Back to School....

Afternoon all, well there was me hoping that we would have established a routing by now! But Oh No! Amelia still doesn't want to go to bed at night, i just hope that school wipes her out and that she will start sleeping!!!

Firstly I would like to tell you about the DT call over at Lets Ink It up. you can see the post here, why not pop over and take a look?!

Ok so the important stuff out the way!  I actually managed to get quite a bit done with my cards yesterday! Been spending so much time colouring that I haven't created much, so had a fab night last night sat down enjoying making some creations!  Im here to share with you one that I made.  the image was coloured so long ago and I have no idea as to where my little book of notes is, but as soon as i find it I will up-date this post! 

I so love this stamp! this is Winking Student from Sugar Nellie, she is available from Funky Kits, I love how she looks slightly cheeky! The shaped card blank is one that i brought from here, I have a little 'things' going for shaped card blanks at the moment! They are so versatile as you can create anything with them!  

The papers are from a HOTP 8x8 school stack that I brought a few weeks back again they are available from here.  I wasnt too sure when i first looked at them, but they are growing on me! The tabs are also from the paper pack!

Heres my coloured image up-close, isnt she soo cute!! 

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

Come and get it Challenges - Back to school

Lets ink It Up - Anything goes and DT call

Stamptacular Sunday - Anything goes

Catch the Bug - Anything goes

Crazy 4 Challenges - Back To School

One Stop Craft - Back To School

Fashionista Friday - Back To School

Simply Betty - School Related

Well I hope you like here! If you have time it would be lovely to hear what you think! 

Hope to see you again soon! 

Way out of the comfort zone!

Afternoon all! How are we all on this fine weekend! The weather is lovely here today, sun but not too hot! But i have to be stuck inside as i have so much to catch up on before Amelia starts school on Wednesday! I don't know where the summer holidays have gone!

Well i'm here to share with you something that is completely OUT of my comfort zone, doing that quite a bit at the moment! Well I decided that I wanted to learn to colour better with pencils.... now i'm not one to sit in a class room or have someone stand over my shoulder telling me what i should be doing.... I learn by making mistakes! 

While craft shopping I saw a set of 'skin tone' pencils and thought... 'I can do it', and so I purchased them, well the 1st attempt I thought was shameful! But I walked away for a while and then went back and realised that it wasn't that bad at all - all this time I have been colouring with PM's and I have learnt from that! it just needed tweaking! 

I shared the picture with a few friends and one of them suggested that I tried using blending stumps and Zest oil! OMW! Fab stuff, i'm addicted! It makes life so much easier - and now i like colouring with pencils!!! 

Oh and yeah I have a new bit of Sugar in my draw, I have wanted this stamp for SOOOO long now and decided as it was my birthday a few weeks ago I would treat my-self! Ahhh i'm so happy I got her at last! 

So there is the close up, I was somewhat impressed, thats only attempt number three and I think i'm getting better each and every time! I can see me needing new pencils soon! LOL! She is completely coloured with pencils and I used the Zest Oil, I even tried to do a ski (that doesn't look so good!)

Here is the finished card! 

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

Sugar Nellie Facebook Challenge - Strait lines

The Crafty Misfit (Show and Tell) -  Anything Goes

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday #49 Shabby Chic

Morning all, well now is the official countdown, only 8 days till my big girl has her 1st day at big school! How time has flown! Washed all her uniform ready and were having 'practice runs' for getting up in the mornings now, just so were all used to it! 

Well im here to share with you the challenge over at Top Tip Tuesday this week, and man was this out of my comfort zone! This week were looking for you

Shabby Chic Creations

Now as we have had a few people leave the team the last couple of weeks, it left this week slightly open the theme was set and so we have all decided that we will give you our own interpretation of what we believe shabby chick is, here is my inspiration for you!

To me Shabby Chic is plain and subtle, its not a plain white, its an off white blended with subtle pinks and greens, it flows, its warm and welcoming.   I had spent so long looking about for inspiration searching key words and looking at others creations.... and then took the card blank in one hand, papers in the other and then tried not to think too much about what I was doing! 

I was rather impressed at what I came up with.  The papers is from a set I purchased from Stitchy Bear, I just fell in love with this one when i first saw it, I tried everything to create what I wanted to... I tried digi images, stamped images, die cuts and couldn't fill it, then i remembered something a friend said to me last week....  

Its Difficult ti say what is impossible,

for the dream of yesterday

is the hope of today 

and the reality of tomorrow

I have no idea where the saying is from but felt it fitted here rather nicely! 

I printed the wording from my computer and used my nestabilities to cut it out, i used my cats eye chalk ink pad around the side and then mounted it onto a piece of cream shimmer bazzill to tie it in a bit more.

