Anything Goes @ Paper Nest Dolls!

Morning all, I know its been far too long since I have been here.  Lots has been happening and just hours are vanishing faster than I can keep up!  

So I'm here today with the latest challenge at The Paper Nest Dolls! 

We have the wonderful theme of anything goes! We have some wonderful prizes on off and don't forget out 500 follow candy!!! 

So my creation this week :)  

I have used the adorable Frog Catcher Owen available here :) 

He was coloured with copics and cut on my cameo.  The papers are all from my mixed stash so I have no idea what ones they are.  the happy birthday was printed and cut on my cameo.  

I just love the way he has turned out.  I would like to enter my card to the following challenges; 

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Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope if you have a moment you will leave me a comment! 

I promise it wont be so long next time!  Hope you will join us over at The Paper Nest Dolls! 

:) 

x

Paper nest Dolls US Team - Anything Goes

Morning all, well I do hope this one goes up on time this week, after all I'm finally ahead of myself :) 

Anyway thank you to all of you that joined in over at The Paper Nest Dolls Challenges on our last challenge, we had some really wonderful entries and I know it was very hard to pick :) 

If you joined us pop over to the blog and see if you were our lucky winner or maybe top three!! 

and if you didn't join us why not??  Well now is your opportunity! Im here today with the new challenge and as normal we have the wonderful theme of….

Anything Goes

Yep we like to keep it nice and easy for you.  So i do hope to see many many more of you join us this week :) 

So onto my creation, this has been made for a friend of ours that has recently welcomed a tiny one into the world! I have used the adorable Special Delivery - this stamp is just perfect for the new arrival :) 

The image was coloured with copics; 

B21, B32, B41

T1, T2, T3, T4, 0

YR21, YR24

The image is so easy to colour, I can't wait to do a pink one - just waiting for someone to say a pink person arrived!  The papers are form my scrap stash, and the 'welcome little one' is printed then cut on the cameo.  The lace and flowers are all from my stash.  

Well I do hope I have inspired you to join in with us for this challenge! I look forward to hopping around to see all the wonderful entries! 

See you again soon

:) 

Paper Nest Dolls Norway

Its me again… I promise next time I will be on-time! or at least I hope I will 

Anyway I'm here this time with the next challenge over at The Paper Nest Dolls Norway!! We had some wonderful entries to the last challenge, thank you to everyone that joined us, you can see the winner and top three on the blog! 

So this week we have the theme of 

Confirmation/Celebration

I have cosen to use the beautiful Bride Ellie for this challenge as i felt she fitted rather well with the theme of confirmation. 

The image was coloured with copics; 

E000, E00, E21, E93

R20, R22

T1, T2, 0 

E41, E43, E44

The papers are from the last of a 6x6 pad of 'Fairy Belle' - one of my much loved stacks!  The flowers, charm and pin are all from my stash.  The wording was done on my SIL studio! 

Well I do hope I have inspired you to join us this week! I can't wait to see some of your creations! 

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon 

x

Paper Nest Dolls - Norway

Morning all, so sorry I'm a  bit late today, the DVD of Frozen arrived and a certain Miss N made me sit down with her! 

Anyway I'm here this time with the next challenge over at The Paper Nest Dolls Norway!! We had some wonderful entries to the last challenge, thank you to everyone that joined us, you can see the winner and top three on the blog! 

So this week we have the theme of 

Easter/Spring Colours

I have cosen to use the sweet Easter Owen available here in the store  thought he is just so adorable I had to use him!! 

The image was coloured with copics and the papers are from MME Follow your Heart - I know I have said it before but this pack is so versatile!  The 'Happy Easter' was cut on my cameo and the ribbon is from my stash!! 

Well I do hope I have inspired you to join us this week! I can't wait to see some of your creations! 

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon 

x

Paper Nest Dolls US - Anything Goes

Morning all, so sorry I'm running a bit late today, been one of those days with the clocks changing!! I can't believe how the weeks are flying past at the moment, Miss N turns four on Saturday!!  

