From Humphrey With Love!

A quick post from me today, one creation for two DT's. Always good to save time lol. I made this card for our Katie to give to her girlfriend Beth for Valentines Day. Can't believe my baby is 18 next week arghhhhh good job I've got Nico to snuggle & kiss else I dread to think what my poor hubby would have to put up with!!!

Anyhoos, firstly we have our fortnightly challenge over at My Time To Craft, where this time around the theme is....

LOVE IS ALL AROUND

also over at Natalie & Amy's monthly challenge we have the theme of.....

HEARTS & FLOWERS

so why not make your other half a Valentines card or if you have a wedding anniversary coming up thats all good as long as its to do with love & you follow the themes on both or either your all good to enter.

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafty Friends- animals or birds

Suzy Bee- add an animal

Sweet Stampin'- Valentines

The Pencil Case- L=Love/romance

Cut It Up- love is in the air

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Roses are Red' from the Humphrey's Corner collection from Natalie & Amy's

Promarkers/Flexmarkers- words

Spectrum Noir Pencils- numbers

Humphrey- icicle & 115

Dungarees- soft green, pastel green, 63, 62 & red

Card- pink lavender, 37 & 36

Rose- tulip yellow, 23, 22, bright green, 54 & 53

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Love Letters' by First Edition from Natalie & Amy's

'burgundy, green & turquoise' card from the 12 x 12 coloured stack by Papermania

My stash- both ribbons & dew drop

Tools & Glues

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

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

X-cut Xpress

'Daisy Flower' by Joy Crafts 6002/0024 from Natalie & Amy's

'Leafy Branch' die cut by C.C.Designs

'Scalloped Hearts' die cut by X-cut 503013

'Riviera Corner' die cut by Memory Box 98372 

'Rectangles #3' die cut by Nellie Snellon MFD048

'Banner & key' die cut set by Sizzix 658050

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

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

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you will join in with us & help spread some love around the world.....hugs xx

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The Tree Of Love!

I'm here today to share a quick post with you for Digital Delights. We have our monthly challenge running, which as always is....

ANYTHING GOES!

so no excuses really, I want to be hopping around to your blog to leave you a comment!

With Valentines day around the corner I decided to make a card for Nige from me...its even got a skunky butt on it lol!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Whimsy Inspires- with love
Crafty Cardmakers- die cuts
Great Impressions- lovey dovey
Oddball Stamps- All You Need Is Love

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Power of love Chelsea' by Digital Delights

Image- 'Tree of Love' by Digital Delights

Promarkers/Flexmarkers- words in black

Derwent Studio Pencils- words in brown

Chelsea

Skin- blush & deep vermillion

Hair- tulip yellow, terracotta & spectrum orange

Bobbles, dress & boots- cyan, prussian blue & delft blue

Quiver, arrows & bow- cyan, prussian blue, delft blue, sand dune, copper, beech, french grey & gunmetal

Tree

Trunk- cocoa & chocolate

Hearts- peony, cerise, shocking pink, rose pink, fuchsia pink, pink pearl, vermillion, blossom, carmine, pink carnation, watermelon, imperial purple, magenta, rose madder lake, red violet lake & crimson lake

Cute Critters

Owl- sandstone

Rabbit- ice grey 3

Chipmunk- cocoa

Skunk- cool grey 5

Sky was colour distressed using Tim Holtz 'tumbled glass'

Papers & Embellishments

'green, white & pink' card from the 12 x 12 coloured stack by Papermania

Tools & Glues

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

X-cut Xpress

'Birch Tree Cute Critters' die cut by Cheery Lyn B370

'Love' from the tag & with love die cut set by Creative Dies

'Clouds' die cut by Joy Crafts 6002/0199

'Grass' extended die cut by Ellison

'6" square white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, I really do appreciate you taking the time to come & see me. I hope I will be back to normal soon, not getting much time to craft or comment as hubby is really poohly with a stinking virus...Dr has signed him off work for two weeks, ha to go back to see what Dr says then. Fingers crossed he will be better by then lol!!
Hugs xx

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'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!'

Well we had about an inch of snow on Saturday night, woke up all excited about how Nico would be in it.....lol he wouldn't even go out the front door. I opened it, he went to it had a sniff at the air & ran back to bed lol....so much for nice snowy photos of my boy!!

Anyhoos I'm here today to share with you one of the re-released images going from rubber to digi format over at Inky Impressions. We also have another popular image going from rubber to digi & two brand new never seen before images!!! make sure you pop over here & check out what the Inkettes have made.

It's also the start of a brand new challenge, where our theme for this fortnight is....

