Steve The Unicorn

Good morning fellow crafters, I hope you are all well. I'm feeling really good at the moment after a week off work just crafting & relaxing. I've loved it, shame its back to work on Tuesday tho!

Anyhoos, I'm here to share my latest 'Creations In Pink' design team make with you. 

We are sponsored by Sheepski make sure you pop over & check out what prize you could win!!

I decided to use one of my daughter's new images. For those of you who have asked about buying them....she is in the process of sorting out a blog etc to sell them from. So as soon as its all up & running I will let you know. Thanks xx

This little cutie is called Steve lol!!

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Steve the Unicorn' by Danni

Promarkers/Flexmarkers in black

Faber-Castell Pencils in brown

Tim Holtz Distress Oxides in red

Tim Holtz Distress Inks in pink

Steve- tea green, light phthalo green & cobalt green

Eye- cobalt blue

Mane & tail- fresh bloom, light purple pink & fuchsia

Clouds- spun sugar

Mountains- milled lavender

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

'turquoise' card from the A4 stack by Lime Tree Crafts

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Diamond Press by Crafters Companion

'fairy tale' die cut from the mini Fantasy collection by Cut & Make

'corner rounder' large punch by X-cut

'6" square scalloped edge white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & check out the fab 'pink' creations the DT have made to help inspire you 

I will be back on the 20th, until then take care xx

So Excited!!!

I am so excited today, firstly my job is fabulous & I'm loving it. Hard work, but hey I love it!! The boss is great & we always have a giggle no matter how busy we are....its awesome!!!

My other, exciting news is....my baby girl Danni (who's just graduated from SWU) has decided to draw her own digi images....so here I am with her first. I am so proud 😁

This creation has been made for 'Creations In Pink' I hope you like my baby's image. I will be sorting out a selling page for her, when she has a few more digi images sorted xx

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Through The Craftroom Door- ATG

{PIN}spirational- inspirational photo 

Crafting Happiness- pink

Crafty Catz- ATG

Classic Design DT- ATG

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Puppy Ride' by Didge

Faber-Castell Polychromo Pencils in brown

Wheels- cold grey III

Saddle- phthalo blue & helio blue reddish

Tyres- black & warm grey VI

Bike frame- light magenta, middle purple pink & warm grey VI

Basket- helio blue reddish, phthalo blue & middle phthalo blue

Puppy collar- middle purple pink

Puppy-burnt umber & brown ochre

Hat- bistre, brown ochre & light yellow ochre

Peddle & bell- silver

Ground- black, warm grey V & cold grey III

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Secret Garden' by First Edition

'pink & blue' card from the 12 x 12 coloured stack by Papermania

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Diamond Press by Crafters Companion

'corner notch' punch by Woodware

'Enjoy The Ride' by Apple Blossom

'5" square white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today please pop over & check out the fabulous creations my fellow DT members have made here.

I will be back on the 20th, until then take care xx

Cutie Lara!

This week over at Craft Your Passion we want to see your creations 

'JUST FOR YOU'

We have Mami Doodles sponsoring us (check main blog for deets) & believe me they have some really cute images! I just wanted to say thank you to them for giving us a few images to play with!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Quirky Crafts - no DP
Crazy 4 Challenges- summer theme
One Stop Craft- summertime
Card Makin Mamas- summertime

Goodies I Have Used

Image- Lara with Roses by Mami Doodles

Fence & sun from the Barbecue set from Digital Delights

5" square card blank

Promarkers from Crafty Emma's Store

Skin- blush, sunkissed pink & coral

Hair- raw sienna, mustard & primrose

T-shirt & leggings- cerise & carmine

Top & shoes- lavender, lilac & amethyst

Flowers- arctic blue, sky blue, bright green & forest green

Fence- warm grey 3 (fine nib)

Grass- bright green & forest green (fine nib)

Cloud is one draawn by Didge (you can buy it here), I distressed

 over it with Tim Holtz (tumbled glass)

Grass is distressed with Tim Holtz (shabby shutters)

Grass blades have been done wit forest green using a fine nib

Sentiment is off Woodland Deer set by Dawn Bibby

Thank you for stopping by today please pop over to the main blog to see what my teamies have been upto this week!

Hugs xx

Crafting With My Baby!

Well ok she's not, she's 14 now but she will always be my baby, the same as KT who is now 13 she will always be mommy's little girl!!!

Well this weeks challenge over at Crafty Sentiments is a fab one & gave me the chance to sit & chat with Didge for a while...usually she's out with her mates or drawing, listening to music in her room!!

CRAFT WITH A CHILD!

Our sponsor this week is Gingerloft

Right first I'm going to show you the fab card our Didge made! She is taking Art GCSE & this is a new technique they have been doing....I think it looks fab (ok I'm bias but it does!!)

