Red, White, Blue & Cute :)

Hi peeps and oh we are late again today : (

But we got here at last!!

Today’s challenge over at Papertake Weekly is

Truly Dimensional

and today we are sponsored by the lovely Katharina and her Whiff Of Joy team.

This is the prize – what a lovely image ….

and this is the old card.

I just had to use this sweet lil Swiss Pixie  - she is Tulip Birgitta and she is available from Dies To Die For

I coloured her with these Copics -

E00, E21 (skin), E40, E42, E50 (hair), B000, B00, BG0000, BG01, E40, R17, R46, R59, W3, YG0000, YG06, YG23 (clothes etc)

The papers are all from Dies To Die For and I used Memory Box Bluebird – Distressed Dots, Dots and Gingham

Now there is dimension on the image ie the tulip and the butterfly, and also here ….

This is a Marianne Design Creatables - Flower – LR0106 and I also used a Marianne Design Creatables - Swirl – LR0118 – both from DTDF

That FAB red spotty button is from The Ribbon Girl  and you can see them here.  The gorgeous red polka is also from The Ribbon Girl and if you click the pic it will take you to the right place.

Delish :)

    

Right I am flying again but I’ll see you tomoz with something Simon Says.

Enjoy the day and husg to all xxx

Butterflies Are Everywhere :)

Morning peeps and Happy Friday – woohooo, the weekend is nearly here :)

It’s that time of the week when we head over and see what’s happening over at the the Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar challenge

We have a sketch for you this week which our Kathy did for us before she had to step down from the DT xxx

And here it is

This week we are sponsored by the lovely Susanne from Embellishments DE with a fabulous prize of a €15,00 voucher to spend in their store.

So…

… here’s the old card.

I must be in a peachy sort of mood at the mo cos I used it again on here but this time with lilac which is another yummy combi.

I coloured Hello Little Butterfly which you can get from the Simon Says Stamp Store with  these Copics -

E00, E21, R11 (skin), E40, E42, E50 (hair), BV0000, BV00, BV02, E95, YR0000 (clothes etc)

The gorge papers are  from Dies To Die For and they are from the  Wild Rose Studio Gorgeous Ginghams Paper Stacks,  K & Co Sweet Nectar Designer Mat Pad and Magnolia Butterfly Dreams  - Lilac Butterfly.

The good old Tilda Lace Die  and little butterfly punch were used again – well they were still out and it seemed rude not to lol!!!

The digi sentiment was printed onto Safmat – you can just about see the film here but IRL it’s practically invisible.

You can see the butterfly paper here (and more punched butterflies)  and I die cut it with an oval nestie and edged it with  this pretty lace which is of course from Wild Orchid Crafts…

… as is the organza ribbon – I did a double bow using peach and lilac and topped it off with yet another butterfly!!!

And of course I finished it all off with some self adhesive pearls :)

               

So that’s the cardage for the week peeps although if I get a sec I might be back over the weekend with something else. If not I’ll see you on Monday but till then, have the fabbiest week and huggiest of Friday hugs to all xxxx

Peachy, Pretty & No Pink :)

Hi chicksies and hope you are all OK today :)

I thought we were in for a lovely day today cos there was the most beautiful sunset here last night (red sky at night and all that) but it’s grey, damp and miserable. Oh well, it might brighten up later on.

Today over at the Lili Of The Valley Thursday challenge we have a colour challenge for you and it is

Peach & Green

which isn't a combi I used often but it’s quite pretty so maybe that will change.

We are sponsored by 2 of the nicest people in the land of blog and they are Paul & Siri from Wild Orchid Crafts

And this ….

… is the prize that is up for grabs this week :)

So here’s the old card.

I saw some cards recently in the new  Magnolia mag where the corners had been chopped off and liked the idea so I thought I’d do that on this one – just for something a bit different!!!

