Ohhh Please Be Gentle!!!!

 

Hi there sweet peeps and hope you are all OK today.

Firstly a very Happy New Year to you all and here’s to a fab and crafty 2013.

I’ve been a bit quiet because I’ve been a tad under the weather again these last few weeks, full of snots and sniffs – how attractive (not!!) so all my plans for a week’s crafting went right out of the window :(

So this is the first card of 2013 and indeedy the first card I’ve made in weeks. It’s a bit of a plain Jane really but that said. I love this image and it was sooooo nice to sit and colour again.

So without further ado, let’s nip across the pond and join our friends over at the Simon Says Stamp challenge and this week our theme is

New Something

I decided to go with a new something that I haven't used before and it is one of my new Magnolia images.

As always, our lovely Heidi is giving away a fabulous …

… for one lucky winner to spend …

… right here :)

So ….

 

… this is what I did.

The image is Tilda with Heart Socks …..

 

…..and isn't she a sweetie!!!!

Now the sharp eyed amongst you will realise that I’ve gone back to me Copics – NOT because I don’t like the Distress Inks (I soooooo do) but I just fancied a sesh with my old friends again!!!

Sad but true!!

Anyhoos I coloured her with these Copics -

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E13, E21, R00, R02

Hair – E31, E33, E34, E35, E39. E50

The rest – E41, E50, R85, RV0000, RV000, RV00.

Now I am being honest here, this isn't my best attempt at the old colouring because I haven't used the pens for weeks and weeks since going over to the dark side re the inks. But I enjoyed using them again fo sho!!! And in my defence (your Honour lol), the light here is so bad recently and I could not get a decent pic for love nor money -  IRL it looks much nicer than it does on here.

The papers are from a Kaiser PINK GELATO 6.5 x 6.5 Paper Pad – verry pretty pinks they are.

 

The shape behind the image panel was made using 2 scalloped oval nesties and sticking them behind the image – I quite like how it turned out :)

I also used one of my fave Magnolia dies ie Magnolia Doily Flower die and topped them off with a rolled rose.

 

So that’s the card done for today.

We had a fairly quiet Christmas  - well as quiet as it gets with 2 dinkies - and we had an even quieter New Year’s Eve.

We did our usual Christmas morning stalker Grandparents thing and went round to Emma’s at ridiculous o'clock to watch the girls opening their prezzies.  Kyla obviously is really into it at the mo  - well the prezzie bit anyway, she still isn't fussed on Santa!! But this year there wasn't the usual hysterics at bed time – she is scared of him coming into the house, poor kid.  So maybe things are looking up, or maybe pennies are starting to drop!!!!

But she was excited to see her pile of presents of course and I think Thea was just bemused by it all.

Here’s a couple of pics to share ….

                         

… awww bless them (and please excuse the bit of self indulgence here lol!!).

Thea is teething so she is a bit slobbery at the mo as you can see, but she quite enjoyed opening her stuff as well, even if she did have a bit of help from Mummy and Kyla!!!

BTW, I feel duty bound to point out that the hairy legs do not belong to me!!!!

Right I better go and see what the next job on the list is. Things have slid a bit here with not being well so there is a fair bit of stuff to catch up with. Hopefully I will be back before too long with some more cardy stuff but till then have a great day and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Ohhhh So Trendy :)

Hi lovely peeps and hope you are all OK today.

I’m still sniffing and snotting like nobody's business (ugh, too much info there possibly!!) but I think that perhaps the achy limbs are not as bad today even if the old throat is still quite painful!!! Before we get to the card, just to let you know that my winner from last week’s Put A Stamp On It challenge will be announced later so please do keep checking. The winner of the $100 voucher will be announced on the challenge blog as well.

So time to head across the water and catch up with our friends over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge and this week our challenge is ….

We're So TRENDY …

as this week we are using designs that are very much on trend at the moment…

 

      NEON                                                  HEXAGON                                           CHEVRON

....  so you just need to include these in your projects this week :)

As always, our lovely Heidi is giving away a fabulous …

… for one lucky winner to spend …

…right here.

So …..

 

… this is what I did and this is just about as different as you could get for me, but I’m quite pleased with how it turned out :)

I’ll put linky pics at the end with all the stuff I used so you just need to click the pic and it should take you straight to the correct place in the shop.

I used chevrons and hexagons (no neon sadly) and the both are included in the DP. Not sure if I am stretching it a bit here but the stitching is also chevron shaped.

It is isn't it????

The star of the show – this lovely bloom.

I used 4 of the Prima Craftable blooms to maje it. I used one as a base and the other 3 I scrunched up and glued to the base flower before adding some Diamond Stickles.

I added a decorative brad and popped it onto a Kaiser White Flower Crochet Doily (these add a nice but of texture).

  

You can see the patterns on the DP in this pic :)

Here’s the shopping list …..

                                          

                         

So that’s me done for now and I’ll be back soon with my winner.

I’ll also be back tomorrow with something a little bit lilacy and a little bit minty. No sneakie peekie though cos I haven’t done the pics yet!!

Have the fabbiest of days and huggiest of hugs to all xxxx

Pink To Make The Boys Wink :)

Hi there peeps and I hope that you are all OK today :)

It’s that time of the week when we get all transatlantic and head over to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge where this week we have our

Anything Goes theme

so time to really get creative and enjoy yourselves.

There’s a rather nice voucher up for grabs as well ….

… see what I mean :)

And the lucky winner can spend it all ….

 

right here.

And there’s lots of fab things that are new in so nip and check it all out here if you get a sec peeps.

So here’s  the card and once again I couldn’t help using one of the new Magnolia stamps from the new collection. I coloured her with these Copics -

E000, E00, E11, E21, R11, R20 (skin), E41, E43, E50 (hair), R85, RV0000, RV00, RV10 (everything else)

The papers were a prezzie from my fab friend Lols – thank you chick xxxx – and they are Kaiser Crafts Pink Gelato and they are beautisimous!!!

Ohhh yes, the dynamic duo are back :)

Well they never really went away to be honest lol!! The old faithful Magnolia leaf and swirl  and  Tilda Lace Die just look so pretty IMHO

Here’s something a bit different.

I added some Diamond Stickles to a Prima Flower, topped it with a small die cut  Magnolia Doily Flower, added a rolled rose cut from a nestie and popped a small pearl in the centre.

Then I finished it off with a few leaves punched with Martha’s Branch Punch 

A few more teeny Hero Arts 3mm pearls :)

And we’re done.

I’m off back downstairs in a tick. It’s gone so cold here today and we’ve been out with Kyla on the little scooter that she got from Santa. We have a cycle track near here which is fairly smooth and flat so its perfect for her to trundle up and down on and there’s not a car in sight. However there are fields either side so the wind gets up sometimes and we got back ever so slightly cold so R has lit the stove and I am going to park myself in front of it and I will not be moving for the rest of the evening lol!!

Before I go I just have to say a very Happy Birthday to my aunty who is 21 yet again today, She has been 21 for the last 50 odd years, and I'm beginning  to think she is making it up now!! Kyla and I baked her a cake this morning and verrry nice it was too. We also baked biscuits and I must confess that I thought they would end up inedible the way she was pummelling the dough, but they were actually rather nice, if a bit sickly because of the mountain of icing she dolloped  on top of each one, bless her!! That kid LOVES to bake, she really does and she puts her little heart and soul into it :)

Anyhoos, take care me darlins, have a fab evening and huggiest of hugs to all xxx