Tuesday 29 January 2013

Birthday Bumps

A little break from the Valentine's cards for a change lol... I've still made some today, but I thought I'd show this one instead.  I love these cute LOTV bears, and I've also used two more of the fab new Memory Box dies from My Crafty Heart.




Items Used
Scalloped card blank - Joanna Sheen
Stamp - Birthday Bumps - LOTV
Colouring - copics
Papers - Dovecraft Garden Party - MCH
NEW Memory Box Butterfly Vine die - MCH
NEW Memory Box Isabella Butterfly die - MCH
Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons
Pearls - MeiFlower Pink Mix - MCH
Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Ice White - MCH

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Simon Says - paper piecing
Lili's Little Fairies - anything goes
Stamp With Fun - fab sketch

Off to catch up with some of your blogs while I've got a spare few minutes... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Monday 28 January 2013

Tree of Wonder

I've used two of the gorgeous new Memory Box dies from My Crafty Heart to make a simple Valentine's card (yes... sorry, another one!).  I took this one into the gift shop earlier today with some others, and apparently it's sold already, so I think I'll make some more :o)



Items Used
Cream linen card - Papermill Direct
Grand Nestabilities Labels 1 dies
Memory Box Tree of Wonder die - MCH
Memory Box Precious Hearts die - MCH (currently out of stock)
Sentiment & Word Window punch - Stampin' Up

I do have a couple of birthday cards to make this week, so I'll have something other than Valentines to show you soon lol.  Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Sunday 27 January 2013

Less is More - sketch

This week at Less is More, Chrissie and Jen have a super simple sketch to follow... I've used it to make another Valentine's card, and I might have another play with it later in the week.


Items Used
Ivory Linen card - Papermill Direct
Digi paper & sentiment - Pink Petticoat
Word Window punch & sparkly brad - Stampin' Up
Red felt hearts - ancient stash!

You can probably see that I got a smear of glue on the left of the kraft card... it hardly shows in 'real life' so it didn't bother me too much, but in the photo it's really obvious!

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Saturday 26 January 2013

Bugaboo Guest DT - photo inspiration

I'm back with my 2nd post for today, my Bugaboo Guest DT card for the new challenge at Catch The Bug... this week it's a photo inspiration challenge, and anyone who's been visiting my blog for a while probably knows my issues with those lol!

 

Items Used
Scalloped card blank - Craftwork Cards
Digi stamp - Ava & Deacon Love Word - Bugaboo Stamps
Colouring - copics & flexmarkers
Papers - MME Paris & Co - MCH
Memory Box Precious Hearts die (out of stock) - MCH
Gems from my stash

Here's the inspiration photo (I just used the colours)

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Brown Sugar - Valentines

We've been out and made a snowman, but the snow was the 'won't stick together' type, so it's a bit of a mutant version... Morgan named him Snomer Simpson!

Hope you have a lovely evening :o)

Sweet Stampin' - ribbon

Happy Saturday :o)

Ooh... I hardly dare say it, but I think I might be feeling a bit better... still coughing but getting there, fingers crossed!

I'm here with my DT card for Sweet Stampin', where our challenge is 'ribbon'.  We're sponsored by Crafty Ribbons and our monthly sponsor is The Ribbon Girl.  I'm not at all happy with my card... mojo is definitely struggling at the moment!




I'm trying to use more of my 'stuff' that I've accumulated, so the little Penny Black hedgie is a previously unused stamp, and the papers are from a Cosmo Cricket pad that's down to the last few sheets.

Items Used
Scalloped card blank - Craftwork Cards
Stamp - Penny Black 'Hook, Line & Sinker'
Papers - Cosmo Cricket 'Early Bird'
Twill ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons
Sentiment - NEW Simply Valentine Greetings - DigiStamp Boutique
Memory Box Simple Banner die - MCH
Memory Box Precious Hearts die - MCH
Spellbinders Edgeabilities Classic Petal die - MCH ('waste' pieces, for the little hearts on the banner)
Green gem from stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
CRAFT - Valentine's Day/ Love
Tuesday Throwdown - furry friends
Allsorts - masculine

Back later with another card... We have LOTS of snow here, so a crafty day is planned, and I suppose we should get out there and make a snowman with the boys too!  Hope you all have a lovely day :o)

Thursday 24 January 2013

Guest DT at Little Miss Muffet

Morning everyone :o)

I haven't posted for a few days, due to still being ill - I keep saying I'll go to the doctors, but I'm fairly sure it's just a nasty virus.  I've still been making stuff, but I've not done much colouring and haven't really felt like blogging either... seem to have lost my mojo a little...

