Let It Snow

 Its nearly the end of August...madness!! Anyhoos less of the worrying about where times going & more of this.....

I'm here today to share my latest 'My Time To Craft Christmas' creation with you. For the next fortnight our theme will be....

EMBOSSING

WET OR DRY

so embossing folder or powders & your good to enter, as long as its a Christmas/winter make!

I decided to use both forms of embossing in my make. I just love the stamps from 'Sweet November' I think they are slowly becoming my favourites!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Cute Card Thursday- ATG

Addicted to Stamps & More!- Christmas

Holly & Ivy- ATG Christmas

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Snowdin' by Sweet November Stamps

Everblend Markers by Arteza in black

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell in red

Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz in pink

Snowdin

Body- light ultramarine & sky blue

Hat- GG02 gray green 2, black, R56 muted rose pink & light red violet

Waistcoat- R56 muted rose pink & light red violet

Nose- YR04 cheddar orange & dark cadmium orange

Deer

Eye- B29 pastel blue & ultramarine

Fur- YR19 cream pearl, brown ochre, BR47 pastel orange, walnut brown & burnt sienna

Spots- white uniball pen

Snow- chipped sapphire & salty ocean

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

'white' stamping card by Sheena Douglas

'kraft' card by Crafters Companion

'purple' card form the 12 x 12 coloured stack by Papermania

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Sizzix Bigshot

'It's Snowing' embossing folder by Leonie Pujol

'Let It Snow' sentiment die by Creative Dies

'Wow!' opaque bright white super fine embossing powder

'stitched hillside' dies by Lawn Fawn

'5" square white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, I really do appreciate you taking the time to visit me.

I will be back on the 1st September. Until then stay safe xx

Dudley or is it Eeyore ?

 I'm back again today, to share with you my latest 'My Time To Craft' creation with you. For the next fortnight our theme is....

EMBOSSING

either or both wet & dry

I decided to use both of them!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Timeout Challenges- seasons

ABC Christmas- S is for snowy

Christmas 24- animals

Merry Little Christmas- ATG

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Dudley Does Christmas' by Hobby Art LTD

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell in black

Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz in pink

Dudley- cold grey VI, cold grey IV, cold grey III, warm grey V & black

Hat- indanthrene blue, phthalo blue, middle phthalo blue, cold grey IV & warm grey VI

Rug- deep cobalt green, hookers green & permanent green

Scarf- deep cobalt,  hookers green, permanent green, indanthrene blue, phthalo blue, middle phthalo blue, magenta & deep red

Snow- cold grey VI, warm grey III, warm grey I & white

Robin- burnt umber, brown ochre, dark red & madder

Embossed colouring- salty ocean

Papers & Embellishments

Neenah 'desert storm' Kraft card by Crafters Companion

'green' card by Hunkydory

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

Sizzix Bigshot

'It's Snowing' embossing folder by Leonie Pujol

'snow' chunky white embossing Frantage by Stampendous

'bobble' textured white embossing powder by Lawn Fawn

Dudley stamped using 'onyx black' ink by Versafine

sentiment stamped using 'blue belle' ink by Versafine Clair

Sentiment my stash

'5" square white card blank

Thank you for stopping by today, why not pop over & check out what fabulous 'embossed' creations the DT have made to help inspire you!

I will be back on the 7th, until the stay safe xx

Carol Singers?

I have 3 posts today, 1 before this & one after, so please check them out xx

Good morning fellow crafters, I hope you are all well. I can't believe our Harvey is nearly 2 months old....where on earth has that time gone to!!!???

Anyhoos, I'm here today to share my latest 'Winter Wonderland' creation with you.

We are sponsored by the fabulous Dr Digi for this month, now lets see what the theme is....

SKETCH & EMBOSSING

ok so we have 2 sketches for you to choose from, you will find them here or at the end of my post. For embossing you can use either wet or dry!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crimbo Crackers- ATG

