Wedding Wishes...

Hi folks...something a wee bit different from me tonight!

I have made this card for my friend's daughter who gets married next week...I can't wait!

Now Amy likes florals so I thought I would use some papers that I think she will like along with some flowers.  I watercoloured the hearts to match in and added some sequins and tiny hearts.  The banner was cut from the die-namics tag builder set.  I added the names using safmat...first time I have tried that!

Hope you like but I hope Amy likes!

challenges:

Crafty Calendar - Love is in the Air

Brown Sugar - Valentine or Love

Cute Card Thursday - In the Pink

In the Pink - love

Simon Says Stamp - have a heart

Inky Chicks - love or hearts

Fi

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Snowman family

Howdy folks....I am on holiday this week and its been a bit rubbish so far but taking a wee break from it all to make a non DT card....

In case you don't know, I DO love snowmen so what better than to make a card using one of my favourite snowmen stamps from LOTV.  I coloured this little cutie with my inktense pencils....still practising!  I added loads of glitter to the image too. The papers are digi papers from The Sweet Shoppe called "An Icy Christmas" which is really pretty....lots of teeny snowflakes on them. The snowflakes have been punched with my Martha Stewart snowflake punches and die-namics Let it Snowflakes dies and then glittered them up. I added pearls to the centres and a button to the centre of the big snowflake. I added an organza ribbon and pearls to the corners...hope you likey!

challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - winter inspiration

Deep Ocean Challenge - Christmas is all Around

Inky Chicks - winter wonderland

Papertake Weekly - anything christmas

Bunny Zoe - buttons

The Ribbon Girl - lovely lili challenge

Fussy and Fancy - snowflakes and ribbon

Cute Card Thursday - sparkles

Noor Design - Merry Christmas

Fi

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Autumn

Good morning Saturday bloggers and my scheduled post!!

It's hubby's birthday today so will need to participate in some big boy stuff...grrrrr but won't be long hopefully!

So in the meantime hers my card for Sweet Stampin....this weeks theme is "autumn"...I love autumn cards, maybe that's because I like trees!

I have used digi papers fromThe Sweet Shoppe, the tree has been cut from from my die-namics out on a limb set. Those itty bitty leaves and the sentiement is from the out on a limb stamp set...

challenges:
Allsorts - Autumn
Cute Card Thursday - spots and dots
Cuttlebug Mania - Thank you
Inky Chicks - die cuts only

Fi

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Hey Little Birdie...

Good morning folks and here I am with my Wednesday post!

Well it's the day before our challenge over on the Sugar Bowl....woo hoo!!  I am so looking forward to it and you will all join in....before that I have this card to share with you.

The stamp is called "Hey Little Birdie" from Sugar Nellie...coloured with copics.

The papers are Basic Grey Evergreen, which are really pretty IRL!  I layered the papers onto bazzill card and doodled arounf the edges...I also added a piece of lace to one of the layers.  The snowflakes have been punched with my MS punch, glittered them up and added a little card candi to the centre.

Remember to pop back tomorrow and check out our challenge over on the Sugar Bowl.

Pop back for more sugar inspiration tomorrow.

challenges:
Inky Chicks - anything goes
Bunny Zoe - lace
ABC Christmas Challenge - something festive



Fi
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A wee snowman...

Well happy Sunday...what a glorious day today!!

Thought I would share this wee snowman card I have made....now I just love snowmen so you might see a few from now til the end of the year...

For this card I have used "Seeds and Greetings" from LOTV which I coloured with spectrum noirs. The tags are also from LOTV...which are just the perfect size for this card.  The papers are from the Winter Wishes collection at LOTV. I layered the papers onto bazzill card and added a strip of lace under the snowman.  The snowflakes were made from the Let it snowflake set from die-namics...glittered them up for a bit of bling!  I also added an organza bow with a die cut flower to the centre...hope you likey.

challenges:

LOTV - pretty papers

Crafty Little Fairies - sparkle and bling

Crafty Ribbons - christmas with ribbon

ABC Christmas Challenge - something festive

Simon Says Stamp - tag it

Inky Chicks - anything goes

Fi

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A little hug...

Good morning and here we are with my Wednesday post!

Today I am sharing with you some Leanne Ellis, I just love this little cutie called A Little Hug and it's available here at Funky Kits.

I coloured the image with spectrum noirs and shaded with polychromos.  I shaded the background of the image with spectrums aswell and then used some distress ink around the edges of the images. The papers are called Delight from The Sweet Shoppe which I layered onto bazzill card.  I then distressed the edges of each of the layers and then doodled around the edges.  I added a bow and some ribbon flowers and then finished with some pearls in the corners and to the image.

challenges:
Inky Chicks - anything goes
Bunny Zoe - lace
Crafty Cardmakers - ribons/lace and pearls
Spectrum Noirs Facebook - friends

Fi
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Something a bit different...

Good morning bloggers...and my scheduled post...yes you guessed it at work again however not long til the weekend and I have Monday and Tuesday off as I might have a wee celebration in there aswell.  

