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Handmade With Love

2011-12-19T21:41:00.002Z

Hi Peeps, sorry I've been awol and thank you for the e mails you sent asking if I was still alive lol, thankfully all is well, just been a very busy bee. I am making updates on my new facebook page and would love it if you could pop over and see me there, I will be back to my blog as soon as life slows down a bit, I'm still crafting like crazy, I have just had a lot of orders to fill and other things that are going on. Hope your all well and looking forward to Christmas. Here is the link to my new facebook page. x

You can never have too many handbags

2011-10-28T09:00:00.000+01:00

Good Morning, almost the weekend, anything nice planned? My 7 year old son Kalen is going snow tubing on Saturday, I've never heard of it in my life but apparently you go down a ski slope on a rubber tube, sounds fun to me, I wouldn't mind a go at that. Well, I had a quickie birthday card to make for a girl in work and a friend had lent me her cricut " Just Because" cartridge, so I quickly cut out the little scottie dog, added a bow and bling, I had these handbag shaped cards from years ago and thought this little dog just went perfect with them, some gingham bow and metal flowers I made, more bling and some black ribbon. Funny thing was when I went into work she was wearing pink and black so the little bag went perfect with her outfit lol. Anyway, enjoy the rest of your day and your weekend.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments ~ No Designer Paper

Lollipop Craft ~ Embellish it

One Stop Card Shop ~ No Designer paper
Fussy N Fancy ~ Black, Border Punch and Bling
Wags N Whiskers ~ Black plus Ribbons or Pearls
Card Makin Mama's ~ Die Cuts

LMMS ~ Clouds

2011-10-27T08:00:00.000+01:00

Morning! Hope your all well this fine Thursday, well I'm hoping its a fine Thursday as my post has been scheduled but its always best to be positive and I'm sure the sun is splitting the tree's lol. Well its time for a new challenge over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and unfortunately its also time for me to say goodbye as part of the design team due to other commitments, I've loved being part of this fabulous team and working with Barbara's beautiful images, thank you for having me ladies, I won't be a stranger. Anyway, the new theme for this fortnight is..

Clouds

so lets see those white fluffy clouds in your creations of course you can do N.Ireland clouds if you wish but I think the white ones are far nicer. I've used the cute little Monster Balloons image on my card, he is coloured with promarkers and I've added glossy accents and glitter to the balloons. I've made my clouds using a template I made out of paper, some distress ink and a sponge. The sentiment has just been typed on word.

Pop over to the challenge blog for more inspiration using clouds from the design team.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafts and Me ~ Use Blue

The Paper Shelter ~ Anything Goes

Passion For Promarkers ~ For a child

Pile It On ~ Be Happy

A Little CAS Card

2011-10-25T16:12:00.001+01:00

Hi Crafting buddies, well the heavens have opened here the last few days and the bottom of my jeans have been continuously wet and it doesn’t help if you have a habit of sitting on your honkers, which means you have a wet bum too. I made this little card today, just because I love sitting colouring these cute Stampfairy images, its a little CAS card so not much explaining on how I made it lol. I coloured the image with promarkers,, the sentiment is a rub on and the bow is made using some gorgeous pink satin ribbon I got from the Ribbon Girl. I’m off to my Jewellery class tonight, I think we’re making charm bracelets so I’ve got the boat out to make sure I get there and back lol. Enjoy the rest of your day. x

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

My Time to Craft ~ Quite White

Passion For Promarkers ~ For a child

Forever Friends ~ Anything Goes

Stamps R Us ~ Natures Gift

One Stop Craft Challenge ~ No Designer Paper

I Love Promarkers ~ Ain’t it cute

Cute As A Button

2011-10-21T13:38:00.000+01:00

Hi, Happy Friday peeps, what a busy week I've had, I don't know if I'm coming or going! I started my new card making class yesterday morning which was lovely, great ladies and alot of fun so the day started great, I knew where I was and where I was supposed to be, I even knew what day it was..well...by the afternoon it all changed...suddenly Thursday changed into Friday and I rushed out of the house to get to work for 5, its not too far away but the traffic is a nightmare at that time and after sitting in a traffic jam for 30 mins I rushed into work to discover I was 3 hrs too early, that it was Thursday and I don't start till 8, so back into the traffic and home again lol.

Anyway, its time for a new release over at Little Miss Muffet stamps, this is just one of the beautiful images released and she is called ' Agent Popcorn' , I have coloured her in copics and decided to go a bit crazy with buttons lol, maybe a bit too crazy! To see all the rest of the new releases check out Little Miss Muffet Stamps and Little Miss Muffet Challenge blog, the design team have some fabulous pieces to inspire you.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Digi Doodle Shop ~ Green and Purple

Shellys Images ~ Show us what you've got

My Mums Craft Shop ~ Food and Drink

Cupcake Crafts Challenge ~ Buttons and Bows

The Ribbon Girl ~ Lilac and Green

Pile It On ~ Just Because

Big Wave to My New Followers x

Our Hero

2011-10-18T17:44:00.001+01:00

Back again, there's just no stopping me today lol. I made a little card to send out to my son, I'm sure he's fed up with boring e bluey's, there's just no colour to them! And there not even blue! Anyway, this little image is of course Teddy Bo and once I saw him with his little envelope I just had to buy him, I knew immediately what I was going to write on the envelope. I have coloured him with copics and tried to stay with military colours, brass eyelets, string and tags.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Anything Challenge ~ To the letter

Pile it On ~ Just because

Sweet Stampin ~ Masculine

Ruby's Rainbow ~ Cute and Cuddly

Teddy Bo ~ CAS

LOTV Christmas

2011-10-18T11:23:00.001+01:00

Morrrrrnnnnning, Brr the snow is on the hills...apparently, not on this hill yet but I'm not complaining, living on a hill is not too much fun when the snow and ice is on the ground, last year I went ski ing with the dog! Wasn't intentional but the neighbours enjoyed the site, I had to grab hold of a passing fence as my dog spotted her friend and of course I couldn't perform the act with composure and grace, oh no I had to make sure everyone heard me squealing as I whizzed past their windows. Anyway, here is a little card I made the other day using a new LOTV stamp, nice and easy to colour and quick to make, I have coloured this one with promarkers, used some red stickles on the berries and finished with some nice Gingham ribbon to finish.(Who shouted Yee Haw? Your watching too much Create and Craft TV lol)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Top Tip Tuesday ~ Layer It Up

Cupcake Craft Challenge ~ Buttons and Bows

SSDS ~ Anything With Leaves

Whoopsi Daisy ~ Free and Easy

Magazine Freebies

2011-10-17T12:59:00.000+01:00

Morning, no sorry Afternoon lol, Hope you all had a lovely weekend, its absolutely pouring down outside, lucky I only have to go out to pick my son up from school. I've a busy week ahead of me, I've been asked to hold card making classes on a Thursday morning at my local craft shop so thats exciting, I haven't planned what I'm doing yet as I think the class has not made many cards before so something simple to start with but I'm really looking forward to it, I love getting together with crafters, Anyway, this is a little card I've used with freebies from the new Quick cards made easily magazine, I got the papers and the stamp, not sure if Sainsburys was the only shop adding the stamp in though as I heard that some people only got the papers in their mag.

Here's the little fizzy Moon dude coloured using copics, cute eh? Another little Christmas card for my collection.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Stamptacular Sunday ~ You Choose

Crafting When We Can ~ Christmas come early

Daring Cardmakers ~ A little bird told me

Winter Wonderland ~ Robin Redbreast

Aud Sentiments ~ Winter Theme

The Paper Shelter ~ We love animals

LOTV Angels

2011-10-16T12:55:00.001+01:00

Hi all, happy Sunday to ya! Before I get stuck into the uniforms for tomorrow thought I would do a quick post with my gorgeous new Lili of the Valley stamp, isn't it so cute? Love these little angels, when I showed it to my partner he glanced up from his laptop and said "oh thats really nice, see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil" (can you picture my face?) Um Yeah! lol. I have coloured the image with copics and I've added some sakura glitter pen to the wings. The little flowers I made using a punch and gold pearlescent card adding little blue pearls to the centres and a beautiful blue satin bow from the ribbon girl.

Here's a little close up, the sentiments stamp is from cuddly buddly and I'm sorry I can't remember where the dp is from as it was loose in my stash. Ok, back to the housework and ironing, yuk but want it all done so I can sit and relax tonight and watch downton abbey. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.x

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Stamptacular Sunday ~ You Choose

Whoopsi Daisy ~ Lets do Christmas

Crafting When We Can ~ Christmas come early

Lili of the Valley ~ Warm and Cosy

Aud Sentiments ~ Winter Theme

Top Tip Tuesday ~ Use Designer Paper

Crafty Cardmakers ~ Anything Goes

Little Claire Designs ~ Christmas

Girly Girl

2011-10-13T08:00:00.000+01:00

Good morning, hope your keeping well and to all my fellow crafters in N.Ireland...are you heading to the Creative Craft show in Belfast? Its killing me but I'm giving it a miss this time round, I have so much on this week and no money to squander unfortunately so I'll just have to content myself with what I have.

Anyway, its time for a new theme over at the Little Miss Muffet Challenge, this week the theme is ..

Girly Girl

Easy peasy lemon squeezy eh? I have used the adorable 'Adela and Dida' Image from Little Miss Muffet Stamps, I have coloured her with copic markers and added gold glitter to her wings. Funny little mishap happened while making this card, I decided I would use some crafters companion spray and shine on the image to stop the glitter flaking off, I left it to dry and then went back to it to discover I'd used stick and spray instead..doh.. so I then gave it a spray with the stick and shine to stop it being sticky lol, come on it happens to us all, doesn't it?

I hope you can join in the challenge this week, for more inspiration pop over to the challenge blog and check out the design teams creations.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Stampin For The Weekend ~ Colours of Autumn

One Stop Craft Challenge ~ Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time ~ Anything Goes
Stamps R Us ~ Autumn/Fall
Crafty Cardmakers ~ Anything Goes
By the Cute and Girly ~ Anything Goes
Crafty Boots ~ Zoo/Animal theme
Top Tip Tuesday ~ Use Designer Papers
Digital Tuesday ~ Fall Colours
Lets Craft and Create ~ One for the kids
Delightful Challenges ~ Autumn Colours
The Paper Shelter ~ We love animals
Crafts and Me ~ Orange
ABC Challenge ~ Anything Goes

New Release Day 2

2011-10-07T11:44:00.000+01:00

Morning, Its day 2 of the new releases over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps meet 'Breena Stitching' Isn't she a cutie? I have used my favourite colour combo of browns and blues, coloured her with copics. The papers are from My minds eye, I think there called Paris and co, Ribbon and twine from the Ribbon Girl and flowers, brads and buttons from my stash. I'm sorry this is a short and sweet post, I have one of those busy days ahead of me. Pop over to the challenge blog and check out the rest of the DTs designs and see the rest of the new release's available.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

DYSU ~ Browns

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

CES http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/~ Totally gorgeous, Pretty Girls

LMMS ~ New Release

2011-10-06T09:31:00.000+01:00

Good Morning, hope your all well. Its a cold one here in N.Ireland but I'm lucky enough to have a quiet day today so Its nice to look out at it when your tucked up in a warm house. Last night was my second night at my Jewellery making class, another hobby which is going to cost me a fortune lol, I may pop back later with a picture of my 'festive bauble necklace'.

Anyway, its release day today at Little Miss Muffet Stamps, there are 4 new releases today I am showing you the gorgeous 'Trick or Kitty' a cute little halloween image which I have coloured using prisma pencils and sansador, I have also used my Waltzingmouse halloween stamps on this one. I just love Halloween, I love to decorate the house and I always have a little Halloween party for family and of course I have to dress up too lol, ohh just had a thought, I could make myself some Halloween Jewellery! lol. Anyway, the new release stamps are available from today Over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and for some fabulous inspiration the design team have come up with a wonderful selection, pop over to the challenge blog and check them out. Big welcome to our October guest Maria and a lovely new DT member Leah Ann, Lovely to have you on the team ladies and looking forward to working with you. x

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

My Mums Craft Shop ~ All creatures great and small

ABC ~ Anything Goes

Truly Scrumptious ~ distressing

Crafts and Me ~ Use a Digi

The Paper Shelter ~ Halloween

Fab n Funky ~ Die cuts or Punches

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes (punches)

Clear It Out ~ Halloween

Tuesday Throwdown ~ Halloween

Anything Challenge ~ Die Cuts/ Punches

Stamp with Fun ~ Halloween

Lollipop Crafts ~ Halloween

Magazine Freebies Card and Quickie Birthday Card

2011-10-04T14:41:00.002+01:00

My goodness, I haven't posted from Thursday, the days just fly in. I have been crafting though and wanted to share two cards I've made the first one is using Magazine Freebies, I just can't resist Magazine Freebies they get me every time. Oh talking about magazines a quick funny story for you, my son is on tour in Afghanistan so we send out little parcels of goodies to him, so my 25 year old daughter was on the phone wanting to know what else she could put in his parcel she was making him, innocently I told her to buy him some mens mags, she went quiet and then said "Really?" I replied "Yeah, I'm sure they don't get much choice out there if any" she then said " umm .... well what type" I replied " I don't know, something about cars, bikes etc" my daughter then went into fits of laughter and said " Oh Mum, I thought you meant like playboy" Thank goodness we got that cleared up before she went to buy them. I could just imagine Adams face when he received his parcel from his sister lol.

