Cheers to S2G!

This card is my last as September's Guest Designer for Shirleys 2 Girls - thanks for having me girls!  And we're finishing Critter month with Twisted Thursday's challenge of using Purple and Orange... whadya mean you've never seen a purple chicken!!  Come and play along HERE and you could win a couple of digis of your own.

Oh by the way, there's a fab sale on S2G's clear stamps ... only $1 each!  Bargain if you ask me!

SUPPLIES
Image & Sentiment: S2G Cheers to You
Accessories: copic markers; glossy accents and diamond glitter; google eyes; white gel pen

Xmas card #26

Sorry for the blogger overload tonight, but I've had some of these cards knocking round my kitchen (a.k.a. my craft room!) needing finished for a few days now.  This was a super simple one- the image came as part of a paper pack I bought, so I just blinged him up with some stickles and clear gloss and made a sparkly snowflake for the corner.  Easy Peasy.  (Oh and its my last post as September's Guest Designer for Shirley's 2 Girls tomorrow - I hope you'll tune in for this week's challenge!)

Sketch from Friday Sketchers #121

Crafty Creations #87 - owls

Little Red Wagon #48 - make your own embellishment

SUPPLIES
Stamp: sentiment from Stampin Up
Paper: Papermania
Accessories: clear gloss; red stickles; marianne creatibles snowflake die; large pale green gems, small red gems; Alene's True Snow

Pink'n' Green Chrissy card #25

Lili of the Valley challenge #66 is to make a non-traditional Christmas card, so I used pink as my base colours (don't think I've ever made a pink Christmas card that wasn't all girly)  It was also a great excuse to play with my new snowflake dies (covered them in Smooch Illuminate to give them a bit of extra interest).  I had planned to sew round the image but my thread got all jammed half way through so I just pulled it out and hey presto, nice even paper piercing!  I might add some bling to the very bottom line of piercing on the pink as I think it looks like it needs 'something'

Sketch from Fussy and Fancy Friday #20

Creative Inspirations #80 - Christmas in September

SUPPLIES
Stamp: image from Lili of the Valley; sentiment from Elzybells (I think)
Paper: Papermania
Accessories: copic markers; Martha Stewart punch; Marianne Creatibles snowflake dies; smooch illuminate; frosted lace stickles

Spider overload!

s-h-u-d-d-e-r .....I hate spiders sooo much!  Even this smiley dude I'm not so sure about!  And its that time of year when the monsters take up residence in my house ... we had a HUGE one the other night - I'll swear I heard him walking across the floor, and he didn't have a cute smile like this one! (Thank goodness Greg isn't afraid of them or I'd have to move house!)

Sketch from Get Sketchy #57

Crazy4Challenges C4C56 - Bling

SUPPLIES
Stamps: Spider from Hambo stamps; sentiment from Stampin Up
Accessories: Martha Stewart drippy goo punch; bling and ribbon from stash

Hang in there (and an award!)

It's been 'one of those' weeks in work (yes I know its ONLY Tuesday!) so I was delighted to get home this evening and find the postie had left me some goodies ... a few weeks ago I was lucky enough to win High Hopes candy for advertising their new release stamps.  I got a HUGE pile of new releases ... I actually stacked them up and measured them ... 8 1/2 centimetres .... 25 stamps!!!  WOW!  And there's loads of lovely Christmas ones, so you can expect to see plenty of them over the next few weeks!

So this is the first of my new goodies, isn't he a sweetie!  Coloured him with copics and added clear gloss to his balloon and his nose. 

Sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You #62

Colour combo from SPCC #67 (though I couldn't resist adding a little pop of red!)



And THANK YOU to Benzi for this lovely award - Benzi was one of the first internet buddies I 'met' through Splitcoaststampers waaayyyyy back before we all got caught up in this blogging lark!

SUPPLIES
Stamps: Mouse from High Hopes; sentiment from Simon Says
Accessories: ellison embossing folder; copic markers; Glossy Accents; tim holtz die for fancy edge

Simon Says ... a sketch

Urgh, I can't believe its Sunday evening already, I swear time goes double quick at the weekend! 
Just a quickie post tonight as there's a good period drama on that I want to watch!

Sketch from Simon Says challenge blog

Splitcoaststampers Friday Free for All F4A31 - Scallops

One Stitch at a Time #32 - anything goes

Paper Sundaes #37 - things with wings

High Hopes challenge #89 is Country (I hope this country garden counts as I don't have any farm animals or tractors!)

