Girls Just Wanna have Fun!

Good morning folks....well almost back to normal after the festivites!

So last night while watching rubbish on the telly, I made this wee card...my favourite colours!

The stamp is from Stamping Bella - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun which I coloured with my inktense pencils, I was more happy with this colouring but did get a wee bit heavy handed on a few areas...hopefully you can't see....lol!  I glittered up the glasses and dresses too. The papers are one of my favourite digi papers from The Sweet Shoppe called Let the Sunshine.  I layered them onto blue card and doodled the edges.  I added a ribbon bow and pearly string...had that for ages but hadn't used it...not sure if this is what you use it for....lol.  The big daisy has been secured to the bow and then I added a button with some twine and teeny pearls to finish.

challenges:

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Creative Card Crew - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - favourite challenge ( so girlie challenge)

Bunny Zoe - buttons

Totally Gorjuss - anything goes
The Ribbon Girl - DT Call

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Elf Made Magic

Good morning folks and my Sugar Nellie post.

So for today's card I am sharing one of the new toppers from Funky Kits....isn't she adorable??  Now this little fairy is called "Elf Made Magic" and is also available in digi format and you can find her here in the Funky Kits store.

The papers are from LOTV and I just made it simple by adding a piece of lace, ribbon and pearls to finish.

Pop back for more sugar inspiration tomorrow for another post!

challenges:
Creative Card Crew - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes Christmas
Dream Valley - Merry Christmas
Crafty Catz - last minute Christmas
Winter Wonderland - christmas presents
Crafty Little Fairies - Holly and/or Ivy

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Shaped cards

Good morning sweet stampers, my goodness it's November!!

Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!

Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin this week is shaped cards....totally out of my comfort zone but needed to make a baby card for a friend and came up with this.

We are sponsored this week by Crafts U Love...

...who are giving a £10 voucher to one lucky winner.

So for my card, I downloaded the shape and traced and cut it out in kraft card and then cut out the papers just slightly smaller and stuck them to the card.  One of the panels is embossed just to give a bit of texture.  I also added a piece of lace across the middle to tidy up the joins in the paper. I also added a wee bow and button to finish off.

challenges:
Crafty catz - anything goes
Divas by Design - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Creative Card Crew - bows
Craft-Dee Bowz - anything goes with a handmade bow

Fi

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A day at the beach...

Howdy folks and welcome to my scheduled post...yep...working!!

Well hasn't the weather been glorious this week...I bet it's pouring down at the weekend when I'm off, that will just be typical!!

So this weeks theme over at Papertake Weekly is "Holidays", that means something that reminds you of the holidays, so that can be travel, beach or sea....so I have gone for the beach...if I am on holiday then this is what I would be doing...bliss!!

For my card I have used Little Umbrella which I coloured with my spectrum noirs, the papers are Echo Park - A Perfect Summer which I layered onto bazzill card and doodled around.  The scallops I made using my die-namics wonky scallop die, I added a piece of lace...although you can only see a teeny weeny bit. I made the sun using my sizzlits daisy die(snipped the ends off). I also chalked some clouds in the background...just very faintly, it is a sunny day after all!! I added a sentiment and some gems to finish.

challenges:
Creative Card Crew - sea/beach
Bearly Mine - lets go digital

Dies R Us - a day at the beach
My Mum's Craft Shop - summer or bright colours

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Rock On...

Howdy Saturday bloggers....I having been playing today making some cards, a few are finished but I can't share just now but thought I would share this one with you.

It's been a while since I made a cool dude kind of card so here we have it.  The image is from All Dressed Up which I coloured with copics.  The papers have been in my stash forever but I think they are Imaginisce.  I layered them on to bazzill card and duffed up the edges to give them the distressed look,  I tied a piece of black twine around and attached a little guitar charm...the 3 tiles have been cut with the same papers.

Hope you likey!!

chballenges:

All Dressed Up - guy thing

Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Stampavie and more - masculine
Creative Card Crew - music
Bunny Zoe - distress
Deep Ocean Challenge - distress



Remember to enter my birthday candy at the top of the page on my blog!!

Fi

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Cute little chickies...

