Oh...what to do...

Oh what to do today...OH is away to the vets today with our poor pooch so it will be a long day to see if she will be ok so I may have to otherwise occupy my time...housework or crafting...hmmm let's see!!

So my first card today is this one...I coloured the image yesterday and finished it last night, I'm not sure if those flowers are a bit OTT but hey they are there now and stuck!!

The stamp is from personal Impressions - Bluebird's Proposal which I coloured with copics.  The papers are from Echo Park - So Happy Together which i distressed and layered them onto bazzill card which I also distressed. I added a piece of matching lace and a little charm.  the flowers have been cut with different die-namics rolled rose dies, the flourish is from a magnolia die....and the sentiment is from Stampin' Up....oops almost forgot, I added some tiny pearls with my pearl pen.

Die-ing for a Challenge - celebration

Bunny Zoe - anything goes

My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes

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Cheers....

Good morning folks...well I said yesterday we had no snow, well it's arrived today!! YAY!!

My card today is quite plain and simple although I followed the sketch over on the MFT blog. The papers are from Basic Grey - Little Black Dress collection, I stitched around the edges with pink thread and the distressed them.  The stamp is from Al la Modes Cheers from MFT and I paper pieced the dress with the same paper, I added a couple of tiny gems for earrings.  I added a couple of felt flowers which I made using the die-namics rolled rose.

Crafty Catz - buttons and bows

Hotshot Crafts - clean and simple

Totally Papercrafts - ribbon

Simon Says Stamp - black and white with a splash of colour

Creative Creations - anything goes

Pretty Little ribbon Shop - flowers and ribbon

The Pink elephant - celebrate
My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes

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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


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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!!

Sugar Bowl Challenge #91

Good morning sugar fans and welcome to my scheduled post....back to work I'm afraid but only 8 sleeps until I go on holiday...yay!!


The challenge over at The Sugar Bowl this fortnight is the fabby sketch below...



....and of course the optional extra of "shabby chic".

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.

Now this was a challenge for me and I don't know if I have quite managed the shabby chic look....however for my card I have used "Pillow Talk which is from the Simply Sassy Range at Sugar Nellie"which I coloured with copics, the papers are First Edition - Desert blooms, I inked up all the layers around the edges and duffed them up a bit, the rolled flowers have been made using my MFT die(lost it for a while but found it again) and the flourish has been cut from a doo hickey die, and I added a few pearls to finish....hope you likey!!

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

Papertake Weekly - anything goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes
Die-ing for a challenge - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - put a stamp on it and blog hop


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Fifi goes shopping....

Good afternoon fellow bloggers...well isn't this a turn up for the books me posting on a Monday...well I have a day off today but I should really be doing some housework so before I start it, I thought I would share my card with you.

One of the guys at work had asked me to make him a card for his wife...hope he likes it...he wanted a girl with a dog...

I have used Fifi goes Shopping from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics, the papers are MME - Bluebell which are yummy. I distressed each of the layers...The flourish is a doo hickey and the flowers have been cut with various sizes of the Royal rose from MFT. I added some pearls and a piece of ribbon.

Joanna sheen - going dotty
The ribbon girl - pearls
Catch the Bug - anything goes
Stampin' for the Weekend - pearls & swirls
My Mums Craft Shop - all the 3's (not sure if the pearls inside the flowers count as a set of 3, if not delete me...lol)
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Stamp & Create - anything goes
Natalie & Amy - anything goes
Dream Valley - something old (stamp) something new (papers)
The Paper shelter - layers on layers


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Sugar Bowl Challenge #86

Good morning folks...I am on a day off today as I worked last weekend and I am knacked as was also on a late shift yesterday however hopefully the rain will stay away long enough for me to get my washing hung out!!
So sugar fans we have another challenge over at the Sugar Bowl. This week's challenge is the fab sketch below...


...with the optional theme of "one for the boys"...easy peasy!!

As normal one lucky winner picked at random will receive 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from Funky Kits...


...however if we get over 100 entries then the prize increases to 6 Sugar Nellie stamps.

For my card I have used a Kathy Hare stamp called Worried which is from Sugar Nellie, I coloured this little cutie with copics and gave some shading with polychromos. The papers are MME - Lost & Found Sunshine which I layered onto kraft card. I added some twine and a giant button which is from Stampin' Up.

Craft Your Passion - anything goes
The Kraft Journal - cards for him
Dream Valley - for a special guy
The Crafty pad - let's hear it for the boys
Little Claire's - male theme
Delicious Doodles - for the fellas
Paperplay - for a man with twine
Delightful Challenges - for the boys
Charisma - male cards
My Mums Craft Shop - clean and simple
Do You Stack Up - masculine
Moving along with the times - let's get krafty



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birthday wishes...

