A NEW JOB

Afternoon All

Another Teddy Bo card ... can you guess that I am slightly obsessed with gorgeous little furry beauties LOL

They cover so many different occasions for both men and women

My brother has got himself a new job so I thought this image was perfect for a card

I've coloured him with Copics, used my favourite Martha Stewart button punch and added some BAKERS TWINE to the middle and finished off with one of my sentiments which is part of a set of 6 LINE SENTIMENTS - EVERYDAY 2

I would like to enter

TEDDY BO CHALLENGE - CLEAN & SIMPLE

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

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

AUTUMN LEAVES

Good Morning All

Hope you are all well ... I'm very excited this morning for two reasons firstly ... my daughter comes home tonight from a two week holiday in Tunisia ... we are on the Gatwick run later lol ... can't wait to see her!! 

and secondly ... I'm back on the TOTALLY TILDA DT .... WOO HOO!!!!!

After Guest Designing last week when I sponsored the challenge I realised how much I had missed my Tildas and so .. to cut a long story short ... Susie and the girls have welcomed me back ... thank you so much ladies I  missed you all lots :)

So this is my first DT card and this time around the theme is :

AUTUMN LEAVES

Use leaves of some kind on your creations .. and of course a Tilda!

Check out all the fabulous creations from my DT teamies :)

We are sponsored this time around by the fabulous Nikki at BUNNY ZOE CRAFTS

So .. here's my card :)

I've coloured my Tilda with Copics and attached a charm to her hand, cut her out then mounted her on foam pads, the papers are from Nitwits - NOT FAR TO FALL collection, the leaves are a Martha Stewart deep edge punch - LEAVES AND BRANCH and I've tied them with SEAM BINDING, the sentiment is one of mine from a set of 6 digital downloads - AUTUMN AND THANKSGIVING

I would like to enter ...

MY TIME TO CRAFT - PUNCHES AND DIES

OLDIE BUT A GOODIE - AUTUMNAL COLOURS OR IMAGES

C.R.A.F.T. CHALLENGE - AUTUMN

So .. what are you waiting for .. head on over and check it out :) and I can't wait to start visiting your blogs and check out your entries :)

Have a fab Sunday and 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 :)

WITH SYMPATHY

Morning Blogland .. it's a lovely day here in Essex .. hope it's lovely wherever you are too :)

Today I thought I'd show you one of the cards I made for the Magazine article I did in Complete Cardmaking ... this is the sort of card we all dislike making but I wanted to show you how it can be done by just using a sentiment ....

I absolutely love this poem .. we read it at both my Mum and Dad's funerals and I think it sums up exactly what you feel ... this sentiment is part of a set of 6 REMEMBRANCE sentiments which you can find at my shop CRAFTS 4 YOU - finished off with SEAM BINDING and CARD CANDY

Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by ...

I would like to enter :

DIE CUT DREAMS - USE A POEM

Catch up with you all soon

IT'S HALLOWEEN TIME AT TOTALLY TILDA

Good Morning All

I'm very excited this morning ... as you all know I was very proud to be part of the TOTALLY TILDA Design Team but stepped down a short while ago due to personal circumstances (believe me not through choice LOL) ... Well I am sponsoring the challenge this time around from my shop CRAFTS 4 YOU and I am thrilled to be a Guest Designer too - thank you so much ladies :) .... boy have I missed my Tildas!!!!!

Here's my card ....

I had so much fun making this card ... I've coloured with copics, cut her out and mounted her on foam pads, the DPs are from an Authentique Halloween collection, I've used the top left hand corner of a 12x12 sheet and added black stickles for extra effect on the spider's web, BAKERS TWINE from my shop and the sentiment is one of mine from a new HALLOWEEN COLLECTIONthat fit the Stampin Up oval punch perfectly :)

Thanks again ladies for having me this time around .. I've loved it!!!

I would like to enter :

CHARISMA CARDZ - BLACK & ORANGE

Thanks for stopping by and I'll 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 .....

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