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Afternoon blogland :)

What a wet, cold and miserable day it is today here in Essex :( ... so I'm crafting :)

Thought I'd stop by and share with you a couple of New Home cards I've made ... hubby asked me to make them for two of his team who are moving house ... so here they are ... same - but different lol

They are both DIGISTAMP BOUTIQUE images - you get a set of three houses separately and three houses joined together and I've coloured them with Copics, matted and layered and used Martha Stewart punches on both and finished off with ribbon and card candi.  The sentiment is one of mine from a set of 6 - LINE SENTIMENTS - NEW HOME 

I've added them to the January Competition over at DIGISTAMP BOUTIQUE BLOG

Hope you like them and thanks for stopping by ... catch up with you soon

VALENTINE TILDA

Good Morning All

Well ... things didn't go quite to plan yesterday ... thought I would spend the whole day crafting but it didn't work out like that ... ended up with a really bad headache and spent the afternoon sleeping :(

Good news is that I feel a lot better today ... but am off out shopping with my daughter .. so no crafting again! I will get around to making cards with those D'Arcy images soon I promise lol

Anyway ... today sees the start of another new challenge over at TOTALLY TILDA where the theme this time is ....

RED & PINK - VALENTINES

and we are sponsored by the fab Nikki at BUNNY ZOE CRAFTS

This little cutie is from the new collection - Tilda with Cozy Heart and I've coloured her with Copics.  The clock face is a Tim Holtz die I've had for a while and thought it suited this card perfectly.  The postage stamps are from Whimsy along with the die to cut them out and my heart doiley is from my stash.

OLDIE BUT A GOODIE - HAVE A HEART

SIMPLY CREATE TOO - LOVE IS IN THE AIR

THE CUTIE PIE CHALLENGE - SONG TITLE - "YOU TO ME ARE EVERYTHING - REAL THING"

CUPCAKE CRAFT - ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

CREATIVE CARD CREW - SEEING RED

ALLSORTS CHALLENGE - ONE OR MORE HEARTS

Wow I haven't entered that many challenges in a while LOL

Right .. off to get ready to go shopping ... have a fab day whatever you are up to

Catch up with you real soon :)

D'ARCYS DIARIES

Morning All

Hope you are all good ... I have a free day today .... yippee ... and I plan on doing some crafting :) ... so I may be back later with a card or two

But ... I just had to stop by and show you my new obsession ... D'ARCYS DIARIES

They are just the most cutest images ever ... I'm sure you will fall in love too :)

Anyway ... I printed 3 out onto Kraft card and coloured them with my pencils and am really pleased with the result ... I will be making them into cards but thought I'd show the results first

Aren't they the cutest!!! Me thinks you will be seeing a lot of these LOL

So ... off to do some crafting ... may be back later :)

TILDA IS BACK WITH HER KOALA!!

Morning All

Sunday again ... where does the week go?? and the ironing beckons yet again ... oh well the sooner it is done the sooner I can craft!!

Anyhow ... it's midway time at TOTALLY TILDA where we want to see your Tildas with non-domesticated animals :) ... no cats or dogs lol

Check out my teamies for inspiration and here is another from me :)

I've coloured with copics.  The papers are Echo Park and I've punched out flowers with the paper too and finished off with some LACE, SEAM BINDING and beautiful FILIGREE CORNERS

I would like to enter :

CRAFT YOUR DAYS AWAY - DISTRESSING

TOTALLY PAPERCRAFTS - MAKE YOUR OWN FLOWERS

Oh well ... now for the ironing lol

catch up with you all 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

MERRY CHRISTMAS BLOGLAND!!!!

Good Morning All and a Very Merry Christmas to you all!!!

This is a scheduled post .. and I hope at this very moment I am unwrapping pressies from Santa lol

Today is the first midway slot for TOTALLY TILDA "Thank You" challenge and here is mine .....

I love this Tilda together with this suitcase stamp .. I think they go well together :)   I've coloured with Copics and cut a "doiley" shape using a Martha Stewart Punch around the Page.  The sentiment is one of mine from a clear stamp set MINI MUST HAVES - EVERYDAY and I've punched it out with a Stampin Up oval punch.

Hope you like it ... don't forget to check out the CHALLENGE HERE

So... all that is left to say is .....

A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL FROM THE TOTALLY TILDA TEAM ... see you in the New Year :)

AN APOLOGY, A CATCH UP AND AN APPEAL

Morning All

First of all can I apologise massively for being absent for so long ... Our son was 18 this a few days ago and what with sorting out that and getting ready for Christmas blogging seems to have taken a back seat ... I really don't know where the time has gone and can't believe that it's Christmas Day in 3 days!!!!

