Keep it Simple

Good Morning! Sorry my blog has been so quiet had a lot on recently, what with 4 weeks of quarantine   due to chicken pox and now were in cause of the snow but lots of good stuff has happened in-between! I finally have a craft room!!! Yep I know its so nice to have my own little space although it is taking some getting used to! I will get some photos as soon as I can! 

Well Im here this morning with the 2nd challenge over at Creative Creations Challenges.  I have to say WOW what a turn out last week! Really hope this challenge will be as good!!! So the theme I hear you ask…. 

Keep It Simple 

Its something I always struggle with - I do like embellishments!!! So our sponsor this week is the Wonderful Digital Delights and they are offing the winner a $5 voucher to the store.

So onto my card.  Now with moving all my craft stuff up to the room it has been a bit hard to remember when I put everything - so I have used the beautiful Lola Sif Digi from Simple B Stamps

The image was coloured with copics a while ago and it was by change the ribbon matched perfectly! The card blank was a 6x6 scalloped and I ran it through my big shot with a 6x6 embossing folder! I love the way its turned out! 

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

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Well I hope you like my card and I look forward to seeing you over at Creative Creations Challenges!!! 

Hugs 

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A cute little butterfly….

Good Afternoon, well its been another long night - poor Nancy is smothered in pesky little spots :( not much I can do other than giver her plenty of cuddles and try to keep her happy - my goodness this young lady knows what she wants!  Anyway I have been busy doing bits here and there…. 

I was asked the other day if I could do an 8x10 for someone - I thought it was about time I coloured up a big print after all its been a while, and so this is what fell together! 

I have to say I am so in love with her - this is the gorgeous I am a Butterfly from CC Designs available from here .  when I was asked to do her the only requirements were that she has blue hair and a pink/purple theme and I have to say she is just so adorable - I was over the moon with the ideas of pinks and purples!!!! So I set to work strait away - she took a while to colour but she was well worth it.  She was coloured with copics;

E00, E21, E11

R30, R81, R83

BV000, BV00, BV02

B000, B01, B12, B21

The photo just does not do her justice! 

I also had to add some sparkle to the wings… I didn't want this to be too over the top and so I added it just on the outside lines using my stickles.

As I framed her I had to add a little bunch of co-ordinating flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts to the corner - I just stuck these using silicone, again you can't really see the colours and the pinks look more peach but I think thats just the photo!  I then had to add some punched butterflies that I coloured using the BV's as listed above.

Well I hope you like her - I had so much fun doing her and think I may have to do more sometime soon! I would like to enter this framed print into the following challenges; 

Can you Digi It - Sparkle (there is sparkle on her wings, flowers and rhinestones)

Crafty Sentiments - Sparkle/Shine and glitter

Everybody Art Challenge - Pastel Colours

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by, if you have a moment I would love to know what you think! Hope to see you again soon 

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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

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Christmas Ornament

Good Morning! Well been a busy weekend with a bizarre and then taking the kids to visit the man in red! They LOVED every minuet of it and I think I can finally say I'm feeling a bit more festive.  It was lovely to see Nancy starting to understand and want to be in on it all!!! 

Any way I'm here with some more news for you,  a while ago I applied to be a DT member on the Crafty Bloggers Network - I couldn't believe it when I get an e-mail asking me to be on the team!!!  So as you can imagine I had to accept and so here I am today with my first post!!! 

Its time for the inspiration post on the CBN blog and so I have made (another) decoration for the tree - well i was suppose to give it to someone but Miss A has decided to get rather protective over it and told me it has to stay on our tree

Supplies;

Simply B Stamps Image - Sugarplum Fairy Lola

Copics; E00, E11, E21, R20, R22, YG63, YG67

Nestabilities small circles (for the base)

Doily and ribbon from stash 

Christmas Collection Papers

Well I hope you like her and I hope I may have inspired you to join us on this challenge! I would like to enter this creation into the following challenges; 

Di's Digi Designs - Anything But a Card

ATC's and Cards With Attitude - Anything Goes

Card Crafters Circle - December Celebrations

Digi Heaven - Anything Goes

Peachy Keen Stamps - Ornaments

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon 

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A Christmas Anything Goes

Good morning - I know it has been very quiet here recently - too quiet I know- I am sorry but I have been busy - I firstly had some commitments that I needed to take care of and then I had to have a clear up - so anyway I know your thinking - what commitments? well I have been lucky enough to be offered a DT spot at Christmas at Sweet Stampin - I was over the moon when I received the e-mail I couldn't quite believe that I had been chosen to work with such a talented bunch of people!! 

So I really hope you will take a look around here at my creation and then pop over to the challenge blog and take a look at the amazing creations from the DT.  The theme for this challenge is 

Anything Goes

and we have some wonderful sponsors 

Funky Kits

and a set of Promarkers from Letraset

So now you have seen the grate prizes on offer let me share with you my creation for this - now I am so far behind with everything this Christmas I think with the mojo running it just did not help but suddenly it came to me to make a special gift for Miss A's teacher. 

I used one of the beautiful angels from Lili of The Valley - I have had her for a few years now and every christmas she has to make an appearance! The papers are Bazill Basics Believe stack - I have had to purchase another stack this morning as the papers are just so lovely.  My favourite has to be the kraft colour with the snowflakes! I also went round the edges with TH DI to soften the look.  I also used a few nesties on this project - normally one is my limit! 

She was coloured up with copics and then die cut with my nesties.  I added some TH DI around the endues to soften it and keep the theme going through! I also added stickles to her wings to make her sparkle.  Now I guess your wondering why I think this creation is so special?!?  Take a look at the inside. 

Yep I have made a little candle box for Miss A's Teacher.  I am somewhat impressed with it - I have to say I did take the long route with it though! plus with loosing track of time with it all it took me a lot longer than I expected.  once again the papers on the inside are from the same stack as before.  The candle box was one that I made a couple of weeks ago that I have stuck down using silicone. 

I just had to add a sentiment on the inside and so I chose one from a Personal Impressions set called 'snow is falling' I purchased a while back - I die cut it and then added more DI around the edges.  Well I hope you like my creation I would like to enter this into the following challenges; 

Lexis Creations - Christmas 

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Totally Stampalicious - Anything But A Card

Top Tip Tuesday - Christmas

Thanks for stopping by - I do hope you will join us with this challenge at Christmas at Sweet Stampin! I can't wait to see your creations! If you have a moment I would love to know what you think! Hope to see you soon 

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