Call Me

Happy Easter everyone. I hope the Easter Bunny has delivered lots of chocolate eggs to you all!! 

I am here with an absolutely no calorie bit of inspiration for you!!

She is one of the new release images at Sasayaki Glitter  which launch today.

I coloured her with Promarkers to match the pretty LOTV papers (available in digi form at Nitwits Collections). She is actually named "Call me" so one of my very old stamp and die sets came in handy although I am not entirely happy with the inked edge...never mind!!

I hope you have a peaceful Easter Sunday. I am off to make some  Easter biscuits...yum!!

See you soon xx

Singing Bird

Hello everyone.
 First of all I would just like to thank you for your kind words for my Husband. He is feeling much better now and his head is healing quite nicely, although I try not to look too closely....eewwww!!

Anyway, less of that!! I am sharing a sweet image called
Singing Bird today. She is one of Naz's older images and a little less cute than normal.

I dug out an old Papermania pack and went with a blue colour scheme for a change and also went a bit flouncy!! I attempted an ombre effect with my Promarkers, which actually looks better in real life.

I hope my UK followers and visitors are now snow free and getting back to normal. We now have water everywhere but at least the temperatures are a little kinder than a week ago. Better go, I have four eyes looking at me expectantly as it's time my little helpers and I to put Surprise to bed!!

See you soon xx

Some challenges

Creative Inspirations March - Any occasion
( I actually changed the sentiment to "To a special Mum"
Passion for Promarkers #434 - Only girls allowed
Allsorts #457 - Ladies only

Yee Haw Harriett

Howdy pardners!! 

Here I am again to share Yee Haw Harriett. She is part of the March new release at Sasayaki Glitter.  

I loved colouring this little cutie and used Promarkers to match the Cowboys and  Cowgirls papers from Happy Heart Studios. These were such fantastic value and the range of available sets made my heart very happy indeed!! I actually have a scarf just like the navy/white horse print...how spooky!! Not sure why I felt the need to mention that...oh well!!

Before I go I just want to share one of Mollie's First Birthday pics. I refuse to believe that she is already over a year old, how can that be? Anyway here she is, the apple of our eye!!

She had a "Cake Smash" I have no clue to the real meaning of this but it sounds like the waste of a perfectly good cake!!

That really is my lot for the day. Your visits and comments are much appreciated and I shall see you very soon xx

Lunch time

I have a little Easter card to share with you today featuring 

Lunch Time

I coloured her with my Lyra pencils and blending solution for a change as I think the softness suits the sweet bunny.

I can't believe the weekend is nearly upon us again. I am on annual leave this week and have had a shopping trip with a friend, a visit to the cinema to see The Greatest Showman, which I loved, (Connor accompanied me and I think it was the third or fourth time he had seen it!! ) Wednesday was a home day and today we have done a bit of fencing...as you do !! Lunch out tomorrow and then the weekend will be upon us again. Where does the time go !!

Until next time xx

Some challenges

Cute Card Thursday #518 - Cute Critters
Crafty Girls Creations #44 - Anything goes
Crafty Creations #360 - Anything goes 

Heart Bunny

I am sharing the love today in the shape of this sweet little bunny with her cart full of hearts. She is available here.

I had a moment of panic when I couldn't immediately locate my lovely heart of hearts die, but as you can see, finally found, it is backed by a scrap of red cardstock. Bunny was coloured using Promarkers and I added some  glitter to finish off. After the fiddling and faffing with the wedding card at the weekend it was time for a more CAS project!!

Well, that is me for today. Have a good weekend, when you get there!! 

Some challenges

Fab 'n' funky #380 - Valentine, say it with words
I love Promarkers #352 - Love, wedding/anniversary
Simon says stamp Wednesday challenge - Love
Passion for Promarkers #430 - Love and kisses
Digi choosday week #6 - Anything goes

Sending you love

Oh my word what a horrid day it is here in Dorset, pouring with rain and blowing a gale...yuk!! Surprise decided to have a duvet day. When the weather is bad, and on days that I am not at work, I open her stable door and let her make up her own mind...she is 28 after all!!

Anyway, I am here to share a Sasayaki Glitter with stamp today and this time it is LOVE, available here.

