Fathers Day - Teddy Golf

Afternoon! Well that was a long weekend, with typical british weather... Rain.  Our party was cancelled yesterday due to the weather and I had spent my afternoon cooking and decorating cupcakes!! Not a happy bunny! Oh well can't change it! Well lots of changes happened yesterday, my little Nancy decided that she no longer wanted to be in baby jail at night, so we have taken the side of her cot off.. it was a nightmare getting her into bed last night , followed by a 6am wake up with a smack on the face and mumbled through her dummy 'wakey up time now mummy daddy!' Oh well - maybe she will sleep better tonight!

Anyway I have been crafty and quite impressed with myself for this one, A friend asked me to make a Fathers Day card for her kids - she left it pretty open to anything but she did tell me that he like golf at the moment - so what better image that 'Seven... I mean FOUR' from Teddy Bo. 

This was my first ever attempt at colouring a Teddy Bo image, I ave often seen them about and looked the other way as I don't feel I colour fur very well, but on this occasion I was quite impressed with myself! 

the image was coloured using copics, I haven't got what colours I used, it has taken me a few days to colour and so I have had to be clueing up in-between it all. The papers were all from my stash and I mounted it on Kraft too, just to fill in on the layers! 

I used a new die I have, purchased it from a friend on Facebook, It worked really well on the 8x8 card blank.  The letters were from my Quickutz alphabet, again not quiet sure what one - I forgot I had that till the other day when I tripped over it, Im not quite sure how it made itself to the middle of the room - it was like it was asking to be used!

From a small piece of paper I die up the smallest circle from my spellbinders and embossed it using a cuttlebug embossing folder, just so it looked like a golf ball! Well I hope you like my card - all in all I'm quite impressed! I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

Digital Tuesday - Anything Goes

Oldie But Goodie Challenge - Anything Goes (My old stash is my Quickutz - forgot I had it!)

Sassy Cheryl's - All About the Dads and Grads

Sweet Stamps - For Dad

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon 

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Top Tip Tuesday - #78 Sparkles Galore

Afternoon! Oh I have so lost the plot, can't remember what day of the week we are on... Its been a busy few days and now the kids have a week off... hopeful for maybe a lay in one day! So have you been celebrating the jubilee? We were suppose to be having a party... and in British style, its chucking it down, typical! 

Anyway I was suppose to have done this first things and I forgot so I'm here to share this weeks challenge over at TTT

In honour of this special weekend we would like to see

Sparkles Galore! 

Now theres a FAB tutorial over on the blog so please pop over and take a look! Onto the sponsors

Simon Says Stamp

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Stamp Fairy

Stamp Fairy officially launched on November 5th 2010.  Gerda Burghardt, artist and owner, creates cute and whimsical digital images for the young and old, inspired by her life, love and 4 cute cats.  You will find adorable teddies bears, young boys and girls, fuzzy little bunnies and whimsical critters.  Stamp Fairy has new releases along with a free image every Friday and Guest Designers each month.  Please visit the store and browse StampFairy’s wonderful images.  We hope StampFairy’s images inspire YOUR creativity.

So we have some lovely guest designers this week too! So please take a look, now I haven't got many photos of my creation but I will try to add more later today!

I have used the stunning Double Take from saturated canary, I just fell in love with her, 

I will hope to be back later today to add more details on this card and add it to some challenges! 

Need to cook tea now

see you soon 

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My Grafico - Graduation

Good Morning everyone! Happy Jubilee Weekends all round I hope! How are we all? 

WOW another week has gone and no the kids are on half term, can believe I'm about to let Nancy start going to nursery next week! Its only seems like yesterday that she as born! 

Im here with this weeks package over at My Grafico.  Now this was a bit of a tuff one for me as I have never really done graduation cards before! And so it was a challenge...

