Strawberry Shortcake

    

Hi there lovely peeps and hope you are all OK today xxx

It’s that time of the week when we head on over the water and join our friends at the  Simon Says Stamp Challenge and this week  our theme is

Let’s Get Fruity

No,  we don’t want you all reading 50 Shades of Grey !!!

Not that I’ve read it ….yet!!!

As always, our Heidi is giving away a …..

... which our lucky winner will get to spend in the store ….

… right here :)

So ….

.. this is what I did.

I used this sweet little strawberry shortcake and she is

C.C. Designs STRAWBERRY BEATRICE Rubber Stamp

and coloured her with these Copics -

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E21, R00, R02

Hair – E08, E15, E50, E99

The rest – E02, E11, E99, G99, R05, RV0000, RV00, RV34, YG0000, YG00, YG23

And the papers are all Echo Park Hello Summer :)

I have a new MS  Cherry Blossom PATP punch – best brace yourselves for overload peeps!!

I also used my old faithful Magnolia leaf and swirl and Magnolia Doily Flower dies …. just for a change lol!!!

So there’s the old card done and apols for being a bit AWOL these last few days. My pc probs are almost sorted and I should be fully functional again now. So I’ll be back soon as soon so until then, have a fab day.

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx

 

Shades On Again Girlies!!!

    

Hi there peeps and hope you are all OK on this lovely sunny day :) I have a very bright and sunny card to share so mind the retinas in a sec!!!

Over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge, this week it’s all about the boys and our theme is

Father’s Day / For a Special Male

As always Heidi is giving away a whopper of a …

... which our lucky winner will get to spend ….

.. here :)

So (mind yer eyes lol!!)  ….

... this is what I did.

I used Edwin in Miami and coloured him with these Copics -

E000, E00, E11, E21, R00, R20

Hair – E43, E50, E81

The rest – E25, E29. E99, R02, R05, R17, R27, R59, YR0000, YR23, YR31.
(I also added a bit of clear glitter to look like sand on the starfish and by his feet).

Do you like the gorgeous sunny papers peeps? They are from this pack …

 

.. here - the Bazzill AVALON 6 x 6 Paper Multi-Pack.
What you can’t see from the pics is that these papers are a really nice weight and have a  lovely texture to them.

No flibberty gibberty lightweights, these bad boys :)

It’s been a while but I thought that  the old  Magnolia leaf and swirl die (well the swirl bit) had had enough of a rest so back to work it went!!!  I also used a Spellbinders CLASSIC SCALLOP Edgeabilities die and some SAFMAT Self-Adhesive Printing Film  (love that stuff!!).

 

And there we are all done and a bit later than I usually am today, but my internet went AWOL. Don’t you feel cut off from the world when that happens?

I better be off and sort out dinner etc etc. I’ll see you back here tomoz but till then, have a fabulous and sunny evening and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Totally NOT My Usual Style But I Do Really Like This :)

Hi there lovely peeps and a very Happy Sunday to all xxx

Today sees a brand new colour challenge over at  The Ribbon Girl Blog and it is ;;;;;

… an absolute cracker - one of my faves in fact.

We used the following pic as a source of inspiration ….

… and isn't it pretty :)

We have 2 fab prizes for you as well. Firstly there is a

from Lili of The Valley,

plus …..

… this beautimous lavender ribbon kit from the Ribbon Girl.

So…

.. this is what I did and I think you’ll agree that this is not a bit like my usual style.

But I am always really  envious of the gorgeous cards that people like the lovely Kim Piggott and Debbie Dolphin make, so inspired by them and with a bit of shameless casing of the amazing layout that my LOTV teamie June used on one of her fab cards, plus a bit of kraft card that I got from the NEC and which has been sat on my desk for aaaaages,  I had a bash.  Not quite up to Kim & Debbie’s standards I know, but  I have to say that I really do like this. So perhaps this is a taste of things to come ;)

I used Tilda Catching Stars and coloured her with these Copics -

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E21, R00, R20

Hair – E41, E43, E50, E81

The rest – E04, RV0000, RV00, RV35, RV95

The papers are all from Grin n Bear It collection from Nitwits

Ivory Pleated 5/8" Satin Ribbon,  12mm Cream Picot Cotton Lace and 32mm Cream Fine Vintage Style Straight Edge Flower Lace – gorgeous, and all from The Ribbon Girl :)

And talking of gorgeous, I am still loving these sentiment tags -  Set 24 from Lili of The Valley

More from the same tag set plus a bow made from 25mm Mauve (Old Rose) No 977 Berisford Satin and topped with a button  from the Pearl Button Mixture pack

    

Here I used a 30mm Pink Two Tone Mulberry Paper Open Rose,  two Pink Two Tone 15mm Pretty Blossoms and a couple of 25mm Green Rose Leaves – all from The Ribbon Girl of course :). And there’s a couple of leaves punched from kraft card using a Martha Stewart Frond Leaf punch from Simon Says Stamp.

