Ice Cream

Hi & welcome to the latest {PIN}spiration challenge. If you entered our last challenge make sure you pop over & check out if you are a winner or chosen in the Top 3.

For this fortnights photo you need to go either here, or pop to the end of my post.

We are sponsored by Sherri Baldy with her fabulous Bestie images. I was lucky enough to get a cutie to play with.....

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafty Hazelnut's- patterned paper

Love To Craft- ATG

Colour It Create It- ATG

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge- ATG

The Sketch Aunts- sketch

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Big Eyed, Big Head Dolls Img 588' by Sherri Baldy

Promarkers/Flexmarkers words in black

Faber-Castell words in brown

Skin- blush, cinnamon & medium flesh

Eyes- apple cider & olive green yellowish

Lips- antique pink

Hair- pebble blue, cobalt turquoise & cobalt green

Flowers- dusky rose, indian red, bright green & permanent green

Dress- tea rose, indian red, venetian red, dusky rose, indian red & medium flesh

Socks- oasis, dusky rose, indian red, antique pink & yellow

Shoes- pebble blue & cobalt green

Ice cream- champagne, brown ochre, pale blossom, medium flesh, light flesh, sorbet, fuchsia, heather & light red violet

Ground- pastel beige & champagne

Papers & Embellishments

'turquoise' card from Limetree Craft

'white' colouring card from Ryamns

DP- 'Bazoo' by Helz Cuppleditch

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Diamond Press by Crafters Companion

'Hello' from the 'Hello Flower' thinlits set by Sizzix 660805

'photo' corner punch by Woodware

'white' gel pen by Uniball

hundreds & thousands on ice cream  white gel pen & pink #9 fineliner by Edding55

'C6 deckled edge white card blank'

This fortnights {PIN}spirational photo 

Thank you for stopping by today,  please pop over & check out what fabulous makes the DT have created. I will be back on Thursday with my next share.....so until then stay safe & take care

Hugs xx

Out of This World!

Where did the last two weeks go? It doesn't seem five minutes since I posted my last 

My Time To Craft creation!! Well that was a fortnight ago, so for the next fortnight our theme is....

TRANSPORT

bike, car, train, ship etc..

I decided to think a bit out of the box & use one of my new stamp sets, so cute.

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafting With Dragonflies- ATG

Crafty Calendar- mythical creatures (aliens)

Send A Smile 4 Kids- ATG

Brown Sugar- birthday

Seize The Birthday- ATG

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Out Of This World' set by Clearly Besotted

Promarkers/Flexmarkers words in black

Faber-Castell words in brown

Cyclopes- surf blue, helio turquoise & bluish turquoise

Grumpy- fresh bloom, dark flesh & medium flesh

Tim Holtz distress inks

Sky- seedless preserves, black soot, chipped sapphire, pumice stone & old paper

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card from Rymans

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

'hope your birthday' sentiment from the 'Out of This World' set by Clearly Besotted

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

'Stick It' adhesive sheets (used for the planet & star) 

2 in 1 glue pen by Sailor (used for scattered stars)

Sizzix Bigshot

'rocket & star' from the 'Space' die cut set by Dovecraft

'circle' die cuts by X-cut 503416

'distress splatter' embossing folder by Sheena Douglass

'sunkissed copper & silver button' Nuvo gilding flakes by Tonic

sentiment stamped using 'tuxedo black' ink by Memento

distress inks applied using Dreamweaver stencil  brushes

'5" square white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & check out the other 'transport' creations the DT have made to help inspire you this fortnight

I will be back on Tuesday, with my next creation to share with you. Until then take care

Hugs xx

Purple Rose

Its time for me to share with you my latest DT creation for 'If You Give A Crafter A Cookie' We have an awesome cookie for you this fortnight. You will find it here or at the end of my post. Don't forget you can take anything from the cookie as your inspiration, colour, shape & the wording which I have done!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

The Card Concept- a decided to take inspiration from the gorgeous flowers, for my CAS creation

Shopping Our Stash- birthday

heARTful stamping- ATG

Penny Black & More- something new (stamp)

Moving Along With The Times- CAS

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'rose' from the 'Flower Heart & Rose' stamp set by Viva Decor

Derwent Inktense Pencils

Rose head- ink black, deep violet, violet & thistle

Leaves & stem- ionion green, beech green, hookers green & apple green

Papers & Embellishments

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

'white' water coloured card by Crafters Companion

My stash- 3mm black gems

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'photo' corner punch by Woodware

'happy birthday' sentiment stamp by Paula Pascual from Personal Impressions

image & sentiment stamped using 'Onyx Black' by Versafine

'C6 deckled edge white card blank'

This fortnights cookie

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & check out what fabulous creations the DT have made using this cookie for inspiration.

