Birthday Blog Candy over at Mess2Magic

Did you know that Lisa over at Mess 2 Magic is celebrating her birthday (which was actually yesterday) with some fab candy which is being drawn on Sunday 25th so pop over there and check it out it looks like really scrummy candy to me! (I'm keeping my fingers crossed!)

Photo frame

When I got home from work yesterday 2 hours later than I should have Ria told me she would like a present for friends at school who were twins and their birthday was tomorrow (today!) I was already very tired but toddled off to slimming world then on my return home set to. We have already altered small frames for some of her other friends which have always been well received so that was the plan again. Now these girls call themselves the Hagen das girls as their name is Hegenbarth and Ria wanted to use this on the frame so we put their name on cut from purple coredinations shiny card using sizzix tag alpha then added a tag to the frame which was actually a self adhesive flower fairies tag but I used the self adhesive side to add the phrase 'sweeter than ice cream' (Rias idea) and then covered it with glamour dust then added a couple of y prima flowers and a brad to tie in with the background paper which is from the DCWV glitter stack which is on the inside. The idea is for the girls to add their own photos. Apparently they were really pleased with it I was just really pleased to get to bed last night! or should I say this morning!!! lol

I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!

Sorry for shouting but I am excited! I had a wonderful surprise parcel arrive on Tuesday and it had no note with it and when I opened it I could hardly believe my eyes a set of 72 copic ciao pens - totally awesome. Now I hadnt entered any comps that I could remember so that really narrowed it down. Adrian was home at the time as we were getting stuff down from the loft and he said well if you dont know who its from you cant use them! they might not be for you! Like I would be able to not use them! lol So I sent a text to my mum thinking she must have been my mystery giver but no it wasnt and whilst sending her another text I received a call from my wonderful sister saying 'they've arrived then!' apparently she was fed up reading my blog and seeing that I didnt have the right colours for challenges so she thought she's help me out! You gotta love this girl, I certainly do especially as she spent 2 days researching them to ensure she got the right ones and looking at what colours I had by backtracking my blog to make sure she got the right set in order not to have too many duplicates (my sister is not a crafter but she has always been very thorough in everything she does) So now I have loads of great copics to play with and after tomorrow I have the whole weekend off which I am so looking forward to as its been a heavy few days at work this week.

PollyCraft Monday Challenge # 39 & Sketch and Stash # 33

for this card I combined 2 challenges Pollycraft Monday challenge which was to use Pink & Brown plus either yellow or green - I chose green and the Sketch and Stash challenge and I have used my new MME Wild Asparagus papers, new freebie image from Pollycraft Designs - Fearn and new card candy. The image is coloured with copics and some sakura stardust, used my new nestie to cut and emboss the inner circle and the ribbon is from my stash also used a scrap of the paper to build a brad oh and nearly forgot the prima flowers! TFL

Dotties World - Play with these colours

Over at Dotties World this week Gunn asked us to play with these colors of my choice: Green, Pink and Turqoise. So while I was busy stroking my new stash I realised that some of my new papers from the Me & MY Big Ideas pad would work for the challenge and as soon as I saw these papers I knew exactly which image I wanted to use, Holly on the beach from the Holly & Madison World Tour, I coloured her using copic with a tiny touch of sakura pens, cs is coredinations, flowers are my new Prima e line and I also managed to use a card candy and some little gems. It was nice to make a card again after having a week of not being able to but I did enjoy doing my digi scrapbooking too but more importantly I had a great week off with my mum! TFL

New goodies

Well I'm now safely back home after spending a lovely week at my mum and dads and tomorrow its back to work but just thought I'd get a couple of posts in before that! This is the new crafting goodies I got while I was away and they include Me & My Big Ideas paper pad, MME Wild Asparagus paper pack, DCWV Glitter Stack (Sammi had sent me some of these in the past and I loved them but didnt know who they were by so when I saw them in the Range I just HAD to have! I love all the different designs), Tonic Studis punch, card candy, prima e line flowers, some Nestabilities and a Quickie Glue pen. Now I look forward to using it all!