Christmas Craft Creations- Christmas Characters

Holly & Ivy- ATG

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'We 3 Kings' by Dr Digi

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell in black

Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz in pink

Left king

 Skin- cinnamon, medium flesh & light flesh

Tongue- madder

Hat- bistre, brown ochre, middle cadmium red & warm grey V

Scarf- madder, permanent carmine & cold grey V

Jacket- cobalt turquoise

Gloves- helio turquoise

Trousers- dark sepia

Shoes- black, cold grey VI & dark sepia

Song book- dark sepia

Middle King

Skin- cinnamon, medium flesh & light flesh

Tongue- madder

Hat- burnt carmine, pale geranium lake & warm grey V

Gloves- delft blue

Jacket- mauve

Trousers- burnt umber

Shoes- walnut brown & warm grey VI

Scarf- dark cadmium orange, dark cadmium yellow & warm grey V

Song book- dark sepia

Right King

Skin- cinnamon, medium flesh & light flesh

Tongue- madder

Hat- chromium green opaque

Jacket- indanthrene blue

Gloves- chrome oxide green

Shoes- burnt sienna & indian red

Trousers- warm grey VI

Song book- dark sepia

Snow mounds- salty ocean 

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

'white' stamping card by Sheena Douglas

'blue' card from the 12 x 12 coloured stack by Papermania

DP- 'Christmas Tales' by Dovecraft

clear dewdrops

Glues & Tools

'Collall' all purpose glue

'Collall 3D' glues with tools

Sizzix Bigshot

'It's Snowing' embossing folder by Leonie Pujol

'puffy clouds' die cut by Lawn Fawn (snow mounds)

'6" square white card blank'

The sketches you get to choose from, you can flip, rotate etc...

Thank you for stopping by today, I will be back on the 11th with my next creation to share with you, until then take care & stay safe xx

Rick St Dennis

It's time for me to share my latest 'Inspiration Destination' this fortnight we have the awesome 'Rick St Dennis' sponsoring us. Make sure you pop over here & check out what fabulous creations the 'Dream Team' have made using Ricks images. I had so much fun colouring this image in & I just love the squirrel!

Don't forget its an 

ANYTHING GOES

challenge as always xx

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas- ATG

A Snowflakes Promise- ATG

Holly & Ivy- ATG Christmas

Christmas Card Challenge- ATG

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Snowman & Squirrel' by Rick St Dennis

Faber-Castell Polychromo pencils words in brown

Snowman- cobalt green & light cobalt turquoise

Nose- burnt umber, terracotta & yellow ochre

Twigs- burnt umber, dark sepia & brown ochre

Hat- black, cold grey V, gold, bluish turquoise, helio turquoise & cobalt turquoise

Scarf- bluish turquoise, helio turquoise, cobalt turquoise, payne's grey & warm grey IV

Star bauble- silver

Bauble- copper

Squirrel- bistre, Indian red & caput mortuum

Papers & Embellishments

'turquoise' card from the 12 x 12 coloured stack by Papermania

'white' card from the 12 x 12 black & white stack by Papermania

'white' colouring card by Ryman's

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Sizzix Bigshot

'It's Snowing' embossing folder by Leonie Pujol

'snow' sentiment die cut from the 'Let It Snow' sentiment die by Creative Dies

'4" square white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you are all well. I will be back tomorrow with a halloween creation to share with you.....until then take care 

Hugs xx

Peepin' Snowmen!

It's time for a new challenge over at My Time To Craft today. 

This is gonna be a super quick post from me today....my baby girl is coming home from Uni. Nige has not long ago left to collect her & bring her home for 3 whole months. I am sooooo excited, we have only managed to see her once since Christmas, its been really hard. Skype is a wonderful thing, but I miss the cuddles. She's gonna be in trouble when she gets home later, I'm gonna squeeze her until she pops lol!! So much for a quick post....

the theme for the next fortnight is.....

CHRISTMAS IN JULY

if your anything like me & never seem to make enough cards, come Christmas make sure you add your card to our challenge...

I have used a fabulous image by Andrea over at Sheepski

As soon as I saw this image I knew what I was going to do with it!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

QKR Stampede- Christmas in July

Winter Wonderland- snowmen

Christmas at Sweet Stampin'- ATG

Crafting By Designs- Christmas

Fab 'n' Funky- Christmas

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Snowman Selfie' by Sheepski

Promarkers/Flexmarkers words in black

Derwent Coloursoft Pencils words in brown

Eyes, noses & mouths- warm grey 3 & petrel grey

Carrots- amber & mid terracotta

Twig arm & pipe- nutmeg, mid brown & pale brown

Hats- grey squirrel, petrel grey, steel grey, lipstick red, brown earth & dark terracotta. Nutmeg, 

mid brown, pale brown, oasis, grey green & sea green. Lipstick red, brown earth, dark terracotta & dove grey. Azure, petrel grey & dove grey. Purple, bright purple, purple & dove grey. Soft green, lincoln green, mid green & grey green, Rose pink, bright pink, arctic blue & pale blue.

