Stamp Something DT Card-Animal Somethings!

Afternoon everyone! Tis Friday so that means it's time to Stamp Something! This week we want to see your animal somethings! Nice fun one, right?! I'm still feeling pink so I've got another girly fun one to show ya and I've actually used a Penny Black stamp (first time ever!), I think this stamp is really cute though so I couldn't resist! We've got another fab sponser this week so do go check out the other dt work which is fantastic btw and have a go at the challenge and you could win a fabby prize!

Stuff: PennyBlack stamp coloured with Promarkers and copics, stampin up and mme papers, raffia lace and spacersfrom elaine at quixotic, mcgill and woodware punches, bling from stash, sewing machine, core'dinations card, distress ink in worn lipstick.

For the layout I used the sketch at Papertake Weekly- yet another fab one! Over at the Penny Black challenge they wanted to see stitching on our cards and I've used a mix of real and faux (faux around the image) and Creative Inspirations also want us to use stitching! At the other Creative Inspiration but the wednesday one they want to us to make a friendship card and I think this would be a goodie to give to a friend!

So whats everyone upto this weekend? Tis bank holiday weekend in the UK, last one of the summer! Not sure what we're going to be doing yet but Ian is actually off on the Monday so perhaps we'll do something fun! Thanks for popping by today and for any comments you might leave-I love reading em! 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

Anyone for anya?

Afternoon everyone! Hope your day is going well. Me and hubby are going to the cinema tonight so I'm looking forward to that-we're going to see Orphan. We don't go out much these days y'know! lol. Thanks for all the lovely comments about Leo and help with the engagement card-just got to make it now! The new challenge blog Anyone for Anya started yesterday-go looky-the theme for the first challenge is sugar and spice which means your favourite things though you could interpret it other ways too. I've followed the sketch at Splendid Stamping with the Greeting Farm and have used my new dressy anya-these are absolutely my favourite set-I love them! Over at Stamptacular Sunday they want to see us use dimension on our cards and I've layered the card up quite a bit. I chose to use turquoise and brown-a gorgeous colour combo but one I rarely use and it just so happens to be the theme at the Secret Crafter. I've also done a fair bit of machine stitching (good ole janome sew mini!) on my card so this works for Creative Inspirations.

Stuff: Miss Anya (Dressy anya collection) by The Greeting Farm coloured with copics and promarkers, HOTP fleamarket papers, core'dinations card, sewing machine, prima flowers, lace, button and spacer from Elaine at Quixotic Paperie, kanban bling, woodware paper punch.

Ooo just to give you a heads up the new Sugarnellie Homegrown stamps have been released today-get em quick before they sell out! Well am gonna start dinner so I'll see you all tomorrow with any luck! Thanks so much for stopping by. Huggles xxx

Winter Wishes

Evening everyone! Hows your weekend going? Mine's been good so far, apart from yesterday when me and my friend Michelle took to the kids out for the day and things all got a bit dramatic! In the afternoon Leo suddenly out of nowhere started walking oddly on his right leg like then he wouldn't walk at all-not like him-he'd much rather run around than be carried! After a little bit when it still hadn't improved I took to him to A and E, they examined him and everything and his temp was up as well. So...the consultant decided we needed to go to a bigger hospital as he thought there might be fluid on his hip and a temperature is a symptom of it so off we went-was really worried by this point! When we got to the next hospital and after more examinations and more doctors it was decided it wasn't a hip problem, and actually he was ok-just a bit of a bug and by this point he was walking ok after being given medicine and off we went home! He's pretty much fine now, thank goodness and no walking problems so who knows what the leg thing was about! Its such a guessing game when they can't communicate enough to tell you what the matter is!

Anyways...I have a card to show ya! I got this cutie stamp about a month ago but was waiting for some lovely christmas papers and now I've got some newies decided it was time to ink her up! Also time to start cracking on with the chrismas/yule cards! There seems to be a few challenges this week who are encouraging us to do just that so this card works for Simon Says Challengewho want to see christmas creations, winter wonderland who want to see home featured in christmassy creations (there's sweet little houses on the paper I've used), Dutch Dare also want to see Christmas Creations as do Creative Card Crew. The layout of this card is courtesy of the fabulous Kellie's sketch challenge-you should defo pop over there as you could win 3 adorable motivet stamps!

Stuff: Motivet stamp 'doraline bundled up', mme papers 'merry days of christmas', pearls and bead cap from the Elaine at Quixotic Paperie, ribbon from stash, sewing machine, mcgill and x cut punch, core'dinations card

Ooo almost forgot to ask you guys-I need to make an engagement card for my step brother and his now fiancee-any image ideas? Thanks so much for stopping by and any comments you might leave me-they make my day! Enjoy the rest of your evening! Huggles xxx

Stamp Something DT Card-Birthday Somethings!

Afternoon everyone! It's Friday which means it's nearly the weekend-wohoo! But more importantly it means it's time for a new challenge at Stamp Something! This week we want to see your Birthday somethings-nice easy one:) I've gone all summery today with my card and used this Sugarnellie cutie called Daisy-she is just the sweetest isn't she?! Since I have gone all summery I'm entering this at The Pink Elephant and Cute Card Thursday's theme this week is Lazy Summer Days which works for this too. Over at Whimsy Challenges this week they'd like us to use ribbons and Papertake weekly who are celebrating their 100th challenge want us to pick our favourite so I've picked 4 seasons which was from 4th august. A new challenge blog Lala land crafts has just opened and their first challenge is flower power-so this works for that too:)

Stuff: Sugarnellie Elisabeth bell 'Daisy' stamp coloured with copics and promarkers, mme papers, core'dinations cardstock, sewing machine, prima flowers, mcgill and xcut flower punch, martha stewart heart punch, buttons from stash, ribbon from stash, rub on sentiment royal and langrick.

