Sketch n Stash......

Morning all, brrrrrr its cold again this morning,well thats another week gone, I hope you all had a great weekend, I  had a lovely relaxing day yesterday and managed to get my DT card done, watched Sherlock (loving this new TV series) and generally didn't do alot of anything else.....a perfect Sunday.

Well its back to work today but on the bright side its another challenge at Sketch N Stash, todays sketch is by our fabbie teamie ......Julie. Lots of lovely layers to this sketch so you you really play around with your papers to create a lovely layout. You can put embellishments where you want. Don't forget to use your old and new stash.

This weeks winner gets £10 to spend

For my card I have gone for a Spring look using this little sweetie by Karen Middleton, the image is called Primrose Chick have to say I love her designs and this one is perfect for Mothers Day or Easter, the papers I have used are from Prima......Annalee, such pretty colours and so fresh and spring like. The image is coloured with Prismas. For my old stash I used the lace and the image is my newest.

Challenges

Crafty Pad.....sparkle and glitter.

Moving along with the times.....spots and or stripes

Cooking it with Katie....show me some pink posies and pearls.

Pollycraft......bingo (Flowers, punches and pearls also Diecut, lace, and pearls).

Pink Elephant......favourite colours, pink lilac

have a great day.

Cutie pie.....ribbon(mine is a paper ribbon across the middle) and lace.

hugs n smiles

Little Star......

Morning peeps, what a glorious morning all frosty and white with the sun shining, a perfect day for crafting and that is exactly what I did when I got up first thing this morning, I love Sundays a whole day off with usually nothing to do, well apart from the usual chores, I always get up and take a cup of tea with me into my little oasis and have a play and this mornings card is what I created, although I did colour the image in previously.

I dug out some old papers that I had from Kars which were perfect for this shabby Winter card, I left off the word Christmas so that it could be either a Christmas card or a winter Birthday card. The image was coloured with Prismas and I used Snow writer for all the textured snow as well as tea Dye and Broken china inks for the distressing, the trees were then heat embossed with Aurora embossing powder by Cosmic Shimmer.....love this stuff and I think I'll need some more real soon.

The image is by Karen Middleton, she does do sweet images and this one is called Little Star available at Cuddly Buddly.

there are quite a few challenges that this card fits in so appologies for entering so many......

Challenges

Sketch saturday......sketch.

Totally Gorjuss........be a star.

Sweet Stampin'......glitter and bling.

One Stop Craft.....on the spot and ribbon.

Crazy 4 Challenges.......monochromatic blue.

Craftyhazelnuts Christmas......use a digi image.

Fussy and Fancy.....let it snow.

Stamping for the weekend.....out with the old (use old stash, papers, snowflakes and ribbon).

Totally Papercrafts.....spots and stripes

ABC Christmas......anything Christmas goes.

Creative Beli.....Snowflakes.(old embellies, snowflake buttons, and ribbon)

Simon Says.......spots and strpies (paper and ribbon).

Stampavie .......winter.

Pixie Cottage......stitching.

Creative Card Crew.....snow days.

Digital Tuesday....punch it out (snowflake border)

Papertake.......make it cute and use a diecut.

Stamptacular......texture.

Pile it on......fuzzy friends

Better go and do a couple of chores before catching up with Sherlock Holmes.......loving the new TV version

of this, and then its back to catch up on a DT card for next week.

have a great day

hugs n smiles

Santas list........

Evening peeps well I've not done much today as Ethan is poorly and we've spent most of the afternoon curled up on the settee watching kids TV, we did go out earlier to get some food shopping so ot much crafting done today oh well not much on the telly on a Tuesday so I'll play catch up as I have a couple of DT cards to do.
However I did make this one a couple of weeks ago and being as Christmas is fast approaching I thought I'd enter this card in a few challenges. The image is by Karen Middleton called Santas List available from Cuddly Buddly as are the digi papers. The image has been coloured with Prisma pencils and lots of glamour dust for bling.

Challenges

Papertake.......Christmas

Everybody Art......Christmas card.

