A simple thank you...

Hello everyone :o)

I had a completely different idea in my head when I started making this one, but some of my cards seem to have a mind of their own and this is how it ended up.

I don't know if I like it... maybe I should have added more stuff....or used different colours!

Items Used

White linen cardstock - Papermill Direct

Coloured cardstock - Coredinations

Sentiment stamp - Stampin' Up

Memory Box Delicate Fern die - MCH

Corner rounder punch

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Addicted to CAS - die cuts
Crafty Catz - thank you
Keep It Simple - anything goes

Off for a little commenting catch up... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

5th Avenue - Sugar Nellie DT

Hello everyone :o)

For today's Sugar Nellie DT card, I've had a little break from the Christmas makes... I had the urge to make something girlie, so I've used the gorgeous 5th Avenue stamp from the Simply Sassy range.

 

Items Used

Card blank - Craftwork Cards

Stamp - Sugar Nellie 5th Avenue - Funky Kits

Colouring - copics

Papers - Bo Bunny Smoochable - MCH

Memory Box Cherry Blossom die

Memory Box Floral Vine die - MCH

Resin flower - MCH (out of stock)

Sentiment tag stamps - LOTV

The end is in sight now with the Christmas cards... still some to make but I'm starting to feel less panicky!  The odd thing is I'm quite enjoying making them - normally I'd be sick of the sight of them by now lol.

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Peggy Sue Hatter - Little Miss Muffet DT

Hello everyone :o)

I've been round to my friend's house with the kids this evening, so I'm running a bit late... I'd planned to announce my candy winner today, but I'll pop back and do it in the morning.

Here's my Little Miss Muffet DT card for this week, using the fabulous Peggy Sue Hatter digi stamp, and following our current challenge theme which is You've Been Framed.

I knew I wanted to use this MFT frame die, as I've had it for months without using it, and the challenge theme seemed like a good push to get it used!  But I thought the die was bigger than it actually is, and printed the image far too big, so had to adapt the plan I had for my card... I'm quite pleased with how it turned out though, so it was a happy mistake!

Items Used

Digi stamp - Peggy Sue Hatter - Little Miss Muffet Stamps

Colouring - copics

Papers - Glitz Design Cashmere Dame - MCH

Frame die - MFT dienamics

Impression Obsession Flag dies - MCH

Sentiment stamp - LOTV

Button from my stash

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)

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)

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)

Sort of shabby chic?

Hello everyone :o)

This one's a bit different for me... I was just playing, don't know if it really worked but I think I quite like it.

Items Used

Card base - Grand Nestabilities Labels 1

Buff & white linen cardstock - Papermill Direct

Sentiment stamp - Quotables Friendship - LOTV

Papers - Prima Tea Thyme

Flowers - Prima Tea Thyme & Cabaletta Summer - MCH

Butterfly - Prima Divine - MCH

Memory Box Lavish Branch die - MCH

Pearls from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

LOTV Monthly - pink & white

Bunny Zoe's - shabby chic/ vintage

Off for a little commenting catch up... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Another Christmas card...

Hello everyone, hope you've all had a good weekend... The boys are back at school tomorrow so I can really get a move on with all the cards I need to make... after I've been to the gym of course - I've really missed it this week while the kids have been off!

For today's card I've used a cute pre-coloured image from LOTV, which went perfectly with one of the new paper pads they released recently.  That's the most tricky thing about using pre-coloured images - finding papers that match... well it is for me anyway.

Items Used

Scalloped card blank - Joanna Sheen

Pre-coloured image - LOTV

Papers - Woodland Wishes - LOTV

Memory Box Night Sky Border die - MCH

Impression Obsession Flags dies - MCH

Daughter stamp - Stampin' Up

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons

Stickles in Frosted Lace

Pearls from my stash

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Fairy Cakes - Sugar Nellie DT

Hello everyone :o)

It's my day to post on the Sugar Nellie blog, and I've used the very cute Fairy Cakes stamp.  I found a flower in my stash that I wanted to use, planned the colours and papers around it... then decided my card looked better without the flower lol!

