Bumble Bee...

Good morning Sugar fans....it's Wednesday and time for my scheduled post over at The Sugar Nellie blog.  I will be busy at work when you read this post(hopefully)...that means hopefully the schedule will post and not that I am hopefully at work...lol!!

Now this stamp is called Bumble Bee from the Gorjuss Girls collection at Sugar Nellie which I have paper pieced this time....she is so perfect for paper piecing!!

Now these papers are digi papers from The Sweet Shoppe....they are just the kind of colours that I love.  I cut them out and layered them onto bazill card and then yes you've guessed....I added some doodling!!

The flower has been cut using my brand spanking new die-namics blueprints 14...oh I soooo love it and tied a tiny piece of twine on the button making a little bow.

The message is from Stampin Up and I finished with some pearls in the corner....hope you likey.

Pop back tomorrow for more inspiration from the team!!

Fi

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Snuggle time...

Hey folks...a quickie from me tonight!!

Had to have a wee break from those wedding invites, and had a request from one of the girls at work to make a baby girl card.  I thought this gorgeous stamp from LOTV was just perfect.  The stamp is Snuggle Time from LOTV which I coloured with copics and then shaded with polychromos.  The papers are from Echo Park - Bundle of Joy Girl collection which I layered onto bazzill card.  I doodled around each of the layers and also distressed them. I also added a piece of white lace to one of the layers, not that you can see much of it...lol!!  Now those dies....those are from the die-namics blueprints set 14.....and I love them....the button if fastened with a piece of twine tied in a wee bow.

challenges:

The Ribbon Girls - anything goes with a LOTV image

Color me Creative - anything goes

That's Crafty - you spin me round(circles or polka dots)

Crafty Little Fairies - button up

Fab n Funky - pink

My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes

Stamping Sensations - dies and punches

Fi

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Beauty in Bloom...

Good morning Sugar fans....happy hump day...yay the middle of the week!!

So this weeks card I wanted to use this super cute stamp called Day Dreamer Leanne Ellis range at Sugar Nellie. I stamped her using memento ink and coloured with copics, building up colour and then shaded with polychromos....I like using my pencils for the finishing touches as I can get a bit finer detail with them as sometimes the pens can bleed too much.

I found this paper pad at the SECC which also had lots of little embellishments to match, so of course needed to buy the lot, it's Curiosity Corner from Dovecraft.

This particular paper had a frame already printed on it so I thought it would be a good idea to make it look like a house from.  So I made the canopy roof type thing with my scallop border and just punched out a few strips....what do you think??

The paper was layered onto bazzill card and then I distressed around the edges.

Fi

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Cute little chickies...

Howdy folks....a quickie tonight as I am still in the middle of wedding invites...I will get them finished one of these days!!

The challenge this week at Sweet Stampin is Easter/Springtime.  We are sponsored by Crafty Devils who are giving one lucky winner...

For my card I have used that gorgeous stamp from LOTV, which is adorable, I coloured it with copics and the shaded with polychromos.

I doodled around the edges...for a wee change (ahem) and left it quire plain and simple.

challenges:

The Ribbon Girl - spring

Crafty Catz - springtime

Stampin for the Weekend - spring colours

CMD Challenge - Easter

Crafty Ribbons - anything goes

Creative Card Crew - animals

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes
Dream Valley - Easter

Fi

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Some exciting news...

Good morning Sugar fans....it's Wednesday I hear you say and this isn't The Sugar Bowl I hear you say....well that's right, the lovely Karen asked me if I would like to take a 3 month spot over on The Sugar Nellie blog...woo hoo!!  Well I obviously had to think about it for all of 2 seconds...lol!!

So for my first card I wanted to go plain and simple and to try to just focus on my colouring and Butterfly Girl is one of my favourite stamps.  She comes from the Simply Sassy range of Sugar Nellie over at Funky Kits.  I stamped her using memento ink and coloured with copics, building up colour and then shaded with polychromos....I like using my pencils for the finishing touches as I can get a bit finer detail with them as sometimes the pens can bleed too much.

