A little sugar love....

Hopefully when this post schedules it will still be lovely and sunny and have you noticed I am one follower short of 500, oh I wonder who will be my 500th follower!!...only a few more days to go until those little furry cuties will be on sale over at...

For my card above I have used Frog Princess which is available from Funky Kits...here!!  I coloured this little lady with spectrum noirs.  The papers are MME which I layered onto bazzill card.  I added a ribbon and bow then fixed a rolled flower on top...added some pearls to finish.

Pop back tomorrow for another wee SN post!!

Fi
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Papertake Weekly GDT

Well....so much for my post scheduling today....grrrr...It's Tuesday so that means it's time for my next GDT card for Papertake Weekly Challenge...yay!! 

So for this weeks challenge is the sketch below....isn't it fab!!

For my card I have used papers from Pink Paislee Switchboard which I layered onto bazzill card.  I added some orange stitching. The stamp is from LOTV which I coloured with spectrum noirs.  The flowers are a mix of paper flowers from The Ribbon girl and rolled roses cut using one of the die-namics rolled rose dies....I then added pearls to the centres. I also added a piece of ribbon and tied a bow fixed with a button.

Fi

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Creatgive Blog Hop

Creative Blog Hop

I was asked by the lovely Susan if I'd like to join in with the Creative Bloggers Hop.  It's a continuous hop every Monday with a host of inspirational bloggers taking part every week.   So onto the questions.
1. What am I working on?
I have not long finished some wedding stationery which seemed to take forever but now it's just really my DT cards at the moment....however I am intending making one of those big advent calendars....been putting that off for a few years now!
2.How does my work differ from others in my genre?
I'm not sure if I am that different, I do like to try new things from time to time and when i do have time to try something new however I think you will all agree....I do love my doodles!!

3. Why do I write/create what I do?
I love cardmaking and crafting...think I would be having withdrawal symptoms if I didn't!


4. How does your writing/creative process work? I normally find the image that fits the theme of the card I am making, whether that's a just because card or one for one of my DT's.  I then find the papers that I think would work well with the image and then finally I colour the image to match the papers.  I definitely think it's best to colour your image to match the papers....that way you're not stuck choosing papers.
Now onto the 3 Wonderful Bloggers I picked to carry the baton next week.

Lis

Lis is one of my blogging friends and we have worked together in the past on a couple of DT's.....and has roped me into buying and using spectrum noirs...her cards are gorgeous and colourful!

Janine

Janine is another blogging budy, we are on a couple of DT's together.  Janine makes fabulous card and she's fab on a PC...she's amazing!! She's great to bounce ideas off too!!
Tracey Tracey is another blogging buddy and is a star over at Sweet Stampin as she helps Abi and I out with the winners posts.  We joined the Sweet Stampin team at the same time....gosh it seems only yesterday but it's been a couple of years now! 
So that's my contribution to the Creative Blog Hop and it's now down to these ladies next week! 
Thanks for stopping by.
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Festival Lily...

A quickie tonight whilst I'm watching the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games...yahoo!!

So there's a wee colouring competition over on Facebook on the Kit and Clowder page so I thought I would give it a bash.

The image is the freebie over on Facebook which I have coloured with spectrum noirs, the papers are MME - Hattie which I layered onto back card....and believe it or not there's no doodling but there is stitching.  I have also added lace and ribbon, the flowers are various die cut flowers.....oh and those teeny butterflies are just fab!! I added some glitter, pearls and gems to finish.

challenges:

ABC Challenge - P is for pearls

Stamping Sensations - summer blooms

Totally Gorjuss - butterflies

Bunny Zoe - bingo (flowers, lace, sentiment)

Fi

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A little elf made magic...

Hopefully when this post schedules it will still be lovely and sunny...

So here's my card for The Sugar Nellie blog and also my Christmas at Sweet Stampin card...two in one!!

So for my card above I have used papers from Bo Bunny Snowfall collection, I layered the papers onto kraft card and doodled, the stamp is Elf Made Magic from Sugar Nellie....which is available here!  I coloured this little fairy with spectrum noirs...I punched the snowflakes with a couple of different MS punches and then I glittered them up and stuck some pearls to the centres.  I added a lovely bow with a rolled flower and charm....hope you likey!!

Fi
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A day at the beach...

Howdy folks and welcome to my scheduled post...yep...working!!

Well hasn't the weather been glorious this week...I bet it's pouring down at the weekend when I'm off, that will just be typical!!

So this weeks theme over at Papertake Weekly is "Holidays", that means something that reminds you of the holidays, so that can be travel, beach or sea....so I have gone for the beach...if I am on holiday then this is what I would be doing...bliss!!

For my card I have used Little Umbrella which I coloured with my spectrum noirs, the papers are Echo Park - A Perfect Summer which I layered onto bazzill card and doodled around.  The scallops I made using my die-namics wonky scallop die, I added a piece of lace...although you can only see a teeny weeny bit. I made the sun using my sizzlits daisy die(snipped the ends off). I also chalked some clouds in the background...just very faintly, it is a sunny day after all!! I added a sentiment and some gems to finish.

challenges:
Creative Card Crew - sea/beach
Bearly Mine - lets go digital

Dies R Us - a day at the beach
My Mum's Craft Shop - summer or bright colours

Fi

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Buttons for Brains Dt card

Hey folks...just popping by with my DT card, for Buttons for Brains...

So the papers are all from the Doodlebug Kraft in Colour collection...they are really pretty and I have gone for just the purples on this one, the image is from Wild Rose Studio.  I layered the papers onto bazzill card and did my usual...doodling!!  The flowers are various in lilacy colours which were in my stash.  The button is also from my stash but you can also buy the twine from the Buttons for Brains store.