Hi...just a quickie from me before I get to bed!! I think I am liking my new colour combo...pink and aqua...quite like it!! So I actually bought this stamp several weeks ago but only inked it up last night and made this card. The papers are Fancy Pants - Simmer Soul which I layered onto bazzill card, the flowers have been cut with my die-namics rolled rose dies and the leaves have also been cut with a die-namics die, the stamp is Sweet Blossom from Whimsy Stamps which I coloured with copics...oh and I felt the need to doodle around the edges on this one.

Die-ing for a Challenge - anything goes
Sketchy Colors - sketch
My Mums Craft Shop - bingo(flowers, pearls, die cuts)
Papertake Weekly - anything goes


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My favourite....

Good morning folks....this will be short and sweet this morning as it's the Gala Day...woo hoo...so just getting ready. First I have to share Pippi with you...The challenge over at Sweet Stampin' this week is "your favourite stamp". What a hard decision this was as I have many stamps that I really love and I have a bestest favourite which is a Christmas one but I didn't feel like making a Christmas card so I decided to use Pippi Longsocks from Sugar Nellie...she is well up there in my top few!

I used papers from Papermania - Portobello Road and Making Memories, I stitched each of the layers and distressed the edges, the flowers and buttons are cut from MFT dies, I added a twine bows through the buttons, the flourish is cut from a do hickey die, the message is from LOTV and the stamp is Pippi from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics....went with the red, white and blue theme since it was the Jubilee next week.

Pop over to the Sweet Stampin Challenge blog...this week we are sponsored by Letraset, who are giving away a set of pens and we also have our monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen who is giving a £10 voucher.

Papertake Weekly - sketch
My Mums Craft Shop - red, white and blue
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Creative Craft Challenges - red, white and blue
Crafty Cardmakers - distress it
karen's doodles - stitch it up
Love to Create - add a sentiment
My Craft spot - buttons & bows
The Cutie Pie Challenge - dies/punches
One Stitch at a time - red, white and blue
Craft your Days Away - red, white and blue
By the Cute and girly - cute as a button
The Crafty Pad - colours of your flag( I went with the Union Jack rather than the St Andrews flag)
Crafty Catz - buttons &bows
Fussy and Fancy - swirls and flourishes
Hotshot Crafts - die cuts
Delightful Challenges - red, white and blue
Crafters Companion - time to embellish
Secret Crafter - anything goes
Divas by Design - anything goes
MAWTT - red, white and blue
Bunny Zoe - anything goes

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It's a celebration.....

Howdy folks....my mission yesterday was to make this card to mark the birthday of our new office at work....just aswell I was off as it took me nearly all day!! There's a few teams of us and one of the fun activities planned for Wednesday is best team birthday card....well hopefully we win!!

I went with the Jubilee theme as this is a big thing at work so I combined the two...I have used papers and embellishments from Portobello Road. I distressed each of the layers, I embossed and distressed the Union Jack in order to see the outline of the flag. All the die cuts have been cut with My Favourite Things dies....all for fun and I hey team I hope it passes the test!!

Sir Stampalot - monarchs
Joanna sheen - flower power
My Mums Craft Shop - embossing
Simon Says Stamp - birthday
Truly Scrumptious - distressing/die cuts
Polka Doodles - distressing


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It's your birthday....

Hi crafters and my second post of the day, if you want to see my GDT for Cupcake Craft challenges then scroll down . Well it's a bit chilly today and the forecast says it's to snow...what's all that about?? A heatwave last week and snow this week....

Anyway for my card i have used this little fairy from LOTV and coloured her with copics. The papers are Happy Go Lucky from My Mind's Eye, the flowers have been with a MFT flower trio die and then I added some gems...simples!!

Hanna and Friends - sketch
Ladybug - spots and stripes
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
My Mums Craft Shop - stamp it
Divas by Design - stamp
Lili's Little Fairies - anything goes
Crafts 4 Eternity - 3 of a kind
2 Sisters - birthday
icopic challenge - for a child
Craft your Passion - dots and stripes


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A wee sunny card....

Happy Sunday....what a lovely day today!! I thought I would make a card that matched the weather today...the papers I discovered by accident whilst I was odering other stash online, they are called Buttercup from Lilybeedesigns....the colours are just so up my street so they slipped into my shopping basket. The stamp is Hazel and Nutty from Sugar Nellie which I have coloured with copics. I had to add some doodling as it looked bare without it!! The flowers have all been made with various MFT rolled dies...oooh I love them so much although it took me longer to make the flowers than it did the card itself...lol!! I added teeny pearls to the centres...Hope you like....I may be back later with another.

Papertake Weekly - sketch
Simon Says - anything goes
My Mums Craft Shop - stamp it
Divas by Design - stamp something
The Crafty Purple Frog - anything goes
Wags 'n' whiskers - say it with flowers
2 Sisters - birthday fun


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Springtime.....