Now I found that embossing folder at the SECC which I had to have as I immediately thought of this stamp...so the make is Craft Concepts....and it is just beautiful...I love embossing with white card, I think it looks so crisp and clean.

Again, I found those teeny weeny butterflies at the SECC, they come in the one die from Memory Box and are just so perfect not just with this stamp but lots of other stamps too...I just added a bit of colour to them, popped their wings up and stuck them down.

The embossed panel, image and sentiment are layered onto kraft card and I doodled around the edges...I think that helps to pop an image.

The message is from Stampin Up and I finished with some pearls in the corner....hope you likey.

challenges:
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Allsorts - use those dies
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - birthday

Fi

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Paisley...

Hello my blogging buddies!!

Well it's the end of the week and off for 2 days...yay...but a busy weekend as I still have these wedding invites to get finished!!

So I just couldn't wait any longer to colour this...it's Paisley from Stamping Bella which I coloured with copics and then shaded with polychromos.  I wanted to make it simple and just focus on the colouring so that's what I did, the background has been embossed which I think makes the image stand out...what do you think??

challenges:
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Charisma Cardz - CAS
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
Deep Ocean Challenge - for a friend

Fi

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The Sugar Bowl Challenge 114

Good morning sugar fans!  

Well it would appear the weather seems to be getting a bit better and more spring like which actually leads right into a brand new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl......the them for this month is "Spring/Easter"....another easy one!

As always the prize for one lucky winner picked at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from FunkyKits...

...over 100 entries then that prize increases to 6 Sugar Nellie stamps...

Please remember to use a Sugar Nellie stamp...rubber or digi to be eligible. 

For my card I have used papers from Echo Park - Springtime, which I layered onto bazzill card and doodled around the edges, the stamp is Bashful from the Diane Duda range from Sugar Nellie at Funky Kits, which is actually on sale!!  I coloured this image with promarkers this time.  The flower is a die-namics hybrid rose.....oh and I added some teeny pearls made with my pearl pen to finish.

challenges:
Crafters Cafe - doodling
I ♥ Promarkers - anything goes
Graph It's Challenge - springtime pastels
My Mum's Craft Shop - spring/easter



Fi
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It's cold outside...

Good morning sweet stampers and my scheduled post!!  So I have been mega busy with work over the past few months but back on track and getting organised with my DT cards.

This months challenge at Christmas at Sweet Stampin is "It's cold outside"....now how easy is that??

Our sponsor this month is Yours & Mine Papercrafts...

For my card I have used papers from Echo Park - Wintertime, the stamp is from LOTV which I coloured with copics.  I stamped the image and the die-cut it using my die-namics pierced circle die.  I layered that onto bazzill card.  I also used my Spellbinders curved borders die which I haven't used for a while.  I also die cut some snowflakes and added glitter and gems to them...hope you likey!!

Fi

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Doodles...

Good morning sweet stampers....here we are with another card for this weeks challenge over at Sweet Stampin....and it's a favourite of min..."doodles"...how can you not love doodles!!

Now for my card I used papers from Dovecraft which I bought on my visit to the craft fair at the SECC, the image is from LOTV, the sentiment is also from LOTV.  I added doodles around the edges and on the die cut flowers which were cut using my die-namics flower trio die.  I finished with some pearls to the centres of the flowers and a wee peg on the sentiment.

Our sponsor this week is the wonderful Hobby House...

who are giving one lucky winner £10 worth of goodies!

Our challenge this week is "doodles" easy peasy...now that means you can add some pen lines around the edges, on the image itself or both...it's up to you!!

challenges:
Divas by Design - flower power

Fi

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A wee quickie....

Hello everybody, well it's pouring down...again so a wee quickie before I get on with more wedding invites!!

I was taking a break from the wedding invites and coloured this little stamp the other night.  The stamp is from Mo Manning which I coloured with copics and then the usual shading with polychromos.  The papers were in my stash and I think they are Fancy Pants - Happy Together which I layered onto green American Crafts card. The ribbon has been recycled as I think I received a gift with this ribbon wrapped around it and it is gorgeous ribbon and I have never made a giant bow for a card before!!  It does kind of take over the card,,,,but as I say...something different!!

challenges:

The Ribbon Girl - colour challenge (green)

Stampin for the Weekend - anything goes

Crafty Ribbons - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - for mum or girlie

Bunny Zoe - monochrome

Fi

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It's James....

