oooh...hot chocolate...

Good evening folks....and a wee quickie tonight.  the photo is a bit rubbish but it's dark when I leave for work and dark when I come home which is a bit naff but never mind!!

When I saw the challenge over at Saturated Canary...I knew exactly what i wanted to make...however that didn't quite go to plan and I ended up with the above!

The image is Latte from Saturated Canary which I coloured with copics, the papers and little embellishments are from Fancy Pants - Hot chocolate collection, i punched the snowflakes and glittered them up, I then added pearls to the centres.  The tag is from LOTV and the charm is from The Hobby House.

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Saturated Canary - Hot Chocolate and marshmallows

Simon Says Stamp - snowflakes

Joanna Sheen - with love at Christmas

2 Sisters - snowflakes

Charisma Cardz - Christmas

Copic marker Europe - Christmas

Pixie dust Studio - sparkle ans snowflakes

Papertake Weekly - anything goes

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Dies & Doodles at Sweet Stampin'...

Good morning my fellow bloggers....over at Sweet Stampin' there's a new challenge which is right up my street.."dies & doodles"...pop over and check it out!!

The sponsor this week is My Mums Craft Shop....



....who is giving one lucky winner picked at random a £10 voucher to spend at their online store.

We also have the monthly sponsor Joanna Sheen ....



.... who is also giving a £10 voucher to spend at their online store.

for my card I have used papers from MME - Happy Go Lucky, the stamp is Fifi Goes Shopping from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics and then shaded with polychromos. I used the following dies..MFT clouds, MFT scallop, MFT rolled roses(both sizes)...and also added my doodling around the edges.

Pixie Dust Studio - Up in the sky(clouds)
Truly Madly Crafty - handmade flowers
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - use your favourite tool(sizzix machine)
Fairy Fun Friday - anything goes
Twisted Tuesday - clouds



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This one took me ages....

A flying visit from me today....I have to say although I like this stamp, it took me ages to colour and I wasn't really sure what to do with her hair. Originally I set out to make a card to fit the challenge on the sugar Nellie Facebook page with spring like papers and colours however it went completely up in the air...so the stamp is Entangled from Sugar Nellie which I stamped onto kraft and coloured with polychromos. The papers are MME - Lost and found which are really lovely and layered onto kraft and bazzill card which I distressed. I added some raffia, ribbon and button twine to which I attached a flower and button, the flowers have been cut with my favourite die...MFT flower trio die and I used felt and kraft to do that and then added pearls to the centres. The message is from Personal Impressions. It's a bit different but hope you likey...

Papertake Weekly - sketch
Scrapalicious - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Make It Monday - anything goes
Cutie Pie challenge - flowers
2 Sisters - anything goes
Pixie dust Studio - buttons
Raise the Bar - twine
Phindy's Place - distressing
Stempelsonnen Challenge - a flower for you


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Best Day Ever...

Good morning folks and a wee scheduled post this morning. when I say best day ever...I don't mean that I am having the best day ever, that's the name of this little stamp from Sugar Nellie...isn't she sweet?? I have coloured this little cutie with polychromos....still more practice needed. I have used papers from Jillybean Soup - Apple Cheddar Soup and they are almost all gone but I will need to buy more as I lurve these papers. Yes again I have doodled and layered onto kraft. I added a ribbon and a bow and some gems.

Whilst I am working hard at work I hope my hubby has returned my new coat I bought yesterday. Put it on last night and the security tag is still on it. The shop assistant was too busy blethering and I didn't notice she hadn't taken it off...anyway my bargain £75 reduced to £20....all the more pennies for crafty goodies.

Remember to pop over to Sweet Stampin' for a new challenge today.

CLP - sketch
Crazy for challenges - child's birthday
Pixie Dust Studio - we're going dotty
Paper Sundaes - #89 lots of layers
Paper Play - ribbon

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Happy birthday Sophie...

Good afternoon New Year bloggers and her I am with my first posting of 2012. This card has taken me all day to make!!! The poapers I have used are from MME - Mischevious collection which have been layered onto kraft. The image is Pillow Talk from the simply Sassy range at Sugar Nellie. I coloured the hair and skin with copics and then paper pieced the rest with the matching papers. The flowers were cut using my MFT flower trio die, I added buttons an twin to the centres. I gave the whole card a doodled effect around the edges...quite like that look, I think it's cool and funky and goes well with this Sassy.

Hope Sophie likes this as it's her 18th tomorrow....

