Snow is Falling...

Good morning folks and another post from me!!

Well first I thought I would give you a wee update on my new iphone...I am now loving it!!  You were all right!!  I have everything in the one place..emails, messages, calls, blogger, music and photos...love it!!

The challenge today over at Lili's Little Fairies is "Christmas in August"...a nice easy one.  

So for my card I have used one of the new Christmas stamps from LOTV...I just love snowmen and when I saw this stamp I knew it was a must.  I have coloured the snowmen with copics and done some shading with polychromos.  The papers are Fancy Pants Hot Chocolate...which are nearly finished....:(  The snowflakes have been punched in the same papers, the tree has also been cut with paper from the same collection.  I layered the papers onto kraft card and added some stitching to each of the layers and the distressed the edges.  The tags are also from LOTV and have been attached with some twine.  I finished with some pearls, giant gems and glitter...lots of it!!

supplies:

papers - Fancy Pants Hot Chocolate

stamp/tags - LOTV

pens - copics

pencils - polychromos

die - Distinctively Dee's Tree

punches - MS Arctic Snowflake and Himalayan Snowflake

rhinstone brads/pearls - the Hobby House

stickles - stash

glamour dust - stash

twine - stash

challenges:

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

LOTV Ideas to Inspire - make it festive

Simon Says Stamp - triangles(christmas trees)

ABC Christmas challenge - p is for pearls

Deep ocean - Christmas in July

The Kraft Journal - layers

The Hobby House - Christmas

Totally gorjuss - anything goes with pearls
The ABC challenge - s is for stitching
Christmas Cards all Year round - fussy and fancy

Fi

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A little bit of friendship...

Happy Sunday folks...well looks like it's back the the normal Scottish rainy weather!!  So I suppose that means crafting time...lol!!

I sat and coloured this little cutie last night however the dress is not quite the right colour however I think it still looks ok.

So the stamp is from Personal Impressions - A Bluebird's Proposal which I coloured with copics.  The papers are digi papers from The Sweet Shoppe...Oh I love them, they are so my colours!!  I layered each of the papers on to brown card, added some stitching and then also distressed each of the layers.  I added a piece of blue lace under one of the layers. I also added little pearls to each of the corners.  The flourish has been cut with my Magnolia fancy flourish die and the flower is a MFT layered rose...I added a pearl brad through the centre to hold it all together....then added a little ribbon to finish off.

supplies:

stamp - personal Impressions A Bluebird's Proposal

papers - Life Is The Sweet Shoppe

sentiment - Life is The Sweet Shoppe

pearls/brad - The Hobby House

ribbon and lace - The ribbon girl

dies - Magnolia fancy flourish, die-namics layered rose(from my Mum's Craft Shop)

glamour dust - stash

challenges:

Crafty Ribbons - anything goes

Paper Craft Journey - punch/die cuts

Divas by Design - anything goes

Whimsy Inspiration - lace and ribbon

Anything goes - anything goes

Papertake Weekly - die-ing for a punch

A Little bit Crafty - die-ing for it

My Craft Spot - sew fun
My Mum's Craft Shop - for the girls

Addicted to Stamps - layers

Bearly Mine - anything goes

Totally Papercrafts - lace

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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My favourite....

Good morning folks....this will be short and sweet this morning as it's the Gala Day...woo hoo...so just getting ready. First I have to share Pippi with you...The challenge over at Sweet Stampin' this week is "your favourite stamp". What a hard decision this was as I have many stamps that I really love and I have a bestest favourite which is a Christmas one but I didn't feel like making a Christmas card so I decided to use Pippi Longsocks from Sugar Nellie...she is well up there in my top few!

I used papers from Papermania - Portobello Road and Making Memories, I stitched each of the layers and distressed the edges, the flowers and buttons are cut from MFT dies, I added a twine bows through the buttons, the flourish is cut from a do hickey die, the message is from LOTV and the stamp is Pippi from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics....went with the red, white and blue theme since it was the Jubilee next week.

