Merry Christmas....

Good afternoon Saturday bloggers...I bet you weren't expecting a card from me today, I'm on holiday from work today but have a bit of a dodgy tummy!! I hope I never caught any bugs from the kids whose faces I was painting last night.....even though the weather was horrendous, it didn't stop the kids and round 2 at the school on Tuesday which will be mega busy and the face painting is always the busiest!!


I thought I would ink up High Hopes - Snowy, I bought him last year and only used him once so time for him to come out again and he has been coloured with copics The papers are from Echo Park - Winter Park and layered onto kraft card. I added a couple of layered snowflakes which were punched with my MS punches, glittered and added a button and twine to the centre, there was just enough room for those teeny pearls...oh and the ribbon!!

Christmas Challenge - sketch
High Hopes - snowflakes
Bunny Zoe - Christmas with pearls
Moving Along with the Times - ribbon and bows
The ribbon girl - Christmas
Paper Sundaes - beautiful bows(not sure if mine is beautiful enough)
Crafty Catz - snowmen
Phindy's Place - snow
Simply Create 2 - all about Christmas
ABC DT Challenge - Christmas
ABC Christmas Challenge - A - anything goes
Craft Your Days Away - Buttons and bows
Crazy 4 challenges - snow
Creative Craft Challenges - free for all
Fairy Tale Challenges - Christmas
Lothian Crafts - Christmas
Marianne's Design Divas - sparkle and shine
Oldie but a Goodie - let it snow(bought stamp last year)
OLLCB - bingo(buttons, ribbon, pearls)
Papertake Weekly - Christmas Crackers
Totally Gorjuss - sparkle
Truly Scrumptious - Christmas with pearls
Little Red Wagon - Christmas


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Let it Snow....

Good morning bloggers...well it's certainly not snowing here as yet although there is snow further north in Scotland but it is absolutely chucking it down. Last night I took Holly and her friend to the winter wonderland which opened and again it was pouring!! They loved it, there was ice skating, lots of snow and ice type rides and oh hot chocolate and of course the beautiful Christmas lights....twas lovely!! We will be going nearer Christmas again, probably when it is actually snowing but we will have a look around the German Market next time.

So before I get on with some chores i thought I would share my card with you..now I did colour this Santa in last week but didn't really have time to make him into a card so here we are!!

I have used scraps of paper I had in my stash from October Afternoon - Very Merry, the Santa is from Sugar Nellie and I coloured him with copics, I added some sparkle to his furry bits and the added a message and a glitzed up snowflake...hope you like!!

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Kaboodle doodles - baby it's cold
4 Crafty chicks - snowflakes
Charisma - snowflakes
Crimbo Crackers - Santa
Paper Craft Journey - anything goes
Crafters Companion - Let it snow
Creatalicious - Christmas with sparkle
Papertake weekly - Christmas crackers
Pollycraft - Christmas
TotallyPapercrafts - Christmas


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Happy Birthday Sweet Stampin'

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday Sweet Stampin', happy birthday to you!! Yes Sweet Stampin' is 2 years old so why not pop over to the challenge blog and see what's in store.

All you need to do is make something that is birthday related...how easy can it be. There is also fabby sponsors this week....

Crafty Sentiments -

one lucky winner will receive a £10 voucher to spend in their store.


My Creative Classroom -

One lucky winner will receive a free seat to a class of their choice.

Prairie Fairy



one lucky winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend in their store.

Saturated Canary -

one lucky winner will receive 2 digis from their store.


The Craft Room -
one lucky winner will receive a £10 gift voucher to spend in their store.


Tiddly Inks -
one lucky winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to spend in their store.

How amazing is all that?? Well that's not all...there is also some candy to give away on the DT blogs but we don't know who's so you need to leave a comment if you want to be in with a chance of winning some candy.

For my card I have used one of Krista's digis called Sleeping Beauty and I think she is a beauty. I coloured her with copics, the papers are Up, Up and Away - First Edition. I added a ribbon, a message and a couple of teeny pearls.

sketch n Stash - sketch
Paper sundaes - use a digi
OSCC - blue
Crafting when we can - female birthday

Squigglefly - birthday
Patties Creations - birthday
2 sisters - let it sparkle
Colour Me Creative - colours of the Sea( the whole card is sea colours...I think)

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Thank You....

Well hi Bloggers and something a bit different from me...no characters!! As some of you know I hosted a SU party a couple of weeks ago and we did brilliantly and I managed to get quite a lot of hostess pounds...woo hoo!! This stamp is from one of the sets and I have to say I am so chuffed with it especially as it's not my normal kind of stamp but i am loving this little set, it's called Faith in Nature. I coloured the image with DI's and then edged the edged the card with DI too, then I ran it through the Bigshot in a dotty embossing folder, then scuffed some of the raised dots just to lift off some of the ink. I then layered it onto the papers from Jillybean Soup - Apple Cheddar, added a couple of buttons and the message,which is from the same set....hope you like!!

Remember to pop back tomorrow for the birthday celebrations at Sweet Stampin' and the Simply Sassy blog hop...so looks like you are going to be busy tomorrow!!

Tuesday Morning sketches - sketch/thank you
Corrosive Challenge - thanks
Sentimental sundays - thank you
Aud's Sentiments - thank you
Little Miss Muffet - simplicity
Paper Craft Journey - embossing
Sarah Hurley - buttons
Papercraft Star - thank you
Simon Says Stamp - giving thanks
Creative Card Crew - thankful
2 sisters - anything goes
Raise the Bar - any kind of food
Card Makin' Mamas - thanks


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Sugar Bowl Challenge #72

Good morning sugar addicts......brrrr isn't it baltic?? So nothing better than an icy challenge over at The Sugar Bowl this week. All you need to do is follow Gayle's sketch below using a Sugar Nellie stamp, which you can buy from Funky Kits.

