you ready to hop...

Good morning everyone I hope your all safe and well...boy are we having a storm and a half here its blowing so hard I expect my patio pots to come flying through my kitchen window at any second...its funny I don't usually mind bad weather (but of course being British I have a good old moan about it lol) and love to watch a good thunder and lightening storm but wind like this scares the wits out of me...fingers crossed it goes away soon...right are you all enjoying our Mo's Digital Pencil Dreamteams monthly blog hop then?...you should have arrived her from the super talented 

KALY'S

blog but if you didn't you just need to pop on over to the wonderful Anneke's blog to start at the beginning...and of course don't forget your comments along the way so you have a chance to win one of two $5 store credits for Mo's Digital Pencil...our theme this month is Seniors so we had to use one of Mo's amazing older people digi's, there so many to choose but I love Mummu so chose Mummu's Letters for my card...shes fabulous isn't she

I coloured her monochromatic with my distress inks and paper pieced her dress as I wanted to give her an old photo sepia kinda feel...what do you think? did it work...the beautiful papers are from the Basicgrey Little Black Dress 6x6 paper pad I bought years ago from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...the fab little sentiment is from another Mo's Digital Pencil digi called Serious Sharon...I finished my card with a lush sepia coloured organza ribbon bow, a flower and a plaster keyhole (from a bargain 99p Melissa Francis set I bought)...the next stop on our hop is the fabulously talented

JAK

I made the sketch up as I went along but am entering this for the BasicGrey Challenge, Divas By Design Challenge and Crafty Creations Challenge too...I'm off out with my Dad today and will cling on to him just in case one of us blows away lol...whatever your up to today have a great one and don't forget your comments for a chance to win

Mina xxx

distress ink colours used

skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose, spun sugar

only colours used for clothes, hair and shading - antique linen, frayed burlap, pumice stone

MO'S DIGITAL PENCIL MONTHLY BLOG HOP TIME...

Good morning everyone...well have you got any of the white stuff yet where you are...ours has gone but it has been blowing up a storm for the last two days...bbbbbrrrrr...anyway enough weather forecasting...its time for our Mo's Digital Pencil Dreamteams monthly blog hop again and of course as always there's a chance to win one of two $5 store credits for Mo's Digital Pencil just for leaving comments...so don't forget them. Our theme this month is to Create a Gift Tag and you should have arrived here from the super talented

KALY

but if you didn't and you want to follow the hop and of course a chance to win, just pop on over to Alexandra's blog to start at the beginning

now I have never made a tag but decided I would instead of girlie and pretty I would go for a boy tag and used this fantastic Who Me? image for mine...I just love the look on his face don't you, so cheeky lol...I coloured him with my distress inks and used more of my favourite pad atm...I bought the lush Teresa Collins 6x6" Paper Pad - Santa's List pad from Bunny Zoe's Crafts and the sentiments and holly leaves I cut are from the same pad too...oh and btw can you spot the mistake...ssssshhhh the paper is upside down lol...I added some button berries and a button and ribbon at the top to finish...your next stop along the way on the hop is the fabulous

JAK

who as always will have something stunning to show you...I'm entering my tag for the Love To Scrap Challenge, Craft Your Passion Challenge, Cards for Men Challenge and Cute Card Thursday challenge too...Its supermarket day with my lovely Dad today so that means 'put the world to rights' coffee time too so I better get some war paint on...don't forget your comments along the way and enjoy the rest of the hop

Mina xxx 

distress ink colours used

skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose, spun sugar

hat, scarf and jacket - pumice stone, fired earth

gloves and boots - fired earth

jeans - stormy sky

ITS HOPPING ALONG TIME...

