Lets Sparkle and Shine!

Good Morning! 

Im here this morning with the latest challenge over at Creative Creations Challenges - I think a few of you were scared off last week - I know its also a very busy time of year though! So well don't to all that joined us last week - pop to the blog to take a look at the winners. 

This week we have a wonderful sponsor for you 

Saturated Canary 

And she has donated the winner a choice of two digs from the shop! 

Now sadly this is the last time Krista will be sponsoring us :( so a HUGE thank you for your kind sponsorship over the past year :) 

So onto the challenge this week, I think (and hope) this one will get some more of you joining in…. 

'Sparkle and Shine'

Were looking for some shimmer and glitter on your creations, it could be glitter, stickles, rhinestones… the list is endless!!!  So the DT were fortunate enough to get a digi to work with, I chose the sweet 'Tidy Up' for this challenge.

(I appologise for the photo I am really struggling here today with light!)

She has turned out really nicely - slightly larger than what I normally do - she is an 8x8 so it was a bit scary!! She was coloured with copics;

Dress;
B91, B93, B95
C00, C1, C3

Skin and Hair;
E50, E51, E53, E11, E93, E31, Y32, E21

Other;
T2, T5, E35, E37, E31

The papers are from an 8x8 stack that has no front on it - but most of the papers are all sparkly and pretty!  I layered the patterned card onto some percent card I found and also added some butterflies from my MS punch :)  Well i do hope you like her I would like to enter this card to the following challenges;

Amusing Challenges - Glitter (there is glitter by her broom)
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
HobbyCutz - Glitter and Sparkle

Thanks so much for stopping by, hope to see you again soon :)
x

For a Special Friend

Good Morning! brrrr isn't it cold :( the only thing I'm LOVING at the moment are the trees turning, such fantastic colours! and when the light catches them - well yes I'm nattering again!

Anyway I'm here today so share a very special project with you - a friend of mine who is a fantastic artist (you can see some of her works here) and I were talking one night and I came up with the MAD idea that I would make a little book for her!

Well it took me ages to think of how or what to do in the first place - well we overcame that and then I put it to the side - and it sat there staring at me…. and I finally got to finish it!!!  I have to say that I'm so over the moon with how she turned out!

For this creation I used the beautiful Dreads from Saturated Canary.

The image was coloured with copics - now because it was so long ago I really can't remember what ones I used :( 

She kind of reminds me of Meg in more ways than one - that could be as I did try to make her look a bit like her!!  I don't know how or why but this just fell together when I purchased a paper pad from Craftwork Cards called Time Flies - this pack is simply stunning.

I'm normally one to buy a paper pad and have it sat there to stare at for at least 6 months - but for some reason I just had to break into this pack and start using it strait away! And I'm so glad I did.  To make it look softer i distressed the edges of all layers using Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tea Dye.  

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

613 Avenue - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Crafting When we Can - Seasons (summer)

That Craft Place - Things with Wings

Well I do hope if you have a moment you will let me know what you think! Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope to see you again soon 

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Creative Creations Challenges - Anything Goes

Morning all, how are we today, hasn't the weather been beautiful! other than I think the sun took my mojo - thats not so good!! Been busy with trying to think of what to do with the kids over the next 6 weeks, I can't wait to have them home with me for a while! 

So I'm here today with the new challenge at CCC, we had some great entries to our 'For you teacher' challenge! Thank you to everyone who joined it!  So this week we have a wonderful sponsor - 

That Craft Place

The wonderful Lisa is offering out lucky winner 

A Spellbinders Decadon Die

What a fantastic prize, thank you so much Lisa! so onto the Challenge theme, this week we have a nice and easy one for you 

'Anything Goes' 

Yep anything at all, I know how you all love this easy theme, I can't wait to see what you all create! So onto my creation - I just LOVE Saturated canary stamps, you can find some of the rubber ones at That Craft Place,  I chose to use Princess Honor available here. 

I just love everything about her, she is so pretty and that hairstyle is so cool! 

The image was coloured with copics and the papers and embellishments from my stash! I do hope you like her! I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

613 Avenue Cards - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Hobbycutz - Summer

That Craft Place - Its a Girl Thing

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon! If you have a moment why not pop over at CCC and see what the rest of the team created :) 

x

Just to say….

