Blogger better!

Hmmmph!! I fiddled and twiddled and somehow managed to get most of my blog design back. 

Just a bit of tweeking by my DS and we should be back to normal.

Today I have another card I was asked to make.

A 30th birthday for Sister.

Didn't get any other info, so went with this design.....

Got 'de-creasing' (ironing) to do today, so that's ME in a bad mood!

If you can send men to the moon, why can't they invent real non-iron clothes eh?

HAPPY MONDAY!

Peachy keen Challenge #41

Hello everyone! Welcome to another super duper Peachy Keen challenge. 
This week, we want you to create a card using ENCOURAGEMENT as your theme. 
Remember, you are not obliged to use a PK stamp, but we would be VERY flattered if you did!

 We also have the pleasure of a guest designer with us this week.....

Mandy Ferg of the Polka Dot Spot!

 Wowee!!! You really MUST go and visit her blog. Her cards are just amazing!!!

There are so many people out there who are still without work, caring for sick relatives, or

simply going through major changes in their lives. A card is the perfect way to brighten someone's day!

One randomly chosen winner will receive PK-412, Too Sweet to Eat and Set A, Spica pens, shown here...

A Brilliant prize for one lucky winner!

Here is what I did for the challenge.... 

(I thought maybe, someone feeling poorly or down at heart, might enjoy a bag of gingerbread).

Fully closed

 (It closes with Velcro coins)

 Partially opened

 Fully opened

 Stamps used......

PK-411, Lil' Gingerbreads and Phrases and PK 460, Happy Lashes Assortment.

Coloured with Copics (of course).

The DP is from SU and the mittens are courtesy of Spellbinders Nestabilities.

The gift bag is another paper engineered envelope! 

(Love making these! SO easy yet so effective).

I hope you like my gift bag. If you do, I KNOW you are going to be blown away by my amazing DT Sistas!!

They always do wonderful work ,but this week, they have worked wonders!

Please pop on over to the Peachy Keen blog, see their wonderful creations and join in with the challenge.

See you soon I hope!

The Peachy Keen Blog Hop is HERE!!!

The candy is now closed. 

Hooray!!! It's blog hop time!!!

Now, if you came to me via Kathy, you're on the right track. 

I hope you've fastened your seat belt 'coz it's going to be a thrilling ride!!!

You won't BELIEVE how cute the new release is!!!

There are FIFTEEN new sets for you to ogle

and you have a chance to win one, (or more), if you hop to every blog!

The new sets will be available to purchase from 8pm tonight CST!

The set I have as a prize is the fabulous PK- 331, Our Two Angles In Heaven.

Please read the message on the packet 

and you will understand how special this set is to us at Peachy Keen and to Lisa in particular. 

(She is one very brave lady and we love her to bits).

Here is the card I made with Lisa's set.

No. 1

I wasn't 100% happy with it, as the DP red didn't match with the sponging I did on the Nestie label, 

so I removed the Nestie and images and made a new card with a better match.
The reds are deeper but I couldn't for the life of me get the colour right on the photos.

No. 2

I used a product new to me that Kathy sent over.

It's Glamour Dust in liquid form! It's called 'Silver Bling'. 

I used it on the angel's wings and I must say I like the subtle effect. 

It's available for purchase in the Peachy Keen store.

(There a loads of different colours to choose from).

SO!! To be in with  chance of winning this VERY special set of stamps, all you have to do is.....

tell me which card you prefer, No. 1 or No. 2

You have until Monday 8pm GMT to enter! (2pm, CST).

Now, please click on the cute button to be taken to the next step on your journey. 

If you have lost your way, here's a list of all the blogs in order.....

 Peachy Keen Blog -
Kathy -
Me 

Kim
Lorie -
Heidi -
Janice -
Joanna -
Nikki -
Erin -
Emma -
Ruthie -
Samantha -
Lisa -
Angelica -

Have a great weekend and good luck with your hopping!!!

Copic Colour Challenge meets The Fairy Fun Friday Challenge, Lili Of The Valley and exciting news!!!

Firstly, my exciting news!!!.......... I've been chosen as a DT member for the Fairy Fun Fridays Challenge blog! I'm SO pleased and can't WAIT to get started along with the other uber talented DT members.
Bring it on!!!

Now for this card......I made this with the  Fairy Fun Friday Challenge in mind and coincidentally, coloured him in the almost exact same colours needed for the  Copic Colour Challenge #60. I love it when I have a happy accident. Don't you? Isn't this stamp gorgeous!! It's by Lili of the Valley and called 'Lazy Afternoon'.
I don't have Y23. I coloured his hair with Y28. I did use the other two colours though. (You don't have to have an exact match. Just the nearest thing). It's also eligble for the Lili of the Valley blog challenge.
The 'sky' is sponged with SU's Bashful Blue and the DP is from DCWV.. 'Nana's Nursery'.
The ribbon is also SU. The sentiment I stamped in the image frame is from a set called 'Ticketed' by Stampology. I just used one of the sentiments without the actual ticket stamp.
I produced the bottom myself off the PC and attached it with eyelets and twine.
I'm a bit chuffed with this one and it is going to my grandson for his birthday next month.

Thanks for calling by
Viv xxx

Bluebird or Sparrow?

Which is your favourite? In not so sunny Macclesfield, there's a distinct shortage of Bluebirds, but a veritable GLUT of Sparrows! They are quite cute though so I don't mind. It's still fascinating to watch them dive onto the fat balls and seeds on the doodad in the garden.
Well,  I've just got my latest Peachy Keen stamps and fabulous they are too! I couldn't WAIT for these to arrive and play with them. OK, it's meant to be a bluebird, but I wanted a sparrow too,  (in honour of the Macclesfield avian residents). LOL

This little Fella is from the set PK-267 Happy Bird and Phrases.

