AUSSIE TILDA WITH HER KOALA

Afternoon All

Apologies for being a bit late posting today ... the ironing was calling me and unfortunately I had to answer! But all done now so I can relax for the rest of the day :)

Today sees the start of our first challenge of 2012 at TOTALLY TILDA and we are sponsored by Bron from

CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT HER SHOP

Bron is offering this limited edition Tilda with her Koala as a prize which is only available from Shopbron

So ... as you can imagine .... our theme this time is ....

TILDA WITH NON DOMESTICATED ANIMAL

No cats, dogs or rabbits we want to see wild animals with your Tildas :)

Check out my teamies and what they have done with this fab Tilda

Here's mine ......

She is such a cutie don't ya think???? I coloured her with Copics and mounted her with nesties, the rosette is a Magnolia stamp too and I've added one of my sentiment stamps to the inside .... My stamps are reduced at the moment to  £3.99 - check them out HERE.  The butterflies are both Martha Stewart punches and the charm is from EWE 2 CAN CRAFT

Hope you like my little Aussie Tilda and thanks for stopping by

I would like to enter

PAPERTAKE WEEKLY - DIE CUTE SPECIAL

FLUTTERBY WEDNESDAYS - BRIGHT COLOURS

Catch up with you all soon

THREE LITTLE CUTIE PIES

Afternoon All!!

Well I've finally recovered from my day at Ally Pally yesterday :) had a fab day with Wendy Woo!!! and it was so good to meet up with Vicky and it was great to see Sarah again :)

Got lots of new bits and bobs as well ...

Lili of the Valley stamps, stencils, new Sizzix dies, tag stamps, some great 12x12 papers yummy oh and some more copic colours too!!!

Anyway ... here is another Lili of the Valley Christmas card .. these little cuties may have made their way home with me yesterday he he he... thank you Wendy!!!

These beauties are called ALL IN A ROW and I've coloured them with copics, the papers are from a free My Minds Eye paper pad that came with this month's Cardmaking and Papercraft and I've embellished with PEARL GEMS, SEAM BINDING and flowers cut with a Nellie Snellen flower punch/emboss SMALL POINSETTIA .  The sentiment is one of mine from a clear stamp set MINI MUST HAVES - CHRISTMAS

I would like to enter these little cuties in

THE CUTIE PIE CHALLENGE - SKETCH

Here's Woo's fab sketch

I've just turned it around to the right :)

Hope you likey and I'll catch up with you all soon

GET WELL SOON

Afternoon blogland

So sorry I'm late in posting my DT card today ... got caught up with orders and didn't realise the time - anyway enough of the excuses LOL .... today sees the start of a new challenge at DIE CUT DREAMS where this time we want to see  .....

RED WHITE and BLUE

Pop on over and check out the DT cards .. they are fab!!!!!

Here's mine .....

This was actually a card I made for a class I did a while back "Easels Galore" - I had wanted to try this double easel for ages and was really pleased with the results - my ladies enjoyed it too :)

These are both Whiff of Joy stamps Dr Oakley and Little Nurse and I've coloured them with Promarkers, the papers are from Craft Creations, the ribbon is my new love "Retrostitch" and the sentiments are from my own clear stamp design range "Squares with Wording"

All of which are available at my webshop CRAFTS 4 YOU

Hope you likey and thanks for stopping by :)

Catch up with you soon

TILDA IS WITH HER PET .... AWH!!!

Morning All

Hope you are all having a great weekend - I intend to spend today doing some catching up on DT cards - have been so busy lately with the website that I haven't just had a "play" for a while - so Sunday lunch and crafting ... seems like the perfect day to me!!

So ... another challenge begins today over at TOTALLY TILDA where this time the theme is :

TILDA WITH HER PET - we want to see Tilda with her pet CAT or DOG

just check out the other girl's creations for inspiration they are fab!!!

I know you are all gonna laugh at me ... but whenever there is a birthday in our house - our Westie Skye always sends a card - yes I know I'm mad but I'm sure there are quite a few of you out there in blogland that do the same LOL!!!

I made this card for our daughter who was 21 a few weeks back :)

I just love this image of Tilda cuddling her doggie - I've sat her on the watering can and coloured her with copics.  You may be surprised ... NOT ... when I tell you that most of the bits and pieces I've used can found found at my online shop CRAFTS 4 YOU LOL!! It's just so tempting when the goodies arrive for me to squirrel some of them away and use them he he :)

Here's what I've used ....

CARD CANDY

PRIMA DP - FAIRY FLORA

SENTIMENTS 4 YOU CLEAR STAMP SET - OVALS WITH WORDING

I would like to enter ...

JUST MAGNOLIA/HANGLAR STANGLAR  - ANYTHING GOES

SWEET STAMPIN - CHILDHOOD MEMORIES (remembering when my 21 year old was my little girl)

Have a great day whatever you are doing and catch up with you soon :)

HERE COME THE BOYS!!!!

