My fav 5 creations of 2013!

Morning lovelies.....hope you're all well & warm! Today I'm joining

in with the lovely Debby and sharing my favourite 5 creations of 2013!

Ragdoll Ruby

Dance, Dance!

Things with wings

Lost in Time

Right round the world & back again!

Miss Rebecca's birthday card

So that's my lot........Oooops, a 6th one just slipped in there too!

Thanks for calling today & thanks for your lovely comments & support this

 year.......looking forward to doing it all again in 2014! Whatever you're up to 

tonight......stay safe & HAVE FUN!

Happy New Year!!!!

My favourite five Christmas creations!

Wow, this is soooo much harder than I thought it would be......I

think I like everybody else's cards more than my own lol! Anyway,

to join in with Debby's fav 5 Christmas cards, I finally chose mine!

A little bit of purple

Cold & Frosty

O holy night

Angelhugs

Christmas in July

And a sneaky 6th.....My little (big) book of Christmas 

So that's it....don't forget to pop over to Debby's and link up your fav

5 Christmas makes!Thanks for calling today.....see you soon!

xx

Do zombies eat turkey too????

Hiya.......happy Sunday..........hope you're all well, warm & safe in this

awful weather, although it seems to have calmed down this morning
.........I was sure our garage roof was gonna blow off at one 

point......thankfully it stayed put. Anyway, hope you've all had a fabulous

Christmas, got spoilt rotten & made lots of memories! I'm looking forward

to getting back to some kind of routine though, Miss Rebecca & me have

spent many a lazy hour (or two) curled on the sofa with our Kindle's &

a tin of chocolates! I snook an hour in the craft room & so I've a little ATC

 to share for today, I love making them, just don't do them often enough!

I used the Zombie Christmas Elf digi from Dilly Beans, coloured with my

Copics & sentiments from the Greetings Farm. I'd like to enter this in:

Christmas or Winter at Dilly Beans

Happy Holidays at Wicked Wednesday

Christmas at Left of Center

Thanks for calling today....hope you have a lovely Sunday whatever
you're up to.....see you soon!
xx

From our house to yours........MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Morning lovelies.......hope you're all well......and oh my gosh, can't believe

it's tonight that the big fella in red comes a-calling......I've been good, honest!

Are you all ready? I think we are, just the veggies to prep, the Eggnog to

make & a Christmas film (or 2) to watch!

I have a little card to share today too and the image is, for me, what

 Christmas is all about......family. So that's it from me until after Christmas,

 I'd just like to wish you all a wonderful, happy Christmas filled with lots of

fun, food and family and best wishes for an even better New Year!

Thanks so much for being such fab blog buddies........lets do it all again

next year.........MERRY CHRISTMAS....... make lots of memories!

xx

All White GDT with My Time To Craft!

Morning lovelies....happy Saturday! Not many more sleeps now!

Today I;m sharing my GDT card for the fabby My Time To Craft where

this week the theme is ALL WHITE except the image! I went with

a full WOW theme and have to say, though I usually struggle with these

 I really enjoyed making it! Lots of die cuts & glitter on this one too

although it doesn't show up too well! Do pop over to the main challenge blog

where you can find all the info you need to enter & while you're

there, check out this fab DT's work.....gorgeous as always!

Rightio, off for a little wander round town........I know, I must be

 mad lol then that's me in for the weekend! Thanks for calling!

xx

challenges
Winter Wonderland at Card Mania
White on White Christmas at Creative Craft
White on White at Paper Minutes
Winter Wonderland at Creative Moments
White Christmas at Suzy Bee's

It's snowing...........

........no, not really, but I wish it was........I love a bit of snow and it makes

Christmas perfect for me.........but there's still time lol! So today I'm

sharing a card I made for Miss Rebecca's friend, Jess....it had to be pink

with a snowman! It was supposed to be CAS but I couldn't help but add

a few layers & some snowflakes..........and I'm pleased to say she loved it!

