Happy Mother’s Day xxx

Morning lovely peeps and firstly, a very

Happy Mother’s Day.

I hope that you are all enjoying your special day and getting well looked after by your own little treasures - and big treasures too!!

So it’s time for another colour challenge over at  The Ribbon Girl Blog and this month  it’s …

… aqua and white.

There’s 2 fantastic prizes up for grabs as well.

Firstly feast your eyes on this ….

… a gorgeous Aqua Mini Ribbon Kit.

But that’s not all, oh no by jiminy, cos there is also a

as well.

The photo inspiration for this challenge is this tranquil scene here …..

…. aren't those colours nice peeps.

And here….

… is what I did

The image is one of the new CC Designs images from All That Scraps and she is Swiss Pixie Bunny Lucy.

I coloured her with these Copics -

Skin -  E000, E00, E11, E21, R00, R20

Hair - E25, E29, E35, E51, E71

Clothes – B0000, B000, B00, B12

The papers are from Nitwits

The  double bow was made using 16mm aqua open weave ribbon and topped off with a pretty  Aqua Small Striped Button.

I also added some dots with this ….

…  baby blue liquid pearls :)

The little flowers were made using a Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch from Simon Says Stamp – and a little dash of liquid pearls too :)

So that’s the old card done.

On Mother’s Day, I really miss having a Mum. I miss her at other times, of course I do,  but on days like today it’s truly awful and my heart goes out to anybody out there who is without their own beloved Mother today – especially if it’s the first one without them.  I remember standing in M&S  (yes I do go in there a lot!!) and crying as I realised that I held in my hand the last card I would ever send to her. Even now it gets to me, so treasure your Mums girlies – they are so precious and when they are gone a little part of you goes too.

But it isn't all about sadness cos life goes on and today my lot are coming here. Emma is now 6 months pregnant and I don't want her to have to cook a big meal. We were going to go out but we all decided that if we were here, we could have a walk before our pud if we wanted to, or get the wii out for a silly half hour!!! So that's what we are doing.  But to make it easier, I went and had a little word with Mr Marks and Mr Spencer and they have very kindly put together a dine in package for today – feed 4 for £15!! Well there are actually 6 of us and 2 of them are mahoosive eaters so we got three all together ( snort snort, little piggies!!) so there will be an abundance of eatage here. My Nikksie will be in charge of the oven so we can all have an easy day.

It’s nice when the kids grow up and sort it all out for you, but there is a part of me that misses the breakfast in bed which was usually burnt and/or cold and spilt all over the tray (ohh bless them), and the cards they made at school and then kept hidden -  they always made me cry. In fact, I still  cry when I see any kid’s card that they’ve made for their Mum because it’s what it’s all about I think.

Not sure if I have shared this one with you so apols if I have, but my most memorable present for Mothers Day has to have been from Emma when she was about 6 and it was ……the TV Times. Apparently she took a shine to some wrapping paper and then went to find a present that would fit it!!! I still chuckle about it even now.!!!

Anyway on that note I’m off to put my feet up (ha haaaaa that is a laugh cos I have loads to do before they arrive) . If you get a sec, check out the challenge and the amazing creations from the DT. Enjoy your day and see you all in the week.

Huggiest of Mother’s Day hugs to all xxxx

Were You My Winner?

Morning lovely peeps and it’s time to announce  the winner of  Thursday’s Lili of The Valley blog hop  - you can see it here - cos yes ……..

…….  I had one of the hidden prizes :)

So let’s have a drum  roll please ………………..

…….. ta dahhhhhhhh!!!

Well done to you  Tine and you get to win the brand new soon to be released LOTV stamp that we all used …..

… this very chap here.

So if you email me your deets I’ll pass them on to Lili of The Valley and hugest of thanks to them and also to Which Craft UK for sponsoring the hop.

And finally, mahoosive thanks to everybody who took part and came here and left a lovely comment xxx I have another gorgeous giveaway on Tuesday so make a date and pop back here then.

You have to be innit to winnit me darlins!!!

Have the fabbiest of days and see you tomoz – yes I will be back here then and all will be revealed re this little cutie here ……

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Pea & Mint ….. or Minty Pea!!!!

Hi there loveliest of peeps and hope you are all OK today.

