Dotties World Challenge - Holey

over at Dotties World this week the challenge was to use a charmed download and have holes somewhere, well I know I'm leaving it til the last minute again but I promise you I have been working on this for a couple of days in between working. It is an 18th card for our neice who is having a little bit of a do tomorrow night, she actually turns 18 on Monday and her parents are paying for her and her boyfriend to have a holiday in spain later this month so how could I not use Holly in Spain for this card, coloured her with whispers (apart from the skin tones and I used my new copic ciao baby skin pink! also got flesh pink but that seems quite dark but I'm still playing!lol) The background paper is Artylicious Filigree Fusion cd and reminds me of spanish tiles my hole is the one cut for the 18 spinner using my nesties and then I added some little silver fans, also tried a wash with sakura stardust pens on the fan and I'm pleased with the result. Anyway TFL and now I'm off to bed as I've got an early shift tomorrow.

Friday Sketchers #55

Its been a while since I managed take part in a Friday Sketchers Challenge but I managed it this week! I have used papermania paper, daisy e-z rub ons from Royal & Langnickle (had 'em in my stash forever!) coredinations cs, nestabilities, little bee buttons from my stash, the sentiment is a papermania one and the image is Pretty Dottie from the Front to Back collection over at Charmed Cards & Crafts coloured with wc pencils (but no water added)TFL I'm now off to bed as I seem to have lost an hour somewhere so if anyone finds it please make good use of it!lol

2 challenges in 1 card

Seems like ages since I've sat down and made a card. This one started last night but I got to a certain point and couldnt get no further with it it just wasnt uite coming together right then I got up this morning looded at it and hey presto some new ideas came to me and I managed to get it finished and looking how I was expecting it to too! the challenge over at CCT was Nip & Punch - Get your punches and die-cuts out and at SCSC its BLING - we would like to see gems and sparklies on your creations. Ok so I didnt use gems but my papers (doddlebug Inc) are sparkly/glittery and my cs is papermania Gemstones (shiny bit like Bazzil Bling I think) so I hope that counts for bling and as for die cuts and punches well I loved this challenge as it made me think about and sort thru some bits and pieces that I havent looked at for a while! I have used the teddy sizzix die (green) amd the tags and number 1 are sizzix DoodleTag numbers & more set and then I added a couple of little punched teddies and the mats are of course nestabilities. The rectangle one at the back was going to be bigger but didnt have enough cs left so experimented and am actually quite pleased with the result, ribbon and breads from my stash. TFL - wow that was a long post! And now a quick apology from my previous post, I used abbreviations and didnt really stop and think that some people might not know them so PSE5 is Photoshop Elements 5 which I use for my digi scrapping and Netbook is my mini laptop, the screen is only 10inches wide and I love it, will post a pick of 'Samson' later.

digi scrap page

Been playing with PSE5 on my netbook infront of the tv! and this is what I came up with! The kit is a freebie by Staceys Scraps called Circle of Life and the photos are of the rhinos from Woburn Safari Park. Hope you like it. TFL and now I'd better go to bed coz I'm on the early shift! oops!lol

Dotties World Prize

I'm sorry for being so late in posting this but life just kinda got in the way. This the fabulous prize I received from Dotties party, this was for taking part in the most challenges and I just adore what I received it is all so scrummy and I'm having to fight Ria off particularly from the K&Co adhesive chipboard! Might let her have a bit of it! if shes good!lol Anyway a huge thanks to all the wonderful ladies involved with Dotties World and thanks for a wonderful year I am now looking forward to another fantastic year with you all. xx

Dotties World Challenge - Coffee & Cream on Spots & Stripes

Fantastic challenge over at Dotties World and I have managed to do my usual and leave it to the last minute! Mind you work unexpectedly got in the way today! I have used Holly in the USA, the pre coloured version and then sepia toned it, torn and inked the edges, the papers are ShabbyPrincess Harvest Spice and my dots are in stripes (hope that counts!) added some flowers from my stash which have a bit of sakura stardust added to them and a tag and ribbon for good measure (just noticed my ribbon has stripes on too!lol). tfl

PTW - Scraps & ABC P is for Pearls

I have combined 2 challenges for this card but I think I'm just making it for PYW by default as the very talented DawnyP is taking over and the challenges are now moving to a Tuesday! and the other challenge is ABC P is for Pearls. Well I have used white, green and red pearls, scraps of paper from my BG Sugared pad, the background paper is a dark green with a gold sheen to it which doesnt really show in the picture and the image is Miss Anya that I won in some blog candy recently coloured using whispers and sakuras. TFL

