Slumber Party

A big welcome to my blog and thank you for calling by!  I had a wonderful and exhausting time in London with my two Grandsons.  Back home to a very wild and windy Blackpool.  It was so windy during the night I got up a few times to make sure everything was still intact!

I have my last card as part of Beccy's Place Design Team, my that six months has flown by!  I would like to thank Beccy for having me on the team and giving me the chance to work with her fabulous images.  My card is from the new Sleepover Set which is available here.

I coloured the image with my Copics and used Victorian Velvet DI whilst it was still in the Spellbinders Oval Die.  The papers are Nitwits Bumbleberry.  I used Spellbinders Lacy Ovals to mat the image, Dienamics Fishtail Stax and Memory Box Precious Stars.  The border was made with a Martha Stewart border punch. 

Please go over to Beccy's Place and see what the rest of the DT have done with this fun set.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Come and Get It - One for the Girls

Thank you so much for looking today and the lovely comments you leave. Enjoy the rest of your day.

My Little Chickadee

Good morning hope you are having a good week, its been really beautiful weather here on the Northwest Coast.  Today I have a card to share with you for the Digital Delights Blog, if you take a trip over there the rest of the DT have done some gorgeous projects for you.  Here is mine:

This little sweetie is called  Chickadee and is available here. I coloured her with my Copics and fussy cut her out.  The papers are Nitwits Daffodil Joy and the sentiment is from the Easter Sentiments Set which is available here. I used Spellbinders Circles for the mat and Butterfly Circle.  The card was made using my Go Kreate XXL Scallop Square die.  The border was made using my X Cut border die.  I used yellow and pink ribbon but I am not sure if you can see it that well!

Hopefully I will be able to come back and enter some challenges. A busy day today, going round to clean my Aunt's house then take her out for lunch.  Tomorrow I am driving down to London to spend the weekend with my Grandsons so I will have to sort my things out today so I can get an early start.
Thank you so much for looking and the lovely comments you leave, have a lovely weekend whatever your plans are. See you soon.

Egg Collection Set

Hello and I hope you are having a good week. The weather here has been so nice for the past week, beautiful sunny Spring days.

Today I have a card for you made with one of the new images available this month from Beccy's Place:

I used the coloured version of this as I love the pretty pastel colours Beccy has used.  The set is called Egg Collection set and is available here.  I printed one of the sentiments that comes with the set directly onto the papers which are Nitwits Just Hatched.  The flower is Cheery Lynn Sweet William and I used the leaf die from Memory Box Fabulous Phlox die.  The borders are Lawn Fawn and I finished off with some Card Candi coloured with my Copics.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Papertake Weekly - A Cut Above

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Pinspiration Board

Card Mania - Spring

Dream Valley - Spring

Scrapbook & Cardmaking Tinker-Dream - Easter

Just a quick post from me, off to do some crafting! Thank you so much for calling, see you soon!

Delightful Thursday

A big welcome to my blog so lovely to see you here! Yesterday was a beautiful Spring day, gorgeous sunshine and no wind.  I took Rowan onto Stanley Park in Blackpool we fed the ducks (although Rowan ate his bread) and went on the swings.  So nice to have such a lovely day hopefully with more to come.

Today its time for another Delightful Thursday where the DT of Digital Delights Blog showcase some of the wonderful images available in the Digital Delights Store. My card fits in beautifully with this lovely Spring weather:

This image is so cute and called Precious Bunny available here and the sentiment is from the Easter Sentiments set available here. I coloured the image with my Copics and the papers are Nitwits "Hoppy Hearts".  I used my Go Kreate XXL Scallop Square die for the card shape.  I cut the image out using Spellbinders Circles and framed him with a Marianne die through which I inked some Broken China DI.  The sentiment was cut out using a die from Dienamics Blueprints 21.  The flower is Memory Box Fabulous Phlox and I used a Martha Stewart border punch for the border.

Please have a look at the rest of the Design Team work here for lots of fabulous inspiration!

Challenges I would like to enter:

Crafter's Cafe - What Season Are You In? Spring my favourite

Crafting For All Seasons - Pastel Hues

Inky Impressions - Pastel Colours

Simon Says Stamp - Spring Pinterest Inspiration

Creative Card Crew - Easter Critters

Die Cuttin' Divas - Welcome Spring

Artistic Impressions - Anything Goes with a Twist of Easter

Thank you so much for looking today I really appreciate it and the lovely comments, have a wonderful day!

Spring Delights

Good morning hope you are well, if not wishing you a speedy recovery!  Its that time of week when a new challenge starts over at The Paper Shelter. Our theme this week is "Spring Delights" yes its just round the corner now, definitely lighter nights and buds on the trees.

I have used the adorable Spring Attitude which you can get here.  I coloured her with my Copics and used some chalk for the background. The paper is First Edition "Hideaway."  I used Dienamics In and Out Diagonal Stitched Rectangle and the sentiment inside is Clearly Besotted. The banner is La La Land, I can't remember what the flower is as I had made it a while ago and used it on this paper but the leaves are made with a Floral Punch.  I must have used my Spellbinders Curved A2 borders on the card front.

