A Wee Jaunt

Well I had to drop Graham off at the heliport today, so seeing I was out the west side of the city anyway, I decided I'd be as well treat myself to a wee jaunt out to Alford, and my favourite wee craft shop - Simply Create. And wow, Jacqui has loads of new stuff - but they are all very naughty goodies and quite a few of them jumped into my basket and now my purse is a whole lot lighter. 

I bought some gorgeous papers: Bo Bunny Jazmyne and Double Dot, Jillibean Soup's Old World Cabbage Stew (which is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy prettier than it sounds lol) , Making Memories' {Note}worthy, an EK Success binding edge punch, Distress Ink, Hero Arts stamps and some pins. 

Unfortunately Jacqui wasn't in, but I'm glad her son was - cos I'm too short to reach the Hero Arts stamps I was after lol

I had to take Faith with me, as she's off playgroup with a bit of a bug and a very dodgy bottom! So she managed to find this wee deckchair on wheels that she thought would make a good trolley and pushed all round the shop. Then she decided the book rings made good bangles, so she put on about 40 of them so they were right up her arm lol

 So she had almost as much fun as I did - she just loved your wee button topiary and the toadstool pin cushion  Jacqui!!

As I wasn't too long in Simply Create, we went over to Torphins and dropped in on my mum and dad. Dad had been away at his cardiac class and phoned on his way home to ask if mum wanted anything from the baker - so I got to order some of their fab baps and rowies. When I got to mum's she was in the middle of baking cakes and bannocks for the bowling club - so I got some of them too - RESULT!

So that's us just home - just enough time for a cuppy tea and one or two of mum's cakes before I have to go pick up Willow and Scott from school. Am hoping they'll go to bed at a decent time so I can play with my new goodies

Passion for Promarkers #51 - Strawberries & Cream

We have a gorgeous summery theme for you this week at Passion for Promarkers - chosen by Sue - Strawberries and Cream. Now you can interpret that in a number of ways, whether its the colour strawberry and cream or more literally like I did.

The prize this week is a pack of 5 Promarkers from Letraset

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Image: Shy Willow from Whiff of Joy, coloured with promarkers: Sunkissed Pink and Blush for her skin, Warm Grey 3-5, Meadow Green & Apple Green, Pear Green, Grass and Berry Red

Papers are all Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety, ribbon is Smirk, and the greeting is also from Whiff of Joy

Here's her close-up...

I wasn't entirely happy with that card, so I decided to make another, but this time I focussed more on the colour scheme of strawberry and cream, using Vanilla Cream core'dinations card as my base...

Main image: Gorjuss Girl from Sugar Nellie, strawberry stamps are from Whiff of Joy, the top greeting is Hero Arts and the bottom one is Whiff of Joy.

coloured with promarkers: Cardinal Red for her dress and the strawberries, Marsh Green for the trim on her dress and the strawberry leaves, Warm Grey 3 for the shading on her tights, Ivory, Vanilla and Sunkissed Pink for her skin, Caramel, Cinnamon and Cocoa for her hair.

The cardstock is all Vanilla Cream core'dinations (I even stamped the images and coloured them directly onto this cardstock)

Pearls are Kaisercraft.

Here's her close-up....

More Scrumminess from Angel Crafts

Scrumminess isn't a word I use every day, but its the most appropriate word I can think of to describe these gorgeous Peachy Keen papers from Kaisercraft that jumped into my basket at Angel Crafts.

Image: Wild Sprouts Audrey digi from TGF coloured with promarkers

Papers are all Kaisercraft Peachy Keen from Angel Crafts, card is all core'dinations. I machine stitched the wavy lines and zigzags between the wee squares.

I'd like to enter Audrey into the following challenges

Anyone for Anya? - Lotsa Layers

Corrosive Challenge - Birthday

Totally Gorjuss - In Stitches

Here's Audrey's close-up...

**Edited to answer Tina's question, I used Cool Aqua and Duck Egg for her hat, bow and shoes, Caramel and Chestnut for her trousers, Soft Peach and Peach for her vest and Mustard for her top