Anyway, back to my card, like I said the stamps and papers are freebies from mags and I've coloured the image with promarkers and used glossy accents on the decorations and the designer paper, took no time at all which is always good when your making a ton of Christmas cards.

My second card is an 'omg I haven't got a card' Card lol. I had an hour to make this and it was for a boy, I always have extra girly cards in the cupboard but never any extra male one's so I got my beautiful Stampfairy Image printed out, flew over it with copics and bit of embossing here and there, some brads and a bow, viola.

Here is a little close up of this cutie. I messed the rub on sentiment on the parcel a bit but I hope he didn't notice lol.

I am entering these cards into the following challenges:

Simon Says ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers ~ Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion ~ Anything Goes (extra Ribbon)

Stamp Fairy ~ Birthdays

One Stitch at a Time ~ Use a digi

Crafts For Eternity ~ Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments ~ Happy Birthday

Digi Stamp 4 Joy ~ Anything Goes

Animals and Monsters

2011-09-29T08:00:00.000+01:00

Morning! As this post is scheduled I'm hoping the sun is shining outside and I'm upstairs putting my suntan lotion on ready to sit and soak up the rays, I doubt it though lol. Its time for a new theme over at the Little Miss Muffet challenge the theme is..

Animals or Monsters.

The image I have used on my card is of course from Little Miss Muffet stamps and is called 'Rida Rida Horse' one of my favourites, although I do have a lot lol. I have coloured this adorable horse with copics, the papers are from a srapbook kit I had, lace from the Ribbon Girl and some cute little buttons, lace and buttons always say 'baby' to me.

Hope you can join in the challenge this fortnight, for more inspiration check out the fabulous design teams creations.

Have a great day!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Digi Stamp 4 Joy ~ Anything Goes

Digital Tuesday ~ Blue and White

Top Tip Tuesday ~ 2 or more (ribbon, lace and twine)

Partytime Tuesday ~ Anything Goes

Anything Goes Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Paper Cutz ~ Button Up

Two Bea or not to Bea

2011-09-27T12:37:00.001+01:00

Afternoon crafters, I've bea'n going a bit crazy with my new Teddy Bea image, well she's so adorable and I love colouring her in.. With 8 birthdays this week alone I've been crafting like crazy to get my cards done, of course I'm having fun making the girly cards but I also have two male cards to get done which I always find more difficult. Anyway, I've coloured Teddy Bea with copics, added a little gem to her wand, the papers I have used are called 'Woodland Folk', love these colours, I made the little tag adding a twine bow and tiny little flower from Wild Orchid Crafts and the sentiment was made with rub ons,

Off to make a start on one of the male cards, the easiest first which is for a child, wish me luck.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Top Tip Tuesday ~ 2 or more (Ribbon and Twine)

Tuesday Throwdown ~ Thinking of You

Partytime Tuesday ~ Anything Goes

Anything Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Cupcake Crafts ~ If you go down to the woods today

Wild Orchid ~ Make it sparkle with Stars (star wand with gem)

Teddy Bo ~ Things With Wings

The Gorgeous Teddy Bea

2011-09-26T14:29:00.002+01:00

Good Morning and what a beautiful morning it is here in N.Ireland, the sun is out and its such a fresh clear day, hope it lasts, it helps get rid of those Monday blues. Well I'm really getting into these Teddy Bo images, do you blame me? This time I've used Teddy Bea, its a birthday card for my friends daughter and I love these papers I've used, they are very touchy feely, they feel like felt and were very cheap for a pack, think they were 1.99 from a cheapy bookstore in lisburn. I also made the little flowers with them, they have been made using marianne dies, love them.

I have coloured the image using copics

fur~E50, E51 and E53

Dress~0, R20 and R04

Hat ~ E33, E35 and E37

I have used my colourless blender on the dress, I don't usually use it for colouring, more for taking ink away but I'm happy with the results I got. Off to pick the wee man up from school, I'll visit your blogs later, enjoy your day.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Cupcake Crafts ~ If you go down to the woods today

lollipop Crafts ~ Anything goes

Die Cut Dreams ~ Brown, Pink and Cream

Whoopsi Daisy ~ Make your own embellishments

Paper Sundaes ~ Anything Goes

Frosted Design ~ Ransom Note letters

Crafty Calender ~ Let Sleeping Bears Lie

Crafty Creations ~ Fabulous Fairies

Teddy Bo ~ Things With Wings

Mad for Markers ~ Colourless Blender

Another Little Stampfairy

2011-09-25T17:44:00.000+01:00

Argh, having some connection problems today, think its down to the whole family using it at once what did we do without the internet, my son and partner are on x box live, 1 daughter doing coursework on her netbook, the other daughter using her laptop on facebook and me blogging lol. Anyway, I've spent the weekend catching up on some cards, its been great, so here's another little image I won from the Stampfairy, isn't it gorgeous! I will definitely be using this one when I make up my snowman soup packages, I love making these. Anyway, another simple Christmas card for my stash, I'm doing so well this year. I have coloured the image with copics, added stickles and glossy accents, some silvery ribbon and of course little jingle bells.

I will be back with my little teddy bea card, there's just no stopping me!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Stampfairy Challenge~ All that Sparkles

Stamptacular Sunday ~ Have a latte day

Paper Sundaes ~ Anything Goes

Allsorts ~ Keep it simple

Sweet Stampin ~ Anything Goes

Simon Says ~ Sing it (Frosty the snowman)
Craft Room Challenge ~ Anything Christmas
Christmas Stampin ~ Clean and Simple
The Crazy Challenge ~ Monthly Christmas ~No Red or Green

Spectrum Noir and Stampfairy

2011-09-24T19:32:00.000+01:00

I Just can't help myself...I bought another pack of spectrum noir pens, this time the reds, so I have the reds and the browns now and I'm trying to get the hang of colouring with them. I don't know about you but I use a different technique with every pen type, don't know why but I colour with copics, promarkers and now spectrum noir pens in slightly different ways. Anyway, I have started making my Christmas cards as I am always asked to make cards for people a month before Christmas and I end up rushing through them and running out of cards for myself, this year I will be prepared! I won some gorgeous stampfairy images last week and I adore them, I try to keep my Christmas cards simple and these little cuties are so easy to colour, I've added some stickles and glossy accents and I'm chuffed with how they turned out.

This is my first one and I've almost finished my second using a cute little snowman. I've added some ribbon and cute little jingle bells. Hope your having a great weekend, currently watching finding nemo .....again! I swear I could act in it but the kids seem to love it (my 17 year old kid that is lol)

Here are the spectrum noir colours I've used:

96,100,104,5,12,91

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge ~ Keep it simple

Sweet Stampin ~ Anything goes

Alphabet Challenge ~ Q is for quick and simple

Truly Scrumptious ~ Clean and Simple

Lets Craft and Create ~ How charming

Stampfairy ~ We love all things that sparkle
Digi stamp 4 Joy ~ Anything goes

Teddy Bo

2011-09-23T16:28:00.001+01:00

My First Teddy Bo card, I have ohh'd and ahh'd over the Teddy Bo images for a while and have eventually gave in to temptation, he is the cutest! I have coloured him with a mixture of copics and spectrum noir pens (I only got the browns pack to try them out) and of course I had to get the crystal effects out again and used them on the 'Boo'.

The sentiment and background spider stamps are from my Waltzingmouse Halloween set, lOVE this set and I've added a little sparkly spider. (the only ones I like) Ok, now to print out my Teddy Bea image lol, I can't help myself!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Stampin for the Weekend ~ What a cutie

Crafty Calender ~ Let sleeping bears lie

Creative Inspirations ~ Lets celebrate

Top Tip Tuesday ~ One for the kids

Incy Wincy ~ Distressing

HLSC Challenge ~ T is for....Teddy

Pile it On ~ Colours of Fall

Crazy 4 Challenges ~ Pumpkins

Breena

2011-09-23T08:00:00.000+01:00

Good Morning crafters, I'm back with part two of the Little Miss Muffet new release stamps and this time I've used the beautiful 'Breena' an adorable little fairy, 'Breena' is just 1 or the 4 new releases this week, so to see the rest of the new release pop over to either the challenge blog or the Little Miss Muffet Store.

I have coloured Breena with copics and added some stickles to her wings, the papers used are from Stampin Up and the little flowers were made using a Stampin Up Punch. Thats it from me for now but I will be back later with a gorgeous little bear.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Creations ~ Fabulous Fairies

The Paper Shelter ~ Anything Goes

Delightful Challenges ~ Girly Girl

Top Tip Tuesday ~ One for the kids

Crafty Boots ~ Things with wings

Polly Craft ~ Swirls and Pearls

Lexis Creations ~ Card for a child

Corrosive Challenge ~ Punches or Dies

One Stitch at a Time ~ Punch It

One Stop Craft Challenge ~ Girlie

Harvest Swan

2011-09-22T09:39:00.002+01:00

Morning! Hope your all well. I'm feeling very tearful today, I've just had my last phone call from my son and he is now on a plane to Afghanistan for 6 months, my head is all over the place and its taking all my effort to concentrate on this post but its also a good distraction. Praying they all come home safe and sound.

Ok, so its new release day over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and there are 4 fabulous images to choose from, I will be showing 1 today and 1 tomorrow but to see the rest pop over to the store or go to the challenge blog and see the beautiful creations the design team have come up with.

This Image is called 'Harvest Swan' isn't it gorgeous? Perfect for birthdays, weddings or any celebration. I have coloured it with copics and used my crystal effects on the balloons and flowers. The papers I've used are from Stampin Up and I've done a patchwork effect with faux stitching, the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Remember you still have another week to enter our 'Things with Wings' challenge over at Little Miss Muffet, hope you can join us.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

The Paper Shelter ~ Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations ~ Lets Celebrate

Paper Minutes ~ Creature Comforts

Stamp With Fun ~ Anything Goes

By the Cute and Girly ~ All things bright and beautiful

Crafty Boots ~ Things with Wings

Southern Girls ~ Anything Goes

Anything Goes Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Digi Doodle Shop ~ Autumn Colours

2011-09-15T10:59:00.001+01:00

I’m back again, a bit more refreshed than my previous post, I’ve a cuppa at hand and feeling bright and breezy. Its my Grandmothers 90th birthday today so we’re having a family get together to celebrate, there will be 5 generations in 1 house, should be fun although my granny doesn’t like to celebrate birthdays now, she still talks about the old lady down the street etc she doesn’t consider herself as old and she doesn’t like her age on the front of her cards, so I made this little card for her, no age, just a happy little card, hope she approves lol.

Well its time for a new theme over at the Digi Doodle Shop challenge and it has also come to the end of my term as a design team member with the Digi Doodle Shop, it has been a fantastic 6 months , I love the Digi Doodle Shop images and it has been such a fantastic design team to work with, its been a great pleasure to work with them all. Ok, this week we would like to see some…..

‘Autumn Colours’

I Love Autumn and got a very strange look from my daughter when I said inhaled the air and said “ I love the smell of Autumn” I know I’m not the only one who can smell Autumn, I can smell every season, thats not strange is it?

Anyway, onto my card, I love flowers, especially receiving them lol but have great fun colouring them, this is a little image called ‘Geranium Bud’ from the Digi Doodle Shop, i have coloured the image with promarkers and I have added some little drops of Glossy Accents to look like dew. .

Here is a close up.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday ~ Anything Goes

Pennys Challenge ~ Fall

Creative Inspiration ~ Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday ~ Birthday Time

Crazy Challenge ~ Birthdays

Crafty Boots ~ Anything Goes

Lexi’s Creations ~ Autumn

Die cut Dreams ~ Flower Power

HLSC ~ Fall(ing) leaves

Stamp Something ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Catz ~ Ribbons

Little Miss Muffet ~ Things With Wings

2011-09-15T08:00:00.000+01:00

Good morning peeps, Its 1a.m. in the morning and guess who forgot what day it is today? So, just as I was heading up to bed I remembered about my dt post, yikes! That was a close one, so I’m very tired and this has to be scheduled for 8 a.m. so excuse any spelling mistakes etc lol. I have had a busy week so that s my excuse and I’m sticking to it. Anyhoo, its time for a new challenge theme over at the Little Miss Muffet Challenge and the theme for this fortnight is…….