Colour combo from Our Creative Corner

SUPPLIES
Stamp: image from High Hopes; sentiment from Simon Says
Accessories: Ellison embossing folder; copic markers; martha stewart scallop edge punch and butterfly punch; yellow gems from stash

Xmas Card #24

Its such a beautiful Autumn day here - I had to pull the curtain in the kitchen as the sun was beating in on me and I was about to spontaneously combust with the heat!  But I'm determined to crack on with my Chrissy cards, so we're now up to No. 24 - only about another 76 to go then!

When I was adding the clear gloss to drop the flower soft snow in there was a minor crisis when I dribbled on my blue BP, so I just added a few more blobs and then a bit of glitter, and hey presto, its now part of the design dharlink! 

Sketch from Sunday Sketch and Stamp #37

ABC Christmas Challenge: T is for Tree

Colour combo from The Pink Elephant TPE84: "The Color Aqua, Designer Paper & Embellishment of your Choice"



SUPPLIES
Stamp: image from Little Claire Designs, sentiment from Stampin Up
Paper: dotty paper from
Accessories: red gems; white flowersoft; copic markers; glossy accents; diamond glamour dust; martha stewart drippy goo punch; red ribbon and red gems from stash

Piggin' Thanks!

ETA: I won Creative Inspirations challenge with this card

You've no idea how long it took to make this simple little card - first off I stamped the fence too far down the page so had to start again.  Then I had the bright idea of stitching round the clouds with my sewing machine .... so half an hour after that not-so-bright idea I got my white pen out and doodled some faux stitching instead!

Creative Inspirations #79 is to use 2 or more stamped images - I was too lazy to start masking my little pig's trotters, so I just stamped him and then popped another of the same up on dimensionals.

Your Next Stamp #25 - Give Thanks

Allsorts challenge #71 - Plain and Simple

CES Challenge #5 - Animal Antics

Wee Memories #24 - clean and simple

SUPPLIES
Stamps: Woodware 'Peeking Over'
Accessories: Die-namics Cloud dies; cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder; martha stewart drippy goo punch (pretending to be grass!); sewing machine; copic markers; lime green stickles; dimensionals

Happy Bunny Slippers

Penny Black at Allsorts September challenge is to use PUNCHES,  so it was the perfect excuse to use this cutie which Audrey kindly sent me recently.  I paper pieced her little dress, having stamped some little circles with Versamark ink first, and coloured the rest with copic markers.

Sketch from Inspirational Card Sketches #84

The Craft Garden September challenge is to use Bunting

Splitcoaststampers and Simple Challenge CAS85 is to use kraft, red, vanilla, & brown

SUPPLIES
Stamp: Penny Black image; Elzybells sentiment; Practicing Creativity 'For the Love of Dots' and bunting 'Look Up'
Accessories:  Martha Stewart scallops punch and butterfly punch; copic markers; red stickles; gems coloured with brown copic marker

Shirley's 2 Girls .... spooky time!

Twisted Thursday at Shirley's 2 Girls this week is 'spooky time' ... how scary is this little witchy dog?  [Not!]
In fact I think I know this dog in real life.... it's the double of my brother and SIL's dog Amber - here's a pic of her resting up in preparation for her spooking on Halloween night...!  (And it wouldn't surprise me if her cape and hat are hanging ready in the wardrobe!)

Don't forget to play along with your spooky critters ... and you could win some fantastic S2G digis of your own.

Also for Paper Sundaes #36 - Fall or Halloween

Charisma Cardz Challenge #38 - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Animal Magic
SUPPLIES
Image and Sentiment: S2G Digi: Boo Time
Accessories: copic markers; cuttlebug embossing folder; goggley eyes; black stickles on hat; little metallic spider , bat and silver web corners are table confetti from Tescos; coloured some little gems with a black marker to match

Simon Says ... Move It

This week's Simon Says challenge is to make an element of your card move, but I'm afraid my mojo deserted me tonight!  I originally was going to make a spinner card but its now in the recycling bin - I couldn't get it to spin right ... maybe I need round dimensionals?

So this is the next effort and I used one of the springy mounts that's been in my stash forever (one of those 'have to have' buys that then lies unloved and unused!)  Then when I was adding the ribbon I had another disaster - if I don't have much left I just measure it the width of the front and overlap it to the back a little and then tie the knot.  So far so good... but then when I was cutting the tails off the ribbon I sliced through the main bit too!  AAARRRRGGGGHHHH!  So that's how the little double knot appeared.... enough card making for me tonight I think!