I used this gorgeous digi from All Dressed Up, coloured with Copics, the

sentiment is LOTV, paper from scrap box, polka dot embossing folder &

some die cut snowflakes.........and that's it! Okay, that's me for today....

kids break up today & I've a few jobs I need to do before they come home.

Thanks for calling.........have a lovely day!

xx

challenges I'd like to enter

snowflakes at Allsorts

Christmas at Dream Valley

anything Christmas at Eureka Stamps

Christmas at Papertake Weekly

non trad Christmas colours at Little Red Wagon

it's Christmas at In the Pink

Black, white & a bow!

Good morning......hope you're all well....and not suffering from the winds

& rain of last night......I thought our garage roof was going to blow off

but thankfully it stayed put! Today I have another Christmas card...

.......that's nearly it, I promise lol....only a couple more to share! I kept

this one nice & simple as I think the stamp is just beautiful as it is.

Just some black card, white embossed card, a bow and that's it!

Rightio, I'm away to tidy the craft room.........and make a final list for

the Xmas food shopping although I don't think I'm gonna worry too much

as our local Morrisons is opening on Boxing Day!!!Thanks for

calling today......hope you have a lovely day whatever you're up to!

See you tomorrow!

xx

challenges Id like to enter
something festive @ Crafty Individuals
non trad Christmas colours @ Totally Paper Crafts
non trad Christmas colours @ Di's Digi Designs
last minute Christmas @ Sweet Stampin'

Nutcrafters midway reminder - SNOW!

Morning lovelies....happy Wednesday!

Just popping in with a quick reminder for the latest challenge over at

Nutcrafters where the theme is SNOW!  Better dash, got soooo much

to do but hoping to have a little catch up tonight! Thanks for calling!

xx

Snowman cuddles!

Morning lovely bloggers.........are you all excited yet........not many more 

sleeps! I think once the kids have broken up from school/college things

start to get really exciting here.....and more so the older they get lol!

So for today I'm sharing a card using one of my fav images.....this one

always reminds me of Miss Rebecca when she was younger, she'd spent

a couple of hours with one of her brothers building a snowman......she was

so cold & wet but she wouldn't come in til it was finished cos she wanted to

cuddle it.......then when he was finally made she was in floods of tears cos 

they'd made him too fat & she couldn't get her little arms all the way

around him......awwww!! Rightio, that's me for today....off to do the

dreaded h****work......thanks for calling & whatever you're up to, hope

you have a lovely day!

xx

challenges
Christmas @ Inky Chicks
anything goes Christmas @ Loves Rubber Stamps
merry Christmas everybody @ Songbird
anything goes @ Divas by Design
anything goes @ 4 Krafty Girls
anything goes @ Marvelous Magnolia
Christmas @ Brown Sugar
non trad Christmas colours @ Totally Papercrafts
snowflakes @ Allsorts
anything goes @ Totally Tilda

Anything but a Card with Sparkles!

Good Morning my crafty friends....and what a gorgeous morning it is too!

Hope you're all well & having a lovely weekend!

Today see the start of a new challenge over at Sparkles and this time

the theme is ANYTHING BUT A CARD! A nice, easy challenge 

this time and as usual, we have a fabby sponsor - Di's Digi Downloads

 offering our lucky winner a $10 spend instore!

I made a little Christmas hanging for Miss Rebecca in her favourite

colour of purple! I used a cardboard circle, simply wrapped it with some

purple wool, added some gorgeous die cut snowflakes, gems, 2 lengths of

ribbon & a bow.....and that's it! So quick & easy to make and very

effective I think.....can't wait to make more!

As usual, there's some gorgeous inspiration over on the main blog and 

you have until January 13th to play......eeeek, that's next year!!!

Rightio, that's me for today....thanks for calling, see you tomorrow!

xx

challenges
anything Christmas but a card @ Crafting for all Seasons
snowflakes @ Fab n Funky
Christmas ornaments @ Inky Impressions
gifts & decorations @ Stampin' with the Dragon
snowflakes @ Allsorts

Christmas Advent with Crafty Ribbons!

