Just To Say Hello!

 Hey there, I hope you are all well. I can't believe its already the end of August, its totally flown by! Can you believe Harvey was 10 weeks old yesterday!!! I just can't believe it...madnessess!!

Anyhoos, I'm here today to share my latest 'Cardz 4 Galz' creation with you, the theme for the next fortnight is......

JUST SAYING HELLO

I think we've all got at least one friend who is finding life difficult at the moment, why not make a card to cheer them up, just to let them know you are there for them & thinking about them!!

Here's my make....

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Inspire Create Challenges- garden

Simon Says Stamp- ATG

Sweet Stampers- outdoor fun

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Little Leaf' Gorjuss Girl by Santoro

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell

Skin- cinnamon, medium flesh & light flesh

Hair- walnut brown, raw umber & dark naples ochre

Dress- helio turquoise, cobalt turquoise, light cobalt turquoise & light magenta

Socks- helio turquoise, cobalt turquoise, light cobalt turquoise & cold grey IV

Branches- dark sepia, walnut brown & raw umber

Leaves- hookers green, emerald green & permanent green

Beehive- van dyck brown, light cadmium red, dark cadmium orange, terracotta & dark cadmium yellow

Bumble bee- cold grey VI, light cobalt turquoise & cadmium yellow

Papers & Embellishments

'white' stamping card by Lynda Chapman

'turquoise' card from Hobbycraft

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose

Diamond Press by Crafters Companion

'Hello' die & sentiment stamp set by Crafti Potential

Sentiment stamped using 'warm breeze' Clair ink by Versafine

Image stamped using 'onyx black' ink by Versafine

'small corner rounder' punch by X-Cut

'triple butterfly' punch by Tonic

'photo corner' punch by Woodware

'6" white scalloped edge card blank'

Thank you for popping in today, please pop over & see what fabulous 'hello' creation the Cardz 4 Galz DT have created to help inspire you!

I will be back on the 2nd September!! 

Until then stay safe xx

Fezziwigs Festive Frolics!!

 Good morning, I'm here today to share with you my make for 'Fezziwigs Festive Frolics' where Hazel has asked me to be her guest designer for the challenge! Thanks for the invite hun xx

The theme over at Fezziwigs is....

so elves, reindeer, Mrs Claus....you get the idea!

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I used one of my favourite Christmas stamp buys of last year, you will see another of my favourite Christmas buy on the 2nd September!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Shopping Our Stash- pile it on

Holly & Ivy- ATG 

Cutie Pie - ATG cute

The Paper Girls- embossing

Jingle Belles- cardstock

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Reindeer Games' by C.C. Designs

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell in black

Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz in pink

Reindeer- dark sepia, van dyck brown & bistre

Antlers- burnt umber & dark sepia

Ears- cinnamon

Hat- prussian blue, helio turquoise, cobalt turquoise , warm grey IV & warm grey III

Scarf- prussian blue, helio turquoise & cobalt turquoise

Holly- deep cobalt green & permanent green

Berries- deep red

Bauble- bluish turquoise, cobalt turquoise & light cobalt turquoise

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

Sky- salty ocean

Embossing folder colour distressed- vintage photo

Papers & Embellishments

'Neenah, desert storm' Kraft card by Crafters Companion

'turquoise' card from Hobbycraft

My stash- ribbon & snowflake

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Sizzix Bigshot Plus

'Fairisle' A4 embossing folder from the Nordic collection by Crafters Companion

'radiant gold' Nuvo gilding flakes by Tonic

Nuvo glue pen by Tonic

Image & sentiment stamped using 'onyx black' ink by Versafine

'bunting' punch by Woodware (used for the banner end)

'5" white square card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & see Hazel's fabulous 'Santa's Little Helpers' creation here & the challenge blog is here!

I will be back tomorrow, so until then stay safe, hugs xx

Splish Splash!

 It's time for a new challenge over at 'My Time To Craft' where for the next fortnight the theme is...

CLEAN & SIMPLE

so why not join in with us for this awesome theme!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Creative Knockouts- something to say

Little Red Wagon- use a stencil

Papercraft Challenges -animals

Tinker-Dream- CAS

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images & sentiment- 'Sea You Plushies' By Clearly Besotted

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell in black

Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz in pink

Dolphin- warm grey V, warm grey IV & sky blue

Waves- salty ocean

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'splash & sentiment' salty ocean

'stormy seas' stencil by Heffy Doodle

'C6 white deckled edge card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & check out what fabulous 'clean & Simple' creations the DT have made.

I will be back on the 26th, so until then stay safe, hugs xx

Wish You Were Here!!

 Good morning fellow crafters, I'm here today to share with you my latest creation for 'Sheepski' As always remember we are an ATG challenge, but we have an added option which this month is...

