Happy Pancake Day : )

Morning peeps and a very happy (Pancake) Tuesday to you xx

It’s time for a trip to Papertake Weekly and  we are sponsored today by our Mary and Andrea from The Ribbon Girl.

We have an eyes down look in theme cos it’s time for a spot of

BINGO

and here’s …

… the grid.

I went for the top row ie ribbon, gems and punches …

.. and this is what I did.

I used one of the new Lili of The Valley release and this is  Pancake Day – seems appropriate I thought.
And I coloured him in Copics in these colours -

Skin – E0000, E00, E01, E13, R05
Hair – E31, E35, E35, E39, E50
The rest – CF00, C1, C3, C4, C7, C9, C10,  E31, E35, E39, E50, E81,  YG0000, YG00, YG03, YG97, YG99

The paper is One Birdie Lane : )

A bit of fiddle-dee-dee here.

I found a bit of wide spotty grosgrain and topped it with a bow made from 25mm Black/Cream Rustic Gingham Berisford No 10, a green spotty button and some Black Hemp Twine, all from The Ribbon Girl.

The punch is a Martha Stewart Zig Zag punch which I’ve had for aaaaaages – I think you can still get them though : )

So that’s what I did.
If you get a sec, nip over and check it out – the DT cardage is FAB.

We have the dinks coming over for pancakes and I have my list of requirements.
Richard and I will have lemon and sugar, for Emma it is Maple Syrup, Kyla will have lemon and sugar, Nikkie will probably have both and Thea wants cherry jam!!! 

I’ve got 2 pans ready so there’s less of a wait in between. I don't like making them and reheating them – they're not quite  the same.

Enjoy your day and see you soon and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

 

Happy New Year Sweet Peeps xxx

Hi there peeps and a very Happy New Year to all. I wish everyone the best year with lots of happy crafting along the way xxx

Have you made any resolutions? I have but more in a sec ….

Firstly it’s time to pay our first visit of the year to Papertake Weekly and we have our usual

Anything Goes

theme this week with the optional extra to use a ‘new’ them, so new house, new baby, new beginnings, new year, new stash – you get the picture lol!!!

But it’s only an option so feel free to ignore it!!

We are sponsored by the lovely Lisa & Laila from Lili of The Valley and there’s a yummy voucher up for grabs so nip over and check it all out when you get a sec me darlins xx

And this is what I did.

I have to say that so far I have struggled to get back into the old crafting malarky following the hols  and hope I get back to normal PDQ cos it’s driving me up the flag pole quite honesty!!

I used one of the new Lili Of The Valley images – this is All Our Dreams – and it comes with it’s own sentiment …..

… awww, isn't that lovely :)

I coloured it with the following Copics -

E000, E00, E11, E21, B0000, B00, B05, B12, G99, YG0000, YG00, YG03

and all the papers are from Nitwits – FBQ Bundle of Joy and Bundle of Joy Too

Not often that I do boy type stuff I know,  but I thought I’d do something different for a change!!!

Other stuff I used  is -

       

All from The Ribbon Girl and

from Wild Orchid Crafts

The Martha Stewart Flower Bed  Deep Edger Punch is from Simon Says Stamp

And talking if SSS, here’s a little sneakie peekie or 3 of tomorrow’s cardage ….

       

.... mmm, I wonder if you can guess what image I used lol!!!!

OK back to the resolutions which I will TRY and keep but I’m not optimistic about some of them.

#1 - I am going to try and do a bit more blogging cos it has dropped off somewhat these last few months. Of course this is dependant upon work and other stuff but it’s on the list so I will be doing my best.

#2 - I am going to cook / bake more, Over the hols I did loads of it and I had forgotten how much I enjoyed it.

#3 -  I am going to actually USE the sewing machine I bought not so long ago instead of leaving it sitting forlornly in the craft room

#4 - I am going to TRY and regain my fitness levels cos they are not great at the mo and I don't like it. So I rejoined the gym and I have actually been and had a game of tennis with his Lordship – I now have a sore wrist, grrrr (so note to dopy here that it is advisable to wear the wrist brace that is sitting in the cupboard).

