Digital Tuesday - Celebrate The Season

It's time for another Digital Tuesday challenge and the challenge is "Celebrate The Season" (any season).
Our sponsor this week is the fab Spesch Stamps and Tracey let the DT choose an image if they wanted to use one for the challenge, so of course I did because her images are fab!

I must warn you that there is 4 pics of this one card. I just kept snapping away last night lol.
I followed the a sketch from Sketch N Stash (number 55). This week you can choose any sketch from their previous sketches, and this time I have got my challenge entry in on time (I messed up last week lol)
Here's the one I used. And my new stash is the image, striped paper and mesh ribbon.

The snowflake paper is by Dovecraft, but not sure about the striped one.
I coloured the cute Spesch Stamps digi with my usual Promarkers and added a little bit of Dazzling Diamonds glitter on the girls fur trim.

The fab mesh ribbon stuff was a bargain find in a little craft shop in Montrose (Crafty Catz I think it's called but I could be wrong). They were selling it for about 40p per metre.....much cheaper than other places around here!, and is it's pink, I just had to buy some :)

 I threaded the ribbon through a pearl heart ribbon slider and also added a few pearl sprays.

 The mega sparkly snowflake is cut from an old Sizzix die from mountboard and then covered with lashings of Twinklets. I love this stuff, it's so sparkly.


That's it from me for today. I should be back tomorrow with a card of some sort if I get my bum in gear and get some pics taken!

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A CAS Inky Impressions

The weather here today is terrible :( It's been really windy all day and apparently we will be having up to 80mph winds after 5pm!! It's 4.45pm now, so I'd better write this quick incase my internet connection goes!

It's my turn to do the Inspiration post over at the Inky Impressions Inspirational blog, and as we have some new Inky boy stamps, I thought I would try my hand at a CAS male card!! ( I scare myslef even thinking about making male cards, never mind a CAS one!, so this really was a challenge for me! lol)

Sorry about the pic. The card is much brighter in real life, but I couldn't take a pic outside or else it would of flown away!

I used Christopher's Catch from Inky Impressions and coloured him with the usual Promarkers.
I'm not sure who makes the papers (sorry I haven't been very good at knowing which make things are this last few weeks, because I have no real paper stash that I have bought myself, everything I have been using has been sent to me from my lovely DT girls at By The Cute and Girly because I lost all mine in the flood/fire).

I think it was a bit easier to make it cas because the papers are really bright and have a  lot going on, so I just added a few buttons to finish.
I did want to add more embellies though, but had to stop myself lol. What else can you really put on a male card though apart from buttons? answers on a postcard please because I always get stuck at the embellie part when I make male cards.

Here's Christopher's close up as always.

I am entering the C.R.A.F.T challenge today where the challenge is children and also Stamp Something where it's anything goes.
It's stamp somethings last challenge this week :( I have been a fan of their challenge blog for a long time, so it's sad to see it end, but it's been fun entering their challenges whenever I could.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will check out the Inky Impressions Inspirational blog to see all the other posts by the amazing design team, and also the challenge blog where there is always some fab inspiration too. The challenge just now is a colour combo of brown and cornflower blue (or as close as you can get to that shade) and although we love to see you using the Inky Impressions stamps, you can use any stamp to join in with the challenge.

A bit of Hanglar and Stanglar and some Bildmalarnas

I haven't posted for a few days because I've been busy getting things ready for my Daughter Rhianna's girly birthday party which was yesterday. She invited her new friends from school and they all had a lovely (but noisy!!) time.

I did make a few challenge cards last week, but forgot to post them....oops, so thought I would just show one today anyway and also one of my By The Cute and Girly DT cards for this month where the theme is "All Things Bright and Beautiful".

I think I made this for Just Magnolia and Hanglar challenge but they have a new one up now, so I had a look around blog land and C.R.A.F.T challenge is looking for cards with children this week, so I am entering it there.

