something sunny...

 

Happy Saturday folks....well it looks like it could a lovely day so before I get on and get all the washing done and hung out, I thought I would share this wee card I made last night.

My delivery from Lili of the Valley arrived yesterday and OMG...I am so chuffed with those sketch pads...i think i have almost coloured a full one so watch this space!!

For my card I have used Milly Cuddle Time fom Lili of the Valley  which has been coloured with copics.  The papers are also a new arrival Fancy Pants - Park Bench...they are gorgeous.  The flower I cut with an old sizzlits daisy die and added a die cut button to the centre, tied with black twine.  I added some doodles around the edges and some pearls to finish.

supplies:

paper - Fancy Pants Park Bench

stamp - LOTV Milly Cuddle Time

pens - copics

die - sizzlits daisy, die-namics buttons

twine - stash

pearls - The Hobby House

challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Bingo (die cuts, free, buttons)

Forever Friends - die cuts/punches

Lexi's Creations - punches/dies

Marker POP - anything goes

My Craft spot - cute critters

Dream Valley - birthday

Fi

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Check it out at Sweet Stampin'

Here I am...a bit late but as they say better late than never...lol!!  I had a few camera issues but all sorted now.

I am so glad the weathermen got it wrong today too as according to them this weekend we were to have severe snow and the temperature was to go down to -15...it was even that bad we had a code red at work and everyone had to take their laptops home for the weekend incase we can't get in on Monday but we can then work from home!!

today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is "gingham"...now we know you all love gingham so we are looking forward to seeing your creations.

we are sponsored this week by Stamp & Create...

and we have our monthly sponsor The Ribbon Girl...

 

So for my card I have used papers from MME - Howdy Doody collection which I layered onto bazzill card, then I distressed all around the edges. The ribbon flourish is from Magnolia and the stamp is LOTV - Bumble Bee Fairy which I coloured with copics and then gave a little shading with polychromos. i think I have to say though...this is not my favourite colour combo....but thought i needed to something away from my usual...

Bunny Zoe - celebration

Creative Creations - anything goes

Lexi's creations - anything goes
Allsorts - dies & punches

Fi

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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


Fi
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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 98

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 "Let it Snow"...

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 Titania which I coloured with copics, the papers are Echo Park - Winter Wishes. The snowflakes is a MS punch which I glittered up  I added a pearls to the centres of the snowflakes.


Simon Says Stamp - what's your favourite(MS snowflake punch)
Joanna Sheen - with love at Christmas
ABC Challenge - your favourite punch/die (MS snowflake punch)
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Everybody Art Challenge- anything goes
Loves Rubber Stamps - let it snow
papertake Weekly - snow white
ABC - let it snow
Cupcake - Merry Christmas
lexi's Creations - snow
Love to Create - anything goes
pretty Little Ribbon Shop - Christmas
Dream Valley - Christmas
2 Sisters - snowflakes
One Stop Craft challenge - christmas friends
Totally Gorjuss - oh no snow




Fi
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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!!

California dreamin'...

Good evening bloggers and my late post...I have not long returned refreshed from my run...need to shift that last 1/2lb so I have taken to running...phew!!

My card this evening resembles our lovely weather...not..but wouldn't it be lovely just to have one sunny day. I bought this digi from Saturated Canary, she is called Cali Girl and I coloured her with copics....now I had to pay a little more attention to the skin colouring as I wanted her to have a sunkissed glow however I don't think she had her cream on her face as her cheeks are a bit well fired..I also added glossy accents to her sunnys to give them a bit of a shine. The papers are Fancy Pants - summer soul which are perfect for that summery look card. The flower is cut from my MFT Hibiscus die-namics die...

lexi's Creations - at the beach
Joanna sheen - summer daze
CharismaCardz - anything goes
Scrapalicious - summertime
Totally Papercrafts - use a digi
By the Cute & girly - a day at the ....beach
Raise the Bar - hello summer
Color Me Creative - big hair


Fi
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Friends Forever...

Howdy folks and another sunny but cold day here in Scotland. I thought I would get a wee bit crafting done today before I go back to work tomorrow...oh and I need to do the usual chores!!
I actually bought this stamp a few weeks ago but only inked it up last night. The stamp is from Stampavie - Fishing Fun which I coloured with copics, I also cut the image out to give it a 3D effect. The papers are a mix from various MME collections. The cloud is a MFT die-namic and the sun is a daisy die but I snipped the ends off. I added some twine and buttons to finish.