A Gem of a challenge - sketch
MFT - GDT competition
Daring Cardmakers - spots and stripes
Everybody Art - anything goes
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
My Mums Craft Shop - anything goes
pixie dust Studio - numbers
Charisma - anything goes
Crafters companion - anything goes


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Snips and snails....

Good morning bloggers and my first card today...the race was on to be the first in The Sugar Bowl..Gayle challenged Cathy and I for the last challenge tyo make 6 cards each but we went one better and did 10 each!! In preparation for todays challenge, I had inked and coloured 5 images...none of which fitted todays challenge..so that will teach me for trying to be a smartie!! So mad rush to colour something blue...The papers were in my stash, think they are Making Memories, the image is from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics...hope you likey!!



The Sugar Bowl - sketch and optional blue
4 Crafty chicks - twine
Pixie Dust Studio - boys will be boys


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Paper Sundaes DT card

Welcome back my Sundae bloggers and my next scheduled post...The challenge this week over at Paper Sundaes is "magical and mythical worlds".

Our sponsor this week is Pink Cat Studio

This was a bit of a rush job card and wasn't what I had in mind but I think it still looks ok. The image is Mermaid Lily from Pink Cat Studio which I coloured with copics and then glittered her up for a bit of sparkle. The papers are from Imaginisce - Splash Dance which I think match perfectly with this image.

Don't forget you still have until 11th May to enter the DT Call.....check out the details here.

Delicious Doodles - fantasy/mythical
Stamp something - digi
Pixie Dust Studio - under the sea


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Spring is in the air....

Good afternoon my fellow bloggers and my scheduled post. I'm afraid due to my pc still not working and having to use Michael's laptop for limited usage...I have posted the above card for both of my DT's today....didn't realise I had done that until both challenges were almost live and now I am at work so I have edited this post. This weeks challenge over at Paper Sundaes is "spring blossoms"...you can make anything you like as long as there's a spring blossom look to it. Our sponsor this week is the one and only Lili of the Valley....woo hoo! One lucky winner will receive a £10 gift voucher to spend in their online store!! The challenge over at Dream Valley this week is "things with wings"...easy peasy as long as your project has something with wings on it then fine!! Our sponsor this week is One Stop Crafts who have a wonderful selection of online products and one lucky winner will receive a £10 voucher. For my card I have used spring papers from the Nitwits collection. I cut the flowers with my MFT flower die-namic die. The image is Fairy on tiptoes from Lili of the Valley which I have coloured with copics. LOTV - spring Colour Create - pastels Delightful sketches - flowers Pixie dust Studio - wings Fairy Fun Friday - spring Fi x

Stripes, stripes and stripes....

This is the second of my scheduled posts....here we have another Sundae over at Paper Sundaes and this weeks challenges is "stripes"...so we must be able to see some stripes on your project.

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Tiddly Inks....they have tons and tons of gorgeous digi images.



I have used "Pinky Pudding" from Tiddly Inks and coloured her with copics...these images are just fab to work with. The papers are MME - Colourful Christmas....I love thes papers, they are so bright and colourful and go with pretty much everything. I punched 3 snowflakes with Martha Stewart snowflake punches and finished with some gems and glitter...

Lothian Crafts - bright colours
Tiddly Inks - colour me
Pixie dust Studio - polka dots
ABC Christmas Challenge - embellish
Christmas Stampin all year round - bling
Winter Wonderland - snowflakes
Stamp Something - digi
Christmas cards all year round - 3's(snowflakes)


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Paper Sundaes DT card

Well hello again all you Sundae bloggers. I hope the snow isn't too bad wherever you are. We had it really bad but it seems to be disappearing now thank goodness!! The challenge this week over at Paper sundaes is "anything but a square"...that's right.





We are being sponsored the by the wonderful Meljens Designs....who have lots and lots of beautiful images online. Well I was a bit iffy about this as normally the cards I make are square or rectangle however this is what I came up with. I cut the circle using a sizzix die and then layered the papers and card onto that, the papers are from Bo Bunny Midnight Frost collection. The image is Caroling snowmen from Meljens which have been coloured with copics, I added some snowflakes and glitter.

Pixie Dust Studio - let it snow
Digital Tuesday - baby it's cold outside
Paper Cutz - snowflakes/snowmen
Alphabet Challenge - g for glitter
Stamp Something - digi


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Paper Sundaes DT card

Hello my Sunday bloggers and my scheduled post...I was on holiday yesterday to catch up on some stuff but back to work today. The challenge this week over at Paper Sundaes is to use something from your stash. For my card I used Scenic Route papers which I bought last month, I punched out the swirly vine and inked up the edges to make it look like the leaves were turning for autumn, I added 2 little felt flowers which were cut from the MFT die-namics rolled flower die..I also added a couple of spiral things...can't remember what you call those in real life!! The pearls and message I have had in my stash....almost forgot..the image is from Karen's Doodles which I coloured this time with promarkers. Our sponsor this week is Karen's Doodles...woo hoo, Karen has lots of beautiful images...you will be spoilt for choice!! I have entered my card in the following challenges....