The cute Hanglar girl is coloured with Promarkers and I used some Dazzling Diamonds glitter from SU! on her wings and her bow on her hat.
I'm not sure who makes the papers I used on this card as they were from a friend, but the gorgeous flowers and butterfly are from Little Snippets, aren't they pretty?
Ger has lots of lovely snippets for your cardmaking but they can also be used for so much more. I have a horrible light shade which I think I will transform using some of these lovely "snippets". I will share some pics if I ever get around to doing it lol.
The pretty wire spray was also a gift and the flourishes and decorative border are both Marianne dies. This is the first time I have used the border one because I lost my embossing mat for my cuttlebug and this die embosses as well as cuts, so I haven't ever used it, but I was mounting some stamps the other day and thought I would be able to use some of the mount to use instead of the tan mat to emboss with......it worked perfectly, although I don't think I will be able to use the mount for stamps now, because it now has a pretty embossed pattern on it! lol

Here's the little cuties close up :)

You can see the glitter on her hat and wings better in this one and also the pretty embroidered detail on the Little Snippets flower. Oh and I threaded some ribbon from my stash through the border too.

As I said, the theme over at my monthly challenge blog, By The Cute and Girly is "All Things Bright and Beautiful" and to be honest, I was kinda lazy with this challenge and only made cards because I had just moved house and didn't have much stash to make anything, but at least I made something :)

The top strip of paper on this card looks really wonky, but I promise it's not in real life, don't know what happened with the pics there lol.

Again I have no idea who makes these papers, but they are lovely and glittery, so I thought they would be good for the challenge.
The cute image is a Bildmalarna stamp which I got as a birthyday pressie last year from one of my BTC&G DT girls, Hanna, and I have to confess that I have only used it once before. Not because I don't like it, because I love these cute stamps, but because I lost it and found it again when I moved :) So she will be getting a lot of inking now.
I coloured her as usual with promarkers and used a little bit of glitter.
The gorgeous butterfly and pretty crotchet flowers are again from Little Snippets.
I also followed a sketch for this one but I missed that challenge as well.......I know there is just no hope for me! lol

You can see the glitter on her little bows and on the yellow bits of the flowers.

That's all from me today. I will be back tomorrow with an Inky Impressions Inspiration post on the Inspirational blog, but today I need to make a pile of thank you cards for Rhianna's friends who came to her party yesterday.

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Inky Impressions Colour Combo challenge

I did have this post scheduled but blogger decided that it didn't want to post it, so a bit late, but better late than never I suppose ;)

The challenge over at the Inky Impressions challenge blog this week is a colour combo of Cornflower Blue and Brown.  Now my card is these colours, but I have no idea how the blue looks in my pics because my monitor has gone all funny and I can't see any of the colours properly lol, so I'm sorry if my blue doesn't look like Cornflower Blue in the pics, but I promise it is in real life.....it could look pink here for all I know!! lol

I used Lili's Sweet Treat which is one of the new release stamps that you can find here in the Inky Impressions store. I just love this little cutie :) As usual she is coloured with Promarkers.

The paper are Laura Ashley and some spotty paper that I found a scrap of so I'm not sure who makes that one.
I cut Lili out with a Marianne die and also die cut some flourishes with the 2 other dies from the same set, and everything else on this card was gifts from friends :)

I am entering this card into the Creative Card Crew challenge where anything goes and also Pile It On where they want to see anything beginning with a "B"......I have blue, brown and a bow.

Inky Impressions Fall Fun Blog Hop!!

Happy Friday and welcome to the Inky Impressions FALL FUN Blog Hop!!

The Inkettes are putting on this blog hop to show you some really FUN new rubber stamp releases that have just come out!! The images are:
Pirate Christopher
Deputy Christopher
Robinhood Christopher

This blog hop begins TODAY, Friday September 2nd at 7:00 AM (EST) and will end on Sunday, September4th at noon (EST)...so don't miss out on the fun and prizes!! The Winner will be announced on the Inky Impressions Inspirational Blog...so be sure to check back to see if you're a winner!

For the prize, one lucky winner will receive TWO of the new released images you see today along with a sentiment stamp and some yummy embellishments!!....Now doesn't that just ROCK?!! So please be sure you leave a comment on EVERY blog hop stop along the way and finish to the end for your chance to win!!

