Blue bird......

Evening peeps hope you're well and haven't had too much rain today, its been mild here so we went out on a Garden Centre crawl,.......bit like a pub crawl but with coffee and cakes instead of beer. I couldn't help resisting to buy Ethan a wooden whistle the kind that you pull the end out and it varies the whistle, hes taken to sticking 2 fingers in his mouth and then shrieking as if hes whistling......I've never been able to whistle like that myself, there must be a knack to it but hes obviously seen someone whistle like that and thinks he can do it as well.......now hes got a proper whistle so he can make a lot of noise, I did appologise to my daughter.......tee hee!!! I'm such a naughty Nana. Right I want you all to practice whistling now................
Todays card is from the new release at Cuddly Buddly from Karen Middleton called Star Birdie, the papers are also by Karen Middleton called Enchanted Wishes. When I went to the NEC there was a stand with some fabbie new dies on and this little birdcage was one of them......I'm so in love with it and at just £4 it was a definately must have.

Challenges.

C.R.A.F.T..........cute.

Charisma........cute.

My Time To Craft......sun, moon,stars.

Digital Tuesday......anything goes.

Ok you can all stop whistling......lol

hugs

Birthday Candy......

Evening peeps its my Birthday today, firstly thank you for the lovely cards that I have received Annette, Chrissie and Sue, so sweet of you..........  I thought it was time that I had a little give away of my own...........a pack of Aqua Markers from Letraset and some ribbons, You get 12 lovely colours in the pack. So if you want to be in with a chance to win what do you need to do: well it would be nice if you became a follower but its not compulsary, it would be nice if you posted a pic on your side bar to spread the word and then leave a comment so that you are entered into the draw.....easy peasey, and I think I'll be adding a little extra in the way of chocolate to the winner, well I am a chocoholic so it seems only fair to share some of my favourite chocs with you as well.......lol.The draw will take place on Tuesday 11th October.

 Todays card is from a new release of Christmas designs from karen Middleton available from Cuddly Buddly, she sure has come out with some cute cuddly Christmas designs and this one is called Perfectly Puppy, the papers are a digi download called Quilted Holly, you get a delish range of papers in greens and pinks including some non traditional patterns which I love. I have scored the puched border to make it stand out  and used layers, but all in the same paper.

 

Challenges

Magical Monday.....Christmas in September.

Sketch Saturday.....sketch.

Ribbon Girl.....jingle all the way to christmas.

Fussy and fancy....try a new technique (scored punched border)

Crafty Ribbon......anything goes 

Have a great day, I'm going to take it easy......lol

well I am a smidge older.

Hugs n' Smiles  

Ice Cream.......

Afternoon peeps I forgot to show these the other week, so better late than never as they say, these two cards are from a new collection called Little Iggies, simple style graphics but with a cute factor,these two cards were made from Little Iggies Ice Cream, not that its ice cream weather any more, just cold, although today its a bit more pleasant. The papers are from Cuddly Buddly also.The images were coloured with Promarkers and Prisma pencils.

 

 couldn't resist adding glitter  to the coloured areas, went for a very simple colour scheme with just a splash of colour and very simple embellishments.

 

Single images coloured and mounted, again papers and sentiment are from Cuddly Buddly.

I've got a couple of Dt cards to do this afternoon, but my hands are full at the moment 

with my Grandson wearing us out.

Challenges

Moving along with the times..........Sparkle.

Cute card Thursday.......anything goes.

Digital Tuesday.....celebrate the seasons (summer) 

Craft us crazy........goodbye to summer or school theme 

Hugs n Smiles 

Sketch n Stash..........

I can't believe that another two weeks has flown by and its time for another fabbie sketch from the teamies at Sketch n stash, this weeks sketch is by ........well actually is a free choice sketch this week so you can use any of the previous sketches that we've done in the past, just don't forget to tell us which one you used cos' we check you know......lol.
For my card I chose sketch no.42 and used one of the new Karen Middleton Christmas images at Cuddly Buddly called Angel Girl.I use glamour dust for the stars and to outline the cloud......well you know me I've got to have lots of glitter especially for a Pink Christmas Card..............lol.Don't forget to let us know your old/new stash, I used old papers and buttons and the image is new, just released,

 

 

steph@simonsaysstamp.com  

we are again sponsered by the generous  Simon Says who are giving the winner $15 to spend in their store.