Anyway I'm here today with the next challenge over at The Paper Nest Dolls US, I can't quite believe how the weeks are flying by! We had some wonderful entries last week, thank you to everyone that joined us, please pop to the blog to see the winner and top three, I know the team had a tough time choosing!!! 

So this week we have the new challenge staring and its the theme you all love….  

'Anything Goes' 

This week I have a card I have made for Mothers Day that we celebrated yesterday here in the UK - this was the card I made for my mother in law and she loved it!!  please allow me to introduce to you Wishing Well Ellie available here in the store 

Isn't she adorable!! Just loved all the detail in this one, although she looked difficult at first to colour she was very very easy!!  The papers are from MME Follow your Heart, I just LOVE this stack!!  The swirls are cut from a MB die and the flowers are from my stash :)  The image is coloured with Copics; 

Skin and Hair;

E50, E51, E21, E93

E40, E41, E43

Hat and Dress and Shoes;

E31, E33

R20, R22, R24

G40, G43

Bag and Shading

T1, T2, T3, T4, T5

I do hope you like her - I know I do!  Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope I have inspired you to join us, I know the rest of the team have some amazing creations on the blog so why not pop over and take a look :) 

Hope to see you again soon :) 

xx

The Paper Nest Dolls - Norway

Morning all, so sorry I'm a  bit late today, non stop morning! Lots being done and the list still growing!!  

Anyway I'm here this time with the next challenge over at The Paper Nest Dolls Norway!! We had some wonderful entries to the last challenge, thank you to everyone that joined us, you can see the winner and top three on the blog! 

So this week we have the theme of 

Celebration/Birthday

I have cosen to use the sweet Love Grows Ellie available here in the store and as Mothers Day here in the UK is only a short while away I have chosen to make a Mothers Day Card. 

Ellie was coloured with Copics; 

Skin and Hair;

E50, E51, E21, E93

E40, E41, E43

Dress and Flowers

R20, R22, R24, R47, R46

Grass, Leaves and Pot

YG03, YG17, YG63, YG67

The paper is from Prima Fairy Belle Collection, one of my all time favourite pads!  The flowers are from my stash and the butterflies were punches using my MS Trio of Butterflies punch.  The 'Happy Mothers Day' is a print and cut on the cameo :) I love how sweet she looks, I would like to enter this card to the following challenges; 

Marker Pop - Anything Goes

Cards Galore Encore - Stamp or Digi 

The Cupboard Trilogy - Mothers

A Gem of A Challenge - Mothers Day

Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope if you have a moment you will leave me a comment, I do hope I have inspired you to join us over at The Paper Nest Dolls Norway

See you again soon 

x

Paper Nest Dolls - US Team

Morning all, so sorry its been so quiet, we still on the 'lead up' to the wedding!! Not long now!

Anyway I'm here today with the next challenge over at The Paper Nest Dolls US, I can't quite believe how the weeks are flying by! We had some wonderful entries last week, thank you to everyone that joined us, please pop to the blog to see the winner and top three, I know the team had a tough time choosing!!! 

So this week we have the new challenge staring and its the theme you all love….  

'Anything Goes' 

This week I have a card I have made for Miss A to take to a party next week - the little one that its going to is very very in love with her Disney Princesses, and so this image was just perfect.  please allow me to introduce to you Genie Avery available here in the store 

Now I coloured her up a few days ago and in all the 'wedding stuff' I appear to have 'disposed' of my notes from colouring her.  The 'Just for You' is a stamp from LOTV and the Name is cut on the cameo. The roses are from a die I have, I have rolled them very tightly.  The swirls are also a Die,  All in all I do love the finish on this card! 

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

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes (optional 2d or 3d flowers

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope if you have a moment you will leave me a comment 

Well I do hope I have inspired you to join us this week over at The Paper Nest Dolls 

Hope to see you again soon :) 

So Lucky!

Evening, well I have to say I really didn't think I would be on this much of a roll today, It appears that taking some time out to blog is making me much more productive! I dread to think how many creations I haven't shared with you :( 

Anyway I'm back today with a bit of a different creation for me, well its still a card, but its a bit 'green'….

