Swinging By!

I can't believe its the end of July, where did it go? It really doesn't seem like that long ago when I was here to share my July creation for Natalie & Amy's with you!

Anyhoos I am here today to share my August creation with you.

This month there is a fab £15 voucher to spend in store for the winner, so make sure you enter.

As they say "ya gotta be in it, to win it!"

Augusts theme is...

BUTTONS & BOWS

you must use at least one of each

I just had to use one of my Humphrey stamps for this card, I just love all these super cute elephants.

Such a cutie!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafter's Cafe- use some buttons
I Love Promarkers- more than three layers
Little Red Wagon- up, up & away
Die Cuttin' Divas- the great outdoors
Bunny Zoe's- summer breeze

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Swinging By' from the Humphrey's Corner Collection from Natalie & Amy's

Promarkers/Flexmarkers- words

Spectrum Noir Pencils- numbers

Ellie- blue grey 1, 115 & 114

Dress- sorbet, 42, peony, 79 & 38

Shoes- peony, 79, 38, gold, ice grey 1, 116, 115 & 114

Jewellery- peony

Swing- raw sienna, 96, 94 & 91

Tim Holtz distress inks

Clouds- salty ocean

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Bubblegum Girl' Grace Taylor

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

'Tea Party Twine' from Natalie & Amy's

Tools & Glues

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

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

Sizzix Bigshot

'Oval #4' die cut by Nellie Snellon MFD047

'Bow' die cut by Presscut PCD08

'Heart Buttons' mini die cuts by Tattered Lace

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

Thank you for stopping by today, have a great weekend when it gets here

Hugs xx

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Hello!

Good morning I hope your all ok. Thought I'd start the weekend off by showing you a photo of Nico, hiding in his den under our bed...all sorts of things under there, a pair of my trackers, all his cuddly toys & anything else he can find to pinch lol

I'm here today to share my latest 'Slinky Tart' creation with you. Please pop over to the Slinky blog & check out what fabulous creations the Slinkies have made to inspire you this week.

Just knew as soon as I printed her off that I want to make a DL card with her x

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafts Galore- digi or stamp
CCC Digi- ATG
Digi Galore- summery/bright
Tinker Dream- summer
Creative Knockouts- outside fun
Moo-Mania & more- garden

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'A Little Dirt Never Hurt' by Slinky Tart

Promarkers/ Flexmarkers- words

Spectrum Noir Pencils- numbers

Skin- blush & 90

Eyes- 108, 47 & 46

Lips- cerise

Hair- primrose, 107 & 16

Hat- champagne, 90, 86, 85 & 84

Dungarees- baby pink, 32, 31 & 30

Boots- sunset, 106 & 33

Watering can- frozen lake, 77, 76, red & 33

Straw- starfish & 84

Spade- dolphin blue, 118, auburn, 104, sapphire & 73

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Bubblegum Girl' by Grace Taylor

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

Tools & Glues

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

Sizzix Bigshot

'Hello' word die cut by Clearly Besotted Stamps

'DL' white card blank' from Natalie & Amy's

Thank you for stopping by, don't forget to pop over & check out what the Slinkies have been creating

Have a great weekend

Hugs xx

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'Polly Wants A Cracker!'

Morning & welcome to my blog today. It's Thursday so that can only mean one thing.....a new challenge over at Moving Along With The Times!

This week we have a really easy & great challenge for you....

GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN!

I decided to use another of Tamara at The Stamping Chef's images....you can't go wrong with them really. They are so smexy & girlie just perfect for this challenge!

I think I'm kinda addicted to these images & colouring their hair in not natural colours!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Card & Scrap- bright colours
Craft Your Passion- ribbons
Dragonfly Dreams- things with wings

Image & Colouring Mediums 

Image- 'Polly Wants a Cracker!' by The Stamping Chef

Promarkers/Flexmarkers

Skin- coral, sunkissed pink & blush

Derwent Inktense pencils

Hair- crimson & carmine pink

Eyes- iris blue

Crop top- deep blue & iris blue

Tie- hot red & scarlet pink

Knickers- iris blue & carmine pink

Tights- deep indigo, peacock blue, cadmium orange & sherbet lemon

Branch- sepia ink, oak & tan

Polly- spring green, apple green, burnt orange, cadmium orange, golden yellow, carmine pink, dark aquamarine, green aquamarine & lagoon

Cracker- burnt orange

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Bubblegum Girl' by Grace Taylor

'Happy Birthday My Friend' tags from the sentiment tag set #24 by Lili of The Valley

My stash- turquoise card & ribbon

Tools & Glues

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

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

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & see what fab 'girlie fun' the DT are having with their creations!

