Puddles of Love

Morning everyone! Hope you're all enjoying the Easter weekend! Don't you just love Bank Holidays-especially when the weather's nice!

Anyways Elaine got the brand new Gorjuss girlies in and I had to grab a couple! I bought some prisma pencils just recently-the full set even, and thought it would be a good chance to use them but I went for the trusty copics instead!

I coloured the fab 'Puddles of Love' on kraft with my pens-gives a totally different effect-I love it! all the papers are from the Tim Holtz pad Vintage Shabby-my fave for sure out of all of em! Also Elaine has free p and p on orders over £30 over the bank holiday weekend so it's worth getting a few extra bits!

The flowers are made using some punches and they're embellished with Prima sequin centres-love these-am building quite the little collection!

I also managed to actually follow a sketch-it's been a while! I used the sketch over at Midnight Madness as I haven't played along over there for such a long time!

This card will be up for sale shortly in My Etsy Shop.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Very exciting News and Sweet Pea Stamps Winner!

Wow I can't believe this but I've been shortlisted for card of the year over at Midnight Madness. If you're a regular visitor to my blog you'll know I've been playing along over there more or less since the beginning-it's definetly my favourite sketch challenge blog-they're always so different the DT are always so diverse in their talents it makes it very fun to check out their work! Anyways...I'm card no 14-all the cards up for the award are absolutely gorgeous!

Right oh, bit late in announcing the winner but the winner of the Sweet Pea stamps is no. 17 and that's Craft Princess. Craft Princess if you can email me within 48 hours at craftypagan@gmail.com then I'll post your prize off to you! If I don't hear anything within 48 hours I'll have to draw another winner.

Have a great day!

Altered Anya and Friends-Quixotic Challenges

Afternoon! Sorry I've been MIA this week but we're all a bit under the weather over here which is why I'm late with my Quixotic Challenge DT card:) The theme for the next 2 weeks is 'Altered Anya and Friends', basically we want you to alter your Greeting Farm stamps in some way. Amy Young one of the fabulous Greeting Farm DT has joined us a guest this time-afterall she is the queen of altering:) If you need some tips on how to alter your stamps check out Amy's tutorials:

Altering 101

Altering 101 part deux

Altering Round Two

As this challenge is a bit different you MUST use Greeting Farm images (can be digis from heretoo) and you have 2 weeks to get your entries in. Also there will be a top 3 showcase and the winner will receive a surprise embellishment gift worth £10 from Quixotic Paperie. That's a great prize right?! Plus you'll go into the monthly prize draw too-can't be bad!

So anyways.. onto my card! My altering is very subtle and is ideal if you're a bit unsure or afraid of diving straight into altering-I've added spots to Miss Anya's headband. I've gone for quite a simple design as well on this card, using the Sketch over at Midnight Madness and just adding some pretty Prima E-Line flowers:) I did add some Shimmerz in pixie dust to the flowers though! All the papers are from the gorgeous new Crate Paper collection called Pink Plum which Quixotic Paperie have started stocking. If you want to grab some of the lush lace I've used on my card check out the selection here-am addicted to using it at the moment! Am also entering this over at Cupcake Craft Challenge as their theme this week is flower power.

Here's a little close-up:~

Think that's it from me, hope to be back again this weekend! We're going to see Alice in Wonderland tomorrow night and I can't wait! Thanks so much for stopping by and for your lovely comments:)

Sugar Nellie DT, an Easel Card

Evening lovelies! Hows your weekend been? Good I hope! I've got an easel card to show you today, using 'Peace Angel', one of the fabulous new Diane Duda stamps from Sugar Nellie. I just love Diane's whimsical style! This image, although perfect for Christmas/Yule cards is so versatile you can use it all year round. I coloured her with copics and added some Shimmerz bling in gold glimmer to the wings (love this stuff!).

Stuff: Sugar Nellie stamp 'Peace Angel' available here, copics to colour, Basic Grey wassail papers available here, shimmerz in gold glimmer available here, prima flowers spritzed with shimmerz spray in mudpie here, glamour dust, spacers available here, cappucino pearls availablehere, nesties, buttons from stash, tulle available here.

