Quick & Easy (We LIKE Them) + My Gorgeous Giveaway Winner (We Like Them Too :)

Hi there lovely peeps and hope you are all OK and that you had a great weekend :)

Before we get to the winner of my giveaway, it’s time to nip across and check out what’s happening over at Papertake Weekly and this week we have something a bit different for you because it’s a

Sketchie Free For All

which means that you get to pick the sketch that floats your boat and use that one - wooohoooooo!!.

As always at sketchie week, we are sponsored by the one and only

Simon Says Stamp

…and there is a $20 voucher up for grabs for you to spend in Heidi’s shop – woohoooo again :)

So I went for sketch #63 which has turned out to be quite popular this week and this …..

  

… is what I did.

I did another Christmas card and once again this is a very simple and quick one cos to be honest, we don't always have shed loads of time to faff about do we when it comes to that time of the year!!!

I used one of the brilliant mini masterpieces from Lili Of The Valley and this one is

Mini Masterpieces 2

so no colouring cos it’s all been done for you -  I added a bit of glitter though cos I just cannot help meself really!!!

The beautimous papers are from Lili of The Valley and are from  ……

          

… these 8 x 8 paper pads - Krafty Christmas and Classic Christmas

A bow made with 15mm Black No 10 Small Check gingham ribbon from The Ribbon Girl plus some natural button twine and some bells from my stash which I’ve had for yonks!!!

 

Oops – I bent the card without realising it when I put the sticky fixers underneath – what a flamin dope and why do I only spot these things when I put the pics on here?????? !! I’ll straighten it in a tick!!!

The sentiment was done on the old pc and the scalloped border is a Spellbinders Edgeabilities Classic Scallop E8-001 from Simon Says Stamp

So that’s it for the old cardio and now for my winner from last week’s Gorgeous Giveaway and it is ….

… you Mags B

Well done me darlin and if you ping me a quick email, I’ll pass on your deets to the sweet peeps that are Mary & Andrea at The Ribbon Girl and your goodies will be on their way to you. Hugest of thanks to them for this fab prize and also to everyone who joined in and don't forget that there will be another giveaway next month -  next time it could be you!!!

Right I am off to do some bits and bobs so have a great day and I’ll see you tomoz.

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx

A Sharing Post :)

Hi there peeps and hope you are all OK today.

It’s time for a bit of Papertake Weekly and this week it’s all about

Spots n Stripes

Quite self explan really – we just want to see, well, spots ‘n’ stripes lol!!!

There is a fab prize from the sweetness that is Katharina from Whiff of Joy plus we have a fab brand new DT member to introduce so if you get a sec, nip over for a nosey :)

So ….

… here’s what I did.

The image is one of the fabulous mini masterpieces (this is Mini Masterpieces 25) - all the work has been done so all I needed to do was add a bit of bling here and there.

The papers are from …..

… these awesome paper pads which will be on sale tomorrow, woohoooooo.

If you went along to the Open Day you will probably have bagged yourselves some because they are completely irresistible. I used papers from the Bonnets & Bowties and Promises pads.

Some yummies from my fave place for all things pretty –  The Ribbon Girl, natch!!

A bow made with 25mm Pink No 57 Small Check Gingham, and a lavender small polka dot spotty button tied with candy pink divine bakers twine. You can also just about see the white tulle which I tucked behind the image :)

The sentiment is from the Lili of The Valley Sentiment Set 29 , the ribbon  is 25mm Pink No 2 Berisford Satin ribbon and I used some Sugar and Spice self adhesive pearls.

There’s also a bit of Tilda Lace and Magnolia leaf and swirl die malarky going on :)

    

So that’s my bit done and now it’s time for Miss Kyla’s card for the …

Simon Says Children’s Challenge. She is also entering it into the Little Hands Challenge as well :)

She would normally have been one of our mini designers but she wasn't about when I needed her to do a card and as her crafting stuff is all at mine (wonder why!!) she wasn't able to get one done in time.

But she wanted to join in and this …

  

.. . is what she did, bless her.

She coloured Tilda with her new felt pens and some of my Pro Markers  (you didn't think I'd let her loose with my Copics did you lol) and I kind of lost track of which colours she used. There are quite a few anyway, and don’t you just love her rosy cheeks!!

She was also very definite that she wanted Tilda to have twinkly hair – chip off the old block fo sho -  so she gave her a Glamour Dust shampoo!!! I have no clue what the paper is – I don't even know whereabouts  in my craft room she nicked it from!! I do know though that the flowers were part of a pack I got from Purple Butterfly Crafts. I can really see a difference from the one she did last year and her colouring is coming on a treat. She also seems to be adopting the less is more thing now as well.

CAS – that’s ma girl!!!!

Right I better go. I’ll be back tomoz with my weekly trip across the water but until then,  have a fab night and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

 

Have Yourself An Easy Peasy Christmas!!!

