A Christmas Princess

Good Morning,
Hope you are all well! Welcome to my new followers!! I will get arounf to visit your blogs soon!

 I had such a lovely holiday and had a very busy few days since getting home! My Mum has just got a new house and is moving next week so we are packing and getting her all ready. She is having to move to a house all on the flat as she has been falling down the stairs a lot due to her Brain Tumour removal op. Its going to be hard for her as she has been in this same house for 35 years and we were all brought up there but her health comes first.

Anyway, today i am have shared my card on the Sugar Nellie Blog, not my usual day but we swapped about to give me a few days extra after my holiday which was well appreciated!

Yes, its my very first Christmas card of the year! I have been trying to get my Xmas cards started months but never got round to it till now! 

I decided to use this gorgeous Sugar Nellie WInter Wonders Princess for my card. I have used her before for a non Christmas card so this stamp is so versatile.

You can buy this Princess here from the Funky Kits Store!!

I have used Promarkers and Polychromos Pencils to colour my stamp. My papers are "Rose Tinted Christmas" from DCWV.

My dies are Sizzix Thinlets Doily and border set. 

 The Snowflakes Dies are from Marianne Design aswell as the Flourishes. 

I have embellished with some ribbon, Lace a flourish of gems and 

touches of Glamour Dust!

Just a wee date for your diary....Saturday 2nd August from 10am is the Furry Friends Blog Hop starting over at the Sugar Nellie Blog! I hope you can join us....some gorgeous new animal digi's coming your way!! 

Thanks very much for stopping by! 

Hugs

Lynne xxx

Merry Christmas & EBW Snowflakes and Lace

Merry Christmas everyone! As this post goes live i hope to be sitting with my family having our Christmas dinner and playing with the kids.

I have had one awful week heading up to today. On Monday i had to go into hospital to have a blood transfusion. I was in all day from morning until early evening and by the time i was onto my second bag of blood i was feeling really strange and developed a bit of a temp. I started to feel a bit better on Tuesday morning but i think i expected the transfusion to make me feel normal again but i was maybe expecting to much!

Anyway enough about me. On the 25th of each month we have a new Elisabeth Bells World Challenge set and this month is no exeption. This is when the schedule post feature comes in rather handy!

The theme this month is Snowflakes and Lace!

I decided to use Elisabeth Bell for SCACD "Waiting For..." Peekers stamp but i made the scene outside the window into a snowy scene. I have only ever used it, or seen it used as a sunny scene so it was good fun making it "snow". 

Materials

Image coloured by Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Papers - MME Chalk Studio

Dies - Marianne Design Tree and everything else cut from my Silhouette Machine

Embellishments - Lace, ribbon, silver stud gems and beads from Hobbycraft. I made the pin myself. I also used Tim Holtz Hard Rock Candy Distress Glitter with my glue pad.

When you have time why not pop over to the Elisabeth Bells World Challenge Blog and check out the other DT creations...you wont be dissapointed!!

Well thats me for today! I hope you all have the most amazing Christmas day with lots of lovely family time!

Take care and Hugs, 

Sketch time at I ♥ Promarkers!

Good Morning! I am here a day late with this post because i had a bit of a hectic day yesterday. I had my blood taken a few days ago and i got a call from my gp to say that my blood count has dropped to 89.

I kind of thought it was lower as i keep falling asleep and just exhausted doing anything.

Anyway  here i am with my card for the  I ♥ Promarkers! Challenge

This week the challenge is to follow the sketch

Here is my card..

The sponsor this week is Rick St Dennis who kindly gave the DT images to work with.

My image is called "Noth Pole Sign"

 Materials

Image coloured with Promarkers

Bear - Sandstone and Caramel Touches of Burnt Sienna in dark areas. 

Pole, sign and bow tie  - Ruby, cardinal and touches of burgandy in shaded areas

Other - Icicle, Ice Grey 1 and 2 and  Soft Aqua Flexmarker.

Papers - Papermania Home for Christmas

Dies - All cuts from my Silhouette Library.

Flowers - Mixed from Wild Orchid Craft and Hobbycraft, Ribbon and Gems from Hobbycraft. Essential Glue pad with Tim Holtz Distress Glitter.

Here are a few challenge i want to enter with my card - 

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Cute Card Thursday - Christmas Catch up

Happy Campers - Christmas

Digi Stamp 4 Joy - Anthing Goes

Thanks for popping by...Have a great weekend!

Hugs,

EHA Let it snow!!

Hi, Just popping by with a mid-challenge post for the Elphine House Australia Challenge!

Because its such a busy time of year we have decided to run a challenge that runs right to 30th Dec. We also have a choice of theme for you....

Autumn Leaves or Let it Snow!

Here is my Let it Snow card using Ebony's Christmas Snowflakes from Elphine House!