Good morning everyone I hope your having a fantastic week and the weather is better where you are, everything has turned very soggy and wet here...its our Mo's Digital Pencil Dreamteams blog hop day and you should have arrived here from the fabulous

KALY

if you didn't and want the chance to win one of two $5 store credits for Mo's Digital Pencil just for leaving comments along the hop (and who wouldn't) you just need to hop on over to the super talented Vili's blog to start at the beginning

the theme our host Vili chose this month is Birthdays and I picked the oh so cute Ollie, Henry and Colin for my card, perfect for any card to wish a Happy Birthday don't you think...I coloured these cuties with my usual distress inks and the amazing papers are from the Echo Park - All about a Boy 6x6 Paper Pad I bought from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...isn't this pad fantastically colourful...the sentiments are cut from the same pad and I finished my card with a few buttons

your next stop along the hop is the amazing

JAK

who has something gob smacking to show you as always...the fab sketch I used for my card is from the Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge and I'm also entering it for the Fab 'n' Funky Challenge and The Crafting Cafe Challenge too...well its supermarket day with my lovely Dad today and you all know what that means don't you...yes 'put the world to rights' coffee time too...whatever your up to today have a wonderful one and don't forget your comments along the hop for a chance to win

Mina xxx

distress ink colours used

skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose, spun sugar

hair - antique linen

pj's - scattered straw, peeled paint, pumice stone, faded jeans, shabby shutters,

slippers - pumice stone, frayed burlap, fured earth

gift bag - pumice stone, fired earth, scattered straw

cup - fired earth

shading - pumice stone

its hop time...

Good morning everyone are you all having a fab week?...the weather is still drizzly and grey here but we are living in hope of the last of the sun before winter arrives...well its that time again...time for the Mo's Digital Pencil Dreamteams monthly blog hop...I love these hops we have such a super talented team all their work amazes me so much

this month the theme is Circles and our host this month is the super talented Gretha...you should have arrived here from the fabulous

KALY'S

blog but if you didn't and you want a chance to win one of two $5 store credits for Mo's Digital Pencil (and who wouldn't) just for leaving comments along the way just pop over to Gretha's to start at the beginning...I chose to use this oh so cute A Sister Is image for my card...I couldn't resist those little faces...I coloured them with my usual distress inks and teamed them up with these fabulous colourful papers from the Echo Park - Here & Now 6x6 Paper Pad I bought from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...I added a strip of worded ribbon I found in my stash and a scattering of colourful buttons to finish

I love all these wonderful colours together don't you...your next stop on the hop is the wonderful

JAK

who I'm sure will gobsmack you with her talent as always...the sketch I used I just made up as I went along but I'm entering this for the Allsorts Challenge, Tammy's Scrapin Corner Challenge and the Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge too...I'm off supermarket shopping with my lovely Dad today, hes back from his travels and needs to restock and I'm sure we will be having some 'put the world to right' coffee of course too...whatever your up to today I hope its lovely and warm where you are...oh btw don't forget your comments for a chance to win

Mina xxx

An apple or two for the teacher...

Good morning everyone...are you having fun on our blog hop from Mo's Digital Pencil Dreamteams so far?...isn't it a brilliant theme...you should have arrived here from the fabulous
KALY'S
blog...if you haven't and want to join in the hop and get a chance to win one of two $5 store credits for Mo's Digital Pencil, and why wouldn't you...just pop on over to the super talented JAK'S blog to start at the beginning

our theme this month is Fruit and I chose the stunning For Teacher Girl digi for my card, I love her dimples and she reminds me so much of my beautiful Daughter when she was at school...I coloured her with my usual distress inks and teamed her up with these gorgeous lush papers from one of the new pads I bought from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...these are from the Teresa Collins 6x6" Paper Pad - Far & Away...aren't they gorgeous...I added some buttons from the Big Red Button pack to the side of my card and because I didn't have any apple embellishments I made one from a button and a couple of leaves to finish

the fab sketch is from Mojo Monday and I'm also entering this for the Card Mania Challenge and the Party Time Tuesday Challenge too...well I'm the last stop on the hop this month so I haven't a link for you to hop too but hope you haven't forgotten your comments along the way for a chance to win...I'm having a day off tomorrow as I'm going to be super busy but will speak to you all on Saturday...well its supermarket day today with my lovely Dad, oh joy of joys lol...the only thing that makes it bearable is my Dad and our 'put the world to rights' coffee...whatever your up to today I hope you get to spend some of with someone you love

