Henry Drinking His Hot Chocolate

Good morning fellow crafters, I hope you are all well. 

I'm doing ok, a bit more tired than usual as started a new job this week. I enjoy it but it gonna take some getting used to lol!!

Anyhoos, I'm here to share with you my latest 'Happy Little Stampers Christmas' DT creation with you. As always we are an ATG challenge but with an added option theme. Which for this month is...wonderland!

I decided to do an ATG creation, using one of my favourite mice out there. I just love Henry by Whiff of Joy. He is the cutest little beastie!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Christmas Craft Creations- ATG

The Holly & Ivy- ATG Christmas

Dream Valley- Christmas in July

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Henry With Hot Chocolate' by Whiff of Joy

Everblend Markers by Arteza in black

Polychromo Pencils by Faber-Castell in pink

Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz in red

Henry

Fur- WG08 warm grey 8 & dark sepia

Ears- R18 powder pink & medium flesh

Jacket- B25 butterfly blue, indanthrene blue, helio blue reddish & R21 ruby red

Hat- B25 & warm grey IV

Scarf- B37 carolina blue, cobalt blue greenish, R21 ruby red & cold grey VI

Mug- cold grey VI, cold grey IV, Y02 star yellow, dark cadmium orange & dark chrome yellow

Holly- YG04 apple green & deep cobalt green

Berries- R23 sea urchin red

Mallows- RP16 blush pink & fuchsia

Hot choc- BR34 light clay brown

Shadow- black, warm grey VI, warm grey V, warm grey IV & warm grey III

Surround- tumbled glass

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

DP- 'Christmas Tales' by Dovecraft

'black' card from the A4 stack by Papermill

My stash- 3mm AB shaped gems

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Sizzix Bigshot

'tag' from the 'Driving Home For Christmas' set by Simply Cards & Papercraft Issue 181

'stitched circles' by Heffy Doodle

Image stamped using 'tuxedo black' ink by Memento

Sentiment stamped using 'onyx black' ink by Versafine

'5" square white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, I will be back tomorrow.

Take care xx

Coffee Time!

 Over at 'Cardz 4 Galz' a new challenge is starting today. Our theme for the next fortnight is.....

TEA/COFFEE

I was lucky enough to be given this image in a monthly progressive challenge over at Stampers Delight (on their Facebook page) & I thought it was just perfect for this challenge!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Paperminutes- eating/drinking

Crafting Happiness- ATG

2 Sisters on the Blog- coffee

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Better With Coffee' by Stampers Delight

Tri-Blend Markers by Spectrum Noir

Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz in pink

Versafine Clair Pigment ink by Tsukineko in red

Skin- fair skin blend

Eyes- alpine green blend

Hair- antique pink blend

Top- bright pink blend

Trousers- vintage blue blend

Shoes- muted brown blend

Cup- aqua blue blend & muted brown blend

Ground- ice grey shades & ice grey blend

Coffee beans- vintage photo

Lid & wrap distressed using old paper

Wrap stamped using rain forest

Coffee bean surround distressed using rain forest

Papers & Embellishments

'white' colouring card by Rymans

'white' stamping card by Sheena Douglas

'green' card form the A4 stack by Lime Tree Crafts

Tools & Glues

'coffee cup & stencil' from the Simply Cards & Papercraft Issue 177

coffee cup stamped using 'onyx black' ink by Versafine

'7" x 5" white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, please pop over & see what fabulous 'tea or coffee' creations the DT have come up with!

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

Forget Me Knots

I just love this time of the month, when I get to share my latest make for 'Sheepski' with you. I just love designing for Andrea xx

As always the theme is ATG, but we do have an optional theme of  ribbons/bows

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Addicted To Stamps- flowers

Dare 2 B Artzy- flowers

The Paper Players- CAS & plants

Scribbles Designs- flowers

Images & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Forget Me Knots' by Sheepski

Faber-Castell Polychromo Pencils in brown

Flowers- dark chrome yellow, light chrome yellow, ultramarine & light ultramarine

Leaves & stems- hooker's green & permanent green 

Shadow- cold grey V, cold grey IV & cold grey III

Papers & Embellishments

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

'white' colouring card by Rymans

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Diamond Press by Crafters Companion

'bloom' from the 'Bloom' set from Simply Cards & Papercraft

'C6 white deckled edge card blank'

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

I will be back tomorrow with my next make to share with you , until then take care xx

2019!!

I can't believe its over 2 months since I posted...I have had a few really crap months!

