Pretty little Sweet Blossom....

Hello all and here's another creation from me today...well seeing I'm on holiday from work!!  so for this card I have used papers from MME - Blush which I layered onto bazzill card and then distressed each of those layers. The flowers are MFT rolled roses, added a few pearls to the centres.  The corner die is from Memory Box...I have seen a few cards with these and they do look fab however I think I need to perfect the sprucing up of mine but for this one I have added little flower sequins.  I also have added a piece of white lace which i bought from funky Kits.  The stamp is Sweet Blossom which has been coloured with copics and shaded with polychromos.  I stamped the image and using an oval template cut around the florally part to make it look like Sweet Blossom was sitting on the bottom of the oval...I added tiny pearls to the image to finish off.

Bunny Zoe - pink, pearls and lace

Crafts and me - pearls and lace

Sunday Sketch & Stamp - sketch (flipped)

A Gem of a challenge - flowers

Anything Goes - make your own embellishments (flowers)

Bearly Mine - anything goes

Lollipop - birthday

The Crafty Pad - distress it

2 sisters - anything goes
Cupcake - 2's company
Crafters companion - birthdays

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My first little Geisha girl...

Hey folks...and here we have another that I rustled up this afternoon when I wasn't doing the housework as I wasn't feeling too well....well enough to make a card though...lol!!  I do feel fine now by the way!!

So the papers are from MME - Bluebell which are really scrummy, I have layered them onto bazzill card and distressed each of the layers, I added a piece of lace aswell although you can only see a small part of it.  The image is from LOTV which I coloured with copics and polychromos....to finish I added lots of pearls made with my ice white pearl pen.

2 Sisters - anything goes
Craftymess - anything goes

Sassy cheryl - happy birthday

Crafters Companion - birthdays
By the Cute and Girly - birthdays

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When you Wish upon a Star....

...makes no difference who you are, anything your heart desires, will come to you....yes we all know that song very well..don't we??

Since I tidied my my wee craft room last night, I came across some rubber that needed a bit of love and re-inking ( I don't want to talk about the ones that have gone walkabout) so here we have "Wish upon a Star" from Sugar Nellie. I coloured this little cutie with copics, the papers are from Bo Bunny(not sure of the name, it says back to basics on the thingy but not sure that is the correct name of this collection). I added some snowflakes punched with my MS snowflake punches...then added lots of glitter and pearls....hope you likey!!

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Creative Inspirations Paint - Christmas in July
Stamptacular - wings and bling
Color Me Creative - dark/navy
Divas by Design - Christmas in July
Little Red Wagon - Christmas in July
Whimsy Inspiration - monochromatic(mine is mainly blue but feel free to delete if it is not monochrome enough)
Crafty Sentiments - christmas in July
Hooked on Crafts - christmas in July
The Pink elephant - christmas in July
Crafters companion - Ho Ho Ho
Creatalicious challenges - Christmas in July


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My favourite....

Good morning folks....this will be short and sweet this morning as it's the Gala Day...woo hoo...so just getting ready. First I have to share Pippi with you...The challenge over at Sweet Stampin' this week is "your favourite stamp". What a hard decision this was as I have many stamps that I really love and I have a bestest favourite which is a Christmas one but I didn't feel like making a Christmas card so I decided to use Pippi Longsocks from Sugar Nellie...she is well up there in my top few!

I used papers from Papermania - Portobello Road and Making Memories, I stitched each of the layers and distressed the edges, the flowers and buttons are cut from MFT dies, I added a twine bows through the buttons, the flourish is cut from a do hickey die, the message is from LOTV and the stamp is Pippi from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics....went with the red, white and blue theme since it was the Jubilee next week.

Pop over to the Sweet Stampin Challenge blog...this week we are sponsored by Letraset, who are giving away a set of pens and we also have our monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen who is giving a £10 voucher.

Papertake Weekly - sketch
My Mums Craft Shop - red, white and blue
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Creative Craft Challenges - red, white and blue
Crafty Cardmakers - distress it
karen's doodles - stitch it up
Love to Create - add a sentiment
My Craft spot - buttons & bows
The Cutie Pie Challenge - dies/punches
One Stitch at a time - red, white and blue
Craft your Days Away - red, white and blue
By the Cute and girly - cute as a button
The Crafty Pad - colours of your flag( I went with the Union Jack rather than the St Andrews flag)
Crafty Catz - buttons &bows
Fussy and Fancy - swirls and flourishes
Hotshot Crafts - die cuts
Delightful Challenges - red, white and blue
Crafters Companion - time to embellish
Secret Crafter - anything goes
Divas by Design - anything goes
MAWTT - red, white and blue
Bunny Zoe - anything goes

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A wee cutie....

Howdy folks...when I saw this image over on Mo Manning's site, I just had to buy it. Not sure if it is a boy or a girl however it did remind me of my brother when he was little(almost 40 years ago)....so adorable!!

The image is called Chocolate Smile from Mo Manning which I coloured with copics, the sentiment is from LOTV. The papers are fromMME - On the Sunny side...yummmmmy. The buttons have been cut with my MFT button die....hope you like.

Bronte & Bella - anything goes with a Mo image
Simon Says - birthday
The Artistic Stamper - spots and stripes
Craft Your Days Away - just for children
C.R.A.F.T. Challenges - buttons
Whimsy Inspirations - spots and dots
Crafters companion - here comes summer
Papertake Weekly - cute, cute, cute


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Cute Little Anna....

Still playing so next up is this card....I think I quite like this one. It just reminds me of a nice sunshiney day...The stamp is called Cute Little Anna from Stampavie which I coloured with copics. The papers are Buttercup from Lilybeedesigns. I die cut those rolled flowers with various MFT dies and added tiny pearls to the centres, the flourish is also from MFT as is the buttons. I added some pins and pearls and ribbon, I was having withdrawal symptoms so I added some doodling too to finish off...hope you likey!!

Simon Says Stamp - birthday
Creative Card Crew - ribbon
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Craft Your Passion - lots of texture
Creative Inspirations - flowers
Paper Sundaes - ribbons and pearls
Moving along with the Times - summer sunshine
Crafty Catz - April showers bring may flowers
Ladybug - birthday
Crafting for all Seasons - handmade flowers
Crafters Companion - here comes summer
Love to Create - flowers and buttons
Paperplay - pins and pearls
Stampin for the Weekend - lots of layers
Truly madly Crafty - handmade flowers
Joanna Sheen - flower power



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Springtime.....

Good morning Saturday bloggers....yes scheduled but my last weekend of working!! I'm on holiday from Wednesday and then I start on my new Monday-Friday shift and in my new role as a Senior HR Co-ordinator and I have a wee fab team reporting to me!!

Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is "Anything goes"...how easy can that be!! We have our monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen...




and we have a new weekly sponsor A Day for Daisies...


I have used this cure little digi - Ducks in a Row from A Day for Daisies, I coloured the image with copics. The papers are Springtime from Echo Park which have been layered onto bazzill card. I cut a scalloped border with my SU scallop punch and added a matching ribbon, button and pearls....forgot...there's glitter in there too!!

Deconstructed sketches - sketch
Paper Sundaes - photo inspiration
Stamptacular - button
Crafts & Me - spring
My Mum's Craft Shop - use a digi
Pixie Cottage - spring
Joanna Sheen - spring
Sassy Cheryl - think spring
Crafters Companion - spring
Dream Valley - easter
Moving Along with the Times - spring
Paperplay - spring
Crafty Catz - spring is in the air
Fairy Fun Friday - spring fling
Hotshot Crafts - ribbon
Simply Create Too - spring
Sweet 'n' Sassy - spring
My Craft Spot - spring scallops


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aah...little chickie...

Good afternoon folks...I know it's unusual to see a post from me on a Sunday but I am holiday from work this weekend. I have been having a wee play with some of the goodies I bought at the SECC and I although I'm not really in to Easter cards, I just couldn't resist this little cutie...I think it's an adorable stamp...
..so the stamp is from LOTV and I coloured with copics and did a bit of shading with polychromos, the papers are Springtime from Echo Park. I layered each piece on to bazill card and stitched and distressed the edges, I even managed to stitch around the message. I am entering the following challenges...

Stamptacular - sketch
Joanna Sheen - spring is in the air
Crafters companion - spring
Crazy 4 challenges - spring
Crafty Calendar - spring
A Gem of a Challenge - perfect pastels
2 sisters - spring colours
Truly Madly Crafty - colour photo
Totally Stampalicious - spring
Deep Ocean Challenge - spring
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
My Mums Craft Shop - spring
Gingerloft - spring
That Craft Place - anything goes


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Back to work tomorrow....