Three Sugar and Spice self adhesive pearls from The Ribbon Girl to finish off ……….

and we’re done!!

And on that note I’m off to finish the hoovering etc  (booooooooring) and then his Lordship has a tennis match this afternoon which means that I get 5 hours to sit and craft – ohh what bliss!!! I don’t even have to do his dinner because he will get that at the tennis club after he has finished the match -  woohoooo!!!! I should really be mopping the floors but  it’s too good an opportunity to pass on -  I can always do the floors later!!!

So I hope that you have a nice afternoon doing whatever you are doing and I’ll catch up with you again soon as soon. Take care and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Is This The Easiest Card Ever????

Hi peeps and that is a bit of a bold statement but I think there may be a grain of truth in it.

I’m talking about my card for this week’s Simon Says Stamp Challenge where our theme is

Spots and / or Stripes

You can have just spots, just stripes or spots AND stripes, it’s entirely up to you!!!!!

The Design Team  are showcasing Memory Box products this week but you don't have to use them of course. And I do have a bit of new for you re Simon Says Stamp - they have just started a Monthly Card Kit and these are amazing value for money !! Check them out but if you want one, best be quick as they are going like hot cakes.

Look …..

… fabulous :)

Anyway, back to the challenge and as always,  Heidi will be giving one lucky girlie …

…  a whopper of a $50 voucher which can be spent …

… right here :)

Now about this card …..

... well it mau look ‘busy’ BUT the layout is very easy and there’s no image, just a couple of die cuts, some stick on letters and a bow.

I did do a bit of stitching but even so, it took no time at all,  and I was really pleased with how it turned out.

The papers I used are all from the Echo Park Happy Days 12 x 12 kit - perfect for Feb 14th I think- and the letters are from the kit as well.

I really like this.

Remember the ‘happy accident’ from here?

Well I’d made another flower / rolled die thing which should have gone in one of the corners but it looked dreadful so I took it off and was left with a blob of gunky glue,  hence the butterfly cover up. But I kept the flower / rolled die and it was on my desk when I started to make this card.

So I used the flower, rolled another circle in different paper, die cut a heart and inked the edges then put it all together.

The die I used here is a Memory Box Sanibel Border die – I think I used the negative  but the beauty of this die is that you don't waste anything as both can be used and both look fab

So here’s the stuff I used -

                                     

Right, that’s me done and I hope you like the old card.

I do like CAS styles – I predict that this year will see a shift back to this sort of card – I may be wrong but it’s my prediction anyway. And I think that neon colours are going to be big as well – apparently they are all over the catwalk this season (like I’d know lol!!).

Anyway, I’ll be back tomorrow with something different but until then, have a wonderful day and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Pink & Green Should Definitely Be Seen :)

Morning peeps and at last, it’s our very first one ….

Yes, the Lili’s Little Fairies Challenge is up and running and out first theme for you is

New Beginnings

There is a rather scrummy prize this week so if you get a sec, please nip and check it all out .

So I said that yesterday I had made a card which I was actually pleased with ….

… and this is the very chap!!

Yes there are one or two little mishaps (ooops and aren't there always!!!) but generally I actually like it. I like the zingy colours, I like the clean look, I like the simple layout, I like the embellies, and I like the image.

What I don't like are the somewhat  grainy pics but there was no light at all here yesterday and I ended up having to shoot these in night time mode which is never good. But never mind you cant have it all I guess lol!!

The sharp eyed will notice that I have kept at least one of my rezzies and the new sewing machine has at last been used – it’s only been there since October (how shameful!!).

So be warned that you may see a lot more stitching on the old blog now!!

So I used one of last year’s images – this is The Little Things and I chose this as my image as my new beginning was the start of the sweet little romance going on here!!

I coloured it with a mixture of Copics and Polychromos pencils and I used these colours -

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E21, R20
Hair – E41, E42, E43, E50
Clothes etc – E07, E08, E09, E41, E42, E43, E50, G99, R85, RV0000, RV00, RV10, RV29, YG0000, YG00, YG01, YG03

Phew!!

The papers are from the FBQ Confection and FBQ Butterfly Kisses collections over at Nitwits 

   

Ohh these little blooms are so sweet I think and the pinks and greens go nicely with the colour theme here. They are Mulberry pink two tone 15mm pretty blossoms and they are from The Ribbon Girl, as are the 15mm hot pink no 52 microdot ribbon and 9mm hot pink / white saddlestitch ribbon

Sorry chicks, I cannot for the life of me remember what that MS PATP punch is called. If anybody knows please let me know and I’ll update this bit. That will teach me to chuck out the packaging before noting the name won't it :(

The little self adhesive pearls are from Wild Orchid Crafts

So there you have it – all done for another day.

I do hope you are all OK cos the weather was fierce last night wasn’t it :(  Blimy O’Reilly (whoever he is/was) , I thought the lamppost on the main road was going to snap in half cos it was bending so much!!

Take care and see you tomoz.

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx