Christmas Sparkle...Snowflake

 I have a really pretty card to share today. Unusual Christmas colours but a delight to put together,

She is featuring on the DT inspiration post at

where the theme is always Anything Goes as long as your card is hand coloured.

The lovely image is available here from our Sponsor Ching-Chou Kuik.

Here is a better shot of the sparkle!!

She was coloured with Promarkers to match the pretty papers. First Edition, I think. I dug out my glitter collection and used several different colours to sparkle her up. I die cut the Joy to balance the lay out!!

It's been a bit brrrrrrrr here this week but actually very enjoyable riding and walking. We are expecting high winds again at the weekend so that's sure to blow the last of the leaves down.

Thank you for coming to visit. Have a good weekend xx

Coolest Chick Ever

 Hello all. I am such a bad human being, the card I am about to share should have gone live yesterday and for some reason, probably old age, I had it in my head that it was next week.

So, without further ado here is my DT card for

Our Sponsor is Angie Blom and I chose an image from her Coolest Chicks Ever set.

I coloured her with Promarkers and added a touch of white pen to highlight her feathers.

Here she is close up!!

We have been very productive chez Wills. For many years we have been intending to replace the cladding on the barn that houses the stabling and this week was the week. I have also been on the hunt for a second hand bicycle so that I can accompany Martin on his jaunts around the local villages. When I arrived home from work on Thursday there was a lovely bike (with panniers!!) in the drive, my darling Hubby had only gone and found one, local too, and collected it for me. We went on our maiden voyage yesterday afternoon, only three miles mind you but hilly...it darn near killed me!! Turns out I am not quite as fit as I thought I was!!

Lovely to have your company...see you soon xx

Best Friend Hugs

 Hugs...all being well it won't be too long until we can let loose and HUG again here in the UK. I am going to be choosy though, not everyone I encounter will get one!! I wonder if there will be restrictions on how long the hug can last?

This sweet card is my DT inspiration for Colour Crazy Challenge where we are always Anything Goes as long as your card is hand coloured.

Our Sponsor is Polkadoodles and since I recently got my hands on the Honeypie bundle, used Best Friend Hugs. The paper is from Alpaca Pals and I attempted to colour their dresses and shoes in an ombre style, which you can only see on the blue one. It looks quite effective in real life!!

Thank you for stopping by, it is much appreciated.

See you soon xx

Frazzled Fran

 My word, don't Fridays roll around quickly? Still, as lockdown restrictions are relaxed I daresay we will soon be looking forward to weekends where we can go where we like!! for now though, I am quite happy pottering about in the garden.

Anyway, I am here to share a very sweet card that I really enjoyed colouring with my Promarkers.

 It is my DT piece  for 

where it is always anything goes just as long as your card is hand coloured...easy!!

 Again, I used the Pebbles inc. pad that was still on my desk that had a perfect teacup paper. 

Just to finish off I used a matching piece of seam binding and a dinky little paper flower on the cut out that was also in tha paper pad. It looks like the perfect card to send with another of my hugs!!

Whatever you have planned, I hope it is a good weekend for you xx

Over the Rainbow

It's been a while since I coloured with anything but my Promarkers so in a bid to use my stash I dusted off my Lyra pencils and had an enjoyable time making this as my DT inspiration for

It's always Anything Goes just as long as your image is hand coloured.

 The sweet couple (and their lovely doggy) went perfectly with a lovely muted rainbow pad from Alpaca Pals and I just finished it off with some LOTV cut up words. 

I am feeling a little bit older this week as it was my birthday yesterday, that unfortunate event means more cake...had to be done!!  I have been on Annual Leave this week and have been decorating our Sitting Room. I reckon the whole of Dorset must have had the same idea as the shelves in the DIY stores were quite empty, however we managed to find enough of a colour that we both liked so all is well!! It was probably a sensible project as it hasn't stopped raining. Cold and dry is much better, even -9 degrees is preferable to howling gales and rain!!

Keep well everyone xx

Love to Bake

 Hello friends. I hope the week has been kind to you and that you are all well.

I have a really sweet image from All Dressed Up called Love to Bake. 

She's a reall sweetie and was a joy to colour to compliment another of my pretty Julie Loves Kits.

I found the meshy stuff in my stash and even added some sequins that matched too. I hope I have inspired you to join us at

it's always Anything Goes just as long as your card is hand coloured.

While on the subject of baking have a look at these...

...I had marzipan left from my Christmas cake so, as you do, I asked the lovely lady in my telephone what to do with left over marzipan and she gave me this recipe. Honestly I am not a big fan of marzipan but they are delicious and I have made several different versions depending on what dried fruit I have in the cupboard. Our favourite batch contained a tub of glace cherries!!

Enjoy!!

See you soon xx

Naughty List

Hello friends, hope you have had a good week. Mine has whooshed by and I expect yours has too.

