Hot Chocolate Anyone?

Well here we are at the last day of November I really can't believe it! I have put my Christmas tree up in the lounge and I must say it looks so pretty - all lilac and cream.  We get a real one for the conservatory and that is done in traditional colours of red and gold but that will wait a few weeks - don't want it dropping before Christmas!  Tomorrow I am off to Manchester by train with my daughter and Rowan to hopefully get some more Christmas shopping done but I don't seem to get much done when I am with them - too much distraction lol!

I have  a card today to share that is made with one of Beccy's November releases called Finn's Hot Chocolate and he is available here.

I coloured Finn with my Copics and the papers are Nitwits.  I used Spellbinders Grand Nesties for the card shape and mats.  The sentiment comes with the set and I used Dienamics Fishtail Stax to cut that out.  I cut the mug of cocoa and marshmallows out using CC Cutter die and added some Stickles to the marshmallows.  Ribbon and heart from my stash.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Inkspirational Challenge - Christmas Optional No Red or Green
Crafty Ribbons - Animals at Christmas + Ribbon

Thank you so much for looking and the lovely comments you leave.

Delightful Thursday

Hello there and I would like to wish all my American friends a big Happy Thanksgiving today!  I hope you have a wonderful day with all your family and friends and eat far too much!!

Over at Digital Delights Blog its time for another Delightful Thursday when the DT showcase some of Wendy's fabulous images.  Here is my offering:

I have used one of my favourite Christmas images from Wendy's huge selection Snowy, Slippy and Flurry which is available here. I coloured them with my Copics, adding Stickles and some Viva Decor Pearl and paper pieced the Snow.  Papers are Nitwits Woodland Wishes with some Papermill card stock.  I used Spellbinders A2 Scalloped Border for the border and on the mat behind the image I used Dienamics Mini Scallop Edging Border.  Some ribbon to finish with a sparkler added to it.

Over at the Delightful Challenges the new challenge starting today is It's A Kid's World.

Well I have made a good in road to my Christmas shopping yesterday.  I bought quite a few on line then a trip to Toys R Us for some more purchases - quite a few ticks of my list!!  I have the dreaded Dentist visit today - have to dose myself up before I go but I am taking my Aunt out for lunch so can't  dose myself too much lol!!!  I hope you have a wonderful day whatever you are doing and thank you so much for calling by and the lovely comments -

Let's See Your Die Cuts

Hello there and a big welcome to my blog today - so nice to see you!  Today sees the start of a new challenge at Crafty Sentiments where we want to see your die cuts.  I have decided to step down from Crafty Sentiments Design Team and I would like to thank everyone on the team for having me I have loved working with Suzette's images.

For my card today I have used Vinca with Christmas Gifts, one of my favourites and so much fun to colour in with my Copics.  I have added Stardust Stickles to the trim on her hat and dress.  The papers are digital M Mullens A Merry December.  I used Dienamics Oval Stax to cut Vinca out and matted on a Spellbinders Beaded Oval.  The top border is Memory Box Snowflake Arch and the poinsettia is Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia also edged with some Stickles.  The little sentiment is LOTV which has been heat embossed with some white embossing powder.  Ribbon and snowflake button are from my stash.

There is a wonderful prize on offer for the lucky winner:

Challenges I would like to enter:

Craft-Dee Bowz - Anything Goes with a bow
Love to Scrap - Say It In Colour
Die Cuttin' Divas - Holidays

Thank you so much for looking today and the lovely comments you leave.

Wreath from Down Under

Hello and a big Happy Monday to you, I hope you had a wonderful weekend. All has returned to peace and tranquility now as my lovely Grandsons and Son have gone back to London.  We had a lovely time on Saturday at the lunch and party for my Daughter's fortieth birthday.  I am off to the Trafford Centre today with my daughter to do some Christmas shopping.

Today I have a card I made with one of Beccy's fab new designs for Christmas.  It is using the Aussie Wreath Set and I must admit to using a bit of poetic license for the colouring as I wasn't too sure on what colours the flowers would be.

The image comes in a set which is available at Beccy's here.  I coloured it with my Copics and then cut it out with a SB Circle die.  Behind the image I used Snowflake Wreath from Joycrafts.  The papers are quite old - HOTP.  The border is La La Land Lattice border and I used Viva Decor Pearls on the image, snowflake wreath and lattice border. The sentiment is Clearly Besotted.

