My 2nd post of the day....

Hello again...Told ya..digi images are back baby lol...

I saw the new Simon says stamps challenge of a 'new baby'....and thought..I'm in!!

I love the Mo Manning images and this is one....

I used papers and card by Stampin' up!. The paper is Washington apple (my fave so am gutted it is discontinued!!)

I coloured my little man with...you guessed it - Pro markers

The sentiment is also Stampin' up! - Whimsical words.

Thanks for looking!!

Hearts, flowers and a sketch...oh my!!

Lol...I am still plodding thru those Valentines cards and finding sketches and challenges to use..This card is inspired by sketch saturday and the wonderful sketch this week and allsorts challenge where you need to use hearts and flowers..just right for a Valentine's card if you ask me...

For anyone who follows the blog...I have a printer woo hoo!! so expect lot's of digi images soon lol... starting with this one!!

The beautiful image is a Pollycraft one..I do love there images they just capture everything!! and I have coloured her with pro markers. The papers are papermania ( i found them in a sale bin when visiting my parents) and thought...mmm why not lol!!

Thanks for looking xx

Sweet stampin challenge

Morning....

Hope you all had a lovely weekend. It wasn't so quiet for me in the end as my sister, her boyfriend and my little nephew Will came and stayed..but it was well worth it...just to see him wee on his Auntie Sam lol.....

Anyway while deciding what to do with the sweet stampin challenge sketch, I realised I needed to make about 50 more Valentines cards....so I am gonna be looking at all the challenges and trying to incorporate them in somewhere lol...2 birds with one stone and all that!!

So what do you think?

The colours haven't come out on the pic...( I need to enlist Sam's help with this me thinks - I mean she is a photographer!!)

I love these cute images and coloured her with pro markers. The papers are papermania and the card stampin up! As for the flowers ...no idea lol...

Thanks for looking xx

A new challenge for me....

Hello...

Hope you are all looking forward to your weekend...I am.. a whole weekend just me and the Mrs...no baby sitting no work...This is such a rarity. We never have free time..

Anyway I was looking thru some blogs and I came across the Wiff Of Joy blog... and what can I say? There stamps are beautiful!!

So I decided to enter there challenge..I was also excited to see they are looking for DT's and GDT's so I thought why not?

There challenge this week is a recipe, so I chose 4 patterned papers, 2  flowers and 3 bling..

I have to say I loved this challenge, it was good to just start with one paper and work up..

The flowers, lace and pearls were from my stash.

The papers are Cosmo Cricket

Stamp is WOJ Coloured with Pro markers

My 2nd post of the day....

Well for followers of the blog (and I have a few now woo hoo!!) I am still printerless...Have had to take the printer back and purchase another one...and now I have no cable...very understanding wifey is back off to comet tonight to hopefully sort!! So all I can say is I am glad I printed 9 of each digi image as I would be lost now lol...

Well Back to the matter in hand..This card is for the allsorts challenge whose theme is pink and brown..my fave colour combo, so how could I not enter?

I love crafting and how the card you start with in your head is nothing like it actually comes out lol!!

Thanks for looking xx

Sketch Saturday on a Wednesday lol...

Yes this card will be my entry for the sketch saturday challenge...Loved this sketch and will definitely be using it in the future...

Well I had some good news boys n girls....I have been asked to be Guest Designer for Charisma Cardz - now before I go on I must say it wont be till December lol..however I am extremely happy as I haven't been blogging long so it seems like quite an achievement!!

When I told the Mrs she was like 'oh ok...' OK????? Well I had to tell you guys as you will understand what it feel like lol... Have still got my fingers crossed for GDT over at Sweet Stampin for Feb and Simon Says...so wish me luck....

Anyway back to the card....I am loving buttons at the minute - as you may have guessed lol...The papers and card are Stampin' up! While I am sure you will all recognise Anya!!

After Christmas I am sure every girl can do with some retail therapy lol!!

Thanks for looking and keep your fingers crossed!!

I'm feeling fruity....

Hello again...This is my 2nd post today so please scroll down to see my first...

Well the challenge over at sweet stampin challenge this week is 'Feeling Fruity'. I was a little stumped with this one.then I couldn't stop lol...

I have the 'Tart and Tangy' Stampin' up set so that was the starter for the card, but I still couldn't decide what to do..

Then I looked thru my stamps and Images and found this little gem..I have used her previously on my blog..but she is sssoooo cute I thought why not?

I used the stamps to make the backing paper (using my stampin' up pens as ink) and coloured the image with pro markers and stampin' up pens I really liked this sentiment and thought it went well and although you can't see it too well I used a chocolate charm...

Thanks for looking xx

I hate computers!!!!

I am having a nightmare day ..well it actually started yesterday!!. Our printer has broken so we went to Comet to get a new one.Sam liked the look of the Kodak printer and I just wanted to be able to print my Digi images so we went for that one.... I installed but it wouldn't work so off I went to the Kodak site to see what could be done...where I was put onto 'chat' with Zeeshan...Now I have worked in call centres for many years and now manage in one so I know that some call centre's are abroad and they do there best..however after 2 hours I still could not understand what my new friend was saying to me and the printer still did not print (and was lucky it was not thrown from the window!!!!)

Well with a fresh head I re-installed the said printer again and still no joy so back to Kodak 'chat'. You think I would have learnt but no so after another 2 hours of log into this and that and disable this and that no bloody working printer!!!!!!!!