 

I created the lacey square by putting 4 of the corner dies by Marianne together and then placing my 

image on the top. The background papers are called Frosted Lace, you get a pink and blue version of lots of snowflake papers, available at Cuddly Buddly.

I coloured the image with the new Flexi-markers from Letraset and Prisma pencils. 

 

Challenges

Stampin' for the weekend....tickled pink.

The Stampman .......monochrome plus one colour (pink and yellow).

 Digital Tuesday......Fairy wishes

Magical Mondays.....anything goes.

Pile it on......Layer it 

Have a lovely day although its very windy here again today and more rain

Off to work to put out Christmas choccies ......only 105 days to go......lol

hugs 

Easel card.......

 

Evening peeps, phew what a week, I've had my Mum staying with us whilst she has had a new heating system installed,its been quite hard work hence I haven't been able to blog as much so I'm making up for it by adding a second post today, I have been working on this card over the past three days snatching half an hour here and there. Its ages since I've made an easel card, so being as there are a couple of challenges this week for one  it seemed a great excuse to have a go.The papers are from Nitwits and I've printed them on a pearlescent paper which came out really well. The image is Daisy Chain featuring Teddy Bea, I have used Prismas to colour the image, adding Star Dust stickles to the centres of the flowers.

 

 

 

Sentiment and candy from The Craft works 

Challenges

Top Tip Tuesday......easel card.

Bearly Mine......flowers, flowers, flowers.

Teddy Bo......say it with flowers.

Aud Sentiments.....card/sentiment for a girl.

Bunny Zoe crafts......Easel card.

Simon says.....multi fold cards.

Truly Scrumptious.......decorate the inside of your card.

Paper Creator.......Easel card.

Totally Gorjuss......sketch.

hugs 

Snowbuddies......

Afternoon  peeps, today sees the launch of the new Christmas collection by Karen Middleton at Cuddly Buddly, this image is called Charming Snowbuddies and is one of three super cute snow people, there is also a collection of sweet angels on clouds. I've used the new Flexi markers and Prisma pencils to colour the image with a smidge of Sakura pens for the berries and holly with lots of Glamour Dust for sparkle, I think the new shades of markers are a must have, I've used Antique White which I think will get used quite a bit.

 

Challenges.

Try it on Tuesday........Monochrome.

Papertake......anything goes.

My Time To Craft......just between friends 

Pile It On.......B is for ....blue, button, bow.

Back in a while with another card

hugs 

Holiday......

My holiday/working in the garden is almost over.......and I didn't manage to get all my jobs done but at least over half the fence panels are painted, the lawn is down and I've only got 1 more border to weed and riddle ready for the spring bulbs to be planted, hopefully we.ll get that done over the next week.We had rain this morning so I didn't feel guilty going to a local Paper Craft show and I was quite good......well good for me anyway, although I have been on a bit of a spend earlier on in the week at Stampezee which is a local shop that is closing down, its a real shame as it was my local so to speak.
Thought Id share a card with you that has been sitting in my back up folder for a while, this image is called Milly's Bug Lantern and is by the artist Barbara Anne Williams at Cuddly Buddly as is the sentiment which is also from The Garden Vignette range and the papers. The image was coloured with distress inks.

 

Challenge

Cuddly Buddly......distressing, vintage and flowers.

Alphabet challenge......P for pretty pastels.

Stamp Something Friday......use a digi (papers)

My Mums Craft shop......1,2,3 =1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments

button, ribbon and pearls.

Digital Tuesday...Going buggy (bug)

Off to Drayton Manor theme park in the morning weather permitting, as they have Thomas Land, which just happens to be Ethans favourite place.

Hugs 

Christmas Fairy.....

Evening  peeps phew did it rain or did it rain yesterday..........and its been showers all day today, just when we get a Bank Holiday and you want the sun to shine, oh well I won't feel guilty to having a crafty weekend. I thought I'd show you a Christmas card today which is one of the new release Karen Middleton images at Cuddly Buddly called Christmas Fairy.......have to say I lurvvvved this one so sweet sat on a branch in the tree. I've used Prisma pencils for the colouring with Glamour dust and stickles for all the glitter.I have done two versions of this card one in Traditional Crimbo colours and this one in pinks.
Yay as of now I'm of work for a week, craft, chill and a whole load of work, and catch up with all your blogs, sorry I've not had the chance to visit much this week.We're also hoping to visit Drayton Manor theme park with Ethan, his mum and dad, he so loves Thomas Land.......just need the sun.