I used Birthday Fairy and coloured her with these Copics -

E00, E21, R11 (skin), E40, E42, E50 (hair) E0000, E02, E11, E93, E95, W00, W1, W3, YG0000, YG01, YG23

The papers are Nitwits – Buds ‘n Blossoms :)

I used a Magnolia Doo Hickey Die – Old Swedish Lace – to trim one of the elements and these are available from T at Dies To Die For (have you seen the new stuff in btw?  Just to give you the heads up, today is release day for the new High Hopes images and there are new Nesties  in as well :)

The flowers I used here are from the new LOTV Additions range and I coloured them and blinged them up to within an inch of their lives lol!!! 

I have a bit  of good news re this collection  :)

It was originally due to be released on 19th April but it has been decided to bring the date forward to 14th April,  so not long now. And of course,  if you are going to Alexandra Palace this weekend they will also be on sale there. 

The peach tulle started out as plain old white but I gave that the Copics treatment so it matched Fairy’s top cos I like them all to match!!.

I did the same with the Wild Orchid Crafts self adhesive pearls

The sentiment is LOTV and I stamped it directly onto the card – how brave (or had it have gone wrong, that would have been how stoopid!!!)

This is a Marianne Design Creatables  Die - Swirl – LR0118  which are available from Dies To Die For and I blinged that up as well. It reminds me of one of those sugar jelly dummies that are oh so good for your teeth (not!!)

The lil old butterfly punch is yonks old and I have no clue where I got it from, soz lovely peeps.

     

So there is the old card all done.

We went for a nice walk last night along the cycle track near here and Kyla rode her bike for the first time since last year. She was as wobbly as anything to start with but she soon got back into it. She managed to steer into a nettle patch (ouch) and land a bit awkwardly on the bar of her bike (oooh double ouch!!). But on the way back she did brilliantly. Fearless aren't they!!! I remember the first time I got on my bike after about 20 years and I had to keep getting off to go round corners – what a wimp!!!

And talking of wobbly, she has now lost her 2 bottom baby teeth. Aww!! She was eating some ice cream last night and it kept slipping between the gap!!! Did you know that the going rate for the tooth fairy nowadays is £2!!! Jeez, in my day I was lucky to get 3d – yes 3D!! That said, inflation has really taken it's toll cos in today's terms it would be the equivalent of about 16p.

Don’t know they are born these young whipper snappers, do they!!!!

Right I am off to the world of finance to do some work (booo hisss!!) but I’ll see you tomoz with me Tilda cardage.

Enjoy your day and hugs to all xxx

Spring Has Sprung :)

Hi peeps and hope all is well with you today xxx

We are half way through the week and time to check out what happening over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge

As Spring SEEMS to be arriving (famous last words), the challenge is to use Spring colours or an Easter creation if you celebrate Easter

This week the Design Team have all featuring Magnolia products. The Simon Says Stamp Store sells an amazing range of Magnolia goodies including papers, doohickey dies, flowers as well as the stamps and now, just in are the NEW Magnolia Mini Stamps- check them out !

As usual Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant ……

…. $50 voucher for a fab spendathon at the Simon Says Stamp Superstore !!

Right, now for the card - shades on chicksies ……

… cos we are bright and zingy and Springy lol!!!

I used my new Tilda With Daffodil stamp (awww!!) and coloured her with the following Copics -

E00, E21, R11 (skin) E40, E50 (hair) C00, C1, C3, Y0000, Y06, Y08, Y15, Y38, YG0000, YG01, YG03 (clothes etc)

And just for a change I did a round card which I don't often do cos my brain doesn’t work in circles (in fact, sometimes it doesn’t work at all lol!!)

I used a Cricut cartridge and added a bit of doodling.

    

The daises were made using a McGill Buttercup punch  - have to be awkward don’t I!!!!

The leaves were cut from a Martha Stewart Frond Leaf punch.

I coloured it with a YG03 Copic and then cut the leaves off.

Simples!!!

The buttons and ribbons were from my stash (which is in need of a jolly good sort out to be honest – it is a real mess at the mo!!).

And there’s me done for today chicksies.

Enjoy your day and I’ll see you tomoz cos it’s Fairy Day :)

Hugs to all xxx

New Stash Fest :)

 

Hi peeps and hope you are all ok and that you had a lovely Mother’s day where you got spoiled rotten and loads of giftage!!

