Wheeeeeeeeee!

Today's cards is another made fro Papercrafter magazine using Ella from Pink Gem. The papers are MFT, dies are  MFT stitched mountains and Frantic Stamper tall pine trees.  Coloured with Copics and a LOV sentiment along with some pearl pen dots.

Challenges

Simon Says anything goes 

Allsorts Christmas creatures 

ABC Christmas U for unlimited, V for vibrant

Last day of October, can you believe it. Time to really crack on with those Christmas cards.

Christmas delivery

This has to be one of my favourite Christmas cards I have made so far this year. I love these cute LOTV reindeer and I have used my fave papers, Bo Bunny Altitude. I used DI Vintage Phot on the edges and got out my much neglected chunky embossing enamel. I love the effect it gives when heated and you may well be seeing a bit more of it. The lace is from Crafty Ribbons, sentiment from LOTV. I used an old MS large snowflake punch and added some white Wink of Stella to the kraft card along with a heart button and string.  

Challenges

Allsorts Christmas creatures 

Simon Says anything goes 

ABC Christmas U for unlimited 

As you like it People or animals (I discovered with this challenge that I make far more animal cards than people and I do love these deer.)

All dressed up

Sometimes I feel an image really needs a clean and simple style to the card.  This All Dressed Up image is from the triple rubber stamp called All Dressed Up! She has been coloured with Copics and I simply added some paper, lace from Crafty Ribbons, Sentiment from LOTV teenage girls and some black enamel dots.

Challenges

Simon Says anything goes 

All Dressed Up anything ADU goes

It has certainly turned a lot cooler this weekend. At least we have been saving on the heating bill recently. Today we are going into Norwich for a while and may even do a bit more Christmas shopping.  Enjoy your Sunday.

What a star

I am hosting this fortnight's challenge at A Gem of a Challenge and I have chosen ribbon and pearls as the theme. I have used one of the new Pink Gem images, Barclay with star and coloured him with Copics. The papers are Bo Bunny Altitude, love the colours of these. I used a MFT pierced banner die and added some tiny wooden stars coloured with a violet Wink of Stella pen.

Challenges

As you like it People or animals (I thought it was people as I love colouring the hair and clothes but I have concluded that as I make far more animal cards than people my favourite must be animals. I particularly love colouring the fur on bears.) 

ABC Christmas V for vibrant 

The Ribbon Girl any image

Simon Says anything goes

Is this comfy?

I often look on Ebay for Penny Black stamps and bought this and another golf stamp which will be very useful especially for male cards. The papers are First Edition Blank Canvas. I used a Lawn Fawn stitched circle and MFT wonky stitched rectangle dies.

We have been to yet another concert, this time in Ipswich. We went with friends and went for a Chinese meal in the restaurant next door to the theatre where we saw a 60's show, stayed overnight in a Premier Inn and will coming home this morning after breakfast.

Challenges

Penny Black and more at Allsorts close to nature 

The Ribbon Girl any image

In the forest

I bought some of the new Card-io Christmas stamps a while ago and they have been sitting on my desk waiting to be used. I often make a few cards at a time and I am sharing two with you in my post today. I really love using these stamps and the cards sell well. I kept the circle delicate for this one adding some red liquid pearls and a a little shading with a grey Copic marker.

This one is much bolder with holly and mistletoe and the sunset sky.  I used a new MDT drifts and hills stencil which gives more variety of hills rather than my homemade piece of card with postits on the back.

Challenges

ABC Christmas U for unlimited, V for vibrant 

The Ribbon Girl any image

More gifts

I am always looking for new gift ideas for my stall and thought I would make some of these. I was lucky to find somebody selling 24 wooden blocks in various sizes on Ebay and I won the bid. I painted these ones with Zig Woodcraft pens. The red and purple covered in one coat but the blue and green took a few coats. I was pleased with how well the stamps worked on them.

Here are the Christmas ones. Let it snow was made with white card and a Lawn Fawn die, I used Spray and Sparkle on them all and they look really effective.

I would like to enter these into the U for unlimited, V for vibrant challenge at ABC Christmas.

I made these non Christmas ones and have several more which hubby has painted with Rustoleum chalk paints in cream, pink and lilac for me. They will be for sale on my next outing to the hospital shop on November 3rd.

