August craftbubble friends challenge.

With Craftbubble closing its doors, I really had to join in with Lauren's bubble challenge this month. My card uses a Leanne Ellis stamp from Sugar Nellie, loads of loverly bubbles here! I thought I would also enter this one into the challenge of Anything goes over at the Sugar bowl challenge.

 Having a bit of a sugar Nellie day, as here's another to go with it!

Saturated Canary Pretties.

My crafting is much like buses at the moment! There's nothing for ages and then three come along at once! Can you tell that hubby's at work today and I have been nowhere?!

Back To School challenge.

This week it's back to school for the DT at Di's digi designs challenge. This little cutie has been coloured with promarkers and I have made it for my cousin who starts as a head of department at a new school in September. Do pop over to join in the challenge if you can!

 

This little cutie is perfect for the following challenges.

Clearlyistamp school time

Crafty Calendar challenge - Anything goes

Crafts and me Anything goes

Dutch dare- Back to school.

A little bit of Saturated Canary!

Here's something new, my first use of frantage. I love this stuff and I think everything will get frantage treatment from now onwards! I have coloured my Saturated Canary image with copics and the papers were free ones from a magazine ages ago. The ribbon was cheap stuff from lidl of all places! It's twisted together with the butterfly string of bead things and you can separate them! I also picked up another bargain this week......inktense pencils, half price at WH Smith. I know I have enough colouring mediums already, but I do like to experiment!

 

Thought I might enter this little beauty in to the the papertake weekly challenge, which is anything goes.

Jolly Holly!

Thought I'd join my lovely friends over at Craftbubble and take part in Lilian's Rudolph challenge. Don't faint peeps!

Sweet lady bug

This little ladybug is a fab saturated canary rubber stamp. I bought the papers, stamp and whimsy corner die from the stamp basket, not all at the same time, but over the past few months. The lady there, Janet, is so lovely and gives you a very personal service. Check out the fab blog too.
My image has been coloured with promarkers and the seam binding has been coloured with a dusky rose promarker so that it all co-ordinates. I have never done this before and I am very pleased with how it turned out!
I am entering this in to the saturated canary challenge which is set your creativity free.

New stitching challenge, real or faux.

There's a new challenge over at Di's digi designs this week! This time we want to see stitching real or faux. I have chosen to use Di's fab little Marvin the pirate image! He was perfect for my pirate obsessed 6 year old nephew. I have been singing this song, the whole time I was making him!

 

I am entering this Mr Cutey in to the following challenges.

Cute card Thursday Anything goes

Totally Papercrafts - Inspired by a song.

Crafts and me- Anything goes and

Dutch dare- For a child

Feeling blue?

Looks like I'm enjoying this time off work doesn't it? Here's another from my Magnolia stamp kit!
This one is Beach Tilda, I think.

                                       Ingredients:
                                      Pink Petticoat Beach hut papers and sentiments,
                                      All stamps, Magnolia Summer Breeze stamp kit.
                                      Doohickey swirl die
                                      Ribbon from my friend Diane.
                                      Button, shells,flower and twine from my stash.
                                      Tim Holtz walnut stain distress ink and ranger sea shells ink ( very old, in bottom of stash ink drawer!)

Promarkers used. Coral, sunkissed pink, blush, antique pink, baby pink,Midnight blue, china blue, cornflower blue
Shadow effect - blue slate prisma colour pencil.

I shall enter this card in to the Magnolia-licious challenge _-Anything goes and passion for promarkers challenge which is blue and one other colour, I have chosen blue and brown, but the colours look black! I promise it's brown though!!
                                      

Vintage Violet

I just adore this pretty girl from Staurated Canary and have gone to town with my pretties! Most of my pretties came from the Ribbon Girl and my image has been coloured with promarkers.

Salute her! Sea breeze .

Oh two days off of work! What is a girl to do? Housework............well I should, that bedroom cupboard really needs cleaning, but look at all my crafty stuff just glinting at me and this cute little charm arrived in the post this morning from My Crafty Heart, so I couldn't resist, I had to play ......the housework can wait til tomorrow?? I just need to play today! Me time, it's bliss!
I have gone all vintage,way out of my comfort zone, so this was quite an experience!

 

Ingredients: 

Stamps, all from Magnolia stamp kits.

Tim Holtz - Walnut stain distress ink.

Old papermania papers

Lace

Doily - blog candy win  from the lovely Vicky

Charm- My crafty heart

Backgrounds of stamped images all coloured with tan promarker.

Promarkers used: Coral, sunkissed pink, baby pink, burnt sienna, cinnamon, tan and putty.

I am entering this one in to the following challenges.

Ribbon girl - lace

Shamefully late.

I am a bit late with my card for the new challenge over at Di's digi designs, but isn't this image adorable. Di's lovely images are soon to be appearing in rubber , so all you peeps that don't like digi, should soon be able to use Di's lovely images in their rubber form! Way to go! Our challenge this week is weddings/anniversaries. Here's my effort. I used stampin up papers, promarkers and pretties from the ribbon girl. Must dash off I have  a train to catch in under an hour.. Life has been very stressy this week and today is a day of rest, but I have to run!!

