Guest Designer at Bugaboo!

How exciting is that?!  I was asked to be guest designer at Bugaboo Stamps for the next couple of months, and of course I said yes :o)

Today I'm showing my first GDT card, using the very cute Freebie Friday rocking horse image - you can see the other fab cards made by the DT using this image over on the Catch The Bug blog.

Items Used

Scalloped card blank - Craftwork Cards

Digi stamp - Freebie Friday rocking horse - Bugaboo Stamps

Colouring - copics (browns) & flexmarkers (blues)

Papers - Papermania

Sentiment - Stampin' Up

Memory Box Simple Banner die - MCH

Number 1 - sizzix 'night & day' alphabet dies

Buttons from my stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Here Come The Boys - birthdays only

Songbird - deeper shade of blue

Kaboodle Doodles - stripes and/or polka dots

Simon Says - anything goes

Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes

Moving Along With The Times - 3 elements beginning with the same letter (blue, buttons, banner)

Pile It On - anything but Christmas

Rushing off to get a bit more crafting done now, but I'll be catching up on some more commenting later!  Hope you all have a lovely day :o)

Fang-tastic...

Apologies for the awful pun... it was the best I could come up with!

I'm sure you'll be glad to see a change today from the quick Christmas cards - I thought I'd get one of my birthday orders done instead.

One of my friends gives me a list of all the birthday cards she needs for each month, with a little note beside each name telling me something about them to help me along... this one said 'likes vampires' lol :o)

Items Used

Cream scalloped card blank - Craftwork Cards

Digi stamp - Vamp Me - Tiddly Inks

Colouring - copics (hair & skin) & promarkers (purple)

Papers - Prima Romance Novel - MCH

Flower - Prima Silentium Tea Thyme - MCH

Memory Box Floral Vine die - MCH

MFT dienamics corner die

Spellbinders circle & oval dies

Ribbon - Dovecraft Garden Party ribbon pack - MCH

MeiFlower black gems - MCH

Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Ice White - MCH

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Fab n Funky - number 3 or 3 of something (gems)

Forever Night - purple/ anything goes

I'm off for a little catch up with some of your blogs now, as I've hardly had any blogging time this week... Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Another quick one...

A quick card, and a quick post too... sorry, I'm very boring this week!

Items Used

Petal edge card blank - Craftwork Cards

Pre-coloured die cut image - LOTV

Digi Papers - Frosty Snowflakes - DigiStamp Boutique

Sentiment - Merry Christmas blank - Pink Gem Designs

Spellbinders circle dies

Martha Stewart snowflake punch

Card candy - Craftwork Cards

I did manage to squeeze in some colouring today, but I can't show it yet... so there'll probably be another 'cheat' card tomorrow too - I think there's at least another 6 or 7 of those that I've not blogged yet lol.

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Christmas again...

Just popping in to say hello... Sorry I'm having to be a bit quiet this week - I really want to get the last of my orders finished so I can then get my own Christmas cards done!

So I've been making lots of 'cheat' cards using LOTV die cut images, and I thought I'd blog a few over the next couple of days as I've nothing else to show you at the moment...

Items Used

Elegant edge card blank - Craftwork Cards

Papers from stash - MME & something else...!

Pre-coloured die cut image - LOTV

Sentiment - Merry Christmas blank - Pink Gem Designs

Whimsy corner die

Stickles in Frosted Lace

Not very interesting I know, but I've no time for colouring until I've got a few more done.  Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Summer - My Crafty Heart DT

Hello everyone :o)

I've used one of the gorgeous Saturated Canary stamps from My Crafty Heart for my card today... I think this one might be my favourite.  I've coloured almost all of it with copics (except for the sky as I've not got any blues yet), some bits I'm happy with and some I'm really not... lots more practise required!  My copic collection is gradually growing though lol...

Items Used

Scalloped edge card blank - Craftwork Cards

Stamp - Saturated Canary Summer - MCH

Papers - Glitz Design Cashmere Dame - MCH

Frame shape - Stampin' Up framelits die

Spellbinders D-lites Fantastic Flourish 1 - MCH

Memory Box Macarena Corner die (cut up) - MCH

Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons

Sentiment tag - LOTV

Flowers - mix of stash & Wild Orchid Crafts

Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Ice White - MCH

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Saturated Canary - sketch

Crazy 4 Challenges - put a bow on it

Divas by Design - 2 or more patterned papers (2nd entry)

Polka Doodles - any die will do

Joanna Sheen - anything goes excluding Christmas

Pause Dream Enjoy - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - ribbons & pearls (pearl pen around image)

Pile It On - anything but Christmas

**You can now pre-order the fabulous Winter range of Saturated Canary stamps from My Crafty Heart HERE - they're all absolutely gorgeous!**

Morgan's now a lot better, and so far the rest of us have managed to avoid the sicky bug... so fingers crossed, next week the boys will both be at school, hubby will be at work, and I can get lots done!

Hope you've had a lovely weekend... off to whiz round and visit some of your blogs now :o)

A Gem of a Challenge - paper piecing

Our new challenge at A Gem of a Challenge is paper piecing... here's my card, which is a bit late today....

Items Used

Digi stamp - Winter Philip - Pink Gem Designs

Colouring - promarkers & copics

Papers - MME Winter Wonderland - MCH

Button - MME Winter Wonderland Buttons - MCH

Sentiment tag stamps - LOTV

Memory Box Corner Bow die - MCH

Gem - MeiFlower Light Blue gems - MCH

Stickles in Frosted Lace

Viva Decor Pearl Pen in Ice White - MCH

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Simon Says Stamp - fab sketch

Apologies for being a bit quiet over the last couple of days - everyone's ill... I've got a bit of a cold, but I'm the healthiest one out of all of us at the moment lol!  Morgan was sent home from school yesterday morning because he was hot and shivering, and it soon turned into a very yucky tummy bug.  It was quite lucky that hubby was off work poorly really, because I still had to pick Dex up from school at the normal time and Morgan was too sick to go anywhere... I've never left him at home on his own before and wouldn't want to leave him being sick, poor thing.

Soooo, I'm just hoping we don't all come down with the tummy bug now - last thing we need when we've all got a cold!  Fingers crossed eh?

Hope you all have a lovely evening :o)

Poise - Sugar Nellie DT

Good morning :o)

It's my day to post on the Sugar Nellie blog today, and I thought I'd have a change from the Christmas cards and go bright and cheerful!  I've used a gorgeous Leanne Ellis stamp called Poise along with some lovely colourful Bo Bunny papers...

Items Used

Scalloped card blank - Craftwork Cards

Stamp - Sugar Nellie Poise - Funky Kits

Colouring - promarkers & copics, plus prisma pencils for shading on the paper pieced dress

Papers - Bo Bunny Ambrosia - MCH

Sentiment - LOTV

Spellbinders Floral Flourishes dies - MCH

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Gem from stash

I'm entering my card for the following challenges

Divas By Design - 2 or more patterned papers

Cute Card Thursday - girls only

Moving Along With The Times - let's go dotty

Sooo... the boys are back at school, but now I've got hubby at home poorly... oh, I spoke too soon - just had a call from school to say Morgan's burning up and shivering, and can I come and pick him up!  Off I go! 

Hope you all have a lovely day, will be round later to catch up with you all :o)