Hard to choose a favourite!

Hello lovely people,

It's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme this time is...

YOUR FAVOURITE RUBBER STAMP / IMAGE

Or one of your favourites if you're like me and could never pick just one!
Don't forget we want to see more pink than any other colour!

Our fabulous sponsor this time is Bunny Zoe's Crafts with a £10 voucher

I have been playing with my new floral frame dies to create a shaped base for this card and I cut down the card blank to fit the back of the shape, leaving the back section longer so it matches the height of the frame on the front.

This image is a real favourite of mine because it's so glamorous and involves wine - lol!
I like the name too...Opal the Optimist is clearly a glass half full lady and I like that.
I don't think she is sharing that bottle with anyone though from the way she is hugging it!

Since I was going for proper girly on this card it had to be finished off with a touch of sparkle on the dress and a few flowers but I like that it's still relatively simple.

Card recipe;

Image: Uptown girl Opal the optimist - Stamping Bella

DP: Till Mor - Pion Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: Triple floral frames - Spellbinders

Sentiment: For you circular sentiments - LOTV

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E41/43/47
Dress: RV11/R81/R83
Wine bottle: YG93/95/97 & YR30/31

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Heart of flowers

Hello lovely people,

Aaarrrggghhh!  It's deadline week!
I have to submit all my coursework for the first part of my prescribing course by the end of the week so not much time for crafting this week:-(

While I crack on with my essays, it's Creative Inspirations challenge time and this week we have the theme...

WHITE ON WHITE

Our fabulous sponsor this week is Live and Love Crafts with a £10 voucher

I have had the idea for this design in my head for a while and by some miracle it turned out just like I wanted!
I created the embossed background using my score board.
And no, I haven't lost my needle and thread but I just felt this design didn't need any stitching...shocking I know!

I drew a very faint pencil heart outline and arranged all the flowers before shaping them slightly with a ball tool and sticking them down.

Card recipe;

Dies: Perfect petioles, Fancy blossoms, and Adorable posies - all Memory Box
Pearls: from stash

It's a little bit different for me isn't it?  Hope you like it :-)

The DT have made some wonderful white on white samples to inspire you so pop over to Creative Inspirations to take a look :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Presents!

Hello lovely people,

Here we are again on a Monday and it's been a frosty one where I am, but no snow...yet!

I'm just back from a lovely relaxing week away in a cottage near Exeter :-)
I planned for the poor weather by taking some colouring and a good book with me.
We managed a little walking and lots of cake; despite it being November I still had to have a cream tea!

So today I'm showcasing some LOTV products as part of the Design Collective and I'm still busy making Christmas cards.

Huge apologies that this image is actually one of the ones that have just been retired but there are loads of other cute Christmas images still available.

I was spoilt for choice as to where to add some sparkle but tried to be a bit selective!

Card recipe;

Image: Box of wishes - LOTV (DISCONTINUED - sorry!)

DP: from stash
Twine: Bakers Divine twine in cotton candy pink - The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Christmas sentiment tags - LOTV

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20

Pink: R81/83/85
Rest: not sure because I did it on holiday and didn't write it down!

I wish you all a lovely week whatever you are up to...even if you are working!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;

to be added

Sparkle bubble tree

Hello lovely people,

It's time for a new challenge at As You Like It and our theme this time is...

YOUR FAVOURITE SEASON
...and don't forget to tell us why it's your favourite!

Our sponsor this time is Sweet and Sassy Stamps

My favourite season for card making is winter because I love all the festive images, beautiful snowflakes and of course, adding lots of sparkle to my creations.
I only usually start making my Christmas cards in October/November but I LOVE doing them and always end up with way more Christmas supplies than I need!
This fabulous stamp I got at the NEC Hobbycrafts show is a case in point because I really didn't need any more Christmas stash but I fell in love with it and *had* to have it!
I think this image could be used all year round for other occasions too so it was totally worth getting it ;-)

I made the card candy dots myself using a new die and teamed them with glittered Copic coloured dots, pearls and Nuvo crystal drops; I really love this mix of different textures :-)

I am so excited to try this in some different colours...pink maybe?!