Although she is perfect for a Valentine card I decided to add "Sending you" to make her more of a general card. She was coloured with Promarkers to match the pretty papers.

Thank you for stopping by today xx

Some challenges

Dream Valley Challenges #171 - Love
Passion for Promarkers #428 - Lots of layers

Amy's Pups

Hello my crafty friends. I am here to share another of the fabulous images from Sasayaki Glitter.

This particular sweetie is Amy's pups.

The papers came with some goodies that recently arrived with my latest purchases from Dies To Die For, too fabulous to put away so I used them straight away. Amy and her pups were coloured with Promarkers to match. The sentiment die happens to be one of the items in the aforementioned package and although there is a companion stamp set I decided to refrain from buying that too as I was certain to have stamps to fit...and I did!! The "Birthday" is from a Clearly Besotted set.

It's been a glorious day here, bright, sunny and just the right side of chilly to hopefully kill off the nasty viruses that are doing the rounds locally.

Well that is me for today, have a good evening xx

Some challenges

Allsorts #449 - Something new
(image, die and papers)
A Gem Of A Challenge #210 - Happy anything
Crafty Catz #98 - Anything Goes with a twist

Lady Bell loves coffee

Hello everyone.

 I hope you are all well and had a happy Christmas. We enjoyed having the family here and our Granddaughters Mollie had some lovely presents for her first Christmas.

Anyway, I am here to share  little bit of inspiration for 

Sasayaki Glitter 

I am ashamed to say it is a week late....ooops!! I am sure that as it's the season of goodwill that I will be forgiven though.

As a coffee drinker, I absolutely love this image, such fun! She was coloured with Promarkers to match the brilliant paper that I found in my scrap box and my frilly frame die was put to use again, I think I have made more use of this die set than any other in my massive  modest collection!!

While I am here I would like to wish you and your loved knes
Good health and happiness in 2018.

Thank you for your continued support, it is much appreciated xx

Some challenges

Crafty Gals Corner #155 - Anything Goes 
I love Promarkers #349 - Anything Goes

Sasayaki Glitter Christmas Morning

Hello lovely peeps. Only a week to go until the big day and I hope your preparations are under way.I thought I had everything under control until I had a shock on Saturday to discover half my Christmas cards (that I thought I had posted last week) had slid off the passenger seat and into the pocket in the car door....doh!! At least there is still time for them to arrive safely.

Anyway, less of my woes. It is time for more new releases at Sasayaki Glitter today and I just could not resist this little image. It is called Christmas Morning and takes me right back to the boys dragging their Christmas sacks into our bedroom to open the contents!!

It was really quick to make. I coloured her with Promarkers. Die cut Merry Christmas and the snowflake and added a length of ribbon and a bow to do is it off. Simples !!

All being well I shall be back later in the week.

 Until then...take care xx

Some challenges

Crafty Calendar - It's Christmas
 Dis digis- Holiday Gifts
Fussy and fancy #202 - Christmas
Sweet Stampin - Last minute Christmas/CAS

Teddy and Bees

Hello my lovely blogging buddies. It seems I am always here on a Thursday these days and today is to share a sweet little guy from Sasayaki Glitter, Teddy and Bees.

I coloured him to match the pretty papers and added a little bit of cotton lace. As luck should have it I also found a cute little button in the shape of a bee that I "operated" on to remove the shank!!

It won't be quite so long until I see you again as I have another DT date on Monday!!

Thank you for your anniversary wishes. We had a lovely week and it was awfully hard to go back to work on Monday, however, two minutes in the door and  it was like I had never been away!!

Have a good weekend when you get there xx

Baby Elly's Birthday

Hello friends. I hope this week has been a good one for you. I have had a long awaited "normal" week at work so it has been nice to be able to ride, dog walking and do my household activities at a leisurely pace rather than the breakneck speed that has been needed for the past few months...it won't last though for sure!! I even managed to squeeze in a bit of DT work which was a bonus!!

Here is one of those cards for my inspiration post at 

Sasayaki Glitter and this little cutie is Baby Elly

I coloured her with Promarkers and the papers were in my bits and pieces box,  possibly Simple Stories. 

Just have a look at Mollie dressed as a pumpkin for Halloween!! 

