Christmas Magic!

I'm catching up with showing you another card I made for DT work but didn't have time to post on my blog. This time it's for a recent Anything Goes Challenge which was lilac and lace.

This gorgeous image is of course a Sarah Kay stamp. I coloured with a mixture of copics, lyra and watercolour pencils. These beautiful papers are by Basic Grey called Eva I think. Green holly was made using a Papertrey Ink die, gold holly border made using a Memory Box die. Sentiment is Craftwork Cards.

Hope you like the close up. It took ages to colour this one!

I hope you get the feel of a velvet purple winter coat and bonnet!

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Sarah Kay); Copics; Watercolour and lyra pencils; Papers (Basic Grey); Assorted cardstock; Nesties; Holly die (PTI); Holly border (Memory Box); Stickles; Lace (Craft Den); Pearls (Prima); Sentiment (Craftwork Cards)

See you on Saturday for Sketch Saturday! x

King of the Wild Things!

Hi all. If you're in the UK, I hope you're enjoying your lovely bank holiday! Just a quick post today to share a card with you that I made for Sketch Saturday a few months back but didn't manage to get posted on my own blog. So here he is......

It's using King of the Wild Things by Christy Croll for Stamping Bella. I coloured him with copics and lyra pencil shadow underneath. The papers are Echo Park Little Boy. The stars are made using nesties. Sentiment in PC-generated and cut out using a fishtail banner die from Die-namics.

Close up!

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Stamping Bella); copics; Lyra pencils; Papers (Echo Park); Assorted cardstock; Stars (Nesties); Fishtail banner (Die-namics); Sewing machine; Eyelets (Papermania)

Thanks for stopping by today! x

Kenny K Krafty Krew Challenge- anything goes!

Happy Sunday everyone! Today is mine and hubbie's anniversary! Can't believe we've been married 7 years! Time flies! Hope you're all enjoying your weekend. We are having an afternoon at a spa- can't wait!

So this week is Team B's chance to shine over at Kenny K's Krafty Krew Challenge and the challenge this week is an easy one- anything goes!!! You must take a look at the DT's work- it is absolutely stonking this week!

The sponsor this week is ....

offering 5 digis of your choice!

Sketch Saturday- Life is a party!

Hi all! It's Saturday so it's Sketch Saturday time! We have a lovely sketch for you this week, I just love the jaunty angle of the sentiment!

So for this week's card I've used Partygirlabella. I coloured her with copics and paper pieced her trousers and top. Underneath shadow is lyra pencils. The balloons were coloured with a mixture of lyra and watercolour pencils and then I paper pieced the 2 heart balloons. The heart balloons and party hat I've raised up on 3d pads. Papers are Happy Go Lucky by MME. Ribbon was recycled.

Close up! Hopefully you can see the 3d balloons and party hat!

Here is your sketch!

This week we are sponsored by the fabbie Craft Barn!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; Lyra pencils; Papers (MME); Assorted cardstock; Eyelets (Papermania); Ribbon (recycled); Stickles

Pop over and check out my other teamies! x

Anything Goes- Make your own background!

Hope you all had a fabbie weekend and have been enjoying the glorious sunshine! Today's challenge over at Anything Goes this week is "make your own background". Now, I must confess, this is pretty much my worse nightmare challenge! As you know, I prefer to spend my time colouring but I thought the idea of a challenge is to challenge yourself!!! So why not make something totally different and completely not my style? So here it is.....

For this card, I used the Dienamics zig-zag border die and cut strips of cream and blue cardstock along with a sheet of patterned paper by Lily Bee Designs and glued them together to form a background. Kinda thought it looked a bit like a quilt. Then I got brave and stamped a sentiment from Hero Arts right over the top! The Butterfly is another Die-namic die and finished with pearls.

Do pop over and have a look at the DT's samples- this challenge is a great example of how we crafters can vary so much! 

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Hero Arts); Paper (Lily Bee Designs); Assorted cardstock; Zig zag Die-namic (MFT); Butterfly Die-namic (MFT); Pearls

Kenny K's Krafty Krew Challenge- Get Sketchy!