Lexi's Creations - for the man/boy in our lives
Mojo Monday - sketch
Here Comes the Boys - anything goes
Catch the Bug - anything goes
Little Claire's - male theme
Wags 'n' Whiskers - summer fun
Simon Says - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes with the option of a male



Fi
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Better late than never...

Good morning my fellow bloggers....well all I can say is that it's better late than never!! I can't believe how forgetful and mixed up I got last week with my timings for cards!! Last week was my second week at work on my new shift, Monday to Friday and it totally threw me!! I normally had a Thursday an Friday off so that was when I did most of my DT work....well I forgot!!

This week's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is to use more than one ribbon....easy peasy!!

Our sponsor this week is Crafty Ribbons who are offering this fab pack of ribbons as the prize to one lucky winner....


We also have out monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen...

...who is offering one lucky winner a £10 voucher for her online store.

For my card I have used papers from Echo Park - Hello summer, The stamp is a Mo Manning design from Penny Black called You are a Peach which I coloured with copics. I added a couple of ribbons and some flowers cut with my MFT flower trio die and then finished with some pearls and doodling...oh the sentiment is from Stampin Up.

Color me Creative - yellows
Fairy fun Friday - flowers
Fussy & Fancy - punches/dies
Bronte & Bella - flowers
Creatalicious - butterflies and flowers
Simon Says Stamp - sketch
Whimsy Stamps - punches/dies
Craft Your passion - punches/dies
Lexi's Creations - punches/dies
Penny Black and more - cute
Stamptacular - loaded with layers


Fi
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Sugar Bowl Challenge #82

Good morning sugar fans....and I know what you're thinking but yes it's my first Christmas card of the year...I am normally rushing around late in the year getting those made but I am going to be totally prepared this year!!

Today's challenge over at The Sugar Bowl is the fabby sketch below..




...and as always the optional theme of "scrolls and swirls".

Once again one lucky winner picked at random will win 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from Funky Kits...



...and as normal if there is more than 100 entries, the prize goes up to 6 Sugar Nellie stamps....so get those entries submitted...

For my card I have used Knitted with Love from Sugar Nellie, which you can buy here from Funky Kits and I coloured with copics, papers from Fancy Pants - Hot Chocolate, the snowflakes have been punched from a Martha Stewart punches, the swirl is from MFT, I added some gems to finish.

Papershelter - wings and things
Whimsy Stamps - punches/die cuts
Craft Your Passion - die cuts/punches
Lexi's Creations - punches/dies
Paper sundaes - anything goes
Stamptacular - anything goes


Fi
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My first GDT card for Cupcake...

Good morning folks and welcome to my first scheduled post of the day. When the lovely Faye dropped me an email last month to ask if I would be guest over at Cupcake Craft Challenge for the month of April....well how could I refuse!!

So here we have my first offering...the theme is "something you would find in your sewing basket". I have mainly focused on the stitching side of things and have used this fab digi from Clear Dollar Stamps called Sew Grateful which I thought would work perfectly.

I coloured the image with copics, the papers are Alora from Bo Bunny. I made the backing papers look like a patchwork effect and added some zig zag stitching, on the images I added some embroidered stitching. To finish I added a couple of buttons and I threaded the needle with some embroidery thread. Pop over to the Cupcake Craft Challenge Blog to check out the other cards...

Crafty Catz - use a digi
Patties Creations - anything goes
Stampin For The Weekend - anything goes
Do you Stack Up - sew it
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Digital tuesday - favourite colour(blue and green)
lexi's Creations - focus on the sentiment


Fi
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Sugar Bowl Challenge #77

brrr....good morning sugar addicts, hope you are wrapped up warm and cosy!! It's Thursday today so I guess that means a new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl.

Today's challenge is Kiki's sketch below with the optional "love" theme.


Once again there's the usual prize from Funky Kits...4 Sugar Nellie stamps however if there's more than 100 entries then the prize increases to 6 stamps....woo hoo!!

