a winner and a card...

yyyyooohhhhoooo everyone me again this time with a card and the winner of my paper candy...in case you haven't seen I have Bunny Zoe's Crafts candy just below, one of the lush new Sweet Crazy Love Magnolia stamps and a sentiment stamp too so pop on down to join in...we had a lovely day today we went out to town and had a lovely lunch did a little bit of unnecessary shopping (love that kind don't you) and then met up with our Daughter and other half for coffee later...we even went to M&S to try out some of their party range, they must be good as there was hardly anything left, wow what a difference today was from Friday night, the town was crammed full...carols playing and a really crisp day, so Christmassy...anyway onto my card, how stunning is this beautiful Belles and Whistles Christmas Angel Daniella, she is such a pretty little angel don't you think...I coloured her with distress inks and glittered her halo and wings I then teamed her up with more of these lush Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas papers...fantastic colours aren't they, I finished with a huge lush two tone ribbon, bow and another of these stunning Kaisercraft Fushcia resin flowers from the pack, I'm going to buy loads more of these as they really are so beautifully detailed, everything I used (except for the ribbon) is from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...the fab sketch is from Mojo Monday and I'm also entering it for the Cute Card Thursday, Belles and Whistles challenge and Inspirations challenge too

right now its time for the winner of my paper candy...the Mr random thingy says its No.27 and that's.......drum roll please

ALI B

huge congratulations Ali could you please email with your details so I can pop your papers out to you asap...right I will leave you to enjoy your evening...keep warm and safe everyone

Mina xxx

a true Christmas image...

Good morning everyone well did you all get your cobwebs blown away lol...we had a gale all day long yesterday and every single time I stepped out of the car the heavens opened, to the extent that Phil said he would go to a shop by himself as he didn't want to get wet again, and would you believe it didn't rain while he was out of the car...sods law lol...my poor Dad, the powers that be said they would ring him as soon as they knew what was happening about either his car being fixed, a loaner or even a rental car...they finally rang back and said we can only get you a hire car but you have to pick it up in Belfast before 1pm, we live 60 miles away from Belfast and they rang at...have a guess what time...12.40am...yes that's right 20 mins before the place closed...how stupid is that, I am so angry that they have left a severely disabled 78 year old man without any transport at all, even though he pays for all the extra help hes supposed to get if anything happens to his car, at least Phil was here to drive him around this weekend but I don't know what will happen next week as I don't drive...if I could have got someone on the phone I would have ripped a hole in them the poor things lol...they better run and hide before Monday though...right my rant for today is over (phew thank goodness I hear you all yell lol), I will get onto my card which is using this fantastically christmassy image, there's something about an image with a Robin isn't there, this little darling is from Just Inklined and is called Gatepost Robin, I coloured it with distress inks and frosted the gatepost because I wanted to make it look snowy and covered with frost...the stunning papers are from the Fancy Pants 6x6 Saint Nick paper pad from Bunny Zoe's Crafts, this really is THE perfect Christmas pad and there's bits of everything in it, I love the paper with the Saint Nick printed on it as it has a real textured old leather look to it...I finished with some lush ribbon and a few berries, I'm rapidly running out of these berries must have a hunt around for more for next years cards...the fab sketch which I tilted is from Inkspirations challenge and I'm also entering it for the Fairy tale challenge, Craft Your Days Away Challenge and the Cardmadfairy's digi challenge...we are going to huddle indoors and have a lovely ulster fry lunch today so no jaunts out as I'm not ricking another umbrella blowing inside out...whatever your up to today stay safe and warm
Mina xxx

a glittery bike ride...

Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a fantastic weekend...I was very naughty and spent loads of money on goodies from the wonderful shopping world of the internet last week and they all arrived late last week so I have had fantastic fun playing with them all weekend so much to use and not enough time...but I have my internet head on this week as I do some serious blog hopping to catch up with all your lush work, I missed my hopping this weekend...we spent yesterday afternoon going around the shops looking at all the glittery gorgeous Christmas decorations and decided we are going to have a new tree and decs to go on it, but we are going to go very traditional and green and red with apples and gingham and oooooohhhhhh so much yumminess, and yes it was Phil's idea and no I didn't have to drag him round in fact he dragged me into a couple of shops to look...can you guess we love Christmas lol...anyway onto my card for today which is using this beautiful little sweetie Whimsy Wee Rose's bike ride, I love this perfect stamp and its such a clear crisp one too, perfect to colour...I used distress inks and glittered all those stunning roses...the paper is another 12x12 paper from the new Magnolia Sweet Christmas collection this one is called Vintage Swirl and it just goes to show they aren't just for Christmas, this is a beautiful soft colour too...Nikki has a 10% of everything special offer on at Bunny Zoe's Crafts until midnight tonight so you could pick them up at a bargain price, I finished with a pale green ribbon and bow and some swirls of pearls with teeny tiny roses on from Prima...the fab sketch is from Inkspirations challenge and I'm entering this for the Dutch Dare challenge and Simon says stamp challenge too...we are off out today as Phil is rarely off work so we want to make the best of it...whatever your up to today have a brilliant one