Anyway, a while ago I won a challenge at Little Miss Muffet, and as part of my prize I was offered a Guest DT post for this week.  The challenge is 'hearts & flowers' and I've used an image that I actually bought as a Pollycraft digi ages ago, but is now available as a rubber stamp from Little Miss Muffet.



I've only just noticed that I forgot to colour the little flowers in the grass... must sort that out lol!


Items Used
Image & Sentiment - Ice Cream Bench & Sweet Sentiments - Little Miss Muffet
Colouring - copics
Papers - Dovecraft Sugar & Spice
Nestabilities Grand Labels 1
Whiff of Joy Heart Banner die - MCH
Memory Box Cherry Blossom die - MCH
NEW Memory Box Forget-Me-Not Stem die - MCH
Rose, seam binding & pearls from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Charisma Cardz - hearts & flowers
CRAFT - Valentine's or love
Crafty Ribbons - love/ romance/ anniversary
Inky Chicks - bingo (die cuts, image, flowers)

Off to the craft room, see if I can make something worth putting on my blog lol... Hope you all have a lovely day :o)

Saturday 19 January 2013

A Gem of a Challenge - emboss it

Happy Saturday everyone :o)

Still coughing... but I promise I won't moan about it today lol!

Here's my DT card for A Gem of a Challenge, where our new theme is 'emboss it' - I need challenges to remind me to use my embossing folders, I hardly ever think to get them out otherwise.  Just a simple card today, and I've used the pre-coloured version of Janet's cute little image as I'm still not back in colouring mode yet.


Items Used
Pre-coloured digi stamp - Love Bug with Heart - Pink Gem Designs
Embossing - Swiss Dots cuttlebug folder
Paper - Magnolia
NEW Memory Box Precious Hearts die - MCH
(I LOVE this die, it's going to be one of my over-used ones!)
Sentiment - LOTV (embossed in white detail powder)
Frame stamp - Waltzing Mouse Holiday Labels no 14 (birthday pressie from hubby)
Nestabilities Labels 14 dies
Go Kreate circle/ scalloped circle dies
Gem from my stash
Sakura Clear Stardust pen to outline all the hearts (doesn't show in pic!)

It'll probably be mostly Valentine's cards on my blog, for at least the next week - I've got a couple of orders for them, and I need lots to take into the gift shop... oh, and one for hubby of course!

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Friday 18 January 2013

Amber - Sugar Nellie DT

Morning everyone :o)

I still feel terrible... thought I might need antibiotics but as I'm very sneezy now as well as all the coughing, it's probably just a bad cold.

Really hope I'm feeling better soon - so many fab new goodies to play with and no energy at all... it's not fair!  Thank you for all your birthday wishes, and extra big thank yous to my lovely blog buddies who sent me cards!  We didn't go to the cinema (coughing too loud!), but I still had a lovely day and really have been spoilt rotten this year - I'll take a photo of all my new crafty stuff this weekend. I'm going to practise leaving comments using my new Kindle Fire today, so if I leave you a load of nonsense you'll know why lol.

Anyway... here's the only card I've managed to make over the last few days, for my post over on the Sugar Nellie blog...




Items Used
Scalloped card blank - Joanna Sheen
Digi stamp - Sugar Nellie VA Amber - Funky Kits
Colouring - copics & flexmarkers
Papers - Bo Bunny Welcome Home - MCH
NEW Memory Box Forget Me Not Stem die - MCH
Memory Box Cherry Blossom die - MCH
Whimsy corner die
Nestabilities circle dies
MeiFlower Light Blue gems - MCH
Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Ice White - MCH
Pearls & ribbon from my stash

Copics used - forgot to write them down but hair is E11, E13, E15, E18

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Copic Marker Europe - anything goes with copics
Divas by Design - make it girlie
The Sugar Bowl - anything goes with SN stamp/ digi
Stampin' for the Weekend - something girlie
Digital Tuesday - flower power

Might go and order some more copics with my birthday money... that's bound to cheer me up, right?!  Hope you all have a lovely day :o)

Tuesday 15 January 2013

Cough cough cough!

