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Monday, December 31, 2012

Happy New Year...




Happy New Year to you all, hope 2013 brings good health and happiness!!


Fi
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A posse of Pippis'....


It's the last day of the year...yay the end of another one so I thought I would do something a wee bit different and share one of the best loved stamps from Sugar Nellie...PIPPI.

Now we all love Pippi...well I certainly hope you all do!!  Now Pippi has to be one of my favourites amongst others and I have made several cards using her, she is just so cute to colour including that little froggy friend of hers. So what I want you to do is make a new post with your Posse of Pippis for all to see.  Once you have done that come back and leave a link to your post in the comments box below and I will pull out a lucky Pippi for a wee surprise.

You have until 8th January (Elvis's birthday) to share your posse of Pippis!!

So here is my wee posse below!!















Happy New Year!!

Fi
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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Favourite 5 from 2012!!



Well another post from me today...I joined in with Debby's favourite Christmas cards so now it's time to share your favourite 5 cards from 2012!!  Check out Debby's blog for all the details.

Well how hard was this....eventually I have decided and hope you like which 5 I have chosen as my favourites.  You will see that I have not included any Pippi's....it was far too difficult cos I have made loads with Pippi and she would taken up all 5 spots...lol!!  I might do a separate Pippi posting in the next few days so watch this space.










Pillow Talk from Sugar Nellie and here's a link to my original post...






Sweet Blossom from Wee Stamps and here's a link to my original post...


I did try not to show all my blue/green creations....lol!!

Fi
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My last Christmas card this year.....



Next post today....well I thought I had actually finished with my Christmas cards for 2012 however when I saw the sketch and the DT cards over at Sketch Saturday I had to just make one more!!

The papers are from MME - Winter Wonderland, the image is from Dilly Beans which I have coloured with copics and then added some glitter, I tied some Bakers Twine around the card and fixed it with a glittered snowflake and a button and finally I added some doodling....hope you like this one!!

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Dilly Beans - winter
Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
Stampin' for the Weekend - anything goes
Totally Gorjuss - new(new digi purchased to make this card, delete me if this doesn't qualify)
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Hotshot Crafts - clean and simple
Crafts and Me - Winter Wonderland


Fi
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Sweet 16....



Happy Sunday everybody....another miserable day here although it was snowing earlier but now it's raining!!

I made this card for Holly's friend who is 16 next week...hope she likes it!!

I have used a mixture of MME papers from different collections, I have used the MFT rolled royal rose die and again and cut out 2 die cuts and rolled them together to give a two tone effect, the swirly corner die is from Magnolia and the numbers have been cut by hand ...goodness knows what I have done with my numbers!! The stamp is from Sugar Nellie - Fabulous Darling which has been coloured with copics.  I added some pearls and some doodling to finish.

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Bunny Zoe - celebration
Dies to Die For - celebration
Saturated Canary - photo inspiration


Fi
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My Favourite Mo Manning card...



A quickie from me tonight....over at Mo's Digital Pencil they are something a bit different where you have to submit your favourite card from 2012 that you have made using a Mo image, so i have chosen the one above.  I just fell in love with this stamp when I saw it.

Here's a link to my original post back in April.


Fi
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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Not a Christmas card.....



Hey beautiful people on this very miserable day!!  At least I am off work for 2 days but back on Monday, so before I get on with the less important stuff like housework, I thought I would have a little play and here is what I've created.

The stamp is from LOTV which I have coloured with copics (new ones on order), the papers are from MME - lost and Found 3 - Oliver collection...yummy!!  The flowers have been cut using my die-namics rolled royal rose die but I did something a bit different...I layered 2 different coloured die cuts and rolled them together...it gives a two tone look and it does actually look quite good IRL!!  i added lots of glitter and pearls.

Papertake Weekly - pick of the year - sketch #52
Charisma Cardz - anything goes
Delightful challenges - anything goes
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
Divas by Design - anything goes
paper Shelter - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes


Fi
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

The Ribbon Girl Giveaway....