Card recipe;

Image: Bubble bloom festive tree - Woodware

DP: Winter wonderland - Joy Crafts (from Noor! Design)

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: Lovely fence - Magnolia Doohickeys, Dotties - Presscut
Sparkle: Crystal Glamour Dust
Blue pearl dots: Wedgewood blue Nuvo crystal drops - Tonic Studios

Copic colours;
BG70 & BG72

I hope you will pop over to As You Like It and check out the fabulously creative projects from the rest of the team :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;
to be added

Carol singing

Hello lovely people,

Here we are halfway through the week again so of course it's Creative Inspirations challenge time and this week we have the theme...

FESTIVE FUN!

We are sponsored by Crafts U Love with a £10 voucher

I took the speedy option this week with a pre-coloured art pad image but I really love these cute carol singing critters and it was an absolute no-brainer to team it with the music paper.
I'm doing really well with keeping my Christmas cards flatter this year!

I couldn't resist adding a little sparkle to the image...it's mandatory for Christmas cards don't you know?!

Card recipe;

Image: LOTV art pad (discontinued)

DP: Glad Tidings - Dovecraft

Twine: Natural button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: Circular Christmas Sentiments - LOTV

Sparkle: Crystal glamour dust

The DT have made some wonderfully festive samples to inspire you so pop over to Creative Inspirations to take a look :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;
to be added

Pink bauble

Hello lovely people,

For those of you keeping up with my exploits as part of my prescribing course I spent most of yesterday learning to take a full medical history from patients and practised my 'skills' on 3 poor unsuspecting victims patients!
Today I shall be writing up my notes from that and also an essay on consent and confidentiality...oh what fun!

Speaking of fun, and not in an ironic way, it's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme for this one is...

FANCY FOLD / SHAPE

So, that's any kind of folded design, a card with folding detail or any shaped design that's not a square or rectangle...with more pink than any other colour of course!

We are sponsored this time by The Hobby House with a £10 voucher

I picked up some MDF baubles at the NEC Hobbycrafts show and couldn't wait to have a play so here's my slightly shabby chic  bauble decoration...

I used my favourite little snowflake dies and added some gems...the sparkler on the biggest snowflake also came from the NEC and I LOVE...good job I bought a few ;-)

Project recipe;

DP: Vintage frost basics - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Ribbon: from stash
Twine: Natural button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Bell: Jingle bells silver 10mm - The Ribbon Girl
Dies: Circle stax and Dainty dot - MFT Die-namics, Small snowflake die set - Impression Obsession

Sentiment: Pink Petticoat
Gems: from stash

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;

to be added

Christmas post

Hello lovely people,

Another week is flying by...it's Wednesday again (happy hump day to those that work!) and that means it's Creative Inspirations challenge time and this week we have the theme...

ANYTHING GOES
With the option of a sketch; you can use any of the ones from the Creative Inspirations sketch page or this lovely new one;

We are sponsored this week by All Dressed Up with a prize of 2 digi's of the winners choice

I chose to use the sketch above but rotated it 180 degrees and added the sentiment tag on some twine.
These are some of my new papers from the Hobbycrafts show and they are GORGEOUS!

This is an ADU image and as you might expect, it's very cute!  I also love to colour red so I really enjoyed this.

Card recipe;

Image: Christmas post - All Dressed Up

DP: North Pole - Dovecraft

Twine: Natural button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Christmas sentiment tags - LOTV

Dies: Small snowflake die set - Impression Obsession

Copic colours;
Postbox: R29/46/39/59 (&R89 inside letter slot)
Writing / snowflake: W6
Cat: W0/1/3/4
Dog: E40/41/42/43 & E42/43/44
Letters / info on postbox: W00/0/1 (&W3 for writing)
Bow / scarf / hat: YG95/97/99
Ground: W00/0/1/2/3/4

The DT have made some wonderful samples to inspire you so pop over to Creative Inspirations to take a look :-)

If you are entering the challenge we would be really grateful if you could make our job of leaving comments easier by turning off comment verification and enabling comment moderation instead. 

Check out the info on Creative Inspirations to see how to do this.

Thank you for your help :-)

I am mostly doing coursework today but maybe I can squeeze in a little crafting time in the evening since Dr. Hubby is working in Liverpool for a few days ;-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;

New LOTV stamps - rugby girl

Hello lovely people,

I have an apology to make as I have been so busy over the last week that I haven't had time to catch up with all your blogs but I plan to pop round tonight.

Today is another busy day but a nice one as I shall be mostly crafting and catching up on my DT cards.