Happy Sunday everybody...well I did intend to get more cards made this week whilst I have been on holiday but you know how it is when the schools are off....Holly had me traipsing all over and spending money. although she got bored and fed up once she had eveything she wanted!! Went shopping to Glasgow one day too....I thought it was bad enough shopping with Holly but my mother and Holly on the same day...love them both dearly but omg!! Holly likes to go to Primark, Repbulic, New Look and then you go to the other extreme...the Edinburgh Woollen Mill, which confused Holly as we were in Glasgow. What did I buy....roasting bags from Lakeland, that was me so I think a little bit of internet shopping may be in order later today.

So for my card I have followed the sketch over at A Gem of a challenge although I have tilted it round, I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Summers End, I have layered each of the papers onto bazill card and distressed the edges, the stamp is from Lili of the Valley which I have coloured with copics. I have cut out some felt flowers with my MFT flower trio die which has to be my most favourite die but then you may know that!! I added a ribbon and a bigger bow than I would normally use but I think it looks ok.

I hope to be back shortly with another creation.

A Gem of a Challenge - sketch
Allsorts - free & easy
CES - spots & dots
Crazy 4 challenges - spots & stripes
Crafts & Me - distressing
Cute Card Thursday - flower power
Crafty Catz - favourite things(flower die)
Craft us Crazy - favourite things(flower die)
Dutch Dare - distressing
Crafters Companion - anything goes
Totally Papercrafts - ribbons and bows
Sarah Hurley - die cuts
Paper Sundaes - birthdays


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I think it's time for Pippi to make an appearance....

Good morning bloggers, and it's a lovely day. So I have got some housework done, the washing is on with a batch ready to hang out, then I will sort lunch and dinner but first a wee post...when I saw the challenge over at I-copic was BG then I had to make a card...I think the blue/greens are my favourite copics.

For my card I have used papers from MME - Be Amazing and Fancy Pants - Summer's End. The stamp os of course Pippi Longsocks from sugar Nellie which has been coloured with copics, the BG colours I have used is BG09, BG72 and BG000, the flowers has been cut using my MFT flower trio die, I threaded some twine to the button and added a message a couple of pearls.

I-Copic - BG colours
CES - lots of layers
Allsorts - free and easy
Crafters Companion - anything goes
Divas by Design - wings & things
Cupcake Craft Challenge - entwined
Love to Create - buttons and bows


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Little birdie love....

Hi folks and my second post today!! I couldn't wait to ink up this little cutie but I had a bit of a bother getting her as she slipped out of her packaging and went AWOL in the post along with some buddies...all safe and sound now!!

I have made this card for Michael to give to his girlfriend on Valentines Day...I hope they both like it.

So for this card I used my brand new papers from Fancy Pants - Love Collection...delish!! The stamp is from Personal Impression and is called Bluebird's proposal although I have made it pink....mmm perhaps I should have made it blue for a boy, oh well never mind!! I coloured the stamp with copics. I added some pom pom ribbon, felt flowers and hearts which were die cut, oh and also a couple of buttons threaded with black twine....bought all these from Sew Sweet. I cut the message from the same papers and finished off with some pearls. Forgot about the stitching and I tried something a bit different to kind of match in so I made it look like a heart beat.....well it's supposed to!

Sweet Stamps - hearts
The Pink elephant - hearts
There's Magic in the Air - from the heart
Paper Sundaes - saturated colours(the image has 4 shades of red...hope that is saturated)
Crafters Companion - love is in the air
The Alphabet challenge - You choose
Crafty Catz- use something new(everything on the card is new)
Delicious doodles - something new
Simply Create Too - more than 2 layers
Paper Play - in stitches
My Mum's Craft Shop - girls
My time to Craft - hugs & kisses
Cupcake - something new
Crafty Calendar - news, news
Challenge up your life - bingo( ribbon, buttons, die cuts)
CMC Copic challenge - hot pink
Designed to Delight - include a heart
Papertake Weekly - Die cute


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Happy birthday Sophie...

Good afternoon New Year bloggers and her I am with my first posting of 2012. This card has taken me all day to make!!! The poapers I have used are from MME - Mischevious collection which have been layered onto kraft. The image is Pillow Talk from the simply Sassy range at Sugar Nellie. I coloured the hair and skin with copics and then paper pieced the rest with the matching papers. The flowers were cut using my MFT flower trio die, I added buttons an twin to the centres. I gave the whole card a doodled effect around the edges...quite like that look, I think it's cool and funky and goes well with this Sassy.

