Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!! Scary or what???

 

Hi Peeps...

My second post in one day......  I am on a roll!  And can you believe... this one is as far from pink as it's possible to get! LOL

I'm ultra excited as it's RELEASE day at C C Designs.... and there are some wonderful new images to be had - all with a bit of a Halloween twist!  Meet Rory..... isn't he just the cutest little monster?? 

Materials:

Image: CC Designs Rory

Sentiment CC Designs Boo Sentiments

Spider's Web - CC Designs Hallo-weenies

CC Designs Enamel Dots

Papers - Echo Park

Colouring - Copics

Hair YR27, E08/15

Greens - YG03/11/03/95

Oranges - YR02/04/24

If you pop over to the CC Designs Blog HERE - you'll see lots of wonderful projects using these fabbie new images..  and then you can decided which you NEED! lol!

Big Hugs...

Happy Birthday to In The Pink!

 

Hi Peeps!!

We're celebrating over at The Pink Palace today as it's In The Pink's THIRD birthday!!  Yes - we're three years old and going strong - sharing our love of PINK!

Soooo to celebrate - and as our theme is ANYTHING GOES - I went for LOTS of pink.....  now, is there such a thing as TOO MUCH pink????  I'm not sure if I crossed the line here!! hehe!  But what the heck...

Materials:

Image - Mama Elephant Carnival Cupcakes

Dies: MFT Dienamics Stitched Circle Frame die, Lil' Inkers Stitched Square

Colouring - Copics

Pinks - RV91, R81/83/85/89

Bunny - E40/41/42/33

Glitter and Sequins from stash

Lots of fussy cutting required on this one - but as you know I'm an addict!

We have a fabulous sponsor this time too - there's a £10 gift voucher from The Ribbon Girl to be won - and as the theme is ANYTHING GOES, you could pop over, enter and be in with a chance of winning!  

Hope to see you there..

Big hugs

A Little Devil!

Hi all.......

Well it's come round really fast - it's C C Designs PREVIEW time!  and I'm excited to be here to show you a card made with one of the fabulous new release (due out on Thursday 6th August)..

Meet Devina!!  Isn't she just soooooooo cute??  An actual devil in real life to photograph though....  I never thought of that before I reached for my reds!  And I wanted to do a mirror behind her - using the shaped die from the release..  so I used a bit of mirri card - then realised how much of a struggle it was to not get my reflection in the 'mirror'!  And then those spiders.......  OOOHHH.... enough said about those spiders.....  they scare me! 

Materials:

Image: CC Designs Devina

Dies: CC Designs Make a Card #8

Paper: Scrap from Stash

Mirri Card for Mirror and Web

Colouring - Copics

Skin - E000/00/21/11/04, R21

Hair: C3/5/7/9

Reds: R24/46/39, E57

Trimming, Red Glitter and Gems from Stash

 

And yes, I know we're still in August - but the months go so fast and I'm now prepared for Halloween!!  I've got more to share with you this week...  prepared for a thrilling ride!

Big hugs and Happy Crafting...

Hot summer!

 

Hello lovely blogging buddies....

OK... the title.... it's NOT such a hot summer here in the UK..  but we can dream, can't we?  And as the theme over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps right now is Hot Summer Nights (we're to use summery colours)..  I decided to go BRIGHT!

This little lady is one of the new Polka Dot Pals - her name is Mystie - and she reminds me of my younger days when I could hula-hoop for ages!

Materials:

Image - Little Miss Muffet Stamps PDP - Mystie

Paper - Echo Park Summer Days

Colouring - Copics and Prismacolour Pencils

Skin: E000/00/21/11/04, R21

Hair: E23/25/29

Yellows: Y35, YR31/24

Blues: BG72/75

Greens: YG03/63/67

Pinks: R81/83/85/89

Shading B0000/000

Grass - Prismacolour Pencils

Sky - Chalked

I've enjoyed my play with bright colours.... so much so I think you may see more in the near future... watch this space! LOL

Big hugs and Happy Crafting...

Sally Rides Her Snail.......

Hi lovely blogging buddies.....  I'm here again! 

Here's my card for our wonderful new challenge at Handmade Bliss - the theme is 

ANYTHING GOES

I used one of the wonderful Stamping Bella Tiny Townies stamps - meet Sally Rides Her Snail!... 

