Just for Mum!

Hi there, I hope you are all having a lovely weekend. Its been a lovely day here, still quite cold but the sun looked the part!! Maybe spring is here now!

Today i have a card to share. The sketch is from the Sugar Bowl and i have used a Simply Sassy stamp called "Fairy Tale". This was one the six stamps i won from the Sugar Bowl Challenge a few weeks back (Thank you again!) I coloured her in with promarkers, loved colouring her hair. The paper is from Pink Pettycoat. I couldnt decide on ribbon or just some fibres so ended up using them both! The flowers are form WOC and the vines/leaves are from my Pot-pourri Cricut Cartridge and inked them with Sugar Spun Distress ink. The charm, metal circle, pearls and pins are all from my stash. The sentiment is a Personal Impressions and stamped onto a small tag which is also inked with Spun Sugar.

There are so many challenges out this week with the theme of Mothers Day so there are a lots of challenges to enter today! Here they are;

http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/ - Sketch

http://diecutdreams.blogspot.com/ - Mothers Day.

http://trulyscrumptiouschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Tag It (Sentiment is on tag)

http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/ - To Die For

http://doyoustackup.blogspot.com/ - Add a Bow

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Embossing (swirls embossing folder on circle and border)

http://papercutzchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/ - Mothers Day

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Mothers Day

http://ecpchallenges.blogspot.com/ - For Mum

http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/ - For Mum

Thats them all.. .Now for the linking up!I hope you have a lovely weekend and thanks for looking!

Take Care,

Simply Done!

(This is my second post for the day. The Crafty calender Challenge post is below!)

I thought i would ink up one of the Simply Sassy stamps that i got from the show in Glasgow on Thursday. Had a great day but the bank balance aint feeling so good!

I am not one for clean and simple cards but i think i did not bad to stay away from lots of swirls, ribbons, and lots of clutter on this card. The sketch is from the Sugar Bowl Challenge. The optional was clean and simple..as i said i did try! The image is called "Bed Time Snuggles" and i coloured her with Promarkers.

The paper is My Minds Eye, Lost and Found. I inked the edges of all the layers and mats with Spun Sugar distress ink.  The swirl is from Marianne design  and the punch is a Martha Stewart one. (cant remember the name!) The flowers are from  WOC and pearls are from my stash.

I am entering the card into the following challenges;

http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/ - Sketch and CAS

http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Sugar Rush

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Shabby Chic/Vintage

Hope your having a great weekend! Off to do some of the dreaded housework!

                                                                                                                                       

My Favourite Colour.....well this week!

Hi, Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend. At last i finished painting the stairs and hall way, it took me weeks cos i started it then just have not felt well enough to finish it but i had to do it today...was really annoying me half done!

My card tonight is for the LOTV challenge which is "My Favourite Colours". I decided to go with my old faithful colour..pink.  The image is one of my favourites and have coloured her with promarkers. To add shine to her wings i have added glossy accents and glamour dust. My papers are doodlebug and Slice. The slice paper is full of glitter and shine and very slightly embossed. My flowers are Wild Orchid and Papermania and the leaves are a cricut cut from the pot pourri basket cartridge. I have also added a few stems with crystals on at each side of the flowers. To add a bit more shine i added gems and a hat pin. The ribbon was found at the bottom of my ribbon box...think its a never ending box and the ribbon seems to multiply every time i open it!!

Heres the link to all the challenges i would like to enter;

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ - My Favourite Colour

http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Use Pink

http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/ - Time to spread your wings!

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Add Shine

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ - Shiny Happy Cards

http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/ - Monochrome

http://creativecraftworld.blogspot.com/ - Use A Square!

Hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend and thanks for popping by!

Something other than pink!

Hi, Hope you all had a lovely weekend. I am looking forward to getting back to normal this week. My daughter had her operation on Thursday. She had a Liver biopsy, grommet insertion and adenoids taken out. She was the bravest girl ever. The only thing she complained about was her sore shoulder because she had to lie on her side for nearly 6 hours and because she was leaning on her shoulder it was hurting her. It was meant to be 4 hours but the nurses werent sure so kept her on her side until they checked! Yes.. took them 2 hours to check it out!! Dont get me wrong the staff were extremely good, went beyond the job description to make all the kids on that ward feel at ease and comfortable. 

Here is my card that i rattled up tonight while watching Dancing On Ice! The sketch is from the Sugar Bowl Challenge. Great sketch to work with. My cutie is coloured in with Pro markers. I am usually a pastel colour girl but really liked these bold colours together. Over at the CES challenge the challenge is no Designer Papers, it was hard not to reach into the paper stack but i managed! I distressed the edges of all the white and teal paper with walnut ink.

The swirls and leaves are die cuts from my Cricut and the flowers as usual were home made and touched up with stickles. The gems and ribbon are out my stash.

I am entering the card into the following challenges;

http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/ - Sketch

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/ - Teal and Brown

http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/ - No Designer Papers

http://thestampmanchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Distressed

http://stampinbsdesignteam.blogspot.com/ - Die Cuts

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Cutie Patootie

http://peartreedesigns.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

Thats a lot of challenges with one card! I am now off to try and get a few hours sleep!

Thanks for visiting and having a look!