I have a tall card to share today, it's my inspiration for

Our sponsor this time is Oddball Art and I used  Naughty List. I coloured her with my Promarkers used a printed Nitwits paper as a background.

I had some scraps of lime green mirror board so used them to frame the image and sentiment.

Hope you have a good weekend xx

Christmas Cuddle

Hope you have had a good week. I have had a busy one, work wise, staff holiday and the last Flu Clinic have taken up a fair chunk of my time and it has been outside weather too!! I am on annual leave next week , so I can live with it!! Before that though I have a sweet card to share with you in support of a new Colour Crazy Craft Challenge where it is always anything goes as long as you share a hand coloured image.

 The lovely image is Christmas Cuddle although I think she would make an equally lovely Winter Birthday card.

I used another of those pesky paper pads that invaded my basket in The Works and coloured her, with Promarkers, to match. 

You can see a little better on this one that I stickled her and the cat and even gave my very old liquid pearls an airing!! 

I am well and truly getting into the Christmas spirit, my gift shopping is almost finished, I made my Christmas cake last weekend and have even watched Miracle on 34th Street!! I haven't made a final decision on gifts for my colleagues just yet but am leaning towards sock snowmen so might just make a start this weekend and see how that goes. If it works I will let you have a look!!

I will leave you with the colours of Dorset.

Have a good weekend and keep well xx

Coffee Confidential

 I am here with my piece for

where the theme is always Anything Goes as long as your card features a hand coloured image.

I had a ball colouring this lovely image from our sponsor, Digi Doodle Studios, using my Promarkers.

 The digi papers were lurking in a scrap box so I have no idea where they came from!!

I hope you are all keeping well. See you soon xx

Some Challenges

Allsorst Challenge #589  - I love....... My Promarkers and patterned papers

Little Daisy

 Happy Friday everyone. Hope you have had a good week whatever the world has thrown at you!! 

I am here to share a sweet little lady from our sponsor over at

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge 

where the theme is always Anything Goes, just as long as your image is hand coloured.

I really enjoyed colouring this little cutie with my Promarkers and am relatively pleased with her Farrah Fawcett hair!! ( I seem to be revisiting my youth a lot lately, wonder why that is?!) I bought the Pretty Posies paper pad aaaaages ago and broke the seal for this card and used a layout that featured greatly when I was new to papercrafting, two patterned papers with a pretty ribbon to cover the seam. Simple but it still works.

Anyway I have blathered on long enough so will take my leave and wish you all a lovely weekend.

See you very soon xx

Peach and Grey

Well that week whooshed by didn't it!!? Friday once more and the weekend bringing the end of May. Lets hope that the start of a new month will bring us closer to catching up with our loved ones.

It is time, once more, for a new challenge at 

I am sharing another pop up, slidey card today showcasing an image from our sponsor Polkadoodles.

I rather like the peach and grey colour combo, done with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. I happened to have a length of perfectly matched ribbon so added a lovely shiny bow too.

Here is a view from above!!

Thank you for paying a visit. I do appreciate your lovely comments and making a return visit.

Dry weather seems to have taken a hold here in the UK at the moment so I expect it will be an outdoors kind of weekend for us. Whatever you are doing, wherever you are I hope it will be a good one for you. See you soon xx

Hammock Days

My word, where did the last week go? It has been a bit hectic chez Wills with one thing or another but I am pleased to be here with my DT piece for

where it is always Anything Goes but your card MUST have a hand coloured image. Our sponsor this time is The Paper Shelter and  here is Hammock Days.

The companion paper is part of the set so I simply coloured the image, with Promarkers, fussy cut her and used foam pads to stick her on the scene.

Whatever you have planned for this weekend, I hope it is a good one'

See you soon xx

Some Challenges

Dream Valley challenges #220 - For Girls Only
Love to craft challenge #44 - Anything Goes
Pearly sparkles Challenge #49 - For the ladies/girls

Love is in the air

Hello again!! Two posts in a week is unheard of these days!! Today I have a pretty little lady to share with you. She is called Love is in the air and is by the sponsor of the new challenge 

I used my Promarkers to colour her. The spotty paper was a scrap that I punched in the corners ( that sounds positively brutal but you know what I mean!!).

She would actually make a sweet Valentine card but I am sending her to a friend as a little "catch up" card. 

Hope you have a good weekend xx

Happy Birthday!!

I have a bright and cheery Birthday card to share with you today. It is my DT card for

where the theme is always Anything Goes just as long as your card has a hand coloured image on it...we love seeing what you do with pens, pencils, inks and paints.

As always I am using an image from our sponsor, an unknown one to me

this happy character is Penelope Party Girl and she was coloured with Promarkers.

We have a DT call open at the moment, details are on the main challenge blog here if you are interested!!

I hope everyone is getting back to normality after the Christmas and New Year festivities. I am finally remembering the days of the week!!