Well what  fab response to our blog hop and the winners will be announced soon so keep your eyes peeled in case I was one of the blogs with a prize!!

So it’s our usual Friday trip over to the Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar challenge and today our challenge is

Green

I could not decide whether to go for mint green or pea green …….. so I used both!!!

And ……

… this is what I did.

Just for a change (no really, that wasn’t a sarky ‘just for a change’ …….  just for a change lol!!) I used a hAnglar & stAnglar image seeing as I have neglected my H&S stamps, and I coloured this sweetie with these Copics -

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E21, R00, R20

Hair – E41, E42, E43, E50, E81

The rest – BG0000, BG000, BG00, BG10, G99, YG0000, YG01, YG03

and the papers are from the Nitwits FQB - Bonnets 'n Bowties Collection.

Just for a change – yes there’s the sarky bit – I used a Magnolia Doily Flower die  and topped it off with a rolled flower and added a couple of leaves made with the Martha Stewart BRANCH Craft Punch M230367 . And the new toy is out again which looks like it will be the next ‘just for a change’ thing lol!! It is of course the Martha Stewart PATP Deco Fan Shells punch :)

All of those items are available from Simon Says Stamp.

A little bit of  prettiness from The Ribbon Girl here.

The bow is made using 15mm Aqua No 78 Berisford Satin ribbon and I added an Aqua Small Striped Button. Just peeking put there is some Aqua Tiny Ric Rac  – you can see it on the main pic a little better :)

Talking about The Ribbon Girl, our lovely Mary is 21 again – well she was yesterday, today she is 21 and a little bit more!!!. So she is having a bit of a birthday giveaway.

So who fancies winning  ……

… this beautimous fun, felt, flower-festooned bag of yumminess.

If you do – and who wouldn't – then pop over here and you can read all about it.

Righty –oh I best be off cos I am seriously up to me bits in it again. I’ll see you soon as soon (maybe sooner than you think???) but till then, have a fab Friday and an even fabbier weekend.

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx

A Sneaky Peekie Hop + This Week’s Blast From The Past :)

Morning loveliest of peeps.
I hope you are all OK today and welcome to the Lili of the Valley Designers Mini Hop!! 

This is a bit of a special treat because we are all using the same image so what better way to show you some different ways to use a single stamp. But that aside, it is also the very first sneakie peekie day for the March Lili of the Valley release.  So get ready girlies and make a note for 28th March cos that’s when the new release will go on sale :)

This release is filled with adorable bears, cute couples, and some very new and different designs which you will just love, so keep an eye on the DT blogs over the next few weeks for some more sneakie peeks.

So back to the hop and the image we have all used is called “Shall We Dance” – it is adorable I think.  

We are sponsored today by our very own  Lisa and Laila from Lili of the Valley but also joining is is Paula from Which Craft UK . Which Craft UK has the most amazing stuff including pre-shaped and scored card blanks – I used one on this post if you remember – and they really do make short work of creating a super special card as all the work is done for you :)

We LIKE that!!!
We like that a LOT :)

So what did I do with my shaped card and Shall We Dance image  then?

Ta-dahhhhh!!!

This is my blog hop card and I used one of the gorgeous Elegant Step Card blanks which I so love, and the sweet image was coloured with the following Copics -

Bears – E25, E42, E43, E50, E81

Clothes etc – B0000, B000, B00, B05, C00, C1, C2, C3, C4

The papers I used are from an Andrea Jayne Tulips paper pack which  got from Purple Butterfly Crafts last year. You can probably still get them if you do a Google search – they are really nice and have a linen texture.

Here’s a pic ….

…. and aren’t those colours rather yummy peeps!!!

Other stuff I used was -

Martha Stewart PATP Deco Fan Shells punches and MFT Leafy Flourish die – both from Simon Says Stamp

Vintage seam binding from The Ribbon Girl

So that’s the old card and there are 4 lovely jubbly prizes hidden along the way.

To be in with a chance of winning one, all you have to do is leave a comment on each of the participating designer’s blogs – simples :)  The 4 lucky winners from our mystery prize blogs will then be picked on Friday. 

