ANYTHING GOES

Hi Everyone

Hope you are all well.

Before I get started I have a little bit of news to share .....

I've just found out that I was Runner Up in the Simply Cards & Papercrafts Card Designer of the Year for 2013!!

I am so very chuffed and will share the designs I entered some time soon.

Tuesday already so that means it's challenge time over at Papertake Weekly where our theme for this week's challenge is "Anything Goes" - easy peasey huh!  There is also an optional extra to make something to celebrate something new like a new house, new baby etc or what about a new techique you've never done before, it's entirely up to you.

Our generous sponsor for the challenge is Lili of the Valley so why not come and join in the fun with us over at Papertake Weekly and as always, make sure you check out some of the incredible creations the DT ladies have made for your inspiration.

I have gone with the "Anything Goes" theme and here is the card I have made:

Yup, another CAS card - I am loving these at the moment - there is a certain person responsible for this who will remain nameless although she knows who she is and I'm not sure whether to thank her or hunt her down!  Heh heh heh only joking, she has really inspired me so it will be a definite THANK YOU!

The recipe for the card is:

Leaf / Swirl Die:  Craft Ann - Flourish 3

Butterfly Die:  Die-namics - Butterflies

Senitment Stamp:  Clearly Besotted - Thanks a Bunch

Self Adhesive Pearls:  The Hobby House

I have coloured the die cut butterfly with Copics:  YR18 YR16 YR12

And it's as easy as that!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a good week.

Ta ta for now.

PAPERTAKE WEEKLY - PICK OF THE YEAR

Hi Everyone

Wowzers - Christmas Eve already - now ain't that just snook up on us so fast!

It's the final challenge of the year over at Papertake Weekly - yup you all get a whole week off next week - and the theme for our challenge is "Pick of the Year" which means you can choose any of the challenges that we have had over the last 12 months (2013), but please make sure you let us know which one you have picked when we come and see you on your blog.

Our generous sponsor for this challenge is Simon Says Stamp, so if you want to be in with a chance to win a voucher to spend on their on-line store then get your entries in over at Papertake Weekly and don't forget to check out all the wonderful creations the very talented DT girls have made to whet you appetite.

Here is the card I have made:

For this challenge I chose Sketch Number:  33:

Remember you can use any of our sketches in the challenge, you just need to let us know which one.

The recipe for the card is:

Stamp:  Lili of the Valley - Ride With Me

Digi Papers:  Nitwit - Bear Necessities

Heart Tag Die:  Doohickey - So Wrapped Lovely

Heart Border Die:  Cheery Lynn - Mesh Hearts Border

Heart Charm:  The Hobby House - Fancy Hearts

Lace:  The Hobby House - Natural Lace Collection

I have coloured the image with Copics and Twin Touch as follows:

Skin:  E21 E00 E000 / R20 R30 (cheeks)

Girl Hair:  E55 E53 E51 E50

Boy Hair:  E29 E25 E23

Girls Helmet:  R02 R01 R00 R000

Girl Clothes:  R02 R01 R00 R000 / E42 E41 E40

Boy Clothes:  B23 TT-PB76 B21 / TT - BR100 BR101 BR104 / E42 E41 E40

Moped:  E43 E42 E41 E40 / T7 T5 T4 T3 / B23 TT - PB76 B21 / C4 C3 C1 C00

Shading:  W5 W3 W1 W0 W00

Image Outline:  B01 Copic used with my Air Compressor

I have sanded all the papers and edged them with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink

And there you have it.

I sent my list off to "him" early and I have been a very, very good girl this year - so I will be keeping my fingers crossed on Christmas Day.

So all that is left for me to do is to .....

WISH YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A

HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!

Thank you all for your wonderful support and comments this year and I hope that Father Christmas brings you lots and lots of wonderful things crafty and to say "Thank You" properly I will pick a random comment on this post who will receive a "SPECIAL CANDY TREAT".

Take care everyone - have a wonderful time.

