Favourite Mo Manning card...

Hello everyone, and Happy New Year!!

I meant to have a new card to post today, but I've been finishing off some DT bits and pieces, and then Dex wanted to make paper plate pictures (which involves lots of messy glue and sticking random things on paper plates lol...), and who was I to refuse?!

So I thought I'd join in with the challenge at Mo Manning's DP2 Challenge, which is to post your favourite Mo card of the year... so here's mine...

I won't list all the products again, not sure if I can remember them all anyway lol!  It took me ages to use this image as I was a bit scared of colouring her, but isn't she fab?  I must get her coloured again soon.

Here's a link to the original blog post if there's anything you'd like to know.

We're having a very quiet evening, a couple of drinks and letting Morgan stay up if he can make it to midnight... years ago my dad died at New Year... I'm ok - had my little weepy moment on Christmas day... but I'm never really in the mood for a big celebration.

Hope you all have a great evening, whatever you're up to :o)  See you in 2013!

Louie & Big Heart - DigiStamp Boutique DT

Hello everyone :o)  Hope you've all had a fabulous Christmas... sorry I haven't blogged before now, I was having a little Christmas break away from the laptop!  We've had a lovely few days, but it's probably about time to get back into the swing of things now.

So, here's a card I made for an order, using one of the adorable Louie images from DigiStamp Boutique.  I know the sentiment is a little 'unconventional', but it's what was requested!

Items Used

Digi stamp - Louie & Big Heart - DigiStamp Boutique

Papers - MME Paris & Co - MCH

Colouring - copics & flexmarkers

Spellbinders Labels 5 dies (a Christmas pressie!)

Memory Box Party Lanterns die - MCH

Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Ice White - MCH

Colours Used

Bear - E40, E41, E43

Big heart - B93, B95, B97, B99

Shadow - W1, W3, W5, W7 + blender

(bought lots of new copic colours with my Christmas money!)

Small hearts - flexmarker in Pebble Blue

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Charisma Cardz - anything goes

Paper Makeup - anything goes with a digi

Simon Says - anything goes

Fussy & Fancy - furry friends

Things should be more or less back to normal on my blog now... we don't really do New Year so we've no special plans, might just take the kids to the cinema seen as hubby will be off.

Next year will be busy busy busy for me - one of my mum's old colleagues has taken over a gift shop, and she's going to stock my cards... eek!  Fingers crossed that'll be successful, but even if it's not, at least I'll have given it a go eh?

Hope you all have a lovely evening, I'll be popping round for a good catch up later :o)

The stamp I couldn't resist...

It's all your fault Nic...

This is a Stampendous stamp called Snowy Postcard, and I've stamped it on cream linen card in various distress inks.  Lots of glamour dust was added (everyone and everything in our house is now very sparkly!), and then I mounted the images using a Nestabilities floral oval die.

I'm entering my cards for the following challenges

The Stamp Man - in the bleak mid-winter

Simon Says - Merry Christmas

Addicted to Stamps - blue Christmas/ winter (the blue card)

Totally Gorjuss - easy does it

Apologies for being a rubbish blogger over the last couple of days... I was determined to get all the cards and wrapping sorted before today, so that we could have a relaxing evening tonight - we always end up doing last minute wrapping on Christmas Eve, but not this year, yay!  We're going to relax in front of the tv, have a couple of drinks and cuddle the kitten lol.

Hubby's family are Polish, and celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve - so we've done the big meal and presents with them today.  It's been a lovely day, and we've all had fab presents - MIL gave me some Papertrey Ink goodies, Amazon vouchers, money, clothes and perfume... she really does spoil us all!  And then we get to do it all over again with my family tomorrow :o)

Sooo... this is my last post for a couple of days, and I'd just like to wish all my wonderful blogging friends a FAB Christmas!  I hope you all have the best time with your families :o)  See you soon!

Borders at Catch The Bug - Bugaboo GDT

Happy Saturday everyone :o)

Here's my latest Bugaboo Guest DT card, for this week's challenge at Catch The Bug, which is 'borders'.

This one is Morgan's card for his teacher, which he's already handed over as it was the last day at school yesterday - yay, it's officially Christmas now they've finished!