Ella - pretty in pink

I am delighted to have three cards featuring Pink Gem's Ella in this month's Papercrafter magazine.   This cutie is Winter Ella coloured with Copics. The papers are MFT and the lace is from Crafty Ribbons. Another LOTV Christmas grunge sentiment on here.  I used Go Kreate frilly squares 7 as a change from my favourite 10 and the snowflakes is a Marianne die.

Challenges

The Cutie Pie think pink 

ABC Christmas U for unlimited, V for vibrant 

The Ribbon Girl any image

Christmas decorations

These mice are certainly making the watering can look pretty with the holly and bunting. Well you can't beat bunting can you. 

Image - LOTV

Medium - Copics

Papers - First Edition Merry Little Christmas

Punch - corner rounder, Woodware holly

Flowers - Hobbycraft

Die - MFT inside and out rounded square

Other - clear Wink of Stella on the snow

Sentiment - Hobbycraft

Challenges

Winter Wonderland Christmas flowers 

ABC Christmas U for unlimited 

The Ribbon Girl any image

Meet May

Tomorrow sees the release of twelve new stamps from LOTV. They are Thoroughly Modern Misses and there is one for each month. My favourite is May and here she is. These images really suit clean and simple designs so I coloured her with Copics and used a MFT zigzag die and a Joy bunting die with a paper scrap. The sentiment is also from a new release.

I would like to enter her into the anything goes challenge at The Ribbon Girl.

Well after being away the last two Sundays at concerts it is a day at home today. Depending on the weather we hope to get the front garden tidied and the last of the bulbs planted. I also need to do some housework and of course fit in some crafting later. Looking forward to tonight's episode of The Last Post on BBC1.

Candy winner

Thanks for all your Birthday wishes and entries into my candy. The lucky winner is

Linda Simpson

Congratulations, please email me your address and I will post your goodies to you.

Why does it always rain on me?

Are you all singing along now to the post title? I made this for Debby's (A Scrapjourney) Birthday which was on Wednesday so I can now share it with you. I love these MFT Bitty Bears so much and I just had to use the Inkylicious dew drops I bought at Thetford. The paper is Lilybee and the dies are MFT.  The bears have of course been coloured with Copics.

Challenges

The Paper Shelter make it square

Santa's on the cover!

Yes I am a cover girl, well Santa is anyway. I was delighted to see the latest Crafts Beautiful magazine featuring my card on the front cover,

Such a jolly Santa from LOTV coloured with Copics. The fab ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons, papers and Winter tree and inside out rounded square dies from MFT.  The sentiment is one of my fave LOTV grunge Christmas and I added lots of fun flock.

Challenges

ABC Christmas V for vibrant 

The Ribbon Girl any image 

As you like it People or animals (What a tough choice but whilst I love colouring animals I love the scope that colouring people gives)

Birthday Blog Candy

8 October is my Birthday and as always I am giving away some candy to one of my followers. I really appreciate all your visits especially those who regularly take time to comment. I have chosen a selection of items and all you have to do is - 

Be a follower with Google friends connect and preferably Bloglovin' too

Add a picture on your sidebar with a link to my home page

Leave me a comment

This post will remain at the top until 20 October when the candy will close.

Colour drops

I bought the MFT colour drop stamps and dies a while ago and had fun trying different techniques with them. For this one I just used the dies with various co-ordinating paper scraps.  I added a diecut sentiment and job done.  We have some free days now so hope the weather is good and we can get on with the garden as we still have bulbs to plant and lots of plants to cut back.

Challenges

Allsorts think pink

My candy ends tomorrow.

Peace and Love

I have a few cards which haven't made it to my blog before so I am using a few of those as I haven't made much new to put on here. This is one I made for Making Cards about this time last year when the nativity trio were released by LOTV. I distressed the images using antique linen DI, I love the patterned burlap available from The Range, the ribbons are from Crafty Ribbons and the hearts from Hobbycraft.

Another day in the city today, this time for a dentist appointment, just a check up I hope, and meeting my Mum who wants to buy a new jacket. Oh dear another lunch out still saves cooking 😃.

Challenges

The Ribbon Girl any image

ABC Christmas U for unlimited

Have you entered my candy?

