Something different

Hello everyone :o)

I've made a little inky something today, using the latest freebie image over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps... Pop over here for all the details and here to get the freebie.

When it was finished I sprayed the whole thing with Goosebumps Spray, and I've tried to get in close to show the texture of it, but... nope, you really can't see it!  If you imagine a bumpy (goosebump-like) glossy texture - it looks (and feels) great in real life, you'll just have to take my word for it...

Items Used

Plain tag from my stash

Digi stamp - Cactus Tree - current freebie, Little Miss Muffet Stamps

Colouring - copics

Background stamps - Stampin' Up

Imagine stamp (possibly Kraftin' Kimmie)

Distress Inks (made this quite a while ago, and can't remember colours!)
Goosebumps Spray

Twine & sparkly fibres from my stash

We've been out doing a bit of Christmas shopping, which is even worse than normal shopping, and I can't stand doing that... so, you know, it's been a fun day!  Dex had a lovely time making Knex animals with Grandma, so at least he's had a good day.

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Ooh, nearly forgot... there's a fab sale at Little Miss Muffet Stamps at the moment - details below!

Hey Little Birdie - Sugar Nellie DT

Hello everyone :o)

I'm here with my Sugar Nellie DT card, using one of the new fairy digi stamps from the Return to Winter Wonderland release - just because I felt like colouring her... although I've made a right old mess of her hair!

I cut the card base a little bit bigger than usual because I wanted a bit of space around the Memory Box die, which I bought weeks ago and have only just got round to using!

Items Used

Cream linen cardstock - Papermill Direct

Digi stamp - Sugar Nellie Hey Little Birdie - Funky Kits

Colouring - copics

Paper - Woodland Wishes - LOTV

Memory Box Merry Christmas die

Memory Box Pierson Corner die - MCH

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Crafty Little Fairies - classic Christmas

Hello everyone :o)

Our new challenge at Crafty Little Fairies is 'classic Christmas'.... we'd like to see lots of red, green and gold... except I thought it was just red & green so I've missed the gold out!

I've used another Lee Holland digi for my card, this one is so sweet.

Items Used

Card blank - Craftwork Cards

Digi stamp - Girl with Polar Bear - Lee's Digi Shop

Colouring - copics

Papers - LOTV

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Whimsy corner die

Memory Box Precious Stars die

Pearls from my stash

Stickles in Diamond

I'm having a break from the Christmas orders tonight, so I can have a little commenting catch up... so behind!  Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

**Almost forgot - Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it!**

Pudding Chester - Little Miss Muffet DT

Hello everyone :o)

It's my day to post on the Little Miss Muffet facebook group, following the latest theme over on the challenge blog, which is 'It'll be all white on the night'.

Usually I really don't like my white on white creations... other people's look gorgeous, but mine never quite work.  I'm happy with this one for a change, although I think sweet Chester can make anything look good!

Items Used

White hammered card - Papermill Direct

Grand nestabilities Labels 1

Digi stamp - Pudding Chester - Little Miss Muffet Stamps

Colouring - copics

Embossalicious Grande Dots embossing folder

Sentiment stamp - Personal Impressions

Memory Box Holly Border die (on the sentiment, cut up)

Frantage - MCH

Pearls from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - white on white
ABC Christmas - X for out of the box (no squares allowed)
Simon Says - anything goes

Apologies for being a bit slow with my comments at the moment - still working through all the orders... wish I was a faster crafter, but I'm not unfortunately!

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Graduation Zoe - DigiStamp Boutique DT

Hello everyone :o)

It's my day to post on the DigiStamp Boutique blog, and I've used an older image today - I had an order for a graduation card, don't think I've ever made one before.

My colouring really is shocking on this one!  Having major sticky copic issues and had to correct some of it with prisma pencils.  I'm on the case though... I've been told if I clean the brush nibs and inside the lids that should help, although I did manage to break the first nib I tried to remove lol!  So I've got some replacement brush nibs on the way too.

Items Used

Card base - grand nestabilities Labels 1

Digi stamp - Graduation Zoe - DigiStamp Boutique

Colouring - copics & prisma pencils

Papers - Papermania Capsule Collection

Memory Box Cherry Blossom die

Memory Box Lorelai Leaf die - MCH

X-cut flower punch

Pearls from my stash

Off for a bit of a blog catch up before I go back in the craft room... next year I really must start making Christmas cards in January - I've only made 3 of our own cards, all the rest are for orders!

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Happy Mail - Little Miss Muffet DT

Hello everyone :o)

I've used the latest showcase stamp from Little Miss Muffet Stamps for today's card... You can see all the details, some fab DT cards and a freebie on this blog post.

There's something not quite right about this card... I think it's the sentiment that's ruining it, maybe it should be on a white background.

Items Used

Card blank - Craftwork Cards

Stamp - Swings & Slides Happy Mail - Little Miss Muffet Stamps

Colouring - copics

Papers - LOTV

Sentiment stamp - Personal Impressions

Snowflakes - MS punch

Memory Box Party Lanterns die - MCH

Card candy - Craftwork Cards

Glamour Dust in Crystal & Diamond Stickles

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Tiddly Inks Sk8tr

Hello again, I'm back with my second post for today... Please scroll down if you came to see my card for Sugar Nellie's new release.

This one is another of the boy's cards my mum asked for.

Please excuse the state of my colouring - sticky copics are driving me loopy at the moment!!

Items Used

Digi stamp - Sk8tr - Tiddly Inks

Colouring - copics

Papers - Basic Grey Hipster - MCH

Sentiment stamp - CC Designs

Stars - Hobbycraft punch

Buttons from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Tiddly Inks - anything goes

Sweet Stampin' - cause for celebration

As You Like It - what's your favourite: spots or stripes

(ermmm... I made this as a 'stripes' creation but I've just realised one of my papers has tiny spots too lol... I like both, but stripes are really handy as border strips, and they're great for male cards too)

Right, off for a proper catch up with your blogs, as I've got very behind lately!  Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Return to Winter Wonderland - Sugar Nellie DT

Morning everyone :o)

It's release day!  There are 5 gorgeous new Sugar Nellie fairy digis available from Funky Kits this morning... ooh, you're going to love them all!

Here's my card - I've used Gift Wrapping, and made an easel card for a change.

Pop over to the Sugar Nellie blog to see all the fairies and some fab DT creations, and don't forget to leave comments, there's candy to be won :o)

Items Used

Old Olive cardstock - Stampin' Up

Stamp - Sugar Nellie Gift Wrapping - Funky Kits

Colouring - copics

Papers - Woodland Wishes - LOTV

Grand Nestabilities Labels 1 dies

Digi sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Flower - Prima Cabaletta Fall - MCH

Spellbinders Floral Flourishes dies - MCH

Glamour Dust in Crystal

Hope you all have a lovely day :o)

Aviator - Sugar Nellie DT

Hello everyone :o)

It's my day to post on the Sugar Nellie blog, and I've used the gorgeous Aviator stamp - mum asked me for a couple of boy's cards, which was a good excuse to get this one coloured again.

I just love his little face - so cute!

Items Used

Stamp - Sugar Nellie Aviator - Funky Kits

Colouring - copics

Papers - Echo Park 'All About a Boy'

Memory Box Corner Bow die

Sentiment stamp - LOTV

Gems from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Addicted to Stamps - make your mark (colouring)
The Male Room - little boys & babies
Penny's Paper Crafty - anything goes

Well I should probably be back in the craft room tonight, but I'm going to have an evening downstairs with my neglected hubby and a couple of glasses of wine I think!

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Snowman - Lee's Digi Shop

Hello everyone :o)

I'm back with my 2nd post for today... and this one's a wee bit bright!  I had a lovely email from Lee Holland, asking if I'd like to make a couple of cards using his digi stamps... Well, I'd already seen them and knew they were very cute, so it didn't take me long to say yes.  You can see all of Lee's fab digis in his Etsy shop here.

Such a gorgeous snowman, I'll be using this one again soon I think.

Items Used

Scalloped card blank - Joanna Sheen

Digi stamp - Snowman - Lee's Digi Shop

Colouring - copics

Papers - possibly Papermania (they're old ones)

Bow die - MFT dienamics

Sentiment stamp - Personal Impressions

Button from my stash

Stickles in Diamond

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
ABC Christmas - W for winter wishes
Copic Marker Europe - everything about Christmas
Charisma Cardz - Christmas

Off for a little mad dash around some of your blogs... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Extreme Less is More!

Hello everyone.... I'm not really here, should be in the craft room!

Just popping in with a VERY 'less is more' card for the 'designer paper' challenge at Less is More, as my last attempt had a 'bit' too much paper.  This one definitely hasn't!  It's for an order for my friend, who prefers her cards as simple as possible... Pav actually laughed when he saw this one!

Sorry, just realised the photo looks a bit blurry, might replace it later!

