Simon Says Happy Mother’s / Girlie Day xxx

Hi lovely peeps and hope you are all OK today :)

Today over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge, we  have a Mothers Day or Girlie challenge for you and there is another fabulous prize of a $50 spending spree – woooohooooo :)

All of the DT have used Basic Grey products and I have to say that I don’t use BG papers that often 

BUT I spied these papers …..

… in the Simon Says Stamp Store and thought they looked really nice (pic is linked peeps xxx)

IRL they are even nicer and ….

…. so is this card but try as I did, I just could not get it to look right in the pics.

It is actually for Richards’s Mum.

It’s very ‘her’ and I think (hope!!) she will like it.

I used a large Prima flower as the base and then made a carnation with some smaller flowers. I added some Copic shading to the small flowers before I put them together and also some Diamond Stickles to the large one – you can just about see it if you squint very hard.

Same again  for the other flower and I sat it on some tulle which started life as white but after a few swipes of the good old bad boy pens, ended up a Copic E41 shade :)

The letters are Basic Grey stickers stuck onto oval Nesties

          

And finally …

… here’s another view – and that’s me done.

It’s quite different from my usual style but I really do love fiddling about and doing something different  every now and then.

But will normal service be resumed tomorrow ?

Here’s a sneakie peekie …

Mmm, there’s pink and there’s blooms and there’s spots. So it’s looking likely lol!!

See you tomoz, have a great day – fab Spring weather here today, yippppeeee -  and hugs to all xxx

Pink & Girlie And Verrry Cute :)

Morning peeps and hope you are all OK

This is going to be a whistle stop post today cos I have so much to do before the weekend that it is just scary!! So There’ll be minimum waffle from moi (hurray I hear you cry lol!!) but I’ve got a fair few pics to share as per usual!!

Over at Papertake Weekly today our theme is

It’s A Mom Thing

(I am just showing off cos I can speak American!!!)

So of course as it’s nearly Mothers Day, we want to see your mumsie cardage. Of course my own dear sweet mum is no longer here so if you are like me, then all you need to do is to make a girlie one and that will be fine :)

So of course it just had to be pink didn't it!!

I used this fabulous image MFT from the Simon Says Stamp Store and she is called Ballet Millie.

Don't you think she is super cute!!!

I coloured her with Copics and not many used today, just C00, C1, C3, RV000, RV02 & RV10 plus E50 for outlining

The delish bloomage is of course from Wild Orchid Crafts

And the pretty ribbon and fab charm are both from The Ribbon Girl – perfect for all the little ballerinas out there :)

Oi,…... stop looking up me skirt lol!!!!

     

The papers are from Nitwits – Tippy Toes – and the fab Tilda Lace Die is from the fab Tracy over at Dies To Die For :)

So that’s me done peepsies and on that note I am off to carry on where I left off on the treadmill that is life at the mo.  Please excuse the shortie today – I am sure that the normal waffling service will be back before too long (you poor souls!!)

Have a great day and see you tomoz. I’ve done something a little bit different for my Simon Says Stamp Challenge card …

.. and I’ll leave you with a little sneakie peek.

Hugs to all xxxx

Sunny Sunday :)x

Hi peeps and a very happy Sunday to all xxx

Please excuse my lack of posting these last few days – it’s been a bit topsy turvy here with work and one thing and another – all sorts of stuff happening really!! None of it very exciting really but just very time consuming!!

Anyhoos I will catch up this week but today, it is my absolute honour today to be part of the GDT for this month’s Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge ….

… which is green and yellow and the winner this month will get to chose either a green or a yellow Special Selection Ribbon Kit from the Ribbon Girl shop

You've got until midnight UK time on Sunday April 3rd to submit your creation so why not nip over and have a moochie at the DT cards – all so very gorgeous and all different so oodles of inspiration to be had :)

So this is my lemon lovely – all clean and fresh – apart from the inked edges on the image :)

I coloured Tilda with the Copics and did a really numptie thing (yes not at all  like me I know!!) and carefully put all my Copics away … before making my list so I have no clues which ones I used but the hair and skin will be my usual suspects and the clothes will be lots of Ys, YGs and Es

I think!!!

It was the second numptie I did this week because I only realised that the date I had planned for the Easter Projects workshop at Purple Butterfly Crafts was next Saturday and of course I will be in Brum for the weekend (mooching on the Saturday  ie sitting gabbing in Wetherspoons probably - and on the LOTV stand on Sunday so do come and say howdy if you are about xxx

So poor Lesley had a bit of ringing round to re-organise the ladies who were due to come and thankfully they are all still OK for the following week.

