Henry's Hugs & Kisses

It's time for a new sketch over at Try Stampin on Tuesday. We have a fabulous sketch, which you will find here or at the end of my post. We also have the added optional theme of.....

HUGS & KISSES

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

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafty Cardmakers- love
Incy Wincy- for the men in your life
The Paper Girls- patterned papers
Use Your Stuff- animal
Come & Get It- layer it up

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Henry Hugging Heart' by Whiff of Joy

Promarkers/Flexmarkers words in black

Derwent Coloursoft words in brown

Henry- pale brown, blush pink, cool grey 1, steel grey, persian grey, ice grey 1 & mid grey

Heart- heatwave, petrel grey & cranberry

Tim Holtz distress inks

Sky- faded jeans & salty ocean

Grass- mowed lawn

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Love Letters' by First Edition

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

My stash- ribbon & sentiment

Tool & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Crafty Purple Frog

Sizzix Bigshot

'scalloped hearts' die cut by X-cut 503013

'Victorian' border die cut by Apple Blossom DIOBO165

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

Our latest sketch

Thank you for stopping by, make sure you pop over & check out what fabulous creations the DT have made using the sketch. Don't forget the sketch is a must & the theme is optional

Hugs xx

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Pink Flamingo

It's time for a new challenge over at My Time To Craft. I hope you will pop over & see what fabulous creations the DT have made to help inspire you!

The theme for this fortnight is....

FEATHERS

you can use birds, die cut, or faux feathers

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Jo's Scrap Shack- ATG
Crafting With An Attitude- ATG
In The Pink- What's New (flamingo die cut)
Die Cutting Divas- no sentiment
Lets Craft & Create- things with wings

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Flamingo' 

Promarkers words in black

Tim Holtz distress inks words in brown highlighted inks available from Crafty Purple Frog

Sky- faded jeans & salty ocean

Grass- peeled paint & mowed lawn

Flamingo legs- champagne

Beak- black

Papers & Embellishments

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

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Crafty Purple Frog

Sizzix Bigshot

'flamingo' die cut by Creative Dies

'grass' die cut by Marianne D LRO360

'clouds' die cut by Joy Crafts 6002/0199

'C6 elegant edge white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, I can't wait to see your 'feather' creations

hugs xx

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Winter Mia

It's time for another DT creation for If You Give A Crafter A Cookie. We have a fabulous cookie for you. You will find the cookie here or at the end of this post!

I Just loved using these images from this fortnights sponsor Sasayaki Glitter.

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crimbo Crackers- something cute
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas- ATG Christmas
Happy Little Stampers- ATG (optional joy)
Sweet Stampers- winter/snow
Christmas at Sweet Stampin'- ATG Christmas

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Winter Mia' by Sasayaki Glitter

Image- 'Snowman & Bird' by Sasayaki Glitter

Promarkers/Flexmarkers- words in green

Spectrum Noir Illustrator Markers- numbers & words in black

Spectrum Noir Pencils- numbers in brown

Mia

Skin- blush, 09 & 08

Hair- GB2 caramel. 95 & 94

Hat- AB1 duck egg, 63, 62, 61 & 55

Dress- AB1 duck egg, 63 & 55

Scarf & leggings- heatwave, 112 & 33

Jumper- AB1 duck egg, 63, 62, 61, OR3 bright orange & 62

Ground- 63, 62 & 61

Snowman & Bird

Nose- OR3 bright orange

Arms- EB1 sand & 90

Scarf- CR11 flame red & 114

Heart- CR11 flame red, 119, 114 & 106

Hat- AB1 duck egg, 63, 55, CT3 canary, AP1 pink lace

Bird- FS1 rose, 38 & 37

Plantpot- henna

Star- CT3 canary

Panpastels

Sky & pine tree- turquoise & turquoise tint

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Merry Magic' by Dovecraft

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

My stash- ribbon

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Crafty Purple Frog

Sizzix Bigshot

'pine tree' die cut by Sizzix

'star' die cut from the Cut & Make collection by Avec

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

Your cookie

Thank you for stopping by today, make sure you pop over & check out the fabulous DT creations.

Hugs xx

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Love Bubbles Bunny!

It's time for a new challenge over at Digital Delights. Don't forget if you enter using a
 Digital Delights image you get entered into the draw twice!