So here is a list of the designers participating in this hop ….
Bev
Dena
Fleur
Anne
Dawny - me
Pops

…. and good luck to everyone who enters:)

Now the regular visitors to the old pig sty will know that Thursday is the day when we go back to the dark and distant past and have a look at something that was hip and happening back then. As it’s St Patrick’s day on Saturday, I thought that there could only be one band to check out this week  and of course it is the one and only U2 – Ireland’s finest export IMHO (Guinness aside).

I love this track and it has to have one of the best lines ever -  well the God I believe in isn't short of cash, Mister!!!  - and the vid is amazing too.

So enjoy and I think that next week we will really go back in time.

Have a fab day and huggiest of hugs to all xxxx

xxx

Top Of The Mornin To Ya xxx

Moring lovely peeps and as it’s St Patrick’s Day on Saturday, the Simon Says Stamp Challenge this week is all about

A Bit o’ Green

Well as my Aunty Chrissie would say, sure to be sure :) 
OK maybe I exaggerated that bit  but she does say ‘turd’ instead of third which used to amuse us when we were kids no end!!!!  I just love the wonderful lilting Irish accent.

So however you say it, there is a whopper of a voucher up for grabs ….

…  and one lucky girlie will get to go on a spending spree ….

…. right here :)

This week the DT are showcasing  Hero Arts products and between us,  you will see the HUGE variety of products that Hero Arts has – in fact there are over 2100 products available at the store so if you get a sec, nip over and have a mooch.

So this is what I did.

I will have to confess something here. I bobbed over and got the challenge from our DT blog a few weeks ago and started making the card last week. It was only after it was finished that I realised that  although I had used Hero Arts products, there was not a scrap of green on it anywhere. 

Well what a dozy dimwit – yet another senior moment!!

So I had to make another one very quickly. You’ll notice that unusually for moi, there is no image but this was because I to wanted to focus on that fabulous flower ….

It was made from these sets …..

       

… which are To From Petals and  Many Dots - if you click the pics they will take you to the right place at the Simon Says Stamp store.

I stamped them straight onto some paper from the My Minds Eye Life of The Party 6 x 6 Paper Pack …

.. which is one of my fave MME paper packs, and I then added some Rangers Liquid Pearls in white.

The frame was made from the Florentine Message Border set …

.. and I stamped frame one onto white card and another onto pink, then cut the middle out of the pink one and layered it onto the white one. There is a little dimension but you can’t really see it in the pics.

Other stuff I used ……

      

… just for a change!!!!

So there we are all done with the card for today. 

I’ll be back tomorrow and if you get a sec, make a date not to miss it cos there will be something a bit special going on here, plus there’s another blast from the past as well :)

Have a fab day and also just to say once again a Happy St Patricks Day for Saturday to all our lovely Irish friends and in particular to my lovely Irish friend Joyce and Aunty Chrissie too  xxx

Huggiest of hugs to all xxxxx

Dawny Has A New Toy :)

 

Hello there possums and hope you are all OK today - it’s a bit parky here at the mo so I do hope it warms up a bit soon.

It’s Papertake Weekly time peeps and today our theme for you is

For The Girls … or Mum

so it’s time to get the pretty stuff out and as you can imagine, I was loving this one lol!!

We’re sponsored today by The Stamp Fairy so if you get a sec, nip over and check it all out :)

So here’s my girlie card – it had to be pink naturally!!

The image I used today is called Blossom and she is as sweet as only a Lili of The Valley image can be. I stamped her onto a Nesties Label 18 from Simon Says Stamp and then coloured her with these Copics -

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E21, R00, R20

Hair – E42, E43, E50, E81

The rest – E41, E42, E81,  G99, R85, RV0000, RV000, RV00, RV10, YG0000, YG01, YG03

The papers are from Nitwits 

 

A pretty selection of bloomage from Wild Orchid Crafts don’t ya think :)

Oh and of course there is a strip or two of Tilda Lace as well…. just for a change :)

So here’s my new toy.

I saw this die and fell in love with it. It’s an MFT Leafy Flourish die and it’s available from Simon Says Stamp. It’s gorgeous so I expect it will be seen on here a fair old bit cos you know what I’m like!!!

I also added a pretty pink bow made from some pink vintage seam binding from The Ribbon Girl.

This is the inside – I’m doing that a lot lately :)

 

So there we are all done.

