Princess!

Hi everyone! Did you see the wedding yesterday? Wasn't it beautiful? Kate's dress was stunning and absolutely suited her to a tee, extremely elegant! And I loved when they were driving the Aston Martin- so them I think. I watched it with my Mum and we a cream tea afterwards just to be quintessentially British!

Only the one card today...

I used Mismatch Ketto for this card I've made for a friend's little girl. I think she looks very regal for all the royal themes going around blogland this week. I coloured her with a mixture of watercolour and lyra pencils and shadowed her with copics and some sponged ink. These gorgeous papers are by Basic Grey.

I'd like to enter her into:

Sweet Stop Sketches- sketch

A spoonful of Sugar- Royal knees up

Simon Says- anything goes

Stampavie- pearls

Charisma Cardz- april showers/may flowers

Moving Along with the Times- anything goes

Bellarific Friday- flowers

Daring Cardmakers- By royal appointment

Just Add Ink- add a flower

Papercutz-anything goes

Stamp Something- wings (she has tiny wings!)

Crazy 4 Challenges- 3 papers, 2 flowers, 1 button

Here is a close up! She's all blinged up as every princess should be!

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Stamping Bella); watercolour pencils; Lyra pencils; Copics; Papers (Basic Grey); Assorted cardstock; Flowers; Pearls; Stickles; Sentiment (freebie); Button & thread; Ribbon (recycled)

Just wanted to show you the gorgeous freebies I got from an order to Stamping Bella I received this week!!! Yes, these were the freebies!! Amazing huh?!

Hoping to get round to more of you this week. Been a bit tricky as Mum has been under the weather xxx

Anabel Lulu and Anything Goes DT

Hallo all! So I had a bit of a mixed day yesterday. Went on lovely long walk with hubbie and had BBQ in gorgeous sunshine. Then I found out I'd made it on the Anything Goes Challenge DT- how cool is that??! I thought as I've got a bit more time now that I'd make the most of it but challenging myself on a DT. Can't wait to start working with you all, girls!

But it took a turn for the worse and by 8pm I had a stonking migraine and had my head down the toilet throwing up!! And I didn't even get to eat any Easter egg!

Just a quick post as head is still sore!

So I coloured gorgeous Anabel Lulu with a mixture of watercolour and lyra pencils; shadows by copics and darkened her hair with a brush marker. Am so loving these Basic Grey papers- especially with all this gorgeous hot weather we're having. Also used plenty of zig-zag stitching!

I'd like to enter this into:

Bellarific Challenge- mother's day or for someone special

Sketch Saturday- sketch

Stamptacular Sunday- pile it on- 5 layers or more

C.R.A.F.T.- use flowers

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Stamping Bella); Lyra pencils; Brush markers; Copics; Papers (Basic Grey); Sentiment (Pink Petticoat); Glamour dust; Sewing machine; Hot fix crystals

Have a wonderful week! xx

Happy Easter!

Hi guys! Hope you're all well and enjoying your Easter break if you are getting the time off work. Hubbie isn't working which is wonderful so we are well and truly enjoying the weather and time together. In fact, I best get on with showing you my cards....

First up is a Riley card using one of my fav Riley stamps- Coffee Riley. I coloured him with copics, paper pieced his armchair and added some shading with copics and lyra pencils. Papers are all by Doodlebug. I used MFT Die-namics die for the star borders.

I'd like to enter this into:

Riley & Co- aqua, yellow & brown

MFT- sketch 16

Cupcake Craft Challenge- lots of layers

Papertake Weekly- spots n stripes

Crafty Creations- 1 technique, 2 embellies, 3 papers (paper piecing, dienamics die & brad, 3 papers)

Pile it On- use a rubber stamp

While I'm doing a Riley card, I'd like to give a big shout out for the Riley & Company Challenge blog which holds challenges on a Tuesday every other week. Go check out all the amazing designs by the DT.

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Riley, Papertrey Ink); Papers (Doodlebug); Assorted cardstock; Star border (MFT Die-namics); Brad; Nesties; Copics; Lyra pencils

And a quick little card I did for our friend's little girl- super quick and simple this one. I was going to put some buttons on it but then thought it looked better just simple. These little teddies are of course Penny Black coloured with watercolour pencils. Paper is Cosmo Cricket stitched straight on my card blank. I added rub-on letters. Click on the image for a better look as this photo doesn't really do it justice- you can see my shading alot better!

I'd like to enter this into:

Crafty Catz- card for a child

Delicious Doodle Challenge- anything goes

Little Claire's- animals

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Penny Black); Watercolour pencils; Copics; Paper (Cosmo Cricket); Rub-ons

Are you enjoying the shorter, more frequent posts? I think I might stick with this if poss and if everyone prefers it?!! Have a fabbie Easter xxxxx

2 cards and a big woo hoo!!