Another digi lo

and not even for a challenge! Today we went to Hastings to the Blue Reef Aquarium and when we had finished there we took a stroll and then took a ride on the East Hill Lift. It is an amazing accomplishment considering it was first opened in 1902

PaperTake Weekly Sketch #38

I used the sketch from PaperTake Weekly this week to make another digi lo. The papers are from a digi collab kit by Vicki aka A Work In Progress & Sara aka Sweet Blossom Designs and also from Primary Grunge by Vicki. The shell elements I made myself! (took me all night yesterday! I'm sure it will get quicker with practice!lol The picture I took yesterday over on the Isle of Sheppy and although it was a sunny day it was very windy and VERY cold with the wind coming in off the sea but it was worth it I'm quite happy with the photos I took and hope to do some more lo's with them in the future. TFL Been craft shopping again today and got a few more new bits and tomorrow we are back over to Sheppy for some dog walking and a picnic so hopefully more photo opportunities.

Dotties World - Butterflies

This week at Dotties World the challenge was set by Nicole who said ... This week I would LOVE to see at least two butterfly embellishments....patterned paper with butterflies won't do!! :o).....the butterflies must be 3D :o) and of course you must include a Charmed download! Well I'm not at home at the moment so dont have access to all my crafty bits for card making so I decided to make a digi scrapbook page. The papers are Shabby Princess - Dinner Party and I used the cookie cutter in PSE5 to cut the flower, leaves and butterflies then I played around with layer styles to finish off the butterflies. My charmed download is actually the sentiment which is from Pixies set 1 available from Charmed Cards & Crafts. TFL,

Copic Colour Challenge # 58 & Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Anything Goes

This card is for 2 challenges the Copic Colour Challenge which asked us to use R17, Y13 & YG21 and guess what I didnt have any of them! lol so instead I used YG23, Y15 & RV34 so I kinda kept to the colour scale! The other challenge is the Pollycraft Monday Challenge which is Anything Goes which is to celebrate the fact that they are now going to be challenging us weekly instead of fortnightly! The image is a Pollycraft Design Friday Freebie and he is such a cutie and I added diamond glaze to the icing on the cake. The paper is Doodlebug but I dont know what its called it was a piece I had left over and it is flocked on the pink flowers, the fibre is some I have had for ages and keep forgetting about but since sorting my craft stuff I have put somewhere more accessible! lol And did you know that Pollycraft Monday Challenge is now going to be weekly instead of fortnightly - way to go!

A 3 in 1 card

Time to catch up with a few challenges so here goes: this card is for My Time To Craft - New Baby, Papertake Weekly - Open theme and Friday Sketchers #96 The papers are all from a digi kit by Raspberry Road Designs called Vintage Doll, I inked the edges of all the different pieces, the organza ribbon is from my stash the 'baby' stickers are by Pebbles Ink and I have had them for years and its the first time I've used any of them! and the gold metal pram topper is by Impex again had it for years, had 2 gold and 2 silver and this is the last one. Cant believe I've used 5 different pieces of patterned paper! lol I used to struggle (and still do sometimes) to use 2 let alone 5! lol

Adeles Birthday Candy

Ooops how bad am I have been meaning to do this for the past 4 weeks and suddenly realised as I was finishing my card for Dotties World tonight that I still hadnt got round to mentioning the fabulous birthday candy that Adele has to offer over on her blog here is what she says ... Here we go ladies, as promised here are the details of my Birthday Blog Candy.

Karen of Charmed Cards and Crafts has kindly offered to give away not one, but two Charmed Digital Download collections . Rather than give two collections to one winner I have decided to let two winners each chose one download bundle of their choice !

