Ribbon or Flowers (DT) As You Like It Challenge

Well hello there chaps!  How are you on this fine Thursday?  You do know of course that with it being Thursday it is time for another fortnight's challenge from the AS YOU LIKE IT gang.

This time, the theme is Ribbons or Flowers (Your Favourite and Why)

I have more of an affinity with flowers than I do with ribbon, although I don't use either that much really.  However, for this challenge I was going to make an effort and out came the flowers, only to find that my silicon glue is a solid lump in a tube!  So, I had to resort to flat flowers ..... (I can hear Red Leader grumbling from here)

So this ADORABLE little chap is new and he is

Stamping Bella Flowery Gnome

I don't have the die, but there is one available, so I had to fussy cut

He is painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) used as watercolours

The leafy stem is a Tonic die and

the flowers are various sizes of Woodware punch, with Card Candy centres

(didn't have the right colour so inked up a cream one with a yellow pen)

The layered Hello die is from Create A Smile

Papers are Sunny Studio (purple) and Prima (blue)

So there you have it - except for our wonderful sponsor for this theme who is

£10 voucher from

Fantastic Ribbons

Hope you will take time in your busy schedules to come and join in the fun.

Hugs

Passion For .... Cute Card....Cupcakes!

Happy weekend everyone!  At last, the sun has popped out from behind those miserable clouds and doesn't it simply lift the spirits?  Toad, on the other hand, is very miserable because we have a case of "man flu", poor little soul, he does look a bit pathetic this morning.  As you can tell, he's getting buckets full of sympathy!

Anyway, to the challenges ..... this little fella is for three super challenges this week:
Passion For ProMarkers All Creatures Great And Small
Cute Card Thursday Spots and Dots; and
Cupcake Craft Challenges Four Legged and Furry 

For this I have used House Mouse "Autumn Cruise", coloured of course with ProMarkers, the papers are Cosmo Cricket Early Bird, the sentiment is Cuddly Buddly and the flower is Flora Doodles and Prima.  I had to take a chance with the leaf shapes, because they are not leaves at all.  I really must get my hands on that fabulous Sizzix branch die.

Thanks for popping over, see you again soon I hope.

Hugs

Squirrel xx

Bubble Love

Earlier post today: ABC Christmas Challenge B is for Bells

This is the last you will see of me today - going to curl up with hot-water bottle and Vince shortly, but before I do, I've made this one for four challenges
Passion For ProMarkers Cool Aqua and Cocoa
High Hopes Challenge 58 Put A Bow On It
Cupcake Craft Challenge 73 Going Girly and
Flutter By Wednesday Challenge 92

I've used High Hopes "Bubble Love" from Bunny-Zoe's Crafts (she's sooo sweet), coloured with ProMarkers, brown papers are Doodlebug, blue is DCWV, flowers are Prima, brads are Woodware, spacers from Bunny-Zoe's, sticky ribbon and bow from stash

I enjoyed this colour challenge, and will use these two together again sometime.

Hugs, Squirrel xx

Just Magnolia & Cute Card Thursday

Hi All.  Hope your weekends are going well.  I'm sat here feeling a tad off colour - ended up at the out-of-hours doctors' clinic last night - and I'm back on anti-biotics.  According to the duty doctor, he suspects a wisdom tooth absess so it looks like I'll be making a dental appointment tomorrow ....... and this morning Vince decided to throw up his breakfast, under the dining room table and into a pair of my shoes.  Yuck.

Anyway, not feeling on top form I've only had a go at a couple of challenges today .... the first is Just Magnolias Special Monthly Challenge A Card For Someone Special

I've used Tilda in Overalls and masked the Winter Night Scene.  Coloured with ProMarkers.  The backing paper is Daisy & Dandelion and large snowflakes are punched from pearlised paper.  Little snowflakes and greeting are peel-offs by Woodware.

Second challenge is Cute Card Thursday whose theme this week is Swirly Girly

I've used a Sarah Kay stamp, coloured with Copics.  Paper is from stash.  Flourishes are Sizzlets and flowers are Prima (they are actually beige, not pink or red - could not get decent photo this time of the afternoon).  Brads are Woodware and spacers are from Bunny-Zoe's Crafts.

Thanks for calling by this afternoon.

Hugs

Squirrel xx

Simon Says High Hopes!

And it's me yet again, last one for today I promise ... if you have not already been blinded by the earlier "bling" do check it out but take your sunglasses!

This little card is for two challenges:
Simon Says Give Thanks and
High Hopes Challenge 52 Sketch by Lacey

For this one I have used a mixture of Little Sizzles and Papermania papers and cardstock, gems from stash, Prima flowers and the irresistable Ant from High Hopes stamps coloured with ProMarkers. Never seen a pink ant, but if he was bringing me a healthy pot plant then I wouldn't mind!

That's me done for today - off to do something wifey like cook lunch!
Hugs
Squirrel xx

First Time Grandma Card

Now my friends, I would really appreciate your comments on this one - one of my work colleagues, and a very dear friend, is about to become a grandma for the first time and I cannot express here just how excited she is. Her son and his partner live a five hour drive away so she's had her suitcase in the back of the car for over a week. Baby Girl is due to make an appearance this Friday but knowing first babies she could well be overdue.

Anyway, as a department at work we wanted to give her a card and I was asked to make it to celebrate the occasion. I wanted the card to be sweet but not over-the-top sugary so I was rummaging amongst my stamps and unearthed a House Mouse stamp that had never seen ink and I thought it was spot-on.



I coloured the House Mouse with ProMarkers and spent a bit of time fiddling around to get the image to fall outside of the Nestability die.



Other items used are Papermania Regency papers, Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch, Quicklets, Prima flowers, Dovecraft brads, ribbon and lettering from stash.

What do you think? Is it suitable for the occasion? I'm entering this into the "Celebration" challenge No 52 over at The Secret Crafter as a new grandchild is certainly cause to celebrate!

Thanks for dropping in, always lovely to see you.
Hugs
Squirrel xx