Vintage teacups

I made this card for an order. I was told the recipient loved flowers and afternoon tea so this is what I cam up with using a precoloured digi from The Paper Shelter. The lace I found in my stash, the butterfly is Prima, flowers from Wild Orchid. I diecut the numbers using Tim Holtz die and the sentiment is a Die-versions corner die.  I also used some cheesecloth and distressed all the edges for a shabby chic look.

We are going into the city today as I have a haircut booked and hubby has an osteopath appointment as he has had some back pains for a few weeks. Lunch and some retail therapy will be included too.

Challenges

The Ribbon Girl any image

Have you entered my candy?

Tons of fun

We have been away for the night for the second Sunday in a row. This time we were at Potters holiday park which is a lot of fun. Lovely food, great entertainment and so many activities to do, fun quizzes etc. We went because of the 60's show Sunday evening which featured tribute bands including The Upbeat Beatles who you may remember we saw a few weeks ago. We went with friends which made it even more enjoyable. We will be off for a walk on the beach this morning and probably a few more activities as although you have to check out by 10am you can stay all day to enjoy yourselves.

So onto my card which is a simple sketch using  the MFT adorable elephant stamp sets. I used some old papers, MFT jumbo stitched banner and chevron dies along with a few enamel dots.

Challenges

The Cutie Pie think pink 

Penny Black and more at Allsorts close to nature

Allsorts Think pink

The Ribbon Girl any image

Sold

We had a great day at the hospital on Friday, selling lots of cards and gifts.   People are really starting to think about Christmas and the Christmas decorations sold well. I have three weeks until the next one, Christmas cards sold well and I still need more for us to send so expect to see a lot of Christmas cards on my blog. However today I have a new home card for you.

This is another of the cards I made for Making Cards magazine using the LOTV moving house trio digis. Coloured with Copics, papers are Echo Park and I used Lawn Fawn stitched circle, MFT rolling hills and All Occasions small birds dies. The sentiment is LOTV.

I would like to enter this into the Fall/Autumn challenge at Noor! Design UK.

The weather here is lovely for October, perfect Autumn days. Hope it is good where you are too.

Have you entered my candy?

Ready for a kiss x

We have a lot of choice for you this fortnight at A Gem of a Challenge where our challenge is spots and/or stripes and/or Halloween. I couldn't resist using one of the new Pink Gem images as they are all so cute and I still need to make lots more Christmas cards.

The papers are MFT and I used a MFT stitched scalloped edge and a MFT chevron die. I added some fun flock to his hat, some enamel dots, a Bo Bunny sentiment and a wooden snowflake which was in a pack I had for my Birthday.

Challenges

ABC Christmas V for vibrant 

The Cutie Pie think pink

Fairy Doors

I have been meaning to try some fairy doors for a while and finally got round to getting some. As usual with my gifts hubby painted them and I decorated them. I thought I would try 5 to begin with. I am at the hospital today selling cards and gifts so hopefully these will be popular. 

I wanted to make each one different and some of my wooden embellishments came in handy. One of them was large so I cut off the fence to use on another door and cut the watering can from the bird house.

Magical things still seem as popular as ever with young girls so I hope they will like these.

Challenges

Not Just Cards anything goes

Deer Deer

These new LOTV reindeer are so sweet aren't they and I still have several stamped ready to colour and make into cards. I coloured him with Copics and teamed him with MFT hearts and stripes papers which I like s much I may have to buy another pad as I don't have too much of it left. The colours are perfect for Christmas as well as everyday. I used MFT pierced banner dies and the MFT stitched scalloped circle frame. I added some Stickles and a wooden deer from Hobbycraft along with a LOTV sentiment, baker's twine and pearls.

Challenges

ABC Christmas U for unlimited 

The Ribbon Girl a card

Penny Black and more at Allsorts close to nature

Abracadabra!

Our Facebook challenge at Lili of the Valley this month is to use one of the first LOTV stamps ever bought. My first stamp was the original Oliver texting which hasn't been available for years and of course there is a new Oliver texting now. So this is the second boy stamp I bought when the stamp ranges changed and he is probably still my fave boy stamp. Abracadabra is not available at the moment as a rubber stamp but you can buy the digi. Her has been coloured with Copics and the papers are MME Lime Twist. I added some ribbon and Hobbycraft punched stars. The zigzag square die is from MFT.  