For my card I have used papers from Little Yellow Bicycle - Love Letters collection. I doodled around the edges and layered the papers. The stamp is from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with polychromos. I added a couple of flowers and a matching tag. Pop over and check out the inspiration from the rest of the sweeties...

By the Cute and Girly - love is in the air
Creatalicious - love
Joanna Sheen - love is in the air
Little Miss Muffet - love
Sarah Hurley - love is all around
Ladybug - loves me loves me not
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Lexi's Creations - love
Lollipop - valentines
Stamp & Create - love
Dream Valley - valentine
Paper Players - flowers
One Stop Craft Challenge - the one I love
DYSU - love
Cure Card Thursday - pink valentine
Paperplay - love letters
Stamptacular - color challenge
4 Crafty chicks - love/valentine



Fi
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Check out these faeries...

Good morning Saturday bloggers and my scheduled post. Well it's a bit frosty this morning...brrr!!

Today's challenge over at Sweet Stampin' is "glitter, shine, bling"....plenty of choice of shinyness out there.

We have our monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen...

...who is offering one lucky winner a £10 gift certificate.

and our weekly sponsor Emerald Faeries..

who are giving one lucky winner 2 of those gorgeous digis!!

For my card I have used Fancy Pants - Winterland papers, which are new!! The image is Isabella from Emerald Faeries which I coloured with copics and then glittered up her wings. To finish I added the message and a few flowers.

Stamptacular - sketch
Totally Papercrafts - spots & stripes
Moving along with the Times - spots & stripes
Simon Says Stamp - spots & stripes
anything goes - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Lexi's Creations - anything goes
Truly Madly Crafty - anything goes
Birthday Sundaes - birthday

Fi
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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

Fi
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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


Fi
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Things with wings at Sweet Stampin'

Good morning sweet stampers and my scheduled post. I am working today but I am partying tonight. I am going to a school reunion and meeting up with people I have seen for about 30 years. I am meeting 3 girls that I was friendly with at school and we did stay in touch for a bit and then went our separate ways, so I haven't seen them for about 25 years...I am so looking forward to it. I will let you know how it goes.

The challenge this week at Sweet Stampin' is "things with wings"...easy peasy.

Our sponsor this week is Pollycraft....

who are giving away 5 digis to one lucky winner....

and

our monthly sponsor who is Prairie Fairy

who are also giving away 5 digis to one lucky winner.

For my card I have used "Clover" from Pollycraft and coloured her with copics. The papers are First Edition - Up & Away...they are so pretty IRL. I added a couple of clouds which I cut with my MFT die-namics die, and a little sun and then finished off with lots of glitter...I felt she needed it!!

Pop over and see what the other sweeties have made.

Hanna & Friends - in the garden
Crafts & Me - bling
Crafty Calendar - wings
Craft your Passion - magical
Lexi's creations - no sentiment



Fi
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Childhood Memories...

Good morning sweet stampers, I hope the weather is too bad wherever you are...it's a bit rainy here!! Well this is the last weekend in my office....we have a big office move on Monday to a nice new building so hopefully all my stuff has been packed away and I will find it on Monday....I had to take my calculator, notepad and headset home with me on Thursday as I need them today and I would never manage without them.

The challenge this week over at Sweet Stampin is " childhood memories". When I saw this cute little Gorjuss Girl...I had to have her as reminded me of when I was younger...very much younger and my big, transparent bubble brolly. I also had a matching transparent raincoat...honest they were the fashion in those days although these big brollys are back in fashion. Holly has a few of these but she doesn't really like them cos they are too big but probably when I bought them I was thinking of how much I loved mine when I was little.

This week's sponsor Tiffany Doodles.

Who are offering one lucky winner 5 digis.

and

the monthly sponsor this month is Joanna Sheen.

....and one lucky winner will win £10 gift certificate to spend in their store.

So...for card I used papers from October Afternoon - Love Letters, the stamp is from Personal Impressions (please note although this is a Gorjuss Girl, it's not by Sugar Nellie)which I coloured with copics.

don't forget you still have time to enter the Sweet Stampin DT Call.

Watch out for my birthday candy coming soon to a screen near you!!

