Craftbubble " Standing under"

This Saturday it is my turn to set the challenge over on the Craftbubble CMLI group challenge. I have set a sketch and theme today. My theme is " Standing under" and here's my sketch.

 My stamp is a Wild Rose studio one. Aren't they adorable?

Valentine's at Di's digi challenge.

This fortnight at Di's digi challenge myself and the fab design team have been playing with Di's beautiful images to make Valentine's projects. Please pop over and join in the fun and make something for that special somebody in your life. Once you do, enter it in to our challenge and you will have the chance to win $10 from Joanna Sheen and if you use one of Di's lovely images you'll also be entered in to the draw to win two more of Di's images.
Here's mine.

I am also entering this into the following challenges.
ALLSORTS - One or more hearts
SIMON SAYS- Anything goes
MAMI DOODLES - For a loved one
ROBYN's FETISH - Love
CRAFTY PURPLE FROG - Valentine's Day

Tilda's Christmas stocking.

Do your eyes deceive you? Sadly not, it is another Christmas card to add to my ever growing pile! I shall be ready for Christmas this year no matter what and it looks like my piles will be enormous!!!!! I blame the post Christmas sales! They MADE me purchase these papers and Tilda which was reduced at Sir stampalot! Tilda has been coloured with a selction of prismas ( of course) The note stamp is a lili of the valley one and the dies used are doohickey ones.

New CMLI Craftbubble challenge

Morning all! This week the lovely Karen has set the challenge over on the CMLI group at Craftbubble. Her challenge this week has seen us getting back into the festive spirit! I did moan a little, I confess!! I think Karen is determined to have me organised this year and so should I actually thank her?? Bah humbug I say!! Still, I also confess to having an unstamped stamp here from the gorgeous collection from Lili of the valley. Who couldn't fail to love this cute pair? Well her challenge is " Christmas presents" and here is mine, coloured of course with primas.

I am sorry that my photo is a bit washed out, I couldn't take it in natural light!

A new Year, a new design team.

Morning all. Well lucky me is all I can say! I am fortunate enough to now be on the design team for Di's digi downloads which I consider to be an absolute honour! I only recently discovered Di's digis through a win on another challenge blog and I just love working with these cute, adorable images. Do pop over and have a look and then when you've done that come and join us over on our challenge blog, which can be found here. This fortnight you have the chance to win a prize from http://www.michellesscrap.com/ . Our challenge this fortnight is " Thank you". Without further ado, here is my card.

I am also entering this for the following challenges.
Crafts and me challenges- Anything goes
Papertake weekly - die cute special
Bearly mine designs - Anything goes
bunny zoes crafts - photo inspiration
Anything goes- Anything goes

New CMLI Craftbubble challenge.

Morning all and welcome back to the CMLI challenge on Craftbubble. This week it was my turn to set the challenge and I have provided a sketch and twist, of something old, something new, something recycled too.
Here's my card. The something old is the brown paper and music card, the something new is my button die and my seam binding and the recycled is my lovely stamp, previously owned by the lovely Diane...sending her lots of love. xx

Amigurumi frog

I had a fab book for Christmas about making amigurumi creatures. Now it has been a long, long time since I have done any crochet. ( We're talking childhood here!) so I thought I'd have a go at it and see if I could still do it! Unfortunately my efforts make him seem a little overweight, but he is  perfect for all us new year dieters! We can look at his body and instead of saying " Phwor" we can all say " I must stick to that diet,!!" Well, he'll come in handy for singing "hmn, hmn said the little green frog one day"http://www.singup.org/songbank/song-bank/song-detail/view/150-little-green-frog/ at work and if I make four more I'll be able to use him for five little speckled frogs as well! I also need to get the right sized crochet hook because that should help with his weight loss!! If only New year diets were that flipping easy!!!!

Penny Black new acquisition.

Oh who can resist a new Penny Black stamp? Not me, by all accounts! I just had to have it and it's even better when it's in the sale! I have hardly embellished this one because the stamp is so cute I didn't want to distract the eye from it.

Sweet Crazy Love.

Here's one I made today whilst looking through my Maggie's collection. This little pretty came with the latest stamp club kit. I just love her curly, wild hair!

