Snow Queen

Hey, I hope you are all well & keeping warm. The temperature here has no idea what its doing up & down like a blinkin' yo-yo!!! Makes it difficult knowing what to wear, as I hate getting to warm & really hate getting cold lol yeah as Nige says pain in the ar*e xx

Anyhoos, I'm here to share with you my latest Sweet Pea Stamps creation, for their progressive challenge over on Facebook.

I just had to buy this image when I saw her, she is so sassy & the reindeer has an earring lol

If you are my friend on Facebook & you saw my post on Saturday, you will know my fabulous hubby took me to Hobbycraft. He was an absolute darling & brought me a new die cutting machine (I have had my Bigshot for over 10 years) I decided (after a lot of walking around & discussing it with him) to have the X-cut Xpress. The dies on this card have been cut out using it & wow what a difference a new machine makes, crisp cuts & they just fall out of the die, no bits to poke out. And its so easy to use, love it already. Thank you to my darling hubby for cheering me up, love you xx

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Julia Spiri- die cuts/punches

ABC Christmas- U = unusual Christmas colours

Crafting by Designs- get ready for Christmas

A Snowflakes Promise- winter/Christmas theme

Image & colouring Mediums

Image- 'Snow Queen' By Linda Biggs from Sweet Pea Stamps

Promarkers/Flexmarkers- words in black

Derwent Coloursoft Pencils- words in brown

Snow Queen

Skin- blush & pale brown

Necklace- gold & purple

Hair- purple & royal blue

Coat- lemon, orange, pale orange, spring lilac & purple

Tights- lemon, orange & pale orange

Undershirt- spring lilac

Boots- spring lilac & purple

Crown- lemon, orange, pale orange, spring lilac & purple

Wings- fresh bloom, pink lavender & fuchsia pink

Reindeer- nutmeg & black brown

Harness- lipstick red & gold

Wings- blue & baby blue

Bunnie- icicle & mid grey

Elf

 Skin- blush & pale brown

Wings- iced blue

Clothes- gold, bright orange, lipstick red & cranberry

Snowflakes- aquamrine

Trees- pine & dark green

Ground- aquamarine, blender & leaf green

Papers & Embellishments

DP- ? from my scrap box

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

My stash- 4mm & 5mm cream pearls

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Natalie & Amy's

X-cut Xpress

'Poinsettia' die cut by Creative Dies

'lace border #5' by Die'sire from Crafters Companion

'winterflake' corner die cut by Memory Box 920 

'5 x 7" white card blank' from Natalie & Amy's

Thank you for stopping by today, I'm off to finish some Christmas cards I am making for my Mom to take to Douglas Macmillan (she volunteers there) I always try & donate some to them about now, but with health issues I'm a few weeks behind with everything, so I need to get a shuffle on...

Hugs xx

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Just Because!

I can't believe its a week since I last posted anything on here! just a quick post from me today, as we are off out taking Nico for a walk. Hopefully to the beach lol!

As you regular followers know I love Sweet Pea stamps & every month I try & do their progressive challenge on Facebook. Well this is my creation for this month, using a brand new image that I got a few weeks ago (yeah I know I'm meant to be using all my old ones before getting new ones lol)

Anyhoos here you are, hope you like her as much as I do!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Creative Knockouts- friendship

Time Out- friendship is golden

Aurora Wings- anything with wings

Colouring In Scrapland- things with wings

The Crazy - fairies

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'The Arrival of Spring' by Conie Fong

Promarkers/Flexmarkers- words

Spectrum Noir Pencils- numbers

Skin- blush, 09 & 08

Eyes- 66 & 65

Hair- dolphin blue, 72, 70 & 69

Dress- lavender, 39, blossom & 30

Flowers- yellow & 22

Leaves- grass, 55 & 54

Wings- primrose, 22, 17, blossom, 30, 29, lavender & 39

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Gorjuss Girl' 12 x !2 stack

'yellow, blue & pink, card from  the 12 x 12 coloured stack by Papermania

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Natalie & Amy's

Sizzix Bigshot

'Precious Hearts' die cuts by Memory Box 98474

'Just Because' sentiment die cut by Die'sire

'Elegant' edge border punch by Tonic

'Triple Butterfly' punch by Tonic

'5" square white card blank' from Natalie & Amy's

Thank you for stopping by today, I really do appreciate you taking the time to leave me a comment. Fingers crossed things will get  back to normal & I will be back around commenting regularly again 

Hugs xx

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Queen Of Hearts!

A quick post from me today as we are off out soon. Off to the local owl sanctuary, taking Nico to visit as the owner has never seen a skunk before lol! Just waiting for Nico to wake up from his morning nap then we are off.

