HEY LITTLE BIRDIE!!

Morning all

Beautiful morning here in Essex :) I'm off out shopping with my daughter this morning so before I go I need to let you know that a new challenge starts at TOTALLY TILDA today :)

This time its all about .....

DIE CUTS & PUNCHES

We need to see some die cuts and some punched out elements on your card ... easy peasy!!!

Here's mine ...

I've used a Martha Stewart PATP to make my cute little doiley, and Nellie Snellie punches for the flowers, the DP's are from a MME paper pad "Blink of an Eye", the fence, birdhouse and bird are all from the same Marianne Creatables die cut set .... love it!! I've coloured my Tilda with Promarkers for a change and ruffled some seam binding along the edge of her and finished off with pearls.  The ticket sentiment I bought at Ally Pally ages ago and forgot I had them - oops! ... I think they are by Creative Expressions :)

I hope you likey and thanks for stopping by ... don't forget to check out all the inspiration over at TOTALLY TILDA and then join us :)

Right ... must dash and get ready to go shopping :)

Catch up with you all soon

TILDA WITH A HAT ON

Good Morning All

Hope you are well this morning ... I think the temperature is starting to rise here in Essex so hopefully this snow will disappear soon ... It's so pretty to look but not good to drive in lol

Anyway ... another challenge starts today over at TOTALLY TILDA and we are sponsored this time by the lovely Bron from SHOPBRON ... the winner of this challenge will win the very Tilda on my card below :)

and the theme this time ...

TILDA WEARING A HAT

so dig out all those hat wearing Tildas and join in with the challenge ... check out my teamies for some fab inspiration :)

Here's mine .....

This is the gorgeous Koala Tilda all the way from SHOPBRON in Oz and I've coloured her with Copics, the paper is from a paper stack by Echo Park - Victoria Gardens, the tree is my new purchase from Memory Box ... just love it!! ...and I've added some punched out butterflies and finished off with pearls, the lace netting is from a bouquet of flowers I received this week (waste not, want not LOL) and the sentiment is one of mine from a set of 6 digital downloads LINE SENTIMENTS - EVERYDAY and I've printed it onto Letraset Safmat which then acts like a rub on :)

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by :)

I would like to enter :

MAGNOLIA MANIA - ANYTHING GOES

OLDIE BUT A GOODIE - LACE

Catch up with you 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

BIRTHDAY WISHES

Morning All

I'm gonna have a crafting day today .... yippee!!!!!

I've decided to get as many Christmas Cards done as I can .... I've already coloured a lot of the images in - just a case of making the cards now lol!! So I may be back later showing you what I've done :)

Anyway ... thought I'd show you a card I made for hubby to give one of his girls at work for her birthday ...

I love these SUGAR NELLIE DIGIS ... so beautiful!!! I've coloured her with Copics and mounted her on my new Sizzix set of nesting shapes ... (I bought them in September and have only just used them - shame on me lol!!!!), the DP is from a My Minds Eye paper stack and I punched the flowers from the same, the sentiment is one of mine and I've finished off with pearls and card candy

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by :)

I would like to enter :

FAB "N" FUNKY - HAPPY BIRTHDAY

I'm off to play :)

Catch up with you soon

TILDA ON HER CANDY CANE

Morning All

First of all ... I'm so sorry I didn't post this card yesterday ... I went out at 8:00am and didn't get home until after 10:00pm .. I was at the Christmas Show at the Ideal Home Exhibition, Earls Court ... and silly me forgot to do a schedule post ...Ooops!!!

Anyway better late than never lol .. 

We have started a new challenge over at TOTALLY TILDA where this time the theme is :

MASKING

Check out all my teamies to see what we mean and admire their fantastic work!!

Here's mine ...

I've used another one of my new Christmas Tildas and I've sat her on a Candy Cane and then coloured with Copics.  I decided to do a bit of distressing for a change and distressed all my papers.  I used a Kraft card blank for a change too :) and finished off with some PEARLS, LACE and a MISTLETOE DIE from Marianne :)

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by I really appreciate it

Catch up with you all soon

TILDA IN PURPLES

Morning All

Hope you are all having a good weeknd :)

Just thought I'd pop by and let you know that you still have a week to enter the challenge over at TOTALLY TILDA where the theme this time is ....

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

My first DT card for this challenge was in pink ... but this time around I decided to go with an all purple theme ... it's a colour I don't use that much but looks great for Christmas cards ...

Another one of my new Christmas Tildas and she does look so cute in purple don't you think?? I coloured here with Copics and used an old corner punch I haven't use for ages to mount her up.  The DP is from a older Cosmo Cricket paper pad Mitten Weather and I've finished off with pearls, a sparkly snowflake and my new favourite stamps from Whimsy ... mini postage stamps ... I now have the whole range ... Ooops!!!!

Hope you likey :)

Catch up with you soon

TOM & TILLY

Morning All

Bah ... it's a really miserable morning here in Essex :( and we had a power cut this morning which lasted for over 2 hours!!! No electric, no heating and worse of all NO LAPTOP!!!!

Anyway it's back on now thank goodness ... makes you wonder what we all did before electricity LOL

Just thought I'd stop by and show you a card I've made for my brother and sister-in-law for their Anniversary next week ....

I love this Mo Manning image TOM & TILLY .. I knew as soon as I saw it, it was perfect for this card :) I've coloured with Copics.  The "corner" is made using a Martha Stewart corner punch and the sentiment is one of mine and is part of a set of 6 LINE SENTIMENTS - EVERYDAY

Hope you likey and thanks for stopping by :)

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 :)

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