Mina xxx
p.s. while your here you can join in my candy if you would like too...the link is at the top of my sidebar x

distress ink colours used

skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose, spun sugar

hair - antique linen

clothes - pumice stone, stormy sky, fired earth, stormy sky

boots - stormy sky, fired earth

basket - frayed burlap

apples - fired earth, pumice stone, peeled paint

bow - stormy sky

a little bit of pink...hop along...

 

Good morning everyone hows your week going?...I haven't forgotten about the garden photos they will be here tomorrow, that's if you still want to see them of course...its time for our Mo's Digital Pencil Dreamteams monthly challenge and if your in the hop you should have arrived here from the fabulously talented

KALY'S

blog but if you want to start at the beginning and be in with a chance of winning one of two $5 credits for Mo's Digital Pencil then pop on over to the lovely Pops to start at the beginning and don't forget your comments along the way for a chance to win

our theme this month is Pink...now I cant resist a bit of pink can you?...I chose to use this fantastic Steffi Sobbing for my card, don't you just love her two front teeth...there's four of these little Crybabies to collect and they are each as cute as the other...I coloured her with my usual distress inks and paper pieced her perfect little outfit with a pretty gingham from an old paper pad from my stash...they are from the Graphic45 Little Darling's pad...I love this stunning pad I bought ages and ages ago and will be gutted when its finished

I finished my card with a ruffled cream satin ribbon bow and punched a few buttons from the same papers...the fab sketch is from the Sketch N Stash Challenge and I'm also entering it for the Papertake Weekly challenge and the That Craft Place Challenge too...I'm the last stop on the hop, I hope you enjoyed it and didn't forget your comments for a chance to win...I'm having another chilling day today but will be back tomorrow with the garden photos...I'm loving our deck now, when we first moved in I thought what on earth will we do with this big lump of wood but its filling up nicely...speak to you all tomorrow and I hope wherever you are the sun shines on you today

Mina xxx

distress ink colours used

skin - antique linen, frayed burlap tattered rose, spun sugar

hair - antique linen

heart and hair decoration - tattered rose, victorian velvet

shading - pumice stone

Mo's Dreamteam monthly blog hop...

Good morning everyone and welcome to this months Mo's Dreamteam monthly blog hop...I'm the first stop this month as it was my choice of theme and I chose Paper Piecing...I love love love paper piecing all that cutting out is so soothing...I have been known to sit in my big craft room chair and nod off I get so relaxed cutting out lol...I chose to use the stunningly beautiful Alisa with Roses for my card, I coloured her with distress inks and had fun cutting out some scraps from my old My Minds Eye - Honey Cake 6x6 paper pad I bought ages and ages ago for her dress, trim and belt

I only had a couple of sheets of paper left in it and thought the colours suited Alisa so much...I finished with a huge chocolate satin bow and a metal friend sentiment, I made the sketch up as I went along but am entering this for the Artistic Inspiration challenge, Clear it out Challenge (my old paper pad) and the Creative Card Crew Challenge too...your next stop on the hop is the fabulous

POP'S

who is sure to have something stunning to show you...have fun on the hop and don't forget your comments for a chance to win one of the two $5 store credits for Mo's Digital Pencil...
you don't want to miss the chance to do some shopping at Mo's do you

have a fabulous day and enjoy the hop...its supermarket day for me today, yuck I hate it don't you...its not the shopping its the thinking up of all the meals...whatever your up too today I hope its fun

Mina xxx

distress ink colours used

skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose, spun sugar

eyes - tumbled glass

hair - frayed burlap

roses - fired brick, peeled paint

basket - frayed burlap

shading on paper piecing - pumice stone

its hop, hop, hop time...

