Feeling Summery Today!

Ok so the title is a total fib, cus its blinkin freezing here in Stoke on Trent in the UK....even Nico (my skunk) has given up & stayed in his bed. Usually he chases me around the bedroom wanting his breakfast....but not this morning!!

Today I'm here to show you my 'Try Stamping on Tuesday' creation. We have a great sketch for you to follow this week (certainly had me thinking) you will find it here, or if you scroll to the bottom of my post you will find it there. Don't forget we have an optional theme, which this week is 'family!'

Sorry about all the photos lol

Challenges I Would Like to Enter

Love to Scrap- when nature calls

Seize the Birthday- ATG birthday

Penny's Challenge- anything but Christmas

Creative Card Crew- ATG

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Sunflower 1 & Sunflower 2' by Robyn's Fetish

Promarkers/Flexmarkers- words

Spectrum Noir pencils- numbers

Sansodor

Petals- summer sun, yellow, 22 & 20

Centre- raw sienna, 104 & 33

Leaves & stem- forest green, 54, 53 & 48

Ladybug- ruby & 99

Bumble bees- sunflower, 65, 61 & 22

Papers & Embellsihments

DP- 'Verde' from the Capsule Collection by Papermania

My stash- yellow card, sentiment, ladybug & bumble bee stamps

Tools & Glues

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

Sizzix Bigshot

'Classic Triple Scallop' Edgeabilities die cut by Spellbinder

'5 x 7" white card blank' from Natalie & Amy's

This weeks sketch & the optional them is 'family'

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

Hugs xx

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Autumnal Birthday!

Wow, where is the time going to? I can't believe its only 16 days until I go on my crafty week away! I booked it last October as soon as I got home from that one & boy times just flown!!!

Anyhoos on with today's post. 

Over at The Perfect Sentiment we have a challenge that I just loved creating for, I just love sunflowers they make me think of my Nan. When I was a kid my nan lived about 70 miles away so I only saw her in the hols....so when it was time to plant the seeds I would help Nan plant them & through the school term Nan would look after them for me & measure them & phone or write a letter to tell me so I could keep my own grow chart at home! I still have a few of them in the loft!!

Anyhoos this weeks challenge is

AUTUMNAL BIRTHDAYS!

don't forget your sentiment on the front!

I decided to use an image I won a while ago & chose because of my Nan x

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Cards Galore- flowers

Design To Colour- die cuts

Feeling Crafty- autumn

Get Inky- fall colours

Lunagirl Moonbeam- Autumn

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Sunflower #2' by Robyns Fetish

Derwent Inktense pencils

Sunflower head- bark, amber, cadmium orange & sun yellow

Leaves- beech green & field green

Colour distressing Tim Holtz gathered twigs from Natalie & Amy's

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'New Leaf' by Ist Edition from Natalie & Amy's

My stash- green card, felt leaf ribbon, 'An Autumn Day' & 'Happy Birthday' sentiments

Tools & Glues

Collall all purpose glue from Natalie & Amy's

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

Sizzix Bigshot

5" square card blank from Natalie & Amy's

'Incire Flower' die cut by Nellie Snellen MFD024

'Swirl #1' die cut by Joy Crafts 6003/0002

This week we are sponsored by the fab Robyn's Fetish, the lucky winner will receive 5 digi images of their choice!!

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over to 'The Perfect Sentiment' blog & see what fab creations the DT have made!!

Hugs xx

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Going Green With A Little Grey!!

I hope your all ok out there? Huge hugs for those of you who are poorly. I just wanted to say a huge thank you for the messages I have had about my migraine! I don't get them very often, but when I do they totally floor me! So huge a thank you again xx

 Today is the start of a new challenge over at The Perfect Sentiment! Where this week we have a colour challenge for you..

GREEN WITH A LITTLE GREY!

