Crafts & Me DT Card............

Good morning everyone how are you all doing? Well would you believe we have sunshine here this morning, we are being spoilt lol.
Well its time for Crafts & Me new challenge & this week its the 'Rockin' Rubbah Girlz' & this week our lovely sweet Amy has set the challenge.
We Are In Stitches
No we dont mean from running or laughing lol....... we mean the sewing kind or indeed the faux kind, fake or real we dont mind my sweeties.
We have the fabby Whiff Of Joy sponsoring us this week with a gorgeous rubber stamp on offer.
I have inked up another unopened neglected one & boy did I enjoy colouring this beauty in, here she is...

Yes another mermaid today lol.

Isn't she so beautiful...... This is 'Pearl Swirl Mermaid' by Jasmine Becket-Griffith which is exclusive to

Crafts & Me

This is 1 of the flowers I won from Magnolia they are lush & this one I sprayed with Pearl Glimmer Mist & then opened the flower up. Its hard to get a piccy of the full sparkle. It has been attached to a crochet flower handmade by moi. You can also see the tulle better that is under the lace.

I added 2 love hearts punched out using my MS Punch & inked the edges with Weathered Wood distress ink. Tag is Tim Holtz.

This beauty I painted with Distress Inks because I wanted a softer feel to her unforunately those eyes are lush & I thought they would love a bit of drama......so they are not so much soft but more dramatic!! Oh but doesnt she deserve them. I still need to practice my painting, its the skin I struggle with more than anything.

I also did the gems in her hair with a blue souffle pen & then added Ice stickles to them to give her some bling. Her tail & top also had a shimmer of glitter dust on her.

The paper I've used is 'Madeline' by Prima, mine is the A4 pad from Bunny Zoes's but you can only get it in 6x6 now, I love this pad its gorgeous. All the edges were inked with weathered wood & then distressed with my scissors. The scroll is a magnolia doo hickey. Card is from my stash including the ribbed kraft card which I love.

Well thats it from me please pop over to see my teamies stunning creations & I hope you will come along & join in the fun.......you will end up in stitches......lol.

Welcome to my new followers thank you so much for being here. I would also like to thank you all for your kind comments you really know how to cheer a gal up, crafters really are the most awesome people, mmwah.

Toodles my lovelies thank you for stopping by.

Hugs xoxoxoxo

Challenges I'm Entering.......

http://clpchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Sketch
http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Include Stitching
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Let It Shine
http://sewmanychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Punch It
http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/ - Pearls & Swirls (I have both & even the image is called pearly swirly lol)

The Little Mermaid

Good evening everyone I'm gonna start tonight by firstly saying sorry to everyone for not getting around to everyone's blogs. As well as the pups which in all honesty Fudge does most of the looking after lol but I've also been in extreme agony & I'm so sorry to moan about it yet again......I'm getting sick of my own voice actually!! The doc is rushing things to see me as they dont know what the pains are, they have looked at my CT scan & I dont have kidney stones it has showed up something near my bowel but they are not sure what. The doc is not sure if my kidney is diseased as he thinks urine could be going back into my kidney which is not good & cause a diseased kidney..........unfortunately I have to put up with the severe pain until they have found whats wrong. The weekend was really bad & by yesterday I could barely walk so I will try my best to catch up with you all.

Anyway I am filling in every Monday over on the Crafts & Me store til the digi DT are fully restored again so I've made meself make a card this evening. Its not turned out like I hoped but I didnt have time to do another one..........so I will show it you anyways..........

Today for my card I have used a digi image......I sooooo love digi's I really love the versatility of them.

I have used 'My Little Mermaid' by Sara Burrier made exclusively for Crafts & Me. I decided to do a step card this really are the easiest cards to make.

This is a fabulous image I've never coloured her before today, she is sooooo easy to colour. I coloured her hair with copic warm greys as they have a tinge of brown in them & her tail I coloured with cool greys & added glitter to her..........thought she deserved a bit of bling.....