I thought I would get a head start on Valentines cards, I made this one for my darling hubby. He's a big softy, so this is just perfect for him lol!

As always the theme is ....

ANYTHING GOES

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

A Bit More Time To Craft- ATG
A Perfect Time To Craft- ATG
CCC Digi Creations- die cuts/punches
Digistamps 4 Joy- ATG with love twist
Paper Shelter- make it digital (all digital)

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Love Bubbles bunny' by Digital Delights

Image- 'heart fence' by Digital Delights

Spectrum Noir Illustrator Markers- numbers & words in black from Crafty Purple Frog

Spectrum Noir Pencils- numbers in brown

Fence- EB1 sand, 91, 87, EB2 natural brown, 96, 94, LV1 lavender, 78, LV4 amethyst, FS2 dusty pink & 39
Door- EB1 sand, 91, EB2 natural brown, 96, EB4 earth brown, 120, LV1 lavender, 78 & LV3 ametyst
Tree- GB7 raw sienna, 96, 94, LG4 salad, 53 &47
Grass- LG3 meadow, 48 & 47
Bunny- BT1 pale mint, 63 & 55
Flower- CT3 canary, 22, VB1 smokey blue, 73
Hearts- FS2 dusty pink, 39, AP1 pink lace, 40, PP4 rose blush, 08, LV1 lavender & 78
Bucket- GB7 raw sienna, 94, 87, BO2 mango, 91 & 90
Tim Holtz distress inks
Sky- tumbled glass & salty ocean

Papers & Embellishments
'green & white' card from the 12 x 12 coloured stack by Papermania
My stash- 4mm pink pearls
'You Melt My Heart' sentiment from the 'Love is in the Air' digital set by Digital Delights

Tools & Glues
'Collall' all purpose glue from Crafty Purple Frog
Sizzix Bigshot
'centre stepper' make a card die by Presscut
'grass' extended die cut by Ellison
'clouds' Embossalicious embossing folder by Die'sire
'Stix2' pick up pencil

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

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I Must Protest!

Today I am sharing with you a creation I made for the progressive challenge over on Facebook, for the digi artist called Bloobel!

I spent ages deciding on what to write in her placard...then I thought about me & how bad I am without my fix of coffee lol!!

Challenges I Would like To Enter

Crafting When We Can- spots or stripes
Hiding In My Craftroom- colour it
Creative Corner- very funny

Images & Colouring Medium

Image- 'I Must Protest' by Bloobel Stamps

Promarkers/Flexmarkers words in black

Derwent Coloursoft words in brown

Skin- blush & blush pink

Eyes- leaf green, black, dove grey & red

Mouth- ivory, steel grey, dove grey, budding rose & deep red

Hair- march hare, brown black, brown & pale brown

Trousers- frozen lake, prussian blue & iced blue

Tshirt- lipstick red & dove grey

Shoes- lipstack red, dark brown, cranberry, ice grey 5 & petrel grey

Placard- cocoa, dark brown, dark terracotta & cool grey 1

Ground- mid grey & dove grey 

Tim Holtz distress inks highlighted inks available from Crafty Purple Frog

Writing 'It's Not My Hormones.....I Need Coffee!!! - faded jeans

Panpastels

Sky- turquoise & turquoise shade

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Inspirations #1' by Sweet Dixie from Crafty Purple Frog

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

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Crafty Purple Frog

Sizzix Bigshot

'clock & hands' die cut by Marianne D CR1234

'C6 white card blank' from Crafty Purple Frog

Thank you for stopping by, make sure you pop over & see what other fabulous creations & placard sayings have been shared on Bloobels Facebook page.

Hugs xx

Captain Owen

It's time for the start of a new challenge over at Inspiration Destination, for this challenge we were lucky enough to get an image from our sponsor Papernest Dolls to play with. I decided on a boys image as I don't make many boy cards. But I will confess I loved making this one!!
As always our theme is...

ANYTHING GOES!

