Dt postion.......

Hiya peeps I'm thrilled to bits to be able to share some more good news with you.......I've be invited to join The Polka Doodles design team. I love the whimsy designs of their stamps and digi products although my poor son will be tearing his hair out with me with more printing to do, however I'm slowly getting there with the techno stuff........lol. I'm hoping with all these designs for the challenges I'll have to make I'll stop munching at night and be able to loose some weight.....if only.......I'd have to keep my sugar levels up so I'd better get a stash of nibbles for my craft room......lol.
Hope you are all having a fabbie weekend, Id better go and get some housework done and gardening as we need to get the lawn down soon, we're having artifical grass, we've found a manufacturer that makes some that is so life like its hard to tell the difference, my sister did hers last year and now gets to enjoy her garden instead of mowing and weeding and at least Ethan can play outside more now being as we've made the garden more Grandson friendly........

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.

New Teddy Challenge......

Ohhh theres a new challenge soon to start featuring Teddies called Ready Teddy Go, well August 1st to be precisely and the challenges will be monthly so it gives you plenty of time to play and there are no restrictions to whether you prefer digi or rubber stamps, and I'm joining the design team......yay.... well you know I love me teddies, so any excuse to make a card featuring one of these cuties and I'm in there. Thanks Julie Ann for letting me join in to play. So pop over to the blog  for more deets so you can join in the fun..........

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

I'm back......

Morning peeps, I'm back off my holls.....urghhhh, I shall miss my early morning cuppa over looking  Lake Garda whilst colouring all the images I took with me, and not forgetting all the lovely sunshine we had, although this morning is looking lovely. We spent Friday in Disneyland and we waited till the end for the fireworks so we were all rather pooped yesterday when we got back, oh well back to reality and all the washing, ironing, work etc. to do, although I get to see my daughter and grandson Ethan today who I missed whilst on my holls......no running around after him. At least I can catch up on my Dt cards now, talking of which heres my card for Sketch N Stash......there is still one week to join in, the sketch is by Jackie. The old stash I've used are the flowers and the new stash are the papers well they're fairly new so I'm hoping that counts.....lol. oh no the pencils are my newest stash......I'm so lovin' my prisma pencils, so much so I took them on holiday with me.The image is Teddy Bea......such a sweetie.

Whimsy Stamps are offering the winner $15 to spend in store.

Challenges

Teddy Bo .......use a Teddy Bea image.

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

Papertake.....getting cute.

Fab n Funky......Animal antics.

Stampin' for the weekend......paws for thought.

Allsorts......free n easy.

Oh well better get started on more washing

ready for the marathon ironing

this afternoon......lol.

hugs n' smiles

Just sipping again.......

Afternoon peeps, I'm sat at my favourite spot again sipping a cappucino over looking Lake Garda, the weather is fabbie, getting up to 40 degrees some days and still 34 at night, thank god for air conditioning. we went to Movie Land the other day which was a great day out....not too busy so we got round all the rides, my son dragged me into a Horror House....thought it would just be a bit spooky nothing too major......I've never screamed so much in all my life, wild horses wouldn't drag me in again. It was pitch black and you have to put your hand on the shoulder infront who has to follow the little red light....ok a few spooky noises so far so good then we enter a room with what looks like a woman dummy lying in bed who then proceeds to get up and chase you round the room, next you have to walk through a load of strung up bodies on meat hooks revolving round whilst a zombie blocks your way......more screams. I have never been so relieved to see daylight, the rest of the rides were brill. though. I'm missing my card making although I've done loads of colouring ready for when I get back.....lol.I think I've put on several pounds in weight as I've had to try all the different varieties of ice ctream....well it would be rude of me not to.
Hugs from sunny Italy....ciao ciao

Sipping.......