Happy Boxing Day everybody and I hope you are all enjoying the festivities!!  I am back to work tomorrow :( seems unfair don't you think??

So today over at The Ribbon Girl blog they are giving away the above button selection...isn't it fab...so pop over to check out the detais.




Fi
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Monday, December 24, 2012

Merry Christmas everybody....


Hey all my blogging buddies...i would like just to wish you all a very Merry Christmas...I hope Santa is good to you all!!



Fi
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My favourite 5 Christmas cards...




Hello my fellow bloggers....it's almost Christmas and the lovely Debby is doing her post again for us all to share our 5 favourite Christmas Cards from 2012.  so as I haven't made a huge amount it's not that difficult for me this time.


Now this has to be my favouritest stamp ever....from Sugar Nellie of course.  I have used a Distinctively Dee's tree die and that fab snow flurries die from TH....loads of glitter all over!!



Next is this little cutie....this stamp from Sugar Nellie  is just so pretty and I was so chuffed with my shading on this one....loads of glitter again!!



next is this one...now this isn't a Christmas stamp but it looks good in red and green!!



Oh it's my favourite stamp again and those papers too..Hot Chocolate from Fancy pants....yummy!!



Now for those of you who know me, you will know I like to doodle so I couldn't not show a card with doodling on it!!  I love this one...it really pops out I think!!

Well that's my 5 and I hope you like my choice and I will be back soon with some new cards.


Fi
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Thursday, December 20, 2012

New digis...



Hey Sugar Nellie fans, a wee scheduled post from me this morning!!  Check out what's available at Funky Kits....yay I hear you say...more sugar!!



Pop over to the Sugar Nellie blog where you will find out more info on the new digis too.


Fi
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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Sugar Bowl challenge 98




Good morning sugar fans and it's that time again...yes time for another challenge over at The Sugar Bowl.

Today's challenge is the fabby sketch below...



with the optional extra of "Let it Snow"...

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.

For my card I have used Titania which I coloured with copics, the papers are Echo Park - Winter Wishes. The snowflakes is a MS punch which I glittered up  I added a pearls to the centres of the snowflakes.


Simon Says Stamp - what's your favourite(MS snowflake punch)
Joanna Sheen - with love at Christmas
ABC Challenge - your favourite punch/die (MS snowflake punch)
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Everybody Art Challenge- anything goes
Loves Rubber Stamps - let it snow
papertake Weekly - snow white
ABC - let it snow
Cupcake - Merry Christmas
lexi's Creations - snow
Love to Create - anything goes
pretty Little Ribbon Shop - Christmas
Dream Valley - Christmas
2 Sisters - snowflakes
One Stop Craft challenge - christmas friends
Totally Gorjuss - oh no snow




Fi
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If you haven't already seen the new Official Sugar Nellie Group on Facebook...then pop over to join in the fun!!

Sunday, December 09, 2012

oooh...hot chocolate...




Good evening folks....and a wee quickie tonight.  the photo is a bit rubbish but it's dark when I leave for work and dark when I come home which is a bit naff but never mind!!

When I saw the challenge over at Saturated Canary...I knew exactly what i wanted to make...however that didn't quite go to plan and I ended up with the above!

The image is Latte from Saturated Canary which I coloured with copics, the papers and little embellishments are from Fancy Pants - Hot chocolate collection, i punched the snowflakes and glittered them up, I then added pearls to the centres.  The tag is from LOTV and the charm is from The Hobby House.

Saturated Canary - Hot Chocolate and marshmallows
Simon Says Stamp - snowflakes
Joanna Sheen - with love at Christmas
2 Sisters - snowflakes
Charisma Cardz - Christmas
Copic marker Europe - Christmas
Pixie dust Studio - sparkle ans snowflakes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes


Fi
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Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Challenge #1 at Christmas at Sweet Stampin'




Well today's the day that we launch our new challenge...Christmas at Sweet Stampin'....we are all so excited at the thought of snow and glitter all year round!!

