You make life wonderful............x

Evening Everyone! Well, the snow finally arrived in London last night and so today we've got a couple of inches of the stuff. I love it when it's all thick and fluffy, it's when it starts turning to icy mush I don't like it!! The kids have had fun today - there are snowmen all over the heath and I even saw a snow dalek (from Dr. Who!!) Have you got snow in your part of the country/world?
Anyway, here's tonight's card:

Ingredients:

Image - Simply Sassy from Sugar Nellies coloured with Spectrum Noirs.

Papers - Fancy Pants 'Love Story'/Pink Card - Bazzill Basics.

Sentiment - LOTV.

Dies - MFT Crochet Border and Doily die, Sizzix Decorative Corner.

Heart Buttons - Crafty Emma's.

Other - Baker's Twine and Heart charm from stash.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

• Saturated Canary Challenges - Challenge #10 Red, Pink and White.
• Hiding in my Craft Room - HIMCR#32 Pink, Red and White.
• 2 Sisters Challenge - Challenge #77 Red, Pink and White.
• Addicted to Stamps Challenge - Challenge #23 Valentines/Love.
• Die Cut Dreams - Pink, Red and Hearts.
• 7 Kids College Fund Challenge - Challenge #40 Red, Pink and White.
• Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Challenge 190 Someone wearing red.
• Fabulous Friday Challenge - Ribbon and/or Twine.
• Card Makin' Mamas - Challenge #38 Valentine.

Phew! Just a few challenges tonight - funnily enough, I didn't even make this card for any challenges but then when I looked online, it seems they're all either red, pink and white or valentine's/love. I've gone with the colour challenges more cos I'm sure I'll make another card that'll fit into the other theme!!
Right, well I'm off to watch a bit of telly and to have a mooch around blogland and visit some of you ladies. Enjoy the rest of your evenings. TTFN........xx

Confidence is Sexy

Hi there everyone! Is it as cold in your part of the world as it is here in London?? Oh my goodness, it is
fffffff-reezing!! They're forecasting snow by the end of the week, so it remains to be seen whether we get some of the white stuff!! Anyhoo - this week's challenge over at My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges is 'Fab n' Funky' and here's my card:

Ingredients:

Image - Simply Sassy by Sugar Nellie coloured with Spectrum Noirs.

Papers - Cosmo Cricket 'Togetherness'.

Sentiment - Inkadinkadoo (think that's how you spell it!)

Dies - Marianne Designs.

Other - Versamagic Ink Pad and Gems from stash.

I'm also entering my card into the following challenges:

• Divas by Design - Challenge 20 Anything Goes.
• Die Cuttin Divas - Challenge #50 Anything Goes.
• Make It Monday - Anything Goes.

And I think that's about it - don't forget to hop over and join in with the challenge, there's also a DT call running at the moment 'cos we need another couple of peeps, so put your name down!! Gotta be in it to win it (or so they say!) Bye for now..........xx

Love Letters Straight from the Heart....

Afternoon!! The challenge starting today over at The Crazy Challenge is 'Flowers' and we've been lucky enough to be sponsored by Saturated Canary. Here's my card:

Ingredients:

Image - Saturated Canary 'Love Letters' coloured with Spectrum Noirs.

Papers - Fancy Pants 'Love Story'.

Black Card (for matting) - Bazzill Basics.

Flowers - Duck Pond Crafts coloured with versamagic ink pads.

Brads - Papermania.

Ribbon - Free with some pyjamas lol!

Now - what do you think of my card? Honestly?!? The reason I ask is that it's quite unusual for me to use such a mish-mash of patterns on my DPs, etc. In the end, I felt quite pleased with the overall look but you know when you just have those niggling doubts about whether it works or not?!
I'm also entering my card into the following challenges:

• Divas by Design - Challenge 19 Sketch.
• Daisy Doodles - Challenge # 52 Romantic theme.
• Crafty Boots Challenges - Inspired by a Song Title (see my blog post title, think it's a Patsy Cline song?!?)
• Paper Make Up -Digi Makeover Challenge # 21 Valentines.

Right, that's it - don't forget to hop over and check over my teamie's gorgeous creations and link your 'Flowery' projects up over at The Crazy Challenge for a chance to win some Saturated Canary images!!

SWALK - My Sister, My Friend....

Morning! It's Sunday which can only mean one thing over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp - there's a new challenge! And this week, it's a fab sketch by Maggie. Now I must confess when I first saw it I wasn't sure what I was going to do, but once I had an idea and now my card's finished, I think the sketch rocks!!! Here's my card:

Ingredients:

Image - SWALK coloured with Spectrum Noirs.

