Whiff of Joy - Fall Kit

The Fall kit can be pre-ordered until 7th August but Katharina is offering 2 kits as candy. WOW!!

Whiff of Joy - Challenge 39 - Piercing

Thanks to my lovely friend Bernie I've been able to take part in this challenge without using my Christmas stamps which were the only WOJ I had (see earlier post).

The challenge at WOJ this week is piercing. I've gone for basic piercing around the inner circle. I've cut around the umbrella & then used a technique I saw on someones blog (sorry can't remember who it was but they'd done a step by step so if anyone knows who it was I'd love to give them credit) to cut around the rest of the image using a circle nestie.

I love this WOJ image & it was a joy to colour. I've gone for greens, blues & pinks this time just for a change. I have lots of lovely SU card in different colours but always seem to go for Rose Red. My hands were itching to pull out a piece but I resisted lol!

I've coloured the image using copics & the paper is from a QVC pack I've had for ages. The flowers, ribbon & button are from my stash. I've used some Anita's 3D Gloss on the raindrops to give them a bit of dimention

Thanks for looking

Update - Thanks B it was Rach's blog I saw the tutorial. It's called 'out of bounds' & can be found here

Christmas in July !!

No . . . . . not a card . . . . . but it felt like Christmas this morning after the postie had been.

In a bit of email banter between me & my good friend Bernie I mentioned that I'd ordered a couple of WOJ stamps so I could take part in the WOJ challenge (I only have Christmas WOJ & didn't feel like making Christmas cards). LOOK !! what arrived in the post this morning, less than 24hrs later, all these gorgeous WOJ images & also some more of the lovely buttons I'd won last year in B's Blog Candy.

This lady is so generous & also has the best sense of humour.

Also in the post this morning I received these little beauties. I'd only ordered them from Tracey at Dies to Die For yesterday afternoon (yes Bernie someone as quick as you to reach the post box lol!!)

Well my special blogging buddy, some of these will be winging their way across to you.

Awesome Blog Candy

Crissy at Art & Heart is giving away the most incredible blog candy to 7 yes 7 lucky winners. To be in with a chance pop across to her blog.

Below is a picture of just one of the prizes!!!

Cute Card Thursday - Stitch in Time

Just in time lol!!!

I'm trying to use colours that I don't usually use so have chosen greens & blues for this card. I started it a couple of days ago but have just finished adding things to it.

The papers & cardstock are Stampin Up once again & the ribbon, lace, flowers & sentiment are from my stash.

I bought this stamp from ebay last year & I love this image as it's so easy to colour. I've used my copics once again to colour her in.

I've added the faux stitching round the edges using a whispers pen.

Serious Blog Candy

Fran at Franmade is giving away some seriously generous blog candy to celebrate her birthday & reaching 100,000 hits WOW. Pop across to her blog & you'll see why she's had so many visitors.

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 59 Hearts

The challenge this week over at A Spoon Full of Sugar is Hearts so back to my girly pinks lol!!

There are two things I've done on this card that I wish I hadn't but short of starting again there's nothing I can do. The first was sponging round the edge of the image with my SU Real Red ink & a make-up sponge. I've been a bit heavy handed & won't be trying that technique again! The second is the Little Princess ribbon . . . not right for this card but I'd already stuck the hearts on top of it so it had to stay.

Papers are basic grey & I've also used them to paper piece Maggie's dress. The cardstock is SU & I've run this through the cuttlebug hearts folder and then used an SU punch along the edge.

The image has ben cut out using circle nesties as has the sentiment.

Thanks for looking.

Sketch Saturday - Sketch 58

Two challenges in one day!! Can you tell it's raining here in Leeds. Had the afternoons off yesterday & today to watch my youngest two in their sports days but both have been cancelled at the last minute due to the rain!! British weather!!.

Anyway, it's given me time in the last couple of days to have a go at some of the challenges out there. I always enjoy Sketch Saturday as the sketches are usually easy to follow.

The image has been coloured using my copics, thought I'd have a green day today lol.

The cardstock is SU & the papers are my lush Basic Grey Evie which I love. The ribbon is from my stash & the flower on the ribbon is one I've made. The other flowers, charm & sentiment are from my stash.

Thanks for looking.