When linking up to some challenges yesterday I saw that there are many 'green' themes out there at the moment, and so I thought it would do me some good to make a card with lots of green! I have used the adorable Shamrock Ellie Rubber Stamp from The Paper Nest Dolls

Sh was coloured with Copics; 

Skin and Hair;

E50, E51, E21, E93

E33, E35, E37

Greens and Greys;

G40, G43, G46, 

YG03, YG17, YG67

T1, T2, T3

I didn't really know what sort of green to go with and so I chose to colour with lighter colours and then take the matting paper to the darker green.  The flowers are from my stash, mostly Wild Orchid Crafts, the shamrock banner, the tiny shamrocks in the flowers and the 'Lucky' were cut on my cameo.  I added a little bit of ribbon from my stash around one of the layers - If I'm right I think it was an SU one!

 Now although the card is very 'St Patricks Day' I'm sending it to someone that has done so much to help someone in my life recently as I am lucky for all they have done :)

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

Marker Pop - CH #38 - Lucky Green

Di's Digi Designs - Make it Green

Open Minded Challenges - Something Green

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Green and Ribbon 

Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope if you have a moment you will leave me a comment :) Hope to see you again soon 

x

Paper Nest Dolls - Anything Goes

Morning all! Well here we are agin, these weeks are just flying by! Thank you to everyone that joined in with the last challenge - pop over to the Paper Nest Dolls blog to see if you were our lucky winner!! 

So I'm back today with another challenge - as you may have guessed its 'Anything Goes' - yep we all know how you love that theme!!!  We have some wonderful prizes on offer :) 

$20 gift Voucher to the store and 2 reels of ribbon from 

Wonderful prizes, remember to be in for the running of winning the prize you must use an image from The Paper Nest Dolls :) 

So over to my creation this week, I had lots of fun with this one, with Valentines day having just gone this was perfect timing! The image I have used for my creation this week is Chemist Avery - when I saw her I knew she was perfect for what I wanted to create :) 

The papers are from MME 'Be Amazing' pad, I just love the colours in this set.  The image was coloured with copics; 

Skin and Hair; 

E50, E51, E53, E21, E11, E93

Clothes, Shoes and Shading; 

T1, T2, T3. T4

B21, B14, B12

R27

E33, E35

The sentiment was created using my Design Studio for my Silhouette and the arrow was cut with a file from the SIL store :) 

I do hope you like my creation and I how you will join us this challenge, 

Thanks for stopping by, see you soon 

:) 

x

Sunday Sketch & Stamp

Good Morning, so sorry I have been so quiet - trying to do 1000 things as per usual - this year so far has been a nightmare with technology…. TV went crazy, Printer head went and then - well the laptop had a meeting with a glass of water :( BUT its still working so we can breath!! 

So I'm here today with this weeks challenge over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp we have a wonderful sketch for you made by Carol 

We also have a fantastic Sponsor 

Bugaboo 

They are offering our winner a selection of digs of their choice!

What a fantastic prize!

So over to my creation, this week with all that happened I found quite a few images that I have coloured up and 'stashed' away for some reason… and so I have decided to use one of them this week :) Please let me introduce to you 

Love Letters Kaylee

She is one of the few Some Odd Girl stamps I have as rubber :)  I have to admit that I kinda forgot about her what with my rubber stamps being stashed away under loads of other boxes - but now she is out and I can't wait to use her again! 

I believe that I coloured the image with copics, the papers are all from my 'offcuts' box, the bunting was cut on my cameo, the 'Be Mine' was printed via the Silhouette Studio. 

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

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Craftitude - Anything Goes

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope if you have a moment you will leave me a comment, looking forward to seeing your creations :) 

x

Digi Chooseday - For the boys

Good morning!! Hope your all well and not feeling the cold too much!! Anyway thank you to everyone that joined us last week for the last challenge at Digi Chooseday! we had some fantastic entries!! So we have a new challenge this week, the team have some fantastic inspiration over on the blog so i do hope you will pop over and take a look :)

So the theme for the challenge this week is

For the Boys/Anything Goes

It been another fantastic week for inspiration from the DT, I do hope you will pop over and take a look at their creations!  So this week I have gone with the 'For the Boys' side of the challenge - a bit out of my norm!!  Girls are so easy to create for and buys… well yes I find them very awkward!! Bit this week i have managed it!! 