I will be back on Saturday, until then take care

Hugs xx

Bryan's Baby!

I'm so sorry, I'm a day late with my Sheepski design team creation. I had a poorly Nico on Friday so this weekends ended up a day behind lol. He's ok now thankfully, not sure what cause the little man to get a temperature, but when he does all he wants is his Momma! When I got in from work he waddled up to me growling, squeaking & grunting at me until I picked him up. Then he nipped at my neck to make me lie down on the sofa. so he could have snuggles & sleep. That's all good & fine if I have done everything. But having a pet skunk is like nothing else, its like having a demanding 2 year old with teeth lol!! Good jobs we loves the little stinker...

Anyhoos I'm here to share latest Sheepski creation with you, I thought this image would be perfect for my Dads birthday card. He loves his old cars & as his favourite colour for a card if British Racing Green I tried to get it as close to that as possible! Don't forget to pop over & check out or monthly challenge on Facebook here & our monthly blog challenge here!!

Just love the steampunky feel to this image!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

International Art & Soul- something digital (image)

Sweet Stampin'- men's cards

Brown Sugar- birthdays 

Crafty Catz- ATG with optional male birthday

The Male Room- vintage

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Bryan's Baby' by Sheepski

Promarkers/Flexmarkers words in black

Faber- Castell words in brown

Car- gold, burnt sienna, raw umber, ice grey 4, warm grey VI, ice grey 5, black, cold grey VI, ice grey 2, ice grey 1, buttercup, brown ochre, light yellow ochre, cool grey 1, warm grey VI, warm grey V. ice grey 4, black, payne's grey, warm grey VI, tan, brown ochre, caramel, burnt umber, bistre, raw umber, holly, payne's grey, pine green, tan, raw umber & brown ochre

Tim Holtz distress inks

Sky- salty ocean

Papers & Embellishments

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

'white' colouring card from Rymans

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Sizzix Bigshot

'birthday' mini die cut by Cut & Make 

'happy' stamp from the 'Birthday Bamboo' set by Kanban

'happy' stamped using 'Onyx Black' ink by Versafine

clouds made using 'puffy cloud borders' by Lawn Fawn

'DL white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over here & check out Andrea's awesome images.

I will be back on Thursday with my next make to share with you. 

Until then take care

hugs xx

Take It Easy!

I'm back again today to share with you my latest creation for Inspiration Destination. We are an anything goes challenge, with the occasional optional twist.

This fortnight we have the optional added twist of...

EMBOSSING

wet or dry, you decide

I thought I would use my latest embossing folder, I just had to have this one. As soon as I saw it was reduced to half price at work I brought it lol....one good thing about working in the arts & craft department in The Range, I gets to see stash as its reduced lol xx

I also thought I would use one of my super cute House Mouse stamps

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Water Cooler Wednesday- ATG masculine

Tuesday Throwdown- distressing

House Mouse- ATG

The Paper Girls- watercolour

heARTful stamping- ATG with stamp

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Poppy' From the House Mouse collection by Joanna Sheen

Derwent Inktense Pencils

Mouse- bark, saddle brown & tan

Poppy- dark chocolate, indian ink, sepia ink, shiraz & poppy red

Leaves- ionian green, beech green & field green

Ground- iron green, hookers green & apple green

Sky- iris blue

Panpastel

'turquoise tint' used to colour distressing on embossing folder

Papers & Embellishments

'winter sky' blue card from Limetree Craft

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

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Sizzix Bigshot

'entwined hearts' embossing folder by Tonic

'corner sprigs' Shapeabilities die cuts by Spellbinders (cut up)

distressing done using sand block by Crafters Companion

distressed edges done using my thread cutter

image & sentiment stamped using 'Onyx Black' ink by Versafine

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & check out what fabulous 'embossed' creations the 'dream team' have made.

I will be back on Saturday with my next creation for you.

Until then take care, hugs xx

Baby Giraffe

I'm here today to share with you my latest {PIN}spirational design team creation with you. We have a super cute photo to help inspire you. You can find it here, or at the end of my post.