Can't wait to see your birthday 'somethings'. You must pop over to see the other dt work-tis gorgeous:) thanks for popping by and any comments you might leave-I love reading em! Huggles xxx

It's Delcious Diva Day!

Good morning everyone! Today it's time for another Delicious Diva challenge and it's such a yummy colour combination! Don't forget you can combine challenges and you have 2 weeks to enter so there's no excuse! The colour challenge is barely banana, cameo coral, old olive, and pumpkin pie so there's quite a few ways in which to interpret them and they work so deliciously together:)

Stuff: Charmed Delectable Annie stamp coloured with Promarkers, mme bloom and grow decoupage pad and paper, papermania regency paper, k and co paper, raffia from stash, prima flowers, martha stewart doily lace punch, hero arts sentiment, papermania buttons, distress inks, nesties and cuttlebug.

Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to pop over to see the other Delicious Diva projects-they're so yummy:) This is my last card for Delicious Divas and I've loved being a guest design team member-thank so much for having me Kellie and Kristy! You guys are fantastic!

Thanks for stopping by and any comments you might leave-they make my day! Have a delicious day;)

Feeling pink

Hey everyone! I was in a pink mood today, which is quite rare, I hardly ever do pinky girly cards but I was really in the mood for it today! My good friend Vix sent me this beautiful Tilda that I had had on my wish list-it's come to a good home Vix! She sent me such a beautiful card as well, with a gorgeous matching envelope-thanks so much sweets! I started off following the sketch atA Spoonful of Sugar but have altered it a fair bit as I resized elements and added so I hope it's ok:) Also am entering it at Pollycraft Monday who want to see out favourite things (distressing),Just Magnolia which is a card for a friend,and Cupcake Craft Challenges which is something sweet (It's also their 1 year birthday so there's lets of fun stuff going on so go check it out!).

Stuff: Magnolia Tilda coloured with promarkers and copics, basicgrey and papermania papers, coredinations cardstock regular plus whitewash, sewing machine, nesties and cuttlebug, ribbon from stash, magnolia sentiment from summer kit, pearls from Quixotic Paperie, bling from stash.

Oooo I gotta tell you what I won today! When I checked google reader this morning I went to read the greeting farm's new post and I won a stamp giveaway so I got to pick a set of my choice! Couldn't believe it-haven't won anything for ages it seems! Maybe mr random generator is my friend again-hehe. Sooo what do you reckon I picked? I just had to go for the new miss anya dressy set-how super duper gorgeous are they?! Proper chuffed:)

Thanks so much for popping by today and any comments you might leave-they make my day! Don't forget to pop back tomorrow-it's Delicious Diva day tomorrow! Huggles-sleep well:)

Pile it On-DT Card-Oh Boy!

Morning everyone! Hope everyone is having a good weekend. It's operation clearout here this weekend, we've been getting rid of loads of old stuff and since I'm scheduling this but writing it last night (does that makes sense? hehe) I'll be at a car boot sale trying to sell said stuff! The money will be going in the stamp fund jar:) Anyways....

Since it is Sunday, that means it's Pile it On day and it's a fab challenge again! This week is also my last design team project. The theme this week is called Oh Boy! I know most people struggle a bit with cards for the boys but I do find them quite fun to make, nice change and all. Plus...Sugar Nellie does some fantastic boys stamps so you'll never be stuck for the 'right' image:) I've used one of the new Mary Hall stamps that you can buy as a single or as part of the full collection and there's some fab ones in there. I don't go mad with the combining this week, and I think it's cos I actually had done quite a few earlier in the week I started to run out of challenges! But, I've used the sketch at Friday Sketchers, and of course PIO and ABC challenge which this week is A is for Anything.

Stuff: Sugarnellie stamp by Mary Hall, BasicGrey boxer papers, distress inks in weathered wood and peeled paint, buttons from stash, inkadinkado sentiment, raffia from stash, cosmo cricket ribbon, brads from stash, sewing machine

Make sure you pop by the PIO challenge blog to check out the dt creations and there's a handy list of pretty much all the challenges in blogland to give you a helping hand:) Look forward to seeing your creations! Thanks so much for stopping by and any comments you might leave-they make my day!

Stamp Something Dt Card-Summer Vacation Somethings

"We're all going on a summer holiday...." Sorry couldn't help it-at least you didn't have to hear me really sing! Stamp Something has gone all summery this week and we want to see your summer vacation (holiday to us brits) somethings. Thought this miss anya was a perfect match for this weeks challenge! I've gone all very bright and stuff using my Basicgrey lemonade pad-but it's just soooo yummy isn't it?! The layout is courtesy of BasicGrey Challenges-they're back you know with a new look! As I've added a tag it also fits in with this weeks Creative Inspirations challenge and Crafty Cardmakers (they're a brand spanking new blog so do pop over and check it out) wanted to see blossoms this week. The sentiment I've added was quite fitting i thought since we're having a bit of a funny summer over in the uk this year! I've also added stitching with my little sewing machine so this fits in for The Greeting Farm.