If you came here from Cyndi's blog you are the right track, if not please start at the beginning with Jackie's

My card today uses "Pirate Christopher"

Isn't this just the cutest little pirate ever!? I coloured him with Promarkers and embossed his belt buckle and sword with silver embossing powder.
The papers were from a lovely blogging friend and I just finished it off with some black gems from my local pound store.
And I am entering this card into the Stamps R Us Challenge where it's "anything goes"

I decided to make another card with the same stamp using "non traditional" pirate colours.

I followed the sketch over at Sketch and Stash for this one and of course my new stash is the stamp.
As usual I coloured with Promarkers and this time I embossed his belt, sword and the little skull with gold embossing powder.
I found the gold sequin waste stuff in my kids craft box and thought it would look quite good with the pirate image and then used a metal "coin" embellishment from Janlynn.com which was actualy silver but I just inked it with a couple of coats of  gold ink, drying inbetween each layer with my heat gun, to make it match the rest of the card.
I love how you can take any of these images and make a totally different card each time by just changing the colours.
I really had fun with this stamp and I have so much more ideas for cards using it.
My middle Daughter's birthday is next week and I was going to have a party for her but since we moved and none of her friends from her old school would be able to come because we are too far away from them, I decided not too, but I was thinking, wouldn't this stamp be perfect for a princess and pirate theme party for a child?
I thought of this theme before for one of my kids parties but I didn't do it because I couldn't find a pirate themed stamp that I liked, but this stamp is just perfect for it.....it's boyish but cute enough to be used on a girls invitation too :)
Actually now that I think about it, I could easily have a little party in the house with a few of her new school friends just so I can make some invitations with this little cutie lol, and any of the Inky girl stamps would be perfect for the girls one too:)

From here you will go to Tanya's blog. Make sure you leave comments along the way for a chance to win

Here is the order:

Carrie
Jen
Ria
Cyndi
Lora That's me :)
Tanya
Alberto
Jackie
Inspirational blog

A couple of Sugar Nellie challenge cards

I decided yesterday that I am going to try join in with lots more challenges now that I have more time on my hands, since I don't have to do anything at my kids school now because they have moved school, so last night I checked out the Sugar Bowl challenge and pulled out some of my old Sugar Nellie stamps to have a play.

The first one is for the Sugar Bowl where there is a sketch and also the optional theme of "One For The Girls". I always love the sketches that they have over there and Sugar Nellie's happen to be my fave stamps, so I like to join in when I can, and I have promised myself that I am going to try join in with all the challenge there :)

I couldn't get very good pics today as it's really windy here so I couldn't take photo's outside and it's too dull to get a good pic indoors.
I coloured as usual with Promarkers. I think this is only the second time I have inked this cutie up!! I know it's shocking isn't it?! I don't know why because I love these older SN stamps......maybe it's because I just kept buying them and didn't have enough time to play with them all lol. Well I don't have that problem now as I don't have half of the stamps I used too :( and it doesn't look like I will be able to buy new ones anytime soon, so I think my old stamps will all be getting a good airing over the next few weeks :)

I used K&Co papers again and some pretty flowers and butterflies that my friend Ger sent me (thanks hunnie xx), some card candy (which was from another fabby friend) and I got out a few of my Marianne dies for the flourishes and leaves.

After I made this card, I decided that I wasn't quite ready to put the stamps away, so I made another one for a different challenge.
I saw someone else enter the Pink Ink Sketch Challenge which I had never heard of before, so I thought I would give it a go.

Again the papers which are all Papermania, gems and the pretty lace were gifts from my fab blogging friends (I really would have nothing to show if it weren't for them sending me some stuff to get me crafting again!) and the gorgeous butterfly is from Little Snippets Etsy Store, I just added some tiny gems to it's body.

I think this is the first Sugar Nellie Manga I bought and again I have only used her once or twice, but I really enjoyed colouring this one.
The gorgeous butterfly is one of the newer styles of butterflies in the Little Snippets store, and I think it's my favourite style so far.....although I say that every time Geraldine shows me a new butterfly lol.


