Teddy Christmas....

Next post today is this little creation I made following Dena's tutorial on Facebook on the Lili of the Valley Virtual Christmas party page.  I did get lost a bit however when I saw Dena's finished card i knew where I was going and finished the card today.

I have used papers from Carta Bella - winter Fun, edged with lace, the stamp is from LOTV which I coloured with copics and glittered a bit, I punched some snowflakes and glittered them up and I cut out the tree and glittered that up too.  I added pearls to the centres of the snowflakes to finish off.

This is what the inside looks like although it's not a brill photo but can get the gist of it and you can get full instructions from Dena here.

Lili's Little Fairies - anything goes

Colour Me Creative - non traditional colours

Little Claire's - christmas

Christmas Cards all year round - fancy folds

Christmas Stampin' all year long - to die 4

Wags 'n' Whiskers - christmas

Crimbo Crackers - anything goes

Dutch Dare - fancy folds

Bearly Mine - snowflakes

ladybug Crafts - snowflakes

Stamp & Create - lace

Dream Valley - non traditional Christmas

Stamptacular - winter bliss
One Stitch at a Time - fabric, ribbon or lace

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Sweet little birthday..

Howdy blogging fans...well it's another fairly sunny but not warm day here in Scotland...but fine for the washing!!
I started colouring this little cutie last night and now it's made into a card. I love these LOTV fairies, they are adorable.
So the stamp and sentiment are both from LOTV which I coloured with copics, the papers are Fancy Pants - Summer Soul which I layered onto bazzill card, I then added some stitching and distressed the edges. I added a piece of lace just for a change instead of ribbon. The flourish is a Do Hickey die and the rolled roses are cut from a MFT die-namics die, I added 2 little pearls and finished with lots of glitter to the wings, feelers and ribbon...not that you can see it very well in the photo.

Papertake Weekly - sketch
Lili's Little Fairies - anything goes
My time to Craft - use 2 of something(pearls)
Deep Ocean - swirls
Stampavie - for a girl
Paperplay - use 2 of something(pearls)
Little Miss Muffet - rainbows, clouds or wings
Dutch Dare - pearls and swirls
Charisma - bling
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Hotshot Crafts - die cuts
Crafty Calendar - flowers
The Ribbon Girl - ribbon or lace


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Sugar Bowl Challenge #84

Good morning sugar fans and my scheduled post....I am still trying to get used to my new Monday to Friday shift. Being off at the weekend is good though as my friend and I had a wee unexpected visit to the House of Sugar last Saturday which was really fab. The scenery on the way up and down was simply breath taking and if I can work out how to get the photos from my phone to the PC then I will let you see the snow covered mountains. We met Karen and her daughters and Erika and Kate, they were all so lovely. Karen even gave us the guided tour of the shop and where Mark , our Funky Kit man does his online orders...I would so love to work there. Now if any of you are in the area and feel the need to pop in to the House of Sugar...omg you will be spoilt for choice, Karen has such a variety of products on sale....

Today's challenge over at The Sugar Bowl is "anything goes" so you can use whichever layout and theme you like but you need to use a Sugar Nellie stamp.

As always the prize for one lucky winner picked at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from Funky Kits....




....but if over 100 entries then the prize increases to 6 stamps.

For my card I have used Butterfly Girl from sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics, the papers from MME - On the Sunny Side, the flowers have been cut with different rolled MFT dies, I also cut a little dinky flouish out too and added a couple of pins behind. I added some ribbon and a charm to finish off...

Pop back tomorrow to check out my birthday candy!!

Stamptacular - butterfly kisses
Cupcake Inspirations - colour combo
Colour Me Creative - anything goes
CES - anything goes
Crafty Catz - birthdays
Hotshot Crafts - die cuts
Crafty Ribbons - flowers
Dutch Dare - birthday
Do You Stack Up - flowers
Truly Scrumptious - anything goes
Whimsy Inspiration - anything goes
Joanna sheen - happy birthday
Bearly Mine - dies
Bunny Zoe - anything goes



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Back to work tomorrow....