Stuff: Miss Anya stamp coloured with promarkers, Basic grey lemonade papers, core'dinations cardstock, sewing machine, raffia from stash, hero arts sentiment, nesties, mcgill and xcut punch for flowers, glossy accents (applied to sunglasses), adhesive pearl papermania, prima bling.

As I've scheduled this post I am as we speak joining miss anya at the beach with the kids-no doubt I'll be in a a similar outfit to miss anya too (yeah right!). Please do pop over to SS and look at the other dt samples-they're gorgeous! Can't wait to see your summer vacation somethings. Don't forget if you enter you could win a fab prize too-all the more reason for playing! Thanks so much for stopping by! Huggles

Blog Candy Winner..........

Oooooo this took some time to sort out, go through checking everyone followed the rules and removing double entries and what not but random.org has spoken...............

The winner is................................

ERIN!!!!!

Congrats sweets, please email me! Should I not hear anything within 48 hours another winner shall be picked!

Thanks everyone for playing along! There will be some mini candies soon:) Sleep well

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!

My Celebratary Super Sweet BLOG CANDY!!!!

Candy now closed. Winner to be annouced soon!

To celebrate my recent design team position for Sugarnellie, I decided to celebrate with some Sweet blog candy! I don't think theres anything sweeter than Sugarnellie stamps so......I'm giving away 5 Sugarnellie stamps of YOUR choice. YOU pick them I pay for em:) Sound good? Thought so! To be in with a chance of winning here's what you have to do (I'll be checking!):-

1) Become a follower if you're not already.

2) Link back to my blog with the pic above or a blog post with a link back to my blog.

3) Leave me a comment telling me what's made you smile today:)

This candy is only open to those with blogs. I will ship worldwide. One entry per person. I will add extra goodies to the Sweetness for every 50 entries:) Ends August 10th, winner will be drawn August 11th.

Good luck!

ETA 27th July~~~~I've now got 50 entrants so an 8 x8 DCWV All Dressed Up Stack has now be added to the candy:) The more entries...the more I add:)

ETA 1st Aug~~~~~Over 100 entries-more goodies...I've added a selection of my fave buttons:)

ETA 4th Aug~~~~~150 entries now=more goodies! I've added a selection of my fave ribbons:)

ETA 9th Aug~~~~~~Over 200 entries wow! Added a mystery selection-oooooo :)

Candy now closed. Winner to be annouced soon!

Happiness

This image makes me so happy when I see it! I just love the quirkiness of Diane Duda's stamps! The past two evenings I've just not been in the mood for creating though. I realised today this was probably due to mountain of stash on my craft table! I'm not a tidy worker by any means but because I do do alot of crafting and have a habit of not tidying up after it my desk can quickly become covered! So it was time to clear up! Now I have so much space!

I haven't played over at Sketch Saturday for a couple of weeks so thought I best remedy that! I've also combined a few other challenges:) At Whimsy Challenges they want to see your friendship cards (am just in the nick of time for entering this..again!), tuesday taggers (a newie to me) want to see flowers as do A Spoonful of Sugar, and Papertake weekly want to see creations with a theme of a season-I'm going for Summer!

Stuff: Sugarnellie stamp by Diane Duda 'Upside Down', coloured using copics, distress inks in shabby shutters and broken china, core'dinations card, Basic grey papers 'Lemonade collection', McGill flower punch, xcut flower punch, prima and papermania bling, studio g sentiment, BoBunny doublesided ribbon.

We had a fab day at the Farm Park on friday, leo loved feeding the animals! We all went on one of those big trampolines as well-so funny! My candy will be closing soon! I've absolutely loved reading all your comments on what has made you smile-all of em made me smile! I also had a lovely email today from a fellow crafter (if you're reading this Michelle-you really made my day!) which made me smile even more! Hope everyone has had a fantastic weekend-here in the UK we've been super lucky with the weather!

Stamp Something Dt Card-Charmed

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is had a fab week and looking forward to the weekend! I've scheduled this post so right now I'll be with Leo and my friend Michelle and her little boy at a farm park feeding goats or something!

So...its time for the new Stamp Something challenge and this week we'd like to see charmed somethings! I've used a sweet Sugarnellie image, by Elisabeth Bell called Penpal and used my dcwv latte stack. The layout is a slightly adapted sketch from Midnight Madness, which was another really fun one again and I'm going to enter it at Simon Says which want to see buttons and ribbon. One day I shall win that $25 prize, still its fun trying isnt it!

Stuff: Sugarnellie stamp 'Penpal' coloured with promarkers, dcwv latte stack and core'dinations card, pokey tool and white pen for adding faux stitching, sewing machine for real stitching, prima flowers, twine and charms from stash, foam pads from raising the cut out circles from the latte stack.

You must pop over to check out all the other design teams creations-they're super stunning! See yas tomorrows:)

The Sugar Bowl

Evening everyone! How's your day been? It's been pretty good this end and have had a lovely time having my mil here, and she so enjoyed seeing Leo again. Seems we're back to the wet weather again though doesn't it?!

It's Sugar Bowl time again and this time it's a gorgeous sketch by Marlene with the please include option of doodling. Now I haven't included doodling but if you want to be eligible for the prize then you must include it. The prize this time is a pick and mix of Sugarnellie stamps-who wouldn't love that!