The die-cuts I've tried to mimic seaweed. The blank space in the middle fold is to put a sentiment once I know what this card will be used for.

Everything except the green die-cuts is from my stash what I've found in my hobbit today lol.

I've used only 1 bit of DP which is what the image is on its actually a sea one from Raspberry Road.....I am so in love with that store & I cant keep away now lol. I have used dark blue & royal blue card from my stash & the waves I have used a die cut which I cant remember the name of sorry. The green die-cuts I wanted to sort of mimic seaweed.....they are actually Magnolia doo-hickeys......I got my surprise prize today from TOMIC........oh my word I have NEVER EVER seen anything like it.....EVER...I cant believe how lucky I am to recieve all of this.......including the die-cut I've used on this card today.

Here is a pic of what mr postie brought me this morning.........

Excuse the background I took the photo on my bed this morning lol.

I know some of you dont like magnolia which is fair enough we all have different tastes.......be pretty boring world if we didnt.......however I love them & they are certainly generous it felt like crimbo today & altho I have said a huge thank you it just doesnt seem enough for all of this.......so I'm am doing something to say thank you to them but cant tell you what yet......its a secret lol.

Well I' sorry for the very long post my lovelies. Thank you sooooo much for all your lovely comments they mean soooo soooooooo much they really do.

Toodles for now mmwah

xxxx

YAAAYYYYYYYYYY they are here...........

Good morning all my lovely friends, how are you all?

Well 11.45pm my Fudgie starting having her babies...........wow it was amazing to watch, well I thought so anyway lol. She did sooo sooooo well she never wimpered or whined she just did really well. We had to help her with 2 of them & cut the umbilical cord as she was struggling but other than that she did so well. Me however was a bundle of nerves & kept panicking that she would sit on them & kill them.........good job Craig was there as well lol. She had 5 babies altogether she had the 5th one at 2.40am this morning so as promised I have put some piccy's on for you to see the little cuties........

Awwww my fudgie....she did so well I'm so proud of her & its funny that Charlie becomes a daddy on daddy's day lol.........

I dont think the one at the back realises that it was a one way street lol...........

Got these photo's when we give Fudge some treats.......her babies cant stop her from her bacon treats lol......3 of them she had she was starving bless her....

They are sooooo cute arn't they.....awwwwww..........

Well I just thought I would pop on to show you our latest additions & now I will pop off as I have commenting to catch up with so I will see you all soon.

Tatty bye for now my lovelies

xoxoxoxox

Latest Update.............

Good evening my lovelies I thought I would pop on & give you an update on things. I have managed to get around to some of your blogs today but I will try to catch up with everyone tonight hopefully or in the morning. My dear Fudge has been really unsettled today really clingy & wanting to be near me & Craig all the time, she has also being sick & panting heavily. Anyway it looks like she is in the 1st/2nd stage of labour so hopefully this time tomorrow we may have baby puppies. So its a night in the living room tonight for me & Craig just incase...... To be honest we have no idea how long this could all take!!!

I will put piccy's on once they are here my lovelies & if I dont get round to you please dont think I'm ignoring you cus I would never do that & I will catch up with you all.

Well I'm gonna go now I will keep you up to date on the Fudge labour saga.....oooooh gosh wish me luck I've never seen puppies been delivered before hubster has but I havnt so I'm gonna be quite amazed by it all lol. Honestly you should see my face when I feel them moving around inside her & she is even bigger than when we took the photos, I'm sure she gets bigger every day you know lol.

Right I really am going now lol.

Big squishy hugs to you all mmwah

Toodles xoxoxoxo

CES Challenges DT Card.............Summer Rain

Good morning everyone how are you all? Those poorly I wish you better soon.

It is Saturday so of course its time for CES Challenges & this week our lovely Claire has set the challenge

SPARKLY FLOWERS

We want to see all your sparkly flowers.......so get some glitter out & those beautiful blooms & come & join us. I was hoping my new stamps had been here as I had planned to use one on my card for today as it would of been perfect. Instead I have used another one of the gorgeous stamps I got the other week.

