hop hop hopping along...

Good morning everyone...I hope your all well and having a brilliant week...and of course enjoying this months Teens blog hop from Mo's Dreamteam...isn't that a great theme as Mo has some amazing teen images and every one fantastic for colouring...you should have arrived here from the amazing 

KALY'S

blog as she is the start of our hop this month you need to go there to start too...don't forget you get the chance to win one of two $5 store credits just by commenting on our blogs along the way too so don't miss out

I chose the beautiful Roxy for my card, she is a dream to colour with my distress inks and I thought she really suited the colours in this beautiful Kaisercraft - Lady Rose 6.5"x6.5" Paper Pad don't you, so couldn't resist using them to add a real girlie girl feel to her...the sentiment tag I added is from the same pad too...I finished with a few resin flowers from the Blossoms - Resin Flower Pansy set, the pad and flowers are from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...your next stop along our hop if the fantastic

JAK

who is recovering from the flu bless her so wish her a speedy get well while your there...the fab sketch I used is from the Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge and I'm also entering it for the Craft-room Challenge and the Papertake Weekly challenge too...enjoy the rest of the hop and don't forget your comments for a chance to win...the worlds my oyster for the next week because Phil and my lovely Dad left this morning...oooohhhhhh what will I get up too...probably nothing except tidying my craft room to tell you the truth lol...I hope you enjoy your day and have some fun

Mina xxx

distress ink colours used

skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose, spun sugar

hair - antique linen, frayed burlap

pj's - antique linen, victorian velvet, spun sugar

chair - mixture of antique linen, shabby shutters

dressing gown - spun sugar

slippers - spun sugar

shading - pumice stone

Joy...

Good morning everyone I hope your all well and having fun this weekend...what you up too anything special...we went to see our beautiful Daughters choir she is in this weekend, they were singing carols and Christmas songs and wow I was mighty impressed, they are amazing...she joined a couple of months back and has so enjoyed practice and she looked in her element singing her heart out...it brought back a lot of wonderful memories as she was in choirs all through her school days and I went every Christmas to see them sing...I must admit I shed a few tears too...I know I'm a soppy sod lol...we had to nip to the supermarket yesterday as we ran out of tea bags and omg I think they were giving food away the huge car park was full to the brim and people were loading the hugest trolleys to the brim...we grabbed the tea bags and ran lol...right now onto my card for today which thankfully didn't have any arguments with any liquid lol...this is the stunning Winter Fairy Manty from who else but Mo's Digital Pencil...you just know Mo drew this look at that face and chubby little legs...I coloured him with distress inks and glittered him with Stickles Glitter Glue - Star Dust well there's wings and ice isn't there so who needs more excuse than that to use glitter...the amazingly lush papers are from the My Mind's Eye - All is Bright 6x6 paper pad and the banner I cut from another piece of the pad...I bought this last Christmas from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...the papers are so unusual aren't they and I love the way the sentiment is printed on it...I finished with a bow made from Organza Ribbon - White (25mm Wide), a button from my stash, another of my bargain frames and finished with a red rose from the Blossoms - Resin Flower Pansy...I made the sketch up around the paper design but I'm entering this for the 4 Crafty Girls Challenge, Crafty Calender Challenge and the A Creative Romance Challenge too...we are having a wrapping, baking and tv day today, well hopefully anyway that's the plan...whatever your up to today I hope you have some relaxing time in amongst all the mayhem

Mina xxx

distress ink colours used

skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose, spun sugar

hair - pumice stone

outfit - tumbled glass, fired earth, peeled paint, shabby shutters

branches - shabby shutters, peeled paint

extreme paper piecing...

Good morning everyone how are you all?...well and enjoying your first weekend shopping fest of the festive season I hope...sorry I didn't post anything yesterday but life sorta sneaked into the crafting time, it has a way of doing that now and again doesn't it lol...it was the festive light switch on in our local town last evening and we had planned to go to it so we headed off nice ad early to have a bite to eat first and as we got out of the car the heavens opened ad I don't mean a shower but it starting raining so hard it was bouncing off the car park ground, so with that and the really high wings we decided standing in it watching the lights being switched on wouldn't be happening...so after our food we headed home to sit in front of a roaring fire instead...oooohhhhhh are we getting old or just sensible enough not to get drenched watching lights being switched on, I'm going with the latter one lol...right now onto my card for today...how adorable is this brand spanking new Whimsy Stamp...its called Whimsy Elf Frame...I coloured him with my usual distress inks and then went to the extreme with my paper piecing, I couldn't stop and even paper pieced the border, holly and bow...I stopped at his lovely little face thank goodness lol...isn't this stamp just the perfect kids image for a Christmas card...all the fabulous papers are from the Kaisercraft - Holly Bright 6.5"x6.5" Paper Pad, the tag is from the same pad but the sentiment is from the stunning CC Designs AmyR Stamps Christmas Verses II, this is a fantastic stamp set at a fantastic price and perfect for all your Christmas tag or verses...I love it and you will see it on loads more of my cards, I finished with a bow made from Gingham Wired Edge Gold Thread Ribbon - Burgundy and a few scattered flowers from the Blossoms - Resin Flower Pansy set...everything I used is from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...the fab sketch is from the Papertake Weekly Challenge and I'm also entering it for the Simon Says Stamp Challenge and the Stampin' For The Weekend challenge too...poor Phil is having to work all day today there's a new computer system being installed at work so he will have square eyes when he finally gets home bless him so I'm heading out to hopefully get my Dad Christmas present so wish me luck I will need it lol...whatever your up to today whatever it is I hope its fun