Dotties World Challenge - Buttons & Beads

For this weeks challenge over at Dotties World I wanted to have a go at something different for me, I've seen this style of card about and really liked them so thought I'd give it a try. It looked like it shouldn't be too difficult but I seem to have made it difficult! lol Anyway here it is, the background paper is Raspberry Road Designs - Surreal and the fencing at the front is from George & The Dragon by A Work in Progress. The image is of course Holly in the Garden (another image I hadnt yet used) buttons are Amy Butler and the flowers and wire were in my stash and the little flower pots are an xcut punch I got in the sale a couple of weeks ago at half price. TFL.

CCT challenge # 61 Sporting Chance

When the challenge this week was Sporting Chance over at CCT I was spoilt for choice as to which image I was going to use and eventually I chose a wonderful Dottie image from Charmed Cards & Crafts which I havent actually managed to use yet, Swimming Dottie from the Fun Time Dottie collection. I coloured her using sakura glaze pens to try and give an impression of beign wet, the paper is papermania which I have had forever and after ripping and sticking I decided to edge wtih stickles 'frosted lace'. The fact that the mat and image are behind the 'waves' was by accident when I was moving them round trying to decide on placement the mat just slipped so I decided to go with it. Couldnt find a suitable sentiment so just added this in my own writing using a stardust pen and the flowers and brad are from my stash. TFL

No crafting today

Been to busy setting up and playing with my new netbook - a very cute and stylish black Samsung NC10 now named Samson or Sam for short! So busy I havent even gotten round to taking a photo yet but will do tomorrow. Ria and I have a homework day tomorrow, she's got school stuff and I've got work stuff! But no doubt I'll squeeze in a bit of craft too!

MTTC #62 Love & marriage

For this weeks challenge over at MTTC I have used a quote from the wonderful download 'Love & Marriage' by Sammi of Crafty Muse. It is such a lovely quote that I wanted to keep my card fairly simple. I cant remember whose the paper is I found in my draw of oddments then I printed the quote on some pale vellum and it is held in place with some gold outliners and I added the sentiment cherish at the bottom of the card. I guess the card be used for wedding or anniversary. TFL

Right thats me done for the night, I'm off for a cuppa and then to bed as I've got an early tomorrow so I might just get back here tomorrow night if I get anything made in the evening. Bye for now. x

A digi layout for a challenge

Over at Stacey's Scraps she is running a challenge from 25 May thru to 29 May and it is a template challenge. There is a prize of $20 to spend in her store too. Well as I havent done any scrapping for a while I thought this would be a good excuse. You have to use 90 percent of her kit/s on your layout, well mine is all hers using her freebie kit My Guy. The photos are of Ade but he hates his pic taken so have blurred his features to be able to upload this and the wonderful skate he caught back in March. TFL

Spoon Full of Sugar #52 A Happy Birthday

Over at SFOS this week they are celebrating their first birthday and the challenge is to make a card for a celebration. My card uses papermania papers, coredinations cs some of which has been embossed and some inked, the sentiment is a D&D stamp and the image is the 'delectable' Annie with kitty stamp from Charmed Cards & Crafts, coloured with whispers pens and the gems are from my stash. Congratulation SFOS on your first birthday and heres to many more. TFL Still struggling with uploading to blogger but it did do it on the 2nd attempt this time! lol

PTW Dawnys Sketch #15

For the sketch over at PTW I decided to use one of the beautiful Miss Anya images I won in the blog candy of Jennifer, I coloured her in using whispers pens and sakura stardust pens but the glitteryness (dont think thats a real word but never mind!lol) of it doesnt really show in the pic. Papers and s/a ribbon are papermania. I think I now have about 5 christmas cards made! TFL

Ria has a friend over tonight and they are watching 'Twilight' snuggled up on their duvets, lights out and a big bowl of toffee popcorn, lets hope it tires them out, not sure I need to be listening to 2 giggling 12 year olds well into the night! Having worked the weekend I'm now looking forward to having the day off tomorrow. Hope everyone else is having a relaxing long weekend. x

Blog prize Thank Yous

Yesterday I received my blog candy prizes - yes I said prizes as I didnt get chance to post successfully about the fact that I had one a 2nd blog candy too. I won a beautiful handbag charm made by Helen, the photo doesnt really do it justice it really is beautiful and it will actually have pride of place on my keys, thank you Helen I love it. The other prize as I had previously mentioned was the pocket of images from Jennifer and it was certainly crammed full of gorgeous images which I look forward to colouring and using on my cards, thank you Jennifer the pocket is stunning and the images are wonderful.