Evening peeps, I'm on my holls sipping a machiato overlooking Lake Garda whilst typing this.....doesn't get any better, the weather is hot hot hot and my son has been sunbathing which is a first as he shivers in 30 degrees.....lol. We had a fun start to the holls as hubby overslept and we caught the ferry by the skin of our teeth, spent the afternoon in Disneyland Paris before hitting the sack after a tiring day. we then travelled down to Lake Lucerne in Switzerland arriving in the afternoon, our hotel was on the shore of the lake.....great view with the snow capped peeks, however its expensive......really expensive nearly £30 for a Macdonalds, I did want a fondu but at £35 per person we thougt it was expensive for bread dipped in melted cheese.....lol. All we've done since we arrived at Lake Garda is sleep, eat, swim, sleep eat....I'm so tired guess its called unwinding. we had the mother of all thunderstorms last night, thought the caravan was going to take off but today the sky has been clear and the sun is now setting over the lake.....what shall I do tomorrow?.....probably more of the same as today......lol
Hugs for now

Sketch n Stash.....

Morning peeps hope you all had a great weekend,and a Happy 4th of July to you all over the pond.....lots of celebrations today.Hope you all had a lovely weekend, gosh they go so quick and apart from colouring my hair.....which is a pain, I keep threatening to go au natural.......grey, or in my case silver on the top, which is my halo......lol and salt and pepper everywhere elso, could be a new trend, I could steak it with alcohol inks as they're permanent and have a rainbow effect.....ok I'm just being silly now, its just that I'd love to be outrageous and have coloured hair, I think  its an age thing......lol, any way apart from that I had a lazy Sunday now I'm starting to panic as we're off on our holls at the end of the week and I'm sure I've got lots of jobs to do before I go........just can't think of any at the moment.......see the memory is going as well.....arghhh.
Anyway I can't believe its time for another Sketch n Stash challenge and this week we get to follow a fabbie sketch by Faye or Fluffy as she also know.....

Simon Says Stamp are the sponsers this week with $15

to spend in their wonderful store.

I've use another digi image called when you wish upon a star from Teddy Bo, which is my oldest stash and I've used my new papers from First edition called Summer Breeze, I've just brought another pad thats just come out and I just keep flicking through the pages.

Challenges

Poodles Parlour......things with wings.

Stamp Something .......use a digi.

Divas by Designs......die cuts/punches.

Truly Scrumptious......things with wings.

Stampavie....more than three layers.

By the cute and girly......things with wings

Hugs n Smiles

grungy Monday......

Hiya peeps short post for today, thanks you for your best wishes, I'm feelin' a whole heap better now and it looks like my shop should be ok for the time being so at least thats good news.I'm late again though......for Grungy Monday, story of my life. This weeks challenge is to follow the deets for alcohol inks from Tim Holtz, click here to be transported to the video. The stamp that I've used is from La Banche and the flowers were made from the Tattered floral die, the papers were spritzed well more like drenched in glimmer mist.

Challenges

Grungy Monday.....alcohol inks

The Stampman.....alcohol inks withe an optional sketch to follow.

Just for Fun.....anything goes.

Simon Says stamp and show ......a word.

Hooked on Crafts......show us your flowers.

Sir Stampalot......anything goes

hugs n' smiles

Winner......

Some good news to help lift my day.....I've been chose as a winner over at the Crafty Individuals challenge, which is a thrill as there are soooooo many delish entries each month, not only do you get to chose a stamp from their wonderful selection you also get a blinkie......and I do love a blinkie......lol, sad I know. As many of you know I work for Thorntons and after yesterdays news which left us all shocked and reeling I needed some good news to perk me up ready to go into work this morning. What is about 99 years and stores closing.......first Woolworths who closed at 99 years, now T J Hughes who have reached 99 years and ourselves who at least reached 100 years and are streamlining so that we can continue. Sad day for the High Street as 2 other retailers closed as well.

Phew......

Morning Peeps, well it was when I sarted writing this but now its evening when I'm posting it.......sorry didn't want to confuse you....lol, phew its warm I didn't believe the weather forecast as it was quite miserable on the Saturday and though it couldn't possible change, but I was wrong, hope you are all feelin' alot better than me though as my son has passed his cold onto me now and I'm feeling rough......hacking cough, runny nose, achey and a temprature.....in this heat as well, so I spent yesterday feeling a bit sorry for myself so I apologise not getting round to your blogs but wasn't in the mood for much at all.........can't you tell I'm feeling sorry for myself....lol.
Todays card is for A Gem of a challenge, and this was a freebie image from Janet, which is just too darn cute, I've coloured the image with Prismas again and added star dust stickles on the bubbles.....which I just love colouring. I've used embossed vellum as one of the papers and added the bow as the sentiment.