There are of course some rules to follow too but go check it out if you are a regular follower of Adele or Dotties World you will know what a fab prize this is. Well good luck everyone. x

Dotties World - Paper Roses

Adele set the challenge this week over at Dotties World and she said ... Paper Roses...............

or daffs, or tulips....you get the picture? BUT I don't want to see any pre-made flowers please - only die cuts, punched flowers or any flower/s you have made from scratch on your creations this week please. The only other limitation is that aCharmed Download MUST be used....but that is no limitation at all is it, there is so much to choose from! LOL Well I found my image Pretty Dottie from the front to back collection which I coloured with copics then I added my own handmade ribbon flower (I know its not paper but I did make it so hope it counts!lol) Background paper is papermania and the sentiment is one I have had for ages, regretted buying them after I got them home but like it on this card so maybe there is a place on my cards for them! Now I am also putting this card up for Adeles birthday candy so do pop over to her blog and see what it is all about. I've been meaning to link to this for the past 4 weeks!

Club Anya & Friends Saturday Sketch #12

There is a lovely sketch over at Club Anya & Friends this week and I very nearly didnt get a card made! In fact my crafting has been a bit awol recently but hopefully thats about to change again. I have been feeling somewhat stressed but promised myself I would not bore you all with the details, suffise it to say I think its getting better and I have a week with my mum & dad to look forward to in a weeks time too! Well on to my card I turned the sketch around and I have used a digi that I won from TGF blog in their weekly digi giveaway. Hope this image is ok to use for the challenge it is 'Sleepy Foxgirl' and she is just so sweet. I have coloured her with copics, the paper is a digi from Raspberry Road but cant remeber which kit the oval frame is cut from mount board with a sissix die and then coloured with a copic and all the other bits are from my stash + a few little punched butterflies the sentiment is by hand, not so sure that was a good idea but didnt have anything else that worked!lol TFL

Check it out!

Pollycraft Designs have some new realease coming out on the 5th April, the set is called 'Critters & Cogs' and they are having some preview days with chances to win, so pop here and find out all about it.

PTW - sketch 37

PaperTake Weekly this week had a sketch for their challenge so I used it as a base to a book I decided to make to store my small stamp sets in. I have recently been collecting the Papermania Botanical sets and this seemed like the best way to store them, I have a couple of A4 binders with stamps in too but thought I would keep these together, I added extra pages to allow for more sets! lolPaper for the covers are Papermania from the colossal pack that I got when I first started card making and scrapbooking, I'm gradually working my way thru it!lol cs is from my stash the bigger piece is embossed with a daisy pattern, the image which is coloured with copics and sakura stardust is a cuddlybuddly image that I received as part of a gift. I added the ribbon tie to hold everything in place making them more portable. TFL

Club Anya & Friends Monday Mania - Gwen Sketchipe

On Monday over at Club Anya & Friends the challenge was a sketch and stitching, inking, painting and embossing - choose 2. I went with embossing (my oval background) and then I dug out my sewing machine and now that I have sorted my craft room I can actually use my machine so this is the first time I have actually used proper sewing on a card instead of faux stitching. I stitched round each of the gingham paper pieces, I have used the gorgeous little Anya that my good friend Sammi sent me coloured with copics, the rikrak is also cut from the same cs as the mats and oval the flowers and gems are papermainia and the sentiment is a cuttlebug die. I enjoyed doing the stitching so I'm sure that will be happening on more of my cards not sure if this is just too much gingham!lol TFL

Spoon Full Of Sugar #96 Bookmark This

The challenge over at Spoon Full of Sugar this week is to make a bookmark. So this morning I thought I would make a bookmark to go with the card I made last night here to go with the card as a gift. Again all done digitally using the Summer Lovin' kit by Stacey's Scraps and the gorgeous Holly in the garden image from Charmed Cards and Crafts. I added some text to the green cs using another freebie brush from Cottage Arts and then I used a quote I found online which I felt went well with the image. After printing it I laminated it for durability. I really enjoyed making this so thanks for the challenge.