I'm still ill, and feeling quite grumpy about it... my birthday is tomorrow, hubby booked the day off so we could go to the cinema, but at this rate we'll end up going nowhere.

I must have looked rough this morning - hubby actually took the boys to school for me!  To put that into context, I even did the school run when I had pneumonia...

Anyway, I haven't been feeling all that creative, and couldn't face colouring at all, but I did have a little potter about in the craft room and very slowly made a card.



It could have done with a bit more 'stuff' adding, but it took so long just to get to this point, so I gave up!

Items Used
Scalloped card blank - Joanna Sheen
Stamp - Aspects of Design Framies 5 - The Stamp Man
Spellbinders Labels 5 dies
Sentiment - Papertrey Ink (Christmas pressie from MIL)
Digi papers - Raspberry Road
Pearls from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Totally Gorjuss - spotty
Brown Sugar - butterflies
Amusing Challenges - use scissors (I cut around the stamped frame)
Sweet Stamps - anything goes
Inky Chicks - anything goes

Off to carry on feeling sorry for myself (can you tell I'm not very good at being ill? lol)... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Sunday 13 January 2013

Less is More - sports or exercise

Soooo... I did say I was going to keep up with all the Less is More challenges this year, so a little thing like the theme being 'sport or exercise' as well as it being one-layer week, wasn't going to put me off...


Well ok, so my card is just blah, but at least I've made something!  I might have another go later in the week, see if I can come up with one I like better.

I've been very lucky lately with quite a few challenge wins, and that stripy banner stamp is from a fab set that I chose from Uniko using a voucher that I won.  I stamped that first, then masked it and added the border stamp (can't remember the make!) and then a Little Claire bicycle stamp.  The sentiment is Personal Impressions, and I added some red pearls from my stash.

Feeling a bit sorry for myself as I've got a nasty chesty cough that looks like it's turning into a cold... it'd better get lost very soon - it's my birthday in a few days, and I know I've got lots of lovely crafty pressies coming... won't be happy if I'm not well enough to play with them!  Ooh and my mum's got me a Kindle Fire - I'm hoping that'll help me to keep up with blog commenting... has anyone got one, and do you use it for that?

On a positive note, we haven't got any snow yet :o)  Have a lovely evening!

Saturday 12 January 2013

Sweet Stampin' - gingham

Evening everyone... ooh I'm running very late today!

I should have posted my DT card for Sweet Stampin' this morning... better late than never eh?  Our theme for this week is 'gingham', one of my favourite things.  We're sponsored by Stamp & Create and our monthly sponsor is The Ribbon Girl.




Items Used
8" square card blank - Craftwork Cards
Digi stamp - Judo Josh - DigiStamp Boutique (image has possibly been retired, as I can't find him in the store)
Colouring - copics
Papers - Papermania
Memory Box Corner Bow die (currently out of stock) - MCH
MFT dienamics corner die

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Simon Says - black & white + a splash of colour
Totally Gorjuss - spotty
Songbird - paint it black

I'll keep this brief so I can try and visit some of you... Hope you enjoy the rest of your evening :o)

Thursday 10 January 2013

Drum Monster - DigiStamp Boutique DT

Hello everyone :o)

I needed a card with a drumming theme for an order, so I thought I'd make a silly one with this fun monster image from DigiStamp Boutique...




Items Used
Digi stamp - Drum Monster - DigiStamp Boutique
Colouring - copics & prisma pencils (for a bit of monster fur texture!)
Papers - Kaisercraft On The Move - MCH
Arrow is one of the die cut shapes included in the paper pack
Sentiment - not sure what make this is!
Circle nestabilities
Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Celebrate the Occasion - boy's birthday (must use blue)
Charisma Cardz - happy birthday
Cute Card Thursday - beat the blues

I wonder if we'll get this snow that the weather reports are threatening - it's supposed to be staying for 2 weeks... I hope not!  The boys will be thrilled with a bit of snow to play in though - Dex asked if he could make a snowman this morning, and there was only the tiniest layer of frost on the ground lol.

