6 Sleepies

Oh my goodness - only 6 sleepies to go, am so excited!! Need to finish off some samples tonight, get them parcelled up and posted tomorrow, then I have the rest of the week to organise my luggage situation. Do you think I can get away with taking a huge case with just knickers and a toothbrush? lol


Had a fabulous day at The Papeterie - I had a captive audience the whole day and it was so nice to meet so many new faces. Here's a couple of pics I lifted from Kath's blog. Kath came with chocolate and moral support, so thankyou Kath - very much appreciated. I spent the whole day colouring - gosh it's hard work (not) and thought "fab, will have all these coloured images ready to make cards with" but no, lots of my audience wanted to take them home for inspiration, so I had very few to take home.

I want to say Hi to all the ladies and the couple of gentlemen who came to see me and I hope I've inspired you all - if you leave me a comment I'd love to come and visit your blogs to see how you're getting on.
I'll be sharing a couple of the samples I made over the next few days as I can't share any of the things I'm working on at the moment yet :S
So here's the first one...

Image is Little Miss Attitude from Sugar Nellie

Papers are all Doodlebug, martha stewart edge punch, Tim Holtz ticket die, Penny Black greeting, flowers from stash.

I'd like to enter my Little Miss Attitude into the following challenges...
Allsorts Challenge - spots and stripes
ABC Challenge - F is for flowers 

Sugar Nellies

I've been trying to find the time to catch up with everything and get a few challenges done, but it's not going to plan at all! What with the lovely weather and the constant demands of 3 kids on school holidays, my time doesn't seem to be my own. I coloured a couple of the new Home Grown Manga's from Sugar Nellie recently, and even managed to follow the sketch for the Sugr Bowl with one of them - unfortunately I missed the deadline for the challenge, but hey-ho, I'll share it anyway...

Image is Tiny Tiddler from Sugar Nellie, coloured with my faithful promarkers, 

Kraft card from SU, papers from Wild Rose Studio Polka Dots, ribbon from stash and I used the large octagon & large scallop octagon nesties in the cuttlebug, and the garden trellis MS punch

Image: Goldilocks from Sugar Nellie, coloured with promarkers

cardstock is core'dinations, paper is doodlebug, MS border punch, labels nesties

Will be back soon, as I've been photographing other stuff that I haven't shared with you.

Passion for Promarkers #48 - In the Garden

That's been a really quick week again, where is the time flying to? Well it's Tuesday morning so that means it's another new challenge at Passion for Promarkers, this week the lovely Maria chose the theme "In the Garden" and you can use any colours of promarkers. Maria has also done a fabulous tutorial for the Weekend Workshop featuring a very clever way to use your blender pen, so if you pop over there for a nosey - remember to leave a comment there for a chance to win some fab digital images from Digistamp Boutique.

So this week, for a wee change, I decided to dig out my AquaPromarkers and have a go at colouring with them. I haven't really done any watercolouring since I did my Higher exam at school, which was more than 20 years ago (argh, how did that happen) so I'm a wee bit rusty. And of course you have to forget everything you know about using Promarkers, as the AquaPromarkers require a completely different technique. I also decided to go for bright cheery colours - I don't know about you, but "watercolour" always makes me think "wishy-washy", and I wanted to prove otherwise.

Of course, the good thing about AquaPromarkers is that you don't need so many colours, as you can dilute each of them to a shade that suits you.

Image: Bloom & Grow from Sugar Nellie, coloured with AquaPromarkers: for her skin I mixed some Sepia and Rose Carmine on my glass cutting board with the Aqua Blender, for her hair I used Naples Yellow and Gold Ochre, for her clothing I used Rose Carmine and Gold Ochre, The grass and leaves were Sap Green and Permanent Green and the watering can was Lamp Black.

Papers: the butterfly paper was a freebie from SC&P magazine, and the pink polka dot and pink stripe papers are Doodlebug, the yellow, pink and mint cardstock is all core'dinations.

The greeting is Daisy & Dandelion and ribbon is from Angel Crafts

Here's her wee close-up...

Remember to pop over and see all the other fabulous designs from the DT (links on my sidebar) and I'm looking forward to seeing all your entries again this week. The prize this week is a £10 voucher for the Fabulous Joanna Sheen

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
A Spoonful of Sugar - Birthday
Just Us Girls - Colour Collection and Birthday
Stamp Something - Layered
Fab n Funky - Use a neglected stamp (have had this stamp for months and never inked it up)
Creative Card Crew - Happy Birthday
Creative Belli - Die Cut Shapes
Pile It On - Is Spring Finally Here
Penny's challenges - Anything Goes

Digistamp Boutique GDT - Offer of the Month & Babies

I'm so sad that this my last month as GDT at Digistamp Boutique, I've had such a great time playing with some of Sally-Ann's gorgeous images. But the month isn't up just yet so I have a few more creations to share.