Good morning Saturday bloggers....yes scheduled but my last weekend of working!! I'm on holiday from Wednesday and then I start on my new Monday-Friday shift and in my new role as a Senior HR Co-ordinator and I have a wee fab team reporting to me!!

Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is "Anything goes"...how easy can that be!! We have our monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen...




and we have a new weekly sponsor A Day for Daisies...


I have used this cure little digi - Ducks in a Row from A Day for Daisies, I coloured the image with copics. The papers are Springtime from Echo Park which have been layered onto bazzill card. I cut a scalloped border with my SU scallop punch and added a matching ribbon, button and pearls....forgot...there's glitter in there too!!

Deconstructed sketches - sketch
Paper Sundaes - photo inspiration
Stamptacular - button
Crafts & Me - spring
My Mum's Craft Shop - use a digi
Pixie Cottage - spring
Joanna Sheen - spring
Sassy Cheryl - think spring
Crafters Companion - spring
Dream Valley - easter
Moving Along with the Times - spring
Paperplay - spring
Crafty Catz - spring is in the air
Fairy Fun Friday - spring fling
Hotshot Crafts - ribbon
Simply Create Too - spring
Sweet 'n' Sassy - spring
My Craft Spot - spring scallops


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aah...little chickie...

Good afternoon folks...I know it's unusual to see a post from me on a Sunday but I am holiday from work this weekend. I have been having a wee play with some of the goodies I bought at the SECC and I although I'm not really in to Easter cards, I just couldn't resist this little cutie...I think it's an adorable stamp...
..so the stamp is from LOTV and I coloured with copics and did a bit of shading with polychromos, the papers are Springtime from Echo Park. I layered each piece on to bazill card and stitched and distressed the edges, I even managed to stitch around the message. I am entering the following challenges...

Stamptacular - sketch
Joanna Sheen - spring is in the air
Crafters companion - spring
Crazy 4 challenges - spring
Crafty Calendar - spring
A Gem of a Challenge - perfect pastels
2 sisters - spring colours
Truly Madly Crafty - colour photo
Totally Stampalicious - spring
Deep Ocean Challenge - spring
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
My Mums Craft Shop - spring
Gingerloft - spring
That Craft Place - anything goes


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Lovely Rose..

Well here we are with the second of my posts today...I just had to colour this one as soon as she arrived yesterday... The stamp is from Personal Impressions - Rose which I have coloured with copics. The papers are from Basic Grey - Kissing Booth which have been layered onto kraft. I added a few felt and kraft flowers which I cut using my fabby MFT flower trio die - my most favouritest die and tied a button on with some twine. I finished with some glitter on Rose's dress.

Charisma Cardz - pretty in pink
My Mums Craft Shop - flowers
simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Basic Grey - favourite things
The Kraft Journal - tie it up
Joanna Sheen - Celebration
Hotshot Crafts - flowers
Moving along with the Times - blooming marvellous
Stamp & Create - anything goes
Creative Inspirations Paint - pink


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Sugar Bowl Challenge #76

Good morning sugar fans....I hope you are all playing with your new rubber from the last release of stamps...I thought so. In that case you are in luck as there is a new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl. This fortnight's challenge is the sketch below....

...of course as always there is the added option of Paper Piecing. The prize for one lucky winner picked at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from Funky Kits.

I love paper piecing although it does take a bit of time but very therapeutic!! So I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Love Story collection. I pieced everything other than the hair and skin. I edged each of the layers with some doodling....seems to be my new thing at the moment. I added some flowers which I cut using my MFT flower trio die and stuck some pearls in the centres....

My Mums Craft Shop - flowers
Whimsy Inspirations - pearls
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Creative Inspirations - anything goes
Karen's Doodles - paper piecing
Paper Sundaes - paper piecing
DYSU - ribbons
Moving Along with the times - Blooming marvellous
Hotshot Crafts - flowers

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Fifi goes shopping...

Good morning folks, well the snow from yesterday seems to have disappeared for the time being although it's very frosty and baltic!!

Well you know it would only be a matter of time before Fifi would be on my blog and here she is...I love Fifi just as much as her pal Pippi..they are best pals on my desk!!

For my card today I have used a mix of papers from First Edition - Up and Away and Jillybean soup - Apple cheddar Soup...one of my favourite colour combos. I have layered them onto kraft, seems to be my thing at the mo, oh and my other thing is the doodles. I distressed each of the layers..the stamp is Fifi goes shopping from sugar Nellie which I have coloured with copics. I added some glitter to the furry bits on her boots and jacket. The flowers have been cut with my MFT flower trio die which also doodled, the felt flower has been cut with the same fie and I threaded some twine and a button on to it....finished with a message and some gems.