Mina xxx

distress ink colours used

skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose, spun sugar

hair - antique linen

bells - antique linen

berries - fired earth

shading - pumice stone

nothing beats a christmas hug...

Good morning everyone did you all have a fantastic weekend, well we didn't get up to much yesterday just a quick visit to the supermarket for camera batteries is all...I'm keeping my head down for the foreseeable future lol...my hip is a little better today so I don't think I need xrays just a non klutz pair of feet and maybe a few more days rest...thank you all so so much for your sympathies and kind words yesterday they meant so so much to me, I think I was feeling a bit down and sorry for myself yesterday but chin up things have to be better now by the law of averages if nothing else lol...right now onto my card for today which is for our new challenge at Bunny Zoe's Crafts monthly challenge...the theme this month is Shabby Chic/Vintage ...I always struggle with these themes as I'm never quiet sure what shabby chic means but I think my card is more vintage anyway...how cute is this gorgeous little Christmas image?, its from Whimsy Stamps and is called Little Jack and Bobbin Christmas...I know hes a boy but I think he would work perfectly for a little girls card too...I coloured this cutie with my distress inks and teamed it up with these stunning papers, tags, paper piecing and edging from the Kaisercraft - Holly Bright 6.5"x6.5" Paper Pad...lush papers arent they, embossed and glossy too, they are so gorgeous, I added a strip of Gingham Wired Edge Gold Thread Ribbon - Burgundy and a bow made with Organza Ribbon - Burgundy (25mm Wide)...the gorgeous cute flowers are from the Blossoms - Resin Flower Pansy set and I finished with a snowflake charm from the Marianne D Winter Charms JU0871 pack and I stamped a sentiment from the Kaisercraft Clear Stamps - Gingerbread stamp set...everything I used was from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...the lush sketch is from Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge and I'm also entering it for the Crafty Calendar challenge and Charisma Cardz challenge too...I think I will head out for coffee today and a catch up with my lovely Dad he always has a way of giving me a good shake lol...whatever your up to today have a brilliant fun one
Mina xxx
oh and don't forget to enter the Bunny Zoe's Crafts monthly candy while your here too the link is at the top of my sidebar

distress ink colours used

skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose, spun sugar

hair - frayed burlap

hat - antique linen

berries and holly - barn door, shabby shutters

puppy - antique linen, frayed burlap

train set - antique linen, barn door

shading on paper piecing - pumice stone

shading around image - antoque linen

pretty in pink...and blue...

Good morning everyone sorry I haven't been around for the last couple of days but I haven't been feeling too well...did you all have a good week and have anything exciting lined up for the weekend...come on spill the beans and make us all jealous...since I 'fixed' my laptop I have been struggling with my photos...they seem different that's the only way I can describe them...not the same size or quality, I'm sure its something simple like tweaking something or adjusting but my poor brain just wont sort it out so if any of you have any ideas or tricks of the trade I would so appreciate it...I cant believe how many digis I have lost while I have lying around the last couple of days I have been trying to list them but there's too many...Saturated Canary, Rick St Dennis, Sweet Pea stamps and hundreds of others...there is no way I can afford to replace them I have been slowly going through my old emails in the hope that the links are still there but no luck so far...I'm devastated and did even consider giving crafting up as it felt like I was starting over again...but I have pulled my socks up and will just work with what I have now...that's all I can do isn't it...right now onto my card for today which is using another of the stunning Simply Adorables release from Sugar Nellie...I love love love colouring these...oh no I have just realised how many Sugar Nellie images I have lost too ...gggrrroooaaaannnn...anyway this is the beautiful A Little Bit Shy coloured with my usual distress inks...how gorgeously lush are these papers...I bought a whole load of new paper pads to cheer up my crafting mojo, well a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do hasn't she lol, and these are from one of them...they are from the Echo Park - Here & Now 6x6 Paper Pad...I added some velvet ribbon and a scattering of fabulous Resin Blossoms from the Blossoms - Resin Flower Bluebell and the Blossoms - Resin Flower Fuchsia sets...the papers and resin blossoms I bought from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...the fab sketch is from the Sketch and Stash Challenge and I'm also entering it for the Milk Coffee Challenge and the Crafts and Me Challenge too...I'm going to have a colouring day today oh and I need to do some of the horrible 'H' word stuff that we all hate too lol...whatever your up to today I hope its a good one and you have fun I will be back tomorrow with a card that really made me smile while I was making it