‘Things With Wings’

So, nice and easy, it could be fairies, butterflies even aeroplanes if you wish. For my card I used a beautiful fairy called ‘Adela and Dida’ and you can find this beautiful image over at the Little Miss Muffet Store. I decided to make her into a Christmas Fairy, well why not eh? I have coloured her with promarkers and used some lovely My Minds Eye papers that were free with a magazine, not sure what I was doing with the ribbon, I saw it being done on the create and craft channel and it obviously looked easier than it was as mine looks nothing like theirs lol. Well we have to try these things out don’t we? So, for more inspiration pop over and visit the very talented design team and join in the fun. Now I’m going to take my wings and fly up to bed, Night Night. x

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly~ Things with wings

Digital Tuesday ~ Celebrate the season

Crafty Boots ~ Anything Goes

Magical Monday ~ Anything Goes

Pile It On ~ Layer It

CES ~ Magical or Spooky

Stamp Something ~ Anything Goes

Fab n Funky ~ Bingo ( Digi, Ribbon, 3 layers)

Creative Inspiration ~ Anything Goes

Lets Craft and Create ~ How Charming

The Paper Shelter ~ Fairies and Elves

DYSU ~ Silver

Cute Card Thursday ~ Anything Goes

LMMS ~ Part Two

2011-09-09T08:00:00.000+01:00

Its Friday! Whey Hey! It’s been quite and week and I’m soooo looking forward to a little ‘lie in’ tomorrow. Off to the childrens farm in the afternoon for my Grandsons birthday party, looking forward to that, always wanted to have a farm so visiting one is the closest I’ll be getting, I suppose you could say I have a house full of animals anyway lol.

I wanted to show you another of the new release stamps from Little Miss Muffet Stamps, the beautiful image on my card is called ‘Kaitlyn’ and she is available now with the other new release stamps. I have coloured her with promarkers, the papers are from My minds eye and the little flowers I made using Marianne Dies.

Check out the rest of the Design Teams wonderful creations

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Charisma Cards ~ inspired by a song (Cherish by madonna)

Bearly Mine ~ Flowers Flowers Flowers

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion ~ Anything Goes

Incy Wincy ~ Make your own flowers

Crafty Boots ~ Anything Goes

Crafting When We Can ~ Do it your own way

Digi Doodle Shop Challenge ~ Circles

2011-09-08T11:00:00.000+01:00

Hello again, back with a new card and new theme over at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge, this week the theme is

‘Circles’

I have used this beautiful new image from the Digi Doodle Shop called ‘The day off’ and I have coloured it using copics. I’ve added lots of circles to my card using Circle nesties and buttons, the paper was free with one of my craft mages and works perfectly with this image. Ok I thought I was being very clever with the sentiment but when I asked members of my family if they know why I used that sentiment only 1 out of 6 actually knew what I meant so maybe I’m not as clever as I thought I was lol, would be interesting to see if anyone else knows why I used this sentiment, let me know if you ‘get it’.x

Pop over to the challenge blog for some fabulous inspiration from the Design Team.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafts and Me ~ Buttons and Bows

Fab n Funky ~ Its so funny

Stamp With Fun ~ Autumn

Lexi’s Creations ~ Autumn

One Stitch at a Time ~ use a digi

Pile it on ~ Anything beg with B (Bow)

Sweet Stampin ~ Anything But Birthdays

LMMS ~ New Release

2011-09-08T08:00:00.000+01:00

Good Morning, hope your all well and getting plenty of crafting time now that the children are back to school, its nice to get them back into a routine and to see how tired they are when bedtime comes around lol. I wanted to share some of the new release over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps they are all available now but I will be showing them over two days here. So onto my first card, this is ‘Melanie’ I have sat her on an image I got from crafts and me, I love the fact that you can sit her on whatever you like. I have coloured her with copics but have to admit I messed the moon up a bit but it looks worse in this pic than it looks in real life. If you pop over to the challenge blog you will see some more of the new release and get some great inspiration from the Design Team, oh remember you still have another week to enter the current Little Miss Muffet Challenge, the theme is ‘Purples, Blues and Greens’. Enjoy the rest of your day.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew ~ Anything Goes

Stamping Scrapping Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments ~ Card or sentiment for a girl

CRAFT Challenge ~ Children

Humphreys Corner

2011-09-02T20:33:00.002+01:00

Hi, well I get a text from my friend yesterday to tell me that this little stamp is a freebie in Papercraft Essentials so I rushed out to get it and Ta Da…..its now a card. Love humphreys corner but this is my first humphreys stamp and I’m really happy how it turned out. I have coloured the image with copics and I’ve used my Glossy Accents for the reindeers nose, the paper is from Imaginisce , they are individual 12 x 12 papers I bought last year, I think it was called peppermint stick.

Right I have another two of these coloured so off to make them into cards, my Christmas card collection is coming along nicely now and its only September, maybe this will be the year that I am actually going to be ready for Christmas…..um …we’ll see.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

For Fun ~ Christmas In August

DYSU ~ Friendly Critters

Crafty Sentiments ~ Ribbon and Bow

Charisma Cards ~ Anything Goes

Bah Humbug ~ Christmas Sentiments/ Text

Winter Wonderland ~ Special Friends (My Special Friend is Denise)

Stampin For the Weekend ~ Holidays

Crafters Companion ~ Christmas Wishes

Digi Doodle Shop ~ Fantasy/Fairy Tale

2011-09-01T11:00:00.000+01:00

Its Oh so quiet Shh Shh……. Thats the song stuck in my head this morning, hope its not stuck in yours now lol. Well the kids are all back to school and it is the strangest thing, It seems so long from the house was this quiet, just me and the dog now, think she is confused too as she is sitting looking out of the window waiting for one of the kids to run in. It is nice though, I have the craft channel on the tv (its usually spongebob) I have a cuppa at the side of me and I didn’t have to fight for the laptop, bliss……..

Anyway, its time for a new theme at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge, this week its

Fantasy/Fairy Tale

So grab those dragon, fairy, etc images and get colouring. I have used the ‘Fairy in Flight’ image from the Digi Doodle Shop and I’ve coloured her with copics and a bit of glitter of course. The papers I’ve used are from Stampin Up and the little flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. For a bit of bling I’ve added a little blue pin which looks exactly like the wand the fairy is holding and to finish off I made a little fan flower (thats what I call them lol)

Hope you join in with the challenge this week, the design team have some fabulous projects to help inspire you.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

The Paper Shelter ~ Anything Goes

Lets Craft and Create ~ Blast from the Past (challenge24~Fairy Tale)

Creative Card Crew ~ Anything Goes

Bearly Mine ~ Flowers, Flowers, Flowers

Wild Orchid ~ Tags Tags Tags

Stamping Scrapping Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Stamps R us ~ Anything Goes

Scrappy Frogs ~ Time for Bling

Paper Cutz ~ Wish Upon a Star

Little Miss Muffet ~ Colour Combo

2011-09-01T08:00:00.000+01:00

Hi everyone, again I feel like its been ages from I’ve been blogging, I’m feeling 100% now and I have a lot of catching up to do but I have my son home for a couple of weeks, well another week now so I’m enjoying spending time with him. Its going to be a different house here today, all the children are back to school, Yay! lol I will miss them but I will also enjoy a little bit of time to myself, time to recharge my batteries. Anyway, Its time for a new theme over at Little Miss Muffet Challenges, its a colour combo challenge of

Purples, Blues and Greens.

For my card I’ve used one of the new release images from the Little Miss Muffet Store called ‘School Turtle’ Isn’t it the cutest? I really enjoyed colouring it and I have also added some crystal effects to parts of the image, here is a closer look.

I have coloured this image with copics, I could do with adding to my copic collection as I didn’t have the exact shades I wanted but Its not too bad. Hope you can join in the challenge this fortnight, remember if you use a Little Miss Muffet Image then the challenge is always ‘Anything Goes’.

Pop over and check out what the design team have created to inspire you.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Totally Papercraft ~ Back to school

Just Add Ink ~ Something from your stash

Stamp Something Challenge ~ Back to school

Allsorts Challenge ~ Back to school

Stamps R Us ~ Anything Goes

Stamping Scrapping Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays ~ Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp ~ Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew ~ Anything Goes

Lets Craft and Create ~ Blast from the past (Challenge25 ~ Go Digi)

The Paper Shelter ~ Anything Goes

Digi Doodle Shop ~ Anything Goes

2011-08-25T11:00:00.001+01:00

Hi there, hope your all well, due to feeling yucky these past few days I’ve not been around to check up on you all lol but I managed to make a quickie card for this weeks theme over at the Digi Doodle Shop, this card basically took me 10 minutes, just shows what you can do in such a short time, no colouring at all just print and stick. I’m just so glad the theme this week at the digi doodle shop is

‘Anything Goes’

I can’t remember where I got the sentiment from but I found it on my computer and I added one of my favourite images from the Digi Doodle Shop called ‘Geranium Bud’ I used this image a couple of weeks ago on my card which is very different from this one, shows the versatility of this image. I basically printed out the sentiment and image, matt and layered with cardstock, put some beautiful kanban vellum behind, a couple of ribbons and a pin. I’m not sure if my card will inspire you this week but I know the design team will have something fantastic on show so pop over and check out there creations. Hope you find time to join in the challenge this week, enjoy the rest of your day. x

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Craft Us Crazy ~ Anything Goes

Aud Sentiment ~ Anything Goes

Creative Inspiration ~ Text Me

Bearly Mine ~ Bring on the bling

Paper Playtime ~ Anything Goes

Stamps R Us ~ Anything Goes

New Release at Little Miss Muffet

2011-08-25T08:00:00.000+01:00

Hi peeps, sorry for being awol these past few days I’m feeling a bit under the weather and haven’t done any crafting, blogging etc but I’m sure I’ll be back on form soon and will pop over and visit your blogs as soon as I can. Anyway, I wanted to tell you about the new release over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps, I haven’t got a card to show you yet but hopefully I’ll have one made for tomorrow as I can’t wait to get back to my craft stash and colour these little beauties, check them out

School Turtle

Summer Monkey

Paprika

Pop over to the challenge blog to check out the gorgeous creations the design team have produced, these images are available from today from Little Miss Muffet Stamps, have fun and enjoy the rest of your day. x

Little Mermaid

2011-08-19T18:31:00.001+01:00

Hi, well yesterday we got my daughters As level results, she is “kinda” happy with them, well in fact we are still waiting for 1 result as there has been a mix up with her candidate number, we’ve been told we’ll get it today but we’re still waiting, anyway she got two C’s so far but is going to repeat one of the exams as she got close to a B and didn’t get the exam finished so she’s going to repeat that in January, so well done Rebecca and everyone else who got their results yesterday.

Update on Rebecca’s lost exam result, just discovered that her school failed to submit one of her units! I’m not impressed to say the least.

Anyway, this is a little card I made a few days ago using a beautiful digi image from Crafts and Me called Little Mermaid, I actually won 6 images in one of their challenges and they are beautiful! I have coloured this mermaid with copics and I’ve also used a sakura glitter pen to add some sparkle but its not showing in the photo unfortunately, the shell is from the beach lol and the little pearls is from my pretties kit by stampin up, the papers are also from stampin up.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Craft Us Crazy ~ Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments ~ Anything Goes

Shellys Images ~ Show us what you’ve got

Crafts and Me ~ Blues and Blue Green

By the Cute and Girly ~ The Sea

Paper Playtime ~ Anything Goes

Copic Creations ~ Blue Greens

One Stop Craft challenge ~ By the Beach

DDS Challenge ~ Recipe

2011-08-18T11:00:00.000+01:00

Hello again, well by now my daughter will have received her A level results, hope she's smiling and not crying lol, this is scheduled so I will let you know how she got on later, Good luck to anyone who is getting their results today. Its also time for a new theme over at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge, this week we have a recipe

1 Ribbon

2 Papers

3 Buttons

as easy as 123, so hope you join in. I have used a Digi Doodle Shop image on my card called 'Mouse in a Teacup' and I have coloured it using copics, the two designer papers I chose were from Kaisercraft and I've added 3 cute little wooden buttons. I have just wrote the words 'Take it Easy' on the tag, think it goes well with the image and I thought the doilie went well with the kitchen theme. Check out what the design team have come up with and hope to visit your blogs soon. x

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown ~ Non Stamped sentiment

Papertake Weekly ~ Bingo ~ Buttons, Ribbon and Free

Ribbon Girl ~ Ribbon

Paper Playtime ~ Anything Goes

Our Daily Bread ~ Add a Tag

Totally Papercraft ~ Food and Drink

Fussy and Fancy ~ Use A Lot

Little Miss Muffet Challenge ~ Multiple Images

2011-08-18T08:00:00.002+01:00

Good morning, hope your all well. Not only is today time for a new challenge theme over at the Little Miss Muffet Challenge but it is also A level results day, ohh scary! So I'm off to my daughter Rebecca's school with her to get her results, I don't know who is more nervous her or me lol. Good luck to all those students getting their results today.