Lots of Christmas fun going on over at Crafty Ribbons....hop on

over to check it out......here's a bit from the blog to tell you all about it:

xx

Each day we will be highlighting a different Craft Company or Shop,the Design Team will be posting cards/projects on  the Inspiration blog and on their blogs each day there will also be a prize from the highlighted Company up for grabs that's 24 prizes  in total and you can enter each day,only one entry per person per day to make it fair,so make sure to become a follower and remember the Christmas Advent will start at 8.30am (GMT) on the 1st December the Design Team hope you will all join in the fun and countdown to Christmas with us....... 

xx

GDT for My Time To Craft - Christmas Birds!

Morning lovelies.....happy Saturday.......and didn't it come round fast.....really
don't know where all the hours/days/weeks go! So seeing as it's Saturday
that means a new challenge over at My Time To Craft and my 2nd week as
guest designer.....and I'm loving it......thanks again, Shell! The challenge theme
this time is CHRISTMAS BIRDS, so turkeys, cardinals, robins etc., I used
the sweet robin couple digi from Digistamp Boutique, coloured with Copics,
paper from my scrap box, die cut holly & bow......and lots of glitter!
Do pop over to the main blog, Shell & her team have some fabby inspiration
for you. Thanks for calling, have a lovely weekend...see you tomorrow!
xx

a challenge or two!
must have a bow @ Robyn's Fetish
wings @ Bunny Zoe's
sparkle @ Paper Makeup Stamps
Christmas creatures @ Papertake Weekly

Quick, easy & using up some stash!

Morning.........and a cold, damp one it is too! 

I'm off to town today when the kids have gone to school/college/work.....

..... hoping to get the last bits & bobs for Christmas .......wish me luck lol! 

So for today's card it needed it to be Christmas, plain, simple, wine if possible
& definitely no bling.....easy, huh......not for me!!! I'm not too sure about

it but there you go......thought I'd share it anyway.....and luckily it went down
a treat! Thanks for calling.....see you tomorrow!
xx

A little bit of purple!

Morning lovelies, hope you're all well & enjoying the week!

Another Christmas card today, this one is for Miss Rebecca so of course

it just had to be black & purple and this gorgeous Dilly Beans image is one of

 her faves and sooooo nice to colour...........hope I've done it justice!

Rightio, another busy day for me......but nearly done now....so long as 

I have everything but the food shopping done before the kids break up I'll

be happy......oooooh, getting excited now lol!

Thanks for calling......see you soon!

xx

challenges I'd like to enter

non trad Christmas colours @ Dilly Beans

Christmas @ Card Makin' Mamas

non trad Christmas colours @ Di'd Digi Designs

P is for.....@ Pile it On

anything goes @ Corrosive challenges

non trad Christmas colours @ Kaboodle Doodles

Christmas @ Crafty Sentiments

anything goes @ Divas by Design

snowflakes @ Fab n Funky

Let's see some SNOW with Nutcrafters!

Morning lovely crafters, hope you're all well & enjoying the week!

Only 2 weeks to go........eeeek.........and I've still got so much to do!

So today sees the start of a new challenge over at Nutcrafters and this time

 the theme, as chosen by lovely teamie Sylvia, is SNOW!

As usual, we have some fabby prizes up for grabs.......

1st prize - £10 to spend in the Nutcrafters store

(you must use a Nutcrafters image to win)

2nd prize - 2 Nutcrafters digis or 1 stamp sheet of your choice

(subject to availability)

Full rules & gorgeous inspirations are available over on the main blog

and as usual, you can make any crafty creation you fancy!

I used the fabulous Winter Washing digi coloured with Copics,  die cut 

snowflakes, gems, a stamped sentiment from the Greetings Farm, polka dot

 embossing folder and scraps of paper from my scrap box!

