The Betty Hop

Good Evening!!! 

I hope your here for the Betty hop tonight! This has been so exciting!! 

Anyway I hope you have come from the talented Trudie  if not then pop over to the wonderful Betty and see what she has made to start us off!!! 

The idea of this hop came about on the SBS fan page on Facebook - the only rules was it has to be a Betty image from Simply B Stamps that you use - should really be your favourite.  Well I have quite a few and so it was very hard to decided…. But  there was one I constantly came back to - it was one of the first ones I brought.  So introducing Movie Gala Betty.

I just love this one - one thing I have noticed though is that I always colour her monochromatic, I don't know why - when ever she comes up to colour she is always done in similar colours - I suppose I just feel it suits her! 

I coloured the image with copics 

E50, E01, E03, E55

The papers are from my box of loose papers and the 'unforgettable' was in there too.  The butterflies are punched from kraft card using my martha stewart butterfly trio punch.  The rhinestones are from my stash as well as the corners - I must get more of them as I LOVE using them at the moment!  I also used my SU distressing tool and my TH inks to age the edges.  

 I really hope you like my card, I have had fun making it and can't with to give it to someone special! So now you much hop along to Celina to see what she has made! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

see you soon

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Butterflies and Fairies

Good morning everyone - how are you today? Well the school run is done, a bit of work around the house and then me time I think - I have been on quite a roll recently!

Anyway thank you to everyone that took part in the 'shaped cards' challenge - some wonderful ideas out the - very inspiring! So onto the challenge this week!!!

This week it was my turn to choose the theme…. so I had to make it a favourite!!!
We are looking for your creations with

'Things with Wings'

So I'm sure you would love to know who is sponsoring….

Prize One





Prize Two



Ohhh some FAB sponsors this week!!!

Ohhh you know I just LOVED this challenge.  I had so many ideas of what I wanted to do and then I had an order for a frame and card set! I was over the moon and just had to tie it all in!

SO happy with how it all turned out! The image and sentiment stamp are from LOTV - I just LOVE their fairies - I used my nesties to die cut the image, the papers are Prima Fairy Belle 6x6, the flowers are all from WOC and the butterflies were punched from kraft and purple card using my MS butterfly punch.  I added rhinestones for bling! 

I would like to enter this set to the following challenges; 

Crafting for all Seasons - Things with Wings

Fab and Funky - Things with Wings

Thanks for stopping by, hope you will pop over to Charisma Cardz and take a look at what the rest of the DT came up with! ohhh and were having a DT call - take a look! 

Hope to see you again soon! 

Hugs

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Love & Hugs

Evening...  Its been one of those days, after going away for the night something decided that I was rather yummy and decided to take a total of 15 chunks out of me.  I now have an infection, swollen ankles and very swollen feet.... not what I need at the moment!

Anyway I wanted to post this before I went away but time was not on my side and so I am sat here at a strange angle typing! LOL!!! Last week I brought some stamps from a friend, I'm so in love with LOTV any way but when I saw this beauty I just had to have her!!! Meet 'Summer - My best Friend'.

She is just so adorable! Now I apologise for the photo, I don't have the energy to pull out the big camera and so I have used the picture I posted on facebook! The image was coloured with copics and die cut using a new nellie snedden die I have.  

The butterflies were punched using my MS Butterfly punch and then coloured using my copics, the flowers are from WOC and the lace was from my stash! 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Paper Pretties - Anything Goes

Tammy Scrapping Corner - Add some flowers

Great Impressions - Anything With Animals

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon! 

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My Mums Craft Shop - Challenge 64 - Colour Inspiration

Morning all! Well hopefully I'm back on track today! Well this post is written so one step ahead of the game! Well had another trip to the dentist and got another one tomorrow, I will be so glad when this is over! Anyway I'm here to share with you today the new challenge over at My Mums Craft Shop Challenge Blog.  But firstly I would like to congratulate last weeks winner - to see if it was you pop to the MMCS Challenge Blog!

OK so onto the challenge.... This week we are sponsored by



and the challenge is.....  This week we have a photo to be used as colour inspiration

Now I know my photography skills are not grate, but neither is the weather, I took this photo four times before it remotely looked any good - oh where has the sunshine gone?! 

The image is from Saturated Canary I coloured her with copics.  The die cut is a Memory Box die, and the butterfly punch is MS available from here at My Mums Craft Shop. The papers are from My Minds Eye.  Here is a better photo of the image - I did have to cheat and 'lighten' the photo!  

Well I hope you like her and that you will join us this week over at My Mums Craft Shop Challenge Blog, I cat wait to see everyone else's creations! 

See You 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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Summertime Bliss, With London

Good Morning! How are we, well its another tray day here in the UK, and i have a poorly big girl... What is it with my children and bugs?  I wouldn't mind but they are on vitamins at the moment and they are doing no good! 

