Rock On...

Howdy Saturday bloggers....I having been playing today making some cards, a few are finished but I can't share just now but thought I would share this one with you.

It's been a while since I made a cool dude kind of card so here we have it.  The image is from All Dressed Up which I coloured with copics.  The papers have been in my stash forever but I think they are Imaginisce.  I layered them on to bazzill card and duffed up the edges to give them the distressed look,  I tied a piece of black twine around and attached a little guitar charm...the 3 tiles have been cut with the same papers.

Hope you likey!!

chballenges:

All Dressed Up - guy thing

Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Stampavie and more - masculine
Creative Card Crew - music
Bunny Zoe - distress
Deep Ocean Challenge - distress



Remember to enter my birthday candy at the top of the page on my blog!!

Fi

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Girly but no Pink...

Good morning folks...I feel I am finally getting back to normal now and back on track with the cards.

There's a new challenge over at Sweet Strampin and the theme is "girly but no pink"....easy peasy!!

This week we are sponsored by The Ribbon Girl..

who is giving one lucky winner a £10 voucher..

and we have our monthly sponsor..Cuddly Buddly..

and there's a £10 voucher up for grabs at the end of each month.

You can pop over to the Sugar Nellie blog aswell to check out some inspiration there where you can also see my card.

I have used papers from MME Noteable collection.  The stamp is "tell me something" from the Leanne Ellis collection from Sugar Nellie at Funky Kits.  I have coloured the image with copics and then used some polychromos to do some shading.  I also added a tiny gem to her finger...where the ring should be..The flower has been cut using my die-namics layered rose die.  I have added a little pearl brad to the centre.  I also added a ribbon bow to finish it off...oh and oops some doodling!!

supplies:
stamp - Tell me Something from Sugar Nellie - Funky Kits
papers - MME Notebale - MMCS
ribbon  - The Ribbon Girl
gem - The Hobby House
pearl brad - The Hobby House
die - die-namics layered rose - MMCS
copics - MMCS

challenges:

Stampavie and more - blue and white
Creative Card Crew - anything goes
Creative Craft Challenge - anything goes
Inky Chicks - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Craft-Dee Bows - anything goes
The Hobby House - ribbons

Festive Friends...

Hello my blogging friends....a wee card from me today and oh I could stamp this every day I just love this stamp so much!!

The papers are from Fancy Pants - Hot Chocolate collection, layered them and stitched them onto kraft card, then I distressed each of the layers.  The stamp is Festive Friends from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics, I then glittered up Santa's furry bits.  I added a piece of twine and attached a couple of glittered snowflakes punched with my MS punches.  The message is from Craftwork Cards....oh and those pearls...made them with an ice white pearl pen...I am running out so top of my shopping list for the SECC next week.

Christmas Challenges with sketches - fab sketch

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - stitching

Fussy and Fancy - anything goes

Totally papercrafts - Christmas

Cute Card Thursday - got glitter

Paperplay - wooden it be nice (hope kraft and twine qualify)

ABC Christmas Challenge- U up to you

Stampavie - stitches

The Kraft Journal - ink it up

Totally Gorjuss - bling it on
CMC copic challenge - a touch of red

Fi

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Candy hearts...

howdy peeps....it's a very, very rainy day here today and there's nothing better than to play with your new sugar....mmmm! so delivered today and ordered yesterday...how is that for service from Funky Kits??

Not sure if I have went a bit overboard but I thought I would start with this little cutie called Candy Hearts from Sugar Nellie, coloured with copics. I also stamped the image onto masking paper and stuck the mask down onto the coloured image and then chalked the blue background....The papers are Echo Park - Hello Summer and Prima - Double Deux, all the layers have also been distressed. The clouds and flowers have been cut with MFT die-namics, I touched up the flowers with some ink too and then doodles everywhere really!! I finished with some glitter to the flowers...hope you like.

Crafty Calendar - flowers in bloom
Dream Valley - things with wings
Stampin' for the Weekend - show us your style
do You Stack Up - clouds and blue skies
Fab 'n' funky - cute and girly
Stampavie - flowers
Craft your passion - things with wings
love to Create - anything goes
Allsorts - in bloom


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


Fi
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Sugar Bowl Challenge #85

Good morning sugar fans....did I tell you I am on holiday from work for a week so might get the chance to do some extra cards.

It's the Procession on Saturday so there's lots of activities happening on the lead up...just need it to be a nice day!! Today we have a new challenge over at The Sugar Bowl and all you need to do is follow the sketch below...



the challenge this fortnight is the optional theme of "shades of violet" and one lucky winner picked at random will receive 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from Funky Kits..

...if there is more than 100 entries then the prize increases to 6 Sugar Nellie stamps.

for my card I have used papers that were in my stash, Utopia collection from Kaisercraft, the stamp has been coloured with copics and then glittered up to give her a bit of bling. The flowers have been with 3 different sized MFT royal roses. I finished with a Craftwork cards message.