Challenges

Crafty Pad.....use bold or pastel colours.

Ribbon Girl.....pink and cream.

Sweet Stampin' ........something old (ribbon) and something new (image).

Pink Gem......sketch.

Hugs n smiles

More glitter......

Morning Peeps, ok its the weekend again and who pinched the sun, we've had rain now on and off for the past week and its not looking any better this morning and its July next week......yay off on my holls soon. Being as I'm going through a glittery phase I thought todays card should have just a smidge more glitter on than the previous posts.......lol, so please forgive me getting carried away with the stickles Star Dust again. The image is Baby Bea........super cute, and has been coloured in with Prisma pencils, the great thing about these are, I can colour and watch TV now instead of having to go to my play room to colour.In fact I'm kinda addicted to them at the moment as I've just coloured another image after just getting up........sets up a stress free day....... well thats the theory anyway.The papers are from First Edition don't know what I'll do when my pads start to run down as I love all the pads that they are bringing out.

Challenges

Delicious Doodles......cute and cuddly.

Stampin' for the weekend......favourite things, pink, glitter, teddies.

Rainbow Lady......use a digi (image).

Simon Says.......sketch.

Oh well better go and get ready for work and today we've got a stocktake

so I've got to count all the chocolates in the shop.....

its a hard job but someones got to do it.

Hugs

Glittery Grungy Monday......

Evening peeps after doing a pretty grungy tag for last weeks challenge I thought I'd do a glittery one for this weeks challenge, I've used a mixture of Graphic 45 papers from the Once Upon a Spring Time collection and Basic Grey, the background diamond stamp is from The Artistic Stamper. If you want to join in the fun over at Lindas click here for the deets from The Duke of Distress himself. I've added a chipboard flower which I covered in the same paper that I used for the background of the tag.

Challenges

Grungy Monday........April technique

Simon Says Stamp and Show......some metal.

Pile it on....show me some metal.

Make my Monday......tags with a flower

Theme Thursday.....use a border.

thanks for taking a peek

hugs

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.

Teddy Bea.......

Afternoon peeps just got in from Rainbow World with Ethan, which is another soft play area that they let the adults scramble over as well as the kids......there are usually more adults than children playing on the slides and climbing frame it has to be said and today I came down the bumpy slide on my tummy......wheeee such fun, its great having a grandson as I get to play, and I'm a big kid at heart, unfortunately my knees are not what they were....ouch!.
Todays card is for the challenge at Teddy Bo Challenges called Bling it on, athough I've not gone mad on diamantes etc, I've gone for gliiter and sparkly embossing, the papers are from my fave Summer Breeze pad by First Edition and Teddy Bea has been coloured in with Prismas which are fast becoming my new fave medium to colour with, trouble is it takes alot longer to colour with these than my H20s, the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.
FOR SALE
If anyone is interesed in buying a nearly new (only used about 5 colours a couple of times) set of aqua pens (40 in total) for £50 including postage please email me for further details.

Challenges

Teddy Bo.....bling it on.

Crafts for Eternity....R for ribbon and roses.

Moving along with the times.....inspired by a song (I'm forever blowing bubbles.......).

Hugs n' smiles

Sketch N Stash.......

Morning everyone hope you all had a lovely weekend at least the weather was a bit better yesterday after Saturady when it bucketed it down for most of the day, well as you know its Monday and that means another challenge at Sketch N Stash where you get to play with your old and new stash and follow a great sketch which this week has been created by the lovely Vicky. For my card I've used a stamp from Penny Black that I've had for ages which I absolutly love but I've never got around to inking it up....shame on me. I've coloured the image with my fave twinkling H20s adding Star Dust stickles for bling as well as on the candy from Craft Work Cards, which is my newest stash. The papers are from First Edition .....Hideaway, I'm so lovin' all these paper pads....scrummy.

the sponser this week is

and the winner gets to choose 4 images.

Challenges.

Penny Black......Pesky Critters.

Penny Black at Allsorts........Favourite stamp.

Simon Says.....Bingo (Flowers, Brads(faux),and sentiment).

My Mums Craft shop......seeing spots.

Hooked on Crafts......anything goes

Be back later to check out your entries for this fortnights challenge

happy crafting

hugs

Pretty Grungy.........

