Someone Stole Tuesday too!

Oh yes siree ... the person or persons that stole Monday morning have only gone and nicked Tuesday too! Why do they do that when you have a list of stuff to do as long as your arm? I say ... your arm ... and I don't actually know how long your arms are so I shall be more precise ... John has very long arms ... abnormally long ... in fact I think he is only one evolutionary step away from the monkeys in terms of arm lengths. Well my list is as long as his arms ... oh yes ... both of them :0)

This card is a double whammy challenge wotsit ... tis my entry for Sunday Stampers which is celebrating it's 2nd birthday and the challenge is a birthday card. It is also my entry in today's Passion for Promarkers challenge where the theme is girls.

So that answers what I used to colour the very lovely Mabel Lucie Attwell image with ... the background is a dotty stamp embossed in white and coloured using old paper and worn lipstick distress inks. That is my favourite name ... ever ... for a colour of ink ... I bet Timmy ... the man that can walk across a tightrope with just one leg and a empty alcohol ink bottle ... named it ... in fact ... he probably named that one especially for me :0)

That's it then ... see you with my desk in the morning :0)

Cute Ickle Fella!

This rather cheeky little chappy is a new release Mabel Lucie Attwell stamp!
Aint he cute? The Holly is rather lovely to chop about and layer up too.

I am not going to mention the fact that it appears to have finally stopped raining here ... would n't want to jinx it or anything ... but at the moment if I glance up I can see a clear blue sky ... I say "up" because my Craft room is in the roof ... so the windows are up too ... I don't know why I told you that ... but you know what I mean ... Don't ya???
Do you remember my first Christmas card? ... weeks ago? ... the start of many? ... well that is what I said at the time ... and this is my ... erm ... third! Doh!
This card is my entry for the Sunday Stampers Challenge this week which is The Holly and The Ivy ... Do pop over and look at Hel's sample this week ... tis gorgeous!
I know some of you don't just pop in for my sparkling personality and witty rapport :0) ... so the image is coloured with Pro Markers ... the paper is from the Paper Artsy Rum and Raisin Range and the card is Bazzill. I have added a few Rock Candy Stickles but they look pretty naff in this picture ... I promise they look Ok in the flesh!
I hope you have a good day whatever you are doing ... I have an anniversary card to make and a serious amount of blog hopping to catch up on ... Have a good one!

Nawty Blogger!

This time I am not the nawty blogger either ... tis blogger ... I wanted to post this card yesterday ... but blogger went down for hours and hours ... for me anyway! It was most frustrating ... and I hope somebody somewhere is doing their utmost to prevent it happening again ... ever :0)

Now I have got that off me chest I can tell you about this totally cute stamp ...

I have used most of the lime green promarkers on my card and I have added some paper flowers which were made using Basic Grey 6X6 Sultry range and the Artistic Stamper's flower power stamp. The totally cute stamp is again from the Artistic Stamper ... but this time from the Mabel Lucie Attwell range.

John has got man flu ... I am not good at sympathy ... so I am hiding in my craft room ... he is still managing to cook the dinner ... so you can all rest assured ... I won't starve :0)

Enjoy the last little bit of your weekends ... Byeeee!

WOYWW!

I have n't gone mad ... I will show you my work desk in a mo ... it is just that the picture was pretty naff so I thought I would show the finished card first :0)
This is my entry for the Passion For Promarkers challenge this week where the colour challenge is Poppy red and Forest green.
Those Distress ink fans amongst you will also spot an abundance of Peeled Paint ... I have got a thing about stamping my own background papers at the moment ... I am sure just like all my other things ... this one will pass in time too :0)
All stamps used are by The Artistic Stamper ... the backgrounds and the Mabel Lucie Attwell chappy in his car!
The stitching is faux ... I am loving that word ... faux! I used my inkessentials white pen and my Timmy ... the man that can walk on hot coals with bare feet while making a souffle and grunge paper flowers at the same time ... ruler and pokey tool :0)
Now to the extremely bad piccy of my desk ... this card was on my desk when I entered my craft room this morning in an unfinished state ... along with my ATG gun ... that I LOVE ... and a load of other half finished embellishment things ... that will probably remain half finished until the end of time!
I am off to look at other people's desks now ... with the magic of the tinternet and if you all fancy a nosey then just visit Julia's blog ... where every one links up! And if you fancy joining in this week ... well please do ... the more ... the merrier :0)

Cute Card Thursday!

I have been meaning to take part in a card challenge all week ... but with sooooo much excitement ... I kept starting cards and then struggling to finish them!

Anyway ... I saw the Cute Card Thursday challenge this week was charms ... and I thought about my Mabel Lucie Attwell stamp instantly ... I think the image is really very charming. Now I know that is not what they mean ... so I have added a couple of charms to the card too :0) I had you going there did n't I?

I often wonder where people's inspiration comes from and I picked this paper ... purely because it is by October afternoon and it is ... an October afternoon ... so I thought ... Cool!

The best thing about Pro-Markers of course is that you can match them to more or less anything ... hence the apricot and cool aqua dress :0)

It is lovely and sunny here by the way ...  Have a great afternoon!

New Stamps!

These new Artistic Stamper stamps take me right back to my childhood and a well-worn annual I used to own. They are the new Mabel Lucie Attwell range and I have had such a good time working with them. They were launched yesterday which is why my desk was shrouded in secrecy on Wednesday ... so now you know... the secret has been revealed! This cute little lady is called Rainy Day.

The stamps and loads of other yummy things are  available at Ally Pally this weekend ... I hate not going! I usually always go ... but this time I had just too much on and other plans ... I may go spend lots of dosh online ... just as a small consolation for myself you understand!

If anyone does go to Ally Pally please come and tell us what you saw and what you bought and if anyone else uses online retail therapy ... tell us all about that too.

Our friends in the US have a truck sale this weekend ... millions of Stampers Anonymous stamps being taken to a shop in St.Louis ... with Wendy Vecchi book signing ... I wanna be there too ...

And finally this is my card for the Allsorts Challenge this week where the theme is Autumn.