I've got the blues!

Well I thought I'd give pink a rest for today.

(It'll be back on Thursday with a new challenge at In The Pink, so please come back).

I looked at a few paper pads and lit on a Papermania Capsule Collection pad 'Burleigh Blue'

It's hardly, if ever, seen the light of day!! I need treatment, honestly!

Here we go!

I've used a James image from the pre-coloured Artpad set #23, 'James & Jenny Bear'.

Isn't he just so CUTE!!

I wanted to keep it fairly low key and I think I managed it.

I's pretty self -explanatory from herein.

Love that Heart Banner die from La-La Land Crafts

Well, there you go. I'm all blue!

It made a nice change and I think I'll try and find something yellow soon 'coz it's nearly time for the daffodils to spring up.

Not that I've got any in my garden, but they'll be springing up hither and yon.

Bye for now my lovely followers (and casual callers).

Everyone is welcome.

Purr-fectly pink

Hi friends. I hope the day finds you well and in good spirits.

I've all of a sudden decided to use some of the pots of Frantage I rushed to buy moths ago and never used!! (I'm good at that)!!

Anyway,  I made a card a couple of days ago with Shabby white for the next CSAYL challenge, which, for obvious reasons, I can't show you yet, but it got me going if you like, so I made another card using Shabby Pink......

 I actually think I went a bit overboard, what do you think?

Here's a photo without the flash. 

 Not as gaudy now! LOL
(The colours are more natural too).

The image is a digi from Oak Pond Creations called 'Love Kitty'.

I coloured her with Copics as per usual.

The small roses are some from a really sweet lady called Brenda on Facebook, who has the most beautiful ribbons, flowers and findings etc. You must see what she has on offer HERE.

Be warned! You WILL be hooked! LOL

The large flower is from a big box I won, (on Facebook too).

I was overjoyed with the amount of flowers in the tall A4 box!! All beautiful, from Sweet Lilac Flowers HERE.

The little buds are off Ebay.

The dotty paper is from Echo Park's Bundle of Joy, 'Dots and Stripes'.

I made the little tag myself and hand wrote the little word (and it shows).

Not 100% happy with my writing, but hey ho, it's done now.

Well, that's it from me for now. Have a brilliant weekend.

(I think we're set for rain here but hey, we haven't seen rain for ages, so mustn't grumble).

Something completely different!

Hya Friends!

Today, I finally did something with a pattern I got of the Silhouette store.

I loved it in the store, but didn't love it so much after I cut it out!

I left it lounging on my desk for ages, but finally thought,
'either bin it or do summat with it Viv'!

So I took a wooden stamp by Stampin' Up!

(No idea what it's called,  one of my friends gave it to me),

coloured it with me trusty Copics after cutting out the middle part of the pattern.

I cut two of the blue patterns and scored one at approx. 2" down from the top, glued it to the top and back of the front one and that gave me a 'hinge' for the back of the 'card'.

As it's got a lot of scrolls on it, the only other embellishment I gave it was a blingy brad on a piece of ribbon.

It's 8"x8" I didn't check the size when I first cut it, I was too excited to try it out! LOL

I put a 'dew drop' on the large rose and one on the top bud using Crystal Lacquer.
You can't actually see the one on the big rose, but I promise it's there! 

Well I've just received my latest stitched dies from Simon Says Stamp, so I'm off to play!

Thanks for visiting. You know I appreciate it.

It's CHRISTMAS!

No, I haven't gone daft.

It's a new year and a new set of challenges over at

Christmas Stamping All Year Long folks. 

(That's CSAYL for short).

I LOVE making Christmas cards but usually can't get me mojo in gear until about September, 

(by which time, I'm playing catch-up)!

NO MORE!!! Thanks to Patricia and Valou for asking me to be part of the CSAYL DT, I get to make my fave cards all year, so no rush come Autumn. Yeah!

OK, to kick the new Year's challenges off we have a theme of 'Anything goes'.

 Our fabulous sponsor for this challenge is BUGABOO STAMPS 

One lucky winner will bag 7 digis of their choice!

OK, here's a card I made with the Bugaboo image, 'Winter Birds Scarf'

Isn't he cute all wrapped up against the frosty air.