Morning all! Well while browsing through blogger this morning I have come across yet another draft post… I have no idea where these keep disappearing too!!! LOL anyway I'm here to share a card with you that I made at some point since the new year! 

I just love this image from the MIC colouring e-book! I could colour her over and over and over! I still can't quite get how to do all the strands in the hair! I think thats my aim for the summer - sit down, read and learn! 

The image was coloured with copics 

E000, E00, E02, R20

E50, E51, E53, E55

R30, R81, R83

I just love the way she has turned out! The papers and ribbon are from my stash and the butterflies are from a die I have :) Well I hope you like her - I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Digi Haven - Spring

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon 

x

Creative Creations Challenge #6 - The letter B

Morning all - I know I'm pants at this blogging at the moment - there just isn't enough hours in the day for me to do all I need to at the moment - roll on after the Easter holidays - Nancy will be at nursery one morning a week :) 

So I'm here today with the challenge at Creative Creations Challenges - Its a fab theme this one… 

The Letter B 

So your creation need items that start with the letter B 

(blue, bling, buttons….)

Our sponsor this week it the wonderful 

Saturated Canary 

and the prize is two digs from the shop!

So onto my creation this week - I have spent hours pondering what to do - I wanted to try something different and so I decided that I was going to try a tag…. each DT member had to choose an image to work with - I chose the cute Violet Vintage! 

My B's

Blue, Brown, Buttons, Butterfly(s), Bling, Beautiful, (rose) Buds

Not bad for a first attempt I don't think! I used lots of odd bits from my stash - the base of the tag was made from a scrap of Kraft Card and the backing paper was an odd scrap!! I also had to get the TH DI Tea Dye out on this one to add some more brown!

The image was coloured with copics;

E50, 51, 21, 11, 57, R20

E33, 35

R39

The ribbon buttons and twine are all from odd bits laying about in the room.  The butterflies were punched using my MS punch and kraft card - the 3mm rhinestones are from Hobby House and the flowers all from WOC. I hope you like her - Im quite impressed with how she came out :) I would like to enter this tag into the following challenges; 

Anything But a Card - Spring Colours 

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Crafty Embellies - Anything Goes

Heck of a Challenge - Spring and Butterflies

Saturated Canary - Read all About it (the girl with blue hair)

Thanks for stopping by - I would love to know what you think and please pop to the Creative Creations Challenges Blog to see what the rest of the amazing DT came up with :) 

x

A dream is a Wish….

Good Morning! Happy Mothers Day to you all! Today will be spent mostly visiting people and then chill out tonight I think! So I have been a busy bee the past couple of weeks and so need to get into the craft room to tidy it up! I will try to get some photos of it posted on here for you really soon!!! 

Anyway I'm here to share a card with you that I made a few weeks ago using the beautiful Zoe that came with the colouring long hair MIC colouring book - now if you haven't seen me rave about these before then you will now! All three books are fantastic and so very helpful - I would recommend to anyone!

The image was coloured with copics;

E50, E51, E53

E00, E21, E11, R20, R21

(Will come back with the colours for the dress!)

All the papers are from my stash and the sentiment 'A dream is a wish your heart makes' is from a set of Tim Holtz stamps I have.  Well I hope you like her! I had lots of fun colouring her up and finishing this one off! I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

Colour me Creative - Anything Goes

Card Making Mamas - Green 

Digi Haven - Green 

Saturated Canary - Good V's Evil (She's good!) 

Thank you for stopping by - really hope that if you have time you will let me know what you think! Hope to see you again soon! 

x

New Challenge Blog!

Morning all - I do apologise for how quiet it has been over here - I have not stopped if its not been trying to catch up with getting things ready for Christmas its been school events then poor Miss A had Chicken Pox and today Miss N has started too :( - but I think I'm finally getting back on the ball now… so I'm here to share with you today something that has been in the pipeline since Novemeber - 

A good friend of mine and I were chatting and we decided that we wanted to take the plunge and open a new challenge blog - we have worked very hard behind the scenes trying to get it all together - I know there are still a few bits that need tweaking but I think they are all bits that need to be done along the way!  We have a fabulous team of talented crafters to join us so I hope you will stop by and see them all!!! 

So here we are today with our first challenge over at Creative Creations Challenges! 