Challenges

The Ribbon Girl a card

Sun and Moon

A lovely new stamp from Stamposaurus to share today. I heat embossed it in gold and went for a really shbby chic look with torn papers, lace and burlap, crimped kraft stars and piece of crispy ribbon which I gathered up behind the image.  Something a bit different today. Have you entered my blog candy in the post above?

Packing

The second of three new home cards I made for Making Cards magazine using the LOTV moving home trio digis. Coloured with Copics and teamed with Echo Park papers. The sentiment is LOTV too. I love my little crimper and used on kraft card it is perfect to go with the packing boxes.

So for my Birthday we went to Lowestoft with friends where we had a walk along the prom, dinner and then went to the theatre for our third music show in a week! We saw Legend of a Band- a Moody Blues tribute band. Then we stayed in the Premier Inn overnight and will be going out for breakfast this morning before heading home. The meal was lovely, the show was brilliant and we had a great time and a good laugh with our friends. I hope you will enter my candy in the post above.

Do you wanna build a snowman?

I have another of the new LOTV precoloured simply prints to show you today. There are a few mice ones, this is my favourite because it features a snowman. The papers are Studio Light from last year as is the sentiment label and he Hobbycraft tree.  I used a MB lights die and you may just see the sparkle from the clear Wink of Stella pen I used.

Challenges

ABC Christmas U for unlimited 

The Ribbon Girl a card 

Simon Says Christmas

A day at home today with some crafting involved no doubt and tonight a catch up on recorded TV programmes. Look out for some candy tomorrow.

Removals

Well Friday has come around again and it is time for the new Making Cards to be published which means I can share my New Home cards I made for the last edition. I used LOTV digi trio stamps with Copics. The papers are Echo Park I love family. I used Lawn Fawn stitched circle, Spellbinders scalloped circle and Tim Holtz weathered clock dies. I love using wooden embellishments and thought the arrows were perfect with the image. I also used glossy accents on the windscreen.

Challenges

The Ribbon Girl a card 

Dies R Us life's events
Noor! Design UK Fall/Autumn

Hubby has his annual eye checkup on his eye pressures today at the Spire hospital so a friend is dropping us off there and we will then be getting the bus into Norwich for lunch and shopping.  Look out for something special on Sunday.

Penguin Magic

LOTV has launched some new precoloured simply print images which you may recognise from the old art pads. We were asked to design some cards with them and this is the first one I have made. I teamed Snow Cute with Bo Bunny Winter Wishes papers, a LOTV Grunge Christmas sentiment, Lawn Fawn forest border die, Hobbycraft flowers and lace from Crafty Ribbons.

Challenges

ABC Christmas U for unlimited 

The Paper Shelter border dies 

The Ribbon Girl a card 

Simon Says Christmas

I am very busy in the craftroom as I have several magazine commissions I am working through, 2 completed, 1 made but instructions to write and two cards made, two to go for another plus instructions. Good job I love it.

Penguin Post

The second of three cards made for the latest Papercrafter magazine using one of the cute Pink Gem digi kits. For this one I simply printed out the main image, teamed it with First Edition Merry Little Christmas papers, stars from Hobbycraft and a Joanna Sheen pillar box die.

Star

It's the last of the three cards I made using Maja Denim and Friends papers which I was lucky enough to win from The Ribbon Girl where I would like to enter their card challenge. For this one I again used a free sentiment from Making cards and added some wooden stars and Tim Holtz game spinners. 

I said October was going to be busy and we are out with friends tonight for a meal at ASK Italian and then we are going to the theatre to see Beautiful, the Carole King musical.

It's Autumn

I have gone clean and simple today with a really cute little 5" card featuring one of the MFT Bitty Bears coloured with Copics. The paper is MFT trail mix. I cut the aperture and doodled with a brown fineliner.  The sentiment is also from the Bitty Bears set. 

Challenges

Simon Says anything goes 

Creative Inspirations anything goes

September was a busy month and October looks set to be just as busy with appointments, theatre visits and outings. Never a dull moment.

Spiders!

Our new challenge at Paper Creator is a spooky one this month. I don't send Halloween cards and I find they don't often sell either so this is probably the only one I shall make. I have used the precoloured Sassy Sally the good witch image. I managed to find some orange paper and the web and spider diecuts which I bought a few years ago from somebody on Facebook. The black pearl hearts were a gift a few years ago from my blogging friend Debby.