Beach wedding card.

My beautiful cousin is getting married on the beach in Cornwall in September and I wanted to make a card that fits the theme. You just can't buy cards like that can you? I know she loves my fussy, fancy, heavy on the " pretties"type creations so I have had to oblige. All my bits and bobs have come from the ribbon girl, love that on line shop! Some of the flowers are from my stash and the papers are Stampin up ones purchased from my lovely friend Diane. I struggled to get this card together, so I hope she likes it. The image was coloured with promarkers. At least she won't have another card like this!
What do you think? I thought I'd enter this in to the Tilda's Town challenge of anything goes.

Chasing my tail.

I have a few snatched minutes before I have to head out for the day. We have a new challenge over at Di's digi designs and this week it's paper piecing. I confess that I love it but it's quite time consuming and so not ideal if you're short on time. Here's my effort anyway and the card for the previous challenge as I was away on my hols when this challenge came out. Images have been coloured with promarkers.

 

Oh What a Beautiful Morning!

Morning all, what a beautiful morning here in Bath, shame I have too much to do to enjoy it! We have a new challenge over at Di's digi designs and this week we are thinking about beautiful borders. When I saw Di's little Sunflower bear, I just had to use him to make a card for my Mum's birthday yesterday. My Poor Mum has been through the mill a bit these last few weeks, two operations and a severe nosebleed, so bad that she had to be hospitalised, but I'm so pleased that she's now like a new woman! The operations were a success, as she underwent pioneering treatment at our local hospital and the op was filmed to be used as training. It made my Mum laugh that her veins will be famous for years to come!
Anyway, I digress, my gorgeous image is Sunflower bear and I dug out my promarkers to colour this cutie, a couple of dies and a wee bit of stitching and it's job done!

I am entering this card in to the following challenges.
Allsorts - In the Garden
I love Promarkers - All stitched up.
Cupcake Craft challenges - Summer Scene
Papertake weekly - Anything goes

I'm away but pop over to the new challenge!

There's a new challenge over at Di's digi designs today and it's things with wings. This is mine. I have scheduled this post so hope it posts! I'm away this weekend, hopefully enjoying sunshine???!

Bikini and burger girl.

This little sweetie is another Saturated Canary image. Yes I know! You're getting the picture! I simply love them! This one was a freebie with an order, sadly no longer free but available to buy in Krista's shop.

 

I thought I'd enter this card in to the Joanna Sheen challenge which is girls, girls, girls. Oh to have a skinny body like this lovely lady eh? I don't eat burgers, but I don't have a body like that either! I have used stampin up papers, a gift from my lovely friend, a joy crafts die, lace, seashell buttons and flowers from my stash and seam binding from the ribbon girl. My image has been coloured with copics and promarkers and the sentiment is an old stampin up one.

Tilda's Town challenge

Happy Sunday all. Today I am showing an older Tilda stamp. I love this one, she is a bit of a messy cook just like me sometimes! I am entering this card in to the tildas town challenge blog which is something old, something new. The Tilda is an older one and the papers and whispy swirl die are new.

Bunch of flowers.

Here's another beautiful Tilda from one of my stamp club kits. Isn't she sweet? I don't need to say that I have used stampin up papers and beautiful blooms that were a present from a beautiful friend for my birthday. She knows who she is! My image has been coloured with copics and I have used walnut stain distress ink on the edges of my papers I have also used two memory box dies and a doohickey christmas ribbons die for my sentiment. The resin flowers were what I picked up on Friday whilst browsing, they are dovecraft ones and very pretty!

Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket!

Oh I feel like singing this morning. I don't know why! Well this little pretty is Tilda catching falling stars and isn't she sweet?

 

I have used paper piecing for her dress. Stampin up vintage springtime papers from my friend, walnut stain distress ink, spellbinder, cheery lynn and magnolia dies and the little hearts were won as blog candy from the very lovely talented and clever Vicky. Brads were from my stash and the sparkly button was from the ribbon girl. I am going to enter this card into the marvellous magnolia challenge where the theme is anything goes.

Di's digi challenge Bring on the bling!

Good Morning folks, I hope the sun is shining wherever you are and that it sparkles on your bling! Yes we have a brand new challenge over at Di's digi designs challenge blog and our theme is " Show us your bling"
I have used a really cute fairy Izzy on my card with retired papers from stampin up bought from my friend Diane. It looks as though somebody has snaffled all the papers that I used but Diane does have others for sale. Pop over and say I sent you!

I have coloured my image with copics and plenty of glamour dust, used a marianne circular die and doohickey dies. The hellebore die is my favourite, such cute flowers! I have used stampin up papers and a sparkly button from the ribbon girl.
Hope you like her!
I am entering this card in to the following challenges.

Natalie and Amy challenge -things with wings
Divas by design - Anything goes
ABC Challenge - M for make it sparkle
As you like it challenge - Favourite die