Sketch from Sketch Saturday #121

SUPPLIES
Stamp: Spider from Hambo stamps (I think); sentiment from Stampin Up 'A Haunting we will go'
Accessories: cuttlebug embossing folder; martha stewart drippy goo punch; nestabilities; boingy springy thing; bats, spider and spiders web are metallic table confetti from Tescos

Wee three kings...

This is definately my last post of the evening - in case you hadn't already guessed its been raining all afternoon (AGAIN) so there's been plenty of cardmaking!  I was going so well with this card till I realised I should have coloured the central hat gold to match my embellies instead of silver so I covered it with glossy accents and dropped in loads of gold glitter, but it kinda drowned his little hand!
Right, I'm off now to watch the rest of Charlotte's Web, I love that little piggy!

Sketch from Lili of the Valley #65

Little Red Wagon #46 - stars

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #101 - Anything Goes

Copic Creations #35 - shading around images

SUPPLIES
Stamp: Lili of the Valley (Thanks Melly!)
Accessories: copic markers; nestabilities; cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder; snowflake punch; gold metallic stars (table confetti from Tescos); gold jingle bells; gold peel off greeting; glossy accents and gold glitter; red and green gems

Danielle's 18th Birthday Cake

I don't think I've ever made a mainly yellow card before, but I like how it turned out!  I paperpieced the cupcake wrapper and added glossy accents and diamond glamour dust to the icing.

I flipped the sketch from Basic grey Challenge #29

Sweet Stampin challenge #44 is stitching

Totally Papercrafts #34 - Happy Birthday

SUPPLIES
Stamp:  Birthday cake from
Papers: Basic Grey
Accessories: Ranger Glossy Accents; Diamond glamour dust; silver peel off greeting, letters and numbers; yellow ribbon from stash - bow tied with the fabulous Bow Maker; yellow dew drops; sewing machine; martha stewart punch; circular nestabilities; liquid pearls; blue and clear seed beads

A Gorjuss Birthday girl

The Corrosive challenge #82 is to use something out of your stash that hasn't been used for ages.  So I blew the dust off this bottle of lilac liquid pearls and also dug out this Gorjuss girl stamp that I haven't used in yonks!

Sketch from The Sugar Bowl #43, with the added theme of buttons (I coloured mine with copic markers to match my colour scheme.  Though I've just noticed that I stuck the tabs at the top of my card down in the wrong direction

Colour me copic #4 is to colour straight hair, and they've a great tutorial there too (I think I need plenty more practice!)

Colour combo from SPCC #65 - though my crappy camera has made my BP look more blue than plum! 

SUPPLIES
Stamp: Gorjuss Girl with bird from Sugar Nellie
Accessories: cuttlebug flower and swiss dots embossing folders; copic markers; buttons; purple stickles; lilac liquid pearls; silver peel off greeting

Bugs'n Bees

Here's another quickie using some of my beautiful Basic Grey papers.  Coloured with copics and loads of bling added - not sure if this shows in the photo or not.  Also added some glossy accents to the bugs and bees to give them a bit of dimension.

Sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You #61, though there was no room for my bow so I had to put it to the bottom instead of the top and had to move it slightly off centre too.

Daring Cardmakers  - Things that fly

SUPPLIES
Stamp: high Hopes
Paper: Basic Grey
Accessories: copic markers; pink and blue gems; silver peel of greeting, letters and numbers; Bow Easy; ribbon from stash; martha stewart scallop punch

It's a jungle out there...!

Urgh, its a really horrible wet day here, we've the heat and lights on already!  Perfect weather for crafting and for housework (but only one of these happened in my house today!!)

Really Reasonable Ribbon #8 have a jungle inspiration pic today, so it was the perfect chance to use this Stampin Up set that hasn't seen ink for a while!  Coloured them with copic markers and added a bit of clear gloss for accents and black stickles on their noses.

Sketch from Sweet Sunday SSSC85

And colour combo from Little Paper Shop LPSC85

Stamping Vacation: Animal Applause - use an animal you wouldn't want running through your house (well I don't think I'd want any of these in my living room!)