I coloured the image with Copics

The DP is from a pad I can't remember the name of. If you recognise it, please tell me. LOL
(I have a feeling it's from Papermania).

I cut the image out on my Cameo before colouring it. (Saves all that fussy cutting.)

Please pop on over to the CSAYL blog to see the gorgeous cards

my amazing DT buddies have created and get all the details of how to join in with our challenges.

Have a marvellous day and enjoy your weekend.

Mr& Mrs and a new challenge!

Hello friends!

It's time for a new challenge over at In The Pink.

The theme for this challenge is ....'Love is in the air'

For my card, I CASED THIS fabulous card I found via Pinterest.

(I'd be lost without that place)! LOL

I cut the aperture using the Marianne Design Passe-Partout Oval die set
It was a nightmare!! LOL
I re-jigged the die cuts daft amount of times because I only had one sheet of the paper with the hearts on and I wasn't about to waste it.
I kept getting the outer oval out of line. 
There WAS a dark pink mat, but it was crooked so I had to trim it off. Duh!
Anyway, I got there in the end and I didn't ruin that paper! 
The 'Mr & Mrs' stamp is by Mama Elephant.
The tulips, jewel and flower are from my stash and the little sentiment is from a little set of six wooden stamps by Hero Arts called 'Friendly Greetings', cut out with Spellbinders dies.
The striped paper inside and the heart paper on the front 
are both from an 8x8"pad from Hot Off The Press called 'Wedding'. 

Our wonderful sponsor this week is....... 

who is offering a wonderful prize of  £10 (roughly $15) Yeah!
(Click on the logo to take you there).


OK, that's enough from me, please bob on over to the
 In The Pink Challenge blog 
to see the most amazing cards made by my VERY talented DT friends 
and get all the details so you can join in with us.

 Don't forget you can share your creations on our Facebook page too...

I look forward to seeing your entries and in the meantime, have a fabulous weekend!

Have a 'hoot'

Hya friends!

How's the snow at your neck of the woods?

Back to the usual here, melting and slushy. Yak!

Loved it while it was coming down though. I'm a sucker for snow.

OK, a few days ago, I made this card for my DH's nephew....

It's a blatant CASE of a fabulous card by Karin Akesdotter.

(She's one of my heroines).

The background is done with a Hero Arts massive wooden stamp.

I cut a hole and then inked up some pale blue card to make a night sky.

I reverse masked the 'moon'  and sponged it with Memento Luxe 'Wedding dress'.

That's white to you and me. LOL

The owl is a digi from Dawn's Digis.

I was daft 'coz I forgot to mount the wood-grain card onto foam pads. so it's a bit flat really.

Ah well. more haste, less speed as my mum used to say.
I did the speech bubble on my Cameo.

The little branch is a die from Paper Smooches

(Oh and I added the 'feathers' to his chest with a Sharpie pen).

the 'stars' were made with a white gel pen.

The base card is Kraft.

Well, Thanks for your visit. It's lovely to 'see' you.

 I hope you are enjoying your weekend and don't fall over in the ice and snow!

Take care!

Getting even pinkier!

I swear this wasn't pink on purpose!

I saw the gorgeous cut-out card in the Silhouette store and had to have it.

99cents or 60pence for a lovely design is a bargain in my eyes!

Well, I just automatically grabbed some pink cardstock to add contrast!

Why didn't I pick orange, blue, green?

I reckon Christine, of In The Pink fame has secretly brainwashed me! LOL

And here's the proof!

Isn't that cut out card gorgeous!

The image is from Pink Petticoat.

The little sentiment circle is from Craftwork Cards

The ribbon is from my stash and the blingy gem thing on the knot is from Ebay.

Right! I hope this little card has whetted your appetite to join us at In The Pink for the latest challenge which theme is this week,,,,

PINK AND PEARLY.

 (Do join us, the prizes are amazing).

Okay dokay, I'm orf to try and make something BLUE!!! LOL

(Just a reminder too, The new season of CSAYL starts 0n 5th Feb)!!

Thanks for visiting all your wonderful comments that I appreciate so much.