Here's a little close up:~

The layout is from the fab sketch over at Midnight Madness and am also going to enter it over at Basic grey challenges who want to bling and glitz as do cute card thursday. Well am gonna love ya and leave ya, X Factor will be on soon! Thanks so much for stopping by and any comments you might leave xxx.

Happy 2nd Birthday Sugar Nellie!

Morning everyone! Sugar Nellie stamps are 2 years old today! Happy Birthday SN! There's gonna be lots of fun over on SplitCoastStampers in the Sugar Nellie forum tonight so do pop along, there'll be lots of sugar to be given away too! In celebration of Sugar Nellie's birthday I've got this alternative Christmas card to show ya. I've used Manga Girl #2 and used MME Colourful Christmas papers for something not so traditional. Nice and bright and fun me thinks:)

Stuff: Sugar Nellie stamp Manga Girl #2 available here, copics to colour image, MME colourful Christmas paper pack (sentiment from the accessory sheet included) from here, Bazzill tulle in tink pink here, bling from stash, snowflake charm from here.

Here's a close-up~

For the layout of the card I've used the fabby sketch over at Midnight Madness, love playing over there! Am also going to enter this into the following challenges: Papertake Weekly (spots and stripes), Tuesday Taggers want to see a burst of colour, and Crafty Angels want to see a charm.

Also before I go I must tell you about the exciting deliveries Quixotic Paperie now has in stock! The brand new release of Kraftin Kimmie stamps are available to buy NOW here, AND the totally gorgeous new Greeting Farm stamps (Twinkle Tots) have arrived! Have you checked em out yet? They're available to buy HERE now. Hurry as these are bound to fly off the virtual shelves!

Thanks for popping by, and for any comments you might leave-I love hearing from you! xxx

4 Days Later......

Evening everyone! 4 days later and I'm back with something to show! Has been a bit of an odd week for me which is why I haven't posted, haven't felt well (the germs from leo must have finally got me! hehe) and my creativity packed its bags and went on its hols well and truly taking my motivation with it! Not a nice feeling. In any case I think a little break has done me good, I think that creating every day-will force you into a break every now and then to recharge. I did miss everyone though! I think I am almost back to myself now!

I bought this beautiful Sugar Nellie stamp a couple of weeks ago and haven't had chance to ink her up yet and thought now was the time since I've been dying to use her! It's one of the 3 stamps brought out by Sugar Nellie for their It's A Girl Thing fundraiser-all proceeds of the sale of these stamps go 100% to Breast Cancer Fundraising-this image is donated by Leanne Ellis-one of my all time fave artists! I actually coloured her in using a mixture of distress inks and twinkling h20's and shimmerz. I also stamped her out twice so I could layer her up with some silicone glue but left the wings so it kinda looks like they're fluttering out of the card:)

I haven't played over at Midnight Madness for a few weeks but totally loved this weeks sketch the minute I saw it so had to have a go! I've used my sewing machine to do some wavy stitches around the square layers so it doesn't look too um square I guess! I don't do clean lines it seems do I?! Over at 3 Clovers they want us to Think pink as October is Breast Cancer Awareness month so this is so perfect for this card!

Stuff:

• Sugar Nellie stamp 'Cherub' available here while stocks last (very limited edition so get these now-they won't be restocked!),
• MME Wild Asparagus papers, hero arts sentiment, lace and prima say in pearls all from quixotic paperie
• Core'dinations cardstock, distress inks and twinkling h20's, sewing machine

Almost the weekend.....can't wait, I'm having a rare night out with my friend Michelle Saturday night...I wonder where I put my dancing shoes;) Thanks for stopping by and for any comments you might leave me-they're very much appreciated! Huggles xxx

Feeling Bright!

Evening lovely crafty bloggers! Hows your day been? All's good this end, been to Lincoln today to do a bit of shopping, pay some bills and I had to pop into the art shop to buy a few more copics to top my collection up! Slowly, slowly I'm getting there-buying a few copics here and there will slowly add up-I love em! I do like my Promarkers but I really wish I'd bought copics in the first place, ah well!