I have used the sweet Sugar Boys Download Bundle available here in the store.  The card was designed on the computer suing my silhouette design studio - I'm really enjoying making cards like this at the moment.  I decoupaged the owl and his eyes out a bit to add more depth - the button is also from the bundle. I added a little bit of ribbon from my stash to the back of the button before I stuck it down :)  

Well I do hope you like my creation and that I may have inspired you to join us over at the challenge blog this week :)  Looking forward to seeing your creations :) 

x

Digi Chooseday - New Beginnings

Good Morning! wow where is time going, I can't believe that my little ones are back at school today!!! I can't believe were into 2014 by a week!!! Anyway thank you to everyone that joined us last week for the last challenge at Digi Chooseday! we had some fantastic entries!! So we have a new challenge this week, the team have some fantastic inspiration over on the blog so i do hope you will pop over and take a look :)

So the theme is week is

New Beginnings

Its been really nice to see how each member of the team interoperates this theme - so many fantastic ideas.  My take on this was 'Weddings and Marriage' when you get married I see it as a new beginning and so I have used the gorgeous Dolly Day Dream CD to create my card today.

this card really is a different one for me as it was all designed on my computer using my silhouette software - I then print and cut it on my machine and added the flowers and butterflies! Once I worked out what I was doing with the software it all came together really quickly!! 

I printed the topper off as an extra and layered it up to add more details.  All the flowers and other embellishments are all from my stash.  At first I really wasn't sure how this card was going to turn out - but I really like it now and can't wait to create more cards like this!!  I would like to enter this card to the following challenges; 

Amusing Challenges - new beginnings

CD Sunday - Pretty in Pink

Come and get It - Something New (The CD Collection is new)

Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope if you have a moment that you will leave me a comment :) 

I hope I have inspired you to join us this week! Cant wait to see your creations :) 

x

Paper Nest Dolls - Anything Goes

Good Morning folks!!! How are you all??? Happy New Year to you all!!! I can't believe how quickly 2013 went - so how many of you made resolutions?? I decided not to this year as I never seem to keep them and so all I'm going to do this year is try a bit harder with my creativity!!!  

So I'm here today with some news…. I have been asked to be a doll!!  Yep I have rejoined the Paper Nest Dolls - I have such a soft spot for these images that I could not resist accepting!!! So I'm here today to share with you the first challenge for 2014!!! We have a nice and easy theme for you…

Anything Goes

We have some wonderful prizes on offer of

We will have a random winner picked only from those using a Paper Nest Dolls Image

They will receive the main Prize
Of a $20 gift Certificate to spend instore

also

A top 3 who will each receive a digi stamp of there choice from the store - These will be chosen by the Design Team !!

There are very few rules to follow so pop to the blog and take a look :) So over to my creation - I have used the adorable Cupcake Ellie available from the store.

I coloured the image with Copics 

Skin;

E50, E51, E21, E11, E93

Hair

E40, E41, E42, E43

Dress and Cupcakes; 

I had so much fun colouring her.  I printed and cut her using my cameo, the with love was also cut on my cameo - The wings on the sides of her are a magnolia die that I have never used till now - I decided to make them stand out a bit more by covering them with stickles! The butterflies were punched from my Martha Stewart using some scraps of kraft card I found on my mass clear up! The pin, cheesecloth flowers and gems are all from my stash :) 

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

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Glitter n Sparkle - Anything Goes

The Squirrel and the Fox - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope you will join us with our first challenge of 2014 over at The Paper Nest Dolls :) Looking forward to seeing your creations! 

hugs 

Me

x

Welcome Felicity

Afternoon, its getting so cold here I can hardly feel my fingers and that is with the heating on!!! Brrrrr…. can't wait for the summer to come back!!! Anyway I'm here to share with you today a card I made for my sister to give to fiancés brother and wife when their beautiful little bundle arrived a few weeks ago.  I have seen pictures of her and she is so so so tiny… makes me broody!! 

