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

Hole in one?!

Hello lovely people,

I am such a lucky lady to have all you wonderful followers and I see I have gained quite a few more over the last couple of weeks so welcome to all my new followers and I'm delighted to have you along for the ride :-)

I'm sure you're all eager to know who has won my 100 followers candy but you'll have to wait a little longer as I'm currently running around getting ready to head off to Bath for my next 2 prescribing course study days.

Before I go, I just had to share a little sneak peek with you because LOTV have a new release coming up very soon and it's full of cute characters and animals; there will be something for everyone I think.

I have used one of the sporty girls in what can only be described as a very flat card!

Sometimes I get the urge to leave lots of white space around the image and just a few layers of DP...it's a nice way to focus on the image, especially when it's as cute as this!

Card recipe;

Image: Sporty girls - LOTV...COMING SOON!

DP: Pastel dreams - LOTV

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV

Dies: Old Swedish lace - Magnolia Doohickeys

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/57/59
Sun shade / shorts: R81/83/85 (& R39 on shorts)
Top / shoes: BG10/11/53
Golf club: W00/1/3
Grass: G40/YG61/G43/G46

OK, I should probably go and practice my presentation for tomorrow!

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

Challenges I am entering;
to be added

100 followers...and then some!

Hello lovely people,

This post is going to stay at the top of my blog until the 1st November.

Somewhere back in the mists of time (oops!) I promised some candy because I had reached 100 followers.
Well, I now have quite a few more than that so really thought I should get on with it!

I have put together a bit of a vintage themed bundle for one lucky person.

The items in the bundle are;
Half a 6x6 DP pack of Maja Design's new Vintage Baby collection (24 sheets - not all visible in picture)
A pack of 3 metal label plaques
2 rolls of cream lace and 1 roll of saddle stitch textured trim
10 mini wooden heart buttons and 10 mini wooden star buttons
12 assorted metal charms

Here's what you need to do to enter;
1.  Be a follower (OPTIONAL!)
2.  Post a pic of my candy on your blog (OPTIONAL!)
3.  Add your name to the linky below (NON-OPTIONAL - obvs!)

That's really easy, right?!

The candy will close on 1st November and I'll do the draw after that so get cracking... you have 2 weeks to enter!

I would also like to say a huge thanks to each and every one of my lovely followers for visiting me and for the wonderful comments you leave me :-)