Our first challenge is anything goes...as longs as it's Christmassy!!

We have a fabby prize from Funky Kits...

and also Letraset.

Now...as you can see I have gone for something a bit different and not a card.  I bought this kit from Craftwork Cards at the SECC, it was so easy to make as all of the elements were in the kit, I only needed glue and glitter...oh and the bells.

Pop over to the Christmas at Sweet Stampin' blog and check out my teamies creations...


Crafts and me - anything goes
Glitter and Sparkle - flowers
The ribbon girls - christmas project
Totally Gorjuss - glitter
Totally Papercrafts - anything but a card
Crafting for all Seasons - flowers
Anything but a Card - anything but a card
Fab 'n' Funky - not a traditional Christmas



Fi
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Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Santa Claus is coming to town....



It's snowing...yay!!

I wanted to try something a bit different, so instead of layering up my papers, I inked the edges with Distress Ink...not sure about it though....

So the papers are from MME - Winter Wonderland, the snowflakes are punched with a Martha Stewart punch and a TH snow flurries die which i glittered up and then added pearls to the centres.  The tags are from LOTV.  The stamp is from sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics.

Be sure to pop back tomorrow for a brand new challenge at Christmas at Sweet Stampin'.

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Addicted to Stamps - Christmas
pile it On - embellishments(loads of snowflakes)
Winter wonderland - Santa Claus is coming to town
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
By the Cute and Girly - red/white/blue
Creatalicious - winter
Ladybug -sparklicious
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Bearly Mine - Santa is on his way
Everybody Art challenge - Christmas
Oldie but a Goodie - let it snow(stamp)







Fi
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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Sugar Bowl challenge #97




Good morning sugar fans and it's that time again...yes time for another challenge over at The Sugar Bowl.

Today's challenge is the fabby sketch below...



with the optional extra of "A winter's Tale"...

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.

For my card I have used Christmas Garland which I coloured with copics, I added some white glitter to the furry bits on the hat, the papers are Echo Park - Winter Wishes. The snowflakes is a MS punch which I glittered up  I added a pearl to the centre of the snowflake.

Charisma - christmas with no red/green
Crimbo Crackers - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - snowflakes
The Paper Shelter - Christmas
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Creative Card Crew - anything goes
Ladybug - snowflakes
Oldie But a Goodie - let it snow(stamp)
Crafty Boots - anything goes
Totally Stampalicious - let it snow



Fi
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If you haven't already seen the new Official Sugar Nellie Group on Facebook...then pop over to join in the fun!!

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Festive Friends...



Now I told you there would be more with this stamp...so I have used papers from Bo Bunny - snowfall, not really my colours but they are lovely papers.  The snowflakes are TH snow flurries and the tree is a Distinctively Dee's die.  The stamp is of course Festive Friends from Sugar Nellie which I have coloured with copics.  I have glittered up everything and added some pearls to the centres of the snowflakes.

Addicted to Stamps - christmas
The Crafty Pad - add some glitter
Stampin for the Weekend - use some texture
Creatalicious - winter


Fi
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Teddy Christmas....



Next post today is this little creation I made following Dena's tutorial on Facebook on the Lili of the Valley Virtual Christmas party page.  I did get lost a bit however when I saw Dena's finished card i knew where I was going and finished the card today.

I have used papers from Carta Bella - winter Fun, edged with lace, the stamp is from LOTV which I coloured with copics and glittered a bit, I punched some snowflakes and glittered them up and I cut out the tree and glittered that up too.  I added pearls to the centres of the snowflakes to finish off.

This is what the inside looks like although it's not a brill photo but can get the gist of it and you can get full instructions from Dena here.