Challenges I Would Like To enter

Crafty Sentiments- ATG

Crafting From The Heart- ATG

Papernest Dolls- ATG

Incy Wincy- for the men in your life

Ohh La La- for a man or boy

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Captain Owen' by Papernest Dolls

Promarkers/Flexmarkers- words

Spectrum Noir Pencils- numbers

Owen

Skin- blush, 09 & 08

Hair- yellow, 91, 90 & 86

Hat & jacket- sky blue, 73, 70, 113 & 112

Telescope- gold, sleigh bell, 111, 107, soft aqua & 116

Flagpole- nutmeg & 65

Flag- heatwave, 106 & 33

Ships wheel- terracotta, 95 & 91

Boat- henna, 104, 103, heatwave, 106, 33, terracotta, 95 & 91

Dog- icicle, 117 & 116

Sea- 65 & 64

Fish- lilac & iced pearl

Starfish- starfish

Shell- dusky pink

Tim Holtz distress inks

Sky- tumbled glass & salty ocean

Sea- salty ocean

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Vacation' by Deco Time

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

My stash- ribbon

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Crafty Purple Frog

Sizzix Bigshot

'beach' die cuts by Provocraft 62-0036

'flying birds' by Memory Box 98655

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

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & see what fabulous creations the 'dream team' have made. Also just a reminder, we are now fortnightly not weekly, so you have extra time to join in with us!

Hugs xx

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Forever Friends!

It's my first creation this year for Try Stampin on Tuesday, where as always we have an awesome sketch for you to follow, but we have an optional theme which this time is....

MY FAVOURITE THINGS

don't forget the sketch is a must (which you can find here or at the end of this post) but the theme is optional...have fun!

I decided to go with both the sketch & theme this time. I absolutely adore Forever Friends & love colouring their bears in. So they absolutely one of My Favourite Things

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Lost Coast Portal to Creativity- ATG
The Paper Girls- patterned papers
Crafting Musketeers- ATG
Die Cutting Diva's- no sentiment

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Forever Friends Balloon Bear' 

Spectrum Noir Illustrator Markers- numbers & words in black

Spectrum Noir Pencils numbers in brown

Bear- GB2 caramel, 91 & 90

Flower- CF3 canary & PP5 fruit pink

Balloon- DP2 old lavender & 80

Grass- LG3 meadow, 48 & 47

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'New Bloom' by First Edition 

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

My stash- baby pink ribbon

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Crafty Purple Frog

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

Sizzix Bigshot

'rectangles #3' die cut by Nellie Snellon MFD048

'dotties' card candi die cut by Presscut PCD45

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

This fortnights sketch...

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you will join in with us & use this awesome sketch. Don't forget the sketch is a must, but the theme is optional

Hugs xx

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Light Bright Ted!

It's that time of the month when Digital Delights have their new release....images & some fabulous new digi papers! If you pop over here, you can see all of the fabulous new releases & what the DT have made to help inspire you!!

I just loved colouring this cutie in, I decided to give this to our Danni when she went back to Uni after her Christmas holidays xx

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Creates & Makes- ATG

Digi Stamps 4 Joy- ATG with love

Sunny Day Crafting- ATG

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Light Bright Ted' by Digital Delights

Spectrum Noir Illustrators Markers words & numbers in black from Crafty Purple Frog

Spectrum Noir Pencils numbers in brown

Bear- MB1 muted brown, 87, GB2 caramel, 87, 86, FS2 dusky pink, 41 & 29

Heart- PP1 blossom, PP4 rose blush, 41 & 29

Light bulb- CT1 daffodil, 20, 18, MB1 muted brown & 107

Sentiment- CT1 daffodil, 20, 18, PP4 rose blush & 41

Papers & Embellishments

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

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Crafty Purple Frog

Sizzix Bigshot

'hugs & kisses' die-namics cover up die cut by MFT

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

Thank you for stopping by today, don't forget Digital Delights also have a monthly challenge over here, you don't need to use a Digital Delights image to enter.....but if you do you will get entered into the draw twice!!!

Hugs xx

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A New Cookie For You!

It's time for me to share with you my latest creation for 'If You Give A Crafter A Cookie' don't forget you can interpret this anyway you like, as long as you explain your reasoning's if they are hard to see. You can use the image, colours, shapes etc.... You will find the latest cookie here, or at the end of this post xx 

We were lucky enough to receive an image to play with from this cookies sponsor Bugaboo!!