Items Used

5" x 7" card blank cut from Papermill card

Digi stamp - Snowmen Bells - Bugaboo Stamps

Colouring - copics, flexmarkers & promarkers

Papers - MME Paris & Co - MCH

CC Designs Curly Q border die

MFT dienamics mini scallop edge die

Whimsy corner die

Christmas tag stamps - LOTV

Glamour dust in Crystal

Pearls from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Simon Says - Merry Christmas

Card Crafters Circle - Christmas

Milk Coffee - Christmas or winter holiday

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - snowmen

Craft Us Crazy - Christmas/ New Year

Well I still have some cards to finish... yes, I've given myself a stern telling off and I will be more organised next year... oh yes I will!!!  So I'm disappearing to the craft room for a bit, and I'll be around to catch up with you all later... Have a lovely day :o)

Warm Winter Wishes - Sugar Nellie DT

Hello everyone :o)

It was my day to post on the Sugar Nellie blog today, and I used my favourite little penguins to make a card for my mum and her hubby... except that the Christmas mojo has totally abandoned me now and I'm really not happy with this one!  It doesn't help that it's one of those large 8" square cards again, and I do find them a bit tricky.  I also need to add a sentiment as I forgot that bit!

Items Used

8" card blank - Craftwork Cards

Stamp - Sugar Nellie Warm Winter Wishes - Funky Kits

(currently out of stock, but also available as a digi)

Colouring - copics, flexmarkers & promarkers

Papers - Bo Bunny Blitzen - MCH

Spellbinders Classic Petal Edgeabilities dies - MCH

Whiff of Joy Heart Banner die - MCH

Cheery Lynn Snowflakes die - MCH

MFT dienamics corner die

Go Kreate circle & scalloped circle dies

Snowflake twill ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons

Glamour dust in Crystal

Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Ice White - MCH

Pearls from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Craft Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - anything Christmas goes

Stampin for the Weekend - anything goes

Kaboodle Doodles - Christmas anything goes

The Cutie Pie Challenge - cute Christmas

Divas by Design - anything goes

Simon Says - Merry Christmas

Ooh and just look what's coming soon!....

I think these new images will be very popular - they're all absolutely gorgeous!

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Teachers gifts...

Here I go again, over complicating things for myself!

I wasn't planning to make anything for the teachers gifts this year - I've just bought a few little things... and then I decided to make gift boxes to put them in... and then while I was making the boxes I spotted some lovely chunky Prima pegs, and thought I'd make some little fridge magnet clip type things as an extra gift.  So that was today gone, when I should really have been finishing my cards - yes, I've still got a few to make!

Gift boxes (all the same)

For the female teacher & teaching assistant

Just to show where I've added the magnets

For the male teachers

Items Used

Cream linen card (for the boxes) - Papermill Direct

Papers - Dovecraft 'Let It Snow'

Twill ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons

Martha Stewart snowflake punch

Stampin' Up tag punch

Pearls from stash

Pegs - Prima Canvas Wood Clips, Romance Novel - MCH

Resin flowers - MCH

MME Lost & Found 2 Everywhere Brads - MCH

Magnets - First4Magnets

I'm entering my creations for the following challenges

Simon Says - Merry Christmas (the box)

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - Merry Christmas

Divas by Design - anything goes

Creative Inspirations Paint - Christmas gifts

Unstampabelles - Christmas

We've been to watch Dex in the reception Christmas sing-along 'thing' today... aww, it was SO sweet, and they all did so well :o)  They did it outside though, with the kids in a little covered area in the yard, and the parents going slightly blue with the cold lol... oh, and one of the little ones actually fell asleep while they were singing - bless, he looked so cute slumped over with his thumb in!

Off for a little catch up with some of your blogs, and then I need to go back in the craft room later... seen as I've wasted the day on boxes and singing sessions lol... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Bah humbug!

I'm having a very grumpy day today, sorry!  Been traipsing around trying to get some last minute bits (what exactly do you buy for male teachers????)  And hubby's now got tonsillitis, so I've officially had enough of all the rotten bugs we've had... that's enough now, thank you very much.

Here's Dexter's cards for his class this year - I made 26 of these... my mum thinks I'm quite mad as I could buy a little pack for next to nothing, but I just can't bring myself to buy any cards lol!

I layered some cute images from Pink Gem Designs onto the paper using Serif PagePlus - quite easy to use and FREE to download :o)

Items Used

9.5cm square card blanks cut from red Papermill card

Digi paper - Merry & Bright set - Pink Gem Designs

Pre-coloured Digi stamps - Penguin Set 1, Snow Cute set, Rudolf & Friends - Pink Gem Designs

Not much more to say about these really, so I'll dash off and catch up with a few of your blogs while I can... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Bingo at Catch the Bug - Bugaboo GDT

**This is my second post for today - please scroll down to see my card for Sweet Stampin'**

I'm back, this time with my GDT card for Catch the Bug, where it's a Bingo challenge this week.