Happy Sunday! Hope you are enjoying your weekend and managing to do a bit of crafting. Today's theme over at Kenny K's Krafty Krew is a sketch so why not join in the fun?

Here is a card I made a couple of weeks ago for my sister as she was staying with us whilst we were lucky enough to go to a few Olympic events. We've both really been into the Olympics so I decided to make her a card to celebrate. I used Olympic Runner by Kenny K and coloured him with copics. The papers I've used are by Making Memories. I got the outline of the flag online here and then just paper pieced. The sentiment is a Sizzix alphabet called Smart Guy.

Close up!

Here is the fabbie sketch we had to work with.

This week we are sponsored by the very amazing Kenny K! and...

Bearly Mine Designs!

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Kenny K); Copics; Papers (Making Memories); Pearls (Joanna Sheen); Alphabet dies (Sizzix)

Thanks for stopping by, see you on Tuesday for Anything Goes x

Sketch Saturday- Wallstreetafella!

Hi folks! Hope you are all well. Firstly, I'd like to say hello to my new followers-hellooooo! Can you believe the Olympics is over?! The closing ceremony was fantastic and had my top two fav singers/bands- George Michael and Take That! Whoop! I really enjoyed the Olympics so much and I thought it was just amazing how, despite our usual cynicism, the whole country came together and supported the event. When we do that, we really are a country to be so proud of. Best Olympics ever!!

Anyway, off my soap box and onto today's card! Yep, it's Sketch Saturday time!

For today's card I have used Wallstreetafella from Stamping Bella. So fab for male cards! I have coloured him with usual mixture of copics, lyra and watercolour pencils. The papers are Echo Park This and That. The sentiment is Stamping Bella sentiment that comes with Executabella. As it's a male card, I kept it quite simple.

Here he is in close up! Ready for a day at the office!

Here is this week's fabbie sketch!

This week we are sponsored by the wonderful Prairie Fairy!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; Watercolour pencils; Lyra pencils; Papers (Echo Park); Assorted cardstock; Buttons

Thanks for stopping by today, see you tomorrow for a Kenny K card! x

Kenny K Krafty Krew Challenge- Sun, Sea and Sand!

It's Sunday so it's time for another Kenny K Krafty Krew Challenge! 

Before I tell you what the challenge is, I'd like to let you know that the challenge is having a followers blog candy at the moment. Kenny and Elena are offering the prize of 3 Kenny K digital stamps of your choice and all you have to do is become a follower of the challenge. It's as simple as that! 

You have until 19th August to enter and with a fab prize like that you'd be mad not to!!

Anyway onto today's Kenny K Krafty Krew Challenge which has been led by Team B. The challenge for this week is Sun, Sea and Sand.

Our first sponsor this week is....

offering the prize of 5 Kenny K digis of your choice!!

Our second sponsor is....

Check out the fab design team's makes! x

Sketch Saturday- Carolers!

Hallo folks! How goes it? I can't believe it's Saturday already so that can only mean it's Sketch Saturday time! Yay! We have another fabbie sketch for you to use- another classic I think- I've already made another card using this sketch!!

Today I've made a Christmas card using Mo Manning's Carolers 3 I think it's called. This has got to be one of my fav images of her's. It took absolutely yonks but there's so much detail, it's a total joy to colour! I coloured with usual copic, lyra, watercolour mix. These papers are by Authentique called Wonder. I hope you can see that this gorgeous ribbon is actually a forest green colour (not black!!) Loving the fish-tail banner Die-namics- soooo useful!!

I'd like to enter this into:

Crafts and Me- use a digi image

Inky Impressions- use a ribbon

Just Keep on Creating- Christmas

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge- Christmas

Papertake Weekly- anything goes

Stamps + Fun= creativity- Christmas

Christmas Stamping All Year Long- anything goes

Close up. Don't they look like they're singing their hearts out?!!

Even closer look! Such a gorgeous image to colour! 

Here is the fabbie sketch!

And our wonderful sponsor for this week is Simon Says Stamp! Yay!

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Mo Manning); Copics; Watercolour & lyra pencils; Assorted cardstock; Paper (Authentique); Nailheads (Josy Rose); Fishtail banners (Die-namics); Ribbon (PTI); Sentiment (Craftwork Cards)

Thanks for stopping by today! xx

Anything Goes- Summer Days!