Reading this as I am typing it, I can see a flaw in the master plan already, so resolution  #2 may have to be modified to cook more healthy stuff because if not, resolution #3 will have to be used for sure,  if only to let out my clothes!!!!

Rightly-oh I better go and do some work. Enjoy your day and I’ll see you tomoz.

Huggiest of new year hugs to all xxx

Cream Crackered!!!!!

Hi peeps and oh yes we are pooped here this week.

The reason is that we have a little visitor and love her as we do, she is quite hard work. I’ve realised why it is that God gives us the flamin’ menopause!!!!!

I am shattered!!!!

And I missed my JM post on Friday but I’ll pop it on here this week cos I did quite like the card.

But today it's time to nip over to Papertake Weekly and see what’s going on there.  We have a game of bingo this week and the card …

.. is this one.

You’ll see that there are some free squares so you can add your own little touches – I hope you like that idea :)

You will definitely like the prize this week cos we are sponsored by

and ….

… there is a fab pink mini kit going to one lucky girlie.

So this is what I did.

I used an image I haven’t used for a while,  just for a change,  and it’s a Bildmalarna image – one of the new ones which are available from Tracy over at Dies To Die For and she is Little Winged Friends - I Picked Some Flowers.

Check out the other new ones if you get a sec peeps cos they are verrry sweet :)

The paper is also from Dies To Die For but I need to check with T which one it is cos I dropped the ones she sent me and got them mixed up – doh!!

I coloured it with Copics …

E000, E00, E21 skin), E33, E42, E50, E51 (hair), C00, C1, C3, C5, RV0000, RV000, TV00, RV10, R85, YG0000, YG01, YG03, YG94 (the rest!!)

… and I added some polychromos pencil deets for added depth.

The fab  ribbon is 25mm rose pink gingham and is from The Ribbon Girl.

I made one of me little arrangements using blooms from Wild Orchid Crafts and I also used a duo of Martha’s finest punches :)

So that’s me done  for today and I’m off to rescue poor Richard cos I can hear much whooping and laughing downstairs – I think the little termite is running the poor old beggar ragged!!!

I’ll see you tomoz and I’ll leave you with a sneak peek of what’ll be on here …..

…. bet you can’t guess what image I used!!!!

Have a great night and if it wasn’t illegal to be drunk in charge of a kid, I would be rolling let me tell you !!!

Enjoy your night and hugs to all xxx

Pucker Up:)

Hi lovely peeps and hope that you are all OK today.

It’s the first Papertake Weekly of the month and  we have our usual

Anything Goes

theme with an optional extra -  and this month it’s to use metal.

We’re sponsored by the fabulous Lili Of The Valley an there is a voucher up for grabs so if you get a sec, check it all out :)

So this is what I did.

I used one of the new LOTV releases – this one’s called Under The Mistletoe and coloured it with these Copics -

E000, E00, R11 (skin), E42, E50 (hair), B000, C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, G94, G99, R85, RV00, RV000, YG03, YG63 (clothes etc). Then I added some polychromos depth – like you do!!!

Here’s some deets pics - I got a bit carried away with the editing, which isn't great cos I cannot seem to do bright pink very well :(

         

 

                  

Other stuff I used is -

Papers - Joyful Hearts by Nitwits

metal corners and self adhesive pearls from Wild Orchid Crafts

And I got the old MS embossed zig zag punch out cos it had been idle for too log, the slacker!!!

So there you go.

I just heard that Harrods (it’s where I go when I run out of foie gars and caviar lol) and some other posh shops have got their Chrizzy displays up already.

What???????

I just checked and apparently there are only 144 days left until Christmas – ooops, sorry if I’ve panicked you now!!! Quick, go and get the turkey – they might sell out!!!!

I feel a bit of a ….

… rant coming on.

Is it me or is this waaaaay too early?

I know us ‘cardie’ peeps get started on our cards now and I’ve been doing Christmas commissions for months but that’s different (isn't it??).

Come December, we’ll all be heartily sick of it and it would be much better if they started say in October – like they used to do – so that there was a nice little run up to the big day. Call me old fashioned but it would get us all in the festive spirit and keep us there without us all getting bored, would it not? I mean, we haven't even had summer yet???  Ok well maybe we have cos we had 4 nice days in a row so that counts I guess.