Just after the last time I posted, I fell cracking my knee cap, adding to the already out of control pain I get in my knee. So between working & house life I fell into a depression. I really struggled to drag myself out of it. Just as I was starting to see the light, we had to have our beautiful 15yr old greyhound put to sleep....we have had him since he was 5 weeks old, so life without him is real strange!  Then Christmas came & went, it was ok but no eldest daughter at home as she decided to stay at Uni until new year. She came home on New Years Eve & spent the night with us. Then I made another horrible decision, I left a job I absolutely love! My knee just wouldn't let me stand behind a counter for 8 hours straight, without putting me in bed for the following 2 days!!!

So there we go, fingers crossed 2019 is better!

I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas & New Year xx

My first creation for 2019, is for My Time To Craft where the theme is ....

WINTER BIRTHDAY

I decided to make a winter scene, using a freebie set from Simply Cards & Papercraft

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images & Stencil from the 'Winter Wonderland' set from Simply Cards & Papercraft

Trees- Memento 'desert sands'

Badger & sentiment- Versafine 'onyx black'

Deer- Versafine ' vintage sepia

Snow- Tim Holtz Distress Oxide 'salty ocean'

Papers & Embellishments

white- colouring card by Rymans

blue- from the 12 x 12 colouring stack by Papermania

My stash- sentiment stamp

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'5" square white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, I'm glad to be back crafting. I have missed it!

Hugs Shell xx

Happy New Home

Good morning, I hope you are all well & have lots of crafty time planned over the weekend. Not sure what we are doing yet, but I'm sure I'll squeeze some crafting in somewhere lol!!

Anyhoos, I'm here today to share my latest 'My Time To Craft' creation with you. As you have probably noticed, I'm a day early! Well we have had to move the challenge day forward by 24 hours. Due to my work pattern changing. So you still have a fortnight but its now starting & ending on a Friday instead of a Saturday.....hope that makes sense lol...it does in my head xx

Anyhoos the theme for the next fortnight is.....

FOOD & DRINK

either, or both so get cracking!!

I decided to make a new home card for our new neighbours, I hope they like it!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafty Friends- autumnal colours

Crafting With An Attitude- ATG

A Bit More Time To Craft-ATG

Sparkles- die cuts or punches

Back to Basics- inky background

Images & Colouring Mediums

All dies & stamps are from the 'Finest Vintage' set by Die Cutting Essentials & the 'Lavish Labels' set by Simply Cards & Papercraft

Promarkers/Flexmarkers in black

Tim Holtz distress inks in pink

Bottle- twisted citron, lucky clover, forest moss, hickory smoke, cool grey 4 & sleighbell gold

Wine- firebrick red & molten red

Label- weathered wood

Glass- iced spruce, hickory smoke & weathered wood

Wine- molten red & ice grey 1

Wax seal- frayed burlap & fossilised amber

Brick wall- fired brick & rusty hinge

'white' Uni-ball pen by Signo

Grapes- amethyst & lilac

Vines- forest green

Papers & Embellishments

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

'white' stamping card by Sheena Douglas

'white' colouring card by Rymans

Tools & Glues

Collall' all purpose glue

Sizzix Bigshot

Bottle. glass, seal & grapevine from the 'Finest Vintage' set by Die Cutting Essentials

Labels & sentiment from the 'Lavish Labels' set by Simply Cards & Papercraft

My stash- brick stencil

Distress inks applied using 'Dreamweaver' stencil brushes

'5 x 7" white card blank'

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

I will be back on Tuesday, so until then take care xx

The Perfect Blend!

Its time for a cuppa & for me to share my latest {PIN}spirational make with you. You will find this fortnights photo here or at the end of my post.

Images & Colouring Mediums

Images- 'Coffee Break' magazine freebie from Simply Cards & Papercraft

Promarkers/Flexmarkers in black

Faber-Castell Polychromo pencils in brown

Tim Holtz distress oxide in red

Left cup & saucer- caribbean blue, cobalt turquoise, helio turquoise, caramel, burnt umber & brown ochre

Right cup & saucer- lilac, violet, purple violet, cocoa & van dyke brown

The stencil was colour distressed using tattered rose

Papers & Embellishments

'white' stamping card by Sheena Douglass

'white' colouring card from Rymans

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

My stash- 'brown sugar' divine twine

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

'Collall 3D' glue with tools

Diamond Press by Crafters Companion

'tag' die cut from the 'Coffee Break' set

'steam' die cuts from the 'Coffee Break' set

All stamped using 'tuxedo black' by Memento

'leaf stencil' from the 'Coffee Break' set

Oxide ink applied using 'Dreamweaver' stencil brushes

'A6 white deckled edge card blank'

 This fortnights photo

Thank you for stopping by today, I love reading your comments & really appreciate you taking the time to right them.

