Exciting news!

Evening Folks!

Just popping on with a mid week post, no card to share but instead I have some exciting news which I have been keeping quiet until tonight ....

I'm thrilled to say that I have been asked to join the design team at a brand new challenge blog -

Making Memories Crafting

There are lots of fun challenges planned: themes, mood boards, colours - something for everyone! 

We have some wonderful prizes on offer from our generous sponsors, along with badges for our winners and Top 3.

Each challenge will start on the first Friday of the month and will run for the whole month so plenty of time to join in!!

The first challenge will start on January 6th 2017.

In the meantime, why not take a look at the blog where Lorraine and Sonia will be introducing the whole design team in the next few days. I'm really looking forward to working with such a lovely and talented group of ladies!

We would love you to follow us and share your makes with us in 2017!!

Keep cosy and Crafting!

Christmas shopping!

Hi Folks!

Yay, it's Friday - I began to think the weekend would never arrive.....

I'm on a roll with Christmas cards - this is the third one this week!! I won this gorgeous Stampendous stamp on Ebay over the summer, it was in a  job lot of three new cling Xmas stamps which I got for £2.20 - I do love a bargain. Here it is in it's first outing :

I think this must be a lady polar bear because 

1. She has gorgeous eyelashes 

2. She has sorted out, bought and wrapped Christmas parcels and it isn't even Christmas Eve!

She is coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers along with some flower soft 'snow' and a good sprinkle of glamour dust. The papers are all from my scraps folders, the darker one is from The Snowman range and the other one was a magazine freebie, all finished off with my favourite Christmas die by Memory Box and some gems.

I was inspired by the sketch over at Tuesday Morning Sketches:

I'm joining the fun over at Snippets playground, I haven't managed to play along for a while so I'm heading over to say hello to Di and Parsnip who are up to week 255

I'd also like to enter the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp on Wednesdays - Christmas critters

Word Art Wednesdays - Anything goes

Passion for promarkers - Christmas is coming

Crafty Creations - Animals

Cute Card Thursdays - Christmas / Holidays

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge - A/G

CRAFT - Christmas

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas extra - Anything Christmas

As you like it - favourite Christmas colour combo - for me the image really tends to dictate the colour I choose to use, but if I'm receiving a card I do love a more contemporary palette, especially with purple or lilac!

I'm hoping to get to the Craft show at Excel tomorrow - perhaps it will boost my Christmas spirit??

Charge of the light brigade

Hi Folks!

I've decided my blog posts are a bit like buses, nothing for ages and then suddenly two at once!

Good news - I've made another Christmas card - that makes 3! Once again, I was inspired by this fab sketch at Sketch Saturday:

Here's my card:

I had to drag out the daylight bulbs for piccy taking, hate these gloomy afternoons! Here's the close up - not sure I'd fancy these two sorting out my Christmas lights!!

Details -

The light brigade - Penny Black

Colouring - Promarkers and glossy accents on the light bulbs

Papers - Stampin' Up

Sentiment - Crafter's Companion

I'd like to enter the challenges at:

Passion for promarkers - Christmas is coming

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas extra - Anything Christmas

Penny Black and more - Anything Christmas

Stamping Sensations - Christmas Greetings

Allsorts - feature a creature

Word Art Wednesdays - Anything goes

Double D challenges - Traditional Christmas colours

Crafting by Designs - Little Animals

Crafty Creations - Animals 

Simon Says stamp Wednesday Challenge - Christmas Critters

Sweet Stampers - Christmas

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Thanks for looking!

Christmas is coming ....

Morning Folks!

Long time no see I know, but I'm just popping on to let you know that the new challenge is just starting over at Sparkles Monthly:

CHRISTMAS IS COMING!

Now, don't panic anyone, we still have a few weeks to go yet, remember we haven't started the advent calendar choccys! However, if you are as disorganized as me this might be the perfect inspiration needed to get another card ticked off the list!! This one has doubled the number in my box !!

It's funny, despite having lots of Christmas stamps, there are always a few favourites that I seem to reach for - in my world, Christmas means James the Bear from LOTV!! Here he is in one of my fav crimbo colour combos, love lilac and silver together:

Sorry about the pants photo, think it's time to drag out the daylight bulbs for piccy taking!

Who could resist that face?? Perhaps he could do my Christmas shopping for me??

Thanks for visiting and for any comments you leave. Don't forget to head over to the Sparkles blog to see what the rest of the design team have made and to get all the challenge details.

I was inspired by this sketch at Sketch Saturday:

I'd also like to enter the challenges at:

Passion for promarkers - Christmas is coming

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas extra - Anything Christmas

Penny Black and more - Anything Christmas

Stamping Sensations - Christmas Greetings

Allsorts - feature a creature

Cute Card Thursday - Add something metallic

Word Art Wednesdays - Anything goes

As you like it - Teddies or fairies, for me it's teddies - I've always loved to hug them and still have my first teddy from too many moons ago!