Happy, happy...

After a super busy weekend it's been a treat today to do the Supermarket run and then settle down for some crafting!

I coloured this sweet little image by Claire Keay a few days ago. However, my mojo needed the kick start of this lovely sketch from Stamp with fun before I could get creating. The papers are a bit of a first for me as they are digital papers from Pink Petticoat. The pink paper looked a little washed out when I printed it, but this turned out to be perfect in combination with Spun Sugar Distress ink and the Raindrops background stamp from Hero Arts. I have to say that I am really pleased with the effect.

I may have got a bit OTT with the bling, but I wanted the end result to be a really cheery card with plenty to look at!

The inside of the card simply says 'happy... birthday' to follow on from the tag on the front.

I've also spent the day enjoying the new album by Beady Eye . For anyone who doesn't know them Beady Eye are essentially the Oasis boys minus Noel, who left the group just over a year ago. I didn't really know what to expect but the album is great and I can't wait to see them in concert in April.

This card is for the following challenges:

Stamp for Fun Challenge #100 - sketch.

Flutterby Wednesday #143

Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - so girly!

Sentimental Sundays Challenge #44- Anything goes

Hope your Monday wasn't too Monday-ish!

Happy crafting everyone.

Have an ice Christmas!

Hi everyone, I am so sorry that it's been so a bit quiet over here this week... I have been such a busy girl!

Let's jump right in with these sweeeeet little Penguin images from Pink Petticoat. I made 17 cards using them yesterday so feel a bit better equipped on the Christmas card front than before!

The current challenge over at Soft Pencil is to use your favourite Christmas Colour Combo.

I love lime and purple, especially when a dash of turquoise or fuchsia pink turns up to join in the fun!

Aren't these images adorable? I think these last two are my favourites... although the little guy lost in his new Christmas jumper is really cute too!

I ran my new Nestabilities label #3 through the Cuttlebug and was really pleased with the result... glad Santa is bringing me more Nesties to play with!

O, Christmas trees!

First I made this...... and then I made these!

Yes, I am officially smitten with these cute little Christmas tree images from Pink Petticoat!

I just love how they look printed on kraft. I coloured them with a mix of Distress Inks and Versacolour inks, and added a tiny zip of white gel pen. The red card stock is from Bazzils and the little dots stamp is from Hero arts.

Quick, simple, sooooo cute and perfect for the Secret Crafters Challenge #60, which is Christmas Trees!

Happy Crafting everyone!

Snow, snow cute!

It's hard to believe that I photographed this card at 2pm this afternoon. If we get any useful daylight tomorrow I will re-photograph and edit this post.

Edited to add:

Here is the same card photographed on Sunday with the help of a little November sunshine!

Hope you can make out the cute sparkle on the lime green bits - I just love Stickles!I love this little penguin from Pink Petticoat! The collection is called 'Have an ice Christmas' and there are a total of twelve super cute images. Liz has only just added them to the site and I think they will be selling like hot cakes in no time at all!

My little penguin card is being entered for two challenges: The ABC Challenge this week is 'I is for Indigo' and over at Flutterby Wednesday #85 the theme is for a fairy, angel or butterfly and circles.
Please believe me that this little card looks a whole lot sweeter IRL!

Happy crafting everyone, and I hope you are all keeping warm as its getting chilly here in the UK!

Love birds!

I had been thinking about using pink and green on a card, but wasn't sure which other colour to bring in. How very kind of Samantha at SPCC to give me a helping hand and suggest Yo Yo Yellow!

As I don't have any Stampin' Up inks/papers I had to use a mixture of Versacolour inks and watercolour pencils to get as close as possible to her lovely colour pallete.


This little card is for my sister-in-law and her husband as they will be celebrating their Wedding Anniversay later this month. Thankfully my sister-in-law seems to be making a slow, but steady recovery and is now back home with her husband and beautiful baby daughter.

As I had enjoyed using those little Pink Petticoat bird images on my last card I decided to use some of the others from the download package. This cute little couple seemed perfect for an anniversary card.

Once again I lifted those teeny tiny wings on dimensionals, and also raised the little heart and added lots of Sparkles!

I didn't have any cardstock of the right colour so I applied Versacolour 'Orchid Pink' with my favourite blending tool (a dried out Wetwipe!!!). Then I stamped with that beautiful Hero Arts Design Block to give additional texture. Some spotty ribbon and Hero Arts pearls in black seemed to finish things off nicely!

I also added some faux stitching with my fabulous new gel pen. A few days ago I ordered some Uni-ball Signo broad gel pens from Cult Pens. They arrived today and are simply wonderful! They flow nicely and don't leave any gaps. I am officially in gel pen heaven!

I managed to get over to see Jacquie and the kids yesterday. I had such a great time, and even got to meet Hannah's lovely boyfriend Ryan. He is such a gentle and intelligent young man, who obviously cares alot about Hannah.
Matthew was really pleased to see me, and while I appreciated this I had a hunch it was something to do with the rather lovely carrot cake that was served at lunch! Jacquie's husband is currently away working in Beijing. Anthony isn't a big fan of cakes and cookies so whenever he is away his family go feral and load up on sweet things!

So tweet!

I have been wanting to do a birdy card for a while now, and when I saw that The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge was 'Flights of fancy' I just had to play along!

I had lot's of fun with this sweet little girl from Pink Petticoat. Their downloadable images are a helpful alternative to buying, and then storing, clear or rubber stamps. There's always a great selection of images in the boutique section and shopping with them is really easy.

As you can see I am still in my turquoise and lilac phase!

I cut the printed image to size and allowed it to dry thoroughly so that I could colour it with Versacolour ink. I lifted her little wing on a dimensional and then went to work with clear stickles. The 'Merci' stamp is from a Hero Arts Clear Design set which has a whole variety of thank you messages. I wanted it to appear as if the little cage was hanging from the sentiment. The ribbon is from my stash and the beautiful swirls are from an Autumn Leaves clear stamp 'Double Scroll' by Rhonna Farrer. I haven't decided what to put inside, but I expect to go with something like: 'thanks for being so tweet!'

If anyone read my blog entry from yesterday they may be wondering how things went with the Mystery midnight snail...

Well for me I guess it has a satisfactory conclusion, but it's a somewhat hollow victory.
I was ready for war! I had my arsenal of snail murdering chemicals (and a plan to keep Custard the cat out of the lounge) and I was ready to do battle with this monstrous intruder!!!

As my hubby moved the big sofa in readiness to lay our deadly trap he discovered a small, rubbery slug lying dead by the tiny hole in the skirting board where the radiator pipe comes into the lounge. The slug looked so forlorn that I couldn't believe he had ever had the energy to cruise around decorating the rug with that silvery trail of slime. I felt such a bully and gently wrapped him in some tissue before placing him in the bin.

Am I a big softy or what?