Fi

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Fairy Birthday...

Good morning Sugar fans and my Wednesday post over on the Sugar Nellie blog!

Hopefully when this post schedules it will still be lovely and sunny...so aren't enjoying all these fab new stamps, hey are so cute and available at Funky Kits.

So for my card I have used papers from Pink Paislee Switchboard....oh how fabby these papers are!! I layered them onto bazzill card. The stamp is called Fairy Birthday from Scrapberry at Funky Kits....and I coloured her with spectrum noirs, and then shaded with polychromos. The flower has been cut with my die-namics blueprints dies....finished with a couple of gems in the cofrners.

Pop back tomorrow for another wee SN post!!

Fi
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Papertake Weekly...

It's Tuesday so that means it's time for my next GDT card for Papertake Weekly Challenge...yay!! It only seems like yesterday that I posted last weeks...lol!!

So I was actually very organised in making this card as my friend asked me if I could make a card for her neighbour...and i had plenty notice so I made this a couple of weeks ago but with todays theme in mind!

So this weeks theme is "buttons, bows and bling"....so I have the bling(loook closely) and I have the bow.  Now you can add all 3 or go for just one.

I have used papers from MME - Oxford Lane which I layered onto bazzill card...oh yes and doodled aroiund the edges...I added a piece of lace which I thought was just the perfect colour to tone in with the papers.  The flowers are a mix...I made a few of them with my die-namics dies and the others are from The Ribbon Girl. The bow and the wording is also die cut...cute...aren't they?

Finally, the image is Opal from Stamping Bella which I coloured with spectrum noirs...and I added some stickles to bling it up a bit....hope you likey!!

challenges:
Bunny Zoe - bingo (flowers, lace, sentiment

Fi

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A little bit of gorjuss...

Good morning sugar fans, I'm here with my scheduled Wednesday post!!

So this morning I thought I would give some gorjussness....although there's lots of new rubber out, we still need to remember those old stamps too, we can't forget about them now can we??

This stamp is Flower Girl which is one of my very first and favourite Sugar Nellie stamps from the Gorjuss collection at Funky Kits.  

I coloured this little cutie with spectrum noirs, (Lis's fault) the papers are from My Mind's Eye - Oxford Lane, which I forgot I had. I used my spellbinders curved borders die to make the scalloped edging (hmmm..Lis's fault)....oh that was tricky and as if I have all the time in the world just now, there is a knack to it but I got there in the end.  I layered my gorjuss girl onto a die cut circle and I free cut the scalloped circle to layer the image onto. I finished with some teeny weeny butterflies....hope you likey?

Pop back tomorrow for another wee SN post!!

Fi
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Papertake Weekly GDT card

Hey folks....just home from work and noticed my scheduled post hasn't posted...grrrrr!!

Here today's card for Papertake Weekly and this weeks theme is stars and stripes.

Now I was a bit under the weather when I was making this so I am not entirely happy with it however I think it would do for a bloke!!

I embossed a white panel with stars and die cut some stars too.  The paper was in my stash...not sure what make it is though!!

Pop over and check out the rest of the teams fab cards!!

Fi

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Buttons for Brains DT card

Howdy folks, just a quickie tonight as haven't been feeling well most of the weekend....but I do feel better tonight.

I'm sharing with you my card for Buttons for Brains.

So the papers are all from the Wild Rose Studio collection...they are really pretty IRL, the image is also from Wild Rose Studio.  I layered the papers onto bazzill card and did my usual...doodling!!  Tha flower has been cut with one of the die-namics blueprints...think it has to be one of my favourite dies but you probably know that already...lol!!

Fi

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End of summer...

A wee from me tonight....not sure about the colour, might need to re take the photo tomorrow.

The image is from Mo Manning which  coloured with spectrum noirs....which I am getting more used to.  The papers are MME My Girl, layered onto bazzill card....and doodled!!  The sunflower is a die-namics die...I added some extra shading to one of the layers,  The sun is also a flower die but I snipped the ends of to make it look more like a sun.  Those tiny butterflies are cut from a memory box die and glittered up with some stickles....hope you likey.

challenges:

Mo's Digital Pencil - it's a girl's world

Spectrum Noirs - summer
Crafty Little Fairies - summer fun

Fi

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A little creativeness...

Good morning blogging buddies and my Sugar Nellie post.

Now this stamp is one of the fabby new stamps from the Scrapberry's range at Funky Kits...she's called Creativeness and is really, really pretty!!

I couldn't decode which stamp to use and then I discoverd these papers in my stash and well the rest is hostory....lol!!

So I couloured the stamp with spectrum noirs and did a spot of shading with polychromos.  The papers are MME Lost and Found (I think) which I layered onto bazzill card.  I added some pearls to the corners as I thought it needed something in the corners.  The flower and ribbon are just perfect summery colours so thought they went quite well too...oh and did you spot that tiny guitar charm...now how cute is that??

Pop back tomorrow for another wee SN post!!

Fi

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Papertake Weekly GDT card

It's Tuesday so that means it's time for my next GDT card for Papertake Weekly Challenge...yay!! It only seems like yesterday that I posted last weeks...lol!!

This weeks challenge is "anything goes"...can't be any easier now can it??

For my card I have used papers from Echo Park - Tis the Season which I layered onto bazzill card.  The stamp is Mr Snowman from LOTV which I coloured with spectrum noirs....the message is also from LOTV.  I added a couple of punched snowflakes which I glittered up, then added pearl to the centres and finished with those litte gems....I also followed one of the sketches over at LOTV.

                                                       challenges:

                              LOTV - it takes 2 (image and sentiment)

Fi

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