Items Used

Petal edge card blank - Craftwork Cards

Stamp - Sugar Nellie Fairy Cakes - Funky Kits

Colouring - copics

Papers - Bo Bunny Ambrosia - MCH

Sentiment - Pink Petticoat

Whimsy corner die

MeiFlower pearl - MCH

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Papertake Weekly - sketchy free for all (sketch 80)

Simon Says - anything goes

Through The Purple Haze - for the girls

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Pippi Longsocks - Sugar Nellie DT

Hello everyone :o)

Sorry my blog's been a bit quiet over the last couple of days - the mojo's on a go-slow unfortunately... you know those days when you stamp things, cut lots of bits of paper and shuffle things around but don't actually finish anything off?

I did eventually manage to finish this one, which is my card for the Sugar Nellie blog, using the fabulous Pippi Longsocks... one of my favourite stamps, but then I do have quite a few!

Items Used

Scalloped card blank - Craftwork Cards

Stamp - Sugar Nellie Pippi Longsocks - Funky Kits

Colouring - copics

Papers - Echo Park Sweet Girl - MCH

Impression Obsession Butterfly Set dies - MCH

Sentiment stamp - LOTV

Twill ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons

Glamour Dust in Crystal

Gems from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Delightful Challenges - winged things
Crafty Hands - anything goes
Craftin' Boutique - anything goes
Timeless Tuesday - fussy cutting fun

Off for a little commenting catch up... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Bathtime Duke - DigiStamp Boutique DT

Hello everyone :o)

It's my day to post on the DigiStamp Boutique blog, and I've used one of the adorable new Duke images... aww, isn't he fab?  He looks quite cheerful about bathtime too lol...

Items Used

Digi stamp - Bathtime Duke - DigiStamp Boutique

Colouring - copics

Papers - Basic Grey Hipster - MCH

Star punch - Hobbycraft

Sentiment stamp - Penny Black

MME Enamel Dots (out of stock) - MCH

Stickles in Frosted Lace

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Sketch Saturday - fab sketch
Little Claire Monthly Challenge - child's birthday
The Crafter's Cafe - how adorable

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Barry Fishing

Hello everyone :o)

While I was having a half-hearted tidy up in the craft room, I found a few Barry Bear images that I'd coloured ages ago when I still used promarkers... only the bears were coloured though, so I've just finished off the other bits with copics and got this one made into a card.

Items Used

Digi stamp - Barry Fishing - Stamp Fairy

Colouring - promarkers & copics

Papers - Bo Bunny Welcome Home - MCH

Sentiment stamp - Personal Impressions

Memory Box Party Lanterns die - MCH

Memory Box fish die

Stickles in Diamond - MCH

Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Metallic Anthracite (for the fish eye!) - MCH

Off for a little catch up with some of your blogs... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Fifi Goes Shopping - Sugar Nellie DT

Hello everyone :o)

It's my day to post on the Sugar Nellie blog today, and I've used the fabulous Fifi Goes Shopping to make another Christmas card...

Her outfit is more or less the same colour as the paper, so I'm not sure why it looks so different in the photos!

Items Used

Stamp - Sugar Nellie Fifi Goes Shopping - Funky Kits

Colouring - copics

Papers - Woodland Wishes - LOTV

Memory Box Holly Vine die - MCH

Memory Box Pierson Corner die - MCH

Flower - Bo Bunny Plum Purple Daisies - MCH

Sentiment stamp - PI Warm Winter Wishes - Funky Kits

Pearl & gem from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Simon Says - Christmas/ holiday
Fairytale Challenge - bingo (Christmas, dies, gemstones)
CRAFT - Christmas
MAWTT - Christmas cuties
Creative Fingers - anything goes + optional girls just wanna have fun
Polkadoodle - Christmas is coming

Off to visit some of your blogs... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Crafty Little Fairies - Christmas in October

Hello everyone :o)

I'm here with my DT card for Crafty Little Fairies, where our challenge is 'Christmas in October', and we have 3 fab sponsors this month - The Ribbon Girl, Delicious Doodles and Hobbycutz.

