Lily of the Valley Cricketer - First time Inked!

I've had this stamp for a while, and just never had the chance to ink him up until now! 

Look at that face full of concentration!

For my card I have used Bearly Mine Designs - Printable Papers from the 'For the Boys' set which can be found and bought here! 

I've used my Star Nesties to cut out a few stars, sentiment is computer generated. 

The image was coloured with Copics.

I'm entering this card into a few challenges:

Bearly Mine Designs - Anything Goes!

Papertake Weekly - Dads and Lads!

Lili of the Valley - Anything Goes!

Stamp Something - Something Punched *Punches/Die Cuts etc*

Saturday Challenge/Secret Crafter - A Male Card!

I see a definite theme here lol

Thanks for stopping by, hope to catch you soon!

Retro... Funky... Groovy!..

OooooooooTime for a card me thinks!

Over at the Kenny K's Krafy Girlz Challenge this week, the theme is LETS go RETRO!

I've not played along in many of the Kenny K's challenges, and have to admit its a shame cos all of the images are awesome. I have a fair few tucked away in a file on my pc, coloured a few, made cards with them but never blogged them as they've been tucked in envelopes and sent on their merry ways!

Well no more... I'm addicted to these girlz and boyz and you can guarantee that there is an image for what ever occasion you can be thinking of.

I've used 'All That' for this challenge, and I gave her some RETRO trousers. 

I was tired of doing full colours so played around with the black copic and a the copic fine liner and hey preseto - she's got herself some funky ZEBRA pants!

I've used Basic Grey papers from the Lime Ricky pack which are just gorgeous!

Coloured the image with Copics and added some Spica Orange to her trainers to give a little sparkle.

The edge punch is MS and the sentiment is computer generated.

 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Kenny K's Crafty Girlz - Lets go RETRO

Stamp Something - Digi Day

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I'm also entering this card into the DT call being held over on Donna's Blog who set up the challenge blog and helped Kenny get these awesome images to us!

Fingers crossed!

You can find Kenny K images here and you can find out all about the DT call here!

hAnglar Babee comes out to play!

My Mojo is not as it can be at the moment, but try as I might, I still get a card worth a blog post. So here goes!

This is the boy from the hAnglar sTanglar Babee set, one of my favourite sets and the set I've so far used the most. 

Close up

I've used Bearly Mine Papers from the fairly new 'For the Boys' digital set. Fabulous papers for any male card, I went with the simple diamonds and plain blue. Having used Bearly Mine Papers and there being a challenge at the moment called Beautiful Babies, its only right that I enter this into the challenge over there.

I'm also entering this cutie into:

Lovely hAnglar only : Use your favourite stamp

Sketch Saturday : The sketch obviously

Stamping Scrapping : Anything goes

BMD papers from the 'For the Boys' Set which you can purchase here

Image coloured with copics

Papers highlighted with Crackle Paint Picket Fence for that added texture

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment from LOTV which I received in a Christmas Parcel :o)

Simple card for a brain that wont work this late at night. I'm off to bed now as I have to be up early for work. Thank you for stopping by, be sure to leave a comment and I'll fly by and visit you!

OMG - How long.....

has it been since I posted on my blog! Christmas has been lovely being able to spend it with family and friends and now the New Year is over its all go again!

I'm trying my hardest to find my Mojo which has up and left me, but I think thats because my Mojo has no where to work at present. My craft corner is a bomb site - papers, ribbons, raffia, stamps, images and scraps are just littered everywhere. I'm hoping to get my Pencils out and have a play soon... I've neglected them way more than my blog, so I think I need to get the old sharpener out and the white spirit and have a play...

I've just bought some new Digital Images from The Paper Shelter... Its a new Digi Shop selling the cutest images from dragons, to girls to cute mice and cats (+ lots more)... I'm hoping that the digi's I've bought get made up into cards soon as I have a few birthdays coming up! Fingers crossed!

The Paper Shelter is also looking for a Design Team - Check out Donna's blog here if you are interested!

I've entered and I'm keeping everything crossed as I'm no longer on a team any more and I need a kick up the backside to start crafting again and keep this blog running!

To all of you who have sent me wishes these past few weeks thank you! If I've not replied to you, its not that I've forgot its just I've had no time to do most things lately. So, from now on, I should be around a lot more, and visiting you all lots! I've missed my hopping! 

Until then, take care all, and I hope 2011 is a good one for you!

Donna's Celebratory Birthday Candy

Donna over at Bearly Mine Crafts celebrated her Birthday on the 15th November (same day as my Mum and my gorgeous Nephew DJ).

To celebrate Donna's Birthday she has some jaw dropping candy which is mind blowing! Check out her fabulous blog. I have no idea where she finds the time to create gorgeous cards, fabulous digi papers and organise a candy! She is one talented and extremely busy lady!