ALL ABOUT THE BORDERS

so get your die cuts, punches even your peeloffs out & join in with us!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Shopping Our Stash- 1 image, 2 design papers & 3 borders

ABC challenge- Z is for zero

CCC Designs- use die cuts

A Gem of a Challenge- female birthday

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Carpenter LiLi' by Inky Impressions

Promarkers/Flexmarkers black words

Derwent Coloursoft Pencils brown words

Skin- blush & pink blush

Eyes- Prussian blue

Pencil- lemon orchid & muted pink

Hair- buttercup, brown & pale brown

Trousers & hair bobble- cadet blue & Prussian blue

Shirt- fresh meadow, lichen green, oatmeal, ochre & dove grey

Boots- raw sienna, brown black, mid brown, ivory & Persian grey

Tool belt & tools- raw sienna, brown black, mid brown, Persian grey, wild cranberry & dove grey

Wood planks- cinnamon & mid brown

Tools box & tools- caramel, brown, red, cranberry, champagne, brown black, warm grey 4, ice grey 3, icicle, dove grey, steel grey, ivory, pale brown, true blue & Prussian blue

Ground- ice grey 3 & ice grey 1

Wall- fresh bloom

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'True Blue' Back to Basics by Dovecraft

'kraft' card from the 12 x 12 stack by Papermania

'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' rubber sentiment by Inky Impressions

Tools & Glues

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

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

X-cut Xpress

'Fancy Floral' border die cut by Crafty Sentiments

'6" square white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, enjoy the rest of your week & don't forget to pop over & see what the Inkettes have created this fortnight

hugs xx

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Tag It!

Well I did get all excited on Wednesday night, it was snowing when I went to bed & all I could think about was playing with Nico in it when we woke up!

But when we woke up, it was all frozen over & really slippy...so no playing in the snow for us!

But fingers crossed they have forecast it for tomorrow lol I just want an inch for an hour, then it can go. I just want to see what Nico makes of it!

Anyhoos, I'm here today to share with you my latest creation for My Time To Craft. Where this fortnight we are asking you to...

TAG IT!

make a tag or make a card & add a tag to that. It must be a made tag, not a stamped one tho ( I mean those LOTV tag stamps are not allowed)

Over on Facebook, Simply Betty Stamps are doing a monthly progressive challenge &  their theme is tags, so I thought I would combine the two!

I forgot to take a photo of the back. Along with the image you get two sentiments & I used

 'You're Just My Type' & its on the back. I just loved colouring in her dress & playing with her pleats.

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Brown Sugar- movies (twilight)

Simply Papercraft- ATG

Crafting By Designs- seeing red

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Betty Transfusion' by Simply Betty Stamps

Promarkers/Flexmarkers words in black

Derwent Coloursoft words in brown

Skin- ivory, peach & ochre

Eyes- emerald & dark green

Hair- ice grey 5, petrel grey, lipstick red, deep red & cranberry

Lips- lipstick red

Dress- molten red, black & cranberry

Blood bag- lipstick red, cranberry, burgundy, red & true blue

Papers & Embellishments

'blue' card is from the 'Darks' core essentials stack by Core'dinations

'You're Just My Type' sentiment comes with the 'Betty Transfusion' image 

My stash- burgundy ribbon

Tools & Glues

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

X-cut Xpress

'Labels #4' Nestabilities by Spellbinder

'Hearts' triple embossing folder by Provocraft

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you will take a few minutes to pop over & see what fab 'tag it' creations the MTTC DT have made.

Have a great weekend

Hugs xx

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Scentimental Sweeney!!

I can't believe its already the 14th january.....madness!! I hope you are all keeping well & staying safe, get well soon wishes to those of you that need them xxx

I'm here today to share the latest new release from Digital Delights & oh its a super cute romantic one. Make sure you pop over here & check all the new release images & papers they are fabulously cute!!!

I was lucky enough that I got 'Sweeney' to colour, along with a fab set of sentiments!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

I Love Promarkers- new stash (image & DP)

Ruby's Rainbow- something new (image & DP)

Bunny Zoe's- hearts

Eureka Stamps- something new (image & DP)

Fun Cuts- hearts

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Scentimental Sweeney' by Digital Delights

Promarkers/Flexmarkers words in black

Derwent Coloursoft Pencils- words in brown

Sweeney- ice grey 5, petrel grey, mid grey, red & blush pink

Shoes- oasis, sea green & dove grey

Rose- forest green, dark green, summer sun, bright orange & orange

Lamppost- tawny owl & brown

Baskets- sleigh bells, brown black & pale brown

Flowers- summer sun, bright orange, orange, fresh bloom, deep red & blush pink

Ground- meadow green, mid green, green & light green

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Serendipity' by Dovecraft

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

'Scent-i-mental Over You!' from the 'Sweet On You' sentiment set by Digital Delights

My stash- ribbon & 'made with love' charm

Faux stitching done using an edding55 pink fineliner

Tools & Glues

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

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

X-cut Xpress

'Heart' die cut from the 'Heart Stamp' Sizzlits set by Sizzix

'6" square white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, don't forget to pop over here & here to check out all the new release images, along with the scrummy papers.

Hugs xx

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Hostess Monday!

Yay, its my turn again to be your hostess over on Digital Delights.

