Going Braless!

Morning Folks!

Hope you're having a great Easter so far and looking forward to the Easter Bunny leaving some chocolate tomorrow! Of course, Saturday means a new challenge over at Sweet Stampin' and this week we are going for

PAPER PIECING

 so dig out those sharp scissors and paper scraps!!

We have a lovely prize from

up for grabs!!

Here's my card using a fab Stella digi from Bugaboo which just makes me laugh!! Not quite sure if paper piecing and going bra less are a good combination though - careful with those scissors!!

I've coloured the image with promarkers and then paper pieced the dress and shoes using a scrap of lilac polka dot paper. Also used up a few more flowers from the stash collection!!

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the long weekend!

I'd like to enter the following challenges

Crafty Catz - Anything goes

Sister Act - Anything goes

Crafting by designs - Anything goes

Fab n Funky - Lots of layers

Clear it Out- Clear it out & 2 hoarded items (papers and flowers)

Everybody Art - Anything goes

Daisy Bunny

Morning Folks!

Yay, the Easter long weekend has started!! Sadly so too has the rain, it's very dull here - perhaps a good excuse to settle back with a hot cross bun and a cuppa??

I don't usually make Easter cards, but this year I did need to send a couple so I thought I'd share them this weekend. I don't have that many specific Easter stamps but this Messy Rabbit stamp from Joanna Sheen always makes me think of Spring. Papers are all from my scraps folders (which look just as jam packed as ever) along with flowers and card candi from my stash.

Isn't she just so cute wearing her daisy chain!

I forgot to photo the inside before I put this in the post (duh) but it does have a Happy Easter greeting from Stamping Up in it. I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - Anything goes

Graph It colour challenge - Springtime

Patties Creations - Easter

Simply Create Too - Anything goes 

Sister Act - Anything goes

Dream factory - Chicken Run / Easter bunnies

4 Crafty Chicks - Easter

Crafter's Cafe - Easter

Crafting by designs - Anything goes

Crafting for all seasons - Animal magic

Fab n Funky - Lots of layers

Clear it Out- Clear it out & 2 hoarded items (papers and flowers)

Deep Ocean challenge - Easter/ Spring

Everybody Art - Anything goes

Papertake Weekly - Pastel colours

Bunny Zoes challenge - Spring Colours

That Craft Place - Easter / Spring

The Corrosive Challenge - Hop into Spring

Have a great day!

Spiffing!

Morning Folks!

Yay, it's the weekend!! I'm hoping to grab a bit of crafting time, I've had Flu and didn't even make it into my craft room for over a week - not good!! Just popped by this morning to share my card for the new challenge over at Sweet Stampin' which is to

USE A SENTIMENT AS THE FOCUS

Have to admit my choice of stamps for this challenge was severely limited, most of my sentiments are teeny weeny! I bought this Woodware stamp last year, because it made me smile but this is the first time it has been used. It's hard to see from the photo but it's been heat embossed in metallic copper. The papers are Swagger by Fancy Pants - this one always reminds me of pyjamas! I decided to make an easel card for a change and cut out the sentiment with an x cut die to make a sign. Finished with a few eyelets and a brad!!

Thanks for visiting today and please pop over to the Sweet Stampin' blog to see the fab inspiration from the rest of the design team. 

I'd also like to enter the following challenges:

Country View Challenges - Anything goes

Stamping Sensations - One for the Guys

Cardz 4 Guys - CAS

Deep Ocean challenge - Vintage

Papertake Weekly - Happy Anything

Tuesday Throwdown - More than 1 fold

Addicted to stamps - Anything goes

Crafting by Designs - Masculine projects

Crafty Creations Challenge - Chevrons or stripes

Southern Girls Challenges - Boys, boys, boys

Crafty Calendar - Add some metal

Going green ....

Morning Folks!

Hope everyone is OK? I'm waiting for the warmer weather to arrive.... in the meantime I've got quite a bright and cheerful card to share today!

This week  at Sweet Stampin' we are celebrating St. Patrick's Day with the theme:

USE GREEN

I have to admit that green isn't a colour I normally reach for but I found this piece of flowery paper in my scraps folder and it really inspired me. The cute 'Girl Turtle' is from Bugaboo, coloured with promarkers. All of the embellishments are pretty old too - felt flowers (Queen & Co), pearls (Ebay), and the hessian ribbon and pink flowery braid were both from my stash.