I will be back on Monday with my monthly 'Sheepski' make until then take care xx

Dragonfly Dreams

Today I'm sharing with you my latest make for My Time To Craft. I hope you have some crafty time planned this weekend. I'm in work today, but off tomorrow so crafty day for me lol!!

For the next fortnight our theme is....

MONOCHROMATIC

all shades of one colour only, hair & skin don't count as your one

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Dragonfly Dreams' from Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine

Promarkers/Flexmarkers words in black

Faber Castell words in brown

Dragonfly- ocean teal, cobalt turquoise, marine, turquoise, frosted jade, island lagoon & oasis

Tim Holtz distress inks

Clouds coloured distressed using tumbled glass

Papers & Embellishments

'turquoise' card from Limetree Crafts

'white' colouring card from Rymans

My stash- 3mm turquoise gems

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue

Sizzix Bigshot

'clouds' Die'sire embossing folder

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

'dragonfly' stamped using 'Tuxedo Black' ink by Memento

'3" scalloped edge square white card blank'

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

I will be back on Tuesday with my next creation, until then take care xx

Colouring On Kraft!

If your looking for my Sparkles Christmas post with the blog hop on, you will find it here!

Morning all, hope your all ok, hugs to those that need them! Well todays card is a first for me, I decided to have a play & colour on Kraft! Well I love it, think you might be seeing a few more of these shabby chic (maybees, not sure if this qualifies as that lol)  creations, because I had so much fun colouring & putting this together! Or shaggy sheep as Nige calls it!  What do you think, ok for a first?

I thought I'd shoe you a close up my fab rolled  rose, free svg from Birds Cards link below!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Try Stampi' On Tuesdays- great sketch

Crafts & Me- Distressed
Fab & Funky- try something new (colouring on kraft)
Ruby's Rainbow- vintage
Oldie but A Goodie- lace, papers & scalloped punch
Passion For Promarkers- distressing
Anything Goes- bingo with, distress, my choice & lace
The Kraft Journal- colour me red

Goodies I Have Used

Image- 'Untamed' Gorjuss Girl by Sugar Nellie

5" square kraft card blank by Papermania

Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Skin- coral, sunkissed pink & blush

Hair- warm grey 5, 4, 3 & 1

Dress & boots- burgundy, crimson, red, gold & terracotta

Apron & tights- sapphire & true blue

Ground- khaki & light fawn

Papers & Embellishments

DP- by Fancy Pants a freebie from Simply Cards & Papercraft

Kraft card 12" square stack by Papermania

Blue card & lace my stash

Paper distressing done using my thread cutter

Colour distressing on flower done using Tim Holtz tumbled glass

Scalloped flower border punch by Fiskars

Leaf flourish die cut by Marianne Design LR0151

Blue dew drops from Crafty Emma's Store

Flower cut on my Ecraft using free svg by Birds Cards

Leaf die cut by Marianne Design LR0164

Thank you for stopping by, have a fab Friday!

Hugs xx

Tatty Ted!!

I hope you are all well this sunny, but freezing cold Tuesday! I want my summer, we didn't spend a fortune on a tent & all the trimmings for it to stay in the shed!!!! lol

Well todays make is a proper cutie, I don't usualy by crafty mags because I have 2 a month on subscription but when I saw the free stamp on the DoCrafts mag I had to get it!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Lexis Creations - no sentiment

Sketchy Colours- sketch (fab!)

Goodies I Have Used

Image- Tatty Ted by Docrafts

6" elegent card blank from Crafty Emma's Store

Promarkers from Crafty Emma's Store

Tatty- cool grey 1, 2, 3, sky blue & agean

Bunting & buttons- soft lime, yellow, pink carnation, cerise,

amber, pumpkin, tea green, duck egg & sky blue

Papers & Embellishments

DP- by Fancy Pants freebie with Simply Cards & Papercraft mag

Bunting & buton stamps- Molly Blooms freebie with Simply Homemade mag

I hope you all have a fab Tuesday ....don't forget Dawn Bibby is on C&C at 2pm this afternoon!!!

hugs xx

Lotsa Spots!!!!!

Morning all, its blinkin snowed again here not much thankfully but now its raining & the temperature is gonna drop again, so then its gonna freeze!! Oh I seriously have had enough now...I have been out of the house once since it started & that was last night!! Need to get out & take my dawgy for a walk....

Anyways onto my DT card for MAWTT today, I am going to ask you all a great big favour...If you get chance to join in this week I would be sooooo greatful...