Hugs xx

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'Inky Impressions'

This is my second post for today, please scroll down to see my creation for The Stamping Chef!

Today I am sharing with you my first card using an image from the fab 'Inky Impressions' I was so excited when I received my first few images to play with. I just wanted to say thank you for having me on your DT & I can't wait to play with more of your gorgeous images xx

This week we have a fab theme for you this week....

FOLD IT!

we want to see all your fancy folded cards, whether that's an easel card or a tri-fold card!

I decided to make an easel card as I hadn't made one for a while!

The only downside to making an easel card is, they are an absolute pain to take photos of!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Fan-tastic Tuesday- use patterned paper

Sweet Stamps- dies cuts

Fitz Town- fancy folds

Crafting When We Can- for a child

Robyns Fetish- Birthday card for a young child

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Angelica Crafting' by Inky Impressions

Promarker/Flexmarker 

Skin- coral, dusky pink & blush

Doodling- azure & sky blue using a fine nib

Derwent Inktense pencils

Eyes- baked earth

Hair- willow, saddle brown, tan & sicilian yellow

Head band- shiraz & peacock blue

Bracelets- poppy red & sun yellow

Tshirt- crimson, hookers green & apple green

Trousers- ink black, charcoal grey & neutral grey

Socks- iron blue & peacock blue

Stationary & pencil pot- poppy red, red violet, apple green, peacock blue, cadmium yellow, burnt orange & sun yellow

Ribbon & hearts- shiraz, crimson, poppy red, burnt orange, golden sienna & golden yellow

Cards- poppy red & dusky purple

Ground- amber & tan

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Bubble Gum Girl' by Grace Taylor

'Divine Twine' aqua, black licorice & cherry

'With Love' sentiment from the 'Tweet' set by Papermania

My stash- ribbon, heart sliders, pencil buttons & blue & pink card

Tools & Glues

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

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

'Tabs With Text' die cut by Marainne D COL1315

'Large' corner rounded corner punch by X-cut

'2 x 6" scalloped square card blanks' from Natalie & Amy's

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over to the main blog & see what fab 'fold it' creation the DT have made!

Hugs xx

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'Flying High!'

Oh I can't believe my card is 7 days late, how bad is that? I just hope I don't get the sack lol! I'm sure Shaz my boss over at Sparkles Monthly will forgive me.

Well as you have guessed my card was due on the 15th & I just totally forgot about it until one of the girls mentioned the date. Bad thing about realising I had forgot was we were on our hols, so I couldn't do anything until today. But I did enjoy colouring this cutie!

This month over at 'Sparkles Monthly' we have a fab theme for you to follow

'UP, UP & AWAY!'

your creation must have balloons on, either hot air or party!

I have had this stamp for ages & never inked him up. I decided to do lots of decoupage making him a bit more dimensional!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Bearly Mine- fab sketch

Twist of Faith- animals

C.... is For Challenge- animals

The Crazy Challenge- animals

Images & Colouring Medium

Image- 'Turtle Flying High' by Marianne D

Tim Holtz distress inks from Natalie & Amy's

Balloons- festive berries, salty ocean, mustard seed & picked raspberry

Seat- gathered twigs

Turtle (heads, legs & arms) forest moss & gathered twigs

Shell- stormy sky, faded jeans & broken china

Body plate- gathered twigs & antique linen

Papers & Embellishments

All DP- 'Bubblegum Girl' by Grace Taylor

My stash- pink card & sentiment

Tools & Glues

Collall all purpose glue from Natalie & Amy's

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

Sizzix Bigshot

Ecraft

'Scalloped Rectangle frame' die cut by Nellie Snellon MFD008

'Lace border #7' die cut by Die'sire

Clouds cut on my Ecraft using free SVG by Free SVG's

6" square card blank from Natalie & Amy's

This month we are sponsored by the fab 'Crafty Ribbons'

the winner will receive a £10 voucher to spend.