Anyway, I felt like a lucky sausage earlier in the week.  I kept seeing the GORGEOUS up and coming release from Simply Betty... now they are SO cute! I just couldn't wait, lucky for me I found out that Betty was going to do a quick pre-release sale, OK so I think I missed the very 1st one but spoke to her nicely... and so... 

Yes this is adorable water balloon London, I just love the look in her eyes! she looks like she could cause trouble with that balloon! She will be available from Friday over here.  I tell you I can't wait to share the rest of the crew!

I coloured her using my copics, as it was late I didn't take notes, I have actually started to add posts here and saving them with the colour combos on, just so i know I have saved them, I was so impressed with how she turned out! 

The sentiment, Whimsy Stamps Summer Letter Seals, I SO have to get some more of theses, they just seem to fit with everything at the moment! I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

Make It monday - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenges - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon! 

(Ohh I'm going to be doing another candy when I hit 200 followers!) 

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Top Tip Tuesday C&S!

Morning! Well what FAB entries we had with the last challenge!  It was grate seeing such a variety of projects - all so inspiring in their own way! The winners are posted over on the TTT blog, pop over and take a look!

Anyway I'm here with the new challenge, its one that we all love

Clean & Simple 

The wonderful Samantha has done a tutorial over on the TTT blog and the team have some wonderful tips! so please pop over to the blog and take a look!we also have some wonderful sponsors this week;

Simon Says Stamp is offering a $20 gift voucher to spend in their store!!In business since 2002, Simon Says Stamp is striving to offer you the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Altered Art, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards, and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world. We stock over 100,000 items in our warehouses so that we can offer you quick service and one stop shopping at a great price!Happy customers are the heart of our business.We work hard to find and deliver to you the latest in stamping and paper crafting supplies! Attending classes, workshops, and sales meetings around the world, our goal is to keep our product offerings fresh and current. Make us your one stop easy shop - and we'll deliver right to your door! 


Bugaboo Stamps

One lucky Random winner will win 7 Digi images for their choice



Ooh La La Creations 

Ooh La La Creations is offering you any 1 of their CDs!
We live in France. My daughter and I design the CD's.
I started crafting about 20 years ago with glass painting and decorated furniture then started making cards for friends and family. We decided to design our own CD's as there was not much craft materials around when we moved here. We use living Artists for all of our CD's now and have recently shown our CD's on Create and Craft TV

SO onto my creation, I did use Samantha's lovely sketch! you know one of those times where you know what you want to do and how and then it doesn't quite go as you planned..... 

Yes this was one of those, I wanted to stick to two colours and I had in mind what stamps I wanted to use... it was the cutting of the centre part that was done 5 times before i gave up and said enough was enough! 

The stamp set I believe is woodware, its a set I brought a few years ago - one of those, oh thats nice and ohh I could do this that or the other with... but often gets forgotten about! But when It comes out it does do what I want it to... eventually! 

The sentiment is from the Whimsy Stamps Spring Letter Seals - I love these little words that come with the stamps so many uses! Thats all i can tell you really! So I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

Stemplesonne - Anything Goes

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! Hope to see you again soon! 

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HEY!

Yes ok not a normal word for a title for a blog post, but I was feeling uninspired! for the first morning in a couple of weeks I did not want to get up this morning, at all! I could have stayed in bed all day, but there are things to do so Im up and thought I would pass some time on here! 

SO last night I continued creating - I confess it was a new image that I coloured, didn't dare tackle the draw!  I didn't know where to start! and so here is the lovely Wryn - Howdie Cowgirl from Tiddly Inks, she has been sat on my computer for a while and I kinda forgot about her, I SO need to find a more organised way of storing my digs, I have tried in a folder but you never know what you really have.... mmmmm going to think on that on! 

She was coloured using my Copics;

Hair; E29,27,25

Hat; E33,35

Horse; C5, C2, W0 

Dress; R56 58

And the paper was from my stash, it was just a 12x12 sheet! The image was die cut with my square nesties... go its been a while! And I used a fine liner to add the detail round the outside of the image! Ohhh and the Tim Holtz inks came out to play! Distressed the edge using Walnut Stain and Brushed Corduroy and a finger sponge, I found them on my clear up let week, I have missed them! 

OK so the close up of the NOT so funky banner! I cut it by hand and used my terrible hand writing! The card wasn't big enough to put how die like I wanted, so just put HEY.  

Well I hope you like my card! Im going to go and be more creative today, after I get on top of the housework! hopefully that won't take long!  Before I go I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

Whoopsie Daisy - Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes - Anything Goes

ATC and Cards With Attitude - Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
Tiddly Inks Challenge - Photo Inspiration

Thanks for stopping by! Hope to see you again soon! 