SUPPLIES
Stamps: Stampin Up 'Zoofari'; sentiments from Elzybells
Accessories: copic markers; Ranger Glossy Accents; ribbon, button and flower from my stash; cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder

S2G Birthday Challenge

September is Critter Month over at Shirleys2girls and this week's Twisted Thursday Challenge is a birthday one.  Come and play along with us - get out your own critter images, join in the birthday fun and you could win a couple of S2G images!  (Upload your challenge entry here)

SUPPLIES
Images and Sentiment: Just 4 U Dog from S2G
Papers:
Accessories: Glossy accents on balloons and cloud; button from stash (I'm sure I had more of these but the pixies have obviously hidden them!); purple gems; Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder

Home Tweet Home

Hows this for a super quick Home Sweet Home card - virtually no colouring and the gorgeous brown scalloped cardstock (thanks Audrey!) does most of the work!

Simple sketch from Stamp TV

Creative Card Crew - Autumn or Fall (I used the colours of Autumn)

A Spoon Full of Sugar #121 - Fall colour challenge

Paper Sundaes #35 - 3 embellishments (I used eyelets, twine and gems)

Easy Craft Projects #21 - Home

SUPPLIES
Stamp: Sentiment from Shirleys 2 Girls;  Toodles and Binks little chicken house was a 50p 'seconds' bargain from Stamp Galaxy ; big circles (on red paper) BG stamp from Practicing Creativity
Accessories: copic markers; cuttlebug embossing folder; twine; eyelets from stash; gems coloured with brown copic marker

Uncle Derek's Birthday Card

This is for my Uncle's birthday next month ... its a bit silly but I hope he likes it!
Though I think you can tell that adding his name to the card was a bit unplanned as I kinda ran out of room!

Sketch from Sketch Saturday #120

High Hopes stamps challenge is Spots and Dots

Totally Papercrafts #33- Lets Go Dotty

Stamping Vacation - Embellish it with a Leaf

SUPPLIES
Stamps: monkey and leaves from High Hopes; sentiment from Elzybells
Accessories: copic markers; Ranger Glossy Accents on his eyes and teeth; ellison circles and cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folders; green and brown gems; nestabilities; blue chalk for main image; Mac'n Cheese alphabet dies; lime green stickles

Hoppy Birthday

I've had this digi from Hambo lying in my stash since I used it for some Easter cards, but Cute Card Thursday challenge #129 is Play on words, so I thought it would be good as a Hoppy Birthday card.

And Charisma challenge #36 is to try something new, so I made this ruffled ribbon that I've been meaning to try for a while.  You just sew a running stitch along the ribbon and then pull it into ruffles, dead easy!

Sketch from Clean and Simple #107

Allsorts challenge #69 - colours of Autumn

SUPPLIES
Image: Hambo digi
Accessories: copic markers; black stickles on bunny noses; blinged up sandals with Diamond Glamour Dust; tim holtz edge die; cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder; silver peel off letters and border strip; brown and orange gems

Baby Boy

Oops, I think I put the scud on the weather from my last post this morning boasting about how sunny it was ... the rain's now chucking it down!  Oh well, at least it lasted long enough for me to get the weeding done and hanging baskets emptied, so the garden looks nice and tidy now. 

There's a new challenge blog on the go - Oldie But Goodie - to use a stamp you've had for at least 6 months and their first challenge is New Beginnings.  I used this Shirleys 2 Girls stamp I bought back at the start of the year to make some Thank You cards for my sis after the birth of my wee niece.

Sketch is the bonus one from 2S4Y #69 - though I flipped it on its side as I thought the triangles looked like bunting

The Craft Garden September challenge is Bunting

Fab'n funky challenge #39 - what'eva (open theme)

Little Paper Shop - clean and simple

Crafty Cardmakers #29 - clean and simple

Colour combo from Color Throwdown #109

SUPPLIES
Stamp: Baby stamp from Shirley's 2 girls; bunting from Practicing Creativity
Accessories: smooch illuminate and turquoise stickles on baby blanket; copic markers; google eyes; martha stewart punch; blue gems

Flowery thank you card

This is just a quickie post as the sun is splitting the trees at the minute so I'm going sort the garden before the weeds take over!  Hope you're having a sunny Saturday too!

Paper Sundaes #34 is to use mixed mediums - its been an age since I last used my watercolours but they were perfect for her outfit as I don't have a copic marker to match my bp.  Coloured the grass and her hair with markers.

Sketch from Sketch and Stash #43 - my flowers have been in my stash for a couple of years!

Stamptacular Sunday #75 is Distress It - I used inks on my main image

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C54 is a colour challenge - red, black and kraft

SUPPLIES
Image: Digi from Heather Ellis; thank you stamp from Stampin Up!
Accessories: watercolour paints; copic markers; clear crystal gems; red and black stickles; little ladybug from local craft store; cuttlebug embossing folder; martha stewart fence punch