Happy Saturday folks and a wee card from me today!!

So I am getting ahead of the game and have been busy with DT cards last night and this morning which I obviusly cannot share just now however one to keep you going.... I bought this little cutie at the SECC and decided to have a play about with it this morning.  The stamp is from James - Peeping from LOTV which I coloured with copics and then did a bit shading with polychromos.  The paper is from MME - Hattie collection and layered onto kraft card.  I also layered the image onto a kraft square which I cut using my die-namics peirced square die and the flower is also a die-namics layered rose.  I fastened a button with some twine and added a little charm too....it actually says "Just for You" but it is teeny weeny!!  Not sure if I like it cos it's a bit plain for me but a quick card nevertheless!

supplies:

stamp - LOTV James Peeping

paper - MME Hattie 

kraft card - stash

dies - die-namices pierced squares and layered rose from My Mum's Craft Shop

button - stash

charm - The Hobby House

pens - copics

pencils - polychromos

challenges:

Sketch Saturday - sketch

LOTV Challenge - bingo (flower, button, charm)

The Hobby House - buttons

Fi

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Baby bunny...

Morning folks, it's another dreich day!!

So I made this card the other day with a new stamp I bought at the SECC.  I wanted to keep it simple as I wanted to be able to see the embossed clouds in the background as I thought they worked well with the stamp.  I coloured the image with copics and did lots of shading with polychromos.  I die cut the image with a die-namics pierced circle and layered it onto a scalloped circle....which I cut myself.  I re cut the clouds to layer over the edges of the cirle and then glittered them up!!  I added a piece of twine with a little dummy attached.  The sentiment is from one of the LOTV art pads, I just punched it to be smaller...I didnt want the sentiment taking over the image....hope you likey!!

supplies:

stamp - Bunny Moon LOTV

sentiment - LOTV

pens - copics

pencils - polychromos

twine - The Ribbon Girl

dummy charm - stash

glitter - stash

challenges:

The Ribbon Girl - Lovely Lili challenge - animals

Fi

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Time for something a wee bit different...

Well it's very wet and horrible this morning so I guess it's time for another card.  I bought this stamp set towards the end of last year and I have to say it is one of the most beautiful sets I own!!  So I thought I would check out the MFT blog to see if I could enter their sketch challenge using this set.

It's very plain and simple but I think with just the wee bit colour, it makes those poppies stand out.  I cut out a circle using the pierced circle die from die-namics and then using distress inks I inked up in blue and green...makes it look like grass and sky. I stamped sections of the poppies and die cut the poppy heads and leaves.  The text and sentiment is also from the same set....oh and I added my favourite doodling around the edges...hope you likey.

supplies:
stamps - MFT Pretty Poppies
dies - MFT Poppies and Leaves

challenges:

My Favourite Things - sketch
Papertake Weekly -anything goes
Deep Ocean Challenge - Just for a Girl
Bearly Mine - one for the girls

Fi

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You are my sunshine...

Good morning Saturday bloggers....

Well I am on holiday from work for a week, supposedly to make wedding invitations but I have no motivation get started with them...instead I went to the SECC to the Craft Fair and spent some pennies and met up with some crafty friends too.  I really want to play with my new stash too!!

There's a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin, the theme is "be inspired"....all you need to do is get some inspiration from a song, film or book.  Well I am actually spoiled for choice...so which song do I pick??  Hmm...I wish it would rain down, Singing in the Rain, Raindrops keep falling on my head, Umbrella...but I went for You are my Sunshine.

The sponsor this week is  Yours or Mine Paper Crafts who are giving a $10 voucher to one lucky winner.

and of course our monthly sponsor...

Cuddly Buddly who are also giving a £10 voucher to one lucky winner.