Pop over to the Sweet Stampin Challenge blog...this week we are sponsored by Letraset, who are giving away a set of pens and we also have our monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen who is giving a £10 voucher.

Papertake Weekly - sketch
My Mums Craft Shop - red, white and blue
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Creative Craft Challenges - red, white and blue
Crafty Cardmakers - distress it
karen's doodles - stitch it up
Love to Create - add a sentiment
My Craft spot - buttons & bows
The Cutie Pie Challenge - dies/punches
One Stitch at a time - red, white and blue
Craft your Days Away - red, white and blue
By the Cute and girly - cute as a button
The Crafty Pad - colours of your flag( I went with the Union Jack rather than the St Andrews flag)
Crafty Catz - buttons &bows
Fussy and Fancy - swirls and flourishes
Hotshot Crafts - die cuts
Delightful Challenges - red, white and blue
Crafters Companion - time to embellish
Secret Crafter - anything goes
Divas by Design - anything goes
MAWTT - red, white and blue
Bunny Zoe - anything goes

Fi
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Happy Birthday Dad...

Well good afternoon bloggers, thought I would post this just now as I don't have anything else to show you but it will be fine as my dad doesn't look at my blog. It's my dad's birthday next week and this is the card I have made for him. The stamp is Sail Away from Stampin' Up, I coloured the sails with polychromos, there is actually white and a very pale blue in there!! The paper is from Jillybean Soup - Apple cheddar soup and all layered onto kraft. I doodled around the edges too...I quite like that look. I cut those little flags out with my MFT pennants die. The message is from LOTV...oops nearly forgot...I added a charm too.

I have given my blog a makeover yesterday as I had a few followers say they couldn't read the text on my other one, I think when it was on a go slow and the page took a while to load, so this is my first post on my new look blog.

Papertake Weekly - sketch(with some extra bits)
Lollipop - anything goes
Craft Us Crazy - anything goes
Delightful Sketches - punches/dies
Do you Stack Up - anything goes
Divas by Design - anything goes
Paper pretties - ribbon/twine
Fashionable Stamping - it's a guy thing
That Craft Place - by the seaside
Fussy & Fancy - polka dots(on the paper)
Crafty Ribbons - men/boys(if twine doesn't count then just delete me)
Little Darlings - polka dots


Fi
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Fifi goes shopping...

Good morning folks, well the snow from yesterday seems to have disappeared for the time being although it's very frosty and baltic!!

Well you know it would only be a matter of time before Fifi would be on my blog and here she is...I love Fifi just as much as her pal Pippi..they are best pals on my desk!!

For my card today I have used a mix of papers from First Edition - Up and Away and Jillybean soup - Apple cheddar Soup...one of my favourite colour combos. I have layered them onto kraft, seems to be my thing at the mo, oh and my other thing is the doodles. I distressed each of the layers..the stamp is Fifi goes shopping from sugar Nellie which I have coloured with copics. I added some glitter to the furry bits on her boots and jacket. The flowers have been cut with my MFT flower trio die which also doodled, the felt flower has been cut with the same fie and I threaded some twine and a button on to it....finished with a message and some gems.

My Mums Craft Shop - favourite colour combo
The Kraft Journal - stamp it pretty
Squigglefly - button it up
The Pink elephant - favourite colours
Truly Madly Crafty - anything goes
Crafty Purple Frog - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - buttons, boes, bling and blooms
Pixie Dust Studio - going dotty
Totally Papercrafts - make your own flowers
Paper pretties - glitter
Paper sundaes - past challenge - #89 lots of layers
Crafty Catz - buttons and bows
Joanna Sheen - celebration


Fi
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It's orange...