Red and White Christmas!

 Hi, We gad a massive amount of snow fall yesterday here. As most of you seen on the news the roads were gridlocked and it was total chaos! The schools were just back yesterday after being closed all last week due to the weather. By lunch time yesterday the roads were getting so bad we were worried about getting the kids home. We stay in a small village right in the middle of Edinburgh and Glasgow and my oldest travels to school by bus so I had to arrange for him to be picked up. My other two kids are at the village primary which also closed early yesterday. All schools now closed again today and waiting to hear about the rest of week. Its not fun anymore and its so deep its causing real problems. Our telephone lines were down yesterday, trees falling and i have seen a few hut and garage roofs collapsing! 

Anyway enough about the snow! Here my card for the day. I am going to just list and link the challenges i am entering at the bottom of the post this time as i am in a bit of a hurry.  I have had this Forever Friends stamp for years and never used it.  He is coloured with Promarkers and kept it really simple to fit with the monochrome challenges and a few that are looking for red and white.  The sketch i used is from the Crazy 4 challenge blog. I have used one of my red and white flowers that i found in the bottom of my stash last week and the sentiment was one i had left in my xmas stash from last year too.

Heres the list/links of challenges i am entering with this card;

http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ - Little Red Robin

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Monochrome 

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/ - Red and White Christmas

http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ - Christmas Cards

http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/ - Sketch

http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/ - Monochrome

Thanks for looking and hope you have all had a good day in the snow!

Lynne x

Glitter and Glitz!

I have been offline for a few weeks now with broadband issues but all back up and running now so here i am back to enter a few challenges.

The image i used is a LOTV one and coloured with Promarkers. The white areas on her dress is filled with DecoArt Paper Effects and sprinkled with Glamour dust. The snowflales are from my Cricut Potpourri Cartridge and again covered with the Paper effects and Glamour Dust. The punch is a Martha Stewart which bought a the Hobby Craft Show in Glasgow along with a hundred other new bits and pieces that i "needed"!! The white mat is embossed with the Snowflakes Embossing folder and Cuttlebug. I finished off with a few gems, ribbon and xmas charm. I love this colour just now, just fresh and clean so have made most my family and friends cards in this colour combo.

Here is the challenges i have entered.

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Glitter and Glitz

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Let it snow

http://stampinbsdesignteam.blogspot.com/ - Snowflakes

http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/ - Christmas Card

http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/ - Anything Christmas

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Xmas with no red or green

Thanks very much for looking!

Sparkling Tilda!

 Hi, Its good to be back online! I was on holiday for a long weekend and when i got back my internet was down, anyway sorted now and can now get stuck into some of the great challenges that are about this week.

For this card i used a layout i used before for a challenge and loves it, so simple! The colour theme matched 2 different challenges, Stampin Bs and Fab n funky. I am not a fan of black white and red but i actually think it has turned out ok! The image of Tilda is coloured with promarkers and i have used glossy accents and glamour dust to sparkle her outfit up. The swirls were from a sizzix die i have had for ages, it actually is a flower with a swirl stem but i have cut off the flowers head and jut used the swirls. Again i have used glossy accents and glamour dust to sparkle. I added some pearls to the swirls.

As you can see from the picture below i have made the top layer so it opens up to show the hidden a tag inside. I used a brad to hold it shut by just catching the edge of the card stock under the side of the brad.

Here is the link to the challenges i have played along with this week.

http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/ - Pearls and Swirls.

http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Black White + One other colour.

http://stampinbsdesignteam.blogspot.com/ - Red, Black and White.

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Hidden Extra.

http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes!

http://totallytilda.blogspot.com/ - Glitter and Sparkle.

Thanks for looking and also for leaving all the lovely comments!

Pink to make the Boys Wink!

Well its been a day of many seasons here today. Dull and Windy this morning, then out came the sun for a few hours then came the downpour! 

This card was made with a few challenges in mind.

The sketch i followed is from the Fussy and Fancy Friday challenge. The sketch caught my eye right away, its one that you could really fancy up if you want to. The paper is from a Doodlebug pack i found among my drawer of papers. I really need to get them sorted out. I have used so much pink to fit in with the challenge over at the Paper Play Challenge which is "Pink To Make The Boys Wink." The image is Sugar Nellies, Post Box stamp. I have stamped her out and cut her out leaving the post box and grass which has made it look like a totally different stamp. I coloured her with Promarkers and used some of my glossy accents and glitter on the letter and spots on her hat etc. I made the 3 flowers by hand by using diecut hearts and cut the leaves using my Cricut StoryBook Cart. The Craftalicious challenge is to use Swirls and Pearls so i used the swirl frame cut from my Cricut and used pearls to finish it off.  The sentiment i cut out using my Cuttlebug and circle nasties from a a4 sheet of sentiments i bought. 

Here is the list of challenges i have entered!

 http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - Anything Goes

http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Flower Power!

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/ - Pink the make the boys wink!

http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/ - Die Cuts 

http://stampinbsdesignteam.blogspot.com/ - A diecut, a circle and a Flower

http://craftaliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/ - Pearls and Swirls.

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.com/ - Sketch.

I am off to bed now and to finish watching X Factor! Love the Audition Process, so funny!

Goodnight,