Hi everyone! Hope you're all enjoying this fabulous UK sunshine!! Isn't it heavenly?!! I've decided trying to post more often rather than doing one massive post once a week. Let's see how we go! First up I have some very exciting news!!! I am going to be a Guest Designer for Riley and Company!!!!! How cool is that? I'm going to be working with the July release of stamps and I can't wait!!!! If you're new to Riley stamps, do have a look at their blog, there's some fabbie card samples there done by the amazing design team or pop onto Splitcoast Stampers, there are over 600 samples on there!!

And so onto some cards...

First up is a birthday card for a friend using this gorgeous Sarah Kay stamp and these beautiful MME papers. I have to say that this Stella Rose paper pad is probably one of my all time favourites- I simply love them! Do please click on the image to see my card more clearly as I think you'll appreciate the detail more! I coloured the image with watercolour pencils with some shadows using copics and lyra pencils.

I'd like to enter this into:

Sweet Stop Sketches- sketch & extra of wings- I've added a gold butterfly

Cupcake Craft Challenges- lots of layers

Stamp With Fun- birthday

Spoonful of Sugar- let's celebrate

Stampavie- birthday

Secret Crafter- stitching (on my buttons)

Crafty Catz- furry friends

Paper Cutz- buttons & bows

Papertake Weekly- spots and/or stripes

A bit of a close up!

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Sarah Kay); Watercolour pencils; Copics; Lyra pencils; Papers (MME); Assorted cardstock; Brown tag; Sentiment (Craftwork Cards); Gold butterfly (recycled); Buttons; Thread; Flowers; Pearls

OK, I didn't manage just the one card but I'm on a crafty roll with more time at the moment so I thought I'd go with it! So this card is using a gorgeous PSX image I coloured with watercolour and lyra pencils. I love how it's such a big image. I made another of my Magnolia poinsettias using the Doohickey die.

I'd like to enter this into:

Winter Wonderland- mistletoe- I don't have any stamps with mistletoe on but I coloured the berries to be mistletoe berries so hope that counts!

Alphabet Challenge- Christmas

Christmas Card Challenges- anything goes

Crafty stash used: Stamps (PSX, Waltzing Mouse); Watercolour pencils; Lyra pencils; Papers (Basic Grey); Assorted cardstock; Doohickey die (Magnolia); Gold beads (Art Institute); Pearls

Card marathon!!

...ok, I'm exaggerating but I made 4 cards! This week has been a lovely week in that I've had no rushing around so have had a couple of days to myself to craft away to my heart's content! I've been wondering whether to do a post when I've made a card rather than saving up all my cards from the week and doing one marathon post...mmmm.... what do you think? Most people seem to do a post per card.....Anyway, whilst I'm thinking, here are some cards!...

First up is You're My Number 1-abella: a birthday card for a friend. I've been a bit naughty and ordered a stash more of Stamping Bellas so I hope you're not bored with them!!! I paper pieced just about everything on her using these gorgeous MME papers. I added glitter to her hair band and Liquid Pearls to her necklace.

I'd like to enter this into:

Bellarific Friday- freestyle!

Anything goes- pearls

Allsorts Challenge- sketch

Secret Crafter- stitching

Crafty Creations- paper piecing

Papertake Weekly- dimensional

A close up!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Watercolour pencils; Copics; Papers (MME); Assorted cardstock; Flowers (Prima); Buttons; Sewing machine; Pearls (Prima)

Next up is an Easter card for my Dad's pen friend. I suppose he's my pen friend now but I still see him as my Dad's. Anyhow he's in the US so I tend to do something fairly simple and flat! This is a gorgeous PSX stamp I coloured with copics.

I'd like to enter this into:

DieCut Dreams- Easter

Pink Elephant- Easter

Creative Card Crew- Spring

My time to craft- on the spot

Stampin Royalty- Spring has sprung

C.R.A.F.T.- Easter

Pals Paper Arts- flowers

Daring Cardmakers- Spring/Easter

Stampin For the Weekend- Easter

Pollycraft- Easter

Crafty stash used: Stamp (PSX); Paper (MME); Assorted cardstock; Copics; Ribbon; Button

Next up is a card for a friend's little boy. I chose Hanging Around as he loves to climb things! Stamp is coloured with copics. Paper is Making Memories.

I'd like to enter this into:

Simon Says Challenge- card for a child

Stamp with Fun- sketch

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Penny Black); Papers (Making Memories); Assorted cardstock; Copics; Sentiment (Pink Petticoat); Punch (Stampin Up); Nesties; Buttons

My last card is a bit of change of stylee- what do you think?! I used my new papers (see below) from Fancy Pants. The stamp was free in a stamping mag and I did some major paper piecing! Sentiment is Waltzing Mouse. I used my distressing tool to add to the vintagey look.