I decided to make a white on white card with lots of glitter. 

 Materials

Image coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers

Cuttlebug Snowflakes Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Label 1, Fancy Oval cut from Silhouette, Marianne Design Snowflake and flourish, Lamp from Cricut Christmas Noel. 

Lace, Ribbon and Pearls from Hobbycraft. I used Essential Glue pad with Tim Holtz Distress Glitter.

Here is a couple of challenges to enter this card into...

Ribbon Carousel Challenge - Anythings Goes

Top Tip Tuesday - Snowflakes

 Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes (new challenge!!)

Created with Love Challenges - Anything Goes

Well that me for now but i will be back soon with my I love Promarkers post. I have Carries Christmas school service today aswell as it being my neice's 4th Birthday. I hope you have a great day whatever you are doing and as always thank you for stopping by! 

Hugs,

Cold and Frosty!

Hello, Hope your enjoying your weekend! We had some snow here yesterday but only a thin covering on the ground which melted away after a hours or two as it turned to rain.

I have been having such a great time with my new Silhouette Portrait! I had the Cricut Expression but i hardly used it. I felt Cricut has really limited what we can do with the machines so i packed it all up and sold it. 

I cannot believe what these machine can do! I reserched it before i bought it but even so, i am still finding new things to do on it. I upgraded to the Designer Edition of the software and have already made a few simple cutting files. I cant believe the difference between this and the Cricut...the Silhouette machines put Cricut to shame. Well in my opinion. I know everyone has their own favourites. 

Anyway here is am with my card for the Crafty Calendar Challenge that started this morning. 

The theme this month is...

Cold and Frosty!

Here is my card using "Friendship is the Greatest Gift" from Wee Stamps..aint it cute!

Materials 

 Image coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers 

Papers - My Minds Eye Chalk Studio

Dies - Snowflake Lace Border is cut from my Silhouette, Snowflakes from Cricut Potpourri Cart, Mariann Design Flourish, Spellbinder classic and scallop circles.

Embellishments - Gems and Lace from Hobbycraft. Diecuts are covered withTim Holtz Distress Glitter.

 Here is a closer picture..

Here is some challenges to enter with my card....

 A Creative Romance - Christmas with sprakle

Card Makin' Mamas - Christmas and New Year

Jingle Belles - Christmas

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Digi Haven - Christmas cards

Thanks for stopping by and for all your lovely comments you leave each time you visit! I really do appreciate each and every one of them!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Hugs,

Its all about the kids @ I ♥ Promarkers!

Good Morning! What a cold and frosty morning it is here. I have not been around much the past few days as i have had the winter sickness bug. I just couldnt get over it becuase of all the other health issues.

Anyway i am here now!!

Today is the start of the I ♥ Promarkers Challenge!!

This week is....

"A card for a child"

The sponsor this month is Marianne Designs.

Here is my card..The border and Snowfakes are all from Marianne Design dies.

The image is from Elphine House Australia and is called "Danny Boy Christmas Gift"

Here a list of the promarkers i used...

Hair - Sandstone and Caramel

Skin - Blush, Baby pink, Coral, Soft Peach

Clothes - Pastel Blue, Powder Bue and touches of Demin 

Other - Ice grey, Berry, Apple Cider, Lavendar and Soft Aqua Flexmarker fro around the image.

Here is closer picture..

Here is a few challenges i am going to enter with my card. 

Creative Craft Challenge - Non Traditional Christmas Cards

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - Stich it Up

Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Well that me for now! I am off to have a play with my Silhouette Portrait now!

Have a great day...or whats left of it anyway!

Hugs,

Glitter, Glitter Everywhere!!

Hello! At last i am here! I have had such a full on day. It was my Mums birthday today so i spent a lot of time with her but also had my monthly hospital appointment and just to finish it off i have got awful toothache from Root Treatment that has gone wrong! The pain is driving me craz! Going to get it sorted tomorrow hopefully!

My hospital appointment was not great. Blood Count still low, at 95 today and the usual list of abnormal results to go with it. Thats my middle name.....Unusual! Nothing just goes to plan or as it should!

On a happier note my Mum had a lovely birthday. We went and had a photo shoot done of all the grandkids and got one of the photos blown up and framed for her. She started to cry when she opened it!!

Anyway today starts the new challenge at I Love Promarkers!

This weeks its "All That Glitters"

I got my Glamour Dust Glitter out along with Star Dust Stickles and also my Tim Holtz Distress Clear Rock Candy Glitter! It was everywhere and still see glimmers of it on all over my craft desk!

My image is from Art By Miran! I just came across her store on Etsy as i was looking for some new Christmas images. She has got loads of amazing digi stamps but also prints and cool blottletop magnets etc. Well worth a look!! I love this image, perfect for the glitter challenge as well as colouring!