Here's the board...

I used 'starts with S' (spots & stripes), 'ribbon' & 'sentiment'...

Items Used

Scalloped card blank - Craftwork Cards

Digi stamp - Garden Bunny Carrot - Bugaboo Stamps

Colouring - promarkers, flexmarkers, copics

Papers - First Edition Boho Chic - MCH

Sentiment - LOTV

Memory Box Party Lanterns die - MCH

Spellbinders D-Lites Flower Burst die - MCH

MFT die-namics corner die

Ribbon - The Ribbon Collection brights - MCH

Pearls from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Digital Tuesday - summer lovin

Fussy & Fancy - tags & banners

Crafty Bloggers - anything goes

I Love Promarkers - one for the boys

Off to catch up with as many of you as I can - there are never enough hours in a day!... Have a lovely evening :o)

Sweet Stampin' - Santa Claus is coming...

Happy Saturday everyone, hope you're having a lovely day so far :o)

I'm here with my DT card for Sweet Stampin', where our challenge is 'Santa Claus is coming to town' - so we'd like to see Santas on your creations, and we'll accept Santa hats too.  We're sponsored by A Day For Daisies who are offering a $12 voucher for 1 lucky winner, and Joanna Sheen is our monthly sponsor with a £10 voucher prize.

I've used one of my favourite Christmas stamps from Sugar Nellie, these cute characters make me smile...

Items Used

Stamp - Sugar Nellie Festive Friends - Funky Kits

Colouring - copics, flexmarkers & promarkers

Papers - Bo Bunny Blitzen - MCH

Memory Box Frostyville Wreath die - MCH

Whimsy corner die

Martha Stewart snowflake punch

Sentiment - LOTV

Snowflake twill ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons

MeiFlower light blue gems - MCH

Glamour dust in crystal

Buttons & pearls from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

DYSU - Christmas

Simon Says - what's your favourite (stamp)

Little Miss Muffet - it's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas

Perfect Sentiments - anything goes with Christmas

Whimsy Inspirations - anything festive

Addicted to Stamps - bingo (red, dies & green... or red, ribbon & pearls!)
My Time to Craft - Santa

I'll be back later with another card, have a lovely afternoon :o)

One I made earlier...

Hello everyone, hope you're not too frozen - isn't it cooooooold!

I've been working on some DT bits and bobs today that I can't show yet, so I thought I'd blog a card I made for an order a couple of weeks ago - just a simple one...

Items Used

Digi stamp - In the Garden Veggies - DigiStamp Boutique

Coloured (very quickly!) with copics & promarkers

Papers - GCD Studios

Digi sentiment - Simply Birthday Greetings male - DigiStamp Boutique

Go Kreate circle & scalloped circle dies

Ribbon - Stampin' Up

Sorry for the rushed post - lots of commenting to catch up on!  Back tomorrow with a couple of posts though... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Cute Santa Scene - DigiStamp Boutique DT

Hello everyone :o)

Morgan's class have a new rule this year - no individual Christmas cards, just one for the whole class... which certainly makes things a bit easier for me.  I've used one of the fab new images from DigiStamp Boutique to make the card, but unfortunately I picked up the wrong pen when I was colouring the snowman... I've done my best to rescue it, but it still looks a bit odd!

Items Used

Scallop edge card blank - Craftwork Cards

Digi stamp - NEW Cute Santa Scene - DigiStamp Boutique

Colouring - copics, promarkers & flexmarkers

Papers - Bo Bunny Blitzen - MCH

Memory Box Corner Bow die - MCH

MFT dienamics corner die

Martha Stewart snowflake punch

Snowflake twill ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons

Glamour Dust in Crystal

MeiFlower Coffee Mix pearls - MCH

Button from my stash

**If you're a Memory Box fan (who isn't?!), pop over to My Crafty Heart as there's 10% off all MB dies at the moment, and lots of other fab special offers too**

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Joanna Sheen - with love at Christmas

Cupcake Craft - merry Christmas

Hooked on Craft - Christmas

Songbird Challenges - Merry Christmas Everybody

The Cutie Pie Challenge - cute Christmas

Crafty Sentiments - snowflakes

Simon Says - what's your favourite? (corner bow die)

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

Fluffy Hanging in There - My Crafty Heart DT

Hello everyone :o)

Today I've used some gorgeous goodies from My Crafty Heart to make a card for my Grandma, whose birthday is just before Christmas... she really doesn't do pink, but I still wanted it to look pretty.

