all fairies can be for Christmas....

Good morning everyone, you will be happy to know there are no broken bones or black eyes and my lovely Dads crutches stayed firmly on the ground lol...I took your advice you clever girls who said it and smiled was extra nice and ignored the grumpiness, I think people are just fed up with life in general atm don't you, the recession is getting everyone down...we has a bit of a giggle in the checkout queue though, my Dad started giggling and I asked him why, he said he was laughing at the old woman in front of him, she turned around and I knew her AND shes younger than me...he says I forget your that old sometimes, he is so dry and funny and we couldn't stop laughing...love him to bits...my card for today is using a digi from Michelle Perkett Studio shes called Lily the Fairy of Enchantment, I coloured her with distress inks and of course there's wings so there has to be glitter and used her for a Christmas card, I love using everyday stamps for Christmas don't you, it seems better value when they are multi purpose don't you think...I used more of the gorgeous Fancy Pants 6x6 Saint Nick paper pad, I cant stop using this the colours are so lush, I finished with a fantastic thick Jade ribbon and knot, the Saint Nick sentiment is from the same pad, the digi and pad are from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...I'm entering this for the C.R.A.F.T challenge...right I'm off to the Craft show in Belfast today, so will be totally wrecked when I get back, well if I have shopped properly I will be lol...whatever your up to today have a brilliant...oh before I go I have something really special to show you tomorrow so will speak then
Mina xxx

Friendship...

Good morning everyone...did you all have a fantastic weekend?, I hope so...did you get up to anything exciting, go on make me jealous...Im gutted that I didnt even get a go at my new carpet cleaner you know but I have told Phil hes not allowed to touch as I want first go when Im well enough, Im sorry I havent caught up with you all yet but I think it may be a few more days as I feel so ill...right enough moaning and feeling sorry for myself, my card for today is for our new challenge at Bunny Zoe's Crafts monthly challenge...this week its our fabulous Debbie's choice and she made a fantastic sketch for us all to follow....I used these beautiful Best Friends from Michelle Perkett Studio and coloured them with distress inks and paper pieced and coloured their dresses...the lush papers are from one of my fav pads atm Kaisercrafts Velvet Ensemble, the sentiment is from the same pad too...I added a few pearls and a beautiful Prima Vintage Flower Trinket flower...Im entering this for the Just Us Girls challenge... cant wait to see what you make with this fab sketch and if you have time dont forget to pop over to Bunny Zoe's Crafts monthly challenge to have a look at our wonderful teams work...have a wonderful day everyone and I hope wherever you are the sun shines on you
Mina xxx

I want hair like this...

Good morning everyone how are you, you enjoying the wintry weather...how cold is it, I'm sitting here in my winter jimjams and fluffy dressing gown, fluffy socks and the heating on and its only the 1st September...hasn't the weather been strange this year, in fact I expect to see the snow fluttering at any second...well my wonderful Dad is off on his international jet setting again the lucky thing, we have noticed whenever hes going to fly he gets an upset stomach, I think its just flying nerves which is weird for how many hundreds of times he has flown...poor thing I hope hes ok flying today but at least one of my Sisters is with him and I got him some tablets to calm his poorly tum down...I'm going down to the farmhouse this weekend, well surely you knew I would when we got the carpet cleaner lol...cant resist, there's something really satisfying about getting something really dirty clean isn't there and that's coming from someone who would rather paint a room than clean it lol...right enough waffle Mina on with today's card, now I really like how this turned out (I know that's not like me lol), I think there's something about those colours together isn't there...beautiful...this gorgeous beauty is a Michelle Perkett Studio digi shes called Angelica Mermaid, I loved colouring her with distress inks and I paper pieced her hair ornaments in different papers from Kaisercrafts Secret Bird Society paper pad, the background papers, borders and sentiment are from the same pad, I added another of these stunning Flower Fantasy Wooden ornaments and finished with a few teeny tiny pearls in her hair, all my goodies today are from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...the fab sketch is from Sketchy Colors challenge and I'm also entering this for the Make it Monday challenge and Creative Card Crew challenges too...I'm off to catch up with some DT work for while I'm away today...whatever your up to today I hope you keep warm
Mina xxx

p.s. dont forget the Sugar Nellie Jingle Bells and Tinkle Bells two day hoppity hop starts today (Im in tomorrows)...so hop on over to follow along today and tomorrow for a chance to win xxx

better late than never...