4 challenges in 1 card

Well this card has taken me a long time today but I have had fun putting it together. Dotties World challenge this week was Step Into Spring so I went for Holly in the garden from the Holly & Madison Collection available at Charmed Cards and Crafts and I have actually digitally paper pieced her with papers from a kit called Summer Lovin' because it uses the colours pink & green which along with flowers is the challenge over at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge. Although it wasnt difficult to digi paper piece I did find it time consuming getting all my layers round the right way! I based the layout of my card on the sketch from Sketch and Stash #31 and my new stash is the digi kit which I bought recently with my winnings from Scrap That Idea, this kit is by Stacey of Stacey's Scraps and I love all the different elements that go with it and the addon of plain card that actually looks like bazzil! the only other addition I used to Stacey's kit is the flourishes top left and bottom right which are actually brushes that were part of a freebie set from Cottage Arts. The 4th challenge I am going for is the one over at Cute Card Thursday which is Dimensions (or lots of layers) well I have gone for the lots of layers as this card has 13 layers not including the image which is made up of 7 layers on its own!

3 challenges in 1card

Tonights card is for the Bling challenge over at Anya Ink, I have used dressy Joyce digi from TGF, coloured with copics and I have used sakura stardust in her hair, for her shoes, eyeshadow and little heart on the dress I have then used ultra fine glitter of 2 colours for the frills on her dress, my circle has glitter on it and doodling using the sakura stardust pen, I have used a sparkly brad and gem from the papermania Heather capsule collection so I think I got some bling on there somewhere! lol the card is based on this weeks sketch at Friday Sketchers - #95 and the challenge at Stamp Something was to do some doodling - this is never a strong point for me but I have used some around the edge of the scalloped circle. The sentiments and corner stars are from a small freebie set of Forever Friends which was on the front of the Creativity magazine. TFL

Friday Sketchers # 94

Only just made it this week for the challenge over at Friday Sketchers. Not overly happy with this card, tried a new pansy stamp from Papermania Botanical range, really like the stamp and coloured it with copics but dont seem to have got my blending quite right, definately need more practice! (oh and more copic! lol) the papers and vellum are all odds and ends from my scrap drawers, the brads and tiny buttons are from the Papermania Heather capsule collection and the silver paper is embossed using a BS texture plate. TFL and hope to get some crafting done over the next 3 days as no work! Yipeeeeeee!

1 card 3 challenges

Right I'm starting the week with a combined card. PaperTake Weekly requested Lilac & Lemon, I followed the sketch from Sketch Saturday and the theme over at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge was Spring has Sprung. Image was sent to me by Sammi and I have coloured her using copics and a splash of stardust, paper is from a scrapbook kit I got in the £1 shop a couple of years ago, cs is coredinations and I've punched the border using the xcut border system and some tonic studios punches then added 3 of the tiny butterfly punch outs on the corner of the image. I have also stamped and embossed with silver pearl powder some butterflies which are from the new Papermania Botanicals build a range (Havent done the big one yet!). TFL

Club Anya & Friends Monday Mania - Mags Inspiration

Ok last card for me for tonight, another one I had great fun doing! At Club Anya & Friends along with a picture for inspiration the other stipulation for the Monday Mania challenge was altered TGF stamps, well I thought long and hard about this one and while I was playing in PSE5 today with another card I started playing with the digi images from TGF too and the end result is my card which combines the body of Dressy Edward and the head of Ebony. I have made this into a congratulation type card for someone starting a new job and felt it was quite modern with the suit and then the colours which I took inspiration from the picture. Image is coloured with copics anda touch of stardust too, paper is Dovecraft Hint of Pink by Kate Knight, sentiment is a peeloff that was blue but I used my copic to colour it black and the ribbon flower I made and the beads in the middle are from Monsoon! (my neighbour buys up old stock some of which is damaged and fixes it up and then sells it on - I get all the beads and sequins etc!) Right time for me to call it a night and get my head in work mode as its back to work tomorrow afternoon :( less crafting time for me next week. TFL. xx

Dotties World - Add-Ons

This week over at Dotties World Gunn layed down the challenge of Add Ons -You have to use 3 flowers, 2 brads, 1button and finally 1 charm. And ofcourse you have to remember to use a Charmed download. So go ahead and have fun. I had great fun with this one and at the very last minute realised I had got my brads and buttons the wrong way round so I hope thats ok! I have used the Pixies 2 collection for the background (which I altered slightly) the toadstools, the image and the flower pot. I put it all together in PSE5 and then once it was printed added the flowers, buttons, brad and charm, I also added some bling in the form of glitter glue and Sakura stardust pens. Thanks for a great challenge and TFL. x

