It's a Cover Up :(x

Yes, we managed to get ink all over the card - about 10 minutes before I was due to do the Anyone For Anya Post!!!! So a state of emergency was declared here at the sty and I had to get me thinking cap on really quick. I'll show you in a sec.

So over at Anyone For Anya this week, we thought we'd have a 'Your Anya' challenge so we had to use the image which best summed us up.

Now I have to say that had I had the Laundry Anya, I would have used that image cos it seems to me that my head is always in the washine machine either putting stuff in or taking it out.

But sadly I aint got it.

She is available though at Dies To Die For and had I been a bit more organised (ha!!!), I would have ordered her.

So I thought l'd use the Snow Anya cos I am a winter girl - love the snow, love the dark nights (yes, it is a bit strange I know) and love cosying up to a nice roaring fire.

So here's me card.

I coloured Miss A in with PMs and there is some Glamour Dust on the furry bits.

I also got the Flower Soft out again and made some nice crunchy snow for her to stand on. I'm getting obsessed with that stuff lol xxx

I made a little charm.

The snowflake charm was either from Bunny Zoes or Simon Says Stamp. Sorry I cannot for the life of me remember which one this was from, but they are available at both these places.

I know where the papers were from though. The stripey grey and pink snowflake papers were from the fab Pink Petticoat and the grey gingham was from Funky Fairy


Here's the cover up.

I'd been inking something else, had a bit of BLACK ink on my hand which I hadn't noticed, picked up this card and ended up with a ruddy splodge of ink down the side of the image. This was not a happy accident - I was very unhappy I can tell you.

So 3 strategically placed punched snowflakes have saved the day!!!

So there you have it.

I'm off to do a bit of shopping. It's card club tomorrow night and it's our first birthday so I want some nice bits and bobs to take with me :)))x

But before I go, I thought I'd show you these little sweeties -

They are little angel charms and you can use them on your cards or jewllery.

I have some left over from an order I did, so if anyone is interested in buying any, just drop me an e-mail (they are £1.50 each including p & p).

I have to say a huge thank you to my lovely friend, the absolute sweetness that is Marlene, cos I got the idea for them from her and she has very generously said that she didn't mind me selling them. Thank you lovely girlie and I can't wait to see you at the NEC xxx

Have a great Sunday and hugs to all xxxx

We're Off lol xxx

Yes, our Anyone For Anya challenge blog is now officially open - wooohooooooo!!!.

Thank you to all the girls on the team for their fabulous cards and to everyone who has left us good luck messages xxxxx

Our first challenge is Sugar & Spice & All Things Nice.
And for this, all you have to do is use your fave pretties - anything girlie goes for this one. And also you can use the theme as your guide to the colours. Kim thought of this - she is way too clever that girl. All the cards are fab so if you get a sec, pop over take a look.

If you want to join us but find yourself Anya-less then you can get a wonderful selection of these gorgeous stamps from the fabulous Tracy K over at Dies To Die For :)

So this is what I did.

I used Snow Anya and I coloured her with PMs and there's a bit of the old blingy stuff on there as well. And I dug out my Cosmic Shimmer Ice Crystals for her hand warmer cos I wanted it to look furry!!

I made the danglies from some beadage I had and that beautiful silver snowflake charm was from Nikki's Bunny Zoes Craft shop. I love it and you can expect to see a few more of them on here between now and Crimbly!!!

The ribbon was from my local floristry warehouse and the big diamond brad was from the very wonderful Poppicrafts.

And yes, its had a rest so it's back to work for the old doily punch.

The papers are a mixture of PP and Wild Rose Studio.

I think they are so pretty.

The bling is Kars and I got them from Creative Pastimes

Plenty of dimension here.
Ohh I hate it when you can see the dimensional pads. I always think it's a bit like going out with yer bra straps showing lol xxx

So there ya go.

We are off to Blakemere this afternoon entertaining Miss Kyla.
We went to the zoo yesterday and had a fab time. But we are very spoilt here as it is only about 10 minutes from our house so we go there quite often. So today we are going somewhere she hasn't been to for a while. It has something for us all.

There is a kid's play area with tunnels and ball pools etc, so that's Kyla happy.

And there is a bird of prey centre there, so that's Ricardo happy.

And there are craft shops galore, including a fabulous bead store, so that's this little piggy very VERY happy.

Now, if R can keep K amused while I sneak in, I can not only look around in peace without worrying about little fingers picking stuff up, but I can also put one or 2 things in my shopping basket without beady eyes looking over my shoulder!!!!

So have a fab day one and all and enjoy what's left of the weekend and see you soon xxxxx