BEGINNING WITH B...

with the image I used I have...beach, ball & blue. Big thing not to forget you have to use a 'Sheepski' image, pop over here if you haven't got any yet!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafty Gals Corner- summer fun

Ellibelle's Corner- things beginning with B

The Card Concept- photo inspiration

Colouring In Scrapland- summer

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Beach Hut Holiday' by Sheepski

Polychromo Pencils by Faber Castell 

Left hut- prussian blue, helio turquoise, cobalt turquoise, cold grey V & black

Middle hut- hooker's green, permanent green, cold grey V & black

Right hut- madder, deep red, cold grey V & black

Ball- deep red, hooker's green, permanent green, orange glaze & light chrome yellow

Chair- bistre, deep red & cold grey V

Sky- sky blue

Tufts- permanent green

Sand- bistre & brown ochre

Sea- middle phthalo blue & light cobalt turquoise

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

'black card by Lynda Chapman

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Sizzix Bigshot

'metric stitched rectangle' dies by Heffy Doodles

My stash- textured card fro card base

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over to the Sheepski page on Facebook & join in with us.

I will be back tomorrow with my next creation to share with you . Until then stay safe, hugs xx

Highland Coo

 Hi there. I'm back here today to share my newest 'Creatalicious' make with you. For the next fortnight the theme is .........

ATG 

BUT NO SQUARE 

OR RECTANGLE CARDS

so get out your funky card blanks & join n with us.

I decided to make a hexagon card base, as I just love how it looks!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Colour Crazy- ATG

Aud Sentiments- ATG with a sentiment

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- ATG with a critter

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Moovellous' by Time For Tea

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell in black

Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz in pink

Highland Coo- burnt sienna, burnt ochre, medium flesh, dark sepia, walnut brown, van dyck brown, dark sepia & black

Grass- deep cobalt green, emerald green & leaf green

Tree- pine green, hooker's green, emerald green, walnut brown & brown ochre

Birdie- deep red, scarlet red, blue violet & light chrome yellow

Sky- salty ocean

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

'blue' card from Hobbycraft

faux stitching done using a black Creative Lettering marker

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Hexagon cut on my Scan & Cut

image & sentiment stamped in 'onyx black' ink by Versafine

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & check out what fab creations the 'Creatalicious' DT have made. 

I will be back on the 20th, so until the stay safe, hugs xx

Sweet Kitties

Its time for me to share my latest 'Cardz 4 Galz' creation with you. For the next fortnight the theme is.....

MONOCHROMATIC

I decided to use another of my fab & favourite Clearly Besotted stamps sets!!

How cute are these kitties!! 💗

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Stinkin' Inkers- monochromatic

Ike's World- three of a kind

Show Us Your Pussycats- furrything goes

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Fluffy Furball' by Clearly Besotted

Polychromo Pencils by Faber- Castell in black

Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz in red

Distress Inks by Tim Holtz in pink

Kitties- payne's grey, dark sepia, raw umber & leaf green

Bricks- gathered twigs

Sweet- vintage photo

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

'brown' card from the A4 stack by Lime Tree

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

Diamond Press by Crafters Companion

'brick stencil' from the 'Ornate Window' set free with Die Cutting Essentials, Special Edition 2019

'SWEET' die cut by Diamond Press

'paw print' cut on my Scan n Cut

'stitched strips of ease' dies by Heffy Doodles

'5" square white card blank

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

I will be back on the 15th, until the stay safe xx

Tunnel Card

 Morning fellow crafters, I hope you are all well. As I write this post my head is banging, the weather is so close here its squishing my brain! I hate this weather, much prefer the cold. Anyhoos, I'm here today to share my latest 'Not Just Cards' creation with you.

As you know I love 'Clearly Besotted' stamps & after looking through the new release stamps from this month I just knew I had to use this set to make a tunnel card. No idea how to make one. So after asking Hazel & being pointed in the direction of easy to follow distructions this is what I ended up with!! Its now sitting on Harvey's shelf, as Katie liked it so much she pinched it lol!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafty Creations- ATG

Through The Craftroom Door- ATG

All Fun Challenges- ATG

Classic Design Team- ATG

Dream Factory- Aquaman

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Dive Right In' by Clearly Besotted

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell in black

Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz in pink

Ship- burnt umber, bistre, olive green yellowish & light cobalt turquoise

Sail- cold grey V & olive green yellowish

Sand- bistre & brown ochre

Anchor- warm grey VI & cold grey V

Stones- warm grey VI & warm grey V

Seaweed- deep cobalt green, leaf green & hookers green

Sea anemone- magenta & permanent carmine

Bottle- prussian blue, helio blue reddish & phthalo blue

Submarine- dark cadmium orange, orange glaze, cadmium yellow & light cobalt turquoise

Left diver- van dyke brown & raw umber

Mask- burnt carmine, scarlet red & light cobalt turquoise

Right diver- warm grey V, cold grey IV & cold grey III

Mask- light purple pink, middle purple pink & light turquoise

Snorkel- light purple pink & middle purple pink

Top fish- deep red, scarlet red & orange glaze

Bottom fish- mauve & manganese violet

All card & stencil- salty ocean

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

'blue' card from Hobbycraft

My stash- white textured card

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

Sizzix Bigshot

'stitched circle' die cut by M & C Boutique

'rays the roof' stencil by Heffy Doodles

'vintage flourish' die cut by Joy Crafts (seaweed)

All images stamped using 'onyx black' ink by Versafine

I really enjoyed making this card, I think I will be making more in the future!

