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Good morning everyone did you all have a fabulous weekend...wow how windy was it, I thought our roof was coming off at one stage....well Phil made his Dundee cake for my Dad again and this time it worked beautifully...we discovered what went wrong the last time too Phil forgot to adjust the temperature for a fan oven so it would have been too hot but as you can see the cake is gorgeous and it smells incredible...my Dad is so lucky hes getting it whole as it was so tempting...my kitchen smelled so much like Christmas yesterday as Phil was stewing the fruit for his Christmas cake, the mixture of fruit and alcohol is so scrummy smelling....yum yum yum

right now onto my card for today, I tried to make a Christmas card that was just a bit different but I don't think it worked at ll...oh well back to the drawing board lol...I used this lush Christmas cupcake from Meljen Designs and just shaded it and glittered it up adding some chocolate holly (well it seemed like a good idea at the time lol) and a chocolate coloured ribbon...the lush paper is really glittery and embossed and is another of the ones I bought from my local craft shop that doesn't have a name on it...

I added a chocolate coloured scrunched ribbon and a scattering of pearls to finish...this is one of those cards that I'm really not happy with (we all have them don't we) there's just something not quite right about it and Im so not happy with the colouring...I think I'm having a mojo crisis lol...Im entering this for the Totally Gorjuss challenge, The Ribbon Reel challenge and the Lollipop Crafts challenge too...I'm of to kick some serious butt to get my Dads car sorted out today, heads will roll and I will yell out if I need the rest of your fab girls for backup lol, thank you all for your support of my Dad yesterday, it so isn't right is it...whatever your up to today have a fantastic one and I hope wherever you are the weather isn't too bad
Mina xxx

sweeties galore - Truly Scrumptious challenge DT

Good morning everyone are you all well and go on make me feel inadequate has anyone got all their Christmas shopping done or even started, I haven't even been round the shops yet...oooohhhh the shame of it lol...its time for our new challenge over at Truly Scrumptious and its a fabulous sketch and the added option is Birthdays, I think this image is perfect for a child's birthday card don't you, its from Meljens Designs at Whimsy Stamps and is called Candy Land Dreams, I coloured it with distress inks and glittered the sweets...the fab papers are from the Basicgrey Olivia paper pad, I finished with a button, grey satin ribbon and a stamped sentiment...I hope you like it and if you have time pop on over to Truly Scrumptious and the rest of the DT's work is stunning...have a brilliant day everyone
Mina xxx

pretty sparkly little poodle-Truly Scrumptious challenge 44-Petals, pearls and pins + Papertake weekly + Totally Gorjuss

Good morning everyone how are you all today...I hope your keeping warm its getting colder here, thermal knickers weather soon I think lol...I'm looking forward to today and tomorrow because my mate Liza is coming to stay for a few days crafting and girly stuff...maybe even a bit of craft shopping will sneak in...anyway my card for today is for our new challenge at Truly Scrumptious, its a lush sketch with the added extras of Petals, Pearls and pins and this time our sponsor is the fantastic Meljen Designs, the fabulous Nicole sent us some images to use too and I picked this sweetie, how cute is this poodle and how teeny to fit into a Teacup, I coloured it with Distress inks and gave it a glittery pink hairdo too...the papers are from my stash and I think they are Brenda Walton/K & Co...all I needed to finished was some lush velvet ribbon, a mixture of flowers are pins...I'm also entering this for the Papertake Weekly Sparkly & Bright challenge and the Totally Gorjuss Sparkle challenge too...I hope you like it, now I'm off to flick a duster round just in case Liza finds a pile of dust lol...have a brilliant day everyone and when you get a chance dont forget to pop on over to see what the rest of our TS girlies have created
Mina xxx

Sunglasses at the ready everyone - Colour Create challenge 50-Victorias choice + Creative Inspirations-Animals + Sunday Sketch and Stamp challenge 33