Items Used

Scalloped card blank - Craftwork Cards

Stamp - Whimsy Fluffy Hanging in There - MCH

Colouring - copics & promarkers

Papers - MME Paris & Co - MCH

Flower - Prima Cabaletta Summer - MCH

Spellbinders Floral Flourishes dies - MCH

MME Lost & Found 2 Everywhere Brads - MCH

Martha Stewart Royal Butterfly punch - MCH

With Love sentiment stamp - LOTV

Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons

MeiFlower coffee mix pearls & light blue gems - MCH

Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Ice White - MCH

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Sketch Saturday - fab sketch (flipped to suit image)

Love to Create - anything goes

Created With Love - birthday card + things with wings

Pile it On - pile on the embellishments

Yesterday evening's Christmas shopping trip was a bit of a nightmare - I finally got home just before 10pm!  And we still need more stuff - boys are sooo difficult to buy for... think I'll send Pav out for anything we can't get online now!

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Teddy with Penguin

Hello everyone :o)

Sorry to have disappeared at the weekend - we were all poorly on Friday and Saturday, and then yesterday I managed to slop a cup of tea all over the laptop and the keys went a bit random so I couldn't type anything!  Hubby ordered a new keyboard for it, but it seems to be working ok today.

Today's card is for my mum (and her hubby) to give to my grandma.

Items Used

Large 8" square card blank - Craftwork Cards

Stamp - Teddy with Penguin - LOTV

Colouring - copics & promarkers

Papers - Bo Bunny Welcome Home - MCH

(Green paper is from an old Dovecraft 8x8 pad)

Spellbinders floral oval die

Memory Box corner bow die - MCH

Letter dies - Sizzix Night & Day alphabet

Flower - Prima Cabaletta Spring - MCH

MeiFlower light blue gems - MCH

Stickles in Frosted Lace

Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Ice White - MCH

Pearls & ribbon from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Lili's Little Fairies - 3 dies or punches (corner bow, letters, oval)

Joanna Sheen - with love at Christmas

Cupcake Craft - merry Christmas

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - anything goes (hope it's ok to enter, Sweet Stampin' teamies!)

Charisma Cardz - Christmas

Delightful Challenges - all about Christmas

Paper Play - Christmas is coming

Dream Valley - Christmas

The Ribbon Girls - Christmas

I'm off out Christmas shopping with my mum tonight... I really loathe shopping, and do most of it online, but it's become a bit of a tradition that we at least do the toy shops together each year.  Hoping not to be out too late though, fingers crossed!

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Bella Bunting - Sugar Nellie DT

Morning everyone :o)

When I sat down to make this week's DT card for the Sugar Nellie blog, I had every intention of making a Christmas card... but when I was going through my stamps I spotted Bella Bunting and just couldn't help myself!  The colours are quite Christmassy though, so the thought was obviously there lol...

Items Used

Elegant edge card blank - Craftwork Cards

Stamp - Sugar Nellie Bella Bunting - Funky Kits

Colouring - copics & promarkers

Papers - Bo Bunny Alora - MCH

Spellbinders Floral Oval dies (I resisted for as long as I could, but you've all been tormenting me with them!)

Spellbinders Floral Flourishes - MCH

Spellbinders circle dies

Flower - Prima Cabaletta Summer - MCH

Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Ice White - MCH

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards (coloured with promarker)

Ribbon from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Addicted to Stamps - markers

Oozak - anything goes + red

The Corrosive Challenge - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Amusing Challenges - die cut

Fancy a little early Christmas present?  Pop over to the Sugar Nellie blog and leave a comment on each of this week's posts, for a chance to win a fab candy gift bag!

I'm panicking slightly at the moment... Morgan's back in bed feeling sick again, Dex is all washed out and says his tummy hurts so we've kept him off school assuming he's starting with it too.  Pav had booked today off thinking we could get some Christmas shopping done, but with both boys off poorly and now we're starting to feel queasy too, that's not going to happen!  And I've got so much to dooooooo.... agh!