Good morning my fellow bloggers....now the storms have calmed down, it's now white outside!! I will be glad when this winter is over, perhaps that means we will have a good summer... Well I have been doodling away colouring with my new polychromos, and I think they do take a bit of practising. I haven't quite mastered the blending to get the same effect you get with copics or promarkers but I am not giving up as I really like them!

So, I have used Peek a Boo birthday from Sugar Nellie and coloured her with my new polychromos as I said, the papers are scraps that I have left from Echo Park - Country Drive, I must order more as I really like these papers. I also added some stitching and distressed the edges of the layers to cove up my wonky cutting...think I pulled that one off!!

Will be back shortly with Pippi!!

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Craft Your Passion - anything goes plus distressing
Stamps R Us - anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy - free and easy
The Pink elephant - anything goes
Ladybug - anything goes with your new stash(pencils)
Papertake Weekly - anything goes with new stash
Truly Madly Crafty - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - what's new
Little Miss Muffet - new something
Fab 'n' funky - something new
Inky Impressions - anything goes
PaperShelter - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - something new
Simply Create 2 - more than 2 layers


Fi
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Sugar Bowl Challenge #71

Good morning Sugar fans and another challenge over at The Sugar Bowl. This fortnight's challenge is Erika's sketch below....isn't it awesome?? Of course as always there is the optional theme of "patchwork"....the sketch is perfect to make the theme fit so why not give it a go...



....as normal the prize for one lucky winner chosen at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from Funky Kits and as always if there's over 100 entries.....6 Sugar Nellie stamps...woo hoo!




For my card I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Summers End which I layered onto kraft card and then did my patchwork stitching. The stamp is Foxy - Gorjuss Girl which I coloured with copics. I then cut out the image and layered it onto a kraft circle which I have also stitched, I had to do some distressing to the edges as it didn't look quite even...distressing hides a multitude of sins. I then added some white pencil shading around the image. I cut out the felt flowers and leaves with a MFT die-namics and finished with a little message.

Raise the Bar - sew what
Dream Valley - anything goes
Anything goes Challenge - stitching
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Creatalicious - Distress the edges
Marianne's Diva Designs - die cuts
Cupcake Craft Challenge - take a leaf out of my book(not sure if I have enough)
Ooh la La - stitching
Pollycraft - anything goes
Creative Inspirations Paint - fall
The Paper Players - fall theme
Craft Your Days Away - Autumn
Stampavie & More - anything goes



Fi
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In stitches....

Good morning Saturday campers and my scheduled post...yay!! Fabby weather we are having...not!! I can't believe how rubbish the weather has been this week in Scotland...I was truly and utterly drookit last weekend going to work and at this moment as it's Thursday I don't know if I will be drookit on Saturday yet!!

Well I hope today is a good day...I am on day 3 of my slimming world diet, so far so good but as I say it's only day 3 but I am determined to go down at least one size.


The challenge this week over at Sweet Stampin' is "in stitches". One of my favourites, I love stitching on cards, I think it really finishes them off.

The sponsor is Bunny Zoe who is offering a £10 voucher to spend in her store.



For today's card I have used one of Krista's digis, she is called Frizzy Jynx and you can buy her here. I coloured the image with copics, thought I would use some bright, funky colours and I also tried to colour her boots like real UGG boots...they do look better IRL. The papers are from Fancy pants - Summers End collection...they are yummy!! I added a few buttons to the centres of the flowers, ribbon and a message.

Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Saturated Canary - sketch
Divas by Design - button it
Crafts & Me - digi
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - bright colours
Craft Your Passion - anything goes with ribbon
Sentimental Sundays - stitching

Crafty Catz - recipe


Fi
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hey blogging fans...I am up late so thought I would quickly post this card before I head to bed and I didn't want to miss the Papertake deadline as I thought this was a fab sketch!! I might need to retake the photo in daylight but here it is for now. The papers are from MME - 12 Days of christmas, the stamp is from Sugar Nellie - Warm winter Wishes, which you can buy here from Funky Kits, the message is from LOTV. I coloured the image with pencils...not sure about them yet!! I added a ribbon bow, button and charm, also a piece of pom pom ribbony stuff. The snowflake is punched witha Martha Stewart snowflake punch and then I glittered it up and I also added some white glitter to the penguins hat.


