Sweet Little Baby

Seems to be a lot of people I know having babies just now. Here's a card I made to give to one set of new parents

The image is Bambino by Sugar Nellie.  I am keeping this short as Blogger is playing up. The card is entered into the following challenges
Sugar Bowl - sketch
Bunny Zoe- use lace

thanks for visiting x

Sweet, Sweet, Sugar!!

Here is my latest purchase from Sugar Nellie. This is Titania and she is one of many adorable images recently released. I coloured her with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. Her wings have been glittered but it doesn't really show in the photo. The paper with the scallop trim is also glittered.
I am entering the card into the following challenges
Simon Says - sparkle & bling - (next pic shows it a bit better)
Sugar Nellie Facebook challenge - photo inspiration
Addicted to Stamps - sketch

I have also shown below my latest journal page, the theme this week was Bloom & Grow. I used the Split Tree stamps from Clarity Stamps.

Hope you all have a great weekend, start of the school holidays here so hoping the weather improves.

hugs

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Saturated Canary - first challenge

You know how much I love my Simply Sassy stamps? Well, the artist responsible for these images has launched her own range of digis and started a challenge blog HERE

Here is the card I made to enter

Isn't she cute?
I am also entering this card into the following
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Craft Your Passion - anything goes + ribbon

I had a lovely afternoon with some like minded ladies at a crop yesterday and here are the LO's I did

Thanks for visiting

x



Sweet Baby Boy

I was asked by a friend to make a card for a Naming Ceremony she was invited too. It gave me the perfect excuse to use the most adorable baby image I've ever seen from Sugar Nellie. He is called Bambino.

I also got to use my new Magnolia Vintage Tag die and the papers are from DCWV.
Image is coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers.
I am entering this card into the following challenges
Sugar Bowl - sketch
Simon Says - anything goes

thanks for visiting x

More lessons from Barbara Gray

Here is another card I made following the Classroom with Barbara Gray, lesson 2. It ain't perfect but I'm on a learning curve.
I am entering this into the following challenges
Tuesday Morning Sketches  - the sketch
Paper Play - Autumn leaves
Fab n Funky - any difficult theme

thanks for visiting and for any comments you may leave
Have a good weekend x

My next Journal page

The theme from The Greeting Farm for this week was "Cut & Patste". You had to cut a face from a magazinge/newspaper and then draw the body on yourself. Oh no thought i, cannot draw to save self!!! Also could not see a decent face to use. Then I had an idea. Instead of some random person's face, why not have the face of a friend? My friend Hels was the featured artist in Craft Stamper this month and there was a wee piccie of her on the top of the page. I've known Hels for quite a few years now and she is such a talented lady. She is a lover of all things Tim Holtz so I decided to use some of the techniques I've seen her use on my background. I used various Distress Inks, blended them all together and then splashed the page with water. The stamps are Tim Holtz and the papers I used for her hat and dress are also tim, Retro Grunge stash.
I hope she likes my little homage to her, please go visit her blog and see her amazing creations.
I am entering this into the following
She's Gone Digital - Art Journal pages
Crafting For All Seasons - Fall Colours
Anything Goes challenge - anything goes
Sweet Stamps - anything but a card
Thanks for stopping buy x

 I would like to thank the very talented Kellie Winnell for giving me the following award

Here are 12 questions that I need to answer:




Q1) Name your favorite color?  I love greens, browns and pinks but I would say I have a real weakness for anything teal

Q2) Name your favorite song? Current favourites  any track on Adele's 21 album. My all time favourite is Patsy Cline - Crazy (my karaoke track, lol)
Q3) Name your favorite dessert? Sticky Toffee pudding with custard or cream

Q4) What annoys you at the moment? That my house is dirty/messy & I have a mountain of ironing to tackle

Q5) Your favorite pet? My cat

Q6) Black or White? BLACK

Q7) Your biggest fear? Cancer, I have always had this fear that I’ll get it or someone I love will. I don’t fear death itself as when it’s your time, it’s your time. But the thought of having a strung out and painful one is my biggest fear.( this is Kellie's answer but is also true for me, I HATE cancer and know people who have suffered, it is a horrible disease)

Q8) Best Feature? do I have one??  I suppose I am blessed with good skin

Q9) Everyday attitude? hhmmmm………..really depends on how much sleep I’ve had. (again Kellie's answer but applies to me too)

Q10) What is perfection? I don't think there is such a thing

Q11) Guilty Pleasure? crafting supplies, shopping, bargains, something sweet. (again, Kellie's answer rings true for me too plus wine and chocolate)

Q12) When you’re upset you? Sometimes I cry, other times I yell and sometimes I just bottle it all up!

