Birthday Candy!

Hello my crafty friends.......hope you're all well & having a lovely day!

I am ........because..........it's my birthday!!!! Can't believe I've reached the

big 50......eeekk.......think I'm gonna be counting backwards from now on lol!

So to help me celebrate & to say thanks for being such fab blog buddies

I thought I'd have a little candy giveaway. I have a tin of Spectrum Noir

pencils, (the essentials) & a pack of 5 Distress Markers.

If you'd like to join in:

1 - I'd love you to be a follower of my little blog

2 - Pop a pick in your sidebar

3 -  Leave me a comment to let me know you're in

A big thanks to all of you lovelies who have sent me cards,

messages etc.,.......I've been spoilt rotten lol!

xx

I want that hair!

Hi friends........hope you're all well!

Well it's dull, dark & wet here today, a great start to the holidays but

perfect weather for locking myself in the craft room & having a little

me time. So today I have a card using a stunning image from

The East Wind - she's called Hair Heaven & you can find her here.

She looks so much like a mermaid to me so I decided to go with an under

water theme.

I used a scrap of paper from the scrap box, some dew drops, some

muslin, sea themed die cuts & a computer generated sentiment. I used

my Copics  & a white Sakura pen to colour her.

That's me for today....thanks for calling & whatever you're up to I

hope it involves some craft time!

xx

challenges

go green at Eclectic Ellapu

anything goes at Aurora Wings

anything goes at Through the Purple Haze

a cut above at Papertake Weekly

anything goes at Inspiration Destination

anything goes at Art by Miran

bingo at Craft for the Craic

(die cut, +2 layers, image)

anything goes at Creative Fingers

anything goes at Digitally Sweet

There's still a few days to enter my CANDY here
You can find my ATC swap here

Sharing an Oldie this Friday!

Morning friends......hope you're all well!

Well it's Friday again & you know what that means.........it's time to

Share an Oldie with Erika over at Snappycrafts! A craft related oldie, that is

lol.....if you fancy joining in then head on over, you'll be very welcome!

Today I'm sharing a digi scrap page, this one was done in My Memories and

is a photo of my daughter Rebecca and yes, she still has those curls although

 now they're much longer & sometimes a different colour!

That's all from me for today.....gonna get stuck into the jobs & maybe

even do the ironing.........oh heck, did I really say that? The kids

break up this aft for a fortnight so I want to get on top of things as I

promised Miss Rebecca we'd have a go at some sewing........I bought 

some red tartan fabric a while ago & she's itching to wear it....in what 

shape or form I'm really not sure but we're gonna have a go lol

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

xx

here's my CANDY
here's my ATC Swap

Just For You......

Hi friends......hope you're all well!

It's a gorgeous day her on the Yorkshire Coast, beautiful blue skies but

oh, so cold...........a perfect day for crafting lol!

Well, I started on the big stash de-clutter yesterday....think I might be 

fooling myself a bit really cos I can't seem to throw anything so I decided

I'm gonna have a card making session every week & donate to the

charity shop where my son has a Saturday job. 

So this little fella & paper was a freebie with a mag, I layered up

onto some blue card, then some beige card & finished with some gems

& a computer generated sentiment.....job done!

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

xx

you can find my CANDY here

you can find my ATC SWAP here

challenges

cute & cuddly at Alphabet Challenge

pastel at Send a Smile for Kids

animal friends at Corrosive Challenges

animals at Melonheadz

Presents, anyone?

Morning friends.....hope you're all well!

Grocery shopping for me today & once that's done then I'm gonna

have a much needed de-stash of my craft room......and dare I

say it.........I'm not buying anything else until I've got rid of lots!

So for today I have a Christmas card made from a Nitwits decoupage 

sheet I found stashed away......definitely too nice to throw away! I

 kept this one nice & flat for posting, just adding a couple of pearls and

a stamped sentiment from LOTV. This will go in my box ready to 

send to the charity shop where my son works nearer to Christmas.

Rightio.....shopping time.....those cupboards won't fill themselves!

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

xx

you can find my CANDY here

you can find my ATC SWAP here

challenges

anything goes at Inspiration Destination

anything goes at Brown Sugar

anything goes at Sister Act

anything goes at Christmas Card Challenges

A little bit Gorjuss

Hi friends.......hope you're all well!

Today I have a book cover to share....you might remember I made a mini

album last year for Miss Rebecca's birthday? Well this year I'm making one 

for her best friend, Jess. The front cover is the same design Bexs', just

different colours & a different image.....and of course, a different 

name & age lol! Papers & image are both Gorjuss & I've used a real

variety of dies.....XCut, Memory Box, Clearly Besotted & Dienamics and

then finished with a little punched butterfly & some black pearls.

So that's it from me for today.....whatever you're up to hope it's fun &

maybe includes some crafty time.........thanks for calling!

xx

there's still time to enter my candy HERE

my ATC swap is HERE

challenges

make it square at Fantastic Tuesday

anything goes at Inspiration Destination

Mother's Day/female at C.R.A.F.T

anything goes at Brown Sugar

girly at Fussy & Fancy

anything goes/purple at 613 Avenue Create

Journal 52 week 2

Hi friends.......happy Saturday!

Hope you're all well & enjoying the weekend......Miss Rebecca & me 

started our day with pancakes, it's not often she's up early on a

weekend so it was a lovely to have breakfast together....I had mine with

lemon & syrup........mmmmm, delicious!

So today I'm sharing a journal page, I'm following the prompts over at 

Journal 52 & this is from week 2 when the prompt was 'Just Be'. As my

Journal is quite personal to me I added 'Happy'......cos inks, stamps,

paints & paper etc all make me happy lol. No particular techniques were

used, I just painted & dabbed & splattered & rubbed........then added a few

stamped & fussy cut flowers, some paint rings made with a paint dabber

lid & some honeycomb die cuts. It looks quite dull in the pic but IRL it

looks real grungy.......right up my street!

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

xx