Good morning everyone, how are you all doing?...I hope your all well as there's a lot of colds and flu going around...I was just having a think about my Mum this morning and thanks to some of your fab comments was thinking about all those wonderfully wise and daft things our Mums say to us that we don't cherish until its too late sometimes...do you have any wise or funny things your Mums said to you as I would love to know...I woke up yesterday morning to two big deep scratches on the inside of my upper arm, bleeding and everything...now I have been known to sleep walk, which is something Phil worries about when hes not here, I think he feels one night I will take a dive of the top of the stairs or go for a walk outside and has visions of me tramping down the road in my jimjams...I cant figure out where these gouges have come from or where I must have caught my arm, twice...weird or what?, maybe it has something to do with the full moon...its a day for philosophy today as I would love to know how my Dad can ring and ask if I will go with him for bread and coming back with his loaf and three bags of shopping for me when I needed nothing at all...now that's even weirder isn't it lol...anyway enough waffle today's card is late it should have been posted yesterday but I couldn't get on to post it and had to wait until now...its for our new challenge at Bunny Zoe's Crafts challenge, wow thank you all so much for entering last month for my choice of lace, we had an incredible 457 entries...the challenge this month is Fairies...I really wanted to use this fantastic Michelle Perkett studio Flower Goddess digi so decided with a little help from a Martha Stewart butterfly punch I would add some wings to this beauty to make her a fairy, I coloured her with distress ink and made some of the flowers 3d...the beautifully bright and summery papers are from the Wild Rose Studio 6x6 paper pad Cherry Cupcake of course you can get the papers and image from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...I finished with some lush satin ribbon and a satin ribbon sentiment with a few teeny punched butterflies...the fab sketch is from Sunday Sketch and Stamp challenge and I'm also entering it for the Stamp Something something punched challenge too...when you have time pop on over to our challenge blog to check out the rest of the DT's lush work...I haven't a clue what I'm up to today except I'm not going shopping because I really don't want another three bags of shopping...have a great one everyone
Mina xxx

I love orange and pink together - Truly Scrumptious challenge 50 sketch+A Spoon full of sugar challenge

Good morning everyone how are all doing, did you survive the weather without damage, at last the wind has died down but last night I thought the roof was going to come off, I have visions of the Wizard of Oz and wondered if my Oz would be pink instead of green lol...we haven't anything planned today so nothing exciting happening so if you have tell me and make me jealous...my card for today is one of my favourite colour combos from A Spoon full of sugar challenge, I love pink and orange together and these Kaisercraft Candy Lane 6x6 paper pad, lush aren't they, they are metallic and embossed too and perfect for this challenge...the fabulous girly image is a Michelle Perkett Studio digi called Bella the Baker from Bunny Zoe's Crafts, isn't she stunning, I want a dress with flowers on like that, I coloured her with distress inks...I finished with some huge Marianne D flowers and leaves from the pink set, I thought they might be too big for the image but they match ok don't they...everything I used today is from Bunny Zoe's Crafts and the sketch is a lush one from Truly Scrumptious challenge...have a fantastic Saturday whatever your up to and I have a real yummy treat for you tomorrow so speak to you then
Mina xxx

cold and frosty morning - Bunny Zoe's Crafts Monthly challenge 7-Sparkle and shine

Good morning everyone, did you all have a fab weekend I hope so, its really cold and frosty today and is beginning to feel like Christmas I think of course it helps when the decorations went up this weekend, well I have almost finished my shopping thank goodness although I usually enjoy it its been a real chore this year with the shops being so heaving...I'm in need of a choir service or a nativity I think to get the real spirit of Christmas a good old kick start, what do you all do to get into the Christmas spirit?...my lushly bright card today is for our brand new challenge at Bunny Zoe's Crafts Monthly challenge, wow your entries last month were amazing all those fantastic projects, you have made some wonderfully creative goodies for the holiday season...our challenge this month is Sparkle and Shine...I used another of the amazingly beautiful Michelle Perkett Studio images, this is one is called Willow the Autumn Fairy, I love colouring these stunning images they always colour so beautifully, I used distress inks for her and teamed her up with Kaisercrafts Be Merry papers, in fact everything is from the paper pad including the holly and berries which are cut out from a sheet...I hope you will all join in again this month as I love looking at your fab work, when you have time pop on over to the Bunny Zoe's challenge blog to have a look at the fabulous creations our wonderful DT have made, I'm entering this into the Pear Tree Designs Christmas challenge...have a fantastically festive day everyone
Mina xxx

p.s. today is the last day to enter my mega candy so hurry hurry hurry xxx

Frosty and beautiful - Colour Create Challenge 59-Grey, Green and White + Friday Sketchers challenge 130

