Good morning everyone and Happy Christmas Eve to you all...my card for today is just for all you wonderful followers, commenter's and fantastic crafter's I have the honour to work with on Design Teams and for Nikki of Bunny Zoe's Crafts , Mo of Mo's Digital Pencil and the lovely Jak at Just Inklined (who have a special offer on) as a thank you for allowing me to show your wonderful goodies this year. The wonderful image is of course from Mo's Digital Pencil and is called Pammy's stocking, isn't she just perfect, look at the joy on her beautiful face...I finished my shopping yesterday and despite a 2 hour wait for a taxi and hypothermia in my botty (not a good idea to sit on a metal seat when its -12) and fingers finally got home but so late I didn't get any commenting done at all so I'm sorry I didn't get to a lot of people personally to wish you all a Wonderful and joyous Christmas, I hope you like it and I'm taking a few days off but will be back on Tuesday with some new goodies to show you all...enjoy your Christmas break and no spending all your money keep some for the crafting sales, I am
Good morning everyone....oooohhhhhh just two more sleeps to go are you all excited yet?, well I managed to finish my supermarket shop yesterday...but...then my poor Daughter couldn't get her car started its frozen solid so I had to go again after we picked her up...see that's what happens when you try to avoid it, you end up going twice that will teach me...my card for today is for the Sketch and Stash challenge which this week is your own choise of sketch and I chose Sketch 13 and for the 7 Kids College fund Anything goes challenge too...I used this beautiful Teacup Fairy from Mo's Digital Pencil, how cute is this little un, I coloured her very softly with Distress inks and glittered her little wings I teamed her up with this amazingly stunning double sided Websters Pages Life Portrait paper, its called Established and True, wow how gorgeous is this...I finished it with this wow black gingham ribbon, a white rose and some saddle stitched black ribbon...I have a really special card for you tomorrow, something I made just for you fabulous crafter's to show how much I appreciate your visits so I hope you will pop back then if you have a chance...have a fabulously festive day everyone...I'm off to town to grab some last minuet goodies
Good morning everyone...is it just me or is the net quiet it feels like the Marie Celeste and I'm sure I can hear the odd frozen tumbleweed...I decided to put the shopping etc on the back burner until tomorrow (any excuse not to think about it lol) and do a bit of crafting instead and I know its technically not the night before Christmas but I couldn't resist...how cute is this little High Hope Mouse Tales mouse reading his poem...I coloured him with distress inks and teamed him up with some Basicgrey Jovial papers, they suit him don't they...the stamp and papers are from Bunny Zoe's Crafts and Nikki has some fabulous High Hopes stamps in at the mo so why not hop on over and check them out...I finished with some pages from his book which I printed with Wordart and yes it really is the poem and you can read it, I'm quite chuffed how they worked out, and lush gingham ribbon I bought at the NEC...the sketch is from Mojo Monday and I'm entering this for the Stampin for the Weekend , Papertake Weekly challenges and Simon Says Stamp anything goes challenge too...have a fabulous day whatever your up to
Good morning everyone how are you all...there seems to be a lot of flues and colds about at the min so I hope your not suffering, I had to start the dreaded supermarket shopping yesterday and even though it was -7 and deep snow the supermarket was packed, I felt like standing in the middle of the shop and shouting its only closed for two days you know as everyone seemed to be buying whatever they could grab, they made my shopping trolley look like I was on a diet (as if lol) and I have to go back again is it just me that doesn't see the logic of having things like a Christmas cheese selection that goes out of date on the 23rd December duh lol...my card for today is a little breath of sparkly spring for a change from Christmas cards and it gave me the perfect excuse to use these stunning papers from Kaisercraft at Bunny Zoe's Crafts these are from the Candy Lane paper pad and the flowers are some from of the same papers, love these fizzy colours they remind me of sweets...I teamed them up with this fantastically huffy Lili of the Valley Its My Party stamp, shes brilliant isn't she and I want a skirt and tiara like hers...ooohhhh and the green boots of course love em...all I needed to finish is some gorgeous pink ribbon from my stash...the sketch is by the super talented Dena over at the Lili of the Valley challenge, loved it Dena...have a wonderful shopping free day everyone