Good morning everyone...well would you believe the sun was out yesterday how fabulous is that...its amazing how much dust the sun shows up though lol...I think a major clean is well due, oh no not the duster anything but the duster, I'm sure I'm allergic to housework you know lol...its hop day today, yes its that time again, time for our Mo's Digital Pencil Dreamteams monthly blog hop...you don't just get to see some amazing inspiration from our wonderful DT but you also get the chance to win one of two $5 credits for Mo's Digital Pencil just for leaving comments on the DT's too...so what you waiting for pop on over to fabulous

ALICE'S

blog to start at the beginning, you don't want to miss anything do you, you should have arrived here from Alice's too if your already following the hop...the theme this month is Flowers, now I don't need to be told twice to use some flowers do I lol

I used this stunning Thanks! for my card...this cutie was a freebie but if you missed it then you still have a chance to buy it just click on the link...don't you love images like this...although I coloured her pink with my distress inks...you could so easily make it a boy...just what you need for cards isn't it, a multi tasking baby image...the amazing papers are from Echo Park's Victorian Garden paper pad and I finished my card with some white flowers from the Blossoms - Resin Flower Fuchsia pack, a gorgeous Prima flower and I cut a couple of leaves from the paper cut off, the flowers are from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...your next stop on the hop is the fab
POPS
who I'm sure has something amazing to show you...the fab sketch I used is from the Fetch A Sketch Challenge and Im also entering it for the Crafting For All Seasons Challenge and the Simon Says Stamp Challenge too...I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop and don't forget your comments for a chance to win too...have a brilliant sunny day
Mina xxx

distress ink colours used

skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose, spun sugar

hair - antique linen

outfit - pumice stone, spun sugar, victorian velvet, worn lipstick

flowers - shabby shutters, victorian velvet

shading - pumice stone

its hop time...

Good morning everyone its that time again...time for you to get a chance to win one of two $5 credits for Mo's Digital Pencil by joining in with our Dreamteams Blog Hop this month again...all you need to do for a chance to win is leave a comment on all the blogs along the way...you should have arrived here from the fabulous 

ALICE

but if you didn't pop on over to our wonderful Heidy's blog to start at the beginning...Heidy is our host this month and she chose the theme of Gingham or Plaid...well I didn't need telling twice any excuse to use gingham, I love it

I used this amazingly cute Easter Baby Girl S for my card...isn't she just so adorable with her cuddly bunny and shes perfect for an Easter card for a little girl...I coloured her with distress inks and used some scrap of paper from the Graphic 45 An ABC Primer collection...the gingham is some of the Games & Playtime sheet and the spotted is from a Jumping Joan sheet...I loved the aged red and thought it gave an unusual touch for an Easter card don't you...I finished with a red gingham ribbon aged with antique linen distress ink and some letters from a sticky sheet for my sentiment...the next stop on our hop is the lovely

POPS

who I'm sure will have something gorgeous to show you...the fab sketch I used for my card is from the Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge and I'm also entering it for the Creative Craft Challenges2 and the Papertake Weekly Challenge too...enjoy the rest of the hop everyone and don't forget your comments for a chance to win

Mina xxx

distress ink colours used

skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose, spun sugar

hair - frayed burlap

outfit - antique linen, barn door, pumice stone

bunny - pumice stone, spun sugar, victorian velvet

basket - frayed burlap, antique linen, barn door

shading - pumice stone

hop, hop, hop...