See you soon xx

Christmas Shopping

Hello peeps, hope this week has been good to you and that you have something nice planned for the weekend. Special wishes to our friends over the pond who will be enjoying Thanksgiving weekend.

Yet another Christmas card to share today, this time my DT piece for

it is always Anything Goes as long as the image is hand coloured.

Here is what I did with our Sponsor's image, Christmas Shopping.

Coloured, as always, with Promarkers  matching the backing paper and satin mirror board.

I was so pleased with my effort that I had to share a close up too!!

Thank you for visiting me today. Hope you have a good weekend xx

Winter Wishes

Thank goodness it's Friday!! Another hectic week for me, Flu Clinic at work and the associated admin that goes with it, face ache from smiling at patients and a painful tooth as well!! Still we are planning a visit to West Bay tomorrow so that will blow the cobwebs away!!

Before that though I have yet another Christmas card to share in support of

you can share any kind of card at all, just as long as the image is hand coloured.

My card features a gorgeous digi stamp from our sponsor Polkadoodles

My lovely Paper Boutique Winter Wishes die set was used for the base and the sweet little image was coloured with Promarkers.

Thank you for your visit xx

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge

Another Christmas card for you today. This time to invite you to join in at

where we just love seeing your hand coloured cards, the theme is always Anything Goes and this time our sponsor is Bugaboo. I used Christmas Moose Ornaments.

As you can see I went down the delicate girly route this time and even added some ribbon for a bit of texture, it is still fairly flat for posting though. The moose was coloured with Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens and I added a touch of sparkle pen to the baubles on his antlers.

I hope you have a good weekend. Fingers crossed the rain will hold off for a while here in Dorset!!

See you soon xx

Some Challenges

Crafting by Designs - October Anything Goes
Crafty Creations #399 - Anything Goes
Penny's paper crafty challenge #450 - Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge

Hello lovely people, hope this finds you well and looking forward to the weekend. I have had a hectic week, workwise, so am looking forward to a lie in, in theory!! My word the mornings have been so dark and as Surprise is stabled at night all year round I have really noticed the drop in temperature this week as I have been mucking out. Still, it has been a lovely summer.

So, something a little bit different from me today. My longstanding visitors will know that my style is normally  cute. The image I have used was given to us by the sponsor (Ikes Art) of the latest challenge at




This is the gorgeous Athena looking very regal so I used purple (not a big fan really) and teamed her with gold for a touch of opulence. I was so pleased with the finished result. Even the hair was okay!!




In fact...here is a real eyeful!!

Since the "accidental purchase" of #2 pony earlier in the year I have tried to be good and restrict my crafty spends on essentials only...I fell off the wagon a bit and "invested" in some Hunkydory flower dies and boy, am I glad I did, they are sensational!! Lots of mileage in these I am sure!!

It would be lovely if you could join us, always Anything Goes as long as you share a hand coloured card...simples!!

I hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to having a catch up with you soon xx

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge

Another weekend is almost upon us and (forgive me for stating the obvious!!) we are beyond half way through May which is amazing. I am rather liking the warmer, sunnier days we are enjoying of late, I think it makes us all feel a little bit better even if there are troubles in our lives.

I will be "troubled" later today when my waist is likely to be larger!! My good friend Kim celebrated her 60th Birthday on Tuesday so a group of us are taking her out for Afternoon Tea at a very nice hotel in Sherborne, so I am looking forward to that very much. It is also Martin's weekend off and we usually take a trip out which will probably involve cake too. Sunday's dog walk might just have to be a biggy!!

Anyway, before all that I have my DT piece for 

I used Veggie Veronica Vegan Workout from Oddball Art Co, our Sponsor.

I really enjoyed colouring her and chose some nice bright  papers. The layout, in case you are wondering, is another one of Jules'.

The beauty of this challenge is that as long as your image is hand coloured, with whatever medium you like, you can join in. Hope to see you there!!

Wishing you a lovely weekend xx

Moooo...

......that is bovine speak for Hello and Welcome!!

Wishing you a Happy and Peaceful Easter Weekend. Just in case you find yourself with some time to craft, how about colouring up an image and joining in at

All you need to do is share a card that has an image that has been hand coloured with your chosen medium. Here is my inspiration for you.

Cuddly Critters Cow from our Sponsor Dr Digi.

She was, of course, coloured with Promarkers...all the Cool Greys, a couple of Warm Greys, Putty, Sunkissed Pink and a touch of Coral. The mats were little pieces of scrap that were in my Bits Box/

Looking at her now, it looks like I forgot to "ground" the poor moo...ooops!!

I hope you enjoy the rest of the long weekend whatever you are doing. 

See you the other side of the weekend with some Christmas cheer!! xx

Some Challenges

Crafting by Designs - Colour Challenge (pink, black and white)



Addicted to Stamps #337 - Make your Mark