I'm meeting friends on Saturday night for a drink or two or maybe three, not many more than that...I might even have a couple of glasses of prosecco in the afternoon.  Then on Sunday it's family day...out for more drinks and dinner...yummmmmm!!  Just aswell I'm off work on Monday and Tuesday to recover...phew....then it starts all over again next weekend as it's one of my friends turn to be 21....so more celebrating...yay!!  I don't get out much really and it's happening all at once!!

So back to the card...this is my DT card for Buttons for Brains.  I thought I would just use papers and dies just to show that you don't always need to colour an image to a get a great card....I am actually quite chuffed with this one as it is not something I would normally make....and flower arranging too...these flowers just happened to fit exactly as I wanted them to.

The papers are Basic Grey Moni Ami, I cut the little pennants and flags from my die-namics die.  I had the lace and ric rac in my stash and then the flowers have been cut with the layered rose die-namics die and the ryal rolled roses...the 2 smallest sizes, the the leaf is from Magnolia.  The tiny message is from the Prima Free Spirit set, then I finished with some teeny pearls and gems dotted around....oh and layered onto kraft card.

supplies:

papers - http://www.buttonsforbrains.co.uk/catalog/kelly-purkey-p-25.htmlBasic Grey Mon Ami

stamp - Prima Free Spirit

dies - die-namics royal rolled rose, layered rose

lace - stash

ric rac - stash

gems - stash

pearls - stash

You can also check out the Buttons for Brains Facebook Group...here!!

challenges:

4 Krafty Girls - anything goes

Crafty Ribbons - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - die crazy

Inky Chicks - clean and simple

Remember I have birthday candy up above!!

Fi

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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

A quickie before bed...

Well howdy...or should I say good night!!  I am not tired as my mind is working overtime...so thought I would do a wee quick post that I was saving for later in the week but hey ho....it's here now!!

The papers are Forever Friends (I think...had them in my stash for ages!!) The stamp is of course Hazel & Nutty from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics but is sold out at the moment but you can get it in digi format here.  This is one of my favourite stamps....so cute!!  The flowers were cut using my die-namics flower trio die.  I added some pearl to the centres of the flowers and doodled around the edges and added lots of glitter....watch out as I am back in doodle mode and there will be more doodles this week...lol!!

supplies:

papers - stash

stamp - Hazel & Nutty Sugar Nellie/LOTV - sentiment

pens - copics

pearls - The Hobby House

glitter - stash

challenges:

Sunday sketch & Stamp - sketch

Divas by Design - flowers

Dream Valley - birthday
Bearly Mine - spring flowers
Everybody Art challenge - glitz/bling
Inky chicks - birthday girl
Oldie but a Goodie - make it girly(stamp and papers are old)

Fi

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Ruby...but in bluey green...

Hey everyone....isn't it baltic today?  The temperature it tells me just now is -1 which is warmer than it was first thing...was -3 then!!

 I have had to turn the heating up a wee bit too as Pepper got home from the vets yesterday and has most of her undercarriage shaved off...poor pooch!!  She was diagnosed over Christmas as having cancer so she has been poked and prodded to see what they can do....so we are waiting on further test results coming back before a final decision will be made. :(

Now I had half made this card between last night and this morning ready for pouncing on the postie today with my new die...love it!!  I also did try to go for another colour but I somehow coloured in blue...will save the pink for another day.

So the papers are from MME - Nutmeg collection which I layered onto bazzill card and distressed the edges, the stamp is from Personal Impressions which I coloured with copics, the flourish die is from Magnolia and the flower die is my new die-namics rolled hybrid heirloom rose received today, thank you Kitty!! I finished with some stickles and some tiny pearls made with my pearl pen.

supplies:

papers - MME Indie Chic Nutmeg - stash

stamp - Personal Impressions Gorjuss Girl Ruby - stash

sentiment - stash

dies - Magnolia flourish - stash

dies - MFT Mini Hybrid Heirloom rolled Rose - My Mum's Craft Shop

copics - My Mum's Craft Shop

stickles - My Mum's Craft Shop

Challenges:

Addicted to Stamps - sketch

Bunny Zoe - anything goes

Inky Chicks - anything goes

CR84FN - colour combo

Allsorts - dies and punches

Cute Card Thursday - beat the blues

Crafts and Me - something new (die)

Divas by Design - girlie

Creative Inspirations - one for the girls

Fi

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Sugar Bowll challenge 99...

Good morning sugar fans and it's time for a brand new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl.

Gayle and Karen have decided to go 4 weekly and to remove the sketch and theme  and we will be going with "anything goes" for the time being.  So there will be no excuse and we will be expecting to see lots of entries as the sky is the limit!!

In addition, Gayle will also be awarding Eye Candy to some of the entrants so pop back to the Sugar Nellie blog next Thursday 17th January for further information on this.

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 papers from MME - meadow.  I layered them onto bazzill card and distressed the edges.  i added some flowers from Wild orchid Crafts and I also made the rolled roses from a die-namics die. the stamp is Bella Bunting which has been coloured with copics.

Inky Chicks - anything goes
lexi's Creations - anything goes
Wild orchid Crafts - anything goes
Bunny Zoe - celebration
My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes


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!!