Anything Goes- Anniversaries!

Hi everyone! Well, if you're in the UK I hope you've been enjoying our gorgeous weather! Can I just say hello to all my recent new followers! Hellooooooo! 

Anyway, today's post is another challenge over at Anything Goes and today's challenge is "Anniversaries"! This is a card I have made to celebrate my anniversary which isn't actually until August. We'll be married 7 years this year- time flies!! I'm really pleased with how this has turned out, I know hubby will love it, he's a bit soppy like that!!

I used the cutest Lili of the Valley stamp to make this called Times to Treasure. I coloured with copics, added shading and grass done with Lyra pencils. These beautiful papers are called Love Me by MME purchased at The Craft Den. I've added some stitching around them with my sewing machine. The sentiment is MFT from Dream Big A La Mode stamp set. The banner is made using a Die-namics banner die and set with eyelets, I love how it echoes the banners on the background paper. The heart with paper roses was recycled off an old card I had.

I'd like to enter this into:

Lili of the Valley- anything goes

Hotshot Crafts- diecuts

Simply Create Too- wedding or love

Moving Along With The Times- celebration, no birthday

Paperplay- Summer loving 

Crafty Catz- Card for a man

Make It Monday- anything goes

Simon Says- Fathers' Day or for a special male- for hubbie for our anniversary!

Hybrid Chick- use pink

A close up! She is a bit like me as I have a big floppy hat I like to wear in the sun! 

Check out the rest of the DT over at Anything Goes and why not come along and join in?

Crafty stash used: Stamps (LOTV, MFT); Copics; Lyra pencils; Papers (MME); Assorted cardstock; Sewing machine; Nesties; Banner Die-namics (MFT); Ribbon (recycled); Heart & flowers (recycled)

Sketch Saturday and blog candy!

Would you believe it's the weekend again already?!! Over at Sketch Saturday we are so happy to announce that it is our 4 year blogoversary!! Hurrah!! Not only do we have a fabulous sketch to work with and our usual fabbie prize, each of the DT are also offering a little blog candy to celebrate!! All you have to do to enter mine is simply to leave a comment on this post. I will randomly pick a winner at 09.00 GMT on Saturday 2nd June. Good luck! 

Today I am using Cutie Patootie by Elzybells to make a card for one of my friend's little girl. I have coloured her with copics and then used lyra pencils for the grass. I have paper pieced her cute dress and hair bow. I also added some soft lyra pencil around her. Papers are MME Fine and Dandy Girl- eagle eyes will spot the side papers are the wrong way round- the cherries are upside down!! Doh!!! Oh well, I thought, she's only little, she'll never notice!! The flowers are die cut using the Magnolia Strawberry leaf and flower die. Border is a Martha Stewart punch. Sentiment is a rub on by Pebbles Inc.

I'd like to enter this into:

Southern Girls- diecut or punch

Crafts and Me Challenge- fabulous flowers

Bearly Mine- anything goes

Top Tip Tuesday- dig out the old (Elzybells stamp)

Stamps & Fun= Creativity- anything goes

Card Making Mamas- feeling punchy

Paperplay Challenges- Summer Loving

Totally Papercrafts- Animals

By the cute and girly- Spring is all around

A close up! I think she's blushing!

Jo's fabbie sketch!

A little candy for you!

Don't forget this week we are sponsored by the wonderful Craft Barn!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Elzybells); Copics; Lyra pencils; Papers (MME); Assorted cardstock; Nesties; Flower die (Magnolia); Punch (Martha Stewart); Gems & pearls (Prima); Rub on (Pebbles Inc).

New video!

Hi. A mid-week post today- just to let you know I've done a new stash video which you can view on my Tips &Videos page or click here. It's my recent Stamping Bella purchases and features stamps such as Bellas, Fellas, Uptown Girls, Lulus, Cristy Crolls, Mo Mannings and Kettos. Yep, it was a biiiiiig purchase! Do leave me a message and tell me what you think! x

Sketch Saturday- Glamorous Gardening!