My Mums Craft Shop - favourite colour combo
The Kraft Journal - stamp it pretty
Squigglefly - button it up
The Pink elephant - favourite colours
Truly Madly Crafty - anything goes
Crafty Purple Frog - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - buttons, boes, bling and blooms
Pixie Dust Studio - going dotty
Totally Papercrafts - make your own flowers
Paper pretties - glitter
Paper sundaes - past challenge - #89 lots of layers
Crafty Catz - buttons and bows
Joanna Sheen - celebration


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Little birdie love....

Hi folks and my second post today!! I couldn't wait to ink up this little cutie but I had a bit of a bother getting her as she slipped out of her packaging and went AWOL in the post along with some buddies...all safe and sound now!!

I have made this card for Michael to give to his girlfriend on Valentines Day...I hope they both like it.

So for this card I used my brand new papers from Fancy Pants - Love Collection...delish!! The stamp is from Personal Impression and is called Bluebird's proposal although I have made it pink....mmm perhaps I should have made it blue for a boy, oh well never mind!! I coloured the stamp with copics. I added some pom pom ribbon, felt flowers and hearts which were die cut, oh and also a couple of buttons threaded with black twine....bought all these from Sew Sweet. I cut the message from the same papers and finished off with some pearls. Forgot about the stitching and I tried something a bit different to kind of match in so I made it look like a heart beat.....well it's supposed to!

Sweet Stamps - hearts
The Pink elephant - hearts
There's Magic in the Air - from the heart
Paper Sundaes - saturated colours(the image has 4 shades of red...hope that is saturated)
Crafters Companion - love is in the air
The Alphabet challenge - You choose
Crafty Catz- use something new(everything on the card is new)
Delicious doodles - something new
Simply Create Too - more than 2 layers
Paper Play - in stitches
My Mum's Craft Shop - girls
My time to Craft - hugs & kisses
Cupcake - something new
Crafty Calendar - news, news
Challenge up your life - bingo( ribbon, buttons, die cuts)
CMC Copic challenge - hot pink
Designed to Delight - include a heart
Papertake Weekly - Die cute


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Sugar Bowl Challenge #75

Good morning sugar addicts...and a new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl today. This fortnight's challenge is the lovely Erika's sketch below and of course the additional option of "birthdays."



The prize for one lucky winner picked at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps of their choice from Funky Kits but if there is over 100 entries then the prize is 6 Sugar Nellie stamps.



So for my card I have used First Edition papers, that gorgeous stamp is Fashionista which I coloured with my new polychromos...not sure how long I will call them "new"...lol!! I layered the papers onto bazzill card and distressed the edges. to finish I added a few flowers and gems.

Now there's new Sugar on sale from tomorrow so no excuse not to take part and show of your new rubber and check out the sneaky peeks over at the Sugar Nellie blog.



My Mums Craft Shop - girls
Anything goes - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
lexi's Creations - anything goes
Truly Madly Crafty - anything goes
Addicted to Stamps - blue
Birthday sundaes - birthday sentiment
Dream Valley - anything goes
CES - anything goes

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Happy birthday Sophie...

Good afternoon New Year bloggers and her I am with my first posting of 2012. This card has taken me all day to make!!! The poapers I have used are from MME - Mischevious collection which have been layered onto kraft. The image is Pillow Talk from the simply Sassy range at Sugar Nellie. I coloured the hair and skin with copics and then paper pieced the rest with the matching papers. The flowers were cut using my MFT flower trio die, I added buttons an twin to the centres. I gave the whole card a doodled effect around the edges...quite like that look, I think it's cool and funky and goes well with this Sassy.

Hope Sophie likes this as it's her 18th tomorrow....

A Gem of a challenge - sketch
MFT - GDT competition
Daring Cardmakers - spots and stripes
Everybody Art - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
My Mums Craft Shop - anything goes
pixie dust Studio - numbers
Charisma - anything goes
Crafters companion - anything goes


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Papertake Weekly GDT card..

Good morning Christmas bloggers...hope you all had a lovely Christmas and did Santa bring you lots of crafting goodies?? I would just like to thank all of you who leave me comments, it's much appreciated and i promise to catch up with my commenting now that Christmas is almost over.

Today is my last card as Guest Designer over at Papertake Weekly, it has been fun and thank you Dawny for asking me to join your team this month. Today's challenge is the sketch below or you can choose one of the challenges from throughout the year....I have opted for the sketch as it is a fab one!!


for my card I have used papers from Authentic - Free Bird collection...just my colours!! The stamp is Fantasy from Penny Black. I added some extra coloured spots to the tree, inked up the edge of the card and then added some glitter....hope you like.

Creative Inspirations Paint - anything goes
The Crafty Pad - anything but Christmas
The Secret Crafter - anything goes
Delicious Doodles - anything goes
Stampin for the Weekend - anything goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes
Scrapbook sisters - anything goes
Aud's Sentiments - anything goes
Charisma Cardz - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes


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