I've had this image for ages & just never got around to using it....my first unused image of the year...yay me!! lol 

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

The Crazy Challenge- use a button (giraffe)

613 Avenue- something new (baby)

Whimsy Stamps- ATG

Crafty Friends- new beginnings (baby)

Cute Card Thursday- something new (baby)

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Baby Giraffe' by Sylvia Zet from Whimsy Stamps

Promarkers/Flexmarkers words in black

Faber-Castell Polychromo Pencils words in brown

Baby

Skin- blush, cinnamon & medium flesh

Hair- sandstone, van-dyck-brown & bistre

Hat- pink mittens, medium flesh, light flesh, yellow, cadmium orange, light yellow ochre, cocoa, black, walnut brown & burnt umber

Shorts- yellow, cadmium orange, light yellow ochre, cocoa, black, walnut brown & burnt umber

Giraffe- sandstone, walnut brown, bistre, yellow, cadmium orange, light yellow ochre, cocoa, black, walnut brown & burnt umber

Ground- april shower, warm grey VI & warm grey V

Surround has be coloured using 'salty ocean' distress ink by Tim Holtz 

Papers & Embellishments

DP-'Baby Steps' from the Back To Basic collection by Dovecraft

'white' colouring card from Rymans

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

My stash- wooden giraffe button

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

Sizzix BIgshot

'ribbon flower' border die cut by Apple Blossom DIOBO164

'ornate square frames' by Go Kreate

Distress inks applied using 'Dreamweaver' stencils brushes

'5" square white card blank'

This fortnights {PIN}spirational image

Thank you for stopping by today, I will be back tomorrow to share my next creation with you. Until then take care....hugs xx

Hog Heaven

Its time for my first My Time To Craft challenge of 2018. So lets get this crafty train going. Our theme for the next fortnight is....

SOMETHING NEW

baby, car, house, stash.....you get the idea!

Ok so, my new goodies are, the pillow die cut & the piggie, fence & sentiment stamp.

Isn't the piggie just a proper cutie. I think I'm in love with them xx

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

The Crafty Addicts- ATG

Everybody Art- latest purchase

Shopping Our Stash- out with the old in with the new

Unicorn Challenge- ATG

Aurora Wings- anything but a card

Use Your Stuff- something new

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Hog Heaven' by My Favourite Things

Promarkers/Flexmarkers words in black

Faber-Castell words in brown

Piggy- tea rose, venetian red, cinnamon, dusky rose & cinnamon

Heart- poppy & caput mortuum violet

Fence- sandstone, raw umber, praline & bistre

Grass- forest green, deep cobalt green & emerald green

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Boofle' paper from the 12 x 12 patterned stack by DoCrafts

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

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

Sizzix Bigshot

'pillow box' (with Poinsettia) Thinlits die by Sizzix

'stitched ornate rectangle' die cut unbranded

'piggy & fence' stamped using Tuxedo black by Memento

'Oink' stamped using onyx black by Versafine

Thank you for stopping by today. please do pop over & see what fab 'something new' creations the DT ladies have created. I will be back on Tuesday with my next DT make to share with you. Until then take care....hugs xx

Bunny says Thank You

I'm here today to share a quick post with you. I'm off work this week & have been busier than I would have been at work...go figure!

I really need to get a wriggle on, I need to get ahead with my crafting....with the hours I'm working at the moment I don't seem to have enough to craft as well, so need to get ahead as much as possible.

Anyhoos, I'm here to share with you my latest 'If You Give A Crafter A Cookie' DT creation. You will find this fortnights cookie here or at the end of my post. 

I just loved colouring this cutie in. Need to practice my watercolour sky & grass though, not sure I like the finished look!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

DL ART- winter or thank you 

Time Out- thankful

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- ATG with a critter

Crafty Animals- ATG

Pile It On- thank you

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Bunny & Butterfly' by Wild Rose Studio

Derwent Inktense Pencils

Bunny- oak, saddle brown & carmine pink

Flowers- iris blue, dusky purple, shiraz, carmine pink & ink black

Stems- field green

Butterfly- lagoon, peacock blue & red violet

Sky- iris blue

Grass- hookers green & apple green

Papers & Embellishments

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

DP- ' Pretty In Pink' from the Back To Basics collection by Dovecraft

My stash- purple ribbon

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

Diamond Press by Crafters Companion

'thank you' from the Sentiments Two set by Spellbinders

'5" square white card blank'

 This fortnights yummy cookie

I hope you will take a few minutes to pop over & see what fabulous creations the IYGACAC DT have made using this cookie. Don't forget you can use anything from the cookie, colours, patterns, whatever inspires you. As long as we can see it!!