Now I have to pass this on to 10 other blogging buddies so here goes
Elaine
Annika
Kim
Tracey
Angela
Mina
Cass
Claudia
Erika
Hels

thanks again Kellie, hope to go get some crafting done now and hope to have a card to show tomorrow x

I Believe in Angels

Simon Says Stamp challenge this week is to be inspired by a song title. Mine in "I Believe in Angels" by Abba. This gorgeous image is from Sweet Pea Stamps. I have coloured her with Promarkers, the papers are Basic Grey and the swirls are Grungeboard which I coloured with a PM as well. Sentiment is Stampin' Up!
Here's a closer look

I had problems with her hair- a lesson learned about switching the ultra fine nibs between colour families lol!I have since ordered some more.I also added some white gel pen dots around the image, something I saw my blogging buddy Coops doing. It's not as effective as when she does it, practice required!
I am also entering this card into the following challenges
Flutterby Wednesday - use a butterfly, fairy or angel on your card
Bunny-Zoe monthly challenge - sketch

thanks for visiting, hope you have a lovely weekend
x

It's Sugar Time!!!

It's challenge time over at the Sugar Bowl. Here is the card I made using the adorable Knitted With Love which you can buy HERE. My first Christmassy card!!!

She is coloured with Promarkers and I added Stickles to her hat and pom poms. The paper is K & Co. This image is part of the latest release from Sugar Nellie and I love them all, you should go check them out.
I am also entering this into the following challenges
Papertake Weekly - things with wings
Make it Monday - always anything goes

thanks for visiting
x

Simon Says Stamp-tember challenge

For the second year in a row Simon Says and Simon Says Stamp and Show are joining forces to bring us a Treasure Hunt and Superhop. I completed the hop yesterday, amazing works of art to be seen, it is well worth a visit.  Here is the card I am entering

I made this card following the Classroom with Barbara Gray on Create and Craft. I am quite pleased with how it turned out but can see lots of mistakes too- more practice needed. I love Clarity Stamps and Barbara is so talented. You have to send in the cards and they will then be sold to raise money for Cancer Research. I would love to know what you think, so would appreciate your comments
thanks for visiting.
x

LOTV daily giveaways

Lily Of The valley are having a Christmas give away. Click on the link to find out more and see some gorgeous card samples
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My weekly dose of Sugar!

Here is another fabulous Simply Sassy image. I am totally addicted!

I coloured her with Promakers and the yummy papers are My Mind's Eye, Stella & Rose. The sentiment is Whimsy Stamps as it the ticket die.

The sketch for the card is Papertake Weekly's challenge this week. I am also entering it into

the Sugar Nellie Facebook challenge "straight lines" and the following challenges

Passion for Promarkers - anything goes

Make it Monday - always anything goes

thanks for visiting, I really appreciate your comments

x

No Lines!!!!!!!

There's a current craze for colouring images without the harsh black lines by stamping the image in paler colours. Zoe over at Make It Crafty was the first person I saw doing this technique and it looked amazing. She then very kindly offered a freebie digi image (via her Facebook Group) which she has already opaqued, so we could try it out. Here is my attempt

What do you think?
Now I look at the photo I can see I need to blend the pinks more on the flowers, must have been distracted lol!  Here is a closer look

 The papers are Basic Grey Urban Prairie, seniment is Whimsy Stamps.The sentiment is cut out using teh Whimsy Ticket Die
I am entering this into the following challenges
Basic Grey - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - sketch
Papertake Weekly - use die cut
Digital Tuesday - cute and girly

think I prefer colouring with the more defined lines, I need lots more practice. Off to do some blending with those flowers
I would love to hear your comments, have a good weekend
x

My journey into Art Journalling

The Greeting Farm are doing a 24 week challenge to create an art Journal. Each week you are given the theme. Having never attempted this craft I decided to give it a go. We are on week 5 now and here are my pages

I am making up my pages separetely and then binding them all together. This week you had to use paper piecing, texture and layers. Those gorgeous papers are K & Co, I crumpled, distress and inked them. The cardbaord was from a box that delivered some goodies yesterday. I've admired other crafter's use of this material but had never used it before myslef.  I exposed the corrugated core, painted it with Claudine Helmuth Traditional Tan paint and then inked it with Brushed Corduroy DI. The raffia ribbon is from my stash.
The image is Friday Creeper form The Greeting Farm and I coloured her with Promarkers.

