Play it again.....

Evening Folks!

I managed to get a little time to play today and I'm squeaking in at the last minute for another challenge!! This one is for one of my fav challenges - House Mouse and Friends, where they'd like to see you ink up a stamp you haven't used before. Now, I must confess there are quite a few in my HM collection that fall in to that category so it was a tough choice!! This one is from a Joanna Sheen set called Friends like you.

I just love the look of concentration on his face as he thumps the keys!! Pretty much my own piano playing style!

He is of course coloured with promarkers (nearly all the shades of grey!!) and the papers are mainly papermania capsule collection.

Thanks for visiting and for any comments you leave!!

I'd also like to enter the challenges at:

Crafty Cardmakers - Black and white

Craft your passion - Face the music

Papertake weekly - Bow Dies

Passion for promarkers - Ribbon, lace or twine 

Inky Impressions - Ribbon

Gruffies and guests - Anything goes

Totally Gorjuss - Furtastic 

Crafty Catz - Monochrome

Heck of a challenge - New (new stamp)

EDITED TO ADD:

Buddy's Balloon

Afternoon Folks!

A quick post from me today, I want to enter the Winter Wonderland challenge that finishes tonight!! 

My mojo has been hiding for a while so I tried to tempt it to play by buying a new digi stamp at the weekend - it's called Buddy's Balloon from Bunny Zoes - so cute! Here's my card, quite simple but at least I made something instead of throwing it in the bin!!

All the papers are from my scraps box and I've paper pieced the balloon! the sentiment is from Stampin Up.

Thanks for visiting today!!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday - 

Winter Wonderland - A dog is not just for Christmas

That Craft Place - Colour palette

The squirrel and the fox - New stuff (new digi)

Stampin for the weekend - Happy Birthday

A little bit crafty - Celebrate

Aud Sentiments - Any sentiment

Deep Ocean Challenge - Birthdays

Without words - Spots and / or stripes

Di's digi design challenge - Spots & dots

& Sweet Stampin' - Your favourite style - I think this card shows my favourite style - quite CAS with few embellishments, an animal or bear stamp,  and promarkers to colour!

Edited to Add: Top 3 pick at

Office Bear

Evening everyone and a belated Happy New Year!

I'm a running a bit late today, just realised if you schedule a post it does need to be on the right day for it to publish.... sigh!

My card is part of the midway reminder for the challenge over at Ready Teddy Go where the theme is 

NEW BEGINNINGS

We have a great  prize on offer from Hobby House to tempt you!! Sadly this is going to be the last Ready Teddy challenge for a while but hopefully it may return!

I've used a Gruffies decoupage sheet from Joanna Sheen teamed up with First Edition papers to make quite a CAS good luck card,  just love that big old bear snoring away!!

I'd also like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Oldie but a Goodie - New beginnings (all old stash that I have been hoarding!!)

Through the Craft room door - Anything goes

Crafty Cardmakers - Bear with me

Gruffies and Guests - Anything goes

Yippee - 

I made the top 5 at Crafty Cardmakers and more:

Ice staking bear

Morning Folks!

Hope you're all OK and those Christmas preparations are coming together... if you're as disorganised as me, don't panic there's still a few sleeps to go yet!! Today, I'm sharing my last Guest design team card for the new challenge over at House Mouse and Friends, where the new theme is 

SILVER or GOLD

I've had a great time joining in the House Mouse fun for the last few challenges and I'd just like to thank all the HM team for inviting me to join them and to wish them all a very Happy Festive season!!

So onto my card..

I went for the silver option because I generally prefer it to gold, even in real life  which is unusual because I normally have expensive taste - LOL!!

This little chap looks a bit nervous I think, not exactly a confident skater!! He is one half of the skater pair on the Dancing Queen Gruffies set from Joanna Sheen. He's been coloured with promarkers and a bit of glitter pen and stickles for the ice.

The frame is made from four Memory Box Snowflake corner dies and lots of aqua bling. Sentiment is from Crafters Companion and the snowflake ribbon is a bargain from the xmas gift wrap department at Asda.

Thanks for looking in today and for any comments you leave, much appreciated and please try to find the time to join in over at HM&F - it runs until January 11th so you could do it after the big HO, HO, HO!!

Wish me luck, today's mission is to the post office with a few parcels.... 

I'd also like to enter the following challenges:

CHNC Extra - Christmas

Come and get it challenges - Christmas & blog hop

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Make it Sparkle Christmas challenge

Crafty Calendar - Cold and Frosty

My Mum's Craft Shop - Winter/ Christmas

Stamping Sensations - Free and Easy

Natalie & Amy - Cute and cuddly Christmas

Cute card Thursday - Christmas catch up (this card is for a blogging friend)

A gem of a challenge - Anything goes

That craft place - Christmas

Passion for promarkers - Christmas and a sentiment

Sentimental Sundays - non traditional Christmas colours

Dream valley challenges - Christmas

Sister Act card challenges - Challenge 37

Wags n Whiskers - Christmas

Oldie but a goodie - Winter (I've had this stamp for ages)

Papertake weekly - Christmas creatures

Chocolate, coffee and cards - Happy Holidays

Crafts 4 eternity - Christmas chaos

Totally papercrafts - Christmas with non traditional colours

Polkadoodles - Anything goes

Crafty Catz - Anything goes

Divas by design - Anything goes

Christmas at Sweet Stampin - Snow

MAWTT - Walking in a winter wonderland

Crafty ribbons challenge - Anything goes

Stamp and Create - Anything goes

Ali craft challenge - Christmas

Delicious doodles - hairy legs

Christmas Jumper Bear

Morning Folks!