Love the cute expression!

Thanks for visiting today and I do hope you'll be able to join us over at Sweet Stampin' - we are sponsored this week by Flat Friends.

I'd also like to enter the challenges at:

Creative Card Crew - Green

Crafting Musketeers - Ribbon and pearls

Natalie and Amy - Flowers

Spring Flowers

Morning Folks!

Can someone please tell me where the last week has gone? I think I missed it, I had great plans to get lots of things sorted over half term but not many of those plans have worked out!! Yesterday I was waiting for deliveries from Tesco, Amazon and Currys and I couldn't settle to do anything!!

Still on the plus side, I now have a lovely shiny new chest freezer in the garage - I just need to get cooking now!!

As it's Saturday (yep, really) we have a new challenge starting over at Sweet Stampin' which I think might cheer you up if like me you are getting sick of wintery, dull and drizzly days. This time we'd like to see some 

SPRING FLOWERS

Something a bit different from me this week, I visited my sister last weekend and we were playing around with some of her Stampin' Up goodies - this is my attempt at painting with distress inks!

Not something I would normally try but it was quite fun!!

Thanks for visiting and I do hope you'll join us over at Sweet Stampin', there's a lovely prize from 

to tempt you too!!

I'd also like to enter the 'Krafty Creations' challenge at Winter Wonderland.

EDITED TO ADD:

Hot pants!

Morning Folks!

I'm sure you can't have failed to notice that there is some kind of romantic event next weekend!! We are joining in the fun over at Sweet Stampin' with our super easy and very appropriate new challenge:

ADD A HEART

This card is going to be for my husband, if he's good ;-) so I've kept it very clean and simple as he doesn't really do fussy! The papers are Forever Friends from my stash. The PB stamp is called Hot Pants - another one that has hardly seen ink in it's life. Sentiment and matching die from Stampin' Up. The little die cut hearts are from Memory Box, my last purchase before starting the stash diet at New Year!!

Isn't he cute! Also can you see the glossy accents on the balloon?

I'd like to enter the challenges at:

Animal Friends - Hedgehogs

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper - February Challenge

Stamping Sensations - Anything goes

That's Crafty - Animal magic

Buckwells Challenge - Love / Red

Penny Black and more - Anything goes

Live & Love crafts - hearts

That Craft Place - Anything goes

Bunny Zoes Challenge - Hearts

Without Words - Je t'aime

OLLCB - Love

Dream Valley - Valentines Day

Crafting Musketeers - Cute

Stamp and Create - All you need is love

Crafting by Designs - Anything goes

Crafting for all Seasons - Have a heart

Cuttlebug Mania - I love you

Passion for Promarkers - One for the boys

Crafty Sentiments - Include a heart

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Creative Inspirations - Love is in the air

I love promarkers - lots of love

Fab n Funky - Hearts and/or Flowers

Inky impressions - Red and White

Cute Card Thursday - Crazy in love

Natalie & Amy's Challenge - All about Love

One Crazy Stamper - Red, white and a die cut

Scrap and Craft - Valentines/ Love / Romance 

Creative Knockouts - Hearts a flutter

 Aud Sentiments - Valentines / love sentiment

Winter Wonderland - KISS

Allsorts - Love is all around

Penny Black Saturday - Hearts

Crafty Calendar - Anything goes

Wags n Whiskers - For someone you love

Thanks for looking and for any comments too!!

Birthday Sheep

Evening Folks!

How are ewe?? Yep, corny joke I know!

Just popping by to share today's make which is a birthday card for my sister who is mad about sheep!! Choosing the image was easy, I was lucky enough to win some images from Bugaboo last year and choose this one especially for my sister's card:

I coloured her up with promarkers last week but then lost all inspiration until I spotted this fab sketch over at Tuesday Morning Sketches:

I do love a good sketch to follow and ta da, here's the finished card!!

The sentiment comes with the image, I just cut it to fit the space. The purple dot paper is by papermania (a new sheet) but the other pieces are all from my scraps folders. The glittery card on the star die cuts is very shimmery IRL and I finished them with some stripey candy dots which if I remember right came from My Mum's craft shop.

As well as Tuesday Morning Sketches, I'd like to enter the challenges at:

That's Crafty - Animal Magic

Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes

That Craft Place - Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned paper challenge - February

Thanks for visiting!!