 

The papers are from CB and are called Quilted Holly. 

 

The text on the sentiment says "Love is all thing small and beautiful"

Challenges

Stampavie.....Christmas

Creative Inspirations......use text.

Divas By Design.....Christmas.

ABC Christmas.......Q is for quote 

Totally Gorjuss......as you like it

Cuddly Buddly......say something nice.

Hooked on Crafts......things with wings,

Stamps+Fun=Creativity.......mythical creatures. 

Charisma ....glitter it 

Winter Wonderland.......Trim a tree 

Sarah Hurley challenge.........Bling and soarkle 

hugs n' smiles 

Cuddly Babies........

Morning peeps, had a lie in today but I've woke up with that fuzzy feelin' you get, anyway I thought I'd share with you the last of my Dt cutie cards by Karen Middleton at Cuddly Buddly this one is called  Cuddly Babies by the way there are lots more to choose from, I just picked four to play with. I thought this image was appropriate for a baby card, although I got carried away with the pink pencil I still made it for a baby boy, I added a frame of ribbon on top of the square die cut, the backing paper is also a Karen Middleton design called Enchanted Wishes, which she brought out for the whimsey angel images but I loved the check design so I just had to use it again. I've used some of my fave embellies.....button, ribbon and flowers on this but I've still kept the card simple, I really struggle with using lots of embellishments.......lol

 

Challenges

Sweet stampin'......Babies and little ones.

Totally Gorjuss ......Cute and cuddly.

Crazy 4 Challenges......Bingo (I chose Buttons,die cuts,flower) 

Allsorts......create a frame.

Fussy and Fancy.....use three of your fave embellishments.

Hope you have a lovely Sunday, need to colour my hair today

looking like a badger again.....lol 

hugs n smiles 

New release.......

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Morning peeps yesterday saw the new release of the Enchanted Wishes range by Karen Middleton there are some real delish digi papers and sentiments to go with the range as well. Todays card is called Butterfly wishes and the papers are from First Edtion Summer Breeze, the image has been coloured with Prismas and Start dust stickles added for the bling.|I gathered the paper for the trim  and then added Vintage seam binding for the bow.I should have got round to posting it yesterday but I had my hands full with a certain little Grandson who has soooooo much energy, I had been playing horsey for most of the day and then again in the evening as his Mum and Dad went to the cinema to see the last Harry Potter film, its his favourite game now but I think my poor back will give out giving him a piggy back for most of the day......but it was fun.

 

Challenges

Moving Along with the Times.......Fantasy.

Top Tip Tuesday........Straight edges no ovals or circles.

Stampin' B.....cards with clouds on 

Hugs n' smiles 

oh I almost forgot click here to win some Cuddly Buddly candy.......yum yum 

Surprise surprise.....

No its not Cilla here just me posting another cutie by Karen Middelton over at Cuddly Buddly, I'm definitely stuck in a groove with cute cards at the moment but they are adorable, I was going to do a flat coloured image for this and then I made a mistake and coloured abit that I shouldn't have....tut tut ......but didn't have the heart to bin it so I cut around the image cutting out the mistake.......so many ribbons, and then mounted the image on an embossed background which was a mini embossing folder from Docrafts.....a freebie in one of there magazines......I love the mini dots more in proportion than my other folder for this sized image, obviously I had to add a ton of glitter......ok I've exaggerated a little but you get my drift. The papers are from Cuddly Buddly and come in lots of different colour palettes, I've kept the card very simple with embellies......well apart from a ribbon and bow and some candy from Craftworks there aren't any......lol. Now the ribbon I've used is recycled from work as we had a lot of childrens chocolate gift boxes that I had to break down to sell the chocolates individually so rather than thrown all the sparkly pink ribbons away I thought I'd use them on my cards.....see I keep nearly everything that can be reused. I used a Marianne die for the Happy Birthday paper panel.

 

Challenges

Pollycraft.....recycle (ribbon)

Totally Gorjuss.......Sketch.

Cupcakes......sew mad real or faux.

Poodles Parlour.......Round and round the garden (anything found in the garden) 

Oh well off to work now

hugs 

Chritmas in July.......