Please have a look at the rest of the DT work as they are so talented and make some beautiful cards. Don't forget we still have a DT call running until the 20th March, please go to the Challenge Blog here for all the details.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Crafter's Cafe - What Season Are You In? Has to be Spring

Creative Card Crew - Easter Critters

Cuttlebug Mania - Use a Frame

Die Cuttin' Divas - Welcome Spring

Papertake Weekly - Happy Anything

Thank you for looking and the lovely comments you leave, see you soon!

The Old Well

Happy St Patrick's Day if you are celebrating! I am going to have a relaxing crafting day today - hurray! I have just put some Five Spice Pork in my slow cooker for tea today and made a tray of Millionaire's Shortbread for Dave so the rest of the day is mine!

I am sharing a card I made with one of Beccy's new images for March:

This gorgeous image and sentiment are part of the "Old Well Set" which is now available in Beccy's store here.  I coloured my image with my Copics and used some Milled Lavender DI around the edges.  The papers are Raspberry Road "Circle of Friends' set.  I cut the sentiment out with my Cheery Lynn Horizon Fishtail Banners and used a Spellbinders die to cut the opening of the card out.

For more inspiration using this beautiful set please visit Beccy's Place Blog.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Bunny Zoe's - Spring Colours

Card Mania - Spring

Cheerful Stamp Pad - In The Garden

Little Claire's - Springtime

Lastly I would like to share a picture of Rowan that my daughter gave me on Mother's Day, its in a frame but I took a picture of it with my I Phone so that is why there is a bit of shine on it:

Thank you so much for calling round to see me today and for the lovely comments that are just wonderful to read, see you soon!

Inspiration

Hello and a big Happy Mother's Day for all you Mums in the U.K., hope you get spoiled today.  My daughter and Rowan are coming to take me out for  dinner later on, we are going to a restaurant in Lytham and they have some live music as well so should be fun.

Today is my turn to make an Inspiration card for Buckwell's Crafty Challenge and the theme for this month's challenge is "Flowers".  You can find the challenge here and you have just over two weeks to enter.

I have used Coco from this month's sponsors A Lil Digi Heaven. I coloured Coco with my Copics and the papers are Nitwits "Good Hare Day".  I followed the sketch at Sketch Saturday for my layout. I fussy cut the image out and then put her on a mat embossed with a Spellbinders Embossabilities folder "Dotted Flowers" and cut and matted using Spellbinders. The flower and leaf are Marianne dies.

We would love to have you join us for our challenge so please link up here.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Thank you so much for looking and have a wonderful day!

Tweet and Flowers

Happy Friday the thirteenth - eek! I'm not really superstitious being quite happy to walk under ladders etc however I asked Dave to have a look at my umbrella as I am going out and its pouring down here.  I asked him to try and fix it out in the wash house as  I didn't want to risk putting up and umbrella in the house on Friday the thirteenth.

Today's card I made following the sketch over at Sketch Saturday. I do like joining in as I love sketches and last week I was thrilled to be picked in their Top 3.

I used this cute little Tweet and Flowers from Digi Stamp Boutique which I coloured with my Copics.  Paper is Doodletime as are the Sprinkles in the lower left corner which you can just about see!  I used my Dienamics Blueprints 20 and Pierced Squares. I think the sentiment is Clearly Besotted but not sure.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Aud Sentiment - Use a Two Word Sentiment

Fresh Brewed Designs - Flowers

Card Mania - Spring

Thank you for your wishes for Dave yesterday the check up went ok and next one in June. I am off to meet some friends for a girly lunch today. Thank you so much for looking and I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Delightful Thursday

A big welcome to my blog and thank you so much for visiting.  Today it is time for the Digital Delight girls to showcase some more of Wendy's images which are available at the Digital Delights Store.  Here is mine:

Thought I would go with a topical card as it is almost time for St. Patrick's Day.  I have used this cute little fellow called Shamrock Pat available here. I coloured Pat with my Copics and the papers are Nitwits Bit O' Blarney.  The sentiment is from the Wunderland Sentiments and Accessories Set available here. I used Dienamics Blueprints and a Marianne border die.  The shamrocks are made with punches and I used some glitter on one of them.  Twine is from my stock and the button is a Dienamics die which I clear embossed several times.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Open Minded Crafting - Luck
Simply Create Too - St Patrick's Day
Aurora Wings - My Lucky Colour Green
Sweet Stampin' - Green
Great Impressions - Go Green
[Pin]Spirational - Green picture challenge
Creative Card Crew - Green


I hope you have a wonderful day whatever you are doing.  I have a quiet few days at long last, we just have an appointment at lunch time with Dave's Oncologist for his latest results.  Hopefully will have time for some crafting at long last! Thank you so much for looking,

Great News

Just a quick post to let you know that The Paper Shelter are having a Design Team call!!

This is a wonderful opportunity to join a lovely team and get to work with the most fabulous images! If you are interested pop over to The Paper Shelter blog for all the details on how to apply.  If you have applied before you can apply again don't be put off,  I didn't get accepted first time.

