Alice in Pink

Good Morning - again! Yep I think I'm on a roll…. in every way - creativity has been 'flowing' rather well - although sleep hasn't been - not been getting to bed till 2am!  This is the only problem with creativity when it hits me - its at inhuman hours! 

Anyway I'm here to share with you a creation that I have fallen head over heals for,  Some of you may have seen the MIC hop last week for the new release images, I was fortunate enough to be a part of it too!!  But life got in the way and I wasn't able to make the 2 projects I hoped for - and so I'm here to share with you the other image I was meant to work with! 

Allow me to introduce to you 

'Curious Alice'

Isn't she just adorable!  Its the expression on her face that I fell in love with.  Now I didn't want to colour her in traditional alice colours and so I went with pinks!  The image was coloured with copics

E000, E00, E02

E30, E31, E33

R20, R22

C0, C1, C2, C4

The papers are from The house of Zandra purchased from That Craft Place - I just love the papers they have a lovely feel to them and they look so pretty!! The flowers have been in my stash for ages, I can't even think where they are from! Now I have to show her to you a bit closer :) 

I just LOVE her, she is so easy to colour!  Pop over and take a look at the other images from the release - you will not be disappointed :) I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

Make It Crafty - Smooth Gradients

Card and Scrap - Anything Goes

Just for Fun - Anything Goes

The Crafters Cafe - Anything Goes

Thanks 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 :)

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A Bootyful Night

Good Morning everyone! Hope your well!!! 

Im here today with the latest release over at The Stampin Chef - now you must remember this image is available with 20% off in the store from today - Grab her now!!! - I just fell in love with this stunner when I saw her - Last year I really got into halloween, have loads of papers and stuff! Now all I need is a few more friends to exchange cards with! 

Please allow me to introduce 

'A Bootyful Night' 

Isn't she she just a stunner! I LOVE everything about her and can't wait to colour her again! She was coloured using copics - I think she may have to be this years Halloween image!!! 

E000, E00, E02, R42

YG03, YG17

T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T8

The web border and the words were cut on my cameo and the paper are from a beautiful SU 12x12 set! 

Well I hope you like her - I had lots of fun creating her! thanks for stopping by! Hope to see you again soon!!

And remember she is in the store right now with 20% off!!! 

Hugs

Me 

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Welcome to my Craft Room!

**Picture Heavy Post**

OK so this post has been a LONG time coming…. the craft room officially 'opened' back in Janurary, the 14th to be precise - I only know that as it was my mums Birthday!! I have ALWAYS wanted to join in with the WOYWW posts and share my room - but since having my own little paradise I have always distracted myself - too much to do - and so today…. well today I'm going to do my best to share with you my little world! 

So yes I have the most AMAZING sized desk in the world!  Its an office desk and was a steal off e-bay at £20 (and the nice man put it together for me!)  I have to say looking back at this the room looks HUGE and empty! - but crafting isn't about emptiness!!!

As the day went on (January 14th) more and more and more went in…. yes it seemed never ending - I mean Im sure I don't have this much stash - yes and there was more…. and more!

A certain little cat ensured her presence on the happenings!  even if it did mean knocking stuff off my window ledge! - Yes you may know how much I LOVE Orchids too - I have 3 in the room now!! 

And so on 'opening day' who better to take the seat than Miss N - Yes she decided to try to 'help' - I think it was more try to see what stash mummy has that I can play with - but she is just so adorable when in the mood!! 

Now you can't have a craft room without lots of storage - now I'm kind of limited in my room and so after a trip to B&Q I have some 'custom size' shelves on the wall - they are about 1m wide.  The top shelves are deeper than the bottom ones and I now have another shelf on the bottom! Well done to Mr B for putting them up without too many cracks in the plaster! 

Then the shelves got filled…. and once again more 'neglected' stash was found! 

The shelves look pretty tidy there - they are nothing like that now! its move 10 things to get to what you want!  Anyway I needed more storage - and so a trip to Ikea was in order, and I purchased some of the *kitchen bars* that I have seen many people talk about!  BUT it meant that I had to clear the desk for Mr B to put them up! ohhh and get him a drink while he was working :)

And so here is my desk in a *clean* state - yes that clean and tidy….. 

well in comparison to now!!! 

