Flowers or Ribbon

Hello bloggers. Hope everyone is happy and well. Nearly the weekend again so I am very happy!! I am sorry that I still haven't been a regular visitor. I am fed up with bleating about work but it's been relentless...I am hoping to finish with holiday and sickness cover some time in December!! I am missing so much time with my loved ones,  two and four legged and you guys too!!

Anyway today's offering is for the new challenge at 

where we are eager to see your projects with ribbon or flowers...and don't forget to tell us why.

Normally I don't use either on my projects as I am a paper pad fanatic and like to let the papers do the talking!! However I have a chest of drawers full of ribbons  so had a rummage to find something to trim this snow globe. The stripe ribbon was in a bundle that I won from Crafty Ribbons and the bobble trim was lurking in the "red drawer" and seemed perfect!! 

The background was quite technical for me!!  I admired a background that Inky Fingers Carol demonstrated here and decided to have a go ( having first purchased some drawing gum!!). Mind you my snowflakes look rather large so I must perfect my technique further I think!! There is also a lovely shimmer, as I unearthed my Twinkling H2o's as well so that was fun!! The penguin is a die cut chappy from Crafters Companion as was the snow globe actually. 

Anyway I have rambled quite enough!! Hope you will join in!!

See you soon xx

Some challenges

ABC Christmas - Use for unlimited
The Merry Christmas Challenge #37 - Anything Christmas
Crafty Creations #351 - Anything Goes 

Polka Dots and Pastels

Hello everyone. 

It's the start of the July challenge at

and I love this theme

Polka Dots and Pastels- full details on the challenge blog here

One of our sponsors this time is Little Blue Button who kindly gave us some images to play with. This is Dream Charlie, isn't she fab? She was coloured with Promarkers to match the scrummy yummy digi papers from Tinker N Co that I was lucky enough to win from Jules. Even though hair scares me I am quite pleased with my primitive attempt and from a distance it doesn't look too bad at all (if you close one eye completely and squint out of the other!!). The spotty dotty ribbon was from from Crafty Ribbons.

I do hope you will come and play, just bring your cutest creation that includes polka dots and pastels...easy peasy!!

I am entering these challenges

The Ribbon Girls - Anything Goes
The pencil case  - W = whatever

Thank you for visiting me and for your feedback, I love to read what you have to say xx

Delightful doilies

Hello my crafty friends I hope you are well and raring to start another week.

I am here to share my card for the new challenge at

The Cutie Pie Challenge

The theme this time is Delightful Doilies and here is my card

I used a stamp by one of our sponsors Crafty Sentiments and coloured her with Promarkers to compliment the pretty papers ( I wrestled with myself for soooo long not to get these but couldn't resist any longer!!) which I also used to stamp  the sentiment on to, the tab and also the flowers. I finished it off with a knotted length of seam binding from our other fabulous sponsor Crafty Ribbons. The doily is actually a die cut piece of cream parchment, using another of my dies that haven't seen the light of day for a very long time!! 

I am entering these challenges

The Crafting Cafe - Favourite technique (colouring)
Lil patch of Crafty Friends #3 - Anything Goes
Not Just CArds #12 - Anything Goes
Crafts & Me  #153 - Add a Ribbon
Creative Fingers #66 - Anything Goes

Hope you will find time to dig out your doilies (and your cute images) and join us, you'd be most welcome!!

Together...the best gift for all

Festive Greetings my dear crafty friends and I hope you are well today. If not I wish you a speedy recovery.

Before I get off to work I thought I would share my final pre-Christmas card with you. It's another Cuddly Buddly DT card and this time I used "Sleepy Birds".

They were coloured with Promarkers (no change there then!!). The spotty paper was in my bits and pieces drawer so my little card will be suitable to take along to the Playground where I haven't played for a while as I seem to have been using whole pieces of paper lately. The ribbon is by Crafty Ribbons from their Christmas Owl Collection and suited the kraft card perfectly. The sentiment came from a really fabulous (and much used) Personal Impressions set and was stamped onto a die cut tag.

Playing at these fab challenges

Pixies Crafty Workshop - Snippets Playground 156 &157
Creative Inspirations #294 - Christmas/New Year
Love to Scrap #44 - When Nature Calls
I Love Promarkers #250 - Anything Goes (2nd Entry)
Chocolate , Coffee and Cards Challenge #80 - Christmas

Well, that's me for now and if I don't get chance to stop by and see you before the "Big Day"

 thank you to those who sent me beautiful handmade cards and gifts and

 I wish you all A Happy and Peaceful Christmas with your loved ones  

See you soon xx