I will be back on Saturday with my first creation of the year for MTTC.

Until then take care

hugs xx

Colour Crazy GD....

I'm so excited, I have been asked to join in with the lovely people over at Colour Crazy for a term as guest designer. I just love their creations & try to enter at least once a month.

Anyhoos for my first creation we were lucky enough to get an image each to play with from our sponsor..... Polkadoodles.....one of my favourite digi image sites!!

So after much looking & getting 10 down to 1,  I chose this little cutie....

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Polkadoodles- ATG

As You Like It- ATG

The Crafty Addicts- ATG

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- ATG with a critter

Crafting With An Attitude- ATG

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Breaktime' by Polkadoodles

Promarkers/Flexmarkers words in black

Faber-Castell Polychromo Pencils words in brown

Boy

Skin- blush, venetian red, medium flesh & cinnamon

Hair- lemon, van-dyck-brown & light yellow ochre

Hat- april shower, olive green yellowish & earth green

Shirt- winter berry, delft blue, blue violet & purple violet

Trousers- denim blue, bluish turquoise, helio turquoise & cobalt turquoise

Tree- tawny owl, dark sepia & van-dyck-brown

Leaves- forest green, deep cobalt green, hookers green, leaf green, emerald green & permanent green

Acorns- walnut, nutmeg & raw umber

Axe- amber, burnt sienna, gerbrannt ochre, icicle, warm grey V & warm grey IV

Sandwich- oatmeal, raw umber, brown ochre, cocoa, grass & hookers green

Napkin- red, paynes grey, middle cadmium red & madder

Boots- lush green, deep cobalt green, hookers green, pine & pine green

Mug- blue grey 3, dark sepia, warm grey VI & warm grey V

Squirrel- rose pink, oatmeal, black, dark sepia, bistre & burnt ochre

Grass- grass, deep cobalt green & hookers green

Papers & Embellishments

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

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

'Relax' scrabble tiles large & small by Creative Expressions

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'onyx black' Versafine ink

'6" kraft card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over to the main Colour Crazy challenge blog to see what fab creations the DT have made....

I will be back tomorrow with my latest creation for MTTC

Take care until then 

hugs xx

Lumpy & The Stork!!

WOW!! its my first post back after the holidays.....I hope you all had a fabulous time & ate lots, I know we did lol!! 

We had a fabulous Christmas, with our eldest coming home from Uni for 10 whole days lol. But the exciting news is...on New Years Eve our baby girl Danni proposed to her boyfriend of 5 years & he said yes.....I am so happy for them both, they are so cute together & so in love ....also I'm just glad she is happy. The wedding wont be for a while as she is still in Uni until 2019 & Hayden is studying engineering at college, so they need to finish their studies first. But whoop, some good news to start off the year, lets hope it carries on being an amazing year for us all xxx

Anyhoos enough about me & mine, I'm here today to share with you my DT creation for

 'Inspiration Destination' as always the theme is 

Anything Goes

we have the fabulous 'Kinda Cute' sponsoring us this fortnight. We were lucky enough to be given an image to play with. I just had to have this cutie ...

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

2 Crafty Critter Crazies-  ATG with critter

Animal Friends- new beginnings

Always Fun- something new

Kinda Cute Facebook- ATG

Use Your Stuff- ATG

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Stork & Elephant' by Kinda Cute

Promarkers/Flexmarkers words in black

Faber-Castell words in brown

Elephant- ice grey 1, cold grey VI, cold grey V & cold grey III

Stork- warm grey III, warm grey II, paynes grey, black & yellow

Blanket- soft lime, cadmium orange & dark chrome yellow

Mouse- sandstone & burnt sienna

Rocks- grey squirrel, warm grey VI, morning mist & warm grey V

Grass- fresh meadow, earth green yellowish & may green

Tufts- lush green

Panpastels

Sky- turquoise & turquoise tint

Papers & Embellishments

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

'yellow' 12 x 12 'Embossed Brights' by Craft Sensations

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Sizzix Bigshot

'new baby' sentiment die cut by Die'sire

'purple DL card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you will pop over & check out what fabulous 'ATG' creations the DT have made.

I will be back on Friday with my first GDT creation for 'Colour Crazy'.....so until then take care 

Hugs xx