Anyway, for my card I have used an image from LOTV...those art pads are just amazing!! The background has been embossed...I found that at the SECC yesterday and thought it would be perfect.  I added a little cloud and a little sun.....doodled around the edges aswell.  I also found those sentiments stamps yesterday which again thought they were perfect....

challenges:
Crafty Little Fairies - song or film title
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
Die Cut Divas - emboss it

Fi

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The Sugar Bowl Challenge 113

Good morning campers and my scheduled post!!

So there's a brand new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl......

As always the prize for one lucky winner picked at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from FunkyKits...

...over 100 entries then that prize increases to 6 Sugar Nellie stamps...

Please remember to use a Sugar Nellie stamp...rubber or digi to be eligible. 


So for my card I have used papers from Teresa Collins Every Day Moments , each of the papers have been layered onto bazzill card, the stamp is Sprinkle Some Love from Sugar Nellie at Funky Kits which I coloured with copics, I have added glitter to the wings, the flower has been cut with my die-namics layered rose die, I tied a yellow ribbon (not round the old oak tree) around one of the layers and finished with some gems.

challenges:
Fussy and Fancy Challenge - sketch
A Gem of a Challenge - spots and stripes
Color Me Creative - anything goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - spots and stripes
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
Divas by Design - sparkle



Fi
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Nifty at Fifty...

Hey all....thought I would quickly blog this wee card I made a couple of weeks ago as I had forgot I hadn't done it already!!  I made this for one of the girls at work who was Fifty...I have a few friends who are Fifty this year and when I saw this die sentiment I knew I had to have it!!

The papers are digi papers from The Sweet Shoppe, I layered them onto bazzill card and distressed some of the layers, the stamp is from My Favourite Things which I coloured with copics. I added a piece of lace under one of the layers and added pearls to the corners of the layers. I added a die cut flourish and flower fastened with a brad...hope you likey!!

supplies:

papers - The Sweet Shoppe

dies - My Mum's Craft Shop

lace - stash

stamp - MFT - My Mum's Craft Shop

pearls - The Hobby House

Brad - The Hobby House 

pens - copics

challenges:

ABC Challenge - f for flowers

The Hobby House - anything goes

Color me Creative - anything goes

Allsorts - ladies day

Stampin for the Weekend - flower power

Divas by Design - rubber stamps only

Papertake Weekly - lovely layers

City Crafter Challenge - flowers and lace

Fi

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Happy hippy chick...

Well howdy Saturday bloggers!!

Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin is "humour"...we are sponsored by the wonderful Cuddly Buddly and Crafts U Love....pop over and check it out!!

So for my card I thought it had to be this stamp which I think is fab!!  We don't always want to see those skinny little girlies...some of us are hippy chicks!!

The papers are from Carta Bella, which I layered onto kraft card, the stamp is from overseas and I can't really remember which make it is but I coloured her with copics.  I added some twine and ribbon and a little die cut button...hope you likey!!

challenges:

The Ribbon Girl - red

Totally Gorjuss - twine/string
Graph It's - colour denim
Cute Card Thursday - buttons and bows
Fab n Funky - spots or stripes

Fi

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James...

Happy Sunday bloggers!!  Well it's quite a nice sunny day so I guess that's winter over and summer is here...lol!!

I am having a busy cleaning day but stopped for lunch and to blog my card I made the other night.  The papers are MME - Noteable, the stamp is one of the new stamps from LOTV.  The papers are layered onto bazzill card, I doodled around the edges...can never have enough doodling!! I coloured James with polychromos on kraft card.  The flowers have been cut with die-namics flower trio die which I also doodled.  I added some pearls to the centres of them and to the corners of the layers, then I finished with a ribbon bow.

challenges:

LOTV - Name that Tune (whispering grass)

Crafty Little Fairies - teddies

Simon Says Stamp - kraft

Fi

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A Little Hug...

Hello everyone...hope you are all enjoying your weekend!!  I have been a bit manic with work recently however this is the first weekend in a wee while that I haven't had to work so priorities right and a card was in the making!!

The lovely Abi sent me these papers and they are beautiful, gorgeous colours and right up my street...thank you my love!! So I hope you like what I have made with them...