Sketch & Stash Challenge #10

Another great sketch over at sketch & stash this week. My new stash is the Dandelion fishing set from the D&D range couloured using whispers, Sakuras and wc pencils and the papers are freebies from ages ago in the Scrapbook Inspirations magazine. Definately a sketch to be used again and again, thank you ladies. TFL

Sketch Saturday #51

A lovely sketch this week over at Sketch Saturday and this came together surprisingly quick for me, just over the hour! (a miracle!lol) I have used Pm papers For Him, the image is Marshmallow doing DIY coloured with shispers and sakuras from the D&D range as is the sentiment and the brads, flowers and gems are from my stash. TFL

Friday Sketchers #52

Lovely sketch this week over at Friday Sketchers. I have used K&Co McKenna papers, Bubbles from the Daisy & Dandelion range coloured with wc pencils, sentiment is D&D too and the flowers, brad and gems are from my stash. TFL

Stamp Something - Clean & Simple Thank Yous

Over at Stamp Something the challenge is Clean & Simple Thanks Yous with the option to case another of their departing DT, this week is the turn of Lauren, who has also dontated some lovely SU candy, so pop on over and check out the challenge then check out the gorgeous cards on Laruens blog. My card uses BG Sugared papers, a chipboard ribbon slider that I covered in sugared paper, ribbon from my stash and the sentiment is a Daisy & Dandelion one. This is different for me but thats the point of challenges and I'm pleased with the outcome. TFL

Right I have been trying for about an hour to upload my pics but blogger or my pc just isnt having it so I'm going to publish this and hope to add the pics later and see if it works that way round.

Ok it is now 10 to midnight and after finishing late at work (just for a change!) I have finally managed to add the pics! The thank you one is mine. TFL

I've won! ABC challenge prize

Last week over ABC Challenge Blog some of the design team were offering their creations (N-Not a Card) so I had a go at making an ATC (did 2 actually) and also entered the draws for the prizes not for one minute expecting to win but I did! I have won a gorgeous pocket of images by the very talented Jennifer and now I'm really excited. Thanks Jennifer for the opportunity. x

Dotties World Loyalty Award

Here is what you have to do to be in with a chance of winning the Loyalty Award ... On to todays little treat...Over the past year hundreds of visitors have entered our challenges and we've enjoyed visiting every last one of them. We would love to be able to reward all of you but we would have to take out a second mortgage to do it! So we are are going to give a prize from the candy stash to the person who can prove they have entered the most challenges.Now then, when I say prove I mean we need to be able to easily count the Dottie's World challenges that a person has entered in order to declare them the winner.

Ok I didnt put lables on my entries so I have had to go through by blog posts and find them all out and lable them (now labelled with Dotties World Challenge) it has taken me a while and just so as I could be sure I went over to Dotties World to check out how many challenges there have been well it says 48 but actually I reckoned it to be 52 (a whole years worth) and after trawling thru my blog all evening I have actually taken part in 47 of the 52! (some of them twice but I didnt count them!lol)

But what also surprised me was the amount of times I have actually used a charmed download in my card making, more times than I havent I think! So all I can say is keep 'em coming, the downloads and the challenges. My card making wouldnt be what it is if it werent for you! x

Good luck to everyone x

Crafty Muse Challenge - May Day: Love , Romance & Flowers

Well this card came together by accident! I was tidying (yes tidying!) my desk space and had some left over paper that I had printed of Baileys Room by Raspberry Road Designs and I was about to cut some waste out of a piece of card and suddenly I thought Ooo this might look good on a card and so my card was born! and it fits with the Crafty Muse challenge this week too. The image is the 'delectable' Annie Sitting Pretty from Charmed Cards & Crafts coloured with Whispers pens, sentiment is Daisy & Dandelion flowers and brads from my stash. TFL

3 challenges in 1 card

I've surprised myself this time and managed to make 1 card that covers 3 challenges, this wasnt intentional, it started as a Kids Kard for MTTC and then I added teh No. 5 and realised this fitted with letters & numbers over at CCT and then finally my little Amy Butler buttons fitted with teh Buttons Galore challenge over at Spoon Full of Sugar. The papers are Raspberry Road Designs Baileys Room kit, flowers, peeloffs and cs from my stash and the image is the very cute Squeak from the Daisy and Dandelion range, who has been coloured using whispers pens. TFL Have you been over to Dotties World yet today and played Spot The Difference? Its great fun!

