Zoe's Crafts, I love all the colours in them and a pink bow behind the flowers...I hope you like it.
Have a wonderful day everyone and I hope to get a chance to look at your incredible work on Truly Scrumptious cant wait to see what you come up with...dont forget to hop on over to the Truly Scrumptious blog and have a look at our wonderful DT's stunning work.
Mina xxx

Another Demo day card

Good morning everyone I hope you had a very Happy Monday...today's card is another one of the Magnolia cards I made for my Demo day another 'just because' card so no challenge...I love this Cherry Tilda don't you shes such a cutie with her pretty little dress I coloured her for the demo with Distress Inks and used this stunning amazing paper from Graphic45, just matches her perfectly doesn't it...its from their Times Nouveau Collection and is called Bee's Knees, great name isn't it...The reverse is the green and red striped that I used for the raised lace made with my MS doily punch all I needed to finish was some of the cherries from the paper cut out and raised to add interest and a piece of red ribbon from my stash...hope you like it and enjoy the rest of your day

Mina xxx

Mo's Digital Pencil DT card and Sketch Saturday challenge 74

Happy Monday to everyone I hope you all had a fantastic weekend...my card today is for Mo's Digital Pencils DT and using Sketch Saturdays fab sketch...now how gorgeous is this image from Mo...its called Siku and Shiya and like all of Mo's stunning images its a dream to colour so beautiful and what a fantastic way to keep your nose warm isnt it...I used my mix of Copics and Distress ink to colour them...the lush papers are some scraps I found from Basicgrey and for once I had remembered to write the name on the back, will wonders never cease lol, its from the infuse range and is called Concentrate, gorgeous colours for Christmas dont you think...I added some of the same paper for the crossband and some lush satin ribbon and buttons from my stash and a glittery reindeer I bought at the weekend, isnt the sparkly reindeer lush...I hope you like it.

Would you all like some MO'S FREEBIES well then did you know that Mo's gives away freebies all the time over on PCP and SNR all you need to do is join and then join Mo's groups and bobs your uncle loads of freebies...why not hop on over and join in.

Hope you enjoy the rest of your Happy Monday everyone...speak to you all tomorrow.

Mina xxx

Mo's Digital Pencil DT card and Friday Sketchers 75

Hope you are all having a fantastic day, I had a brilliant day yesterday doing some craft shopping and buying some christmas goodies...I love Christmas and all the glitz and warmth about it dont you...anyway onto my card for today this is Fridays Child from Mo's Digital Pencil, Mo has such a way with childrens images dosent she especially their faces, such a fantastic artist and a lovely person too...I coloured Friday with Distress inks as I wanted her to have a really soft feel about her and I made her little bird into a robin...the amazing papers are more from the Nook and Pantry Basicgrey paper pad from Nikki at Bunny Zoe's crafts...Im afraid your going to see every obe of these as they are just stunning and you know me and amazing paper lol...the sketch is Friday Sketchers, gorgeous isnt it...all I needed to finish was a brown ribbon and a sentiment ribbon from my stash...I hope you like it.
Well Im celebrating with my family today my beautiful Daughters new job so have a great day and hope you spend time with someone you love today...but in the words of the great Arnie...I'll be back lol
Mina xxx

Bunny Zoe's Crafts DT card - Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge 74 - Simon says Challenge Get well soon

Morning crafters hope you having a fabulous weekend...My card today is for Bunny Zoe's Crafts DT and Im in love with this incredible stunning Belles and Whistles stamp shes so beautiful and a dream to colour, in fact when I had finished this card I stamped her three more times to colour her again and in every colour combination I did she looks just as beautiful and would you believe shes called Hot Apple Pie and is on offer at Bunny Zoe's crafts, pop on over shes defo a huge bargain...I coloured her in distress inks and used these amazing new papers from Basicgrey called Nook and Pantry its a 6x6 paper pad and these stunning little pearls are the most amazing colours too they are all from Bunny Zoes too...when I run out of these pearls I have to have some more. I finished my card with a thin red ribbon and two pairs of apples from a stamp set, well actually they are cherries but they work as apples dont they, the sentiment is computer generated...hope you like it.

I used the fab sketch from A Spoonfull of Sugar and thought this could be a get well card so decided to enter it for Simon says Challenge too...have a fabulous weekend and dont forget to hop back tomorrow to see another Mo's Digital Pencil DT card.

Mina xxx