Items Used

White linen and buff cardstock - Papermill Direct

Scrap of gingham - Pink Petticoat

Memory Box Train Set die (just used 1st carriage) - MCH

Sentiment - LOTV

Memento ink in Toffee Crunch

Corner rounder punch

Off to the craft room for the day... Yes, you're quite right, I said I was going to the gym - well there's just too much to do so I'll have to do extra sessions next week!

Back later with another card... Hope you all have a lovely day :o)

Sweet Chester - Little Miss Muffet DT

Hello everyone :o)

It's my day to post on the Little Miss Muffet Stamps FB group, using one of the fab new releases, Sweet Chester.  See this post over on the LMMS blog, for all the new release info.

Aww... isn't he cute?!

Items Used

Digi stamp - Sweet Chester - Little Miss Muffet Stamps

Colouring - copics

Papers & sentiment - magazine freebie

Memory Box Precious Mittens die

Whimsy corner die

Glamour Dust in Crystal

Pearls from my stash

Off for a little blog catch up before I go back in the craft room - there just aren't enough hours in a day at the moment, and I want to try and squeeze in a gym session tomorrow!

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Gorgeous new images at DigiStamp Boutique

Hello everyone :o)

It's my day to post on the DigiStamp Boutique blog, and I've made two cards using images from the brand new and very gorgeous Cute Robin Collection 2.

Aren't they adorable?!  There'll be lots more robin creations from me, as a friend has asked for 10 robin themed cards... so that's 2 down, more soon... I had my usual layers cut and placed on the first card, then realised my friend prefers them very simple so I took everything off again!

Items Used

Card blanks - Joanna Sheen

Digi stamps - NEW Cute Robin Collection 2 - DSB

Husband sentiment - Simply Birthday Greetings Male - DSB

Christmas Wishes sentiment - NEW Christmas Greetings set 3 - DSB

Colouring - copics

Papers - LOTV

Whimsy corner die (1st card)

Memory Box Holly Border die (2nd card)

Glamour Dust in Crystal

Gems and pearls from my stash

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Gingerbread house

Hello everyone :o)

You know those freebies that come with magazines?  Well, what generally happens is, I put them to one side thinking I might use them, they sit there for a couple of months and then get passed onto my friend... I should probably cancel the magazines!  But one of this month's issues came with a set of gingerbread themed papers and chipboard shapes, and I had the urge to make something with them straight away... I made quite a few cards, and seen as I'm busy with DT work at the moment, I thought I'd share one of my gingerbread makes today.

Items Used

Scalloped card blank - Joanna Sheen

Papers & chipboard shapes - magazine freebies

Go Kreate scalloped & plain circle dies

Computer generated sentiment

Off for a little commenting catch up before I go back in the craft room... busy, busy, busy!  Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

CAS... but probably not LIM?

Hello everyone :o)

I've not played along with Less is More for months, but found a bit of time this weekend... This week's challenge is to 'use designer paper in a CAS way' but I think I've probably used too much paper for this to pass as LIM!

Items Used

Digi paper & sentiment - Pink Petticoat

(printed onto linen cardstock from Papermill Direct)

MS snowflake punch

Card candy - Craftwork Cards

Ribbon & thread from my stash

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Craftwork Cards - Vogue

Happy Saturday everyone :o)

I'm being lazy today and showing a 'here's one I made earlier' card, rather than the card I'd planned to show... because I'm quite comfy with a cup of tea and piece of shortbread, and don't really fancy moving to take a photo at the moment lol...

This one was made with goodies from the yummy new Vogue Collection from Craftwork Cards - I bought the 'project of the month' set and everything I've used, including the twister card blank, was included... I just added a bit of black card for matting, and distress ink around all the edges, and that's it!

Off for a wander around your blogs... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Bags of Fashion Tabitha - Sugar Nellie DT

Hello everyone :o)

I'm happy now, because Morgan's back safe and happy... he's had a bath (was a desperate first priority!) and is now filling his hungry tum.  According to his teacher, Morgan and his friends got the prize for the cleanest room, which is, quite frankly, astonishing!  He's managed ok with his hand, although he did miss out a couple of activities.

Anyway, here's my DT card for the Sugar Nellie blog, using one of the gorgeous Bags of Fashion stamps - Tabitha.

Items Used

6" x 8" card blank - cut from kraft card - Anna Marie Designs

Stamp - Sugar Nellie BOF Tabitha - Funky Kits

Colouring - copics

Dies - MFT dienamics Blueprints 1

Butterfly - Prima Divine Butterflies - MCH

Sentiment stamp - Stampin' Up

MME enamel dots

Now I need to be brave and open Morgan's case... apparently everything is VERY muddy!