Right onto the new challenge theme, this fortnight we would like to see

'Multiple Images'

For my dt card I have used two Little Miss Muffet Stamps, Mia and Birthday Bunny, don't they go so well together? I love little Mia, she is so versatile. I have coloured the image with copics and I've added some faux stitching, the beige card is actually sparkly but it doesn't show up in the picture. Hope you can join in the challenge this week, pop over to see the fantastic cards the design team have come up with, they are truly brilliant.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Fab N Funky ~ A Stitch In Time

Ribbon Girl ~ Ribbon

Frosted Design ~ Animals

New Release ~ Day 2

2011-08-12T08:00:00.000+01:00

Hi, its day 2 of the little Miss Muffet new releases and I have another adorable little girl to show you, meet Mia, I love how she is holding her hands it allows you to add little embellishments so it looks likes she’s trying to catch something, I’ve added some dew drops hoping they look like bubbles lol. Mia, along with some other ‘Wee Ones’ are available now at the Little Miss Muffet store and you really should check out the challenge blog to see what wonderful creations the design team have come up with.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Truly Scrumptious ~ Lace it up

Crafts and Me ~ Make it count

A Spoonful of Sugar ~ Happy Birthday

Tuesday Throwdown ~ Birthdays

Craft us Crazy ~ Anything Goes

DYSU ~ Emboss It

Dutch Dare ~ For the kids

DDS Challenge ~ Shaped Cards

2011-08-11T11:00:00.000+01:00

Rain Rain go away, come again another day! Ok, I know we need the rain but do we need so much! Yeah I know I’ve always wanted a swimming pool but not this way! It is so dull and grey outside and the kids are just fed up, we want to have a picnic on the beach, sandwiches in the kitchen just isn’t the same. Right, moaning over.

Its time for a new them over at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge, this week we want to see some

‘Shaped Cards’

As you can see I’ve made an easel card using a gorgeous image from the Digi Doodle Shop called ‘Geranium Bud’ I really love all the flower images from the Digi Doodle Shop, they are so much fun to colour. I coloured this one using copics, I have to say there is more to this image but I have cropped some off the bottom with my circle nestie. The papers I’ve used are from Stampin Up and the little roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Hope you join in the challenge this week, pop over to the challenge blog for some inspiration from the Design Team.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Truly Scrumptious ~ Lace it Up

A Spoonful of Sugar ~ Happy Birthday

Tuesday Throwdown ~ Birthdays

Bunny Zoe ~ Easel Card

Lollipop Crafts ~ Monochromatic

HLSC ~ Special Fold

Whoopsi Daisy ~ Lets Get In Shape

Crazy For Challenges ~ Shape It Up

Alphabet Challenge ~ N is for Navy

New Release Day 1

2011-08-11T08:00:00.000+01:00

Hi Peeps, Well what has been going on the last few days In England, hope no one has been too much effected by the terrible riots that has been happening around the country, so many heart breaking stories but on a positive side so many good ones too, of communities coming together and trying to put things right, good for them!

Anyhoo onto my card, I’ve made this card using a cutsie little image called ‘Emma’ , this adorable little girl is just one of the new releases from the Little Miss Muffet Stamps store which is available from today, so pop over to the store and of course the challenge blog to see more of these gorgeous images. I’ve coloured Emma with copic pens and I made the little flowers myself with a punch, I first stamped the paper with a swirl image, punched out, inked the edges and then scrunched them. The little brad I added to the middle of the flower is one I found in my stash, it says gorgeous girl, which she is of course. Remember you still have another week to enter the current Little Miss Muffet Challenge the theme is ‘Out of the Die’ there is also a you tube video on one of my previous posts showing just how this done, hope you give it a try.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Top Tip Tuesday ~ Straight Edges

Lexis Creations ~ 1 Image, 2 flowers and 3 Papers

One Stitch at a Time ~ Use a Digi

Neglected and Unloved!

2011-08-08T21:35:00.001+01:00

Argh sorry about my terrible cropping on this picture, I didn’t think it was as bad when I done it lol. I have been having a little clear up around my craft room and ohhing and ahhing over some of my stamps that have been neglected recently, I just had to stamp out this penny black stamp and colour it, I love these little mice, so out came the copics and a bit of experimenting with my colour combos as I usually colour my penny blacks in distress inks, I think it turned out ok.

The sentiment is also from penny black, think its the first time its been used, shame on me. So, I’ve decided that once a week I’m going to rekindle the love of some of my old stamps. Yep, thats what I’m gonna do! (I’m always full of good intentions lol)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Stamping Scrapping Challenge ~ Summer Challenge

Incy Wincy Challenge ~ Something old, something new. (1 old stamp and 1 New)

Penny Black ~ Anything Goes

Frosted Designs ~ Colouring

Craft us Crazy ~ Anything Goes

Moving along with the times ~ Don’t be square

For Fun ~ Anything Goes

Creative Inspiration ~ Lemonade – Lemon and white

Fab n Funky ~ Friendship

Forever Friends Christmas

2011-08-05T19:03:00.002+01:00

Well, I eventually did it, I have made a start on my Christmas cards, I made 3 of these little cards last night. I like to keep them simple as I have so many to make but I’m determined, for the first time ever, to have them all done before December, honestly I have made Christmas cards two days before Christmas last year, never again! As you can see I’ve used my favourite little bear ever and I have coloured him with copics and did a bit of matt and layering, thats it bar the ribbon and sentiment, easy peasy just what I like lol. Roll on Christmas, I’m ready for ya! (lol only joking)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Frosted Design ~ Colouring

Craft us Crazy ~ Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday ~ No DP

Paper Play ~ Christmas in August

Crafty Sentiments ~ Christmas

Aud Sentiments ~ Merry Christmas

For Fun ~ Anything Goes

HLSC ~ Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy ~ Christmas in July

DDS ~ Sketch

2011-08-04T11:00:00.001+01:00

Hello again, its time for a new theme over at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge, this week we have a fabulous sketch for you to follow.

I’m usually not a fan of sketches but have to say that when I do follow them I’m usually pleased with the results and this one is nice and easy.

The image I have used is called ‘Sunflowers’ and is from the Digi Doodle Shop. I have coloured this image using copics this time, it was so easy to colour and can be used for almost every occasion.

This is the special on at the Digi Doodle Shop this month.

Hope you can join in the challenge this week, pop over to the challenge blog for more inspiration from the team.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Lets Craft and Create ~ Go Digi

Clear it out Tuesday ~ Summer is here

Tuesday Throwdown ~ Summertime

Paper Playtime ~ Summer theme

Frosted Design ~ Circles

Cute Card Thursday ~ No Designer Paper

Little Miss Muffet ~ Out Of The Die

2011-08-04T08:00:00.001+01:00

Morning! Hope your all well and the sun is shining wherever you are, I’m hoping to spend the day in the garden, fingers crossed the weather will stay nice, its been a bit on and off this past couple of weeks, one day your in a t shirt the next a jumper lol. Anyway, this is a little card I made for this weeks Little Miss Muffet Challenge, the theme is

‘Out of the Die’

If you’ve never tried this before, you really should it gives the image a look of popping out of the die. Here is a tutorial I found on you tube, I’m sure there are many more but this one explains the way I do mine.

The image I have used on my card is called ‘Iris May Hatter’ and you can purchase her from the Little Miss Muffet Store. I have coloured her using Prisma colour pencils and sansador, the flowers used are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I’ve added a little blue rose to her hat, so pretty! The tag and little tea pot button were from a prize I won and the lace is from The Ribbon Girl, I finished the card with die cut corners from cuttlebug. Hope you manage to join in our challenge this fortnight, can’t wait to see your ‘Out of the Die’ creations and we have some fabulous new editions to the design team, so I hope you will pop over to the challenge blog and give them a warm welcome and check out their inspirational creations.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

ABC Creations ~ A is for Auburn

Crafts and Me ~ Anything Goes

The paper shelter ~ Flowers, Flowers, Flowers

Lets Craft and Create ~ Go Digi

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays ~ Birthdays

Pile it On ~ Stay Cool

CES ~ Feeling the blues

Paper Creator Challenge ~ Say it with flowers

Daring Cardmakers ~ Cute as a Button

Southern Girls ~ Photo Inspiration

Tilda With Rose

2011-08-02T19:38:00.001+01:00

Hi Crafters, I thought I’d pop on and show you a little card I made for my Mum’s 60th birthday which was at the weekend, she had a fabulous time at her surprise party, I was so worried she would find out about it as it was being held at my house and she only lives around the corner but I’m happy to say we pulled it off and to be honest I’m so glad its over now lol, it was exhausting mentally and physically. Anyway, I got this pretty little Tilda out, I haven’t coloured a Tilda in ages and forgot how much I enjoy colouring them, I have used copics for this one, I also used a copic to colour the little flower embellishment as it was white, the sentiment are ‘rub on’s’ which I forgot I had but were so handy. Right off to watch the rest of Emmerdale and put my feet up for a while, chineese is ordered so no cooking tonight Woo Hoo!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Spoonful of Sugar ~ Tag

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

Partytime Tuesdays ~ Birthdays

Cupcake Crafts ~ How Old?

Craft Your Passion ~ Anything Goes

Lollipop Crafts ~ Happy Celebrations

Stamps R Us ~ Happy Birthday

Paper Creator Crafts ~ Say it with flowers

Dutch Dare ~ Birthday Time

Crafts and Me ~ Ribbon

The Paper Shelter ~ Anything Goes

Day 2 ~ New Release

2011-07-29T08:00:00.000+01:00

Another little hatter, well I did tell you I loved them, meet Peggy Sue Hatter one of the latest releases from Little Miss Muffet Stamps. I have coloured her in prisma pencils and sansador and I’ve also been doing a bit of a raid in my craft cupboard and found this lovely crepe paper which I’ve used to tie around the card, oh and a little tin of alphabet chipboard do dahs (not sure what you would call them lol) so I’ve spelt out Hatty Birthday, made me giggle lol. Pop over to the store to see more of these beautiful new releases and grab some inspiration from the wonderful design team over at the challenge blog.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Dutch Dare ~ Birthday Time

Colour Create ~ Pink, Green and White

Do it with Digi’s ~ Summer Fun

DDS Challenge ~ Anything Goes

2011-07-28T11:00:00.001+01:00

Digi Doodle Shop Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Back again with a little cock a doodle doo, well a little Rooster in fact from the Digi Doodle Shop, cute eh? I have never coloured in a Rooster before and had to google rooster images to get the correct colours, well good news is they come in all colours so you can’t go wrong lol. I’ve coloured mine with prisma colours and I used distress inks for the edges. Lace and Gingham go really well with this image and the papers I’ve used are from Kaisercraft ‘Nans favourite Collection’. Hope you join in the challenge this week, it has to be everyones favourite lol, I know its mine. Pop over to the challenge blog for some fabulous inspiration from the team. Hope to visit you all soon. x

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

The Paper Shelter ~ Anything Goes

Digi Tuesday ~ Gardens with things with wings

Party Time Tuesdays ~ Anything Goes

Clear it Out ~ Anything Goes

Little Claire ~ Things with Wings

CES ~ Humour/ Funny

Allsorts Challenge ~ Free and Easy

Crafty Catz ~ No pink or blue

Paper Cutz ~ Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments ~ Enjoy your Day

New Release

2011-07-28T08:00:00.001+01:00

Well the sun eventually came out in Ireland and its been absolutely lovely, unfortunately my youngest son has not been well these past few days so I haven’t been able to take the kids anywhere nice as of yet but we have a surprise party planned for Sunday as its my Mums 60th birthday so fingers crossed the sun will stay with us for a while longer especially as all the family are coming and we won’t all fit in the house lol so I’m planning on using the garden too, oh please let the weather be good.

I’ve two cards to show you today using some of the new images released today over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps, have to say I love them especially the ‘Hatters’ . My first card is using an image called ‘Melba Flora Hatter’ isn’t she sweet, doing the Cha Cha. I decided to dust the old prisma pencils off for my colouring, I forgot how much I love them and of course this card just needed a feather and hatpin to finish.

And this beautiful girl is called ‘Camila’ again I’ve used my prisma pencils and sansador to colour, the papers are from ‘My minds eye’ and the sentiment is from Lili of the Valley. I’ve also done a bit of experimenting with my Faux stitching , I managed to do criss cross, zig zag and straight, woo hoo lol . Pop over to the challenge blog and check out the fabulous cards the design team have made using the new release, I will have more to show you tomorrow.