Its a perfect excuse today to use any new bits and bobs you got, either on Sunday or if you had a good old shop at the NEC cos over at  Papertake Weekly we have an

Anything Goes

theme with an optional extra to use something new.

And of course, as it’s the first one of the month, we are sponsored by those lovely girlies Lisa and Laila over at Lili Of The Valley.

And check out what’s up for grabs peeps ….

Well with all the brand new stuff out  I was spoiled for choice really!!!

But in the end  I went for this oh so sweet lil cutie.

She is from the new Friends and Flowers Cute Squares sheet which will be released soon – I think you maybe able to get her at Ally Pally.  If you think she is cute, wait till you get a load of the other stuff on the sheet – and all of it so beautifully drawn.

I just added a smidgeon of glitter to the rose – I cannot help meself!!!.

The  ribbon stamp is from the new LOTV Additions range which is being released in the shop on 19th April  and again if you can’t wait and you are going to Ally Pally, you can get it from there.

The other thing that is new is the latest edition to my MS PATP collection.

When I say collection, I only had one which is why the same on is always on here, but it now has a friend to keep it company lol!!!  My Nicola got it me for Mothers day. She was convinced that I should have perfume or clothes but no, this is just what I wanted.

And if you want to see a REAL collection, then nip over here to Dies To Die For cos Tracy has loads of them :)

I used Nitwits  Egg-stra Special collection papers but I have used them before so they don’t count as new.

But they do count as gorge  :)

I saw these little flowers on Mummy Fairy Jac’s blog and she had put a link to here which is where you can see how they are made.   I think they are so pretty.

They were finished off with a yummy self adhesive pearl from Wild Orchid Crafts :)

So that’s me done and I’m off now to finish my SSS card for tomoz so as it is still in bits,  there isn't a sneakie peek but I’ll see you back here with the finished article in the morning.

Have a fab day and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Bunny Girl :)

Morning peeps and Happy Friday to all xxx

AND it’s April 1st as well so we are now a quarter of the way through this year – unbelievable!!!

So it’s the first challenge of the month over at the Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar challenge and today we have our usual

Anything Goes

theme but with the option of adding buttons.

We are sponsored by the fabulous peeps at Simon Says Stamp

and of course there is a fab prize to be had PLUS at DT call so if you interested in joining us, nip over and check it all out :)

So this is my card – oooh it’s another bright and breezy one lol!!

Sorry peeps I cannot find the list of Copics I used (I know I haven't chucked it) and if I find it while I am clearing away later, I’ll update it on here.

But it was the usual hair and skin plus RVs and YGs

Papers are from Nitwits and are the new Egg-stra Special collection. The ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and that is a Marianne Design Creatables  Die - Swirl – LR0118 which of course is available from Tracy at Dies To Die For

There’s a cheeky bit of Tilda Lace thrown in as well and I‘ve used another fab doily die from Tracy as well :)

    

So we are done on the old card front for today and also for this week.

I am always glad on April 1st that I am no longer working at Castrol because I was a sitting duck for April Fool pranks –I am  oooh so gullible!! I cannot tell you that stuff I fell for and every year I used to be on my guard but there was a particular lad  in the lab upstairs who was so plausible and he used to come up with fabulous little plots and stories and stuff, so of course I always believed him. It was no good getting my own back either cos a) I wasn't as inventive and b) I cannot keep a straight face!!

I wonder who they picked on after I left, heeheeee.

Right, back to it for moi – nearly 6th April and back to normal (ish!!). If I am not back before next week, enjoy the weekend and

Happy Mothers Day

to all the lovely Mums out there.

We are having a houseful for lunch on Sunday but Emma and Nickie are cooking so I don't have anything to do, bless ‘em. We usually go out but we thought this year that for a change, we would have a nice family lunch at home instead. It will start off nice and quiet but then we will have a few glasses of vino, the Wii will go on and it will degenerate into madness and mayhem (here’s hoping!!!). Kyla is  hysterical on it – unintentionally of course. She knows all the moves, it’s just the words she has a prob with, but you don’t lose points for singing it wrong so she doesn't really care lol!!!.

So see you next week and hugs to all xxx