Morning peeps, I've done the first round of post holiday washing and ironing then spent the afternoon having a nana nap or a siesta yesterday. I'm off to work now, hopefully there aren't any major problems to sort whilst I've been away, counting down to my next week off at the end of August.......how bad is that. Being as there are a couple of challenges for Chrstmas in July it seemed apt to show you this card I made for Cuddly Buddly before going on holiday......a sweetie called "Its Santa", I made it as a swing tag on top of a pressie....well a fake pressie card, coloured with prisma pencils. the paper is from Cuddly Buddly as well and it wouldn't be Christmas without lots of glitter. I used glossy accents to make his boots shiny and dimensional.

Challenges

Dream Valley......a surprise.

Winter Wonderland.......Holly and the Ivy.

Paper Cutz......anything goes.

Polka Doodles......Christmas in July.

Creative Beli........christmas in July.

Pollycraft......Ho Ho Ho christmas in July

Oh La La.......circles

Oh well can't put it off any longer

catch up with you all after work

hugs n smiles

New Island Girl........

Afternoon peeps just got back from a train journey with Ethan, hubby and son. It was the first time that Ethan has been on a real train and he was quite nervous to start off with, we stood on the platform watching all the trains go by and even one of the drivers tooted his horn and waved at him, when the ticket inspector came down checking tickets he asked Ethan if he had a ticket but because he didn't as he's free he printed one off for him........he didn't stop chatting the whole of the time and I'm sure most of the people on the carriage were relieved when we got off as I'm sure the rest of their journeys would be alot quieter.
Today see the release of some more new digi designs from Kim at Cuddly Buddly called ......Island Girl, who is a down to earth little lady who wears her specs proudly, Kim has taken her inspiration from life on the Isle of Mull and the fact that shes has to wear glasses herself, and I definately do these days as I can't see a thing infront of my nose but can read a notice in the distance.......lol.
I've coloured the image which is called 'Little Big Tree' in with Prisma pencils, blending with Sansador and I did use Sakura pens on part of the coloured image to add a little extra sparkle. The papers are called Quilted Holly again a nothe digi download and one of my favourite Christmas papers.
Kinda weird doing Christmas cards in June but being as I love sparkle and glitter I couldn't resist this cutie.

Challenges

Creative Beli.......things begining with G, glitter, glasses, green.

A Spoonfull of Sugar......Ribbon and bow.

Everybody Art.......Anything goes.

Creatalicious.....sketch.

Oh well lots of catching up with my fave blogs to do now,

think I need a cuppa and a biccie.

Don't forget that the new Cuddly Buddly Digi challenge starts next Friday July 1st

hugs.

At the seaside.......

Evening peeps, gosh its nearly the weekend again, will be busy tomorrow at work ready for Fathers Day. Had a fun day yesterday with Ethan doing cooking......well you know the sort of cooking I mean mixing coco pops into chocolate and then adding sprinkles, trouble is the Ethan wanted to put one spoon of mixture in the cup cases and then one spoon in his mouth, mind you hes good when it came to the sprinkles on the top and we did save some for mummy and daddy.
Todays card is one of the new digis available at Cuddly Buddly called Beside the Sea.......I love bears so I couldn't resist coluring this cutie, and its nearly summer when you get your bikinis out.......lol, I think I'll struggle getting in my one piece let alone a bikini this year. The image was coloured with a combo of Prisma pencils and twinkling H20s, the papers and sentiment are also available from CB. The flourish is a die from Marianne designs, perfect size for cards.

Challenges

Paperplay.....at the beach.

A spoon full of sugar....splish splash.

Totally Papercrafts.......Die cuts and punches.

Stampin B.....use a border punch.

Stamp something Friday......pretty papers.

Thanks for taking a peek

hugs

Sketch N Stash........

Hope you all had a lovely weekend, it was too windy to work in he garden yesterday so I used that as an excuse to play in my craft room and made 2 atcs, 1 card and an altered frame which I'll post over the week, I don't think I've ever made so much in one day, mind you my son was there trying to pinch my workspace again. Well my stint as the sketch designer for Sketch N Stash has finished and I've picked my Top 3......there were so many lovely entries to choose from and now its over to the talented Angie, shes ubber talented as she turns our rough  sketches into a work of art, don't forget to tell us which  new stash or old stash you used  or use some of each if you want. We have 2 sponsers ths week Stamp and Create and Kenny K.
For my card I used  a new digi from Cuddly Buddly called My Purrfect friend and for my old stash I used the lace which you can thread a ribbon through but mine was too big so I laid it on the top, the papers are from CB called quilted holly.....yes I know they are from a Christmas collection but they are too sweet to use just for Crimbo.I coloured the little girl with Twinkling H20's and the little kitties with Prismas.I think I'm going through a clean and simple phase as I've not added any extra embellies except some Star Dust Stickles for a smidge of bling

Challenges

Crafty Pad......Lace and bow.