Hope Sophie likes this as it's her 18th tomorrow....

A Gem of a challenge - sketch
MFT - GDT competition
Daring Cardmakers - spots and stripes
Everybody Art - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
My Mums Craft Shop - anything goes
pixie dust Studio - numbers
Charisma - anything goes
Crafters companion - anything goes


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Let it Snow....

Good morning bloggers...well it's certainly not snowing here as yet although there is snow further north in Scotland but it is absolutely chucking it down. Last night I took Holly and her friend to the winter wonderland which opened and again it was pouring!! They loved it, there was ice skating, lots of snow and ice type rides and oh hot chocolate and of course the beautiful Christmas lights....twas lovely!! We will be going nearer Christmas again, probably when it is actually snowing but we will have a look around the German Market next time.

So before I get on with some chores i thought I would share my card with you..now I did colour this Santa in last week but didn't really have time to make him into a card so here we are!!

I have used scraps of paper I had in my stash from October Afternoon - Very Merry, the Santa is from Sugar Nellie and I coloured him with copics, I added some sparkle to his furry bits and the added a message and a glitzed up snowflake...hope you like!!

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Kaboodle doodles - baby it's cold
4 Crafty chicks - snowflakes
Charisma - snowflakes
Crimbo Crackers - Santa
Paper Craft Journey - anything goes
Crafters Companion - Let it snow
Creatalicious - Christmas with sparkle
Papertake weekly - Christmas crackers
Pollycraft - Christmas
TotallyPapercrafts - Christmas


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It's Bella...

Happy Friday....it's almost the weekend but I am working!! I haven't really done much blogging or crafting this week. We got bad news on Tuesday that my auntie who lives in Italy died. Some of the family are flying over but my dad can't go due to his health problems, he can't fly so it's kind of hit him a bit hard I think because he can't go and because he is 15 years older that my auntie...a bit of a nightmare waiting on information coming from Italy. Anyway ....I felt like a bit of crafting this afternoon and I thought since it is baltic outside, what better than a card with that frosty feel so here we have Snowboardabella, I think that's her name!! I have used Fancy pants - wintertime papers and I have coloured Bella with copics.


Stamptacular - sketch
Crafters Companion - let it snow
By the Cute & Girly - christmas girl
Creative Insipirations - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - christmas
ABC Christmas Challenge - W - winter sport
Delightful Challenges - snowflakes
Dutch Dare - punches/dies


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I love these little snow people!!

Good evening folks...well I was desperate to try colouring on kraft as so many of you use that technique and it looks amazing however I don't have the right tools so I have improvised...I have used cheapo waterpencils. The stamp is "Christmas Garland" from Sugar Nellie which you can buy here from Funky Kits. The papers are just so yummy...Fancy Pants - Hot Chocolate collection. I punched out a few snowklakes and glittered them up, added the ribbon and the stamped sentiment is from LOTV....oh and I added some white glitter to the snowman's hat but I think it would have looked better if I coloured underneath first...so hope you like it.

Crafty Ribbons - anything goes
Bunny Zoe - sketch
Crafters Companion - christmas wishes
Samuel Taylor - christmas card


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A Christmas Sassy...

Good evening folks and a quick post from me. Here is my next card for The Sugar Bowl challenge...not a Christmas stamp but it could be..what do you think?? The papers a mix from my stash, can't remember which brands they are but they are Christmas ones!! The image is "Little Light of Mine" from the Simply Sassy range of Sugar Nellie, which you can buy here from Funky Kits, I have coloured her with copics, added the snowflakes, glitter and wonky stitching.




Today is the anniversary of the death of my nephew who was tragically taken from us 6 years ago after being dropped off at school so as a special wee tribute to him I am going to offer 2 Sugar Nellie stamps to one lucky follower from the next release of stamps....so just leave a comment by Sunday 21st at 9pm on this post and I will choose a comment at random. You don't need to post this on your blog or sidebar.The only thing is you'll need to wait until the stamps are released but that's not long.

The Sugar Bowl - sketch
Crafters Companion - glitter
The Crafty Pad- cute & girly
Craft Us Crazy - anything goes
Fab 'n' funky - A stitch in time


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I'm back...