The light is terrible in this photo...makes everything have a  bit of a greeny tinge! So Sorry about that!

Last Christmas cards of 2011

Hope you've all had a Merry Christmas. Here are my last three Christmas cards of 2011 that I made yesterday. I don't plan on making any more this year, but I just couldn't resist making them before I put my Christmas craft box away and I had printed out these digis before Christmas and I wanted to start the 2012 box off with a couple of cards. It makes me feel like I have something to work with! I am entering these for Di's digi download challenge blog as these little beauties are all her digi downloads and their last challenge of this year is Christmas, so it's the perfect excuse! My lovely images have of course been prisma coloured!

I am sorry if you are sick of my Christmas cards, but I promise that I think I am done now and I plan to put this all away today!  ........BUT never say NEVER!!!!!!

freebie My minds eye papers

I haven't used these little freebie jobs from Cardmaking and Parecraft magazine until now and I have to say that I love, love, love them! The little robins go perfectly with this cute lili of the valley image. This image has been prisma coloured , but was in my " first aid" box. The snowflake charms are really sweet and I got those on eBay. The glittery strips came form somewhere, but I can't remember where and I have almost used all of these up. I quite like this card, so will struggle to give it to somebodyelse!! Oh aren't I mean?!!!

A Big Purple hug

Promarkers again? Well, yes but sadly this is another "first aid" one, salvaged from my pre-coloured box and quickly put together with scraps of this and that and a sentiment from the box. Countdown to finishing those pesky cards is almost there and I'm on the home stretch!

Sledging first aid!

This one was promarkered! Have I fallen back in love with promarkers I hear you cry? Err no actually! This one was coloured last Christmas before my broken right wrist and was put in my emergency coloured images box; for those times when you start panicking because you still haven't made quite enough Christmas cards and you are in fact getting sick at the sight of them! Oh, do you not have one of those then? Hmnn I have almost depleted the stock of mine...things are getting desperate and I'm not going to let this happen next year! Once this batch is finished, (and I am getting there.....)I'm going to start colouring in new stuff to make up for next year's box of pretties " first aid" . Button is made from my sizzix scraps, emergency first aid box. Papers are nitwits ones! I am out of the office this weekend and away from my work desk. I have a big family get together for my little brother's 40th, his partner's 40th and their son's 1st. Might need the first aid box again.....but more likely to be in search of headache pills than coloured images!!

Domestic Goddess

Awh isn't she a sweetie? This could almost be a photograph of me in the kitchen....NOT!! She's far too clean and tidy, unlike myself!

Pretty Roses

Here's one I pre-coloured earlier! It's been sat in my pre-coloured box for ages and so this was quick to run up! Papers are trimcraft ones I think and they are all glittery and sparkly! Die cuts are magnolia ones and look, a button form my box....shock horror.....espcially as this is one of my favourites because it's spotty!

Easel nice shepherd!

Another unfussy card today! Time is running out for Christmas card making and I need to make lots more!!

Holly Wreath Tilda

Isn't she a cutie? I just love that little wreath she is holding. I have opted for plain and simple on this one, one backing paper which is glittery, one tag, one ribbon and a piece of pretty lace. Simples!

Christmas skater.

This was me being very " over embellished" I got out a whole heap of craft stuff and just played, played, played! The background stamp is by Alota and I masked Tilda before stamping the background. I used a Martha Stewart icicle punch for the bottom and the ribbon was cheap stuff from the works, which actually was very high quality! There was also plenty of it. I punched the leaves and used lots of glitter and sparkle and flowers from Wild Orchid crafts. The button was prised out of my button box...with great difficulty! For those who know me they know how particular I am about my button box!!

Blue, chilly Christmas.

Shiver and shake, it's a cold Christmas! Well these two little fellows certainly think so! Love their little hats and these were a joy to colour. Thanks to Lauren who sold them last year with the proceeds going to Clare for the breast cancer appeal.

Nephew's Christmas card

Here is my Christmas card for me little nephew. I saw this wooden stamp on EBay and got it for 99p plus postage. A veritable bargain I say! It's not an overely fussy card, but perfect for a very cute little boy who happens to be a bit poorly at the moment and will be turning one on December 12th! xx