Hellooo! Well how fantastic was the Olympics yesterday as well?! I'm especially pleased for Andy Murray- two fantastic medals!! And we narrowly missed out on about 4 gold medals! We're on fire! 

Yes, it's Tuesday today so that means it's Anything Goes time and this week we have the lovely challenge of "Summer Days"- not sure how appropriate this is for the UK this summer but we can all dream!

My sis asked me to make a card for her friend's birthday and she cycles alot so she picked out Flora the Cyclist from Stamping Bella.  I think this is one of my fav makes for a while- I just really like the colours on it. These stunning papers are by Echo Park- This and That. I didn't use the sentiment that comes with Flora but the sentiment I've used is an individual Stamping Bella sentiment. I've used the Memory Box label die for the sentiment.

Close up!

How cuuuute is her hair and her little pleated skirt and cami?!!!

Do please pop over to the Challenge and check out the rest of my teamies' fabbie work! Don't forget you can purchase all your crafty stash at great prices from Lynne at The Craft Den!

I'll see you on Saturday for another Sketch Saturday Challenge! Take care and enjoy the rest of the Olympics! Go Team GB!!!!!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Stamping Bella); Copics; Watercolour pencils; Lyra pencils; Papers (Echo Park); Assorted cardstock; Label dies (Memory Box); Butterfly (Die-namics); Flower (Prima); Nailheads (Josy Rose); Hot fix crystal (London Bead Co); Ribbon; Diamante ribbon slider (Ebay)

Kenny K Challenge- Your Favourite Ice Cream!

Hello folks. Wow- how fantastic are we doing in the Olympics??!!! Go Team GB!!! I was privileged enough to be at the athletics on Friday night and saw Jess Ennis being her usual amazing self. The atmosphere was amazing, the park was so well organised. It really is a time to be so proud to be British. It was such an amazing, exciting day!

It's Sunday so it's time for another Kenny K Krafty Krew Challenge! Yay! This week's theme is your favourite ice cream colours. Great challenge, right?!

So my favourite ice cream colours are chocolate, raspberry and caramel! Yummy! I've used Queen's Cutie by Kenny K and coloured her with copics, adding a few highlights with a white coloured pencil. I've cut round her which I was quite pleased with as I must admit I've always been quite scared to do that before in case it went wrong and it mucked up the hour I'd spent colouring the image!!! These beautiful papers are MME Happy Heart. The speech bubble and scalloped border are Die-namics. The sentiment is by Papertrey Ink.

Close up! 

Our first sponsor today is the fabulousa Kenny K!

Our second sponsor is Crafty Ribbons!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Kenny K, Papertrey Ink); Copics; Watercolour pencils; Papers (MME); Assorted cardstock; Speech bubble die (Die-namic); Scalloped border die (Die-namic); Glitter gems (Stamping Bella); Heart button (recycled); Heart (Nestie); Eyelets (Papermania)

Thanks for stopping by today. See you on Tuesday for another Anything Goes Challenge! x

Sketch Saturday- Rock Dude!

Hello peeps! Hope you're all well and have been enjoying the Olympics so far. 

Today is Sketch Saturday time and we have a fabulous sketch for you to work with.

I've used Rock Dude from Kenny K for a birthday card for my brother. This is such an amazing image to colour! I coloured him with copics and a bit of lyra pencil shading here and there. These papers are by We R Memory Keepers and are called Teen Angst. The sentiment is by Papertrey Ink. I added eyelets (my embellie of the moment!) and some recycled string.

He looks very Jon Bon Jovi-ish don't you think?!

Close-up. I love how he's really rocking out!!!

Here is this week's sketch to play with!

This week we are sponsored by the fabulous Kenny K! Yay! 

Come and join in and check out my teamies amazing work!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Kenny K, Papertrey Ink); Copics; Lyra pencils; Papers (We R Memory Keepers); Assorted cardstock; Eyelets; String (recycled)

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you enjoy a fun craft and Olympic filled weekend! I will see you tomorrow for the latest Kenny K Challenge! x