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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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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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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Fancy that...

My second post today and it's a pink one....I coloured this image last night and I have to say I think I am quite chuffed with the way it turned out although it was supposed to be blue. I cut my blue papers for the card and started colouring and for some unknown reason I went ahead and used pink...anyway!!

The papers are from Fancy Pants - Summer Soul which really are very pretty, the flowers have been cut from a die-namics rolled rose die, 2 of them are felt...the swirly flourish is from Magnolia and the image is from Saturated Canary and I coloured her with copics and the added lots of glitter, gems and pearls.

Saturated Canary - bling it up
4 Crafty Chicks - stripes
Paper shelter - swirls and pearls
Creative Card Crew - swirls and pearls
The Cutie Pie challenge - glitter and bling
That Craft Place - anything goes


Fi
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A little sunshine coming your way...

Happy Friday blogging friends....well at least snow has gone but it has left us with the rain!! So I thought I would bring you all a little sunshine today...this was actually going to be for a project next week but I used the wrong image (oops) so it's on here today.
I have used papers from Lilybeedesigns - Buttercup, which I am loving at the minute, they are so fresh. The stamp is from Crafters Companion which I coloured with copics. I made the sun with a sizzlitsDaisy die and chopped the ends off, then added a gem to the centre. The flowers have been cur with my MFT rolled rose die(both sizes) and the fence is a TH picket fence die. Mt hubby has claimed this card to send to his mum as she used to sing this song to him when he was little...awe!!


Crafty Calendar - spring clean + optional extra of handmade embellishments
Creative Card Crew - spring
Addicted to Stamps - spring
Fashionable Stamping - spring is in the air
Catch the Bug - spring
CMC - sping pretties
Challenge Up Your Life - colour combo
Fairy Tale Challenge - everything goes
4 Crafty Chicks - flowers
C.R.A.F.T. - spring
Little Miss Muffet - spring colours
Scrap it with a song - here comes the sun
Totally Papercrafts - bingo (flowers, diecut, blue)


Fi
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It's Bella...

Ok folks...next up is Bella!! When I saw Bella on Elaine's blog she made me realise how adorable Bella is so i needed to give her some colour!! So last night whilst waiting on Big Ben striking I decided to make a start.

The papers are from Fancy Pants - Summers End, and I have coloured Bella using my new polychromos...gosh does it take long. I think I am quite happy with how the colouring went apart from Bella's cankles...they look a bit patchy!! I dyed those TH flowers to match the card and added a wee message!!

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Fussy & Fancy - birthday
The Secret Crafter - anything goes
Totally gorjuss - happy
paper sundaes - something old, something new(polychromos)
Creative Inspirations paint - something new(polychromos)
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Sarah hurley challenge - colouring
4 Crafty chicks - something new(polychromos)


Fi
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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


Fi
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Paper Sundaes DT card

Hello my Sundae bloggers and my scheduled post once again. Today's challenge over at Paper Sundaes is stitching" now that can be real or faux.

Our sponsor this week is the fabby Lili of the Valley....

...and look what they are offering to one lucky winner!!

I have used my brand new papers from Echo Park - Country Drive...they are yummy!! The image is Milly from LOTV which I have coloured with Distress Inks. The flowers have been cut with my MFT flower trio die, I added a piece of ribbon, pearls, glitter and a message.

LOTV - celebrate
4 Crafty chicks - stitching
Crafts & Me - birthday

Sir Stampalot - anything goes

Emerald Faeries - anything goes

Bling It On - anything goes

Fi
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