Toodle Pip

Anything Goes

Well Hello Everyone

I hope Mr Blogger is behaving and you are seeing this as I will be in hospital having an operation on my hand when this goes live - gulp!

Some of you may remember me saying some time ago that I thought I had avoided an operation as a steroid injection seemed to have done the trick but alas no :o(  On the positive side though the surgeon tells me that there is a 100% success rate so if that means no more pain then that's brilliant it will all be worth it.

It's challenge time over at Papertake Weekly and this week we want to make it nice and easy for you as I expect you'll all be busy trying to get everything done ready for the festive season.  So this week's challenge is "Anything Goes" but we are giving you the extra option of doing a "Clean and Simple or CAS" as it's known.

Our sponsor for this week's challenge is Lili of the Valley so get your entries in to be in with a chance to win.

I decided to go for the CAS card:

I made this card using a lovely owl stamp called "Stocking Owls" from Little Claire's which I coloured with Copics.  I outline the image with Tumbled Glass Distress ink and edged all the papers with my favourite Distress Ink - Frayed Burlap.

And that's it.

I hope you all have a good week.

Ta ta for now.

ALWAYS & FOREVER

Hey Everyone

Hope you all had a good weekend.

We've been busily untangling the Christmas lights - eek - it will be December this coming weekend - sheesh where has the time gone too

It's Tuesday which means it's challenge time over at Papertake Weekly and this week it's sketch time and we have a brand new one for you; don't forget though, you can use any of the Papertake Weekly Sketches - which you can find HERE just please make sure you let us know what number sketch it is on your blog.

Here is the sketch:

I love working with sketches - takes care of all the planning of the card.  Our super generous sponsor this this challenge is Simon Says Stamp so if you want to get your hands on some vouchers to spend in their store then get your entries in over at Papertake Weekly.

Here is the card I have made:

Yup no Christmas card for me this week - to be honest I'm a bit Christmas Carded Out so what a nice change it was to make something different  

The recipe for the card is:

Digi Papers:  Nitwit - Always and Forever (this is one of the most amazing kits ever!)

Digi Stamp:  Mo Manning - Kitchen Dance

Hearts:  Nitwit - Always and Forever

Doily:  Die-namics - Heart Doily

Tag:  Doohickey - Tea Label Tags

Daisy:  Die-namics - Rolled Daisy

Roses:  Die-namics - Royal Rose and Mini Royal Roses

Leaves:  Memory Box - Tender Leaves

Pearls:  The Hobby House

The image has been coloured with Copics:

Skin:  E21 E00 E000 / R20 R30 (cheeks)

Woman's Hair:  E55 E53 E51 E50

Man's Hair:  E29 E25 E23

Skirt:  RV69 R59 R56

Top:  R85 R83 R81

Shirt:  R59 R56

Trousers:  W5 W4 W3 W2

Shoes:  C8 C6 C4 C3

I have outlined the image with B01 using my Copic Air Compressor

The papers have been edged using Frayed Burlap Distress Ink

It's not cheese-cloth behind the image, just some cheap bandage from my local supermarket 

And that's it.

I hope you will come and join in the fun with us over at Papertake Weekly.

Enjoy the rest of your week.

Toodles

Giving Thanks

Happy Tuesday Everyone

Hope your week is going well.

It's challenge time over at Papertake Weekly and this week our theme is "Giving Thanks".  Thanksgiving is on 28 November so we want to see any project or a card or anything to say "Thank You" and our generous sponsor is The Ribbon Girl.

Now I'm going to share a card with you that I made about four years ago!  This was when I was starting to play with colouring and generally having a good old play.  Like I said, it's old but sometimes I think it's nice to show anything that was made sometime ago as you can see how much you've changed your style etc over the years so brace yourself ......

I did say it was old didn't I!

I have no recipe fr the card although you will have probably guessed that its a Magnolia image and the papers were Kay & Co if I remember rightly; it also looks like I've used a Cuttlebug embossing folder too.  Maybe the memory isn't that bad after all!

