Happy Bird-day

Hope you've all had a fab weekend - we had a lovely one, really bright and sunny.  We got the gardens weeded, lawns mowed, and all the pots sorted and ready for winter.  And I got loads of washing done and dried on the line ... but before you get the impression I'm some sort of Domestic Goddess, there's a mini Mt Everest of ironing growing in the kitchen ... I keep hoping the elves will pop in and it will magically disappear!

I think this stamp is from one of the first Stampin Up sets I ever bought - I'd even forgot I had it and only came across it by accident!  How bad is that!!
Coloured him with copic markers to match the dark green birdies in the DP, then covered him in Smooch illuminate for some glitz, added clear gloss to his beak and then red stickles on the heart to finish. 

Sketch from i{heart]2stamp

Sweet Stampin Challenge #47 - Diamonds are a Girl's best friend

Oldie but a Goodie #3 - All creatures great and small

SUPPLIES
Stamps:  All from Stampin Up
Paper: Basic Grey
Accessories: Smooch Illuminate; copic markers; Ranger Glossy Accents; red stickles; diamond gems

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man

Stamping Vacation's When I Grow Up challenge is Baker ... and there's nothing nicer from the bakers than cake ... mmmmmmmm! 

In case you're wondering about my post title its from an old nursery rhyme:

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man.

Bake me a cake as fast as you can;

Pat it and prick it and mark it with B,

Put it in the oven for baby and me!

Colour combo from SPCC #68 - I don't have any Razzleberry so used some rich purple paper I had instead (though it looks bluer in the pic than it is IRL)

A Spoon Full of Sugar #124 - Sparkle and Shine - I added clear gloss and diamond glamour dust for the icing

SUPPLIES
Stamp: cake from Art Gone Wild, bg text stamp from Where Memories are Created
Accessories: nestabilities, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Ranger Glossy Accents, Diamond Glamour Dust, green gems, Bow Easy, copic markers

The Birdie Song .... aaarrrrggggghhhh!

Allsorts challenge #73 is to be inspired by a song .... so how about The Birdie Song by the Tweets - it was the most awful instrumental tune in the early 80's but EVERYONE knew (and probably still does) all the silly 'dance' moves that went with it - and I'm sorry I even thought of this song as it'll be stuck in my head all day now!

Right, its a beautiful breezy day here so I'm off to hang the sheets up on the line, nothing nicer than fresh bed linen that has been dried outside!

Sketch from Mojo Monday #159

Creative Inspirations #81 - Birthday theme

Oldie but a Goodie challenge #3 - All creatures great and small .... I love this challenge blog as it really makes you look at all your old stamps and use them again!

Colour combo from The Play Date Cafe PDCC50

SUPPLIES
Stamp: Very old birdy stamp from Magenta; sentiment from Elzybells; bg text stamp from Where Memories are Created (but doesn't really show up in pic)
Supplies: green Promarker and red copic marker; blue chalk for sky; sewing machine; martha stewart scalloped edge and butterfly punches 

Ryan's Birthday card

It's my nephew's 7th birthday this week (where does the time go?!) and he's totally football crazy so hopefully he'll like this card!  He plays in a junior football team so I've coloured this dude in Ryan's team colours.

Sketch from Splitcoaststampers SC301

Party Time Tuesday #15 - Anything Goes Birthday

Stamp Something - something Punchy

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C58 - birthday card

SUPPLIES
Stamp: footballer from Sugar Nellie; bunting from Practicing Creativity
Accessories: Martha Stewart fence and drippy goo punches; copic markers; blue chalk for sky

Simon Says ... Halloween

Just a quick post tonight as I'm sooooo tired ... we've a huge mailout going on in work this week

.... only 35,000 bits of information to sort, count and get ready for distribution!!!

Mind-numbingly

B-O-R-I-N-G !

Simon Says challenge this week is Halloween.  I haven't got ANY Halloweeney type papers so just stuck to a plain yellow/black combo with this bit of DP that I found in my stash.  The little bats are from a bag of table confetti I bought in Tescos last year and the little black brad holding the two embossed stars used to be orange, but looked totally wrong so I coloured it black instead!  Used my quickie glue on the little spider and dropped in some glitter.

High Hopes challenge #91 is also Halloween, so it was perfect to ink up this cute spider from their latest new release

One Stitch at a Time #33 - Spooky Halloween

Layout from Sketch Saturday #123 - though I had to move the sentiment as mine turned out too big!

CES #6 - Get ahead, get a hat

Cute Card Thursday #132 - Tic Toc

(Well for this being a quickie post, I've rambled on rightly!)