Anyway back to the card, now this gave me a reason to pull out one of the all time favourite images - Bambino available here.  This is one of my all time favourite images to colour up, you can add as much or as little as you like to the image and it always looks so adorable!

Now it did take me slightly out of my comfort zone, I have been sticking to 6x6 cards recently, but this one is a 6x8 , thankfully the papers I used were 12x12!! All the papers were from my local craft shop - I layered each paper onto pink card stock just to add some depth to the card.  

The image was colours with copics;

E50, E51, E53, E21, E11

R20, R22, R24

The brads I used have been sat in my stash since the first craft show I went to…. and that was over 6 years ago - I suppose I have never found the right creation for them!!  Then there is the ric-rac… again that has been in the stash for some time!! The flowers were all from my stash, I believe most of them are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  All the text was cut on my cameo - she is one amazing too you know!! 

I am so please with the way she turned out and I know she was loved by the recipients!  I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;

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Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope to see you again soon :) If you have a moment I would love to know what you think

x

Digi Chooseday - All about the Craft!

Good morning! hope you all well! Im back this morning with the latest challenger over at Digi Chooseday, some fantastic entries to the last challenge!! You can check out the winners here on the blog :) 

So this week we have a nice and easy one for you… were looking for your creations that are…. 

'All about the Craft' 

Yep were looking for anything thats crafty… it could be the image, it could be the creation…. I know the DT have done an amazing job this week with creations so if your looking for some inspiration stop by.  So let me share my project with you this week…. I have used the sweet Emma Canning Colour me Happy Digi - I think a lot of us on the DT took a bit of a shine to her this week - there are so many images that are perfect for this challenge over at the store :) 

For this challenge I have made a present that I will be sending to one of my very good crafty friends this Christmas, I can't wait to send it to her!!  I have made a small wooden hanging sign.  I purchased the sign cut to size with the holes pre drilled, i popped to B&Q and purchased a little pot of matt paint that is a slight off white.  The wording is a fail from the SIL store cut from vinyl, some of it didn't cut too well but I didn't feel it needed those bits. 

I messed up a little and forgot that I could do the whole 'Print and Cut' on the cameo so I hand cut the image, oh my did that make my hand hurt!! The image was coloured with copics; 

Skin and Hair;

E50, E51, E53, E21, E93, E31, E33, E35

Top 

V91, V95, RV10, RV13

I just love the way this has turned out, I can't wait to send it to the special person!! I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges; 

All Craft Challenge - Anything but a Card

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Stamps and Fun = Creativity - Digi Stamp

Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope I may have inspired you to join us this week, remember to stop by the blog and take a look at the inspiration from the rest of the DT :) if you have a moment I would love to know what you think!! Hope to see you again soon :) 

x

A Non Traditional Christmas

Good morning! 

Hope your well, the winter is well and truly setting in - I can't believe how cold it is and how many colds this family have had already… We have all been struck… Mr B is calling it 'man flu - but hey ho!

Anyway I had some amazing news the other day, I have been asked to be a Guest Designer over at Treasured Times! I couldn't believe it when I was asked and of course I accepted!! So my spot is for December but I just fell in love with this image and had to colour her up for the latest challenge over there of 

Not Traditional Christmas Colours

Now I don't think many people would think of this image as a Christmas one at all - I sure didn't, she is from the wonderful designer Christine Young - you can see some of her amazing work over at the Treasured Times Store - Please allow me to introduce you to 

Ellie With Flowers

I just fell in love with her when I saw her and had to get her coloured up - I then felt she just fitted with the challenge!  The image was coloured with copics;

Skin and Hair

E50, E51, E53, E21, E93

Dress

BG23, BGxx, BGxx, C1, C3

Flowers

R20, R22, Y35

The papers are from my stash all mixed up so I have no idea what company. I never normally use black much at Christmas for layering as I feel its too dark but I think it worked really well on here! The Dec 25 was cut on the cameo - oh how did I ever live without her, the flowers are from my stash :)

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

4 Krafty Girls - Anything Goes

Crafty By Designs - Anything goes with a twist of Christmas 

Sassy Studio Designs - Not your Typical Christmas

ABC Christmas - Winter Wishes

Fab and Funky - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope you will pop to the Treasured Times Challenge Blog and take a look at the inspiration from the rest of the DT - some really beautiful creations! 