P. S. Don’t forget you have another week to enter the current challenge, the theme is ‘Summer’.

I am entering these cards into the following challenges:

The Paper Shelter ~ Anything Goes

Truly Scrumptious ~ Buttons and Bows

Top Tip Tuesday ~ Make it Girly

Clear It Out ~ Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays ~ Anything Goes

Our Daily Bread ~ piercing

2 Sisters ~ Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin ~ Anything Goes

Paper Cutz ~ Anything Goes

Wags N Whiskers ~ Buttons and Bows

Frosted Designs ~ Buttons

DDS Challenge ~ CAS

2011-07-21T11:00:00.001+01:00

Hey, I’m back again, second post of the day and this time to let you know the new theme over at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge, this week we’d like to see some Clean and Simple (CAS) projects. I think some of my favourite cards are CAS cards although sometimes they start off as CAS cards and then I get carried away lol.

For my card I have used a beautiful poinsettia image from the Digi Doodle Shop, I have coloured it with promarkers, cut it out and curved it to make it pop. I embossed my white card with a snowflakes embossing folder and used some beautiful satin ribbon I found in my stash, finished off with a little Christmas sentiment, not much else to say lol. Oh yeah, I found these little yellow stamens (think thats what there called lol) so added those to the centre of the image, go perfectly I think. Hope you join in the challenge this week, for some CAS inspiration, pop over to the challenge blog and see what the amazing design team have come up with.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafts and Me ~ Add a flower

I Love Promarkers ~ Christmas in July

Clear It Out ~ Anything Goes

The Crafty Pad ~ Christmas in July

Paper Sundaes ~ Christmas in July

2 Sisters Challenge ~ Christmas In July

CES Challenge ~ Christmas

Stamp Something ~ Christmas In July

Little Miss Muffet ~ Summer

2011-07-21T08:00:00.001+01:00

Hi peeps, its summer over at Little Miss Muffets challenge which is lovely to see as we’re not having much of a summer in Ireland, I know, I keep going on about it but I just want to see a little ray, just one would do, maybe tomorrow. Fingers Crossed.

So Like I said, this week the theme for our challenge is Summer, so get out those summery papers, images anything bright and beautiful, there are some gorgeous summery images over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps, like this lovely little one which is called ‘Riley’. I have coloured her using promarkers and found this beautiful paper in my stash, I think it was from K and co, I used a border punch to edge the image and by cutting into the border I was able to curve it around the circle. Do you like my new cuttlebug corner dies? A friend brought them back for me from her holiday in America and they just add that finishing touch to my card I think. The flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts and the ribbon was from the ribbon girl. I hope you can join in our challenge this week, remember if you use a little miss muffet image the theme is always, ‘anything goes’. Pop over to the challenge blog for some fantastic inspiration from the team. x

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Totally Papercraft ~ Girly Girls

Paper Cutz ~ Skies the limit

Stamps R Us ~ Through the garden gate

Bunny Zoe ~ Fun in the Sun

Ladybug Crafts Ink~ Summer Birthdays

Paper Playtime ~ Summer

Polly Craft Challenge ~ Summer Fun

Ambers Crafts and Stuff ~ Circles and Swirls

Crafts and Me ~ Add a flower

Do It With Digi's ~ Summer Fun

Congrats!

2011-07-18T18:13:00.001+01:00

Hey peeps, how’s it going? Just noticed I’m not very good at placing my watermark am I ? lol. Oh my goodness what horrible weather we are having, just miserable and I’m running out of idea’s of where to take the kids when the weather is this bad, its done nothing but rain. Well the girls are off to the cinema tonight to watch Harry Potter so hopefully I’ll get some internet time, finish some cards and visit some blogs. This is a card I made a couple of weeks back for a friends son who just passed his driving test, the image is from Kenny K, pretty cool dude eh? I’ve coloured him with copics and found these class little spanner brads in my stash. Right off to make the dinner, burgers and chips tonight, nice and easy and eaten with no complaints usually, not a vegetable to be seen you see, unless I freak them out with some sweetcorn on the side lol. Enjoy the rest of your day. x

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion ~ Text it

Sweet Stampin ~ One for the boys

Kenny K ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Creations ~ Boyz to Men

Creative Inspirations ~ No Flowers Allowed

Ambers Crafts ~ Embossing

Day 2 ~ New Release

2011-07-15T08:00:00.000+01:00

A very quickie post I’m afraid, I’m off to work and then going to pick up family from the boat, looking forward to seeing them all.

Ok, onto my card, the adorable image is called ‘Linda Lee Hatter’ from Little Miss Muffet Stamps. There are 4 new images available now and the design team have some amazing pieces to inspire you. x

DDS Challenge ~ Make your own flowers

2011-07-14T11:00:00.000+01:00

Hi again, do you think I’ve gone over the top with my flowers on this card? lol. To be honest with you, the design of this card didn’t turn out as well as I imagined, I really wanted to show off this gorgeous ‘Ballerina’ image from the Digi Doodle Shop with a beautiful frame and my intention was to make it look like a mirror! Do you think it looks like a mirror? Nah, me either lol but we have to try these things don’t we? The new theme for the DDS Challenge is

‘Make your own flowers’

I have used a little flower punch and dabbed some pearl effects to the centres. The white flowers are from Stampin up, pretties tin and the ribbons are from the Ribbon Girl, the frame for the image was using a Nellie oval die. The ballerina image has been coloured using promarkers. Hope you join in our challenge this week, can’t wait to see your beautiful handmade flowers. For some inspiration pop over and see what the design team have created.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Pennys Challenge ~ Happy Birthday

Digital Tuesday ~ Spellbound

Allsorts Challenge ~ Free and Easy

One Stitch at a Time ~ Anything Goes

The Crafty Pad ~ Lots of Texture

New Release

2011-07-14T08:00:00.000+01:00

Good morning, even though its only been a few days from my last post it feels like its been weeks! I’m happy to say that the grandchildren are all out of hospital now and I eventually got my cuddles from the new edition, Thomas. Am I the only one that wants to take a bite out of newborns? I promise you now I have never acted on these impulses lol, They are just so soft and peachy!

And here he is.

Now onto my card and the newest release from Little Miss Muffet Stamps. Meet ‘Iris May Hatter’ I just love the new release and I’ve got another fab one to show you tomorrow, they are so adorable! There are more to see so make sure you pop over to the challenge blog and see what lovely surprises the design team have came up with.

I have coloured my image with promarkers and the gorgeous dp is from Stampin Up.

I am entering this card into the following Challenges:

Simon Says ~ Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly ~ Hot Hot Hot

Craft Your Passion ~ Just for You

One Stitch at a Time ~ Anything Goes

Crafts and Me ~ Summertime

Remember you still have a week to enter the Little Miss Muffet Challenge ‘Anything but a card’ or if you use a Little Miss Muffet Stamp it is always ‘Anything Goes’.

Forever Friends

2011-07-11T09:00:00.000+01:00

Hey, how’s it going? Sorry I haven’t been around much, I’ve had a very busy week, two weeks in fact, but we’re starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. The short version is, Grandson (6 yrs) was taken into hospital with perforated appendix, had the appendix out and my pregnant daughter was at his bedside for the whole 5 days and nights, he was then released and the following day she went into labour and baby Thomas was put in ICU with pneumonia, my daughter was released from hospital and then my Grandson Rhys (who had his appendix removed) was rushed back into hospital with an infection due to the operation, meanwhile my daughter is going from one part of the hospital to the other visiting both children. latest news is that Rhys has to have another scan on wednesday to see if things are improving and baby Thomas will hopefully be out of hospital tomorrow. I have a cheek to say that I have had a busy two weeks as my daughter is doing all the work, but mentally my head has been like mush but we’re heading in the right direction and hopefully this week Rhys will get the all clear and I can eventually get a cuddle from Thomas (I have only been allowed to look at him in the incubator)

Anyway, I better tell you about my card and proof that my head went to mush was I got the theme wrong first lol, The theme this week for the Forever Friends fortnightly challenge is

‘Anything but Square’

I won a GDT postion and was given the instructions, so can you guess what I did?

Yep, spent two hours making a Square card lol, so I had to make a card yesterday very quickly which was more difficult than usual as yesterday I became a Godmother and had a Christening party to go to and it was my son Kalen’s 7th birthday lol. I got there in the end, so I shaped my card with hexagon nesties and the beautiful paper and image are from Stitchy Bears who is sponsoring the challenge this fortnight. I hope you get the chance to join in the challenge. Off now to see my Grandsons, enjoy your day whatever your doing. x

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday ~ Lace

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

Cupcake Crafts Challenge ~ Pick your challenge (challenge 44 – Shaped Card )

Paper Playtime ~ Summer

Craft your passion ~ Just for You

One Stitch At A Time ~ Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge ~ Free and Easy

Crazy 4 Challenges ~ Summer theme

One Stop Craft Challenge ~ Summertime

Card Making Mama’s ~ Summertime

DDS Challenge ~ Butterflies

2011-07-07T11:00:00.000+01:00

Hello again,

Ok, its time for a new theme over at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge and this week the theme is

Butterflies

I have used an image from the digi doodle shop called ‘Butterfly and Thistle’ and I have made a little hot spot of colour using copics, I quite like this idea. I cut a section off the side of the card and built it up again using a lace border punch, something a bit different from me. I hope you join in the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge this week, make sure to pop over to see some fab inspiration from the team.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

Partytime Tuesday ~ Square Card

Craft your Passion ~ Anything Goes

Lexis Creations ~ A bugs life

One Stitch at a Time ~ Use a Digi

Allsorts Challenge ~ Free and Easy

Stamp Something ~ Digi Days

Alphabet Challenge ~ I is for Insect

Fab N Funky ~ Purple Haze

Truly Scrumptious ~ Things with Wings

Little Miss Muffet Challenge–Anything but a card

2011-07-07T08:00:00.002+01:00

Good morning crafters, hope your all keeping well, I’ve had such a busy week but I’ll tell you all about it in another post, ok, I’ll tell you a bit now, I’m a Nanny again! My daughter had a little boy on Tuesday, Thomas was 7lb 6ozs and he’s gorgeous. There have been a few problems but thats what I’ll tell you about later.

Anyway, its time for a new challenge theme at the Little Miss Muffet Challenge, the theme is

Anything but a card!

I decided it was time for a new challenge book, I always like to right down the weekly challenges in a little notepad and mine is coming to the last few pages so what do you think of my new one? Much prettier than the last boring one, hope it helps with my mojo when it comes to designing my cards. I have used the ‘Adela and Dida’ image from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and I have coloured it with copics. The sentiment was just made by me on the computer and the dp is from stampin up. I’ve got my pegs out again and this time its little daisy ones, love these and I added a little daisy brad between the sentiment. Hope you join in the challenge this week, pop over to the challenge blog for more inspiration using little miss muffet images.

I am entering this challenge book into the following challenges:

Truly Scrumptious ~ Things with wings

The Paper Shelter ~ Lots of Dots

Clear it Out ~ Wings

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion ~ Anything Goes

One Stitch at a Time ~ Use a Digi

Sweet Stampin Challenge ~ Something Unusual

By the Cute and Girly ~ Things with Wings

Stamp Something ~ Digi Days
Do It With Digi's ~ Spots, Stripes or both

Adela and Dida Inventing

2011-07-01T08:00:00.000+01:00

Hi, nearly the weekend so hopefully you have a good one planned, I have no plans at the moment but I’m still hoping it will be a good one. One of my grandsons was taken into hospital this week, long story but he took ill on Monday was misdiagnosed twice and lucky enough my daughter took him back to the hospital for a third time, not happy that they were treating him right, even though they accused her of being over protective and today he had his perforated appendix out! He is 6 years old and such a brave little boy, due to the appendix being perforated they now need to keep a close eye on him to make sure it hasn’t affected anything else in there, but he is looking a lot better today than he has been, he hasn’t really spoke much yet but he was still very groggy after his operation but he managed to give me the thumbs up for a photo.

Ok, onto my card, I have used one of the new releases from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and this beautiful image is called ‘Adela and Dida Inventing’, I coloured the image with promarkers and a bit of prisma pencil, this is the first time I tried them both together and I really like the combination, it really helps with shadows. I have added a cute little spanner brad that I forgot I had which really goes with this image. I keep finding things I forgot I had lol, its great! Maybe I have a stash of money somewhere that I forgot about lol, I wish. Check out the challenge blog for the latest challenge and some fab inspiration from the dt. x

DDS Challenge ~ Anything Goes

2011-06-30T12:00:00.000+01:00

Back again, this time with my dt card for the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge and the theme is

Anything Goes.