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Holly Tree - DigiStamp Boutique DT

Hello again!

** This is my second post - please scroll down if you came to see my Crafty Little Fairies DT card **

I have a card to show you using one of the fab new images at DigiStamp Boutique, the gorgeous Holly Tree...

Items Used

Card blank - Craftwork Cards

Digi stamp - Holly Tree - DigiStamp Boutique

Colouring - copics

Papers - Woodland Wishes - LOTV

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Frame dies - Stampin' Up

Whimsy corner die

Pearls from my stash & Diamond Stickles (on the star)

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Sweet Stampin' - Christmas is coming
Holly Jolly Christmas - O' Christmas Tree
Crafty Calendar - all things Christmas

I've got lots done in the craft room today, still got a bit more to do tonight while hubby's at the gym, then I'll be around for a wander around your blogs... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

PS... by this time tomorrow, Morgan will be back home - yay!

Crafty Little Fairies - top of the pops

Morning everyone :o)

I should be at the gym, but I'm far too busy worrying about Morgan and feel the need to be right by the phone lol... so I'll have a day in the craft room instead.

Our new challenge at Crafty Little Fairies is one of those that I dread, because my mind goes completely blank - 'top of the pops' (or inspired by a song).  Even though I listen to loads of different music, I can only ever come up with something deeply embarrassing and I might have outdone myself this time with 'Lipstick, Powder & Paint' by Shakin' Stevens... hangs head in shame... For some unknown reason, when I was around 7 or 8 I had a bit of a crush on old Shaky - I even had a Shaky calendar... it must have been quite worrying for my parents lol.

Our fab sponsors this week are The Ribbon Girl and Iva Nova Chest.

Items Used

Card base - Grand Nestabilities Labels 4 dies

(with point cut off at the back so it stands up)

Stamp - Getting Ready - LOTV (won on LOTV blog hop)

Colouring - copics

Paper - Magnolia

Flower - The Ribbon Girl

Go Kreate large circle dies

Memory Box Macarena Corner die (cut up)

Sentiment - LOTV

Viva Pearl Pen in Ice White

Pink pearls from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
LOTV Monthly - pink & white
Creative Corner - sing, sing a song
Creative Card Crew - pearls

Off to the craft room... Hope you all have a lovely day :o)

My DT news and a tricky couple of days...

Hello everyone :o)

I was invited to join the DT at Little Miss Muffet Stamps recently and was very happy to accept - if you loved Pollycraft, you can find lots of Paula's fab images there, and lots of other gorgeous stamps and digis too!  I'm part of the new Facebook team, so I'll be posting my creations there every week... pop over and join the group here.

Today's card is for the latest Little Miss Muffet challenge, which is 'seeing dots' - you can join in with that here.

Items Used

Scalloped card blank - Joanna Sheen

Stamp - Dexter Ice Cream - Little Miss Muffet Stamps

Colouring - copics

Papers - MME (can't remember the name, sorry)

Sentiment stamp - Personal Impressions

Snowflakes - MS punch

Impression Obsession Buttons die - MCH

Memory Box Party Lanterns die - MCH

Glamour Dust in Crystal

Apologies for the loooong ramble - feel free to skip it!  I'm very tired so it might not all make sense!

So... the last few weeks we've been getting sorted (and stressed!) ready for Morgan's first residential trip with school - 3 days away at an outdoor adventure type place.. abseiling, potholing, that sort of thing.  Morgan's quite accident prone, so I've been worrying about all the different ways he could injure himself.  However, what I hadn't planned for, was him injuring himself before he went!  They were leaving on the trip today... yesterday I got a call from school to say he'd had an accident during basketball - he'd fallen over and another child stood on his hand... the hand started to swell up and he couldn't move one of his fingers.

Off we trekked to the hospital... we finally left at 10.30 last night!  We waited for hours and then he was prodded and poked a bit, then we waited hours and he had an x-ray, then we waited a bit longer and it turned out he hadn't actually broken it, it was just sprained.  So they strapped it up, and thankfully his teachers said he could still go on the trip... although obviously there'll be a lot he can't do - he couldn't even put his shoes on without help this morning!

Now we've just got to wait very nervously until Friday evening when he gets back - he's not allowed to ring home, although I'm sure they'll ring me if there's a problem.

Right, off for a catch up with some of your blogs, if I can keep my eyes open long enough!  Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)