I forgot to tell you yesterday about my sewing machine, a bit ago I said my brother machine needed a service but I think it didn't really love me putting card through it so I decided to save mr brother for just material and get a ickle machine purely for cardmaking and such. So after seeing a few recommendations..I got a sweet little Janome mini off an ebay shop for about £30 which arrived yesterday-and I love it! It's a good little sturdy machine, good speed, easy to use so I would definetly recommend it. So..I've got some stiching on this card, really missed adding it when I was without a machine, I think it finishes things off lovely like:)

Stuff: sugarnellie stamp 'ropeswing' coloured with copics and promarkers, mme wild asparagus and papermania regency papers, core'dination card, distressing tool, k and co rub on, prima flowers, pm brad, sewing machine, distress inks in antique linen and vintage photo, martha stewart doily lace punch.

Craft Stamper mag is out soon, Friday I think, though if you subscribe you'll have it already and a fab one it is too-especially since my teamie Judy's work is on the front cover! She's done a fab feature on stitching...you must check it out! Well am off to catch up with Big Brother, see yas tomorrows:)

Delicious Diva Challenges!

Wohoo! Today's the first ever Delicious Diva Challenge! The first challenge is a fabby sketch to follow and who doesn't love a good sketch?! Don't forget you can resize, rotate or alter the elements which is what I've done. I used Miss Bumblebee from Sugarnellie which is now available in single gorjussness! Now I don't like to play favourites with my stamps but I've got to say this little cutie is fast becoming my fave all time gorjuss girl!

Stuff: Sugarnellie Gorjuss girl stamp coloured with promarkers, basicgrey papers, core'dinations card, stickles for wings, prima flowers, ribbon and button from stash, hero arts sentiment, kanban bling.

Don't forget to pop over to check out the other guest dt cards, they're all delicious! Thanks so much for stopping by and any comments you might leave-they really make my day! Huggles xxx

Something Fruity

Evening everyone! Hope everyone has had a good weekend! It's all go here...my niece went back home yesterday after staying for a week and now my mother in law is here visiting! I'm sorry to have not been able to catch up with everyone yet...this week I'll be able to catch up and visit you all! Tonight I managed to finish a card I started on Friday evening using my new magnolia summer kit stamps...I love the fruits in these! I've also combined a few challenges (I am officially addicted to combining challenges!) which are Whimsy Stamps Challenge which was a fabby sketch(I hope I'm not too late...), Cute Card Thursday which is called Get Fruity, Three Clovers which is called tooty fruity and Just Magnolia which is distressing!

Stuff: Magnolia stamp coloured with copics, distress inks in broken china and shabby shutters, papers by magenta and hotp, prima flowers, buttons and raffia from stash, core'dinations card (blimey I get through this stuff), sentiment by magnolia

I think the sugarbabes are all coming home now after having a fantastic time it seems and I reckon they're coming home loaded with goodies too:) Ooo also if you've been waiting to get your hands on the new Manga kids from Sugarnellie they are now back in stock...hurry though they keep flying out! Night all...

Pile it On-Use at Least 3 Flowers

Good morning everyone! Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend, the sun is shining here for a change! We've got a fab challenge for you over at Pile it On this week-just use at least 3 flowers-easy right?! Our sponder this week is Softpencil designs which have some real cutie images and all the dt got to play with em for our sample cards this week.

This was actually the first digi stamp I've ever used! If you've never gone digi it is really easy-and softpencils images are already set to the right size for printing and colouring but you can of course alter the size to any you fancy.

Here's the challenges I combined:

Pile It On-at least 3 flowers

Friday Sketchers-Sketch

Creative Card Crew-Girls just want to have

Paperplay-Dimensions

Crafty Creations-Inspiration challenge

Stuff: Softpencil digi image coloured with promarkers and copics, distress inks in peeled paint and broken china, mme bloom and grow papers, bloom and grow decoupage pad, raffia and buttons from stash, bling, foam pads.

Thanks so much for popping by and any comments you might leave!

Stamp Something-Paper Pieced Somethings...DT Card

Good afternoon everyone! Hope everyone is having a fab Friday! Today is my first week as a Stamp Something member and the challenge this week is a really fun one...Paper Piecing. The sponsor this week is Whiff Of Joy and who wouldn't want to win a lovely stamp from them, so you best get paper piecing! I actually inked up this little lovely after months of neglect from me-naughty Rowena! She is a sweetie isn't she?! For my paper piecing I actually only did 2 small sections which are her head band and scrunchie which have been pieced with the same paper I've used on the back layer of my card.

Stuff: Whiff of Joy image coloured with promarkers, K and Co papers from Classic Collection boxset, core'dinations cardstock, distressing tool (but you can achieve the same effect with scissors), files to distress the papers, sizzix die for tag pocket, raffia from stash, prima flowers, distress inks in tea dye and vintage photo, hatpin from ebay.

You must pop over to the Stamp Something challenge blog and take a look at all the gorgeous dt cards! Thank you for popping by today and for any comments you might leave-they make my day! Huggles xxx

At last...

I'm back with something to show you, I missed everyone! I've been working on a coupla dt cards which is why I've been away a couple of days....there'll probably be a flurry of posts from me soon hehe. Hows everyone doing? I've had a busy week...out and about, visitors, my niece coming to stay...lots going on...all fun things though!