Good morning everyone well are you all ready for the festivities or like me still doing your headless chicken routine...thank you so much to everyone who has voted for me in the Sugar Nellie competition, I know you have struggled to vote and I really appreciate the effort...I had a fantastic surprise yesterday my lovely friend Lorraine gave me some candy, a fabulous gift voucher, I hope you approve of what I bought Lorraine, it was totally unexpected and it made my day, you really are a little star Lorraine so my card today I made for you, I know it wont get to you in time for Christmas so here's the cyber version for you...I hope you like it...the fabulous image called Hanging the Star is from Mo's Digital Pencil and I coloured it with distress inks, I wish you could touch this paper, its stunning, glittered and embossed so beautifully, its from K & Co but I haven't a clue what its called...I used the Create4fun challenge sketch for it to...well I'm off to run around the garden with not a clue what I'm meant to be doing, I feel the need to make lists, I used to have this thing of making lists for everything, I may need to get into the habit again I think...have a wonderful day everyone
Good morning everyone...you know what happens when you get over excited about something and go around doing your happy dance to the Black Eyed Peas, your internet fairy does a bunk...I didn't have any internet all evening and night until this morning and that's why I didn't do any blog hopping last night...I think my little fairy had enough of the cold and flitted off to sunnier climes or I offended her with my bad singing and dancing, its really not a sight you wanna see and it even made my ever patient husband twist his face a couple of times bless him...thank you everyone who has voted for me in the Sugar Nellie competition although some of you judging by my emails cant see your votes or are having trouble but I'm sure it will be sorted out...right now onto my card today which is using the fab sketch from Whiff of Joy challenge and this cutie Henry Mouse holding Christmas Wreath from Whiff of Joy, I teamed him up with some more of these lush papers from Making Memories Noel paper pack, I'm so glad I bought this pack, I used some more fantastic Prima Lace from Bunny Zoe's Crafts and finished with a couple of Prima leaves and red buttons for berries, I'm also entering this for the Allsorts Free and Easy and CES Anything Goes challenges too...have a fabulous day everyone and all being well I will be blog hopping and leaving comments tonight so speak then
Good morning everyone...well the white stuff came back with a vengeance and if it doesn't ease up it will be fish fingers for Christmas lunch as every shop closed up here because nothing could move.....I have my bits crossed that it eases soon do you all have snow too?...I watched my daft Husband clearing the drive and path last night and it was snowing that hard it was covering it behind him...he turned around shrugged and gave up the poor cold lamb lol...anyway onto my card for today which is using this amazing Angel with Kitten from Mo's Digital Pencil, shes fantastic to colour and always looks so lovely, I teamed her up with this beautiful Basicgrey Figgy Pudding Glacier paper and a mixture of silver and glittered snowflakes and finished with some amazingly gorgeous Prima lace from Bunny Zoe's Crafts, the sketch is from Creative Inspirations challenge and I'm also entering it for the Simon says stamp Blue, white and Silver and Stamp with fun Christmas challenges too...I'm off to brave the elements and will hopefully find Sainsbury's open, if not then please post food parcels as soon as possible lol...have a brilliant day everyone
Good morning everyone I have been bursting to tell you all that the fabulous Summer of Belles and Whistles asked me to be a guest for the Belles and Whistles advent, how fantastic is that as you all know I love Belles and Whistles stamps so this meant a lot to me, are you all enjoying the advent I love them and they always remind me of the excitement my Daughter had every morning, we used to instead of the usual advent make her an Advent goody bag with 24 teeny little presents in and she got to dip into it every morning, the gifts were either something sweet to eat or maybe a girly thing like nail varnish or even a silly little joke gift but no matter how small she loved it so much and although shes 26 now we only stopped doing her Advent when she moved out last year (I know I should have stopped years ago but I couldn't resist)...I got to use this stunning Merry Sledding stamp for my card, isn't she so sweet and pretty and shes wonderful to colour, I used Distress inks for my colouring. I really wanted the image to pop off the page and what better way of showing her then to use just white card for the background, the 'snow' is made with linen card and scored to make it 3d, when I have a bit more time I will do a tutorial to show you how this is done I think its called paper sculpting, I used the same method for the star a little bit of twinkling frost and we have a winter wonderland.
Good morning everyone bbbbbbbbbrrrrrrrrr its freezing and white here, just when you think you have got rid of the snow it returns with a vengeance...this is my first post today don't forget to come back for my second one at 9am, I am thrilled to bits about it...this card is for our last challenge until New Years Eve over at Just Magnolia and this time its a sketch by me, I love seeing a sketch of mine being used for so many amazing creations from you so please join in this time and you have a fortnight to get your entry in...I used these two fabulous Magnolia skaters I have had this stamp ages and ages but haven't used it for a while, I coloured them with distress inks and these amazingly coloured papers are from We r Memory Keepers Vintage Blue collection and is called Rainbow connection, the paper pack was a huge bargain from TK Max would you believe, who knew they sold scrapbooking goodies, I didn't, the sentiment is from another sheet of the papers too, I finished with some buttons and ribbon from my stash...oooohhhhh I really cant wait to hear what you think of my post later...I hope you love them both...speak later and when you have time dont forget to pop over to Just Magnolia to have a look at our teams lush work
Good morning everyone I hope the bad weather that's supposed to arrive today hasn't hit you yet...keep warm and safe if it has, you will have to excuse the bad photos but I dropped my camera yesterday and it actually bounced...oops...so they are a bit blurry at the moment but I'm hoping (fingers crossed) it will settle down...its a double post day today so without any further waffling first is the Mo's Digital Pencil Dreamteam blog hop which you should have arrived here from our fabulous Guest Designer Heidy, if you haven't then you could hop on over to our wonderful Peri's blog, our host this month who chose the theme Let it Snow, so you don't miss any of the fabulous creations..I used the stunning little Kai in the Snow for my card, isn't this image just the cutest little thing
when you have time pop on over to Colour Create and have a lot at the rest of the DT's amazing projects...it always amazes me how everyone uses the same colours but gets such different pieces of work, brilliant isn't it...thanks everyone for sticking with me for this long post and I will be back tomorrow at 8am with my Just Magnolia card and then at 9am with something I have been bursting to tell you about....have a warm, snug day everyone
Good morning everyone, first of all a huge apology for no blogging last night but my internet fairy went on a little trip and I had to change over wires, routers and bits and pieces before she would come back...I prefer to think of my internet as a fairy because if I think about it mechanically or as a little IT person sitting in an office I get hopping mad and the mist forms...anyway shes back now so normal service is resumed....I sat and thought and thought about what I would make for round 2 of the Sugar Nellie competition, then I was talking to my husband on the phone and he said and I quote 'just get on with it and make a card' so thats exactly what I did...I used this fabulous Simply Sassy Pillow talk I bought from Funky Kits, don't you just love that chilled out attitude, coloured her with Distress inks (yes I used the dreaded red ink again) and teamed her with with another of these amazing My Minds Eye Lush papers, this one is called Daisy Paper (flocked), I wish you could feel it as it really is like velvet, I cut and raised some of the flowers and added a cream satin ribbon and bow and a 'gorgeous' zipper tag...I'm not sure it works as she look like shes floating instead of sitting on the flowers like shes meant to be...what do you thing does it work okay...I have all my bits crossed and hopefully can still manage to shop for the gubbins of some chicken soup for my Daughter (shes not sick just loves it) with them crossed...have a wonderfully warm day everyone