Papertake Weekly - sketch
Winter wonderland - how charming
A Gem of a Challenge - Christmas and a heart(charm)
The Ribbon Girl - Christmas
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Anything goes - anything goes
Designed to Delight - pencils
Creative Inspirations paint - buttons
Crafts for Eternity - anything goes
Creatalicious - anything goes
Lothian Crafts - anything goes
Make it Monday Kraft Outlet - lavish layers
Craft your Passion - anything goes plus ribbons
Cutie Pie Challenge - bingo board(glitter, sentiment, charm)




Fi
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Hello Little Friend

Another quickie before lunch...I coloured this little cutie the other night and now I have added it to a card. The stamp is called " Hello Little Friend" which is from Sugar Nellie. I coloured this one with DI's which did take me ages because of all those fine lines. The papers are from MME - Hattie collection. Oh and did you see...that's right I found my MFT rolled flower die...I hate to admit but I found it at the bottom of my pile of ironing, how on earth it got there I will never know!! i have entered the challenges bwlow.

Papertake Weekly - things with wings
Sweet Stamps - stitching
OSAAT - anything goes
CYDA - make your own flowers
Stamp Something - anything goes
Creatalicious - anything goes
Paperplay - anything goes
Marianne Divas Design - bloom and grow
Lothian Crafts - handmade flowers


Fi
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This is for Elaine...

Oh Elaine I am so enjoying colouring with these DI's...if there's anybody out there that's thinking about it, then I would definitely recommend it...so easy but the secret is good brushes and good card. I have used "This Little Light" from Sugar Nellie...she is fab to colour regardless what you use...but I have Distress Inks. The papers are from Fancy Pants - Happy Together collection. I cut the daisy 3 times and layered them to make a fuller daisy. Now greens like this isn't normally a colour I would go for but I have to say I am so chuffed with this one and I just had to post it now....hope you likey!!

Sketch Saturday - sketch(fab sketch...love all the layers)
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Oldie but Goodie - lots of layers(stamp is more than 6 months old)
Craft Room Challenge - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Facebook - monotone


Fi
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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


Fi
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I love a cuppa...

Morning everybody and another gorgeous day!! I thought I would get this card posted asap and then I can get on with some housework. I think this image sums me up...as I have umpteen cuppas in the morning!! I know...too many isn't good for you...anyway...I have been colouring this image over the past few nights and practicing colouring with DI's...this is my first attempt. I have to say..it's very therapeutic but does take much longer. The lovely Elaine sent me some card to use which is 100% better than the card I was using so may need to treat myself!! The papers are from MME - So Sophie which I cut into squares and then added some stitching to make a patchwork effect. I didn't want to add anymore layers as I thought it was busy enough with papers. I couldn't help myself...I had to stick on some of those flowers. I thought I would enter the Sugar Nellie Challenge on Facebook with this one as it's squares. I was also swithering about entering the Simply Sassy Banner competition too but I'm not sure if the colours are cold enough to match Elaine's....I'm going to give it a bash anyway!!

Don't forget there's still time to enter the DT CAlls at Sweet Stampin Challenge blog and Paper Sundaes Challenge blog.


OSCC - in stitches
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
Make It Monday - anything goes
Pollycraft - anything goes
Oldie but a goodie - flowers(I did buy this stamp about 6 months ago so hopefully that's fine)
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Ladybug - going dotty (on brown paper)
Top tip Tuesday - anything goes
Simply Sassy - banner competition
Divas by Design - anything goes
Moving along with the Times - anything goes


Fi
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My favourite sweet pea..