Woo hoo! It's the weekend again and that can only mean one thing! Sketch Saturday time! I have to admit I'm quite excited to show you this card today as it's probably one of my fav makes at the moment :0)

So here it is...

This is a card my Mum asked me to make for my sis. If you know my sis, it is sooooo appropriate!! I used Glamorous Gardening by LOTV. I love this image so much, it's just so cute and a joy to colour. I coloured with a mixture of copics, watercolours and lyras- I didn't have a blue copic to match the blue in the background papers. These gorgeous papers- really remind me of hot summery days- are of course by MME called Ooh La La. Gorgeous flowers are by Prima, die cut flower is the Magnolia Strawberry leaf and flower die. Sentiment is Papertrey Ink from their Garden Variety stamp set. Finally I added some champagne hot fix crystals for bling!

A little closer look!

I'd like to enter this into:

Moving along with the times- keep it real

Sisterhood of crafters- May flowers

Whimsy Inspires- anything goes

Crafters Companion- here comes summer

Deep Ocean- wonderful woman

Papertake Weekly- in the garden

Critter Sketch- flowers

Hooked on crafts- flowers

Paper Creations Ink- in the garden

Stamp and Create- for the ladies

Secret Crafter- in the garden

Stamptacular Sunday- in the garden

Make It Monday- anything goes

Here's this week's fabbie sketch. It really is a staple so you'll be using it time and time again I reckon.

Hurrah! Bunny Zoe's Crafts are the sponsor this week! C'mon over to the blog and check out the full DT's designs, they really are stunning! x

Crafty stash used: Stamps (LOTV, PTI); Copics; Watercolour pencils; Lyra pencils; Papers (MME); Assorted cardstock; Flowers (Prima); Hot fix crystals (London Bead Co.); Die (Magnolia)

Anything Goes- Back to Black!

Hello my crafty friends! I hope you had a fun weekend. Well another fortnight has rushed past and we are now onto another new challenge over at Anything Goes! This week's challenge is, as Amy Winehouse said, "Back to black". We want you to make a project using black and one other colour! I had loadsa fun with this challenge so can't wait to see what you come up with.

I used one of my fav Uptown Girls- Victoria and Juliet's Night Out. I love that these are such large stamps. I coloured them with copics, paper pieced their dresses (aren't they pretty?!) and added glitter to the hems and a wee bit to their drinks. These gorgeous papers are MME Blush bought from The Craft Den. Sentiment accompanies the main stamp.

I'd like to enter this into:

MIM- anything goes!

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge- anything goes

Addicted to Stamps- black, white and ? (pink!)

Let's Ink It Up- bling (glitter, bling gems)

Robyn's Fetish- paper piecing

Squirrel and Fox- one for the girls

2 Sisters- girly

Crafty mess- pink n cute

Creations by Gill- stripes and spots

Emergency Crafters- spots and stripes

Simply Create Too- Mother's Day/Feminine

Charisma Cardz- pink and girly

Cute Card Thursday- food or drink

Close up! But do click on the images for a better look, they look bestest up real close!!! 

I love their lonnnnnnng legs! Being only 5ft 1, I wish I had legs like that!!

The DT have outdone themselves this week, so c'mon over and check them out!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; Lyra pencils; Papers (MME); Assorted cardstock; Glitter (Lakeland); Ribbon (Stamping Bella); Nailheads (Josy Rose); Glitter gems (Stamping Bella); Pink gems (K&Co)

Sketch Saturday- Sweet Chester!

Hi. Hope you've got a great weekend planned! It's Sketch Saturday time already! Firstly I must tell you some exciting news!! Sketch Saturday is looking for 7, yes 7, new team members!!!! Pop over to the blog for more details!

So onto today's challenge, a fabbie sketch by Jo....

Yep, another Christmas card! This time I've chosen to use Pollycraft's Sweet Chester. I think he makes a great Christmas card for a male so this is for my brother-in-law. Jo has chosen such an unusual shape for the image but I think it goes perfectly with the image I've chosen. So I coloured Chester with copics and usual lyra bottom shading. The papers are by Basic Grey called Nordic Holiday. I kept it fairy simple because the image is quite large but also because it's a male card. The large holly is made using a  Papertrey Ink die. I used the paper to represent the sentiment as it had words on it.