I will be back on the 14th, until the stay safe, hugs xx

Anteater Love!

I have 3 posts today & this is my last one, so please scroll down & take a look at my others xx

I'm here today to share my next creation for 'Simply Create Too' with you. Where for the next month the theme will be ....

BLACK, WHITE 

& 

1 OTHER COLOUR

I decided to use one of my newer Clearly Besotted stamps & make a card for Katie's friend, as a thank you for all the goodies she got for Katie & Harvey when he was born!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Art Impressions- cards for kindness

Aud Sentiments- ATG with a sentiment

Cute Card Thursday- ATG

Shopping Our Stash- KISS

Artsy Stamper- sentiment all

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Anteater Antics' by Clearly Besotted

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell

Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz in red

Distress Inks by Tim Holts in pink

Anteaters- black, warm grey VI & warm grey V

Shadow- cold grey IV

Heart- tattered rose & spun sugar

Thank you- hickory smoke & black

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

'white' stamping card by Sheena Douglas

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

Tools & glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

Diamond Press by Crafters Companion

'heart balloon' by Marianne D (limited addition)

'THANK YOU' cut on my Scan n Cut using  Ex-Boyfriend font

'5" square white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, I will be back on the 11th, until then stay safe

Hugs 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

Ship Ahoy!

I have 3 posts today please pop back later for another creation!

For the next fortnight over at 'My Time To Craft' the theme is.....

TRAVEL

so anything from, cars & planes to camels & hot air balloons. I hope you will join in with us!!

I've had this Woodware stamp for ages now & thought it was perfect for this challenge theme!

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Ship Ahoy' by Woodware

Distress Inks by Tim Holtz in black

Promarkers in pink

Sky- salty ocean, stormy sky & tumbled glass

Ship- vintage photo

Sails- old paper & squeezed lemon

Flags- festive berries

Sun- squeezed lemon & mustard seed

Oval beads- victorian velvet

Leaves- forest moss, crushed olive & shabby shutters

Flowers- dusty concord, victorian velvet, festive berries, squeezed lemon & mustard seed

Surround- vintage photo

Anchor- black, cool grey 5, cool grey 4 & praline

Papers & Embellishments

'white' water colouring card by Crafters Companion

'black' card from the A4 stack by Lime Tree Crafts

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Sizzix Bigshot

'anchor' dinky die by X-cut 503633

scissors used to distress edges

'5 x 7" white card blank

Thank you for popping in today, please pop over & see what fabulous 'travel' creations the DT have made to help inspire you.

I will be back on the 11th, until then take care xxx

Shake it!!

Hi there fellow crafters, I hope you are all keeping well & getting plenty of crafty time! I will admit,  having our grandson in the same house I'm having to drag myself away from the little cutie to craft. I mainly craft when hes sleeping lol...good job hes still sleeping lots else I might never get any crafting done!! 

My gorgeous boy with his Momma

Anyhoos, enough of Harvey for today, I'm here to share my latest 'A Place To Start' creation with you. So for the next month we want to see your ....

SHAKER CARDS

|I decided to make the whole card into a shaker!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Through The Craftroom Door- ATG

Dragonfly Dreams- ATG

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- ATG with a critter

Crafty Animals- ATG

Mix It Up- embossing (frame)

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Peaceful Plushies' by Clearly Besotted

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell in black

Distress Oxides by Time Holtz in red

Distress Inks by Time Holtz in pink

Islands- pine green, chromium green opaque, earth green yellowish & may green

Bridge- permanent carmine & scarlet red

Tree trunk- walnut brown, bistre & brown ochre

Blossoms- dark red & pink carmine

Stones- cold grey VI & IV

Water- light phthalo blue

Sky- sky blue

Foxes- terracotta, burnt ochre & cold grey III

Umbrella- bistre, helio turquoise, cobalt green & turquoise

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

 'white' stamping card by Sheena Douglass

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

My stash- textured card from the blank

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

Sizzix Bigshot

'floral frenzy' Embossalicious embossing folder by Die'sire from Crafters Companion

'grassy lass' die cut by Heffy Doodles

'spring border' by Tattered Lace (blossoms)

'Hello' die cut by Diamond Press

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & check out the DT's 'shaker' makes.

I will be back on the 7th....until then take care & stay safe xx