Flower Power!

It's the first of February, where did January go?....madness! Anyhoos I'm here today to show you my latest creation for The Craft Garden. This month we have a gorgeous picture & some scrummy colours to inspire you to create. Either click here or scroll to the end of my post to see the photo.

I decided I liked both the colours & the flowers are just scrummy. So I dug out one of my older & dare I say unused stamps! oops!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Allsorts- flower power

Brown Sugar- 3 different embellishments (card candi, flower & ribbon)

Jo' Scrap Shack- neglected tool (ribbon punch)

Polkadoodles- flower power

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Flower Power' from the Strawberry Kisses collection from Natalie & Amy's

Promarkers/Flexmarkers- words

Spectrum Noir pencils- numbers

Sansodor

Kitty- march hare, 88 & 87

Bow- lavender, 79 & 78

Plant pot- heather, 81, 80 & 78

Flower- sand dune, 85 & 84, leaf green, 52, rose pink, 40, 39 & 38

Ground- meadow green, 48, 46  45

Text- heather, 81, 80, rose pink, 40 & 39

Ribbon- coloured with purple violet

Papers & Embellishments

DP- ? by DCWV

My stash- ribbon, pink card, card candi & lilac pearlised paper

Tools & Glues

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

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

Sizzix Bigshot

'Daisies #2' die cut by Sizzix

'Ribbon' punch by Woodware

'5" square white card blank' from Natalie & Amy's

This months photo to inspire you...

Thank you for stopping by today, hope you having a great weekend

hugs xx

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Bugs & Insects!

Good morning to my wonderful followers, I hope you are well, sending you warm hugs if your not well xx

I'm here today to show you my creation for My Time To Craft, where this week our theme is...

BUGS & INSECTS!

yes you can use butterflies but they MUST be the main image!

I decided to use the free butterfly image that was with my Spectrum Noir pencil DVD from Crafters Companion. It is gorgeous & lovely to colour. Expect to see lot more of it!

I decided to leave the card very CAS for me. 

It took me ages to get a decent picture of it...in fact I gave up & Nige took this one lol!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Crafts 4 Eternity- no DP
Fussy & Fancy- things with wings
Crafting for all Seasons- things with wings
Red Rubber- CAS
Addicted to Stamps- CAS
Miriam's Crafting- mostly white
Cuttlebug Mania- wildlife

Image & Colouring Medium

Image- 'Butterfly' from the Spectrum Noir Pencils essentials tin

Promarkers/Flexmarkers- words

Spectrum Noir pencils- numbers

Sansodor

Wings- amber, apricot, 95, 33, 23, 22, warm grey 5, ice grey 3, 120, putty, 84 & 85

Thorax- icicle- 120, 117, 116 & 87

Branch- sandstone- 120 & 96

Leaves- leaf green, 60, 59 & 54

Papers & Embellishments

My stash- black card, orange paper & white paper

Tools & Glues

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

Sizzix Bigshot

'Corner' die cut freebie with a magazine

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

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Roses Are Red!

Yay it the weekend! So glad as our poor babies are getting so stressed out with college...Danni has deadlines for her art & photography, which always stresses her out, but these are he final assessments before her exam pieces need to be done! & Katie has her mocks starting next weeks so she's driving me & her Pops mad asking questions lol! I'm hoping that they will at least get a few hours to themselves now its the weekend!

Anyhoos today's creation is for Natalie & Amy's monthly challenge. Where this month we want to see your

ALL ABOUT THE LOVE

creations, wedding, valentines, anniversary, or just an I Love You creation!

I have used one of my favourite Humphrey images, he has got to be the cutest lumpy around!

I managed to stay away from bright colours & kept it masculine so I can give it to Nige for Valentines day!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Aud Sentiments- love or Valentines
CRAFT- Valentines
Stampin' Royalty- Valentines
Shopping Our Stash- love
Eureka- hearts

Images & Colouring Medium

Image- 'Roses Are Red' from the Humphrey's Corner collection from Natalie & Amy's

Tim Holtz distress inks

Humphrey- weathered wood & iced spruce

Dungarees- faded jeans, tumbled glass & fired brick

Rose- fired brick, victorian velvet, pine needles & mowed lawn

Card- milled lavender

Ground- tea dye & scattered straw

All highlighted inks are available from Natalie & Amy's

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'J'Adore' by First Edition from Natalie & Amy's

'Roses are Red' sentiment from the Humphrey's stamp set of the same name from Natalie & Amy's

My stash- black card

Tools & Glues

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

Sizzix Bigshot

'Classic Petal' Edgeabilities die cut by Spellbinder from Natalie & Amy's

Scattered hearts are the waste from 'Classic Petal' die cut

'Candy Hearts' GB die cut by Marianne D CCOL1307 from Natalie & Amy's

'Stix2' pick up tool from Natalie & Amy's

'5" square white card blank' from Natalie & Amy's

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you all have a fabulous weekend. Its gonna be cold & snowy here so the perfect excuse to get my craft on!