Challenges Didge Would Like To Enter

Sweet Stop Sketches- sketch

Crafty Emma's - Woodland Creatures

Goodies Didge Used

Image- Valentines bear by Crafty Sentiments

Pencils

5" square card blank

Papers & Embellishments Didge Used

DP & sentiment- Pretty Please Spring Papers by MME

Moms stash blue card & ribbon

Right onto my card!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Tuesday Trio- sketch

Goodies I Have Used

Image- Tuti Fruti Bunny by Crafty Sentiments

6" square petal point card blank

Promarkers from Crafty Emma's Store

Tuti Fruti - warm grey 2, 3, 4 & 5

Tree- tan, caramel, cocoa, pear green, moss, red & ruby

Papers & Embellishments

DP- (striped) Pompeii Theater by Dream Street Papers

DP- (flowery) Pompeii Campagna by Dream Street Papers

Colour distressing- Tim Holtz (tumbled glass)

My stash- blue card

Flourishes cut on my Slice - Think Pink sd card

Punch Pyramids by ?

Flower- fold it swirl punch Iris flower

Dew drop (clear) from Crafty Emma's Store

Please don't forget to pop by the main blog & see what fab creations my teamies have come up with!!

hugs xx

It's Magical!!

This week over at Craft Your Passion we have my baby Didge sponsoring us! I am so proud of her she is taking her GCSE's 2 years early & seems to be doing really well at school...when we went to her (well both of the girls) parents evenings their French teacher was absolutley amazed at them both & said that she wouldn't have a problem putting KT through for her GCSE now! Which would be 3 years early!!! The reason she was amazed is they have only been doing French since September!!! Their old school did German!!! So me & Nige are really proud!!!

Anyhoos enough with my ramblings on with this weeks challenge! Its a fab one this week!

IT'S MAGICAL

fairies, dragons princessess anything like that!!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Willow Sketchie- (fab!) Sketch

Goodies I Have Used

Image- Hatched Dragon by Didge

Promarkers from Crafty Emma's Store

Dragon- lavender, lilac, amethyst, lemon, canary & soft lime

Eggy- satin, pastel beige & khaki

Papers & Embellishments

DP- Back 2 Basics by Dovecraft from Crafty Emma's Store

Yellow card by Papermania

Stitching done with my Sew Easy by We R Memory Keepers

Please pop by the main blog & take a look at what the DT did with Didge's images!!!

Hugs xx

Little Sheepie!

This is my second post for today please scroll down for my Crafty Sentiments DT card!

Today over at MAWTT we have a fab sponsor.....my baby girl Didge, who drew some images especially for the DT to use..thanks hunnie xx

The challenge this week is

NO DESIGN PAPERS

The winner will recieve the 3 digi images the DT have used!

Goodies I Have Used

Image- Little sheepie by Didge

Image- fence by Crafty Sentiments

Promarkers from Crafty Emma's store

Little sheepie- warm grey 1, 2, 3, pale pink & cool grey 1

Grass- grass & forest green

Fence- cocoa, henna & walnut

Flowers- fuchsia pink, yellow & grass

Heart- carnation pink & fuchsia pink

Papers & Embellishments

Grass distressed with Tim Holtz shabby shutters

Sky distressed with Tim Holtz tumbled glass

For the grass I used the negative after Nige cut me some grass pieces out

For the sky I used a scalloped nestie shape thanks Hazel xx

Thank you for stopping by today please pop over to the main blog to see what fab creations my teamies have made using these fab images (ok I am bias lol!!)

hugs xx

Didge's Birthday Card!

Well as some of you know Didge's birthday was last week, but I used this image from Bugaboo who is this weeks sponsor over at MAWTT....

Wow! look at the prize!!!!!

This week its my turn to pick the challenge, I decided on...

MORE THAN ONE FOLD (but not an easel)

So its time to get your thinking caps on!!!

I just loved this image as soon as I saw it, its soooooo our Didge....& as for the name NEMO on it...well she dresses kinda Emo-ish but not quite so shes nearly Emo so I decided to call her NEMO!!!!

For my card I used a teardrop template that Nige made me years & years ago & I had totally forgotten I had it, until he said about it!!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter
Creative Card Crew- for child (for our 14 yr old daughter)
Digital Tuesday- for the kids
The Crazy Challenge- sweet teens

Goodies I Used

Image- Skelekinz Present by Bugaboo

Promarkers from Crafty Emma's Store

Skin- ivory & blush

Hair- warm grey 4, 5 & black

Hair ribbon- plum

Dress- plum & aubergine

T-shirt- warm grey 3 & 5

Shoes- warm grey 4 & 5

Present- lilac & amethyst

Bow- ice grey 4 & 5

Skull- cool grey 1

Shadow- ice grey 1

Papers & Embellishments

DP- Heather stack by Papermania from Lou for Christmas thanks hun xx

Sentiment by Daisy & Dandelion

Dew drops (clear) from Crafty Emma's Store

My stash flower, card & black paper

NEMO cut on my Slice using Basic 2 sd card

Thanks for stopping by today, I really do appreciate your comments

hugs xx

Didge is sponsoring Sparkles!!!

