What's Your Favourite Fibre?...

...that's what we'd like you to share with us at

and we don't mean breakfast cereal either!! We'd love to see your projects with  ribbon, lace, twine, binding, those sorts of fibres and don't forget to tell us why.

Here's a card with my favourite...ribbon

There is nothing nicer than a lovely bow to finish off a card, although I should practice what I preach in order to reduce my rather extortionate ribbon collection.....

...and....that doesn't include my rather impressive collection of seam binding either!!

Anyway, confession over...I used stamps from two different Woodware sets on this card, Little Christmas bird and Sprig of holly which was stamped onto linen card and then coloured with SN pencils. The berries had a liberal squirt of glossy accents too.

I'm playing here

A Gem of a Challenge #129 - CAS
Fab 'n' Funky #232 - Anything Goes with Ribbon
Penny Black and More October Challenge - Get ahead for Christmas
Love to Scrap #39 - Anything Goes with rubber or clear stamps
That's Crafty - Keep it simple

Thanks for coming by today xx

Temptation...

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin...I'm feeling a bit "wordy"  so bear with!!

I have a Cuddly Buddly DT card to share with you today and what a cutie don't you think?! 

I coloured the image with my SN pencils to compliment the digi papers, also by Cuddly Buddly.

The coredinations mat was a perfect colour match as was the ribbon although it looks much darker in the photograph. I used a new SB die to cut the artwork out.

This image reminded of me how naughty dogs can be when it comes to food and took me back to our youngest's 7th Birthday. I had taken chicken pieces out of the freezer  and left them on the work top to defrost so that I could cook them later on for the upcoming party. We had to pop to town for some other bits and pieces and shut Mog and Suzy in the Utility Room as usual. On our return, the chicken pieces had gone leaving only the polystyrene tray and one very guilty looking boy dog!! He had not only  managed to stand on his hind legs to open the utility room door with his front paw, but also leapt onto the worktop where he must have sat and devoured the whole lot.  After that we swapped the conventional handle for a door knob!! He must have had a stomach of steel as he suffered no ill effects at all...luckily for him and  us!!

Anyway, enough of my sentimental journey.

I am entering these challenges

Crafty Girls Challenge #28 - Anything Goes
Crafty Little Fairies - Only one DP
Creative Fingers #51 - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Paper Challenge
Crafting by Designs October - Anything Goes

I'm off to get ready for work now.
Have a good day xx

Autumn

Hello lovely people, brrrr it's a bit chillier this morning, but the rain has stopped so that's a good thing. I've had a tentative go at something a little alien to me, stamping without colouring. I have seen such beautiful autumnal inky creations of late that I dragged out the old Big & Juicy ink pad and made this.

The stamp has a delicate self pattern too which you can see here

The stamp came from a Kanban set that I have had, for probably ten or more years, and never used (how shocking is that?). All I did was stamped twice without reinking and then stamped the outline stamp over the top of the lighter inpressions. I'm not sure if I like the finished result , probably because it is so far removed from what I usually do!!

Anyway off to play here

Ladybug Crafts - Autumn or halloween

Brown Sugar #114 - Autumn

Sweet Stampin - Autumn

Allsorts #279     - Autumn

Open minded crafting #20 - Autumn

Stamping Sensations - Warm Autumn Colours

Enjoy your Sunday and thanks for sharing a bit of it with me!! xx

Hedgie hanger

Hello everyone and I hope this finds you well.

 I have a little hanging design to share today inspired by several current challenges.

This is the front

That's Surprise's house in the background, together with a bird poo and raindrops  on the window, for which I apologise  (didn't notice that as I was taking the photo!!) 

I stamped one of the Christmas Friends onto Neena kraft and set about colouring with my SN pencils. Embellished with stardust stickles and pearl pen for some Christmas opulence!! I've no idea where the starry and beady ribbon came from...it works rather well I think.

 ...and the reverse side

No poo on this one but I do apologise for the poor quality, I blame the rain!!

The sentiment and wreath on the back are from the Warm Winter Wishes set by Inky Doodles, again stamped onto kraft but this time coloured with Sakura gel pens. 

Here's where we are playing

Natalie & Amy - Colouring on Kraft

MAWTT - Hedgehogs

ABC Christmas - T for tree ornament

Not just cards #3

Crafty Catz #249 - All Sentimantal

Charisma Cardz - Anything But a Card

Hope you have a lovely Saturday whatever you are doing. Looks like the rain has finally arrived here in Dorset so indoor pursuits for me today :0)

See you soon xx

Blue Christmas

Hello peeps. I've found myself 10 minutes to blog before work so am able to share another Christmas card . I just couldn't resist the Winter Stanley set from Digistamp Boutique.

He is coloured with Promarkers to match the Nitwits papers. The snowman was Glamour Dusted and I used a pearl pen for the snow.

We are off to join in with these challenges

Winter Wonderland - Layer it up

Completely Christmas #31 - Anything Goes

Christmas Card Challenges #44 - Anything Goes

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by xx