Her candy is open until the end of the month and one lucky winner will bag themselves 

3 Digital Kits of winners choice from Donna's Bearly Mine Designs store

an assortment of ribbons, flowers, gems, charms, spacers etc

£10 for Lili of the Valley

Whimsy Stamp - Cosy Snowman (He's so sweet)

A stamp of winners choice from Bildmalrnas collections

a choice of 5 gorgeous Kenny K images 

Thats a lot of candy, thank heavens its non fattening!

Have a looksie on the blog - enter and spread the word!!

Name a Kitten! Kenny K Style!

Kenny K's new soon to be released girlz!

If you have not been to Kenny K's store, check it out NOW!

However, they dont have names. Nameless and shameless by the looks of them!

Wont these gorgeous ladies be awesome for 'lads cards' for those who like their NASCAR, Cow Girls and Lady Cops...

So ... Donna has this great contest currently open on her blog. All you need to do, is check out her blog here, find the post which is here, and come up with 1, 2, 3 or all 12 names. 12 lucky people will have one of their names for one of these lovely ladies! 

I'm not very good at these, but here goes -

a - Nascar Nell
(love NASCAR - the crashes are awesome to watch and even tho you may be number 1, you may just finish last!)

b - Toot'n Boots

c - Biking Bobbie

d - Cleo Cowgirl

e - Pitbabe Pattie

f - Fishnet Fleur

g - Rodeo Rochelle

h - Hellish Helga 

i - Skin Tight Stacy

j - Peachy Pennie

k - Dusty Rider

l - Luscious Lilith 

Those are my names - have a go . It was fun thinking them up, and some of them I got a little helping hand, thanks Steve (not my Stephen).

Thanks for popping by, and Kenny - if you fly by here - keep up the awesome work!!

Bearly Mine Challenges

Well... If you've never seen Donna's gorgeous creations from Bearly Mine Designs, where the dickens have you been?

Bearly Mine Designs is the baby of Donna who creates gorgeous papers and sells them on discs and digitally - check out her shop here.

Starting in the new year, Donna is going to be launching a new challenge blog, dedicated to her papers and showing them off big style with her new design team.

Check out the Bearly Mine Challenge Blog here - and make sure you become a follower - If you've not got one or two of these discs down on your Christmas List I'd mark them down now and put your order in!

Have fun!

A gift from a very special friend!

As you all know (from previous posts) it was my birthday in June and I was away on holiday for that week. Well my good friend Donna sent me a lovely package for my birthday and she even sent it to my parents house as she knew I was going to be away from home for my birthday. 

I thought I'd show you what Donna made and sent me. Its beautiful and in the photo you can just pick up some shimmer but it sparkles in the sunlight, very pretty. 

Click on the photos for bigger pictures!

 

 

Just want to say another MASSIVE THANK YOU to Donna for making me a lovely drawer box which contained some gorgeous bright cherry blossoms and Liquid Pearls in white and pink (never used this before, very exciting), some roses and more cherry blossom flowers, a gorgeously cute House Mouse stamp with Jelly Beans which will go brilliantly with another of my House Mouse stamps! Not forgetting my beautifully made envelope card complete with three very sweet Tilda's!

Thank you so much Donna - I love them all!

HUGS!


p.s. Dont forget my little 'stamp' candy which can be found here!

Sir Stampalot Challenge and a quick update

Before I show you my card I'l get the update out of the way now...

I'm having an operation (Cholecystectomy - simple terms - Gall Bladder removal) on Thursday due to the Chemotherapy I had last year and I've been trying to get ahead of things, but with having visited my parents and then having them come to me for a week, its kinda gone out the window haha. So I'm WAY WAY behind on my DT work for Spesch Designer Stamps, Di's Digital Downloads and Bearly Mine Designs. Oh my!

I have loads of catching up to do, especially as I only have two and a bit weeks to recover from my operation before I start a new job. I handed my notice in at work due to me being unable to cope with being around Cancer Patients who are dying or who have been just diagnosed as it was just too close to home.

There was also an incident on the ward which flipped a switch in my head and I just couldnt work there anymore so I applied for a job thinking the application would be good practice and then they offered me an interview - I was so shocked. I went along for experience not really thinking they'd offer me the job but they did. So as of July 12th I will be a Prison Nurse. I'm so looking forward to it!

Its been a busy June so far, but I'm looking forward to watching Wimbledon after Thursday - Catching as much as possible now while working my last days at work and then being off for two weeks recouping I will be able to enjoy the matches and then the final. Whoot Whoot. Not to mention crafty time if I can bare to sit for long enough.

Ok - My card. Its a fairly simple one but its so suitable for Sir Stampalot Challenge which this month is 

Punch It Out!! 