This is my second post for today, please scroll down for my OSAAT card!

 This fortnights challenge at Sparkles....we wanna see your

SPRINGTIME

cards, also the winner will get 3 digis of their choice from my baby DIDGE

So come on join in she has got some super cute bunnies that some of the DT have used...

I decided to use her Grebes as they are one of my favourite birds & their mating ritual is out of this world...made me cry when I first saw it!!!!

Goodies I Used

Image- Grebes by Didge

Promarkers from Crafty Emma's Store

Grebe's- amber, cocoa, raw sienna, ivory, umber, cool grey 4 & 5

Water- buttercup & midnight blue

Moon- saffron & pastel yellow

Papers & Embellishments

DP- Exquisite stack by Papermania

Card candy- Dotty Coffee Bean from Crafty Emma's Store

Sentiment my stash

Thanks for stopping by can't wait to see your Springtime creations

hugs xx

Anything Goes!!!

Katie had a fab birthday yesterday, thank you for all your cards, pressies & birthday wishes....

Still can't quite believe our baby is 13!!!

Anyhoos onto this week challenge at Craft Your Passion

ANYTHING GOES

you can't get any easier that that can ya!!!

We have some fab sponsors, for all the deets on them pop over to the main blog!!

One sponsor I do know is our eldest (who is 14 next month arghhh!! lol) Didge!!

I got to use one of her fab images this week!! One that she drew especially for me!! lol

Goodies I Used

Image- Moms Cupcake from Didge's Doodles

IQ paper from Staples

Promarkers from Crafty Emma's Store

Cupcake case- vanilla & pastel yellow

Icing- pale pink & blossom

Hearts- red

Cherry- berry & walnut

100's & 1000's- sky blue, canary, hot pink & violet

Papers & Embellishments

DP- I think Papermania

Pink card from Papermania

3mm & 4mm shiny silver pearls from Pizzazz Aplenty

My stash ribbon

Ribbon slider- from Crafty Emma's Store

Sentiment from Pollycraft

Glossy Accents

Thanks for stopping by today, can't wait to hop by & see your creations!!

hugs xx

Its Our Charlie Dawg!!!

Wow!! I can't believe this is the last challenge of 2010 at Crafty Emma's Store Challenge blog, I just wanted to say ladies I have had so much fun on the DT with you all! Emma you are a fab boss & Katiekat & I had a fab day out with you & Joanne at Harrogate...can't wait until March hehe!! I want to wish all the DT girls a very Merry Christmas & a very Happy New Year!!

This challenge will run until the 8th January, with a new challenge being posted on the 9th January...on to this challenge theme its a really easy one!

ANYTHING GOES!

And for this challenge we have a fab sponsor, my baby girl Didge who sells her images through the Stitchy Bear site!!

I chose to use Didge's digi image of our dawgy Charlie!

Challenges I Am Entering

Sweet Sketch Wednesday- sketch

Goodies I Used

Image- 'Charlie' by Didge

IQ paper from Staples

Promarkers

Charlie- terracotta & cocoa

Nose- ice grey 4 & 5

Eyes- powder blue

Around charlie- warm grey 1

Papers & Embellishments

DP- brown checked by Wild Rose Studio 'For Men' stack from Crafty Emma's Store

My stash- brown card, dog saying paper & ribbon

Buttons by MME from Crafty Emma's Store

Flower by Prima from Crafty Emma's Store

Dew drops (clear) from Crafty Emma's Store

Glossy Accents on Charlie's nose & eyes

Thanks for stopping by, please pop over to the main blog to take a look at what the other DT girls did with Didge's image's...& don't forget you have until 8th January to enter!!

Lotsa Spots!!!!!

Morning all, its blinkin snowed again here not much thankfully but now its raining & the temperature is gonna drop again, so then its gonna freeze!! Oh I seriously have had enough now...I have been out of the house once since it started & that was last night!! Need to get out & take my dawgy for a walk....

Anyways onto my DT card for MAWTT today, I am going to ask you all a great big favour...If you get chance to join in this week I would be sooooo greatful...

I am soooooooooooo excited this week to introduce our new sponsor...our 13 yr old Didge! Who you all know draws digi images & sells them

through Stitchy Bear Stores! The winner will recieve 3 digi's of their choice from Didge's Doodles.

DIDGE'S DOODLES

"Hi everyone I am Didge, I am 13 years old & I love to draw. I have recently started to sell my digi images at Stitchy Bears Store. My mom started me off with the digi images. I sit drawing at night & one day when I came home from school my mom had turned one of my dragon drawings into a card for me. My mom then showed it to Stitchy who asked if I would like to draw & sell them in her shop.

