a sneaky peek blog hop week...day1...

Good morning everyone I hope you all had a fantastic weekend...this is day 1 of a special sneak peek week for the brand new Fairy Faye and Friends Sugar Nellie release...they are so so cute and girlie too...today, Tuesday, Wednesday and release day will have a little hop that you can join in with and leave comments too because as usual you get a chance to win goodies every day just from the comments...you should have arrived at my blog from the fantastic
Marianne
I bet your were gobsmacked with her stunning creation, if you want to start at the beginning of the hop pop on over to the Sugar Nellie blog and follow the links

the little cutie I get to show you today is called Sprinkle with love, isn't she a real sweetie (sorry couldn't resist the pun lol)...I love that teacup and the teeny little fairy helper don't you, apologies for the rotten photos but by the time I got back from Ikea yesterday all the light had gone...I will retake them sometime this morning and replace them

I painted this sweetie with my usual distress inks and teamed her up with some of the stunning Bo Bunny Snoochable range, these papers are called Smoochable words and Smoochable Love Potion, I finished with some fabulous baby pink gingham and hearts and sentiment cut from the papers...your next stop on the hop is the amazingly talented
Kathrin

don't worry everyone you wont have long to wait for these cuties to go on sale...they are available at Funky Kits on Friday 30th at 10am...enjoy the rest of the hop and don't forget your comments for a chance at some goodies...oh and before I leave you in peace I have to tell you about my find of the day at Ikea, a huge massive storm lantern that will hold about 6 church size candles for the bargain price of £7...oooohhhhhh I love a bargain or two don't you...right I'm off to do some crafting this morning...whatever your up to today have a gorgeous one and dont forget day 2 of the sneak peels tomorrow so speak to you all then
Mina xxx
p.s. I'm entering this for the Dream Valley challenge, Robyn's Fetish challenge and the Crafty Pad challenge too

distress ink colours used
skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose
hair - antique linen
white shading - pumice stone
dresses - spun sugar
flowers and leaves - spun sugar, dusty concord, shabby shutters
tea and biscuits - frayed burlap
sprinles - spun sugar

revenge of the sumo cat...

Good morning all you wonderful people, I hope your all well and happy...my Dad is much less tired now, well he must be as he headed to Ikea with my Sister yesterday evening, I think he loves Ikea as much as we girls do lol...well its official I'm allergic to cats, my eyes are streaming, and I'm itchy all over...so its revenge of my Daughters sumo cat she was sent to torment me and her hair is everywhere so no escape...oh well its only a few days and antihistamines will have to do until she leaves and then a good clean up should sort out the hair...I cant believe I'm allergic to cats up until about 6 years ago we always had cats...isn't that weird...anyway onto my card for today which is using this stunning image from Crafts and Me, isn't she beautiful, shes by Sara Burrier and is called Sienna, I coloured her very simply with distress inks and did black/grey hair again to match this stunning Graphic45 paper from their Le Cirque range called Magnifique ...you cant beat a bit of Graphic45 can you...it suits her so much doesn't it...I cut some of the flowers from the paper and added pearls to their centres and finished with some thick black ribbon (wrapping from a box at Christmas, we crafter's throw nothing away do we lol)...the sentiment is from a Fizzy Moon stamp set...the sketch is from Sketch Saturday and Im also entering it for the Truly Madly Crafty Challenge and Robyn's Fetish Challenge...I'm going to lock myself in my craft room today to stay as far away as possible from the hairy sumo cat, poor thing its not her fault is it, but hopefully my tablets will work a bit better today and I can get back to stroking her again, I tried to get a photo of her yesterday but she doesn't like the camera and every time I went near her with it she gave a little moan and toddled off so I got fed up chasing her round and I'm sure she was fed up being chased lol...whatever your up to today have a brilliant one and watch out for the revenge of the sumo cat lol
Mina xxx

distress ink colours used
skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose
hair - black soot
outfit, shells and pearls - antique linen