See you the other side of the weekend with a bit of cuteness xx

Birthday teddy

Hello lovely people. Two posts in a week?.....I know, and it's fab to have your company again!! I have a couple of cute bears to share with you. The first is 

Birthday teddy 

I really enjoyed making this card, in fact I am enjoying crafting again, full stop!! I used green for a change and raided my ribbon stash for something a bit different. The spots were perfect as inspiration  for the additional colours.

Here is bear number two. I can't find the link for the pattern unfortunately!!

 A friend's daughter has just given birth to a long awaited baby boy, Harrison Jack and I made this comforter for him. I decided to use bright colours that wouldn't show the dirt too much, assuming that one day Harrison will be dragging this around after him!! Declan sucked his thumb when he was small so never had a comfort blanket. Connor, on the other hand, favoured a brushed cotton pillowcase called "moocher" that got smaller and smaller with wear!! 

Well, that is me for today. Not sure what is in the pipeline, card wise, so I will see you when I do. Have a lovely weekend when you get there xx

Some challenges

Crafty Creations #353 - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner #146 - Anything Goes
The Ribbon Girl - October Use any image

Winter Mia

Hello friends, hope you are all safe and well. 

I am back in Christmas mode and have Mia Winter to share with you. She is available here together with lots of other sweet images. 

I coloured her with Promarkers. The papers are from my stash and I added some snowflakes using die cut glitter card. The Merry Christmas die is new and I am rather pleased with it...not too big yet not too fiddly either. Ooh and finished off with a few little pale blue pearls.

So, that is me for today. All very quiet here in Dorset which is just as we like it. It seems to have got a lot cooler though. I had to put away my cropped work trousers, which made me very sad, hopefully we will get an Indian summer in October when my holiday cover stint is over...can't wait!!

Right, I am off...see you soon xx

Some challenges

Sweet Stampin Christmas - Anything Goes
The Merry Christmas Challenge #34 - Anything Goes
Inky Chicks #88 - Use your favourite colour
I love to use icy blue and red for my Christmas cards
Lemon Shortbread #50 - Anything Goes 

Under the Rain

Hello and welcome, it's me again, with yet another Sasayaki Glitter image for you.

It is New Release day today and this little lady is one of them. I do hope I am not tempting fate with the umbrella, as it has been positively gorgeous here in the UK for the past week. I hope it stays that way because I am not quite ready yet for muddy ponies and dogs on a daily basis!!

Anyway less babble...here she is...Under the rain

i used some old My Mind's Eye papers as the starting point here, mainly because of the perfect sentiment cut from the pad. She was coloured with Promarkers (I am not entirely happy with the umbrella, my Royal blue was quite dry and I didn't achieve a very smooth blend) and the sweetheart blossom balances the card quite well, I thought.

Well that's me for now. I don't think I will be troubling you, with any waffle, tomorrow. So until next time stay well and have a good weekend  xx

School Girl

Hellooo!! Can you believe that August is nearly over? It hardly seems like yesterday that it began. Correct me if I am wrong but I think that the older you get the quicker time whizzes by!! The summer holidays are drawing to an end which is why it is appropriate to share this little lady with you. Looks like she is back to school !! She is available at Sasayaki Glitter together with lots of other lovely images.

She looks rather nervous standing there with her brand spanking new backpack. Perhaps her Mum gave her a talking to, before she left the house, for wearing such a short dress!! My pretty papers came from The Works and being that they are vintage in style I decided to ink the edges with my favourite Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. Sbe was coloured with Promarkers to match. Although she is modern in style, I was still rather pleased with the end result.  This card didn't stay in my stock box very long. Connor nabbed it to give to one of his team at work who is off to University. I am reliably informed that she liked it too!!

On the subject of my offspring, we had a lovely few hours with Mollie and her Daddy and Mummy.  She met Surprise for the first time and sat on her too.

As you can see Mollie looks quite happy up there and the camera caught my best side!! I didn't realise my hair was quite that grey either!!
Anyway that's it for today. I will be back again tomorrow with a new release.
Until then xx

Some challenges

Craftaholics r us #34 - School
Crafty creations #349 - Anything Goes
The paper shelter #307 - Back to school

Knitting Time

Hello crafters. It is my turn to showcase an image from Sasayaki Glitter. I thought I would stay away from the cute girlie images this time and, instead, chose a cute bunny with her knitting...as you do!! 