SCSC #32 Glitter

Well the challenge over at SCSC this week is Glitter and I thought this fitted nicely with a page I am doing in a CJ. I have used coredinations gemstone cs (glittery) and I have then used a sakura glitter pen around the edge of the cs cloak and also I have used digi glitter as an element on my page. The paper and elements are from a digi freebie collab kit by A Work In Progress (Vicki, I adore this lady's work) and Sweet Blossom Designs (Sara another very talented designer) You can find them both at the Scrap That Idea store. The CJ is actually a story about the adventures a little boy has so in my part he is a wizard, hope he enjoys the book when it gets home. I have just received my completed book back which is for Ria and is called The Birthday Surprise and it is amazing. Anyway I digress. TFL thats it for tonight but roll on tomorrow for Dotties World birthday party week!

Dotties World Challenge - Charming

This weeks challenge was to use a charm on your creation along with a Charmed digi stamp of course. I opted for Handy George as I had bought some little tool charms some time ago in the cheapy shop (6 for £1). Coloured George using Whispers and sakuras, mounted on to cs embossed with BS texture plate, the papers and arrow stickers are papermania For Him collection and the sentiment was a free stamp on the latest edition of Creativity magazine. Unfortunately cant link to the original post as Dotties World is closed for refurbishments but reopens tomorrow for a week long party to celebrate being 1. See you all there, I'm looking forward to all the fun and so is Ria! TFL

ABC challenge N = Not a card

Ok so over ABC Challenge blog the challenge is Not a card for N so I thought I'd give ATCs a try. I bought some blanks recently but hadnt plucked up the courage til now, so after work I got busy thinking and playing and this is what I came up with, not 1 but 2 little football themed ATCs. They both use Onion from the Daisy and Dandelion range. The net for the GOAL! one was made by running it through the BS with the mosaic CB embossing folder then I ran the ink pad over the debossed side, I'm actually pleased with the result it worked like I pictured it in my mind (thats got to be a first!lol) the images are coloured using wc pencils or whispers pens and the little boots have been heat embossed then I've used sakura glaze pens to fill them. they were fun to do! TFL

PTW Animal Antics

Over at PTW the challenge this week is Animal Antics, to feature animals somewhere on your card. My card uses my Sugar Nellie 'Summer Ice Cream' stamp coloured with whispers and sakura pens, Doodlebug paper, Amy Butler ribbon and flowers, tag, baby pin and brads from my stash, also stamped a little flower on the large brad. TFL

It's Party Time At Dottie's World

Yay DOTTIE'S WORLDis celebrating being

1 YEAR OLD THIS MONTH!

Wow how time has flown and hasn't Dottie got a lot to answer for! lol If it wasn't for Dottie I wouldn't be blogging and I wouldn't have met so many wonderful people who I now class as good friends. I have loved making my cards with so many fantastic characters who feel so special to me. Anyway I digress, to celebrate there is a party and

YOU ARE ALL INVITED

to come along and join in the fun, and it certainly sounds like there is going to be some fun, if you dont believe me check THIS out. It all starts

SUNDAY 17 MAY and goes on all week - now thats what I call a birthday party! Hope to see you there!

I'm having problems ...

... leaving comments for all you lovely people out there. I go and visit you all, see all your amazing work, try and think of something to put, go to write it and it becomes unresponsive, I've lost count of the number of times tonight that I have had to start again. So please know that I am visiting and loving all your creative works of art and hopefully this problem will resolve itself very soon. Thanks and huge hugs to you all. xx

Another 2 challenges in 1 card again!