Well that's it from me today. I will be back tomorrow with a couple of cards using some "Little Snippets"

I'm finally back!!!

This is going to be a long post, so you should maybe get a cuppa and get yourself comfy before attempting to read this lol.

It's been over a month since I last posted and this last month has been a nightmare!
I'm not going to write a whole novel about what has happened over the last few months, but I feel that I owe an explanation to all my friends................so basically what has happened is, we went on holiday for a week and then ended up staying longer to look after my MIL's house while she was on holiday and while we were away, my house was flooded.
We were wanting move house anyway as I hated where we lived but what happened made the decision for us, so we have moved house and am about 30 miles away from where I used to live.
I don't know anyone here but it's a nice village and the kids love their new schools so things are looking up :)
I lost a lot of my stuff including most of my craft stash :(  so I haven't been able to craft for the last few weeks, but some of the dt members from my challenge blog By The Cute and Girly very kindly sent me some crafty bits so I could get crafting again (thank you girls, you are the best!! :)), so I spent yesterday crafting all day :)
I still need a lot of things but I'm getting there.

I took a few supplies with me on holiday so I could make a couple of cards for design team work, so I have those to show today......a month late, but better late than never lol, and also I made some cards yesterday, so I have lots to show!

First up is a card I made for Inky Impressions with Rock 'N' Roll Donnie from the last release. This was for one of the challenges over at the Inky challenge blog.

 I won't go into huge detail and give marker colours etc since I have a lot to show, but the papers are My Minds Eye (Lost and Found collection), image is coloured with Promarkers, the chipboard embellie which I thought was just perfect for this image is by Making Memories and everything else from my stash.

And here's 2 more dt cards that  I made yesterday for Inky Impressions using the new Summer release images.
First is one using Lili's Sweet Treat and matching sentiment.

I don't have much Promarkers now as I lost a lot when I moved, but I managed to colour up a few images without having to use loads of different shades.
I'm not sure who makes the papers as they were a gift from one of my dt girls/friends, but I thought they went well with the sweet image. 
I'm entering a couple of challenges with this one- I used the sketch from Cute Card Thursday, Papertake Weekly's challenge is Dies To Die For and I used 2 Marianne dies for the flourishes, Pile It On is looking for Sweet Treats and the Corrosive Challenge is looking for Girly.

The cute crotchet flower is from Little Snippets Etsy store which I am a dt member for. The owner Ger has some gorgeous embellies and all at reasonable prices too :)

Next is a card made with one of the new Inky Impressions boys. 
I didn't get a chance to make anything for the release as I was away, but I couldn't wait to ink them up when I got back.

 This stamp is Christophers Catch and I coloured him with Promarkers and added some Glossy Accents to the water which unfortunately you can't see in this pic.
The papers are K&Co and I used some Card Candy which I got from my lovely blogging buddy.

I do love girly cards but this little boys are so cute and I really enjoyed colouring them. I have more coloured that still need to be made into cards, so I will be showing them soon.

Finally, a card that I made with some of the lovely goodies that Carol sent me (thanks again hunny, you are soooo kind :))

 I thought I would enter the Crafters Companion Challenge which is Glitter and Glitz, and this cute image just seemed perfect for it.
The image is a LOTV topper which I just added some dazzling diamonds glitter to her shoes and the bow in her hair. You can't really see the glitter here, but I promise it is there. I did try to get a close up of the pic, but for some reason it just kept going all blurry.
The papers are from one of my all time fave paper pads by K&Co. I just rounded all the corners and added some pretty flowers and ribbon that Carol also sent me and some pearls from the Inky Impressions store.

I do have a few more cards to show but I will post them later. I think any more might send you to sleep.....that's if your not already sleeping after this novel! lol

Thanks for all the messages I was sent while I was MIA. Sorry I couldn't reply to them all, I had no internet access while I was away and I when I finally got it on, I had over 8000 emails to read through, so I'm afraid most of them got deleted. So if you had sent me an email and I didn't reply, please send it again and I promise I will get back to you this time :)

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