Rightio, that's me for today......I'm off for a marathon Christmas

pressie wrapping session......wish me luck! Thanks for calling,

see you tomorrow!

xx

Skate!

Good morning lovelies.....hope you're all well! 

Just popping in to share a little card.......I've kept it plain & simple

'cos it's for a boy.....not that boys are plain & simple but....oh, you know

what I mean lol! Anyway, this little skater boy was a freebie with a mag

ages ago and I'm ashamed to say this is the first time I've inked him!

More scraps from the scrap box, a snippet of ribbon, some die cut 

letters....and coloured with Copics! Rightio, can't stop....soooo much

to do........Thanks for calling......see you tomorrow!

xx

a challenge or two......
anything goes @ The Stamping Chef
non trad Christmas colours @ MilkCoffee
sports @ Brown Sugar
Winter @ Left of Center
non trad Christmas colours @ Di's Digis
anything goes @ Here Come the boys
Winter @ The Squirrel & The Fox
Winter fun @ Crafty Cardmakers

Snow with Lexi's Creations!

Morning.......hope you're all well........and didn't that weekend go soooo

fast...........can hardly wait 'til the next one! Today sees the start of a new

 challenge over at Lexi's Creations where this time the theme is SNOW!

This was an easy one for me as I was asked to make a card for a little

person who loves snowmen & snowglobes! No sentiment or any fancy

embellies were wanted though I did add some snowflakes, glitter, 

 a couple of gems and some sparkly twine....and thankfully they

loved it! As usual, we have a fabby sponsor.....this time it's the wonderful

Joanna Sheen

Don't forget you can make anything you like as long as it fits the theme

and there's some gorgeous inspiration from the  fabby DT over on the main

blog......we'd love to see you! Oooops, nearly forgot........this will be the

last challenge for this year.........but we'll be back in the New Year!

Thanks for calling.......see you soon!

xx 

Cold & Frosty with Crafty Calendar!

Morning lovely bloggers......hope you're all well!
I think Mr Blogger must have been out Christmas shopping 'cos this post
was scheduled to post yesterday......but no worries, it's here now!
We have a new challenge for you over at Crafty Calendar where this
month the theme is COLD& FROSTY! As usual, you can make any crafty
creation you like So long as it fits the theme and we have a fabby
prize from this months' sponsor - Crafty Ribbons!

I chose blues for my cold & frosty theme, the image is Snow Cuddles
from Delicious Doodles coloured with Flexmarkers, I used navy card as a
base for all the layers, snowflakes are Sizzix, flowers, ribbon, lace & gems
are all from my stash......and everything is sprinkled with glitter!
So that's it from me for today.......thanks for calling & hope you have a
lovely Sunday......see you tomorrow!
xx

challenges I'd like to enter
Winter wonderland @ Artistic Inspirations
snow fun @ Paper Makeup Stamps
start of Winter @ Kaboodle Doodles
snowy Winter @ the Crazy Challenge
blue & white @ ladybug Crafts Ink
anything goes @ Papertake Weekly
touch of frost @ Fab n Funky
Winter/snow @ Inky Impressions
Christmas/New Year @ Delicious Doodles
Winter/holidays @ Left of Center

GDt with My Time To Craft - Cute & Cuddly!

Good morning.....hope you're all well & safe after the awful weather we've 

had. So today I'm so chuffed to tell you.....I'm GDT for the whole month over

 at My Time To Craft......thanks for asking me Shell, it's great to be here!

This week the theme is CUTE & CUDDLY so I went with another Christmas 

card.......(nearly done now, phew!)and lots of red! Coloured with Copics,

the sentiment is LOTV, die cut snowflakes and lashings of glitter that

doesn't show up too well!!! Don't forget to pop over to the main blog and

see all the fabby DT makes from Shell & her team.....and I'll be back soon

with another Christmas make! Thanks for calling & for any comments you

might leave......see you soon!

xx

challenges
traditional Christmas colours @ Whoopsi Daisy
anything goes @ Papertake Weekly
feeling festive @ Divas by Design
Christmas @ C.R.A.F.T
glitter it @ Happy Campers
Christmas time @ Paper Crafting Journey

A little bit of silver....