Good Morning everyone...have you all got your sunglasses on yet?, its a bright one today lol...its time for our challenge over at Colour Create challenge and this week its one of our new teamies choice, the fabulous Victoria chose this stunning combination of Hot Pink, Warm Orange and Saffron, isn't it an amazing combo, I'm not sure the pink came out hot though...I chose this stunning little Fancy Flower Pony from Bunny Zoe's crafts sales shes only £4.31 would you believe, isn't she just the sweetest thing ever...as many of you know I don't really do animals but I love colouring Meljens they are so cute...shes coloured with Distress inks and I teamed her up with this amazing Making Memories papers from the Flutter collection its called Pink Brocade...the huge Orange button and organza wired orange ribbon I pleated is also from Bunny Zoe's, I added a glittered orange one over the top too and added a ceramic sentiment to finish...I hope you like it and I cant wait to see what you all come up with for this challenge...if you have time don't forget to pop over to Colour Create and see the amazing creations from the rest of the team...I used the sketch from Sunday Sketch and Stamp and I'm also entering it for the Animals challenge at Creative Inspirations too...I hope you like it and don't forget to shake your booty today, its Shake your Booty Thursday you know lol
Mina xxx

A distinct lack of mojo + Create4fun challenge - week 26

Good morning everyone...I had a distinct lack of mojo day yesterday, don't you hate it when that happens...I love this little Happy Little Gnome Meljens image from Whimsy Stamps hes such a cutie, the papers from Panduro and BoBunny Alissia collection are fabulous and the embellishments I cut out from the Bobunny Flutterby cardstock stickers sheet are gorgeous too, but put them together and I had a yuck moment lol...I used the fab sketch from Create4fun challenge...oh well lets hope I have a major mojo moment today sometime or I will have to have a paper hunt, what do you do when your mojo leaves home, I hunt through all my gorgeous papers and the light bulb moment usually appears before I am a fifth of the way through them...I hope you like it anyway and have a brilliant day everyone
Mina xxx

750 would you believe it - Truly Scrumptious challenge 34 - Beths Sketch - Sponsored by Whimsy Stamps

Good morning everyone...wow wow wow last night I got my 750th follower how fantastically amazing is that...wow I still cant believe it...thank you all so much for being followers and all those wonderful, kind comments I get every day they always make me smile and brighten up every single day...right enough gushy stuff lol...isn't the internet an amazing thing, I heard from an old friend I haven't seen for years and years because she found my email isn't that brill we had loads and loads to catch up on yyyyooohhhoooo Nicola...ok my card for today is for our new challenge over at Truly Scrumptious which is a fab sketch by Beth and she has the extra option of using gingham somewhere on your project and this time we have a wonderful new sponsor the wonderful Denise from Whimsy Stamps has given us a gift voucher as a prize and she generously gave the DT some of the new Meljen digi stamps to play with too, I used the gorgeous little Woodland Fairy and coloured her with Distress inks, the blue paper is from BoBunny and is the reverse of Alissa Spunky and the green gingham from Craft Creations, I finished with a few buttons (well I cant have a card without buttons can I lol) and a satin ribbon and bow, the sentiment is from BoBunny too from the Life is a journey cardstock stickers sheet and I added a dragonfly charm to finish...I hope you like it and when you have time pop on over to Truly Scrumptious to see the rest of our DT and our guests wonderful creations...enjoy the rest of your day everyone
Mina xxx

My First ever Meljen image + The Townscrapper Challenge Sketch + Allsorts Challenge Blog Birthday challenge week 52

Good morning everyone now after much putting it of and finding many other things to do far more important I decided to clear out my craft room (long needed) and you would not believe the stash I have found, I even found images I had printed and hid for safe keeping (a little to well hid lol), this fabulous little Meljen Designs lion was amongst them, now anyone who knows me will know I don't do animals they never look right when I colour them but I had to colour him didn't I he looked so dejected poor thing. now I will have to go to Meljens and buy some more images because I love him... so I used him with this fabulous sketch from the Townscrapper challenge (I hadnt heard of this challenge before Nikki and her fabulous Daughter Zoe were on it) and as its a celebration I decided to enter it for the Allsorts Birthday challenge too...the amazing papers (how well do they go with this little lion) are by Basicgrey and from the new Max & Whiskers collection, this one is doublesided and called Clarence I bought it at Crafters and Co...I added the its your day sentiment and a selection of buttons and ribbon to match the sketch...I hope you like it and enjoy the rest of your day I'm off to do prep because I'm teaching another class on Thursday...yyyiiipppeeeee
Mina xxx