SUPPLIES

Stamps: Spider from High Hopes; sentiment from Stampin Up; little jar from DoCrafts

Accessories: Sizzlits stars die; ellison stars embossing folder; cuttlebug spiders web embossing folder; copic markers; gold and orange glitter; peel off numbers and month; yellow gems and brad from stash

A Pink Celebration

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and Stamp and Create's challenge for this month is:
Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness
 
I actually got my watercolour pencils out for this one for the first time in ages - I kept my brush quite dry when I was adding the darker highlights to try and get a bit of texture into her hair.  I also pulled out my sewing machine - though it very nearly went in the bin after it took me about 20 minutes to thread the darned thing!  There must be some scientific reason why the hole in the needle has to be smaller than the thread you're trying to force through it! Grrrr!  (Apologies for the rubbish photo too)
 

My sketch is (kinda) from The Sugar Bowl #44, but my frame turned out a bit big to fit!
 
Also for Sarah Hurley challenge #11 - All Sewn Up
 
SUPPLIES
Stamp: Image from Sugar Nellie; sentiment from Practicing Creativity
Paper: Papermania
Accessories: watercolour pencils; nestabilities; blue chalk for BG on image; little shapes from Sizzlits die; little tiny blue and pink gems; ellison stars embossing folder; smooch illuminate

An Autumnal Gorjuss Girl

Its been a very Autumnal day today - gorgeous sunshine this morning, though we drive south to work and the sun is so low in the sky it would melt your brain when it catches you in the eyes! Then a beautiful sunny calm afternoon, and now its drizzly and windy and the leaves are whipping off the trees!  Definately an evening to be sitting in your cosy PJ's!
This is another of the Gorjuss Girl images that Dotty Jo sent me and for the first time ever I actually LOVE how her hair turned out!  Wonder if I'll be able to do it again or if it was just a fluke! LOL!

Sketch from Papertake Weekly

Colour combo from Color Throwdown #112



Paper Sundaes PSC38 is to use something for your stash - well when I first bought my cuttlebug I went a bit daft in a sale and bought a load of Sizzlits dies that I don't think I have ever used ... until now!  I love the little star and think I'll be using them more now that they've been rediscovered!

Stampin for the Weekend - Fall colours

SUPPLIES
Stamp: Sugar Nellie Gorjuss Girl; sentiment from Simon Says
Accessories: copic markers; swiss dots embossing folder; antique linen distress ink; red gems; smooch illuminate on her orange star and the little stars in her hair; little green stars cut with Sizzlits die

X-mas card #27

This week's Winter Wonderland challenge is to make a Male Christmas card - so it was the perfect excuse to use one of my new stash of High Hopes stamps.  I added loads of clear gloss and Diamond Glitter to the snowflake and to his furry bits so there's plenty of shine off this card, and the little snowballs at the bottom glitter too - I got these snowballs ages ago and wish I knew where they came from as I'd love some more!

Sketch from High Hopes #90

Creative Inspirations #80 - Christmas in September

A Spoon Full of Sugar #123 - Spots and Stripes

Charisma Cardz #39 - Christmas crafting

Winter Wonderland - A male Christmas card

Sweet Stampin challenge #46 - use punches/dies

SUPPLIES
Stamps: Snowman from High Hopes; sentiment from Stampin Up
Papers: Papermania
Accessories: cuttlebug embossing folder; martha stewart fence punch; marianne creatibles snowflake dies; Promarkers; Ranger Glossy Accents; Diamond Glamour dust; sparkly snowballs from stash

Another card for Uncle Derek

I've had this alphabet stamp set in my stash for AGES and this is the first time I used it - but I love it and it will definately be seeing more ink!   I blinged up all the red bones with red stickles (who wrote the rule that says men can't have glitter?!)

Sketch from Mojo Monday #158

SUPPLIES
Stamp: main image Shirleys 2 Girls; sentiment from Elzybells; ABC stamp set from
Accessories: copic markers; red stickles; dimensionals; red ribbon from an old jumper and coloured with red copic marker

Thanks Jo!

Lovely Dotty Jo very kindly sent me this beautiful 'Hello Friend' card and litlle Gorjuss mirror ... aren't they beautiful!  And she also sent me some of the little Gorjuss girls images, so I had a little play and I hope you don't mind Jo, but I kinda CASEd you!  (Though I haven't quite managed your beautiful hair colouring!)

Easy Craft Projects #22 - Purple

Stamp Something - Something to Celebrate

SUPPLIES
Stamps: Sugar Nellie Gorjuss girl; sentiment from Elzybells; flags from Practicing Creativity
Accessories: copic markers; Smooch illuminate (on her dress); pink and purple stickles