Happy Sunday everybody...well I did intend to get more cards made this week whilst I have been on holiday but you know how it is when the schools are off....Holly had me traipsing all over and spending money. although she got bored and fed up once she had eveything she wanted!! Went shopping to Glasgow one day too....I thought it was bad enough shopping with Holly but my mother and Holly on the same day...love them both dearly but omg!! Holly likes to go to Primark, Repbulic, New Look and then you go to the other extreme...the Edinburgh Woollen Mill, which confused Holly as we were in Glasgow. What did I buy....roasting bags from Lakeland, that was me so I think a little bit of internet shopping may be in order later today.

So for my card I have followed the sketch over at A Gem of a challenge although I have tilted it round, I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Summers End, I have layered each of the papers onto bazill card and distressed the edges, the stamp is from Lili of the Valley which I have coloured with copics. I have cut out some felt flowers with my MFT flower trio die which has to be my most favourite die but then you may know that!! I added a ribbon and a bigger bow than I would normally use but I think it looks ok.

I hope to be back shortly with another creation.

A Gem of a Challenge - sketch
Allsorts - free & easy
CES - spots & dots
Crazy 4 challenges - spots & stripes
Crafts & Me - distressing
Cute Card Thursday - flower power
Crafty Catz - favourite things(flower die)
Craft us Crazy - favourite things(flower die)
Dutch Dare - distressing
Crafters Companion - anything goes
Totally Papercrafts - ribbons and bows
Sarah Hurley - die cuts
Paper Sundaes - birthdays


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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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Oh hello you....

Well good evening bloggers....her were are with my second card today however I might need to take the photo again in daylight. This is Hazel & Nutty which you can buy here from Funky Kits. I have colored the stamp with the new Fall DI's....they are lovely, not sure if I have gone a bit overboard with the purple!! The papers are scraps I had in my stash but I am sure they are Bo Bunny Back to Basics.

Dutch Dare - sketch
Crafts4Eternity - colour recipe
Creatalicious - distress your edges


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Ahem....Cathy!!

Well...the challenge is defo on....my mission is to do two cards for The Sugar Bowl and here we have number 5. I had already inked this one twice yesterday but couldn't decide which one to post last night but then after some conversations on FB...we are going for it now...aren't we Cathy?? The stamp is Strike a Pose which have coloured with DI's, the papers are MME - So Sophie...this is my favourite colour combo and I love this stamp...hope you like.

The sugar bowl - sketch
Anything goes - flowers
Top tip Tuesday - girlie
Dutch Dare - birthday



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Dig out the old...

Good morning everybody and my scheduled post...I hope whilst you are reading this that my office has warmed up and the drilling has stopped...it was freezing and noisy yesterday.

The challenge this week over at Dream Valley is "Dig out the old stash to use with your new stash". I have used fairly new papers from MME - Stella Rose collection. The image is of course from LOTV which I coloured with copics and I have had that for a wee while now, the ribbon is from The ribbon Girl and is brand spankin' new and the flower has been cut with a sizzlits daisy die...my very first sizzlits many moons ago. I added some zig zag stitching...not sure if it's a bit much but I am a roll with my sewing machine so lots of stitching.

The sponsor this week at Dream Valley is Digis with Attitude who are offering one lucky winner a $10 gift certificate to use in their store.

Pop over and see what the rest of the DT have created.

A Spoon full of Sugar - sketch
Papertake Weekly - punches/dies
Crafts & me - punches
Crafty Creations - anything goes
Divas by Design - anything goes
Delightful Sketches - flowers
LOTV - ribbons and bow
Corrosive Challenges - birthday
One Stitch at a Time - anything goes
Stamp something - anything goes
Dutch Dare - winged things
Kaboodle Doodles - lots of layers
Crafters Companion - girls birthday


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Birthday wishes...

I've been diddling away at this card off and on all day in between housework etc.. This stamp was one of my buys at the SECC which is from LOTV and I have coloured her with copics. The papers are from MME Stella Rose collection. The flowers are cut using a die-namics die from My Favourite Things which I have to say I am loving as it's just so simple. I had to add some glitter to this image. I have entered the following challenges.

