THERE'S A HUMPHREY IN THE HOUSE

Evening All

Hope you are all okay .. we are having a really hot spell at the moment and the weather is glorious!!!! This is what we should have had in July & August LOL ... still I'm not complaining ... just enjoying it now :)

I've been really busy today getting ready for my open day tomorrow :) anyone who can get to me ... I am having an open day so you can come and shop at CRAFTS 4 YOU - check website for details :)

Anyway on to my card ... I made this for another friend of mine whose birthday it was yesterday ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUE!!!

I bought these Humphrey stamps a while ago and they have never been out of the packet ... shame on me !!! LOL - but couldn't resit inking up this little cutie for this card ... I've coloured her with Flexmarkers and cut her out using nesties - the sentiment is part of the stamp set as well.  The papers are from a new paper pad from Echo Park - VICTORIA GARDENS and I've finished off with SEAM BINDING and  PINK CRYSTAL GEMS

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by :)

Oh well ... off to carry on setting up my shop for tomorrow .. maybe I'll see some of you there .....

YEE HAW ... IT'S COWGIRL TILDA

Morning All

Just thought I'd pop by and share with you a card I made for my friend Karen's birthday today HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAREN!!

I bought this Tilda ages ago and stamped her on water colour card and forgot all about her ... how could I??? LOL ... so decided to colour her for my friend's card

I've coloured her with my aquamarkers ... I really must use these more often lol .... the DP is from a paper pad from Basic Grey HELLO LUSCIOUS.  The flower is a NELLIE SNELLEN PUNCH AND EMBOSS, and I've embellished with ADHESIVE PEARLS and SEAM BINDING.  The sentiment is one of my digis from a set of 6 LINE SENTIMENTS - GENERAL which I've printed onto Letraset Safmat and stuck directly onto the paper.

Hope you likey and thanks for stopping by :) .... off out to lunch with my daughter today so I'll catch up with you all soon

THREE LITTLE CUTIE PIES

Afternoon All!!

Well I've finally recovered from my day at Ally Pally yesterday :) had a fab day with Wendy Woo!!! and it was so good to meet up with Vicky and it was great to see Sarah again :)

Got lots of new bits and bobs as well ...

Lili of the Valley stamps, stencils, new Sizzix dies, tag stamps, some great 12x12 papers yummy oh and some more copic colours too!!!

Anyway ... here is another Lili of the Valley Christmas card .. these little cuties may have made their way home with me yesterday he he he... thank you Wendy!!!

These beauties are called ALL IN A ROW and I've coloured them with copics, the papers are from a free My Minds Eye paper pad that came with this month's Cardmaking and Papercraft and I've embellished with PEARL GEMS, SEAM BINDING and flowers cut with a Nellie Snellen flower punch/emboss SMALL POINSETTIA .  The sentiment is one of mine from a clear stamp set MINI MUST HAVES - CHRISTMAS

I would like to enter these little cuties in

THE CUTIE PIE CHALLENGE - SKETCH

Here's Woo's fab sketch

I've just turned it around to the right :)

Hope you likey and I'll catch up with you all soon

STROLLING IN THE SUN

Afternoon All!!

Hope you are having a good day :)

Thought I'd share with you a card I made for my niece's birthday ... and to remind me of summer days ... did we have a summer LOL!!!!

This gorgeous image is a Sugar Nellie digi download SUMMER and I've coloured with promarkers.  The charm is from EWE 2 CAN CRAFT and I've tied it on with PEACH FIZZ SEAM BINDING.  The sentiment is one of mine and is part of a set that will be released soon :)

and for the first time in ages I'm going to enter a challenge or two :)

DIGITAL TUESDAY - PEOPLE IMAGES

TRULY SCRUMPTIOUS - CLEAN AND SIMPLE

Hope you likey :)

Catch up with you all soon

MINE'S A PINT!!

Evening All!!

Said I'd be back with another LOL

This time it's not Christmas though .... It's my nephew's birthday tomorrow and I only remembered today Oops!!!

I love this Wild Rose stamp ... so good for men's cards :)

I've coloured him with Promarkers for a change and matted and layered with some old K & Co papers I found which fit the colours perfectly :) The sentiment is one of mine from a set of clear stamps MINI MUST HAVES - EVERYDAY and some "buttons" with my favourite Martha Stewart punch tied with BAKERS TWINE

Hope you likey :) .... I'm now off to watch the X Factor .... fab!!!!