I can't believe I haven't posted since Monday, tis terrible blogging behaviour! lol. Well I have done some cards, on Tuesday night I had a card to do for my wonderful friend Michelle for her hubby but from her little boy (does that make sense?!) which I gave to her on Wednesday. Because I was a bit last minute making it I forgot to take a piccy! What a wally! Then last night I made my dt card for tomorrow, and well that brings us to today.

Can you tell I'm feeling bright? I just had to have a go with this little beauty from Sugarnellie! Dena, very kindly stamped her up for me as she keep selling out, I just keep missing out on getting her! These manga kids from Sugarnellie have been super popular, and you can see why can't ya! If you haven't checked out the sugarnellie blog you need to to see all the beautiful new stamps coming soon-including christmas manga kids! These are sooooo adorable, can't wait till they're released!

Stuff: Sugarnellie stamp-Manga girl #2 coloured with copics, mme papers and stampin up, mcgill woodware, and xcut punches for flowers and branch, raffia lace, spacers and buttons from Elaine at the fab Quixotic Paperie, su scallop punch, sewing machine and core'dinations card.

For the layout of this card I've used the Midnight Madness sketch which is another fabby one-the guys over there are just fantastic and the prizes amazing so if you haven't played along yet do check it out! I'm also entering this at Lalaland who want to see stitching-real or faux. Well I'm gonna go catch up with Big Brother-I'll be back tomorrow afternoon with my Stamp Something dt card. Thanks so much for popping by and any comments you might leave-they make my day! Huggles xxx

A Card with Gift Holder...

Happy Wednesday everyone! Is this week flying by or what?! I've combined a few challenges again (isn't it addictive?!) and have made something different today-a wallet card and a little gift holder. For the card I've used the sketch at Midnight Madness (I won the midnight masterpiece award this week-was so chuffed!), I've used the colour combo of pink, brown and cream over at Double Dutch. It also qualifies for Whimsy Challenges which want to see animals and am going to enter it for ABC challenge which is Anything Goes, Allsorts which is vintage, and Paperplay Challenges which is all creatures great and small. The gift holder was made from the previous Double Dutch challenge, very simple to make but really cute me thinks:).

Stuff: Sugarnellie image Country Cousins range 'Purrfect Playmates', hotp papers flea market, core'dinations card, su ribbon, papermania adhesive pearls, mme wild asparagus papers, prima flowers (insides), lace from stash, fancy pants journalling cards

Have you checked out the sneak peeks on the Sugarnellie blog today? I can't wait for these new stamps to be released-they're soooo cute-my fave is the little girl with her hat and stripey tights! I shall be back in a bit with my candy winner!

Midnight Madness Sketch....

Afternoon everyone! I've been poorly for a coupla of days which is why I haven't been on, feeling much better now though. Todays card is for the fabulous Midnight Madness Sketch challenge. If you've never played along over there you should really go check it out-the prizes over there are fab too. I think their challenge blog has the most eclectic of talents on their design team too which is always fun to see! I've used another sugar nellie image from the country cousins range, it's a real cutie isn't it?! Gone for a real vintage feel with the papers and lace around the flower. Gone for my usual distressed touches-I think i'm a distressing junkie!

Stuff: Sugar nellie stamps coloured with promarkers, distress inks, core'dinations cardstock, MME papers and 7gypsies, prima flowers, lace and pin from stash, k and co rub on

Thanks for stopping by and any comments you might leave me-they make my day! Well, I'm gonna go play shape sorters with Leo now he's woken from his nap! Huggles

P.S. Still no sign of the Magnolia summer kit....bleurgh

Midnight Madness

My new SugarNellies arrived today-wohooo! So I've used this skateboarder for this weeks Midnight Madness challenge. I know lots of peeps don't like making male cards but I really have lots of fun making em! The papers I've used are all Kaiserkraft-they're ideal for boy/teenage cards. Now that I've finished this I think I'm gonna have to sort my sewing machine out-ugh. Yesterday Leo got his little mitts on it and I just caught him but I think he'd twiddled something or other as when I started sewing last night the bloomin needle broke!