I'd like to enter this into:

Truly Scrumptious- vintage

Crafty stash used: Stamps (freebie; Waltzing Mouse); Papers (Fancy Pants); Assorted cardstock; Nesties; Scalloped border & rolled flower (Die-namics); Distresser; Pearls

And last up is some new crafty stash I treated myself to! I am SO loving these paper pads, they are GORGEOUS!!

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you liked what you saw!!! Happy crafting! xxxxx

Hey there, chickadee!

Hi ladies!! Hope you are all well and are having the same beautiful sunshine we're having here. Just gonna do this post and then I'm off outside to enjoy the weather! Thanks for all your concern re my Mum. She's doing well now so we are hoping that maybe it will just be 4 or so days per cycle where she feels really poorly. Right ho- now to show you some cards....

First up is an Easter card my sis asked me to make for her friend. I thought I'd use this cutie Sarah Kay stamp with the little chicks. I coloured her with watercolour pencils and did the grass with lyra pencils and outlined with a warm grey copic. The papers are by Cosmo Cricket and the sentiment is Papertrey Ink.

I'd like to enter this into:

Create 4 Fun- sketch

Secret Crafter- our feathered friends

Stampin for the weekend- Easter

Papercutz- use a bunny, lamb, chick or Easter egg

Daring Cardmakers- draw (or stamp!) a bird

Paperplay Challenges- critters galore

Dutch Dare- Spring has sprung

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge- animals or pets

Simon Says- Spring/Easter

Crafty Pad- Spring

A Spoonful of Sugar- use 2 different textures

Here's my usual close up!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Sarah Kay, Papertrey Ink); Watercolour pencils; Lyra pencils; Copics; Papers (Cosmo Cricket); Assorted cardstock; Flower (Prima); Pearls (Wild Orchid Crafts); Button; Gem; Flower border (K&Co); Stickles

Next up is another Christmas card- no. 4 for this year! Would you believe it's my very first easel card!!!! I made this for the Basic Grey challenge which is to use more than one fold. The main stamp is a Molly Bloom stamp, I've only just discovered them and I've bought a couple of their Christmasy ones and I love the American folk style of them. The wreath is coloured with Lyra pencils. I paper pieced the ribbon and added Art Institute beads for berries. The sentiment, holly and border are all Waltzing Mouse stamps. I again paper pieced the holly and berries. Papers are all Basic Grey.

I'd like to enter this into:

Basic Grey- more than 1 fold

Winter Wonderland- photo inspiration

Papertake Weekly- anything goes and use something new

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Molly Bloom, Waltzing Mouse); Lyra pencils; Papers (Basic Grey); Assorted cardstock; Beads (Art Institute)

And last up.... another Christmas card!!! And another Molly Bloom stamp!

I'd like to enter this into:

Sketch Saturday-sketch

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Molly Bloom, Waltzing Mouse); Lyra pencils; Papers (Pink Paislee, Crate Paper, Cloud 9, Fancy Pants); Assorted cardstock; Distressing tool; Ribbon (recycled); Button; Charm; Pearls

Are you a cosmo girl?

Hi guys- just a quick post today. Mum is feeling the full effects of her chemo and is in bed with sickness and diarrhoea so am back on nursing duty and no time to chat! Two little cards to show you this week...

First up is a card I made for my friend who's just got back from New Zealand and has been looking for a job- she got one on Friday so I thought it was cause for a celebratory card! I used Cosmobella. I coloured her with watercolour and lyra pencils and copics. I then sponged ink around her. I really love the colours of this card- teal is one of my favourite colours.

I'd like to enter this into:

The Pink Elephant- sketch

Charisma Cardz- bling/sparkle

One Stop- spots and dots- polka dot paper

Simon Says- sketch

Here is a close up! I quite like the colouring on her jeans and her funky glittery flip flops!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Stamping Bella; Hero Arts); Papers (DCWV); Assorted cardstock; Copics; Watercolour pencils; Lyra pencils; Nesties; Flower (The Cheap Shop); Stickles; Brad (Prima); Heart (recycled); Ribbon (recycled)

Next up is a very quick card I made for my mother-in-law. Well I had the image coloured and was waiting for a sketch challenge I could enter but our internet connection went down for a few days so I quickly cobbled this together on Sunday morning in the end! Image is Lily of the Valley- as usual coloured with mixture of watercolour and lyra and copics and again inked. Papers are by Abbey Road, I thought the colour combo was a bit unusual.

I'd like to enter this into:

Pollycraft Monday Challenge- use old/neglected stamp- LOTV

My time to Craft- Mum's the word

Creative Inspirations- Mother's Day

LOTV- Spring

Stamping for the Weekend- Mother's Day

Allsorts- Blooming blossoms

Stamptacular Sunday- buttons/bling & bloom

Crafty stash used: Stamp (LOTV); Watercolour pencils; Lyra pencils; Copics; Nesties; Papers (Abbey Road); Assorted cardstock; Sentiment (freebie in mag); Border (K&C0); Corner embelly (freebie in mag)

Hope you're all well xxxx