I must admit when I saw the challenge I did panic lol  But after sitting down & thinking about it I really enjoyed making this card. I very, very rarely use green as a main colour, to be honest I think this 

is the first time!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Sketch Saturday- fab sketch

One Stitch At A Time- Green

Goodies I Have Used

Image- 'Angie Angel' by Robyn's Fetish

5" square card blank

Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Skin- sunkissed pink & blush

Hair- raw sienna, mustard & vanilla

Bow- col grey 5, 4 & 3

Wings- aniseed

Dress- pesto, olive green & herb green

Tights- cool grey 5, 4, 3, olive green & herb green

Flower- canary, blue grey 4 & 2

Ground- warm grey 2 & grey squirrel

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Verde' Capsule Collection by Papermania

Green card 'Coredinations Brights' from Natalie & Amy's

'Ticket' die cuts by X-cut 657569

Faux stitching done using warm grey 3 Promarker with fine nib

Card candi my stash

Sentiment by 'Paula Pascal' Personal Impressions mix & match from Natalie & Amy's

This week we are sponsored by the fab Robyn's Fetish the winner will receive 5 digi images of their choice from Robyn's online store!

Thank you for stopping by today, please try & pop over to the main challenge blog & see what fab creations the girls have made to inspire you!  I will be popping around to see you all real soon!

hugs xx

It's Raining Cats & Dogs!

This is my second post today please scroll down for my Willow Sketchie & pop back later to see my Delightful Challenges x

Ok so its not really! lol!

But our theme over at MAWTT this week is

CATS & DOGS!

we have a fab sponsor Robyns Fetish

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Paper Variety- anything goes

Make It Monday- anything goes

 

Goodies I Have Used

Image- 'Kitty with his wool' by Robyns Fetish

6" square card blank from Crafty Emma's Store

Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Kitty- umber, caramel, sandstone & pale pink

Wool- vermillion, magenta & shocking pink

Ground- khaki, soft khaki, pastel beige & light fawn

Papers & Embellishments

My stash- pink card, DP, ribbon & pink gems

Sentiment from the 'Ticket Sentiment' set by Digital Delights

Eastern Rounds die cut by Nellie Snellon MFD010

Flower die cut by Marianne Design LR0110

Eyelet border SVG cut on my Ecraft from Heathers blog

I hope you will join us this week, I look forward to see your creations! Don't forget to pop over to the main blog & see what fab creations my teamies have come up with!

hugs xx

Away In A Manger!

Some of you may remember seeing this post last week, lol it was when I was sick & me being a numpty posted the wrong card lol oops! Anyhoos its here now!

Its time for a new monthly challenge over at Sparkles Christmas Challenge & we would like to see your

NATIVITY

creations!
We have two fab sponsors this month!

Crafty Emma's Store
where the winner will recieve a super cute Christmas Fizzy Moon stamp

Robyns Fetish
Who will be giving the winner a choice of 5 digi's or 4 digi's & 1 paperpack!

I have used our sponsors images & papers for my card.

Goodies I Have Used

Images- Mary & Joseph from Robyns Fetish

5" square card blank

Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Mary

skin- blush sunkissed pink & coral

Hair- raw sienna & mustard

Clothes- almond & putty

Sandles- caramel & umber

Joseph

Skin- blush, sunkissed pink & coral

Clothes- powder blue & glacier blue

Sandles- caramel & putty

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Ye Ole Christmas' by Robyns Fetish

Large snowflake by Martha Stewart

Small snowflake by X-cut

Thank you for stopping by today please pop over to the main blog & take a look at what my teamies have come up with this month!

hugs xx

Sparkly Christmas!

Wow! Firstly I want to thank those of you that entered lasy month SFCC with some gorgeous snowman creations!!

Well this month our theme is

GLITTER

really easy one this month so why not get a head start on your Christmas cards & play along!

We also have two fantastic sponsors

Joanna Sheen with a £10 voucher to spend in her online store!

Robyns Fetish with 5 digi images or 4 digis & 1 paper pack

Robyns Fetish has kindly given the DT some fab images to play with

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

For Fun- Christmas

Just For Fun- anything goes
Paper Shelter- anything goes

Goodies I Have Used

Image- Home For The Holidays by Robyns Fetish

6" square scalloped card blank from Crafty Emma's Store

Promarkers from Crafty Emma's Store

Snowman- powder blue, blender, mango, orange, henna, warm grey 4, black & pastel pink

Scarf- red, ruby & burgundy

Tie- cool aqua, duck egg & turquoise

Hat- cool grey 3, 4, 5, black, red & ruby

Bird- caramel & cocoa

Cardinal- lipstick red, red & berry

Birdie House- tan, cocoa, burnt sienna & red

Money pouch- gold & pumpkin

Papers & Embellishments

DP- (striped) Jolly Happy Christmas by Dovecraft

DP- (ponsettia) Milton Christmas stack by Wild Rose Studio

Burgundy card by Papermania

Sentiment by Kanban

Glamour Dust

Please pop over to the main blog to see what fab creation my teamies have made with Robyns fab images!

hugs xx

MERRY CHRISTMAS

lol sorry had to do it!!