Going to shut my eyes for half an hour, and hopefully I'll be raring to go when I open them again... right?  Hope you all have a lovely day :o)

New papers from DigiStamp Boutique

Hello everyone :o)

Yesterday I made a batch of fairly flat Christmas cards using sentiments and gorgeous new papers from DigiStamp Boutique.  These are all to go in the post, so I fought the urge to mat all the layers, and for speed I didn't let myself ink the edges either lol... I had a little production line going and made 12 of them!

Items Used

Linen card - Papermill Direct

Digi papers - NEW Wintertime Coffee, Wintertime Sky, Wintertime Sorbet - DigiStamp Boutique

Sentiment - Christmas Greetings Set 2 - DigiStamp Boutique

Snowflakes - Cuttlebug die

Gems from my stash

I'm entering my cards for the following challenges

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Fab n Funky - not a traditional Christmas

Simon Says - snowflakes

In The Pink - pink Christmas (the pink one obviously...)

Thanks for all the get well wishes for Morgan - he's doing much better now... finally stopped being sick late last night, and he's managed a bit of plain food today, so fingers crossed that's the worst over with.

I've got a bit of crafting still to do this evening (one of those cards that just refused to come together and I had to walk away!), and then I'll be around to catch up with some commenting.  Have a lovely evening :o)

Pink & green Christmas...

Hello everyone :o)

Sorry, I've been a bit quiet again - making loads of cards, but struggling to find the time to blog them!  My orders are now finished, apart from one that my mum's asked for, so hopefully I'll find some more time from now on... although there's the little matter of my own Christmas cards still to be finished!

Here's one of the cards I made for an order - using another of those handy little pre-coloured images from LOTV, so no colouring involved...

Items Used

Petal point card blank - Craftwork Cards

Pre-coloured die cut image - LOTV

Papers - old DCWV ones

Embossing folder - Regency (I think) - came free with Ebosser

Go Kreate & Nestabilities circle dies

Memory Box corner bow die - MCH

Blank tag stamp - LOTV

Mum & Merry Christmas stamps - Personal Impresssions Seasons Greetings set - Funky Kits

Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons

Poor Morgan's got another tummy bug, he's been ever so sick today - it's only a week since he had the last one!  He'll be off school for the rest of the week now, as they're not allowed back for 2 days following tummy bugs.  I don't think he'd be well enough anyway, he's not even kept drinks down today.

Anyway... hope you've all had a good day, and have a lovely evening too :o)

Without Words - monochrome Christmas

I'm late posting again... really must start scheduling my posts, I rarely get chance to blog before the evening!

I'm here with my DT card for Without Words, where our challenge is 'monochrome Christmas' (keeping it CAS of course).  We have a fab sponsor - Rick St Dennis - who is offering 2 digi images for our lucky winner :o)

Items Used

Stamp - James Bear 'Pile of Presents' - LOTV

Colouring - copics & promarkers

Sentiment - Elzybells

Glamour dust in Crystal

Bakers twine from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - clean & simple

Clearly Inspired - clean & simple

Card Crafters Circle - bearing gifts

Speedy Fox & Friends - Christmas, no red or green

Totally Gorjuss - anything goes, with glitter

Ready Teddy Go - clean & simple

Hope you all have a lovely evening, I'll be round to catch up with you later :o)

Sweet Stampin' - snowflakes & ribbons

Happy Saturday everyone, hope you're having a good weekend so far :o)  I can't believe it's 1st December already, and I'm still nowhere near done with my Christmas cards... or present shopping!

I'm here with my DT card for Sweet Stampin', where our challenge is 'snowflakes & ribbons'.  We're sponsored by the fabulous Stamp Fairy who has a $10 voucher for our lucky winner, and also by Crafty Ribbons, and our monthly sponsor is Joanna Sheen with a £10 voucher prize.

Items Used

Card blank made from Papermill linen card

Digi Stamp - Barry winter 3 - Stamp Fairy

Colouring - copics

Papers - Krafty Christmas - LOTV

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Snowflake twill ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons

Memory Box Frostyville Wreath die - MCH

Spellbinders circle dies

Glamour Dust in Crystal

Red pearl from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Simon Says - anything goes

Challenge Up Your Life - 1st snow

Divas by Design - glitter & sparkle

Stamp With Fun - winter

Cute Card Thursday - snowflakes

Crimbo Crackers - anything goes

Jingle Belles - anything (holiday) goes

Copic Marker Europe - a Christmas card

Off to do some more catching up with your blogs... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)