Papers - Prima Madeline.

Raffia Ribbon - Bunny Zoe's.

Flowers - Imaginisce (big fabric ones) and Wild Orchid Crafts (small flat ones and roses).

Other - Magnolia Doohickey Tilda Doily Die and Gems from stash.

I LOVE the papers in this gorgeous Prima pad - the colours and patterns and the way they work together are fab!! And what d'you think of my colouring? I kinda liked the way this image turned out. I'm also entering my card into the following challenges:

• Ditzy Craftymess Challenge - Challenge #1 Anything Goes.
• Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes.
• Hotshot Crafts - Challenge #3 Flowers.
• CR84FN Colour Challenge - CR84FN47 Pink, Red, Light Blue.
• Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - Anything Goes.

And I think that's it for now! Enjoy the last day of the weekend - hope you've had a good one so far! TTFN........xx

Last few days.....

There are a couple of days left to enter over at the Cupcake Craftroom's January challenge, which this month is 'Anything Goes', so any of your makes over the next day or so will fit the bill!! Here's a couple of cards I made for the reminder post:

Ingredients: Image - Pollycraft coloured ages ago with promarkers, Papers - Fresh Polka from Cupcake Cards and Crafts, Sentiment - Craftwork Cards, Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts, Other - MS Leaf Punch, Bazzill Basics Pink and Green card and Ribbon from stash.

Ingredients: Image - Just Some Lines coloured with Spectrum Noirs, Papers - Bright Summery Day papers from Cupcake Cards and Crafts, Purple Card (for matting) - Bazzill Basics, 'For You' sentiment - Doodlebug, Flowers - WOC, Brads - Papermania.

I tried out a new kinda background on the second card - I've seen other people doing it around blogland. I'm not entirely sure I've got it right but I'm not too unhappy with how it turned out. I'm going to enter my cards into the following challenges: Colour Create Challenge #88 Pink and Green, Fussy and Fancy Challenge 55 - Polka Dots, Crafty Ann's Challenge #57 What's New Pussycat and Inspire Me Fridays 43 - Anything Goes.
And I think that's about it! Don't forget to link up anything you blog over the next couple of days to the Cupcake Craftroom's Anything Goes challenge - you could be in with a chance of winning some gorgeous papers!! Bye for now.............xxx

Flowers, flowers, everywhere!

Hello blogland! There's a new challenge starting today over at My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges and this week it's 'Flowers'! Whether they're on your paper or you use 'em as embellies, we don't care, as long as they're there!! Here's my card:

Ingredients:

Image - Some Odd Girl coloured with Spectrum Noirs.

Papers - Kanban.

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards.

Ribbon - Papermania.

Flowers - Magnolia and Hobbycraft.

Other - Coredinations 'vintage' cardstock for matting and Pearls from stash.

I'm also entering it into the following challenges:

• Sketch Saturday - Week #191.
• Truly Madly Crafty Challenges - January: Anything Goes.
• Make It Monday - #73 Anything Goes.
• Hooked on Craft - Something Bright.
• Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges - Challenge #51 Anything Goes.

OK - I think that's it. Don't forget to pop over to My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges to check out my teamies gorgeous creations - and of course, join in with the challenge!!
Before I go - are any of you on Pinterest? I started looking over there for some bits to *Smash* but there are so many things to look at, it's become (yet another!) addiction LOL! Feel free to follow me, and if you're on there, I'll have a look for you too! I'm off for a mooch round blogland. Bye for now..............xx

Music Box.......

Afternoon! This week's challenge over at The Crazy Challenge is 'Vintage' and our sponsor is one of my old design teams, The Stamping Boutique, which was nice cos I had a few images to choose from, to work with! Here's my card:

Ingredients:

Image - The Stamping Boutique coloured with Spectrum Noirs with a bit of stickles and pearly pen!

Paper and Sentiment - Papermania.

Pink Card - Bazzill Basics.

Flowers and Lace - Wild Orchid Crafts.

Punches and Dies - MS Vintage Lace PATP and shapes cut with my Slice.

Other - Pearls from stash.

I hope it's 'vintage' enough! What d'you reckon? I've used pearls and lace and thrown in some vintagey looking paper, so I hope it works! And I got to use my Slice again! I'm determined to use it more and there are some great shapes that are useful for filling in any gaps. Have you made any crafty New Year's resolutions? Right, that's it from me for today, I'd better get on! Don't forget to pop over to The Crazy Challenge to check out my teamie's cards - and join in with the challenge, of course! Back again soon lovelies............xx