I then printed the backing paper again but changed the opacity of the image using my word document and printed this on A4 to make an insert. 

So all in all yes I was scared when I saw the challenge, but I would like to say I would love to make another Shabby Chic creation as it was lots of fun! 

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

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge - Anything Goes

Heart Song Inspiration - Anything Goes

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

All Things Unity - Anything Goes

Well I hope I have inspired you to join us this week,  I would love to know what you think of my creations, if you have time let me know! Look forward to seeing what you create,

Good Luck 

x

AHHHH An Order!

Evening all, well were home from holiday, been home a few days but been so busy with washing and two kids that have been given far too much attention last week that cant cope with the fact that mummy has stuff to do,  I have not had much time to get on here! 

I have been trying to catch up on orders that I have had, they are all for friends and so know there may be a time delay, they are all pretty cool about it - I ask them a month in advance if they want anything!  

1st of all this morning I had to complete a card for my friend, she was meant to pick it up last night but she was caught in traffic and so went strait to the party! Here is the card I made for her! 

She asked for a card for a girl who was 10 - 10... what are 10 year old girls into?!! 

She wanted it in pinks and purples, I was hoping that I had more purple card stock, but I didn't have any that would match! I did colour some of the image in purple though! I used a DL card blank and Bazzil stock - AHHH I love that pink colour! Its FAB and FUNKY!

I layered the image on black and then on pink and black again! I added stick on gems to each corner just to bling it up a bit! Every girl loves shiny things! 

Heres a close up of the image! I love and and have soo loved colouring her, i used a mix between my promarkers and my flex markers, i'm starting love love my flex markers too now, need to practice more with them thought! 

I have entered this card to the following challenges;

Sugar Nellies Facebook Challenge - Black

Stamps R Us - Anything Goes

One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything But Square

I was also over the moon that I have had another order in for 'Save The Date' cards! and I have even managed to complete them in one night! So they will be going off to the couple in the next 24 hours.  

Here is a photo of them!

So love this design, its so simple and yet has such a clout to it! I know the person that has ordered these will be over the moon when they receive them!

Well i need to hit the sack, another early start tomorrow and so hope to get a bit more time crafting, considering moving the freezer out from the cupboard and locking myself in there with a 'disturb at your own risk' sign, i have had serious withdrawal symptoms from crafting last week and need a good old session to feed the pain! 

Will see you all Tomorrow!

x

Top Tip Tuesday #48 Masculine Creations

Morning all, well another week has flown by, the kids will be back at school before we know it! I know I was saying a couple of weeks back roll on back to school, but i'm kinda sad now that its so close! Went out last week and brought Amelias 1st pair of school shoes, cant believe it has come round so fast! 

Yesterday was my 25th birthday! had a rather quiet day, but enjoyed it, had to pack and make sure all the housework was up to date as we are going on holiday - only to the south coast for a few days but man am i looking forward to it!

Well i'm here to share with you the challenge over at Top Tip Tuesday this week, we are looking for

Masculine Creations

Well I know how I struggle with creations for my husband, dad, father-in-law ect. so this week challenged me a bit more!  there is only so much decoupage I can bare to look at and do, let alone keep sending it to people year after year! 

So I decided to purchase a few 'male' digis and see how I got on. 

Well I was very impressed with ones self when I looked at it all together.... The digi is from Tickled Pink Stamps, I have quite a few of them now and have never really coloured many up till now... Been on a mission of colouring, now one must create ore and more! 

This is Luca, he can be found on the Tickled Pink Shop Here.  I was so worried about colouring him, but he was easier than I thought... OK so I was relying on the fab new fine tips for my pro-markers to help me out, but they did the job!  I coloured him using Warm Grey 4 and 5, Blush, Ice Grey 1 and Poppy to colour him in.  I cut him out and mounted him onto some red bazzil from my stash.  

The backing paper is one that I found on the internet, I just did a google search for free playing card DP and saw this one, I printed it onto a4 paper and the mounted it onto white card.  The sentiment i just typed on my computer, played with the font printed and cut it, then mounted it onto red bazzill again! 

The small playing cards in the top right corner are from Printable Heaven, they have some fab papers over there and they are not too expensive either! 

Well I hope you like what I have created and that you will join in with us this week at Top Tip Tuesday! Please hop over to the blog and see what the rest of the DT have created and if you have time please show them a bit of love and leave a comment, we all love to read what you think! 

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

Cards for Men - Anything Goes

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Paper Playtime - Anything Goes

Lollipop Crafts - Make It Masculine

Sparkles Forum - For The Boys

Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes

Look forward to seeing your creations 

x