Lili's Little Fairies - anything goes
Colour Me Creative - non traditional colours
Little Claire's - christmas
Wags 'n' Whiskers - christmas
Crimbo Crackers - anything goes
Dutch Dare - fancy folds
Bearly Mine - snowflakes
ladybug Crafts - snowflakes
Dream Valley - non traditional Christmas
Stamptacular - winter bliss
One Stitch at a Time - fabric, ribbon or lace


Fi
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Birthday Girl




Hey Sunday bloggers....I have a few posts for you today starting with this one.  This was the card I made for Holly for her birthday, the image was perfect...as she constantly has her phone in her hand and bag in the other...hair is always perfect too...the image is from Saturated Canary which I coloured with copics, the papers are from MME - Nutmeg, the flowers are 2 different rolled dies from Die-namics, I added some pearls and ribbon to finish.

Crazy 4 challenges - put a bow on it
polka Doodles - any die will do
Cute Card Thursday - girls only
Fab 'n' Funky - birthdays and 3 of something(flowers on mine)
The paper Shelter - birthdays
Papertake Weekly - ribbons and pearls
Joanna Sheen - anything goes


Fi
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Sunday, November 18, 2012

ooh...snowflakes galore!!



Good morning Sunday bloggers....yes I know it's early for me however I have lots to do today so better crack on.

I pottered away with this last nigh and I hear you say...oh no not that stamp again but I love it and there will be more...lol...not sure if it's just too much but I have seen lots of beautiful cards using the TH snow flurries die so  thought I would try it.

I have used papers from Echo Park - Winter Park, the snowflakes are TH snowflurries and MS snowflake punch.  The trees are cut from my new Distinctively Dee's snow covered trees...this comes in layers so you can make them which ever size you want really....I covered the snowflakes and trees with silver stickles and I added some pearls made with ice white pearl pen to the centres of the snowflakes. The image is Festive Friends from Sugar Nellie which I have coloured with copics....added some glamour dust to the furry bits of Santa and finally the message is from LOTV.

Crafty Hazelnuts - use something more than 6 months old (stamp)
Little Claires - Christmas
Forever Friends - anything goes
The Craft Room - punches/die cuts
Creatalicious - winter 
Dream Valley - anything goes
Joanna Sheen - cold and frosty
Crafty Catz - let's have sparkle
Glitter and Sparkle - lots of layers
4 Crafty Chicks - winter
Craft us Crazy - favourite colour(mine is blue/green which I have used for colouring and there is blue/green on the papers)



Fi
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Saturday, November 17, 2012

There's no people like snow people...



Good morning sweet stampers...actually it's now afternoon...lol!!  I am running a bit behind today but better late than never as they say!

The challenge today over at Sweet Stampin is "snow people"....I love snow people especially snowmen...maybe you can see that...

We have some fabby sponsors this week too, so pop over and check out the details.

For my card I have used Old Snow patches from Bugaboo and coloured with copics, the papers are from MME - Winter Wonderland and the snowflakes are from Martha Stewart which I glittered up.  I added some pearls to the centres of the snowflakes and around the snowman.


Crafty Catz - let's have sparkle
4 Crafty Chicks - winter
Crimbo Crackers - snowmen


Fi
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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Hark the herald angels sing...



Well in between the housework I have been playing too.  I coloured this image last night and finished it off this morning.

I followed the sketch below.

The papers are from Echo Park - Winter Wishes, the snowflakes are from Martha Stewart although I punched them myself and glittered them up.  The ribbon and charm was in my stash forever.  The stamp is from LOTV which I coloured with copics and shaded with polychromos....and I added some doodling around the edges.

There is also some awesome candy on offer on Nicole's blog...here.



Sketch and Stash - sketch 55
Charisma Cardz - feeling blue
paperplay - snowflakes
papertake Weekly - anything goes
Created with Love - Christmas with no red/green
Hooked on Crafts - Christmas with no red/green
Dream Valley - anything goes
The ribbon girl - sparkle


Fi
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All wrapped up...




Good morning blogging fans....brrrr it is cold isn't it??  I was on a roll last night and coloured a few images and made this one into this card....