You can see here that her trousers and waistcoat have been paper pieced. I am entering this into the following challenges
Make it Monday - always anything goes
Stamps R Us - anything goes
Woodware USA - try a new technique


Hope you like my attempt, perhaps I'll share the other pages another time
x

One thousand Sheets candy

My blogging friend Amy is celebrating her 2nd year of blogging and she is giving away fabulous goodies.

Why don't you pop over to her blog and check it out

She does the most amazing bright, vibrant cards and has great colouring skills.
ttfn
x

Back To School!!

Well my two were ready to leave the house at 7.50am this morning- eager to get to school or what???
My eldest started secondary school, here he is

He had a great time, wonder how long it will take before the novelty wears off? Here he is with his younger brother



And now for my card. I am entering another image into the Simply Sassy Header Challenge and here she is

I tried out the new Promarker ultra-fine nibs and they were brilliant for colouring this delicate image. Thanks hubby for buying me them :0)
Here's my card using the sketch from the current chllange over at Sketch and Stash

The papers are K & Co Sparkly Sweet, the sentiment and cardstock are Stampin' Up!
Hope you like her, planning to get the boys to bed early and chillax
thanks for stopping by
x

Still in love........

Yes I am using the wonderful Strike a Pose image again but have used much paler colours. Simply Sassy blog has a challenge at the moment to colour an image in using the colours below

The winners will get their image shown in the blog header. Here is my interpretation

And this is the card that I made with her

The papers are Memory Box, the ribbon was from stash and I put stickles down the middle which doesn't really show up properly in the photo. The sketch I used is the current Sugar Bowl challenge.
Thanks for visiting, I would love to hear what you think x

I think I am in Love...

with this image!!! She is "Strike a Pose" and is one of the latest realeases from the Simply Sassy by Sugar Nellie. This card is for my little sis who turns 37 today - she does like to pose so thought it was very apt lol!

Not the best picture, it's a bit squint, might have to sort it later. The image is coloured with Promarkers, took me ages to do her hair but I'm really pleased with how it turned out. The papers are BG Urban Prairie, sentiment is SU! and the swirls were made with a Paper Shapers punch. The Sugar Nellie challenge on Facebook this week was to use a punch so I can enter the card into it. I am also entering the following

Deconstructed Sketch - sketch 13
Make it Monday - anything goes
Crafts and Me - anything goes
Basic Grey challenges- summery papers


Here is a closer look at the image

thank you for visiting, your comments make my day
x

Missing You!

That's the name of this gorgeous Sugar Nellie stamp. She is one of the Simply Sassy images.

I have coloured everything but the hair with Copics. Yes, this is a first, I borrowed them while visiting the House of Sugar last week. I did like them, particularly the skintones but hubby would go mad if I said I was building up another collection of pens lol! The hair was done with my Promarkers when I got home. Papers are Tim Holtz, except for the circle which is SU! Pearls are Basic Grey.

I made this card for the current Sugar Bowl challenge.

I am also entering into the following

Crafts & Me - anything goes

For Fun Challenges- anything goes

thanks for visiting x

Kenny K Blog Hop

Kenny K are celebrating their 1st anniversary with a huge blog hop and Anything goes challenge. There are amazing prizes up for grabs, check it out HERE
I have used Rock Dude for my card

I have coloured the image with Promarkers and the papers are MME La Paperie.  The sketch is this months challenge over at Sketchy Colours which involved not only the sketch but the colours Pale Blue/Beige/Brown
thanks for visiting me today, I appreciate all comments
x

Sassy Guest Designer call

I absolutely love Simply Sassy stamps from Sugar Nellie so it would be a dream to have a guest spot on their DT. You can find out all about it HERE
Here are three of my favourite cards using Simply Sassy stamps

Fingers crossed!!!!

Krista's Giveaway!!

I am a huge fan of Simply Sassy stamps from Sugar Nellie. The artist behind these babies is the wonderfully talented Krista and you can visit her blog HERE. She is giving away a tote with one of her fabulous Images on it

Isn't it gorgeous? Anyway, pop over to Krista's blog if you want a chance to win
x

Life's a Beach!