Anya Ink - A Sketch

The challenge at Anya Ink this week was a sketch, really like this one definately one to use again. My papers are a digi kit called Summer Berries from Staceys Scraps at Scrap That Idea (it was a kit I bought with my winning voucher!) My image is the gorgeous Audrey digi stamp from TGF coloured with copics. The scalloped band is cut with a sizzix extended cut and the sentiment is a stamp from the freebie set with Papercraft Inspirations. When Ria realised I was going to be using PINK she didnt think it was the best colour for Audrey as she is such a tomboy but I think it worked out just fine! Will have to see what she thinks when she gets back from her friends! TFL

Sketch Saturday #94

Only just making it this week for the sketch over at Sketch Saturday, paper is papermania For Him flowers and brad from my stash and the image is a freebie from this months stamps with Papercraft Inspirations, coloured with copics, ribbon is also papermania. TFL

Club Anya & Friends Saturday Sketch #10

This is my card for the sketch challenge over at Club Anya & Friends, the large b&w flower in the top left corner is actually cut from another piece of the paper and then added to the main piece (it doesnt really show in the pic), the paper is A Hint Of Pink by Kate Knight at Dovecraft. Image is a Dressy Miss Anya coloured with copics the flowery swirl is a sizzix extended cut and the little gems are from the £1 shop. TFL

Club Anya & Friends WCW - I see a hole

OMG! I cant believe I've just made a christmas card and its only March, mind you looking out the window right now you would be forgiven for thinking it was still the middle of winter! Cold, wet and windy! Anyway back to my card. I have made this for the WCW challenge over at Club Anya & Friends and the challenge was to have an aperture in your card, well while I was glancing thru my dies I saw my sizzix snowman and an idea formulated from there. The aperture has been filled with some acetate which is sandwiching some glamour dust for sparkle, the image is Miss Anya- Snow coloured with copics and some sakura stardust and glaze, papers are a christmas digi from Raspberry Road, the mittens and sentiment are sizzlits dies and the holly is an Ellison cut & emboss die. I'm actually quite pleased with how this turned out in the end. TFL

4 challenges in 1

Ok this card meets with 4 challenges which are the sketch at Friday Sketchers, the theme of Green & Cream at Stamp Something, Lace at My Time To Craft and Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge of Anything Goes. I have used a Dressy Miss Anya coloured with copics and a touch of sakura stardust, the flowers, brads and lace are all from my stash and the gorgeous papers are from the latest freebie digi kit at Staceys Scraps which is called 'I'm Not Irish But Kiss Me Anyway. Have also used x-cut corner punch and a nestability. TFL

I'm a winner!

Yipee, how thrilled and excited am I. I clicked on the Scrap That Idea blog this morning to find that I had been chosen as a winner of Stacey's challenge with my digi lo of Keith Urban and I have won a $5 voucher for Scrap That Idea store. Sooooooooo excited and looking forward to spending my $5 these ladies produce some amazing kits. Right better go get on with some hw now but will be back later. xx

And finally

This card is the one that Ria made for me in secret at her Grans for Mothers Day and to go with it she gave me a voucher for our local craft shop! LOVE HER TO BITS XXXXX

PaperTake Weekly - Sketch #36

Great sketch over at Papertake Weekly again this week. I have used MME bloom & grow papers, Wild Sprout Charlotte from TGF coloured with copics. The edge has been done using tonic studio edge punch and accent punch then I used one of the tiny punched out butterflies to make a build it brad (am really liking these can you tell?!LOL) also coloured the punched out areas with clear sakura stardust for an added bit of bling but it doesnt really show in the picture. Definately a sketch I will use again. TFL