This was one of my recent buys from LOTV - snow bears...I just couldn't resist it!!  I coloured the image with copics and shaded with polychromos.  the sentiment is also from LOTV, the papers are from MME - Winter Wonderland...I need more of these as they are running out fast!  The snowflakes have been punched with my MS Scandanavian snowflake punch and the smaller one is the arctic snowflake, I glittered them up and added a pearl pen to the centre.  I added a piece of ribbon to finish off.

Have you seen there's a DT Call over at Sweet Stampin'....here!!

Have you seen there's a new challenge blog starting called Christmas at Sweet Stampin' and there's a DT Call.....here!!

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Delightful challenges - let it snow
Lili's Little Fairies - all things bright and beautiful(hope this qualifies)
Paperplay - snowflakes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
The Ribbon girl - sparkle
Joanna Sheen - cold & frosty
Christmas Card Challenges - snowmen
One Stop Craft Challenge - anything goes
Crafty Calendar - wrap up warm

Fi
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Saturday, November 10, 2012

Followers candy over at our new challenge



Hi all...just to let you know there is some followers candy over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin'...check out the details here.  It would be great if you can spread the word!!

Fi
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Exciting news...


Hi all...before I head off to bed I thought  would let you know that there is a new and exciting challenge starting in 2013.  Yes...it's Christmas at Sweet Stampin' which is a monthly challenge and you can check out the DT Call details here.


Fi
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Wednesday, November 07, 2012

And now for something a bit different..



Good morning bloggers...and it's time for another challenge over at My Mum's Craft Shop.  today's challenge is "sentiments".  Make something with a sentiment....easy!!

The sponsor this week is Whimsy Stamps and Pink Cat Studio who are both giving 5 digis to one lucky winner.

Now my card....it acually looks better IRL however I will need to retake the photo in proper daylight.  I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Happy Together. I stamped some script text onto kraft card and then I cut the flower from the card using a TH sizzix die.  I sprayed the reverse of the flower to make them a bit pliable and curled the edges(when they dry they are stiff), I added a rolled flower to the centre of the big flower and added some twine, fibres and grassy stuff.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up.

Bearly Mine - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Cupcake Craft Challenges - get krafty
Kaboodle Doodles - anything goes
Gingerloft - no colouring
Raise the Bar - anything goes
a Gem of a challenge - spots and dots
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - stripes
Crafty Catz - texture
 


Fi
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Sunday, November 04, 2012

Christmas hugs



A quickie before Strictly comes on....what do you think of Louis?  Isn't he just great??  Anyway this one is of my buys at the SECC last weekend...isn't she cute.  This is snow queen from LOTV which I have coloured with copics and glittered.  The papers are Echo park - Winter Wishes which I layered onto Bazzill card.  The snowflake is punched and then glittered up, the tag is from LOTV too...and finally the tree has been cut from ahnother of my buys...It's from Distinctively Dee's snow covered tree...need to practice the snowy edges.

Stamptacular - sketch
Crafty Hazelnuts - 3 papers
Totally Paperecrafts - twinklw twinkle christmas Star (on my image)
Divas by Design - festive
Lili's Little Fairies - snow is faling
By the Cute and girly - twinkle twinkle
Whimsy - sparkly
Anything goes - anything goes
Hooked on Craft - christmas with no red/green


Fi
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Saturday, November 03, 2012

All That Glitters...



Good morning folks and here I am with my late post...oops!  What a lovely day it is today so I am hoping the washing will be all done and dusted today...well here's hoping!!

Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin is "All that Glitters"...perfect for those Christmas cards.

Our sponsor this week is Iva Nova Chest...
and

we have our monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen...


so pop over for full details and check out my teamies creations too.

For my card I have used papers from Carta Bella - Winter Fun and layered them onto bazzill card, I added some punched snowflakes which I glittered up, the tags and stamp is from LOTV which I coloured with copics.  I added a few tiny pearls to finish.

Papertake Weekly - sketch
CraftyRibbons - Christmas
Lili's little Fairies - snow is falling
Whimsy Inspiration - sparkly
Raise the Bar - anything goes
Fab 'n' funky - die cuts/punches


Fi
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