    

Hi there peeps and I hope you are all OK today.

Over at Papertake Weekly we have a sketch for you and …

… this is the very bad boy here :)

As always on sketchie weeks we are sponsored by our lovely Heidi and Simon Says Stamp  …

… and there is a $20 voucher up for grabs :)

I kept to the sketch quite religiously BUT I did  do a bit of a twist !!

I used a Craftwork Cards Fanciful Card blank for the background and covered it in Nitwits FQB Mr & Mrs Collection &  FQB - Life's Little Lemons Collection papers.

Then I put the rest of the sketch on top :)

Once again I have used one of the  Lili Of The Valley Mini Masterpieces and this one is Mini Masterpieces 4 – super cute lil pengies, aww :) No colouring needed as it’s all done for you so another really quick and easy card to put together. I added a Cuttlebug embossed background behind the image and piled on the bling as I do.

No wonder the poor cat runs when she sees that glitter box coming out!!! 

More of that beautilicious 15mm Black No 10 Small Check gingham ribbon, as well as a  Medium Black Polka Dot Button and some black button twine, all courtesy of The Ribbon Girl.

I also tucked a bit of White Crazy Mesh Fabric behind the image as well.

So that's the old card done.

Emma went on holiday this morning with the 2 dinkies and I am sooo missing them already and cannot wait to have them back and just munch them to pieces. The baby was very well behaved on the plane apparently– I was so worried about her travelling so young but she seemed fine, so silly old Grandma, what do I know!!! Kyla was beyond excited when we all went out to dinner last night. She could barely contain herself and promised to bring me something nice back, bless her. She is such a lovely and loving kid and always thinks of others (beams with pride as she types that bit)!!

Ohh it is going to be a very long week without them!!

On the plus side I will probably have more time to craft so R tells me to make the most of it. That said, we are decorating our back bedroom as we are moving into it once it’s done now that Emma has vacated the premises ( I feel she has been gone long enough now to nick her old room !!! ) so that is going to have to be done and without a little helper around, it will get done a lot quicker to be fair.

So on that note I better go and do the next thing on my list – there is always a ‘next thing’. I’ll be back tomoz for my weekly trip across the pond, so until then, have a fab evening and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

The Easiest of Peasiest Sneakie Peekie

 

 

Hi there sweet peeps and phew it is a muggy old day here today!!!

It’s that time of the week when we nip over anc check out what the Papertake Weekly gang have been up to and this week we  want you to

Make Your Own

It can be anything you want as long as you made it yourself so it could be blooms, an image,  DP or just a sentiment.

Which ………………

… is exactly what I did, lazy trout!!!

So the Lili Of The Valley image I’ve used today is called

Together At Christmas

but I’ve actually used it on the form of  Mini Masterpiece No 9

All the hard work is done for you, making these a must have for your Christmas stash I reckon.

I didn't use any DP which is so unlike me but I really like how this card came out.

     

I decided that I wanted lots of white so that the colour would really stand out on the mini masterpiece, so I used a couple of Cuttlebug embossing folders and I used  Seeing Spots & Swiss Dots – ohh that rhymes - which are both available from Simon Says Stamp 

I LOVE this little arrangement thingie here.

I made the bow using  15mm Black No 10 Small Check gingham ribbon and tied some tiny red bells together with some  black button twine. The gadunga die cut holly leaves are courtesy of Sir Tim of Holtzville ie his Sizzix Holly Branch Die from Simon Says Stamp

Ooops I nearly forgot about the  Black Jute Mesh Ribbon from The Ribbon Girl which you can just about see peeping out there!!

I think this is going to be one of my Chrizzie cards for this year – it’s just so easy to do.

 

Now just before I go, here’s a little  reminder for you sweet peeps to set your alarm clocks because ……..

… wooohooo they are on sale at midnight tonight!!!!

NOT that you need reminding of course lol!!! They are so adorable and you will be spoilt for choice as always :) Have you picked your faves yet???

So I better go and get to the chemist before it shuts. My left arm provided a veritable feast for some midgey or other last night and I woke up with 5 huge bites. They have been itching like mad today and driving me up the wall so I better go and get some anti- histamine cream etc before I lose me rag completely with them and then I might have to wreak terrible revenge on the pesky critter that did it!!! (where’s me bloody slipper when you need it!!!)

Have a fab day and I’ll see you tomoz when it’s time to head on over the water.

Enjoy your evening whatever you are doing. We are off the Emma's for diner – yum yum AND I get cuddles from my two special girlies :) Our little baby Thea had her first jabs yesterday and that, along with the heat, made her so miserable last night. I felt really sorry for her, because she didn't know what to do with herself, poor little thing. She is a bit better today but all the same, she probably just needs Grandma’s magic touch lol!!!!

Any excuse isn't it!!!

TTFN and huggiest of hugs to all xxx