Hi friends....hope you're all well, warm & safe! Isn't the weather

just awful and at a time when everyone is just so busy & there's so much to 

do.......stay safe everyone! So today I have another Christmas card..

....there's me thinking I had all my cards done....then the boys asked

for some for friends, work colleagues etc., so now I've got a bit of a panic

 on lol....but it's all good fun and I get to use up some more stash....

and that means space for more stash......yippee!!!! So it's a quick & easy

 make, no colouring,  just a trio of silver die cuts, a stamped sentiment & a

 couple of gems, all mounted onto the card base with foam pads!

Hope you like it.......thanks for calling, have a lovely day!

xx

challenges
anything goes @ 2 Sisters
funky Christmas @ My Sherri Crafts
black @ Pumpkin Spice
Winter @ CAS on Sunday
no stamping @ Christmas CArd Challenges
Glitter & Sparkle @ Glitter n Sparkle
anything goes @ Papertake Weekly
contemporary Christmas @ Creative Inspirations

Show us your Santas with Nutcrafters!

Morning.....and oh, it's a cold one today.....perfect weather for staying

 snuggly warm in the craft room, don't you think? And as it's Wednesday,

you could always pop on over to Nutcrafters and join in with the latest

challenge as chosen by our Debs - SHOW US YOUR SANTA! 

I made a little tag this time.....and all from scraps too!

Full rules & fabby DT makes are all on the main blog.....would love

to see you there! Thanks for calling.....see you soon!

xx

challenges I'd like to enter
gift tags @ Card Crafters Circle
ho ho holidays @ Totally Paper Crafts
anything goes @ 2 Sisters
anything but a card @ Dream Valley
tag along @ Crafty Sentiments
anything goes @ Papertake Weekly

Green hair, anyone?

.........no, me neither....although in my long ago younger days I think I had

 my hair every colour but green lol!

This is a card one of my Son's asked for to give to a college friend, hence 

the green hair.....they can get away with it at that age, don't you think?

The image is from The Greetings Farm, coloured with Copics & Spectrum 

Noir pens, I've used some papers from my scrap box, the sentiment is 

LOTV,  the die cut is Marianne Creatables & the red gingham ribbon

 is from my stash! Rightio, better dash............lots to do today......think I

 might have to make a start on the gift wrapping.................not long now!!!

 Thanks for calling today & hope you have a lovely day!

xx

challenges

Christmas @ Crafting by Designs

red @ Divas by Design

Christmas @ Charisma Cards

felling festive @ Stampin' for the Weekend

Ho, Ho, Holidays @ TotallyPaperCrafts

Feasts & Treats with Sparkles Christmas Challenges!

Good morning lovely bloggers.....happy December 1st!!!

Hope you're all well & warm......and oh my gosh, hasn't this year flown past?

So over at Sparkles Christmas Challenges we're gonna kick start the

festive month with a new challenge - FEASTS & TREATS - can't believe this

 is the last challenge for the year.....but there's lots more to come next 

year!! As usual, you can make any crafty creation you like just so long as it

 fits the theme and we have a fabby sponsor too - Di'd Digis

who are kindly offering one lucky winner a $10 spend instore!

Another Christmas card from me, this time I used a fabby paper pack, toppers

& embellies......all free with a magazine, some red card & a scrap of

gingham and that's it......hope you like it!

Rightio, better go......it's tree decorating day today & no doubt we'll

be belting out a few Christmas carols too......thanks for calling & hope

you have a lovely day!

xx

challenges
sweet treats @ Creative Card Crew
anything goes @ Party Time Tuesday
Christmas @ 4 Crafty Chicks
anything goes @ 4 Krafty Girls
no people @ Left of Center
no stamping @ Christmas Card Challenges