I used my Lyra Rembrandt pencils to colour her to match the Craftwork cards papers. I was lacking mojo so visited Jules in order to borrow another of her sketches. This one is #7. The sentiments are from a Clearly Besotted Stamp set and I used the coordinating die for the label too, although they must be discontinued as I can't find them on the website.

I chose this image because I have actually been knitting for a change and have just finished a, one ball, pretty shawl. It's purpose is to jazz up a very smart black full length coat that I bought last winter and never actually  got to wear because it was too warm!!

Thought you might like a peep.

It was made using Sirdar Colour Wheel and the pattern came on the ball band.

Thank you for your continued visits and comments xx

Some challenges
MAWTT #52 - Things beginning with B
Bunny, Balls (of yarn!!) and Banners
Craft Rocket Challenges #40 - Animals Kingdom
Kitty Bee #101 - Anything Goes 

Make me up

Hello!! Another brand new month and another new release at Sasayaki Glitter. I chose this little lady to play with and put her together with some free LOTV papers from way back!!

I gave my SN Illustrator pens another airing and I think I am getting the hang of them!! The flowers on her dress were given a bit of bling by way of a Sakura glitter pen but try as I might I could not get it to photograph, probably because it was sunny!! I realised I was short on oval dies in my collection so recently got hold of a Tonic essentials set which I am really pleased with and used them for the image and the sentiment. 

Well that is me for today. I am having a quiet week, work wise, so might get chance to have a crafty play once the furry members of the family have been taken care of. There are a couple of challenges that have caught my eye so here's hoping!!

Until next time xx

Some challenges

Polkadoodles Week #30 - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges #160 - Anything goes 

Reading Time

Happy Thursday folks, yet another week has rolled around and the weekend is in sight. Before that though I am here in DT mode for Sasayaki Glitter with Reading Time. She is one of the older characters and actually one of my favourites.

I made a pop-up slider card this time which looks very impressive but is really easy to make. The image was coloured with Promarkers and attached to the card base which I made using cardstock and candi from Craftwork Cards that came in a mega Hedgerow pack. The stamped sentiment is also from a Craftwork Cards set craft which I can't find on their site now :0(

Here is a side view so you get the gist!!

Well, that's all from me for now. Thank you for your continued support and lovely comments which are always welcome. Take care xx

Happy Birthday Mia

Good afternoon/morning, depending where you are in the world!! Get the kettle on and put your feet up, I am in the mood for a chat!!

To start with it's my turn to share a project to show off  the fab designs by Naz of Sasayaki Glitter and this time my make features

 Happy Birthday Mia.

I CASEd one of  a card collection, by Paula Holifield, that is featured in a current magazine and used some very old paper, it certainly  came from  one of the very first paper pads I ever bought when I dipped my toe into papercrafting...I am now, well and truly, submerged right up to my neck!! I will definitely use this layout again. The unfussy design really appeals to me and yet there is still space for some pretty paper.

For more inspiration you can visit here and here.

Thank goodness it's Thursday, it's been bedlam at work following my annual leave but I don't work on  Friday so it will be time to catch up at home again tomorrow!! Then I am doing holiday cover for a fortnight...:0 (  I sometimes question the logic of working part-time. Having to cover holiday means you don't really get any holiday at all, the perils of a small workplace I guess!!

Anyway, last Sunday seems like a long time and we had a lovely lunch with Mollie and her Daddy and Mummy!! She was fighting sleep the whole time until Grandad took his turn...he must have a very comfy knee because this happened!!

So that is me for today!!
See you soon xx

Some Challenges

Crafty creations #344 - Anything goes
Digi Choosday #25 - Anything Goes goes 

Baking Time

Hello friends, Thursday again and another weekend sneaking up on us!!

I am here with my inspiration card for Sasayaki Glitter.

This little cutie is called Baking Time.

I must apologise for the quality of the photograph, my trusty camera is misbehaving so I had to use my mobile phone which I can never keep still enough for a crisp picture...but you get the idea!!

I love colouring these short haired little ladies, so much simpler than long flowing locks!! She was matched to some old papers that I found in my stash, I have a feeling they might be Dovecraft, but don't hold me to that!! 

Hope you are all in good health, if not, I wish you better days xx