So this is my favourite sketch...you may have noticed, I sometimes do a wee variation it it though...the stamp is "A Little Hug" from Leanne Ellis at Sugar Nellie, the papers are MME - Hattie, the flowers have been cut with 2 different die-namics dies, the buttons have also been cut using a die-namics die. The hearts have been cut with my sizzix hearts die....so I am not into valentines although I think this looks ok, non pink but with hearts.

I layers the papers onto kraft card and doodled around each of the edges of the layers, I also did a bit of distressing to the layers, I coloured the image with copics and then shaded with polychromos.  I layered the image onto the card and added a ribbon and tied a little bow at the side.  I attached a die cut button and charm, added the die cut flowers and hearts. The sentiment is from Personal Impressions which I thought matched the image well...

supplies:

papers - MME Hattie

stamp - A Little Hug - Funky Kits

pens - copics

pencils - polychromos

charm - The Hobby House

pearls - The Hobby House

ribbon - The Ribbon Girl

dies - die-namics buttons, rolled rose/flower (My Mum's Craft Shop)

die - sizzix heart

challenges:

Bunny Zoe - hearts

My Mum's Craft Shop - spots and stripes

Crafty Ribbons - ribbons and bows

The Hobby House - anything goes

Graph It's - florals/love

Stampin for the Weekend - flowers

4 Crafty Chicks - pearls

Simon Says Stamp - get krafty

Papertake Weekly - with a heart
ABC Challenge - F for flowers
Color me Creative - anything goes
The Kraft Journal - love

Fi

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The Sugar Bowl DT card

Hey folks...a tad late with my post, I was so busy getting the rest of the team and the challenge organised that I completely forgot about my own post, so that's me home and now sorted!!

So there's a brand new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl......and some exciting news so pop on over and check it out.

As always the prize for one lucky winner picked at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from FunkyKits...

...over 100 entries then that prize increases to 6 Sugar Nellie stamps...

Please remember to use a Sugar Nellie stamp...rubber or digi to be eligible. 

For my card I used Belle Flower from the Leanne Ellis range at Funky Kits.  I coloured her with copics and then did some shading with polychromos.  The papers are Echo Park Tis the Season and I used my favourite die-namics die to make that fabby flower...I added a ribbon bow fastened with a button and twine.

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes with twine or string
The Ribbon Girls - anything goes



Fi
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Stitching at Sweet Stampin

Hey folks...I am a little late with my card....what a manic weekend I have had however that should be last of working extra now!!

This weeks challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is "stitching"...that can be fake or real!!

This week we are sponsored by the adorable Di's Digi Stamps

who are giving one lucky winner a $12 voucher to spend online here...http://www.disdigistamps.com/

and we have our monthly sponsor..Cuddly Buddly..

and there's a £10 voucher up for grabs at the end of each month.

For my card I have used papers from MME Collectable collection and layered them on to bazzill card.  I distressed the edges of each of the layers with my TH distress tool.  I also added stitching to each of the panels. I added a piece of lace under one of the layers...blink and you miss it...lol!! The image is Daisy from Sugar Nellie (which is no longer available as a SN image)  I coloured Daisy with copics and shaded with polychromos.  The flowers have been cut with my die-namics flower trio die.  I added a ribbon bow and fastened with a button and charm and finished with some pearls to the centres of the flowers and the corners of the layers....hope you likey!!

supplies:
papers - MME Collectable - My Mums Craft Shop
stamp - Daisy
pens - copics
dies - die-namics flower trio die - My Mums Craft Shop
button - My Mums Craft Shop
lace/ribbon - The Ribbon Girl
charm - The Hobby House

challenges:
The Ribbon Girls - anything goes
The Hobby House - ribbons
Graph Its - anything goes
Divas by Design - anything goes
Deep Ocean Challenge - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - bow dies


Fi
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Sweet Stampin - DT Call

Hey folks, there's a fabby DT Call over at Sweet Stampin...

We need you to:

1. Commit to making comments on allotted numbers every week, very important!
2. Make a card on alternate weeks fitting the theme & ahead of the posting date
3. Be prepared to use sponsor images when required.
4. Make a post on your own blog alternate Saturdays.
5. Join in & have fun on the behind the scenes blog where we welcome ideas & suggestions from everyone.
6. Stay for an initial 4 month period which may be renewed if both parties agree.