This is Graduation Marci from LaLa Land Crafts, I just fell in love with her and had to have her! she was coloured using Copics; 

Skin and lips - E000, E00, E02 R20 R83

Clothes and shoes - 100, C0, C1, C4, C5, C7, R29, R37

Hair - Y21, YR12, YR14, E15, E18

here is a little close up! 

I have to say I think she is so cute, and Im impressed with how I coloured her up! I finally feel like my colouring is going somewhere now!  I added a little bit of rolled up paper with a small ribbon to look like a scroll, yet again another things I have always wanted to try and never have!

I used three of the papers from the pack and I can't wait to use them again, especially as a friend of mine gave me a 'gentle' nudge that she hopes to graduate soon! Before I go I would like to enter this card to the following challenges; 

One Stitch at A Time - Use A Digi

Catch The Bug - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon

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Hopeful

Afternoon, Happy Jubilee Weekend! Are you partying the long weekend away? We were meant to but.... sure enough the kids are on holiday and its tipping it down! We did have a busy day yesterday, Amelia had a little show to do over in Stoke Poges with her dance school, it was lovely and we had some friends join us there too, it was a shame about the weather, and it turned into a very late night! 

I have to tell you its been a bit of a rubbish week, things have just happened one thing after another, unfortunately we had to have my mum and dads dog sent to heaven last Thursday, its hit us all a bit, she was 16 and will be missed so much.  I haven't even had the get up and go to have my pens out, so I'm sharing a card I made at the beginning of last week.  

Meet Hopeful from Wee Stamps,   I have to say that when I made this card I was hopeful that the week was going to get better not worse! 

I fell in love with her the moment I saw her, she has a longing look, The papers are form Prima Fairy Belle collection 6x6 stack that I purchased here.  The flowers are all from Wild Orchid Crafts, the pin and cheese cloth are all from my stash and the butterflies die is from here.  She was coloured using Copics,

Skin - E000, E00, E02, R20

Hair - Y21, YR12, YR14, E15, E18

Top and Flower - R22, R24

Trousers - B000, B00

I die cut the circle using Spellbinders Large Circles and the went round using my SU distress tool, I then used Tim Holtz Antique Linen ink pad around the edges.

Im so happy with how she turned out,  I just hope the bug comes back again soon, I have a fir bit to get on with, hope its just a glitch with the horrid weather! I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

Catch The Bug - Anything Goes

Crazy 4 Challenges - Add a Butterfly

ATC's and Cards with Attitude - Anything Goes

Crafty Ann's - Flowers and Butterflies 

Well I hope you all have a fab jubilee weekend! Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon 

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Crafty Sentiments New Release!

Good Morning! How are we today?!

I was so excited last week when Joanne from Crafty Sentiments said she was looking for a few Guest Designers for the release today, I had to ask... and I was chosen! I was over the moon and couldn't wait to get started.  She e-mailed me the image and within seconds he was printed and I couldn't wait to colour! 

I will confess that he was coloured in the sun last week, oh what wonderful weather that was... and I had never managed to colour out in the garden before... and I didn't after as it got a bit blustery! But I can't wait to be doing it more and more! This is the gorgeous 'She Loves Me' who is now available at the Crafty Sentiments Store.  

He was coloured using copics 

Hair - Y21, YR12, YR14, E15, E18 

Skin - E00, E11 (yes I tried a a different skin tone but I wasn't happy!)

Trousers and shoes - C4, C5, C2

T-Shirt - W1

Jacket - B02, B00

I decided to add real flowers to the bouquet he is carrying, just to add some detail. The paper was from my stash and the sentiment is from a set of LOTV stamps. 

This was the 1st attempt at this colour hair - before the Saturated Canary one seen last week, I was so impressed with how it turned out and couldn't wait to send it to Joanne! I hope you like him and I hope you will pop over and see the rest of the new release, before I go I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

Art Impressions Stamps - Seeing Spots

Shellies Images - Pick at Least Two (Flowers, Markers, Digi)

Just Keep On Creating - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon 

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