What next?

Maybe they will just leave all the decs and displays etc up and start the run up in January – only 350 days till Christmas peeps, woohoooo!!!. You didn’t think of that one did you Mr Greedy Shopkeepers!!!

I don’t mean to sound bah humbug but perrrleeeeze!!!

I probably sound like a right old moaning biddy-bag now but it’s not cos I hate Christmas – au contrair, I love it. And I want to keep it special and something to look forward but not months in advance if you get the drift.

It’s a bit like Cadburys selling  crème eggs all year round!!!

Anyway, that’s me moan over and the soapbox is away again.

And breathe …..

Ahhh that’s better – I’ll leave you with a sneekie peekie of tomorrow’s card ….

Mmm,  you see the red and green?

But we have to do them now cos we aint machines and we need time to get them all ready.

Ooohh I’m going before Basil comes back!! See you tomoz and hugs to all xxx

Heyyyy, Good Lookin :)

Morning chicks and a very happy Friday to all.

The weekend is nearly here and the weather promises to be quite nice so fingers crossed that it is for reasons I’ll share with you next week!!!!

Before we do the card today it’s time to announce who won my Wild Orchid Crafts candy, and it is ……………..

…. yooohoo it’s Lou :)

Yes Lou Mac come on down cos you have won chick so if you can ping me a quick email with your deets,  I’ll send it to Paul and Siri so that they can get your prize off to you.  And hugest of thanks to Wild Orchid Crafts for sponsoring me and to  everyone who took part xxx

So on with today and over at the Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar challenge  our theme this week is

What’s Cookin’

and is hosted by the sweetness that is our Dena

We are sponsored today by All That Scraps

and there is a C.C. Designs stamp set up for grabs :)

So I gave Tilda a day off and did the hAnglar thing today. I used this sweet set which I got from hAnglar & stAnglar  and coloured it with the following Copics -

E000, E00, R11, R21 (skin), E33, E42, E50 (hair), C00, C1, C3, C5, E000, E00, E33, E35, E37, E42, E50, E53, R85, RV0000, RV00, YG0000, YG01, YG03 –

Wharra lorra pens lol!!!

The paper is Echo Park Summer Days and is from Dies To Die For  

I didn’t mask the image, instead I stamped and coloured them then cut them out and layered them up as I wanted to add dimension – you can see it a bit better here.

A nice bit of  cream seam binding  which is available from The Ribbon Girl,  and an old button from my stash which just happened to match the self adhesive pearls which you can get from Wild Orchid Crafts

     

So that’s me done for the week.

Enjoy your weekend and I’ll see you next week and I’ll tell all about my weekend - I may even have some pics to share ;)

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Read All About It!!!!!

Morning chicksies and hope you are all ok :)

We’re half way through the week and time to nip over the water and catch up with those nice peeps at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge – and what a great response last week …. 1121 lovelies joined us, which is fantastic :)

So onto this week and our theme is

Use Newspaper

And considering all the skulduggery  surrounding the press at the mo, this is a very good use for them  (I can think of another but I am far too polite to go into that!!!!). You can use the real thing or newspaper print designer paper, a stamped image with newspapers featured on it or something found inside a newspaper. The DT have lots of inspiration so check it all out if you get a sec peeps xxx

And look what’s up for grabs …..

and you can spend it ….

… right here :)

So this is what I did.

I coloured  Cherry Cozy Tilda with Copics but I cannot find the list sorry but when I do I’ll update here.

The papers I used are from the Basic Grey12 x 12 Basic White Paper Pack and shock horror I inked the edges!!!!

I also used a Martha Stewart PATP punch to give it some colourful zing :)

And woohooo I just HAD to use it again and this time I used the leaf as well – yes the old Magnolia leaf and swirl die is back!!!!

I made the flowers using the Spellbinders Rose Creations die set.

     

So that’s me for today  - another quickie as I am up to me bits again, just for a change, so I’ll see you tomoz.

Have a fab day and huggiest of hugs to all xxx