This time I am using this card for the ABC M is for Metallic and for the Happy Mail challenge over at CCT The CCT challenge has an additonal twists and asks you to consider posting you card to a child via Post Pals which I will certainly be doing. Well here is my card I have used 'delectable' charmed stamp Annie sitting pretty coloured with wc pencils and whispers pens, I stamped and embossed her first but mistakenly used silver pearl powder instead of clear! I think it still looks alright. My background is made using a digi collab kit called George & the Dragon by A work in Progress and LouCeeCreations, (its a fab kit) I have used paper and elements from this kit by both designers. I added the swing by using some cs a couple of metallic brads and some metallic wire. I am pleased with the result and hope that who ever I decide to send it too will also like it. TFL

2 challenges in 1

After sitting and thnking hard about the sketch by DawnyP over at PTW I just couldnt get anything to go so I decided I would save the fabulous sketch for another time so went to check out Spoon Full Of Sugar and their challenge was 'touchy feely' and this idea just jumped out of my head and it meant I could combine the 2 challenges! So here is my card using the beautiful 'delectable' charmed stamp of 'Angel Annie' coloured with wc pencils and whispers pens with some added sparkle to her wings. (I have now used all 6 stamps!), cs is coredinations and the light blue has been embossed with swiss dots andthen for more texture I have used some fluffy white feathers and believe me when I say they are fluffy I now have tiny bits of fluff floating round my craft room, not to mention glitter!!! LOL then I've added a dimensional snowflake sticker too. TFL I enjoyed this one and am pleased with the result seeing as I struggled at first.

Dotties world Challenge - inspiration pic

The photo that Lousie chose to inspire us with over at Dotties World was amazing and had inspired everyone in different ways but all equally amazing. Well I racked my brains for days and days and this is what I finally came up with! The colours in the pick and their pattern bought to mind the olympic rings so I downloaded an image of the rings and then set to work in PSE5, the background in Girls About Town and then I added Jogging George and Work Out Dottie, coloured in PSE5 using the same colours as the rings and then I added various bits of dropped shadow and text. I enjoyed doing this and it let Dottie & George know that I havent abadoned them since Annie came on the scene! lol TFL

SCSC #30 Flowers

Over at SCSC the challenge this week is flowers. For my card I have used 'delectable' Charmed Stamp Elegant Annie from Charmed Cards & Crafts (can you tell I like these stamps yet?! lol)Annie is coloured using Whispers pens and I paper pieced her dress and used the same paper for the main background. All papers are from K&Co Classic K Bailey pad I embossed the green with the swirls CB folder and shapes are cut using nestabilities labels 1. Annie is sat on a tree stump which is also a 'delectable' charmed stamp. The flowers, gems, adhesive stones and brad are all from my stash. TFL Right now I'm off to try and get my card done for the Dotties World challenge so may be back later! Bye 4 now x

Stamp Something - For a mom

The challenge over at teh Stamp Something blog is Something for a Mom but is also to CASE somethng by a DT member this week it is Cindy so I cased a lovely card she made and here is my CASEd version. Papers are DoodleBug, the spots are glittery and some of the flowers are flocked, the ribbon is Amy Butler, gems, flowers and cs are from my stash and the image is another 'delectable' stamp of Annie with teddy from Charmed Cards and Crafts coloured with wc pencils, skaura and whisper pens. Ok thats 4 Annie used just 2 to go and 1 of them is in progress! Great challenge. TFL

2 challenges in 1

My card tonight has combined 2 challenges, ABC - L is for List (1 ribbon, 6 brads, 3 flowers) and the Sketch Saturday sketch which I have based the card upon. Papers are digi kit called Fresh by Stolen Moments, the 3 flowers and green brads and organza ribbon are from my stash, the image is another 'delectable' charmed stamp this time it is Annie with Kittie coloured with wc pencils and whispers pens the scalloped circle is a nestie. TFL

Crafty Muse Challenge - Lots of Spots

Over at Crafty Muse this time the challenge is Lots of Spots. The papers I have used are part of a digi collab kit and these ones are by Mels Lightbulb Moments and the kit is called Down by the Lily Pond. I used another 'delectable' stamp from Charmed Cards & Crafts, this time it is Annie Sitting Pretty and I have used some of the paper from the kit to paper piece her dress and edged it in metallic sakura pen, her socks are paper pieced too and the other stripe is made with a white pen, tag is cut from same paper using my xyron pc the paper ribbon across the middle and the gems are from my stash. TFL

Sketch & Stash Challenge #9

Another lovely open sketch over at Sketch & Stash this week. And I used 2 of my newest acquisitions, the 'delectable' Irresitable Annie, who is available from Charmed Cards & Crafts (and did you know she has her own blog too!), coloured with wc pencils and whispers pens (heat embossed first) stamped on shape cut with new nesties, sentiment is Daisy & Dandelion range, papers are Raspberry Road Designs Digi kit Rose Manor, cs is coredinations and flowers and gems from my stash. Annie is lovely to work with, so glad I got the whole set! lol TFL