Oh I feel loads better now I have ranted..well in between the chats I was making some cards so there will be 2 if not 3 posts today...The first is for pollycraft challenge where they are looking for fire and ice (red and white...) I made this little fella with a friends papertray ink stamp and loved it...it is a strange Valentines card however the person who commissioned it's hubby is an avid cyclist so now it makes more sense.

Hope you like it!!

Thanks for looking x

I am lovin' my new craft room....

Well boys n gals,

There is one thing to learn about me, once I say I am doin/havin something it don't take me long lol.. (Unfortunately the Mrs found this out when we 'discussed' selling her flat to buy a house and she came home to find I had put her flat on the market lol..this is the advantage of a same sex relationship lol!!!) So Jan 1st I said I was having a new craft room and 14th Jan it is here.....Well most of it that is, they were short of draws so I have the new desk but no draws to go in it till about 24th Jan...but I do have the set of draws and have enjoyed filling them up!!

Anyway  in-between tidying the new draws away I made some cards...well you find stuff you forgot you had and want a play..or is that just me?? lol

I have 3 cards and am putting them into different challenges so here goes....

Card 1 - Sketch Saturday

This card is for the sketch saturday challenge

I bought some Stampin'up pens for christmas so am just getting used to water colouring with them so bear with me they will get better!!

Card 2 - Swet Stampin'

This card is for the sweet stampin challenge and I know I have already sent a card in but I wasn't happy with it so I wanted to send in another that I was happy with!!I used the colour combo with stampin' up papers and card, and coloured the image with pro markers.

Card 3 - Simon Says (and DT call) and Charisma cards

This card is for simon says challenge where they are looking for shabby chic. This is also for there DT call so wish me luck!! I used cosmo cricket papers and coloured the image with pro markers.. And charisma cardz challenge which is to use something new. Well this is a brand new digi image to me and I have used my new cosmo cricket papers which only came yesterday!!

Thanks for looking and wish me luck!!

How cold can it get???

Oh my god.... It is far to cold for me...This time two months ago I was sunning myself on Hamilton Island (in Australia) and it was 30+ degrees!!!!!

Now I'm in snowy Birmingham and it's minus 8ish and supposed to be getting colder arrrggghhhhhhh!!!!!

Oh well at least that means I will get nights in the craft rooms as I am not going out in this weather (I know I am a wimp lol!!!)

Well I have just made a card for the sweet stampin challenge ...It was a difficult - er colour combo this week so it kept me scratchin my head...what theme would use those colours...then I remembered all the weird and wonderful cocktails I had on hols (well you have to try them lol!!) and the rest is history...

Remembering this is a Stampin' up! challenge I put all my digi images away and got the stamps out..hope you like my entry ladies...

I took two photo's as I couldn't quite capture the colours!!

Thanks for looking

Let it snow.....

Well I love snow.... I have just been for tea at Sam's brother and his girlfriends. See when Sam is away everyone invites me for tea it is great!! lol....

I am off to Emma's for a crafting day tomorrow and can't wait!!!!

However I have another card for you tonight..

I used 'hot chocolate' colours so I can enter it into a few challenges...

I decided to enter it into:

sketch saturday - Sketch

charisma cardz - Colour combo

simon says stamps challenge - Hot chocolate

quixotic paperie - Hot Chocolate

Thanks for looking xx

2 days all to myself!!

The problem with having a high flying Mrs is she has to go away...this used to leave me with nothing to do...that is until I found crafting lol!!!

So I got her up at 6.40am and sent her off to Oxford for a 'meeting'. The meeting which includes bowling and a nice meal!!! Mmmmmm...

Well, I am off to the in-laws round the corner for tea... but thought...let's have a day of crafting today so that turned into let's clean the craft room ready for the new furniture (which I hoping will be here soon if it stops snowing!!)

I have enjoyed today and made this card... I wanted to enter the Sweet Stamping challenge and was wondering what family occasion I had coming up, then my sister called to say my 4 month old nephew Will was unwell...Then I saw this Digi image..and the rest as they say is history lol....

I had the image but couldn't decide what to do so I searched blogland and found this sketch on midnight madness so this card will be going into the two challenges:

Midnight Madness - Sketch

sweet stampin challenge - Family

Thanks for looking xx

How many challenges with 1 card???

ello...

Well ladies my new years resolution is still alive and kicking!!

I have brought the best Christmas presents and thought.....lets use them all lol.....

What were they?? Digi images... Pollycraft, Mo Manning I love them all!!!!

I decided to start with a Mo Manning one first... (Emma Lockley - you are such a bad influence lol!!)

I also brought myself some nestabilities...how on earth did I manage before??

I am putting this in for a few challenges:

allsorts challenge - They have a fab sketch and want you to use something new (Nesties and image) or something old (my minds eye papers!!)

stamp challenges - Want 'something new!!'

crazy 4 challenges - They wanted polka dots...are I sure used lots of those!!

creative card crew - Who want to see distressing

charisma cardz -  wanted a celebration.

Thanks for looking!!

Happy New Year!!

So then one and all..how did you all spend your new year?

We spent it with friends which was a great way to bring in 2010!!

So do you have any new years resolutions?

I have given up with normal one...givin up chocolate etc...

This year I decided that I had to enter 1 challenge a week ( this means I can use more of my new craft goodies!!) and visit 2 new places this year...These should be ok to stick to!!

So here is my 1st card of 2010!!

How cute???

I am entering this into 

sweet stampin challenge-sketch

creative card crew - anything goes

charisma cardz - a celebration

Hope you all like it....

I used the giraffe from wild about you stampin' up! set, and the rest was just stuff from the draw!!

Thanks for looking!!