Spoon Full of Sugar challenge #94 Recycled

For the recycling challenge over at Spoon Full Of Sugar I have used an old cd which no longer plays properly and I have coloured it using Meadow Green alcohol ink and blending solution I have then mounted a stamped imge of Dandelion fishing coloured with copics and a touch of sakura stardust. Paper is from my scraps and flowers and ribbon are all from my stash. The little green flowers were white and have been coloured with my copics. TFL

ETA: Ooops forgot about the 8pm deadline! never mind lol

Sketch & Stash Challenge #30 & MTTC - Kidz Kardz

Combined 2 challenges tonight as running out of time! but its great to be crafting again and should hopefully have the bulk of the craft room sorted by tomorrow night! Anyway I followed the sketch from Sketch & Stash and my new stash is the Build a brad kit that I used with the football stamp and the image is new to me and was sent to me by a friend, I believe it is a Cuddly Buddly but not sure which one, coloured with copics, the papers are all from my scrap drawers. And the challenge at My Time To Craft is Kidz Kardz. TFL

Scrap That Idea - Scrap Your Hunk

I have been following the designers from Scrap That Idea for quite a while now and have an extensive library of their freebie kits and these group of 4 ladies certainly do produce some awesome kits and I use their papers quite a bit in my card making. Well they also have a blog and the latest challenge was set by Stacey of Staceys Scraps (link in my side bar) and she wanted us to Scrap Your Hunk but I do not want any LO's of your hubbys, your boyfriends or children...NOOOOOO you need to scrap the 'secret' love (celebrity) of your life! lol well after not being able to craft much recently I decided it was time for a digi lo and here it is. I used a freebie collab kit called Let It Rock which is by Vicki - A Work In Progress and Sara - Sweet Blossom Designs. Really enjoyed this challenge and hope to be taking part in more of their challenges too. TFL

Dotties World - Pastel or Bright?

Well the challenge over at Dotties World was to make a card either using bright colours or pastel colours or even make a card in both colourways using the same image. Well I had hoped to make 2 but with the craft room upside down for most of the week this proved rather difficult and when I sat down to craft tonight we had a power cut so I have had to wait for power to come back on! But I have managed to make 1 card using the cornflower fairy cameo and decided on pastels. The background paper is a digi but not sure where from as it was in my scraps drawer, the flowers and gems are all from my stash and the leaves are a punch. The sentiment is a new stamp which came free with this months issue of Papercraft Inspirations. Considering this is a quick card (about 1/2 an hour) I am pleased with the way it turned out. TFL

Club Anya & Friends - Saturday Sketch #9

Whoo hoo, I have managed to craft tonight and get a card done for the sketch over at Club Anya & Friends. I have used the new freebie image of Audrey who is just soooo cute. The papers are all from my scraps drawers so am not sure what they are or who they are by, sorry about that. While sorting thru my stuff this week tho I did find my slide mounts and in amoung all the grey ones was this lovely yellow one so I just had to use it, also found the mini scrabble tiles which were sent to me a long time ago and the little tortoises were another find but I have no idea when or where I got them!!! lol I love uncovering all these forgotten bits feels like I've got loads of new stash and havent had to spend out to get it!lol Audrey is of course coloured with copics (under my new lamp!) Well my craft room is certainly moving forward there are still some bits to sort thru and once the shelves are in place I will be able to put everything away properly but for the moment I have to keep moving baskets around the room (and the house)! Well thats me done for tonight, hope to do some more tomorrow. Night night and TFL. xx