Caution... my card is a little bit on the bright side (and my photos are wonky)!

Items Used

Scalloped card blank - Joanna Sheen

Stamp - Sugar Nellie Festive Friends - Funky Kits

Colouring - copics

Papers - Bo Bunny Alora - MCH

Memory Box Night Sky Border die - MCH

Sentiment stamp - Uniko

Glamour Dust in Crystal

Loads to do tonight, but I'll try and have a little commenting catch up later... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Using the Gorjuss stash...

Hello everyone :o)

Today's card is a fairly quick one, using an old Gorjuss Girl topper from my stash... Somehow I've managed to collect enough Gorjuss bits and pieces to make about 200 cards lol, so I really need to get some of it used!

Items Used

Scallop edge card blank - Craftwork Cards

Gorjuss Girl image

Papers - Docrafts Gorjuss Girl

Flower & ribbon - Ribbon Girl

Memory Box Melinda Corner die - MCH

Gems from my stash

Off for a little blog catch up... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Reilly Needs to Relax

Hello everyone :o)

For today's card I've used the other Stamping Bella stamp that I bought... I really need some more of these, they're fab!  They stamp beautifully too.

I'm not all that happy with my card... doesn't look quite how it did in my head!  It's for an order so I hope it'll be ok.

Items Used

Card base - Grand Nestabilities Labels 1

Stamp - Stamping Bella, Reilly Needs to Relax - Quixotic Paperie

Colouring - copics

Papers - Bo Bunny Isabella - MCH

Memory Box Riviera Corner die - MCH

Memory Box Macarena Corner die (cut up)

Whimsy corner die

Flower - Bo Bunny Blush Daisies - MCH

MeiFlower pearl - MCH

Sakura Clear Stardust pen (pattern on chair)

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Simon Says - use a stamp (no digi)
Milk Coffee - spots & dots
Graph'It - greys
Pile It On - humour

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Hazel & Nutty - Sugar Nellie DT

Hello everyone :o)

I'm here with my DT card for Sugar Nellie, and I've used the gorgeous Hazel & Nutty to make an autumn themed card... not my usual colours for girlie cards, but I think I quite like it.

Items Used

Card base - Grand Nestabilities Labels 1

Stamp - Sugar Nellie Hazel & Nutty - Funky Kits

(also available as a digi stamp here)

Colouring - copics

Papers - Echo Park Reflections - MCH

Sentiment stamp - LOTV

Memory Box Melinda Corner die - MCH

Prima Divine Daisies (yellow flower) - MCH

Blue flower from my stash

Glamour Dust in Crystal

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Divas By Design - 3 or more layers
Creative Moments - anything goes/ autumn
Charisma Cardz - animals
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - autumn
Stampin' for the Weekend - anything goes

Off for a little commenting catch up... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Oh dear... might be a new addiction!

Hello everyone :o)

For quite some time I've been resisting the gorgeous Stamping Bella 'uptown girls' stamps, mainly because I knew that if I bought one I'd be hooked.  However... they were just perfect for an order, so I caved and ordered two... and I really love them, which is very dangerous indeed!

So here's my first Uptown Girl - Bubbles Loves Bubbly.  Expect to see my other new stamp very soon...

Items Used

Scalloped card blank - Craftwork Cards

Stamp - Stamping Bella Bubbles Loves Bubbly - Quixotic Paperie

Colouring - copics

Sentiment stamp - CC Designs

Sentiment tag stamp - LOTV

Alphabet stamps - Paper Smooches

Papers - MME Cambridge Court - MCH

Memory Box Corner Bow die

Pearl & gem - Bo Bunny Isabella Jewels - MCH

Stickles in Frosted Lace

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Simon Says - use a stamp (no digi)
Inky Impressions - glitter & sparkle
Creative Card Crew - tag
Pile It On - favourite colour as main colour
(I've chosen pink, although I do have lots of favourites!)

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)