Dotties World and Friday Sketchers #50

Ok I have combined 2 challenges this time. I have used the sketch by Friday Sketchers and over at Dotties World this week the challenge was to make a card for a teenager so for this I have used Madison with Attitiude who I have paper pieced and also given her wings (brush in PSE5 downloaded but cant remember details at the mo) The papers are by Mels Lightbulb Moments and are a digi kit called Moody Grunge, the date slider is by Vicki - A Work in Progress, digital again. Used my new nestabilities to cut the age panel. Incase its not clear in the pick the date slider is set to Oct 4 which is when Ria becomes a teenager! TFL

Ooooops!

Ooops in deed! When I finished work today after getting all my paperwork completed on time I popped into town to run some errands and just thought I'd poke my head round the door of my lcs. Well it was raining so I thought I'd get some shelter for 5 mins. Well after 10 mins I'm walking back to the car (very quickly I might add due to the rain - dont do running!lol) get there put my bag in and guess what there are 4 new sets of Daisy & Dandelion stamps in my bag along with an Xcut border die and a magazine! And all I can say is ... OMG how did they get there! Well hopefully tomorrow morning I might actually get some time in which to make a card. And which of you out there follows ER? well all I can say is roll on next Thursday a double episode AND George Clooney I will be in heaven! lol Now its time to say goodnight as the matchsticks propping my eyes open keep snapping. Good night all and take care. xx

ABC challenge K - Keep it simple

ABC challenge has reached K already and I had said to myself I'd try and take part each week! Unfortunately not but I have done one for this week. The challenge was to keep it simple which I think I acheived. CS is coredinations which has been cuttlebugged then lightly sanded, the sentiment is also cuttlebug and I have added some little adhesive stones which irl match much better than they look in the photo but that was a stroke of luck as I picked the colour of the cs without really knowing exactly how I was going to finish the card off! Hope you like it. TFL

MTTC challenge #58 - Metallica

Interesting challenge this week over at MTTC - precious metals! Well I hope this counts! I have used digi papers by Shabby Princess called Sweet Sprinkles, the image is Onion from the Daisy and Dandelion range and the outer nestie cut is using pink metallic foil, flowers are from a magazine freebie and incase the foil didnt count I used a gold brad from my stash, ribbon is from my stash and the sentiment is an Imaginisce rubon peeps sake collection. TFL

PTW Dawnys sketch #13

Another of DawnyPs fabby sketches this week over at PTW, I love her sketches! My papers and the large bone are all from a digi kit called Best Friends by Digi designs By Nicole, the image is Dandelion from the Daisy & Dandelion range as is the sentiment. The image also has parts of it decoupaged. I did think it needed a little something else but just couldnt find the right something so it hasnt got it! I think it works alright though. TFL

Sketch & Stash Challenge #8

Another great sketch over at the Sketch & Stash challenge blog. I have used the sweet penpal stamp from Sugar Nellie coloured with wc pencils and sakura pens, the papers are a very old freebie that has been sat around for ages, they are CratePaper Birdie chickadee and stork, the brown cs is from my stash and is embossed with a BigShot texture plate. The green flower is new Pm/imaginisce and the other flower, brads, eyelets and tag are all from my stash. TFL Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend and the sun is shining for you. its shining here but quite cold too. x

Crafty Muse Challenge - Thank You

Only just made it with this one for the Crafty Muse challenge! have used my Sugar Nellie stamp Flowers coloured with whispers pens and Sakura pens and I added some frosted lace stickles to the flower she is holding but it doesnt really show in the pic. Cut with a nestie then inked the edges. Paper I think is HOTP (had it for ages) flowers, brads and tag all from my stash. Why does such a simple looking card take me so long to put together?! TFL I'm off to bed now as got an early shift tomorrow then 3 days off but I do have some work related paperwork to do! :(