Hope everyone is OK? 

I'm here with some mid month inspiration for the challenge over at Ready Teddy Go where our theme is 

CONTEMPORARY CHRISTMAS

so modern cards including a bear/ teddy of course!!

Here's my card, another attempt at CAS. I've used a very cute digi which I discovered at Birdie Brown just before the store sadly closed (talk about coming late to the party!!)

 I've coloured him with promarkers and then paper pieced his jumper and hat. Looks like his Nan might have knitted him a new jumper for Christmas!! I'm thinking he is about to enjoy some cocoa!! Couldn't resist adding a pom pom to his hat:

The papers are a mixture of very old DCWV and First Edition, none of them are actual 'Christmas papers' but I think they work?? The wooden sentiment is by Dovecraft, I coloured it over with a promarker so that it matched better. 

Thanks for visiting today and please pop over to the Ready Teddy Go challenge blog to see the fabulous inspiration from the design team and to check out this lovely prize:

 

Wish I could enter!!

I would like to enter these challenges though:

Natalie & Amy - Cute and cuddly Christmas

CHNC Extra - Christmas

Come and get it challenges - Christmas & blog hop

4 Crafty Chicks - food & drink

Feeling Crafty - Christmas

Cute card Thursday - Christmas catch up (this card is for a blogging friend with a bit of xmas news in!!)

A gem of a challenge - Anything goes

My Mum's Craft Shop - Winter/ Christmas

Stamping Sensations - Free and Easy

Digi Haven - Christmas cards

That craft place - Christmas

Passion for promarkers - Christmas and a sentiment

The stamping Boutique - Paper piecing

Sentimental Sundays - non traditional Christmas colours

Dream valley challenges - Anything goes

Sister Act card challenges - Challenge 37

Wags n Whiskers - Christmas

Oldie but a goodie - Winter (very old DCWV papers on jumper)

Papertake weekly - Christmas creatures

Chocolate, coffee and cards - Happy Holidays

Crafts 4 eternity - Christmas chaos

Totally papercrafts - Christmas with non traditional colours

Polkadoodles - Anything goes

Crafty Catz - Anything goes

Warm and cosy christmas

Morning Folks!

Hope everyone is well!

I'm here with another Guest design team card for the new challenge over at House Mouse and Friends, no prizes for guessing our new theme is 

CHRISTMAS !!

Here's my card using another stamp from ebay, I can't resist looking and buying!! This one is called "Cuddly and Warm" although I have to say I'm not too sure those poor little mice do look that warm!! Bit more like deep frozen I reckon!!

Aww, poor things!! 

I did give them some furry hats though!!

Also added lots of glitter to the tree branches and snow but my camera is having one of those 'I can't see it days' again... 

The papers are Country Companions and Forever Friends, LOTV sentiment is heat embossed. Silver mesh has been in my stash for at least 2 years waiting to be used! The die cut border is of course Memory Box - I've used this one lots this year!!

Thanks for visiting today and also for any comments you like to leave, they are much appreciated! Hope you can join us at HM&F!! 

I'd also like to enter the following challenges:

CHNC Extra - Christmas

Come and get it challenges - Christmas & blog hop

Feeling Crafty - Christmas

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Make it Sparkle Christmas challenge

My Mum's Craft Shop - Winter/ Christmas

Stamping Sensations - Free and Easy

Forever Friends Santa Bear

Afternoon Folks!

Wow, can you believe that it is December 1st today??

Where did November go...??

I'm also running behind with this post, I meant to schedule it yesterday but we went out for the day and I completely forgot!! So without further ado, here's my DT card for the new challenge at Here Come the Boys which is everyone's favourite:

ANYTHING GOES FOR THE BOYS

(masculine projects only please!!) 

This challenge is our last one of the year and it's going to be running until 3rd January so you have plenty of time to join in!! 

I've used a favourite Forever Friends stamp on my card - it seems to come out every Christmas !! 

This is my first attempt at colouring with pencils on kraft card and I'm quite pleased with the finished result - even if my camera tried to make all the red colours a bit orangey!!

Also an early attempt at CAS with lots of space, I kept thinking about adding some holly berries in the corner but managed to step away!!

Hope you can join us, we have two lovely prizes on offer!!

I'd also like to enter the following challenges:

Natalie & Amy - Cute and cuddly Christmas

CHNC Extra - Christmas

Come and get it challenges - Christmas & blog hop

4 Crafty Chicks - Christmas

Feeling Crafty - Christmas

2 Sisters - Anything goes

Allsorts - Inspired by a Christmas Song (Santa Claus is coming to town)

Cute card Thursday - Anything goes

Top tip Tuesday -Use Kraft

CHNC - Light it Up

Crafty Catz - Santa Claus is coming to town

CRAFT - Add metal

Crafty Cardmakers - Clean and Simple

The Crafter's Cafe - Anything goes