I'm not entirely sure about this card - when I made it I liked it, but the more I look at it, the more I think it's pretty garish. But I'll let you decide :)

Image: Marty & Flower from Digistamp Boutique, coloured with promarkers.

All the green and lilac papers are freebies from this month's SC&P magazine, the pink stripe paper is Doodlebug - all edged with appropriately coloured promarkers

The ribbon is from Angel Crafts, greeting is Hero Arts and the bling is from Hobbycraft

I'd like to enter Marty into the following challenges:

Stamp with Fun - animals

Stamp Something - Layers

Totally Papercrafts - Spring (colours)

Next up is a baby girl card, everyone I know seems to be having baby boys so I haven't had much opportunity to make a baby girl one for ages, but Bathtime Ellie was just too cute for me to resist.

Image: Bathtime Ellie from Digistamp Boutique, coloured with promarkers and sakura clear star pen

Papers are all Tilda from Panduro, cardstock is all core'dinations. I used a MS border punch on the rosebud panel.

Ribbon and safety pin are from my stash and the pearls are from Hobbycraft

Digistamp Boutique GDT - Offer of the Month

Hiya, it feels like I've been away for ages, hope you all had a fab Easter, and hope you weren't sick from all the chocolate you've been scoffing lol

Well, I haven't been completely idle while on holiday last week - I did manage to find some time in the evenings to colour in a few images ready to make cards on my return. These images are all from the April Offer of the Month over at Digistamp Boutique. Sadly this is my last month as GDT, but I've thoroughly enjoyed working with Sally-Ann and her fabulous images, and also with her super DT.

If you fancy having a wee splurge on these gorgeous images, then pop over to Digistamp Boutique today - there's 10% off, but it ends today, so be quick.

As if you needed any further incentive to treat yourself to some of Sally-Ann's images, she has also restarted the Offer of the Month competition - you'll find all the details on the DSB blog.

First up is Marty Mouse...

Image: Marty and Present from DSB, coloured with promarkers

the checked paper is Making Memories Just Chillin Boy and the argyle paper is Basic Grey Lemonade, cardstock is core'dinations, ribbon from stash, greeting is Hero Arts, and I used a MS border punch on one of the layers

Here's Marty's close-up...

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges...

Our Creative Corner - buttons (I also used last weeks sketch)

Bee Crafty - Birthday

Papertake Weekly - Open Theme

Charisma Cards - Animal Magic

Totally Papercrafts - Let's Go Digital

Next Up is the ever so pretty Matilda Mouse...

Image: Ballet Matilda from DSB, coloured with promarkers

Papers are all Making Memories Just Chillin Girl, card is core'dinations, greetings are both Daisy & Dandelion. I have used a MS around the page corner punch and an EK Success retro flower punch

Small pink flowers are Doodlebug and Pearls from Hobbycraft

Here's Matilda's close-up

I'd like to enter Ballet Matilda into the following challenges:

Paper Play Challenge - sketch

Pollycraft Challenge - Anything Goes

Kaboodle Doodles - Digi Girl

Stamptacular Sunday - Sugar & Spice and Everything Nice

Stamp With Us - Colour Challenge

Stamp Something - Pink Somethings

And lastly, its matilda, again, but a wee bit different

Image: Birthday Matilda from DSB, coloured with promarkers

Papers are all Basic Grey Kioshi, card is core'dinations, blue pearls are papermania, flowers from stash and card candy from Craftwork Cards. I used the doily lace MS border punch.

I'd like to enter Birthday Matilda in the following challenges

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Colour Create - Pastels

Digistamp Boutique - March Release and DT

Morning folks, hope you all had a good weekend.
It's the first of March already - 2010 seems to passing at the speed of light and today is the release of Sally-Ann's new Spring Coco and Friends collection over at Digistamp Boutique

Spring Coco and all his wee friends are just perfect for all your Easter and Spring cards - in fact I'm pretty sure you could use them for loads of occassions.

So here's what I've done with a couple of the images from the collection...

coloured with promarkers, paper is Doodlebug, card is core'dinations, ribbon from stash and the greeting was hand written

I'd like to enter the Hoppy Easter card into the following challenges:

By the Cute & Girly - spring has sprung

Saturday Spotlight - clean it up

coloured with promarkers, yellow and purple papers are Papermania, green paper is MME, card is core'dinations, ribbon from stash and the greeting is Hero Arts

Pop over to the Digistamp Boutique Blog to see some more inspirational creations from the DT.

TGF CHA RELAY - WS Charlotte

This is just a quick post, took another break from the accounting last night to make this card for TGF CHA Relay day 2. Unfortunately the Galleria has crashed again.

So this is WS Charlotte, who I thought would look great in pink and I decided to combine this with Jacqui @ Simply Create's CLAN Fundraiser who wants us to make Pink cards to raise funds for CLAN. Jacqui has a fantastic blog candy up for grabs. 

 

and the customary close-up...

