Birthday Blog Hop Winner … Was It You????

Hi peeps and hope you are all OK today.

I’ll keep you in suspenders no longer cos it’s time to announce who my winner was for The Ribbon Girl Birthday Blog Hop – it’s from this post here.

All the way from Oslo, woohooo Knerten – it’s you :)

Knerten left me this lovely comment …

‘Good morning, and happy birthday all Ribbon Girls :-) ‘

Hugest congratulations my love and if you e-mail Mary & Andrea over at The Ribbon Girl with your address, they’ll get your Ribbon Girl goodies out to you. Thank you so much to you for taking part and enjoy your fabulous prize xxx

And hugest of thanks to everybody that took the time to enter and don’t forget to check all the other DT blogs cos you may be a winner somewhere else along the route lol!!!

Finally hugest congratulations to Mary & Andrea on their  first birthday and a very successful blog hop xxxx

OK I’ll be back tomoz for a bit of Papertake malarky!!

Enjoy your day and hugs to all xxx

Sunny & Bright

Hi chicksies and a very happy Friday :)

The weekend is nearly here so time to nip over and see what’s happening over at the  Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar challenge and this week it’s our special monthly challenge where

Anything Goes

and as always we have an added extra and this time it’s glitter.

We’re sponsored by the fabulous Simon Says Stamp …

…  and there’s a $25 voucher up for grabs :)

Now get the old shades on girls cos we are about to enter the ‘ever so bright’ zone!!!

Wowwza – this card could reduced yer retinas to a quivering wreck lol!!

But it’s nice and cheerful I guess.

I used a hAnglar & stAnglar image and gave it the Copics treatment with these pens -

E000, E00, E21, R11, R20 (skin), E31, E33, E40, E42, E50 (hair), E37, E40, E50, Y16, Y17, YR0000, YR38, YR68 (clothes etc).

And those delish papers are from Tracy at Dies To Die For and they are Memory Box 8 x 11s – I used Mango. 

Ohhh it’s back – yes the Magnolia leaf and swirl die is back on my desk again, as is the Tilda Lace Die. Well that never really gets put away.

I also used the wonky rectangles nesties which are also available from Tracy.

Here’s some deets ….

    

You might just be able to see the line of glitter around the edges of the white rectangle if you peer closely.

The self adhesive pearls are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the sentiment is Pink Petticoat printed onto Safmat.

How’s your eyeballs doing peeps????

Ok that’s it for today.

I’m off to the camping shop to get a few more bits and bobs then it’s time to collect her ladyship from holiday club. She has the life of Reilly that kid, she really does. She has been out and about every day this week  doing various fab things and tomorrow she is going horse riding again – it’s her second lesson and she did really well last week, bless her.  Then I’m planning on a crafty Sunday – lots of card etc to make – but it never pans out that way so we’ll have to see how it goes.

Whatever you are doing, have a good one and see you soon if not sooner.

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Rosie Toes

Hi lovely peeps and hope you are all ok :)

It’s a miserable Thursday here in not so sunny Chester but hopefully the lovely cards on show over at the Lili Of The Valley Thursday challenge will make us all smile!!

And something else that will make one lucky girlie definitely smile is this …

 

… so if you get a sec, nip over and have a butchers :)

Out theme this week is

Roses

so all you have to do is to include them in your project and it’s as simple as that!!

This is what I did – I went for just a single rose.

I used Milly Me & My Dog which you can see here and I coloured them with these Copics -

E000, E00, E21 (skin), E33, E42, E50 (hair), B0000, B000, B00, B12,  E33, E35, E50, YG0000, YG01, YG03,(clothes etc).

I also used a fair old bit of polychromos to give it a bit of zing. It’s a fairly plain and simple card re the layout and embellies so I wanted to the colours to really stand out and draw the eye in.

The bow is made from 38mm organza spotty ribbon  which is from The Ribbon Girl and I added a  20mm open rose and some long stem stamens which you can get from Wild Orchid Crafts. The sparkly gems are also WOC.

The papers I used are both from the new FQB From The Sea collection over at Nitwits and there’s a cheeky bit of lace made with the good old   Tilda Lace Die which you can get from Simon Says Stamp

So that’s me done for today and I’ll be back tomorrow with the last card of the week and I will warn you – you may need your shades again cos this bad boy is tangfastically zingsome ( I made those words up lol!!)

Here, have a sneakie peekie …..

… sunny and bright is an understatement, so see you and your Foster Grants back here tomoz.

We are off to TGI Fridays tonight for a quick bit of din dins and maybe a cocktail or two??? It’s Kyla’s favourite eaterie at the mo, mainly I suspect because they do a mean wriggly worm ice cream pud (full of E numbers and sugar which is probably why she likes it!!!) and they also make her a little non alcoholic cocktail with the umbrellas and all the trimmings which is very Del Boy,  but she loves it!!!! And the barman always winks at her which she pretends not to like but secretly does I think!!