Howdy folks....a quickie tonight as I am still in the middle of wedding invites...I will get them finished one of these days!!

The challenge this week at Sweet Stampin is Easter/Springtime.  We are sponsored by Crafty Devils who are giving one lucky winner...

For my card I have used that gorgeous stamp from LOTV, which is adorable, I coloured it with copics and the shaded with polychromos.

I doodled around the edges...for a wee change (ahem) and left it quire plain and simple.

challenges:

The Ribbon Girl - spring

Crafty Catz - springtime

Stampin for the Weekend - spring colours

CMD Challenge - Easter

Crafty Ribbons - anything goes

Creative Card Crew - animals

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes
Dream Valley - Easter

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 little bit manly...

 

Good morning Sunday bloggers...where has the sun gone??  It was roasty toasty yesterday but looks like we are back to the normal dull weather today.

So my mum asked me to make her a card for a friend who is going to be 70, she wanted something with a cowboy theme as he was cowboy daft when he was younger.  I told her the only image I had was a half naked man wearing a cowboy hat....and she said that would be perfect....lol!!

So I have used papers from Carta Bella Giddy Up Boy, the image is from Victoria Case which I coloured with copics.  I added some twine and attached a cowboy hat charm and punch out a star and added the numbers to it...oh and some doodles!!

supplies:

papers - Carta Bella Giddy Up Boy

image - Victoria Case

pens - copics

twine - The Ribbon Girl

charm - stash

challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity - one for the boys

Totally Papercrafts - dies/punches

Simply Create Too - masculine

Copic Markers Europe - boys aloud

Paper Crafting Journey - masculine

Simon Says Stamp - masculine

Bearly Mine - dies/punches

Creative Card Crew - punches/dies

papertake Weekly - anything goes

ABC Challenge - masculine 

Creative Craft Challenge - for the fellas

Fi

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check them sunflowers...

 

Hello Saturday bloggers and what a lovely day it is...I love when I can get the washing hung outside and it gets dried in the same day you wash it!!

So...I ordered some new goodies and this is some of them..the papers I bought last week but still new and they are Fancy Pants Park Bench, the stamp is Uptown Girl Posh has  a present which I coloured with copics, I then did some shading with polychromos.  I added some glitter to the ribbony fluffy bits.  The scallop has been cut using the wonky scallop from die-namics and finally those sunflowers I am totally loving...so this is a warning you may see lots of these...lol!!  These have been cut with my brand spankin new die-namics sunflower die....hope you likey!!

supplies:

papers - Fancy Pants park Bench

stamp - Posh has a present Stamping Bella

pens - copics

pencils - polychromos

dies - die-namics sunflowers, wonky scallop

glitter

challenges:

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Simon Says - anything goes

Stampin for the Weekend - die cuts/punches

Creative Card Crew - handmade flowers

Forever Friends - flowers

Fi

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Bear Hugs...

Good morning sweet stampers and my scheduled post...not because I have having a lie in but because I am off to the Sincerely Yours craft show at Ingliston....mmm I wonder what I will buy?? I might need to avoid the stand that sells the lovely dies after the grief I gave them for not sending my online order ...only took them 4 weeks and 3 days to refund me!!  

Todays challenge over at Sweet Stampin is buttons, bows and polka dots...

We are sponsored this week by Crafty ribbons who are giving one lucky winner a pack of ribbon...

and 

our monthly sponsor is The ribbon Girl...

 

So...I am loving these new papers from Fancy Pants - Park Bench collection...they are just so yummy and just my kind of colours!! I love blue and yellow, blue and green or blue and orang together...  I layered them onto kraft card. The stamp is Bear Hug from Belles and whistles which I coloured with copics. The flower has been cut using my mini hybrid rolled rose die, I added a wee ribbon bow with a button attached and then some pearls, sequins and doodles to finish. 

supplies:

papers - Fancy Pants Park Bench

kraft card - stash

dies - die-namics mini hybrid rose

button - stash

ribbon - stash

sequins - stash

stamp - Bear Hug Belles & Whistles

challenges:

BunnyZoe - favourite colour combo

Dilly Beans - flowers

Art Impressions - layer it up

Copic Marker Europe - girls aloud

Creative Card Crew - handmade flowers

A Little bit Crafty - anything goes

Cupcake Craft Challenge - cute and cuddly

My Craft Spot - anything goes

Allsorts - a passion for flowers

Fi

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A wee springtime bunny...