Glove- oasis, grey green, sea green & dove grey

Scarves- canary, blood orange, orange & pale orange. Nutmeg, mid brown & dove grey. Oasis, 

grey green, sea green & dove grey.

Tim Holtz distress inks

Snow fall- mermaid lagoon

Papers & Embellishments

'brown & red' card from the 12 x 12 coloured stack by Papermania

'white' colouring card from Staples

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Crafty Purple Frog

Sizzix Bigshot

'photoframe' unbranded die cut

'Let It Snow' sentiment die cut by Creative Dies

'It's Snowing' embossing folder by Leonie Pujol from Crafty Purple Frog

'C6 deckled edge white card blank' from Crafty Purple Frog

Thank you for stopping by today, I will be around to your blog eventually. With starting a new job & our baby coming home, my head is so in the shed lol

Hugs xx

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Giggling Snowman

When I was searching for an image for Nige's Christmas card, I saw this image on someones card & fell in love with him. So on the off chance I had him I looked in my digi folder for Mo Manning & WOW there he was sitting all cute & waiting for me to print him off. Thanks for the freebie Mo, I don't remember buying him, so he must have been a freebie at sometime!

Anyhoos todays creation is for Try Stampin' on Tuesday, where as always we have a fabulous sketch for you to follow. You can find it here, or at the end of this post. But remember we also have a theme for you, which is optional but the sketch is a must!!

Challenges I Would like To Enter

Cards und More- Christmas

Holly Jolly Christmas- Christmas Card

Christmas with the cuties- Christmassy & cute

Mo's Digital Challenge- ATG

Crafty Calendar- Christmas Time

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Giggling Snowman' by Mo Manning

Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers- words from Crafty Purple Frog

Spectrum Noir Pencils- numbers

Snowman- 63 & 61

Nose- bright orange & 95

Hat- flame red, 106, 114 & 113

Scarf- bamboo, 59 & 58

Shadow- 63, 62 & 61

Tim Holtz distress inks

Embossing folder- tumbled glass

Holly die cut- pine needles

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Christmas Wishes' by First Edition from Crafty Purple Frog

'red, green & white' card from the coloured stack by Papermania

My stash- clear dew drop, 4mm & 3mm cranberry pearls

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Crafty Purple Frog

'Collall 3D' glue with tools from Crafty Purple Frog

Sizzix Bigshot

'Merry Christmas' die cut by Die'sire

'Holly Branches' die cuts by Marianne D  LR0244

'It's Snowing' embossing folder by Leonie Pujol from Crafty Purple Frog

'Stix2' pick up pencil

'6" square card blank' from Crafty Purple Frog

This fortnights sketch

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & see what fabulous creations the 

Try Stampin' on Tuesday DT have made, to help inspire you.

Hugs xx

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Snowman Twiggers

Over at Digital Delights we have a weekly Hostess Monday, where we show you a different way to use an image, or a creation that is special to us. This week its my turn to share with you.

I chose this image because I was poorly with a bad back for Digital Delights last new release & I just loved this new Snowman Twiggers I just had to share him with you.

I decided to pop Twiggers in a little scene I have made using die cuts & an embossing folder

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafting From The Heart- ATG

Craft Your Passion- ATG

Love To Scrap- ATG

Images & Colouring Mediums 

Image- 'Snowman Twiggers' by Digital Delights

Promarkers/Flexmarkers words in black

Derwent Coloursoft Pencils words in brown

Twiggers

Body- iced blue & baby blue

Twigs- tan

Hat- red, petrel grey, cranberry & dove grey

Jacket- olive green, dark green, green lichen & sleigh bell

Scarf- dusky rose & cranberry

Buttons- icicle & dove grey

Shoes- warm grey #2, petrel grey & persian grey

Left stocking- red, petrel grey, cranberry & dove grey

Gingerbread girl- cinnamon, brown, crimson & pink lavender

Bow- sky blue & electric blue

Right stocking- red, petrel grey, cranberry & dove grey

Teddy- ice grey #1, mid grey & pale blossom

Bucket- ice grey #2, petrel grey & steel grey

Shadow- soft aqua

Tim Holtz distress inks

Scene edges- salty ocean from Crafty Purple Frog

Papers & Embellishments

'blue' card from the 12 x 12 coloured stack by Papermania

'white' card from Staples

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Crafty Purple Frog

Sizzix Bigshot

'Pine Tree' horizon die cut by Marianne D LR0283

'It's Snowing' embossing folder by Leonie Pujol from Crafty Purple Frog

'Dreamweaver' stencil brush set from Crafty Purple Frog

'5" square white card blank' from Crafty Purple Frog

Thank you for stopping by & paying me a visit

Make sure you pop over & check out the latest Digital Delights challenge post here & the new release creations here