Of course as always the optional theme is "ice and snow" and for one lucky winner chosen at random...4 Sugar Nellie stamps but if we get more than 100 entries that prize goes up to 6 Sugar Nellie stamps...so what are you waiting for...pop over to The Sugar Bowl and check out the inspiration from the rest of the sweeties!

For my card I have used papers from MME - 12 Days of Christmas, the stamp is of course from Sugar Nellie which you can buy here from Funky Kits. I coloured these little cuties with copics, punched a couple of snowflakes, added glitter and added a message...oh and I flipped the sketch around.

Before I go...remember the Simply Sassy blog Hop on Saturday at 8am....you don't want to miss it!!



Craft Your Passion - let it snow
Hooked on Crafts - something punched
Stamps R Us - bling it on
2 sisters - anything goes
Stamptacular - punch it
Cuddly Buddly - feature 2 characters
Wags n Whiskers - christmas
Totally Gorjuss - christmas Traditions
Moving along with the times - let it snow


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It's Bella...

Happy Friday....it's almost the weekend but I am working!! I haven't really done much blogging or crafting this week. We got bad news on Tuesday that my auntie who lives in Italy died. Some of the family are flying over but my dad can't go due to his health problems, he can't fly so it's kind of hit him a bit hard I think because he can't go and because he is 15 years older that my auntie...a bit of a nightmare waiting on information coming from Italy. Anyway ....I felt like a bit of crafting this afternoon and I thought since it is baltic outside, what better than a card with that frosty feel so here we have Snowboardabella, I think that's her name!! I have used Fancy pants - wintertime papers and I have coloured Bella with copics.


Stamptacular - sketch
Crafters Companion - let it snow
By the Cute & Girly - christmas girl
Creative Insipirations - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - christmas
ABC Christmas Challenge - W - winter sport
Delightful Challenges - snowflakes
Dutch Dare - punches/dies


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Help spread the word....

Elaine has candy to give away however there is a fab cause behind it!! There is also a lovely Tilda on sale over on Astrid's online store and the proceeds are going to a Cancer Charity. check out Elaine's blog here for more details.

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Be Happy....

Good morning Sunday bloggers and a wee scheduled post before work this morning. I hope you were all safe last night with the fireworks. our poor pooch was petrified and was hiding in my little craft room away from it all.

Don't you just love Pippi Longsocks...she is one of my favourite Sugar Nellie stamps. I coloured her with copics. The papers are from MME - Blush collection. I did lots of stitching on this card, added some TH ribbon and flowers and a cute little charm although it's kinda hard to see it but you can.

Totally papercrafts - stitching
Di's Digis - ribbons and bows
Cutie Pie - charm
Lexi's Creations - charm
Divas by Design - metal
Creative Inspirations paint - anything goes
Dream Valley - anything goes


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Fab photo at Sweet Stampin'...

Good morning sweet stampers and my scheduled post. The challenge today over at Sweet Stampin' is this fab photo....


..isn't it pretty. Pop over and check out the other girlies projects...they are fab and there's 2 Sugar Nellie stamps up for grabs!!

For my card I have used Fancy Pants - Summers end papers, the image is one of my new stamps from Lili of the Valley which I coloured with copics. The flowers and ribbon are also new and they are from Tim Holtz, they were originally off white and I coloured them with DI's, you can't really see the ribbon however I had fun colouring them so I will defo be trying that again.

Crafty ribbons - bingo(punches/dies, flowers ribbon)
Sketch & Stash - sketch(and new stash)
Paperplay - button up
Simon Says Stamp - buttons
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Incy Wincy - dots & stripes
OSCC - 3's
2 sisters - ribbon
Catch the Bug - anything goes

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Some news....

Yay.....fabby news...Saturday 05 November sees the launch of the Simply Adorable digis from Sugar Nellie. There will 6 adorable images to choose from...woo hoo!!





The new digis will be available from 9am over at Funky Kits so get on over before those fireworks start a rolling!!




Check out the Sugar Nellie blog too as there may be some goodies up for grabs.


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Sugar Bowl Challenge #71

Good morning Sugar fans and another challenge over at The Sugar Bowl. This fortnight's challenge is Erika's sketch below....isn't it awesome?? Of course as always there is the optional theme of "patchwork"....the sketch is perfect to make the theme fit so why not give it a go...



....as normal the prize for one lucky winner chosen at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from Funky Kits and as always if there's over 100 entries.....6 Sugar Nellie stamps...woo hoo!




For my card I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Summers End which I layered onto kraft card and then did my patchwork stitching. The stamp is Foxy - Gorjuss Girl which I coloured with copics. I then cut out the image and layered it onto a kraft circle which I have also stitched, I had to do some distressing to the edges as it didn't look quite even...distressing hides a multitude of sins. I then added some white pencil shading around the image. I cut out the felt flowers and leaves with a MFT die-namics and finished with a little message.

Raise the Bar - sew what
Dream Valley - anything goes
Anything goes Challenge - stitching
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Creatalicious - Distress the edges
Marianne's Diva Designs - die cuts
Cupcake Craft Challenge - take a leaf out of my book(not sure if I have enough)
Ooh la La - stitching
Pollycraft - anything goes
Creative Inspirations Paint - fall
The Paper Players - fall theme
Craft Your Days Away - Autumn
Stampavie & More - anything goes



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