Divas by Design - anything goes
Ruby's Rainbows - thing with wings
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Scrapbook Sisters - anything goes
Stampavie - for a girl
Celebrate the occasion - anything goes
Crafty Sentiments- anything goes
Ladybug - things with wings
Oldie but a Goodie - anything goes
Crafty Boots - anything goes
Kaboodle doodles - anything goes


Fi
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It's happening all over again.....

Good morning sugar addicts and welcome to day 2 of our Jingle Bells & Tinkle Bells Hippity Hop. Before I go on to today's post I would just like to thank you all for your wonderful comments yesterday, it was so much appreciated.
If for some strange reason you missed our hop yesterday then check it out here and join in.

Well the fun is starting all over again today so hop over to The Sugar Nellie Blog to start at the beginning and follow the links to each of our blogs. You need to leave some comments along the way to be in with a chance of some yummy candy too!!

So if you have arrived here from the wonderful Maria Therese's blog then you are in the right place but if not then you need to go back at start at The Sugar Nellie blog...woo hoo so what are you waiting for??



For my card I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Hot chocolate collection which are so yummy!! This stamp of of course from Sugar Nellie - Titiana, which you can buy here from Funky Kits, I coloured this little cutie ever so gently with copics, believe it or not I only actually used 6 different colours for Titiana, 2for skin, 2 for hair and 2 for clothing. I added some white chunky glitter for the fluff on her outfit. I punch a few snowflakes and added some big gems for that extra sparkle!! oh yes and wonky stitching on the layers.

Your next stop is over at the lovely Mina's blog so hop on over to see what she has in store for you.

If you get lost along the way...
Sarah
Pat
Maria Therese
Fiona
Mina
Ali
Astrid
Maya
Cathy
Kiki
Erika
Tiets

Happy hopping!!

Fussy and Fancy - sketch
Crafty Creations - punch/die cuts
Stampavie - Christmas
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Charisma - anything goes
Crafty Catz - monochromatic

Fi
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Ah, sugar......

Well bloggers...what can I say...looks like my job wasn't done!! I really made this card for the Sugar Nellie Facebook challenge but somehow it seems to have worked it's way on to the Sugar Bowl too...wonder how that happenend!! Now I couldn't crop this one down as much as I normally would do otherwise half the flower would be missing...

Now then the papers are from Echo Park - Country Drive, the image is Butterfly Girl from Simply Sassy at Sugar Nellie which I coloured with Di's. I also added some ink around the image. I also embossed the butterfly panel and added some ink to that too. I added some stitching aswell since I had extra time and a couple of punched putterflies which I inked aswell....now the flower I hear you ask...yes I did...I cut each of those petals out by hand, the circle in the centre...I used the lid of my tub of face cream as a template...knew it had more use than trying to take the wrinkles out my face!! I went to town on the ink and inked up the petals too....I think it looks really summery!!





Thought I would add a closer up shot of this little cutie!! Hope you like and I have entered the challenges below.

The Sugar Bowl - sketch
Crafts & Me - anything goes
Divas by Design - anything goes
Fab 'n' funky - friendship
Stampavie - summer
Creative Craft Challenge - summer
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
Craft Your Days Away - summer
Craft Us Crazy - anything goes
Delightful sketches - stitching
Hanna & Friends - dots or stripes


Fi
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Birthday, birthday, birthday....

Well...update...Michael made it home safe and sound at about 3.30 am this morning and has slept almost all day, wakened for food and is sleeping again!! Oh to be a teenager again!! I thought I would make a wee quickie tonight as Holly as staying at her granny's tonight as I am working tomorrow and it's the school holidays, so some time to myself!!

Oh I just love lots of layers....So the papers are from Echo Park - Country Drive, the image is one of my favourite LOTV fairies which I have coloured with copics, the flowers..well do I need to tell where they come from?? I have distress the edges of each layer and also embossed the middle panel just for a bit more texture, added a piece of lace, a message and some glitter. I have entered the challenges below.

LOTV - sketch
Cute Card Thursday - lace
Icopic - birthday
The Crafty Pad - lots of texture
OSATT - anything goes
Cupcake - favourite challenge - #138 - lots of layers
Colour Me Creative - favourite copic tecnique - feathered the skirt
CES - recipe
Wags & Whiskers - birthday
Stampavie - 3 or more layers
Stampin for the Weekend - wings
Truly Scrumptious - wings
Oldie but Goodie - anything goes(stamp is more than 6 months old)
By the Cute & Girly - wings


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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Spring is in the air.....

everywhere I look around....now how many of you know that one???

Well I have not had much time to do anything on my days off this week. Housework yesterday...boring and then I had a funeral this morning but then went for lunch with Lou and then more housework this afternoon...thought I would wash everything in sight since it was nice and I was able to hang the washing outside today and even better..it's all dry!!