Beach Kitty!

This week over at MAWTT we have a fab challenge for you

HOLIDAYS

We also have a fab sponsor

Robyns Fetish

Being on the DT we got a few images to play with!!

Goodies I Have Used

Image- Beach Kitty by Robyns Fetish

Promarkers from Crafty Emma's Store

Kitty- cool grey 1, 2 & pale pink

Sand- sandstone & caramel

Beachball- red, ruby, yellow & sunflower

Bucket & spade- red & ruby

Papers & Embellishments

DP- Citrus stack by DCWV

clouds distressed with Tim Holtz, faded jeans

Summer Day stamp by Cats Life Press from Crafty Emma's Store

Thanks for stopping by today, please pop over to the main blog to see what fab creations my fellow teamies have made with these great images!

hugs xx

It's All About The Love!!!

This weeks OSAAT challenge is all about the LOVE!! We want to see your

 Valentines

 creations this week!

So why not take this opportunity to make your other half a fabby Valentines day card!!

I decided to make this gorgeous snowman into a Newcastle United supporter lol (just like me!) I think he looks just gorgeous in his Toon colours!! mmmm even tho we lost to Stevenage yesterday oops oh well even the gooduns have to lose sometimes hehe!!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter
Sassy Studios- something new (image & circle sentiment)
Stamp Something- use a digi

Goodies I Used

Image- Oh Dear Frozen Love!! from Robyn's Fetish

IQ paper from Staples

Promarkers

Sentiment from Stitchy Bear

DP the Capsule Collection from Papermania

Green & purple card from Papermania

Clear rhinestones 4mm & 3mm from Pizzazz Aplenty

Raffita ribbon stuff from my stash

I just love this bloke, he is your typical man!!

Just glad my hubby ain't ya typical man, else I'd have to kick him into touch lol

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Kaboodle Doodles- Anything goes

Whoopsie Daisy- Anything goes

Craft Your Days Away - Anything goes

Goodies I Used

Image - Oopsie Daisy from Stitchy Bear

IQ paper from Staples

Promarkers

DP from Stitchy Bear

Sentiment ticket from Stitchy Bear

Ribbn slider from Crafty Emma's Store

Dew drops (clear) from Crafty Emma's Store

Ribbon from my stash

Heart punch from Woodware

Please pop over to the main blog for details of the prize sponsored by Digi's With Attitude & also an amazing offer!!! free images & papers when you spend $10 in the Stitchy Bear Store how cool & its loads of free stuff!!!

Let It Snow, Let It Snow!!!

But not really lol...I just like Michael Buble singin it hehe!! I blinkin hope the snow that we are forecast does't hang around to long cus we have lots of visiting to do over Christmas...as I'm sure lots of people do & I hate the thought of Christmas being ruined by snow!! Even tho I do love it!!
I just want to say sorry for not blog hopping like I usually do, my knee is giving me sooooo much pain, I'm not sleeping, so am staying in bed during the day!! Yesterday I really didn't feel safe so stayed in bed reading until 3.05 when the girls got home & today I only got up because Charlie wanted to go out! It's driving me mad but at least my hands aren't hurting much & I can still manage to make a card or two!!

This week at Moving Along With The Times thats what we want to see tho!

LET IT SNOW!!

We have the fab Robyns Fetish sponsoring us this week!!

Challenges I Am Entering

Fairymoon Craft- Sketch

Goodies I Used

Image- Frosty da Snowman from Robyns Fetish

IQ paper from Staples

Scalloped 6" squared card from Crafty Emma's Store

Promarkers

Frosty- powder blue & blender

Nose- right orange & orange

Hat- Poppy & crimson

Scarf- blossom, rose pink, henna & walnut

Jacket- henna, walnut, blossom & rose pink

Frosty's shadow- cool grey 1

Papers & Embellishments

Glamour dust

Glossy accents

DP- Naughty & Nice Christmas from Papermania

Pink card from Papermania

Dew drops (clear) from Crafty Emma's Store

Sentiment from Pollycraft

My stash- ribbon


Please pop over to the main blog to see what the other girlies have made with these fab images!!
hugs xxx stay safe xx

Another none Christmas card!!!