Dotties World Challenge - Christmas

This week over at Dotties World Karen set the following challenge ... CHRISTMAS! Yes really! The weather is getting warmer but lets not forget that cosy feeling we only get at Christmas. It's never too early to start preparing for the big day so this time I want to see a Christmas project, what you do is up to you as long as you include a Charmed download. Well having just download the fabulous new collection - Mikey - from Charmed Cards & Crafts I just had to use one of them so I opted for Mikey Wrapped Up (I'd like him wrapped up under my tree !! lol) coloured with my new wc pencils which I got from WHSmiths (still getting used to them but its great to now have 36 colours instead of my old 12 from the £shop!), papers are HOTP and Pm, the gold card is frommy stash as is the sparkly blue thingy and brad, green cs is coredinations. Thanks for a great challenge Karen and thanks to for the opportunity to win a great 'christmassy' prize too. Go on pop over and check it all out you know you want to! It was lovely to actually do some crafting today and hopefully I'll get some more done after tea. TFL

Happy Happy Happy! ;)

Yep I'm sure feeling happy today! Had a major spend up now need to find time to use the bits! Firstly I went to my local craft shop and bought loads of paper flowers (papermania/imaginisce), some more glue tape and some doodlebug cs (glittered and flocked) and pp then when I got home I popped over to Charmed Cards and Crafts primarily to preorder the gorgeous Annie stamps and while I was there 2 sets of nestabilties just happend to fall into my basket too! What fun! But I didnt spend everything as there is a new digi-stamp collection on its way and if you havent yet caught a glimpse of whats to come just check him out, yes I did say him, this gorgeous new hunk is Mikey and is the boyfriend of Madison and should be available at the weekend - woohoo its my weekend off too! Right now that I've got all that off my chest I had best get back to some thrilling paperwork on the mental capacity act! lol So looking forward to Thursday as its my next day off and I want to craft, havent done any for nearly 2 weeks now and its killing me! Bye for now. xx

Dragon Pics for School!

Just got to add these pics quickly as Ria needs them for school but I hope to be back later. Got to go to town then I'm coming back to spend some money at Charmed Cards and Crafts! I'M GETTING EXCITED!! lol

:( No crafting for a week! :(

Sad to not be crafting for the next week but looking forward to spending the week with my mum and dad. Work has been so hectic that I hardly had time to stop and think this week hence not many cards completed! I had hoped to finish a Dotties World Challenge one but it just aint gonna happen but hopefully once I get back and we get thru april and May at work things will settle down again and I'll get the chance to be more prolific again. Anyway I hope you all have a Fantastic Easter and I will try and drop by while I'm at mums. x

Sketch & Stash Challenge #7 (and a late crafty muse!)

Here is my card for the latest challenge over at Sketch & Stash, it was also supposed to be for the chalenge over at Crafty Muse but I didnt get it uploaded in time (sorry Sammi) anyway it uses a fabulous freebie image by Sammi at Crafty Muse, I have coloured her in using a combination of sakura and whisper pens, sparkly paints and another new for mefrosted lace stickles. The paper I have had since I started scrapping and was from a good friend its K&Co spring scrap pack (Thanks Ethel!) blue holographic card and gems, brad and flower from my stash. TFL Hope you all have a fantastic Easter. x

PTW - 1-2-3

So this week the challenge over at PTW is a recipe So included on your card we'd like to see: 1 - circle 2 - ribbons 3 - stamps/images. My background paper is from a scrapbook kit I bought a couple of years ago in the £1 shop, the cs is purple marble effect and again I bought this at a craft show years ago in loads of colours and still have loads left (found it in the bottom of the drawer!lol) so my circle is my scalloped circle cut with Nesties, images are all from the Daisy & Dandelion range and are candyfloss rabbit, sentiment and the tiny embossed heart in the bottom left flower, my 2 ribbons are 2 purple ones making up the flower in the top right. Hope you like it. Now I must go and get ready for work as I'm on the late shift! TFL and bye for now. x

Dotties World Challenge - Shape Up

Well I really do hope I'm not too late but could not kick OH off computer tonight til now! Ugh how annoying! anyway may card for dotties World Challenge has taken me forever and I've lost count how much cs and bits that have ended up in the bin but I finally settled with this one which is made using a screen template and papers from Joanna Sheens Oriental Dreams cd and the gorgeous Madison in China coloured with whispers and sakura, the acetate panels have been coloured with alcohol inks and the centre one has been embossed but it doesnt really show, fl;owers and brads from my stash. Now its finished I'm really pleased with it. TFL

A Bad Blogger

Hello all, well I must apologise for being such a bad blogger this week but I seem to have lost my mojo and keep sitting here staring at my stash and looking at the computer and nothing is working so instead I have been having a bit of a sort out in my craft room and its almost done so hopefully once its sorted I may get some creativity back again, fingers crossed! Right off to sort. x