I ♥ Promarkers - pearls and swirls

Simon Says Stamp - autumn

Crafty Calendar - autumn birthday

Craftalicious - autumn

Stampin' for the Weekend - autumn

Sweet Stampin - punch it out

Pixie Dust Studio - swirly swirls


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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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Rock on

This is a quickie tonight..I have no idea what papers these are....I found them when I was raking through my papers and thought they fitted pefect to these challenges. The image is a sugar Nellie stamp which I have coloured with copics to match the papers. I added some stars and bunting to finish off.

Crafts 4 Eternity - recipe

Stamptacular - stars & stripes

Pixie Dust Studio - red,white and blue

Paperplay - child/teenager

Stamp something - colours of flag


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Just gorjuss!!

What a great weekend...yesterday it was Procession day here in Bathgate...lots of decorated floats, bands, flower girls, rainbow girls etc. Holly's friend was the Flower Queen...she was beautiful!! It was so hot I got burnt and I don't normally burn, Holly was ok as she was covered up cos she's so fair!! Today was skyfest...family fun day and the heaven's opened and the rain couldn't have came down any heavier but it didn't spoil the fun....lots of events were under cover...but the highlight for Holly was to see Stacey Solomon singing...what a treat!! I have my second wind now and a wide awake so I thought I would make this card...might have to retake the photo in daylight. The backing papers are crate Papers and the Gorjuss girl has been paper pieced which I have to say I am enjoying doing..this is the third time and it is very therapeutic, I masked off her fae and sprayed the hair with copics...thought I would try shading her hair differently and then coloured her face, I added sequin flowers to the stamped image aswell to give additional sparkle, punched the message an the flowers and also added black an white ribbon and glitter.

Charisma - flowers

Fab 'n' funky - paper piecing

Paperplay - flowers/sparkle

The Sugar Bowl - sketch and pink/black/white

Pixie Dust Studio - punch it out

Alphabet Challenge - F for flowers

A Special Friend

Well I'm sorry to bore you all but this is one of my new stamps and I just love it so I had to make another card using this sweet pea...and it's nearly the same as one I posted yesterday but my friend loved it and wanted me to make her one so here it is. I coloured the sweet pea with copics and layered her onto Crate Paper, I cut the butterfly out and stuck on the image to give a 3D effect, I cut out the flowers with the sizzix and I tried to shape them to make them more 3D(I saw this on youtube) and I added a message, some gems and glitter...oh and the centre of the big flower was just a piece of paper which I coloured green, snipped it and rolled it up. I have entered this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says stamp - sketch

Sir Stampalot Challenge - butterflies and blossoms

Quixotic challenge - make your own flowers(took me 2 hours)

Pixie dust Studio - Cut it out(butterfly)

Cute Card Thursday - someone special


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Sweet Pixie

What another lovely day...hopefully the lava cloud won't come down and bother those asthma sufferers...Michael's only out of hospital a couple of weeks ago after a bad asthma attack so the last thing he needs is another. On to todays card.... I have used Crate Paper and the lovely Leisel....I downloaded the fence as a freebie from Pollycraft. I have distressed the paper at the edges, I also embossed it and then sanded it down...very messy. I also distressed the scallop circle after cutting it...I don't have a die this shape so I just use the SU slit punch and go round the cirlce making the scallop shape. I have coloured the sweet little pixie with my copics added some glitter and a couple of flowers with button centres. I left this card without a message so it could be used for all sorts of occasions.

Paper Sundaes - make a scene

All that Scraps - distressing

The Pixie Cottage - sketch and buttons

Pixie Dust Studio - green

Cute Card Thursday - Touchy feely


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Heidi

It's another lovely day here and time for another card. The backing papers are Crate Papers, I embossed the pink circle with a sizzix embossing folder,the image has been coloured with my copics and finished off with some flowers, message and beads. This fits into a few challenges today.

Stamptacular - spots and dots

Anyone For Anya - shapes(3 rectangles, 2 circles and 1 square)

Pixie Dust Studio - things with wings

The Pixie Cottage - sketch and embossing

Pollycraft - Pink/brown and green


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