Good morning everyone we had another day of stunning sunshine yesterday, we will be getting used to it at this rate lol...welcome to our Mo's Digital Pencil Dreamteams monthly blog hop...you should have arrived here from our fabulous Debbie's blog but if you didn't and want to join in the hop for the chance to win a prize of a £5 credit for Mo's Digital Pencil then hop on over to our host for this month, the fabulous

Debby 

to start at the beginning

as you probably know by now our theme for this month is Babies, now who can resist a baby image, especially this cutie Cookie Dough S image from Mo's Digital Pencil...look at that adorable face. I coloured my cutie with my usual distress inks and used a beautiful pastel coloured paper from Fancy Pants Designs Time Spring collection called Ruffles...pretty isn't it and I love the soft colours...I finished with some wooden letters I bought ages ago from The Works, a few scattered buttons and some white seam binding...the lush sketch is from the Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge and I'm also entering this for the Cutie Pie Challenge and House of Gilli Challenge too...your next stop on our hop is the super talented

 POP'S

 don't forget all your comments along the way for a chance to win...I hope your enjoy our hop and whatever your up to today have fun

Mina xxx

distress ink colours used

skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose

hair - antique linen

eyes - tumbled glass

dough - antique linen

spoon - victorian velvet

bowl - mix of tumbled glass, stormy sky, pumice stone

twilight zone....

Good morning everyone...did you all hum the theme tune when you read the title lol...it was like the twilight zone yesterday I lost a whole day so I guess I'm still not 100%, hence why the lack of card yesterday, I had one made and everything but spent the day lying around with steam coming of me...and no I don't own a sauna it was the return of the dreaded temperature lol...anyway welcome to this months Mo's Digital Pencil Dreamteams Blog Hop...you should have arrived here from the fabulous

DEBBIE'S

blog...if you didn't then pop on over to the fabulous Julie's blog...shes our host this month and she chose the theme of Embellishments (the more the merrier)...oh and don't forget to leave a comment on everyones blogs for a chance to win one of two $5 credits for Mo's Digital Pencil too

I find it quite hard to use a lot of embellishments, I think its because I never know when to stop or where to put them lol...but I did my best...I used this stunning Gimme a Bee image for my card...isn't she so cute...I coloured her with distress inks and glittered her pom poms and the bee on her sweater...the amazing papers are from the Kaisercraft - Pickled Pear 6.5"x6.5" Paper Pad, I bought the pad and the stunning Sonia Rose - Ivory  (the roses on the bow) from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...I finished my card with a few scattered black pearls, a sentiment from the same Kaisercraft pad and a huge yellow bow...I hope that's enough embellishments lol...your next stop on the hop is to the fab

POP'S

who I'm sure will have something stunning to show you

the fabulous sketch I used is from the Feeling Sketchy challenge and I'm also entering it for the By The Cute & Girly challenge and the Pretty Little Ribbon Shop challenge too...Its supermarket day with my lovely Dad today, here's hoping I can get around without steam coming out of my ears lol...whatever your up to have a fabulous day and enjoy the rest of the hop...oh and don't forget your comments for a chance to win too

Mina xxx

distress ink colours used

skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose

hair - balck soot (should have been a little darker I think)

sweater - shabby shutters, scattered straw

skirt - scattered straw, antique linen

socks and shading - pumice stone

shoes - stormy sky

pom poms - scattered straw, antique linen, stormy sky, pumice stone

can you get more CAS than this...

 Good morning everyone I hope your all well and having a brilliant week and are all ready for the big day...the fat man will soon be coming down our chimneys to leave all those goodies under the tree so you better get a wiggle on if your not ready, that includes me lol...I'm working on it though

welcome to the Mo's Digital Pencil Dreamteams Monthly Blog Hop...your should have arrived here from the amazing
DEBBIE'S
blog and if you want to join in from the beginning and why wouldn't you when you get the chance to win one of two $5 credits for Mo's Digital Pencil just by leaving a comment on the DT's blog posts you need to pop on over to 

JANE

...this month our hostess with the mostest is our fabulous Jane of course and she chose CAS (yes I know don't all faint because there's no paper or ribbons today lol)...now I usually don't like making cas (clean and simple) cards but using this amazing Not Even A Mouse image made it so so easy...this stunner along with the poem I printed on my card are great for a cas layout don't you think...I coloured this stunner with my usual distress inks and I don't have any papers or anything else to talk about...I'm entering this for the Forever Friends challenge, Through the Craftroom door challenge and the A & T Emerald Faeries challenge and the next stop on the hop is the fab
POP'S
who I'm sure will have something stunning to show you...I'm off to get yet more shopping done today and to post some gifts off (hope I'm not too late gulp) whatever your up to today have a fantastic one and I hope you all have the most wonderful Christmas season and have fun...enjoy the rest of the hop and dont forget your comments for a chance to win
Mina xxx

a gift...