We have a wonderful sponsor for our first challenge and that is 

That Craft Place

The wonderful Lisa is offering the winner a surprise gift from the store…..

Ohhh so wish I could be in with a change - Lisa is fab for products and delivery! Anyway onto the challenge  - we have kept this one nice and easy for you all - 

Anything Goes! 

So onto my creation, OK I admit i did make this a while back and so I'm not going to be able to list too many products that I used :)

The image is from Saturated canary - This is the first time I have coloured this little lady up and I loved every minute of it! She was coloured with copics and I used some of my lovely papers from my stash, 

I also used a few of my lovely dies cuts - one thats got to be the favourite of 2013 so far and thats the Dienamics I purchased this set from That Craft place and I LOVE them! The papers are all ones from my forever mounting stash! I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Challenges for Everybody - Anything Goes

Well I hope you like her and that you will join us this week at Creative Creations Challenges - look forward to seeing you there! 

Hugs

x

18th Butterfly

Eveing - I don't know how many times I have gone to write this post and forgotten - its quite scary! Im having one of those days where nothing is quite going right - I decided to cook a roast dinner for tea tonight and somehow after 1/2 hour into cooking the chicken realised that I didn't have enough potatoes… How I did that I do not know - I'm sure I brought potatoes when I last went shopping!  I will confess that I am shattered - did not sleep well again last night - this cough is keeping me awake so much through the night again :(

Anyway back to what I'm meant to be doing! I was asked to make a 18th Birthday card a couple of weeks ago - all the customer wanted was for the image to have blond hair and female - and so what a perfect time to grab out a Saturated Canary Image - one of my favourites - Cerridwen  - I just LOVE colouring her up

The image was coloured with copics - and the papers are all from my stash - I couldn't resist the prima butterfly in the corner - just felt it pulled the orange from the backing paper out a bit.  The die cut circle butterfly is a tonic circle die I have - I just love using it at the moment.  The 18 is just some peel offs (quite relieved I'm finally running out of them!)

Once again I am so please with the way she coloured up - I hope you like her too! I would like to enter this card to the following challenges; 

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

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

x

Its A Girl

Good Morning! How are you today? Its a cold damp morning here again :( oh well its that time of year so best just get on with it! Anyway I'm here to share with you a card I have made for a friend of mine who had a baby girl last weekend! There are so many babies being born and due any time I can't believe it!!!

I have used the beautiful Butterfly Baby from Saturated Canary it has been so long since I have coloured one of her images up and when I saw this beauty I couldn't resist! I coloured the image with copics and just had to add some pink ribbon too!

I used the lovely die from Butterfly Circle Die from Tonic - I purchased it a couple of weeks ago from That Craft Place - Its a lovely die and the detail is wonderful! I also used my MS Butterfly punch for the added butterflies and the papers are from my stash!

Well I hope you like my card and I hope the person that I have sent it to likes it too!  I would like to enter this card to the following challenges; 

One Stitch at A Time - Use a Digi

The Squirrel and The Fox  - Ribbon 

Little Claire - New Arrivals

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

x

We Three Witch…

Good Morning! This is a short but sweet post - thought I would share with you a card I made at the beginning of the week using the lovely witches from Saturated Canary.  

They are so sweet - had them for ages and never got round to colouring them till now! Im on some crazy halloween thing and well… yep - not that I know what Im going to do with the cards yet! LOL!! 

The image was coloured with copics and the papers are all from my stash, I also used my Tim Holtz fence die.  I hope you like them1 I would like to enter this card to the following challenges; 

All That Scrap Wednesday - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Waste Not Wednesdays - Forgotten STuff (The image!)

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

x

To My True Love

Morning! So sorry this post is late - today is the first day back at school! Oh my word forgot how hard the mornings are when your trying to get 101 things done! Anyway she on her way now and so I have so peace - OMW yes my house is peaceful for the first time in 6 weeks! 

Anyway I'm not here to ramble I'm here is this weeks challenge over at Charisma Cardz, This weeks challenge is 

'seeing double'

Endless opportunities with this one! So no let me tell you our sponsors;

Prize One



A lovely prize donated from Crafty Ribbons 

Prize Two



a $10 voucher for the shop!