Materials:

Image - Stamping Bella Sally Rides Her Snail

Paper - Lori Whitlock Baby Girl Paper - digi

Die - Spellbinders A2 Curved Border 1, Lawn Fawn Spring Flowers, Lil' Inkers Stitched Sun

Sentiment done on PC

Glitter and Enamel Dot

Colouring - Copics

Skin - E000/00/21/11 R20

Hair: E50/43/57

Dress: RV91 R81/83/85

Snail - E40/41/42/43, W1/3

Flowers -YR35
Leaves - YG03/63

Grass - Prismacolour Pencils

I hope you'll pop over to the Handmade Bliss blog - and join in our Anything Goes challenge - remember to use an image that is available in the store to enter - that's the only rule you have to stick to!

Big hugs and Happy Crafting...

Exciting news!!!

 

Hi Lovely Blogging Friends....

Well.... I have some really exiting news to share today.... I was recently asked to join the DT at Little Miss Muffet Stamps........  AND WOW... I jumped at the chance and nearly bit their hand off,  as I do love the images so much!!

For my first DT card, I chose to use Jnr-Hatter Dorothea.... and of course, some PINK! LOL!

Materials used:

Image - LMMS Jnr-Hatter Dorothea Digi Stamp

Dies: Lil' Inkers Stitched Square and Stitched Mats Circle

Paper: Maja Design

Sentiment - Paper Smooches Sentiments Sampler

Colouring - Copics

Skin - E000/00/21/11/04, R21

Hair: E50/43/77

Top: RV91

Hat: RV91/93/95

Jeans: B000/B93 C3

Toy: E40/41/42/33/29, RV00

Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh

Hope you like what I did!

I'll be back a little later today too with another card... hope you don't get tired of seeing me...

Big hugs...

Full of Grace...

 

Hi Lovely Blogging Buddies....

Here I am today with my VERY LAST Sugar Nellie DT inspiration post!!  Sniff!

I decided to step down from the lovely team, as I think it's time for me to move on, and I have other DT's that need my full attention at the moment! LOL!  However, Sugar Nellie was probably one of the first stamp companies I bought from.....  all that luscious rubber so many years ago... so it's very difficult for me to go...  I feel 'attached' in some sentimental way!!

Anyway.... enough sniffling.....  I decided that for my last Sugar Nellie card I wanted to do one of the fabulous All Dressed Up images available at the store - this is 'Full of Grace' - and she DOES look full of grace..  a perfect ballerina!

Materials Used:

Image: Sugar Nellie/All Dressed Up Full of Grace

Paper - Nitwits

Martha Stewart edge punch

Colouring - Copics

Skin - E000/00/21/11, R20

Hair - E50/43/57

Blues - B0000/000/12/93

Bling and Glitter from stash

All that is left is for me to say a big thank you to Karen, Fiona and the lovely Design Team... I have made lots of good friends while I've been part of this fab team...  so I'm sad to go....  sniff...  but I will certainly still be following and keeping in touch!

Big hugs to all and Happy Crafting...

Amanda is AWESOME!

 

Hi lovely blogging buddies...

Today I'm here to share a lovely summery image that I did for my inspiration post at Handmade Bliss.  This is one of the wonderful Tiny Townies from Stamping Bella...  they are all so very, very cute!  This one is  called 'Amanda is Awesome' and has it's own sentiment too - but I decided to use a different tiny sentiment which suited my design better.

Materials:

Image - Stamping Bella Amanda is Awesome

Die and Sentiment: Papertrey Ink Tiny Tags

Colouring - Copics

Dress and Flower - RV91/32/34

Hair - E50/43/57

Skin - E00/21

Bench - E40/41/42/43/57

Grass - Prismacolour Pencils

Twine and Glitter

Doesn't she look SO cute?? LOL!

Take a look at the Handmade Bliss store by clicking on the logo above - there are lots of wonderful stamps and dies from the US - and warning..... you may be tempted!

Big hugs...

Starry, Starry... PINK!

 

Hi Lovely Blogging Buddies.....

Gosh, I can't believe how fast the weeks are flying - as I'm here again with another DT card for In The Pink!  Our theme this time is 

STARRY, STARRY....... NIGHT!

and if anyone is reminded of the Don McLean song of the 70's - you must be nearly as old as me! LOL!  I've been singing it since I started doing today's post..  good job my OH is at work.... lol

I'm using a digi image today by an artist called Digi Darla - but I'm afraid I can't find the company any more on the net - it looks now like it doesn't exist.  But it was in my digi files - so I used it but sorry, I can't link.