Enjoy your day and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

It’s A Holly Holly-Day

Morning peeps and hope all is well with you today :)

It’s that time of the week when we nip over to the US of A and see what’s happening with the good people at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge and this week it’s all about

Christmas In August

and there is a whopping ….

to spend right here ….

Now I know I moaned about My Harrods etc yesterday but like I said it’s different for us poor souls (and poor being the operative word espesh when we can’t say no to new stash!!) who make cards. We need to start early cos heaven forbid that we would have to go and BUY them!! If you send people bought cards they see it a a bit of a slight when you make them yourself don’t they :(

Anyhoos this is what I did.

I used this cute Penny Black stamp – it’s called A Thorny Affair and you can see it here. I coloured it with the old Copics but no list today hunny-pies cos the dope chucked it out trying to have a tidy up!!!

The base card was made using  these Spellbinders Grand Nesties …

      

… and if you click on the pics they will take you to the right place in the Simon Says Stamp Store

I used an old Sissix holly die and a hole punch to make the berries (or cherries as Kyla calls them!!)  but you could easily draw a couple of leaves if you don’t have the die.

I really like this card and it’s so quick and easy which is just the ticket if you have a mountain of Christmas cards to make.

So that’s me done for today – another shortie as work is coming out of me ears!!! Don’t forget to check it all out if you get a sec and also we have our dinks challenge which you can read about here if you missed it.

So I’ll see you tomoz with something fairy-ish!!! No sneakie peekie cos it’s still not quite done.

Enjoy your day and huggiest of 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

Callings All Dinks …..

Hi peeps and I’m back again!!!

Today over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge we have a very special

Summer Holiday Children’s Challenge

and

Anything Goes

So next time you hear those inevitable summer holiday words, ‘ Muuuuummmmm I’m booooored, you know what to do - get the little treasures crafting and join in the fun.  It’s open to anybody aged between 2 and 16 and you have until Monday 29th August at 6pm CET ( 5pm UK time) so that gives you a whole 4 weeks to enter.

And you can enter as many times as you like as long as it is a new creation :-)

We are sponsored by the lovely Heidi and we have 2 fabulous prizes on offer !!! not one but TWO $25 vouchers to the wonderful Simon Says Stamp Superstore :-)

Plus

And of course we have a very special Dinky DT so if you get a sec, nip over the the main blog and see what they’ve done. 

So here’s my little poppet …

.. and don’t be fooled by that butter wouldn't melt expression,  cos it would.

And this is what she did ..

Now I have to say that this is a real improvement on her last Tilda who did look a bit poorly around her mouth (and she doesn’t even have one lol!!!) This was actually her second attempt at the colouring as her first one had bright yellow skin (Pro Markers – still not allowed near the Copics, mean old Grandma), so she looked severely jaundiced.

Normally I wouldn't  intervene, hard as it is, but this time I just had to step in and explain that it might be better to use Blush to colour her face - she took it well to be fair.  But apart from the cutting of the lace, she did it all herself and I think she did an OK job, bless her.

So if you have any little crafties on your house, why not  get them to have a go and let them loose on your stash? OK not the pens, but maybe the rest of it.

Right I’m off to do the next few jobs on me list but I’ll see you tomoz with some cardage seeing as the hand is much better now.

Have a great day and hugs to all xxx

You Know The One – You Buy One You Get One Free!!!!

Oohh sorry peeps cos now you will have that awful bloke in the funny outfit going round your heads (what is he supposed to be dressed as – anybody have any clues????)

Anyway it is 2 for the price of one here today cos there will be another post later on :)

But first we have a celebration  because ….

Today the ever so fabulous Ribbon Girl is celebrating it's birthday with a fantastic prize filled blog hop!

There is a prize to be won on each blog simply by leaving a comment on every blog that you visit, each prize has a rainbow selection of ribbons, pins, buttons and charms.  All the blog hop giveaways will end on the 7th August and I’ll announce the winner then – good luck to all xxx

If you joined the blop hop at the start you should be visiting me from Tiets and after you've left me a comment then hop on to Vicky and her wonderful blog, leave her a comment and continue on your journey. And hugest congrats to her as she is now a fully fledged member of our fabulous DT xxxx

The order of the hop in case you get lost etc is …

Ribbon Girl

Nicole

Tiets

Dawny (that’s moi!!)

Vicky

Kath

Gail

Jane

Jo

Mandy

Jacqui

Mary

So if you didn't start at the beginning, nip back here and have as many chances of winning as possible. Thanks for joining in with our birthday celebrations,  and keep an eye on the Ribbon Girl blog this month for lots of giveaways and prizes as we will be celebrating for the whole of August!!

So leave me a comment and it could be you-hooooo. I’ll be back later with the second post of the day -  see you in a bit and hugs to all xxx