My Magnolia Summer stamp kit arrived this week! Phew that was abit of a wait! So I had to ink this little cutie up first, I think she's my fave! I've used the sketch at The Pink Elephant, added lace which means it can be entered at Dutch Dare, Scrappy Frogs wanted to see a Magnolia stamp, and Colour Create has the theme of orange, pink and green, and Simon Says wanted to see distressing! I had to combine some challenges to catch up with what I've missed this week! Telling ya though, being on the dt for Pile It On kinda makes me want to combine all the time, it becomes a bit of a habit!

Stuff: Magnolia tilda summer kit coloured with copics, mme bloom and grow papers, bloom and grow decoupage pad, lace and bling from stash, core'dinations card, distress inks in antique linen and vintage photo, hero arts sentiment.

I really want to say thank you so much for all the lovely comments you've left me recently, your support really means a lot, truly....I need to come visit quite a lot of people soon...will catch up soon definetly!

I'll be back tomorrow for sure to show you my first dt card for Stamp Something so pop back see me won't you:) Love and huggles to all:)

A Gorjuss Day and News

Hi everyone, hope you're week's getting off to a good start:) Mine certainly is! I've got another gorjuss creation to show you today which I'm entering for Allsorts which is a fab sketch by Dawny with the additional theme of chocolate and marshmallows-mmmm yum! I'm also going to enter it at Stamp with Fun too as their challenge this week is pearls. A heads up-the new gorjuss girls are now available to buy as single girls-wohooo!

Stuff: Sugarnellie image (gorjuss girl 'party princess') coloured with Promarkers, BasicGrey and papermania papers, core'dinations cardstock, distressing tool, pearls in cappacino, heart cut from cricut (george and basic shapes cartridge), tim holtz ticket, prima and kaiserkraft flowers, rose from stash, hatpin from ebay.

My news is that Denise and Erin have asked me to become a dt member for Stamp Something. I said Yes of course!!! So excited!! Also...yesterday I was featured on Inspirational! I can't believe all the wonderful things happening to me recently-I feel so lucky! Thanks for stopping by! Huggles

Friday Sketchers

Hi everyone! Hope you're having a fab weekend so far! Been nice weather here, was even quite decent on Friday when I went to the beach-we had just left to come home when it started with rain so we were fine. Leo had a great time!

I ordered a couple of Motivet stamps after seeing some of my blogging buddies beautiful creations-these stamps are really sweet, really good service too-arrived in 5 days! I just had to ink this little Doraline up first! This stamp is actually called 'sorry' but I think she looks quite bashful and shy so thought it would be a cute 'i love you' card:) I've used the sketch from Friday Sketchers and am also going to enter it at Creative Inspirations which would like to see distressing.

Stuff: Motivet stamp 'sorry' coloured with promarkers, k and co papers, nesties and cuttlebug, core'dinations card, tim holtz distressing tool, file to sand and scuff, distress inks in antique linen and vintage photo, crochet lace from market, hatpin from ebay.

Don't forget to enter my blog candy giveaway to win 5 sugarnellie stamps of your choice! Thanks for popping by and for any comments you might leave-they make my day!

Huggles, Rowena

A Gorjuss Simon Says Sketch

Good morning everyone! Firstly, thank you sooo much for the lovely words you've left me about my new design team position for Sugarnellie! I'm still on cloud 9!

Today I've got a Simonsays sketch entry for ya, with one of my fave gorjuss girlies-it's such a versatile image. I also saw recently on Suzanne's website (the super talented lady who designs all things gorjuss!) that a few really hardcore gorjuss fans had got this image tattooed on them, and lovely it looked too! Anyways...I've done a fair bit of distressing on this card with my distressing tool, but scissors can achieve the same effect. I've also done some more paper tearing-really into doing this atm!

Stuff: Sugarnellie stamp-Gorjuss girl coloured with Letraset Promarkers, all papers are k and co, distress inks (colours=vintage photo, antique linen), core'dinations cardstock, martha stewart heart punch, hero arts sentiment, prima flowers, buttons and pearls from elaine at quixotic (her service is outstanding btw), cuttlebug with nesties, raffia and crocheted lace from stash.

I hope everyone has a fantastic day and its Friday so the weekend is nearly here-wahoo! I'm taking Leo to the beach today with my friend and little boy so should be lots of fun! Thanks so much for stopping by and any comments you might leave-they make my day!

P.S. To celebrate my design team position I'll be offering candy real soon!

My Dream Came True!

Y'know how I LOVE Sugarnellie right? Well as some or most of you know they were recently looking to add to their fabulous design team. I didn't think I'd get it, and the more people I saw/read who had applied during my blog visits the more I convinced I became I I wouldn't-the talent in blogland is amazing! But I couldn't not apply just in case, and I think everyone should follow their dreams. I only got emailed by Karen 2 days ago and I seriously couldn't believe my eyes! I am soooo thrilled you have no idea! Honestly, it was my dream to be on the Sugarnellie design team. If you pop to the Sugarnellie blog you can check out who else got picked-which must have been the most difficult job ever. Thanks so much to those who have popped by to say congrats, I know I get excited when anyone I know makes a dt! Will see you laters with a card. Lots of Love

Sugar Bowl Time Again!