Make it Crafty are clebrating their first birthday and are having a special challenge- you can get the details at the Make it Colourful blog
There are 5 categories you can enter and I am entering three of them with this card

I have merged 6 Make it Crafty digi images to create this beach scene and coloured it with Promarkers. The categories I am entering at Make it Colourful are
1. Merge as many digi images into one scene
2.creative combination of Make It Crafty images
3.Create a project with MIC images and the logo colours of Blue, Mustard/Yellow and Brown

I am also entering it into the  following
 Sunday Sketch and Stamp. - the sketch
Dream Valley Challenges Summer theme
Crazy 4 Challenges - summer themed card
One Stop Craft - Summer Time
Dutch Dare card challenges - Summer fun

The papers used are MME La Paperie, the brown cardstock and sentiment are Stampin' Up!
Here's a closer look at the scene

thanks for stopping by, I'd love to hear what you think
 x

Scot-Pal giveaways

Today begins the Scor-Pal design team introductions. But, not only that! It also starts your chance to win some great Scor-pal prizes. They will be giving away a Scor-pal, a Scor-buddy and a Scor-tape prize pack. That's three winners!! All you have to do to be entered is leave a comment on any (or all!) of the posts between now and Friday, July 22. For each comment left you will get one entry into the prize drawing (limit one comment per post).
Go check it out HERE

Time for some Sugar!

Yes it is the Sugarbowl Challenge again and this time it's a sketch from the very talented Erika.
I used Joy sitting, one of the fabulous digi images from the Simply Adorables range. They are so easy to colour.

The gorgeous papers are GCD Ella Blue, they have been distressed and inked with Vintage Photo. The roses are Wild Orchid Crafts.
It has been a day in the house for me as my youngest is poorly. Had to take him to emergency doc last night- turns out he has urine infection and a flu type virus. Poor thing hasn't moved off the couch all day but is a bit brighter tonight thankfully.
The golf Scottish Open is a few miles from here and was rained off today- we had the loudest thunderstorm I've ever heard last night and it has rained almost the whole day. Lovely Summer weather.
Hope the weather has been better where you are.
 Here is a closer look at Joy

I am also entering this into the following challenges
Crafty Catz - vintage look
Digi's with Attitude - anything goes
Charisma Cardz - all about flowers

thanks for visiting x

Challenging times!

Hurrah, I have managed to make a card and can enter some challenges.

This beautiful image is by Tickled Pink Stamps. I just love Kellie's images, you should go and have a peek but don't blame me if things fall into your basket :0)
I have coloured her with Promarkers, the papers are MME La Paperie. The roses are Wild Orchid Crafts and the other flower is Prima.
I am entering this card into the following challenges
Tickled Pink  - flowers
Sunday Sketch and Stash - the sketch
Stamp Something - use digi image
Simon Says - Lavender and Lemon

I am also entering this into the Tickled Pink DT call.
thanks for visiting my little corner of blogland
x

Yummy birthday candy

CLICK HERE for details of how to stand the chance to win yummy candy to celebrate my bloggin buddy Carlyann's birthday. I can't get the picture to copy so pop over and see what's in store. It is open until July 24th
While you are there, check out her gorgeous cards

Gift for Teacher

My eldest leaves Primary school on Friday so here is the card and a paperweight I made for him to give his teacher. I made the card a wee while ago and just added the sentiment . The paperweight is a new creation. Both use the Simply Sassy image High School Student from Sugar Nellie - isn't she gorgeous?
I coloured her with Promarkers and loved every minute seen as how it's been a few weeks since I had any crafty time. Hope she likes them.
I am entering the paperwight into the following challenges
Going Grey with Scrap Creations - anything but a card
Top Tip Tuesday  - the letter "T" (thank you)
Bows and Berries - thank you/ appreciation
Make it Monday - anything goes

thanks for visiting, it's good to be back in the land of craft!!!!!!!!!!

Back to good old Scottish weather

Well I have had a glorious all-inclusive fortnight in Lanzarote!!!  I've put the view from our apartment below. Ate loads and read 4 books while sitting on the sunlounger...BLISS! It was 41 degrees at 4pm poolside one of the days.
Back to normal today though when I returned to work and it was raining. I will catch up with what you have all been up to as soon as possible but there is a mountain of washing/ironing to be tackled first. I'll be back commenting on your blogs soon.

Can't wait to catch up
x

How Excited am I??????????

I was absolutely thrilled when Elaine asked if I would be in the Sunday Spotlight over at Sugar Nellie. Here is the card I made for her to show

I have used the wonderful Pillow Talk from one of my fave ranges, Simply Sassy. You can find her and lots more HERE. The image is coloured with Promarkers and I tried out a new hair colour combo, hope you like it. Papers are My Minds Eye, La Paperie. Sentiment is HOTP. All papers have been distressed and inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
If you haven't seen Sugar Nellie stamps, you are missing out! I am lucky enough to live close enough to the House of Sugar to be able to visit when time allows. Don't know if my credit card would agree though.
I would like to thank Elaine massively for asking me to take part in the Spotlight, I am honoured
thanks for visiting
x