So hugest of apols to all from this red faced piggy here!!! I will hopefully make it up with an extra nice class for you xxx

This beautiful ribbon is of course from The Ribbon Girl shop and instead of twirling the twine stuff I usually use, I went for this …

… loopy trim which you can get here 

The satin micro spot  ribbon can be found here. It’s FAB quality – well, it’s Berisfords so enough said :)

The paper is from a Do Crafts pack I got from Purple Butterfly – Lemon Sorbet – and there’s good old Martha’s PATP Eyelet Lace Punch getting over-worked again. Incidentally, you may wonder why I always seem to use this PATP punch. Well I can reveal that the reason is  … it’s the only one I have lol!!

But there are lots of these bad boys over at Dies To Die For so I may just have to go and check them out and give this poor sod a rest!!!

But something I do have loads of is gorge Wild Orchid Crafts blooms and I used a selection of them here, along with some self adhesive pearls.

I chucked some Glossy Accents over the eggs and over Tilda’s boots.

I am OK with the eggs but I am wondering if the boots look a little bit too ‘S&M’ for  poor Tilda?

My old dad used to call big boots ‘clod-hoppers’ – I have no idea why but that just came into my head then lol!!

               

Okee-dokee that is it for today.

Have a great Sunday and do nip over and check out the challenge if you get a sec peeps.

See you soon if not sooner and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Brace Yerslef Sheila!!!!!!!

Morning peeps and as promised yesterday, the pig sty has gone all bright and cheery today. Most definitely NOT my usual colours, that is without doubt, but you know what?

I kind of like them :)

And I may very well use them again sometime but I will give you fair warning so that you can psyche your eyeballs up lol!!!

Today over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge we are saying

Happy Birthday

and it isn't just a random thing either cos today is our Lols birthday – woohooo, so

Happy Birthday chicksie xxx

As always there is a fab prize of  ….

… which you can spend …..

… right here :)

OK, here we go for the entire card so full on eyeball torture coming up …..

… right now!!!!

And if you think it’s bright on here, you should see it IRL  :)

To be fair, it’s actually for one of our Kyla's little pals and she is only 5 and they do like that sort of thing – well I HOPE she will!!

I used another of the new CC Designs Swiss Pixies – this time Birthday Gretel– and the bright bad boy Copics that I used are ….

E00, E21, R11 (skin),  E40, E42, E50 (hair),  BG0000, BG01, BG05, R17 , R27, R37, R46, YG01, YG03, YG23 (clothes etc)

Here’s a cheeky bit of Lord Tim of Holtz’s Scalloped Die which you can get from the store – click the pic and it will take you right there :)

    

 

So there you have it.

Right I am off to do some work and then put the finishing touches to my LOTV card for tomoz so have a great day and see you back here then.

Enjoy your day and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Triple Trouble!!!!

Morning peeps and hope you are all OK xxx

It’s that time of the week when he head over and check out what’s happening at Papertake Weekly

This week our theme is Triple-Tastic and all we want you to do is to use 3 of something on your card (all the deets can be found over at Challenge HQ!!)

We have a brand new sponsor as well and it is ….

Yes, the lovely Mary & Andrea have joined us as regular sponsors,  and  check out the prize this week …..

The winner gets  one of their beautiful Special Selection Ribbon Kits in the colour of their choice (there are 6 to choose from!)

So here’s the old cardy and yet again I seem to have slipped back to the old piggy ways cos it’s quite plain really.

Not sure if that’s a good or bad thing?

I could not resist using one of the new CC Designs images and she is Cupcake Birgitta – what a cute lil Swiss Pixie she is :)

Ooops, I just noticed that I missed adding the spots to the second cake down – doh!! Probably too busy slobbering and wishing they were real cupcakes lol!!!

Anyway, you can get her from Tracy over at Dies To Die For.

I gave her the Copics treatment in these fab colours -

E00, R21, R11 (skin) E40, E41, E42, E50 (hair), B0000, B000, B00, B02, RV000, RV10, YG0000, YG01, YG03 (clothes etc)

The papers are once again from the freebie pack of gorgeousness that is Craftwork Cards Vintage Rose – I used 3 different ones.  I did the little tag thing on the ‘puter and cut it out in a random sort of fashion!!

The good old PATP Eyelet Lace Punch was put to work again – and why not!! And I added 3 button and 2 lots of 3 self adhesive pearls which are of course from Wild Orchid Crafts

The white seam binding is from The Ribbon Girl and you can see it here chicksies.

BTW, the border underneath the pink striped paper is actually the negative bit from Lord Timmie’s Scalloped punch – it was too nice to chuck!!!

So that’s me done for today.

I’ll be back in the morning with my Simon Says Stamp challenge card and I’ll warn you , you WILL need your shades for this bad boy (actually it’s a girl but that doesn’t sound right lol!!)

Here’s a sneakie peekie …..

… struth, wait till you see the entire thing - it will make yer retinas bleed!!

So on that warning note, I’ll say tatty-bye and see you tomoz.

Have the fabbiest of days and hugs to all xxx