I hope you will come and join in the fun with us over at Papertake Weekly and don't forget to check out what gorgeous projects the lovely ladies have made for your inspiration.

Have a great week.

Ta ta for now.

TRICK OR TREAT!

Hello Everyone

Here's my second post today - fingers crossed you are seeing it.

It's challenge time over at Papertake Weekly and this week our theme is "Anything Goes" - easy peasy - with the optional extra to make a Halloween Treat.

Our generous sponsor for this challenge is Lili of the Valley, so if you want to be in with a chance to win a voucher to spend on their on-line store then what are you waiting for?  Get your entries in over at Papertake Weekly and you're in.

As you can see from the picture above, I chose to make some little Halloween Treat Boxes filled to the brim with sweeties - such a shame that there were lots of sweeties left over which I just had to eat as we wouldn't want them to go to waste now would we

Here is another picture for you:

The recipe for the boxes is:

Digi Paper:  Shabby Miss Jenn - Trick or Treat

Ribbon:  From My Stash

Sweeties:  Whatever Takes Your Fancy

One final picture for you which shows the inside drawer to the box which I did in a different paper:

And that's it.

I will be back on Friday to pick the winners of my candy.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great week.

Toodles

IT'S A SKETCH!

Happy Tuesday Everyone

Well what a bootiful weekend we have just had - even though I was working at least I was outside and able to enjoy the weather

It's challenge time over at Papertake Weekly and this week we have a fabulous sketch for you.  Now, you don't have to use this sketch, you can use any of the other PTW too which you can find HERE - good eh.

Our generous sponsor for the challenge is Simon Says Stamp, so if you want to be in with a chance to win a voucher to spend in their store then get your entries in over at Papertake Weekly.

Here is the sketch:

Pretty straight forward huh?

Here is the card I have made:

How you ever cleaned your workspace or room up and then can NEVER FIND ANYTHING!!!  Well, that's what's happened to me with this card - I had a little sticky note with all the details on and VAMOUSH!  GONE!  I'm so sorry, but I can remember that the digi stamp is from Bugaboo called Stella Nursing - Stupidity - a bit like me eh  sorry.

So that's it.  Thank you for dropping by and I hope you will come and join in the fun with us.

Enjoy the rest of your week.

Toodles

MAKE IT SPARKLE!

Hey Everyone

I hope you are all having a good week - hasn't the weather turned cool and so quickly too 

It's challenge time over at Papertake Weekly and the theme for the challenge this week is "Make it Sparkle".

We have a generous sponsor for the challenge - none other than the fabulous Ribbon Girl so if you you want to be in with a chance to win a voucher to spend in their store then get your entries in over at Paperake Weekly and as always, make sure you check out what the lovely DT ladies have made for your inspiration.

Here is my card:

Now I have to confess that I made this card an absolute age ago, but I still love the simplicity of it and I really enjoyed the paper piercing.

I made it that long ago I have no recipe for the card except the digi images and digi paper was from Pink Petticoat.  Now unfortunately I think some of these images are in retirement, but do check out Liz's Pink Petticoat site as there is just an abundance of digi stamps, papers and sentiments which are just fabulous to work with.

Thank you all for popping by, I hope you will join in the fun with us over at Papertake Weekly.

Have a great week.

Toodles

VIDEO BOY

Good Day to You All

Wow - it's nearly the middle of September already  Christmas will be here before we know it!

It's Tuesday again so its challenge time over at Papertake Weekly and this week our theme is "Child's Play" - what a great theme. 

Our generous sponsor this week is Whiff of Joy so if you want to be with a chance to win - then get your entries in over at Papertake Weekly and as always remember to check out what the wonderful DT ladies have made for your inspiration.

Here is my card:

The recipe for the card is:

Digi Papers:  Basic Grey - Skate Shoppe

Digi Image:  Mo Manning - Video Boy

I have coloured the image with Copics

And there you have it.

Thank you for popping by.

Enjoy the rest of your week.

