Poppy Gems...

Happy Sunday everybody!!

Well I am up to my eyes in work but I ordered some new crafty goodies and this stamp was one of my new purchases.  I am off down south in the morning to the Bulmers cider mill to meet some important people....and of course work!!  I'm there for three days so back late on Wednesday.

I couldn't wait to stamp and colour up this stamp as I have been eyeing it up for ages, it's from Penny Black and is called Poppy Gems.

I white embossed the image but left a section off the card...so that isn't the full image you can see.  I then coloured the image using my watercolour pens.  I gradually added colour building up the layers and I think it looks ok...I am still practising.  I also added some shading around the flowers as I think it helped them to pop out. I added a sentiment and some sequins, pearls and gems.

Iam actually loving white embossing at the moment...it is very therapeutic watercolouring over embossing, it helps not to go over the lines too....so there may be more to come lol!

challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - one layer

Cute Card Thursday -embossing

Little Miss Muffet - anything goes

Bunny Zoe - summer florals

The Ribbon Girl - any image(not sure if I need to use ribbon, if so just delete this)
Penny Black & More - anything goes

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Crazy little bird...

Hi folks, hope everyone is well. 

I haven't been on here as much as I would like to as work is still very, very busy but managed to squeeze this one in today!

First I cut a square of watercolour card, I stamped the sentiment using versamark ink and embossed with white embossing powder.

Next I brushed the card with water and I added in a wash of Spectrum Noir Marine, it was quite light to start with. Once that was dry I stamped the bird and the splodges with versamark and embossed in white, then I added some Navy and Moss. I then added some black splodges too.

I used Lori's tutorial over on the spectrum Noir Blog as my inspiration for this one...same principle but I just used different stamps.

Remember I still have my candy on offer, so get your name in to win!

challenges:

Fshionable Stamping Challenge - blots and splashes 

Stamping Sensations - anything goes 

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Little Miss Muffet - anything goes

Fi

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A little krafty...

Hi folks....here's a wee quickie from me this evening!  

I have been busy playing with my new toy today, just trying to work out how everything works...

This has to be the most on the spur of the moment purchase I have ever made...just hope I have made the right decision!!

So onto the card, I actually made this the other night....and now I quite like it!!

This has to be one of the easiest cards to make, so first I die cut a piece of kraft card, I then stamped a few different stamps from the set called Water Blooms from Mama Elephant using a versamark stamp and then embossed with with embossing powder. Unfortunately this stamp set is out of stock but will be available soon. I then stamped some black spots. I aslo added black to the centres of a few of the flowers just for a little more detail.  The sentiment is also from the same stamp set. I added a die- cut scalloped strip and added some little pearls to this.

challenges:

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Little Miss Muffet - anything goes

The PaperShelter - flowers everywhere

Simon Says Stamp - polka dots

Fi

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A little honeybear...

Hi everybody...hope you are all well!

I thought I would share my card I made today...the stamp is called honeybear from Stamping Bella which I coloured with Spectrum Noir Aquablend pencils...love them!

I am still practising with these pencils but I have to say they are fab.

I stamped the image using archival ink, then gently coloured the image, I then took my paintbrush loaded with water to blend the colours. I added some doodling to the edges and layered onto black card. The background paper is from The Sweet Shoppe which I also layered onto black card. I added a piece of lace for something extra.

Aquablend pencils used: nutmeg, charcoal brown, hickory, sky blue, oregano, straw, pesto green. 

challenges:
The Ribbon Girl - any image

Simon Says Stamp - cute and cuddly

Little Miss Muffet - anything goes

  Card and Scrap - lace


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I'm so sorry...

Hi everyone, hope you are well!

I thought I would share my wee card I made using the fabulous new Spectrum Noir Aquablend pencils, I have to say they are amazing!!  You can buy them from the Crafter's companion store...here!

The stamp I have used is called Gigi the Giraffe from Stamping Bella....isn't he just so cute?  I coloured the stamp using the pencils...they are soo easy to use.  Once I stamped the image I took the pencil to the card and just gradually added a bit of colour and then blended it with a wet brush...gradually built up the layers until I was happy with the colour.

Here's a close up of the coloured image....I don't normally add an extra close up but I am so impressed with these pencils that I needed to share the close up...I hope you likey!

Pop over to the Spectrum Noir Blog for more inspiration!

challenges:

The Ribbon Girl - spring/easter or anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - Lace or ribbon

Little Miss Muffet Challenge - anything goes

Fi

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Little Bluebird...

Howdy folks, this is a late post but thought I would post it before I forget.