Mina xxx

colours used

hair - antique linen

skin - antique linen. frayed burlap & tattered rose
bike - pumice stone, crushed olive
flowers - dusty concord
leaves - peeled paint

a doubler...Mo's Digital Pencil Dreamteams Blog Hop and Colour Create challenge DT

Good morning everyone I hope your all well...my card for today is a doubler, I love it when I can combine 2 DT posts, it makes me feel really clever where its really just chance lol...anyway back to the point my card is for our new Colour Create Challenge and also for the Mo's Digital Pencil Dreamteams blog hop...I'm the last stop on the hop this month and you should have arrived here from the amazing DEBBIE'S blog, if you didn't you can start the hop by popping over to JAK'S blog...did you enjoy our hop this time and I hope you remembered to leave everyone a comment so you stand a chance of winning one of two $5 vouchers for Mo's Digital Pencil...our host this month is our wonderful Jak and she chose the Colours of Autumn...I love the colours at this time of year don't you, they are so beautifully faded and vintage, I used the gorgeously cute Kai for my card, hes coloured with distress inks and I teamed him up with some papers from the cART-Us 6x6 paper pad Speciality Green, I bought this from a local store but you can get it at Bunny Zoe's Crafts too...I used some lush ribbon that was a gift from a very good friend and a scattering of leaves I bought at the Kings Hall craft fair, I so wish I had bought more of these but then again I wish I had bought more of everything lol...our challenge this week at Colour Create challenge is our wonderful Sharon's choice and she chose the colours Burgundy, Cream, Green and Gold and the extra option is to add dimension...don't forget to leave a comment to stand a chance of winning a voucher and when you have time pop on over to Colour Create to see what the rest of the DT came up with, the lush sketch is from Inkspiration Challenge and Im entering this for the CES challenge and Stamp, Scrap & Doodle challenge too...I'm off to the supermarket today with my lovely Dad...whatever your up to have a wonderful day and I hope you manage to stay warm as its freezing cold here
Mina xxx

hang on tight, Christmas is on its way...

Good morning everyone I hope you all had a fantastic weekend...I'm feeling even more human today, thank goodness for that I hear you all sigh, you must have been fed up to the back teeth hearing me moan and feel sorry for myself...I went to Boots yesterday to get some cough medicine for night time to help me sleep and took some yesterday afternoon at 4pm, yes you've guessed it I finally woke up at 9.15 lo, but I did manage to catch up with some blogging and thoroughly enjoyed my little surf around your lush blogs, I will catch up with everyone else tonight and my challenge blogging, phew maybe I should take myself back to bed Im exhausted just typing this lol...now that is good stuff isn't it, anybody want some lol...right now onto my card for today which is using this fabulous Emerald Faerie Garden digi called The Larakins, how fab are these two sweeties and I know they aren't strictly for Christmas but they work so well for a Christmas card don't you think, I coloured them with distress inks and glittered up their wings...ok now these are more scraps of paper I'm afraid, so little in fact there is no name on them but I have a feeling they are Cosmo Cricket...the fab ribbon is thanks to my mate Jak for reminding me I had it, imagine having forgotten all about this lush Christmas word ribbon...amazing the stuff we have stashed away isn't it, I finished with a few buttons to match...the lush sketch is from the Inkspirations challenge and I'm also entering this for the Fab n Funky Bingo challenge (I chose Digi Image, Ribbon and 3 papers or layers option) and the Cardmadfairy digi challenge which is lots of layer, I defo think I have that covered don't you...I forgot I had to go with my wonderful Dad for an appointment he has had ages (good thing he reminded me isn't it lol) so my lock in craft day will have to wait until tomorrow...whatever your up to have a fantastic day everyone
Mina xxx