Dec 25….

Good Afternoon, well I'm slowly catching up - Miss A has been back at school for 3 days and miss N starts on today! We have  hadthe electrician in on Monday - I can't wait to get the re-wire finished - BUT I'm not looking forward to the mess :(  Needs must and all that!!!

Anyway I'm here to share with your today a Christmas card I have finished - I can't believe how close it is already! I have lots of ideas that I can't wait to get down on creations - I keep nothing things in my notebook so I can't remember these ideas - you know what its like as soon as you go to put it down…. it vanishes!



Yes I'm really getting into my magnolias at the moment - I'm getting more and more used to them (and more and more of a stash of them!) This is the sweet Tilda with Little Rudolf  - I think this one has to be one of my favourites for this Christmas. The image was coloured with copics

Skin and Hair
E50, E51, E53, E31, E33, E35

Reindeer
E40, E41, E43, E49

Clothes
R24, R37, R39, G07, G09

The ribbon and papers are from my stash - the edges of all the papers are glittered using my heat gun and embossing powders - the pearl flourish is from That craft place and the 'Dec 25th' is cut on my cameo - I can't wait to get more used from little boo this year! The lace flower I made myself - it was one of those 'what will happen if I do this' moments :)

Well I hope you like my creation - I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;

Cutie Pie Challenge - Cute Christmas
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Ooh La La - Pearls and Swirls
Paper Playtime - 3 Different Papers

Thanks for stopping by, I do hope if you have a moment that you will let me know what you think! Hope to see you again soon :)
x

Friends Brighten Your Day

Evening! I know I'm really posting at strange times at the moment - its as and when I get time to sit down and post! Hope your all well!! 

Im here tonight tonight with a very very exciting post… well it is for me - I'm about to share with you my very first official project as a member of the Make it Crafty Facebook Team -eeeeek! I know I'm rather excited! Im so honoured to be a part of this team - everyone is so amazing and I think I'm making some pretty good friends out of it all :)

So I'm here to share with you today my creation I have made for the sketch we have going on over on the Make it Crafty Facebook Page 

Now sometimes I get along with sketches, sometimes I don't… well it turns out I think I smashed this one!  I know I will be using the layout again as I have a few ideas running through my head!!!

So over to my creation.  I have used the absolutely gorgeous Melody with Cushion (although I never added the cushion!) available here from the store.

The sentiment is from a Kraftin Kimmie stamp set I purchased from e-bay a while ago.  I just felt the words went well with the image - I stamped it onto my white card stock using Memento and then cut the words down - matted and layered onto the coloured card stock that I used on base of the card! The scalloped border is cut using my MS border punch.

It worked well with the bright colours as well - The backing looks more yellow but it does have an orange twinge in it! 

the image itself was coloured with copics;

Skin

Y23, YR61, E11, E13

Hair

E31, E33, E35

Clothes and Boots

YR31, YR23, E33

BG72, BG78

E33, E35

I took most of this combo from a little challenge that was over on the MIC Facebook page a little while back - that was to use the MIC colours for a image (thanks to Janice for the Skin tone and Faye for the clothes combo) I think she turned out pretty cute! 

Well I do hope you like her - I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Lacy Sunshine - Dies or Punches

Colour Me Creative - Retro Fun, Funkify it Up

Well I really hope that you will join us over at the Make it Crafty Facebook Page even if its just to say hello - its such a fab chatty bunch over there - I for one would LOVE to see you there - if you have a moment it would be lovely to hear what you think of my creation! 

Hope to see you again soon 

hugs 

x

Perfect for a Fairly Princess…

Good Morning! I know its been terribly quiet here the past week or so :( Im sorry - Its been the lead up to 'Back to School' that has knocked me! funny story there - got up this morning, everything ready - sent Miss A off with Mr B and guess what - Its tomorrow the go back! Yes go on I'm a doughnut!! 

Anyway over to some really exciting stuff, firstly Im very happy to announce that I have been lucky enough to be selected as part of the new MIC DT for Facebook! Im still in shock and over the moon - we have so much happening and I do hope you will join us! So please pop over theres always a ton of inspiration as well as lots of chatter and everyone is so so helpful - and theres me too :) - we have so much coming up - remember the 'Make it Colourful' challenge is on its own blog!

anyway my other bit of news thats not so big is I have a new 'obsession' if you can call it that?!?  Yes I'm falling in love with Magnolias… Its been a long time coming - I went through a little phase of them years ago but I think I only ever used one once or twice - but after my little holiday visiting a crafty friend - well I'm hooked!! 

This is the adorable Summer Flower Tilda available here.  I just fell in love with her when I saw her and so I had to have her :)  I know your thinking well it looks pretty blank but I'm not sure who she is for yet… and so the sentiment will be added as and when I know where she is going :)

The papers are from the 8x8 Gorjuss pack - the papers in there are just amazing!!! I added some butterfly punched from the papers using my MS butterfly punch - its been a while since I used it! The image was coloured with copics 

E50, E51, E53, E93

E31, E33, E35

R81, R83, R85

B60

N1, N2

YG03, YG17

V20, V22, V25

I added stickles to her wings to add some shimmer and shine! I have to say I love how she has turned out and I can't wait for that special occasion to give her to someone :) I would like to enter her into the following challenges; 

Anything Goes Challenge - In The Garden add some butterflies

Cards und More - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - Things with Wings

Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes

Sweet Stamps - Butterflies

I really hope if you have a moment you will let me know what you think! I have loved making this card! Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you again soon :) 

x

Halloween Colours

Good Morning! Well busy busy here trying to fit 101 things in with very little time - next week I hope will be a better week - well it will be in some ways - Miss N will be off to Nursery three days and I will have a LOT more time for me…. BUT we will be having work done on the house - we will hopefully be getting the re-wire finished! I know - I will have plug sockets in the craft room!!! 

Anyway I'm here to share with you my creations for the Simply B Stamps Fan Group challenge! Betty has been kind enough to let us have a wonderful image once again!! And the theme is her favourite! 

Please let me introduce to you 

Witch Mercedes

I stuck with rather basic colours for the 'halloween' side of it the papers I have used are from Stampin Up - sometimes I don't think you can play too safe :) 

The image was coloured with copics; 

E50, E51, E53, 

YR15, YR16, YR18

T3, T5

N7, N9

E31, E33, E35

Well I hope you like her - I would like to enter her into the challenge for the Simply B Facebook Fan Page Challenge - if you have a moment I would love to know what you think!

Hope to see you again soon 

x

Creative Creations Challenges - Early Christmas Makes

Good Morning - I'm so sorry things have been so quiet here - posts seem to have vanished from my schedule and I have been really busy with the whole 'Back to School' this week! But things should calm down in the next couple of weeks!! 

Anyway I'm here today with the latest challenge over at Creative Creations Challenges - well do to all those that participated last week - we had a wonderful turnout! I can't wait to see what entries we get for this challenge!! 

So the theme this challenge is 

Early Christmas Makes

Yes we know its just around the corner and I have to say this year I'm actually getting somewhat excited!!! 

Our wonderful sponsor this week is 

And they are offering our lucky winner a $6 voucher! 

So over to my creation! We were fortunate enough to have some images to work with for this challenge I have used the gorgeous 3 wise men silhouette found in the store here

I kept them very simple as I will be needing a few like this for this year! I decided to use some Bo Bunny paper I had stashed from a few years back :)  Untraditional colours I know - but sometimes I like to be different!

Here is one a bit closer

I coloured the little star in using a topic and added some stickles over the top! 

Well I hope you like my creation and I hope you will pop over to CCC to see what the rest of the team have created and hopefully join us!