Mina xxx

distress ink colours used

skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose, spun sugar

hair - frayed burlap, pumice stone

top - pumice stone, scattered straw

sweater - tumbled glass, stormy sky

leggings - stormy sky, pumice stone

bag, flowers in hair and trainers - spun sugar

shading - pumice stone

 

its hop, hop, hop time...

Good morning everyone...well would you believe the sun was out yesterday how fabulous is that...its amazing how much dust the sun shows up though lol...I think a major clean is well due, oh no not the duster anything but the duster, I'm sure I'm allergic to housework you know lol...its hop day today, yes its that time again, time for our Mo's Digital Pencil Dreamteams monthly blog hop...you don't just get to see some amazing inspiration from our wonderful DT but you also get the chance to win one of two $5 credits for Mo's Digital Pencil just for leaving comments on the DT's too...so what you waiting for pop on over to fabulous

ALICE'S

blog to start at the beginning, you don't want to miss anything do you, you should have arrived here from Alice's too if your already following the hop...the theme this month is Flowers, now I don't need to be told twice to use some flowers do I lol

I used this stunning Thanks! for my card...this cutie was a freebie but if you missed it then you still have a chance to buy it just click on the link...don't you love images like this...although I coloured her pink with my distress inks...you could so easily make it a boy...just what you need for cards isn't it, a multi tasking baby image...the amazing papers are from Echo Park's Victorian Garden paper pad and I finished my card with some white flowers from the Blossoms - Resin Flower Fuchsia pack, a gorgeous Prima flower and I cut a couple of leaves from the paper cut off, the flowers are from Bunny Zoe's Crafts...your next stop on the hop is the fab
POPS
who I'm sure has something amazing to show you...the fab sketch I used is from the Fetch A Sketch Challenge and Im also entering it for the Crafting For All Seasons Challenge and the Simon Says Stamp Challenge too...I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop and don't forget your comments for a chance to win too...have a brilliant sunny day
Mina xxx

distress ink colours used

skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose, spun sugar

hair - antique linen

outfit - pumice stone, spun sugar, victorian velvet, worn lipstick

flowers - shabby shutters, victorian velvet

shading - pumice stone

Santa baby....

Good morning everyone have you anything exciting planned for the weekend....poor Phil has to work, he says he will be home by 2pm but as he started at 6am he will be so tired I don't think we will be going far, so it might be a lazy afternoon with me crafting and Phil dozing in front of the tv...and who can blame him...we went to change my Dads glasses yesterday and the conversation started with 'my leg fell off' lol...it was sorted though and of course they changed them no problem...I really should do some decorating today and tomorrow, everything in the house was kinda put on hold with holidays and weddings and everything and its so hard to get the momentum going again isn't it, but it needs done before Christmas...well I suppose the bedrooms could wait but the stairs and staircase need done now, the carpet is rank, its a really badly faded pale grey colour, very dirty and marked and the staircase is a mishmash of colours of wood, so I think a new carpet as we decided that painted stairs would be very noisy and maybe a bit cold...the rails on the staircase will be vintage cream and the original banister is going to be sanded down and polished to a high gloss...so you see I really need to start it don't I...what I need is someone to give me a quick boot up the bot and give me a shove...any volunteers...ok don't all rush together now form an orderly queue lol...right now onto my card for today, this stunningly sexy Christmas beauty is from Kenny K and is called Bow, there's an adult version of her too where she is wearing nothing but the bow and a smile...but you never know where this card will end up and I didn't think an aged Uncle or similar would stand the excitement lol...I coloured her with distress inks and used two different papers to paper piece her outfit...they are both from the same My Mind's Eye - All is Bright 6x6 Pad, I finished with some bunting cut from the same pad, a huge red satin bow and a couple of flowers from the Blossoms - Resin Flower Bluebell set, I love these super cute resin flowers they are small but so perfect...the pad and flowers are from Bunny Zoe's Crafts the fab sketch is from Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge and I'm also entering it for the Mema's Crafts challenge and Card Crafter's Circle challenge too...right I'm off to sit and have a coffee while I stare at paint pots lol...whatever your up to today have a brilliant one and I hope you manage a fabulous trip out

Mina xxx

p.s. if you havent already nip down and join in my Mega candy

distress ink colours

skin - antique linen, frayed burlap, tattered rose

hair - pumice stone

garter - stormy sky, fired brick

parcel - pumice stone, fired brick