HAVE A ROARING BIRTHDAY

Morning All

Told you I'd be back today with Hubby's birthday card ... had a fab evening together last night ... we went to a footie match ... yes I know what you are all thinking but I love football and don't go nearly often enough :)

Will definitely have to make the effort to go more it was fab!!

Anyway ... here's my card ....

This great image is from PRAIRIE FAIRY and is perfect for hubby as he loves Formula One :),  I added the sentiment to the image before I printed it out and then coloured with Copics and cut out with a nestie, I finished off with punched out buttons, a charm and some "chequered flag" ribbon :)

I would like to enter :

CREATIVE CARD CREW - MASCULINE

CES CHALLENGE - LOTS OF LAYERS

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by :)

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY TOBY

Morning All

Well ... we had lots of white stuff arrive during the night and I woke up to a very pretty scene in my garden this morning ...

our little Westie - Skye - bless her she "disappeared" in the snow what with her being white and small :)

Anyway ... on to my card ... It's my Great Nephew's 1st Birthday today and we was supposed to be going over to see him later but that's had to be cancelled now due to the weather :( .. but here's the card I made for him ..

I love this Mo Manning image .. just so cute ... he's called TEX and I've coloured him with a combination of Copics / Promarkers, cut out some nestie stars and added a sentiment to the middle .. it's one of mine from a set of 6 digital downloads - SPLIT CIRCLES - I've added a chipboard "1" and inked the edge, and a "Sheriff Star" charm to finish

I would like to enter :

MO'S DIGITAL PENCIL - ANYTHING GOES WITH A MO IMAGE

HERE COME THE BOYS - SONG TITLE - "WILD WILD WEST- WILL SMITH"

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by .. catch you soon :)

AUSSIE TILDA WITH HER KOALA

Afternoon All

Apologies for being a bit late posting today ... the ironing was calling me and unfortunately I had to answer! But all done now so I can relax for the rest of the day :)

Today sees the start of our first challenge of 2012 at TOTALLY TILDA and we are sponsored by Bron from

CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT HER SHOP

Bron is offering this limited edition Tilda with her Koala as a prize which is only available from Shopbron

So ... as you can imagine .... our theme this time is ....

TILDA WITH NON DOMESTICATED ANIMAL

No cats, dogs or rabbits we want to see wild animals with your Tildas :)

Check out my teamies and what they have done with this fab Tilda

Here's mine ......

She is such a cutie don't ya think???? I coloured her with Copics and mounted her with nesties, the rosette is a Magnolia stamp too and I've added one of my sentiment stamps to the inside .... My stamps are reduced at the moment to  £3.99 - check them out HERE.  The butterflies are both Martha Stewart punches and the charm is from EWE 2 CAN CRAFT

Hope you like my little Aussie Tilda and thanks for stopping by

I would like to enter

PAPERTAKE WEEKLY - DIE CUTE SPECIAL

FLUTTERBY WEDNESDAYS - BRIGHT COLOURS

Catch up with you all soon

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRINA

Morning All

Well .. I'm finally getting back to normal after all the Christmas and New Year frivolities lol ... we had a quiet one and didn't do much so it takes a while to get back to reality ... you know... washing, ironing, housework etc.

and I promise I will join you her more often now lol

Anyway ... today is the birthday of one of the ladies on my hubby's team at work ... she also happens to be a crafter too so I waited until today to post her card  just in case she saw it before lol

I think this LOTV image is just so cute and I've coloured with Promarkers for a change :), I've cut her out with a nestie shape and distressed the edges, the "doiley" is made using a Martha Stewart PATP, the DP is from My Minds Eye, the sentiment is one of mine from a set of 6 digi downloads LINE SENTIMENTS - EVERYDAY  and I've finished off with pearls and a wooden flower

Hope you like it :)

I would like to enter :

CUTIE PIE - USE A SENTIMENT

TOTALLY GORJUSS - SOMETHING HAPPY

Catch up with you all soon

CHRISTMAS TILDA .... BUT NO REDS, NO GREENS & NO BLUES

Morning All

First of all I'm so sorry I haven't been around for the past week or so ... life hasn't been that good ... been to the Doctors three times and am trying to get all my medication sorted out and it has left me completely drained .. I haven't even looked at my craft desk!!  But hopefully medication is sorted and I can get back to some sort of normality now :)

So .... we are back at TOTALLY TILDA again with a new challenge .... this time we want to see ....