And my gorgeous Macclesfield Sparrow from the set....................... PK-268 Happy Mother's Day.

Here's a close-up of one of the circle stamps. Isn't it pretty! It fits perfectly with the Nestie circles.

  Whether you love Bluebirds or Sparrows, I'm sure you'll love these fabulous sets from Peachy Keen!
(There's a promotion on too. Check it out HERE)!

Oh how great it is to be back creating properly again. I LOVE it!
Thanks for calling by
Viv xxx

Peachy Keen Challenge #22

Hya ladies. It's time for another fabulous Peachy Keen challenge.
I decided to give my Copics a rest for this card and used Crayola pencils and Sansador instead.
(I'd practically forgotten how to as it's been so long since I used them).
The colours are  lot richer than I can reproduce with my camera. It just WON'T show true colours. Arghh!!
Oh well, moan over, onwards and upwards as they say.
This week's challenge is a sketch. (I LOVE sketches).

How great is THAT! Wonderful stuff!

Here's what I did with it.......

I just got my latest order fromSU so used some of the fabulous DP for this card.
Don't you just LOVE that stamp! It's PK-402 Mistletoe Twist.
(It's actually a Christmas stamp, but I didn't ink his hand with the mistletoe in it and now it's a cute Valentine's card).
I used white peel-offs for the message. I can't remember the last time I used a peel-off!
It's actually two put together. Don't tell anyone.
The ribbon is SU and the flowers are from Papermania.
The 'leaves' are made with a McGill punch called 'Pine'.

Now you've seen the sketch and my sample, why not pop on over to the Peachy Keen blog and take a look at the amazing samples made by the other fabulous DT members.
While you're there, you can get all the details for joining in with our challenges and news of the wonderful prize Peachy Keen has to offer the lucky winner.

Thanks for calling by, I appreciate it so much.
Viv xxx

SASSC18 Flower power!

First of all, I can't thank you all enough for sending your fabulous cards to Mum. She can't get over, people she's never met, sending her cards! Every day there's another and she's delighted.
I'm away on a crafting holiday with six of my fabulous friends until the weekend, but when I get back, I'll take a picture of her with her cards.
You are all such amazing and generous people. Thank you!

On to this weeks Challenge! SASSC18.
Here is this week's sketch that the amazing Mercy Kerin produces so wonderfully....

And here's my take on it...

I'm loving the new release from Stamps and Smiles. On this card, I'm using 'Hello Spring' .

I DO love Miss Daisy, or could she be Miss Sunflower?
She can be anything you want, but today, for me, she's a daisy.
The base card is Bazzil and the 'daisy' is stamped with Memento ink and coloured with Copics.
Mounted with foam pads, onto plain purple CS from my stash.
Three yellow/gold pearls to tie it all together.

We'd love it if you played along. You don't have to have SAS stamps to play and there's no time limit. If you upload to SCS, please use 'SASSC18' in your keywords.
Pop over to the Fresh Batch blog to get all the details and see the wonderful samples by the rest of the amazing DT!

Thanks for dropping in.'See' you when I get back!!!!

XXX

Two challenges for the price of one!

Happy Easter Monday Everyone!! Hope your holiday has been brilliant.

I combined two challenges for this card. Simon Says Stamp, You have to make a card using the colours, yellow and green. (It doesn't have to just be those two colours, just as long as they are in the design somewhere. I like to stick to the rule a bit rigidly though, as I think it's more of a challenge then) and Our Creative corner's latest sketch challenge.

Now I've had my daily card fix, I'd better stir me stumps and get something done! (Might make another later).

Have a wonderful Easter monday and thanks for dropping by. Viv xx

Stamps and Smiles Day 1 Challenge card

Phew!! I've been so busy today, didn't think I'd have time to do this one.
It's my real challenge card, but as it's taken me all day to get round to it, I'll just leave it on here.

Here's the sketch for today's challenge. I love these SAS sketches. SO pretty.

Mercy's done a fabulous job of designing these!

See you tomorrow for the second reveal!

xxx

Crafting day with friends..perfect!

Had a wonderful day yesterday.

Some of my favourite people came to enjoy a day of 'playing'.

(Others were either at work,

or live too far away for a single day's playing. awww).

I've not had a chance to enjoy my favourite pastime for a while,

as I've had a lot on my plate with Mum and her health problems,

hospital appointments for her and general visits.
Not to mention two lots of tooth abcesses!!!


Started the day at 9.15 with Jackie and Sandra catching me in my bathrobe!!
Followed by the arrival of Pam. All we were waiting for was Diane,
(Dizzy Di as she's known to us).
Silly Billy overslept and didn't get here 'till almost lunchtime!
This of course, meant that she missed out on the compulsory bacon butties.
(It's getting to be a tradition now when we all meet at each other's houses).
Practically all my craft room was de-camped into the living room where the big garden table was. We STILL struggled for room!!!

We all had a trip to Craft Central in Congleton which was lovely.
Didn't get much though. Didn't seem to be a lot of choice.
I got one of those easel thingies that you put your card on.
That was good value at £1.

BUT!!!! the best part of the day (besides the brilliant company),

was this card I did.



Why? 'Coz it's the first one I've made
using my new Janome Sew-Mini!
I don't think it's too bad for my very first attempt.
Now those that know me will be stunned
because I'm known for intensely disliking 'cloth piercing'.
This is different though, isn't it!
It's not 'cloth piercing', it's playing! LOL


Well I think I've rambled enough for now, thanks for stopping by! Viv xxx