After much thought I decided not to actually make anything (I'm sure you will see the images on finished creations sometime soon) I decided to colour the same image 3 different ways, so you could see how different an image looks with the change of colour!

I used 'Ballgown Gladys' to colour. I thought I'd show you how different they look when their hair & clothes are changed. I just wish my clothes did this...lol x

All details of colours I have used are below.

Classy Gladys

Cinderella Gladys

Party Gladys

Colouring Mediums

Promarkers/Flexmarkers- words in black

Derwent Coloursoft- words in brown

Classy Gladys

Skin- blush, ginger & blush pink

Lips- deep red

Hair- auburn & black

Dress- tea rose, scarlet, blush pink & pastel pink

Cinderella Gladys

Skin- blush, ginger & blush pink

Lips- Prussian blue

Hair- buttercup, mid terracotta & ginger

Dress- agean, Prussian blue, cyan & electric blue

Party Gladys

Skin- blush, ginger & blush pink

Lips- red

Hair- shocking pink, deep red, deep fuchsia, cyan, petrel grey, Prussian blue & electric blue

Dress- fresh bloom, red, blush pink, dove grey, shocking pink & rose

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you had a wonderful weekend

Hugs xx

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All Things New!

Hi & welcome back to my blog. I know some people make New Year resolutions, if you have I would love you to tell me. I have decided I'm not going to this year. But I am going to try & stay in touch with my friends more. Time just flies by & before you know it 2 or 3 months have gone by since you last spoke!!! 

So thats my kinda thing for this year also to make more male cards lol. I needed a male birthday card the other day & Nige looked through my box of cards (50+) & 

could only find 1 male-ish card in there....oops!!

Anyhoos the reason I'm here today is to share with you my latest creation for Inky Impressions. This fortnight our challenge theme is....

ALL THINGS NEW

new baby, new house, new car, even fabby new stash!!!

I decided to go with new stash, as I'd had a gorgeous new die for Christmas & just wanted to play lol.

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Fab n Funky- something new (heart border die cut)
Inspiration Destination- ATG
Simon Says- something new (heart border die cut)
Crafty Boots- something old (image) something new (heart border die cut)
Ooh-La-La- girlie

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Fairy LiLi' rubber stamp from Inky Impressions

Promarkers/Flexmarkers words in black

Derwent Coloursoft words in brown

Skin- blush & blush pink

Eyes- black & indigo

Hair- celestial blue, black & indigo

Flowers- cerise & yellow

Dress- sapphire, indigo, steel grey & mid grey

Wings- blush pink

Shoes- cerise & deep red

Bubbles- sky blue & cerise

Ground- dove grey

Papers & Embellishments

DP- DCWV adhesive sheets from my friend Kim xx

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

My stash- card candi

Tools & Glues

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

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

X-cut Xpress

'Hello' die cut by Clearly Besotted Stamps

'Heart Decorative trim #2' Thinlit die cut by Sizzix 660473

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

Thank you for stopping by today, I really had fun making this card. I hope you will pop over & see what fab creations the 'Inkettes' have made to help inspire you.

Hugs xx

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Happy New Year!

I hope you all enjoyed your New Year celebrations, no mater what you did. We had a quiet one (Katie our youngest was away at her girlfriends for New year) it was just me, hubby, eldest daughter Danni & her boyfriend Hayden. As Danni had a Wii U for Christmas we all had a play on that, I gave up after a few goes & watched them. Much more entertaining lol!

Today's post is a day late, I was half way to Lincoln (to collect Katie) when I realised it was Saturday & not Thursday lol....so I'm here to share my creation for My Time To Craft where for this fortnight our theme is....

FRIENDS/FRIENDSHIP

just interpret it how you like, there are so many different way to show friendship

I decided to use my Spectrum Aquas for a change & I really love the finished look

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

ABC Challenge- Y your choice

Card & Scraps- stamps

Crafty Calender- something new (majestic squares)

Sweet Stampin- something new (majestic squares)

QKR Stampede- fur or feathers

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Hunny Bunny' by Little Claire Designs

Spectrum Aqua Pens

Bunny- blossom, charcoal & slate

Basket- sepia, desert & terracotta

Ribbon- sepia & crimson

Flower-sunset, sunflower, navy, kingfisher, evergreen & bud green

Tim Holtz distress inks

Oval die cut colour distressed using 'salty ocean'

Embossed background colour distressed using 'spun sugar'

Flower colour distressed using 'salty ocean & spun sugar'

Papers & Embellishments

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

My stash- sentiment, card candi & ribbon

Tools & Glues

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

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

X-cut Xpress

'Majestic Squares' by Spellbinders

'Floral Frenzy' Embossalicious embossing folder by Die'sire

'Lovely Flower' die cut by Sizzix 658291

'Flourish' die cut magazine freebie

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

Thank you for stopping by today & visiting my tiny spot on the www. I really appreciate you taking the time to visit & comment on my blog.

Hugs xx

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