I am really sorry I haven't visited you all lately I will be around sometime today! Please pop over to the main Sparkles blog & see what fab creations the DT have made!

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'Sorry, I Forgot'

This is my second post for today, please scroll down to see my 'Sparkles Christmas' creation!
Hugs xx

I am so sorry this post is so late, it was set to post at 11 but Mr Blog didn't or I didn't do it!! 
I have a very poorly 15yr old at the moment. Katie had a virus when she was younger & it got into her muscles, making everything ache & along with her clicky hip walking is difficult! So after being to the Dr today he says she has got this virus back, it will lie dormant in her & anything could set it off.....nice of our old Dr to tell me that arghh!!! Anyhoos she's go to rest & drink plenty of fluids & stop off school, which is such a pain because my whole routine gets messed up lol!! Oh I know she can't help being poorly, poor love! So I will get around to visiting you all as soon as I can!

It's time for the start of a new challenge over at The Perfect Sentiment, where this week we want you to

MAKE IT FEMININE!

so get out your girlie images, lace, doily's, flowers & anything else girlie!

I used this challenge to make a card for our Danni to give to her friends mom, who's birthday we all forgot oops! I have yet again used one of The Stamping Chef's gorgeous images! I just can't stop using them!

Her little face is darling & she was fab to colour in!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

The Sweet Stop- fantastic sketch
Creative Card Crew- bling

Die Cutting Divas- anything goes
Everybody Art Challenge- pearls

Goodies I Have Used

Image- 'Don't Be Sad' by The Stamping Chef

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

Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Skin- coral, sunkissed pink & blush

Derwent Inktense pencils

Hair- madder brown, red oxide & burnt orange

Jumper- carmine pink, deep rose & fuchsia

Trousers- deep rose, deep blue, sea blue, Indian ink & sherbet lemon

Shoes- deep rose, fuchsia & sea blue

Ground- saddle brown

Phlox- fuchsia, cadmium yellow, hooker's green & apple green

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Bubblegum Girl' by Grace Taylor

Blue papers by Kodak

'Scalloped Oval' die cut by Sizzix 667564

'Oval' die cut by Sizzix 657563

'Fabulous Phlox' die cut by Memory Box 98511 from Natalie & Amy's

Pink pearls my stash

'Lace' border die cut by Sizzix 658002

This week we are sponsored by Robyn's Fetish, the winner will recieve 5 free digi's of their choice! 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, please pop over & see what fab creations the DT have made!

Hugs xx

'With Love, From Bamboo'

Well we managed to get Danni a dress for her prom, its gorgeous! Very Danni, not girlie lol!! Just got to find the shoes to go with it now. Then its sorted until next year, when we have to do it all over again for Katie!

Today is the start of the new monthly challenge over at Sparkles, where this month we want to see

HEARTS!

on you creation....I decided to make Nige a card just to let him know I loves him lots!

Under my sentiment I have used the 'corner bow' die cut, but have cut it in half so it looks like a flourish!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafty Catz- fab sketch

Gingerloft- for the guys (for my hubby)

Di's Digi Downloads- use a bear (hope panda counts as a bear)

Card Crafters Circle- die cuts

Auds Sentiments- for a man (for my hubby)

Goodies I Have Used

Image & sentiment- from the 'Love From Bamboo' stamp set from the 'Party Paws' collection from Natalie & Amy's

5" square card blank from Natalie & Amy's

Prisma pencils & Sansodor

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Bubblegum Girl' by Grace Taylor

'Scalloped Oval' die cut by Sizzix 66756

'Corner Bow' die cut by Memory Box 98371 from Natalie & Amy's

'Precious Hearts' die cut by Memory Box 98474 from Natalie & Amy's

'Candy Hearts GB' die cuts by Marianne D COL1307

Blue paper by Kodak

Blue pearls & ribbon my stash

This month we are sponsored by Di's Digi downloads, the winner will receive $10 gift voucher to spend.

Thank you for stopping by today, I will hopefully be around later to say hi to you all! Please if you have time pop over to the main challenge blog & see what fab creations the DT have made!

Hugs xx