Busy Busy!

Hi! It's been a busy time over the last week but I'm pleased to say the ratio of craft time to work time has been in favour of craftiness!!  Had the most amazing girly road trip down to Cheshire to spend Friday to Sunday in the company of the very lovely and brilliantly talented Rosemary Merry!  What a treat of a weekend! Pampered in a hotel for two nights with every spare minute (and I mean EVERY!) spent crafting on a variety of different projects including mini albums and home décor.

So all in all, a fabby way to spend time with crafty friends and be inspired by one of the best crafters in the business!

Now back that I'm back home I'm having to resist shopping for new crafty products that we used over the weekend and try to focus on what I've got.  I had a distant memory of a Christmas stamp that is probably one of my all time favs.  Yes, it's Snowy from Penny Black.  This is a Margaret Sherry image from 2002 but I think it's probably one of the best (and certainly very easy to colour!)
I've used my new Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens on this one.  The greeting is a Lil'inker Designs die.  Snowy is given a bit of sparkle using Stickles "Icicle".

I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations (#167)

Craft Your Passion (#337)

Get Creative Challenges (#51)

Penny Black (Anything Christmas)

Stamping Sensations (Christmas Greeting)

A Bit More Time To Craft (#31)

Just Keep On Creating

Crafting Musketeers (#43)

Crafts Galore Encore

World Wide Open Design Team (#15)

New Shoes!

Hello! It's the weekend again!
It's been a lovely week here. Cold clear mornings and warm sunny afternoons!
So a bright and cheery card is the order of the day!

Another lovely image from Polkadoodles.  I've coloured her with Copics and used some co-ordinating papers from Penny Black Painted Blooms.
Used a Stampin' Up! greeting and punches to finish this off.

 

I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges:

 

A Beautiful Mess (#1)

Art By Miran (#56)

Brown Sugar (#195)

Crafting With Friends (#19)

Creative Fingers (#107)

PDE Linky Party (#120)

Aud Sentiments (#153)

Crafting With An Attitude (#14)

Crafty Girls Creations (#18)

Cre8tive Hands Friends (#5)

Welcome Neve

Baby card made to welcome the new addition to our family.  Can't wait to meet her soon!

 

I used Penny Black little bears stamps.  Great if the baby name isn't too long!   Coloured with Tim Holtz Distress Markers.

 

Hello friend..

Hello!

What a busy day it's been today so not much time to craft.  In the spirit of keeping things simple I have this little frog saying "hello friend".   Kind of appropriate for today, as I've spent it with lots of crafty friends!

Hope you have a lovely weekend!

I'm going to enter this little frog in the following challenges;

Scrappers Delight (#52)

Crafting with Dragonflies (#50)

How did I live without....

Hi!  First of all I wasn't sure what to call this post.  My other option was "The postman's been!"  I know I said I would be good and look to use my existing stash but I made it all the way to January pay day then decided I needed a treat.. well, two, actually!  
I put in an order with Wild Orchid Crafts and got a lovely box of a multitude of flowers, leaves and to-die-for lace!  And I ordered some new stamps.  I'll take a pick in a later post.  But my reason for calling this post "How did I live without..." is really really simple.  How did I live without... a hot glue gun?? (actually its a low temp hot glue gun but you get the idea!)   This was something I never thought I would need.. but I bought one last year. Why??  Simple.. I didn't have one!  (Obviously!!) 


It's amazing! Sticking flowers to cards is now so easy! And you get to "play" with all the stringy bits of glue (and the melted glue as the gun isn't hot enough to burn you!)
So from now on it's flowers on everything! LOL!! 


Here's my card for today.. Penny Black "Greetings".  The "hello" is cut from a scrap piece of watercolour card that I just applied random watercolour to.  The image is coloured with Tim Holtz Distress Markers. 


I hope you like it!

I'm going to enter this one in the Inspiration Destination challenge (#69 Anything Goes), it's open until next Tuesday at midnight so why not pop on over and have a wee look!

Have a good week!

Daisy Hedgehog

Hello! I hope the weekend has started out well for you!  I've had a busy day so far which included some crafting and some family stuff.  So just about perfect!  And outside is "perfectly" white! We have a covering of snow although it seems that the further west you go in Scotland, the worse it is.  

My card for today isn't reflective of the weather outside, although I was watching a news article about hedgehogs earlier.  It seems the mild weather so far this winter means that they've not gone into hibernation as they should have done so now that it's turned really cold they could get caught out.  If you see a hedgehog in your garden in the day time (as they are nocturnal) and if it appears dazed (like it's had too much wine!) then you need to get a box and keep it warm, feed it a little pet food and contact the Hedgehog Society (or a recognised animal charity) to get advice.  We need to look out for these little guys!

So here is my little hedgehog in close up (he's coloured with Copics), and I'm going to enter him in the Crafty Friends Challenge (#23 Anything Goes) which runs to 29th January.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Jump for Joy!

Another old Penny Black stamp - "Jump for Joy". I've not used this one in ages!

The greeting is Stampin' Up! "Endless Birthday Wishes.

Paper is from Penny Black "Beau Jardin" and the cardstock is SU" Rose Red. 

Although this is just a watercoloured image, I have been practicing with some new watercolours (well, I got them a wee while ago, but haven't had time to really play with them).

They are Nicholson's Peerless (Transparent) watercolours.  If you've not used them before, and you like to watercolour, they are definitely worth trying.  The come in a pack of sheets of a special fabric paper which holds concentrated water colour which is soluble as soon as it comes into contact with water.   The colours are intense.

I got the bonus pack too (well, you can never have too much of a good thing!)

I'm entering this card in the Lemon Shortbread "Anything goes" challenge.

Cheesecake Wish

I've been busy looking through stamps that I forgot I had!  I found this little guy "Cheesecake Wish" by Penny Black. 


I'm entering this card in an Anything Goes challenge over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends.

I've coloured him using Lyra Aquacolor crayons.  They are so fun to use and really easy to work with.

Hope you are all having a lovely day!

Anything Goes!

Hello again! 

I think I may have found some inspiration again!  And what better way to get new ideas than to take part in some challenges.

I'm starting off with "Anything Goes" and entering this card in the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday

Crafting From The Heart

Craft Your Passion

&

Glitter 'N' Sparkle

Papers used on this card are Penny Black "Beau Jardin".

A birthday hug

Hi! Still in Penny Black mode here!  I just love these stamps - even though I've had them forever!

Aren't these little guys just so cute! 

Hello friend!

Hi!

Copics and Prismas today.. fun fun fun!  Penny Black City Devine.. she is so cool. Love the jeans. So easy to colour.  I'm using Zest It to blend the prismacolors.. not sure if I should get Gamsol.. or to try baby oil instead.

Cheesecake Wish

Hi!  I've not played with my Penny Black stamps for ages - so now it's time to go through them and decide if there are any I won't use again. Yes, I think a clear out is in order! (no small task!)

Here is Cheesecake Wish - stamped on SU! Crumb Cake with Memento Tuxedo Black.  Coloured with Primsacolor Pencils.