So I suppose I hope today marks a point at when I will start to join in with WOYWW - Here is my desk today…. yes and that mess was creating one card…. I think I may have issues or maybe obsessions!! I have found that I have become used to my space in there - I shut myself off from everything other then creativity!!

And yes since January I think everything has been moved at least once!! I now have some hooks from Ikea that I hang my dies on - I can never see the floor for more than five seconds when I'm in there on my own! Its my own little paradise and I LOVE it! So as of next week I *hope* to do my first WOYWW post as this week I have just jabbered loads! 

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon 

:) 

Scarlett Hunger

Evening all, yes I know a very odd time for me to be posing - but its been one of those days thats all been a bit strange - Miss N had her 'pre-school' boosters today - she didn't cry till we were home but she did make sure she told the nurse 'you hurt me' and keeps telling people she now has 'holes in her arms'.  Oh an she also has a 'pet snail' called 'Lulu' - she so should have been a boy!!! 

Anyway in-between all of todays happenings I decided to be a bit daring for the new challenge over at The Stamping Chef Facebook page!!  This week Tamara has created yet another beautiful image who is available in the store here! (If your a member of the TSC FB Page you can request her free for a few more hours!!)

And so with continuing with the strangeness of the day I got the pencils out!!  Now they haven't seen the light of day for….. well I dread to think (yes I had to dust the case!)!  But after a conversation with a 'new friend' I thought maybe I needed to challenge my-self :) So one decided to 'brave' skin tones with the 'limited' pencils - My initial attempt at colouring her skin went rather wrong… now I don't tend to share my 'glitches' but for a giggle I feel I must!! and so this is what happens when I challenge myself with limited pencils!! 

YES I colour what should be 'normal' people with a 'snake like' skin tone…. So I have concluded that I will leave the pencil skin tones for the professionals!!! 

Anyway after a bit of thinking I thought it would be a good idea to still use her clothing (As I was rather impressed with the effect I got on her clothes!) and so out came the scissors!! YES this is where I noticed 'Little Boo' is SO helpful in my life these days…. so chomp chomp snip later…..  please allow me to introduce you to 

'Scarlett Hunger'

Now I just LOVE her - for me she is a cross between 'steampunk' meets 'good girl' (no longer snake girl!) - she has the clothing of a steampunk and the face of a sweetie!  As you know her clothing was all coloured with my pencils and the added 'blending oil' her skin was coloured with copics; 

E000, E00, E02, 

R37

The papers are from my stash, none of them had any details on the bottom, the lace is also from my stash.  The flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and the little watch charm from That Craft Place. All in all I'm rather happy with how she turned out! I would like to enter her into the following challenges; 

Scrap Creations - Anything Goes

Inky Chicks - Lovely Lace

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

LEJ Designs - Lovely Lace

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Well I hope if you have a moment you will let me know what you think! I have to say I LOVE her! Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon :) 

Hugs

x

Creative Creations Challenges - Monochromatic

Good Morning!! Wow what a fantastic turn out to the anything goes challenge over at CCC!!! Some really amazing entries! 

So I'm here this week to share the latest challenge with you - we have kinda gone outside the box again :)  Although I will confess this is one of my favourite themes!! 

Monochromatic! 

and we have a wonderful sponsor

Kenny K

They are offering our lucky winner 5 digs of the winners choice from the store :)

Now I don't know why I LOVE this theme so much, I kinda feel its a bit no thinking - specially when you keep it simple like Black and White ;) 

I just love xxx available here from the store :) she is so amazing to colour and so cute at the same time! She was coloured with copics 

W1, W2, W3, W4, W5, W6, W7, W8, W9

The star border has been cut on my cameo - the first time I tried this whole boarder thing and I have to say somewhat impressed with it! I think it will be used more and more :)  

Well I hope you like my creation for the challenge this week! I would like to enter my card into the following challenges; 

That Craft Place - Monochromatic

613 Avenue Cards - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Monochromatic

Thanks for stopping by and I do hope you will pop to the CCC blog and take a look at what the rest of the DT have created!!! 

Hope to see you again soon :) 

Hugs

Me

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