CHRISTMAS

BUT WITH NO REDS, NO GREENS & NO BLUES

and this time we are sponsored by the fantastic Susie from DIE CUT DREAMS ... she has just re-opened her shop so please go check it out - she has the most brilliant die cuts

This was the perfect opportunity for me to use pink LOL! and of course one of my new Sweet Christmas Tildas (I might just have bought quite a few so watch out for more he he he )

here it is .....

I cut her out with a nestie, then distressed the edge before I took her out giving me a white border and then coloured her with Copics, the DP is an old scrap I had in my stash from last Christmas, those gorgeous flowers are carnations from WILD ORCHID (all the colours might just have found their way in my basket lol), the branches are a Martha Stewart punch, the snowflake is from Cuttlebug

Please go check out my teamies HERE .... what fantastic inspiration there is

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by :)

I would like to enter ....

WINTER WONDERLAND - MAKE IT SPARKLE

JUST MAGNOLIA - ANYTHING GOES with option of PEARLS

TRULY SCRUMPTIOUS - BINGO BOARD - GEMS, FLOWERS, DIE CUTS

Catch up with you all soon

GOOD LUCK

Afternoon All

Well .. we made it back and forth from Gatwick last night and our daughter is safely home and looking very, very brown lol

Anyway .. thought I'd drop by and show you a card I made for my hubby to give to one of his colleagues who is leaving his team ...

Just love this Teddy Bea image, I've coloured her with Copics and mounted her on nesties tying a small piece of SEAM BINDING around the top, the DP's are from Nitwits ... THIMBLES and finished off with ADHESIVE PEARLS.  The sentiment is one of mine from a new set of 6 LINE SENTIMENTS - EVERYDAY 2

Hope you likey and thanks for stopping by :)

Catch up with you soon

I'VE BEEN PUBLISHED ... AGAIN!!

Good Morning All

Apologies for no posts for a week but I have been suffering with a cold and cough which has made me feel lousy :( .. but I had to drop by this morning and show you that I have been published again ... I'm so excited!!!!!

I am in the magazine supplement for Simply Cards & Papercraft which is concentrating on Christmas cards .....

I have used one of my sentiments from a set of 6 CHRISTMAS SAYINGS and cut it out using a nestie, the DP is from a Prima paper pad NORTH COUNTRY, the flowers are a cut and emboss Nellies punch POINSETTIA and I have finished it off with some SEAM BINDING and ADHESIVE PEARLS

Hope you like my card and thanks for stopping by .. I'm off to lay on the sofa and feel sorry for myself LOL

Catch up with you all soon :)

A CUTIE PIE CHRISTMAS

Morning All

Well ... what a day I had yesterday ... got up to no internet!!! OMG what did we all do before the internet??? 

Anyway .. it's all fixed now and I'm back online - phew!! I was lost for a while there LOL

But the good part is I managed to get all my housework done so that leaves me free today and the weekend ... YAY!!!!!!

So I thought I'd share with you another one of my Lili of the Valley Christmas cards ...

I think this image is just too cute!!! I've coloured this time with Lyra polycolour pencils for a change, highlighted with stickles glitter and mounted on nesties, the flowers are Marianne poinsettia die cuts from last Christmas :)

I made this card with a challenge in mind ... using a Bingo Board

the idea is to use any line up, down or across and indeed a Full House ... I've used the left hand column

GLITTER, 2 PATTERNED PAPERS AND FLOWERS

THE CUTIE PIE CHALLENGE

I hope you like it and thanks for stopping by :)

Catch up with you all soon

MUSIC TO MY EARS

Good Afternoon All :)

Another lovely day in Essex but a bit blustery ... still perfect weather for crafting (any weather is perfect for crafting LOL)

On Saturday we are going to our friend's son's 18th birthday party ... I can remember the day he was born LOL .... makes me feel very old ... so I thought I'd show you the card I've made for him

I've used a fab image from the digi downloads MIKEY COLLECTION at Charmed Cards and Crafts .. these images are so good for teenage boy cards ... and I've coloured him with copics / mounted him on nesties, the papers are from Nitwits ON A HIGH NOTE, the sentiment I've made to fit the occasion and die cut with nesties, and finished off with BAKERS TWINE, MUSICAL CHARM and CARD CANDY

I hope you like it :)

I would like to enter

FAB & FUNKY - DIE CUTS OR PUNCHES

COLOUR THROWDOWN

Have a great rest of your day and I'll catch up with you soon ....

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 .....