Stuff: SugarNellie stamp-new Mary Hall collection coloured with Promarkers, Kaiserkraft papers, core'dinations cardstock, clear patterened strips from stash (I wish I knew who made these-I got em at a craft shop and chucked the box!), buttons from stash, raffia, dymo labelmaker.

I'm still waiting on my magnolia summer kit to arrive but my new guillotine arrived that Ian bought me-it's fab! It's an a3 Fiskars guillotine so pretty huge and super sharp-my old one was on its last legs! Thanks for stopping by and for any comments you might leave-they make my day! See yas tomorrow!

Midnight Madness Sketch....

Evening everyone! Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend so far, I heard we're going to be having a heat wave next week! Today's card is for Midnight Madness. There giving away a huge cash prize for those that enter at the end of the month so you should defo pop over and join in if you haven't before. Did you notice the stitching? I got my sewing machine out! If you don't have big things like that out and set up all the time you never use them do you! So it's now out and set up with it's own little table next to mine:) I've also used the new Diane Duda stamp (sugarnellie) that I got for the blog hop, I do so love this one. The stars are from a grungeboard pack which I inked up with distress inks then popped perfect pearls over em.

Stuff I used: Diane Duda stamp coloured with Promarkers, basic grey papers, pm paper, core'dinations card, distress inks, grungeboard elements (Tim Holtz), perfect pearls in gold and bronze, vintage button from stash (I often pick these up at car boots and charity shops), raffia, studio g sentiment, sewing machine, cuttlebug with scalloped oval nestic, cut and dry foam to distress nestie shape and edges.

Last night I ordered some goodies-a martha stewart doily punch, some of the new woj stamps, and craftsulove are doing from p and p this weekend so ordered some yummy papers. Oooooo so can't wait for this lot to arrive! Well am off catch up with Big Brother;) Sleep tight xxx

Midnight Madness Sketch....A Fathers Day Card

Hello lovely crafty friends! Are you having a lovely weekend? I've had a lovely crafting day as Ian as had a rare Saturday off and since we're saving for our holiday (this time next week we'll be in Whitby!) we've had a quiet day:) Well I have, Ian and Leo went to Tesco and then to a country wildlife reserve type place. I have 3 Fathers Day cards to make (one for Ian from leo, my dad and Ian's dad) so I thought I best get cracking!

The layout is from a sketch over at Midnight madness, I think I'll be using this again! They do have fab prizes so you should definetly go check it out! I've used some basic Grey archaic papers and some good ole core'dinations card. The stamp is a new one I got and haven't used yet by Sugar Nellie-isn't the little boy so cute! It reminds me of Leo when he 'paints'!

Materials: Sugar Nellie stamp (country cousins range) coloured with Promarkers, Basic Grey papers 'Archaic', core'dinations cardstock, brad from stash, BoBunny ribbon, clear tape printed with stars from stash (got it at a show ages ago and totally can't remember who makes it), dymo label maker for text, brad from stash.

Have a lovely evening! Thanks for stopping by, hope you like my card! I love reading any comments you leave so please do, then I can come visit you too!

Midnight Madness

Evening lovely bloggers. I've just recently found this new challenge blog, but I think I'm really going to love it, there is defo something different about it so I shall keep playing along. So this card is for the new blog Midnight Madness. The sketch supplied was fab, shall use again for sure and I decided I'd use one of my newer Tilda's-I love this one, I popped some glossy accents on areas of her hair and some roses too! I've also used some bits and bobs that have been hanging around in my off cut box which are from the Cloud9 kit I won-I love these papers so much, but there doesn't seem to be many places that do thus brand in packs of 12 x 12. Ah well I shall keep looking..

Materials: Magnolia Tilda stamp coloured with promarkers (spice, apricot, blue pearl, cornflower, marsh green, moss, ruby, poppy, cinnamon, cocoa, vanilla and blush), Cloud9 papers-Hannah's Story, Ranger Glossy Accents, Core-dinations cardstock, BoBunny ribbon, bling from stash, The Artistic Stamper sentiment.

Am off to catch up on the Apprentice! See ya tomorrows. Thanks for popping by and many comments you might leave.