Good Morning All

and what a beautiful morning is it here in Sunny Essex :) hope you all enjoy your Bank Holiday whatever you are doing

Well... how exciting .... today sees the launch of HERE COME THE BOYS challenge blog - I'm so excited to be a part of it!!! Sharon and Wendy asked me to be on their DT and it didn't take long for me to say yes LOL!! Blogland needs a good "Boys" challenge and here it is ... so I hope you will join us

We are sponsored this first time around by SHARON from her fabulous shop EWE 2 CAN CRAFT

and ... I can tell you there are some fabulous themes coming up!!

the first theme is:

ANYTHING GOES!!

Nice and easy huh? Pop on over and check out the DT cards they are brilliant

Here's mine .....

This little cutie is from Nellies Choice and is called BRAVE CAPTAIN and I've coloured him with copics.  I've cut the "coins" out of some Pirate DP I had, the charm is from EWE 2 CAN CRAFT,

The sentiment is one of mine and is from my new range of clear stamps that consist of 4 blank shapes with approx 10 sentiments that fit inside

 this one is the "Ticket" set and can be found at my shop CRAFTS 4 YOU - when stamped out it fits perfectly inside the EK Success Tickets punch (which are on order and should be in store soon)

Well .. I hope you likey and I will be back later with a reminder for Totally Tilda

so ... have a good day until later

LET'S PAPER PIECE TILDA

Morning All

I have to say that I'm a little bit bleary eyed this morning .. hence the later than normal post!!

We celebrated our daughter's 21st birthday with a party last night and all I can say is that those cocktails were lovely .... but lethal!!!! You really don't want to see the pictures LOL!!!!

Anyway .... I survived and I'm here with the latest TOTALLY TILDA challenge

this time the theme is

PAPER PIECING

Pop on over and check out the DT cards .. they are fab!!

Here's mine

I am proud to be sponsoring this challenge this time around and all the DT used my CIRCLE DEFINITIONS set - these are available as either digi downloads or a clear stamp set

you can find them either at

SENTIMENTS 4 YOU

OR MY ONLINE SHOP

CRAFTS 4 YOU

I decided to give my Tilda a gingham dress and bow, cute or what?? and have used a variety of nestabilities, the "leaf" shape is part of a set called FOLIAGE and you can find that, along with others, at CRAFTS 4 YOU

Oh well, off to cook Easter Sunday lunch - hope you all have a great rest of your weekend whatever you are doing

Catch up with you all soon

STILL A WEEK TO GO AT TOTALLY TILDA!!

Morning All

This will be a short post this morning .... busy recovering from last night!!! scroll down for a pic of the happy couple!!! - Had a fab time - now the clearing up and pressie opening!!!!

But ... before I do all that I need to let you know that you still have a week to enter the CHIPBOARD CHALLENGE at TOTALLY TILDA

Here's my second chipboard card :)

I've coloured my Tilda with copics and cut her out with nesties - the chipboard flowers are cuttlebug dies cut first with chipboard and then again with patterned paper and stuck together, the sentiment is one of mine and can be found at SENTIMENTS 4 YOU as part of a set of 6 as either a clear stamp set or digi downloads

Hope you likey - off now to clear up!!!

BEFORE WE LEFT

AND .. THE HAPPY COUPLE!!

Catch up with you all soon :)

SKETCH IT WITH LAVENDER & LACE

Good Morning All!!

Well... what a busy day this is going to be for me!!! Our daughter is getting engaged today and we are having a party tonight and guess who's doing the food!!! Should be a good night though - I might even put some pics up tomorrow if they are not too bad LOL!!

Anyway ... back to business another challenge starts today over at DCD CHRISTMAS CLUB and this time we want you to follow one of Karen's great sketches

We also want it to be in Lavender with some Lace :)

Pop on over and check out the DT cards - so much inspiration to be had!!!

And this time the prize is a GDT spot when Karen next hosts her Special Sketch Spot - how cool is that!!!!

Here's mine

this little cutie is a from a Penny Black T for Transparent set Xmas Snapshots - coloured with copics, the DP is from a Cosmo Cricket paper stack Mitten Weather, the snowflake is a Martha Stewart punch and the sentiment is one of mine which is part of a set of 6 which can be found at SENTIMENTS 4 YOU as either a clear stamp set or as digi downloads :)

Hope you likey!!!

I'm now off to start cooking LOL!!!!

Catch up with you tomorrow for a Tilda reminder ... if I'm not hungover LOL!!!

BOYS AND GIRLS COME OUT TO PLAY!!

Morning All!!!

Can't quite believe it's been another two weeks since our challenge over at DO IT WITH DIGIS and it's now time for another!!! I also can't quite believe that we are now on Challenge 6!!! How time flies :)

Anyway this time we are after CHILDREN THEMED CARDS and we are sponsored by HEATHER ELLIS - her images are so cute and all my DT got to play with them this time - Thanks Heather!!! Go check out the DT cards ... they are FAB!!!!!

Here's mine :)

This little cutie is called Pure Innocence 007, I've coloured with copics and used a stitching template to prick the holes along each edge of the paper and then simply "joined the dots" with a permanent pen.  I've embellished with card candy from Craftwork Cards.  The sentiment is one of mine and can be found at SENTIMENTS 4 YOU as part of a set of 6 in either digi format or as one of my new clear stamp sets :)

Hope you likey :)

I'm off out today for another crafting session with the girlies!!!

So I'll catch up with you all soon