Craft room update

Well today we had planned to get the shelves sorted but as is usually the case, it did not go according to plan! and that is where I will leave that subject until hopefully we achieve them on Sunday!lol So anyway am still sorting and throwing and re boxing various bits and pieces and deciding where they are all going to go. While I was doing this I thought I could put my nesties into one of the new drawers (yesterdays post) but I didnt really want them just floating around and suddenly had a brainwave (they really dont happen very often!lol so I make the most of them which is why I'm telling you!lol) years ago when I first started scrapping and card making I took part in circle journals - really enjoyed them and have about 5 lovely books full of others artistic works, anyway back to my story, well I had to have book rings to hold them together which were a problem to find so when I did find them I bought loads, silver & coloured and 3 different sizes - I never was one to do things by half! so after rooting about abit this evening I found them and now each set of nesties is kept together on its own book ring and they are safely sat in a new drawer and I'm feeling pleased with myself - how sad am I!!!!!!!!!lol Am really missing my crafting but there really is no room in here at the mo tho I might just have to sit downstairs and do a little digi scrapping instead to prevent any further withdrawl! well thats it for now, hopefully I will have more to show or tell tomorrow. Take care and thanks for stopping by. xx

Some New Storage

After spending half the day wandering round Yeovil, we ended up back at the first shop where we had looked at storage! lol So I got the drawer sets (3 in total) which will end up sat on the stairwell filled with all sorts, havent decided what yet and also got 6 of the red baskets (3 filled already!) which will go on the shelves the Adrian is going to put in the old wardrobe. I'm really trying to have a good sort out while I'm at it and have sorted out some old stamps mainly foam type that I bought right at the begining and I am going to take them in to be used at work but right now my craft room really does look like a bomb hit it so much so that I dont even have the room to craft tonight. Oh also bought a new table lamp with a halogen bulb so it will give good light for colouring with! Well I'm not doing anymore tonight going to have a bath and early night for a change and then hit into it big time tomorrow and then hopefully I will have time to craft tomorrow night too. Night all, take care and thanks for popping by. xx

Copic Colour Challenge & Sketch Saturday #93

Another combo card tonight this time its for the Copic Colour Challenge and I didnt actually have any of the colours they were looking for so I used my closest which were BG01 & 05, B95 and Y17. I followed the sketch from Sketch Saturday and the image is a stamp I won a while back by Dare 2 Stamp, the paper is Raspberry Road Cowgirl Cool Addon, I added some glamour dust to the cut out in the corner but it doesnt really show in the pic and the sentiment is some metallic confettii that I found whilst sorting out my craft room (which is a slow progress!) but I love finding things I had forgotten I had!lol TFL Sorry bout the wonky picture.

Friday Sketchers # 92 & SCSC #73 Shades fo Grey

Another combined challenges card this time I have used the sketch from Friday Sketchers and the theme of shades of grey from Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge. My image is Madison in China from the Madison & Holly World Tour collection available at Charmed Cards & Crafts which I have coloured with copics and sakura stardust & glaze, the papers are from the Joanna Sheen Oriental Dreams cd, the silver rikrak and fan are from my stash. I did actually finish this last night but was too tired to upload so am doing it now before I set to in the craft room again today. HOpefully be back tonight with some more cards. TFL

Having a busy time

Well I'm on leave for 2 whole weeks and have started my leave with a stinking cold! Typical lol so I went to chemist and got some Actifed so hopefully that will do the trick it does seem to be helping a bit. Anyway I decided that I would use this leave to overhaul my craft room coz boy oh boy does it need it! Kept at it today but it looks worse than ever lol. Although I have managed to clear this cupboard and we are going to put a load of shelves in it to hold baskets which in turn will house various crafting bits and pieces. That may not look like a lot of stuff in that cupboard but believe me it was crammed and I have managed to get rid of so much stuff, just aswell the recycling is being collected tomorrow! Hopefully going shopping on Wednesday to pick up some storage baskets and other bits so when its all finished I will put some pics up but you really dont want to see what it is like at the moment but I did leave myself just enough space so that I can still do some crafting during the evenings! LOL

CCT - #102 Lucky Green

In honour of St Patricks Day Cute Card Thursday would like to see a card where the predominate colour is green. While I was thinking about this card I remembered that I had bought some Rock Hard Fairies quite a while back and I knew some of them were green and sure enough I found Jinx. The papers are also from the Rock Hard Fairies but I added some silver holographic card and the brad at the bottom of the card is made using the Papermania Build A Brad kit, which I have wanted for ages and finally bought about 2 weeks ago and this is the first time I've used it!lol Thought this would come in handy for one of Rias friends as they are all turning into teenagers this year! TFL

