Rudy Reindeer

Surprise - it's me again!! 

I know just like buses nothing for ages and then 2 posts back to back!

We have a new challenge starting over at SPARKLES CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE today and the theme is:

CHRISTMAS ANIMALS

What could be more 'Christmassy' than a reindeer?

I was the winner over at A Gem of a Challenge in July and this gorgeous digi stamp was one of the stamps I choose as my prize. He's called Rudy Reindeer and you can find him here in the shop. The papers are from an assortment of Christmas pads, the ribbon is from Wilko, sentiment is LOTV and the wooden star was a RAK from a friend.

He was so much fun to colour with the trusty promarkers. Hope you can see the glossy accents on the nose and stickles on the snowflakes.

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and see the inspiration from the rest of the design team! You have a whole month to join us, we'd love to see what you make! 

Thank you so much for visiting today and for any comments you're kind enough to leave xx

Little Giraffe

Afternoon Folks!

I was lucky enough to win some digi's  from Pink Gem this week and as soon as this cute little giraffe arrived I wanted to colour her up. While colouring I thought how sweet this would be for a new baby girl card, so this afternoon I dumped the duster and finished off this card using the sketch over at A gem of a Challenge. My mojo wouldn't run to a freestyle arrangement as well as colouring and sorting out matching papers  :-) !!!! 

I'm feeling quite proud of the end result, I've made quite a few masculine cards lately and it was nice to rummage through the embellishments and go a bit girly for a change!! I also used up some bits and pieces that I've had for ages. The paper is Chatterbox scrapbook walls which I bought in the January sales 3 years ago and the lace was a RAK from 2 years ago and the peach satin ribbon, underneath the lace to make it stand out a bit more, has been in my ribbon basket forever!! 

Here's a closer look at the details. I do wish the light was better, IRL the colours are more of a soft peach and pale coral! 

Thanks for looking today and for any comments you might leave, they are all special to me!!

I'd also like to enter the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe Crafts - Picture Inspiration

Card Makin Mamas - Something Old ( papers, lace, ribbon, flowers)

Digital Tuesday  - A new beginning

My Mums Craft Shop - Flowers

Paperplay challenges  - Lovely lace

MAWTT - Blooming Marvellous

Cute Card Thursday - You're a gem ( Gems On 1 flower and sentiment, pearls on other flowers)

Totally Papercrafts - pearls and Lace

Alphabet Challenge - Z for zoo animals

Crazy for Challenges - layer it on

CES Challenges - check it out (backing paper) 

DitzyCraftyMess challenge - Anything goes

& Sweet Stampin - Animals

It's candy time over at Pink Gem!

There is some amazing candy on offer over at Pink Gem!! One lucky person could win:

ProMarker Stamping Pack 2
Two Pink Gem Stamps of your choice (subject to availability)
Pack of 6 Petaloo Wild Roses - Baby Blue
Adesive Pearl Floral & Vines
20 Mulberry Paper Flowers Grey/Black Petals
20 Mulberry Paper Flowers Soft Tan Petals
Craftime Mini Crystals - Pink
Double Sided Adesive Pads

Winner will be drawn at 6pm on 30th July - I've got my fingers crossed that it's me!!

You can see all the details and enter here

Good luck everyone!!

Party Owl

This is my second post today, so I guess you can probably tell there has been NO i***ing done !! This card was a rare flash of inspiration for me, well very rare in fact... I had some nesties laying on my desk waiting to be tidied away and also 'Birthday Hoot' from Pink Gem, waiting to be put into a CD case for storage. Anyways, I suddenly realised that the owl fitted the hexagon really well and then I remembered the crafty cardmakers challenge this week which is 'Inside out' so I thought why not put the owl inside (3rd piccy down) and make her a little window to look out of!! Not exactly genius I know, but I'm happy LOL!! Coloured the owl with promarkers and mounted onto a hexagonal piece of Bazzill bling. The balloon paper is from Dovecraft birthday stack, birthday brad and ribbon are both from my stash. Tricky bit was getting the bow right.....still not 100% sure about it. I'd like to enter Mrs Owl into the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers : Inside out

A spoonful of sugar: Celebrations

My time to craft: Vivid colours (hope this is bright enough!)

By the cute & girly: Celebrations

Passion for promarkers: Anything goes

Creative craft challenges: Ribbons & bows

Stampavie and more: Happy birthday for a girl

Paperplay: Up in the air (the balloons!!)

The Crafty Pad challenge: Over the edge (the ribbon)

O.S.A.A.T. : Furry friends ( & birds!)

Thanks for looking!

Marvin Monkey

Hi Folks

Just wanted to show you the card I have made for my nephews birthday which is next weekend. I used Marvin on Vine from Pink Gem, because he likes monkeys and I thought it is a really fun image for a child's card. I stamped him 3 times and, as usual, I used Promarkers to colour him in, then I decoupaged up the image to give it some depth. I raided my stash for suitable papers : Grandpa's golf shirt by Reminisce, Fauna by Doodlebug and a sheet from the 6" x 6" Wild Asparagus collection by MME. The glittery number 7 is from a sheet of stickers by Craft Creatives which I picked up on a good B.O.G.O.F. offer the other week!! I'd like to enter Marvin into the following challenges:

A Gem of a challenge - Special Birthdays - I think all birthdays are 'important' when you are little, it is only as you get older you want to forget a few. I know that Matthew certainly thinks his birthday is special LOL!!

Create4fun - sketch week 18

SophistiCat challenge - #30 - card for a child

Lexi's Creations - Animals

Oh Alice - card for a child (chapter 11)

Allsorts - challenge week 50 - Animals

One stitch at a time - Children

Incy Wincy - Challenge 40 - Anything goes

and Pile it on - #17 Boyish colours - there's no pink on this!!!

Horace Hound

I'm catching up with my blogging today! I made these 3 ATCs for the celebrations ATC swap over on the Trimcraft forum. The theme this month is Dogs to celebrate Crufts. I've used the cute Pink Gem 'Horace' dog stamp which was the cover gift with this months Craft Stamper magazine. I don't normally buy this mag, but I had to get a copy because I just NEEDED Horace!! I've coloured him with promarkers and added a few bits from my stash. Thanks for looking!!

At last!!

At last, I have managed to finish a card this week!! This is my entry for the first challenge over at Pink Gems new Blogspot . The original sketch was for ovals but in the absence of oval nesties (still on the shopping list!!) I decided to use circles on a rectangular card instead. The original sketch is:

I used Birthday Milly stamp from Pink Gem, coloured with promarkers and paper pieced dress (another first attempt!!), with doodlebug papers, flowers, gems and ribbons from stash. The sentiment sticker is from the new Honey & Hugs collection by Papermania. It is unusual for me to make such a girly pink card but I liked the change!!

I think this will also be suitable for the challenge over at magical crafts fortnightly challenge which has the theme 'Something for the Kids' so I am going to enter that one too...yes I know this blog hopping is addictive!!!

Blog hopping!!

Just been doing some blog hopping and found this fantastic blog candy on Pink gem Designs which is one of my favourite stamping sites. Check it out here, Really looking forward to their new 'Gem of a challenge' too which starts tomorrow, February 8th!!