Fussy and Fancy - sketch
Dutch Dare - photo
The Crafty Purple Frog - fly away with us
LOTV - flowers
ABC - pearls
Cute Card Thursday - birthday
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
ABC DT Challenge - happy birthday


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A quick sassy...

I had stamped and coloured this Sassy the other day but now I have made her into a card. The papers are Echo Park - A Walk in the Park. I coloured Bella Bunting with copics and cut her out and layered her on to the card...added some gems, flowers, glitter and a message. I hope this fits the Stamp something challenge but if it's not funky then just delete it.

The Sugar Bowl - sketch
Stamp something - funky
Dutch Dare - sparkle/bling
For fun challenges - happy birthday
Our Creative corner - cut it out
Papertake Weekly - putting on the glitz

Happy birthday...

I folks...well I couldn't wait any longer...I had to use one of the simply sassy stamps I already had for this card. The postie has not brought my new stamps!!!! I also couldn't decide whether to enter the GDT call for the Simply Sassy...so as you can see I have decided....although it's only for 2 months I thought I would give it a bash. For this card I have used BG - Marjolaine papers which I totally love just now. The image is Party Frills - Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy which I have coloured with promarkers. I had a few of these coloured from a few weeks ago as I had entered the Simply Sassy DT Call and was trying to perfect my colouring. I also added some stitching (still a bit wonky!!)and embossing, punch the ovals and finished off with those cute little flowers which are new from Wild Orchid Crafts..oh yes I also added some sequins and beads for the centres of the flowers on the embossed oval....hand sewn!! I have entered the following challenges.

Simply Sassy GDT Call
I ♥ Promarkers - punches
Paperplay - cutie Patootie
Dutch Dare - all stitched up
Some Odd Girl - embossing
Stampin' for the Weekend - new & blue
Stamp Something - anything goes
Totally Papercrafts - happy birthday
Prairie Fairy Friday - happy birthday


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Paper Sundaes DT card

Welcome to another Sunday and the challenge over at Paper Sundaes this week is metal...you can create anything you like as long as it has something metal on it. Our sponsor this week is Stamp and Create who have some fabulous products in their store. For my card I have used MME papers and a Wags 'n' Whiskers image. I have coloured this image with promarkers but I am limited for colours for now as they belong to Holly and she only has a small amount...but I think it matches the papers. I have added some chunky white glitter to the hats to give them a bit of a fluffy look...for the metal I have added 3 snowflake brads, a ribbon charm and message all from Making Memories....I then added some star buttons to finish off. I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Passion for Promarkers - sketch

Dutch Dare - anything goes

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - whateva

Pixie Dust Studio - cute as a button

Wags 'n' Whiskers - triple(snowflakes)

Die Cut Dreams - snowmen

Christmas Cards all year 'round - snowflakes


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Summer Fun

Good morning all..hope you are having a lovely Saturday morning....well her is the first of today's cards. I have loved this image from the moment I saw it...it's so fun...it looks like my friend's little lhaso apso...and he's just so cute!! The papers are Bo Bunny's Sun Kissed collection and the image is from Wags 'n' whiskers which I coloured with copics...I am going to try out Holly's Promarkers in a bit for a change. I thought these papers were very summery and I have tried to make it look like the sun in the sky and the strip of blue is to resemble to sea??..oh and I made the sun by die cutting a daisy and snipping the ends of to make the petals look more like rays... I have entered the following challenges:

Sketch & Stash - sketch

One Stop Craft Challenge - summer fun

Totally Papercrafts - by the sea

Little Red Wagon - circles

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

ABC - August

Dutch Dare - anything goes

Lollipop - anything goes

Pixie Dust Studio - Cute as a Button

Stamps R Us - digi image


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I'm on a roll....

I'm on a roll this morning although I did make a start on this last night...not sure if I like what I have one with the flowers as they looked a bit lonely on their own so I layered them on to a different floraly thing..anyway it's done now. The papers I had in my stash and from MME, I have coloured the image with copics and gave it a little shading, finished off with the flowers. I have entered this in the following challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - sketch

Creative Card Crew - cute & girly

High hopes - favourite embellishment(flowers at the moment)

One stop craft Challenge - patterns

Stamp & Create - flowers

Dutch Dare - anything goes


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