I have used this beautiful image from the Digi Doodle Shop called ‘Cherry Blossom’ I love colouring in flowers and this one was a delight to colour. I have used Promarkers as my colouring medium and I also used the promarkers to colour in the butterflies as they were blue, the dp is from First Edition called Sweet Owl and goes lovely with this image. I have added some Lace along the side, a button brad with two little tags and some cute little peg butterflies. I hope you can join in the challenge this week, its an easy one so no excuses and for more inspiration pop over and see the fabulous design teams creations.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

I Love Promarkers ~ Include Flowers

Truly Scrumptious ~ Things with wings

Crafts and Me ~ Birthdays

Creative Inspiration ~ Summer

My Time to Craft ~ Here comes Summer

Digital Tuesday ~ Flower Power

Lets Create and Craft ~ Tag It

Little Miss Muffet ~ Release Day

2011-06-30T08:00:00.000+01:00

Good Morning Crafters, hope your all well and getting a bit of good weather wherever you are, I’m hoping we’ll get some here in Ireland especially now that the children are off school for the summer, I know there are going to be plenty of days hearing ‘I’m bored!’

I wanted to show you one of the beautiful images that is being released today at Little Miss Muffet Stamps, ain’t she adorable? Meet Peppermint as Red Riding Hood, I think she makes the perfect little bookmark. I have coloured her in copics and found this cute little tassel I forgot that I had in my stash, as I sit here typing I can hear my son reading one of his Dr Seuss books, I love to hear children reading and I don’t know how many bookmarks I’ve made him over the years, I think this one will be passed on to my niece though, too girly for kalen. Pop over to the Little Miss Muffet Blog to see more new releases and some fantastic inspiration from the design team. Don’t forget you have another week to enter the Little Miss Muffet Challenge which is Reds, Oranges and Yellows, you may be the winner of some of these gorgeous stamps.

I am entering this bookmark into the following challenges:

The Paper Shelter ~ Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday ~ Something Beginning with T (Tassel)

Craft Your Passion ~ Seeing Red

CES ~ Anything but Square

Forever Friends Challenge

2011-06-27T09:00:00.001+01:00

Hi crafting buddies, today I am being GDT on the Forever Friends Challenge and this week they are sponsored by Bizzy Becs where I got this gorgeous digi image ‘Once upon a time ~ Strawberry Basket’, the theme for the challenge is ‘Birthday Cards’ nice and easy, so I hope you can join in. I have coloured the image using copics, distressed the edges using distress ink and the dp is Nans Favourites Collection by Kaisercraft. Right time to go online shopping, I’m low in white card and I’m sure if I look hard enough I’ll find something else I’m low in lol. Enjoy your Monday. x

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Wags N Whiskers ~ Summertime Creations

The Paper Shelter ~ Fun in the Sun

Fab N Funky ~ Summer Loving

Papertake Weekly ~ Here comes the sun

Cupcake Craft Challenge ~ Cooking up a storm

Craft Your Passion ~ Seeing Red

Gingerloft Challenge

2011-06-25T22:00:00.000+01:00

Hi all, hope your enjoying your weekend. I’m spending this weekend catching up on the vast amount of cards I need to make, its starting to feel a lot like Christmas and the weather isn’t helping. I was asked to be a guest dt over at gingerloft challenge and the theme for the current challenge is ‘Beads’ , lets see what you can do by adding some beads to your creations. I have used a beautiful gingerloft image called ‘Valentine Postage’ and coloured it using promarkers, I then added beads to the pin and a couple onto the card. So get out those beads crafters! Enjoy your weekend. x

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin Challenge ~ Something Old, Something New ( A new image and old beads)

Our Creative Corner ~ Your Style

Daring Cardmakers ~ Something Old, Something New (New image, Old Beads)

I Love Promarkers ~ Anything Goes

Happy Birthday Girls

2011-06-24T23:31:00.001+01:00

Hi, I just wanted to share two cards that I made for my daughters who’s birthdays were on the 15th and 22nd of this month. Both girls got a me to you card the first one was for Jessica who has just turned 13 (and who won’t let me put a proper photo of her on my blog, this one is a compromise lol) Jessica’s card was made with blood, sweat and tears, literally! See the beautiful Gracie pin? (Thanks again Marlou x) Well, I was having a bit of trouble pushing it through the ribbon and all of a sudden it went through…….the ribbon and my thumb and I mean right through, my thumb was attached to the card, I had to pull it out and then came the blood, then the sweat and finally the tears. lol.

Happy birthday Jessica. x

The second card was for Rebecca,( without the pins lol) she has just turned 17, this is Rebecca with the love of her life, her horse Sven.

Happy Birthday Rebecca.x

I can have a little party breather now, well until the 10th July when my son Kalen turns 7 and I have to organise a party for around 33 Kids, I’m hoping at least 15 of them will be on their holidays lol.

I am entering these cards into the following challenges:

Southern Girls ~ Anything Goes

Stampin 4 the weekend ~ Favourite things ( Ribbons and Pins)

DDS Challenge ~ Sketch

2011-06-23T12:00:00.000+01:00

Hey peeps, time for a new theme over at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge and this week we have a fabulous sketch for you to follow.

I have used an image from the Digi Doodle Shop called ‘Light House’ and I’ve coloured it using copics. I made this card for my brother in law who is 40 this week, I chose the light house image as he lives in Gibraltar and the last time I was over visiting them we walked up to the lighthouse on the rock. Hope you can join in the challenge this week, I can’t wait to see what you do with the sketch.

You can now get regular updates from the Digi Doodle Shop on Facebook.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Creations ~ Let it Shine

Crafts and Me ~ In Stitches

Pennys Challenge ~ Red, White and Blue

Tuesday Throwdown ~ Masculine

Stamping, Scrappin Challenge ~ Red, white and blue

Paper Sundaes ~ Twisted or Easel Card

Crazy for Challenges ~ Twine, Floss or String

2 Sisters Challenge ~ For a guy

Crafty Catz ~ Fancy Folds

Little Miss Muffet–Reds, Oranges and Yellows

2011-06-23T08:00:00.000+01:00

Hi Crafting buddies, sorry I haven’t been about much, I’ve had such a busy week, two childrens birthdays in a week and in two weeks time another one, I’m all partied out. I will try and get visiting you sometime today. Anyway, today its time for a new theme over at the Little Miss Muffet Challenge and this week we’d like you to follow the theme of

Reds, Oranges and Yellows

For my card I’ve used one of the newest images from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and its called ‘Adella and Dida’ Oh I love it, love the way her cute dress is exactly like the flower. I have coloured my image with promarkers and I sprayed varnish on her wings, you probably can’t see it but it looks quite nice in real life. For more inspiration for this weeks challenge, pop over and see the fabulous projects the design team have come up with. Hope you can join us this week, remember, if you use a Little Miss Muffet image in our challenge the theme is always ‘Anything Goes’.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

I Love Promarkers ~ Anything Goes

A Spoonful of Sugar ~ Ribbons and Bows

Bunny Zoe’s Crafts ~ Fairies

Corrosive Challenge ~ Ribbons and Bows

One Stitch at a Time ~ Things with Wings

Sweet Stampin Challenge ~ Things with Wings

DDS Challenge ~ Stitches

2011-06-16T12:00:00.000+01:00

Hi, I’m back again to show you my card for this weeks theme at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge, this week we would like to see some

‘Stitches’

No gory pics of your crafting accidents involving sharp instruments please lol. Oh that reminds me, a gory story to share with you but I’ll keep that until I’m posting the card the incident happened with, probably tomorrow.

Anyway, I’ve used a beautiful image from the Digi Doodle Shop called ‘Old Car 1’ and I used distress inks to colour it, I then covered the image with Utee and heat embossed, this gives a real vintage look. The design of the card is called ‘Big Buckle Card’ perfect for mens cards as I used my mosaic embossing folder again covered it with versa mark and Utee giving it a leather look, then added some eyelets, reminds me of a belt. I followed a tutorial from splitcoast stampers which was made by Beate, here is the link. My stitches are faux, first I used my stampin up pricking mat and template and then drew the stitches between the holes. I hope you can join in the challenge this week, I’m looking forward to seeing your stitches, fake or faux, have fun. x

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Frosted Designs ~ Stitches

Alphabet challenge ~ F is for fathers day

Stamp Scrap and Doodle ~ Fathers Day

Crazy for Challenges ~ Masculine Cards

One Stop Craft Challenge ~ Fathers day

Stampin sisters In Christ ~ Fathers Day

Stamptacular Sunday ~ Dads or Grads

Incy Wincy Challenge ~ Fathers Day

Cupcake Crafts ~ Boy, oh boy, oh boy

Partytime Tuesday ~ Fathers Day

Top Tip Tuesday ~ Open challenge

CRAFT Challenge ~ Include Stitching

Crafty Sentiment ~ Fathers Day

Dutch Dare Cards ~ For the Boys

New Release

2011-06-16T08:00:00.003+01:00

Morning Peeps, Did anyone see the red moon last night? I was so excited about seeing a red moon which we were supposed to be able to see at 10pm but no sign of it here, no sign of any moon, I was so disappointed, oh well I will try again in 1015 lol. I have some new releases to share with you today from Little Miss Muffet, the top card is using an image called ‘Patriotic Horse’ cool eh? Perfect for 4th of July cards.

My next card is using an image called ‘Sage’ she reminds me of what my eldest daughter looked like when she was younger, with the cute little glasses and braids. Both of my cards have been coloured using copics. These new images and more are now available from the Little Miss Muffet Shop and to see more of the new release and grab some fabulous inspiration, visit the Little Miss Muffet blog. Oh don’t forget the you have another week to enter our challenge, the theme is ‘Numbers’.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

CES Challenge ~ Inspired by a movie (Born on the fourth of July)

Paper Sundaes ~ Girly Girl

Stamping Scrapping Challenge ~ Embossing

Lexis Creations ~ No sentiment

Digital Tuesday ~ Get out the Gingham

DYSU ~ Use a star
Southern Girls challenge ~ Anything Goes
Do it with Digis ~ Animal Magic

Congratulations

2011-06-14T11:01:00.001+01:00

Morning, Just when I mastered this ‘Live Writer’ thingy I wake up to discover its all been changed! So this post has taken me twice as long as usual and I’ve lost my ‘teal’ font! This is the closest I could find, I love teal! lol. Anyway, this is a card I made for an order, its an engagement card, although it does look a bit like a wedding card but I love this dp from stampin up, its so classy and the Irish blessings stamp is from Waltzingmouse, Fantastic set. I got the design for the card from one of Beate’s tutorials, isn’t it a great design, would make lovely invitations. Well the sun is shining and looks like its going to stay for a while so I’m going to get the washing on the line, house tidied and start on the ton of cards I’ve to get done for this week. Hope the sun is shining on you today.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafts and Me ~ Stamp Something

Crafty Creations ~ Over the rainbow (Not sure if this qualifies but the verse mentions Rainbows)

Just add Ink ~ Black and White

Paper Playtime ~ Z Fold (This card consists of two Z fold cards put together)

Top Tip Tuesday ~ Open Challenge

Forever Friends ~ Spots and Dots

2011-06-13T12:30:00.001+01:00

Good Morning crafters, hope your well and had a lovely relaxing weekend to set you up for the week. What is going on with our weather? Its been totally crazy, deciding what to wear in the morning is a nightmare as it could be gorgeous in the morning and hailstones in the afternoon, you actually need to bring a change of clothes with you if your going out for more than an hour lol. Well I have a month full to the brim of birthdays, my 3 youngest childrens birthdays are in the next four weeks and my daughter Jessica who is 13 on wednesday wants a hello kitty cake, I hear you….tesco’s have them………ah but do they have a rainbow sponge!!! lol, Kids are way too picky these days, I will let you know how I get on and maybe treat you to a laugh and a photo of it.

Anyway, I got a lovely surprise this morning when I discovered my forever friends card that I made for my Dads birthday won the forever friends challenge (beat that moonpig!) and this card I’m showing you today was a very quickie (OMG I forgot it was his birthday today) card. The bear is coloured with copics (E53, E51, E50 and R20) and the beautiful papers are from Stampin up (Subtle DP). I have so many cards to make this week so I’m off to get stuck in. Be back later with another card I’ve made so enjoy the rest of your day. x

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Forever Friends Challenge ~ Spots and Dots

Cupcake Crafts ~ Boy, oh boy, oh boy

Fab n Funky ~ Magnificent Men

Creative Inspiration ~ card for Dad

Crafts and Me ~ Stamp Something

Craft Challenge ~ Fathers Day

Paperplay Challenge ~ Fathers Day

DDS Challenge ~ No backing paper/DP

2011-06-09T12:00:00.000+01:00

Hello again, this is my second post for today, must be Thursday lol. Its time for a new theme over at the Digi Doodle Shop Challenge and the theme is

‘'’No backing paper/ Designer paper.