Speaking of which...it's new stamp release day at LOTV and there are all sorts of Little Folk and Little Critters for you to choose from.

Here's a little sample I made as part of the Design Collective with one of the new stamps;

I enjoyed making this card suitable for a girl but not too 'pretty girly' and of course the image is just so adorable!

Card recipe;

Image: Sporty girls - LOTV

DP: Dress shoppe and Country gent (discontinued) - LOTV

Twine: Natural button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV

Dies: Large frilly frames #10 - Go Kreate, Circle stax - MFT Die-namics, Cosmic star set & Precious stars - Memory Box

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/35/39
Top / boots: B95/97/99
Shorts: T6/8/10
Rugby ball: R27/46/39 & W00/T0
Grass: YG61/63/67

I hope you all have a lovely day whatever you are up to :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;

to be added

NEC goodies and 100 followers candy draw

Hello lovely people,

I had a fantastic day at the Hobbycrafts show at the NEC last Thursday and thought you might like to see my purchases.
WARNING: this is going to involve a lot of pictures!

After all the pics I will do my 100 followers candy draw so please feel free to scroll straight to that if you wish!

Firstly I did some stocking up on essentials...lace, sticky foam pads, Distress ink pads and sparkly things

Amazingly, I only got a couple of new stamps...

Then I found some utterly bargainous papers at £1 a pad!

Something new to try in the form of Nuvo Drops, and I think I'm going to love these :-)

Lots of lovely MDF shapes to decorate...

The purchases started getting a bit bigger as I splashed out on some new dies...

So then I thought I should really buy something to store my expanding collection of dies...

And the grand finale....a Tonic Tangerine!
I am already pretty in love with this machine but I'll give you all a proper review when I've tested it a bit more.

After all those lovely treats for me I think it is time to draw a winner for my 100 followers candy and that is...

That's you Sharon H!

Congratulations to you and please contact me via the sidebar with your postal address :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Glamorous birthday girl

Hello lovely people,

I've had a fun but busy couple of days on my course in Bath, and I have slightly more of a clue what to do with the stethoscope I bought myself now!

After all that hard work, I am off to the Hobbycrafts show at the NEC today and will no doubt be treating myself to many new craft supplies!
I also hope to meet up with some wonderful crafting buddies, both ones I have met before and ones I haven't, so I'm super excited about that :-)

While I'm off spending my pennies, here's our new challenge at As You Like It and we have the theme of...

YOUR FAVOURITE...
HOBBY
...and don't forget to tell us why it's your favourite!

Our sponsor this time is

Other than crafting (obviously!) my favourite hobby is baking because I love to make yummy things to share with friends and family and I may have mentioned before that I have a very sweet tooth?!

So this is me with a great big cake...
Ha ha, I wish!

This image is HUGE!  So, it really had to be a CAS design because there's not much room for anything else...just that cute arrow paperclip with the sentiment :-)

Card recipe;

Image: Uptown girl Brittany the birthday girl - Stamping Bella

DP: Yours truly - Pebbles

Sentiment: done on computer (font = Jenna Sue)
Paperclip - Freckled Fawn short arrow paperclips (pink) - Hey Little Magpie

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E11/15/18
Dress stripes: R81/83/85 & BG53/57/09
Dress frills and bow: BG0000/000/53
Cake: E0000 & RV000/R81 for icing
Plate: W00/1

I hope you will pop over to As You Like It and check out the fabulously creative projects from the rest of the team :-)

I'm off to see what crafty goodies I can find!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;
to be added

Sparkly snowflake

Hello lovely people,

It's Creative Inspirations challenge time and this week we have the theme...

SPARKLE

We are sponsored by Stamp and Create with a $20 voucher

As soon as I saw this amazing snowflake die I just *had* to have it because I could just see all the lovely CAS designs I could make with it.
Sadly I only managed to cut just this one snowflake out before my poor old Cuttlebug refused to cut any more all the way through :-(
I think I may need a new die cutting machine ;-)
Any recommendations or 'don't buys'?

I brushed the snowflake all over with a clear Wink of Stella pen so it has a lovely subtle shimmer...you can just see a hint of it in the photo....hmm, maybe!

Card recipe;

Snowflake: Large snowflake - Impression Obsession

Sentiment: Pink Petticoat (discontinued)
Gems: from stash

The DT have made some wonderful samples to inspire you so pop over to Creative Inspirations to take a look :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;
to be added