Ohh did you see DOI on Sunday night?
It might be me but was Chemmy getting a bit carried away with herself after Robin said he was favouring her? I did wonder if she sort of sealed her fate a bit cos she wasn't that popular to start with seeing as she had been in the skate off a fair few times. But I did like their routine.

And ooooerrrr, wasn't Louis a bit mean with the old marks for Jorgie? I thought it was gorgeous to be fair,  but what do I know eh (nowt, that’s what!!!).

So it’s nearing the end and then it’s back to getting a life on a Sunday night.

I picked Kyla up from school last night and we took some flowers up to the ‘crem’ for my Gran. It was 25 years years yesterday since she died and I can’t believe how the time has gone. Kyla loves looking at her name in the big book, especially now that she can read and she took it upon her self yesterday to explain it all to Richard!!!  Then she insisted on looking at all the funeral flowers that were left there – cheerful kid that she is!! They were so beautiful some of them,  and I just kept thinking of all the money that those people had spent on them and they were left just lying there. What a shame.

Anyway I better go.

I’m getting a bit peckish and want to grab some grub before I go and do the Makro run. Then I’m baby sitting cos Em is working late and Tim is off to the match. It’s the derby tonight and  we will of course be cheering for the red boys. We have all been Liverpool supporters in our family apart from my Uncle Ed who was a blue for all of his life, bless him.  I’m not as passionate about the footie as I once was though and see it now as 22 vastly overpaid men with large egos kicking a bag of wind around for 90 minutes!!!! But I still want Kenny’s boys to win of course!!

I’ll leave you with a little sneakie peekie for tomorrow ….

Enjoy your evening sweet peeps, see you tomorrow and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Forever Friends & This Week’s Blast From The Past (it’s a cracker!!)

Morning loveliest of peeps and hope you are all having a nice day today.
We are nearly at the end of the week and time to head off and catch up with the Lili’s Little Fairies Challenge.

This week our theme is 

Ribbons & Lace

and say no more cos this is another right up my street sort of challenge!!

We’re sponsored today by the fabulous Ribbon Girls and there is a rather delish prize up for grabs so if you get a sec, nip over for a mooch.

So …

… here’s the old card.

I was going to do a pink theme but thought I’d go for something a little bit different – I don’t like to be predictable lol!!!  So I went for green which isn't a colour I am overly fond of but I like how this card came out.

The image is sooo sweet and it’s Friends Forever and these are the Copics I used -

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E21, R00, R20

Hair – E25, E29, E35, E50, E51, E81

The rest – RV000, RV00, RV29, YG0000, YG00, YG03, YG95

The papers are all from the Egg-stra Special collection from Nitwits and I stuck 2 die cut Magnolia Dream Tags behind the centre panel.

 

The bow was made from 38mm white  silky crush ribbon and the button is a medium lime polka dot  button  - both are from The Ribbon Girl

 

I decorated the inside of this card to tie in with the front and used another Magnolia Dream Tag which was from Simon Says Stamp.

The lace is 25mm white flat lace and again this is from The Ribbon Girl :) Have you seen the new stuff on TRG website by the way? There’s some lovely coloured lace, liquid pearls and some pretty striped buttons. You can see them all here.

 

So we’re all done with the card and now it’s time for this week’s BFTP.

This was recorded in 2011 so it isn’t from THAT long ago to be honest,  but both songs on it (yes it’ a  BOGOF  BFTP today!!) are from 1973 and 2004. Live & Let Die is the one Bond film that I actually enjoyed and I loved the title track. And then we move to 2004 and along came McFly. I was past all that boy band malarkey but I think they have real talent and 5 Colours In Her Hair was their first single.

So this was recorded for Pop Star To Opera Star (yes I am reality TV junkie!!.) Danny Jones  (from McFly)  had been on the year before and he came back with his band to do a bit of a turn with the violinist David Garrett.

Well I tell you peeps, I had to keep rewinding it cos it is awesome -  my Nicola loved it as well. Stunning isn't the word and not just because Harry Judd in in it. (I am wayyyyyy too old for any of the McFly laddies I know,  but Harry is my fave cos he is rather gorge).

See what I mean – who couldn’t  be wild about Harry!!!

Anyway, turn up the volume and get ready for 4:20 of pure brilliance (IMHO of course).

Enjoy and I’ll see you back here soon as soon and huggiest of hugs to all xxx