Of course you can make your own designer paper by using stamps etc but as long as you’ve made it yourself then you can join in the challenge.

For my card I followed Beate’s tutorial ‘free standing pop up card ' can you tell that I love Beate’s tutorials? lol. I have stamped the cardstock using a swirl stamp and distressed the edge with some turquoise ink, the beautiful image is from the Digi Doodle Shop and is called ‘Fairy in Flight’ and I’ve coloured her with copics and added some stickles to her wings and the background. The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley and as a final touch I have a turquoise feather behind the image. This was a really fun card to make, I’m loving experimenting with different shaped cards. Anyway, can’t wait to see what you come up with this week, pop over to the challenge blog for more inspiration from the DT. Oh and don’t forget to grab yourself one of the fabulous new blinkie’s!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Peartree Designs ~ Sparkle

By the Cute and Girly ~ In the Garden

Top Tip Tuesday ~ More than 1 fold

Catch the Bug Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiment ~ Add some sparkle

Lili of the Valley ~ Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet ~ Numbers

2011-06-09T08:00:00.000+01:00

Good morning lovely crafters, its time for a challenge change at Little Miss Muffet Challenges and we’d love to see some

‘Numbers’

on your projects. For my dt card I chose this cute little dude ‘Monster balloons’ from the monster mash collection. Having kids at school there is always a birthday and I love using these little monsters, even for a girl lol. I have coloured him with promarkers and I’ve used ‘sweet owl’ designer paper from first edition to matt and layer. The stitches on the card and faux and the number 7 has been stamped and cut from dimension fourth stamps. Hope you can join in the challenge this week, we have loads of wonderful inspiration for you this week from the design team and some new editions to the team, Katja our newest dt member, welcome aboard Katja and two guest design team members for the month of June, Beccy and Elaine, lovely to have you join us ladies.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Really Reasonable Ribbons Challenge ~ Pink and Brown

Craft your Passion ~ Anything Goes

Passion for Promarkers ~ Pink or Blue with Brown

Digital Tuesday ~ In the garden/ outdoors

The Paper Shelter ~ Celebrate

Wags N Whiskers ~ Stitches

DYSU ~ Birthdays

Charisma Cardz ~ How Old?

Forever Friend

2011-06-05T14:44:00.001+01:00

Hi, are you enjoying a relaxing Sunday, or is there no such thing in your household lol ? Its food shopping day for us today, yuk, I don’t enjoy it at all but I’ve learnt never to go shopping when your hungry, have a good feed first as the bill doubles in price if you haven’t . Had a lovely day yesterday at the horse and cattle show and I’ve decided I want a sheep, they were so cute! Although not everyone agreed with me, what do you think?

Well, I made this card last night for the forever friends monthly challenge, 3 design papers, I had fun making one of these ……oh what are they called? lol folded flower? Fan fold flower! (had to look it up) here is the tutorial from Beate’s Blog.

I have coloured the image using Copics

( Bear ) cE53, E51, E 50 and R20

( Present ) Y G 06, YG 03, YG 00, Y 17, Y15, Y11, C1, C0

The designer paper is from Stampin Up and the little brad in the fan fold flower is from my stash.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Forever Friends Challenge ~ 3 designer papers

A spoonful of sugar ~ Flower Power

Creative Inspirations ~ cute bears/animals

Crafts and Me ~ Punch it out

Cute Card Thursday ~ Embellish It

Stampin Sister In Christ ~ Something New (New technique, Fan fold)

Greeting Farm Card

2011-06-03T09:00:00.001+01:00

Good Morning, what a gorgeous day it was yesterday in N.Ireland and today looks like it might be a scorcher, woo hoo, love it. Ok, I’ll give you a bit of a laugh before I tell you about my card. Yesterday I was out playing basketball with my dog, like you do and she was getting very excited, as was I, I’m pretty damn good at shooting, so as shot the ball into the net I ran to grab the ball before Ella (my dog) got it, we collided and she took the legs from under me, I shot into the air and landed on my hands and knees on the concrete, I’ve never got up so quick in case someone saw me and now I’m nursing two scabby knee’s lol, feel like a 7 year old. when I told my son what had happened and showed him my knee’s he looked at me in disgust lol, then said “you were playing basketball with the dog?” I just looked at him and said “Sorry, wee man, I’ll start acting my age eh?” he just said “Yeah, then you won’t get hurt”. I felt like I was the child and he was the parent lol.

Anyway, while nursing my sore knee’s I decided to dust off an old greeting farm stamp I had and had a colour, I had seen a tutorial somewhere about making ribbon rosette's and of course I couldn’t find it but I think I got the gist of it, so had a bit of fun making this polka dot rosette, not bad eh?

Hope you enjoy your day what ever you are doing, watch out if playing ball games, helmet and knee pads are a must.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

CES ~ Embossing

Tuesday Throwdown ~ DIY Embellishment

Anyone for Anya ~ Polka Dots
Fab N Funky ~ What eva

DDSB ~ Wedding

2011-06-02T12:00:00.000+01:00

Good afternoon peeps, its Thursday which can only mean a new theme at the Digi Doodle Shop Best and this week the theme is ‘Wedding’ and the whole time I sat making my dt card I was singing ‘Going to the chapel and we’re ….gonna get maaaarried’ yep now its stuck in my head again lol, sorry if its now stuck in yours.

The image I’ve used on my card is called ‘Church’ and I’ve coloured it then covered it with crystal effects and white tissue paper to give a linen like effect. My beautiful ‘Gracie pin’ was made by the lovely Marlou which I won as part of her candy, isn’t it the perfect embellishment for this card, thank you so much Marlou.

I hope you can join in the DDSB Challenge this week, I love seeing wedding cards, its one theme I really struggle with so will be thrilled to pick up some tips.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Lets Craft and Create ~ Dies to Die For

Paper Playtime ~ Wedding/ Love

Crafty Cardmakers ~ Love the lasting kind

Top Tip Tuesday ~ Wrap it up with ribbon

Partytime Tuesdays ~ Anything Goes

2 Sisters Challenge ~ Anything Goes

CRAFT Challenge ~ Wedding Love

Cute Card Thursday ~ Embellish It

Release Day

2011-06-02T08:00:00.000+01:00

Good morning, I have two cards to show you today using two of the newest release digital images from Little Miss Muffet Stamps which are available now in store.

The first card is using a stamp called ‘Agent Bubblegum’ I so enjoyed colouring her in, I love colouring hair at the minute lol, does that sound silly? Well agent bubblegum has the most beautiful long plat, reminds me of Lara Crofts hair and I’ve coloured her using copics.

My next card has been made using the adorable ‘Father Lion’ digital stamp’, perfect for our Fathers Day cards I think. I have also coloured this image using copics, I’m building on my collection lol ordering about 5 a week and getting colouring tips from the tutorials on you tube, so I think my colouring is improving, slightly.

Remember, you still have a week to enter the Little Miss Muffet Challenge, the theme is ‘Metal’ so pop over to the challenge blog and join in the fun, for more inspiration using the new release images check out the rest of the design teams gorgeous creations.

I am entering these cards into the following challenges:

Do It With Digi’s ~ Its all about the boys

Stamping Scrapping Challenge ~ Males card

Lexi’s Creations ~ Fathers Day

Craft you Passion ~ What a guy

Digital Tuesday ~ Animal Friends

Creative Inspirations ~ Cute bears/ Animals

Paper Shelter ~ Glad for Dad

Simon Says ~ Fathers Day / Male

Forever friends card

2011-05-30T14:52:00.001+01:00

Good Morning Crafters, what a miserable day it is outside, brrr, cold, dull and raining, come on sun, come visit us again, please. This is a little card I made for my Dad’s 60th birthday which was on Friday,, it was my first attempt at a tri shutter card and after a few attempts of folding this way, folding it that way, upside down, right way up, a few choice words and then tears, I got it. You are probably saying to yourself “but its sooo easy” Yeah, thats what I thought but obviously not for me lol. And after all the blood sweat and tears, the most popular card on the mantel piece was the MOONPIG! one Arghhh darn you Moonpig! lol. I mean to say, you don’t even sign a moonpig card do you? You just pick an image, type your greeting and it gets delivered, how is that special?

Ok, rant over, lol.

The image I used on my card is of course a forever friends stamp, that has been carefully selected (thinking of the person who the card is for) Lovingly coloured using copics, Each little section of the tri shutter card was measured, cut and layered, punched, adhered and embellished by my fair hands(still thinking of the person it was being made for). And then placed in an envelope, licked by my own tongue and hand delivered with a kiss to the very special person it was designed and created for. lol.

What do you think of that Moonpig? eh?

I am entering my card into the following challenges: (Moonpig can’t do that lol)

Forever Friends Challenge ~ Punch it out

Craft your Passion ~ What a guy

Lexi’s Creations ~ Fathers Day

Stamping Scrapping Challenge ~ Male Card

Just add Ink ~ Fussy Cutting

Crafty Calendar ~ Teddy Bears

Crafty Sentiments ~ Special Occasions

Charisma Cardz ~ Boy oh Boy

DDSB ~ Anything Goes

2011-05-26T12:00:00.000+01:00

Hello again, back with my second post of the day to tell you of the new theme over at Digi doodle shops best, this week its an

*Anything Goes*

challenge, Woo Hoo! We love these don’t we?

And I just loved making my card with this beautiful fairy from the Digi Doodle Shop. I thoroughly enjoyed colouring her, I just think she’s so pretty. I used my copics to colour this week and I cut around her legs so they just hang over the layers. I put a feather behind the layers so it was just peaking out of the sides and I’ve again used my metallic flowers. ( Punched flowers sprayed with cosmic shimmer mist in silver) I silver embossed swirls on the background card you can barely see in the photo but it does look lovely in real life. I hope you can join in our challenge this week, I love visiting your blogs last week but unfortunately blogger wouldn’t let me comment on many of them, as you probably know it was playing up again but I was there Oooing and Ahhhing at your beautiful work.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

2 Sisters Challenge ~ Use a Digi

Paper Sundaes ~ Pop it up

One Stitch at a time ~ Bling it on

Lollipop Crafts ~ Bling It

A Spoon Full of Sugar ~ Things with Wings

The Paper Shelter ~ Anything Goes

Truly Scrumptious ~ Anything Goes

Magical Monday Challenge ~ White with 1 Colour

Little Miss Muffet Challenge ~ Metal

2011-05-26T08:00:00.000+01:00

Good Morning Crafters, Its time for a new theme at Little Miss Muffet Challenge and this week the theme is

*Metal*

So get out your bling, charms etc and get creating your lovely projects, can’t wait to see what you come up with.

For my card I’ve used a Little Miss Muffet image called ‘Birthday Bunny’ what a cutie he is. I’ve coloured him using copics and gave the balloons a metallic look using the greys. I made the flowers using a couple of flower punches, some cosmic shimmer mist (Silver) and the centre of the flower is mirror card. I also used the cosmic shimmer on the binding ribbon as this was previously blue but turned out perfect with a little spray of mist and to finish it I added a little metallic button. Maybe I went a bit OTT with this card lol cause then I decided to add a little flower charm.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Wags N Whiskers ~ Circles

Crafts 4 Eternity ~ flower Ribbon Bling

Crafty Catz ~ Anything Goes

CES Challenge ~ Embellish It

Whoopsi Daisy ~ Birthdays

DYSU ~ Animals

Paperplay Challenge ~ Blossoms and Blooms

Day 2 ~ New Release

2011-05-20T08:00:00.000+01:00

Inside of Card

Morrrnnnnningggggg. Its day two of this weeks new release of Little Miss Muffet Stamps and today I want to introduce you to Agent Cupcake Decending and on the inside of the card I have put Treehouse Headquarters also a new release and available now in store. I have made an aperture card for this one using hexagon nesties and I have added string to Agent Cupcake Decending as she swings through the air,the little tree tops on the outside of the card were just doodled by me, cut out and decoupaged on, not happy with the colouring of these but have a better technique now.