So this little cutie is called a bluebird's proposal from the Gorjuss collection.  I coloured the image with Spectrum Noir Aqua pens.  the papers were in my stash which I layered onto black cardstock and then doodled.  I added a piece of lace to one of the layers...you can just see it. The flowers are a mix of pre made and handmade using different die-namics roses.  I added some pearls to the centres of the flowers and to the corners of the layers and then finished with a bow.

pens used:

skin - peach, blossom

hair - slate, black

clothing - orange, terracota, scarlet, gold, topaz

tree/flowers/toadstools/bird - fawn, gold, sepia, blossom, kingfisher

challenges:

Little Miss Muffet - anything goes

The Ribbon Girl - add lace or ribbon

Everybody Art Challenge - pearls

Allsorts - bingo (lace, flowers, pearls)

Noor Design UK - anything goes

Fi

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Papertake Weekly GDT card

  

Happy Tuesday everybody!!

Well day 2 of my holiday from work and having a rest...was in the garden yesterday and boy does my bones ache!!  So having a rest day today although as we know us woman never get a rest..do we??


This weeks challenge over at Papertake Weekly is "To Die For".

So for my card i have used one of the snowmen stamps from LOTV....and I love it!!  I coloured the image with spectrum noirs....need more now!!

The papers are digi papers from The Sweet Shoppe, I used various dies from my die-namic blueprints to cut out the squares and strip and then layered them onto bazzill card. the snowflake are alo cut from my die-namics let it snowflake die set nd I also layered them up nd them glittered them up...I added some wee gems to finish.

challenges:
LOTV - Christmas in August
Winter Wonderland - anything goes for Xmas
CRAFT Challenge - Christmas
The Paper Shelter - punches and dies
Deep Ocean Challenge - Christmas in August
Sparkle and Sprinkle - anything goes
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
Penny Black at Allsorts - anything goes
Bizzy Bec's Challenge - anything goes
Crafting from the Heart - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - clean and simple
My Mum's Craft Shop - clean and simple



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Pippi

It's another wild and windy day here in sunny Scotland but there's nothing better than some sugar inspiration to get you started for the weekend!

I'm sharing with your my DT card for the Sugar Nellie blog....Pippi was leaving a bit left out so had to give her a wee appearance!

For todays card I have used Pippi...she was feeling a bit neglected and I coloured her with spectrums and shaded with come polychromos.  The papers are digi papers from the Sweet Shoppe and I just love these ones they are called Life Is.  I layered the papers onto card and doodled the edges.  I added some wee pearls to the corners and finished with a bow and acrylic flower....I actually bought that little flower on my visit up to Elgin to the Paper Boutique.

challenges:
Ladybug Crafts - favourite colours
4 Krafty Girls - anything goes
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes

Fi
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Summer Girl...

Howdy folks...hope you are all well on this sunny day!!

Well this post was half scheduled and half not...I was on a high after my friend and I went to see The Eagles in concert....it was amazing and although they have been on the go forever...they can sing live even in their 60's!!  The only thing was strictly no photography etc...which was a wee shame cos I would have loved to have been able to get a sneaky photo but there was no chance as Security were all over it!!

So, anyway...I finished my post and here we have my card for Papertake Weekly Challenge...yay that's right I was asked if I would like to have a wee guest spot...of course I said yes.

The theme is "anything goes" with the option of something summery.

For my card I have used papers from Echo Park - Sunny Side, I stitched the layers onto bazzill card, the image is Summer Girl from Mo Manning which I coloured with my new spectrum noirs (it's all Lis's fault, she made me buy them)which I am getting used to but I am liking them and I then added some stickles to the ice lolly and the shades. I did some shading with polychromos. The sun has been made with a daisy die and I just snipped the ends off and attached a die cut button, I added pearls to the corners and added a big daisy and ribbon and finished with the stamped sentiment from CC Designs which I thought was perfect....hope you likey!!

challenges:
Addicted to Stamps - bingo(flower, pearls, di cuts)
Totally Gorjuss - stitches
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - ink it up

Fi

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For Amy....

Happy Easter everybody!!

Now I am a day late with this one...better late than never though!!  So the challenge over at Sweet Stampin this week is "lots of layers"....my kind of thing with my lots of layers layout too!!

I'm off to Amy's baby shower today so this is for her.  The stamp is Brynn has a baby shower from Stamping Bella which I coloured with copics.  The papers are from Echo Park - Bundle of Joy collection.  I layered them onto white card and distressed each of the layers along with my usual....doodles!!  The flower has been cut using my latest die-namics blueprints...it is a fabby die set!!

challenges:
Bunny Zoe - distress
My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes
Color Me Creative - anything goes
Totally Gorjuss - die cuts
Delightful Challenges - bloom in flower
Little Miss Muffet - distressed
Divas by Design - baby
Fab 'n' Funky - flower power

Fi

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Paisley...

Hello my blogging buddies!!

Well it's the end of the week and off for 2 days...yay...but a busy weekend as I still have these wedding invites to get finished!!

So I just couldn't wait any longer to colour this...it's Paisley from Stamping Bella which I coloured with copics and then shaded with polychromos.  I wanted to make it simple and just focus on the colouring so that's what I did, the background has been embossed which I think makes the image stand out...what do you think??

challenges:
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Charisma Cardz - CAS
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
Deep Ocean Challenge - for a friend

Fi

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You are my sunshine...

Good morning Saturday bloggers....

Well I am on holiday from work for a week, supposedly to make wedding invitations but I have no motivation get started with them...instead I went to the SECC to the Craft Fair and spent some pennies and met up with some crafty friends too.  I really want to play with my new stash too!!

There's a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin, the theme is "be inspired"....all you need to do is get some inspiration from a song, film or book.  Well I am actually spoiled for choice...so which song do I pick??  Hmm...I wish it would rain down, Singing in the Rain, Raindrops keep falling on my head, Umbrella...but I went for You are my Sunshine.

The sponsor this week is  Yours or Mine Paper Crafts who are giving a $10 voucher to one lucky winner.

and of course our monthly sponsor...

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

Anyway, for my card I have used an image from LOTV...those art pads are just amazing!! The background has been embossed...I found that at the SECC yesterday and thought it would be perfect.  I added a little cloud and a little sun.....doodled around the edges aswell.  I also found those sentiments stamps yesterday which again thought they were perfect....

challenges:
Crafty Little Fairies - song or film title
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
Die Cut Divas - emboss it

Fi

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The Sugar Bowl Challenge 113

Good morning campers and my scheduled post!!

So there's a brand new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl......

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...

Please remember to use a Sugar Nellie stamp...rubber or digi to be eligible. 


So for my card I have used papers from Teresa Collins Every Day Moments , each of the papers have been layered onto bazzill card, the stamp is Sprinkle Some Love from Sugar Nellie at Funky Kits which I coloured with copics, I have added glitter to the wings, the flower has been cut with my die-namics layered rose die, I tied a yellow ribbon (not round the old oak tree) around one of the layers and finished with some gems.

challenges:
Fussy and Fancy Challenge - sketch
A Gem of a Challenge - spots and stripes
Color Me Creative - anything goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - spots and stripes
Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
Divas by Design - sparkle



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Little Miss Muffet Blog Hop...

Good morning Sunday peeps....it's freezy today!!

Today I am joining in with the blog hop over at Little Miss Muffet challenge blog which is to celebrate the launch of the stamps being available here in the UK and are on sale at My Mum's Craft Shop.  

All you need to do is visit each of the blogs and leave some love and there will be prizes drawn at random from the comments left on some of the blogs....if you have arrived here from the fabby Fluff's blog then you are in the right place however if not then you need to start from the beginning at the Little Miss Muffet Blog.

For my card I have used Swings and Slides - Snow Buds stamp, isn't it so cute??  I coloured the stamp with copics and did some shading with polychromos.  The papers are digi papers from the Sweet Shoppe...thought they were just the perfect colours!!  The snowflakes are cut from the die-namics Let it snowflake die set and I glittered them up and added some gems to the centres. Oh and how could I forget my doodles edges!!

So pop over over to the lovely Jane's blog and check out her fabulous card!!

In case you get lost along the way...here you go!!

Little Miss Muffet Stamps
Audrey
Barbara
Carla
Faye
Fiona
Jane
Jo
Julie
Karen
Kathy
Kitty
Lou
Michelle
Pami
My Mum's Craft Shop

 challenges:

Colour Me Creative -  winter, frosty and cold 

Totally Papercrafts - use glitter   

Deep Ocean - winter  

Papertake Weekly - anything goes 

 Fi

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Better late than never...

Here we are then...one day late for the challenge over at Sweet Stampin'.  Now I did have my card made well in advance but went and gave it to somebody at work and forgot to take a photo so card number 2!!  Now the challenge this week is scallops...nice and easy and you can just see mine...lol!!  I did almost forget them.

Our sponsor this week is Heather Ellis and of course we have our monthly sponsor The Ribbon Girl.

For my card I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Summer Soul which I layered onto kraft card and then stitched each of the layers in pink. The stamp is from Lili of the Valley which has been coloured with copics and then shaded with polychromos, I then added some glitter to the wings, pom poms and ribbon.  I added the flowers which are various die-namics, the flourish is from magnolia and the scallop border is also a die-namics die.  I added a ribbon bow and fixed it with a little flower button and then added some pearls made with my pearl pen to finish.

supplies:

papers - Fancy Pants Summer Soul

pens - copics

pencils - polychromos

ribbon

button

dies - wonky scallop border, various flower dies, Magnolia Doo Hickey fancy flourish

pearls - pearl pen

challenges:

The Ribbon Girl - flowers

Lili's Little Fairies - all stitched up

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - happy birthday

My Mum's Craft Shop - Easter or Easter Colours

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Totally Gorjuss - anything goes + sparkle

Crafty Ribbons - anything goes

Little Miss Muffet - anything goes

Fi

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It's all about men this week...

Good morning sweet stampers and my scheduled post as I might be having a lie in as I was at the theatre last night to see Priscilla Queen of the Desert...it was fab...music was fab, costumes were fab and Jason Donovan and Richard Grieve were amazing as drag queens!!  I would highly recommend it, well worth the watch!!

So the challenge this week at Sweet Stampin' is "for a man/boy"....maybe not so easy this week as male cards are not top of my list!!

Our sponsor this week is Cuddly Buddly...

...who will be giving a £10 voucher to one lucky winner.

and our monthly sponsor The Ribbon Girl...

...who will also be giving a £10 voucher to one lucky winner.

I thought I would get ahead of myself and make a card for my son, it's his birthday next month and this image is just him to a T.....For my card I have used Video boy from Mo Manning which I coloured with copics, the papers I have had in my stash for ages and are from Imaginisce Live Loud collection.

challenges:

DP2 challenge - anything goes

Raise the Bar - that's my boy

Craft us Crazy - anything goes

Little Miss Muffet - boys only

anything Goes - make it manly

Deep Ocean Challenge - something for a boy

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

Fi

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Peek a boo...

Good morning Sunday bloggers and my first post of the New Year...thought I would get this posted now as I have a busy day ahead of me. I need to make some soup, then I need to do the Facebook post and then I am helping my friend deliver some leaflets...which will be for about 3 hours...I am thinking of the brisk walking so some exercise in there.

So last night I doodled away colouring this little cutie and finished the card off this morning...it's a bit different and I think I like it although I'm not sure about the pink...

The papers are my new Basic Grey - Little Black Dress (although they are brown), the rolled flower has been cut with a MFT die-namics die and the leafy one is a magnolia die.  The image is Peek a Boo birthday from Sugar Nellie which as been coloured with copics and then glittered....hope you like.

Basic Grey - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

My Mum's Craft Shop - anything goes

By the Cute and Girly - cute & girly

Simon Says Stamp - new something(new Basic Grey paper pad)

Crafty Calendar - new (papers)

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Fussy and Fancy - furry friends

Stampin' for the Weekend - anything goes

Totally papercrafts - something new (papers)

Cute Card Thursday - new (papers)

Little Miss Muffet - anything goes

Bearly Mine - something old, something new (new papers, old stamp)

Fi

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Not a Christmas card.....

Hey beautiful people on this very miserable day!!  At least I am off work for 2 days but back on Monday, so before I get on with the less important stuff like housework, I thought I would have a little play and here is what I've created.

The stamp is from LOTV which I have coloured with copics (new ones on order), the papers are from MME - lost and Found 3 - Oliver collection...yummy!!  The flowers have been cut using my die-namics rolled royal rose die but I did something a bit different...I layered 2 different coloured die cuts and rolled them together...it gives a two tone look and it does actually look quite good IRL!!  i added lots of glitter and pearls.

Papertake Weekly - pick of the year - sketch #52

Charisma Cardz - anything goes

Delightful challenges - anything goes

Little Miss Muffet - anything goes

Divas by Design - anything goes

paper Shelter - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Fi

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It's Halloween at Sweet Stampin'...

Good morning sweet stampers and her we are with another challenge over at Sweet Stampin'.  So I suppose you can guess what the theme is by my card....that's right it's Halloween.

Our sponsor this week is letraset who are giving away a set of promarkers to one lucky winner and of course we have our monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen is giving away a £10 voucher to her store.

For my card I have used papers from MME - Mischevious collection, I layered each of the papers onto bazill card and distressed the edges. The fence is a TH fence which I inked up for a more spooky look.  The stamp is Witches Cauldron from Sugar Nellie which has been coloured with copics.I added a couple of buttons to finish.

Crafting for all Seasons - spooky
Divas by Design - something spooky
Fab 'n' funky - black & orange
Simon Says Stamp - eerie
Sassy cheryl's - orange & black
Aud's sentiments - halloween sentiment
Little Miss Muffet - halloween colours

Saturated Canary - colour combo
Papertake weekly - Fright Night...Boo!

Lexi's Creations - Halloween

The Cutie Pie challenge - Halloween
Stamptacular - Bootacular
Dream Valley - Halloween
Joanna Sheen - AutumnBreeze/Halloween
Crafty Calendar - spooky

Fi

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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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