Catch up with you soon

WARM WINTER WISHES

Afternoon All

Had a fab day yesterday again ... took my shop on the road to Jackies Scrapbook Crop - all the ladies are so lovely and it's great to meet up with them regularly

Jackie is a Stampin Up Rep and runs classes as well as the monthly crop ... check her out HERE ... if you fancy a day out email her to check availability ... and you get the chance to shop too :)

Anyway ... I have made Lili of the Valley Christmas Card No. 2!!

I'm so loving these new Christmas stamps - simply gorgeous!!

This little beauty is called SHINE A LIGHT  and I've coloured her with Copics and Lyra Polycolour pencils, the papers are from a Basic Grey 6x6 paper pad ESKIMO KISSES, the sentiment is one of mine from a set of 6 CHRISTMAS LINES, I've embellished with pearls and my new favourite punch ... a Nellie Snellen small floral punch and emboss set POINSETTIA

Well... hubby is watching football all day today so I may have to craft some more hehe ... and I may be back with another card later .....stay tuned!!

Catch up with you soon :)

A DISTRESSED RAINY DAY

Good Morning All!!

Well ... I'm off out to lunch in a bit with my hubby and daughter ... mmmm yummy!! But before I go I thought I'd share with you a card I made a while ago

I fancied "doing a bit of distressing" lol

This cutie is a Bildmalarna stamp and is available at my online shop CRAFTS 4 YOU and I've coloured her with Promarkers, I've distressed the edges of everything with either a paper edge distresser, distress inks or a sanding block.  I made the corners from a Martha Stewart corner punch from a PATP set.  The sentiment is one of mine from my clear stamp design range which you can find HERE.  I also stock the doilies .. available in two sizes .. HERE and the paper edge distress available HERE

Hope you likey and catch up with you all soon :)

THREE LITTLE ANGELS

Evening All

Hope you are all well and had a good day :)

I've spent the day making baby cards for my daughter's future sister-in-law who had a baby girl this morning ..... sooooo cute!!!

Anyway ... not a baby card to show you but do you remember a few days ago I showed you how naughty I had been buying all those Lili of the Valley stamps ?? Well I inked a few up and got colouring and here is my very first Christmas card for this year .... Yay!!!! Go Me !!!!!!

These cuties are THREE LITTLE ANGELS and I've coloured them with Copics and lyra polycolour pencils, cut out using nesties and inked, added some gold stars and gems and there you go :)

Oh and the sentiment is one of mine from a set of 6 digi downloads ... CHRISTMAS LINES available at my shop CRAFTS 4 YOU ... I printed it onto Letraset Safmat which is a transparent medium - I then cut it out very close to the sentiment and stuck it straight onto the DP ... it is then practically invisible ... it's fab!! you can get hold of it from EWE 2 CAN CRAFT

Hope you likey :) and thanks for stopping by ... catch up with you soon :)

TILDA AND EDWIN GET MARRIED

Afternoon all :)

I'm busy decorating the hallway at the moment but just stopped for a breather ... so I thought I'd let you know that I'm sponsoring the TOTALLY TILDA CHALLENGE this time around from my shop CRAFTS 4 YOU

I made this card a while ago for one of my hubby's work colleagues who was getting married and it was meant to be my DT card for this challenge ... I know I'm not on the DT anymore but thought I'd post it anyway :) ... I miss you guys!!!!

I've coloured Tilda and Edwin with Aquamarkers and distressed all the edges, the script is a Magnolia stamp "Valentine Letter".  The sentiment is one of mine from a set of 6 digi downloads YOUR SPECIAL DAY which is available at my store.  I've embellished with pearls, lace and a heart charm

Hope you likey :)

Oh well .......... back to the decorating I suppose ....

Catch up with you all soon

TEDDY BEA SAYS THANK YOU

Morning All

Hope you are all well .... weather is not too good here so I'm gonna ink up my new stamps today and do some colouring .... nice & peaceful here .... my daughter is at work, my son is holed up in his bedroom on his X Box and hubby has gone to football :)

Before I get started I thought I'd share with you a card I made a few weeks ago for my hubby to give to one of his team members as a thank you :)

I've used a Teddy Bea image which is fab as the circle is empty so you can pop a sentiment into it and coloured with Promarkers, added pearls and a seam binding bow to a simple layout

Hope you likey :)

I'm off now to do some colouring ... catch up with you all soon

I'M SO NAUGHTY!!!!

Morning All

I've been just a little bit naughty LOL

Popped on the Lili of the Valley website to look at the new Christmas stamps and ..... oops .... look what arrived for me this morning

Me thinks it's gonna be a Lili of the Valley Christmas hehe

I promise I will be back to making cards and showing you them soon ... mojo is definitely returning :) and I have to ink up these beauties ... it would be rude not to LOL

Catch up with you soon