What another beautiful day and I only have one more day before I go back to work...boo hoo!! I am posting this card so that my friend can see it as I won't see her until the weekend....she asked mt to her a card for her daughter. I hope she likes it...I used this Sweet Pea stamp which is my favourite one and she is called "Come Softly" and I coloured her with copics. The papers are from MME - So Sophie. I stitched the layers of card together, gave the butterfly a 3d look and added some glitter which you can't really see unless you zoom. Look it's my favourite colour combo too!!

I{heart}2stamp - sketch
In a Sweet Pea Dream - favourite colours
ABC - s for sparkle
Stampavie - birthday
Papertake Weekly - spots & stripes(there is spots on the brown papers)
A spoon full of sugar - celebrate
Craft Your Passion - dots


Fi
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Paper Sundaes DT card

Hi all my Sundae bloggers and my scheduled post but I'm not working but thought I would just schedule incase I got caught up in other stuff!! Today's challenge over at Paper Sundaes is "texture".

Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp who is offering one lucky winner a $15 gift certificate to spend in their store.



I have used papers from MME - Stella Rose collection which I have layered and stitched. I added a scalloped edge with my giant sizzlits die. I made the flower by punching 4 circles of bazill cardstock and then I separated the layers to give me 8 cicles, I spritzed them with water and then scrunched them into little balls. Once dry I opened up the circles and attached them all together with a brad in the centre and then I teased the layers back into the scrunchy shape...first attempt at that. I also added some button twine, ribbon and some gems. I embossed the scalloped edge aswell to give more texture. I coloured Lady Tilda( which you can buy here at Simon's store) with copics and layered her onto the card.

Crafts & Me - ribbon
Papertake Weekly - truly dimensional
Just Magnolia - happy birthday
Your Next Stamp - texture
The Crafty Purple Frog - touchy feely
Catch the Bug - 4 or more layers
The Stamp Man - embossing
My Partner in Crafting Crime - layer it up
Stamptacular - Magnolia stamp
Sqigglefly - fabric/stitching



Fi
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I love You.....

Good morning my fellow Saturday bloggers and here we are with another scheduled post and this weeks challenge over at Sweet Stampin Challenge. It's team Carrie's turn this week, so get on over there and check out all the other DT cards....fabby!! This week the theme is "love bugs" so you card has to have a bug of some sort on it.

We have 2 sponsors this week first the fabulous Prairie Fairy Designs...they have lots of gorgeous digis and seconly Crafty Emma's Store.

For my card today I have used papers from Bo Bunny - Crush Collection...perfect for all those luvvy duvvy cards. I have used Lolita Lady Bug from CC Designs and coloured her with promarkers. I added a gem to the centre of her flower and spiral wires for her antenae cos I had to chop of the ones that were attached when I cut her out. The hearts have been punched with a sizzix paddle punch. I have entered all the challenges below which is a record amount for one card...it will probably take me about an hour to link them all up!! I think everybody will have lots of challenges entered this week.

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - sketch
Stampin for the Weekend - valentines
Crafty Calendar - love
Stamps R Us - valentines
Cupcake Craft Challenge - seeing red
Crafty Cardmakers - hearts
The Pink elephant - valentines
Bunny Zoe - love is in the air
Creative Craft Challenge - hearts & flowers
Passion for Promarker - let there be love
A Spoonful of sugar - let's see some love
Papertake Weekly - have a heart
Crafty Creations - 3 little words
The Crafty Pad - love is in the air
Delightful sketches - get punchy
Cute Card Thursday - hearts & flowers
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - valentines
Pixie dust Studio - be my valentine
For fun Challenges - hearts
Creative card Crew - for a loved one
Paper Cutz - ladybugs
The Crafty Purple Frog - valentines
Crafty Catz - valentines
Stamp & Create - love
Crafters Companion - romance
Whoopsi Daisy - hearts
By the Cute and Girly - red
The Stamp Man - hearts