Good morning everyone I hope your all well and keeping toasty warm...how lucky are all of you who live in warm places and could you please send us just a teeny bit of heat please, I spent a lovely night with my wonderful Daughter and her boyfriend last night making curtains for them and they cooked for me, I love it when someone cooks for me and thank goodness my Daughter takes after Phil as I'm hardly the domestic goddess type mind I do make a mean sandwich or order out fantastically, dont get me wrong I can cook I just choose not to lol...a few people asked yesterday about my wish list for Christmas....er....hhhhhmmmmmm to tell you the honest truth I really haven't thought about it but will and report back...right now onto my card for today which is for our new challenge at Colour Create which is a stunning combo of Grey, Green and white with the added option of using either acetate or silver, mine is really hard to see but I have two acetate snowflakes behind the image and sentiment, I love this combo so much there's something them together I really love...I used this beautiful Michelle Perkett Studio digi from Bunny Zoe's Crafts, shes called Snow Goddess isn't she just gorgeous and amazing to colour, I used Distress inks, I love Michelle Perketts images dont you...this Basicgrey paper, I think its from the Figgy Pudding range, which is just a perfect match for the challenge don't you think, I finished with some fantastic holly edged ribbon I bought at the NEC (you sick of hearing that yet lol), a grey satin ribbon and a sentiment with rose and some of the holly from the ribbon to finish...the sketch is from Friday Sketchers challenge, fab isn't it, have a wonderful day everyone...oh and by the way don't forget to enter my candy if you haven't already
Mina xxx

Bunny Zoe's Monthly Challenge 2 - Summer - Double post day be back at 12 with the next one

Good morning everyone...now its a double post day today and I have a brand spanking new real stunning babe to show you later...so come back at 12 noon to see her...did you all have a brilliant day, I re watched Titanic on TV last night, I'm not a chick flic kinda girl, I'm more into action, sci fi kinda films but it really is a well made film isn't it...I still didn't cry at the end though lol...my card today is for our new challenge over at Bunny Zoe's crafts monthly challenge and wow you loved last months we had a fantastic amount of entries, I hope you will all love this months theme too as its mine...I chose the theme of Summer so any summery card, let your imagination go...everything I used is from Bunny Zoe's crafts and I decided on this beautiful Mary Mary Digi stamp from the Michelle Perkett Studio range the sentiment is from the same stamp too, shes coloured with Distress inks and the papers are so beautiful aren't they, they are from the Bo Bunny Sophie paper pack, I finished with a organza wired ribbon made into a big bow and a scattering of punched butterflies from the same papers...I cant wait to see what you come up with this month and if you have time pop on over and give the rest of our wonderful DT some love...have a brilliant day and don't forget to pop back later
Mina xxx

A double oops moment (main photo updated) - Bunny Zoe's DT card + Truly Scrumptious DT call

Happy Monday everyone did you have a fabulous hot weekend...I love it, hate the cold and the winter but love warm long days don't you...I had a double oops moment last night, thought I would do my post for today and then remembered that I hadn't photographed my card (oops number 1) so had to take this with just my overhead light bulb but as photos go it isn't too bad, when I have time I will retake it, then I was entering it for a Stamp with Fun challenge as its their sketch but realised I had missed it by a day (oops number 2), ever had one of those days lol...anyway my card is for Bunny Zoe's Crafts DT...this fantastic Juniper and Cecilia image which is coloured with Distress inks is one of the new digi stamps from the Michelle Perkett Studio range and the fabulous papers are from the Basicgrey Kioshi 6x6 paper pack, and wow have a look at that flower how amazing is it, its from Prima and comes in a set of this and a huge butterfly called Gossamer Wings, this one is the Orchid one, everything is from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...I finished with some glitzy mesh ribbon and bow and a sentiment...now some new for you we are having a DT call for two new members over at Truly Scrumptious so if you would like to join the Scrumptious girls hop on over to check it out...right fingers crossed I don't have another oops day today and I hope you have a brilliant one too
Mina xxx

Bunny Zoe's Crafts DT + Stamp Something Challenge - Celebrate something + Quixotic Challenge 25 - Let your garden grow

Happy Monday everyone I hope you all had a fantastic weekend, I didn't get to the continental market as it poured from the heavens and as the market is outdoors we thought we would give it a miss as our garlic bread would have got soggy lol...my card for today is a Mothers Day card made with this stunning digi stamp called Thanks Mum from the Michelle Perkett Studio isn't this just perfect for Mothers Day and the amazing papers are Kaisercraft Peachy Keen, they are glossy and embossed so beautifully...the stamp and paper pad are both from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...I made this card for the Stamp Something challenge which is celebrate and I made the flowers so I could enter it for the Quixotic Challenge too...all I needed to finish my card was a sentiment and I was good to go...I hope you like it and enjoy the rest of your Happy Monday everyone
Mina xxx
p.s. sorry about the blurred photos but my camera is having a hissy fit again...well that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it because of course it has nothing to do with my rubbish photography lol