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Wednesday 9 January 2013

Getting back into Less is More...

Morning everyone :o)

This year I want to get back into playing along at Less is More - I used to join in every single week but got out of the habit.  As I really need to make some batches of simple cards now (assuming my cards actually sell in the gift shop, fingers crossed...), I'm putting LIM on my weekly 'to do' list again!

This week Chrissie and Jen would like to see black & white with just a touch of another colour...


I made a batch of these in different colours, and for a few different occasions, but I think this blue version is my favourite so I won't bore you with all the others!

Items Used
White linen & plain black cardstock - Papermill Direct
A scrap of blue coredinations found lurking in the scraps drawer
Sentiment - Stampin' Up
Word Window punch - Stampin' Up
Martha Stewart Royal Butterfly punch - MCH
White & blue pearls from my stash

I'm also entering my card for the following challenges
CAS-ual Fridays - thank you
Allsorts - clean & simple
Pile it On - Black, white & another colour

It was Dex's birthday yesterday, and he had a great day - although he was amazed he still had to go to school lol... he was fine once he got there though, especially as they're allowed to take cakes in for all the class.  We had a bit of a tea party for him at my mum's so I didn't get chance to blog yesterday - hoping to catch up with lots of you later.  Hope you all have a lovely day :o)

Monday 7 January 2013

Without Words - Baby it's cold outside!

Morning everyone :o)

I'm here with my DT card for Without Words, where our challenge is 'Baby, it's cold outside!'... so we'd like to see lots of snow, but remember to keep it CAS - sentiments are fine, just not many embellishments (or none at all).  We're sponsored by the fabulous Quixotic Paperie, with a £10 voucher for our lucky winner.

Now, I got a bit confused and for some unknown reason I thought I'd already made my card for this challenge... by the time I realised I hadn't there wasn't much time - oops!  So I used an image that I coloured before Christmas, added a bit of glitter 'snow' and used some snowy papers...




This has to be a first for me - a Christmas card already made in January lol!

Items Used
Scalloped card blank - Craftwork Cards
Digi stamp - Barry Countdown to Christmas 2 - Stamp Fairy
Colouring - Copics
Papers - Krafty Christmas - LOTV
Sentiment - Elzybells (now closed)
Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons
Glamour Dust in Crystal

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Joanna Sheen - with love at Christmas
Totally Gorjuss - anything goes with a ribbon

Well the boys are now back at school, luckily they seemed quite happy to be going back, and I'm looking forward to spending the whole day in the craft room!... Hope you all have a lovely day :o)

Sunday 6 January 2013

Bugaboo... a day late!

Oops!  I meant to come back and post this yesterday, but I was busy and forgot... and then today we've been out most of the day (shopping for Dex's birthday pressies!), so this is the first chance I've had to blog.

Soooo... here's my Guest DT card for Bugaboo's anything goes challenge at Catch The Bug...




This one's for Morgan to give to Dex - the perfect image because they both love cookies!

Items Used
Digi stamp - Kidz Cookie - Bugaboo Stamps
Colouring - copics
Papers - Bo Bunny On The Go - MCH
Memory Box Whimsical Flourish die - MCH
Sentiment - Simply Birthday Greetings male - DigiStamp Boutique
Nestabilities circle dies
Number 5 - Sizzix 'night & day' alphabet
MFT corner die
Button from my stash
Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Ice White - MCH

Copics Used
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, R11, R20
Hair - E50, Y21, YR23
Orange - YR04, YR07, E37
Blue - B93, B95, B97, B99
Cookie/ Shoes - E31, E33, E35, E37, E49

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Dream Valley - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Digital Tuesday - layers

The boys are back at school tomorrow - assuming I haven't got the days muddled up again!  Looking forward to getting back into the usual routines again, and a bit more crafting time for me :o)

Hope you all have a lovely evening!

Saturday 5 January 2013

Sugar Nellie hop - Vintage Adorables

Hello again!



I'm back with my 2nd post - today the new and very gorgeous Vintage Adorables digi stamps from Sugar Nellie have been released and we're having a little hop to show them off!