Today I'm making my Christmas cake and its smells divine :) then I'm gonna wrap some pressies later on :)

Cardmaking seems to have taken a back seat too and I've no card to show you but I do have an appeal to share with you ...

A blogging friend of mine / ex-teamie, Roberta from Prairie Fairy Designs has launched an appeal ... she is giving away a free digi and would like you to make a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society Fund .. she has someone close to her who is suffering at the moment and would like to raise awareness and raise some money ... every penny you donate will go to the fund

Here's the image ...

If you click HERE you will be able to find out all the details

Right I'm off to sort out my cake lol ... I promise I will be back at some point with cards again ... just gonna get Christmas out the way first ... oooooh excited!!!

Wishing you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Catch up soon

RAGGED CAROLLERS

Morning All

Well .. I've taken the dog for a walk and I'm now going to spend today catching up making my Christmas cards ... I know, I know .. why do I leave it all to the last minute - I do it every year! LOL

So before I get started I thought I share with you some I have made already .... well I say some ... It's the same card, three times :)

I have three friends I have known for 25 years and and I've made them all the same card ... so no favourites LOL

These are the RAGGED CAROLLERS from MO MANNING ... as soon as I saw them I knew I had to have them .. you get three separate carollers and the lampost ... I merged them together to make the scene and coloured with Copics.  The sentiment is from PINK PETTICOAT.

I kept the card simple as the scene is large

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by

I would like to enter :
MO'S DIGITAL CHALLENGE - THE GREAT OUTDOORS

Catch up with you all soon

TILDA IS WOW!!!!

Morning All

I'm up bright and early again this morning .. have a few chores to do and then we are putting up our Christmas Decorations Woo Hoo!!!!!! I'm still like a big kid at Christmas .. love the whole atmosphere of Christmas :)

We went out last weekend and bought a whole new colour scheme of decs for our tree ... can't wait to decorate it .... may even post a piccie later he he :)

Anyway ... over at TOTALLY TILDA  we are beginning a new challenge today ... when you first see the theme you may scream .... but believe me it's so much fun!!!

The theme this time is :

WHITE ON WHITE

NO OTHER COLOURS AT ALL ... no shading and not even a tiny green leaf lol .... The only colours allowed are Tilda's flesh and Hair

Pop on over and check out my teamies' creations for inspiration they are fab as usual :)

Here's mine ....

Another new Christmas Tilda lol ... I stamped her with London Fog memento ink to give her a softer feel and then "coloured" with glitter, the embossing folder is a Tim Holtz one and .. shame on me ... I've had it for ages and only just used it - perfect for this card though - I've cut a nestie circle frame to highlight the 25th, added some pom pom ribbon, lace and punched flowers to finish

Can't wait to see all your creations

I would like to enter :

CREATIVE CARD CREW : MONOCHROMATIC

JUST MAGNOLIA : ANYTHING GOES WITH OPTION OF SPARKLE

Catch up with you all soon .. and thanks for dropping by :)

TEDDY BO LOVES WEST HAM!!!

Morning all!!

Its a bit cold and nippy here this morning and can you believe I've been up since 5am cos I couldn't sleep!!! ended up making this card for the boy next door as I suddenly realised it was his birthday today ... Oooops!!!

He is Captain of the West Ham Boys .... hence the claret & blue :)

I'm off to do a bit of housework then going to get to work on colouring my images for my Christmas cards :)

I've had this Teddy Bo image for a while now and haven't had the occasion to use it ... so this was perfect!!! I've coloured him with Copics in the West Ham colours and found this scrap of football paper in my stash (that was a lucky find lol).  I added his age in the football and used one of my digi images from a set of 6 - BIRTHDAY ROUNDS which are also available as a CLEAR STAMP SET

and don't forget ....

**END OF YEAR SALE BONANZA**

starts today at CRAFTS 4 YOU .... 25% off of all your orders and if you are currently a Club Member you will receive 35% off  ... starts at 9:00am today, Saturday 3rd December and end 9:00am Monday 2nd January .. so head on over and grab yourself a bargain :)

I would like to enter

FAB "n" FUNKY - ANYTHING GOES

CES CHALLENGE BLOG - MUST INCLUDE A BEAR

Right I'm off to do my housework boo!! but then I'm colouring yay!!!

Catch up with you all soon