You have until 20th March to apply we'd love it if you do! Hugs Susan xx

Onesie

Hello and a big welcome to my blog so nice to see you here!  I have a card I made today for a sample for Create and Craft.  I made it about a year ago and I think they all got lost lol!  Anyway I thought I better show it before its ready for Antiques Roadshow!

The image is Crafty Sentiment called Isabel - Onesie.  Papers are DCWV called Linen Closet, I have a 12 x 12 pad of this so it never seems to go down.  The dies are Spellbinders and Dienamics.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Sister Act - Anything Goes

Stempelsonne - Anything Goes

The Stamping Boutique - More than One Layer

We are going to Dave's daughters for dinner soon it will be lovely to see his Grandchildren Emma and Max as we haven't seen them for about a month, I really don't know where the time goes.  Thank you so much for looking and enjoy the rest of your day. 

It's In The Bag

Hello and I hope you are enjoying your weekend. We are having a very relaxing one. We went to our local village this morning for a bit of shopping and breakfast then home and I have been doing a spot of crafting.

We are going to Dave's daughters tomorrow so I have bought her a little present and decided it was high time I used my X Cut bag die which I got for Christmas.  This is my first attempt and it looks a lot nicer in real life - honest!

I used a Spellbinders die for the floral panel and some Heartfelt Creations flower stamps with white embossing powder cut out with the matching dies.  The leaves are Marianne die and the butterfly is Memory Box and I covered the butterfly in Glamour Dust.  The little flower and leaf on the tag is Spellbinders and the butterfly is Impression Obsession.

Its a lovely size so I will definitely be making some more!

Challenges I would like to enter:

All Sorts - Spring is in the Air

Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything But a Card

Creative Moments - Anything Goes/Spring Greens

Fresh Brewed Designs - Green, White and Another Colour (I used pink)

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Special Lady/Girly

Well that's all from me for today, thank you so much for looking and the lovely comments that are always so nice to read! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, 

Digital Delights

Hello and a big welcome to my blog - thank you so much for visiting me.  I am now back and had a lovely time in Spain it was so nice to have some warm weather and sunshine.  When I got back on Friday my son and two Grandsons came up for the weekend so it has been all go!  I have managed to pick up a cold from Rafe, I thought I was getting immune to him but maybe not!

As it is Thursday its is time to visit the Digital Delights Blog where the Design Team showcase Wendy's fabulous images and this week it is New Release time!

I played with the super cute Little Dumpling's First Easter available here in either black and white for you to colour or a pre-coloured version.  I coloured Little Dumpling with my Copics adding some Stardust Stickles.  The sentiment is from the Spring Sentiments Set available here and I used my Dienamics Blueprints 20 to cut it out. The papers are Nitwits Daffodil Joy. I used Spellbinders Circle Nesties and Beaded Circle Nesties for the image and mat and the border is a Martha Stewart punch.

To have a look at all the new releases please visit the Digital Delights Shop and for loads of inspiration have a look at the Digital Delights Blog to see what the rest of the DT have done.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Sketch Saturday - Sketch
Creative Moments - Anything Goes/Spring Greens
Double Click Skittles - Green
Inky Impressions - Dots or Stripes
Creative Card Crew - Use Green
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Cuttlebug Mania - Green With Envy

That's all from me for today, thank you so much for calling by and the lovely comments - see you soon!

Away With The Fairies

Good morning and a big thank you for coming to visit me.  Today sees the start of a brand new challenge at The Paper Shelter and the theme is Away With The Fairies - we want to see your fairies! Here is mine:

I have used the super cute A Little Bit Grumpy available here and she has been coloured with my Copics with Glamour Dust added to her wings.  The papers are a new set from Nitwits for Sympathy but I think they can be used for any occasion.  The sentiment is Pink Petticoat and I used a Cheery Lynn die to cut it out.  My border is made with a Martha Stewart border punch and I used Dienamics for the image and mat.  The flowers are Heartfelt Creations with another punch for the leaves.

As usual there is a fabulous prize available for one lucky winner:

Challenges I would like to enter:

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Special Lady/Girly

Doodle Pantry - Anything Goes with a Digi

Bunny Zoes - For the Girls

 Thank you so much for looking and the wonderful comments you take the time to leave! 

Flower Time

Hello and a big hurrah as we welcome March in, Spring is really on the way now. As it is the first of the month we have a new challenge starting at Buckwell's Crafty Challenge.  We want to see flowers!!

Lots of flowers here lol!  I have used Coco very kindly given to us by our sponsors this month:

                                           

A Little Digi Heaven, thank you.

The papers are all digital and available here from Buckwells. I used Micro Dots, Its Stripes and Funky Flowers.  The gorgeous ribbon is 10 mm double sided ribbon available here from Buckwells.  Those pretty flowers are Cosmos and Sweetheart Blossoms which are available here, I coloured the Cosmos with my Copics and added some Stickles.

Please check the challenge out here for all the details of the prizes as I am scheduling this and not sure of what exactly the prize is - I will try to edit this when I get back (if I remember!).

Thank you so much for looking and the lovely comments, each one is very much appreciated.