All Creatures Great and Small at Allsorts

 Hello friends. The new challenge starts at Allsorts today and the optional theme is

All Creatures Great and Small (Anything Goes also welcome)

which is very handy as I am still in Christmas mode as I am so behind with my makes.

I made tags using an old and unused die set from Impression Obsession. The dies that I used to cut the animals was a charity shop find so, I'm afraid, I don't know the brand. First I inked the snow, then masked off to stamp the Christmas trees, stuck on the animals and then got splattering with a Posca pen. I think I was a little bit over enthusiastic as they really are mega snowflakes!! 

2 prizes of stamps, stickers and scenescapes from Lavinia Stamps (photos not to scale) Please note, we (Lavinia) cannot provide exchanges/replacements/refunds for any products received through this third-party giveaway. 

Thank you for dropping in and I hope you have a lovely weekend.

See you soon x

Ribbons and Bows at Allsorts

 Hello friends and visitors, it's my turn to host at 

Allsorts Challenge this week and my optional theme is 

Ribbons and Bows

I am a hoarder, I make no apology, but I have mountains full of ribbons, many that I won in days gone by when I entered lots of challenges, and others that were absolutely necessary purchase (much like the embossing folders!!). So, with that in mind I am using a little bit of ribbon on my makes.

Here I used an Impression Obsession rubber stamp on parchment using Rich Cocoa Memento ink, tore the edges and stuck to some criss crossed organza and grosgrain ribbon that matched the paper. 

I used a lot more ribbon on my next example using a tutorial that I found on You Tube

I simply stamped Good Luck to finish it off.

Prize of A5 stamp set, stencil and ribbons and £10 digital download from Polkadoodles

I hope that you have a good weekend and manage to find some crafty time. We are hoping for some dry weather as Mollie and Jackson both had "bikes" for their Birthdays earlier in the year and want to ride them around the stable yard, until now it's been far too wet so we are hoping for a dry...ish weekend!!

See you soon xx

Girl and her pup

Hello everyone. Thank you for stopping by and sharing your day with me. I managed to grab a bit of time to make this sweet card for the Sasayaki Inspiration Blog.

She is available here.

I coloured her with Promarkers and was even brave enough to have a go at a different hair colour which turned out reasonably well I thought. The pretty blue paper is from one of the paper pads that the wonderful Lucy sent for my Birthday and I teamed it with a lovely rich shade of purple. The (wonky) sentiment die is by Impression Obsession and another that I don't use nearly enough. The smudge was entirely intentional...not!! Oops!!

Some challenges

Love to craft challenge blog #8 -Anything Goes
The Ribbon Girl March Card Challenge

See you soon xx