Spoon Full of Sugar challenge #93 - Beads & Pollycraft Monday Challenge #35 Distressing

Combined 2 great challenges for this card. The Spoon Full Of Sugar challenge was to use beads and I have used mine in the centre of my ribbon flower (lovin' making these at the mo! lol) and Pollycraft Monday challenge is to use distressing, which I have done around their gorgeous spring time follow the leader image and also on the mat. Image coloured with copics and peeloff sentiment coloured to fit in with the card too. TFL

3 challenges in 1 project

My Time To Craft this week wanted soemthing 'For Mum', this is actually for my MIL and is a wallet which I am going to fill with stamped images for her and some cut with nesties, this is to go with the little book of sketches I made a couple of weeks ago. Papertake Weekly's challenge was Buttons, Bows Brads & Bling (1 or all 4) I managed to get all 4! Paper is is MME winter Wonderland but I thought the colours were ust right and this paper is glittered, the image is a Cuddly Buddly - Charley Points - coloured with copics and sakura stardust for more bling! Brad button and ribbon are all from my stash and off course it is done up with a bow. And Stamp Something wanted Something Girly well I think this hits the mark for that one too. TFL

Dotties World - Destress with some Distressing

Fabby challenge over at Dotties World this week Destress with Distressing - I am now feeling totally destressed as I have got my card finished - only just! mind you it probably has something to do with having just finished work for 2 whole weeks Yeah! Anyway my card was actually a super quick one as I didnt get home til 11.20 and here it is finished in the nick of time!LOL Papers are BG Sugared which I have sanded and torn, the pale pink background paper is from a digi kit but cant remeber which one and the image of the Darling Scruff from the Animal Magic collection available at Charmed Cards & Crafts has been printed onto canvas and the canvase has then been frayed. Thanks for a great challenge. TFL

Anya Ink - Not a card

Great challenge! Anya Ink want us to make anything but not a card so I have made a plaque for Ria's room using an old cd as the base which I then covered with a digi paper by Sweet Blossom Designs then I added WS Dressy Edward & Camile both coloured with copics. She is really pleased with it and we have decided to make some more so that she will have a set. Yes she is definately Twilight mad! TFL

Club Anya & Friends - Saturday Sketch #8

A great sketch over at Club Anya & Friends again this week. I have used Hope & Grace - Sing (thanks Sammi) coloured with copics and a little bit of Sakura stardust too. Papers are all from a digi kit called You Are My Sunshine by A Work In Progress aka Vicki, flowers and gem are all from my stash and I used blue cs for the swirl which is a sizzix die and the hello friend is a cuttlebug die. TFL

Stamp Something - recipe & Friday Sketchers #91

I combined 2 challenges for this card, the recipe challenge over at Stamp Something which was : Designer paper, button(s) and ribbon, my paper is Joanna Sheen as is the silhoutte image which are both from the dancing with shadows cd all the other bits are from my stash and I followed the sketch from Friday Sketchers.

Club Anya & Friends - Monday Mania - Seeing Spots

Wow there have been some awesome goings on over at the Greetings Farm and Club Anya and some fantastic new releases which I would love to get hold of, but will have to wait a bit longer! :( Anyway the Monday Mania challenge over at Club Anya is ...Recipe: There must be a minimum of 3 Circles used and at least 1 piece of polka dot patterned.
Challenge: Is to create a card using as many circles, dots, spots, or anything round in your card. Be creative use punches, create your own dots, buttons, lollipop flowers, anything round. So here is my card, definately 3 circles and some polka dots! The polka dot ribbon flower is made from a tutorial by ScrappyFairy and you can find it here. I'm quite pleased with how my first one turned out and shall definately be making more of these. The image is Dressy Ebony and I have added a little purple gem to her necklace and she is coloured using copics. Background paper is from a digi kit called Purple Passion and is by Stacey Towers (aka Stacey's Scraps) oh and the gren mat is embossed with swiss dots! TFL