I have a busy day ahead of me today, our dog Ella is off to the vet so she doesn’t surprise us with any little puppies and my daughters horse Sven comes in today from his rest so I’m sure he’ll be getting a lot of pampering, my other daughters friend is coming to stay and between all this I have to go to work, no rest for the wicked eh? I hope to do some blog visiting tonight so enjoy your day whatever your doing.x

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments ~ Childrens Cards

Shellys Images ~ Show us what you’ve got

Tuesday Throwdown ~ Baby/Child card

Stamps R Us ~ Going Digital

DDSB ~ Embossing

2011-05-19T12:00:00.000+01:00

Hello again, I’m back to show you my card for this weeks Digi Doodle Shop Best Challenge and this week the theme is ‘Embossing’. You can decide what type of embossing you like, on my card I have used both embossing powder and dry embossing. I made this card for my Mil who was 60 last week and I always like to add a little butterfly to her cards, its a little thing we have about butterflies, so although I wasn’t too sure that this particular butterfly went with the colour combo, I decided in the end that the meaning was more important than the colour combination. The beautiful daffodil digi stamp is from the Digi Doodle Shop and I have coloured it using promarkers and a tiny bit of sakura glaze pen (which actually is a type of embossing if you think about it lol) . The gorgeous dp that I’ve embossed with a swirl embossing folder is from First Edition called ‘Hideaway’ and I’ve stamped out the numbers 60 then added clear embossing powder to the edges. I hope you can join in the challenge this week, everybody loves to emboss in some way or another don’t they? If you need a bit more inspiration then pop over to the challenge blog and check out the fantastic design team samples. I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Daring Cardmakers ~ Darling bugs of May

Frosted Design ~ Ribbon or Twine

Whoopsi Daisy ~ Things with wings

The Corrosive Challenge ~ Birthdays

Really Reasonable Ribbon ~ Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes ~ Birthday Creations

Stamping Scrapping Challenge ~ Birthdays

Crafty Cardmakers ~ Embossing

A Spoon Full of Sugar ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Creations ~ Flower, Patterned Paper, Ribbon

Truly Scrumptious ~ Anything Goes

Crafts and Me ~ Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet New Release

2011-05-19T08:00:00.000+01:00

Good morning crafters, hope you are well. After last weeks shenanigans with blogger, I wasn’t going to take any chances doing my post on blogger this week, I’ve been told about live writer so fingers crossed this post works out lol. Anyway, this is a little card that I’ve made using the new release ‘Agent cupcake and Tree house Headquarters’ from Little Miss Muffet Stamps, aren’t they the cutest? can you imagine how cool it would have been to have a tree house like this, the closest I got was a shed I used to play in lol. I have coloured the images with copics, I tried a few techniques to colour the tree’s and I have decided that my best effect was just using one colour and colouring in circles, gives a textured effect much better than the colouring I've done on tomorrows sample. The flowers I’ve used on this card are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I made the sentiment to look like a little flag using a cocktail stick. There are more stamps being released today, pop over to Little Miss Muffet Stamps and don’t forget to see more inspiration on the challenge blog from the rest of the design team. You still have another week to enter the ongoing challenge which is ‘Tags or Banners’ hope you find the time to join in. I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Stamp Something ~ Anything Goes

2 Sisters Challenge ~ How does your garden grow?

Gingerloft Challenges ~ Plant a tree

One Stitch at a Time ~ Anything Goes

Pile It On ~ Boys and Girls come out to play

Cupcake Craft ~ In the garden

Clear it Out ~ Colours

Top Tip Tuesday ~ One for the kids

Forever Friends

2011-05-15T00:40:00.000+01:00

Hi Peeps, hope you've all recovered from your blogging crisis, I'm sure there were a few choice words being shouted at the computers on Friday lol. Well, I've been told about Livc Writer and downloaded that yesterday but I'm not having any luck for some reason, I tried to type out this post on it but when I type my words aren't coming up, the curser is moving along as I type but nothing is appearing, any clues? I'll have another look at it tomorrow and see where I am going wrong. Anyway, I made this little card using one of my old forever friends stamps, I haven't used these in ages but i love them so much so I'm going to make an effort to play with them more often. I've coloured them with copic but one of the colours, my E50, has vanished so I'm not completely happy with the colouring, it'll do though. The papers I've used are 'hideaway' from first edition and the ribbon and buttons are from the Ribbon Girl. The forever friends challenge theme was a recipe of 3 different designer papers, 3 colours (mine are green, pink and yellow) and 3 embellishements (mine are 2 buttons and a brad) so I have followed that recipe and I'm happy with how it turned out. Oh yeah, a few of you asked about my son's cake box lol, well........I did try and not get involved but......I did a tiny little, just a smidgen of stamping. It wasn't really cheating, I only stamped the words 'yummy cakes' on it, he did all the colouring and sticking etc and then he done his own little bit of stamping, yes I got the cupcake stamps out, yes I hid all the dinosaur stamps and the car stamp but.......he found a dragon! yes I tried to convince him that cupcakes would look lovely on his cake box but he wasn't having it, I had to step back with tears in my eyes and let him stamp his dragons. I'm so annoyed with myself that I didn't get a photo, I meant to take one on Thursday night and only remembered when I was in bed and on Friday morning we were running late, lost his P.E. kit so just didn't have time. But he was very proud of his red dragon cake box and he enjoyed decorating it and thats all that matters lol. (I will ask the teacher to send home two at the next fete, one for kalen and one for mummy lol). Well, I'm off to bed with my new book, Madeleine, have any of you got it, I think of that little girl all the time, bless her.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Lexi's Creations~ Friendship

Forever Friends Challenge~ Recipe

Craft your Passion ~ Check it out

Crafty Creations~ Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiment~ Buttons

Paper Play~ Celebrating Summer

Stamp Something~ Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge~ Teddy Bears Picnic

CES~ Holidays

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Challenge ~ Old Supplies

DDSB ~ Pink and Blue

2011-05-12T00:37:00.000+01:00

Hello again, its time for a new challenge at the Digi Doodle Shop Best, this week the theme is 'Pink and Blue'. How cute is this little Girl Bear from the Digi Doodle Shop? I really enjoy colouring bears and this one has been coloured with copics. I have matt and layered using 'Fizzy Moon' designer paper and I just love love love this ribbon from the ribbon girl, its like an organza ribbon that I got in the blue ribbon kit, doesn't it make the most gorgeous bow? and goes so well with the bow on the bear. The sentiment I've used is from stampin up and I punched around it with an oval and scallop oval punch from stampin up. I hope you can join us this week in our challenge, pop over to the challenge blog to get some inspiration from the fabulous design team. I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Southern Girls ~ Lets hear it for the Girls

Paperplay challenge ~ Celebrating Summer

One Stop Card Challenge ~ Birthdays

Sketchy Colours ~ Pink, Blue and Green

Stampin Sisters In Christ ~ All things Beautiful

Peartree Designs ~ Free For All

Stamping, Scrapping Challenge ~ Birthday Challenge

By the Cute and Girly ~ Anything Goes

Crafts and Me ~ Punches

Crafty Creations ~ Anything Goes

I was just wondering, as a crafter, do you have trouble not getting involved in your childrens art projects lol. My 6 year old son has been given a plain cake box from school to fill with cakes for the school fete, he has been told he has to decorate the box and the winner gets a prize. Well, I'm sitting looking at this blank box and I'm dying to start stamping, embellishing and glittering lol. I know I have to let him do it himself but he will want to draw cars and dinosaurs on it and I could make it look sooooo pretty lol

Little Miss Muffet challenge~Tags or Banners

2011-05-11T22:32:00.000+01:00

Good Morning Peeps, hope all is well with you. Today its time for a new theme at Little Miss Muffets Challenge and this week we'd like to see some Tags or Banners, interpret this how you wish. I have made a little tag to attach to a gift using Little Miss Muffet image 'Cocoa' one of my favourite from the Sugar n Spice collection. I have coloured the image using copics and I have added some little roses, from Wild Orchid crafts, along the bottom of the tag and as you can see Cocoa has been picking them lol. I embossed the card behind cocoa and I made the shape of the tag using hexigon nesties and cutting them down each side then added some faux stitching, finishing the tag with some gorgeous silk ribbon from the ribbon girl. I hope you can join in our challenge this week, pop over to the blog to get some beautiful inspiration from the rest of the design team. I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Peartree Designs~ Spring
Incy Wincy~ Mothers Day/ Girly

By the Cute and Girly~ Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown~ Die Cuts

Top Tip Tuesday~ Flower Frenzy

My Time to Craft~ Scallops

Lets Craft and Create~ Sew Lovely

Crafty Creations~ Anything Goes
DYSU ~ Add A Tag
Stampin With The Dragon ~ May Day
Crafty Sentiments ~ Flowers

Day 2 ~ Little Miss Muffet Release

2011-05-06T08:00:00.001+01:00

Morning Crafters, Ok I've decided that this is how I want my kitchen decorated lol, I love this paper from kaisercraft, called 'Nans Favourites Collection', might cost a bit to decorate the kitchen with it though. So, meet 'Sugar' one of the newest members of the Sugar n Spice girls from Little Miss Muffet Stamps, at first i was going to have sugar as a little bridesmaid but decided to make her into a little kitchen helper with her apron for my Mums birthday, not that I was much of a help to my Mum in the kitchen but my Mum loves to cook and I love to eat, its ok, I always do the dishes lol. I have coloured Sugar with copics and I have added little dew drops around the edge, the ribbon and lace are from the Ribbon Girl. Pop over to the Little Miss Muffet Challenge/Release blog to see what wonderful samples the design team have prepared for you and you can buy all these gorgeous stamps from the Little Miss Muffet Stamps store, available now. I am entering this card into the following challenges:

CES Challenge ~ Photo Inspiration

2 Sisters ~ Mother

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle ~ Mother

Stamptacular Sunday ~ Mums the word

Stamp with Fun ~ Lace and Ribbon

Partytime Tuesday ~ Mothers Day

Clear it Out ~ Ribbon/ Trim

Digital Tuesday ~ Ribbon and Lace

My Time to Craft ~ Red and White

The Paper Shelter ~ Bling It Up

Southern Girls ~ Lets hear it for the girls

Shellys Images ~ Girly or Sweet

Paperplay Challenges ~ Show us your style

Enjoy the rest of your day x

DDSB Challenge~ Sketch

2011-05-05T12:59:00.001+01:00

Hi peeps, yes I'm back again, this time to tell you of this weeks DDSB challenge, wow we had an amazing amount of entries for the last challenge and it was lovely visiting your blogs and seeing your fabulous designs, now lets see what you can do with a sketch.

Yep, for this weeks challenge we'd like to see your beautiful creations using the above sketch, you can turn it and add to it, dance on it and sing to it but as long as we recognise the sketch above you can enter.
I was so excited about using this new digital image from the Digi Doodle Shop as we are a family of horse lovers and a horsy card is always appreciated round here, this is a new stamp called 'The Horse Kiss' I love it! I have coloured the image this time with promarkers and sticking with the sketch I have used hexigon and round nesties, some swirly paper from first edition, pearls, white ribbon and a gorgeous rosette charm for a little bit of bling. I think I'll give this card to my daughter Rebecca when she finishes her exams, her horse is on holiday, yeah 8 weeks in Ibiza........no only joking, he's having a rest, so out in a big green field, while she studies and takes her exams, she's missing him so much and has to wait until the 20th of May till he comes back in, not long left now Rebecca. Anyway, I hope you can join us this week, remember there is a fabulous May sale on at the Digi Doodle Shop, so its a great time to grab yourself a bargain, pop over and see some of the fabulous stamps on offer and I hope to visit your blogs soon. I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Creative Friday ~ Open Challenge

Crafts 4 Eternity ~ Anything Goes

Stamping, Scrapping Challenge Central ~ Anything Goes

Lexis Creations ~ Friendship

Craft Your Passion ~ Anything Goes

Paper Playtime ~ Friends

By the cute and girly ~ Anything Goes

Pollycraft ~ Anything Goes

Ambers Crafts and Stuff ~ Special Lady
Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

A spoonfull of sugar ~ White and 1 colour

Crafts and Me ~ Swirls

I love promarkers ~ Song Title (My four Legged Friend)

Little Miss Muffet~ New Release

2011-05-05T08:00:00.005+01:00

Good morning crafters, happy Thursday, have you all got back into the swing of things after the Easter and Bank holiday? Nooooo of course you haven't lol, don't worry its nearly the weekend! Its release day today at Little Miss Muffet and as always there are some beautiful digital images for you drool over. Today I am showing you Anise (Basketball) cute eh? We all know someone who loves their sports so not only can you get Anise Basketball but Anise Football, Volleyball and Soccer, how cool is that? I have coloured my image with copics this time, I keep swaying from copics to promarkers, I still haven't decided what are my favorite, typical me. I have embossed the mirror card with my stars cuttlebug folder and used yellow seambinding for the bow with a little star brad I found in my stash. I have to remind you too that you have another week to enter the current Little Miss Muffet challenge, the theme is Diecuts or Punches, a nice easy challenge. Check out the other stamps that are being released today all available now at Little Miss Muffet Stamps, you are going to love them, I will be back tomorrow with another sample of the new release. Enjoy the rest of your day. x

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Ambers Crafts and Stuff~ Use a Digi Image

Clear it Out~ Ribbon/Trim

Papertake Weekly~ Anything Goes

Tip Top Tuesday~ Open Theme

Pollycraft~ Anything Goes

One Stitch at a Time~ Emboss It

Peartree Designs~ Free For All

Wags n Whiskers ~ Use a Die or Punch

Paper Cutz Challenge~ Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations ~ Embossing