So a quickie before I head to Tesco...the papers are from the nitwits collections and the image is from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics and then did a bit shading with my pencils. The flowers have been cut with a MFT flower die-namic die with some pearls added to the centres. Ichalked the clouds onto the oval and some little birds and layered it onto the scallop oval...which I cut by hand with my little Stampin Up slit punch. I have entered the following challenges.

The Sugar Bowl - sketch/spring
Saturday Challenge - flowers and female
OSAAT - glitter/gems
Crafty Calendar - spring
Stamp & Create - spring
Whoopsi Daisy - flowers
The Creative Cottage - spring
Stampavie - spring
Raise the Bar - spring
The Crafty Purple Frog - green
Woodware - spring
Wags 'n' Whiskers - spring



Fi
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Paper Sundaes DT card

Hello all you Sundae bloggers and once again my scheduled post however I am on holiday for 5 days after today....woo hoo...guess what I'' be doing when I'm off?? That's right...lots of cards. todays challenge over at Paper sundaes is "masculine3 colours"...now it doesn't have to be a masculine card but as long it has masculine colours.

Our sponsor is once again Simon Says Stamp who is offering a $15 gift certificate to somebody picked at random.

For my card I have used Basic Grey - archaic papers which have been in my stash for ages and I think are perfect colours for a man. The image is Edwin on his bike which I coloured with promarkers...I am not totally happy with the colouring but I think it looks alright against this paper. I have entered the following:

Sketch & Stash - sketch
Crafty Catz - one for the boys/men
Stampin b's - monochromatic
Stampavie - monochromatic
Stampin for the Weekend - monochrome
Phindy's Place - monochromatic
Totally Gorjuss - check it out
OSCC - birthday


Fi
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3 cards in 1 post....

Well what is this snow like...I spent nearly all day yesterday clearing snow...today I felt like I had been in the ring with Mike Tyson...I am all sore and achy!! Anyway I had kind of started these yesterday but finished them today. The first card I thought would be fun to do....I have no idea where I got the sentiment stamp, the papers are Colourful Christmas from MME, I added some snowflakes and glitter.....easy peasy. I have entered this card in the following challenges.

charisma - sketch
The Creative Cottage - non traditional colours
Top Tip Tuesday - anything goes
Totally Stampalicious - anything goes


The second card I have made using Midnight Frost papers from Bo Bunny...they are really beautiful IRL. The image is from CC Designs which I coloured with copics and to give Emma's apron a see through look, I stamped it again onto vellum and layered it under the ribbon. I punched some snowflakes with the Martha Stewart snowflake punches and added some glitter. This card has been entered in the following challenges.

Cupcake - light it up
Papertake Weekly - sketch
ABC christmas Challenge - Y - Yuletide
Cute Card Thursday - The blues
Paper cutz - 2 papers
Paperplay - monochrome


Oh...this took me a few attempts at colouring this image as I wasn't happy with it. Originally I wanted to do blue and pink but it didn't look right, then I tried blue and red and that didn't look right either so I finally settled for this....I am much happier with this one. The image is Siku and Shiya from Mo Manning which I coloured with copics, I added white glitter on the furry parts of their jackets. The papers are Basic Grey Figgy which I thought looked good with the image. I am waiting on the Eskimo Kisses papers coming along with some other stuff but due to the weather not sure when they will come so decided just to go with these ones. I punched some snowflakes and added glitter. I have entered the following challenges.

Simon Says Stamp - sketch
Stampavie - snow/snowflakes
By the cute and Girly - children
DP2 - glitz & glimmer
Totally Papercrafts - xmas punches
Stamp Something - holiday colours
Stamps R Us - holidays
OSCC - christmas cuties
Stamp & Create - tis the season


Fi
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Oh Honey...

Well a wee quickie this afternoon as I am getting organised so that I have nothing to do when(housework) when I come home from the SECC tomorrow...except for to play with my goodies...1 sleep...woo hoo!! I wanted to try mt sewing machine agian but still have my L plates on for that....Now this card just kind of fell together, the papers are from 2 different collections as I was rumaging through my papers trying to decide which ones to use, these 2 happened to land next to each other and i thought hey presto they are perfect..well I think so! The spotty one is from October Afternoon - Bake the Cookies and the blue one is from Scenic route - Roxbury collection, both are Christmas collections. This is Honey the skier from CC Designs which I have coloured with copics, layered her onto a die cut circle which I scalloped with the Stampin Up slit punch and the blue circle at the back of Honey has been embossed with snowflakes. I added white glitter to Honey's hat, jacket and boots and then finished with gems. I needed to fix her skiis as they broke when I was cutting her out...so a repair job!! I also distressed the edge of the brown card.

Truly Scrumptious - sketch

Stampavie - Christmas

The Creative Cottage - embossing

ABC - glitter

Delightful Sketches - circles

Christmas Cards all year 'round - stitching


Fi
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