Sunny Yellow

I actually found some time to make a just for fun card and drew inspiration from a challenge or two and came up with this...

I decided to organise my rubber stamps by brand  and,  in doing so, found many old favourites that haven't seen ink for quite some time and chose a sweet LOTV stamp. She was coloured with Promarkers and, although you can't see it, given a generous addition of stickles on her boa. The papers are from The Lovely Studio.

It is somewhat grey and drizzly here so housework is on the agenda this morning and as we are on holiday we are out to lunch. Hope your day is a good one.

See you soon folks xx

Some Challenges

A Gem Of a Challenge #221 - Yellow

Allsorts Challenge # 471 - Ladies Night Out

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #138

Fab 'n' Funky #398 - Bring me sunshine

Happy Birthday Dec

Hello everyone. It's sunny...yay...and warm too...double yay!!! My cherry tree is bursting with blossom, the grass is growing like billyo (and what a bummer...my lawnmower is in hospital!!) but so are the weeds!! Doesn't it make you feel better though to see a bit of sunshine, I know I certainly do.

Anyway, it has been a week since my last visit so I thought I would share the card I made for Declan who enjoyed a Birthday earlier in the month.

He is too old for Thomas the Tank Engine these days (although I am reliably informed that his cake resembled aforesaid engine!!) so good old DSB came to the rescue with Harry and Beer. Coloured with Promarkers and matted on to a Lovely Studio digital paper. I found a Son stamp in my stash, it was a free one, I think and the Happy Birthday is from Clearly Besotted.

I will leave you with a picture of  Declan and Mollie, taken in the snow last month!!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend xx

Some challenges

Colour Crazy Challenge week 16 - Anything goes
Daring cardmakers - Feeling Blue
Crafty Sentiment Designs - Only for boys
Back to basics and  beyond challenge #1 - Matting and layering

Deep blue sea

My card has a seaside flavour today being all things blue. This ties in rather nicely as the new

 As You Like It Challenge

is Favourite single colour (and don't forget to tell us why)

My favourite single colouring colour is blue...and as it's not a colour I wear I really can't explain why... other than it being associated with summer skies and blue seas and the fact that I replace more blue Promarkers than any other colour!!

I used a Digistamp Boutique image and Pink Petticoat paper for this card, the blue Promarkers and DI pads had another outing and it looks like tea green is on it's way out...again!!

I'm entering these challenges

Crafty Catz #287 - Summer time
Fussy and Fancy #143 - Beach Fun
Little Claire Digi Challenge #7 - Holidays
Natalie and Amy #34 - Summertime
Creative Corner Challenges - Summer Fun
Crafty Cardmakers #143 - Water
Bunny Zoe's - Summer Breeze
Cute Card thursday #382  - Water
Digistamp Boutique - July Customer Competition

I'm intrigued to find out what your favourite single colour is and hope that you will play along, we'd love to have you AND we have some new Design Team playmates so go give them a warm welcome!!

See you soon xx

Shiny or matt? That is the question...

at the new

As You Like It Challenge.

I chose matt as it appears on pretty much every one of my creations. I have a few sheets of card with a pearl lustre to them and at Christmas I use mirri board but even then I will still have a matt mat!!

I think it gives a more defined and true colour and I always print any digital papers on to matt paper/card for a touch of luxury.

I used a matt ribbed card in steel grey for the card base and mats on this card. I used Clementine with her watering can and daisies to coordinate with the totally gorgeous Pink Petticoat papers and finished off with pearls, a little sentiment and a spotty bow.

I'd like to enter these challenges

Sweet Stampin' - Cute and Cuddly

Passion for Promarkers #281 - Garden Life

Craft Your Passion #246 - Anything Goes

Love to Scrap  - Anything Goes

Cards Galore - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #212 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and for your words of encouragement, I really appreciate them xx

Father Christmas

Hello my friends and I hope this Monday finds you well and that your Christmas prep is under way. I have some CAS cards to share today that were made for some younger peeps.

Sadly the pictures are pretty pants and I hold the weather entirely responsible...but you get the gist!!

The digis are from Pink Petticoat and were coloured with Promarkers. I added different doodles around the edge of each and was really pleased with the overall look. Father Christmas is covered in red pee wee glitter, and so was my carpet for that matter, as I had a bit of a whoopsie as I was trying to get it back in the phial!! 

These challenges are beckoning...

Winter Wonderland - Presents

(Feel free to delete if Santa's sack is not suitable)

That's Crafty - Anything Goes

4 Crafty chicks #224 - One layer

Holly Jolly - Anything Goes

Christmas Card Challenge #2 - CAS

Have a good day and take care xx

Any Reindeer?

No rain Dear, only frost!! Brrrr, mucking out was not fun this morning, I even got the old bobble hat out!! Too frosty for Surprise just yet so I'll pop back down in a bit before I go to work and let her out.

Anyway, I had a crafty marathon yesterday and put together lots of  4 inch cards. Here is batch #1

And an arty farty shot for a change!!

The images are from Pink Petticoat (Freebies with Dear Santa) and all four are on one sheet so they are dead easy to batch colour and then trim to size. Simple mats on red and black card to finish off and a smidgen of star dust and job done!!

I am supporting these fab challenges

Crafting when we can #83 - CAS

Allsorts #286 - No Designer papers allowed

Addicted to stamps #92 - Layers

Winter Wonderland - Let's get Sentimental

Aud Sentiments #120 - Use a sentiment for any December Holiday

Must fly, but before I do this was the sunset last night from my work room...

 ...have a good one and see you soon xx