Cuddles Didge xx"

This weeks challenge is

LOTS OF SPOTS!

Well on with my DT card...I used Didge's Prancer image!

Just love his big eyes such a cutie!!

Challenges I Am Entering

Ooh LA La- Christmas song (Rudolf the red nose reindeer!)

My Time To Craft- Reindeer

Paper Cutz- 2 different DP's

Wee Memories- Christmas songs (Rudolf the red nose reindeer!)

Goodies I Used

Image- Prancer from Didge's Doodles

IQ paper

Promarkers

Prancer- cinnamon, cocoa & sandstone

Antlers- henna & walnut

Nose- red

Eyes- powder blue

Ears- cinnamon, cocoa, blossom & rose pink

Papers & Embellishments

DP- both are Kaisercraft Christmas Carnival from Simply Cards & Papercraft

My stash- ribbon & sentiment

Ribbon slider from Crafty Emma's Store

Moss green card from Papermania

Dew drops (blue) from Crafty Emma's Store

Glossy Accents (nose & eyes)

Flower by Prima from Crafty Emma's Store

Paper distressing my thread cutter

Please pop over to the main blog & see what the other DT girlies have made using Didge's images..thank you hugs xx

My Baby Is Sponsoring Us This Week

Well its a gorgeous sunny Bank Holiday Monday & I am sooooooooooo excited, over at The Crazy this week the challenge is 'Dragons & Monsters' & my baby Didge (13) is sponsoring us & is giving the winner 3 digi's of their choice.

Didge kindly gave the DT a few images to play with & I just loved

playing with my dragon he is so cute...

I just love this image & I am so proud of my little girl.

I thought I would add a bit of sparkle to his egg, to make it abit more girlie.. as I am giving the card to Didge today, to celebrate her first sponsorship...

Challenges I Am Entering

Cupcake Craft Challenges- Lets Go Digital

Just Add Ink- add material (ribbon counts)

Stuff I Used

Image- Didge's Doodles 'Hatching Dragon'

IQ paper

Promarkers

Egg shell- tea green &grey green

Dragon- cerise, carmine, orchid & amethyst

Claws- amethyst

Eyes- yellow

Turquoise paper & ribbon my stash

DP- My Minds Eye, Spring Papers, 'Pretty Please'

Dew drops & pins- Crafty Emmas Store

Cracks in egg- stickles & glamour dust

Onto my second DT card for this Bank Holiday Monday at Craft Your Passion were the challenge is 'pink & black' & I had so much fun making this card, I just love this cute little dawgy & its one of my favourite colour combos.

He is just one of the cutest dawgy's I have ever seen..other than my Charlie lol

Stuff I Used

Image Lauretta 'lovable dalmation'

IQ paper

Promarkers

Dog- ice grey 3 & 5

Hearts- cerise

Scarf- pink carnation & fuchsia pink

DP- docrafts ?

Ribbon, brad, pink & black papers my stash

Dew drops & pin- Crafty Emmas Store

Snetiment- Pollycraft stamp

Paw print tag- docrafts stamp

Inkssentials glossy accents on eye & nose

Thanks for stopping by & looking in on me...I am going to ask all my blogging friends to please try & enter the challenge over at The Crazy, as it is the first time Didge has sponsored a challenge & it would be great to see loads of support for her

Thank You all in advance...

Some other news to tell you. Not sure when yet, probably when the girlies have gone back to school I am going to do some Blog Candy as I have now got 100 followers, my blog was 2 last week & its mine & Nige's 12th wedding anniversary next week so I have lots to celebrate.....so keep popping back hugs xxx

My baby girls image....

Well I had to do it, didn't I...& this one I just love 'Pumpkin Girl' you can purchase her & some other fab images all with 23% off at the moment over at Didge's Doodles I know there aren't many images there at the moment but she is working as fast as she can to get new images up...

I just love the face on the pumpkin dress hehe!!

Challenges I Am Entering
Penny's Paper Craft- anything goes
Sentimental Sundays- anything goes

Stuff I Used

Image Didge's Doodles...Pumpkin Girl

IQ paper

Promarkers

Skin- ivory & dusky pink

Eyes- pastel blue

Pumpkin- pumpkin & mandarin

Stalk- pear green & moss

Socks- top- pumpkin & mandarin, bottom- pastel & denim blue

Hair- mustard & tan

Orange paper, buttons & string my stash

DP- HOTP 4 seasons

'trick or treat' cut on my slice words & expressions card

I have also set up a blog for KatieKat to show you her kards

Danni also has a blog where she is going to put cards that people make (when shes got permission) so you can see what can be done with her images & all new releases will be there.

thanks for stopping by hugs xx