I'm here to share my latest creation for the Sweet Pea progressive Facebook challenge. You enter their ATG challenge at the beginning of the month, using a Sweet Pea image & you get a free image to use for the second part of the month. 

This month we were given 'Queen Of Wonder' to use (its on sale at the moment, just click on the link above!) not sure I'm happy with my finished card, what do you think?

She is a snooty looking Queen lol

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crazy 4 Challenges- make it royal

Crafty Sentiments- ATG

Digi Choosday- all about the girl

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Queen of Wonder' by Sandra Caldwell from Sweet Pea Stamps

Promarkers/Flexmarkers- words

Spectrum Noir Pencils- numbers

Skin- blush & 08

Lips- 33

Hair- grey squirrel, 33 & 96

Clothes- molten red, 33, 32, 26, 114, 113, storm cloud, 120, crimson, 33, winter spruce & 120

Crown- molten red, sleigh bells & 107

Papers & Embellishments

DP- from the 'A Very Important Date' craft CD

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

My stash- chipboard heart stickers

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Natalie & Amy's

Sizzix Bigshot

'Rectangle #2' Parenthesis die cut by X-cut 503045

'Party' die cut sentiment by Sizzix

'Basic Lattice' Shapeabilities die cut by Spellbinders

'5"square white card blank' from Natalie & Amy's

Thank you for stopping by today, have a fabulous weekend & don't forget to pop over to Facebook & check out the Sweet Pea page.

Hugs xx

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Tickled Pink!

Today I am here to share with you my creation for 'Try Stampin' Or Not On Tuesday' yeah we have changed our name to accommodate more crafters...so now all you have to do is follow the sketch, you don't have to stamp, you can decoupage, paint anything now as long as your follow the sketches every week! Sounds fabulous, also we are now on Facebook, why not pop over & join in the chat, why not share your latest creations with us!

Anyhoos over on Facebook, Sweet Pea Stamps run a progressive challenge. You make an anything goes with any Sweet Pea image & you get an image free to join in the next fortnight & so on...I really love getting an image free & not knowing what it is, it really takes me out of my comfort zone, which I think is really good!

Ok so this is the free image I got this month....not one I would normally choose to be honest, but I love the finished result. She is such a cutie!!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Card Mania- flowers

One Stitch At A Time- girls

Mema's- punch or die cut (used both)

Send A Smile 4 Kids- birthday 4 kids

Simply Papercraft- lots of layers

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Tickled Pink' by Lynn Stansbery from Sweet Pea Stamps

Promarkers/Flexmarkers- words

Spectrum Noir Pencils- numbers

Skin- blush & 08

Hair- march hare, 120 & 103

Dress- celestial blue, 71 & 70

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Blackberry Lane' by Wild Rose Studio

My stash- pink ribbon, pink dew drops, blue card & white card

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Natalie & Amy's

'Collall 3D' glue with tools from Natalie & Amy's

Sizzix Bigshot

'Rectangle #3' die cuts by Nellie Snellon MFD048

'Ribbon Floral #3' die cut by Marianne D LR0110

'small triple butterfly' punch by Tonic

'Stix2' pick up pencil from Natalie & Amy's

'5" square white card blank' from Natalie & Amy's

This weeks sketch

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you all have a fabulous week. Please pop over & see what the 'Try Stampin' DT have created

Hugs xx

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Rain Dragon!

Quick post from me today, as I am off out with Nige for a bike ride. Well, we will be if I can get my leg over lol!

So I'm here to share with you my creation for My Time To Craft, where this week the theme is...

UMBRELLA'S

chosen because April is usually wet....mmmm not so much here in Stoke in the UK, we've had the odd cloudy day but its been sunny mostly if not a little windy & cold. Anyhoos here's my creation....

As soon as I saw this cutie, I knew I had to have him!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Digi Sketch- sketch

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards- add a die cut

Dream it Up- showers of showers

Crafters Cafe- animal antics

Make My Monday- April showers

Without Words- under my umbrella

Image & Colouring Medium

Image- 'Rain Dragon' by Lisa Victoria from Sweet Pea Stamps

Spectrum Aquas

Dragon- sunflower, heather & wildflower

Umbrella- moss & bud green

Water- aquamarine

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Little Meow' by Docrafts

'Laugh & Play' from the sentiment tag set #24 by LOTV

My stash- purple card, green pearl & green card candi

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Natalie & Amy's

'Collall 3D' glue with tools from Natalie & Amy's

Sizzix Bigshot

'A2 curved border #1' die cut Borderbilities by Spellbinders

'5" square white card blank' from Natalie & Amy's

Thank y ou for stopping by today, please pop over & see what fab 'umbrella' creations the DT ladies have made.