Materials

Image: Digi Darla Blessings of Heaven

Paper - Pink Petticoat Vintage Stars - Pretty Pink

Dies: Tonic Scalloped Square, Lil' Inkers Stitched Stars

Colouring - Copics

Skin - E000/00/21/11/04, R20

Hair E50/43

Pinks: RV000/91/93

Shading on moon etc: C0/1

Shading around image: B0000/00

I hope you like what I did - and that you'll pop over to In The Pink to see what the lovely Pink Ladies came up with and to join in our fab challenge..  click on the link below to go straight there!

Big hugs and Happy Crafting..

Hogs and Kisses...

 

Good Morning Lovely Bloggers.....

Just a quickie to share a little cutie - using the piggie from the MFT Whole Herd stamp set.  This set has been sitting on my desk waiting to be coloured..  and really I don't know why, because the colouring of the little piggie only took about 2 mins!! But I've been working up to doing a shaded background with my own 'created'  clouds..  and I know they're only tiny... but I DID it!!

Materials:

Image and sentiment: MFT The Whole Herd

Dies: MFT Stitched Frames Square, Lil' Inkers Stitched Sun, Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside, Lil' Inkers Stitched Square

Colouring - Copics

Piggie - R000/32/34

Sky and Clouds: B0000/000, C0, C1

So.... if you've seen me wandering around with my eyes upward - you'll know I've been peering at the clouds to SEE what they looked like properly and how I could colour (or not colour actually), something similar!

Happy Sunday all..

Big hugs

A Birthday Princess....

 

Hi Lovely Blogging Buddies.....

For my card today, I used a gorgeous little CC Designs image - this is Princess Birgitta..  isn't she just too cute?  I decided to move slightly from my safe pink mode to a violet shade (OK, I didn't want to go TOO far!) LOL!

Materials:

Image: CC Designs Princess Birgitta

Sentiment: CC Designs Birthday Sentiments

Paper: Pink Petticoat

Martha Stewart Edge Punch

Die: Mama Elephant Confetti Stars

Colouring - Copics

Skin E000/00/21/11/04, R20

Hair E23/25/29

Violets V000/01/06/12

It's slightly wet here in Wetherby this morning - although I don't think we had any of the storms overnight... at least I didn't hear them if we did!  I was in the land of zzzzzzzzzzzz....

Have a good weekend all...

Big hugs

Sent with Love.....

 

Morning Peeps.....

Hope you're all well...  sorry I've not been around much lately - our garden has been needing some tending, so I've had to spend time out there with hoe in hand and secateurs in my pocket!  Barry had to be careful not to stand still for long......  especially with my eyesight as it's been!! LOL!

But I'm here today with my inspiration card for Sugar Nellie - and I've used one of the wonderful Gorjuss Girls...  keeping her relatively CAS - but hoping that focuses more on the image.  

Materials:

Image: Gorjuss Girl - Sent with Love

Dies: Lil' Inkers Stitched Rectangle, Marianne Design Tiny Hearts

Paper - digi from All Dressed Up

Colouring - Copics

Skin: E000/00/21/11, R21

Hair: C0/1/3/5/9

Dress: RV91/93/95

Boots - C3/5

Bakers Twine and Button from stash

Thanks for looking today - as you know, your comments always mean a lot to me.

Big hugs and Happy Crafting..

Some Flowers for You!

 

Hi Lovely Blogging Buddies....

Time for another challenge at In The Pink - and we have a FLORAL theme this time - so I decided to use one of my favourite (you may have guessed!) Tiddly Inks Wryns - this one is Wryn Blooms...  and she's just gorgeous!

I so enjoyed colouring this little lady - even though some of my deeper coloured Copics got a little sticky at times (apparently it has something to do with the heat - as I promise, they were all cleaned and full!!!)

Card Recipe:

Image - Tiddly Inks Wryn Blooms

Die: Lil' Inkers Stitched Rectangle

Paper - Digi - Lori Whitlock Smiles

Colouring - Copics

Skin E000/00/21/11/04, R20

Hair: E23/25/29

Pinks: R81/83/85/89

Greens: YG03/63

Shading: B0000/000

Grounding: T0/1/3

Polka Doodles Enamel Dots

Glitter

Hope you'll join in the floral fun at In The Pink - there's a wonderful Hobby House Voucher to be won too!

And while we're talking floral.....  here's a couple of photos I took in our garden  last weekend - just after one of the storms...  but it shows how wonderful nature is when it can create like this! (pics were taken on my phone btw!)

(Yes........ of COURSE I have PINK roses in my garden!)

Big hugs and Happy Crafting....