Hi folks...I'm back. I would just like to say a huge thanks for everyones lovely comments whilst Holly was in hospital, she was discharged late on Saturday afternoon and is on the mend.

So after last weeks events I missed my DT posts for the weekend so first of all the challenge this week over at Sweet Stampin' is "playing in the summer sun". I have used MME - Fly a Kite papers collection. The stamp is one of my favourite boy stamps from LOTV and I coloured him with copics. I added a couple of clouds which were cut using a MFT die-namics cloud die and I made the sun with a sizzix daisy and chopped off the ends of the petals, I added a little sizzix star.

The sponsor this week is Lili of the Valley who are offering one lucky winner...



We also have our monthly sponsor who is Prairie Fairie....

who are offering one lucky winner 5 digis from their online store.

Pop over and check out our new look blog and see what the rest of the DT have made...you could also win some candy if you some feedback with your thoughts on the new look!!

So the next DT post is missed was Paper Sundaes....the challenges this week over at Paper Sundaes is "let's get sentimental". I didn't have time to start a card for this so I don't have one to show you but pop over and check out the rest of the cards from the other sundae girls.

The sponsor this week is Whiff of Joy....

who are offering 2 beautiful stamps to one lucky winner.

Delicious Doodles - texture
Fairy Fun Friday - summer fun
Fussy & Fancy - card for a male
Inspire me Fridays - anything goes
LOTV - punch it up
Catch the Bug - anything goes
OSCC - anything goes
Sketch Saturday - sketch
Crafters Companion - here comes summer
Stamp & Create - summer


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Dig out the old...

Good morning everybody and my scheduled post...I hope whilst you are reading this that my office has warmed up and the drilling has stopped...it was freezing and noisy yesterday.

The challenge this week over at Dream Valley is "Dig out the old stash to use with your new stash". I have used fairly new papers from MME - Stella Rose collection. The image is of course from LOTV which I coloured with copics and I have had that for a wee while now, the ribbon is from The ribbon Girl and is brand spankin' new and the flower has been cut with a sizzlits daisy die...my very first sizzlits many moons ago. I added some zig zag stitching...not sure if it's a bit much but I am a roll with my sewing machine so lots of stitching.

The sponsor this week at Dream Valley is Digis with Attitude who are offering one lucky winner a $10 gift certificate to use in their store.

Pop over and see what the rest of the DT have created.

A Spoon full of Sugar - sketch
Papertake Weekly - punches/dies
Crafts & me - punches
Crafty Creations - anything goes
Divas by Design - anything goes
Delightful Sketches - flowers
LOTV - ribbons and bow
Corrosive Challenges - birthday
One Stitch at a Time - anything goes
Stamp something - anything goes
Dutch Dare - winged things
Kaboodle Doodles - lots of layers
Crafters Companion - girls birthday


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Paper Sundaes DT card

Good afternoon my sundae bloggers and my second post today...scheduled!! Today's challenge over at Paper Sundaes is "your favourite hair colour".

Our sponsor this week is Karen's Doodles....and they are offering one lucky winner 3 digis from their store.


I have used papers from MME - Stella Rose Hattie collection. The image is called Flower girl from the Gorjuss Girl range at Sugar Nellie and I have coloured her with copics...she is one of my favourite Gorjusss Girls....I think. I used E49,E47,E37, E57, E29, E35 and E53 for her hair. I also added some flowers cut using my MFT - flower trio die and some buttons. I have entered the challenges below.

The Sugar Bowl - sketch/buttons
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Paper Cutz - anything goes
MAWTT - anything goes
Crafts 4 Eternity - anything goes
By the Cute and girly - anything goes
Crafters Companion - girls birthday


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Hippie chickie...

Well...what a lovely day it has been...all my washing dried, just need to iron it....gggrrr!! I started colouring this image last night and finished it earlier today but what a nightmare photographing it...becuase it is dark, the photo colour wasn't right!! The papers are from MME - So Sophie collection, you can just about see the brown one does have spots, the image is Hippie chick from Simply Sassy at Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics, I added some stitching, gems and of course some flowers...I think flowers are perfect as they match the flowers in her hair....oh is anybody singing that song now??

I{heart}2 stamp - sketch
By the Cute and Girly - cute & girly
Crafters Companion - aqua and brown(I do have a touch of green too)
Inspire me Friday - anything goes
One Stitch at a time - make it sassy


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