I'd like to enter this into:

Cute Card Thursday- food or drink

Basic Grey- used Nordic Holiday paper

Divas by Design- for the boys

Allsorts- card for man or boy

Ooh la la creations- manly

Shopping our stash- 3 or more DPs

Papertake Weekly- cute

Creative Craft Challenges- anything goes

Stamping for the weekend- at least 4 layers

Close up of the wee fella!

Jo's fantastic sketch! How unusual is that?!!

This week we are sponsored by the lovely Simon Says Stamp which can only mean one thing- a fabulous prize!!!!

Come on over and have a go with this week's sketch and why not apply to join the DT?!!!! xxx

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Pollycraft); Papers (Basic Grey); Copics; Lyra pencils; Assorted cardstock; Holly die (PTI); button (PTI); Nailheads (Josy Rose)

Sketch Saturday- Victory Kid!

Hello folks! Can't believe it's Saturday again already!!! Where is the time going???!!! This week's Sketch Saturday sketch is designed by my fabbie SS teamie, Suzie! We have been lucky enough to be sponsored by Kenny K so I have a Kenny K image to show you today- my very first Kenny K!!!!

This is Victory Kid and I have to say these Kenny K images coloured beautifully! I have coloured with copics and added some lyra and watercolour pencil shading. As I've done on a few images with darker colours, I've used a white coloured pencil for adding stark highlights eg on his jeans.  The papers are by Echo Park called Little Boy. The large star was cut out using a nestie die, the tiny stars are cut out using a Papertrey Ink die- the star from the Love Lives Here: Holiday set. I used some eyelets on this- I haven't used eyelets for yonks but I really like how they look so I wonder why!!!

I'd like to enter this into:

Fab n Funky- celebrate maleness

Simon Says Stamp- birthday

Whimsy Inspirations- spots n dots

Crafty Sentiments- spots n stripes

Paperminutes- Stars

Papertake Weekly- anything goes

Crafty Cardmakers- for the boys

Cute Card Thursday- for the boys

Usual close up! Do click on pic for better look at colouring!

Suzie's fabbie sketch! 

We are sponsored by the amazing Kenny K this week, now that's one prize I would really love to win!!! So c'mon and join in our sketch this week!! x

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Kenny K); Copics; Lyra pencils; Watercolour pencils; Papers (Echo Park); Assorted cardstock; Large star (Nesties); Small stars (PTI die); Eyelets; Sentiment (Craftwork Cards)

Anything Goes- Things with wings!

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a lovely weekend and, if you're in the UK, that you didn't get blown away or totally soaked!! 

Today's challenge over at Anything Goes is "Things with wings"! What can you think of....? fairies, angels, butterflies, aeroplanes, insects, birds......mmmmm. I decided to continue with making my stash of Christmas cards and have gone for a fairy!

So I used this stunning image called Winter Fairy Talva by Mo Manning. I coloured with copics and some shading with watercolour pencils and added some highlights with Crystal Stickles. The papers are  Nordic Holiday by Basic Grey (you can purchase your Basic Grey pads from The Craft Den!) The sentiment is by Waltzing Mouse from the Compliments of the Season set. Snowflake border is by Memory Box.

I'd like to enter this into:

Make It Monday

Creative Mondays- anything goes

Christmas Stamping All Year Long- anything goes

Crafty Catz- anything goes

Fussy and Fancy- punches and dies

Winter Wonderland- here come the girls!

ABC Christmas Challenge- hardware (nailheads)

Close up of Talva in all her fairy-gloriousness!!

Do click on the image to see colouring even closer! Why not come along and join us at Anything Goes this week, it's such a great theme and covers so many occasions so I'm sure you can think of something!! The DT samples this week are just stunning!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Mo Manning, Waltzing Mouse); Papers (Basic Grey); Assorted cardstock; Copics; Watercolour pencils; Snowflake border die (Memory Box); Snowflake punch (Woodware); Crystal Stickles; Nailheads (Josy Rose)