Please pop over to the main challenge blog & see what 'Lovey Dovey' creations the DT have made!

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Gate Fold Kitty!

Yay its Monday...yeah I know I love the weekend with the girlies being home & last week I was moaning about missing them. But I'm kinda in need of some me time & space with the odd skunky cuddle lol!

Giving himself a manicure before falling asleep on me ...I do love my boy!!

Anyhoos today's Inky Inspiration is a cutie, nope sadly not Nico but a Kitty...

I spent ages looking on YouTube for a new fancy fold to try & after trying a few I realised I needed lots of practice lol. So went back to an old favourite the good old gate fold!

Thought I'd show you the hidden panel.

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Robyn's Fetish- animals
Stamping Sensations- dies & punches
Sweet Stampin'- cute & cuddly
Aud Sentiments- ATG
Cards & More- animals

Image & Colouring Medium

Image- 'Sunflower Kitty' by Inky Impressions

Promarker/Flexmarker- words

Spectrum Noir pencils- numbers

Sansodor

Kitty- blue grey 1, 116, 115, 84 & 08

Eyes- 66 & 65

Dress- yellow, 92, 22, pink mittens & 37

Flower- yellow, 92, 22, grass, 54, 53, 50, sunflower, gold, 96, 95, 92, 91 & 22

Ground- 54, 48 & 46

Ticket- azure, yellow & carmine

Tim Holtz distress inks

Sky- tumbled glass

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Funky Village' by Dovecraft

'Birthday Banner' ticket by Inky Impressions

My stash- brown card & white card for the base

Tools & Glues

'Collall' all purpose glue from Natalie & Amy

Sizzix Bigshot

'Leafy Flourishes' by X-cut XCU503189

'3 small butterflies' punch by Tonic

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you all had a great weekend. Enjoy your week 

Hugs xx

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'Tea Anyone?'

The sun is shining (for now) so I'm hoping to drag the girlies, Nige & Nico out for a stroll before it goes ffffreezing cold again. Hope you're all staying warm & snug in this strange weather we are having in the UK! Well it is here in Stoke lol...one minute snowing, then sunshine & quite warm, then the temperature plummets & its thundering!! What is that all about??? Thankfully its only thundered the once, but boy did it freak me out lol!!

Right now less natter more creating....

My creation today is for My Time To Craft, where this week we want to see

TWO OR MORE PEOPLE IN YOUR IMAGE!

animals don't count sorry x

I decided to dig out one of my favourite & very under used LOTV stamps...

No idea why the blonde hair looks so flat, better irl!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter

Little Claire's- bright & Beautiful

Suzy Bee's- layers

4 Crafty Chicks- best friends

Image & Colouring Mediums

Image- 'Little Girls Tea Time' by LOTV (might be retired as I can't find it)

Promarkers/Flexmarkers- words

Spectrum Noir pencils- numbers

Sansodor

Left girl

Skin- coral, sunkissed pink, blush & 08

Hair- 103, 96, 91 & 85

Bow- 33, 31 & 30

Dress- 31, 30, 115, 113 & 112

Socks- 113 & 112

Shoes- 32, 31 & 30

Right girl

Skin- coral, sunkissed pink, blush & 08

Hair- 96, 88, 84, 15, 9 & 8

Dress- 40, 39, 115, 113 & 112

Boots- 40, 39 & 38

Steps- 91, 89, 96 &85

Flowers- 79, 78, 66, 48 & 15

Flowers pot- 81, 71  & 66

Teapot & accessories- 63, 62 & 61

Ground- 103 & 102

Papers & Embellishments

DP- 'Venetian Skies' from the Creative Tone collection by Papermania

'Friends Forever' sentiment from the Humphrey stamp set of the same name from Natalie & Amy's

My stash- purple double sided card, 5mm & 4mm lilac pearls

Tools & Glues

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

Sizzix Bigshot

'Precious Stars' die cut by Memory Box 98546

'Lace #5' border by Die'sire

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

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you have a fabulous crafty weekend

hugs xx

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