Morning peeps its Sunday again, time must be going quicker as I can remember what I did last week and being as I have the memory of a gold fish these days it proves my point. I'm posting my entry late again for Grungy Monday, thought I'd do a pretty version of grunge using Broken China and Dusty Concord, although I use Milled Lavendar for the main part of the Technique......click here to see the details over at Tims blog, its the only time I get my iron out willingly and when I was doing this card I had a basket full of ironing waiting to be done........but I left that to get on with the tag......lol. Hubby did it for me instead.Think I'm going to Ikea this morning for some more storage, I don't seem to still have enough and can't quite get my room organised.......probabaly because I keep buying more stash. However I am selling a full set of Aqua marker pens most have never been used for £50 so if your interested email me.Thought I'd enter this tag into the challenge over at Simon Says Stamp and show..... torn edges, and being as the main image is stamped on a torn page I thought I'd enter, the flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts, for the main butterfly I stamped onto acetate and coloured the back with purple glitter. Just remebered I haven't made my DT card for tomorrows Sketch n Stash challenge.....gotta fly!!

Challenges

CES......lots of sparkly flowers.

Sweet Stampin'.....things with wings.

The Stampman.......butterflies and dragonflies.

Delicious Doodles....things that flutter.

Polka Doodles.....things with wings.

Divas By Design.....anything but a card.

Try it on Tuesday.....Tag with a butterfly.

thanks for taking a peek

Have a lovely weekend

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

Butterfly.......

Morning peeps hope you are all well and enjoying another sunny day although they had forecast rain all day today, at the moment the sky is blue here so we'll have to wait and see.Had a late night last night after going to the cinema to see the new X Men film which is good, just wished they had comfortable chairs I find it hard sitting in one pace these days for too long....achey bones and all, I think they should have comfy sofas so you can curl up.......might put it in the suggestion box. Today we've got Ethan and hes not very well at the moment, running a temprature or he was yesterday.
I thought I'd share with you a card that I made using a  tag I'd made ages ago, I hate not using my tags so I try to recycle them as part of the background like this one. The tag has been made using alcohol inks in three colours and then I stamped a butterfly image and sprinkled silver embossing powder on them for a smidge of bling, the main image on the card is from Crafty Individuals that I stamped onto acetate and then alcohol inked, the papers are from my fave Summer Breeze pad by First Editions.....each pad of papers they bring out gets better and better, but these are my faves at the moment....until the next one that is. The flowers were made out tof alcohol inked glossy card and the star dust stickles added on the top for sparkle as was the tag.

Challenges.

Stamp Something........something puched (flowers).

CES......inspired by a movie (the butterfly effect).

Stamp with Fun....pearls and flowers.

Crafty Calendar.....things with wings.

Pile it on......angles.

Charisma.....pink and green.

thanks for taking a peek

hugs

Fathers Day.......

Morning peeps and what a glorious day it is so far after all the rain we had on Sunday, oh well got some card making in as well watching a film and just relaxin'......my kind of Sunday. Thought I'd do a hat trick with a third Fathers day card for today, sorry if you're getting bored seeing male cards I promise I'll post a girly one real soon, I've gone for a collage style again using stamps from Elusive Images....Edwardian men plate. The mini tag, car and pen nib images are from Graphic 45. I've done another bottle cap embellishment using an image from Crafty Individuals, colured with rust alcohol ink and a combination of beeswax, glossy accents and gold glitter to finish it off. I've used my new button dies from Die-namics available from My Mums Craft Shop I'd been on the look out for some button dies and these are perfect for when you can't find the right coloured button and they come in 4 sizes as well, I've used black cut paper to make the faux threads.I have to say I was well impressed with the servive I recieved from the shop as I place my order on Monday morning and I was playing with them the next day.......

Challenges

Oh La La.....Fathers day.

Cup Cake.......male card.

One Stop Craft......Fathers day card.

Allsorts.....1 paper, 2 punches/dies and 3 buttons.

Fussy and Fancy.....male card.

My Mums Crafts shop......use punches (I used a punch to cut the image for the bottletop)

My Time To Craft......more than 1 image.

Papertake.....Dads or lads card.

Top Tip Tuesday......open theme.

Off to build a sand castle with Ethan later

thats his wish for today

hugs