Thank you so much for looking today and I hope you have a wonderful week!

Blog Hop

Welcome to the “Crafty Sentiments Designs’ blog hop”!

It's the "Day 3"!!! 

We are so excited to have you join us today!

At each stop of the hop we hope you will be inspired by the creativity of the design Team from “Crafty Sentiments Designs”. You are sure to find many wonderful projects that will be at the top of your crafting lists! If you happened across this post out of order, please head to the Crafty Sentiments Designs’ blog to start at the beginning of the hop.

Here is the project I created for this hop:

Now how about some blog hop prizes??

3 of the new rubber stamps release will go to 3 different hoppers In order to win you will need to leave a comment each day on all the blogs.

What do you need to do to be eligible for these amazing prizes?

1. Become a follower of each blog in the hop, if you aren't already for the 4 days “Blog Hop New Releases”.

2. Leave some comment love at each stop for the 4 days “Blog Hop New Releases”.

3. If you do both of the above, check back here at the “Crafty Sentiments’ blog” for the winners on 28^th November !

Now for the blog hop lineup:

- Craftysentiments Blog
- Kellylou
- Gail
- Susan F. (That's me)
- Valou
- Deborah
- Anne-Marie
- Aunty Sue
- Bettina

I hope you have enjoyed the first stop on our wonderful hop! Be sure to head on over to the other stops for more inspiration, comment and become a follower to be eligible for the prizes!

Good luck!

Delightful Thursday

Hello there and welcome to another Delightful Thursday where the Design Team on the Digital Delights Blog showcase some of the fabulous images available at the Digital Delights Store.

I have used Forgetful Fran for my card and Fran comes with the sentiment included and is available here.  I coloured Fran with my Copics and printed the sentiment directly onto the card stock so I could have a fairly Clean and Simple style card.  I added a bit of colourful paper behind the card stock and finished off with a few Doodlebug Sprinkles.  I just love the look on Fran's face!

Please take a look at the Digital Delights Blog for lots more inspiration from the Design Team.  Over on the Delightful Challenges this week's challenge is all about Bling!

Challenges I would like to enter:

Crafter's Cafe - Birthdays (Hope Belated Birthdays count!)

Dream Valley - Anything Goes

Well I am off to get the house ready for the arrival of my three boys tomorrow! Hope you have a wonderful day and thank you so much for visiting me and the lovely comments you leave.

A Card For A Child

Happy Wednesday to you all. All has returned to normal here with Rowan going home on Monday and the dogs returning home Saturday.  Lack of sleep was a big factor - four nights without sleep was a lot even for me!! My sister's eldest dog barked quite a lot if he wasn't with me and as I had to have Rowan in with me for feeding it got quite noisy at nights! I thought if Dave slept with them in the spare room things would be ok but it was not to be.  Rowan has baby eczema so I had to keep the dogs away from him as much as possible.  Rowan also had two bad nights too with his eczema bothering him.  Its such a shame because he never cries and is always so happy if wasn't for the eczema.  Anyway I loved having him here it was lovely and now everything seems very quiet.

Today is my daughter's fortieth birthday - Happy Birthday sweetie!! She doesn't really look at my blog that often, too busy with other things.  We are having a family celebration on Saturday and my Son and two Grandsons are coming up on Friday for the weekend so lots more chaos planned!!

Today sees the start of a new challenge at The Paper Shelter and the theme this week is A Card for A Child.  Well I have actually had to buy cards lately as I didn't have suitable ones (i.e. my Daughter's fortieth, Dave's Seventieth and our Anniversary) so I decided to make a card for Max who is 8 next month.  As the card was for Max there was only one image I could use:

Max is a real games enthusiast so I just had to use this image for him.  The image is Mad About Video Games available here. I coloured him in with my Copics and used Dienamics Pierced Rectangle Stax to cut him out.  The papers are MME Fly A Kite.  The border is Spellbinders Edgeabilities Classic Scallop and the Star Festoon is Whiff of Joy.  The 8 was made with Dienamics By the Numbers and Max was made with Sizzix Typeset Alphabet.

As usual, there is a fabulous prize for the lucky winner:

Please have a look at the rest of the DT's work at The Paper Shelter and for all the details.