 

Happy Sunday folks...bet you thought I had gone missing??  I have had a busy week with work last week and had to prepare a presentation, go through 4 stages of an interview not to get the job!!  At least I still have my old one...

Although it has been snowing this week I felt it was to for a spring time card.  I bought this stamp at the SECC...isn't it cute!!

Now I am not quite sure how the green thing happened but it has...I have used papers from MME - Meadow which I layered onto bazzill card and stitched and distressed each of the layers.  The stamp is from LOTv which I coloured with copics.  I added a ribbon and a few little bud type things which I coloured green to match the card...oh and some pearls.

supplies:

papers - MME Meadow

pearls - The Hobby House

ribbon - stash

buds - stash

stamp - LOTV

pens - copics

challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - spring/easter

The Ribbon Girl - green

Simply Create Too - easter/bunnies

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Moving Along with the Times- spring is in the air

Simon Says Stamp - sketch

Celebrate the Occasion  - spring

Creative Card Crew - ribbon

Deep Ocean challenges - cute & cuddly

Ladybug - spring

Squigglefly - spring

My Mum's Craft Shop - spring has sprung

Snap...

Well good morning bloggers and my last card as February guest designer at My Mum's Craft Shop It's short and sweet tonight as I am off work with flu *cough, cough splutter*...this week the focus is on My Mind's Eye and there is such a huge selection to choose from.

For my card I have used MME - Unforgettable which are totally yummy and I might need to order more before there's none left!!  I layered each piece onto bazzill card, the flowers have all been cut with various die-namics rolled roses, the flourish is from Magnolia. The stamp is Picture Perfect from MFT which I coloured with copics...finished off with some pearls.

supplies:

papers - MME Unforgettable My Mum's Craft Shop

stamp - MFT A La Modes Picture Perfect My Mum's Craft Shop

dies - royal rolled rose (small and medium) small rolled roses - My Mum's Craft Shop

copics - My Mum's Craft Shop

pearls - stash

challenges:

Creative Card Crew - birthday

Bearly Mine - anything goes

Bunny Zoe - flowers and pearls
Joanna Sheen - lots of layers
Kenny K's Krafty Krew - layer it up
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Fi

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What...no colouring!

Good morning campers and my scheduled post...yes working again!!

So over at My Mum's Craft Shop there's some more inspiration this week with what's available to buy in the shop...here's my inspiration for this week.

I had been eying up this little tree for a while, as I do like trees but couldn't think what I would use it for...anyway I decided to go ahead and buy it and I am so glad I did...I just love it!!

I cut out a pale blue circle and embossed it, then layered it onto bazzill card and distressed around the edges. The cloud has also bee cut from blue paper.  The trees were cut from different coordinating green paper...oh and some doodling too!!

All dies are MFT die-namics...flat bottomed cloud, terardrop tree and the wonky scallop....you can buy them all from the shop.

supplies:

die-namics -  flat bottomed cloud, terardrop tree and the wonky scallop -  My Mum's Craft Shop

papers - Stampin' Up Sweet Pea

sentiment - Stampin' Up

rhinestone - My Mum's Craft Shop

challenges:

Crafting for all Seasons - dies & punches

Creative Card Crew - birthday

A Gem of a Challenge - dies & punches

Fi

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A Little Fashionista...

Good morning folks and here I am, a day late but hopefully excused....I had to clear out my wee craft room as the glazier was coming to measure for a new window cos some charming child smashed my window with a snowball!!  so all measured and stuff back in room but to be moved back out on Thursday(I think) when he comes to fit it!!

So the challenge this week at Sweet Stampin' is "ribbons"...

Our sponsor this week is the fabby "Crafty ribbons" and we also have our monthly sponsor "The ribbon girl".