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is having a lovely afternoon? Me and Leo have been to his little friends house which I look forward to as me and his mum get on so well. We're going to hopefully go (fingers crossed with the weather) on Friday to the beach all together. The kids are 2 months apart in age so it's great for them both bless em. I'm going to have some news for you soon, but atm I'm keeping quiet;)

So it's Sugarbowl time again, and you gotta see the prize! Have you seen Sugarnellie's new release? Ohhh they're sooo cute-they're the new manga stamps but they still have that same sugarnellie sweetness we all love. A joy to colour I'm sure, especially since our pens were made for manga artists. It's a fab sketch once again, and if you're not used to using sketches then this would be a great one to start playing with. The please include option this time is ribbons and bows-though I've used raffia and twine.

Stuff: Sugarnellie stamp-gorjuss girl set 3 coloured with Promarkers, distress inks, dcwv latte stack papers, core'dinations card, raffia and twine from local hardware store, prima flowers, buttons from stash, hero arts sentiment.

I've gone for paper tearing on this card and well, more distressing :) Hope you likey:) Thanks so much for popping by, please do leave me a little word or two so I know you've been-it makes my day and then I can come visit you back! Have a great evening. Huggles xxx

Summery Tilda and a few challenges

Good morning everyone! Hope everyone is having a good week so far. I've gone all summery today and used this cutie Tilda and some gorgeous cherry papers to match her. The theme over at Simon Says Challenge this week is summer fruits or summer colours and since I still live in hope of winning a $25 shopping spree at their store I had to play along again! I've also followed the sketch at Pollycraft monday which has just opened their challenge blog to include any images *doesn't have any sweet pollycraft stamps to play with yet*, their theme is also food and drink and since this Tilda has cherries on her boots and I have some on the papers I think that qualifies! Over at our Creative Corner their challenge this week is called 'triple play' and they give you a list of embellies to pick 3 from-I've chose buttons, ribbon (raffia) and bling. Also...Just Magnolia want us to use buttons. Phew!

Stuff: Magnolia Tilda coloured with promarkers, hotp papers, core'dinations card, raffia and buttons from stash, prima flowers, sentiment from part of a forever friends stamp, prima bling, distress inks.

Leo's little backpack arrived yesterday and he spent a lot of the day carrying it round and putting stuff in it and zipping it up-so sweet! I'll pop a proper pic up of him later when I've uploaded em as they're on me phone. I ordered a couple of Motivet stamps the other night-they're so adorable I just had to have some so hopefully they'll arrive soon! Thanks so much for stopping by and any comments you might leave me-they make my day! Huggles xxx

Baby Girl

Hi everyone, hope your week is getting off to a good start! Everyone is slowly getting better here so will probably be having another quiet day today but me and Leo have got some fun things planned later on in the week. I ordered him a cute elmo backpack and elmo toy the other day as he has this large tickle me elmo toy which he loves and he tries to carry him about but he's quite heavy so i think he'll love these newies, am hoping they arrive today or tomorrow-along with my bloomin Magnolia summer kit! I'll have to show you a pic of Leo with his new rucksack on, I think he'll look super cute!

Anyways...I have a card to tell ya about! I've made this card as a while back I mentioned that quite a few of my friends are preggers right now so am trying to get a few baby cards ready. It's such an exciting and special time when a new baby is born-I think these Elisabeth Bell images from whiff of joy convey the tenderness so perfectly. The challenge at Whiff of Joy this week is to use piercing on your creations so I've pierced around the nesties frame and the sentiment which I think is just perfect for baby cards. I've also followed the sketch at Stamp Something by Denise which is another fab one and really versatile too iykwim.

Stuff: Whiff of Joy stamp coloured with promarkers, nesties, cuttlebug, buttons and lace from stash, prima flowers, MME wild asparagus papers, 7gypsies paper, martha stewart doily lace punch, raffia, distress inks (antique linen and vintage photo), hero arts sentiment

Thanks for stopping by today and any comments you might leave-they make my day!

Pile It On DT Card-Mostly Orange

Good morning everyone!

It's Pile it On Time again and this week we've got a fab one- to use 'Mostly Orange' in your creations. You can create any item you like (card, scrapbook Layout, altered object, book etc) but it needs to be mostly orange and to combine it with at least one other challenge. The more challenges you combine the more goodies you could win! This week we are sponsored by the fabulous Whimsy Stamps and you could get your inky fingers on one if you enter! Denise of Whimsy Stamps sent me this super cool Whimsy Owl-is he not the most adorable owl you've seen? I love how he looks all dishevelled! As you might have gathered I had lots of fun using him!

Here's how I Piled It On:

Pile It On-mostly orange

A Spoonful of Sugar-I used their sketch

Dutch Dare-Cutting dies and/or shapes

Paperplay Challenges-fave sweets/candy-mine is chocolate orange

Stuff I used: Whimsy Owl coloured with promarkers, MME papers, core'dinations card, raffia, pearls and buttons from stash, nesties, cuttlebug, distress inks in antique linen and vintage photo, hero arts sentiment, prima flowers,

Don't forget to hop on over to see the other design teams creations too, they're fab! Thanks so much for stopping by and any comments you might leave-they make my day! Huggles

Sketch Saturday

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is doing well. Leo and Ian are still poorly! Fingers crossed I don't get it cos I can't call in sick;) Todays card is for Sketch Saturday, and they've given us another fab one-I decided it would work really well with paper tearing. All the papers I've used are from dcwv Latte stack which I won from Judy's blog candy-it is sooo yum I love it! I've used one of the new gorjuss girls too which were kindly stamped up for me-am defo gonna have to get them myself though, they're my fave set yet!