Copic Colour Challenge - Week 20

I've been itching to have a go at this challenge for the past couple of weeks but so far have not had the colours in my very limited copic collection. This week I at least had one colour E47 & managed with YG03 & YR07 for the other 2 which were the nearest I had. Hopefully this will still count lol!!

I've coloured in my cute Popcorn stamp purchased from Nikki's new shop Bunny Zoe Crafts. He's not exactly the colour I wanted but once again with my very limited supply of copics I had to make do but can feel another visit to Click-on-Crafts coming on!! I NEED MORE COPICS!!

The card is for my dad from my 3 girls. He's been in hospital for 2 weeks having vascular surgery but hopefully will be out either tomorrow or Thursday.

The buttons, cardstock & twine & ribbon are all from Stampin Up & the heart charm, which says 'made with love' is from my stash. The punches used are from SU & Hobbycraft.

I enjoyed making this card as it steered me away from the girly pinks & lilacs I usually use.

Thanks for looking.

Look at This!!

My fellow 'Leeds Lass' & blogging buddy Natalie has the cutest blog candy up for grabs to celebrate 500 posts.

Pop across & have a look at her lovely creations & enter her blog candy.

Sketch Saturday 56

This is my card for this weeks Friday Sketch Challenge. I've rotated the sketch as it suited the image.

Well . . . . I'd coloured another stamp which shamefully this was the first time I'd used it & I've had it for over a year!! I still had the same bits out I'd used for the last card hence the DP & lace (sorry a bit boring I know). I'm really loving the copics & can feel another purchase coming on lol!!! I've stamped in the corner using a little heart stamp I found in my stamp drawer using SU Rose Red ink (can you tell it's my favorite SU colour lol!!)

Recipe

Image : Sugar Nellie

Medium : Copics

DP & Card : SU

Lace buttons & sentiment from stash

Thanks for looking.

Friday Sketchers 57

Well . . . . I finally succumbed & bought some copics!! I had a go at Rachel's a couple of weeks ago & had decided they weren't for me but I paid a visit to Click-on-Crafts on Thursday JUST!! for some double sided tape & came out with £30 of copics!!! I had a go as soon as I came home & immediately regretted my impulse buy so turned to You Tube for a copic tutorial & came across Suzanne's demo & blog. If any of you are struggling with your copics then this is a must visit. Look at her sidebar for links to tips & tricks.

So . . . . . I went back to the drawing board & voila . . . . a result I'm really pleased with to say I have so few copics (you don't get many for 30 quid lol!!).

I did the Friday sketch from memory hence the bottom DP is a bit short but hopefully it will be accepted.

Recipe

Image : Sugar Nellie Reflective

Medium : Copics

DP & card : SU

Flowers sentiment & lace from stash

Thanks for looking

Whiff of Joy - Womans Delight

Whiff of Joy are releasing a fabulous new set of stamps which will be available on June 14th. Katharina is giving away some fantastic blog candy to celebrate the launch. Pop across to her blog & take a peek.

Cute Card Thursday - Quotations

I can't believe it's been over 3 months since I last update my blog!!! I've had a total lack of Mojo (think I left it in Australia at Easter lol!!) & have struggled to motivate myself even to fulfill orders.

I've kept up with everyones blogs on Google Reader so I know what you've all been up but no sign of my mojo.

I went to a craft morning at Rachels house & had a great time meeting new friends & putting some faces to blogs I'd been visiting. Maddy showed us how to make cute little cupcake embellies out of fimo so I thought I'd have a go when I got home & made the embellishment on the card I've made for this weeks Cute Card Thursday challenge.

The papers are from Stampin Up & the image is huggybella from Stampinbella. The Happy Birthday has been stamped on fimo using Stayzon & the daisy has been made out of fimo using the technique shown by Maddy last week.

Really enjoyed making this card & hopefully it will be the start of the return on my mojo!!.

Thanks for looking.

A Spoon Full Of Sugar Challenge 41 Torn Edges

This week over at A Spoon Full Of Sugar they would like to see torn edges. I've used one of the lovely Stampinbella stamps which shamefully I don't use very often & coloured her in using Whispers pens.

The DP is scraps I had in my stash & the torn edges are on the vellum which has a butterfly print on it which doesn't show up in the picture.

The flowers I've made myself using DP circles cut with my nesties & then distressed round the edges. The small flowers & the butterfly were all free in a magazine.

The sentiment is a Cuddly Buddly stamp.