If you have a moment I would love to know what you think

Hope to see you again soon 

x

Penguin!!!

Morning! So sorry I have been so quiet - just not had the hours in the day to create, blog and be mummy! Its that time of the year when we are sick one after the other and so as many of you know family have to come first at a time like that.  Anyway when I have had the time I have been creating and I have LOADS to share with you over the coming week(s)! 

Today Im here to share with you a commission I did using the adorable Penguin with Gift from Mo's Digital Pencil.  Now this has to be one of the easiest Christmas images I have ever come across and is so much fun to colour!

The papers were all loose in my stash so I can tell what company they are, the image was coloured with copics;

T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T7

YR

G40, G42, G46

R35, R37

BV60, BV000

The snow was created using some snow I purchased from That Craft Place (Oh how I LOVE that shop!) The snowflake die cut is from memory Box - not used my dies as much this year since having the cameo - all the words were done on the cameo. I would like to enter this card to the following challenges;

x

x

x

Thanks so much for stopping by, if you have a moment I would love to know what you think 

Hugs 

x

Digi Chooseday - Celebrations!

Good Morning!! So sorry I have been MIA (Again) I picked up yet another cold - I'm not doing to well this year!! Anyway I'm please to say I'm back!! Yep I'm back today with a post for the one and only 'Digi Chooseday'!!!  Some amazing creations to the last challenge! and I know I can't wait to see what you create for this one!!… 

This one I hear you cry… yep I just LOVED this challenge… were looking for your creations for….

CELEBRATIONS!

Can be anything, Birthday, christmas, new baby to name a few…. so my creation for this week was put together for someone very special, someone who has a special Birthday coming up in the next couple of weeks…. I have chosen the big '21' for my idea this week. 

I have used the beautiful Fredericka Debutante Digistamp - when I saw her I knew she was just perfect for the occasion.  The papers are from xxx - I have had this pad there for a while - and at first I didn't think the colours were going to work - but I don't think they came up too bad!  The '21' is cut on the cameo.  

The image was coloured with copics;

Skin;

E50, E51, E53, E21, E93

Hair

Y23, Y32, E31, E33

Dress

V91, V93, V95

Over all I'm pretty happy with how she has turned out! I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;

365 Cards - Raise 4 items from card Base (Lace, Flowers, Flag, Rhinestones)

Card Mania - Anything Goes

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - As Always anything Goes

Marker pop Challenge - Anything Goes

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

:) 

x

Happy Birthday Betty!!

Evening, I know an odd time for me to post…. but there is a very good reason…. 

'Happy Birthday Betty' 

Yep I think she must have thought we had all forgotten…. after all the special day was yesterday - but today there are a number of us who have got together to do a special Birthday hop!!! Now if you have come from Ruza's Blog your on the right lines… if not then hop back to the start at Corinne's blog!! I know I can't wait to see what creations everyone has made.  

Now for this hop we were very lucky that Tamara of the Stamping Chef created a wonderful image for use for our creations for Betty! Now what could she be called…. 

'Queen of Halloween'

So back to wishing the real Queen of Halloween a Happy Birthday! We do hope you like your special image - this card is now in the hands of Royal Mail on its way to you! I do hope it arrives soon!!! I coloured the image with copics and the papers were the end of my 'Chillingsworth' 6x6 pad.  The words were all cut on the cameo!!! 

So I hope you had a fantastic Birthday and that the next few days are still full of celebrations for you! Now you need to hop along to Jackie to see what she has for you!!! 

Now if you have a  moment I would love to know what you think and ohhh the Lovely Queen of Halloween is available now in the TSC Store with 20% off so grab her while you can! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

:)