Stuff: Sugarnellie stamp (gorjuss set 3) coloured with promarkers, core'dinations card, dcwv latte stack, raffia, lace and buttons from stash, bling, prima flowers.

Don't forget to come back tomorrow to see my Pile It On DT card and find out the new challenge! Huggles xxx

My Delicious News!!!!

Have been dying to tell you but now I can! I'm going to be a Delicious Diva! Ooooo can't wait for it to start! Pop over there and become a follower so you don't miss out and check out the other guest divas-I can tell you the challenges are going to be very delicious, with colour combinations and sketches. Thanks Kellie and Kristy for having me!

Something Festive!

Hi everyone! Got something a bit unseasonal to show you today! I'm actually still not 100% happy with it, I can't tell you the amount of times I've done and re-done it it but I think this is as good as I'm gonna get it right now. I'm entering it over at Whimsy and Cute Card Thursday which both want to see something Christmassy/wintery and Stamp with Fun who want to see shapes and/or punches. Haven't had much tome to craft as Leo and Ian are both poorly! It's also been a bit busy round here this week with Leo's granddad coming to visit, having playdates, and general running about!

Stuff: Magnolia stamp colored with promarkers, flowersoft (hood), stickles (hood), basicgrey papers, core'dinations card, buttons from the button company, nesties, distress inks, raffia, hero arts sentiment, sizzix die (holly), pearls, SU ribbon.

Have got some new goodies to play with so I'm going to go do that now Leo has finally gone sleepies. Still no Magnolia summer kit though........can you believe it? Anyways...thanks for stopping by and any comments you might leave-they make my day! Don't forget to pop over to Pile It On and check out the fab challenge this week-the only challenge blog that WANTS you to combine challenges! Huggles

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

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Pile it On-DT Card

Good morning! It's Sunday...so that means it's time for a new challenge at Pile It On! Wohoo! This week it's a fabby sketch for you to follow and don't forget the point is to pile on as many challenges as you can! I've managed to combine 5 which are the Pile it On-sketch, Creative Inspirations which want to see gems/pearls, Stamp Something-yummy colour combo of pink, green, and yellow, A Spoonful of Sugar who want us to include hearts in our projects and Papertake Weekly who want to see your favourite things (my basicgrey papers-porcelain, and my sugarnellie stamps). Really looking forward to seeing all the entries again this week-I really had such fun seeing everyones creations and how many challenges you all managed to combine-a few girlies managed over 10! Phew!

Stuff: Sugarnellie stamps (gorjuss girls by suzanne wolcott) coloured with Promarkers, Basicgrey papers-porcelain, nesties, cuttlebug, distress inks, bling, studio g (99p jobbie) sentiment.

Thanks so much for stopping by and any comments you might leave me-they make my day! Have fun Piling it On!

A Gorjuss Friday Sketchers

Evening everyone! I've had such a good day today. Firstly I won Judy's blog candy-couldn't believe my luck! Then mr postie delivered some images from Bernie and some little extras-she was kind enough to send me images from my wish list and the new gorjuss girlies till I can get em. So I just had to use miss bumblebee which is my fave for this weeks Friday Sketchers. I'm also entering this at Crafty Creations who would like to see birdies this week-and these yummy papers have birdies and cages on. All the papers I've used are Basicgrey, and hopefully you can see the glitter I've added to the card (wings and flowers). I really had fun playing with this! While I was at the glitter I figured I might as well grab some bling too:)

Stuff: SugarNellie stamp (gorjuss girls set 3) coloured with Promarkers, Basicgrey porcelain papers, nesties, cuttlebug, ms doily lace punch, bling, prima flowers, core'dinations card, stickles, smirk sentiment and raffia.

Still no bloomin Magnolia summer kit over here! Anyone else still waiting? Maybe Monday....Ooo don't forget to pop back tomorrow to see my Pile It On dt card. Thanks for stopping by and any comments you might leave! Huggles

Mojo Time!

Evening everyone! It's mojo time again, and I've gone all green! My new bloom and grow mme papers were begging to be used as was this little annie.She got crackled too as you can see! Had quite a busy day today, took Jane to a local card class as she's just got into crafting and she really enjoyed it, then this afternoon we took Leo to the park, that doesn't sound a lot but we haven't sat down all day! Has anyone else not had their magnolia club stamps arrive yet? Maybe I'm last on the list! hehe. Ooo forgot to mention I got the top card at the Pink Elephant the other day, couldn't believe it! So I've popped my little badge on the sidebar!

Stuff: Sugarnellie stamp (Leanne Ellis) coloured with Promarkers, mme bloom and grow papers, raffia, core'dinations cardstock, stampin up sentiment, nesties, distress inks, charm from ebay, leaves-sizzix die

Remember I said I was having issues with my sewing machine? Well I've finally given up tryin to fix him, off to the sewing repair man it is! Thats the things with sewing machines-they're fab when they work, but when things go wrong it's really wrong!

Thanks for stopping by! See yas tomorrow!

Whiff Of Joy

Hello everyone! Just a quickie post today as my best mate has arrived so just enough time to show you this. The card is for WOJ which has a fabby sketch, haven't played over there for so long! I've been too pre-occupied with my SugarNellies!