Hugs xx

Twinkle Twinkle

I truly can't believe how fast time is flying by, it doesn't seem like five minutes since I cried all the way home from Cardiff....when we dropped our Danni off at Uni, now on Saturday she is coming home for Christmas!!! At the time it seemed so far off!!

Anyhoos, its time for a new challenge over at Try Stampin' on Tuesday. We have a fabulous sketch (which you can find here or at the end of my post) we also have a theme .....

TWINKLE TWINKLE

don't forget the sketch is a must & the theme is optional

I decide to use the theme this time....

Challenges I Would like To Enter

Colouring in Scrapland- Christmas

Colour Inspiration- ATG with coloured image

Craft Your Passion- ATG

Dream Valley- Christmas

Make My Monday- snowmen

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Snowman' by Crafters Companion

Spectrum Noir Pencils

Snowman- 120, 91, 63 & 61

Hat- 120, 118 & 25

Scarf- 67 & 25

Trees- 53 & 49

Fence & shed- 106, 99 & 91

Snow- 63 & 62

Tim Holtz distress inks & markers

Embossing folder- faded jeans, stormy sky & broken china

Image- tumbled glass

Doodling- tumbled glass marker

Papers & Embellishments

'blue & white' card from the 12 x 12 coloured stack from Papermania

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Crafty Purple Frog

Sizzix Bigshot

'Festive Stars' from the Cut & Make collection by Avec

'Merry Christmas' sentiment by Die'sire

'Snowflake' border embossing folder by Leonie Pujol

'Dreamcatcher' stencil brush set from Crafty Purple Frog

'C6 deckled edge white card blank'  from Crafty Purple Frog

this fortnights sketch

don't forget the sketch is a must & the theme 'twinkle twinkle' is optional

Thank  you for stopping by today, have a great week

Hugs xx

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Rudolf & Friends

This is my second post for today, please scroll down to see my Digital Delights, new release creation!


I am soooo excited to be able to finally tell you I have been asked by my gorgeous friend Amy to be part of her design team for her new crafty shop. Today sees the start of our challenge which will run for a month. You could win an awesome prize, so make sure you pop over & see what you could win, also why not pop over & see what awesome goodies Amy has in her fabulous shop.

I just love the name Amy has decided to call her new shop.

CRAFTY PURPLE FROG

How cool is that name???!!!

Now on with our first challenge, we have the theme of.....

THE MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS

so anything Christmassy goes.

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafty Creations- animals

Crafty Gals Corner- use a sentiment

Crafty Sentiments- winter

Cuttlebug Mania- tic tac toe (animal- die cut- sentiment)

Penny Black & More- anything Christmas

Stamping Sensations- Christmas greeting

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Rudolf & Friends' Christmas in Moonbeam Meadow from Crafty Purple Frog

Tim Holtz distress inks/pens 

Rudolph- antique linen, tea dye & vintage photo

Antlers-gathered twigs & antique linen

Nose- festive berries

Holly & berries- mowed lawn & festive berries

Parcels- mowed lawn, festive berries, milled lavender & shaded lilac

Sled- antique linen

Robins- vintage photo, antique linen & festive berries

Baubles- squeezed lemonade, twisted citron & shaded lilac

Snow- tumbled glass

All highlighted inks are available from 'Crafty Purple Frog'

Papers & Embellishments

'Ranger' watercolour card from Crafty Purple Frog

'blue & white' card from the 12 x 12 coloured stack by Papermania

Tools & Glues

'collall' all purpose glue from Crafty Purple Frog

X-cut Xpress

'Let it Snow' sentiment die cut by Creative Dies

'It's Snowing' embossing folder by Leonie Pujol from Crafty Purple Frog

Image stamped using 'onyx black' Versafine ink from Crafty Purple Frog

'5 x 7" white deckled edge card blank'

Make sure you pop over & see what fabulous prize is up for grabs, also what awesome makes the DT have made to help inspire you!!

Hugs xx

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