I've used a Lili of the Valley stamp Baby Blanket from the new release and I just love her/him! So versatile.

I've punched out 'Abigail' with my new Rainbow Alpha Set from Quickuts, mid line border is MS Heart Lace Border punch and the circle and scallopped circles are my Nestie shapes.

Image coloured with Distress Ink, and I've kept it so simple, just because its a baby card and less fuss sometimes looks beautiful in itself.

Thank you for looking!

A Thank You card for a Lovely Lady!

I've made a Thank You card for a lovely friend! Donna from Bearly Mine Designs has more or less mentored me back into crafting since the whole diagnosis of Cancer and occasionally we send each other little goodies through the post. She also gave me my first Design Team title for the Bearly Mine Designs Papers.

So - just as a little thank you, I made this card and a box to go with it with some goodies in and sent it to her on Tuesday - Well she has them now so I thought I would share it with you all.

Thank you for everything Donna - You are a star!

Hugs

Recipe: 
Image: Toby with Roses from Wild Rose Studio
Colouing Medium: Distress Re-Inkers
Papers: Papermania Hampstead Collection, 
Embellies: Roses and pearl spray from Wild Orchid Crafts, Sentiments from Papermania Hampstead glitter stickers

Its that time of the month again - Spesch Designer Stamp release!!

I bet the Aussies are feeling a little cold right now as their winter starts to kick in...Tracey is trying to being a little Summer to the Winter in the way of some amazing Sizzling Summer Digi stamps which are due for release today the 1st June from Spesch Designer Stamps!

I've used a fabulous image by the very talented Max - Max has been drawing for a long while now with a few different styles, but I have to say I love these Summer Chibi's... They are so cute.

There are two boys and two girls in the collection and they are just super cute!!

Please check out the Spesch Blog to see the other designers work and find out which stamps they have chosen - also we have the Uber Talented Amy Young guest designing for Spesch for the month of June too! Please check out her work too!

Here is 'Summer Girl' and I just love her hat!!

I've used Digital Papers by Bearly Mine Designs and they are from the Country Collection and can be found here

Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the little butterflies are left overs from my MS Butterfly Border Punch, Gems from stash.

I coloured Summer Girl in copics and when I was spritzing the flowers with glimmer mist I had the card too near to the flowers on a sheet of paper - and the card got misted too - looks lovely though, esp when the sun catches it - very sparkly!

Don't forget that some of the Digital Stamps being made into Clear Polymer Stamps and the latest ones to be transformed are Penny and Sophie - Bonnie, and two of the wedding collection stamps are also available in Clear Polymer.

Happy Crafting.

New Digi Release over at Bearly Mine Designs!

Two NEW Digi Sets have been released at Bearly Mine Designs

Click here to visit the store and pick yours up for a BARGIN as they are on a Special Offer at the mo when you buy the two sets together - Offer Ends Sunday!

Sketch Saturday + Spesch Stamps + Bearly Mine Designs

Hello - tis me again

A quick and easy card tonight - made with the sketch from Sketch Saturday, Simon Says Stamp are sponsoring this week, so head on over to check out the sketch and what the lovely DT have created!

I've used Sophie from Spesch Designer Stamps and coloured her with Prisma Colours.

Check out the Spesch Designer Stamps blog as Tracey is offering up a brilliant Candy - ends may 15th

A little close up!

If you saw my post earlier today about Digital Papers from Bearly Mine Designs - well, this card was made using the 'Simply Dots' collection. Head on over here where you will find all three sets and for a limited time only they are on offer.

Thanks for popping by

Bearly Mine Designs - New Digi Release

Donna over at Bearly Mine Deisgns has released three new sets of Printable Digital Papers.

Each set is £4.50 however, for a limited time only, if you buy all three sets you get them for an amazing price of £10 

93 papers that you can use time and time again and never ever run out of 

Get your self over to view Donna's other discs and digi sets here

Exciting News!! New DT and Bearly Mine DT work + Sketch Saturday Challenge

Di from Di's Digital Downloads has given me a place on her fabulous DT. 

Di did a call out and was initially looking for 6 people to join her team. However, I think there is now 14 of us including Di herself! 

I've created this beautiful card (if I do say so myself) as my first creation for Di's Digital Downloads.

The image is called 'I brought you some Bluebells' and I think he is rather sweet.

I coloured him with Prisma Colour Pencils and added Copic shades W1, W3, W5 and W7 for the shadowing.

Flowers, leaves and pearl spray from Wild Orchid Crafts

I am entering this card into Sketch Saturday which is a sketch by the lovely Maya.

It was so easy to follow and I loved playing!