I am scheduling this post as I am off to Manchester on the train with a friend for some shopping and lunch, no doubt champagne will be involved too - I think I have earned it!! Thank you so much for looking and your kind comments, take care xx

Midway at ALBC

Hello there, another scheduled post for me.  A quick reminder that we are half way through our monthly challenge at A Little Bit Crafty and the theme this month is CAS - Clean and Simple.  I did a quick card:

I printed the sentiment out on my PC fading the colour.  Paper is Pink Petticoat and I used a Dienamic die for the edge of the mat. Finished with some twine and a button - simples!

All the details for the challenge can be found here there are some fabulous prizes so take a look. Sorry about the quick post but a massive thank you for coming to take a look!

Delightful Thursday

Hello there, this is a scheduled post so fingers crossed! Today its time to take a trip to the Digital Delights Blog to see a selection of projects showcasing some of the fab images available at the Digital Delights Store.

I have used Luvvy Duck Myrtle available here. She has been coloured with my Copics and then cut out.  The sentiment is from the Super Hero Sentiment set available here. Paper is from Nitwits.  I used Memory Box Puffy Clouds die and Marianne fence die.  The background has been embossed with a circles embossing folder.

Please take a trip over to the Digital Delights Blog to see the rest of the DT work for some more inspiration.  Thank you so much for looking today.

Everyone's Favourite

Hello there and its time for another challenge at Crafty Sentiments.  This week we have everybody's favourite - Anything Goes! Here is my card:

I have used one of my favourite images, Snowman and Friends available here.  I coloured him with my Copics and added some Doodlebug sequins.  He has been cut out using Dienamics Pierced Square Stax and matted onto Spellbinders Adorning Squares using mirri card.  The swirls are Memory Box Curled Ribbon.  I used First Edition Silent Night papers.  The sentiment is Clearly Besotted stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with silver ep, I then cut it out using a Cheery Lynn Tags 2.

Please go over to the challenge and see the rest of the DT designs and there is a fab prize this week for the lucky winner:

Challenges I would like to enter:

Card Mania - Dies

Craft-Dee Bowz - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow

Stamping Sensations - Christmas

The Ribbon Girl - Christmas Card

Stempelsonnen - Its Winter
Creative Card Crew - Christmas Joy

Well my life is about to get very hectic for the next 6 days!!  My sister is going into hospital today to have a hip replacement and I will be looking after Luca, Japanese Spitz, and Rudi, Papillon, until Saturday when she will be going home.  Then tomorrow my Daughter is bringing Rowan over and I will be looking after him until next Monday as she is off to Paris!!!  So one cat, two dogs and one baby - sounds like the name of a film (farce I think, lol).  So I apologise now if my commenting is a bit erratic or even none existent over the next 6 days.  Wish me luck!!!

Stanley Claus

Hello and a big welcome to my blog, thank you so much for calling.  Today I have a Christmas card to show you featuring one of the new releases for November from Beccy's Place:

This little guy is called Stanley Claus and he is available here. I coloured him with my Copics and added lots of Stickles.  The papers are Nitwits Ho Ho Ho.  I used Dienamics Pierced Oval Stax to cut Stanley out and matted him on Spellbinders Beaded Ovals. The corner dies are Whimsy, Poinsettia is Marianne, Noel is Clearly Besotted and a Martha Stewart punch for the border.

Challenges I would like to enter:

A Creative Romance - Winter Warmers

Creative Corner - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Moving Along With The Times - Sparkle and/or Shine

A Random Fan - Red White and Green

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

I am having my Daughter, her partner, Rowan and my Sister around for Sunday dinner today so must dash and do housework and cook!!! Have a wonderful day whatever you are doing and a big thank you for visiting me and your continued support.

New Release at Digital Delights

Hello there and a happy Thursday to you all.  Here in the U.K. we celebrated Guy Fawkes night last night so loads of fireworks were going off everywhere and I could smell burning everywhere in the house although I couldn't see anyone with a bonfire close by! Luckily, our cat is stone deaf!!