I seriously thought I had forgotten how to make an ordinary card!!

But had loadsa fun remembering hehe!!

This weeks challenge over at The Crazy is

USE AT LEAST 3 DESIGN PAPERS

& our sponsor for this week is Robyns Fetish, who gave the DT a few image sto play with! I chose a none Christmas one as I think everyone needs a brake from the festive cards lolol even tho I've still got about 10 to make oops!!

Goodies I Used

Image Sunflower Smiles from Robyns Fetish

IQ paper from Staples

promarkers

Petals- yellow & sunflower

Face- terracotta, cocoa & cerise

Stem & leaves- leaf green & bright green

Grass- grass & emerald

Papers & Embellishments

Yellow card from Papermania

DP- pink checked from Dovecraft

DP- pink & yellow from DCWV Nana's kitchen stack

DP- blue Baby boy flowers by Heidi Grace

Thanks for stopping by please pop over to the main blog!
hugs xx

A Snowman With More Than One Fold!!

Well have you had snow? We haven't yet mwauhhh!!! I want some!!! My friend Hazel (dido) sent me a picture text message thingy last night of the snow in her back garden...not a happy bunnie! Hopefully from what they are saying we should get some, if not Nige has said he will take us snow hunting at the weekend lol...we went about 3 weeks ago but didn't find any :0(   hope we do this time!

I thought I would show you another picture from last weekend!



This week at Moving Along With The Times we have a fab challenge for you,

More Than One Fold

If you want to make a card like this, I have done a tutorial over at Toucan Scraps

they are really easy to make & a bit different from the usual stepper.

This week we also have a fab sponsor 'Robyns Fetish' being on the DT we had some images to play with...I decided to use this really cute snowman!!

I have taken a few pictures so you can see him properly!

Look at his shiney hearts & nose! How cute is he?

Challenges I Am Entering
Digital Tuesday- Let It Snow!
Crafty Creations- Christmas

Goodies I Used

Image- snowman Robyn's Fetish

IQ paper

Promarkers

Snowman- cool aqua

Nose- orange & bright orange

Jacket- cocoa & henna

Pocket- cocoa, henna, bluebell, china blue & red

Hearts- red & cardinal red

Scarf- bluebell & china blue

Hat- bluebell & china blue

Sentiment- pear green, olive green & red

Papers & Embellishments

DP- The Sundae of Seasons Collection

Sentiment- Stampendous! Winter Wave Words Mini Cube

My stash- ribbon & burgundy card

Stickles

Glossy Accents

Dew drops (red) from Crafty Emma's Store

Doodles by me with a Letraset fineliner

Please pop over to the main  MAWTT blog & take a look at my

fellow teamies creations!

Black, White & PInk

Well, we had some absolutely fantastic entries to last weeks 'It's A girl Thing' over at 'The Crazy Challenge' I had great fun looking at all your creation they were fantastic...Thank you & I look forward to visiting your blogs again this week.

On to this weeks challenge 'Black, White & Pink' chosen by our Georgia. We have got a new sponsor this week Robyn's Fetish Stamps  the winner will be able to pick two images of their choice., & they have got some gorgeous images.

All the DT had a few images to play with and they are really cute....heres what I did with mine.

I really enjoyed this challenge never done a colour one like this, have done black, white & one other, but never had all three chosen for me. It was great fun.

Really lucky there are loads of different shades of pink in the Promarkers.

I thought this little sentiment was just about perfect to go with this little cutie.

Challenges I'm Entering
Passion For Promarkers  anything goes
Cooking it up with Katie wings, pink & petals
Totally Gorjuss wings

Stuff I Used.

Image Robyn's Fetish stamps

IQ paper

Promarkers

Birdie- blossom, rose pink, fuchsia,pink carnation & cerise

Around the birdie- sunkissed pink

Flowers- blossom, rose pink, fuchsia & pink carnation

DP, ribbon & gems my stash

Flowers pinched out of our Katie's stash..thanks hun xx

Sentiment sorry I can't remember

Thanks for looking, I hope you will join in with this weeks challenge, hugs xx