The prize this week is a lovely hAnglar stamp - So sweet

The fabulous papers are from an up coming Digi Download from Donna at Bearly Mine Designs.

I believe these papers will be released on Friday this week.

They come from the sets Gingham and Checks (the blue checked paper) and Flowers Delight (the bluebells I have used for the three middle bits), the third Digi Set with be polka dots.

Donna also has some amazing deals on ebay for her fabulous discs. Gotta be quick though! 

Check out this link here

Love is in the Air - Valentines Themed Stampin' for the Weekend

Over at Stampin' for the Weekend this fortnight (Ends 18th Feb), we have a fabulous theme of Valentines for you!!

Which means we wanna see some Valentines Projects and Cards! 

We are being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp...

...and the generous Heidi is offering the lucky winner a $25 shopping voucher to spend in the store! 

So, without further-ado here is my card

I have used papers by Bearly Mine Designs on the Designer Extreme Vol III disc- which are a dream. The disc's are full of gorgeous patterned paper which co-ordinate beautifully together!

I coloured this little Hallowe'en Tilda from last years collection with Copics, and added some Stickles for her wings. The Post Mark stamp and the Sentiment stamp are also from Magnolia.
The Ribbon, lace and gems are all from my stash!

Thank you for popping by, please have a look here if you are interested in some Candy! And please remember to check out the Team's cards over on the Stampin' blog and also our Fabulous guest designer this month who is Shirley Chalmers!!

Club Anime Sketch DT card - and a Guest Designer Call!!

I am so bad for being late with this card! I had a CT scan on Monday followed by a Night Shift and was planning on staying up to finish the card Tuesday morning when I got home from work, but as my other half had gone out and Poppy was having a sleep over at her Grand Parents house I kinda went to bed!! It was a rough night!

But here I am now, and I am so sorry for being late!

This Months Sketch at Club Anime is

And here is my take on it, with a few extra photos for different views.

For this card I have used Christmas Tree Chick from In Style Stamps. I coloured her with Copics and added some Glamour Dust and some Glossy Accents for the baubles, canes, and the sentiment, ooo and also her little hair slides. 

I have taken this opportunity when making this card to make it a DT Card for Bearly Mine Designs too. Donna has been really busy working on her house and creating some gorgeous festive papers called - Christmas Frolics Digi Set! 

All for only £4! 

That's amazing value for 50 assorted papers and inserts! They are all Digital and can be saved to your PC. If you take a look here you will see a slide show and if you like what you see and want to buy - just send Donna an email.

This Sketch Challenge will run until Dec 26th and all who enter will be concidered for a Guest Designer Spot for Club Anime!

Good Luck!

Bearly Mine Autumn Sale!!

Donna is celebrating her health being back to normal and is having an Autumn Sale in her Bearly Mine Designs Shop.. Head on over to see what's in the sale.

Donna is also going to be selling the discs in Bundles again, as they were very popular a little while back!

Have fun shopping!

Bearly Mine Designs Cards and Just Magnolia Challenge!

Hello :)

I've not done a lot of blogging of late, and finding it hard to juggle life and my hobby, when I go back to work, trying to juggle will become even harder!

Before I go onto my cards ...

I'd like to wish Kim a Happy Birthday for tomorrow. My DT buddie at La-La Land Crafts.

Kim has the cutest creations around and her blog always brings a smile to my face. She also recently won a contest - She drew a 'Sprout' design for Thre Greetings Farm to which they are going to make up her drawing into a stamp. You can find her winning design here! Go Visit her blog and see what I mean - Oh, and wish her a Happy Birthday when you get there :)

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I've had a play around with some christmas cards, and came up with these little cuties!!

The Bears are a freebie with a magazine which name escapes me at the moment, it was out last month!

Backing papers are Bearly Mine Designs and are from Designer Extreme Vol III!

Donna has a range of backing paper discs and insert discs, all of which can be found here!

Here is a little close up of the bears

These are examples of the cards, the same image has been used, but the reverse colour for the other four cards :D

Thanks for looking!

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This week is Just Magnolias 26th week, the very talented Mina has come up with this fabulous sketch which I found was very easy to work with...

I saw somewhere in blog land that Magnolia were releasing their Halloween Collection, so I had to have some! This little cutie is called Witch Tilda with Small Pumpkins (I think lol)

A little close up of her

My flowers :D A girl has to have flowers!!!

I have used papers from Bearly Mine Designs Designer Extreme Vol III again. Disc three is full of papers for all occasions!

I coloured her using my Copics, and gave her a little shadowing around the bottom. I have used flowers and ribbon from my stash, the Spider at the top is a 'cake topper' which I found lying around, and the little 'Bat Stamp' in the opposite corner is from BoBunny. The Pumpkin Deco Pin is from Making Memories.

Thank you for looking :)