Over at Digital Delights we have a new release today!! I have used the super cute Gingerbread Patchy for my card:

Isn't he cute in his little Gingerbread outfit? You can get Gingerbread Patchy here.  The sentiment is from the Christmas Hugs set which is available here.  I used papers from Wendy's Christmas Lights Set which is available here.  I coloured Patchy with my Copics although I think I have made the gingerbread part a bit too orange, must have been still in Halloween mode lol.  I used Spellbinders Ovals and Beaded Ovals to cut and mat the image.  Memory Box Precious Ornaments, Marianne Trees, Dienamics Fishtail Stax and Cheery Lynn Horizon Fishtail Banners. The embossing on the Centura Pearl card was done with a Embossalicious embossing folder.  I added some Stickles to the tree.

Please head over to the Digital Delights Blog to see the rest of the new releases.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Addicted to Stamps - Photo Inspiration (I used the colours red and green)
A Random Fan - Red White and Green
Creative Card Crew - Christmas Joy
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Card Mania - Use Your Dies

Thank you so much for looking and your lovely comments.

For The Man In Your Life

Hello and welcome! Today sees the start of a new challenge at The Paper Shelter and this week we would love to see your creations For The Man In Your Life.  I decided to do a birthday card for Dave's Son in Law who is a Shrewsbury Town Supporter:

I used the super cute Soccer Star which is available here and I coloured him with my Copics and added some Glossy Accents and Glamour Dust to the confetti around him.  I cut the image out using my Dienamics Stitched Circle Stax and layered it onto a mat made with Dienamics Pinking Edge Stax.  The large frame was made with Cheery Lynn die.  The sentiment is Whimsy and I used the matching die to cut it out.  I made the sentiment into a rosette by using Dienamics Fishtail Stax.

As usual, there is a very generous prize on offer for the lucky winner:

Please pop over to The Paper Shelter and have a look at the wonderful creations from the rest of the DT.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Thank you so much for looking today and sending some big cyber hugs to those of you in special need of them at the moment.

Less Is More

Here I am again! This is my second post today for my Buckwell Crafty Challenge post please scroll down.

Over at A Little Bit Crafty we have a brand new monthly challenge starting today with the theme Less is More.  Now I love these cards but I do find them a lot harder to do than other cards.

I have used some Linen card stock from Papermill Direct and printed the sentiment directly onto the card stock from my computer using a colour to match the paper.  The butterfly was cut out using a Memory Box die.  I added a bow using my Sue Wilson dies.

As usual, Paula has lined up some fabulous sponsors this month:

Hobby House - £10 worth of products

Whimsy Stamps - $15 Gift Voucher

Designs by Ryn - Circle Cluster, Raindrops, Leopard Spots

Please have a look at the other Design Team's work there are some fabulous projects here and remember you have almost a month to get your project in.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy - Thanksgiving/Thank You Card

Thank you so much for looking and the wonderful comments you leave,

Lets See Your Ribbon

Wow the first of November I seem to have lost several months along the way!  I have to take down my Halloween decorations today and I have already started planning my Christmas ones!  I had a lovely time with my daughter and Rowan she stayed an extra day so didn't go home until yesterday afternoon.

As it is the first of the month I have two DT cards to show you today, this is the first and I will be back shortly with my next one.  This is my card for Buckwell's Crafty Challenge and it is our second challenge so if you haven't joined in yet please head over here to the challenge.

I have used a lovely image from our sponsor this month A Lil Digi Heaven called Rock A By. I coloured her with my Copics and added some Chunky White Frantage.  I cut the image out with my Dienamics Oval Stax and matted her onto Spellbinders Floral Ovals.  The papers are scraps laying on my worktop and are probably Nitwits.  The corners were made using a Joycraft die and the banner is a Whiff of Joy die.  The sentiment was also lying around on my worktop I am pretty sure its Pink Petticoat, I cut it out with a Spellbinders Ribbon Banner and inked it whilst it was in the die with Spun Sugar DI.  The heart is made with air dried clay and a mould and I used some gilding wax on it.  The beautiful ribbon is from Buckwell Crafts Supplies.

A Lil Digi Heaven is offering the winner 3 digis from their shop.

The second random winner will win some ribbon from Buckwell Craft Supplies

Over at Buckwell Craft Supplies the dies have been reduced plus you get an extra 10% off from 1st November until 8th November

Please head over to our challenge and have a look at the other DT work and check out the few rules we have.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
A Creative Romance - Pink
Sweet Pea - Think Pink

Thank you so much for looking and the lovely comments, see you shortly!