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Wishing You A Magical Birthday...

Afternoon all, well haven't I been a busy bee, lots of posting the last couple of days, Im trying to get everything done before I go away!! So looking forays to the break.... 

This is another card I made a couple of nights ago, it was the other one Amelia had to choose from.  So this will now go into my 'stash' box! I used the lovely Make A Wish from Mo Manning. 

I just love her, she has been in the 'stack to colour' for weeks and just not had time. I wanted to make her a bit more simple but it went wrong, so out came the darner colours!! 

I added some stickles to her dandelions just so they looked pretty! She was coloured using copics, I didn't make any notes, this time! It ind a slipped my mind, I seem to just be able to sit and colour and thats it! 

The grosgrain ribbon was from my stash and the sentiment if from Lili of the Valley. The papers are from my stash too! I love the blue hearts... The other side of the paper is a bit wind though!! 

I hope you like her! I would like to enter her into the following challenges;

Catered Crop - Ribbon

One Stitch at a Time - Use A Digi

2 Sisters - Spring Colours

Remember I have my candy HERE... Please feel free to take a look.  Thanks for stopping by! 

See you soon! 

x

#160 Share The Good News

Happy Sunday Everyone!! Well it would be happy if it wasn't raining, but hey ho... crafty day!! 

I can't believe another week is nearly starting... Anyway I'm here to share my first creation for The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog! Were looking for your creations to have Book Print or News Print on them! Now this was a grate challenge for me! Have a load of papers stashed away so made me get it out and use some! 

Our sponsor this week is Digital Downloads

We have all had the chance to work with the beautiful Flowers for Mum with sentiment available over at The Crafty Pad Designs! 

This image was so nice to colour, very simple but effective and so many possibilities with it! The sentiment too can be for mothers day, birthday or just a thank you!!  The newsprint paper is from SU and I coloured the image using copics.  The card base is a 6x4 kraft card blank.

I printed the image of four times and decided to decoupage the image, I used silicone to add depth, I layered the centre  flower three times. 

I realised after that I forgot to do the bow! LOL!! With the sentiment I just printed it off and again stuck it using silicone.  

Such a simple card that can mean so much! Well I hope that you will join us over at The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog!  Remember if you use a Crafty Pad image you get an extra chance to win! 

I would like to enter this card to the following challenges

A Gem Of A Challenge - Perfect Pastels

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

Just Some Lines - Girly Girl! 

Craft your Days Away - Mothers Day

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you soon! 

Hugs

If the Shoes Don't fit....

Wear them anyway... That is what I was thinking all the time I was colouring this little beauty from Mo Manning - I saw her while searching for another Mo image and just had to have her! 

Meet Big Shoes... 

I have sat for hours trying to work out what papers and this is one that I felt fitted the best! Its one from my stash, no idea what brand! The flowers are from my stash, the flourish was made by hand (I must buy me some of those pre done ones!) the sentiment printed from my computer and the colouring was done with my copics and spectrum noirs! 

The lace and ribbon were dug out from my new storage!! Im quite happy with how she has tuned out! 

Copics; BV01, BV11, V17, R22, £r4, R27, BV29, 100, E37, E35, E33, Y15

Spectrum Noirs; TN2, FS3, FS2

I hope you like her, thanks for stopping by! I would like to enter this card to the following challenges;

Creatalicious Challenges - Lace

Bronte and Bellas Challenge - Anything with a MJM Image

Paper Play - Something Old (the flowers and papers), Something New (digi)

Hope to see you again soon! 

Hugs

x

Top Tip Tuesday - Magical, Mystical or Fantasy

Morning all and Happy Valentines Day!!! these weeks are flying by! Since TTT has switched to biweekly challenges, it feel like no sooner do I blink were onto the next challenge!!! 

This week were looking for you 

Magical, Mystical or Fantasy Creations

We have a fab tutorial from Elaine, Please please stop by and take a look I wish I had more time this week to give it a try!! We also have some Fab sponsors this week

Simon Says Stamp

Stamp Fairy

Ohh La La Creations

We also have some guest designers this week so please pop over and say hi! 

Anyway onto my creation.  It was all a bit last moment for me this week, not had much time to craft and so this was kind of thrown together!

Isn't she just adorable, off the top of my head I can't remember who she is or where she is from!!! I coloured her using my copics and I have learnt that you can mix violet with yellow to add tones act, I so can't wait to play some more with colouring... roll on the schools going back is all I say!!! 

Well I'm sorry its a short post, need to get on and find out where my boiler man is, once again he is not here today! I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;

One Stitch at a time - Anything goes

A Gem Of A Challenge - Fairies

Allsorts - Free and Easy

I will pop back alter and add the colours I used!
Thanks for stopping by and see you soon!
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