Good morning everyone I hope your all well and having a fantastic week...poor Phils sniffles have turned into a full blown cold but he still trooped off to work this morning bless him...best not do too much waffling this morning as today is our Mo's Digital Pencil Dreamteams monthly blog hop and of course your chance to win one of two $5 store credits for Mo's Digital Pencil just for leaving comments....so if you arrived here from the fantastic

DEBBIE

your on the right track...if not and you want to join in the hop pop on over to our KERTTU'S blog to start at the beginning

Kerttu's choice of theme this month was to make a card with a gift inside...hhhmmmmm well I thought and thought and finally came up with this contraption...its kinda a card but more a tube of card...its two sheets of card with a slight bow in them to make a hollow in the middle for the beautiful necklace gift in the middle...I chose the stunning Winter Window digi and used one of the images from one of my all time favourite sets, the Ragged Carolers, I love these beautiful three images dont you..I coloured them with distress inks and glittered the snow and ice...well its Christmas and you have to have a bit of glitter dont you...I also cut the windows out so you could see the necklace gift hanging

the stunning Christmas papers and sentiment tag are from the Kaisercraft - Turtle Dove 6.5"x6.5" Paper Pad from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...gorgeously vintage and traditional arent they...I finished with a beautiful ribbon bow and a flower from my stash...the next stop on the hop is the fabulous

POP'S

who is sure to have something fantastic to show you...enjoy the hop and dont forget to leave comments on our wonderful teams blogs...Im entering this for the Whimsy Stamps challenge, Divas By Design challenge and the Nutcrafters challenge too...whatever your up to today have a good one and enjoy the rest of the hop

Mina xxx

distress ink colours used

skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose

hair - frayed burlap

coat - frayed burlap, antique linen,

muff & underskirt - antique linen

coat and boots - frayed burlap

dress and patches - peeled paint, antique linen

tights and scarf/wrap - Iced spruce

bricks and windows - mix of fired brick and frayed burlap

hop hop hopping along...

Good morning everyone are you all having a great week...it has turned very cold here and I have my fluffy socks out of storage...oh no that means winter has arrived...its time for our monthly blog hop at Mo's Dreamteam and if you have popped over from the fabulous DEBBIE'S blog then your on the right road...if you haven't and want the chance to win one of two $5 credits for Mo's Digital Pencil, then pop on over to the start of the hop to the talented GRETHA who chose our theme this month of adding an animal to a Christmas card which is an easy theme using a Mo's Digital Pencil image

theres loads of images with animals for Christmas cards so I was kinda spoilt for choice...so I used one of my all time favourite animal images from Mo...this is the fantastic Bismarck, look at that face isn't he amazing...I coloured him really softly with distress inks and paper pieced that huge bow on his bone...I teamed him up with these lush papers from the Bazzill Basics 6x6" Multipack - Believe I'm totally loving this gorgeous pad from Bunny Zoe's Crafts, the colour combo's are fantastic and so perfectly Christmas...I finished with a big red satin bow...the sketch is from The Sweet Stop challenge and I'm also entering it for the Crafty Sentiments challenge and Bearly-Mine Challenge too...ok now your next stop on our hop is the fabulous

POPS

who I'm sure will have something beautiful to show you...don't forget your comments for a chance to win and enjoy your day

Mina xxx

p.s. I haven't forgotten about the Bunny Zoe's Crafts blog hop candy draw I will be back a little later to announce our winner

distress ink colours used

Bismarck - pumice stone

scarf and hat - barn door, peeled paint

shading on bow - pumice stone

bone - antique linen

hop, hop, hopping along...