If you feel this is something you can commit to and would be interested in joining our team then please email us at sweetstampin@gmail.com and mark DT Call in the subject or alternatively you can add DT after your entry on this week and next 2 weeks challenges.

This DT call will end on Tuesday 18 October at 6pm gmt and the successful applicants will be contacted shortly after that.

♥ Love from the Sweet Stampin DT ♥

Girly but no Pink...

Good morning folks...I feel I am finally getting back to normal now and back on track with the cards.

There's a new challenge over at Sweet Strampin and the theme is "girly but no pink"....easy peasy!!

This week we are sponsored by The Ribbon Girl..

who is giving one lucky winner a £10 voucher..

and we have our monthly sponsor..Cuddly Buddly..

and there's a £10 voucher up for grabs at the end of each month.

You can pop over to the Sugar Nellie blog aswell to check out some inspiration there where you can also see my card.

I have used papers from MME Noteable collection.  The stamp is "tell me something" from the Leanne Ellis collection from Sugar Nellie at Funky Kits.  I have coloured the image with copics and then used some polychromos to do some shading.  I also added a tiny gem to her finger...where the ring should be..The flower has been cut using my die-namics layered rose die.  I have added a little pearl brad to the centre.  I also added a ribbon bow to finish it off...oh and oops some doodling!!

supplies:
stamp - Tell me Something from Sugar Nellie - Funky Kits
papers - MME Notebale - MMCS
ribbon  - The Ribbon Girl
gem - The Hobby House
pearl brad - The Hobby House
die - die-namics layered rose - MMCS
copics - MMCS

challenges:

Stampavie and more - blue and white
Creative Card Crew - anything goes
Creative Craft Challenge - anything goes
Inky Chicks - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Craft-Dee Bows - anything goes
The Hobby House - ribbons

My favourite 5..ish creations of 2013...

As if it wasn't hard enough choosing 5 Christmas cards, I now have to choose 5 others....well not sure if I can stick to 5!!

Pop over to Debby's blog to find out all the details on what to do to enter her challenge...

 This has to be one of my favourites...love the stamp, papers and the die...

This was a special card I made for a new baby which turned out well considering I don't make many baby cards.

I love this sketch and I do use it lots but I love these colours....

These Lili of the Valley stamps are just perfect for a quick card....so effective too...

I just love these little fairies and this card took me ages but another one I am pleased with...

This was something different which involved no colouring, just sponging with distress inks...

I was so chuffed with this card as I don't really do digis, not that I don't like them...printer isn't the best, but I think it turned out well...

I hope you like my selection of my favourites from 2013!!

Happy New Year everybody!!

Fi

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Peek-a-boo birthday...

Hey everybody...hope you have all had a fabby Christmas!!

So this is my first post on my new laptop, a new photo editor programme too so I am still trying to figure that out hence the rubbishy watermark....the colours may need tweeked a bit too but I am practising!!

I was beginning to have withdrawal symptoms with no pc which meant I was really crafting either so this is also the first card I have made in a few weeks.  The stamp is Peek-a-boo birthday from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics.  The digi papers are from the Sweet Shoppe.  The flowers have been cut using my die-namics layered rose die.  I added some glitter and gems to finish....hope you kike it!!

challenges:

Charisma Cardz - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - bling

Papertake Weekly - sketch #85

Fi

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My Favourite Five Christmas cards of 2013

Howdy folks...I have been such a bad blogger over the past few weeks but I had to work lots of extra shifts but most of all my pc died however Santa brought me a new laptop and it's up and running but I am still getting to grips with it....

The lovely Debby as always is having us all post our own favourite Christmas cards, so I have added my selection below...hope you likey!!

My first choice...my favourite Christmas stamp...

My next favourite stamp...

Next up...

This one is really focussing on the colouring...and my first card as GDT for LOTV.

Digis are not my favourite however I do love these Stamp Fairy images...

Fi

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