Of course this is 'Tilda In Summer Rain' from the new Rainbow Collection

Twill Sentiment & I've attached Tim Holtz Mini Pins to each end.

The beautufl lace I won off the uber talented lovely Elaine

Sprayed the flowers with Pearl Glimmer Mist & then sprinkled glitter on to give plenty of sparkle.

The leaf is cut with a Marianne die out of kraft card. The butterflies are punched out of ribbed kraft card & then glittered up & gems added to the centre.

Tilda has been coloured with copics, I coloured her last week so I can only remember some colours.

Skin - E13 E11 E21 E00 R20 R11

Dress & Umbrella - R0000 R000 R11

Bits of shading added with W3

I added glossy accents to the umbrella to make it look wet & to the puddle & rain drops.

All done in my fave colours.........

Final piccy in its box which I made........most of my cards go in boxes so nothing gets squashed on the card.

Well thats it from me but please pop over to see my fabulous teamies creations cus they really are sparkly stunning. Thank you soooooo much for stopping by I will see you all soon peeps.

I won Magnolia's 1st challenge last week I was soooooo thrilled thank you soooooooo much again ladies. Hope you like this one.

Tatty bye my lovelies xoxoxoxo

Challenges I'm Entering.........

TOMIC - Pink, White & Brown (my fave)

http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/ - Die Cuts or Punches (both lol)

http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/ - Punches & Dies

Also Emma now has an Inspirational Blog here, why not pop over & take a peekskie.

THIS WILL BE IN MY EBAY SHOP LATER TODAY

Sweet Pea Stampers DT Card.........Swirls Of Summer

Good morning all my lovelies how are you all this morning? Are you ready for the weekend? I know I am I love love love weekends.........lie-ins & 2 whole days with the family....blisssssssssss!!!

Anyway I shall shush my babbling as its time for a new challenge over at

Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge

The challenge we have for you this fortnight is.........

Swirls Of Summer

So come & show us your swirls, as long as there are swirls & a sweet pea image then bring it along & join in the fun........of course you can also use images from Crafty Purple Frog

For my card I have used a different sort of sweet pea image.......well the image has swirls so I had to use her, she was meant for this challenge I think lol.......I've also got another 1 inked up yayyyyyyy

This is 'Shimmer' by the artist Brigid Ashwood & of course you can get her from Sweet Pea Stamps. The swirl I made with a die & then added little pink gems & a few pink pearls to it. The Gardenia I smothered in glitter & made a hat pin with some pink pearl beads.

Yes its my fave type of card.....Easel card

Paper is Websters Pages

Butterfly from ebay & the twill sentiment from Crafts & Me.

Here she is close up & because of her name I had to make sure she did shimmer so applied lots of Diamond Dust stickles.......she would not of been happy if I didnt lol. She is of course coloured with copics.

YR0000 YR000 E00 E21 R20

R20 R11 R00 R000

C00 C1 C2

R32

Well thats about it from me but please pop over to see my teamies fab creations........they are so stunning & certainly deserve some love & some of the new girlies have made creations.

I'm off to WOC for a few bits & bobs glue especially & then I will pop round to see you all.

Welcome to my new followers & thank you so much for being here, if you leave a comment then I can come over & follow you sweeties.

Well thank you sooooo much for stopping by ya know I loves ya all mmwah

Toodles & big squishy hugs xoxoxoxoxo

Challenges I'm Entering..........

http://inasweetpeadreamchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - Lace

Little winged friends...........

Good evening my lovelies how are you all? I'm gonna have to make this quick cus I've got wicked migraine so need to get off my lappy but I will be back later to do some more catching up.

I have used my latest new addiction, this was meant for 1 of my DT's but I changed my mind as I've got a new stamp coming which I want to use....if they get here on time lol.

This is 'Little Winged Friends Walking' by Bildmalarna & I got these fab stamps from Dies To Die For, which is a fab shop & VERY fast.