As you can see I went with the colours & of course I had to slip a penguin in there!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

ABC Christmas- B is for....bear, baubles, blue, brown & black

Christmas at Sweet Stamin'- ATG

A Snowflakes Promise- ATG

Cutie Pie- winter warmers

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Peekers Winter Friends' by Bugaboo

Promarkers/Flexmarkers- words

Spectrum Noir Pencils- numbers

Girl

Skin- blush & 08

Hair- eggnog, 90 & 87

Hat- slate, 82, winter berry, 80 & 78

Gloves- 82

Owl- lemon, ice grey 4 & 2 & 116

Penguin- apricot, 22, ice grey 4, 120, 119, 113 & 112

Teddy- sandstone, 90 & 87

Baubles- frosted jade, 55, 63, watermelon, 42 & 38

Snow- 63, 62, & 61

Panpastels

Sky- turquoise tint

Snow- phthalo green tint

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Winter Wonderland' by Crafts House

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

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Crafty Purple Frog

Sizzix Bigshot

'ornate' frame die cut (& faux layer) by X-cut 503411

'snowflake' corner die cut by Memory Box 98238

Diamond Press

'Merry Christmas' sentiment die cut by Die'sire

Small 'corner rounder' punch by X-cut

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

 Here's you cookie for inspiration xx

Don't forget to pop over & check out what fabulous creations the DT have made using this cookie. They are all so different, so its worth a few minutes just to pop over & have a looksie!

Hugs xx

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Love Birds

It's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Purple Frog, if you entered last month make sure you pop over & check out & see if you are our winner or in our Top 3. We had some awesome entries!!

This months theme is....

NEW BEGINNINGS

new baby, new house, new job, new year etc...

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Dream Valley- something new

Whoopsi Daisy- it's all new

Come & Get It- anything new

Let's Craft & Create- things with wings

A Gem of a Challenge- celebrate something new

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Love Birds' Moonbeam Meadow from Crafty Purple Frog

Spectrum Noir Illustrator Markers words & numbers in black from Crafty Purple Frog

Spectrum Noir Pencils numbers in brown

Tree- EB2 natural brown & 103

Leaves- LG3 meadow, 48 & 47

Bow- GT1 ice green, 72 & 63

Flowers- FS1 rose, PP4 rose blush, 40 & 31

House- BT1 pale mint, 72, 63, GT1 ice green & 72

Birds- GB2 caramel, 91, 87, GT1 ice green, 72 & 63

Butterflies- 72, 63 & 61

Panpastels

Sky- turquoise & turquoise tint

Papers & Embellishments

Design papers, flower, button & card blank are all from the 'Teal' Dovecraft Back to Basics, goody bag from Crafty Purple Frog

My stash- aqua divine twine & sentiment

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Crafty Purple Frog

Sizzix Bigshot

'blossom #5' die cuts by Spellbinders

Thank you for stopping by today, don't forget to enter you creation over here, for the chance to win a £10 voucher to spend instore at Crafty Purple Frog

Hugs xx

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Winnie The Pooh & Tigger Too!

My first post of the New Year....Happy New Year to all my follows & friends xx

I just love these new stamp sets they have just brought out & I think from what I have read there is gonna be four more sets of Pooh related stamps YAY!!!!

Anyhoos the reason I'm here to share my latest creation with you for my
 Inspiration Destination make. The theme for the next week is as always...

ANYTHING GOES

Challenge I Would Like To Enter

Simon Says Stamp- something new

Stampotique Designs- ATG

Cardz 4 Guyz- up, up & away (made for baby boy)

A Perfect Time To Craft- ATG

Glitter & Sparkles- new beginnings

Image & Colouring Mediums

'Flying Pooh Bear & Tigger' from the Disney Winnie the Pooh & Friends stamp set

Promarkers/Flexmarkers words in black

Derwent Coloursoft words in brown

Pooh- yellow, orange & pale orange

Shirt- sunset & deep red

Balloon- celestial blue & prussian blue

Tigger- linen, pale brown, muted pink, blush pink, burgundy, dark brown, halloween & blood orange

Papers & Embellishments

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

'aqua' divine twine

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Crafty Purple Frog

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

X-cut Xpress

'Alphabet' die cuts by Creative Dies

'grass' extended cuts die cut by Ellison

'cloud' Embossalicious embossing folder by Die'sire

'DL white card blank'  

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & check out what fabulous creations the DT have made to help inspire you

Hugs xx

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