Inspire Me Fridays - anything goes

Mami Doodles - girly
Fairy Fun Friday - girly
By the Cute and Girly - anything goes
Lexi's Creations - friendship

Fi
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Paper Sundaes DT card

Hello my Sundae bloggers and my scheduled post!! Did you remember to switch the clocks back one hour??

This week the challenge over at Paper Sundaes is inspiration from the photo below.

Isn't it pretty...fab colours!!

Our sponsor this week is Michelle's Scrapbooking & More who are offering one lucky winner a £10 gift certificate.

For my card I used papers that were in my stash...think they are Papermania. The ribbon was from the same set. I punched the flowers with my die-namics flower die and added a pearl pen to the centres. The image is a new one I won in Bev's candy....it's so pretty...thanks Bev!! I couloured this little lady with copics( which you can buy at Michelle's) and added some glamour dust. I have entered the following challenges.

Paper Cutz - 3 papers

Friday Sketchers - sketch

LOTV - punch it

A Spoon Full of Sugar - ribbon,pearls/rhinestones, flowers

Lexi's Creations - ribbons but no bows/knots

Fi x

Fabulous Darling....

A quickie before bed....another of my new stamps that I bought at the SECC. The papers are MME Stella Rose. The image is one of the new Simply Sassy stamps from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics. The flowers I cut with mt new My Favourite Things die...still haven't found the other one...added some pearls to the centres.

Friday Sketchers - sketch
Lexi's Creations - flowers
Simply Create - flowers
Alphabet Challenge - ribbon


Fi
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Just a sprinkling of Star Dust....

Hi all...I haven't had much time this week to make much as I have been working extra as Lynn is still off sick but she is coming back to work on Monday...woo hoo!! This one of the new sugar Nellie stamps I bought at the SECC yesterday...isn't she fab?? I coloured her with copics and did some shading with pencils. The papers are new and they are MME - Stella Rose and they are fab....my favourite colours, blues, greens and browns and with other colours added in too. I made the rolled flower myself as my rolled flower die seems to have vanished...grrr!! I added the little happy birthday message and finished with a touch of glitter on the star dust...hope you like.

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Lexi's Creations - flowers
Simply Create - flowers
Stamps R Us - for the girls
Craft your Passion - girly


Fi
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Sweet little fairy...

Well since the fireworks are going off like mad and our pooch is scared and wants to hide in my craft room...I thought I would join her..so made this while we were in there!! The papers are Fine and Dandy from My Mind's Eye, and the image is from LOTV. Debs sent me this stamped image ages ago..thanks Debs but I have just got round to using it now. I coloured this little fairy with copics and added some glitter....not sure if you can see that. I made the flowers with the MFT rolled flower die, and the added the bow, button and message..hope you like it and I have entered this card in the following challenges.

LOTV - one for the girls

Crafters companion - sketch

Stamps R Us - buttons & bows

Little Paper shop - buttons & bows

Lexi's creations - anything goes

Paperplay - circles

Paper Cutz - anything that flies

Raise the Bar - curves

Fairy fun Friday - make your own flowers

A Spoon Full of Sugar - relish to embellish


Fi
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Christmas angel...

Good morning fellow bloggers and those of you who are off to the NEC...so lucky. I might save my pennies for the NEC next time instead of the SECC. You must tell me what it's like. I am hoping that I can get a couple of cards done today but Holly is off scholl unwell so she is still sleeping just now but she is a hard patient and lays it on worse than it really is...I almost have to be by her side tending to her every demand.."can I have a driiiink", "can you change the channel on the telly", "can you fluff up my pillows"...that's how it will go the full day....she has a sore throat!!
So the is the first one today...the snowflake papers are from Fancy Pants and the digi image is from CC Designs and I coloured this cute little angel with promarkers and then just done some shading on top with waterpencils. The snowflakes were punched with the Martha Stewart punches...Love them!! I finished off with gems and glitter...hope you like!!

Anyone for Anya - sketch

All That Scraps - Christmas

Die Cut Dreams - digi

Lollipop Crafts - embossing

Lexi's creations - anything goes

Stamp & Create - Christmas

A Spoon Full of sugar - relish to embellish

I ♥ promarkers - snowflakes

ABC Christmas Challenge- winter wonderland

Top Tip Tuesday - christmas

The Creative Cottage - embossing

Flutter by Wednesday - anything goes