Middle flower is from Crafty Emma's Store & the other are from Wild Orchid Crafts & they have had glitter added to them.

The papers are Bunny Bo-Gabrielle & I've used a 6x6 scalloped card blank.

The image has been coloured with copics & lucky enough I wrote the colours down lol.

Skin - E00 E21 E11 R32 R11

Dress - BG15 BG10 BG000

Flowers - R32 R35 YG09

Teddy - E31 & a colour I mixed myslef using copic refill ink.

Well thats about all peeps.

Thank you sooooo much for stopping by.

This card is now for sale in my shop on Ebay.

Toodles for now xoxoxoxox

Challenges I'm Entering...........

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Things With Wings

http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Pink & Aqua



Fashionista...........

Good evening all my lovelies. Sorry I've been MIA I'm not gonna moan on tho & bore you. I have so much catching up to do. i've done some of my DT commenting & I've got my normal hopping to do so I've come on early to post my latest card.

This I made for The Sugarbowl which is a fab sketch & the option of love/wedding.....which I actually forgot about so I've just done the sketch lol. I won the last Sugarbowl which I still cant believe thanks again girls.

This is 'Fashionista' from the Simply Sassy range at Funky Kits. She comes with a dude as well but......well she is a independant lady. 

Flowers are from Crafty Emma's Store & the pins are from my stash.

Button is from my stash & blue seam binding ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl

She has been coloured with copics but she has been coloured for quite a few days so I cant rember the colours sorry peeps.

All photo's were taken outside its been sooooooo beautiful & warm today I've even had a oscilating fan in my hobbit.

The paper I've used is 1st Editions 'Up, up & away' which I've finally used yaayyyyaaayyy lol.

White & blue A4 card from my stash.

I will be catching up with all of you tonight I just have to do it in bits lol but I will get there.

Thank you sooooo very much for all your lovely comments I really do appreaite it.

I would also like to welcome my new followers thank you so much.

Toodles for now mmwah loves ya all xoxoxoxox

Challenges I'm Entering........

http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/ - Sketch





Kenny K DT Card..........Favourite....

Good morning everyone I will try make this a quickie one as I'm running a tad late & I hate that naughty corner..........its very dark & scary...........

It is of course time for that new challenge over at KENNY K's KRAFTY GIRLZ

& this week we would like to see your........Favourite Colours yep the colour you love to see on your cards.

Of course the winner will get a choice of 5 images from Kenny K Downloads

We also have this weeks sponsor who is Fantastic Ribbons offering some buttons.

Now I have a few fave colours on cards & I managed to narrow it down to 2........so I combined those as I couldn't decide between them.

My fave colours are pink, black & white & monotone in greys.

So I did the image in Mono & the card in pink & black.

Across the bottom I have put a length of black velvet ribbon on top of white lace & then put some thin gingham ribbon over the top of that..... The flowers I made with a punch & put a brad throught the centre.

She is of course coloured with Copics.

C00 C01 C02 C03 C05 C07 C09

6x6 scalloped card from Crafty Emma's Store & the paper is from Pink Petticoat these are 2 of my faves.

Well thats about it pop on over to see my fabulous teamies creations, I am always in awe of these girlz!!

Thank you so much for stopping by I'm off to try some hopping now to catch up with you all.

Toodles for now mmwah xoxoxoxox

Challenges I'm Entering.......

http://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.com/ - Sketch

Thank you everyone for your get well messages they really do mean a lot, you can always cheer me up & put a smile on my face......a smile tells a thousand words & I'm saying 'you are all awesome & I loves ya all'

Kidney stones.....my goodness are they painful I have luckily a really high pain tolerance.......I broke my ankle few years ago really badly & the hospital thought I was really starnge as I laughed all the way through them pulling & straightening lol........I laugh when I hurt myself for some strange reason lol.

However I'm not laughing at these now but I'm not gonna cry either.....well I have twice since it all started.....ssshh tho lol. Hubby is gonna try get some where with the hospital this week so fingers crossed....