Ta ta for now.

LITTLE ELF MIM

Hi Everyone

Happy Tuesday to you all - are you having a good week?  Hope so.

Hello to my new follower "Vic" - thank you for choosing to follow me Vic - I am very flattered.

It's challenge time over at Papertake Weekly and this week our challenge is "Anything Goes - Optional Extra is to make a Christmas Card" - easy peasey huh?  

Our generous sponsor for the challenge is Lili of the Valley so if you want to be in with a chance to win then get your entries in over at Papertake Weekly and you're in.  As always make sure you check out what the amazing DT ladies had made to whet your appetite.

Here is the card I have made:

Once again I've lots all my little list that details all the bits and bobs that I've used   so I'll try to remember:

Digi Stamp:  Mo Manning - Little Elf Mim
Silver Spacer:  The Hobby House
Brad:  The Hobby House - this was ivory but I used a Copic to colour it
Rhinestones:  The Hobby House

And that's it.

Have  great week everyone.

Toodles

TEE IT UP

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

How are you?  Did you enjoy your Bank Holiday weekend?  Me and my man have had a busy old time playing golf and stripping out the borders in our garden and then re-planting them all!  I think I need a long weekend so I can have a rest ;o)

It's challenge time over at Papertake Weekly and this week's challenge is a sketch!  I adore working with sketches, they take all the thinking time out of a design for me - love em.

Our sponsor for the challenge is Simon Says Stamp so if you want to be in with a chance to win a voucher to spend on their on-line store, then get your entries in over at Papertake Weekly.  As always, check out what the lovely DT girls have made to whet your appetite.

So, here is the sketch we want you to follow:

You can turn it upside-down or move some of the sections up and down, left to right etc as long as we can still see the sketch then you are in with a chance to win.

Here is the card I have made:

I've been playing with my Copic Air Compressor again - what do you think?  I know I have accidentally made the bottom of her legs blue but what about the shading around the image?  Let me know your thoughts - I think I still need a lot of practise :oS

The recipe for the card is:

Digi Papers:  Gotta Pixel - Golfin' Diva

Digi Stamp:  Saturated Canary - Tee it Up by Krista Smith

Button Die:  Cheery Lynn - Buttons # 3

I have coloured the image with Copics:

Skin:  E21 E00 E000 / R20 R30 (cheeks)

Hair:  E29 E27 E25 E23

Top:  R02 R12 R01 R00

Skort:  BG57 BG45 BG53 / R02 R00

Golf Club:  T6 T4 T2 / C3 C2 C1

I have outlined the image with B000 Copic using the Air Compressor

The papers have been edged with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink

And that's it.

I hope you all have a wonderful week.

Thanks for popping by.

Toodles

FLOWER POWER

Hi Everyone

I hope you are all well.

Well, it's been back to work this week after having a wonderful whole three weeks off - yuk!

Had plenty to do though, as most of you may know I managed to get myself married :o) and here is a picture of us both as I promised to post at least one.

You also may have noticed that I've been playing around with my blog - Autumn is on its way so I thought I would use a nice autumnal theme - let me know what you think.

So, it's Tuesday which means it's challenge time over at Papertake Weekly and this week the theme for our challenge is "Flower Power," so we want to see your creations using something floral; it could be paper, an image or embellishments, it's up to you.

Our generous sponsor for this challenge is the one and only Ribbon Girl so if you want to be in with a chance to win a voucher to spend in their store then make sure you get your entries in over at Papertake Weekly and as always, check out what the wonderful DT ladies have made to whet your appetite.

Here is my card:

The recipe for the card is below, but once again, I lost my little note that details the Copic colours I used - sorry :o(

Digital Papers:  Nitwit - Hoppy Hearts Collection

Stamp:  Lili of the Valley - Gift Wrapped

Sentiment Stamp:  Lili of the Valley - Happy Circular Sentiments

And there you have it.

I hope you will come and join in the fun with us.

Have a great week.

Toodles