You should have arrived here from the fabulous Kathrin- if not, please pop over to the Sugar Nellie blog so you don't miss anything... remember to leave comments as you hop along - there'll be candy for some lucky winners :o)




I've used Annabel for my card - she's so lovely, but they all are!  I'll be getting them all coloured very soon... they're a great way to practise your colouring if you're not sure where the shading should go - they're already shaded for you, which really speeds things up.

Items Used
Scalloped card blank - Craftwork Cards
Digi stamp - Sugar Nellie VA Annabel - Funky Kits
Colouring - Copics
Papers - Bo Bunny Ambrosia - MCH
Whimsy circle pennants dies & matching sentiments
Whimsy corner die
MFT dienamics flower die
Nestabilities circles & Go Kreate scalloped circle dies
Butterfly - Prima Papillons Zephyr - MCH
Brads - MME Lost & Found Everywhere Brads - MCH
Pearls & buttons from my stash

Copics Used
Skin - E000, E00, E21, R11, R20
Hair - Y21, YR23, E33
Pink - R81, R85, R59
Eyes - YG00, YG95

Well I'm the last stop on the hop, so now you just need to go back to the Sugar Nellie blog and leave a comment there...

Hope you all have a lovely day... I'll be back later with yet another post!

A Gem of a Challenge - new beginnings

Happy Saturday everyone :o)  There'll be a few posts from me today - I'll try to keep them fairly short so I don't bore you all too much!

My first card is for A Gem of a Challenge, where our theme is 'new beginnings', so I've made a baby card...


I made a matching girl card too, but I wasn't all that happy with either of them when I'd finished so I'm just showing this one for now!

Items Used
Petal point card blank - Craftwork Cards
Digi stamp - Cutie Pie - Pink Gem Designs
Colouring - copics
Papers - K&Co
Blossom & circle nestabilities dies
LOTV sentiment tag stamps
Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons
Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish die
Gem from my stash

Back soon with my card for the Sugar Nellie hop :o)

Friday 4 January 2013

Little Farmer - Sugar Nellie DT

Hello everyone :o)

It was my turn to post on the Sugar Nellie blog today, and I've used the adorable Little Farmer stamp to make Dex's birthday card - can't believe he'll be 5 in a few days!  I know the tractor doesn't look quite right - I really can't colour any sort of vehicle lol...




Items Used
Stamp - Sugar Nellie Little Farmer - Funky Kits
Colouring - copics
Papers - Kaisercraft On The Move - MCH
Memory Box Simple Banner die - MCH
Spellbinders Grand Labels 1 dies (a Christmas present)
Sizzix Primitive Star die
Doodlebug letter tiles
Buttons from my stash

Copics Used
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, R11, R20
Hair - E50, E51, E31
Orange - YR02, YR04, YR07, E35
Blue - BG000, BG01, W3
Red - R27, R46, R59, W7
Black/ grey - W3, W5, W7

I'm entering my card for the following challenges
Sketch Saturday - fab sketch
Simon Says - new something (nestie dies & papers)
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Stampin' for the Weekend - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes


Don't forget - we've got a Sugar Nellie blog hop tomorrow morning, to show you the gorgeous new Vintage Adorables digi stamps... they're such lovely images!


I'll be round to do some catching up later, hope you all have a lovely day :o)

Wednesday 2 January 2013

Gardening mice

Hello everyone :o)

Well, at the risk of sounding like an old misery, I'm quite pleased that Christmas and New Year are over for another year!  It's lovely to be back to making non-Christmas stuff again, and getting everything back to normal.  I'm still trying to catch up with DT makes, orders, and sorting cards out to take into the gift shop, and it's Dex's birthday next week (and then mine the week after!), so I'm just as busy as I was before Christmas really lol.

Today's card is for an order, using one of those handy pre-coloured images from LOTV.


Items Used
Pre-coloured die cut image - LOTV
Papers - Papermania capsule collection
Sentiment - Simply Birthday Greetings male - DigiStamp Boutique
Memory Box Riviera Corner die - MCH
MFT dienamics corner die
Card candy - Craftwork Cards

I'm still very behind with all your blogs, but I'm trying to catch up... I'll have another go tonight!  Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)