I thought for my posts for I Love Promarkers i would list what colours of Promarkers i use on my images instead of a list of materials.

Skin - Blush, Soft Peach, Pale Pink and touch of Sunkissed Pink

Hair - Sandstone, Caramel and Burnt Sienna

Clothes - Pastel Blue, Powder Blue and Denim Blue, Cool Grey 1 (on white under glitter)

On the photo below you can see how i used my Goosebumps Shimmer Spray over my image. I sprayed from a distance to make the droplets smaller to look like snow. It also has a lovely texture to it when you rub your fingers over it!

I am also going to enter my card into these challenges...

Divas by Design - Use a Digi

Inklings and Yarns - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty - Lots of Layers

Stampavie and More - Die Cuts

Papertake Weekly  - Anything Goes

Well that all for now!! Thanks for stopping by to have a look at my card! I really appreciate it.

Remember you have a week to get those glitter pots and shakers out to joni us at I love Promarkers!

Letter to Santa!

Hi, I hope you are having a lovely Saturday night! I have had such a relaxing day, well once i got over the stress of bloggers issues this morning! It took me nearly 2 hours to get the Crafty Calendar Challenge post done! I was starting to loose it and had to restart numerous times from scratch! Blogger seens to have had lots of issues recently. Fingers crossed i dont come across any more tonight!!

I am here with my DT card for the new Crafty Calendar Challenge! This month its..

All Things Christmas!

The sponsor is a personal favourite of mine...Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection! 

I used "Letters to Santa" Digi Stamp. 

Materials..

Image - Letters To Santa coloured by Promarkers

Papers - Dovecraft Winter Wonderland

Dies - Sizzix Doily Circle, Marianne Design Snowflakes and Flourishes. Cricut Potpourri Cart for Mistletoe vine that is under the flowers.

Embellishments - Flowers from Wild Orchid Craft. Both types of Lace, Ribbon, Gems and Diamonte Effect Mesh Band from Hobbycraft. 

I have also used Liquid Pearls, Americana Starlite Varnish, Tim Holtz Clear Rock Candy Glitter and also Goosebumps Shimmer Texture Spray from Oozak.

Here is my image up close..You can slightly see the goosebumps spray over the image...doesnt show up in photos unless the drops are larger.

Here are some challenge to enter with my card...

Allsorts Challenge - Christmas Cheer!

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes

4 Crafty Girls - Anything Goes

Sister Act Challenge -Anything Goes

Polkadoodles Challenge - Christmas (Anything Goes)

Thanks so much for stopping by and for the lovely comments you leave each time!

Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!!

Hugs

Danny's Christmas gift and exciting news! l

Hi, I do hope your having better weather than we are having here in Scotland today. We have had more thunder storms and the rain cant hit the ground any harder.

Well the bad weather cant get me down this week as i got the most exciting email earlier on this week and i have been smiling since....I have been invited to join the Digi Bells as a permanent Design Team Member!
Obviously it was a Yes, Yes, Yes!! I am sssoooo excited!!
I really love Elisabeths images as you might have noticed by now...lol. so its such a hounour to be asked into this amazing team and i cant wait to get stuck in!

So onto business.. Here is my card for Elisabeth Bells World Challenge.

The theme for this month is....

Christmas in July!

To enter you must use a Elisabeth Bell Design Stamp. It can be from any of the companies she designs for or you can use aElisabeth Bell Digital Stamp! There is a list of the companies on the challenge blog.

Here is my card using a Elisabeth Bell design from Elphine House Australia called Danny Boy Christmas Gift! 

He is way too cute in his little Onesie!

                                                                  

Materials Used

Image - EHA Danny Boy Christmas Gift

Papers - Tilly Daydream paper pad and white cardstock

Dies - I used my Cricut Christmas Cartridge for the shaped card. Marianne Design Snowflakes, Spellbinders Beaded Oval, Papermania doily die and small Snowflake Die

Embellishments - Silver Bells, Ribbon, Gems and liquid pearls around the image. I have also used Americana Star lite Varnish and Glamour Dust Glitter.

A little close up..

Here is some challenge that i am going to enter..

Crafting By Designs - Xmas in July

Crafting for all Seasons - Xmas in July

Creative Belli Challenge - Christmas

I Love Promarkers - Christmas in July 

Thanks for reading and i hope you can pop over the the Elisabeth Bells World Challenge blog to join in with our challenge this month! Have a good day!

Hugs

                                    

Christmas Snowflakes! EHA Challenge Time!

Hi, at last here i am! Well its 4am on Wednesday morning and due to our typical British weather i couldnt get online. Yesterday, Tuesday, I spent the day watching Sky News to watch our new prince come out of the hospital doors to head home. I was also hoping they would announce his name but not so far. I thought we were not going to watch them leave the hospital live as the thunder storms left us with no satelite signal but it came back on just at the right time!!