Good morning everyone I hope your all well...its that time again Mo's Digital Pencil Dreamteams blog hop time and as always you have the chance to win one of two $5 store credits for Mo's Digital Pencil just by commenting, our host this month is the fantastic Jak who chose the theme of School Children, brilliant one Jak ...if your joining in with the hop, and why wouldn't you when you could win some goodies...you should have arrived here from the wonderful
DEBBIE'S
blog where she had a fantastic creation to show you, if not pop on over to our fab JAK'S blog to start at the beginning...I chose to use this gorgeously cute little schoolboy called Harvard for mine...I coloured him with distress inks and teamed him up with these amazing papers from Cosmo Crickets The Boyfriend range, its called Fitting in...I finished with some fab red stitched ribbon and a tag from my stash, I thought it was brilliant for him don't you...the next stop on our hop is over to the fabulous
POP'S
enjoy the rest of the hop and don't forget your comments for a chance to win...have a fabulous day everyone
Mina xxx

distress ink colours used
skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose
hair - frayed burlap
trousers - iced spruce
shading - pumice stone

its a double...

Good morning everyone I hope your all managing to keep warm today, it was a cold night here last night, so the spotted dressing gown and fluffy socks came out to play...well I managed to have a little play with my new camera but judging from these photos I need a lot more practice and the manual is 147 pages long and I though 90 pages was bad enough...right its a double day today and lower down is my card for our new Colour Create challenge but to start with welcome to the Mo's Dreamteams blog hop, you should have arrived from the fantastic DEBBIES if you didn't then hop on over to the lovely LORI'S blog to start at the beginning, you dont want to miss anyone of them because theres a chance to win some goodies dont forget

Lori's choice of theme this month is to Make a Gift, I thought and thought about this long and hard then had a light bulb moment when I was in those of those beautiful shops that sell all the country craft goodies and saw a packet of Spiced Cider mix, well for £10 I though that was sssssoooo shockingly expensive and that's where this idea came from...I bought some vintage cider from a supermarket for £1.99 (yes it really is vintage cider lol) and I already had all the spices as my lovely Phil makes Christmas cakes every year...I soaked off the labels and made my own including a recipe for making the cider...I used the stunning Ragged Carolers set coloured with distress inks and the paper is scraps from a card I made a while back and the shape I printed using a royalty free shape image from the net
the tassel is from Dunelm Mill and are meant for curtains I think...I'm sorry the photos are so bright but I haven't got the hang of which setting to use yet and it may take a little while lol
I put the spices into a card bag and cut it to the right size and made the topper the same way as the labels for the bottle...I know this is a long post and thanks for sticking with me and there is more below for the Colour Create challenge too...your next stop on the hop is one of our fabulous Guest Designers who is the lovely POPS ...enjoy the rest of the hop and don't forget to leave a comment on everyone's blog to stand a chance of winning one of two $5 vouchers for Mo's Digital Pencil...ooohhhh and while your here why not pop over to my mega candy for my 3rd year blogaversary the link is here...now onto my Colour Create card

its time for our new challenge at Colour Create challenge of course and this time is our wonderful Kerry's choice of colours and she choice the stunning combo of Pink, White and Gold with the added option of adding some bling...I used this stunningly beautiful Apple Girl from A Day for Daisies, I coloured her with distress inks and teamed her up with some of the stunning papers from the Prima Printery 6x6 paper pad, this is such a lush pad...I added some ribbon in pink satin, a couple of the new Prima gold edged teeny roses and a sprig of blingy gems from a wedding cake decoration shop, isn't it amazing where we can find goodies to craft with and these are hugely cheaper than the ones you can buy from craft shops too...the fab sketch is from Sketch Saturday...I'm off out with my lovely Dad today, supermarket day uuurrrrggghhhh, oh and I might get a bit more playing with my camera too...whatever your up to today have a fantastic one and when you have time pop on over to the Colour Create challenge and see what the rest of our wonderful team came up with

Mina xxx