 

 

Pink Post-its

This is Willow's first xmas at school and she's taking part in the Nativity play which they have called "Donkey For Sale" and I can't wait. Although I'm a bit gutted - she was chosen to be one of the angels, but decided that she didn't want to be an angel, and wanted to be a musician instead so that she could use a shaker! I was so looking forward to seeing her dressed up as an angel. Probably more so because I played the Angel Gabriel when I was in my nativity play many many moons ago.
In fact, do you want to see me?

There I am, second angel from the left lol and my claim to fame is - it was my doll that played baby Jesus :)


Anyway, moving swiftly on, I promised a pic of the pink version of yesterday's post-it holders. This one is for Willow's teacher, and she insisted on it being pink.

Image: Teacher Anya from the Greeting Farm (again, thankyou Natalie for stamping these up for me xx) coloured with ProMarkers: Orchid, Amethyst, Purple, Arctic Blue and Sky Blue, Pink Carnation and Fuchsia, Blush.

The card is core'dinations, the paper is Doodlebug, the greeting is Daisy & Dandelion, the snowflakes are Dovecraft and MS punches from scrap card. 

Here's another view and Anya's close-up...

Happy Birthday Alex

It's Graham's dad's birthday today so I thought I'd try out my new Edward stamp from TGF...

 Image: WS Edward from TGF, coloured with promarkers: Caramel, Cinnamon, Cocoa and Walnut for his hair, Blush for his skin, Caramel and Cocoa for his trousers and shirt, Arctic Blue and Sky Blue for his shoes and pullover

Papers are Doodlebug (stripes) and Creative Imaginations (scroll), matted onto core'dinations card - the image and mat were cut using Labels 1 nesties in the cuttlebug. Have also added Craftwork Cards card candy and Daisy & Dandelion greeting

Here's Edwards close-up...

Anyone for Anya? #2

I'm not very happy with this card - it was done in a rush as I relised the new challenge starts tomorrow for Anyone for Anya? and I'm not sure when the deadline is.

Image: Anya Snuggle which Gina kindly stamped up for me. Coloured with promarkers; Ivory & Blush for her skin, Primrose, Vanilla, Pastel Yellow, Lemon and sandstone for her hair, Blue Pearl and Pastel Green for the bunny and her clothes.

Pink polka dot paper is Doodlebug, card is whitewash core'dination embossed in the cuttlebug and sanded, ribbon is white satin Anita's ribbon coloured with Cool Aqua promarker, the flower was punched with EK success retro flower punch and coloured with pastel green promarker, a white mulberry papermania flower and pink papermania brad. Greeting is Daisy & Dandelion

Here's her close-up...

Birthdays in Ibiza

As some of you already know, I have a dear friend who lives in Ibiza - great for some eh? Anyway, Rachel and I "met" through the Extra Special Parents charity as her son has Diabetes and last year we met for real when we went on holiday to Ibiza. Rachel's birthday was at the end of June, her youngest daughter Emily turned 13 last week and her youngest, Aiden is 8 in a fortnight. So I thought I'd share a couple of the cards I made for them. I have also sent her a wee care parcel of chocolate in the bag that I made for the Cocoa and Cornflower challenge at PfP. I haven't made Aiden's card yet, but I'll share it when I have.

Image: Flower Girl from Sugar Nellie, coloured with promarkers; Ivory & Blush for skin, Blossom & Rose Pink for hair and tights, Lime with Cool Grey 3 shading for dress and tights, Carmine for flowers.

Papers are K&Co Sparkly Sweet, mats and layers cut using oval and scallop oval nesties in the cuttlebug, flowers are Doodebug, Kars paper lace ribbon coloured with Lime promarker, greeting is Daisy & Dandelion and I have used last week's sketch from Sketch Saturday which I rotated.

Image: Sitting from Sugar Nellie, coloured with promarkers (you might recognise this image from some of my tutorials); Ivory & Blush for skin, Sandstone, Cinnamon, Cocoa & Umber for hair, Lilac, Lavender & Amethyst for dress and tights, Meadow & Apple for tights and flower. Highlighted using the sakura white med gel pen.

Papers are K&Co Sparkly Sweet, ribbon is HOTP, greeting is Daisy & Dandelion, Papermania adhesive stones.

And here are the Gorjuss Girls' close-ups...

Sarah

One of my fellow teamies, Sarah, over at Passion for Promarkers had a birthday last week and I was so late in sending her birthday card - but I'm hoping she has it by now.

Image: Purrfect Playmates from Sugar Nellie, coloured with promarkers: Ivory & Blush for skin, Lilac, Lavender, Amethyst & Prussian for dress, Saffron, Vanilla, Sandstone for hair, cinnamon, cocoa, cool grey 1-4 for the cats. 

pink card from stash, paper is doodlebug boutique shaped with MS Doily lace punch, pink ribbon and trim is doodlebug boutique. Silver glitter card mat (DCWV) and image cut using oval and scallop oval nesties in the cuttlebug, flowers cut using EK Success retro flower punches, Craftwork Cards card candy centres.

And finally here's her close-up...