Santa and a Lantern

Morning Folks!

Hope everyone is OK? I'm feeling like hibernating, I hate the cold dark winter months. If only I could stay under my duvet until Spring!!

This week, the new challenge at Passion for Promarkers has been chosen by yours truely so I hope you like my choice: 

USE 3 OF SOMETHING

I think this is quite simple so I hope we get lots of entries.

Here's my card, I've used 3 designer papers and 3 pearls and added another Christmas card to the box!

Card Details

Image - Sugar Nellie coloured with promarkers, pencils and some wink of Stella to add some sparkle.

Papers - First Edition and Dovecraft Little Red Robin

Die cut - Marianne

Pearls and ribbon from stash 

Don't forget to pop over to

 to see what the rest of the design team have made!

This week we have 2 fabulous prizes on offer:

A stamp set from Uniko and a pack of 6 Promarkers in mid tones. Get creating with your Letraset / Winsor & Newton markers and join us!! Remember you can enter any type of creation, it doesn't have to be a card.

Thanks for visiting today xx

I'd also like to enter the challenges at:
The Holly and the ivy Challenge - Anything Christmas goes
Stamping Sensations - Get ready for Christmas
CHNPP - anything goes with patterned paper
CHNXmas - Anything Christmas goes
Creatalicious challenges - A/Goes optional layet it up
Cute card Thursday - Stars - on paper, image and tree
A Gem of a Challenge - Anything goes
Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything goes

Hamish fixing his tractor

Morning Folks!

Long time no see I know, but things have been a bit mad here lately. I'm having my kitchen gutted and altered so at the moment I have no floor or ceiling and wires dangling everywhere - I just keep telling myself it will be lovely when it is finished!! On the positive side, it is the perfect excuse to hide away in my craft room and play. Talking of playing, the new challenge starting at Sweet Stampin' this week is 

BOYS AND THEIR TOYS

I had a rummage through my stash and this is what I came up with, quite pleased because everything is pretty old:

The stamp is a very old Sugar Nellie one called Hamish Fixing Tractor which I bought in the sale years ago just because it was cute, then like a lot of things it got put in the drawer and has only just seen daylight again. I think it has now been discontinued. The papers are K&Co Hopscotch and the embossing folder is 'replacements' by Couture Creations. I've no idea where the sentiment came from, it could be a magazine freebie but I'm not sure??

Thanks for popping by today and for any comments you leave, I love reading them! 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Inky Chicks - Use a metal embellishment

Aud Sentiments - Anything goes

Papertake Weekly - Build it up

Dream Valley - Embossing (wet or dry)

A Gem of a Challenge - Brithday Wishes

The Sugar Bowl - Anything goes with a sugar nellie image

Now I'm off for a nice cup of tea with bonus brick dust!!

Maggie with Dottie Scarf

Afternoon Folks!

Hope everyone is OK and keeping warm and cosy - it certainly seems a bit nippy here!

I managed to get this card finished yesterday but the camera batteries were dead when I came to photograph it :-(

I've made this card for my cousin who has a birthday near Christmas. I followed the sketch over at The Sugar Bowl and used a Sugar Nellie stamp that has only been inked up once before - slapped wrists!! It's called Maggie with Dottie Scarf . Have to say it made a nice change not to be doing a Christmas card!

Here's a closer look, doesn't she look warm and cosy:

As usual I can't resist a few challenges:

Creative Craft Challenges - free for All

Fab N Funky - Birthday cards

Birthday Sundaes - Birthday card

Crafting when we can - Use a sketch (from The sugar bowl)

Dutch Dare Challenges - Recipe (patterned paper, image, gems)

Kaboodle Doodles - Bundle up for Winter

My Lucky Week!!

I have been so lucky this week, I've won 2 fab prizes!! I can't quite believe it because I am not normally a lucky person, if I win a raffle I usually get the last ticket for the antique Grandma perfume!!!


My first prize was a £25 gift voucher from Karen at Donemarkcrafts, you can see my 'Messy rabbit' card on their home page here. I loved looking around the shop, my biggest problem was trying to decide what to spend it on 'cos there was sooo much I loved !! Delivery was super fast and my prizes arrived yesterday:

• Dovecraft Tidy Tray



• Nellie Snellen Eastern Round dies



• Cuttlebug embossing folder - Caramello



• Ollyfant Clear Stamp & Paper sets - cook & beach girl
  

Also this week, a lovely Sugar Nellie 'Boys in the Tree' stamp arrived, I was lucky enough to win it in their recent blog hop:

I'm looking forward to inking it up (just need some more EZ mount !) , you can see Rowenas fab doorhanger project for the hop here

Can't believe I have been such a lucky bunny, HUGE thanks to Karen & Rowena!!