If the Shoe fits.....clean and simple.

Alphabet challenge.....C for clean and simple.

Have a lovely week

catch up with you later as I'd better go and get ready

for work.....

One that got away......

Morning peeps , another lovely sunny day here, mind you its started sunny most mornings but has clouded over by lunch time, yesterday we had a little drive into the countryside to visit Shackerston Railway, they have old trains there and at some weekends during the year they have Thomas and some of his friends visit, my son is train mad at the moment and wants to have a go at driving a steam engine....great idea for a present me thinks as they do lessons there, anyway when we got there it was closed but we still had a lovely walk by the canal......not too close as Ethan is a little tearaway and I can't run as fast as him......lol,we then had a coffee and cake at the garden centre on the way back and I ended up buying some more roses for the garden ..........which aren't really child friendly it has to be said.
I thought I'd share with you a design that got away, so to speak from Cuddly Buddly, this image was a prototype for a new design range that Kim from Cuddly Buddly brought out, but she didn't bring out the bear instead the range was changed to Eliza and bro' I have to say I was disappointed as I loved the bear....shes so sweet but anyway you can still get your hands on the image as Kim has now put it into her Freebie section click here if you want to download it, Kim is also having a digi design team call so if you love using digi stamps and you want to join Cuddly Buddly using some of there wonderfull downloads click here for more info....

Challenges

The Stampman.....bingo card, blue, embossing powder,stitches also ribbon, sparkle and bling.

Fussy and Fancy.....3 papers, 2 embellishments and ribbon.

Stampin' B....spring scene.

Paperplay....sparkle galore.

Crafty Creations.....flower, patterned paper and ribbon.

Have a lovely day

Sketch N Stash.......

Morning peeps hope you all had a good weekend, been feeling a bit low myself so I spent Sunday playing in my craft room making 3 cards and an ATC which I'll post later this week but todays card is for the new challenge at Sketch N Stash this week, now I made this a few weeks back as it's my turn today to do the sketch for this weeks challenge........ luckily we only have to draw the sketch and the talented Angie makes them look pretty, which is a blessing as I'm hopeless with computer drawings,I also get the task of picking the Top Three winning cards, remember that you can rotate the sketch but it must still be identifiable with the original sketch,we are being sponsered by Simon Sayswho are giving the winner some $ to spend in their store.......The image is called "A little bidie told me so" from Cuddly Buddly as are the papers, I've used distress ink to colour the image with a smidge of sparkle using Stardust stickles.

Challenges

Stamp Something Friday......use a digi (papers).

Stampin B'.....use flower soft, liquid applique or glitter (sprinkled glitter on the herart and sentiment)

Colour Create.....Aqua, green, purple and white aand optional glitter.

Totally Papercrafts.....2 papers, 3 embellishments (flowers, Ribbon and pearls).

Crazy 4 Challenges.....flowers.

CES....favourite colour combo.

Cupcake.....gingham and roses.

Have a great week

........ at least the sun has come back out after the rain at the weekend

can't remember when we had such perfect blue skies

hugs

Sketch N Stash..........

hiya peeps todays Monday.....argggh I hear you shout, its amazing how quick they come round, hope you all had a great weekend the weather was gorgeous, not too hot and I managed to make a start on moving my garden around....mamouth task. This weeks sketch is by fellow teamie Julie......, as well as the following the sketch you need to let us know what was either your old or new stash that you used, I used a new image from Cuddly Buddly and the old stash was the lace which is over 20 years old.....just slightly younger than me....lol.

This weeks sponsers are Simon Says

The image is from the Eliza and Bro range called Its a Spring thing and the papers are also from Cuddly Buddly I used Marianne dies for the corners and added pearls for added detail. The image was coloured in with Distress Inks included Old Paper, Victorian Velvet, Tea Dye, Bundled Sage etc not a twinkling h20 in sight......lol
Hope you all have a lovely Monday, I'm off to work now and its getting busy again with the run up to Easter and all those eggs to ice.....I can write with icing better now than I can write with a pen. At least I get a couple of days off after the Easter Bunny has delivered all those yummy chocolate eggs and I'm hoping to get my melt pot out and have a play without little fingers in the way, by that I mean Ethan ......