So its time for the new Elphine House Australia Challenge!

This time the challenge theme is..Christmas in July!

You must use a Elisabeth Bell Designed Stamp to join in with us..We have had to delete a lot of entries every challenge which is such a shame. The companies that you can use are listed on the blog for you!

I used Ebony Christmas Sowflakes...find her here at Elphine House Australia .

Materials Used

Image - Elphine House Australia  - Coloured with Promarkers

Papers - Tilly Daydream from Do Crafts and white cardstock

Dies - Marianne Design fancy circle, Classic Circles and Beaded Oval from Spellbinders. I also used my Cricut to cut the lamp and holly vine.

Embellishments - Flowers from Wild Orchid Craft, Ribbon, Lace and Pearls from my Stash

I have put touches of Americana StarliteVarnish and DecoArt Glamour Dust on the lamp, vine and a few little drops on her coat

Here is a Closer view of the image..

Here is a few challenges to enter - 

Anything Goes Challenge - Anything goes

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

A Little Bit Crafty - Die-ing For It!

Always Something Creative - Xmas in July

Crafting Musketeers - Ribbons and Pearls

Well i am off to see if i can have a sleep before Carrie gets up! The boys on the other hand would sleep all day if left...typical teenagers!

Have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by and leaving such lovely comments!

Hugs,

Very Berry!

Hello! I hope you have all had a great day. We were at my daughters dancing class show. It was really good and was very proud to see her up there. When she was younger she was beyond shy. At nursery she went well over her first year without saying a single word! The more it went on the harder it got for her. She has then had a lot of health issues and is on immune suppressants for Auto Immune Liver Disease and is also waiting on her grommets to be re inserted for 3rd time and adenoids removed again. Her adenoids have grown back a few times now which is caused by her medication.... Anyway needless to say to have her up on that stage was a big deal for her and us!

So i am here tonight with a Christmas card i made just for fun. I had seen this digi stamp, Berry from Wee Stamps , and had to buy her! She is just gorgeous!

Card Recipe

Image - Berry, Wee Stamps

Papers - Dovecraft , Jolly Merry Christmas

Dies/ Embellishements - Fences' and mistletoe leaves from Cricut Potpourri Catridge, Lantern from Christmas Noel Cartridge. Spellbinders classic circles and scallop circles. 

Embossing folder - Sizzix's Christmas embossing board (which i found in the bottom of drawer and cant ever remember buying them!!) 

Embellishemnts - Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, Tulle and gems from stash. Also white glitter on lantern and fence.

A few more pics..                                                                                                                                          

Now for a few challenges to enter this card into..

Crazy for Challenges - Put a bow on it!

Hiding in My Craftroom - Christmas

Paper Creators Craft Challenge - Christmas (great new challenge)

Creatalicious Challenge - Winter

Stampin for the weekend - Add Texture

Thats me for now. Thanks as always for the lovely messages you leave when you stop by! I really appreciate them. 

Hope you all have a lovely relaxing sunday!

Hugs,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Wrap up Warm for Winter! Crafty Calendar Challenge

Well where did this weekend go?? I feel like i have had a wasted weekend. I never got anything i wanted to do done and here we are on Sunday night. we did go over to my Mums last night as its her 60th birthday on Tuesday so we had some friends and family in for a little get together. I think everyone had a nice time.

Anyway its time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge.

The theme this month is.."Wrap up for Winter" with the usual optional extra of Twine, fibers of String.

We have a brand new sponsor this month....Cedar Chest Designs!

You can buy digital stamp, papers and some cutting files. They are very new and adding new things all the time so keep a watch out! 

The lovely Katie from Cedar Chest Designs very generously gave our DT girls plenty of image to work with. I decided i was going to make a shaker card so used a lovely image "Georgia and the Snowman"!

 Here is what i used...

Image - Details above photo

Papers Bo Bunny Snowflurry 6x6 pad, Kraft Cardstock and embossed Acetate.

Dies/punches - Spellbinders classic circles for circular frames, Tim Holtz Vintage Lace die, Marianne Snowflake dies, Martha Stewart border punch, Marianne swirl die.Tonic Studio Small Snowflake punch.

Embellishments - Wild Orchid Crafts for flowers, Tulle, gems and micro beads from my stash and sentiment from a magazine free gift stamp set!

Here is another few photos...

 This is the challenges i am going to enter this card into...

Sunday Sketch and Stamp - Sketch

Christmas Stamin' All Year Round - Anything Goes (must be xmas)

Crafty Ribbons - Christmas

Card and Scrap - christmas

Thanks for taking the time to stop by. Remember to stop by the Crafty Calendar Challenge to check out our DT inspiration and join in the fun. The prize is a $10 gift certificate to use in Cedar Chest Designs!

Have a great night!