I am soooooooooooo excited this week to introduce our new sponsor...our 13 yr old Didge! Who you all know draws digi images & sells them

through Stitchy Bear Stores! The winner will recieve 3 digi's of their choice from Didge's Doodles.

DIDGE'S DOODLES

"Hi everyone I am Didge, I am 13 years old & I love to draw. I have recently started to sell my digi images at Stitchy Bears Store. My mom started me off with the digi images. I sit drawing at night & one day when I came home from school my mom had turned one of my dragon drawings into a card for me. My mom then showed it to Stitchy who asked if I would like to draw & sell them in her shop.

Cuddles Didge xx"

This weeks challenge is

LOTS OF SPOTS!

Well on with my DT card...I used Didge's Prancer image!

Just love his big eyes such a cutie!!

Challenges I Am Entering

Ooh LA La- Christmas song (Rudolf the red nose reindeer!)

My Time To Craft- Reindeer

Paper Cutz- 2 different DP's

Wee Memories- Christmas songs (Rudolf the red nose reindeer!)

Goodies I Used

Image- Prancer from Didge's Doodles

IQ paper

Promarkers

Prancer- cinnamon, cocoa & sandstone

Antlers- henna & walnut

Nose- red

Eyes- powder blue

Ears- cinnamon, cocoa, blossom & rose pink

Papers & Embellishments

DP- both are Kaisercraft Christmas Carnival from Simply Cards & Papercraft

My stash- ribbon & sentiment

Ribbon slider from Crafty Emma's Store

Moss green card from Papermania

Dew drops (blue) from Crafty Emma's Store

Glossy Accents (nose & eyes)

Flower by Prima from Crafty Emma's Store

Paper distressing my thread cutter

Please pop over to the main blog & see what the other DT girlies have made using Didge's images..thank you hugs xx

Our Danni Bears Christmas Card!!

Well its snowed, rained, froze, thawed & now its blinkin snowing again....Whats going on?? I think its quite scarey, I don't remember ever having so much snow this early before!!

Anyways enough of this pants weather lol I went wondering yesterday into our back yard...I thought well the snow has melted so great time to get Charlie dawgs doings up, well I went flying & landed on my hip, which today is black oops! I wasn't gonna tell Nige but thought better of it as I was walking very strange by the time he got home.... he shouted, I cried & promised not to be so silly next time hehe!!..

My card today is for our eldest Danni (Didge's Doodles) I thought I would use this super cute image from Stitchy Bear!!

How gorgeous is she, I just love her BIG eyes!!

Challenges I Am Entering

Sew Many Challenges- snowflakes

Totally Gorjuss- Sketch

Goodies I Used

Image- Christmas Fairy from Stitchy Bear

IQ papers

Promarkers

Skin- blush & sunkissed pink

Hat- red & ruby

Dress- crimson & burgundy

Hair- raw sienna, mustard & vanilla

Lips- lipstick red

Eyes- powder blue

Wings- powder blue, arctic blue & sky blue

Finger & toe nails- lipstick red

Present- Lavender & lilac

Bow- lemon & canary

Papers & Embellishments

DP- The Sundae of Seasons Collection from Simply Cards & Papercraft

My stash- burgundy card, ribbon & snowflakes (old decoration)

Stickles

DANNI stamps from DCWV Winter Stack

Thanks for stopping by I hope you are all ok & staying safe & keeping warm

huge hugs xx

Never again ......lol ok you twisted my arm...

Hope you are all having a fab Wednesday, I have had a fab day. Spent the day with my friend Cal stamping and spending lol..When we get together we always say lets make something this time, yeah right!!! We have both always got new stamps so we just end up stamping out each others stamps and laughing lots...today not only did I have some fab stamps to play with she took me to our local craft shop...nawty girlie, I ended up spending err (hope NIge isn't reading this lol) lots, I got a few pretty sentiment stamps and another 21 Promarkers...lol only need 19 now yippee!!!!
When we got back I remembered some more stamps I had,that were in a different box, so out came the memento again lol...we did eventually make something I need to decorate mine so will probably finish it tomorrow...

Anyways onto my card for this weeks challenge on Passion for Promarkers, where there is a sketch to follow. I made it to give Cal just to say 'Loves Ya' and all that...





Stuff I Used

The image I don't know who she is other than she is gorgeous and I must have her lol...my friend Hazel sent her to me ...thanks hun she is fab..
Coloured with my promarkers
The papers and sentiment were a freebie in last months 'Simply Cards & Papercraft
Flowers were cut on my slice basic elements card
brads my stash


Thanks for looking hugs...