So some FAB prizes up for grabs this week!! Now this was a bit tough for me - I had to think lots!!! But then it struck me what I would do - the faithful stamp-a-mijig came out and I came up with this using two of the fab new stamps from Saturated Canary

I made my card using the lovely suspenders available here and wallflower also available here.  Now I have run out of so much recently so I had to make my card A5, so then papers became an issue.  Then I realised I brought a A4 paper pad a while back from Bebebubu.  

Yep the the gorgeous Fairy Belle from Prima! So glad I got it as an A4 too - never thought I would use it but it just shows.  The images were coloured with copics and the I used some of my MS punched butterflies to 'dress it up'. the sentiment stamp is from here.

Well I hope you will join us this week over at Charisma Cardz - Look forward to seeing you! 

Hugs 

x

My Mums Craft Shop Challenge

Morning all - still trying to catch up with myself at the moment - spent too much time doing nothing and not enough crafting! So rubbish of me! but I am trying to catch up now! 

Thank you to everyone that joined in with us last week over at My Mums Craft Shop - Some lovely entries - if you joined us pop over and see if you were our luck winner!!!  now onto this weeks challenge - were lucky enough to be sponsored by the fab Saturated canary!

The prize this week is 2 digs from the store!

So fab to have Krista sponsoring us! I love her images SO much!!! So onto the challenge - this week its

Anything Goes!!!! 

So onto my creation! Now I LOVE saturated canary as digs and I can't wait to get my hands on some rubber too now!!! But this week I decided to use the lovely Marry Me available here - she is just amazing to colour! 

The image was coloured using copics - now cause I coloured her in a rush I'm not 100% on the colours! :( but if i work it out I will let you know.  I have decided this is my sisters birthday card (I have a few weeks yet thankfully!) The papers were all from my stash and I had to add some of my MS punched butterflies!!! Well I hope you like her - I would like to enter this card to the following challenges; 

Papelitos Stamps - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by - hope to see you over at My Mums Craft SHop Challenge Blog this week! Catch you soon! 

Hugs 

x

Friends are Angels....

Me again! Yes I know, I have been on a mission, need to make the most of the kids being outside while the nice weather lasts, I wish it would last for the whole 6 weeks... Don't know what I'm going to do when it starts pouring! Anyway since I have been home I have managed to make a card... and I'm in the process of the second one! I missed my pens so much, it was lovely to get home and now since I have moved a lot of my stuff into the lounge I hope to craft more!!!

Now I apologise for the poor photo - only just managed to wipe all the photos from the camera and the light is not on my side to be taking photos at the moment! But this is the beautiful Fancy from Saturated Canary

She is so stunning and so wonderful to colour, the image was coloured with copics

Skin; E000, E00, E02, R20, R83

Hair, E55, E57, E59

Dress and Ribbon;  BG49, BG57, BG18 with a touch of Black Prisma Pencil 

Roses; R20, R22

The sentiment is from a clear set of stamps that seem to no longer have a packet and the flourish is cut from a Memory Box die, as it was cut from white paper I coloured it using my BG57 to tie it all in.  The papers are from my stash, I'm not sure what ones as they were loose! Well not bad to say I haven't touched pens for over a week - I can't wait to colour her again! Well I hope you like my card, I would like to enter this into the following challenges; 

ATC's and Cards with Attitude - Anything Goes 

Classy Cards and Such - Die Cuts (Down the side of the image)

Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude - Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes

Do You Stack Up - For A Friend (the sentiment says 'friends are angels without wings)

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

Hugs

x

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

x

Cameoflage JoJo

Morning, oh what a week, the weather has been awful - hence why not much computer or crafting time! then I thought I had a chilled morning only to find that Amelia had ballet... oh well.  Now this is going to be a quick post as we have 101 things to do today and there is not enough hours to get it done - two orders to finish as well as get the stock together for next weekend! 

Last week Amelia and Nancy had a birthday party to go to, I had to make the card pretty quick, all I could think of was camouflage.... And so (I apologise for the photos - they do not show it very well at all!) this came together... 

Yes it was all a bit rushed and as I say the photos make it look rubbish! But i wanted to share him anyway!

He was coloured with copics and the paper was from online somewhere!

I think the best bit was the cheesecloth that I coloured to match the paper, I was pretty impressed with that! 

Anyway I best crack on - hope to have some bits to share later/tomorrow or even next week - See you soon! 

x

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

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! 

And

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 

x