For my card I used papers from Echo Park - Love Story and layered them onto black card, the stamp is Fashionista from sugar Nellie which I have coloured with copics, I added a piece of ribbon and some gems and finished with a birthday message.

supplies:

papers - Echo Park Love Story - My Mum's Craft Shop

stamp - Fashionista - Funky Kits

copics - My Mum's Craft Shop

gems - in my stash

ribbon - in my stash

challenges:

Stampin' for the Weekend - something girly

Copic markers - anything goes

Nutcrafters - cute and girly

Creative Card Crew - girly

ABC challenges - birthday cards

Bunny Zoe - anything goes

Fi

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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



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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!!

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


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A quickie before dinner...

Hi folks....thought I would quickly post this whilst I am waiting on the dinner finishing cooking...smells yummy!!

I coloured this image the other night but I have been touching it up over the past few days too. The stamp is Pom Pom Fairy from Lili of the Valley which I coloured with polychromos onto kraft...think I need more colours but I am still practising!! The sentiment is also from LOTV, the papers are Fancy Pants - Be You which are layered onto Bazzil lcardstock. The flowers have been cut with my MFT rolled regal rose die and rolled rose dies...hope you likey..

Sketch Saturday - sketch
The Kraft Journal - April showers bring May flowers
Paperplay - things with wings
Craft Us Crazy - flowers
Wags 'n' Whiskers - anything goes
Totally Papercrafts - things with wings
Love to Create - birthday
Creative Card Crew - kraft
Simon Says Stamp - April showers bring spring flowers


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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)


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Two male cards in the same week...and no doodling!!

Good morning Saturday bloggers and my scheduled post. Today over at Sweet Stampin' we have a new challenge for you...yes you guessed it "masculine"...can't believe that's 2 masculine cards I have posted in the same week!!

The sponsor this week is Quixotic who are offering a £10 voucher to one lucky winner...




and of course there is the monthly sponsor Joanna sheen who is also offering a £10 voucher.



for my card I have used papers from MME - Stella and Rose Hattie collection which are great man colours...The funky scallop border has been cut with my MFT scallop die. The stamp is Chester from Kraftin Kimmie which I have coloured with copics. I added some twine and a button and then finished with a message.


Creative Card Crew - masculine
Aud's Sentiments - Happy
Delightful Sketches - use patterned paper
Moving Along with the Times - lots of layers(at least 2)
Simon Says Stamp - use 3 different papers
Crafty Catz - I spy with my little eye(button, birthday, blue, boy)
Hotshot Crafts - one for the boys
2 sisters - anything goes
Allsorts - free & easy


Fi
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Merry Christmas....

Good morning windswept bloggers!! Well...what a day and night yesterday for us Scots...we had winds up to 160mph at parts of the day. The extreme weather caused havoc all over and I am so glad I didn't need to venture out!! It was a tad scary I have to say and I hope everyone was safe.

So I doodled away last night colouring in this stamp which is Festive Friends from Sugar Nellie and this time I coloured with copics and then glittered it up. I bought a few new colours so thought I would put them to the test although I haven't managed to get the right shade of green, so if anybody knows of a kind of lightish promarker green, let me know. Now when I saw the sketch over at Christmas Challenges, I had to try it...I do prefer lots of layers as I am kind of rubbish at the embellishments so With lots of layers I don't need to add too many other bits and bobs.
The papers are from Fancy Pants - Hot Chocolate collection, and they are yummy!! I have entered the challenges below. I layered the papers onto kraft card and edged them with a fine pen to give them a stitched look. I punched out the snowflake and glittered it up and then added a button and twine. I also added some twine around one of the layers and attached a snowflake charm.

Christmas Challenges with sketches - fabulous sketch
ABC Christmas challenge - anything goes
Crafts & Me - snowflakes
Paper Sundaes - sundae bar(stripes, red, fake stitching and a punch)
Creative Card Crew - tis the season
Creative Craft Challenge - stitching(mine is fake this time)
Passion for promarkers - celebrations
Craft your Passion - anything goes plus glitter
Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
By the Cute and Girly - let it snow
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Stampin for the Weekend - Christmas
Winter Wonderland - let it snow
Hotshot Crafts - promarkers
Divas by Design - anything goes
Addicted to stamps - christmas
Crafty Calendar - cold & frosty
Designed to Delight - snow


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