Digital Tuesday.... Sparkle and Shine.

Pollycraft.....Christmas.

Lollipop Crafts......anything goes.

Crafty Pad.....Red, Green and gold.

Glitter Geeks.....christmas shopping.

Really reasonable ribbons.......CAS Christmas and ribbon.

hugs 'n smiles

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  

Christmas Fairy......

Evening peeps.......yay another weekend and its raining so no guilt crafting for me. Hope you have all had a lovely Saturday, must say I've felt a bit yuk today, probably after the long day we had yesterday, mind you it took rather longer to get to Oxford than we thought due to the 'sat nav' taking us via the scenic route ......3 hours to do a one and a half hour journey, we nearly ended up back at home. So for the first time ever we were late for the meeting.
 Thought I'd show the other version of the Christmas Fairy, this time I used traditional christmas colours.

 

Challenges

One Stop Craft......girly.

Frosted Designs........punches

PaperPlay......punches and dies.

Papertake......things with wings

Winter Wonderland......girly 

Off to watch Doctor Who now and then some colouring

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 

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 

Bunny with flowers.......

Morning peeps here is another one of the new designs by Karen Middleton from Cuddly Buddly, I fell in love with the four designs that I picked as they are super cute, real choc box cuteness, if you get my drift, I used papers from First Edition called Summer Breeze  I love the peach and brown combo of colours, it takes me back a few years as I used this colour combo to decorate my first house,  the image Bunny with Flowers  has been coloured with Prisma pencils and blended with Sansador, I coloured the flowers with Prismas as well and then embossed with cosmic shimmer powder and added pearls to the centres, great way of getting an exact match to your image and it is easy to do.
I recieved some of the new Flexi markers today from Letraset to have a play with.....now I'm a newbie with marker pens as I have to confess to not using them, tell a lie I have  6  Promarkers.......lol but being as I'm a smudgy colourer, I always use paints or pencils because I love blending lots of colours together......I have to say firstly I love the soft brush nib, very much like using a fine paint brush, I'm going to have to have another play later and use Prisma pencils on top to see how they blend together, so I'll get a better feel for them then, the shades I've seen though look lovely,  lots of pastel colours to choose from, I've got a feeling I'm going to be buying more of these as they'll be great for covering larger areas which is a bit harder to do with Prismas.

 

Challenges

Papertake.......pick three types of embellies, pearls, blooms and ribbon.

Bearly Mine Designs......bring on the bling.

Totally Gorjuss.......use something round.

Sweet Stampin'.......on the farm (well you do get rabbits.....lol)

Have a lovely day

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 

Sneak Peek......

Evening peeps hope you are well and enjoying the sunshine since its returned, another load of washing done.......I didn't realise that you could get that many clothes in a suitcase and wear them in two weeks, next year I'm going to a naturalist holiday to cut down on the workload when I get back.......lol, either that or go around smelly for a few days. When we went to the soft play area with Ethan on Tuesday he finally plucked up the courage to go down the big slides there, then there was no stopping him......squealing and laughing until he exhausted himself as well as us........fun and games.
I thought I'd give you a sneak peek at a new range of digi stamps coming out at Cuddly Buddly over the next few weeks they are by an artist called Karen  Middleton, her colouring is gorgeous and she specialises in Whimsy and Enchanted designs......this design is called Tumble fairy and I have to admit to a slight faux paux in the colouring but I'll let you find it, you'll have to wait for another version next week with the correction but I hadn't the heart to put it in the bin.The image has been coloured with Prismas and blended with Sansador, the papers are from First Edition called Daydream I love the soft purples and apricots with lime greens of the papers. The metal corners are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Challenges

C.R.A.F.T....Fairy Tales.

Rainbow Lady........handmade flowers.

Moving Along with the Times......brand spanking new (image, although not yet available).

Craft Us Crazy.......anything goes.

Top Tip Tuesday......anything girlie.

Cupcake......shabby sparkle.

Hugs n Smiles

off to colour another image now, hoefully get

this one right.