Stuff: Whiff of Joy stamp coloured with Promarkers, Basicgrey papers, core'dinations card, prima crystals, flowers from stash, glimmer mist, rub on from stash.

Hope everyone is having a fab day!

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!

Sugar Bowl Time!

Evening lovely bloggers! Hope everyone has had a fab day. Spoke to my best mate today and she's going to come stay for a few days from Wednesday so can't wait! Thanks so much for the lovely comments recently-I love reading em and they do mean a lot.

So tonights card is for The Sugar Bowl and it's yet another fabby sketch this time by Judy-lots of layers-love it! The 'please include' option this time is to add some sparkle so I've added some bling. Gone for quite a bit of red today which I don't usually use but it is my fave colour! SugarNellie has some more new sugar atm with the new Mary Hall stamps and the new Gorjuss girls set 3 just having been released-with any luck my Mary Hall set will arrive tomorrow!

Stuff: Sugarnellie stamp by Elisabeth Bell coloured with Promarkers, sewing machine, mme papers, core'dinations card, ribbon bought at a local craft fair, bling, prima flowers, rub on sentiment, rose button from local haberdashery, staples, distress inks

Well off to catch up with Big Brother! See yas tomorrow! Huggles

Pile it On Challenge Card & My Exciting News!!!

Good morning lovely crafty friends!

This has been a hard secret to keep but I've been chosen to be on the Pile It On Design Team!! Wohoo! Am pleased as punch! If you haven't visited Pile It On pop over there now-the concept is to combine as many other challenges with theirs as you can which is really popular at the moment. So this is my first card for them. The challenge this week is to use at 3 (or more) different embellishments-easy-everyone can do that!

Here's my combined challenges: Pile it On-3 different embellishments (I've used buttons, flower, and a brad) Charisma Cardz-buttons galore, Cute Card Thursday-A stitch in time real or faux (I've used machine stitching), and finally I've used the sketch at Friday Sketchers.

Stuff used: SugarNellie stamp by Diane Duda coloured with Promarkers and paper pieced, MME papers wild asparagus, magenta paper 'patchwork', papermania buttons, raffia, core'dinations card, file for distressing, whiff of joy sentiment, prima flowers, pm brad, distress inks.

Hope everyone has a lovely day whatever you're doing. We're going to a local summer fayre-there's going to be punch and judy and everything-Leo will love it! Thanks so much for stopping by and for any comments you might leave-they make my day! Huggles

Sketch Saturday

Evening everyone! I've not posted for a couple of days what with the heat and everything-it finally got me-I've just been knackered! Seems to have been a bit cooler today though:) Todays card is for Sketch Saturday, it's another lovely one again this week! I've inked up this lovely Sugar Nellie as she hadn't been out to play for a good while now and coloured her in distress inks to get a bit more of a vintage feel.

Stuff: Sugar Nellie stamp 'Reflective' coloured in distress inks, 7gypsies paper, MME wild asparagus paper, core'dinations card, sewing machine, prima flowers, doodlebug buttons, raffia, rub on from stash, Martha Stewart punch, hatpin from stash.

I don't think I mentioned but I'm in a local art/craft showcase for the month of July each Sunday so I've been getting my cards and stuff sorted for that which will be fun. I've also got some exciting news to tell you so be sure to pop back tomorrow!

Huggles

Friday Sketchers....and more!

Evening everyone! Ooo another hot hot day! I saw that the new Magnolia stamp club has started shipping! Wohooo! I've had a lovely relaxing day today-been in the hairdressers for 3 hours so feel much better now-my pink is all lovely again and I've caught up with all the celeb goosip from the magazines-never get chance to read them these days-too busy stamping!

My card today is for a few challenges-firstly Friday Sketchers-I only just realised I hadn't played yet and it is one of my faves. I've used turquoise and brown which is the challenge at Stamp with Fun, and Stamp Something would like to see at least 3 embellies and as you can see I used some bling and buttons. I've used another of my new whiff of joy lovelies-maybe this is my new fave-it reminds me of the first time I held Leo:)

Stuff: Whiff of Joy stamp coloured with Promarkers and woj sentiment, Basic Grey Two Scoops paper, core'dinations card, Martha Stewart punch, Prima flowers, Prima crystals, buttons from stash, distress inks.

I've changed my background again-I think I actually like this one and it goes with my banner the best me thinks. Off to watch Big Brother! Huggles

The Pink Elephant

Is it me or is it HOT? Phew! Aren't the Brits so funny with weather, we want sunshine when it's dreary then when we get it we think it's too hot! I guess its because we don't get much though! Looky what mr postie brough! That's right...my new woj stamps. They are by far the best wedding and baby collection ever, the images have such tenderness in them, I especially love the one I've used on my card, think it's my fave!

The challenge over at the Pink Elephant is to use your fave colour combo and right now I'm loving pink and blue. Also entering this at Charisma as my 3rd entry-you get 4 entries this week! I used my Basicgreys again, and not sure if you can see but I spritzed the flowers with craftynotions glimmer spray.

Stuff: Whiff of Joy stamp coloured in Promarkers, distress ink antique linen, core'dinations card, sewing machine, prima and kaiserkraft flowers, button and lace from stash, sentiment is hero arts.

I'll catch you tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by and any comments you might leave. Huggles xxx

P.S. Is it me or is the Magnolia stamp club taking forever to come out?! When will it be?!