Have a great weekend & enjoy the sun 

Hugs xx

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Zentangle Elephant

Ok so as most of you know I have a thing about cutsie & smexy....but nothing else lol can't, no matter how hard I try! Well after entering the 'Sweet Pea Stamps' progressive challenge on Facebook, I received this image.....well it totally threw me. Our Katie loved it, so I printed out a few & we both had a play with them. After freaking out for about an hour, I am so happy with how my elephant turned out I'm gonna be using him lots!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafty Gals Corner- ATG
Scrappers Delight- ATG
My Craft Creations- ATG
Paradise of Stamps- CAS
Sweet Pea Stamps- pastel colours & 3 embellishments

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Zentangle Elephant' by Courtney McAnsh from Sweet Pea Stamps

Promarkers/Flexmarkers- words in black

Derwent Studio pencils- words in red

Elephant- leaf green, emerald green, grass green, orchid, imperial purple, lemon, naples yellow, middle chrome, sky blue, prussian blue, peony, rose madder lake, oasis, kingfisher blue, apricot, spectrum orange & blue grey 1

Ground- blue grey 1

Papers & Embellishments

My stash- black card, sentiment, white paper & black card candi

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Natalie & Amy's

Sizzix Bigshot

'Classic Petal' Edgeabilities die cut by Spellbinders from Natalie & Amy's

'5 x 7" white card blank' from Natalie & Amy's

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope your all having a wonderful week

Hugs xx

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Moonlight Whisperings

I hope all my lovely followers who are Mommy's had a fabulous Mothers Day. I had a great day, breakfast in bed...fried egg on toast (my favourite) some fabulous crafty stash of the girls, Nige & Charlie dawg...but I had a special present of Nico a box of Malteser's just off him..he is a good stinky butt lol xx

Anyhoos enough of that, the reason I'm here today is to share with you my creation for 

'Try Stampin' on Tuesday' this week we have a great sketch for you to follow. You can find the sketch here, or I will pop it on at the end of my post.

I just love these images & just had to purchase a few more digi's when she had an offer on over Mother Day weekend x

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafty Cardmakers- special women
Melonheadz Friends- animals
The Crazy Challenge- in the dark
OSAAT- women
Through The Purple Haze- special women

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Moonlight Whispering' by Ching-chou Kuik from Sweet Pea Stamps

Promarkers/Flexmarkers- words

Spectrum Noir pencils- numbers

Skin- coral, sunkissed pink, blush & 08

Dress & glove- slate & 120

Mask- slate, 120, cool grey 1 & 118

Hair- molten red, 106 & 101

Kitty- muted pink, 34, cool grey 1- 118, slate, 119, bright green, 53 & 52

Flower- tulip yellow, azure, 70, 69 & chartreuse

Doodles- black

Panpastels

Moon- diarylide yellow & burnt sienna

Sky- violet shade & violet

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Noir et Chic' by First Edition 

My stash- sentiment, ribbon & red paper

Tool & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Natalie & Amy's

'Collall 3D' glue with tools from Natalie & Amy's

'6" square white card blank' from Natalie & Amy's

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & see what fab creations the DT have made using this great sketch

We are also having a DT call, so if you love following sketches & using anything you want to make your creations....pop over here & check out the DT call post

Hugs xx

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Love Is In The Air

Time for a made for me post, kinda anyhoos...over on Facebook 'Sweet Pea Stamping' have a progressive challenge running. I entered last week using my 'Moth Maiden' so this weeks image is a freebie & fabulous.

The sentiment I have used was a freebie from TLC along time ago & I haven't had the image to go with it, but I thought this image was perfect!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Retarte- something old (ribbon) something new (image)

Card Mania- add red

Craftin' Desert Diva's- ribbon

Crafty Boots- use a sentiment

Die Cutting Diva's- words/quotes/sentiments

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Love Is In The Air' by Katerina Kaukiotis from Sweet Pea Stamping

Promarkers/Flexmarkers- words

Spectrum Noir Pencils- numbers

Sansodor

Skin- blush & 08

Dress- glacier blue, 69 & 68

Heart- lipstick red & 33

Ground- 114, 113 & 112

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'J'Adore' by First Edition from Natalie & Amy's

'Ray of Sunshine' sentiment by TLC

My stash- red card, white ribbon & blue card

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Natalie & Amy's

'Collall 3D' glue with tools from Natalie & Amy's

Sizzix Bigshot

'Butterfly Vine' border die cut by Memory Box 98458 

'Rectangle #3' die cut by Nellie Snellon MFD048

'5" square white card blank' from Natalie & Amy's

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you are all having a fabulous week. Nige has been off work today so I've had a fab crafty day & he's watched some TV & played on his X-box. Don't think he's in work tomorrow either so might watch a few films with him

Hugs xx

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