Red Christmas?!!

Happy Sunday everyone and I hope you are having an enjoyable one.

 It's fine here but VERY cold and windy.I  had a nice early ride this morning and managed to dodge some pretty heavy showers...very invigorating!! 

I decided to make another Christmas card to add to the pile,
 again inspired by  several of the fab current challenges .

 Actually, an aside here, I would be joining more challenges but am unable to join and follow any new sites with Google Friend Connect, I know lots of you are suffering different problems at the moment with blogger but I wonder if anyone has had trouble following? 

The lovely papers are Bazzil Nordic Pines and I got busy with the old distressing tool

 and inks to enhance the shabby, homely finish I was trying to create.

I heat embossed the fabulous stamp with Wow embossing powder.

I coloured the hearts and added glossy accents and glamour dust for a little bit of bling together with some bisque liquid pearls. Cotton lace, a button and an arrangement of ribbon finishes it off.

Now I'm off to play along with these challenges

Chocolate, coffee & cards #61 - Glitter and lace

Fussy and fancy #110 - Shabby chic

Winter Wonderland - Paint the town red

Christmas stamping all year long #3 - Favourite colours
 (has to be red for Christmas!!)

Crafty Ribbons #81  - Anything Goes with ribbon

Rhedd & Rosie #28 - Aged/distressed

Phew...another Christmas card done!!

 Off to poo pick the field and put Surprise to bed after a cup of tea and a hot cross bun!!

                           

Enjoy the rest of your day and see you soon xx                       

Winter Farm

Morning all. 

I have a Christmas card to share with you today, the plan went astray last week and I didn't manage to get one done. Never mind !! With several challenges in mind I decided not to do any colouring and raided my Christmas hamper for inspiration. This is what happened...

The stamp is called Winter farm by Serendipity Stamps. I heat embossed the image with silver embossing powder and then squished it in some spritzed tumbled glass inkiness on my craft mat. While armed with my heat gun I also used some sparkly embossing powder on my die cut fir branch. Silver mirri board mats,

 seam binding and some gems to finish. Sadly the shine and sparkle isn't really apparent, I blame the dull weather and not my photography skills!!

the inspiration came from these challenges

Holly Jolly - Winter Scene

Jingle Belles - Foliage

Christmas Stampin all year round #2 - Sparkle and shine

Christmas at Sweet Stampin - Brrr it's cold outside

ABC Christmas Challenge - F for Friends and Family

Completely Christmas #3 - Anything Goes

Off to prepare dinner now...curry I think!!

thanks for stopping by and see you soon xx

A touch of spring

Hello crafty friends and I hope you are well. Told you I was going to keep pestering you this week!!

The sun is with me in Dorset today and I hope to get out in the garden later when the housework is done!!

There have been so many wonderful examples of the latest Wild Rose Studios release that I just had to treat myself and here is the result using the lovely Squirrel on branch .

I coloured the stamped image with Promarkers to match the lovely papers and happened to find a complimentary ribbon which fitted the colour scheme perfectly

I am playing along with these challenges

Crafty Ribbons #80 - Ribbons & bows
My Mum's Craft Shop - Spring/Easter
Crafty Hands - Buttons & Bows
Addicted to stamps #78 - Buttons & bows
Inky Impressions #151 - Spring
Pennys #169 - Buttons & Bows

 I don't know about you but a little bit of sunshine seems to make the day so much better.

Have a fab day whatever you are doing and thanks for sharing it with me xx

A bit of bunting!

Hello folks...me again. I am afraid it's one of those weeks where I am going to keep popping up on your dashboard!! 

Today I have my Oldie But A Goodie creation for you to have a look at.

Our newest teamie Alison has chosen the theme this time and it's

 " Bunting".

I stepped out of my comfort zone and used predominantly blue on this card and I am really rather pleased with the result. I coloured the adorable Stanley and his presents to match the, quite frankly, gorgeous papers. My Heart Banner die got an outing for the bunting and I used a very old Martha Stewart border punch and some even older ribbed navy paper as the background.

I am joining in at these challenges

Pennys Paper-crafty Challenge #168 - Anything goes
Fab 'n' Funky #207 - Animals
Sister Act #48
Simply Create Too #57 - Animals
Digistamp Boutique - March Customer Competition

Wishing you a sunny day and thanks for spending some time with me. See you soon xx

One for Mum

Hello, Good Morning and welcome to another week and another new challenge at

The Cutie Pies

With Mother's Day approaching we would love for you to share your cards for Mum or, as lots of us seem to have extended families these days,  anyone who you consider a Mum figure.

Our sponsors this time are

we were given some great Bugaboo images to play with and this is what I did with Sunbonnet Flowers

I used Garden Party papers and another of the fab LOTV sketches.
I coloured with Promarkers and used a freebie stamp for the sentiment.

I am taking her to play at these challenges

Crafty girls #13 - Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #312 - Girls. Girls, Girls
Aud Sentiments #102 - Anything Goes
A Gem Of A Challenge #115 - Mother's Day/Female
That Craft Place - Flowers and/or Mothers Day

We'd love to have you play along with us just remember that the only rule is BE CUTE!!

Have a lovely day whatever you are doing and thanks for stopping by xx